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Show TURK CAPITAL OBJECTIVE OF BELLIGERENTS British Begin Terrific Of fensive in Order to Frustrate Frus-trate Plans of Teu-tonic Teu-tonic Allies BALKAN SITUATION OVERSHADOWS ALL Kaiser Plans Great Drive Through Servia in Order That Help May Be Given There By International News Service LONDON Aug IS Movements overshadowing in importance even the operations in Poland are being made in the Balkan theater of the war British operations against the Dardanelles and Austro-German threat against Servia are beg nning to evolve themselves Into a race for the support of the Balkan states. The Balkan situation at present dominates all others in all th capitals of Europe. Mgorous Offensive. Everything points to a vigorous of fensive b the Austro-Germans against "erTia at an early date with the ob ject of crushing the Servian army in order to force Bulgaria, to give free passage to Teuton forces needed for the rel ef of onstantinople beading critics in Italy and iTance eonsider this plan of the German staff very serious. Should it succeed it would involve the complete failure of the allies efforts at the Dardanelles and the final injmobilizatioii of the Bal j kaa states, whose co-operation is now sought by the Quadruple entente. ho great hope is entertained that the allies will suceeed in inducing the Bal kan states to intervene On their side but it is hoped that they will remain neutral. , In order to defeat the Germans at their own p an the allies on Galhpoli have commented a tremendous Offensive against the Turks in a desperate effort to smash the Dardanelles defenses and reach Constantinople before Germany can throw au army through Servia. More than 50 000 fresh troops have been landed on Oallipolj within the last week and their appearance has heralded a violent drive on the entire front. qtill more reinforcements both Fronch and Brit sh are :cmi-offieiaIly reported en route for the straits. Is aval Activities. Intense naval activity is evident in co-operation with she land attacks of the allies Unoffic al dispatches con tmue to report the torpedoing of the Turkish cru ser Goeben (renamed Sol tan Selim after her purchase from Ger many bv Turkej ) by a Br t 6h Bub maru e wh ch penetrated into tie Black sea. No official reports have been made on the incident tut it is believed here tha more thin one British eubmar ne has reached the BHck sea running the blocks le through the Dardanelles the Sea of Marmora ai.d the Bosphorus Demands for the opening of a path to Turkey are be n voiced in Berlin and proclamations that German is preparing pre-paring to send an arm to a d the Turks are nemg spread broaucast in Constanti nople according to advices rece ved here today A dispatch from Amsterdam sayB that Count hVvcntlort wr t ng in the Ta,es Zdtung of Berl n leclares that Ger many most hew her way through to Constant nople and make the new triple all ance a reality lie writes Control Is Needed Tho demand for direct communication communi-cation between Hungary and Tur ey has found press on mo e and more energeti aU dur ni, tl e past few months V ong the securi ties which th 1 nw tr pie all jnce needs animus obta n s permanent control of the pol ti il wo omic and m btary 1 nk between Berl n Vienna and Oonsta t nople German tronj s estimated to number 300 000 are be ng concentrated on the Sorvian front er Vast stores yof art I lery also are being transported to the new theater Austrian forces also are reported en route aga nst Servia while British and French officers are Baid to be in command of the Serv an army If Germany throws such heavy forces against the Balkan nat on it is not be 1 eved in mil tary circles that she will have much difficulty in forcing the pans age she seeks The earlier camps gn and disease are reported to have claimed more than half of the Servian army and re nforcements from her al 1 es can reach her only by a c rcu tous and difficult route through Albania Fore ng a passage through Serv a the Germans would have to cross Bulgar a in order to reach the Black sea Sofia, therefore is now the storm center of European politics Visit Radoslavoff Folio ving a v sit by the d plomat e representat ves of Ilngland France Russia and Italy dur ng vh ch offers were made to Bulgaria for a contin uance of her neutral ty or her nter en t on on the s de of the quadruple en Continued on Page 3, Sport Section.) GE1I5 PUH BIG JRijll SERVIA (OonUnued from Paieno.) I t tho e an a I st an ' h "II Kin o 1 soek nj, uf r to ogiir 1 n. In il 1 l r os S I a I 8 hes stato that the ' r el tl e e u t r th t ler na a 1 tr a were about to o n e a otlt e gaiuat 8o and 1 o lso 1 to al nj ortnnt con no to H arla f sh allows the passage of Oer an trooj i ai 1 s ppl ok The pren l r 1 ter conferral w H za fori n 1 S lists the 1) Igar a larlla eta le 1 g that tho ) eo P'P b os II fore B lgar a takos an loe si e to How serlo 1 tbes e Torts of th Oermaua are u tho all od l tale s iodi ted 1 spatch fron Paris whl h i o pb ste hen Vicl en the fori er f re ga niater s follows T ho all s task s now greatly on pi ate 1 an 1 no offorta on the r V art are no essary It s also no ssarr that theao efTorti be ado q cl ) as Gor 1 an ont s fa 1 to Jake ad antavo of her present m lltarv superior tv on the eastern front to nfl en e her diplon at v e p Uing Constantinople news ndlcates that the Turks are ouf dent of speedy aid from Germanv Proclan at ons are be ng c rc lated n the n osques. stating that the ka ser plans a q ck move through the Balkans and that the Turk bh German arm es will then march against their enem es e erywbere and throw the hr stians who threaten Islam into th sea It is hinted that Turkey soon will re flume o erationi aga nst the Suez eanal and V gypt. Fni asar es are reported tu ha e been d s atched to Egvpt, Abvs sima Tripol Tunis and India, and the Turks predict that n every Mohamme dan country a holy war soon will be gin |