The Sentinel=record., 1918-09-28
(By the Associated Press.

With the welding Of the armies of the entente into a compact whole under command of the inter allied var council, guided by master strat- tgy of Marshal Foch, apparently has come the first break in the United front of the Central powers Bulgaria, smallest of the TeutOnic allies, seems to have struck her colors Premier Malnoff has asked for an armistice to consider terms of peace Whether he is acting upon his own responsibility as the representa- tive of a revolutionary party, or with the approval of King Ferdinand and the government remains in douOt. In either case, however, there is lituc doubt that Bulgaria has ceased to ba 9 military factor in the war Her armies are in full retreat and her soil has. been invaded
 Secession of the Balkan state from the tiraldom of Germany will be a,- most as severe a blow to the Teutonlc alliance as was the collapse of Rajesia to the allies
 If Bulgaria lays down her arms, Turkey her armies shattered by the coup of General Allenby in Palestine, will he cut off from her allies Her lines of communication will be sc- yered except at the Black Sea through Rlmania or over the mountain peaks of trans-Caucasia in Russia wAere the grip of the German controlled BolsheyiH is becoming steadily weaker
 With her supplies of German made munitions and raw pGterials hangine ly such slender thread military ob servers believe the Ottoman empire VIII have no course left but to fol- low the example of her Balkan neigh Dor,
 But it makes little difference to the entente whether the Turks abandon IGermany and Austria. if Bulgaria quits he can no longer be menace Ito their plans The lack door of Austria will stand ajar before the victorious British French, Serbian and Italian armios pmging ahead through the mountains of Liberated Serbia
 Only 250 miles ahead of their ad- vance guards Is Belgrade across the Danube from the plains of Hungary They already have pressed forward a quarter or this distance since the great Macedonia offensive began on September i4 once over the river they would be passing through terri tory occupied by the oppressed ma tionalities of Austria who have little love for dual empire and there woald be nc great natural obstacles be- tw ,cn them and Budapast
 Early winter in the Balkans with the limited means of communication available would present the most serious difficulty and one which could not be overcome before spring
 With the detection of Bulgaria it would be necessary TOT hard pressed Austria to throw an army across her southern frontier. thus making anoth- CT serious inroad upon her waning man power The bulk of her fighting forces is nearing the eager Italian army along the piave and in the mountain region. Emperor William already has called upon Emperor Charles for help on the western front and Austro- Hungarian divisions are fighting besides the Germans against the steady advancing British. French and Americans
 With Bulgaria evidently fallen by the wayside. with Turkey staggerins and with Austria in @ welter of in ternal diseord and disconient, tho shaken armies of Emperor William are grudingly falling back on their own frontiers before the irresistible l blows af Marshal Foch and the Brit