The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-07
Through Route to Constan- tinope Is Opened by Latest VictOry-Bulgars Severe ly Beaten at IzvOr
LITTLE EVIDENCE OF ANY CHANGE IN
 GREEK SITUATION
Skouloudis Charged Mitb, Formation ofNew Ca, $ net-Renewed Activj. soos Gallipoli Peninsul2 6
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London, November 7.--The -,thens cor | respondent of Reuters Telegram com pahy. in a dispatch dated November 6.
 relative to the Greek cabinet crisis, says;
 ''The King. has charged NJ. Skouloudis with the formation of a cabinet. The | ex-minister's are to retain office, M. Skouloudis taking the portfolio of foreign affairs
 l London, November 6.-The Bulgarians have occupied Nish, the Servan war cap ital, which gives them complete control of the railway from Prahovo, on the Danube. and thus opens a through route for the central powers to Sofia and Con- stantinople.
 In addition the Bulgarian and German main armies have affected junction at
 Krivivir, so that the campaign, which has been somewhat slower than expected,
 probably will move at faster pace In fact, except for the southern part of Ser via, the invasion is already gathering more headway and despite Servian resis- considerable progress.
 Checked in South In the south, however the allied forces appear to be too strong for the Bulgar- ians, who admit that they are faced by superior numbers. It is reported through the German legation at Athens that the British, French and Servians have in flicted a severe defeat on the Bulgarians at Izvor, 10 miles west of the Vardar river, where the French left wing joins the right of the Servian southern army and that the Bulgars are retreating to- ward Veles.
 1 More allied troops are being sent from Saioniki to the scene of the fighting in 1 the hope that they will be able by tht i,capture of veles to compel the Buigar- tire and clear the Saloniki Mitrovitza railway so that assistance can be sent to the Servian northern army. All assistance that reaches the Serv- ians apparently must, be sent by the British and French, for, despite the de- feat of the Zaimis government and the triumph of Venizelos in the Greek cham Der, there is no evidence that Greece in- tends to change her policy. It was re- ported this morning that M. Zaimis had undertaken to form a new cabinet but
 this lacks confirmation as dispatches l from Athens are being much delayed Nothing From Russia
 i There is also lack of news concerning the Russian expedition, reported early I in the week on the Roumanian frontier while Roumania, like Greece, is main taining her seutrality in the face of agi-
 tations in the country for intervention Russia, however, is preventing the Aus tro-Germans from dispatching any addi tional troops from her front to the Bal kans. Russian armies have successfully countered Field Marshal Won Hnden- burg's efforts to reach Riga from the
 west. and are attacking both west and
 south of Dvinsk and on the Styr and the Stripa rivers.
 l In the Dvinsk sector the Russians are 1 advancing little westward, but on the 1 two southern rivers there is no change 1 in the positions the armies of neither side seemingly being able to make any
 progress. though they are launching heavy attacks.
 l In. the western zone the Germans con,
 tinue their attacks against the new French positions in Champaigne. but here likewise, little ground is changing hands 1 There is evidence of renewed activity l in Gallipoli, and the impression prevails that another big attempt will be made to open the straits before German ammu- milton reaches the Turks