The Levin Chronicle. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1918,

Levin Daily Chronicle, 1 October 1918, Page 2

The Levin Chronicle. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1918,

It would be a strange working of destiny if the win; which began in the Balkans should in the fulness op time end thene. The event recorded in our cables to-day indicate that, at least the beginning of the end is now taking placfc in the Near East. Bulgaria's un<conditional surrender is a triumph alike for the Allied arms and diplomacy. The military operations -were timed at the iright moment exactly to co-ordinate ■witlhl Bulgaria's internal disquiet and the result has been to separate her completely from the Central Alliance. Bulgaria's Withdrawal will have an immediate and momentous effect on the future of the war, iPor one thing practically the whole of the Salonika army will be freed for use elsewhere and it is not too much to hope that the effect on Turkey, when taken in conjunction with the British victories in, Palestine, •will be such that the armies of Mesopotamia and Palestine will. also be available for other theatres of war. But the chief effect of (the new aspect of affairs is tne sudjden Mow to German aspirations in tlh'e 'East. But quiite apart from the Allied triumph in Bulgaria, there is reason for the most optimistic hopes regarding the Western, front. The Allied pressure there continues to be maintained from the coast of Flanders to the southern end of the line. _ Belgians, British, Wrench and Americans are advancing steadily, takheavy toll 1 of "German man-power and liberating wide areas from the grip of the invader. All the portents point to the hour of victory being at hand and the early termination of the war that lias brought so much grief and tribulation upon the worRI,