23 SEPTEMBER 1916, Page 2

The Balkan correspondent of the Times, who does not speak

without his book, said in Wednesday's paper that Germany ensured by careful intrigue that Bulgaria and Rumania should become involved' in hostilities with each other direotly Rumania sided with the Allies. Neither Rumania nor Bulgaria wanted to fight each other, but their idea of limited responsibility in the war did not at all suit the Germans, who apparently stampeded events. It is believed now that General Jostoff, the Bulgarian Chief of Staff, who died mysteriously, was murdered. The management of the Bulgarian Army then passed entirely into German; hands.