As we write on Friday morning there has been no
declara- tion of war in the Balkans. At the same time we must record exceedingly heavy fighting in Macedonia, the Bulgarian troops being engaged both with the Servians and the Greeks. As we have explained elsewhere, it is a distinct advantage that the Allies are nominally at peace, for this fact makes it easier for them to return to a real state of peace, and also to accept that arbitration which Russia and the rest of the Powers are steadily pressing upon them. It is very difficult to make out exactly what has happened at the front, as there are no correspondents with the troops, and the official news which comes through is coloured by the capital from which it is dispatched. As far as we can gather, however, the Bulgarians have suffered severely both in prisoners and killed. Theis object was to drive a wedge between the Servian and Greek armies, and this apparently they have not accomplished.
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