The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-10-24
Allies Are Marking Time for
Effective Action until the
TROOPS Reach Front.
llITALY BEGINS 0FFENsIVEI
Russians Menace the Rear Of.
the German Army Which
is Trying to Take Port. /.

LONDON, Oct. 23.-widely. sep-
arated, though synchr onous, diver
sions by the entente forces on land
and sea, designed evidently as pre-
liminary moves to relieve the strain
on Serbia pending the time allied
troops Of sufficient weight can reach
the Balkan front, have marked the 7
development OF the last thirty-six
hours.
Italy, having confined Itself for
weeks to local actions, isolated at
tacks and counter attacks, has
launched general offensive along
the Tyrol and Trentino frontiers. Of
Austria. Allied warships, ipcludinE
Russian vessels. have, battered thu
Bulgarian ports in + the Aegean ana
Russia has created the presAIire of
the eastern front and by o coup OF 8
combined land and sen operations
has flung men and guns ON the cbast
OF Sohrlnnd; ninety miles northeasts
of Riga, thus rnenacing the rear ot !
General Won Beulo%'s army, witch
for long time has been trying to-
take the Baltic port.
Surprise Landing.
The news of the, surprise landing
is disclosed in the Berlin oficihl
communication, which describes the
forces landed as Of small strength.
The factsthat Russian vessel spar-s.
ticipated In the sbombard dment Of the
Bulgarian coast is attested by Brit
tsh official statement, and Is welcom-
ed in England as an incident which
will dispel the idea supposed to be
held by many Bulgars that they. are
fighting Serbia only, and not their
former ally, Russia. The Russian
southern feet, Of course, Is locked
in behind the. Dardanelles and the
only Russian warship in Aegean wat
ers, SO far as is known Is the cruiser
0skold.
Russian Ships Mentioned.
The admiralty statement relative
to the bombardment speaks collec-
lively Of British, French and Rus
sian ships" so it is impossible to
state the make up OF the squadron.
II Italian craft took part ;it has not
been made known to England.
Russian articipation, however,
has given stronger color to the res
cent rumors that II plans the land
ing OF troops on the Bulgarian Black
Sea coast.
What progress the British and
French troops are making In their
advance northward to the relief OF
Serbia is still withheld, ana there
are misgivings in many quarters that
Serbia never will be saved in this
way. Greece's apparently authentic
demand that allied soldiers, to In
sure its safety rather than. allied
concessions to expand its domipionS. x
constituted its price for allgning IT.
self against central powers and Tur-
key, carries the Implication that 1t
regards the forced landed at SaioniEis
as far from adequate for the pur-
pose. s
RoImania's Dsmand.
Roumania;s stipulation governing
its entry into the war In behalf 81
the Entente powers, has, according
to reports, narrowed to q similar;
though more SPECIFIC demand for;
100000 allied troops to insure III.
against invasion. France, It is ar
gued. In some quarters here. could
hardly spare the men, and SO the
burden would necessarily fall on
Russis and Great Britain, primarily
Great Britain. Is
The kings appeal for recruits in
England has had marked effect
on today's enlistments, according to
the London papers, and its ultimate
effect. with q fair trial Of the Earl !
OF Derby's plan may decide the moot
ed question OF constription. That the
Serbians' position is grave is the
opinion OF the British press. with
this admission there IS developing
daily an increasing rancor Of Greece
attitude. coupled with demands that
the allies do not allow Its policy to
drift while there is a possibility OF
its returning against tha Entente.
Eng1sh Not Mentioned.
a Serbian official communiEat don
refers to the presence OF French
troops cooperating with the Serbf9fi
forces In the neighborhOod of Stfn-
nitsa, but in none OF the commune
cations since the beginning of the
new Balkan campaign has tbs EnS
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