Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-12-04
BULGARS RUSHING
TROOPS To vELES
Five Divisions Near Babuna
Pass to Oppose Advance
of French Army.
PUSHING RAILROAD REPAIRS
French Commander Reports RepuIse
of BuIgarians at Cerna-ArtiIIery
Actions in West Continue.

Paris, Nov. ia dispatch to the
Havas Agency from Athens says:
kilograms from Saloniki to the
Hestia say the Bulgarians are actively
reinforcing their troops operating IN
the region of Veles and Uskup- Five
divisions of Bulgarians are reported
to be in the region of the Babuna Pass
and Krivolak with the object of op
posing the advance of the French
troops before Cerna and the force on
the height of Babuna that defends the
route from Prilip to Monastir.
"On the Cerna front the Bulgarians
though twice repulsed, are renewing
their assaults The defile at Babuna
is still firmly held by the Serbs.
Dispatches from Sofia report that
the Bulgarians are pushing the repairs
to the railroad running from Nish to
Sofia. 1t is declared that trains will
be running over the Zine in a few
days"
RepuIsed 10000 BuIears.
Saloniki, Nov 17.-General Sarrail,
commander-in-chief of the French
army in the Balkans, in announcing
the result of a thirty-six hours battle
on the Cerna river, in Southern Ser
bia, declares that thirty thousand Bull
garians were repulsed along the whole
line with very heavy casualties. Not
one French gun was lost, he said.
Serbs Desert a Stronghold.
London, Nov. IA dispatch re-
ceived here says that the Serbians
have been compelled to retreat from
the Babuna Pass, owing to the dan
ger of their position being turned.
The dispatch adds that the Bulgarians
have captured Krushevo and are now
six miles east of Prilep.
In West the Battles Continue.
Paris, Nov. 1.-THE following Off
cial communication was issued by the
war office tonight:
THE day was characterized only by
artillery actions, which were especial
ly intense in Champagne, in the Ar
come, in the Woevre, in the forest of
Apremont and in Alsace, in the region
of AmmertzwilIer
The debarkation of French and
British troops in Saloniki continues
without incident"
Anxious About Greece.
London, Nov. 16.-The intimation of
the Greek government that any en-
tente allied troops seeking refuge in
Greek territory will be disarmed has
been the cause of considerable anxiety
to the entente powers and consequent
1y Field Marshal Earl Kitchener's
Near East visit gains added import
ance.
According to belated dispatches re-
ceived from Athens, Greece bases it's
decision on international law, while
the entente ministers contend that the
right accorded troops to enter the
country through Saloniki permits
them to retire by the same route
should it become necessary for them
to do so. The ministers are demand
ing that Greece uneQuivocally define
the attitude it will observe should
such an eventuality present itself
The Allies Claim on Greece.
Besides the claim to hospitality
which the entente Allies declare they
have on Greece, in view of the ther
Premier Venizelos' invitation to then
to send force to Saloniki to enable
Greece to fulfill its treaty obligation.
to Servia-which, however, Greece re
pudiated Kitchener and the en-
tente ministers are likely to draw tn,
attention of King Constantine and hi
government to the fact that the con
stitutionalism of Greece was guaran
teed by France, Russia and Great Brit
ain and that it was obtained only afte
Great Britain had ceded the Ionial
Islands to the country and the thre,
powers had agreed to contribute
$4,000 (S2O.OOO) yearly for the pei
sonal use of the king
Germany Will Protect Greece.
The Germans, on the other hand
are said to be assuring the Greek gov
eminent that Greece will be protecte
against the entente Allies should tina
country support the central power
and that as evidence of the ability G
Austria and Germany to do this the
are dispatching more submarines t
the Mediterranean which could b
used against any fleet threatenin
Greek ports
Meantime the fight for Servia. pr,
ceeds without abatement The AN
tro-Germans and Bulgarians claim r.
newed successes, but it is apparer
that their progress is slow, the Ser
ians now having reached their moal
tain fOrtreSSes