SWIFT ADVANCE OF THE RUMANIANS

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

SWIFT ADVANCE OF THE RUMANIANS

OPENING THE ROAD TO' BELGRADE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN LINE IN DANGER' London, September 8. The Humanism success in tho Orsova district is much commontcd on in tho Press. It is pointed out that the capture ,of tho town opens the road along the Danubo to Belgrade. A swift advance will bo fatal to tho enemy. Tho latest success is moro satisfactory.inasmuch as there was n largo stiffen- ! ing of Germane among the Atistio-Hunga.rian.s. GERMAN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. (Bee. Soptomher i, 5.35 p.m.) London, September 3. A German official canuminiquo states: "Tho Auatro-Gcrman troops encountered reconnoitring troops on both sides of the Bystritza. In Wig Rumanian frontier region Bulgar-Gorman troops crossed the Dobruja, on the border between tho Danube mid tho J3|nck Sob, and scattered tho Rumanian .frontier guards."

SHORTENING THE ENEMY'S LINE.. New York, September 3. Karl von Wcigand, in a disjjatch to the "New York VJ°rM> , states that tho Austro-Hungarians nro retiring beforo tho Rumanians in Transylvania, fighting only rearguard actions. Tho Austro-Hungarians' centre is already shortening tho defence line by sixty-two miles. Five thousand refugees from the evacuated districts have arrived at Budapest, and a constant stream is fleeing westward; from the Rumanian border. BAVARIAN PREMIER ON RUMANIA'S INTENTIONS New York, September 3. ,Karl von Wcigand, in a wireless dispatch to the "New York Globe," reports an interview with Count von He riling, Premier of Bavaria, who admits tho great importance of the intervention by Rumania. Tho Count says.:—"lt appears certain that Rumania in the near future will become one of the most tragic and most terrible of battlefields. What that means to Rumania must be learned from Belgff'm, Poland, and Serbia. Whatever the outcome, Rumania will be drawn under the wheels. It is significant that the Entente has been compelled to cajole the smaller nations into the war. This is heartless and merciless) coming from a great nation' like England. With the entry of Italy and Ruinania, Germany has to face a third winter of terrible conflict." Count von Hertling said ho could not understand ,the pronounced extensive anti-German sentiments in America. Perhaps tho N sinking of the Lusitania is the cause, but in tho submarine* question Germany gave up her most effective weapon against England for no other reason than to show a sincere desire to maintain friendly relations with America. THE SITUATION IN BULGARIA The Hague, September 3. M. Radoslavoff (Premier of Bulgaria) is withholding tho passports of the Rumanian Minister until tlie Bulgarian Minister at Bucharest returns. OPERATIONS ON THE FRANCO-BRITISH FRONT Paris, Septembor 3. A French official communique states: "There is violent artillery action on tho Struma front and at Lake Doiran. Our patrols frequently reconnoitred the right bank of the Struma. Tho 'Serbian infantry fire repulsed a Bulgarian attack north-rtist of Kukwiuz."