In the Balkans

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 24, 26 August 1916, Page 6

In the Balkans

'FtetSltln, The following appeared in our Second Edition of .yesterday:—

OPERATIONS? ENTIRELY TfAVORALLIES. CONFIDENTLY AWAITING DEVELOPMENTS. - *•_ Press "- lian and N.Z. Cable Association. ■ |i '.' % , J(Received l.or-'p.m/.)' ■ "■ ■. ■'• "•* £ i ' • Paris, August 24'. A"correspondent says: Tuesday's • \tere entirely favorable "to the Allies. In the centre, v the FrancoBritish maintained. and consolidated "■all the positions won-, "between the "Beles"Mountains (east of Lake ..Doil'|rah) and the Mb/Jena river parallel ' l an<3 west of the. "VardaY... Further:, to 11 the-left, the,Servians increased their '■ progress bn ,the "wooded slopes of , ; KukuXoff, north of '.Sfrubinb, .<jKus' r 'ne,aring one; of .the rare -passes• ici;oss- '■• ing 7.the.: Moglena - mountain ichain .'•Finally our exteeme -wings 'oh "'"tho Bulgarian double , offensive towards . Lake Ostrovo, to the -westward ..-op the Struma river,, and ( to the ; eastward, aice now completely mastered. -We ;can therefore confidently s await further operations.,.,, - ■ %./ ..l^_i.;j WITHDJRAWN[..'FROfci* BULCA'iS. '■,■;■; '■■•/) Press Association—Copyright. .. • -/Ujnitjd Service. - , . (Received ,1,00 p.tni) =~. ..- • .; /i /^jThe7{H^uf 2-i . . -tativeljV states -th^t; a the. only-Austro-I/Ge^njans- .^||gir; r Pvl^ffM^tiH l ' e those in i .charge-,oL. l tb'fe! -m0t0r.,.-trans- ' -port, ' in'achhie*igun«j,: ais craft, ; and 'some artillery: r ra,jM f ifl "i*i al '*stu&W '. ' ~'-'tij ""-■ ""- f 'i •"!■*,■■■ » ■ '"."•' problem bF ir i>* 'PEACE PROPOSALS. i yr.'if. „ ~ r /' v >.»'V' f _ r '' 'iv.'iv?:.%.•''.'• V'3t?P " ■ •'• Press -f '•" lian Association:' ..,-,. /'-'.(Received l?30- ; p.nf-.>",- '■" ' ,-, H- Ainsterdajqi ? '%Angt)sfc'24: ■ Bucharest correspondent qf f vthe f Bei • the trarTquiHty j of Roumania 'tfb'es not' signify'' that "th? cQtintTy-is "'hot thinking of. interv<-ii-'tion?. !f Tfro ''Premier w<nild certaitiiy ''.'.intervene on the side of the- 1 Entente, ' but It that various) '; ' 'govemments have hot reached an' f understanding "whether Roumania, at tile peace' negotiations ; 'will • have : a to-decisive or'only ail' advisory voice.

INCREASING CONFIDENCE »N ROUMANIA. _ DESIRE TO GAIN NATIONAL i- AMBITIONS. Press t. 'lleute>% / Telegrams l^fr^ni^) witli increasing cttlifi"|e^^|ird- ; VBritiario, who'is a disinterested Nationalist, declares that ih& :G6v'eainierit has -«J«.cided national'abibitaoiup-,' thus making the German >sitiiatiAn"grave ixnd * trian- position tragic: s<*■> ' w ' '; : "" ' •'■■' '><■ y' ■'i"'':;'"!'- ■-" C-tiW t''*'.V " RESOFF FOR THE KAISER. r . -.v. i Mf&: * KING 3 Of ttOUMANIA TURNS DOWN WILHELM'S ENVOV. Press Association—-Copyright. Iteuter's Telegrams ; . (Received l.oO'p'Jri.)"'*' .'" , ' f if k Bern?, August'.'' M-'-.A sforvjs. being circulated that the Kaiser wrote to 'the Jung of ,Kou,manja announcing tTiat- ho'-wtfs .[-send; , ing lii{ke Attaint. /■'■ *' The 'Kiiij/ replied 'refusing-'to ; Albrecht, : :,(j;n.'.the . ground 'that' jieinp, a .constitutional, moiuirch^, lie,. will" be guided hy .'.his" Ministers*. " '. '* "