The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-02
German Officers Now in Sofia
to Aid in Preliminary Cam
paign
BULCAR SENTINELS
FIRE ON SERBS
On West Front Germans
Launch Vigorous Counter
Attacks But Fail to Shake
New French Positions

London OCt. L-Forclgn Sec
xceAry SIR Edward Grcy author
sas0d tho publication OF . state
Mcnt today, asserting that Ger
man and Austrian army officers.
ar0 known n hAvo been arriving
~ Soda for service; that this fact
recalls tho situation Immediately
preceding Turkeys entry into the
HaR on tho afde Of tho Te0tDnIc
a1lfees and s'ttis news must be- ro-
eArdod with tho utmost gravity, In
view Of tho allies obligation 70
support the nations that might b
attoc1ked By tho Bulgnr-Austro-
herman combination"
This statement. rejecting ~ II does
Tor the first time the British govern
ment's view that Bulgaria, backed up
b. an German army. 10 about
70 draw the sword. ID generally con-
adhered here 40 forerunner Of an
ultimatum by the entente powers to
the Sofa government
Clashes between Bulgarians and
6erb.aAs along the frontier are al
ready reported to have occurred. Dis
patches from Turin says q Bulgarian
pAtro1 ut Trttchouke attacked Serbian
Sentinels. putting them to flight. The
Bulgars are said TO have then crossed
the frontier. remaining several hours
in Serbian territory. Fertilization
work along the frontiers is reported
being rushed by Bulgarian troops at
fever heat. trenches being dug and
protected with wire entanglements.
Fofosa,adows Action.
Sir Edward Grey's utterance OF to-
day Is interpreted here al foreshadow-
tnG wef1-pf6pared action by the allies
against Bulgaria unless she should
change front in the eleventh hour,
and that change. It is agreed here,
must consist In immediate demohiliza-
sttef or cooperation with the entente
1owers
In the ahsence or either Of thess
TWO decisions. the entente powers are
expected To strike at once and strike
hard. Allied troops are already be-
lieved to be waiting in readiness or
Greek territory. Greece's army II
expected to join them and Italy, too
In said to be prepared to land force
on one OF the island bases facing the
DArdAneliee.
From Kavala. which Is nearer te
Bulgaria than Salonica. part or all oil
these three armies could strike ar
effective blow nj bulgaria. Sofia and
rhilippopoiis would be seriously
znenaced- constantinopie would b.
the ultimate goal
Meanwhile the central powers are
putting the finishing touches on theil
/ contemplated Balkan campaign. with
The irvaAion of Serbia as the sup.
poeed opening.
The SUMS correspondent at NiA
& telcgYnpha about 100000 Prlssiar
\ and Bavartan troops have been with
drawn from the Russian front and
are concentrating at Temesvar
aeventy-two miles northeast OF Bel
IA Sfsas> L. -
They posseas 500 guns, eighty siege
gums and sixtv Aaroplanes ind an
enormous quantity Of tsrnnnun dion,
F1sld Aarshal Won Falkenhayn hal
jusf inspected the Teutonic troops OF
the serbian border line. The attack
on Serbia 10 looked for about thu
middle Of October.
A Pipe Dream in Rome.
A ray OF hope for an eieventh-houl
reversal Of Bulgaria's attitude is seer
In some quarters here in dispatche,
from Rome, which say that the Tri
DunG has reports from Sofia that have
S6CADed tho Bulgarian censor, to thu
6ect that King Ferdinand has ap
: 1aSently changed his mind. He Is said
~ have resCinded tho appointment o,
Crown Prince Boris ~ army chief
d EF0-N Russian sentiment ID reported Il
~ growing. especially In the rura
I dtstricts.
Another leading italian paper. tn.
Z 01orna1e D'Itaiia, learns that Serbs
q Ana offered Greece the districts O.
GQivGeli and Dorian, In Macedonia
~ Greek military support agains
4 IulgAriA.
from Vienna II was said the repor
tnAt Premier RadoslavofR. Of Bulgaria
n Dfoposes . trip to Berlin in the neal
sasakure. Tho explanation given 10 tina
n 11S wishes TO visit his son-in-law. WHIT
Ssl& IN the German capital