New-York tribune., 1918-10-07
Fall of Bulgaria
A Hard Blow to
Germans i'm Russia
Teutons Unable Longer to
Spare Men to Help the
Bolsheviki
tSpecia. Dispatch tc The Tribune


WASHINGTON, Oct. G. G.-Germany
has drawn heavily upon the army of
occupation in Russia for reinforce
ments needed on The Danube and is ur-
able to give any more effective aid to
the Bolshevik.
Through the expected occupation Of
Constantinoplc By tho Allies. Just
promised by General Franchet DIES
percy. commander in chief Of the Allied
armies IN the Balkans, tho road will be
open for the Allies to send reinforce
mcnts to the Caucas;:5 and the Don
country and establish contact with the
Czccho- -Slovals from this direction.
The work of bringing Russia back
into the alliance, OF reorganizing
Russian government and rccreating q
Russian army vii! take a longer time
than was expected when the Czecho-
Slovaks inauguratcd their campaign
along the Volga and in Siberia, but it
was declared on high Allied authority
to-day that the expulsion OF the Ger
mans from Russi" is feasible now even
without the participation Of strong
Russian elements.
The following statement was OBJ
taincd from an authoritative source
here:
".The military situation in Russia
will oe greatly affected by the With
Grawal of Bulgaria from the Tcutonic
alliance. The Boishcviki were able to
hold their own against the Czecho-
Slovaks on the Vo!ga and in the Urala
because German officers were training
their newly raised levies and German
prisoners of war received orders to
join the fight against the Czecho-
Siovaks. Now Germany will need all
these men to hold the occupied PROV
lnces of the old Russian Empire, as it
mas drawn heavily or the army for re-
lnforcements needed on the Danube.
Germany will not be able to give any
more effective aid to the totteriag
regime of the Bolsheviki.
lopments in the Balkans follow
each other so fast that the occupation
of Constantinoplc by the Allies may be
only question at the most of weeks
In that case the road will be open,
through the Straits to the Black Sea, to
send relnforcements to the Caucasus
and the Don country and establish con-
tact with the Czecho- -Slovaks on the
Volga. That would mean prompt end
ing to the rule of Lcnine and Trotzky
and probably the overthrow of the Ger
man yoke by the Ukraine as we'll.
"1n the mean time the Czechs are
doing we'll in their difficult campaign
against Bolshevik troops. The latest
estimate gives the number of Czechs at
something less than 100000. The
greater part of this force is needed to
garrison the cities of Siberia and the
occupied portions Of European Russia.
for the fact unfortunately still remains
true that the Russians in the territory
liberated from the Bolshevik rule have
50 far been unable to agree among
themselves, and need the presence Of
armed forces for the preservation of
order. The number of Czecho- -Slovaks
on the firing line must be greatly in
ferior to the hordes of unframed or i'll
trained troops raised by the Bolshevik
The latest reports state that the
Lett Guards, the most reliable force at
the disposal Of the Moscow peoples
commissioners. have refused to fight
against the Czechs. This was expected
to happen, for the Czecho-Slovak can
play the game of fraternizing ex-
tremcly we'll. and they understand the
psychology of the Let's, who embrac ced
the cause of extreme socialism because
they had been opposed economically by
the German barons Of the Baltic prov
inceS"