TURKS CONCENTRATING FOR A BIG EFFORT

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2524, 27 July 1915, Page 5

TURKS CONCENTRATING FOR A BIG EFFORT

CONFIRMATORY EVIDENCE DIPLOMATIC INTRIGUE IN THE BALKANS By TolcEranU-Prcss Association-Oopyr.lKht (Rec. July 26, 8.5 p.m.) Athens, July 26. Confirmation of the preparations of the Turks to attack is shown in the fact that large drafts arc being, withdrawn from elsewhere in Turkey, and bein<* concentrated, tin Gallipoli, simultaneous with the withdrawal of the TbirS and Fifth Turkish armies from Gallipoli, whieTi sustained such terriblo losses that the survivors lwvo been completely demoralised. • Sydney, July 26. Captain Bean's latest cablegram states that the forces are all well. Captured Turkish trenches are now found to be clean and disinfected, instead of insanitary, as at first. TURKEY CEDES TERRITORY TO BULGARIA ' BULGARIAN LOAN MISSION TO BERLIN. (Rec. July 26, 8.55 p.m.) London, July 26. A convention has been signed at Constantinople ceding tho Turkish portion of Dedeagatch to Bulgaria. Copenhagen, July 26. A' Bulgarian representative has arrived ,in Berlin fqr the purpose of negor tiaOng a loan. . _ , . . (Rec. July 26, ll.do p.m.) , London, July 26. The "Times" Sofia, correspondent says it is understood that the TurcoBulgarian treaty with respect to the Dedeagatch railway does not apply to any°engagemcnt of. a political character. Bulgaria does not bind herself to remain neutral, nor to permjt the passage of.contraband to Turkey. - Bulgaria obtains the whole extent of a lino traversing Turkish territory. Bulgaria's frontier coincides with the course of the Maritza, and all territory west becomcs Bulgarian. m , Tho correspondent adds: "It is unlikely that Turkey has made concessions without some political quid pro quo." WHAT WILL RUMANIA DO? •AWAITING DECISIVE BLOW BY THE ALLIES. (Rec. July 26, 8.55 p.m.) Paris, July 26. Tho "Temps" publishes an interview with M. Takejonescu, the Rumanian statesman, who said that an allied victory was certain. Russia and England, "eograpiiically, were invincible, and the French Army was superior to the German, if not numerically equal. "Italy,[' he said, "is proving that a nation can accomplish miracles when fighting in a wise and popular cause. A great Allied victory is desirable in order to counteract the effects of the .Galician campaign, aifd appeal to the imagination of the neutral States. "Such a victory can only be obtainable now in the Dardanelles. Rumania will contribute to the final victory, even at the cost of great sacrifices." GERMAN- AMBASSADOR' CARPET-BAGGING IN THE BALKANS , London, July 25. _ Baron' von WangenKeim', German 'Ambassador at Constantinople, visited Sofia and had audience with King Ferdinand. He also conferred with M. Radoslavoff (the Bulgarian Premier and Foreign Minister), and afterwards went to Bucharest. TURKS DRIVEN BACK FROM ADEN. ' London, July 25. The Press Bureau reports that Sheik' Hothmaai, near Aden, was pied on July 21. The Turks were pursued for five miles and are now securely held near Lathej. ■ Our casualties totalled twenty-five.