Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-09-18

Military men here agree that it
would be comparatively easy to de-
feat Serbia. A short march through
the northeastern part of Serbia would
link up the central empires with Bull
garia, already very friendly in her
relations with Turkey, Austria and
Germany. IL Bulgaria fights at. all
1T is certain she will fight beside the
central empires, with the strongest
and best equipped army In the Bal
kans. Her entrance would complete
a great chain of armies stretching
from the Baltic to the Bosphorus, in
vinclble in power
When | left Vienna early this week.
tho Austrian capital was filled with
Balkan visitors, especially diplomats
from Rumania and Bulgaria. Impor-
tant negotiations were going on with
Rumania, 1t was understood. but re-
ports In the English newspapers that
Rumania would enter the war on tha
side of the allies aroused no concern
Bulgaria having established friendly
connections with Turkey, no one
doubts In Vienna that the Bulgarian
armies would take the field a once II
Rumania declared war on the Turks.
Bulgaria Satisfied.
The allies apparently have lost their
chance of winning Bulgaria. Bulgaria
is still dicl1ering for slice of Grecian
Macedonia, but Greece seems to have
no intention of giving up this terri
tory. The Bulgars are so satisfied
with the concessions granted by Tur-
key that 1t Is doubtful now that they
would swing to the allies, even IL Ser
bia should at the eleventh hour grant
all Bulgaria asks in Macedonia
There is a bare possibility, however,
that Rumania might influence Bull
garia by ceding territory if she was
threatened with attack by the allies.
Rumania, it is the belief In Vienna, is
anxious to play the diplomatic game
as long as possible for the largest pos
sible returns.
The whole Balkan situation may be
summed up in the statement:
IF one act, all act" Should an
Austro-German march on Serbia re-
suit in threatening movements by Ru-
mania, Bulgaria almost certainly
would tumble into the war with the
Austro- Germans. Serbia probably
would get little help from the allies.
because of her clash with Italy over
territorial questions in Albania.
Turks Well Supplied with Shells.
This Balkan move, should ii be
made, would not be for the purpose OF
getting ammunition to Turkey. On
cials here and at Vienna say that the
Turks are now well supplied with
shells. They ridiculed, too, the asser-
ton that Rumania has hindered the
success of the Turks by blocking gold
shipments from Germany to Turkey.
It was pointed out that Zeppelins
could fly from Austria to Turkey with
all the gold needed.
By the Associated Press.
NISH, Serbia, Sept. Is (via London,
II :16 a: m.)-The new Austrian move
ment against the Serbs is increasing
in extent after the long interval of
inaction on this front Announces
1nent was made at the war Office to-
day that three attempts to invade
Serbia had been repulsed. The state
ment follows: THE enemy thrice at
tempted to cross the Save during the
night of September A. but was re-
pulsed each time by our infantry.
ION the fifteenth we leveled forth
fications of the enemy along the
Danube front, at its confluence with
the river Pek and toward the village
of Bejania, near Souska, on the Save
front"
NEW YORK, Sept 1S.-The United
Press dispatch from Carl w. Acker-
man, Berlin, telling of the proposed
German drive through Serbia, recalls
an unusual interview given the
United Press a few weeks ago by
Colonel Jevrem j. Popovich, of the
Royal Serbian army, at that time in
New York on a special mission.
Colonel Popovich told that the Ger
OF t.nllar antipif1n n
Serbia and that the months of APP
parent inactivity by the Serb army
had been devoted to the building of
net work of trenches and fortifica-
tions blocking the only possible ave.
nues that the Teuton army could
take.
Such drive cannot succeed
Colonel Popovich declared. And IN
any event, he said, Servia can hold
the invaders until Constantinople
has fallen into the hands of the
allies.
Great German Army