Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-28
Austro- Germans Effect a Junction with Bulgarians
 in No1 lleast Servia.
SIGNALS COLLAPSE
 ALLIES CAMPAIGN?
Berlin Interprets Success as Presag- ing Failure DardanelIoS' Exppdi. ton. an Invasion of Egypt and
 Blow at Sncz Canal.

London. Oct 27.-The Germans have opened a road for troops from Berlin to C0nstantinople.
 The Tcuton army which crossed the Danube at Orsova has effected junction east of Brza Palanka with General Boyajieff's Bulgarians, who invaded Servia near Prahoyo. Patrols of the two armies met today ac- cordine to an official announcement from Berlin.
 The junction point is in Northeast crn Servia, near the Roumanian frontier, and about 15 miles from the Hungarian border
 Before through railroad line for transportion can be opened, howev- CT, the Austro Germans will lace serious fighting. They must gain control of the Belgrade e-Salonikl line as far as Nish before they will have through communication by rail with the Turkish capital. Progress on thiss, front is reported today by Berlin.
 Presages Failure of Allies.
 The opening of direct road to Constantinople. through Servia and Bulgaria. is hialed in Berlin as a forerunner of the total collapse of the allies Dardanelles expedition, of an invasion of Egypt an da blow at the Suez canal.
 It is declared to be the ending of the first stage of the war in the Near East. The Germans, it is ex- pectcd, as soon as they gain com plete control of the railroads, Wlll adopt their tactics of the eastern and western fronts and content thelfl- selves with establishing strong de fensive position against attacks ny the Servians and the endorsements which are being poured into thaA theatre by the French and British, and divert their main forces to campaign against the British in the Orient. s
 Along the railroad from Belgrade 10 Nish, the Austro-Germans, advanc- ing on 1oO-mile front, have pressed forward 52 miles, according to the Berlin official communication. They have occupied Dobron and Neres- nica. and have reached SvilaJac. Twelve cannon have been captured.
 The Bulgarians, operating to the south, are fighting desperately to increase their grip on the Salonki- Nfsh railroad.
 London Not Surprised.
 The establishment. of route rom Berlin to Constantinople had been ex- < pccted here. Military critics and of. 'flcials admit the fear that Servia E to be crushe din the north. In me south, however, in cooperation with the French. some successes have been gained against the Bulgarians. Following the recapture of Veles by the Serbs, furious battle IS raging on front between that city and Kumanovo. The Bulgarians are re- ported falling back toward lstlps' which is reported to have been evac- { uated.
 Regarding this fighting, dispatches received in Paris state that the French have occupied the village of Zirteli. The Bulgarians also are re- ported retreating in the vicinity or Valandovo. after severe Datle. Heavy fighting is said to be proceed- ing on the Ratero-Strumitza line
 There is talk in London Of 9 pOs- sihle attempt to land forces at EnOs, in the territory recently ceded Dy Turkey to Bulgaria. in an effort 10 cut the Berlin n-Constantinople route. which at this point is within 60 miles of the port, instead of sending forces into Servia. In line with this. talk. word was received today from beriih that 10000 Turkish troops have ar rived at Dedeaghatch, on the Bulgar- ian Aegean coast, to fight any attempt by the allies to land forces there.
 After that 10-O beating they suffered