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Bulgaria Tries to Assure Ru-
mania That HostiIities Are
Not Intended.
BUCHAREST NOT DISPOSED
TO CHANGE HER POLICY
Reports From Athens Conflict as to
Sentiment in Greece for
Joining in War.

BERLIN, September 2s,
by wireless to Sayville.-
The Overseas News Agency
says that, according to re-
liable information, Bulgaria
and Greece have agreed
upon the establishment of
neutral zone between those
two countries.
PARIS, September 2s.-The
Bulgarian cabinet has agreed with
Germany. the Rome correspond
ent OF the Petit Parisien saws he
has learned from a former Ru-
manian minister. that Bulgaria
shall mobilize only four divisions
to watch Rumania. This will be
done. it is said. to avoid action
which might justify Greece in
feeling she was called upon to in
tervene under the terms of her
treaty OF alliance with Serbia.
Meanwhile, the Petit Parisien' S
correspondent asserts, Bulgaria
proposed to have $4,000 Macedo-
nian irregulars attack Serbia, but
details of this plan became known
in Nish, and preparations were
made by Serbia for possible at
tack.
No Change at Bucharest.
BUCHAREST, Rumania, September
81. via London, September 2s.-The
Rumsnian cabinet, at meeting today
in which the mobilization of Bulgaria
and Greece was discussed, decided that
Rumania should continue the course
she has been following.
. These new developments. it was de-
ternined. were not Of nature to cause
Rumania TO modify in any way the line
of conduct she has pursued UP to the
present. Consequently, Rumanian
troops will remain concentrated along
the national frontiers.
The cabinet did not consider the
question of establishing martial law
Greece Still Determined.
LONDON, September 2s.-"The pacific
assurances of the Bulgarian minister
at Athens have not had the effect OF
altering the determined position of
Greece. which nothing short OF BuIgar-
ian dcmobilization can alter says
Reuter- correspondent at Athens The
victory of the allies in Champagne
came at the right moment to dispel the
last vestise of sympathy for the CEN
trail powers, which have been losing
ground since the Bulgarian mobiliza-
ton. The Greek mobilization has had
discouraging effect on Germans here.
According to trustworthy news
from Serbian sources the Austro-Ger-
man forces concentrated at the Ser
bian frontier along the Pancsova- Or
sova line, do not exceed 100000 men.
They are composed mainly Of old men
and youths. although they are provid-
ed with powerful artillery.
The projected attack against Serbia
is believed to have been necessarily
postponed.
To Resist Foreign Troops.
BERLIN. September os. by wireless
to sayville. n. Y.-According to the
Overseas News Agency, Greece has as
sured Serbia she will resist the pas
sage of foreign troops through Greek
territory.
The news agency says: Reports
from the Balkans say that the Greek
minister to Serbia called on the Serbian
prime minister and told him that
Greece had decided to offer determined
resistance to the passage of foreign
troops through Greek territory
"Buda Pest newspapers say that the
Serbian minister 1T Sofia, Tcholals An
itch, told Premier Radoslav of Bull
garia that he would depart on leave of
absence owing to ill health. The pre-
mier told the Serbian minister that
leave of absence had been granted to
Bulgarian consuls in Macedonia
The ailusion to the passage OF foreign
troops through Greek territory prob
ably refers to recent reports that if
Bulga ria should attack Serbia the en-
t.nte allies would send troops to
Greece.
Reported Rspulse by Rumania.
The Athens correspondent OF the Lo-
kaI Anzeiger reports that lie is able to
confirm the rumor that Premier Nen-
izelos of Greece failed in the negotia-
tions which he attempted recently to
open with the Rumanian government.
This is considered as "A definite indica-
tion OF Rumania's attitude.
The correspondent adds that public
opinion in Greece is being manifested
more strongly against literal inter
pretation OF the Serbo-Greek compact
sobligatinR Greece to support Serbia
in case of attack by another Balkan
state), as Greece has been released
from this arrangement by The action
OF Serbia.
The Athens correspondent, of the
Vossische Zetung says that King Con-
stantine OF Greece consulted NJ. Gou-
naris. former premier. who is an advo-
cate of strict neutrality. before signing
the mobilization order
The Overseas News Agency says that
the Greek embassy in Berlin has issued
orders that all Greeks liable to military