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- ■* w w* A* ! SWEIT LONDON Destroy warehouse IN EA|T OF LOHlON ATTACK LOOKS UK TEUTON IASI ' TIIOOM BALKAN STATES Story of PaMongen'Arriving la New York are That Huge Air* hips dr* ded Over Business District and , ** . • * Rains Down bfcendlary Explo sives. I. ' v • , ' . * ' ' ■ A handful of persons from the mil lions who saw the first Zeppelin raid over the heart of London on the night of September 9 reached New York aboard the ster.mer Orduna, with thrilling stories of the fight in the sky between the invaders and British aircraft. There were said to have been three Zeppelins in the fleet, although those who told the story to-day had se6n only one. They circled over the the atre and hotel district of London, dropping explosive and incendiary bombs. One of the latter, it was sqld, destroyed by fire an entire block of warehouses within five minutes walk of St. Paul’s church. An explosive bomb ripped tbfough a six-story ten ement in the centre of the city, shat tering the building from top to bot tom and killing a dozen or more men, men and children as they slept. Several bombs, according to the eye-witness, fell near three hospi tals in a cluster, the central one of which was the Opthalmlc hospital, full of wounded soldiers. All three buildings were rocked to their foun dations and not a pane of glass was left Intact. The patients had to tie ^“ved into the streets,' where they for hours, on their cots, while e damage was repaired. Pieced together from accounts given by the Orduna’s passengers, the story of the air raid was as follows: "The raid occurred between 10.46 and 11.15 o’clock on the night of September 9, a raid the previous night having reached the eastern sec tion of the city, but not the heart. Persons asleep in the Metropole, the Victoria and other hotels were awak ened by the inceesant whirr of aero plane engines as the British air fleet took wing to repel the invaders. Just as the Zeppelins appeared over the Strand, most of the theatres were pouring their crowds Into the street "According to some a panic im pended when the first word of the approaching aircraft was passed from mouth to mouth. The lights were turned off and men and women In evening clothes fought for taxicabs and other vehicles to take them home. Others acid thoro wra no panic, but that a great wave of fear seemed to engulf this section of the darkened city before the anti-aircraft guns began to pop ~ “Suddenly, from every section of l^tndon, the sky was swept by long white beams from scores of search lights. The tops of these beams were not long In resting upon what they sought. When the Zeppelin was found a dozen or more searchlights focused their rays upon It. dtretchtng back to scattered polpts In the city like the long white ribs of a fancy fan. "Two searchlights finally centred on a Zeppelin while tho others con tinued to search tho sky Already the air waa dotted with r.eroplanes which could be seen freqLently as they crowed the searchlight beams, cir cling upward. The roar of guns from the city was unctuated at Intervals by the exploctott of bomba which fell In Newgate street, not was from St. Paul’s Cathedral In Holborn, in Cheap Side, in Bloomfield street, near the Liverpool street station and near the water front, in that section in which St. Paul s is located. "The Zeppelin seemed to {10*1 1**1' fy above us,’’ said Mim A. 3 Tatham, Sydney, Australia, who was stay- g at the Victoria hctel. near Charin rocs. “It teminded rao of nothing so much as a great, long sausage." "My wife md I watched the Zeppe , lin from c balcony of our hotel, the Metrorole," said Alexander McNab, of Bridgeport, Conn. “It went directly over the hotel r.nd dropped bombs around un.” There was hardly a space of five seconds during the ten minutes or more that the searchlight beams rest ed on the raider, eye-witnesses said, that the sky was not brightened by flashes of exploding shells. - Arf the noise of cannonading grew louder those who had fled to collars came into the streets. Thousands walked the streets or stood in groups, gazing upward, dressed only in their *ight clothes. The bursting shells lighting the sky like meteors, shattered into sud den fif'e all around the Zeppelin. The spits of flame seemed to be finding „ their tjarget. ' Meantime the Zeppelin manoeuvered over the Holborn sec tion, circling at least twice. These manoeuvers ended when a shell burst • almost directly under the aircraft’s \ bow. A swerve, a sudden dip and A1 searchlights lost the Zeppelin. Then they were on her a moment after and -yjK was seen that she appeared to be going down by the head. For a few seconds she'hovered as if uncertain what to do, then righted ‘'herself, pointed her nose slightly upward and ascended so rapidly that within a minute or two the searchlights’-could not find her. There were no more bomb explosions tfeereaft^r. Back to the'cathedral, where there are many warehouses near the river front, was the first visible effect of the raid. An entire block was in ashes with only the smudged shells of buildings standing. The burned build ings had beei big warehouses filled with clothing and other supplies for the army. There were no munitions in the buildings, however, it wgs said. At the Opthalmlc hospital they found that considerable damage bad been dene by a bomb which had fal len about ab ock away. This htild- , Taken to Indicate Long Look ed for Attack. Official reports from Austrian add German headquarters and dispatches from the Balkan capitals show that the long expected Teuton campaign against Serbia has begun. Austrian and German artillery to-day is botfi- barding Serbian positions south of the river frontier at various points Along the one-hundred-mile front from the mouths of the Drlna and Morava rivers. “This action undoubtedly is intend ed as a cover to the throwing of a force across the river and the seizure of a bridgehead whence the new ‘‘steam roller" can be started. Just where a crossing will be attempted is unknown. The shortest route to Bulgaria would lead through the northeastern cornier of Serbia, where barely thirty miles of Serbian territory intervenes between the Bulgarian and Hunga rian borders. The difficult moun tainous country, the absence of rail roads and the proximity of the Rou manian frontier, however, speak in favor of the old route of Jhe crusad ers farther to the west, throughout the broad and fertile Morava valley. Through this valley run roads and a railway line to Bulgaria and Turkey. This -railway reaches the Danube at two points—Belgrade and Semendria —both of which are under bombard ment. CRISIS IN RUSSIA 1—?, to obtain. AMY WILL LEAN REVOLUTION AS SOON AS PEACE CONES on all to do GRAFTERS CRIPPLE BULGARIA READY FOR WAR TO REALIZE ITS AMBITION King Ferdinand Hays His Government is to Take Action Pooltlvo In Results Sofia, via London, Wednesday: Bul garia apparently la on the brink of war. The people generally believe hostilities are imminent. The mili tary authorities have taken possession of thn railways and ordinary traffic baa been suspended. Diplomatic representatives of ths entente powers generally recognise that their cause is a lost one, and that Bulgaria is manifesting clearly a ten dency toward the central powers. This Is due to ths dissatisfaction of ths government at Serbia's reply la the negotiations for territorial con cessions in Macedonia and at the con duct of Greses la this connection. la government circles the state ment was msde that all the military measures taken are of a preventive nature, designed solely to guard against ctrcnmstancee which might threaten Bulgarina position In ths present situation, which la develop ing with extraordinary rapidity. These measures consist la turning over ths railroads to the military authorities and suspending ordinary traffic. Reports from many parts of Bul garia tall of the enthusiastic demon strations In favor of the government The formal cession by Turkey of the territory along the Dedeaghatch rail road has been delayed by the action of the Entente powers In notifying Bulgarin that acceptance would be re garded as an unfriendly net. It was learned that King Ferdi nand. replying last Friday to the as sertions of leaders of the opposition parties that the Allies would be vie torlous. said: "The Eentente Is not sure of win ning. Nothing indicates at this mo ment that such will be the case. If Bulgarin« chances of obtaining Mace donia depend thereon, they may never be realized. My government is enter ing n policy which is positive in ac tion and certain in good results.” BULGARS FORTIFY PORTS; WARSHIPS SEEK HAVENS Athena Reports Feverish Activity on the Black Sea—Russia Alms at Varna. Athens reports via Paris Friday: Diplomatic circles have been Inform ed that Bulgarian warships which were stations at Varna on the Black Sea have sought shelter in a neigh boring bay. Large numbers of men are working at feverish speed to for tify Bulgarian Black Sea ports. The valuables of the branches of the Na tional Bank at Burgas and Varna have been removed to Sofia. The belief has been expressed in Bulgaria that If that country ar raigns itself on the sides of the Teu tonic allies Russia would attempt an invasion through the port of Varna, thirty hour.: hail from Odessa, al though It is strongly fortified. ing and two others converted into hospitals for wounded soldiers, had felt the force of the explosion almost as if It had be n at their doors. la Bloomfield street, two and one- half miles from Trafalgar Square, a row of dwellings had been damaged, as if by artillery fire. The damage eitended over an area of about three blocks. There was a cavity In the middle of the street; thirty feet in diameter and about eight feet deep. At one place, about 15 minutes ride from the Victoria hotel, a six-story tenement had been demolished. The sight-seers heard that five persons had been killed in their beds and that more than 20 had been hurt. Alto gether, It was unofficially reported approximately 40 persons were killed by bombs and 200 or more wounded. About half of these. It was said, were women and children. Ndt a government 'building, nor church, nor arsenal, nor hospital had been reached by a bomb, tho Orduna * passengers were Informed, the great-. .terlal damage, he said, was the destruction ‘ by fire of the block of Osar’s Artillery Was Helpless on Ac* * count of Wrong Stsed Shells— Gunners Looked on Despairingly While Austro-German Cannon Blasted a Way to Facile Victories. A dispatch from Stockholm to the Associated Frees says the fall of War saw and the failure of the Russian defensive campaign to prevent the German Invasion of Poland have had a much more profound effect upon Russian national feeling than is ad mitted in dispatches from Petrograd. The feeling which has shaken this constitutionally stolid and unemo tional country from one end to the other is not one of discouragement or submission. It has not moved any One to talk of ultimate defeat or the possibility of Russia's undertaking peace negotiations with Germany. Russia's reaction is one of intense in dignation at*-the government officials who liave been responsible for her tragic shortage of ammunition. The full tragedy of this shortage has only been observed by the men at the front who, with empty gun caissons, have helplessly faced the concentrated artillery attacks of the enemy and have watched the assured progress of the German and Austrian trench builders under their very posi tions without the possibility of stop ping them. These soldiers were determined, experienced fighters, Russia's best troops, acquitting themselves with unusual bravery in every bavonet ac tion, but crippled and finally demor alised by insufficient ammunition and the knowledge that it was this lack of ammunition that ordered their continued retreat from one position to another. The most rigidly cefieored press In the world and a national and Inherent Inhibition of free comment of any sort haa failed to check the arm lanche of criticism and tho accusa tions which have been made against the government officials who are held responsible. For oure, expression of opinion la Ku*aia ban become free aa<l unhampered. So attempt D made to conceal reproach against the methods of the bureaucreta who are accused of hav ing crippled Russia's fighting strength and materially delayed the end of the war. It Is not espreesed alone by men of revolutionary incll aatlons or opposition tendencies, nor is It uttered In hushed voice# or sec ret place#, but It Is loudly and clam orously current everywhere among men of all parties and classes. A prominent member of ths Duma said to an American correspondent in Petrogrmwa few days ago: “The Rus sian people are on the threshold of a great awakening Every one In Rus sia. officer, civilian, and moujk knows why Kussia haa been com polled to surrender a large part of her territory. They know that they have good officers snd that the fight ing strength and spirit of the Rus sian troops are as high as at the be ginning of the war. They know also that they have been forced to ret or stand helpless before the murder ous fire of German artillery, while their own guns hare had only a few rounds of ammunition that had to be sparingly used. “Without understanding the pecu liar methods of the purchasing com missions whose business It Is to sup ply them with ammunition, they least realise that their government Is at fault, that they have been sent into trenches impossible to defend and that tens of thousands of them now He dead as a result of the delay in the delivery of ammunition. “In my opinion, in this present awakening of the army and tbe peo ple to the criminal neglect and cor ruption of the officials, (here are the germs of the most serious revolution Kussia has ever known—a revolution supported by the army. This revolu tion will come as soon as the war Is over.’’ In this protest, which is being so bitterly expressed An Russia, there is not ;kn atom of disloyalty. It is, in factl a very high expression of loyalty whicih is Resentful that the purpose of the nmion is being frus trated and the chances of victory weakened by some of its own officials. A common view Is that the evil is ac counted for by the residue of German Influence which still exists in the va rious departments of the government. It was a spirit of revolt against tills persistent German element in Russia that caused the terrible Mos cow riots of two months ago. When the order expelling all Germans from the city was not enforced by the city authorities, tliie mob decided to take the matter In its own hands and ex pel them forcibly by destroying their homes, business and property. Evidence of the same spirit of pro test has appeared in a milder form in Petrograd, where numerous meetings denouncing corruption of government officials were-broken up by the police. In these meetings it was openly de clared that Russlkn officials were de feating the attempts of the army to win the war and that while they con tinued in power victory, was Impos sible. The allegation was made that the Russian officials who superintended the purchase of war munitions were primarily Interested In seizing the op- por^ynity which the war offered there of amassing.a fortune at the expense of the government and Insisting upon such a large commission on all con tracts that the business of buying war materials waited while ths purchas ing consmtaaioua adjusted satisfac torily the amount of commiaotoe SHUNT of 10 per COOL das. It was with the Basel as In some eases the con tract, they aay. Is delayed while the Amount of eomgiiaatdn Is adjiwtnd, and it m not nn unusual thing for this delay to be a matter of months This Is necessarily a simplified'ex position of what has been delaying he Russian purchase of ammunition. It contains what virtually every rver In Russia since the begln- of the war regards as the funda mental reason—a reason that has in flamed popular feeling to its present high pitch of indignation. A short time before the fall of Warsaw, It seemed that the situation had* been greatly improved by the arrival of 2,000,000 shells. It was not until some of these were taken to the actual firing line that it was dis covered, according to reports, that they wqre a fraction of an inch too large to fit any Russian gun. By an odd coincidence, however, they were of the exact calibre to fit some of the German artillery. Stories of this sort which are wide ly circulated In Russia have done nothing to soothe the agitated state of mind of the public. It is also well known that a large amount of shrap nel was offered Russia by American manufacturers, six months ago, but for some reason or other was not ac cepted. Since that time Russia has been forced to buy the same shrapnel at almost double the first price quot ed. ■’ . It is the opinion of most military observers that with a full supply of ammunition the Lubltn-Chelm line and the Russian positions along the Vistula could have been effectively defended. Russian staff officers even go so far as to say that if tbe Ger man advance could have been delayed a week longer sufficient ammunition could have arrived to turn the tide and save the Vistula line the fall of the Polish fortresses, snd Berlin says the battle now raging probably will decide the fate of Riga Officers who helped to conduct the retreat of the Russians from position to position—from one line of trenches literally swept sway by German fire to another awaiting the same fate— describe vividly the tragfedy of fight Ing with insufficient ammunition. German and Austrian trench build- 1, the descriptions run, appeared and began work not far from the Russian positions Russian officers gauging the distances through their instruments signaled to their battery commanders, but received the reply In almost every case that there waa no ammunition to waste. According ly the Tcotoe* built their trenebee In plain sight of the Knaaln and la snch easy range of the Rna- •Ian haltarte* that a few rounds of ammunition could have wiped oat every alga of the invaders. Thus, the Russian offlcsrs recount, while they wntched from their obeer ration trenches tha cool, assured pro gress of ths enemy, they could do nothing. An enforced idleness nnd utter helplessness lay on riflemen and gunnera, for in most of the bat teries the larger guns, which alone could have been Instrumental In hold ing tbe Germans, were provided with only ten rounds of ammunition Whenever there was a chance to fight, the Russian soldiers fought with great obatlnacy. but in tha ma Jorlty of casaa tbe tempest of tbe Ger man artillery attack so far accom pUshed its aim that a charge was superfluous. Sometime* as many six tern German gun* concentrated upon one KuHNtan pooitlnn tore up every wign of Uie Kurudan latreoch- ments. When the Germaas advanced upon the trfwrhe* there waa no oppo sition. .In many cases not a single llu*Nlan soldier was alive. The Ger mans then prepared to taka the next position and the performance was re peated. Meanwhile the Russians were ex pending before retreat actually the last shell. Caissons laden with ammunition were rushed up at full speed to the battery positions, un loaded and vainly spent Continua rumors were heard that fresh ammu uition was arriving. It was, but It was coming too slowly. Two days before Warsaw was abandoned am munition began to arrive in largei quantities, but the Russian forces threatened witli being completely cut off by the encircling movement whlcl the Germans were attempting, coulr no longer gamble on the chance of ar eleventh-hour arrival of ammunition Realizing that the present war is a war of ammunition and that, improp erly equipped in this respect, Rus sla's large'Urmy is reduced in powei to an army of one-half its potentla 1 dze, Russia . Is at present exerrtny every effort to remove the obstacles to the quicker delivery of ammuni tion. The Grand Duke Sergius, who has general supervision over the de partment of artillery and ammuni tion, is beginning a campaign against the evil which has been Russia’s chief internal enemy In this war. AGREES TO ANEHCAN VIEWS ON TIE FIYEINCBENT ACCEPTS OUR PROPOSAL wm AMYI Accepts Ceded Territory. Sofia, via London, Wednesday: The Bulgarian government announced Wednesday night that the territory ceded by Turkey along the line of the Dedeaghatch railroad would be occupied on October 6. The official transfer will occur on October 11, when the Bulgarian administration will be installed.* More T. H. Troops Killed. ' Mexicans attacked a detachment of American soldiers at Progresso and have killed Private Stubblefield, ac cording to a Brownsville dispatch, Friday. . Send Third Set of Papers. The examination questions for Rhodes scholars have left Ragland for tha third time. The first aet were tost on the Arable aad tb# aaeond sunk on the Hesperian. Berlin A«reee to' Plan for Naming Ex perts to Fix Indemnity and Telia of New Orders Issued to Naval Com manders — Cites Agreement as Proof of Friendly Feeling. Germany, in its latest note in the Frye case, made public Thursday, notifies the United States that orders have been issued “to the Gorman naval forces not to destroy American merchantmen which have loaded con- -ditlonal contraband, even when the condition^ of international law are present, but to permit them to con tinue their voyage unhindered if it Is •not possible to take them Into port.” Germany gave this assurance “In order to furnish to the American government evidence of Its concilia tory attitude," while tho question of interpreting the treaty of 1828 is submitted to arbitration. The Ameri can suggestion for the naming of ex ports to fix the indemnity for sinking the Frye is accepted. As for absolute contraband such as arms and ammunition, Germany states in its note that “it must re serve to itself the right to destroy vessels carrying absolute contraband wherever such destruction ia permis sible according to the provisions of the declaration of London." The German note is regarded by officials as evincing a more friendly spirit on the part of the German for eign office. After months of strained relations between the two countries It waa received as a very favorable de velopment. It practically Insures American vessels against attack without wan • ing and even in the event that they are carryin g absolute contraband, passengers and crew are bound, ac cording to tho declaration of Lon don, to be removed before there is any destruction, which also ean oc cur only in the event of extreme nee- ilty. The note follows: “With regard first to the ascertainment of the dam age by experts the German govern ment believes that it ehould dispense with the nomination of an umplra In the cases of the ascertainment of damages hitherto arranged between tbe German government and a neu tral government from elmllar causes, the experts named by the two parties have always reached an agreeueal as to the amount of the damages with out difficulty; should It not be poe- ■ible. however, to reach an agree ment on some point. It could probably be settled by diplomatic negotiations. Assuming that the American govern ment agrees to this, the German gov ernment oemes as IU expert Dr. Kepn of Bremen, director of the North Ger man Lloyd; It begs to await the des ignation of the American expert. “The German goverutnent declares that It agrees to Jbe proposal of the American government to separate the question of Indemnity from the question of the interpretation of tbe Prussian-American treaties of 1786. 1790 and 1828. It therefore again expressly states that In making pay ment it does not acknowledge the violation of the treaty as contended by the American side, bat It will ad mlt that tbe settlement of the ques tion of indemnity does not prejudice tbe arrangement of tbe differences of opinion concerning the interpretation of treaty lights, and that this dispute le left to be decided by The Hague tribunal of arbitration. • "The negotiations relative to the signing of the compromise provided by article 52 of The Hague arbitra tion convention would beet be con ducted between the foreign office and the American embassy at Berlin In view of the difficulties in the way of instructing the Imperial ambassador at Washington. In case tbe Ameri can government agrees the foreign office is prepared to submit, tq the embassy a draft of such a compro mise. "The American government's in quiry whether the German govern ment will govern ita naval operations in accprdance with the German or the American interpretation of the treaty stipulations on the question, pending the arbitral proceedings, has be«n carefully considered by the German government. From the standpoint of law and equity, it is not prevented In its opinion from proceedings against American ships carrying contraband according to Its 'interpretation until the question is settled by arbitration ‘‘For the German government does not need to depart from the applica tion of generally recognized rules of the law of maritime war, as the dec- laration of London unless and insofar as an exception based on a treaty is established beyond all doubt. In the case of the present difference oT opin ion between the German and the American governments such an excep tion could not be taken to be estab lished except on the ground of the arbitral award. Moreover, the disad vantages to Germany which would en sue from the American Interpretation of the treaty stipulations would be so much greater as to be out of propor tion to those which the German inter pretation would entail i.or the United States. For whereas the' American Interpretation would materially im pede Germany in her conduct of war fare hardly any particular disadvan tage to American citizens would re sult from the German Interpretation since they receive‘full reparation for any property damage sustained. “Nevertheless, the German govern ment, In order, to furnish to -the American government evidence of ita conciliatory attitude, has Issued or ders to the German naval forces not to destroy American merchantmen which have loaded eomdttlowal coe- Drive to Twrfcejr. While Bulgaria is marking and mobilizing her military Word comes from Nish, (ho Capital, that sight hundred German troops, according to the authoritative estimates there, are available for the forcing of a passagn through Sorvla. As yet no general movement In thin direction has been undertaken, al though preliminaries by the Germans are under way. Having crossed the Servian territory tho Germans would have to advance through Bulgaria before they could bring aid to tho Turks In Gallipoli and at Constanti nople. Bulgaria's future attitude may depend on what actlop Germany takes with respect to Bervla, or Ger many may be awaiting the completion of the Bulgarian mobilisation. The Bulgarian legrtlon r.t London has pointed out that both Roumanla and Greece have been mobilised for a considerable time and Inttmaton that Bulgaria has a right to do like wise without causing astonishment, but has offered no explanation of bis government’s action at the present time. The efforts of the Entente powers, however, are being directed vigorously towards bringing about re union of all the Balkan States: BULGAK ARMY 700,000 Armies of Rumania i I Greece Would Furnish Abont 1,400,000. The victories of arms of the Cen tral Empires In Russia and the pro longed campaign of the Entente pew- ers at the Dardanelles ha vs evidently encouraged the Sofia government to proclaim a war zone over that pert of Macedonia owned by Serbia and Greece since the treaty of Bucharest of 1913, so that should ths Tsutoatc armies reach Nish in their assault am Serbia they would, with Bulgaria’s consent, have the use of ths Orlwwt rallwdtl which runs from Nish to Constantinople, to bring relnforew- menta of munitions, snd perhaps at men. to ths Turlu. But avea Bulgaria's mohlUsatlon of Serbian Macedonia la aa unfriendly act toward Serbia, while, aecwrdtng to the Serbo-Oreclan traety. Greses In obliged to latorveee tbe momeet Ser bia la attacked by another Balkan State. | Rumania, too. weald be estometl- eelly draws late the straggle, for. with her people felly la with tbe cause of the Entente pi she bee hitherto maintained aa i neutrality, hoping with the powers that the coeceeMons In M%oo don la which Serbia aad Greece were spoeed to make to Bulgaria woeld be a sufficient Inducement for the latter to continue her neutrality end on give pledgee to tbe Entente pow ers to that effect. Added to 'the moral offset of |ho Teutonic vtetortea la Russia haw beam the practical effect oe the Bslgartea government of the Turkish cooese slob, engineered by German agents, of land oa the right beak at tho Moritse, which would euuhlo tho Dedeeghutch railway to run entirely on Bulgurian territory. This cue see slon was mode orv July 81. It Is understood that, although tho Bulgarian government sees Its beet Interests served by getting «p am armed neutrality with Teutonic sym pathies, possibly to be followed hr Interveetlon, the Bulgers themselves* ere not unanimously of this oplukm. and ministers of stato hsvs not hout- tatod to warn King Ferdinand of rev olution. Bulgaria's action la'mobilising fol lows upon a demand made by the En tente powers on Saturday last that she declare herself one way or tho other. If she Intervenes on the side of the Central Emplrpa. Bulgaria pan make little use of her famous field artillery which won her so many vic tories over the Turks In tho first Bal kan war, for the guns aro French and require the ammunition manu factured by the Schneiders ut Lw Creusot. Bulgaria’s fighting machine In made up as follows: Service—universal and compulsory from 20 to 45. Jnfantry—Thirty-six regiments of two bsttslions, or eight companion, each. Artillery—Nine regiments of two divisions, or fourteen guxs, each; twelve mountain batteries, and three battalions of fortress artillery, re spectively, of forty-eight and twelve guns Cavalry—Nine line regiments or thirty-seven squadrons. Miscellaneous—Three battalions of pioneers, one railway battalion, one pontoon battalion, and one telegraph battalion. Bulgaria Mobilizes Army. General mobilization of all military- forces In Bulgaria for tbe purpose of armed neutrality has been ordered by the Bulgarian government. Officitf announcement of this order was com municated by his government to M. Panetroff, the Bulgarian minister at Washington. , i New Allied Army at the Straits. Berlin reports that one hundred snd ten thousand additional troops have been sent by the Allies to the Dardanelles. They are British and French troops * M ■ ■ traband 'even when the conditions of International law are present, but to permit them to unhindered if It is | take them into port. Gw tha it must reesrve to ttsei right to dsstroy v solute rostra bead m of