The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-12-24
Athens Is urOwing Uneasy aad
That Step May BE the
Result.
BULGAR OFFICER PUNISHED
Man Who Clashed With Greeks
Is Misunderstanding Of
Varne Is Considered a Minor
Naval Action.

LONDON, Dec. % Proclamation
of MARTA! Jaw in Greece is reported
unolficially to be imminent. Al.
though no confirmation of this re-
port is available there is evidence Of
growing rHcasinesa at Athens over
the possibility that Bulgarian troops
viii cross the border.
The only thing which has occurred
to rclicT' the situation is the an
nouncemcnt that the bulgarian Of
ficer in command of the force which
cIashed with the Greeks in Epirus.
| has been punished and that the in
Cident is considered cioscd
RccrudcSccncc of submarine artiv-
| ily in the near east is siR.iali2ed "in
startling manner by the sinking
of the Japanese liner .Nasaka Maru
! Apparently there was no loss of life,
| but according to marine insurance
! men the property loss was the hcav-
lest incurred in any maritime disaster
OF the war. The nature of the yalu-
able cargo remains undisclo ed
The mystery of the bomhardmcnt
! of Narna which was il first depicted
as formidable Russiapy-attack in the
cnici bulgarian port has stirred Lon
don, but according to reports from
! both Sides it wa nothing more than
a minor naval action among torpedo
! boats in which the shore batteries
fpnftitipated However, large Rvs
sian fleet is said TO be in the vicinity
OF Narna, and 'the action may be
merely thc preliminary to serious
| Russian attack.
/ .Hartmppns- Weilcrkopf is onre
! more.a subject Of contention Pos
session Of the summit OF ;his mouli-l
! taip has been disputed so closely By
military forces as wen as by hos4
Who officially record their moves
mcnts fliat an Associated Press cor
respondent was called upon last April
4 decide. the relative positions Of the
soppQsing, sides. Thc present instance
the French assert they have expelled
d. the GTmans from their highest
trenches, the Germans admit retire
rnent from the summit, which they
assert they had occupied since April
! The French claim they have not
only advanced their positions sub
/ StanUally tWithstanding the facts
! that The Germans succeeded in re
! Occupying some Of the lost trenches.
| hui have forestalled in Il measure an
! Offensive where the Germans had
! been preparing in the Vosges.
, The Dardanclles expedition has
cost the British II2,92l men up 10
| December H. or this number 1900
Officers and 1850 men We're killed
Conatantinople records only ariil
| Icry actions and bombing encounters
OF. the GalIipoli peninsula instead Of
| the SuyIa and AnZac zones.
/ An Athens correspondent says it
is expected there that the Tcutonic
forces concentrated at Gievgei in
southeastern Scryia will begin their
advance toward Saloniki before The
week Is over.
! Petrograd adyices contradict the
= reports Of the landing of Russian
troops at Barna. on the Bulgarian
Black sea coast There was only
brush with the coast batteries there
by warships pursuing Bulgarian
torpedo boat, it is declared.
The Germans are continuing their
counfG' attacks at iImtmanns-Wci
lcrkopf, in the Vosecs, the summit Of
which was taken by the French on
Tunsday Paris declares the attacks
on the French left wing have resulted
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