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Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 338, 18 November 1915, Page 5

NINETY GREEK SHIPS

1 DETAINED IN BRITISH PORTS A GRAEGO-BULGAR AGREEMENT GONSTANTINE'S CUPIDITY ROUMANIA MORE UNCERTAIN FIRST GREAT WAR COUNCIL HELD IN FRENGH CAPITAL i SERVIANS IN A TIGHT CORNER

: , THE BALKANS. GREECE'S NEUTRALITY. LONDOjX, November 17. The Greek Minister in London has been authorised to deny that King Constantine helped the Breslau and Goaben to coal. They did not call near Athens. —Times and Sydney Sun Special Cables. GREECE MUST NOT FOOL THE * ENTENTE W J , - 1 FRANCE AGREES WITH BRITAIN. LONDON, November 17. The Rome correspondent of the "Echo de Paris" says: Public opinion in Italy approves the viewpoint of the French press that the Quadruple Entente should not be fooled by Greece. Should the need arise vigorous measures /were essential to compel Greece to take a definite attitude. GRAECO-BULGAR AGREEMENT. . HUNGARIAN REPORT. LONDON, Nov. 17. Buda Pesth papers assert that a Graeco-Bulgar agreement has now been reached, dividing Servian Macedonia, and that Greek officials are already installed in parts. ENGLAND DETAINS GREEK VESSELS. GREAT SATISFACTION IN FRANCE (Reed 8.55 a.m.) LONDON, November 17. The "Daily Mail's" Paris correspondent says that England's energy in detaining ninety Greek vessels at Liverpool and iNewcastle is hailed with satisfaction. U' II AT MONASTIR. PERILOUS SITUATION. LONDON, Nov. 17. Milan reports that the Monastir section is perilous. The Serbs are terribly weakened by their prodigious resistance, and are called on to meet masses • of fresh troops. FRENCH SUCCESS AT CERNA. THE NEWS CONFIRMED. LONDON, Nov. 17. The battle on the River Cerna between the French and the Bulgarians lasted for 3G hours. It was exceedingly hot. Some three Bulgarian divisions wen? repul'sed with the heaviest losses after a fruitless and desperate effort to pierce the French centre. This is an undoubted French success. The French ejected the Bulgarians from the Cerna River. The Servians' have recaptured Tetovo. BUIiGARS REPULSED. PARIS. Nov. 17. A communique, states: Violent Bulgarian attacks at the Cerna were renewed on the 14th, but all were repulsed with heavy losses. There is calm everywhere on the left bank of the Vardar. 1 GERMAN GENEROSITY. BUCHAREST, Nov. 17. Von MackensFri' has informed the Bulgarian general staff that booty cap- ! -tured by the Crt-rmrins and Austria:!* in Servia wiS be handed -over to the Bui- < gariang. King Fetvlirand has 'replied i thanking Vov Mackensssn for this gen- : -erors set, . i

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. EULGARS REPULSED ON THE CERNA. BOMBARDMENT CONTINUES IN FRANCE. LONDON, Nov. 17. Bcn?tardnient is general in France. L, the Balkans the Bulgars' h.ea*y attr/*ks were repulsed with great losses on the left bank of the Cerrci. SERVIANS IN DANGER. THREE REGIMEJNTS IMPERILLED. i (Reed 11.40 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 17. The Bulgarians are enveloping 'he Babuna Pass, imperilling three Serbian regiments and a large cecti.):i of artillery. RUSSIAN PRESS SUSPECT CONSTANTINE. MERELY WAITING TO ATTACK ALLIES PETROGRAD, November 17. The "Novoe Vremya" considers that King Constantine will not remain neutral until the end of the Avar. His present so-called friendly neutrality is merely open preparation for a futuVe attack on the forces of the Entente. ROUMANIA'S ATTITUDE. SIGNIFICANT REMARK BY EXPREMIER WILL HELP GERMANY. BUCHAREST, November 17 M. Carp, ex-Premier, and a strong supporter of Germany, is quoted as saying that Roumania will take up arms on the side of Germany in December, when Roumania will receve an ultimatum from the Central Powers. M. Carp expects the Ministry to resign, and that he will resume office. PERSIA AND THE ENTENTE. INTRIGUES SCUTTLE AWAY. SHAH'S ASSURANCE. PETROGRAD, November 17. The Austro-German and Turkish Ministers have left Teheran. Two Russophile princes have entered the Cabi- , net, and the Shall has summoned tihe Anglo-Russian Ministers assuring them of his frinedliness to the Entente and avowing that the Germans had been trying to intrigue Persia into a war against Russia. FEEDING GERMANY. ROUMANIA CROPS BOUGHT UP. LONDON, November 17. The first consignment to Germany of 20,000 tons of oats has left Roumania. This confirms the agreement buying up the Roumanian crops. Thus Germany is using the whole grain-fields of the Balkans and Poland. GERMAN DIFFICULTIES AGAINST RUSSIA i'Recd 11.40 a.m.) PETROGRAD, Nov 17. The strength of the enemy forces which' made the thrust on the middle of Sty? Valley was one and a. half army corps. Our front runs astride the KoveJ and Samy railway, along which the enemy's guns Lad been brought, as some oi the leca] roads were irnpassab I © fo r ar ti 11 sr *-.

KITCHENER GOING TO GALLIPOLI (Reed. 9.55 a.m.) ATHENS, November IT. A Press despatch states that Kitchener is en 'route to Gallipoli. HELPING TURKEY BIG GUNS FOR THE DARDANELLES. LONDON, November 17. Large quantities of munitions snd guns are going from Bulgaria to Turkey. The first big guns, destined for the Dardanelles, have already arrived in Constantinople. MACKENSEN'S FUTURE. ATHENS, November 17. Reports from Constantinople state that after defeating the Servians, Von Mackensen will commnad at the Dardanelles. THE FIRST WAR COUNCIL. THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED. (Reed. 9.55 a.m.) PARIS, November 17. The first Anglo-French War Council ■is being held here and participated in by Messrs Asquith, Balfour, Lloyd [George, Sir E. G<rey, M. Briand, OailiI eni, Lacade and Jqffre.

IMPERIAL COMMITTEE

ABSORBED IN WAR COUNCIL. ' (Reed 8.55 a.m.) LONDON. November 17. Mr Asquith has announced that the Imperial Defence Committee has been absorbed in the War Committee. I ONLY POSSIBLE PEACE TERMS. SUPPOSEDLY MR. ASQUIT'f'S VIEWS. (Reed 8.55 a.m.) LONDON, November 17. The French Press says that Mr Mas. terman, formerly Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, in an article :n the "Daily Chronicle" entitled 'The Only Possible Peace Tterms," says Mr Asquitih's ideals interpreted unofficially are that Belgium should be restored to complet eindependence, Germany paying an indemnity adequate for rebuild-ing-'ruined cities adn the revival of destroyed industries, compensation to disabled men and the relations of the dead. France to receive Alsace and Lorraine as an indemnity and a natural defensive boundary rendering a repetition of Germany's attack for vere im possible. Denmark to receive Schles werg and German, Austrian and Russian Poland shall be united under the Czar, or his nominee. Italy to get Trentino, and the whole of Italia Irredenta. The Turkish Empire to be torn to fragments and Armenia, Syria. Palestine, Mesopotamia and TWrace be divided among those who develop the countries. The Turks to be penned in Cenvral Anatolia, where they would be compelled to learn to work instead of to massacre. Serbia to be restored with a heavy indemnity from Austria-I-T'in-gary and receive Bosnia and He.v-ego-vina, with aUequa*<te access to th'e Adriatic, and all the Turkish, Austrian and German fleet be surrendered and divided among the Allied nations. Zeppelins and Hangars to be burnt, the German colonies to remain as trophies with the nations which conquered them NAVAL AND MILITARY DIPLOMATS MEET IN PARIS The High Commissioner reports: LONDON, November 17, 3 p.m. Messrs Asquith, Balfour, and Lloyd George accompanied tihe naval and military diplomatic advisers, and arrived in Paris to hold a consultation with the French Government. SIR E. CASSEL. LONDON, Nov. 17. At the King's Bencjh in the SpeyerCassel case, the Attorney-General and leading barristers have commenced vigorous argument as to whether the statute prevented the King making naturalised subjects members of the Privy Council. Sir E. Cassel's affidavit stated that he was naturalised in IS7S, and had lived in Englnad since 1871. -He Kad business and social interests here ni-d his sympathies wetre always with England. All male relatives of tnilit.i-? age were serving with the British forces and he was deeply attached to the count rv. The case was adjourned. LESSON FOR THE "TIMES." LONDON, Nov. 17. The German press has ecstatically ?eizeti Mr Ramsay Maedonald's peace arti< a<s alleging that- he is starting a general campaign, ana that Lord Loreburn's speech has proved that wie bitter irwth is dawning upon England.— (Tlmfe.i and Sydney Sun Special Services).

MUDDLING IN HIGH PLACES. CRITICISM OF ARMY STAFF. LONDON, Nov. 17. In the House of Lords, Lord St. Davids violently attacked the British j Headquarters Staff in France, accusing | them of general incompetence and laziness. He asserted that there were a number of young men on the staff who ought to be in the trenches. It was scandalous that many owed their positions to patronage. They were thrust upon Sir John French. Victory had over and over again been stopped by : bad staff work. The gallantry of the soldiers and their regimental officer was unsurpassed but their efforts were thrown away, owing to the muddling in high places. Lord Haldane condemned the launching of charges on inadequate information. Though the country was r a disadvantage of having to expand the army in France, nevertheless they had evolved a General Staff doing work of the highest order. A CHARACTERISTIC SPEECH. BY LORD FISHER. LONDON, Nov. 17. Lord Fisher's ■ rejoinder to Mr Churchill was his maiden speech in th< House Of Lords. It occupied a litth over a minute, and is probably t v shortest maiden speech made in Parliament; BOMBARDMENT OF LENS. AMSTERDAM, Nov. 17. A German communique sta* >s: Th<J enemy's bombardment of Lens killed ; 33 civilians and wounded 55. No military damage was done. ! ARTILLERY ACTIVITY IN FLANDERS. Sir John French reports that smce the communique on the 10th the artillery on both sides has been active, especially south of La Bassee canal, eastward of Kemmel and east of Ypres. There have been no infantry actions, but considerable mining activity. RELIGIOUS BARRIERS. REMOVED BY HORRORS OF WAR. (Reed 11.40 a.m.) BERNE, November 17. A Geneva 'Journal's' Galician correspondent states that religious barriers grow less amid the horrors of the battlefields. Catholic preists are succouring Jews, wihile Musselmans expire in the arms of Protestant pastors. A Catholic priest narrates that a soldier mortally wounded crawled to me. and I knelt beside him: he was a Jew, frightfully mutilated. He held himself close up against me with a wild energy, begging me to pray fcfr him. I gave from the bottom of my heart the last consolations. He handed me papers and money and a watch to send to his wife. I made his will, and after half-an-hour's agony in my arms he died uncomplainingly, murmuring his mother's name. I closed his eyes and turned to other voices calling for help. FOOD RIOTS IN BERLIN. ROTTERDAM. Nov. 17. Travellers state that serious food riots occurred in Berlin on Saturday. The troops were called out. Some state that the casualties were 200. BRAVE FRENCH GIRL. LONDON, November 17. (Times and Sydney Sun Cables) A French Ordet of the Day narrates that a girl of 17 at Loos fought the Germans during the occupation and ! prevented molestation. When the British retook the town she picked up Highlanders and dressed their wounds, and killed five Germans with grenades and a revolver. General Haig expressed the armies' admiration of her cour. age in joining in the attack on the enemy. HOW KRUPP'S SUFFERED. LONDON. November 17. Krupps' balance sheet includes an item for half a million sterling war damages. It is believed to refer.to the air raid in January. SQUEEZING THE BELGIAN. GERMANY'S EXTORTION. (Reed 11.40 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, November 17. "" On the pretext of the recurrence of air raids and from information supplied to the enemy locally, the German authorities announce that they would quarter troops upon the inhabitants of Brussels. The proclamation has been withdrawn- and a pledge against quartering the troops given in return, for the eit,y's payment of sftc"?9 million franc*:.

WHAT HAPPENED AT LOOS. WHO WAS TO BLAME? AN INQUIRY PROCEEDING. LONDON. Nov. 17. In the House of Lords, Lord St. Davids said the complaint that reserves were not forthcoming at Loos was inaccurate. The' reserves wore ready in ample time. That they did not succeed was a matter concerning" the divisions themselves. Lord Sydenham declared there must have been some reason why a great victory was not gained at Loos. The reason had been assigned as due to faulty Staff arrangements. Were two divisions engaged in the attack who bad never before been under fire, and were also hungry and tired after a long march? Loos bore a striking resemblance to the story of Neuve Chapelle. Earl Crewe said the whole question of Loos was sub j.uliee. as a military inquiry was in progress. Therefore he was unable to discuss it. TREATIES AND THEIR VALUE. LORD ROSEBERY'S VIEW. LONDON. Nov. 17. Lord Rosebery, speaking at London University, said it would be impossible in the future to enter into treaties with Great Britain without obtaining material guarantees for their observance, otherwise no natron owuld feel safe. Nothing was more disheartening than the announcement that the United States intended to build a huge armada, compelling other nations to increase their navies proportionately. The United States was now voluntarily taking up the burden which afterwards we would find had broken our backs. The Imperial sentiment in the Dominions in the 'seventies and 'eighties were a pale shadow of what it is now. They were then reluctant to share the white man's burden; now they leaped into the arena of their own accord, and fought under the Imperial flag with a heroism almost surpassing our ovsons'. God Grant wisdom and power to our statesmen when the Empire is reorganised and the patriotism of the Dominions be shown in the councils as on the fields of Gallipoli and Flanders. I PRECEPT AND VALUE. N.S.W. AND GERMAN TRADE. ! MELBOURNE, Nov. 17. To a deputation, of manufacturers and trades unionists asking the Government to hamper enemy trade during and after the war. Mr. Hughes replied that the Government's new legislation and administration combined precept 'and example. They would do everything possible to cut out the cancerous German influence, wherever found. LONDON ZEPPELIN RAID. LAST ATTACK WORST OF ALL. I SAN FRANCISCO, October 20. Grapnel stories of the last Zeppelin raid on London, the most disastrous in history, were told on the lineV St. Paul, whidh arrived on October 24 at New ork from Liverpool. All these stories of the attack on October 13 agreed that the loss of life was far greater than officially admitted, and much larger than in any prevoius raid. The property loss was not extensive. Five Zeppelins took patrt in the raid. Thomas Evarts Adams, son of the famous New York merchant, said: "A friend of mine in the Admiralty told me the number of killed in the raid reached 300." , Frederick W.AVhit ridge, president of the Third Avenue Railroad, placed the number of killed at 154. The first official statement issued after the raid. , placed the number at eight, and a sub. sequent statement at fifty-six. One of the most thrilling accounts of th 'raid was given by Mr Whitridge, who characterises it as "damnable blackguardedly." "I was in the Ritz Hotel having dinner on the night of October 13, when the raid began," be said. "I went outside. There were five Zeppelins taking part in the said, but they split company before reaching the city.'l only saw one rather indistinctly." | At thsi part of his story tears began to trickle down Mr Whitridge's face. "I knew one old man." he continued, "who was walking down the street, -vvhne a bomb came down upon his hea<l. killing him instantly.

PRINCE OP WALES WOUNDED. ESNRAGED HUSBAND 'S HASH ACT AN AMERICAN STORY. SYDNEY. Nov. 17. The files of the San Franciseo Chronicle, by the Ventura , 'contain a despatch dated Paris, 28th September, giving details of the alleged wounding of the Prince of Wales. The story is that the Prince was taking tea at an inn at a British outpost near Ypres during the previous week. The attendant Mas an attractive young woman, who was passing as unmarried, but who was already the wife of a French corporal in a Hussar regiment, named liuguet. The woman had many admirers among the British staff officers. Huguet. becoming aware, of the position, became furiously jealous, though really there was no cause. He wrote to his wife threatening that if the reports were true he would - shoot her and then himself. He followed this by obtaining a day's leave and unexpectedly returned home, where lie found the Prince and another staff officer having tea at the inn. After watching his wife for some time talking to the two officers, he was seized with blind rage, and rushed into the room and fired a couple of shots, one at his wife and the other at the staff officers. Then lie turned the weapon upon himself, inflicting a wound in his own neck. The Prince wounded in the arm. just above the wrist. Both were taken to a field hospital, in the Prince's car. and the wounds were dressed. The Prince reported the incident to the Commander-

in-Chief. The despatch adds: The corporal, under military law, is liable to be shot, but probably no official notice will be taken of the incident. The corporal's wife I'eft the inn for the hospital, where she is looking after her husband.