Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-10-08
BULGARIAN PORT
FIRED upon BY
RUSSIAN FLEET.
Varna on Black Sea Is Scene
of First Hostii-
ties
'-' a.
TROOPS RUSHED
THROUGH GREECE
Allies fastening to Aid Of Serbia
Now Severely Threat
ened ''t

to have opened hostilities against Bull
garia by bombardment OF the port
of Varna. This information is con.
tanned in an Amsterdam dispatch re.
ceived here at midnight, which says
the Cologne Gazette is authority for
the statement that "two Russian cruis'
ers were actively bombarding the Bul.
garian port of Varna."
Start Serbian Drive. ...
This news followed the beginning in
earnest after the long threatened Aus
troyGerman offensive in the Balkans.
Almost simultaneously with the rup-
ture of diplomatic relations between
Sofia and the Entente Powers, an Aus
tro-German army estimated at 100000
men with an enormous weight OF
heavy artillery started to attack Ser
bia from the north and west, and &C.
cording to the Berlin official report,
crossed the Drina, Danube and Save
rivers, at many points, and firmly es-
tablished itself on the Serbian side.,.
Tho Anglo.French troops, which
were landed at Salonki without con-
sent of the Greek gov nent, are be-
ing hurried northward to assis. Ser.
bia and, if possible, keep the .Bulgar-,
ians from capturing. the Salonki.N .Nish..
railway, the only source by which the
Serbians can be fed with munitions
of war.
Greece Hangs Back.
h0no6 for nnnrf fr0ro GrooNo
has not been forthcoming. King Con-
stantin by the dismissal of Premier
Venizelos having shown that, while
his country sympathizes with the
cause of the Allies, he is not prepar.
ed to go against the Central Powers
or to fulfill the obligations of the
Greeko-Serbian treaty of alliance,
which provides that Que ally must go
to the assistance of the other, in the
case of attack.
New Cabinet.
A new Greek cabinet composed Of
men of pro-German and pro.Allies
sympathizers has been appointed, and
the expectation now is, unless public
opinion forces the hand of the gov
ernment and insists on action on the
side of the Allies, Greece will remain
neutral.
It is hardly conceivable to the En-.
tente diplomats that Greece will 60
over to the Central Powers, for, they
point out Bulgaria is known to want
some OF her territory and the treat
ment Of Greek Nationals in Turkey
makes it virtually impossible for her
to become the ally of that country.
Opinion Divided.
AS in Greece, public opinion in Bull
garia is not entirely unanimous in sup.
port of King Ferdinand and reports
indicate that the Bulgarian mobiliza'
ton is not being carried out without
difficulty. The King and Premier,
however, have thrown in their lot with
Austria and Germany and Turkey,
having, after consultation with the
ministers of those countries, rejected
the demands of Russia for the dismis-
sal Of the Austro.German officers, who
it is alleged, have been engaged to
command the Bulgarian army. Bull
garia, in fact, MED the presence Of
such officers and the Russian, British,
French and Italian ministers have
either left or are leaving Sofia. Italy
has taken action also by giving the
Bulgarian minister at Rome his pass.
ports. 1
May PIaeate Greece.
It is possible that Bulgaria may
avoid arousing the Greek people by
refraining from attacking Serbia, sim.
ply keeping her troops on the border.
This would have the effect Of prevent.
ing Serbia from bringing her full
strength to bear against the Austro.
German attack. rE~
Roumania, the other Balkan state.
is still neutral. Like Greece, for the
moment, she is bent on continuing
friendly relations with all the belliger-
ents. Doubtless, to influence her and
the other Balkan states, Russia is re-
ported to have commenced an ener'
getic offensive in Roumania, and to
have attacked the Austrian positions
northeast of ZernowitZ.
Successes in Russia.
The other end of the eastern front,
the German offensive against Dvinsk,
is at last making some headway. The
German official communication Says
that Field Marshall Won Hindenberg
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