PUSH IN BALKANS

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9788, 11 October 1917, Page 5

PUSH IN BALKANS

BEING PREPARED BY ALLIES MILLION AND A QUARTER MEN ALMOST READY. ijy Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. NEW YORK, October 9. An authoritative semi-official source indicates that the Allies will shortly have a million and a-quartor men prepared for the Balkan campaign, including Greeks and Serbians. Greece and Serbia are re-establish-ing friendly tic s for the purpose of crushing Bulgaria. • Greece will furnish 600,000 excellent troops, half of which will head towards Constantinople. The Greek Fleet will assist. ALLIED _AIR RAID SEVENTY GERMANS BURLED IN DEBRIS. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association, AMSTERDAM, October 9. An Allied air raid on October Ist destroyed the Wondellmeen railway station, in which there were 270 German soldiers. Seventy of them were buried In the debris. GOLD'S RASCALITY MORE SENSATIONAL DISCLOSURES PREDICTED, By Telegraph—Pres* Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, October 9? The French Commission of Inquiry into the 8010 scandal is. visiting England. The Commuspion possesses documents revealing ramifications of Germany's peace plots in every Allied capital. Sensational disclosures are predicted. I THE PORTJEMBLA DESERTER SENT TO PRISON. By Telegraph—Press Assooiatlon—Copyright MELBOURNE, October 10. Kris Jensen, a Russian, who was arrested on a charge of deserting from the steamer Port Keimbla on September 12th, has been sentenced to three months’ imprisonment. Jensen joined the vessel in England as a greaser, and worked on board until eho left the Australian port shortly before she was blown up near Cook Strait by. an internal explosion. FEDERAL ENLISTMENTS 39,223 SINCE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright MELBOURNE, October 10. The total enlistments in tho Commonwealth since tho beginning of the year number 39,222. ITALIAN SUBMARINE SUNK BY AN AMERICAN WARSHIP. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association, NEW YORK, October 9. A United States warship fired on an Italian submarine, presumably in the Mediterranean, killing an officer and a seaman. The Italian submarine failed to respond to signals. Fir Daniels, Secretary of tho Navy, has apologised to Italy. HARVEST IN FRANCE POOREST FOR HALF A CENTURY, By Telegraph—Press Association—-Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. PARIS, October 9. The French harvest is tho poorest for fifty years. The Food Minister proposes a scheme for rationing tho towns. It will be necessary to import 140 million bushel* of cereals. DOTCHJHIPS TO ASSIST IN CARRYING AMERI- , CAN PRODUCE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. NEW YORK, October 9, . The United States is determined that Dutch ships shall assist in carrying American cargoes. NATIONAL UNITY LEAGUE CONCERTED EFFORT IN UNITED STATE'S. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable association. NEW YORK, October 9. Members of the National Unity League called on President Wilson to signalise a concerted effort to eliminate the divergent elements in the United States. President Wilson endorsed the purposes of tho league, emphasising the necessity for virile action and American thought to guide general opinion. He pointed out that itho war must not end till Germany is beaten, and the ideals of democracy triumph. The league comprises the most representative men in all walks of life. ON THE JJLAGK SEA SUCCESSFUL RUSSLAN OPERA* TIONS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Aub. aund N Z Cabl- Assn. «nd Beut«rLONDON, October 9. A Russian official report states: In the rX9<m of the Bosphorus our torpedo boats destroyed seven coal-laden barges. A Russian submarine captured and brought into Sebastopol a Turkish steamer laden with corn.