THE BALKAN CRISIS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 311, 11 October 1915, Page 5

THE BALKAN CRISIS

GREEK MOBILISATION COMPLETE 111 READINESS FOR EVENTUALITIES SERVIA INVADED AUSTRO-SERMANS CROSS FRONTIER ' ■ « RIOTS IN CONSTANTINOPLE FRENCH SUCCESSES MORE CAPTURES IN CHAMPAGNE ■

THE BALKANS. BULGARIAN MINISTER RESIGNS. DISAPPROVES COUNTRY 'S ACTION (Ree. 10.30 a.m.) PARIS.. October 10. The Bulgarian Minister at Petrograd has resigned, disapproving of his Government's attitude. He remains ar Petrograd. BULGAR • MINISTER LEAVER ' .. .{..H<*?. lO.itO a.m.) ; ■ , . ; SOFIA, October 9. The. Bulgarian Minister in Servia has returned- to Bulgaria, JXOW BULGARS VIEW IT. "OFF TO MISERABLE AVAR." (Roe. 11.20 a.i.) PARIS, October ltr. Official: As the Bulgarian Minister departed, one of his secretaries, on the crowded quay? exclaimed: "It's all over; we are off to this miserable war." i SERVIAN CONCENTRATION. BULGARIA TO ATTACK. (Reed 9.45 a-m) ROME, October 9. Tihi! Servians have concentrated one hundred thousand troops to protect the Cheyzeli railway. Bulgaria, is making final preparations the General Staff have left fc*- the Servian front,' and an attack is expected in two days. KING AN£> PREMIER. WHY GREECE MOBILISED. (Reed 9.45 a.m.) ATHENS, October 9 The newspaper "Kairof states that after the mobilisation order was signed, the King asked M. Venizelos what was the purpose of concentrating a large army on t|be Macedonian frontier, and Venizelos replied: "Firstly, to defend the country, and secondly, to assist Servia if Bulgaria attacks ber. King Constantine said he agreed regarding the defence of Greece, but did (not consider it desirable that Greece should aid Servia. Venizelos recalled the treaty. Constantine said that Servia refused to help Greece agapnst Turkey in May, 1914. and added that Venezelos himself did not desire to send an army when the Entente asked Greece to jhelp Servia against Austria, but on the contrary demanded, as conditions, Roumanian, cos-operation, Bulgarian neutrality, and military help from Britain, France and Rnssjia. "To-day," concluded King Constantine, "AustroGerman s number* half a million, Bulgarians throe hundred thousand, and the Russian retreat prevents Roumania helping- the Servians." . GREEK MOBILISATION ENDED. , (Rec. 10.30 a.m.) PARIS, October 10. The Greek mobilisation has concluded. Headquarters are established at Salonika and MadjariiF. REVOLT CHECKED. FOSTERED BY THE ENEMY. : ROME, October 10. Salonika reports that Essad Pasha is praiseworthy in checking a revolt which Austro-Bulgarian agents are Stilting up jn Albania. ~.,.

TOUGH FIGHTING IN BELGRADE. MACKENSEN CROSSES DANUBE. (Bee. 12.45 a.m.)' AMSTERDAM, Get. 10. A German official communique says: Ten Mackensen's two armies erossee in their main portion the Save and tht« Dannbe, after the German troops of the Austrian General Koevess had captured Gipsy Island and the heights south-westward of Belgrade. The army occupied the greater part of Belgrade.. • • The Atistro-JTuugarians stormed, the Citadel and the northern part of trie town. - Tlie Germans stormed the. new-Gov-ernment House. The troops are adva.KC.ins: through the southern part of the.town. Von GaUwitz foreed the. crossing o" the Danube at many points in the are*, below Semendria, driving the enemy everywhere southward. . BRITISH DEFEND BELGRADE. LONDON, Oetober 9. Newspapers point out that British naval gunners are still defending Belgrade. THE SALONIKA LANDING. A FINE SIGHT. .-.'.-;.■ MILAN, October &.~ . Six transports— great Trans-Atlan-tic line Es—escorted by destroyers, disembarked the Allied troops at Salonika, while English warships searched' the Gulf of Salonika for enemy submarines. The English troops encamped on the hills and the'French on the plains. .'. . : . . .' morr troops landing* French warmly welcomed. ATHENS, Oetober 9. By Tuesday, 32,000 Allies, in«luding 5,000 British, had landed at Salonika. The landing continues. The first French contingents arriving in Serbia were met by eheering crowds offering them fruit and flowers. Bulgarian troops on the Greek froatier have been sent to the Serbian frontier. SERVIANS HEARTENED. RUSSIAN TROOPS AWAITED. PARIS, October 9. The Matin states that M. Visniteh on behalf of Serbia says the reinforcements sent by the Anglo-French have galvanised the Serb troops. He added: "Now we want to see the Russian uniforms in the Balkans. The Czar is still! the beloved father of the Slav family and should raise his voice and seno" armies. We, are convinced Greece i s heart and soul with the Allies." ETJLGARS EVACUATE PORTS. (Rec. 12.10 a.m.)' SALONIKA, October 9. King Ferdinand has ordered tat? evacuation of all villages along the Black Sea and Aegean Sea. CONSTANTINE AND VENEZELOS. ATHENS, October 8. In view of pro-German allegation:and personal ill-feeling between the King and Venezelos, it is noteworthv that the King presented VenezeSos with a signed portrait, inscribed "In memory of our joint efforts. " V ::,

GREECE MUST DECLARE. ■FOR US OR AGAINST US? PARIS, October 8. The Echo de Paris says it is impossible for Cfreece to remain neutral. We should say to Constantine: Are you with us or against us? GERMANY WARNS GREECE. AMSTERDAM, October 9. The Fraukfurt Zeitung states that Germany h'as protested to Athens against' the Allied landing, warning her that'further acts of submission to the Entente witi be regarded as a breach of? neutrality by Greece. GREECE'S POLICY. '' SINCEREI ,Y BENEVOLENT."' .=; . PARIS, October 10. The Greek Minister has notified France that M. Zaimish 's policy wilt follow the essential principles which the Greeks have followed since the ber ginning of the war. He added that in order to better guarantee Greece 'a vital interests, her armed neutrality wouM adapt itself to the course cf events, and' as far as the Entente Powers were concerned, would continue sincerly benevolent. BULGAR - GERMAN AGREEMENT. MADE LAST APRIL (Reed 11.20 a.m.) ROME, October 10. The '"Cerriere Delia Sera" states the German-Bulgarian agreement for ruilitajy co-operation is dated April, but execution was deferred owing to Italy's intervention. * EASTERN BATTLEFIELD MORE RUSSIAN SUCCESS. MANY PRISONERS CAPTURED. GERMAN TROOPSHIP DESTROYED. BY BRITISH SUBMARINE. The- High • Commissioner reports:—- '*' LONDON, October 0. The Russians report successes nortneast of Rlevan, with eighteen hundred prisoners and some machine-guns captured; also, between Dubno and Lutzh, where fifteen hundred prisoners and five machine-guns were taken. In the Baltic a British submarine shelled and destroyed a German transport near the German coast. FURIOUS FIGHTING.

. AT VARIOUS POINTS. ALL ATTACKS REPULSED. The High Commissioner reports:LONDON, Oct. 10. L "PetrograA reports: There has been fighting of a furious character in the region of Garbounovka. The Germans also made an > offensive at Postchiedino, but were forced .to cease the attack. in hip region of Rostoky and Gontoro, on Friday, 1,175 men and 46 officers were- taken prisoners. Enemy submarines- have been seen in the Black Sea. DESPERATE FIGHTING IN POLAND PETROGRAD, October 8. A communique states: There is violent fighting north-west of Dvinsk. In th-e region of Great Greenwald, where the enemy seized art of ou)rtrenches, the battle continuesx . . Heavy fighting south of Lake Bagoinskoje is imposing a heavy strain on bolth combatants. We seized the village of Kozianjy by a night attack and captured three rows of trenches. The Germans concentrated a crossfire and subsequently compelled us to evacuate pairt of the position. FIERCE FIGHTING. RUSSIAN SUCCESSES. * (Reed 9.10 a.m.) PETROGRAD, October 9. A communique describes the fighting in the Dvinsk region as incessant, both sides capturing trenches, and the artillery duels are. of fiercest character. It also shows tlhat while Russians are mere than holding their own in the Lake regions to the east of Vilna, they are particularly successful ,in the southern theatre from near Pinsk to Tampol in Galicia, storming seTeral villages and fortified positions with big. hauls of prisoners and machineguns. An Austrian communique admits tjhat Russians, in 'great strength and abundantly supplied with ammunition, are attacking the whole East Galician and Victthyndan front and have penetrated the Austrian trenches at two points near Tarnopol. BRITISH CASUALTY LISTS. . , LONDON, October 9 . During the last six days the British casualty lists show 190 officers killed, 335 wounded, and 51 missing, the result of the iciffeneive iin the west.

WESTERN BATTLEFIELD. OFFICIAL REPOET. GERMANS LOSE HEAVILY. The High Commissioner reports:---LONDON, Oct. 0. The Germans, to-day, after ui\ ititense bombardment with guns of nil calibre, attacked, very violently, Loos, and the approaches north and south, but were completely repulsed, suffering heavy losses. « In the Champagne region the Allies progressed slightly south-east of Tah'ure. The Allies took ground in. a work called Trapeze, carrying several trenches and two forts, including an ihsalient, :kept .by the enemy in the front of the second- line of resistance. Over two hundred prisoners were taken on the west of the front. . Artillery actions continue. GERMAN ATTACKS REPULSED. NEW POSITIONS MAINTAINED.. The High Commissioner reports:— LONDON, October 9. Reports last night show that German losses in the. offensive attempted yesterday against Loos and positions north and south, now held by oar troops, were extremely important. The assault was made by three successive, very dense, waves, followed by column formation, all of which were mown down by the combined iires of our Infantry, artillery, and machine-guHS. Other attacks, local but equally violent, were made against our positions south-east of Neuville and St. Vaast. They were completely repulsed. All onr progress lately made i* maintained. In the Champagne the Germans, at night, counter-attacked on the east of the farm at Navarin, but it was stopped dead by a curtain of fire from the artillery. A HERO DECORATED. TtESOCES IDS FELLOWS (Reed 9 45 a.m.) LONDON, October 3 A Gazette announces that the Distinguished Conduct Medal has been awarded to Staff-Sergeant Heath, of the Australian Flying Corps for conspicuous pluck and at Mesopotamia on the first of August, when he assisted t* pole a flat-bottom-ed boat some 2S miles in twelve hours, under most intense heat, in qrder to rescue aviators, forced to descend in the enemy's country. GERMAN OFFICIAL NEWS. VICTORIES CLAIMED. '• fßec, 10.30 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, October ». A German-.communique states that r. strong British attack,, north-east wan* of Vermelles, failed with .great enemy losses. The German attack to the southwardsof Loos has progressed. The French, eastward of Navarin farm, entered ,our trenches at some pointSj but were ejected with considerable sanguinarylosses to the enemy, who lost the mueh-eovrtestedV height southward of Leantry. "We captured: 70 men/one machine-gun, and four borobmortarft.

GERMAN SUBMARINES. SENT THROUGH BULGARIA. (Bee. 13.10 a.™.) Four German submarines, whereof the parts were sent through Bulgaria, were reconstructed at Varna, and were in readiness in September. A WEEK'S SUBMARINING. (Bee. 30.20 a.m.) •LONDON, October 9. There were .3,36(5 arrivals and sailings during the week; eight boats were gunk, aggregating 25.027 tons. TRENCH RAILWAYMEN. i ■ ADDRESSED BY JOFFRE. CONGRATULATED ON ZEAL. (Bee. 13.20 a.m.) PARIS, October 10. Field-Marshal Joffre, addressing the Union of Railwaymerc, congratulated them on their xeal and concluded: "United with the same sentiment, calm and strong in purpose, we will proceed to tbe end, namely, victory, which will permit us to dictate conditions of peaee." ITALIAN EMBASSY WRECKED. BY TURKISH RIOTERS. AMERICAN MINISTER PROTESTS. (Bee. 31.10 a.m.) ROME. October 10. Rioters at Constantinople wrecked the Italian Embassy. The police did not interfere. The American Embassy has lodged a protest. ;

GERMAN COUNTER ATTACKSREPULSED WITH ENORMOUS LOSSES (Reed 10.30 a-m.) PARIS. October 9. Marchel Hnt'm states that British, and French troops were engaged in repelling counter-attacks at which were fully expected after the terrible bombardment, llaig's troops again displayed marvellous tenacity, resisting heavy masses. North and south of Loos, the enemy were broken against the British lines. Their losses were enormous. GERMAN EFFORTS REPULSED. MEN MOWN DOWN. ; (Reed 9.5 a.m.) PARTS. October 9. A communique says that the Germain assault at-Loos was deliyjaredffa,.«! three successive waves followed by .elements in column, all being mowed down.by combined .infantry r machinegun, and artillery lire. Only a few elements succeeded in gaining 1 a footing in a single trenefa, recently captured between Loo.s and Lens, on the Eethune Road. There were other violent local attacks to the south-east of Neuvillet which were completely repulsed. The only German reply to our progress on Friday to the south-east of Tabure, was a violent bombardment with asphyxiating tear-shells.

A DELIGHTFUL SIMPLICITY FERDINAND'S RAD JUDGMENT.. PARIS, October 9. A communique says that ,£he Ger* mans triumphantly announce the cross* ing of the Rivers Save, Drina and Danube, but as a matter of fact it was only weak forces that succeeded in reaching the Serbian bank. The great part was hurled back into the rivers. The announcement of Austro-Germaa successes was really made in order to excite tale Bulgarians to be&'in the offensive, whick the German arm# greatly needs. The cynicism of Bulga/' ria's proclamation that it must fight on the side of the conqueror reveals a delightful simplicity, as during the second Balkan war, Ferdinand also" then believed he was on the victorious side.