BIG GERMAN ATTACK
PENDING ON WESTERN FRONT . INTENSE ARTILLERY FIE . " "■ CANNONS CHANT ON XMAS DAY , ' ■: ' BULGARS DISSATISFIED : • -—— . i ■ CONFLICTING REPORTS PROM THE BALKANS ■\ :■ ' . '-A The cablegrams to-day include stirring messages to Australia,and New Zealand f/oux Sir JOIIII Jellicoe and Mr. Bonar Law. Expressing his admiration of the fashion in which the Dominions have responded" - to tlie Imperial call and their trpop.s have borne themselves in the.field, . the Secretary of State for the Colonies states that when tlie time comes for the conclusion of peace,'the Dominions will be consulted and their views will carry great weight as to tfhat the terms of peace shall be. Mr. Bonar Law expresses also a personal hope that as a result of the war it may be found possible to create an linperial Parliament in which the Dominions will find representation.. No very sensati'nal events •. are reported in ;tlio.main theatres, hut the Germans are said to be concentrating 011 the Western front in preparation for' a big offensive. There Christmas truce this year either in the Western theatre or in the Aiistrb-Italian campaign. Conflicting reports are current in regard to the enemy plans in the B alkans, and there are 6t< ries of quarrels between the Germans and tho Bulgars which have led in some : cases to bloodshed.. Tlie Bulga'rs'art? said to be' at variance also with the Turks in regard to territorial adjustments. Tho Allies have.com-' plcted their defensive measures' at Salonika to the satisfaction of Gen- ; eral Castelnau, who has personally inspected the works. There are fur- '. ther reports of an intended attack by the Turks ujx>n the Suez. Canal, and a'Cairo message states that German officers have' been landed .- from a submarine in North-wester n Egypt, and are organising a force of Bedouins. - / ' ,
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2654, 28 December 1915, Page 5
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291BIG GERMAN ATTACK Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2654, 28 December 1915, Page 5
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