The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-24
Italy Launches General Off, fensive Movement in the Alps = Bulgarian Ports Are BOmbarded
ALLIED TROOPS ARE BEING ASSEMBLED
 FOR BALKAN FRONT
English Kings Appeal for
 Enlistment Is Having Due Effect-May Not Resort
 to C0nscriptiOn

London, october 23.-Widely separa though synchronous. diversions by U tente forces on land and sea, evide< designed as preliminary moves to relieve the strain on Servia until allied troops of sufficient weight can reach the Balkan front. have marked the developments oi the last 36 hours
 Italy. having confined herself for weeks t, local actions, isolated attacks and coun ter attacks. has launched a general of fensive along the Tyrol and Trentino from tiers of Austria; allied warships. includ ing Russian vessels have battered thu Bulgarian ports in the Aegean, and Rus sin has increased the pressure on the east ern front and by a coup of conNnet land and sea operations mas flung mel miles northeast of Riga. thus menacini the rear of General Won Beulow's army which for so long time has been tryini to take the Baltic port
 The news of this surprise landing il disclosed in the Berlin official communi cation. which describes the forces landed as of small strength.
 Bulgarian Coast Bombarded The fact that a Russian vessel partic ipated in the bombardment of the Bul garian coast is attested by a Britssl official statement, and is welcomed il England IS an incident which will dispe the idea supposed to be held by man, Bulgars that they are fighting Servii only, and not their former ally, Russia The Russian southern fleet is locked il behind the Dardanelles. and the only Rus sian warship in Aegean waters, So fla as is known, is the cruiser Askold. is The admiralty statement relative to tn the bombard1nenIs speaks eollectivel British, French and Russian ships. $ l it is impossible to state the makeup Q
 the squadron. If Italian craft took part l it has not been made known in Eng | land
 l Russian participation. however, ha given stronger color to the recent rumor that she plans the landing of troops o
 the Bulgarian Black sea coast. l What progress the Anglo-French troop
 are making in their advance northwar
 to the relief of Servia is still withheld
 and there are misgivings in many qual ters that Servia never will be saved i
 this way. Greece's apparently authenti demand that allied soldiers to insure he
 safety, rather than allied concessions t exhand her dominions, constituted hs price for aligning herself against tn
 central powers and Turkey. carries tn implication that she regards the force I landed at Saloniki as far from adequat for the purpose.
 ROumanian Status Roumana's s stipulation governing ht l A,,tx into xrf<,r Ira, ha1.a al cf fha ar
 tente powers, has. according to repor narrowed to a similar, though more SD,
 cific, demand for 100000 allied troops | insure her against invasion. France, is argued in some quarters here, coul hardly spare the men, and so the burdt | would necessarily fall on Russia ar Great Britain, primarily Great Britain.
 The Kings appeal for recruits in Eau land has had marked effect on today enlstments, according to the London T, pers, and it's ultimate effect, with ia trial of the Earl of Derby's plan. ma decide the moot question of conscriptic That tfe Seryians' position is grave the opinion of the British press Wi tbis admission there is developing dai
 an increa sing rancor ovel Greece's att
 tude, coupled with demands that the ali
 do not allow her policy to drift whl
 there is possibility of her turnI
 against the entente.
 A Servien official communication prefe
 Ito tie presence of French troops co-ope lating with the Servlan forces in the neig
 borhood of Truiritza. bat in none of t
 communications since the beginning
 the new Balkan campaign has the E.n
 fish hcen mentioned.
 The Eulenrians. though LamLered
 bad weather. are driving further into t
 interior of Seryia, while the Austro-Gs man forces n the north ari 60 st frontie
 are maintaining terrific pressure al moving slowly forward. They have gain smother rassaEe across the Dvint riv near Viseglad.