The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-02
SERB DRIVE ENDS;
BALKAN CAMPAIGN
NEARS NEW PHASE
Germanic Allies Now Preparing
to Turn Attention In New
Direction Where secur-
Ity Is Menaced.
RUMAMiA MAY BE FORCED
Situation Critical For Her as
Armies Begin Maneuvering
For Inevitable Clash on
New Battlefields.
RUMANlA MAY BE FORCED

a ADiS1o ~ .tDSiO - L L
ceeding to the support of the Bull
garians against a prospective Rus
sian INVASION"
Paris. Nov. Gothic effect Of the
unusually carly winter in he
Balkans is emphasized in a mes
sage from Saloniki to the Havas
agency. 1t says all operations
along the Anglo-French front
have been halted by snow storms
and bad weather.
London, Nov. 29.-The London morn
Ing newspapers today lay emphasis on
the German official report, announcing
the conclusion" of the main operations
against the Serbians, as limiting to an
ton.
The Daily Mails Odessa corresponds
ent says he learns that EnVer PaSha,
the Turkish minister of war, and Cen
eral Won F~'alkenhayn, chief captain of
the German staff, have had a confer
ence at Orzova, on the Danube, to dis
cuss far reaching alterations in the
plan of the Balkan campaign, caused
by unexpected DEVELOPMENTS in the
movements of the entente allies"
Russians at the Danube.
II. A'@ttS hiti says ~ SaopS1to Illdt
these alterations are necessitated by
the threat of the Russian army, con-
centratlng at the mouth of the Danube.
and by the threatening attitude of Ru-
mania.
The British public is not inclined to
grant the German contention that the
Serbian campaign of the central pow
ers has been brought to a successful
conclusion.
The hope is expressed here that the
wintry weather will give time for re-
1nforcing the A~nglo-French troops un-
I'll they are strong enough to assume
the offensive, before the invaders have
consolidated their positions in Serbia
Russia also is counted on to play a
part in these operations.
Monastir's Fate Unknown.
In IN meantime, the only active mil
ltary operations seem to be centerine
about Monastir, the fate of which is
obscure. The many contradictory re-
ports on this subject vary, from thu
assertion that the city is still in the
hands of the Serbians to the claim tina
the Bulgarians, accompanied by de-
~tachnents of Austrians and Germans
have occupied the city.
Serbians Still %Retreatins.
Further to the north it is said h
Serbian armies divided into two Sec
tons are re%treating into Albania and
Montenegro. 1t is not yet apparent
whether Austro-German forces are to
be sent against the Anglo-French lines
north of Saloniki, but at the other eX-
IRENE of the Balkan front the Monten,
egrins are expecting a heavy attack
from the Austrians.
Hope For Rumania's Aid.
The allies are hopeful that Rumania
will cast in her lot with the Russian
expedition. Serbia has been cleared
and it is now evident that the Ger
manic powers must face about to meet
the Russians descending upon them
from the north and east. Rumania is
within this probable new zone Of ac-
ton and the situation for her is hourly
growing more serious.
Russian warships have been seen of
the Bulgarian coast but there is nc
report that troops have actually landed
Emperor Nicholas is said to have col
lected an army of 250,O00 men along
the Rumanian frontier, at Odessa and
Sebastopol.