In the Balkans

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 22, 31 December 1915, Page 5

In the Balkans

ROUMANIA AND THE ALLIES. [United Press Association.] Berne, December 29. The Poster Lloyd states that the Russian mission in Roumania lias been fully successful. Roumania will either side openly with the Entente, or merely al!ow r the Russian troops to cross Roumania. ■t■ • MISCELLANEOUS. Athens, December 29. Aviators report that the Germans and Bulgars are entrenching, apparently fearing the Entente forces, will attack. They cannot themselves invade Greek Macedonia until their, numbers are more favorable. Rome, December 29. The Milan Secolo states that General von Hindenburg is expected in the Balkans ,to confer with Generals von Mackensen and Falkenhayn. Sofia, December 30. M. Sadostavoff, addressing a Ministerial party, said: “All territory whereon our brave soldiers are fighting shall be Bulgarian for ever.”’ A delayed report from Odessa states that fourteen Bulgar officers anti forty-seven privates were shot for refusing to fight, and many high political personages in; Bulgaria have' been arrested for agitating against the German alliance. The Turkish troops in , Bulgaria are about to "be withdrawn by Turkey, owing to the unfriendly attitude of the Bulgar populace. The Daily Mail’s Athens correspondent says that the pro-German element is w eakening, and most of those concerned would change faith to-mor-row if they wore convinced of our determination to safeguard the interests of our friends and turn to vital account the Entente’s superiority fti men, munitions and money. An immediate revulsion of feeling would follow. There is clear evidence that we have ceased coquetting with Bulgaria, but there is a deep-rooted opinion that, despite the incalculable assistance Bulgaria has rendered Germany, we are still ready to support her aspirations at the expense of Greece and Serbia.