GENERAL WAR NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 338, 13 November 1915, Page 2

GENERAL WAR NEWS.

THE ALLIES' DIFFICULTIES.

LONDON, November 11

Mr Morant emphasises that there must be considerable lapse of time before the Allies are effective in Serbia owing; to the difficulties of shipping, landing and concentrating in amy, Th- strength must be trebled befve the Anglo-French's real advanee.which . will be probably near Prilep. GERMAN-BULGARIAN AGREEMENT. OF WHAT VALUE? LONDON, Nov. 11. The Government journal Kairoi states that the German-Bulgarian agreement was concluded yesterday, whereby Bulgaria undertaks to demobilise when the campaign against Serbia is concluded. She also agrees not to advance beyond the Doiran-Ghev-gheli lin nor enter Monastir in order not to offend Greece. Germany agrees to assist Bulgaria, in the event of other States attacking ' Bulgaria or Tur- ; key. OrFICERS IN DISGRACE. LONDON, Nov. 1.1. Sir F. Tennant, questioned in the House of Commons, said several general officers had been recalled for various reasons. None were allowed to resign. BRITISH WAR OFFICE. LONDON, Nov imber 11. Mr Asquith said the General Staff of the War Office includes many men of war experience. Sir Archibald Murray is head. He was recently with Sir John French. Sir Archibald Murray (has appointed General Kigsn! as his assistant. General Shaw, who has had experience in France and the Dardanelles is becoming Director of Rome Defence. Twenty-six officers now on the General Staff of the War Office have '.had acutal experience in the present war, whereof 10 were wounded. We would be delighted if Russia and Italy would co-operate in the exchange of officers similar to France.

BRITISH DISPLAY IMPRESSES NEUTRALS.

MARVELLOUS AIR MACHINES. LONDON, November 11

The unique series of visits to +he Empire's "War Wonders," arrange! ior leading Dominion, Allied and nsutral journalists, has done excellent service in securing neutral press support. TUey last week visited aerodromes and aircraft factories and saw the astonishing activity and the fine-results of the flying corps. Nearly a score of aerodromes are busy training pilots and observers. These, and also the aircraft stations, are filled with all kinds of machines ready for anything. More stations are being established. The War Office and the Admiralty have iractically taken ever the motor industry. The output of aeroplanes is immense, having increased seven-fold since the beginning of the war and will soon have to double that again. In the last four months the output has been quadrupled. They are of all sorts and sizes and every model is better than the last. The problem of stability has been solved to perfection and has given us the undoubted mastery of the air. Some of the fighting machines are capable of 135 miles an hour, the ordinary model 99. They have air dreadnoughts and double-ended battleplanes and are experimenting with others. The Navy has separate slhops and is now experimenting w'th super-seaplanes armed and armoured and carrying many passengers. A GERMAN TYPE. LQNDON, November 11. A new German armoured aeroo'ane seen on the Russian front is fitted .with two propellers, two maxims fcnd wireless of 350 horse-power.