In the Balkans

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 99, 2 December 1915, Page 5

In the Balkans

.i t'!' •• ' ■ x ; •' AUSTRIANS v. MONTENEGRINS. '• r . ; i ■ ■■’III >• ll.' ’t!>; U:. • >• mi “ 'I I j‘l i > »:t» rI > I nr. “'ll. -t - 'Amsterdam,■ 'Decehiber 1. - -An -Austrian communique states that I t&ey had'driren the Montenegrins in • the direction of Wlevlje, . '• »T. T•) r 1 GERMANY AND SERBIA. $ ' ?,:ir ■l’i if > . . •' ' : . • .. Brisbane, December 1. The Governor announces that he has received a cable from Mr Bonar Law to the effect that Germany was not .going to continue, war -against Ser- ;■ bia. . , | ' %. FALL OF -MONASTIR. fc ' - * - I •' as 3 London, Novmeber 30. Mr Martin Donohoe, from Athens, '{ announces the fall of Monastir. The Sei-Jis are ; 'Withdrawing without fightingyojn order to avoid useless bloodshed.;. : ; The Greek and Roumanian Consuls, the Greek Patriarch, and the Bulgar- • ian Exarch, who have been appointed to negotiate the surrender, have gone to Bulgarian headquarters. The French on Sunday were fighting at Gradsko, east of Krivolak, The Serbs are retreating in good order, in two’bodies, one heading for Albania and the other for Montenegro. Heavy snowstorms continue. Fiorina is crowded with refugees, who are*in a pitiable state, mothers carrying their infants who have died from cold and hunger. ‘ The Greeks have sent urgent appeals to Salonika for food and clothing for- the destitute refugees. -J GREECE AND THE ALLIES, * *s*. :-V \ • GREECE’S PRO-GERMAN POLICY. United’ Pbesb Association. London, November 30. All the European capitals are preoccupied with the Balkans tangle, and anxiety ia intensified by the publication of the Greek reply to the Entente. This declares that Greece will maintain a benevolent neutrality so Jong as her sovereign rights are not infringed, and no restrictions of a military character imposed, but it contends that Salonika and its railways are in the hands of the Allies, and the Greek forces are therefore deprived of their only provisioning base. a German, newspapers are publishing extravagant articles, showing the attitude of pro-German Greeks. "DOWN WITH GERMANY.” v ' tva ■ ——— y - ROUMANIAN OPPORTUNISTS’ ■ i CRY. y* •. 1 I .l-i v-: ■' b , United Feebb association. (Received 9 a.m.) Bucharest, December 1. While reading his speech, the King was obliged to pause owing to Oppositionists ci-ying “Down with Germany and Hungary, Lead us to : Transylvania.” Ministerialists tried to drown the shouts with cheers.

THE LOWER DANUBE. ROUMANIAN WATERS ; MII^EO. (Received 9 a.m.) L, it Bucharest:'December 1. Mines. ,are being laid in Roumanian Jwatei’S on the Jdwer Danube. ; n; ; 50 yn i < : '1 ’ - "!>' XMAS FOR NEW ZEALANDERS. Hiipti .<] h:: ; - —rW’-'inao*'.) ARRANGEMENT?! IR.HANDi (ReoaiKed i 9. .-aim. Vi. Loudon December 1. The New Zealand War Contingent Association is arranging Christmas entertainments at JEpsom and Weymouth. i )