The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-10-26
DEMONSTRATION
CONTINUES SERIOUS.
FROMEVERY ANGLE
Entente Powers ADMIT Serbian
Situation Critical As u Is 2.
Developing At Present
ULGARlANS ADVANCE I'd
AGAINST SERB FORCES
While Greece Keeps nAll Europe
Guessing Diplomats Intrigue
For Her Support


nor in the other capitals Of the Powers
Of the Entente is there any disposition
to minimize the seriousness of the Ser.
bian situation as it is developing, al.
though the reports that the Bulgaria as
have met and repulsed the advance
guard of the Anglo-French expedition
going north to the relief of the Scr.
bans is not credited and the reports
from Nish continue to reflect the op.
timism Of the Serbian. court circles and
government officials.
Reports agree that the Austro-G Ger
man center is being steadily advanced
south in the valley of the Morava,
along the main railroad line, while the
Bulgarian thrusts across the Serbian
border have given the Bulgars command
of the Belgrade, Nish. salonika railroad
Three other Austro German armies
are engaged with the serbians along
the northwest frontier. The Serbianf
are stoutly defending their positions
to the south Of Belgrade, and are offer
ing desperate resistance on the Austro
Serbian line at Shabatz and at Orsova
Austro-G Germans Repulsed
Nish advices state that the Austro
Germans have been repulsed in each
of these engagements and give the
total losses of the invaders at sixty
thousand killed, wounded and captured
The Bulgarian invasions of Serbia are
directed at Nish and VeIeze. The Nish
invasion is along the line of the Sofia
Birot .Nish railroad, which the Serbians
have destroyed at the frontier and along
which they have prepared defensive
positions. The BulgaEs farce aimed at
Veleze will probably be the first to en-
counter the Anglo French army ad-
vancing north.
A Berlin report yesterday stated that
force of the Allies had been defeated
south of Strumitza, the Bulgarian town
recently occupied. The force referred
TO is taken to be the Serbian column
which invaded Bulgaria and which was
ace ompaned by a number of the Brit
ish, French and Russian marines who
have been attached to the Serbians
as field artilleTymen. No confirmation
from Serbian sources has come regard
ing the Berlin report.
The cruisers of the Allies Mediter-
ranean feet yesterday bombarded
the Aegean ports of the Bulgar
ians, at Dedcagatch and at Lagos,
the only two Aegean ports and places
at which the Rulgars have built de
fensivC works and massed troops. The
| report of the feet commander is that
the bOmbardment was SEVERE and eff
| fective, while Sofia dispatches declare
that the shells from the cruiser = guns
inflicted no damage.
Also Diplomatic War
Action has developed in the Balkan
| diplomatic war. Indications point To
victory for the TeutOnic ENJOYS a.
Athens. Greece yesterday formally al
vised the Entente Powers that she i,
still unable to accept their proposals
and join the Allies.
This action follows the offer of
Great Britain to ccde to Greece tn,
Island Of Cyprus for her immediate en-.
try into the war. Greece previously
had Informed the Allies she could not
enter the war cat present"
There is much discussion of the latest
stand taken by Athens and specula
ton over what will follow, for the
offer of Cyprus was accompanied by q
yelled threat. 1t was intimated that
should Greece refuse to join the Allies
the Entente would demand statement
of Greece's position, and it Is also said
this will be accompanied by an insist
, emit request that she .demobilize.
sparring For Better Terms
Britain in the meantime awaits thu
course the Allies will pursue. In some
quarters it is pointed out that reitera
ton by Greece that she win not par
tiGipate in the war lat present" may
mean she contemPlates doing so when
her mobilization has reached greater
degree of efficiency. 1t is said again
that Greece is sparring for better
terms from the Allies.