Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-09-23
BALKAN CRISIS
IS NO NEARER
. A SETTLEMEN
London Bulgarian Minister An
nounces That His State
is Neutral
GENERAL ACTIVITY
ALONG SERB FRONTIER
Russians Continue Retreat From
Wilma as Germans
Advance

TO REMAIN NEUTRAL.
Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept. 22.-Pre-
mier Ra1oslavoff assured his sup
porters At a meeting yesterday
that Roumania and Greece would
remain neutral.
London, Sept. % "A war that may
solve the riddle of the Balkan-Bulgar-
ian mobilization has struck London
with dramatic suddenness. The after
noon papers, however, refrained from
editorial comments, and neutral read
ers Of these publications, except Tor
drawing their own conclusions from
large type and such captions as
Balkan sensation" would be none
the wiser, as to whether England re-
garded the development as a prclim-
mary victory for the Central Powers
or merely another overnight turn Of
the Greek-Serbian-B negotia-
tions.
Bulgaria Still Neutral.
The concensus vf opinion was that
although the Bulgarian army is now
on the move, Bulgaria has not yet
cast her lot with one side or the 9TH
er, but is, as her minister here ex-
pressed it. still neutral, still waiting,
but armed
Zone of the Bulgarian reserve Off
GERS here is authority for the state
ment that the general mobilization
includes 250,000 infantry. Bulgiria's s
field army Of all ranks number be-
tween 100000 and $4,000 men.
The first bulletin announcing Bill
garia's mobilization reached London
by way of New Yock. 1t was quickly
followed bv stream Of kilograms
from the European capitals to the eff
feet that mobi ization, partial or gen.
Grad, had been ordered at Sofia; that
the Bulgarian cavalry had take1r the
field, and that Bulgarians Of fighting
age were hurrying home. Subsequent
ly came the news Of excitement at
Athens, and of the conference of the
king with political leaders. But from
Sofia, itself, the British press receiy.
ed no details.
Activity on 3erbian Front.
There is general activity of the
Austro-German forces along the Ser
hian frontier. A semi-official dispatch
from Nish repud.ates the report that
Serbia had been asked in effect to re-
main quiescent, while the Austro-Ger-
mans conduct their campaign south.
ward.
The developments in Bulgaria
threw into comparative obscuritv the
continued Russian retreat from Wilma,
but with the exception Of the north
ern tip Of the Polish front, where the
Russians are on the offensive near
Friedricksstad, the Germans claim
progress throughout mid Poland as
far south as Ostrow, which they have
captured. The greatest umber OF
prisoners taken at any point, how
ever. did not exceed 1000, which
would seem to indicate that the move
to complete the coils around the re-
treating Russians has proved unsuc-
cessful.
Honors Bavarian kinu.
A dispatch to the Reuters Tele-
gram company from Berlin, coming
by way of Amsterdam, says Emperor
William and King Ludwig of Bavaria
ct today at Nurenburg. Bavaria,
where the emperor received tile baton
of Bavarian field marshall.
Body Washed Ashore.
The body of DR.. Edmund F. Woods,
of Janesville, Wis. who lost his life
through the torredoing of the steam
ship, Arabic, was washed ashore to-
day at Rolf, Carbery, County Court
French aviators have bombarded
Stuttgart, capital of the Kingdom of
Wurttenburg, according to the French
offi oio1 mi %o~ ;r1,+
They dropped about hundred shells
the royal palace and the station.
The announcement follows:
'In retaliation for the lombard
ment by the Germans of open towns
and civilian populations of Franco
and England, group of aeroplanes
set out this morning to lombard
Stuttgart, capital of Wurttenburg
About a hundred shells were dropped
on the royal palace and the station.
Our aeroplanes, which were canonad-
at different points along the line, re-
turned in safety to their base"
Kill Four PeaooIo
An official statement issued at Ber-
lin today says:
Enemy airmen with German
marks on their aeroplanes appeared
at S:15 o'clock his morning over
Stuttsburg, dropping bombs on the
towns, killing four persons and
wound:ng a large number of soldiers
and civilians The material damage
was quiet unimportant. The airmen
were fired at by our anti-aircraft
troop and disappeared in southern
directicc at $3.50 o'clock"
German and Austrian artillery is
now bombarding the Serbian posi-
tions along the Maova which lies in
the northwest cc-ner of Sci biz, and
which was the scene Of heavy fight
ing last autumn.
The Austro-German bombardment,
tCOntlnuea on rage rour.J