Show I 11 AlKAN CRISIS MAY BE DECIDED ON GREEK SOIL SIE OIL TO TOI I PERMIT TO CROSS BORDER Teutonic Allies Press Campaign to o H Border and Forces of France and England are Obliged to Take on Neutral Territory LONDON Dec 1 11 A i.-A A special dispatch from froth Athens tonight to tonight tonight to- to night unconfirmed from any other source source reported that that Greece has acceded to to the principal demands of the entente Dec 10 The The ste steady dy retreat of th the Anglo Anglo- French towards the Greek frontier has created a l situation that hourly bec becomes becOmes' mes' mes more grave The Greek military ry authorities it is reliably reported tonight have informed General Sarr- Sarr Sarrail U. U that hat they will not interfere if Bulgarian troops follow the Hied forces into Greece and attack their rear guard A bat battle on Greek soil may bring a crisis in the diplomatic negotiations between between be be- tween Greece and the belligerent powers A Greek m may y fa-y conferred with Genral Sarrail at hi hii headquarters this his afternoon It is understood that he came direct from from King Constantine with the monarchs monarch's final decision not not tc to risk his ar ary ar y p 11 an n attempt to hold back the e Bulgarians should they swarm ever over the he the border Sarrail's forces have been retiring steadily all day under heavy h a vy pressure by four Bulgarian infantry divisions and on ont oner c cavalry valry corps No Germans Austro-Germans Germans have been fou found d ar among the French Anglo prisoners prisoners' and no information thus f far r substantiates rumors that a large T Teutonic force is massing to attack the l lAfter allies r T After retreating from 1 the French back twenty miles along the Nish railway Dispatches received receive here tonight said they were were making a a a- stand tand twenty-five twenty miles from the Greek frontier Sarrail's retreat is considered most brilliant He He has saved all ay b n ridiculously light when com COill- compared p nth pared with tho thoe e of the attacking Bulgarians The United Press correspondent was permitted to view a portion of t the e retreat from the nitza sect sector tit fre French c soldiers solders marched leisurely surely le along long the e r railroad as s if orf ola U training hike stepping off the rails occasionally o to allow t trams trains iris heavily loaded with supplies to pass on their way to 1 7 t The above dispatch filed at Frida Friday night indicates that the allies not only had not evacuated Serbian 1 territory entirely entirely entirely en en- at at that time but were conducting a leisurely retreat that would not bring their line to the Greek border f for r many hours s PARIS Dec I 1 11 France L-France France and Great Brit today to continue nue the campaign in the Balkans and agre d on military meas measures res designed to assure the security of the expeditionary forces which landed at A semi-official semi announcement issued this afternoon indicates that the French and British troops are being V withdrawn from S Serbia WL The Th agreement which has reference to concerted conc military action in other zones as well as in the Balkans was reached by Premier Briand and War Minister the French representative representative representative and Foreign Secretary Grey and War Secretary Kitchener acting for Great Britain who have been in conference in Paris durin during the last two days i. i The semi-official semi announcement announcement issued after today's oday's conference conference confer confer- ence says the principle of maintenance of Fren French h and British troops at was approved by all an the participants and that hat military measureS measureS' measures measures' have been taken to assure the security of th the expeditionary corps which is retreating methodically towards its base The allies have made the he decision to remain at and to send sufficient ent forces to resume the offensive under favorable conditions says the Temps The decision is final It remains to be executed without t further loss of timeA timeA time A very strong Franco- Franco British army will end nd the evasion Continued on pa page pape e 2 2 BALKAN ALKAN CRISIS Continued from page 1 1 of King Constantine in a more i effective manner than fine words and wilt will open the way to the Russian army which is waiting on r the the- Danube until is pleased to let Jet it pass GERLIN Dec Advices 11 Advices received here today Indicate that the Russians are hurriedly concentrating troops along the Rumanian border The Austrian forces In also are being reinforced heavily A A Bucharest dispatch forwarded by byway byway way ay of Budapest says t that at the harbor harbor harbor har har- bor at Reni the Russian Danube port at which troops have been concentrated concentrated concentrated concen concen- for some flome time has been closed to passenger and freight traffic since Monday because of ot the the- forthcoming forthcoming forthcoming forth forth- coming arrival of additional transport ships Three Russian warships sailed ronda l Monday night from Reni for Kilia KUla on the he Danube near the entrance to I the Black sea sa Th The dispatch says 1 that th the Russians are erecting large mu munitions ns depots along the Danube II near the delta Russian officers as assert assert assert as- as sert an attack Is soon to toO be made on the capital of Railway traffic with Russia over the line through on the northern northern north north- ern rn Rumanian border has been suspended suspended sus sus- since Saturday o of last week Telephone and telegraphic communication communication communication cation with also has beep been suspended Ten thousand Russian soldiers are arc constructing a railroad line from Reni thirty miles eastward to Ismail PARIS Dec 11 Simultaneous 11 Simultaneous at attacks attacks attacks at- at tacks from the northwest and the east on both banks of the by four B Bulgarian divisions against the allied troops redoubled in violence io vio- lence December 9 and 10 says a Sa- Sa dispatch to the Temps The enemy directed his efforts especially to the attack on the east The retreat of ot the allies to their n new w positions was effected without great difficulty To the north the F Trench French nth evacuated station and and the village of ot o TO 10 the west the allies are holding the enemy on th the between the villages of ot and and the To the east the Bulgarians massed half of at their forces against the Brit Brit- ish front They attacked cd furiously I south of ot the city of ot The British occupied new positions where they are supported by French Trench contingents contingents con con- The French Anglo-French line tine on the east bank of the is now approximately approximately approximately indicated by the course of or the river the left tributary of ot the the villages of Debell Causti and Doiran the last on the southern bank of the lake of that name name |