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Show ALLIES SEND MEN TO DEFEND SERBIA HOPE THAT WAR IN BALKANS MAY BE AVERTED VIRTUALLY HAS BEEN ABANDONED. Action Follows News of Arrival, in Bulgaria of Austrian and German Ger-man Officers to Direct the Bulgarian Army. London. The hope expressed that war in the Balkans might be averted virtually has been abandoned, according accord-ing to the belief expressed in official circles. Foreign Secretary Grey announced Friday afternoon that Austrian and German officers were arriving in Bulgaria Bul-garia to direct the Bulgarian army. The secretary said this was a fact which the allies regard "with the utmost ut-most gravity." The foreign secretary authorized the following statement: "Information has been received that German and Austrian officers have for several days been arriving in Bulgaria with a view to taking an active part in directing the Bulgarian army. This action is precisely similar to that taken tak-en in Turkey, where German officers forced Turkey to make an entirely unprovoked un-provoked attack upon Russia last year. "Since the allied powers are bound to support the states who are threatened threat-ened by such proceedings in Bulgaria this news is regarded as of the utmost gravity." The Paris Temps announces that France and Great Britain and Russia already have taken military measures to defend Serbia and Greece against Bulgarian aggression. The Temps does not indicate what armed steps have been taken by the allies, nor is anything official available avail-able respecting their military dispositions. dispo-sitions. It is presumed in military circles here, however, that a formidable formid-able expedition will land either at Kavala or Saloniki, or that it already may be landing. |