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:THE OREGON, SUNDAY JOURNAL PORTLAND; SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 10. ? 1816, y . . , W.1IA MAY HAVE SET BALKAN TIMBER Mil TO HISTORY Her Entrance Into War Breaks yam That Has Checked . Operations in Near East, THE PROBABLE OUTCOME Vort Territory for Keumanla, JTew XJfe for Serbia tad Defeat for Bulgaria Seem Assured. ; tllV By Charles Johnston. '',; Coflyrtjbt. litis, by Charlr Johnston. . ' ' Whll In Uu,1 Cbarlea Johnaton mat and -. ViarrUd Mile. JellboTtkayi, llr ilitar of tba . wlfa of General Alail Bruulloff, tba moat '. : brilliant of tha immmandlna; iranarala In tba -on4nct of tha alllrd offnjTe. Wbat Mr. fohnatos baa to aay about tba military and po- ltlral participation of Ruaala la Eonmanla'a j entry Into tha war 1 haad upon bis Ultimata " i sad Circumstantial knowledge. . Hoomanla entered the war on Sun- day, August 7. The day will loom - large In all future history. Nothing more dramatic, nothing more decisive, could hare happened; no neutral na- tlon atood placed to deliver ao heavy .blow. Jhe large Russian force which has been waiting at Reni and Ismail on ' : tha Danube and at Odessa a few hours by steamship from the Danube mouth has aone south, by river and - by rail, : for Immediate invasion of - 'Bulgaria, following generally tha line taken by the Russian army led by iSxebeleff In the spring and early . summer of 1877. At that time Bul traria was still a slave-province of the sultan of Turkey a slave whom . Russia and Roumanla set free, creat ing the free Bulgarian nation through victories at Lovcha, at Plevna, at the Ehlpka pass. Bulgaria, on the one . hand Inflamed by the former Nihilist Stambuloff and on the other hand . bullied by German generals then in Russian service, like Kaulbars, turned 1 against her liberators and threw her self Into the arms of the Teutonio powers. The fruit of that alliance ; t we have seen, and shall see. -?But tha heart of the Bulgarian na tion la with Russia today, as ln.1177. Witness tha ' presence of Bulgaria's greatest soldier. Radko Dmitrltff, vto tor at Luis Burgas land Kirk Kills sen, as a volunteer commander in Brussiloff's army, and the Imprison ment of Bulgaria's greatest military Organiser, General Savoff. by-Ferdinand of Coburg because Savoff flatly refused to lead a Bulgarian army against Russia's allies, . ' Therefore, we see an ' Immediate Russian Invasion o northern Bul garia, .-along and across the Jte.nuWe, not pa much a military attack against tha Bulgarian nation as a move to liberate tUat nation once more, this time front Teutonic, dominance per sonified by Ferdinand 'of ' Cobnrg. Stambuloff s choice for , tha Bulgarian throne, and charged by the friends of that fire-eating patriot with Stem buloffs murder in the open streets of Sofia, the Bulgarian Capital. nia Mores on Bnlgaraa. The great Russian army move Into Bulgaria should mean the doom of Ferdinand of Coburg. It may have started on Sunday evening, August 17, for Russians have a superstition against beginning a Journey ona Monday and there was no sufficient reason for waiting- until Tuesday. Nor is the distance great. Up the broad Danube from Kenl (which la on Russian soil) to the Bulgarian frontier Is a distance equal to that up the Hudson from Staten island -to Kingston; and, as a coincidence, the splendid steel bridge, over which the railroad crosses from Bucharest to KostenJ is at the same distance from Rent as the Poughkeepsle bridge across the Hudson Is from New York. So the Journey for Russian troops by river to Bulgaria Is shorter than the run to Albany a matter of a dozen hours. Therefore, we may believe there was no undue delay In their ar rival. Equally for reasons of race and na tionalism, the bulk, or at least a very large part, of the national army, of Roumanla has begun to force the passes into Transylvania. Roumanla is in area almost exactly equal to England, with a population of 7,000, 000 or 8,000.000 about that of Eng land a century and a quarter ago. But there are, lust beyond her frontiers. 6,000,000 Roumanians more, and four- fifths of these ate In Transylvania and Bukowlna, the latter already In Russlas hands. It Is, Indeed, the add lng of these unredeemed 6, 000,000 with the lands they inhabit, to her present territory and population that forms the political Ideal of Rou mania's nationalism. sVmmanla Covets Bessarabia. Transylvania and Bukowlna the former, politically, a part of Hungary, the latter a crownlamd of the Austrian THE STRAND I Go To The Strand. What's Your Hobby? All wise people go to The Strand. Thousands go every week not only once, but twice they never miss a show! ' The Strand is the mecca for all joy tourists and they know the reason one of the finest theatres in the good old U. S. A., a big pipe organ, aug mented by an orchestra, a five-part Photoplay feature antf a single all topped with four acts of Vaudeville and the price only two jitneys. TODAY Until Tuesday Nfcht The Whirlpool of Destiny Presenting the charming FLORA PARKER DE HAVEN A Red Feather Feature that will make every body sit up and take notice. An unusual story of Love's Redemption, witn wonderful heart interest and a big climax. VAUDEVILLE ARRIVAL OF BRITISH INVALID PRISONERS IN SWITZERLAND 4 "V fh f 9 fc "-v r X ' . 'T - if Y$ fit ii 4 4 Romig's Gillette and Girl Revue Hender TZ TTT ' : Artistic Vocalers Hamilton arid Denn Rgsens Classy Black Face Comedians Entertainers i M Continuouo r; Continuous 1 toll . -. 7 wvi a .BaV 1 " '.'- A wn U 1 II V.irrfEVlL.LB fVJJHOTTOPLAVS i:4 emperor are, therefore, the great of possible conquest for the Rouman ian armies. It has been said, too, that Russia, as the price of Roumanla's Joining the Entente, has promised to Roumanla the frontier province of Bes sarabia, or at least Its western half, in which there are 1,000,000 more of unredeemed Roumanians, whose fath ers, from 1868 until 1878, formed an Integral part of the Roumanian nation. Bessarabia was ceded by Turkey to Russia after the war of 1812; was lost by Russia in the Crimean war, and was regained by her after the last Russo-Turktsh war, which mads Roumanla a politically Independent nation, though it deprived her of hee eastern province. She received as com pensation the Dobrudja region south of the mouths of the Danube, but she never accepted it as a real equivalent. Therefore, nothing would so bind the heart of Itoumania to the Entente, and aboveall to Russia, as would the return to tier of Bessarabia. Closing- in on Turkey. - But It Is not only Bulgaria and Rou manian thus seeking her alienated sons that are likely to find the present move as momentous and decisive as It is dramatic. A Russian army Invad ing Bulgaria, and covering the 100 miles from the Danube to Sofia, the capital, would immediately end com munication along the main line or railroad between Berlin and Constan tinople; and this sudden cutting of the main artery of munitions would prob ably t decisive ror Kussias already uccessful campaign in Armenia ana Anatolia, and at the same time decis ive for the rule of Enver and Talaat, which, with Its Teutonic alliance, has been so ruinous to Turkey. Turkey, then, not less than Bulgaria and Roumanla, is certain to be pro foundly affected by Roumanla's entry Into the war. Serbia comes next. The defeat of Bulgaria for Bulgaria seems quite as certain to be defeated as she was in tM "four weeks' war" in the summer of 1918, and the advance of General Sarrall's army northward to Join hands with Russia and Rouman la. will mean the return to life of the Serbian nation, and seems quite cer tain to mean an invasion of Austria Hungary from the south, across the Danube. Therefore, not only In Tran sylvania, but alone the Danube also. Roumanla's act is likely to be decis ive for the Dual Monarchy. The Case of Greece. What shall be said of Greece? We may leave to the seclusion of their summer palace the recriminations be tween King Constantlne and Queen Kopnie, Kaiser wuheim s sister: but we cannot fajl to see with what splen did electioneering capital Jtoumama has supplied the great Cretan states man, Eleutherlos Venizelos. The ela tlons are a few weeks only ahead, and for their result we may n patience possess our souls. Roumanla's move may prove decis ive also for the whole Entente cause. tnougn u is really an effect of pres ent Entente power and success. One remembers Rudyard Kipling's splendid story of Mamgay Doola, the Thibetan Irishman, who moved the log-Jam on a Himalayan torrent. Just as the one log which, with tremendous skill he extracts from the Jam, set all tha timber whirling down the river, so the Roumanian move may set events whirling down the stream of history events that will change the face of me woria, iQr all time to come. Germany Reported Almost Coffeeless Coffee Honres, It Is Said, Mast Soon Close Until After War Because Sup. pile Are About Exhausted. Amsterdam, Sept. 9. (U. 1J. ) Al though It la not admitted in Germany, the famous old German coffee houses, the popular resort of the masses, are about to go out of business until after the war. Germany is about out of coffee. For the last two years' the Germans have ueed reserve supplies of coffee stored In Hamburg and Bremen. Ant werp's supply augmented thi8 when it fell to the Germans in 1914. A little has been secured from Holland and Scandinavia. Today, however, the British have so effectively stopped shipments to ports resmpping to Germany that none is available therefrom. Germany is brew ing the last of her precious berrica Before the war, Germany imported about $55,000,000 worth of coffee a year mostly from Brazil and Guate mala. - V NX ''' ff.il im i nta TT"" Kail . iPv" '- . n& Td 1 feii;- -ffe v ill Abore, left to right Crowd at Depot at Chatean d'Oex, Switzerland, awaitlno; arrival of troop train; British Invalid prisoners upon arrival. IJelow Arri val of British soldiers. POTATOES PLENTY IN GERMANY. BUT NOT OF EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY Greater Part Will Be Dried and Quickly Converted Into Potato Flour, pared to pay the price, which, oy the way, is rarely exorbitant, in considera tion of the circumstances. Had Killed Seven Persona. Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 9. t. N. S.) Police declare that -when "Wild Bill'' Latura wa shot to death by Patrol man John C. Lyons the last real Mem phis "bad man" bit the dust. He had killed seven persons during the 30 years of his life. Once he killed four negroes within fire minutes in a sa loon. Degree Conferred on Von Tlrpltz. Berlin, Sept. 9. (I. N. S.) The Uni versity of Charlottenburg has con ferred the honorary degree of doctor of engineering upon Great Admiral on Tlrpits, the former secretary of the navy and originator of the sub marine war. BEGINNING TODAY The Incomparable IDA BARA WITH STEWART HOLMES 'resents Her Latest Sensation, Vividly Portraying the Reasons for HER Double Life If you gain a man's love through fraud and he forgfves you after the truth appears, would you marry him? Pathe News Latest FLORENCE ROSE FASHIONS Captured Officers To Operate Movies Berlin, Sept. t. (I. N. S.) Twenty captured Russian officers Interned in the prison camp at Burg, near Magde burg, nave organized a moving picture company- with the consent Of the Ger man military authorities. -- The'Stranger-oompany has a. capital of $500 and is doing an excellent busi ness. The building for the theatre is situated in the center of the caxnn anil (has been donated by the German army and Is sold out twice daily. An ad mission fee of 11 cents Is charged. The films are furnished by two Ger man companies at a nominal rental and the program Is changed twice ever y week. , , Four German, officers act Berlin, Sept. 9. (I. X. S.) Germany has now finished her potato harvest and. as far as quantity goes, it is said to be abundant, but the quality is rather Inferior, owing to the wet sum mer. This causes some anxiety, as the poorer grades of potatoes will not keep well. Consequently, the greater part of thee will be dried and con verted Into flour as quickly as possible. In the meantime the people are now getting a larger allowance of potatoes than before, that is to say, nine pounds a week. They are also receiving more meat, but only one egg Instead of two a week on each bread ticket. Faces around the German dinner table would look mar cheerful if it were possible to get a little butter to eat with the eternal potatoes; but that commodity continues as scarce as ever, and the Berliner Tageblatt has some very amusing revelations to make in connection with this scarcity. Batter Would Come Elgn. Referring to a now famous Ca.se of a Dutch onion merchant who supplied many wealthy Berlin families with butter at the rate of nine pounds for J11.25, It says that this case has been beaten by the advertisement of a Neu mark farmer, which ran as follows: "Butter will be delivered on paying for a cow and money, for fodder. The purchase of the cow will be attended by tha Domaems Edwardshof, near uianow, Neumark." People who inquired Into this offer received by return mail the fanner's conditions, r irst of all, $875 must be bent for the purchase of the cow, which would, of course, belong to tho cuttom er. Then an allowance of 60 cents a day, to be paid promptly at tb Lftd of each month. Kor all this the customer was to receive three pounds of butter a week! In other words, he was to pay In a year a little over $1100 and get 156 pounds of butter, anj, of course, hava his ow. The food situation here might per haps be summed up in the words: Ger many has everything, but She has not enough of anything. Special Servant Weeded. A housewife who has money enough may still manage to get everything she needs in the quantities which regula tions allow, but she must then 1-cep a special servant whose only duty should be to attend to purchases and who has her hands full at that. Getting up at dawn. In order 1o be somewhere near the front end of the line, she would go to the butcher vhop, and about 7 or 8 o'clock In the morning she would, as a rule, get the allowance of meat to which the family is entitled. In the same manner she would be able to get bread, lard, butter aift toap at various hours, according to her luck, and when she had carried everything home she would have to attend to the getting of the food tlckeU for the fol lowing day. ' Of course. It is not everyone who can afford to keep a special servant for this purpose; and so, in most cases, people, rather than wait for houis In beat or rain for food, make up their minds to do, now without meat, no without bread, now again without lard or butter. This again means tht about one third of all tickets are not used, and the consumption 1 kept down. Of course, this does' not apply to the hotels, wsere it Is poss'hle to 3. 1 n?,i i'i I 1 V- I i I i r TTTTTT in i iu t i yi iM i i ,i i .i i j .1 i.i i i i i- i.i I'i'i.i v; n-t i i i a i rr? H""..Tf A DECEMBER TRAGEDY CHARACTERS: Mr. Portland and Mr: Portland, with th Little Portland for Chorus. The Chora Mr. Portland Oh, Daddy, it is so cold 1 I'm very sorry, but I can't help it. We seem to be unfortunate. First-of all, I forgot to order the fuel, and now I have got as big a fire as the furnace will hold, but the house just won t heat. Why didn't you order the gas system when you had the estimate in September? Times seemed hard and I decided not to do it until next FalL Mrs. Portland But Mrs. Smith put one' in and her heat has not cost her nearly as much as ours. She keeps her house . beautifully warm without any attention whatever. Besides the cost of installation was not great. Well, I suppose the longer I put it off the more we shall suffer and the more I shall be out of pocket, so I hadbetter get a gas system put in right away. The Chorus Mr. Portland Mr. Portland Install a a and don't let this tragedy be enacted in your home .We guarantee to fulfill every claim we make for this system in your case. Enquiries by telephone, wek cornea. Portland Gas & Coke Co 1 1. as censors. ... - get anything roe want If you are pre- V. .: 6