Evening star., 1915-12-15
KING CONSTANTINE I'LL,
ACCORDING TO REPORT
Doctors Said to Have Ordered Him
to Abstain From State
Business.
ALLIES CONTINUE RETREAT
Front Extends as Far as Kukus,
Twenty-Five Miles North of Sa-
loniki-Reinforcements
Pouring In.

PARIS, December 15.-The
Greek government officially de-
nies that Bulgarians have entered
Greek territory, and it is consid-
cred in competent quarters here
that an entrance of the Bulgari-
ans into Greek Macedonia is i'm
probable, says a Havas dispatch
from Athens.
The press unanimously de-
clares that the presence of Bull
garians in Greek Macedonia
would arouse national indignation
and the situation arising from
the retreat of allies to Greek terri
tory and the approach of Bull
garian troops is preoccupying Of
fetal circles" says the dispatch.
"but competent persons consider
their entry most improbable.
The Greek government is fol-
lowing closely the course OF
events and is ready to take the
decisions required by the highest
interests of the country
King Constantine Of Greece
has contracted a mild influenza
with symptoms of a slight fever,
according to the Athens CORE
spondent of the. Daily Chronicle.
The court physicians are said to
have prescribed that the king take
a. complete rest and abstain from
participation in state affairs.
Extent Of Allied Front.
The latest information obtainable BY
the Havas correspondent at Athens,
when he filed dispatch yesterday, was
that the allied front extended as far as
Kukus, in Greece, about twenty-five
miles north of Saloniki. The retreat Is
being carried on under favorable condi-
tions, enabling the allies to preserve all
their war material.
1t is said the German and Bulgarian
forces in the Gievgeh section consist Of
nine divisions, three German and six
Bulgarian. Greek troops In Macedonia
have been ordered to avoid all contact
with foreign troops.
Entirely Out of Serbia.
The Temps publishes a dispatch from
Saloniki corroborating the report that
all French and British troops have now
quit Serbian territory, having retired
into Greece. Notwithstanding the diff
culties Of retreat and the determined
attack of superior forces of Bulgari-
ans, the allies saved virtually all their
ammunition and other supplies and
suffered comparatively small losses in
men.
Ine assertion, made in an official Bull
garlan communication, that the Franco
BritiSl line had been cut Is not borne
out by the CORE espondent OF the Temps.
who says: Efforts to envelop or cut
our lines altogether failed
Allies Not Seriously Harmed.
Reviewing the past weeks operations.
Reuters correspondent at Saloniki says
the fighting during the week did no seri-
GUS harm to the allied forces. the Bulgari-
ans having shown no desire to come to
THE British casualties on that day.
says tine correspondent, although severe.
totaled less than Thousand. but during
the rest OF the week few dozen would
sum up the total casualties along the
whole Franco-British 'front.'.
Food Supplies Seized, Is Claim.
BERLIN. December 16. by wireless to
SayviIle N. Yin an official Bulgarian
report of December 10, as given out
here by the Overseas News Agency, the
assertion is made that when the
French troops withdrew from south.
western Serbia they took away all food
supplies from the civilian population.
burned the houses and drove of the
people, leaving them without food or
shelter.
This passage was omitted from the
version of this statement cabled from
London last night, having perhaps been
eliminated by the British censor.