THE ROUMANIAN ATTITUDE.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 11647, 16 August 1916, Page 5

THE ROUMANIAN ATTITUDE.

ON THE EVE OF DECISION. WANTED-A CONVERTING VICTORY. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. New York, August 15. Americans in Bucharest state that Ronmania is on the eve of decision. The capital is a hotbed of intrigue. Spies are everywhere. A fresh victory by the Allies would convince waveters and bring Ronmania,to the Allies' side. A GERMAN CLAIM. Amsterdam, August 15. A Berlin official message says: Oar submarines in the English Channel sank seven English and three French steamers from Angust 2nd to 10th. Our submarine torpedoed the destroyer Lassoo in the Channel, The Press Bureau states; The Lassco sank a few miles off the Dutch coast, not in the Channel, as the German Admiralty pretends. FOOLERY IN WHITE BOOK. ZEPPELIN RAIDS REPRISALS. ALL FOR THE BARALONG. Amsterdam, August 14. A German White Book on the BaraJong case states that the Zeppelin raids are reprisals, and therefore every time a Zeppelin appears the English must remember the Baralong. WELL KNOWN MEN KILLED. London, Aug. 14. Captain Thomas Campbell, of the Harrison Artillery, son of Mr Neil Campbell, of New Zealand, has died of wounds. Sydney, Ang. 15. Major Frank Cohen has been killed in Prance. He managed the first University Rugby teams whiqh visited New Zealand. NOTED CRICKETER ILL., Sydney, Aug. 15. Lieut. Keileway, the cricketer, has been wounded on the second occasion He is dangerously ill.

AUSTRALIAN HARBOUR DUES. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. Sydney, August 16. Tbe Government jis introducing a Bill to impose harbour dues on tramp steamers, which is expected .to realise twenty-six thousand annually.