The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-02-11
CLAIMS RIGHT TO
INVADE GREECE
FOR AN ATTACK
LEADING JOURNAL SAYS Bull
GARIA MUST ATTACK THE
FRENCH AND BRITISH.
ACTIVITY ALONG THE FRONT
Frequent Reports Are Heard
That the Teutons Are Con-
centrating Their Forces Along
Greek Border.
ACTIVITY ALONG THE FRONT

iAoANDON, FeD. lu.--plSLS tndJ
military operation of Importance may
be impending in the Balkans are fur
nished by the Bulgarian government
organ at Sofia, which in leading
article asserts the right of Bulgaria to
invade Greece for an attack on the
French and British there. 1t declares
that Bulgaria cannot permit these foes
to remain near her borders and that
they must be driven out.
Recent reports from the Balkans
regarding the intention of the Teu-
tonic allies as to a move from South
ern Servia and Bulgaria on the en-
tente forces at Saloniki, have been
contradictory. Dispatches announc-
ing notable concentration OF fT0OOS
and heavy artillery along the Greek
border, however, have been frequent
On both eastern and western fronts
the activity during the last few days
has been more marked than for
some time. Some movement of
moment may be developing at the
northern end of Russian line, where
The artillery play. is reported as
heavy and continuous, particularly
in the neighborhood of Divinsk The
Russians profess confidence in the
security of their line there despite
the German heavy guns. In Galicia
they are on the aggressive and at
one point report crossing the Dneis-
ter river
In the west the initiative at pres
ent seems with the Germans, who are
hammering on the French lines
from time to time and making an
occasional gain, notably near Neu-
vile, not far below the Belgian bor-
der, and south of the river Somme.
The visit of tn: French premier,
Aristride BRAND, to Italy, is engag-
ing marked attention in the various
capitals. On the eve of his departure
from Paris Premier BRAND is quoted
as declaring his confidence that he
would obtain from Italian statesmen
support of the strongest sort in car
rying out the establishment of a
closer and more effective co-opera-
ton among the allies.
Total Prussian losses in the war
are estimated by an Amsterdam
newspaper statistician as 2,377 ,378.
Bombardment of Smyrna on the
Asia Minor coast by a squadron of
French aeroplanes is reported from
Athens
Paper Asserts Rights.
SOFIA, Bulgaria (via London),
Feb. 10.-The government organ, Ma
rodni Prava, publishes a leading ar
ticle asserting that Bulgaria has the
fight to invade Greece for the pur-
pose of attacking the French and
British troops there. 1t declares Bull
garia is not responsible for the fact
that her enemies have violated the
neutrality of Greece, and continues:
Our enemies must not remain
where they are. We have the right
to seek our enemies there and de-
stroy them in order that they may
not threaten us.
"It may he hard for Greece to see
foreign troops on her soil. but we
cannot permit ourselves to be pre-
vented from defending ourselves. We
cannot possibly permit the enemy to
remain near our border. He must be
driven out. We are prepared to meet
all possibilities with the fullest conf.
dence in our power to win final vic
tory"