New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-17

neutral vessels from the blockade
area"
Forty thousand Bulgarian troops.
with artillery. are making the attack
on the Nish-Salonica Railway, accord
ing 10 an Athens dispatch. The point
Of attack is the ltarda bridge. between
Nalandrovi and Hovdovo, about twenty
miles north Of the Greek frontier.
The fghting in this region has taken
a turn In favor OF the Serbs, according
70 an Athens dispatch.
GERMAN OFFICIAL.
The report Of the progress OF the
Austro- German invasion, as gwen out
tonight in Berlin, Is as follows;
The army group OF Field Marshal
Won Mackensen Is further progress
ing. We stormed Nranoya Mountain
south OF Semendria. and the village
OF Smoliinao. cast Of Pozaravae.
After fghting. Bulgarian troops
forced passes over the frontier range
Of hills az several points between
Nagotin and Strumika. The eastern
forts OF Zajecar have been taken.
Reports Of discussions In Bulgaria. 70
repress which the government mas oeeh
obliged % take severe measures. are
contained In advices reaching the
Milan "Sccolo" from Sofa By way OF
Bucharest. Many officers OF pro Rus-
sian sentiments have been retired from
the army, and IL is asserted that re-
prisals against the subjects OF the
Entente nations have been begun.
Russia has followed the action OF
Great Britain. and regards herself at
war with Bulgaria from the moment
that country began the attack on Ser
hia. saws a statement issued by the
Petrograd Foreign Office tonight. The
formal declaration awaits the conclu-
sion OF an exchange Of kilograms be
tween Russia and her allies.
Ferdinand Issues Manifesto.
A copy Of the manifesto Of King Fer
dinand 70 the Bulgarians, portions Of
which were forwarded from Sofia recent
Is By telegraph, reached London to-
dav. The manifesto implies Bulgaria
has no quarrel with the Entente pow
ers. II explains that they, like Ger
many. were prepared 70 give Bulgaria
the greater part OF Macedonia.
"Our treacherous neighbor, Serbia.
alone remained inlexible in the face OF
the advice Of her friends and allies,
the manifesto continues. "Far from
listening TO their counsels, Serbia, in
animosity. stupidity attacked our ter
ritory. and our brave troops have been
forced 10 fight for the defence Of their
own SOIL
In conclusion King Ferdinand says:
"The European war is nearing a
close. The victorious army OF the
Central Empires in Serbia are adyanc-
ing rapidly. | command our valiant
army TO drive the enemy from the
limits Of our kingdom and crush TINS
felon neighbor. We shall fight the
Serbs AZ the same time as the brave
armies Of the Central Empires.
The Bulgarian general offensive be-
gan this morning, the entire line oelhg
very active. a Sofia dispatch announces
According 10 reports brought IN by an
aviator at noon the bulgarian troops
had already penetrated Serbian terri
tory. al some places a distance OF about
six miles.
The public received without excite
ment the Kings manifesto declaring a
state Of war with Serbia. The crowds
around the billboards read the docu-
ment calmly. but the passage I'VE VIII
fight simultaneously with the victorious
armies Of the central powers aroused
some enthusiasm.
Bulgarian Harbors Mined.
Lighthouses on the Bulgarian coast
have been extinguished. Entrance 20
the port Of Dedeaghatch, Bulgaria's
principal port Of the Agean Sea, has
been forbidden except in the daytime,
when a pilot is required. All Bulgarian
ports are said TO have been mined.
Replying 20 a telegram from the
Moscow Slav Committee expressing the
hope that Rumanla speedily would
come 20 the aid of Serbia, Take Jones
Gu, eX-Minister Of the Interior Of Ru-
mania. according TO Reuter- dispatch
from Petrograd. replied:
, 1.-THE interests Of Rumania hence
forth will be indissolubly bound TO the
interests Of Russia. Like you, ! am
longing and striving for Rumanian aid
10 enable Serbia TO eXpel the treacher-
Gus attack. Bulgaria Is guilty OF the
most shameful crime in history
Lord Miners suggestion, made last
Thursday night in the House OF Lords,
that the Peninsula of Galllpoll be evac-
uated by the Entente allied troops is
causing anxiety in Australia, according
10 message received by The Evening
News" to-day from Sydney, y. s. ".
"The sydney Telegraph says Lord
Miners declaration opens a question
regarding which 1t Is difficult TO think
calmly.
THE idea that so great and bold an
enterprise and upon which such cour-
age and so many invaluable lives have
been spent" the Australian newspaper
continues. should be abandoned at the
first opportunity as impossible from
the outset, is enough TO make the men
killed IN the Amaze landing turn IN
their graves. At the same time, the
fact remains that they would be the
first 10 take the common sense view
which all of us must take that If the
Allies military leaders come TO the
decision that the Gallipoli Peninsula
should be abandoned. then abandoned
IL must be. Such a decision would be
evidence Of gross incompetence some
where. for which hardly any punish
ment would be too great"
To Question Sir Edward Grey.
Upon the reassembling Of the House
OF Commons next Tuesday Robert L.
Cultivate. Liberal member Of Parlia-
meut for Hanley and himself an Aus
traian. will ask Sir Edward Grey, me
British Secretary Of State for Foreign
Affairs, whether the Russian govern
ment still attaches the same impor-
lance TO the Dardanelles operations as