The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-11
Heights Around Belgrade Are In Possession of the
 Teut0n Forces
THE SERVIAN FORCES
 DELAY TAKING STAND
Allied Forces Have Not Yet Reached Scene of Action in Balkans-Lit- tie Change In War Situation
 On Eeither of the Fronts

London. october 1o.-The Austro- Germans are in full possession of Bei- grade and the heights surrounding tho city. and are marching east toward the mountains which the servians last year so stubbornly defended against the Austrians
 For sometime to come the invaders 1t is expected. will have to fight only the rear guards. whose duty it is to delay their progress. for the Servians will do doubtless as they have done before-fall back until they reach fa- vorable positions. In fact. military writers here do not expect a pitched battle on this front for 10 days or a fortnight, by which time the allies forces landed at Sa1onilSi should have joined the Servians
 The Bulgarians. so far as is known, have made no ineursions into Servian territory. and it Is believed they will withhold their hands until they know how matters go with the Austro-Ger- mans. Some Balkan authorities, indeed. still believe that the Bulgarians will not interfere with the movement north- ward of the Anglo French expedition, for to do so immediately would bring the shells of the warships Into their ports on the Black and Aegean soas probably followed by the landing of Russian troops at varna and Burgas and of other allied troops at Ded- eaghatch.
 ROumania Neutral
 Greece and Roumania remained in- terested spectators. although the for mer has given assurance of her be- nevolent neutrality toward the allies Representatives of the entente have Furnished the Creek government with information concerning Bulgaria and Germany. which, 1t is asserted, gives the Bulgars free hand to deal not only with Servia, but with Greece as well, should the central powers win.
 Fighting on the various fronts brought about little or no change in the situation today. The Germans. aft CT two days heavy fighting n which. according to the British and French accounts, they suffered severe re- verse. have abandoned for the moment the attempt to recaptnre territory won from them by the British south of La Bassee. They do claim, however, to
 
 trenches east of Souchez and at Ta- hure. in Champagne.
 Field Marshal Won Hindenburg Is making slow progress in his operations against Dvinsk and although he claims to have taken more of the Russian positions, he does not appear to pe much nearer the city than he was two weeks ago.
 South of the Pripet river and in Ga- licia the tide of battle ebbs and flows. First the Russians then the Austro- Germans attack and counter attack and where during the summer miles of country would change hands in a day. now it is a question of defending some isolated village. The heaviness of the roads doubtless is largely responsible for this.
 Athens, October 1o.-tvia Paris.) The entente powers while exercising no pressure. are urging Greece to re- ply to the question put last Thursday In regard to its future course respect ing the Serbo-Grecian alliance. The cabinet delivered this question at great length yesterday and today but reached no agreement.
 A neutral diplomat In Athens report- ed to his government his opinion that within jess than a month former Pre- mier Venize1os will be returned to power or else the ports of Greece will De blOckaded by the entente powers.
 Representatives of the quadrupie en- tente have advised Greece that Bull garia's attitude results from writ ten agreement signed July IT by Prince Hohenlohe -T.angenburg. then acting German ambassador to Turkey. This agreement, made on behalf of Austria and Germany, provided for cession to Bulgaria of Servian and Greek Mace- donia. including the Greek ports of and Vivala; of Kastoria In northern Greece. near the Albanian border and all of Albania. Representa- tives of the entente powers assert they have proof that this agreement was made.
 The foregoing corroborates dis patch from Athens by Reuters corre- spondent who said Germany was un- derstood to have promised Bulgaria northern and southern Albania, tho whole of New Servia. Greek Macedonia and also salonilSi and Kavala-