Second Edition. In the Balkans

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 47, 25 October 1915, Page 6

Second Edition. In the Balkans

ACCURATE RUSSIAN GUNNERY. PANIC AT VARNA AND BURGAS. [Unitiid Press Association.] ('Received ] .10 p.m.) Athens* October 21. . The accuracy of the Russian shooting; caused indescribable panic at Varna and Burgas. GERMAN ADVANCE "POSTPONED"! MANY LOSSES, NO REINFORCEMENTS. 130,000 BULCARS ON SERBIAN FRONT. TURKS DEFEND THE COAST. (Received 1.40 p.m.) Athens, Qctober 24. There are seven divisions of Bulgarians on the Serbian front, of which four are in the Kniashevatz region. The Bulgarians have left again. /The coasts are defended by five Turkish divisions. The postponement of the German advance in Servia is attributed to considerable losses and the lack of reinforcements. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. Amsterdam, October 24. A German wireless message states that the Kaiser has given King Ferdinand an Iron Cross. London, October 22.

Renter's Agency reports that information from Nisi) states that the Bulgarians are using dnm-dums. i The Daily Mail's Salonika correspondent says that the Bulgarians are rising in various parts as a protest against their Turkish allies. A ftum- , her of suspected officers have heen rer lieved of their commands. London, Octoher 23. • Correspondents of the Chronicle and Daily Telegraph at Rome assort that Germany's influence in the Greek Court, remains the most serious obstacle to an understanding with; the 'Entente.! The King strongly opposes intervention, especially the idea •qf Greek troops fighting the Germa-ns, and forsees no eventuality that will he sufficient to justify the abandonment of neutrality. The Daily Telegraph's Milan correspondent says that the newspapers ,are actively discussing Italy's aid. There are! widely divergent views, hut undoubtedly generosity is not ■ lacking; In the eyent of' the Allies asking for more men, Italy will willingly make a sacrifice. Troops are easily available, if, required, to strengthen the Allies' expedition in Serbia. v Rome, October 23. . II Corriere Delia Sera's Athens co--respondent says that all Greek parties agree that 1 Greece- cannot move, unless the Allies have three hundred thousand troops in Macedonia. Once these are landed, the Greeks, of their own accord, will ask that the country shall join the Entente.