Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-10-20

1AoIS Ill CIlO lIOuSe vi Tie OTueF Oh !LuS
of raising necessary men for the ar.
} d many of them, in no case was tle
'aiting supplied. #s. .r-', ,.s "
New Recruiting Scheme.
1T is agreed, however, that the con.
troversy over recruiting has been si-
lent for the conscriptionists, or a ma
jority Of them, have decided to give
Lord Derbys new scheme new trial
and to assist him in every way to get
the men to increase the size and fill
the gaps in the army. It is under
stood that the voluntary system is re-
ceiving it's last trial, and despite the
opposition in the country, those favor
ing NATIONAL service for all will try
to force it's adoption should Derby
fail in his efforts. So far as the Oar
danelles and Balkans are concerne
a good deal of pessimism which reign
ed a week ago has disappeared It is
believed that instead of any idea ex-
isting Of abandoning the attempts to
open the straits and sea route to Co..
stantinople the appointment Of Gen.
.Monro means a more strenuous effort
and taat when the right moment
comes, the Italian navy, if not the 1tal-
ian troops, will cooperate. 5e'E'
~. To Continue Campaign.
1t Is known that the forces on Gai-,
lipoli have not been weakened for the
Balkan campaign and while the task
Is difficult, the majority. Of the Brit
ish public are. confident tiat it will
ultimately be accomplis In the
B'alkAns the AustrOG Gernrars ana Bsfl..
garian armies continue to play prog
ress among the Serbians, but except
in. the north, where the Serbs are be-
ing forced back the various reports
do net 60 far toward clarifying the:
-, The Bulgarians have cut the rail-
road between Uskup and Nish, SO It Is
likely that except in tie extreme
south, where they have the support
Of the Anglo French troops landed at
Saloniki, the Serbs are falling back to
stronger national positions 9 1stip and
Kotcnana, it is said, have already
been evacuated.
italy Declares War. .....
Italy, which singularly enough, is
technically at peace with Germany,
has declared war on Bulgaria, and
Russia is expected to follow her ex-
ample, almost Immediately When this
formality is completed, it is possible
that the action, which Italy and Rus
,sia intend to take in the Balkans, will
be defined.
The Germans continue to attack on
the northeastern front south of Riga.
and the Russians to the south and
West Of Dvinsk, both sides laying
claims to gains. w., .r.f....-5.
Comparative quiet prevails in the
west. r.. 80 . ss
. '.. Dissolve Parliamentary. .l
Seaton Robert Beresford, a former
army officer, and brother of Lord
Decies, in addressing street meeting
in London today, suggested that King
George dissolve Parliament forthwith.
His suggestion was put in the form OF
a resolution. which was adopted.
$4,000 Prisoners. s....,....G
Approximately 25,000," was the Of
fetal answer in the House of Com
mons today to a request for informa.
tIO1l W tuC LOtdl AOCl VI DA4tAoA
prisoners of war in Germany.
Turk Positions Safe
When the Associated Press cores.
pondent left the Gallipoli peninsula
after an eight-day stay on the front,
the Allied troops at SedduH Bahr, on
the pit of the peninsula, had been in
active for more than three weeks.
The position was hardly promising.
Field Marshall Limman Won Sand
ers, the German officer in command
of the Turkish forces, gave his idea
of the general situation as follows:
"I am too old to be an optimist, but
I believe,-I am absolutely confident,
that unless something extraordi.
nary occurs, we shall hold the Allies
where they are"
The field marshall is IS years old.
So far as concerns the Allied forces
at Seddul Bahr, it has been demon.
strated that it is not impossible for
them to advance with operations con.
Quoted within the range of reason.
able or permissible sacrifices of men.
in other words it is not impossible to
the Turks, but to do so would
cause great loss to the Allies. On
that front, as at Anafarta, the Turks
have used every means to better their
positions. Though both fields of. &C.
ton are small the Turks have dug
hundreds of kilometers of firing lines
and communicating trenches.
French Ministry Change.
The French Premier NJ. Viviana
has telegraphed the foreign minis.
ters of Russia, Great Britain and Italy
that at the moment Of change In
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