Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-08-15
Central Powers Are MaSsing
Armies With View TO Driving
Through Re.nforcemeats to
the Turks,
RUSSIAN SITUATION
SHOWS IMPROVEMENT
Mackensen Resumes Advance
After Several Days Delay,
Due to Fierce Attacks by
SlaVS,

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fairs IN the Bnlkuns avo approaching
"a crisis While diplomatic peRotia-
uons are proceeding In an effort 10
induce states Stil neutral 10 east their
lot with one oide on the other, the
central powers have massed troops on
the Balkan frontier Their plans, Il
Is supposed. ia to force q way through
to relieve what is believed to be Tur-
koy' need of shells.
This concentration, which has been
Followed 10y an artillery attack on Ser
bian positions, is equally a menace TO
Rumania which again has refused 70
permit shells 90 pass through her ter
utory 70 Turkey The Rumanian
army already i8 partly mobilized and
four new divisions of reserves now
have been called out Bulgaria has
as yet made no move while awaiting
the reply Of the quadruple entente to
her demand that Serbia ana Greece
concede Macedonia TO her in return
for her military support This an
swcr probably will be forthcoming af-
ter the meeting Of the Greek and Ser
bian parlioments next week
Serbia May Yield.
While the serblans point out what
they consider the unfairness of the
/ Bulgarians demand they show an in
clnatlon to make some concessions
to obtain the support OF their former
lally Greece Is more firm in her re-
/ fusal. but II is believed here that
there may be change IN her policy
4 when former Premier Vcnizclos re-
I turns Go power, although he has IA
strong pro-German party opposed to
IA -.
! Berlin tonight King Constantine win
offer him the premiership only upon
t the understanding that strict neutral
/ ity shall be maintained
Constantine Is Firm.
This was the point upon which the
king and NJ. Nenzelos disagreed when
a new cabinet was appointed ana par
Lament was dissolved. lnasmueh as
NJ Nenizelos was supported by the
people az general election IL was
thought the king might fall into line,
but the dispatch from Berlin indi-
Gates ne has not changed his views
should Bulgaria attack Serbia, how
ever, Greece lis hound by treaty obli-
cations to support Serbia as her ally
With an apparent Improvement Of
the Russian situation on the eastern
front there are renewed expressions
OF commence 10 the dlltU countries
The Russians claim they are continu-
ing to drive the Germans back from
Riga and west of Dvinsk and still are
keeping them away from the fortress
of kovno Although the Au7tro-Ger-
mans continue their vigorous advance
i'm the center and southwest the abb
scnce from official reports OF any
mention of the capture of guns or
munitions Indicates that the towns
and positions which are being occu-
pied by the invaders all are evacuated
before their arrival
Maehcnsen Advances,
Field Marshal Won Mackensen has
resumed his advance between the Vic
pr1 and the Bug after having been
delayed for several days by Russian
which finally over
came his cavalry, once before being
driven back twenty miles from Vla-
dovu on the Bug and again when ap-
preaching that town
The only important development on
tho western front is the Germnu claim
of another local success In the Ar
Ronpe and this claim finds no confir-
nation in the French report which
declares all attacks were repulsed