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Show BULGARIANS 10 AID GE1ICP0K KING FERDINAND WILL MAKE WAR IN ENDEAVOR TO EXTEND EX-TEND TERRITORY. Greek Premier Resigns Because of King's Stand and Greece May be Next to Enter War. Russians Begin Energetic Defense. London. Russia's ultimatum to Bulgaria Bul-garia having expired, it is taken for granted here that King Ferdinand and his ministers are definitely committed to the Germanic allies, and, in return for territory to be ceded after the war, some ports, including Constantinople and all that remains of European Turkey, has undertaken to assist actively ac-tively in the operations against Serbia, Ser-bia, thus hoping to open the way for the Austro-German army, the objective objec-tive of which is the sea of Marmora. The entente powers, in this belief, (have' landed or are landing, a force at Saloniki, which will take upon itself it-self the duty of protecting the main railway through Serbia and Greece and give what assistance it can to the Balkan allies, should they be attacked at-tacked by Bulgaria. This infringement infringe-ment of Greek neutrality has brought forth a formal protest from the Greek government, but in the words of one correspondent, it "is being winked at" by the great majority of the people of Greece. From Athens comes the news that Premier VenizelOs has resigned, the king having informed him that he was unable to support the policy of his Ministry. The next move devolves upon Bulgaria, Bul-garia, and as soon as she moves, the Anglo-French troops which are being mobilized will be put in motion, while the fleets in the Black sea and the Aegean will assume their appointed roles. Meanwhile Russia, whose armies for five months have been retiring, has begun an energetic offensive along a wide front, from Riga to southeast of Vilna, and, according to unofficial re-ports, re-ports, has already met with considerable consider-able success. This, however, is denied by Berlin, which says that all the Russian attacks at-tacks have been repulsed. |
