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Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 November 1915, Page 3

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\iiotviviii this Day d.20 a.n> A USi IUJ-u LiiMA.N 01- I'EaSIVE rxmuon, Mov. 2u. Tiio AuttU'o-Ciurinaria have initiated a .igorous oifonsive an tiio Styr, una along tiio Iviell railway uilli the objc i. oi inducing the J.Uissians to Uetadi Hoop.* from iiessarabia.

11USS1A AM) KOUMAMA

Ucrinaii telegrams via .uolland slni\i that the reports oi the assembling oi .Russian -armies along the Danube couliutU) ti> agitato the authorities. .i.i> .Berlin hints are thrown out of tenble tJjings in store, for Kouniauia if site allows the Russians passage. The Austriana will,at once enter the Kuumauian frontier.

R USSO-HOUMAMAA OOM'EilJjiNOiS.

Rucfiarest, Nov. 2(5. Tho newspapers stato that an import- : ant Riisao-Roumanian conference is be- ; ing held at Silistria to 'discuss the con- j tingvnoiesj arising from the use of the i Danube. Prince Urosoii is represent- ' ing Russia. :

THE GERMAN PROPAGANDA.

The Kaiser's 'nephew,. Prince Schacrnrbuiglippe, has at Bucharest to* assist the'"German propaganda

BULGARIAN CURUELTIES Athena, Nov. ib. Tho Serbian authorities liavo persuaded a section ol the civilians to %•• main in Serbia. General von iMuckensen peremptorily ! informed General Jekoif that the .Bulgarians were perpetrating horrible cruelties on the Serbians; this renders the conquered districts a danger in the rear oi tho army (Received This Day 8.50 a.m.; GERMAN CRUISER SUNK. Retrograd, Nov. 20. H is semi-officially announced that liie German cruiser Fraueulob (2G57 tons) has been sunk by a submarine. ENEMY MUSIC iIALL. London, Nov. 2(j. TJio County Council refused to renew tho music licenso for Bechstein's Hall, a famous concert room, on the ground that it is is an enemy concern. Two oi the Boohstcins are in tho Gorman ! army. j

BUSY SPIES. Renter's Salonika eurresnondeiit slates that the city swarms "with German, Austrian, Bulgarian, Turkish and Jewish spies, who pursue their work openly. Restaurant waiters visibly stretch their ears to overhear conversations, and not a transport arrives, not a soldier is landed, out the eveat is reported immediately to Sofia, Berlin and Constantinople*

A FRENCH SUCCESS. Paris, Nov. 2GI Tlio b'ronch on the 23rd attacked tho Bulgarians west oi Krivoiak and occupied Brueuik. BRITISH TROOPS ARRIVE. Tho Journal's Salonika eorrespontfent announces that the first important British reinforcements have arrived at Salonika (Received This Day, 10.10 a.m.) A.\ AUSTRIAN COMMUNIQUE. Vienna, Nov. 2i. A communique says that lieree hgnting took place day and night between the mouths of the Yioppach, and oanartino. The Italians repeatedly onteredi our petition north of Caminicole but wore ejected.

INDIA'S HELP. Dolhi, Nov. 26. India continues generously to support the war fund, and a movement is progressing at Lahore for northern India to supply seven aeroplanes, at a cost of £3500. The latest gifts from India princes include presents from Thakur Sahib of Morvi and the chief ot MiiMj. The munition workshops of the Pri.ne Minister of Nepaul has loaned some mechanics, the Maharaja of Benares has offered an ambulance corps, and . special revenue exemption ot all statesubjects for.service; the Aawab of Malerkotia an ambulance motor, and many other various donations. The chief oi Wankaner has proceeded to Franco ami', the -Maharaja of .Idar-and the Jam of Navauager return to the front iu the middle of December arte'r attending the marriage of the Maharaja of Jodhpur.

Received This Day, 10.20 a.m. "A TIIAIL Oi?' DEATH.'" Mew lorJi, Nov. zt>. Air Shepherd, the correspondent oi the United Press sends graphic pictures from Monastir of the miseries of the Serbian' refugees. tie describes the road rroni A'ish to Alonastir as worse than the Klondyke trail in its sights o'.' privation, exhaustion and death, the Government party made a terrible journey of twenty days on horseback, it included the American wife of a Serbian ofiical who said that there- wore throe million starving people in iSurbia. The horses ■were starving and th..? thousands of dogs felt behind foodless were scouring the hills in lauiishod packs in pursuit oi game. The road side from Nisli to Monastir was a continuous horror. Dead Horses were ;n terspersed with corpses of starved and exhausted fugitives—women and children. Our horses were starving ana some lelL from exhaustion, and died where they fell. Our party was th" best equipped of all on tnat trail o* death, yet all we had to eat was hai» a loal of bread each daily. Most <>i the rolugees weie foodless for days. Many struggled into the villages, hopeful, and expecting breau, but louna nothing and lay down and died, unable to prolong the cruel struggle. One night were heard the screams of a man being murderd by hunger-maddeneel men lor his half loaf ot bread. VV'h.ir i-> happening is making Serbia's blackest page of history. when M. Alidiotte, the Belgian Minister, offered a Serbian money, the latter burst into tears, and appoaled for bread. Mr Shepherd appoals to Americans for aid lor the refugees, tie adds that batches hourly arrive at Monastir delirious with joy, but even there food is terribly scarce and fuel is exhausted.

A HURRIED -DEPARTURE

Pans,. .Nov. '2(5. The Journal states tnat Munich advices report that the Austro-Uerman and Turkish Ministers lert Teheran hastily to avoidi the crowd which would have lynched- thorn.