THE SALONIKA ARMY

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2969, 5 January 1917, Page 5

THE SALONIKA ARMY

SUGGESTIONS OF A LONDON PAPER London, January 3. 1 The ; "Daily Mail" asks: "What is the Salonika Army doing? German reports 1 suggest that 200,000 Bulgarians are • holding up 350,000 of tho Allies. The Allied Army might well have turned the scale in the West during 1916. Germany's vulnerable point—tho great Balkan , railway—is nowhere within roach. Between Salonika and tho railway there stretches an expanse of road- ; mountains which no modern army I Js able to traverse. The Germans have 5 railways, which we lack, and they have _ secure communications, and no fear of submarines. The Allied armies would be delighted if, the Salonika mistake were undone."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn, > [A message published yesterday ' stated that the "Daily Mail" urges ii!° 01 «»npleto withdrawal of the Salonika; expedition, which is a burden equalling Gullipoli, playing the . enemy s game of weakening the Allies, i who are achieving no good by using [ troops, warships, and shipping needed 1 elsewhere. The malarial climate is prejudicial to the health of the troops.] GERMAN ALLEGATION REFUTED BYTHE ADMIRALTY (Rec. January 4, 5.5 p.m.) ; .f, . London, January 3. ■ 11 1 „ 6 ™ i ! n wireless message alleges ; that, President Wilson is protesting . against British airmen's bombarding 1 c ,Y ram . a station before the departure ' 25 r, eJecfce d delegates and consuls • iT om fleece. The wireless alleges that | the airmen were aware that the dele--1 „ .*? 1)6 met a(i the station. J-he British Admiralty, replying quotes the official reports, showing that alter the Austro-German and other representatives, with their families and servants, landed at Kavala, . the air commandant at Thasos, learning the German Minister's request not to . bomb the Drama-Kavala' Road for 24 r hours, from the morning of November ■ J jI S J vome l l an d children belonging to the Legations were using the road, with the request; moreover, t lie refrained from operations until November 2S. The only attack mado on November 25 was on the Drama aerodrome alone, and was made before the Minister's request had reached the oir station. No bombs were dropped in the town nor in the vioinity of the station.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.-Reu-ter. , ITho cable news m this issue accredited ' lu , ? kontjon "Times" has appeared in thai journal, but only where eipresßly « 15 5.V 0 ' 1 I** 5 the editorial opinion of "The Times."!