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Show GERMAN TROOPS MOVINGTO EAST They Are Being Withdrawn From Belgium for Use in Rumania. . I London, Sept. 14. Three hundred thousand Teutons will be dispatched at once from other theatres of war to the Balkan front. Germany will furnish 200,000 and Austria-Hungary 100.000 men. This army, combined with the Germans, Bulgarians and Turks now fighting in the near east, is to accomplish the dual aim which the central powers and their allies regard as absolutely vital for the continuance con-tinuance of the war the crushing of Rumania and the expulsion of the allies al-lies from Macedonia, so as to safeguard safe-guard the communication between the Teutonic empires and their eastern allies the orient railway. This, according to a wireless dispatch dis-patch from Rome, based on reliable authority, is tho decision reached by the general council of the central powers at the kaiser's headquarters in the east. Offensive In Balkans. "Offensive in the Balkans, defensive defen-sive everywhere else" is the slogan created by the recent devlopments in the near east as the result of Rumania's Ru-mania's intervention. Evidences of a gradual shortening of the German western front are accumulating. Indications In-dications that Verdun will be abandoned aban-doned are contained In today's Paris war office statement that a whole division di-vision has been sent from that front to the Somme; and far behind the Picardy lines the Teutons are feverishly fever-ishly constructing new defense systems. sys-tems. Late tonight news came from Amsterdam Am-sterdam that large numbers of German Ger-man troops stationed in Belgium are being transferred to the eastern front, presumably to relieve frontline units sent from the Russian to the Balkan theatre. All passenger service on the German railroads has been held up for two days to facilitate troop move-mpnfs. move-mpnfs. ' Rumania the Target. Meanwhile an extensive campaign has been initiated by the central powers pow-ers and their allies to Impress upon the populations the necessity of taking tak-ing the initiative in the Balkans in disregard of any exigencies on the other fronts, and to prepare the people peo-ple for possible withdrawals elsewhere. else-where. Rumania is being made the target of the bitterest accusations and the object of contempt by statesmen in their speeches, by the war offices in their official accounts and by the newspapers in their news and editor-al editor-al columns. To make plain the necessity ne-cessity of punishing her, she is held up to the people as embodying all the mean qualities in the satanic register. reg-ister. Tlsza Makes Admissions. Premier Tisza, In taking a hand in tlie debate of the Hungarian parliament, parlia-ment, today defended the government's govern-ment's attitude with regard to Rumania. Ru-mania. Austria-Hungary, he said, knew Rumania was going to intervene, inter-vene, but did not believe she was quite ready. "We were deceived in this assumption," assump-tion," said he. "and our error had sad and harmful consequences for us, but I don't know whether the consequences conse-quences of this premature attack will not be much heavier for Rumania." |