OFFENSIVE AGAINST SALONIKA

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2700, 21 February 1916, Page 5

OFFENSIVE AGAINST SALONIKA

* PRO-GERMAN THREATS NO MILITARY GROUND FOR EXPECTING AN ATTACK Bv Teleeraph—Press Association-OoDyrteht * ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) ~ j , i. r. i 'i ~ . London, February 18. Correspondents at Salonika warn Paris and London not to believe foreoasts of an offensive against Salonika. The Pro-Germans in Greece are again spreading threats. The correspondents point out that there is no military ground for expecting an attack, and that, unless imperious political reasons compel the Allied front to be reorganised, Salonika is impregnable. GERMAN COMMUNICATIONS THREATENED. (Rec. February 20, 5.5 p.m.) n xe i •, xi i London . February 19. Describing the position at Salonika, the "Daily Chronicle" correspondent says Germany s long line of communications from Belgrade to the Bosphorus is threatened by tho Russian advance on the Eastern front, and by the 4ji-glo-French-Serbian Army outside of Salonika. The Allies are within striking distance. The Italo-Serbian Armies, with Essad's (Albanian) forces menace the German right. While the Russians are smashing their way forward beyond the Germany's draams of attack on Egypt are upset. THE ASSASSINATION OF PRINCE YUSSUF. (Rec. February 20, 5.5 p.m.) , , . London, February 18. Mr. Martin Donohoe gives Athens views of the story of Prince Yussuf's death. He says there is little doubt that the heir to the Turkish throne was assassinated at the instigation of Enver Pasha. The Prince was found in the palace tying in a corridor between tho harem and the bathroom, with a vein opened m the left arm, and allowed to bleed to death. The body was covered with bruises, and everything indicated a desperate struggle for life. He was waylaid in the corridor, and his cries were heard in the harem, but none offered to help him. Several slaves were niado to arm themselves before he died. ■ _ -. The Prince was aware that his life was in danger but the plans for his assassination were well laid. He was always armed, and had a revolver in his bedroom, but failed to take the weapon with him into the corridor. A passerby heard piteous shouts for help. The marks on the throat showed that the assailants half-choked him to stifle his cries. There was deep enmity between the Prince and Enver Pasha, and the latter has not scrupled to remove his enemies from his path. The climax was reached a few weeks ago when Prince. Yussuf said: "Beware, your hour is approaching," for which Enver Pasha never forgave him.