Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-10-05
BULGARIA is
NEARLY READY
FOR PLUNGE
Allies Land Troops in Greece to
Give Aid to Ser
bia
TEUT0Ns DETERMINED
ON SERBIAN DRIVE
German Aviators Have Arrived
in Sofia to Assist Balkan
State
State

lLOuuOn, OCL. = nc llllle dllOICeu
Bulgaria by the Allies uarough Rus,
sia TO turn back on Germany, Austria
and Turkey expired this afternoon,
but the restoration of the time limit
brought no immediate surface indlca-
tions to clarity tle situation.
Whether the Russian minister
promptly left the Bulgarian capital,
as his government threatened, provid-
ed Bulgaria declined to meet the ,Ialis-
sian ultimatum, whether Bulgaria as
senAbled, asking for further time, or
whether King Ferdinand and his sup.
Dorters merely observed silence, was
not known in London up to II o'clock
Whether the censorship or the vagar-
les cf the cable service, or the two
combined, resulted in keeping London
in tile dark, no one knows, arthouer
definite news is expected hourly.
Russians Ships of Bulgaria
Events have been transpiring how
ever, in keeping with the fast ap-
preaching crisis involving the entry
of the Balkans in the European con-
fiict Russian rwarships nave appear.
ed in the Black sea,t:ff THE Bulgarian
ports of :Nsrna,, TE'ssssse eisl ana -Enitis:t
troops have landed at 'Salonici, a
Greek port, fifty miles south of the
Bulgarian frontier. Bulgarian troops
which have been on the move for days
have been mased in great numbers
along the Serbian border. ''
Drive Through Serbia ,.
From the Central Powers have come
reports of the great weight of men
and metal being piled up preparatory
to a blow against Serbia, from THAI
side, the first step in what the popu-
lar imagination has adopted as fact,
-German determination to smash
through the corner of Serbia and link
up with Bulgaria, creating new bat
tie front from the Austrian border 20
Constantinople
Allies Land in Greece .n
Delayed cables told of the landin7
Of the Allied TROOPS at Sa!onicki With
these reports arrived comments from
the Athens papers, the. sgist of which
was the appearance of French an!'
British soldiers in Greece az t::lo
when Greece was still outwardly neu
tral should cause no excitement ir
that their omission was one of t;le
Athens papers expressed it to defend
the railway against Bulgarian aegres.
sion and to give help to Serbia, the
ally of Greece.
Denies Rumor
The Grecian minister at London re-
fused to comment on the report tlat
the Hellenic government considere :
tae landing of Allied troops a viola.
ton of neutrality and have formally
protested to Great ritain and France.
In the west, the Germans have per-
sisted in their driving counter at
tacks against the British until they
have retaken most Of the Rodebut so
named by the German soldiers. This
is admitted by Field Marshall's re-
ports.
Six German aviators have arrived in
Sofia, Bulgaria according to a Reuters
dispatch from Athens.
The dispatch adds that large num-
'bers of German skilled la'borers are
leaving Constantinople FOR Bulgaria.
Wants to Mobilize.
A dispatch to the Times from Blu
charest, says:
premier Bradiano today received a
deputation of the opposition leaders
who asked for an immediate mobili-
zation in order to prevent Roumania
being surrounded by enemies. NJ.
Bradiano replied that mobilization
was needless as since the Crown
Prince Council Of last year nothing
had intervened to make Roumania
change her attitude
The powerful Russian squadrons
are reported to have appeared off the
Bulgarian coast near Varna, on the
Black Sea. This announcement is
made BY the Tribuna of Rome, accord
ing to the correspondent there of the
Exchange Telegraph Co.
A dispatch to Reuters Telegram
company from Sofia dated October 2
says:
ut is officially announced that the
government will Immediately reply to
the last note of the Entente Powers
Heavy Casualty List.
Another heavy casualty list made
public here indicates the price that
hes been paid for the recent British
victory over the Germans in France.
The list gives the names of SO officers
CONTINUED on page two.)