THE PENDING BLOW AT SALONIKA

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2669, 15 January 1916, Page 5

THE PENDING BLOW AT SALONIKA

, PESPERATE ASSAULT PENDING . . • ENEMY'S FORCES CONCENTRATING fly/Maera.DH-Prepa Association-Copyright ( Times and Sydney "Sun" Services.) Not from Athens confirms the belief that the armijs a?ronr"S from three sides and that an attack upon Salpnika is imminent. '11, ere have been large arrivals of munitions and heavy artillerv en the frontier > It is reported that seven, thousand cemitadjis (irregulars') have jpined the Bulgarians. Prince Cyril (second son-of tho King of Bukaria) conerXlitwl the comitadjis on,fighting against Serbia, and is sums of they will be employed on reconnaissance dulv The Retii Journal says tlia* a desperate assault is pending. Three larca enemy armies nave concentrated. The Bulgarian strength is V eightv thousand mpbihsed and sixty tlipusand mobilising, v ■ ' uiousaiui a, Mr- W- Jeffenes. Ctlic/'-Daily Mail's■' correspondent at Athens) savs that the latest mforniatipn indicates simultaneous enemy attacks on Mesopotamia and Egypt, with probably a diversion in Macedonia. ' poianiia ana DESTROYING THE ACCESS BRIDGES. The High Commissioner repprtsj . In the Balkans theatre the Allies' defensive plans \e blowing up of.the railway bridges at Demihissar and Kilindir A PACER FOR GERMANY: OCCUPATION OP CORFU (Rec. January 15, 0.15 a.m.) Tho occupation of Corfu by the Allies has cause^Se'ndous" l ignition iu Germany. It is legarded as a personal insult to the Kaiser (who haTa villa, there), who protested to King Gonstantine. as a

AN INTERVIEW WITH VENIZELOS ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) Mr. G. Ward Price has had several interviews with^r^!!! 1 ? 17 18 \ says: h e is firmly convinced that the interests of Greece lie with AllKing Constantino s policy is fundamentally wrong. 'Mi Veiiizelns +IS'1 S ' opportunity is still Within the grasp of Greece, but Mr Prion i n, n' divulge what M. Vemzelos intends to do to accomplish this.' Neverfchfi his influence is still great, enormous, and jnagnetic. and he i» <> 1 I A reconciliation between King Constantine and M. Venizelos wnnW lfn®' happiest consunim&tion, if it were possible. ■ '°? would be the FATE OF THE MONTENEGRINS CETTINJE'S DAYS ARE NUMBERED i . (Eec. January 14, 9 p.m.) The "Tribuna" says tliat there are fifty thousand Austriaiu 3 ' and also the entire fleet. The Anstrians mounted 12-inch nuns'on Mnm^n" 0 ' »i^zssxi MONTENEGRIN ARMY BEYOND HOPE OF BUOOOUB. TURKISH SUBMARINE DESTROYED • (Rec. January 14, 9 p.m.)' The Russian torpedo boats have destroyed a ; a now ashore in the Black bea. ' lul 13 BRITISH COLONY AT BAGDAD ANXIETY AS TO THEIR FATE. ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) (Rec. January 14, 5.5 p.m.) London, January 13. There is anxiety concerning the British colony at Bagdad. Two men, nine ; women, and numerous children, whom the Turks cast out, were last seen travelling bv primitive methods towards Mobul, tlui;« hundred miles distant. The American Consuls are uiauirmg everywhere for news of thejn*