The midland journal., 1915-10-29
GREECE SPURNS
ALLIES OFFERS
Turns Down Bid For Co. Opera
ton in Serbia.
COERCION MAY COME NEXT
Proposition Made BY Entente Powers
To Roumanlan Considered BY
Cabinet Of That
Country.

London.-Greece has declined for
the present the Allies offer to her oi
Cyprus and other concessions, terri
torial and financial, in return for hel
adherence to the Serbo-G Greek treaty
of alliance, which would mean he1
military aid to assist in meeting the
Bulgarian and Austro-G German attacks
against her former ally.
The reply of Greece to the offer
is a lengthy one, and while it has not
been made public there is reason to
believe that the Hellepic kingdom
bases its decision not to join the Allies
on the ground that the Anglo-French
force landed at Salonih is not, in the
Greek governments opinion, strong
enough for the task allotted it.
The refusal to accept the Allies of
fer, which was not unexpected, as ii
has been often stated in official circles
that both Roumania and Greece were
Withholding their assistance until the
Allies either won decisive victory OF
proved to the Greeks and Roumanians
their ability to do so, or until the
operations had reached stage which
would assure them that their coun.
tries would not be overrun by the
forces of the central powers or their
Turkish and Balkan allies.
There is no inclination in the capi-
tails of the other members of the
Quadruple Entente powers to minimize
the seriousness of the situation of
Serbia. The Austro-Germa and Bul.
garian campaign is developing slowly,
but the plans are now fairly clear. The
Austro-G German center is advancing
down the Morava Valley from Semen
dria, while the Bulgarians have got
across this valley to the south and
command the Belgrade Nish- -Saloniki
Railway. The Austro-Germans have
three other forces engaged, one in the
northwest, near Shabatz, one at Bel
grade, and the third, which has not
yet crossed the Danube, about Orsova.
The Bulgars also have other armies
moving across the frontier, near Zai-
tar, Pirot and Nish and further south,
near Egri Palanka and Kohane and
claim to be already in Veleze, on the
Vardar River. 1t is this latter force
the Anglo-French troops landed at
Salonika probably will first encounter.
On the other fronts the operations
are considered to be more favorable
for the Allies. The Russians. taking
advantage of the removal of German
troops from other points on the front
to reinforce Field Marshal Won Hinden-
burg for his drive at Riga, which seems
to have been checked, have been de-
livering some fierce strokes at the Ger
man center on the Styr and in Galicia.
In all these they have had, at least,
initial successes.
The latest offensive by the Russians
was assumed north of Tarnapol, where
the carrying of Austro-German posi-
tions gave the Russian soldiers nearly
5000 prisoners, two Howitzers and a
number of machine guns These prison
ers, added to those taken near Barano-
vichi the day before, make total of
over 1000 Austrians and Germans
captured in two days.
The Germans, on the other hand.
claim that their counter attacks, both
on the Styr and at Baranovichi, were
successful, and, according to the Ber-
lin official communication, the Rus
slams taken prisoners totalled upward
of 1000. The Germans admit, how,
ever, the loss of six guns on the Styr
In the west another German attack,
according to French accounts, has
been repulsed in Artois, while a con
templated attack in Champagne was
prevented by the French artillery.
The Italians continue their offensive
in Tyrol and Trentino. where it is
progressing, and along the Isonzo. No
advance is reported in the latter
region.