The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-29
GERMAN SOURCES HEAR
GREECE WON'T FIGHT
Declare Constantine Has Arranged
Neutral Zone With Bulgarian
Government.
NOT TO Go 10 AID OF
SERBIA If ATTACKED
All Of Which Is Important, II True,
But Is Generally Regarded As Be-
ing the Wish Of Berlin Rather Than
Fact.

Berlin, via Amsterdam, Sept. 28.---
The semi-official Overseas News
Agency today quotes Budapest news
papers as asserting that the Serbian
minister to Bulgaria, Teholak Antitch,
told the Bulgarian premier, M. Rad
oslavoff. that he may depart on leave
OF absence lowing to i'll health"
Leaves of absence had been granted
to Bulgarian consuls In Macedonia.
Apart from the above item, which.
if true. foreshadows nothing short Of
a gradual rupture of diplomatic rela-
lions between Bulgaria and Serbia,
the outstanding feature in today's
press utterances is a general trend to
the opinion that Greece, too. through
the establishment OF neutral zone
with Bulgaria. Ia safe" for the Teu-
tonic allies. and that Rumania prac-
tically isolated, Is OF no special sig
nificance for the central powers In
the shaping of the Balkan situation.
The Overseas News Agency asserts
that the Greek minister to Serbia CALI
ed on the Serbian prime minister and
told him Greece had decided to offer
determined resistance to the passage
OF foreign troops through Greek ter
ritory.
VIII Maintain Neutrality.
VA CSIcs Lof Zig tlIilS Dciuk, rs uS-
termined to maintain neutrality even
in the face of the threat to land
troops" says the same agency. adding
British and French officers have been
in Salonica in order to prepare for the
landing Of Anglo French forces
"Rumania must remain neutral and
certainly will do So Is the conten-
ton Of Count Andrassi. former Hun
garian premier. in an article in to-
days Tageblatt. The Count argues
that victory OF the Allies would render
Russia master of the Balkans, which,
in turn, will reduce Ruman.a TO a
Russian dependency. The central
powers realizing Rumania's situation,
Count Andassy adds. do not desire her
assistance.
The suggestion of neutral zone
between Bulgaria and Greece. accord
ing to the Overseas Agency. was made
by the Greek general staff in conjunc-
ton with King Constantine. The
agency adds:
Bulgaria agreed. and there Is no
doubt that she IS ready TO yield to
Greek wishes about the Serbian ter
ritory of Dioran and Gevgeti. This
means that the attempts of the en-
tente powers have been frustrated.
Neutral Zone $500 Yards.
he I6EcDidII tCTIbDoTdLtS tUe
above assertion, saying that the ex-
tent of the neutral zone is $500 yards.
The I1okal Anzeiger learns from its
Athens correspondent that Premier
Nenizelos has failed in the negotia-
i tons which he attempted TO open with
the Rumanian Government recently,
and asserts that pubic opinion IN
Greece Is not inclining strongly TO n
literal Interpretation of the Serho-
Greek compact tohtigattng Greese ia
support Serbia in case Of an attack by
another Balkan statel. The Overseas
/ Agency. In commenting on this dis
patch. says Greece has been re-
leased from this arrangement by the
action of Serbia"
The statement that the King OF
Greece consulted NJ. Gounaris. the
Greek ex-pFemier an advocate OF
strict neutrality before signing the
mobilization decree, is made by the
Athens correspondent OF the Nossische
Zeitung.
! The Greek en- hassS here has sum
moned all Greeks liable to military
| service to call at the embassy for m
structions