WAR NOW CENTRED IN THE NEAR EAST

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2904, 17 October 1916, Page 5

WAR NOW CENTRED IN THE NEAR EAST

STRIKING REVIEW BY DR. DILLON .. l VON HINDENBURG AIMING AT BUCHAREST Auitnlian-New Zealand Cable As*ociatiun. (Rec. Ootober 16, 7.30 p.m.) n mu • n. i.r, •, m , ,„ London, October 16. Dr. Dillon, in the "Daily Telegraph," sa JS : "The Entente Potmsrs arc throwing themselves onto the Balkan entanglement with praiseworthy ipeal and expedition. Their measures have been adopted whole-heartedly and comwniedi ii v""? J 0 r, e dullest comprehension that the war centre has .shifted to the JNear East Germany considers that the maintenance of her communications with the Near East are so important that she 1 is ready,' as I kwuw, to make peace on the basis.of the evacuation of France and Belgium on condi- > !L qll W sh6 „x aT l d J her m < i ollf ! d ? ra^ s have a h P B hand to deal with Russia and , tbo Balkan btate. lhe Allies' preventive measures appear to be comprehensive: Certainly tluy position demands immediate and adequate correctives. Von Hindenburg's objective is undoubtedly Bucharest. He is empfcrvW . a very considerable number-optimistic calculations bv the enemy concerning his reserves should be accepted. Bulgaria alone 'is raising large ai-mies among her' Moslem subjects. General Sarrail is doing remarkably well, and has shown great foresight. He will certainly attain his end, but much time must elapse before he reaches Even Monastir will not fall soon. The cnomy will make every conceivable effort to stave off such a tremendous blow to his prestige. ■ SERIOUS PRESSURE ON RUMANIA'S NORTHERN FROWT "•■-. (Rec. October 16, 7.30 p.m.) <pl <m -i nil -l, u t> i. London, Ootober 16- • J b %> 6 Bucharest correspondent states: "Tho situation, in the Dobruja is now in our favour, but that on tbo Rumanian northern front is serious. The enemy's pressure continues to bo formidable, and tibe Allies must recognise this as such.' VON FALKENHAYN'S PROBABLE MOVE (United Service.) (Rec. Ootober 16, 10 p.m.) , f T. ■ ... „'-'.,. „,,.,. London, October 16. i , j Hamilton Fyfe writes: "Military opinion, holds that if the Rumanians can hold the crests of the Carpathians, the situation need not be considered! serious. Von Falkenhayn has only three genuine German divisions, one Aus-tro-German division, and six Austro-Hungarian divisions. His plan appears; to be, after oorking up the other passes, to send his main forces through the. Citmz Pass, forty-hve miles north-oast of Brasso, and attempt to capture the' railway junction at Focsani." , RUMANIANS SHORTENING THEIR FRONT Außtralian-N«w Zealand Cable Association.. (Rec, October 17, 1.20 a.m.) ~ „: . ' New York, October 16. Mr. Stanley Washburn, at Bucharest, states: "The Rumanians have been obliged to shorten their front in tho face of ever-increasing enemy numbers. The retreat is being carried out in an orderly fashion. There is no panic, and there has not been the .slightest demoralisation amongst the troops. .West of Brasso they commenced to withdraw on October 8. The nature of the positions which have been taken up are roughly twelve miles from the summit to the Erzburg Pas 6, and is such that they should be ablo ■Jo hold on. Wbile the situation presents no acute aspects, it omphasi6cs a. potential menace in tho massing of the German strength. l -'

RUMANIAN OFFICIAL. COMMUNIQUE. (Reo. October 16, 6.10 p.m.) London,, October 16. A Rumanian official communique states: "In the Colemaai Mountains area we retired towards the frontier. Thero were violent cncouni ers in the Uzul Valley. We repulsed the enemy in the Vituz Valley, and in all frontier attacks, and drove the enemy from the Polistonean Valley. 'We captured tho summit of Mont Negra, and Zoucaza, in the Jiul Valley area. :There is artillery and infantry activity along the Danube." RUSSIAN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. . ~ • . . October 15. 'A Russian, official communique, states: "Attacks by the. enemy at Kirlibaba and Dornawatra and in the Dobruja were repelled." GERMAN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE.' • ' ' Amsterdam, (October 15. % German official- communique states: "Attempts by the enomy to attach east of the Monastir-Floriiia railway failed." i MAKING WAR WITH DISEASE GERMS. ("The Times.") (Reo. October 16, 10 p.nr.V ~ „ ~ .„ , ' . t , London, Oi&tc-b'er 16. . Mr. Bouohier, a* Bucharest, reports that m addition to the explosives which, were found in the gardens of the German, legation, a case was diV covered containing many packets of glanders germ, sufficient) to infect two hundred horses. It was addressed to the members, of the Bu]<ra,rian Legation at Bucharest. " " THE ALLIES' ADVANCE INTO SERBIA Australian-New Zealand Oa,blo Association.. <•"' -m ,„ ' „*■ J "v „ , ~ . London, October 15. The War Office report on the Salonika operations states: "Ws shelled Seres station and came, into contact with tho enemy on. the railway southward of Seres," . ' ■',"': FRENCH OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE; ' i_ (Rec. October 16, 6.10 p.m.) ■' ■'' ' ' Paris, October 16. A French official communique slates: "There is moderate artillery activity along the whole of the Macedonia front. The Serbians are making progress on the left bank of the Cerna. A French squadron has cut the railway; south of. Seres." •...-. GERMAN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. . . Amsterdam, October 15. A German official communique states: "Tho Austro-Hungarians repelled the Rumanians on both sides of the Szurdnk Pass." BULGARIAN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. ' (Rcc. October 16, 7.30 p.m.). . , '■■ Amsterdam, October 16. A Bulgarian official communique states: "The* Serbians attacked with considerable strength north' of Slovftza, but were repulsed.' There have been patrol encounters on the Struma."- '■■■'' GREEK TREACHERY IN DEFIANCE OF THE ALLIES TRAIN-LOAD OF MUNITIONS AND SUPPLIES SMUGGLED OUT, v (Rec. October 117, 0.20 a.m.) /,;■■' •'■ ; .-,,■• " . 'Athens, October 16. Iu dchanco of Admiral du. pournot's demands, an attempt was made to send a train-load of artillory, munitions, and supplies from Athens to Larissa. It was prevented by tho French controllers. Another attempt at Schimateni station succeeded. Admiral du Fournet now controls the station.' It is understood that tbo Entente Powers will recognise the new Vcnizelos Government in the Greek Islands. "

GREEK-AMERICANS SUPPORT VENIZELOS. (Rec. October 17, ! 0.20 a.m.) rp „ jr. i- » T ,- ; ,'■ ' . New York, October 16. Ten thousand Greeks in New have enthusiastically formed a Veuizelist party, and denounced King Constantino, asserting that ho had dishonoured Greece. The speakers, said that 300,000 Greeks in America would sunport M. Venizelos with funds. • TO AVENGE A KIDNAPPED CRETAN REGIMENT. (Rec. October 16,- 6.10 p.m.) '.„',.' ' ' . . Athens,' October 16. General iSavoularis has been commissioned to reconstitute tho Third Cretan Regiment, now interned in Germany. He has issued a manifesto appealing to the Cretans to avenge tho regiment, which was the victim of treachery. -' THE WAR IN'THE ITALIAN THEATRE :...■ ...,. " _ .'. . London, October 15. An Italian official communique state: "We repulsed attacks at, Mount Pasubio, and made progress by a counter-attack towards Mount Rbite."