The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-01
WORLD NEWS
SEVEN DAYS AT A
GLANCE
War News.


a passage through Servia.
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NJ. Radoslavoff, the Bulgarian pre-
mier, has announced to his supporters
the signing of a convention with Tur-
key for the future maintenance of
armed neutrality on the part of Bull
garia, says the London Times CORE
spondent at Sofia.
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General Joffre, the French comman-
der-in-chief, and the allied command
ers on the West front, Field Marshal
Sir John French and King Albert of
Belgium, are developing new plan of
campaign that involves the almost con-
tinuous use of artillery on vast scale
along the whole line.
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The German encircling movement
against the Russian army which evac'
uated Wilma has intensified and tight
ened, and with the retreating forces
virtually without rail communication,
their retreat seems to have reached
the most critical juncture.
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The Serbian government has de-
clared the Serbo-Bulgarian frontier
district war zone. 1t is also report
ed that Bulgarian troops are concen-
trated near the Serbian frontier and
that German and Austro-Hungarian
troops have been concentrated along
the Serbian border line.
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OF the many big battles fought on the
eastern front during the past five
months, few, if any, have been fought
with such importance for the oppos-
ing armies as that now in progress to
the east and south of Wilma, where the
German Field Marshal Won linden
burg is attempting to cut off the re-
treat and destroy the Russian army,
which defended that city.
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Dispatches from Sofia, Bulgaria, an
nouncing the mobilization there of
troops made up of residents of Mace
donia, have caused another compli-
cation to be introduced in the Balkan
situation, which already was tense
through the presentation by the En-
tente Allies of the joint note requiring
Bulgaria to define her attitude.
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Washington.
Germanys latest note on the sink
ing last fall of the American sailing
ship William P. Frye, just published
by the State Department, discloses an
important diplomatic victory for the
United States. Germany accepts the
proposal to fix damages by commits
sion and to let The Hague pass upon
disputed treaty rights involved. She
also gives assurances that no more
American ships carrying conditional
contraband will be destroyed under
any circumstances.
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United States mail to Europe has
fallen off as such rate since the be-
ginning of the war that the Postoffice
Department has decided not to ask
for the usual 10 per cent increase in
the appropriation for the transporta-
tion for such mail.
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Adam Morris, 81 years old, of Tu-
lare, Cal, was arrested at the White
House when he called to tell President
Wilson how to end the sins of the
world. Morris said he was in commun.
ication with the heavenly powers.
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The American consulate at Stuff
CART was struck by fragment of
bomb during the recent raid upon that
place by French airmen, according to
a message from Consul Higgins.
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Ex-Secretary Bryan conferred with
President Wilson more than an hour
the other day. Following the meeting,
the first since Bryan resigned from the
Cabinet, neither would discuss the
conference.
A four-line lad" in a Washington
paper discloses that William j. Bryan,
ex-Secretary of State, is done with
Washington as place Of residence.
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Six Haitien reoels were killed in a
fight with American marines, Admiral
Capertor has cabled the Navy Depart
ment. There were no American cas-
ualties.
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Domestic.
A sudden and mysterious epidemic
of edema of the larynx killed Alexan-
der Cerise,' SO, and lis two young
dauohterc tho thraa obolying to daatl,