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ACTIVITY IN THE BALKANS

PRELUDE OF NEW CAMPAIGN

ATTACKS IN RUMANIAN THEATRE

London, February 22. A French official communique from Salonika states:—"There is artillery activity on the whole front, and patrol encounters have occurred near Seres and on the Kakukovo front. Our aviators were active, and had several successful air fights. They bombed' enemy columns near Seres and Liel-kuh."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. GERMAN REPORT. London, February 22. The German communique states "We drove back an English attempt, east of the Vardar."—Aus.-N.Z. Gable Assn.-Reuter. RUSSO-RIIANIAN FRONT VIOLENT ARTILLERY DUEL. London, February 22. 'A. Rumanian official communique states:—"There is violent reciprocal artillery lire, on the northern front and in Western Moldavia. The Russian artillery is active elsewhere, dispersing the enemy and destroying positions.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. RUSSIAN COMMUNIQUE. London, February 22. Wireless, . per Admiralty Press. —A Russian official reriort states:—"A dense enemy attack ' north-weßt of Dorna Vatra failed."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable ABsn.-Reuter. GERMAN REPORT. London, February 22. A German communique states: —"Between the Dneister and the wooded Carpathians our surprise attacks succeeded." —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reu-ter. THE BLOCKADE OF .GREECE POPULATION IN SERIOUS STRAITS. Athens, February 22. There are food riots in many of the provinces. Reports from Corinth, Nauplia, Larissa, and other areas indicate that the people are in serious straits.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. INSURRECTION FEARED. (Rec. February 23, 5.20 p.m.) Athens, February 22. The Greek Minister for the Interior states that after Sunday bread will be totally lacking in Athens and the Piraeus. The situation is critical in other towns, and insurrection and pillage are feared. A mob of unemployed at the Piraeus pillaged the town. — Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. DE WET'S ILL-STARRED REBELLION ■■ COMMISSION'S REPORT. Cape Town, February 22. A Commission of three Judges reports that De Wet's rising was due to the lingering hope that a considerable section of the Transvaal and Free State would bo restored to independence, and thinking that Hertzog's antipathy to General Botha gave the opportunity, they were not conspicuously anti-Brit-ish. The evidence disclosed that De Wet, after a visit to SouthrAVest. Africa be-fore-the war, stated that. the : Germans were quite ready and were expecting war in Europe. They had guns manned at Bierfontein ready to invade the Union, and seventy thousand Mausers. The documents prove' that Delaroy, immediately war broke out,.began to plot a rising.—The "Times." PEACE AGITATION HUNGARIAN APPEAL TO THE POPE. Rotterdam, February 22. The "Tijd" states that the Pope has replied to an address of the Hungarian episcopate, which considers that the time has come to renew attempts to stop the' war and bring peace.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn!

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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3012, 24 February 1917, Page 9

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ACTIVITY IN THE BALKANS Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3012, 24 February 1917, Page 9

ACTIVITY IN THE BALKANS Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3012, 24 February 1917, Page 9

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