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Show WARJEWS Excitement In Bulgaria. Paris, Nov 4 The Bulgarian government gov-ernment has stopped marine movements move-ments In all Bulgarian ports, the dispatch dis-patch continues, and it has called to the colors the troops of the second line. There Is much excitement at Sofia. Parle, Nov. 4. 6:55 p m What the Belplan oficlal communication designated as the ' precipitate retrpnt" i of the Germans before the advance of the allies on the Yser river In Bel-glum Bel-glum was pleasing nws to Parisians j today, ven though previous depart ments had given the hope that this soon would be the case. The significance of the move is the I chief topic of discussion Opinions differ somewhat as to the import of the withdrawal of the Germans who, In falling back, it was Btated, suffered considerable losses There is much speculation as to the destination of the Germans as the Belgian Bel-gian communication merely stated that they were retreating towards the east. The fact that the allies re-, re-, talned in this section the positions they occupied the day before would Mem to indicate that the Germans had not been pushed very far. General Berthaut, the military crit-' ic, in his comment on the news, did not regard the retreat as a well defined de-fined victory for the allies To him at 1 appeared moro HXe a falling back L as the result of exhaustion and be cause the Germans found it impos-nCfb impos-nCfb plbio to romain nny longer in the inundated country Ho pointed out that the Belgians similarly had be&n obliged to withdraw to the railroad from Dixmude to N'ieuport in consequence conse-quence of the inundations What appeared more important to General Berthaut was the advance l D' south from Dixmude. This is the l' part of the Belgian front already &. P- I much disputed, which extends from it R Dir.mude to the east of Yprea b, ft Lieutenant Colonel Roxisset the .9,1), critic of the Pr-tit Parlslon, however, r, D. viewed the retreat from the Yser in e, R. another light and said it was more , D. tLan a simple check, h. D. "The retreat in fact is partial," he g, D. wrote, "but It la none the less slgni it D, ficant " H Tl. nn |