DEFINITE CHECK TO THE BULGARS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2860, 26 August 1916, Page 9

DEFINITE CHECK TO THE BULGARS

OFFENSIVE SPENT GREEKS ENROLLING WITH THE ALLIES Australian-Kew Zealand Cable Association. Salonika, August 24. Official.—"The British commander reports artillery activity on the Doiran front, but no infantry action. Our artillery on the Struma front dispersed ; the Bulgarians who were entrenched on the left bank. The enemy shelled OrJiak Bridge." DESPERATE BATTLE BETWEEN SERBIANS AND BULGARIANS .POSITIONS LOST AND RE-WON. (Rec. August 26, 0.20 a.m.) London, August 25. The "Daily correspondent at Athens states that a force of ten thousand l Bulgarians attacked the Serbians between Lakes Potrislio and Ostrovo in an eifortto capture the Vodena railway. Desperate fighting followed at Sotir. The Serbians, reinforced, recaptured Sotir and l'atele. BULGARIAN OFFENSIVE DEFINITELY CHECKED. London. August 24. A Paris correspondent says: "Tuesday's operations were entirely favourable to the Allies. In the centre the French and British maintained and consolidated all the positions they had won between the Beles mountains, east of Lake Doiran, and tho Moglemtsa River, which is parallel to and twenty-five miles west of the Vardar. Further to the left, the Serbians have made increased progress on the wooded slopes of Kukuroff, north of Strubino, and are thus Hearing one of tho lare passes crossing the Moglena Mountain chain. Finally, on our extreme wings the Bulgarian double offensive towards Lake Ostrovo, to the westward, and on the Struma River to the eastward, are now completely mastered. We can therefore confidently await further operations." . ... REPORTED SEPARATE PEACE MOVE BY BULGARIA. ' Paris, "August 2-i. Wireless reports from Petrograd state that Bulgaria is about to sue for a separate peace, if the request has not been sent already. The Bulgarian newspapers are unanimous that the export of foodstuffs to ' Germany ought to be stopped.; otherwise Bulgaria will bo faced with starvation.. The Bulgarian offensive is at a standstill. The only result of the advance hitherto has been the occupation of Greek territory where there are no Allied troops. • BULGARS VERY DISSATISFIED. ' .'• : . . (Rec. August 25, 11.25 p.m.) • Now York, August 25. A correspondent in Sofia, in an liricensored. message, say 6:. "Usually a dispatch approved by 'Germany is allowed to be sent from Sofia. The Bulgars. are'very dissatisfied, as the German General Staff treat, them like a vassal nation. The' Germans control the post, telegraphs, and telephones, and'even the Press censorship; They attempted tp take two-thirds of the crop, but'the Sobrarijo protested,.and the German officers did not persist. Tho scheme of finances is going from bad -to- worse. Austria and Germany loaned Bulgaria ten million dollars in money, but-half was sent in the form of products, and tho balance in paper money, of which nearly 140 millions are in circulation, as against seventeen millions in gold.. Food is scarce and costly. Two days in each week are meatless. Bulgaria has nearly 350,000 men.on the southern frontier, while the German .troops number 60,000. The Bulgarian people are. utterly tired of the.war."

THEAUSTRO-GERMAN LEAVER IN THE BULGAR RANKS. v. Salonika, August 24. A correspondent has authoritative]" stated, that the only Austrians and Germans with'the Bulgarians are thosr^in chargo of the motor transport,' machine-gun, and aircraft. • Some are in the artillery. ■'THE "GREEK- STAND AT SERES ' •-SEQUEL: GREAT ANTI-BULGAR MEETING. AT ATHENS. ■ ' Rome, August 2-1.■ ■ As the-.outcome of fighting at Seies, s great meeting was held at Athens' and passed-a resolution declaring that the Greek people will riso in arms against their hereditary enemy. . :: : ; ''..; :..¥• venizelos- on the situation..: " ::.:' ■; .("The Times.") , , Athens, August 24. M. Venizelos, in an-interview, said he thought elections would be impossible in districts occupied by the Bulgars, who were apparently disposed to advance-as far-as Larissa. , Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. ' ' ' - (Rec, August 25, 9.25 p.m.) Paris, August 25. ' One hundred and fifty presidents and members of workmen's corporations waited as a deputation on M. Venizelos to-<lay, and asked what ought to bo done in the present emergency. M. Venizelos replied: "I am unable todraw up a programme at present, but our safety lies in taking refuge with the Entente's" armies. Let usorganise a manifesto, provided that the nation still lives." - , . r .' . A committee was appointed to arrange the manifesto. GREEK VOLUNTEER ARMY SWELLING. (Rec. August 25, 9.25 p.m.) ' ' ' Athens, August 25. . The Greek volunteer corps left for Salonika yesterday. Colonel Christodoulos hopes, in a few days, to command 25,000 men. SIX HUNDRED GREEKS ENLIST WITH THE. ALLIES. (Rec. August 25, 6.35 p.m.) . Athens, August 24. As the outcome of. the demonstration at Salonika, 600 Greeks have enlisted with the Allies. It is reported that the Bulgarians captured a Greek infantry regiment at Demirhissar on August 18. ' \ WHAT WILL RUMANIA DO? KING DECLINES TO RECEIVE KAISER'S ENVOY. Berne, August 24. A story has been'circulated that the Kaiser wrote to the King of Ru> mania announcing that he was sending Duke Albrccht as his envoy. The King replied that lie would refuse to receive Duke Albrecht, but being a constitutional monarch would be guided by his Ministers. REPORTED RUSSIAN CONCENTRATION ON RUMANIAN FRONTIER, (Rec. August 25, 7.25 p.m.) London,. August 24.. The "Morning Post's" Budapest correspondent quotes the. newspaper "Azest's" Bucharest correspondent as saying that it_ is rumoured that tbo Russiaus are concentrated on the Bessarabian-Rumanian frontier, on the Russian bank of the Danube, for the purpose of entering Bulgaria by Dob. rudja, and Hungary across the Moldavia. It is stated that the Rumanian War Party is stronger, and that the Premier is credited with having made a definite agreement with Russia as to the conditions of intervention. . . A Budapest'newspaper says:_ "Hitherto we have fought as the chivalrous partner of another nation, hut if Rumania enters the war we will supplement our chivalry with hatred, and fight for our blood-soaked country against this private enemy." FRENCH PRESS CONFIDENT. , • Paris, August 24. The Press refers to Rumania with increasing confidence in the signs that M. Bratiano, as a disinterested' Nationalist, will declare that the Government has decided to grasp the opportunity to gain her national ambitions, makin"- the German situation grave and the Austrian case tragic. PRE-INTERVENTION DIPLOMACY. (Renter's Telegram.) Amsterdam, August 24. According to the well-informed Bucharest correspondent of the "Berlin Tageblatt," the tranquillity of Rumania does not signify that the country is not thinking of intervention. The Premier will certainly intervene on the 6ide of the Entente, but it appears that the various Governments have not reached an understanding as to whether Rumania, at the peace negotiations, will have a voice in reaching a co-operative decision, or only an advisory voice.