FRANCO-BRITISH SUCCESS ON THE SOME

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2868, 5 September 1916, Page 5

FRANCO-BRITISH SUCCESS ON THE SOME

SWEEPING ADVANCE AND ! ■ GREAT GAINS GREEK CRISIS . A NOTE FROM THE ALLIES ■ CONSTANTINE FACES THE ISSUE The news from the Balkans to-day discloses a more tatisfactory development in the trend of affairs in Greece. King Gonstantine, it is said, has accepted, the inevitable, and agreed to a policy which the Venizelists and other sections in Greek politics nave agreed to for the common good. Tho Entente Powers, in tho meantime, have presented a Note to the Greek Government, which, in effect, says that all Germans must leave tho sc«ne of their intrigues and espionage, and clear out of tho country, and to make certain of tho busi- ' ness, the Allies have seized tho pontal, telegraphic, and -wireless services. Finally, King Constantino has roceived tho Britisb' Minister in audience. In Macedonia, the revolutionary Committee of Public Safety is vigorously pushing its movement, and the spirit of revolt ' has even cdmmunicated itself to Ibo convicts in tho Salonika gaol. In Transylvania, the Eumanians are developing their offensive so rapidly that the Austrian line, ali eady shortened some 60 miles, is stated to be in danger. A German communique discloses a movement of Bulgar-German forces on the Eumaninn-Dobruja frontier. Tho Western front, after a comparative lull, has again quickened l , the latest development being a brilliant coup by • the combined Franco-British forces on the Som me, resulting in a complete success ' and. substantial gains. Fierce battlos are in progress on the Russian front in Galicia. Elsewhero tbero aro no material developments.