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RUMANIA JOINS ALLIES; SLAVS
PLAN TO STRIKE AT BULGARS
Continued from Fate On
the port of Kavala havo brought Greece ap
preciably nearer to War.
No now declalon has been reached by
the Oovernmont, but Klnpr Constnntlne was
to hold anbthor contercnco with his min
isters loHv,
Though the Allied censorship on Balkan
news has been Very strict for several weeks,
I wireless advices from Berlin Indicated un-
, easiness In the German capital over the
1 progress of the diplomatics battle being:
waited at Bucharest. It was plain that
Germany feared Rumania would decldo to
join the Allies after llussla had swept
, through tho Austrian crownland of Buko-
wlna and while the Allies were preparing
for a great offensive In the Balkans.
The Immediate effect of the Uumanlan
declaration In all probability will bo to
cause tho early withdrawal of the Bulgarian
, forces that Invaded Greece to protect tho
Bulgarian northern frontier ngalnst a nus-
f slan Invasion. The Rumanians, prosum-
, ably, will form a Junction with tno hub
' elans operating In Bukowlna and throw
I an army across the Hungarian frontier
I Into Transylvania, long coveted by tito
Rumanians. . ,
, Rumania's entrance Into the war places
. a thoroughly drilled and equipped army of
I nearly 600,000 men alongside tho Allies.
Of the actual fighting value of tho modern
Rumanian army nothing doflnlte can yet bo
) told, as It has never been put to the test.
During the two recent Balkan Avars
1 llumanla of all the Balkan States alone
kept out of the struggle.
ARMY ORGANIZATION PRAISED.
The organization and equipment of tho
Rumanian army has been praised by many
I experts. Rumania's military service Is
obligatory on nil aoie-Doaiou men uw
21 and 40 years of age. This gives tho
country 60,000 new Boldlers a year and en
ables Rumania, out oi a iiupumnuu
7,000,000, to muster an army of over hall
a million.
Although Rumanian youths llablo for
military service do not begin duty until
they are 21 years of age, as a mntter of
fact, they are at tho disposal of tho min
ister of war after tholr nineteenth year.
They aro obliged then to begin both target
practice and gymnastic exerclsos that will
place them In efficient condition for service
tho moment thoy roach enrollment ego.
From tho tlmo they aro 10 until they aro
21 they are obliged to particlpato In the
target and gymnastic drills every Sunday
from April 1 to November 30.
, During the first soven years oi mimary
1 servlco tho men belong to tho nctlve army.
I Thoy then pass to tho reserves where they
serve for 11 years, nnany pnssuiK """
militia for the remainder of their torm of
service until they aro 46 years of ago.
The mllltla Is supposed to be llablo for
uervlce only In maintaining the internal
order of tho country and In guarding rail
wave rlnrtnc wnr tlmfltt.
i This organization gives Rumania a total
, of 2B0.00O first lino troops and nbout 400,
1 000 reserves. Tho regular permanent
I standing army consists of 6000 officers,
1000 military students. 100,000 troops,
' 26.000 horses, COO cannons and 200 machine
guns. Part of tho army has been mobilized
for somo time near the Hungarian frontier.
I Tho Infantry organization of first lino
troops consists of 40 rtglmonta composed
' of three battalions of four companies each
I per regiment. Each regiment has also an
extra company at the depot, together with
1 ono section of two machine guns. There
, aro also 80 battalions of reserves and 1-
companies of gendarmes.
The cavalry consists of 10 regiments of
red hussars and 10 regiments of Ijlack
hussars. Tho cavalry regiments consist of
I four nqundrons for servlco at tho front and
. one squadron for depot work. Tho men are
1 armed with oabers, lances, revolvers and
i short carbines.
The. artillery consists of 20 regiments of
first line troops, each regiment being com
, posed of six batteries of four guns each.
There are also 20 regiments of artillery
1 resorves.
In addition there Is a full organization
of engineers and transport trains.
COVETS TWO PROVINCES.
Rumania's chief reason for entering tho
war Is tho hopo ofiannexlng to her present
territory the two Austrian provinces of
Transylvania and Bukowlna. They aro
Inhabited largely by Rumanians. While
1 all tho other Balkan States are interested
i In securing land In the Balkan peninsula,
Rumania's aspirations lie to tho north.
Still another factor separates Rumania
from the other Balkan States, that of race.
The Rumanian prides himself on being of
I Latin oricPl, and traces his Btock back to
one of the colonies sent out by Emperor
1 Trajan. It Is partly for this reason that
Rumania has always looked to Italy for
political guidance, while the other Balkan
i States, being largely of Slav origin, have
turned their eyes toward Russia.
ENTENTE'S INTRIGUES FORCED
RUMANIA INTO WAR, CHARGE
MADE BY THE GERMANS
BERLIN, Aug. 28.
Rumania declared -war against Austria
Hungary on Sunday night, It was officially
announced here today.
The following statement was given out:
The Rumanian Government declared
war against Austria-Hungary on the
' evening of August 27. The Federal
council has been summoned.
When the news from Bucharest was an
HOUnoed It caused some apprehension, but
was not entirely unexpected. For several
, weeks the German papers have been pre
' paring the people for unfavorable news
from Rumania.
It was openly charged that agents of
l the Entente, chiefly from Russia, have
. been carrying on a campaign of Intrigue
j and bribery in Rumania by the employ
I ment of pretty women and unscrupulous
. politicians and that the Balkan kingdom
I had been promised territory compensation
I at the expense of Hungary.
GREECE TO FOLLOW RUMANIA
IN UNION WITH ALLIES, SAYS
DISPATCH FROM ROME
ROME. Aug. 28.
The entry of Rumania Into the war on
the side of the Allies will undoubtedly have
' a powerful effect on tha Greek Government
and confident predictions were made here
today that Oreece soon would follow Ru.
1 mania.
Dispatches from Athens convey Intima
tions that Greece is drifting toward war
and that she will probably make formal
declaration of war against Bulgaria when
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she embarked definitely upon the course of
hostilities.
Leave of nbsenco has been granted to
General Douamnnls, chief of tho OrceR Gen
eral Staff, who has been accused of pro
Oermanlsm. It Is believed thnt General
Dousmanls will not return to his old post
Colonel Metaxn, Chief Associate to tho
General Staff, who has nlso been sym
pathetic to the Central Powers, has boon
transferred to the War College.
The acting chief of the General Btaff,
General Moschopoulos, Is pro-Ally nnd It Is
believed he will retain hl9 present post
According to one report from Athens, Gen
eral Dousmanls nnd Colonel Mftaxas wore
actually dismissed from the Greek General
Staff. The same dispatch carries a rumor
that cx-Premler Vcnlzelos has been recalled
to head the Government
A sceno of extraordinary excitement was
witnessed nt tho Rumanian legation In
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south of Btobychow. On the Dniester front,
north of Marlampol, Russian forces captured
ri wood and consolidated new position.
BERLIN, Aug, St. Army headquarters
yesterday Issued the following:
Front of Field Marshal Von HInden
burg: On the Dvina front repeated
attempts by the Russians to cross the
river In boats east of Frledrlchstadt
and near Lennowaden were frustrated.
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Rumania's Ecographical situation, as shown in the accompanying map of the Balkan nationas, makes her
entry into the wr at this time highly important. Her army of 000,000 men can bo utilized, cither against
Austria by way of tho Iron Gate, or by direct offensivo against Bulgaria from the Danube.
KAISER'S AID TO AUSTRIA
PROMPTED ITALY TO DECLARE
WAR AGAINST GERMANY
ROMR, AUff. 28.
Italy declared war on Germany because
Germany sent both land nnd sen forces to
the aid of Austria, enabling her to con
centrate her maximum effort against Italy,
said an official statement Issued here
today.
A similar statement was forwarded to
the German Foreign Office, through tho
Swlsi Government, setting forth the reason
for the declaration of war yesterday,
Ilxcopt tho capture of Qorlsla, no event
of several months has bo stirred the Italian
publlo as the news of Italy's challenge to
tho Kaiser. Newspaper extras llnehcd the
word to the Sunday holiday crowds, nnd
an enormous crowd quickly gathered In
l'lazzn Colonna.
A great procession formed and paraded
through tho principal streets, shouting
"Down with Germany I" nnd "Ixing live
the Allies I" Until midnight the crowds
swung through tho streets singing tho na
tional nlrs.
Alignment of Nations
In Great World-War
THE ALLIES
Sorbin
Montenegro
Italy
Rumania
Snn Marino
Portugal
THE CENTRAL EMPIRES
Germany Turkey
Austria Bulgaria
Belgium
England
France
Russia
Japan
ALLIES' WARSHIPS SILENCE
BULGARIAN GUNS AT KAVALA;
INVADERS GET GREEK CANNON
BALONICA, Aug. 28. Bulgarian troops
that occupied tho Aegean port of Kavala
selzod great stores of Greek war supplies.
None of tho guns nor munitions had been
removed from tho Greek forts at Kavala,
and when the Bulgars took possession of
those forts they took over all the war
supplies they could find.
Serious damage has boon Inflicted upon
the Kavala forts by British warships which
have been bombarding Kavala and lta works
at Intervals since last Friday.
Complete details of tho fighting nt Kavala
havo not been received here, but It Is known
that a number of Greeks were killed.
Seven Greek officers who escaped from
Kavala In a boat have landed on the Island
of Thasos, where a volunteer battalion Is
being formed to fight tho Bulgarians.
Continued progress by the Serbian army
on the Allies' west wing was announced In
an official communique Issued at head
quarters hero today. The statement de
clares the Bulgarians suffered heavy losses
In the Struma region and on tho Vardor.
The Serbians continue to exert strong
pressure on tho enemy's fortified positions.
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HAVE EXTENSIVE Sm
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Rumania la best known In ,
States through her large petrel
tlon. The oil fields, of Jtim$fift&
ond, In Europe, for production inttrr
Russian oil fields at Baku on muJ
Sea littoral, at the eastern MtrCM
Caspian mountain range cxlremll!r cttt
The great oil production of ri,,. ,
virtually controlled by three larr.!mam I
-the Slcaha-nomana, the aT"
and tho Romano-Americana. Th:f;reie
small local companies, but thi ..."'
but a fraction compared wlUi it m I
of the three mentioned. th ",
Tho Btcann-Romana Is a afn,4
trolled corporation whoso lntM.T?!",
closely associated with the Deuti
Tho Astra-llomana Is controlled V,'?
Interests, being closely associated L.v"'
Shell" Transport and Trading fJlUl '
of which Sir Samuel Marcus, llrt t M.B'
England, Is chairman. ' 'ct
Tho Romano-Americana la conlMim .'
tho Standard Oil Interests o I the Hl)
States. No other corporations or iS1
uals In the United States hold ofi
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Romo today when It became known that
Rumania joined the Entonto Allies. When
special editions of the newspapers appeared
with tho news tho large crowds gathered
and parades through many streets took
placo.
For sovcral hours Rumania was cheered
by tho marching throng.
RUMANIA AND GERMANY
BREAK RELATIONS, SAYS
DISPATCH FROM BUCHAREST
ROME. Aug. 28.
A Bucharest dispatch to the Mcsiagero
states that Rumania's declaration of war
against Austria-Hungary was followed by
tho breaking off of diplomatic relations be
tween Rumania and Oermuny. Turkey and
Bulgaria, their ministers leaving Bucharest
with the Austrian envoy.
German paporo express bitterness against
Doctor von Jagow, tho Foreign Secretary,
and Under Secretary Zimmerman, who aro
considered partially rcsponslblo for Ger
many's diplomatic defeat.
When Germany declares war on Ru
mania, Turkey and Bulgaria aro expected
to take similar action.
Berlin is fairly calm, but under strong
poll co patrol.
An attack was made upon the Italian
Embassy In Berlin and stones were thrown
through the windows, but the crowd was
dispersed by tho police. The Rumanian
legation Is under a strong guard.
RUSSIANS RESUME DRIVE
THROUGH CARPATHIANS; ADD
TO GAINS IN RIGA SCCTOR
LONDON, Aug. 28. Russian troops are
again moving forward in the Carpathians,
according to a War Office report.
Berlin supplies the news of a renewed
offensive on the Dvina front, 30 to 40 miles
southeast of Riga. Efforts to cross the river
were repulsed, the German War Offlco
asserts.
I.ettl&h detachments, says the Russian
statement, broke through entanglements
near Riga at two points and, under fire,
pulled up the entanglements, together with
their posts, for a distance of 30 paces.
Gradually the Russians are clearing the
Hungarian frontier lino from Jablonltza
Pass southward. Their ndvnncn wns checked
last woek by the dosporato resistance of the
Austrlans near Zablc, but again they arc
on tho move. a
Swinging forward from Kovorla Mountain,
which they havo clung to for a week In
the face of terrific assaults by the enemy,
Letchltsky's troops havo driven tho Aus
trlans from Hill 1129 nnd occupied tho posi
tion. This height la throo miles northeast
of Koverla nnd seven miles south of
Korosmezo, nnd fs an important link In
tho chain of peaks that form an almost In
surmountable barrier to successful opera
tions between tho Pruth River and tho
border of Hungary.
PETROGRAD, Aug 23. Tho Russians
have repulsed German attacks on the
Schltuchara River and havo captured an
Austrian field post on tho Stokhod River,
the War Office reports. This is south of tho
Baranovltsch-Lunicc railway. On tho Stok
hod an Austrian Hold post was captured
September Victor
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