Evening star., 1915-12-04
GREC|AN MACEDONIA
GRANTED ASABASE
FOR ALLIES, REPORT
Kinq Constantine Also Said to
Have Allowed Use of Rail-
road and Harbors.
DECLINES TO DISARM
PURSUING GERMANS
Berlin Said to Have Offered Southern
Albania and Aegean Islands
for Neutrality.
MONTENEGRINS IN VICTORY
Claim to Have Repulsed Austrians
Near Pleolje-Gen. Won Macken-
sen Declared to Have Been
Wounded.
DECLINES TO DlSARM
PURSUING GERMANS
MONTENEGRINs IN VICTORY

LONDON, December A
feeling OF optimism over the near
eastern situation seems to be
growing here, but outwardly there
is little to justify it except on the
theory that the Russian onslaught
against Bulgaria will quickly
crystalline, while entente diplo-
matte negotiations in Greece
again seem to be progressing
favorably.
From German sources comes
the report that Greece has vir-
tually turned over Grecian Mace
donia as a base of operations to
the entente allies, besides giving
them free use of the railroad and
the harbors on the Aegean sea,
including Kavala.
According to an Athens dis
patch, Serbian soldiers who fell
back into Greek territory after
Monastir was evacuated, were not
dlsarmed, but were treated with
notable consideration.
German Report on Greece.
Virtually the whole of Grecian Mace
donia has been handed over to the
allies as a war base says the Berlin
Sageblatt. as quoted in a Copenhagen
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
Company Greece has agreed to give
the allies free use of the railroad in
this territory, as well as of the Aegean
harbors. including Kavala.
Greece declines, however. to dis
arm troops of the central powers If
they pursue allied troops on Greecian
territory"
The Tageblatt is also credited with
the statement that the central powers
have offered Greece southern Albania
and Islands in the Aegean ON condition
that she decline to grant certain de-
Hands or the allies and remain neutral
Montenegrins Claim Victory.
Nontenegrin official statement de-
c.2res that an Austrian attack near
l'4eFtJe. in northeastern Montenegro,
snort distance from the Serbian bor
der, was repulsed.
Field Marshal Won Mackensen was
slightly wounded by a Serbian bullet
during the recent operations, saws a
Copenhagen dispatch to the Petrograd
%o.oe Eremya "
Ihe Bulgarians shelled yesterday the
brItlsh left on the Strumitza front. but
Tl.K.
says a Saloniki dispatch. "Otherwisa
nCtnlnS occurred on the allied fronts
AcHItlonai British troops disernbarked
yesterday.
kpecting the occupation of Monastir.
AIthoaSh II is doubtful whether the
Austro-Germans entered the town in
force, the fail Of the city has evoked
cles.
Reports persist that Russian troons
nave entered bulgaria, where, accord
ing TO- news received here, the people
nave already had enough of war Three
Austrian spies disguised as Serbian
gendarmes were shot yesterday"
London Hopes Aroused.
The much rumored Russian diversion
against the Bulgarians has not ma
terialized, SO far as London knows def
initely. but the fact that no Russian Of
ncial statement was issued last night
gave rise to hopes in London that il
was being withheld in order to chron-
icie this new phase of the Balkan cam
paign.
An Athens correspondent sends the
following:
1T is reported from FIorina (Greece)
that the Serbians have sent a mum ber
of battalions TO occupy the village of
Buo. two hours from the Grecian from
tier. in order to thwart the Bulgarian
rnaueuver having for its purpose the
occupation of the railroad station at
Nanall and the cutting of the Serbian
retreat toward the Greek frontier
According to news from Serbian
sources the total number of Serbians
de prisoners ny the Bulgarians does
not exceed 1900. The bulk OF the
Serbian army thus remains intact"
Occupation of Monastir.
dispatch to the Havas Agency
from Athens. dated Thursday, says:
''Monastir Was occupied at O'Clock
this afternoon
Monastir became definitely untenable
for the Serbs Wednesday, when the
Bulga+gaus occupied Kanali on the rail
way between the Macedonian capital
and the Greek frontier. cutting off Ser
bian retreat 20 the south, says the
Saionilti correspondent OF the Times
Col. Nassitch's army now is retiring
eastward over the only route open.
Much OF the credit for the long anG
heroic defense of the town is given tc
Col. Boyaditch who placed himself al
the head of 400 irreSuiars. who gal.
lantly held back the advancing Bulgars
whenever IL became necessary for the
main Serb forces TO retire.
This small band OF comatadjis great.
ly troubled the Bulgars by its extren.
mobility and knowledge Of every incl
of the ground. The impression wa:
given that the Serb force was muci
more numerous than really was tn.
case, but during fncessant day ant
night fighting the brave 400 lost 81
heavily that by Tuesday only 100 re-
.mainsd. BY their stubborn resistance