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Show BULBARS ; PREPARE 10 HELP TEUTONS Troops Massed on the Border to Enter the War the Moment the Austro - German Army Enters Servia for a Quick Dash to Constantinople. Con-stantinople. NEWS EXCITES THE GREEK OFFICIALS King Summons the Premier, Pre-mier, Cabinet and the General Staff for Conference; Con-ference; Bombardment of Serb Frontier Continues, Con-tinues, So Far Without Definite Results. L05DON". Sept. 23, 3 a. m M. I bdflSlaTOff. the Bulgarian premier, ku announced to his supporters the r; 5 of a convention wi:h Tur-tey Tur-tey for the- future maintenance of . used neutrality on the part of Bui-' Bui-' BHv says the Times correspondent i Eft Sofia, in a dispatch printed this Miring. fcafcl rabj. 07 Airangcmeat L.xi loa Dail. - and lMaraaoaaal - . .- Wyi'jy, ;.!. 22. The entire Aen frontier of i?erbia is un.:-T uardmest by the Aurtro Germans. IW principal fire of the artill.'r;.- s , w directed against the Serb posi-E"' posi-E"' . ' .'!., in th. hntwest. Bis was officially announced lit a Btenent reaching here tonight from ifcigftrit is preparing to attack Ser f P "e moment Austro-German troopb f8 tt Serbian frontier, according to - Pmntion from reliable Balkan tees tonight. in Athens .iUpatch says Bnfearia may ; k!,re within forty eight hours. ' fassed on Serb Frontier. -Jm division;, comprising more tliau PJOO Bagarian troops, have been '- aDli are '" 1Dass!l1 011 tnc f11 frontier. Kk dasb through Serbia, a ei-nr ' WtT ibToash Bulgaria, relief of the 81 aliipoli and a fampaign '. J"4 Egjpt an.l the Suez canal is Mtobe the plan of Germany, Austria.; . py and Bulgaria. r at'irrned report allowed to Jtae een30r at Athens savs that -: """R a conference between King r- r"IIIe- Premi" Venizelos and of the Greek general staff to-Fl to-Fl R'"1 the full cabinet was ?ehS0fdWM,!h mobiIi7ati011 or' j J at Athens. greatest activity prevails among . Ftn of the entwte powerB n km' f-0Dtlnual ' onferences are " he, jnWeen 0,f'al of the gov-, gov-, M "Ptesentatives of England. r- tT1 and Italy. - feld S,atDd' "owever. i" wcll informed ' lam i lm- that 90 far "o , r s reached there that Greece to mobilize. U is stated that Bua LI Dp0SEibility o Greece. Ttu-"' Ttu-"' 'His. ,.'aria caching an under "tfeak r 1 Wi" Prftvet a general ;hr 1138 bce "0 Austro Gcr rj rpt to invade Serbia. ent Continues. y .its tChe NKIi min.rnize ' A M' tn" Teutonic bom bard -Th, f7r "mr-- statement save; ann.a,y threw 800 ahf' from ube .,! a"'1 rnonars 3'Tofs the tin. .h "r, n ,. iStl,, i loi,mn ""- 'n- "opt ; I. !" 'rom ml'ltary point made only a slight Kba':"""" rrr"" denies a " man)' rt,la tlifit "' "i ' ..... tolgned no IHn S,,(I:, 'Continued on Page Two.) " BULBARS READY TO 1 TEUTONS WITH BIG ARMY Greek King Summons Premier, Pre-mier, Cabinet and General Staff to Conference on Alarming Situation, (Continued from Fa?e One.) but for "higher political reasons."' and advising the Serbian government to make no attempt to halt the passage of the Teutonic troops. The stateTcnl adds that not only has Serbia not received 8ucb notice of an attack, bin . even If the proposition had been put up io her, she would have indignantly in-dignantly refused to make such a compact, com-pact, being ready to meet any attack from any side. Tt is known thai British gunners are now in charge of the Serbian artillery and that French aviators have reinforced the flying corps. Lnrsie amounts of supplies sup-plies of all kinds have reached Serbia anrl it is sta ted she is well prepared to resist an aUaek. The Bulgarian order affects four of the ten divisions of the army the first or Sofia division, the sixth or Vldin division, the seventh division, quartered at Yratza Hilo and Dubnitza, and the tenth Tatar-Pacard.1ik Tatar-Pacard.1ik division. The first three divisions represent the armed forces on the border fronting Serbia and Greece. The tenth division is the next unit In the rear. Vidin is the most northwesterly garrison of Bulgaria Bul-garia and one of the chief strategic points along the frontier. In addition to the Bulgarian regulars, more than 45,000 Bulgarians in Macedonia and Thrace have answered the call to the colore. War Minister to Command. Following the signing of the mobilization mobiliza-tion d ecree by Cza r Ferdi na nd . former Minister of War General Mlchelsavoff was summoned to Sofia, and reports are that he is to take command of the army. All Bulgarians of military age in Germany Ger-many and Austria have been ordered to Bulgaria by way of Vienna and Rumania. Bulgarians in Rumania likewise have been called on, while Bulgarian officers in France have been ordered to report to their regiments. While it is hinted at the foreign office in London that England has not yet given up hope of appeasing Bulgaria, it has been made known officially in Sofia that the Bulgarian government will take over the territory along the Dedeagatch railway rail-way ceded by Turkey on October 6 and official transfer wfll take place on October Oc-tober J J. The entente allies have warned Bulgaria I hat occupation of this territory would be viewed as a hps tile act. ' Reply Due October 1. Bulgaria must make a final reply to the joint note of the allies by the end of September and Czar Ferdinand is in daily communication with leaders of the government and the opposition. While there is still hope in London that. Bulgaria has not yet cast her lot with the central powers, it is feared that the reply to the allies' note may take the form of an invasion of Serbia. The Bulgarian minister to London, M. Mischof, asserts that the mobilization is merely to preserve armed neutrality, but a most serious view of Bulgaria's in-, tentions Is taken here, in view of Premier Pre-mier Radialavoff's statement to the government gov-ernment party, extracts of which were received here today. Bulgarian Views. The premier said-: Bulgaria cannot remain unmoved, in 1 he presence of the quickly developing situation. Therefore, mobilization is necessary as a precautions it measure. Czar Ferdinand is reported to have said to . leaders of the opposition in response to assertions that the entente would be victorious: The entente is not sure of winning. win-ning. Nothing Indicates at this moment mo-ment that such will be the case, tt Bulgaria's chances of obtaining Macedonia Mace-donia depend thereupon they may never be realized. My government Is following the policy which is positive in action and certain of good results. Bulgaria has made it plain that she has for her ob.iect the incorporation of Macedonia within her borders. Serbians Called to Arms. Hemmed in on both sides. Serbia, through hex representatives in the allied capitals, has ordered all Serbians between be-tween the ages of 18 and 50 to report to their consuls 'and hold themselves in readiness for a call to arms. That Turkey, expecting aid from Germany Ger-many in the near future, is planning an extensive campaign against Egypt is Indicated In-dicated in a dispatch from Paris. The Journal des Debats of -that city states "on indispu table authority" that Turkey is preparing for a second expedition. expedi-tion. Two thousand German officers, according ac-cording to this statement, are training a new army in Syria, where supplies, guns and ammunition have been steadily pouring pour-ing in for the last two months. The construction of a new railroad, protected pro-tected against shell fire from the sea, is being rushed, it is said. |