Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-09-24
ARMY OF 100000
MENACES SERBIA
Teutons Apparently Ready
to Dash to Relief of
Their Ally.
SEEKING POSITIONS.
SEEKING POSITIONS.
Probable Course Still Re-
gardcd a Mystery by the Quadruple
Entente.

/ Nish, Serbia, via Paris, Sept. 24--
The best information obtained mere
indicates that there are 100000 Ger
man troops available for an attempt
to force passage through Serbia.
! 1t is felt in Nish that this move
ment will be undertaken, although
when is not known.
The operations thus far are still
of character that indicates that the
Teutons are feeling out the Serb!aL
positions.
London. Sept. 24-"The riddle OF
the Balkans" as the Lordcn press
terms the latest developments in the
Near Eastern Peninsula arising out
of Bulgaria's order for mobilization.
remains unsoved. The greatest un-
certainty still exists even in oificla!
circles in London as to the intention
cf King Ferdinand and his advisers
In fact, it is not yet certain that the
mobilization has begun or that the
cate has been set for it. One report
from Athens says that the mobili-
zation has been postponed.
1t is known, however, that the En-
tente representatives at Sofia and
other Balkan capitals are stl!l bus!
trying to reconstruct the Balkan. lea
que. and thus prevent Roumania, Bul'
garia, Greece and Serbia from fight.
ing among themselves. As the Bull
garian Government appears to have
made up its mind, despite the op-
position of some parties. it seems
likely that these diplomatic efforts
will have many difficulties to over
come.
The Central Powers have alread!
commenced their attempt to make
their way through Serbia and one OF
the Intervening neutral countries u
the Aegean. With Russia more t:lar
holding her own against the Austro-
Germans in Galicia and Volhynia, il
is believed here that the Balkan pow
ers would hesitate before going con-
trary to the wishes Of their big neigh
bor and protector.
Paris. Sept "a Nobody believes
after the signature of the Turco-Bul-
garian agreement that King Ferdin-
and will be free to attack Turkey. Ev-
erybody. too. knows that Ferdinand
would risk his crown if he failed to
attempt to regain Macedonia.
The King knows that Premier Rad
oslavoff. has not majority Of Par
lament, and when the opposition lead
ers the other day hinted that the King
should summon the chamber ne was
aware that refusal would entail the
risk of internal disturbances. The
whole situation is this:
The quadruplex entente has induced
Serbia to yield fully Bulgaria's Ma
cedoniah claims. The Austro-Germans
offer Bulgaria the same advantages
conditionally on Germany crushing
Serbia. But the allies have also offer
ed Adrianople to Bulgaria. 1t costs
them nothing to be more generous IN
distributing Turkish territory than
Germany.
Ferdinand must now choose between
the two offers He will undoubtedly
throw in his lot with the side which
he thinks will ultimately be victorious
This question would not have arisen
for a single moment if the Russian
army had not been in full retreat be-
cause the Bulgarians would never
fight the Russians. But even with
the Germans at Wilma, Ferdinand
must know that the INVADERS advance
becomes difficult, and that France
and England will see that Russia
gets sufficient time for her offensive
resources.
The Russian retreat certainly len
! gthens the war, but it cannot change
the issue, which will be decided by
us in France when our increasing re-
sources overtop Germany's decreas-
ing resources.