The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-08
kaiser's Troops 100000 Strong Move Forward to Crush Passage Through
 Servia and Reach Turkey
ALLIED TROOPS NOW HASTEN NORTH TO
 INTERCEPT TEUTONS
New Grecian Cabinet in Power = Bulgaria Mobil- izes Under Difficulties. Russian Fleet Active

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 Amsterdam. A October 7.-CVfa Lon Dn.)-The Cologne Gazette reports NO Russian cruisers actively bonn nrding the Bulgarian port of varnn. London. October 1.-The long threat ned Austro-German offensive in the alkans, with the ndded menace of uIgarin, has begun in earnest. Almost with the rupture of dip- Pmatfc relations between Sofia and De entente, an Austro-Germnn army stimated at 100000 men, with m enor- Ious weight of heavy artillery, start to attack servia from north and est, and, according to Berlin, crossed be Drina. Danube and Save rivers at any points and firmly established it. Eff on the Servian side.
 The Anglo-French troops, which ere landed at SnloniIxi with the tacit bnsent of the Greek government, are king hurried northwnrd to assist Ser la, md, if possible, keep the BuIgar- ms from capturing the SaIoniki- Nish dlway, the only source by which the ervians can be fed with munitions of nr.
 'he hoped-for support from Greece
 not been forthcoming, King Con- ntine, by the dismissal of Premier nfxelos, having shown that. while
 country sympathizes with the cause
 the allies, is not prepared to go Eninst the central powers or to ful- IT the s4liestienr,s of xhe Greee-ssr-, ap tfcafy of alliance. which provides rat one ally must go to the assistance the other in case of attack.
 New Ministry
 new Greek cabinet of mixed syn- [hies has been appointed and the ex- ctation now is that unless public opin-
 forces the hand of the government hd insists on action on the side of the lies, Greece will remain neutral. It is
 
 ats that Greece will go over to the cen |al powers. for they point out, Bulgaria known to covet Greek territory, and e treatment of Greek nationals in Tur- y makes it virtually impossible for her become the ally of that country.
 As in Greece, public opinion in Bulgaria not entirely unanimous in support of fnC Eordipo p1 nd vov.or<e lo< Hoo <o <l,o e Bulgarian mobilization is being car ed out with difficulty. The King and remier Radosavoff, however, finally i've thrown in their lot with Austria, ermany and Turkey, having, after con- hltation with the ministers of those uptries, rejected the demands of Rus for the dismissal of the Austro-Ger- an officers. who, 1t is alleged. have been lsaged to command the Bulgarian army. ulgaria. in fact. denied the presence of ficers. The Russian, British. French and allan ministers either have left or are eving Sofia. Italy has given the Bull Rrian minister at Rome his passports.
 Bulgaria May Not Attack Servia It is possible that Bulgaria may avoid rousing the Greek people by refraining om attacking Servia, simply keeping er troops on the border. This would revent servia from bringing her full rength to bear against the Austro-Ge an attack.
 Roumania. the other Balkan state. is Ill neutral. Roumania has not been eard from, but, like Greece, for the mo- ent Is bent on continuing friendly rela- ans with all the belligerents. Doubt ss to influence her and the other Bal an states, Russia, is reported to have pI.menced an energetic offensive in ukcwina and to have attacked Aus an positions northeast of Czernowitz. At the other end of the eastern front Ie German offensive against Dvinsk is aking headway. Berlin says that Won in 1enburg has penetrated the Russian ;es over a front of about three miles. Throughout the center the Russians still re on the offensive.
 C hampagne, the country over which the rench made their big gains late in Sep mber. is still the main district of con ntion in the west. The reports are so bntradictory, however. that it is diffi- pit to ascertain what is actually hap Fnsns. The Germans admit that the rench have made slight progress. but the whole claim to have repulsed the lied general offensive. On the other hnd the French declare that 1t is Ger ap offensive which has been repulsed. The towns mentioned in the two official Communications show that the French h.c approached close to the Challerange- ,zancourt railway, which Is their ob- ctwe. St. Marie, to which tfe Germans y the French penetrated, but were ven out by immediate counter attacks on that railway.
 As the result of months minor ac. DTS in Gallipoli General Sir Ian Hamil. n reports the British have gained 3o( hrds on front of four miles at Suvls