The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-15
Roumania Calls Out Re- serves-Bulgaria Awaits Reply to Demands on the Entente Powers
TEUTONS CONTINUE
 ADVANCE IN SOUTH; l ALLIES CONFIDENT
REsians Claim Successes Against Germans Near Riga and Continue to Hold Fortress of KOvnO

London, August 14.-GO,4O P. m.) Affairs in the Balkans are approach ing a crisis. While diplomatic negoti- ntions are proceeding to induce sister states still neutral to cnst their lot with one side or the other, the Teu- the Balkan frontiers. Their plan, it is kopposed, Is to force n way through to relieve Turkey, believed to he badly in need of shells.
 This concentration, which has been fol- lowed by artillery attack on Servian po- sitions, is equally a menace to Roumania. which again has refused to permit shells to pass through her territory to Turkey. The Roumanan army already is partly mobilized ,and four new divisions of re- serves have been called out. Bulgaria is awaiting the quadruple entente's reply to her demand that Servia and Greece concede Macedonia to her in return for her military support. This answer prob ably will be forthcoming after the meet ing of the Greek and Servian Parliaments next week.
 While the Servians point out what they consider the unfairness of the Bulgarian demand, they show an inclination to make some concessions. Greece is more firm in her refusal. but it is believed here there may be change in her policy when former Premier Venizelos returns to power, although he has ! strong pro- German party opposed to him, and King Constantine is reported to have offered him the premiership only on the under standing that strict neutrality shall be maintained
 Should Bulgaria attack servia, how ever, Greece Is bound by treaty to sup port Servia as her ally.
 Allies Confident
 With an apparent improvement of the Russian situation on the eastern front, there are renewed expressions of conil- dence in the allied countries. The Rus sians claim they are driving the Germans back from Riga and west of Dvirsk. and still are keeping them away from Kovno Although the Teutons continue their ad- vance in the south and southwest, the absence from official reports of any men, tion of the capture of guns or munitions 1ndlcateS that the puSllioHS ioW pciho oS- cupied by the invaders all had been evac- uated before their arrival.
 Von Mackenzen has resumed his ad- vance between the Vieprz and the Bug, after having been delayed several days by Russian counter attacks
 The only important news from the western front is German claim of an other local success in the Argonne. This claim finds no confirma tion in the French
 zt. a11 otf f.kc a arl repulsed
 Servian Attitude Explained
 London August 14.-(9:52 D. m.)-The declaration that Servia's attitude !. ward Bulgaria's claims was clear, anu that Servia never had admitted tha, the Slavs in Macedonia were Bulgar- ians was made today by M. Bosko witch, Servian minister to London, iI reply to claims recently put forward from authoritative Bulgarian sources.
 This was shown M. Boskovitei said. .'by the terms of the ervo-Bul- Earian treaty in 1912. in which Serva agreed to recognize the right of Bull garia only to territory lying east ui the Rhodopes Ca chain of mount tains il eastern Roumania, partly in Macedonia and partly in Thrace) and the Strums river. This concession, winch was mau. to Bulgara in 1912 and upon which sht attempts to base her present claims was based upon considerations of DO litical expediency, and was offered upor certain strictly defined conditions whlcf have been fulfilled. This fact, coupled with the intervention of Austria to oul detriment and the aid which we rem dered the Bulgarians at Adrianople, ne cessitated our requesting revision o the treaty.
 We accepted the Russian proposa 
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