IN THE BALKANS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2252, 11 September 1914, Page 5

IN THE BALKANS

ACTIVITY IN DARDANELLES TURKS BUSY Malta, September' 9. Great and unexpected activities aro reported to be proceeding. inside the Dardanelles. ' ' TURKEY NEARING AN , ABYSS. (Ree. September'll, 0.30 a.m.) London, September 10, morning. ■ ..The Athens correspondent of "The Times" states that influential opinion in Constantinople is beginning to roalise tliat Germany is pushing the nation towards an abyss. ■ The newspaper ''Tanin," of Constantinople, publishes an article declaring that Turkey is wobbling, and that pub-' lie opinion might force her to abandon neutrality on the side of Germany.. MONTENEGRINS ADVANCE. IMPORTANT POSITION OCCUPIED. (Ree. September 10, 10.15 p.m.) Rome, September 9. A" telegram from Skutri Vukotitch states that three Montenegrin columns after a. stubborn fight have occupied Focin, an important position south of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia, The Serbo-Montenegrin objective is to reach the centre of Bosnia, and arouse the Serb population. REVOLT IN TURKISH ARMY. I Bukarest, September 9. A revolt has broken out in the Turkish army at Adrianople owing to famine. REJOICINGS OVER RUSSIAN VICTORIES. London, September 8. The Russian, successes have increased tho Rumanian enthusiasm for the Entente, and have generally steadied the whole Balkan peninsula.—"Times" and Sydney "S'uii" Services. BuUarost, September 9. , There are great rejoicings here ocer the Russian viotories in Galicia*