Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-28
PREMIER MAL|NQFF
WANTS ARM|ST|CE
TO DISCUSS PEACE:
If King Ferdinand's Coun-
try Quits War, Turkey
Will Be Isolated.
WILL NO LONGER INTERFERE
WITH CAMPAIGN OF ALLIES
Back Door to Austria Will Open
Before Victorious
Armies.
GERMANS FORCED TO RETIRE
Nirginian Troops Aid in Rcpclling
Commentaries West of
Mouse River.
WILL NO LONGER INTERFERE
WITH CAMPAIGN OF ALLIES
FORCED TO RETIRE
iBy Associated rrcss.

| BY Associated Prcss.l
With tho welding Of the armies of
the entente into compact whole under
command Of the interallicd war coun-
ell. guided by the master strategy OF
Marshal Foch. apparently has come tho
first break in the united front Of the
central powers
Bulgaria. smallest of the Tcutonic
allies, seems to have struck her colors
Premier Malinoff has asked for an ar
misticc to consider terms of peace.
Whether he is acting upon his own
responsibility as the representative OF
a revolutionary party or with the ap-
proval OF King Ferdinand and the gov
crnment. remains in doubt In either
case. however, there is little doubt that
bulgaria has ceased to be a military
factor in the war. Her armies are in
fun retreat and her soil has been in
vaded.
the thraldom OF German will he almost
as severe blow TO the Teutonic al
lance as was the collapse OF Russin
to the allies.
TuRkiSN:-WiLE DE CUT
OFF FROM HER ALLIES
II Bulgaria lays down her arms. Tur-
Key; her armies shattered by the colp
be cut OFF from ar allies Her lines
OF communication will be severed ex-
fen, Rnnis across nio the Black Sea. through
of Transcaucasia into Russia, where the
grip OF the German controlled Boil
sheviki is becoming steadily weaker.
With her supplies of Gcrman-made
munitions and raw materials hanging
by such slender thread, military OBJ
servers believe the Ottoman empire Will
example of her Balkan neighbor.
Eut it makes little difference to the
Germany and Austria. If Bulgaria
quits he can no longer be a menace to
their plans.
HUNGARIAN BORDER ONLY
:;.0 MILES NORTH
The back door of Austria will stand
aJar before the victorious British
french. Serbian. Greek and Italian
armies ,.rni' pluaagng ahead OF their ad
Danube from the plains OF Hungary.
They alerady have pressed forward a
Macedonian offensive began on Sep
tcmber IA. Once over the river they
would be passing through territory oc-
Of Austria who have little love for. the
dual empire. and there would be no
great natural obstacles between them
the Balkans. with the limited means or
communication available would present
the most serious difficulty, and one
which could not be overcome before
spring.
Win the detection. of Bulgaria it
would be necessary for hard-pressed
southern frontier thus making another
serious inroad upon her waning man
nower; The bulk OF her forces is fac
piavc and in tic mountain region.
Emperor William already has called
western front. and Austro- Hungarian
divisions are lighting beside the Ger
mans asains, the steadily advancing
ttri i.h 4,
amy weakening of the Austrian front
to send forees TO the other frontier OF
the empire probably, would be the
cover not only the invaded Italian ter
rit0rI; but the lost provinces" as Well
the waysidc. with Turkey staggering
and with Austria wclter OF internal
diseord and discomfort, the shaken ar
ingly calling back upon their own from
Yer before the irresistible blows OF
MnG,;sd Marshai F9eh,s ranns bri!iSh Frsneh and
Americans plunged forward again be-
tween Rheims and Verdun. while the
the cambrai sector. Between them
they already have taken more than
2o,oe0 prisoners and many guns OF all
caiiberS
CAPTURED BOOTY INCLUDES
OVER ONE HUNDRED GUNS
In the face of steadily strengthening
German resistance the American forces
in the Champagne continue their ad-
vance. and their front now includes
the villages of Charpentry, Very Fpin-
onvilic and Ivory, They threw back
German counterattacks with heavy
losses TO the enemy. The prisoners
captured by the Americans alone now
number 5000. and the captured booty
includes more than 100 guns.
The official report OF Field Marshal
ilais showed that the Americans had
entered the fray in the st. Quentin sec
tor. They celebrated their entry into
the line at this point by capturing out
posts of the iIindenburg line Ut Lcca-
telct.
The French troops cast OF Rheims
were equally as successful as the Amer
leans, with whom they co-operated
They have increased the number OF
prisoners taken by them in the present
drive TO more than 10000.
British troops in heavy force also
swept forward on wide 'front.' In 4
continuation of their effort TO drive a
wedge into the German def .pses be-
tween Cambrai and Douai with the
evident intention OF outeankirg 10th
these buitrcsscs of the Hind .ublirs line
AMERICANS AliD DUITiSH
ATTACK NEAR CAMBRHI
BERLIN, September 81 tvia Londonl.
between the roads from Arras and
Pcronnc toward Cambrni and against
the Sicgtgied front to the west OF LIE
Cltclet. there have been powerful EnGs