Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-10-23
Forces Landed at Salo0Iki to
Assist Serbia Are Regarded
IN Athens as Entirely Insult
f.cie0t tor Task
RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE
GROWING IN STRENGTH
Eleven thousand Teuton PriS-
o0erS Are Taken in Two
Days Germans Claim Cap
ture Of 1900 Troops.
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Greece has declined tor the present
the allies offer 10 her oi cyprus ana
other concessions territorial aud
financial IN return for her adherence
90 the Serbo-Greck treaty OF alliance.
which would mean her military aid 70
assist I'm meeting the BulgaT ians and
Austro- German attacks ugalns, her
former ally
The reply OF Greece TO the offer.
which reached the foreign office to-
night is a length one and while It has
not been made public, there Is reason
TO believe that tho Hellenic kingdom
bases lbs decision not 60 join the allies
ON the ground that the Anglo-french
force landed az Saloniki Is not In the
Greek governments opinion, strong
enough for the task allotted 20 it
safety FIRST for Crvccc
The refusal 10 accept the alies' Of
fer was not unexpected, as Il has been
often stated in official circles that
both Rumantn and Greece were with
holding their assistance until the allies
either won n decisive victory OF
proved C the Greeks and Rumanians
their ability TO do so or until opera
tions had reached stage which
would assure them that their coun-
tries would not be oyerrun by the
forces Of the central powew or their
| Tsrkish and Baikan alliea
Situation - scrioue
rhere q go Inclination here of n
lthe gariiuls ~ athef menbels ~ the
quA lrHpls entente keaup "a uinir
! ize the scriouaneaa 0f the situation OF
lSethn The Austro-germnn ana Bui
igurian campaign iH developing slowly
Ihut the plans are now fairly clear.
1.-THE Austro-German center ls advAnl
i ing down the Moraya valley from Ae-
mendria while the Bulgafians have
got across this valley to the south and
command the Belgrade NiHh sulonlki
railway. The Austro-German forces
, have three other forces engaged, one
! In the nOrthwest near ShRbat2, one at
! Belgrade and the third which has not
yet crossed The Danube. about 0rsova,
Other Armies Moving
The Bulgars also have otncr armies
moving across the frontier near Iai-
tar, Pirot and Nish und further south
Egri Palanka ana Kohane and claim
| to be already la Ncleze, on the Vnrdar
river II is this latter force the An
glo- French troops landed az salohiki
probably viii first encounter
ON the other fronts the operations
lare considered 20 be more favorable
for the allies The Russians taking
lndVantage of the removal Of 9crm1u
Troops from other points on the front
Ito reinforce Field Marshal Won Hin
Ideubugg for his drive al Riga, which
leccms to have been checked, have
Ibeen delivering some fierce strokes at
/ the German center on the Styr and in
| IGa1icia In all these they have had
lat least Initial successes.
Zig Russian Victory.
The latest offensive by the Russians
Twas assumed north OF Tarnopol
Iwhcrp the carrying OF Austro-Gtrman
positions Btye the Russian soldiers
Incary eight thousand prisoners. two
Ihowltzers and % number Of machine
lguns These prisoners, pddrd to those
taken near HarAnOylch the day before,
| make a total Of over eleven thousand
Austrians and Germans captured tt
1.-TWO days
The Germans, on the other hand.
Iclatm that their counter attacks both
Iop tho Styr and mt Rarapoyichi were
lsucceqsfu and, according to the Ber-
lin official communication the kls-
lAians taken prisoners tot0lled upwhFd
Iof 1000. The Gormana admit how
ever the loss vt six guns on the Slyr'
Germans Kepulsed.
In the west another German at
tack. according 10 French accounts,
has been repulsed in Artois while q
Contemplated uttuck in Champagne
| was prevented by the French nrtil-
| lery
The Italians continue their offensive
! IN Tyrol and Trentiuo, where It Is pro
crossing. and along the lsonzo No
advance is reported in the latter re-
IGon During the week ending Octo-
| Iber 90 only one British steamer, the
| Salorno, was sunk by a German SUB
marine This is the lowest record IN
| british ships sunk for months. unot-
fetal reports say that the British SUD
ImarineB have added three more ships
to their bag in the Baltic during the
Hast twenty four hours.
Some mystery surrounds the SINK
ing at Hamburg boy the Germans oi
three British steamers when had
been intcrned there since the begin
lnnr Of the war They were all small
vessels