1 APRIL 1916, Page 1

It looks as if, in addition to the anxieties caused

by the situation in Southern Galicia and on the angle where Roumania, Austria, and Russia join, fresh sources of trouble were soon to arise in the Balkans. Not only has the internal situation in Bulgaria become very grave, and is having its effect on the Army, but the growing strength of the Allies at Salonika is a menace which cannot be neglected. The re-formed Serbian Army will ultimately give them a hundred and fifty thousand well-seasoned and well-equipped men, and now that the danger of an invasion of Egypt is practically over, there will be a reservoir of men there from which we can draw for work in the Balkans..