RUSSIA RESUMES OFFENSIVE

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 160, 26 August 1916, Page 5

RUSSIA RESUMES OFFENSIVE

f EXCITING SITUATION IN ROUMANIA CERMANY GETS THE SNUB DIRECT GREEKS DEMANDING WAR HUNDREDS ENLISTING WITH ALLIES ■.. ■ ■ "i ?,-■ ANGLO-FRENCH MAKE GREAT GAINS —— ■ -—^ ONTHESOMME FRONT THE BREMEN REPORTED CAPTURED

SPAIN IS PROTESTING. AGAINST GERMAN SLAVERAIDING. NEWSPAPERS SUPPORT FRENCH VIEWS. THE KING ATTENDS A MEETING. (Recived 8.50). MADRID, August 25. The King was president of a meeting at which the Government agreed to seriously consider the French Note regarding Lille outrages, and to consult with other neutrals and ascertain Germany's views. Spanish newspapers support France?s representatives. SNUB TO THE KAISER. ENVOY NOT RECEIVED. BERNE, August. 24. The story is circulatd that the Kaiser, wrote to the King of Roumania announcing that he was sending Duke Al"biecht as an envoy The King Teplicd, refusing" to receive Albreeht, and stating that, being a- constitutional monarch, he would be guided by his Ministers. DEUTSCHLAND'S CARGO. NICKEL, RUBBER AND MAILS. COMMANDER A HERO. A-.- THE HAGUE, 'August 24. Wire Deutschland brought three mailbags Jfcpm Count Bernstorff, German Minister at Washington. The commander was feted as a national hero, and was summoned to the Kaiser's headquarters. ih The Deutschland's cargo consists of Tuekie and rubber worth £50,000. BULATZEL APOLOGISES. FOR SLANDERING BRITAIN.' PETROGRAD. August 24. M. Bulatzel went to the British Embassy and formally apologised for the scurrilous article he wrote concerning Great Britain. He withdrew all the allegations he made against Great Britain, and the apology was accepted by the British Ambassador. The article in question was founded on Mr Asquith's statement that the authors of the Hun crimes must be punished before Britain resumed relations with Germany. Bulatzel penned a diatribe against Britain, and after out how' iiUtle the British troops had advanced in two years, said he presumed the arrest of the Kaiser would have to be effected by the Russian troops. » GREEKS DEMAND WAR. AGAINST BULGARIANS ' : ATHENS, August 24. As the outcome of fighting at Seres, a great meeting at Athens passed a resolution declaring that the Greek people should rise in arms against their hereditary enemy. AUSTRIAN OFFICERS DISMISSED. FOR NEGLECT. OF DUTY. V . (Received 8.50) BERNE August 25. General Riedel and two colonels who "were absent on a pleasure bout when the Italians attacked Gorizia have been dismissed from the army 7 NEW ZEALAND ER HONOURED. WINNER OF MILITARY CROSS (Received 8.50) LONDON, August 25. The Military Cross has been awarded to |the New Zealander, Lieutenant RlchanS-Riddeford, who, when his epm man<ser -was wounded, took charge oif a laid that had been organised and led a covering party during the withdrawal He remained in "No Man's Land" un:til evgp man had returned.

GREEKS JOIN THE ALLIES. GREEK REGIMENT CAPTURED BYBULGARIANS. ATHENS, August 24. As the outcome of a demonstration at Salonika, 600 Greeks enlisted with the Allies. It is reported that the Bulgarians captured the Eighteenth Greek Infantry Regiment at Demirhissar. w——— .RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE RESUMED.. ON WHOLE GALICIAN FRONT. BOEHM ERMOLLI ATTACKED.] LONDON, August 24 The. "Lokal Anziegar's" correspondent at Eastern headquarters telegraphs that the Russians resumed the offensive on both sides of the Sereth, and are also violently attacking Boehm Ermolli's army north-west of Brody. The offensive is developing pm ythe whole Galieian front. RUSSIANS CONCENTRATED ON THE FRONTIER. WILL THEY MARCH THROUGH? LONDON, August 25. The "Morning Post's" Buda-Pcsth correspondent quotes the newspaper "Azst's" Bucharest correspondent, who says: It s rumoured that the Russians ,have concentrated on the Bessa-rabian-Roumanian frontier, on the banks of the Russian Danube, for the purpose of entering Bulgaria by Dobrudja and Hungary across Moldavia. It is stated that the Roumanian war party is stronger. The Premier is credited with having made a definite agreement with Russia as to the conditions of intervention. RUSSIAN COMMUNIQUE. HCN EFFORTS AT KOVEL REPULSED. PETROGRAD, August 25. A communique states: —Our offensive ,is continuing, westward of Lake Van. We are pursuing the remnant of Turks in the direction of Mosul. Germans emitted poison gas northward of Lidamolodechno railway station, Our advanced posts stopped an attack southward of Tsirn. Enemy attempts to resume the offensive in the direction of Kovel were repulsed. OF WHAT VALUE, NEW: YORK, August 24 The "Times" says the Deutschland demonstrated the possibility of an undersea, freight service, but the econom ical situation has not been even measurably affected. DETAILS OF THE VOYAGE. AMSTERDAM, Au'gmst -25 A German semi-official message says ei'giht British warships awaited the Deutschland outside Chesapeake Bay, with a number of hired fishing with nets down to enable them to detect the submarine. The Deutschland experienced stormy weather in the North Sea. GERMAN ATTENTION TO ROUMANIA. MUNITIONS GOING TO BULGARIA. HUN OFFICERS AT ORSOVA. INSPECTING ROUMANIAN ; . DEFENCES. (Received 9.40) '' LONDON, August 25. The '-Daily Mail's" Odessa correspondent reports that Austrian ammunition is dsily aiming at Orsova. Barges on the Danube are conveying it to Bulgarian ports. Two German geserals Save arrived at Orsova and are inspect ins defences on the Roumanian frontier. Grmany has urgently offered to purchase a portion of the new Roumas 'ian harvest.

TEUTONS WITH BULGARS VERY FEW INDEED LONDON, August 24 Reuter's Salonika correspondent says it is authoritatively stated that 'the only Austrians and Germans witn the Bulgarians are those in charge of motor transports, machine guns, aircraft and some artillery. BULGAR ATTACKS MASTERED ON BOTH ALLIED WINGS. POSITIONS CONSOLIDATED. SERB PROGRESS INCREASED. PARIS, Aug/ust 24. A correspondent says that Tuesday's joperations were entirely favourable to the Allies. In the centre, the French and British maintained and consolidated all the positions they had won between Beles Mountains, east of Lake Doiran, and on the Moglena River, parallel to and west of the Vardar. Further to the left the Serbians made increased progress on the wooded slopes of Kukuroff, north of Strubino, thus nearing one of the rare passes crossing! the Moglena Mountain chain, and finally on our extreme wings the Bulgarian double offensive towards Lake Ostrovo, to the westward and on the Struma River to the eastward is now completely mastered. We can therefore confidently await further operations. BULGARIAN STORY, ON THE FIGHTING IN GREECE. AMSTERDAM, August 24. A Bulgarian communique says: "We captured several positions south of Fiorina, and completely cleared the enemy from the left bank of .the Struma. We buried five hundred of the enemy.' ' BULGARIA'S PLEA. • FOR A SEPARATE PEACE. NO MORE CORN FOR GERMANY. LONDON, August 24. Wireless reports from Petrograd state that Bulgaria is about to sue for a separate peace, if the Tequest has not been already sent. Bulgarian newspapers are unanimous in stating that export of foodstuffs to I Germany ought to be stopped, otherwise Bulgaria- will be faced with starvation. The Bulgarian offensive is at a standstill, and the only result of the advance hitherto is the occupation of Greek territory where no Allied troops were stationed. ROUMANIA'S ATTITUDE. WILL CERTAINLY INTERVENE. ON THE SIDE OF THE ALLIES. WHEN UNDERSTANDING HAS BEEN REACHED. LONDON, August 24. Accrding to a well-informed Bucharest correspondent of the .' 'Berliner Tageblatt," tranquility in Roumania \ does not signify that the country is not thinking of intervention. The Premier w6uld certainly intervene on the side of the Entente, but it appears that the various Governments have not reached an understanding as to whether Roumania, at the peace negotiations, has a co-decisive or only an advisory voice. POLITICAL CRISIS IN HUNGARY. LEADERS FALL OUT LONDON Aupgust 24. A grave political split has occurred in Hungiary. Count Apponyi,, leader of the Liberal Party, speaking in the Chamber, announced his withdrawal from collaboration with the Government. He affirmed the fact that the moral, unity of the Hungarian nation was unshaken. Herr Androssy, leader of the Constitutionalists, and Herr Rakovszky, lead er of the Catholic Party, made similar declarations. RIOTING IN BERLIN. SHOP LOOTING DEMONSTRATION. IN OTHER LARGE CITIES LIEBNECHT'S INCREASED SENTENCE. (Received 8.50) BERNE, August 25. Demonstrations protesting against the increased sentence on Liebnecht occurred in Berlin and at Ohemnltz. Riotin'g and shop looting followed a. Liepsig demonstration. CONFIDENCE IN FRANCE. EFFECT ON CENTRAL POWERS. PARIS, August 24. The Prose refers to Roumania with increasing confidence. M. Bratiano, a disinterested declares that the Government has decided to grasp the opprtunity to gain national ambitions, making the German situation grave ang tie Austrian tragic.

GREEK VOLUNTEER CORPS. EXPECTED TO NUMBER 25,000. ATHENS, August 25. A Greek Volunteer corps left Salonika yesterday. Colonel Christodoulos hopes that within a few days he will command 25000 men. WHAT SHOULD BE DONE? (WORKERS WAIT UPON VENIZELOS. PARIS, August 25 Presidents and members of workmen's corporations (numbering 150), deputationed Venizelos to-day, asking what ought to be done in the present emergency. Venizelos replied: "I am unable to draw up a programme at present, but our safety lies in taking refuge in the arms of the Entente. Let us organise a manifestation, proviflec the nation still lives." ~ A committee was appointed to organise a manifestation. AMERICAN LAW VIOLATED. BRITISH CENSORSHIP DEFEATED. UNDERSEA CARGO VESSEL. ARRIVES AT NEW LONDON. NEW YORK August 25. The "New York World," as a result of arrests of those concerned in a plot allegedly to smuggle 25,000 dollars worth of jewellery into the United States, has revealed the existence of a private ship express, whereby Germans in New York regularly sent received letters to and from agents in Copenhagen by Scandinavian' vessels. It is alleged that the system violates United States statutes and defeated the British censorship. The "World" says a representative of the Deutsche B'ank admits giving as much as a hundred dollars for the conveyance of a letter to Copenhagen. The extent of the system will be investigated. The Willehad, which is chartered by the German Undersea Co, made a fast dash and decked in New London today. A cargo of nickel and rubber is being loaded aboard a barge at Baltimore for transportation to New London. It is understood this .will form the Bremen's return cargo if she arrives. , AMERICA BELIEVES ALLIES WILL WIN. HUGE PURCHASE OF BRITISH WAR NOTES. ''. v - " NEW YORK, August 24. America's confidence in the victory of the Allies is shown by the purchase of British five per cent war notes. The whole of 250 million dollars worth orfered was sold within two days. Bankers and investors like the collateral short term. Newspapers de£;cribe this as a new record in American finance. It is expected that a further batch of British notes will be offered shortly. GERMAN-AUSTRALIAN POLITICIAN. SHOULD HE ATTEND THE CAUCUS? MELBOURNE, August 25. In connection with Dankel, a South Australian Member, and a native of Germany, attending the Federal Caucus, the "Argus" drew attention to the possibility of his voting on questions deciding the war policy of the Commonwealth, and added: "Though no suggestion, is made regarding; his loyalty, there could be no doubt as to the impropriety of Dankel's voting on measures lor the proseeutic:.n of the war against his native con.try." The caucus jesclved to idopt the executive's rercmrj endation to admit D«>oke ard invited him to attend. DURATION OF THE WAR. COLONEL REFINGTON'S VIE.W3. LONDON, August 24. Colonel Repinfeton declares that although the enemy's man power is not as far ahead as formerly, it must be candidly admitted that we still lack the preponderance necessary for victory. The Allies have still immense potential reserves. Germany's manpower is falling. They were recently compelled to reduce the numbers of battalions in order to keep up divisions. Given continued effort, no military disaster or internal convulsion before next spring, the eventual success of the Allies is assured. iW> can fit out armies for 1917-18 which will ultimately crush the most frantic German efforts. The Allies will end up with such formidable military powers as will pre vent Germany from facing war again for over a 'generation. Colonel Repington concludes: "Let nobody be deceived by tomfool talk of early peace." SALE QUESTION POSTPONED. COPENHAGEN, August 25. Parliament has decided to postpone the question of selling 1 the Danish W,est inciies until after the elections.

THE BREMEN. THE AGENTS RECEIVE A MESSAGE. AMSTERDAM, August 25 The agents have received a message from the submarine Bremen stating that she will arrive in America in a few days. BREMEN'S REPORTED CAPTURE. THIRTY THREE PRISONERS CAPTURED VESSEL CAUGHT IN A NET. (Received 9.40) NEW YORK, August 25 The City News Association quotes an unnamed British captain arriving in New York from Britain as saying the Biemen was captured in the English Channel and 33 of the crew were made prisoners. Two were accidentally killed . The Bremen was caught in a n^t. WAR AND LABOUR. SYDNEY COAL LUMPERS' WAGES RAISED. SYDNEY, August 25 Arrangements have been completed between the Sydney Coal LumpersUnion and employers, increasing their pay by threepence per hour for day work and sixpence per hour for night work, making, two shillings and three shillings respectively, durin'gj the currency of the war. 10,000 BULGARIANS ATTACK SERBIANS. LONDON, August 25. The "Daily Mail's" Athens correspondent says 10,000 Bulgarians attacked the Serbians between Lake Petriski and Ostrovo in an effort to capture the Vodcna railway. Desperate fighting occurred at Sotir. The Serbians, reinforced, captured Sotir and Patolo. ITALIANS 14 MILES FROM TRIESTE. LONDON, August 24. The Exchange Telegraph's eorrespondest at Rome says the Italians are 14 miles from Trieste. They hold all the enemy second line, and portions of the third line to Monfalcone. The combatants occupy opposing him on the heights. The Italians continue a slow advance. GERMAN ATTACKS SMASHED. ■■ '■ ~~" \ PARIS, August 24/ Several grenade attacks on our, new Tiuaurnont-Fluery front were smashed by our fire. We slightly progressed beyond the footpath eastward of Finery. FRENCH SUCCESS AT MAUREPAS. 200 YARDS ADVANCE. ON A TWO KILOMETRE FRONT. PARIS, August 24. A communique says: Carrying in a single rush positions at Maurepas held by the enemy, and trenches in the vicinity, we advanced 200 metres along a two kilometre front from the railway north ward of the village to hillock 12 to the south-eastward. THE BRITISH AT THIEPVAL. THE BOMBARDMENT INCREAS- ' ING. GERMAN DEFENCES DEMOLISHED. PARIS, August 24. The British bombardment of the Thiepval sector is increasing. Tons of metal are showing ni> the German defences. The recent British gains have made a crescent-shaped front at Thiepval, giving an excellent springboard for the eventual assault. The Germans are continuously strengthening the defences, but the English guns demolish them with equal rapidity. BULGARIANS TIRED OF WAR. GERMAN RULE CAUSES DISCONTENT. NEW YORK, August 25. A correspondent in Sofia, in an uncensored message, says: —Usually nothing except a despatch approved by Germany is allowed to be sent from Sofia. The Bulgarians arc very dissatisfied, as the German General Staff treat Bulgaria like n vassal nation. Germans contrl the post, telegraphs, and telephones, and even the press censorship. The Germans attempted _, to takft two-thirds of the crops, but the Sobranje protested, and the German officers did not persist. The scheme of finance is going from bad to worse. '. Austra-G-3rma;iy loaned Bulgaria ten million dollars in money, of which nearly 140 millions are in circulation, as against 17 millions of gold. Food ...it; scarce and co.-:tlj. 0:i two days ;>ach ■ week there it; no meat. Bulgaria h<a.s nearly 350,000 men. on the southern ! frontier,. The German troops number 60,000. The Bulgarian people 'are utterly tirea of the war,

BAVAEIANS CUT TO PIECES. PAEIS, August 24. Two Bavarian regiments which carried out the recent attack south of Thiepval arrived the previous day from Verdun. Though they gained a temporary footing, the British reaction cut them to pieces and hurled the shattered remnants to their original positions. HUNGARIANS' FIEKCE RESOLVE, j August 25. A Buda-Pesth newspaper says:— Htherto we have fought as the chivalrous partner of another nation, but if Eoumania enters the war we will supplement our chivalry with hatred, and fight for our blood-soaked country against our private enemy. ANOTHER SUCCESS AT THIEPVAL. I BRITISH ADVANCE 300 YARDS. j 400 YARDS OF TRENCHES CAP- j TURED. MANY PRISONERS TAKEN. LONDON, August 25. Sir Douglas Haig reports we advanced 300 yards southwards of Thiepval, capturing 400 yards ,of trench and many prisoners. Bombing attacks on our trenches to the north of Bazentin le Petit were easily repulsed. BIGGEST, GRANDEST AND MOST INTENSE. THE BOMBARDMENT SOUTH OF THIEPVAL. A THRILLING DESCRIPTION. LONDON, August 25. A correspondent at headuarters describes the British bombardment south of Thiepval as the biggest, grandest and most intense of the war. Countless guns were concentrated on a few acres Shells burst with most wonderful accuracy, tearing the German line into chaos. When the British attacked it seemed impossible that they could win across the blasted area, but they crossed with small losses because the German were unable to oppose them after the w-hirlwind of artillery. They reav ed the German position amid dense clouds of smoke and fumes. Such of the enemy as were not bayoneted or shot scampered to our lines with hands up, staggering, stumbling and falling in their anxiety to escape the shellridden hell. The guns still bombarded uninterruptedly over the attacking troops on the German second lin&. When the troops attacked the second line the guns shelled the rear lines and support trenches. Clouds of smoke descended and blotted out the -horrible, 1 glorious scene. The most important operation was immensely successful, the strong l , German corner salient, including' Liepsig Redoubt, now- being parr of our general position. Our losses were incredibly small being under a hundred. The enemy losses were tenfold. FURTHER RUSSIAN SUCCESSES. PETROGRAD, August 25. A communique states: We entered Mush, taking prisoners. The latest information from Rachta is that we surrounded portions of the 4th Turkish Division, making prisoners the whole of the 11th Regiment, consisting of the commander, 50 officers and 1600 men, also the bulk of the 10th Regiment, consisting of two staff officers, several other officers and 650 Askaris.