BULGARIA SIDES WITH ASTRO-GERMANS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2586, 7 October 1915, Page 5

BULGARIA SIDES WITH ASTRO-GERMANS

DESIGNS ON SERBIA

KING FERDINAND AGAINST IS ■ COUNTRY

THE ALLIES IN GREECE

VIOLENT DEBATE IN GREEK ;-' '' ' CHAMBER ' " -

I VENIZELOS UPHELD

FIRST OBJECTIVE GAINED IN ; :.r: ■ ( the west- ,

The. news from , tho great war theatres to-day is scanty, and for the most part. unsatisfying as regards, the latest facts of the tremendous developments in the Balkans and in ,tho Western theatre. This paucity of news is partly explained by a) message from Sydney to the effect that stormy weather and heavy rain are dolayirig ■' telegraphic communication. ,The.main feature of interest in tile news to-day is the Balkan situation. The Bulgarian reply to Russia has not yet been received,-but the Bulgarian Premier is reported to have stated that King: Ferdinand's Government has pledged itself in a military "convention- with -the Aust-ro-Gerinans to attack Sorbia. Meanwhile, a variety of statements point to the fact that King Ferdinand's policy is likely

to be highly unpppulai'r with his. people, and extremely dangerous to

himself. In Greece the landing of the Allies has caused great excite.v ment. M. Venizelos has been hotly attacked by deputies for his

policy, but, the Chamber has endorsed his line of action. Rumania has

.not 'yet initiated a general mobilisation, and her Premier, "Mi Bratiano, says that the need, for "this stop has not arrived. On the

Western front ,iv heavy bombardment is proceeding along the whole lino, with, energetic air raids on tho enemy's communications. The Allies are now considered to have successfully accomplished tho first objective of. the great offensive, but, as one critic points out, they have a long, way to go yet. ■ ■ ■ ,