WITHIN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 160, 1 September 1916, Page 5

WITHIN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS

I : GREEK NEUTRALITY WILL BE ENDED ENTENTE MINISTERS VISIT CONSTANTINE m . ROUMANIAN ADVANGE IN TRANSYLVANIA THE KAISER DESERTS HIS STAFF INDISPUTABLE CONFESSION OF FAILURE ADVANCE FROM SALONIKA IMMINENT CONSTERNATION AND INCREDISittY WHEN ROUMANIAN GUNS SOUNDED

BOUMAUIA TAKES PRISONERS. rEKEY'S DECLARATION. WAR ON ROUMANIA. LONDON", August 30. A Roumanian communique reports a general advance, and that 750 prisoneis have been taken. Turkey has declared war on Roumania. The Russians are within six miles of Bitlis, in Eastern Armenia. CONSTERNATION AND INCREDIBILITY. WHEN ROUMANIAN GUNS SOUNDED. EVERYTHING IN THOROUGH READINESS. / UNSUSPECTING AUSTROGERMANS. (Received 11.40). .... ' LONDON, August 31. There are only meagre accounts of early Roumanian, successs. London has not even received the Roumanian account of the of Brasso, which an Austrian communique admits. Severe fighting has extended from the Tolgye , Pass to Mount Vulcan, where the Roumanians : forced mounItaur passes in order to attack Petroheny, which is eight miles north of the froifeier at Kesdwasarhely and 'northeast of Brasso. The Hungarians also eighteen miles from the frontier'. The fighting is chiefly on the hills for. fifteen hundred to three thousand metres_ Hungarian battalions fiercely attacked in the Turnstverin region, with the evident intention ,of crossing .the mountains and cutting Roumanian communications, but they were"repulsed with heavy losses. It is reported several German divisions under Maekensen have arrived off Hermar.nstadt, apparent!}- the first results of Hindenburg's determination to rush i enforcements eastward to counter the Russian and Roumanian danger. Mackensen is hurriedly organising the defence of Hermannstadt, where guns are plainly audible. Many buildings have been converted into hospitals. The Roumanian advance is assisted with a wonderfully complete preparation of the military machine. The bulk of the troops are not only mobilised, but are in their position. The railways are under military control, and rolling stoek has been distributed. All done without alarming German and Austrian spies, who were unaware of the crisis until the declaration. The Casino Sinaia, a popular resort in the Carpathians, was crowded on Sundly evening; gambling rooms and theatres were crowded with Roumanians, Germans, and Hungarians, when suddenly the thunder of bif guns and the sound of rifles stopped the gay laughter. For. a moment there was consternation and incredibility, then the Roumanians instinctively drew away from the Germans and Hungarians, The Casino was emptied except for nurses who were transforming the balls into hospital wards. Meanwhile guards buro-ied to the oil fields and other danger points. Enemy spies HrJE»re arrested", and aliens were hurried fco internment camps. / ROUMANIA CHANGES GREEK SITUATION. ENTENTE MINISTERS' FIRM ACTION. . ATHENS, August 3d. The Roumanian intervention has jrßlonndly changed the situation. Ger nan agents, anticipating intervention, enewed intrigues; forcing the Enente If Misters to demand fresh safejjjftEds. As a result the Greek Governnent the .'majority of the jfeneral s Staff who had Germanophile endencies. 'the Entente" Ministers itfll consider further German plotting wssible, and demand the completion >f gafeafeairds. j|; . j

j GREECE'S ATTITUDE. | CONSTANTINE FLEES FROM ATHENS. SEEKS REFUGE WITH GERMANS. SENSATIONAL REPORT UNCONFIRMED. LONDON, August 31. Mr Ward Price, at Salonika cables the evening) ? s sensation, viz. that King onstantine has fled from Athens and refuged with a German escort of 300 Uhlans who have been waiting for several days at Larissa. The repor. unconfirmed. VENEZELOS TAKES PROMPT ACTION. ATHENS, August 30. Following Roumania's declaration, Venezelos wrote to M. Zaimis and urg ed him to act quickly promising) entire Liberal support.. The meeting tjctween Zaimis and Venezelos was largely a fiasco. Gounaris, Rallies and Dragoumis announced that Vene/elos' speech was an insult to King Constantine, and the meeting passed a resolution of devotion to the King. CONSTERNATION IN VIENNA. TRANSYLVANIA TO BE EVACUATED. HUGE ROUMANIAN GAINS. ATHENS, August 31. (Received 11.45.) Vienna newspapers announce that, the General Staff is considering the v evacuation of all the south-eastern Transylvania for the purpose of shortening their line. New York military circles estimate that if the line is shortened it must moan the abandonment of at least 10,000 thousand square miles to the Roumanians. GREECE WILL ABANDON NEUTRALITY. WITHIN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS. CONSTANTINE TO GIVE AUDIENCE TO THE ENTENTE MINISTERS. (Received 11.45.) ATHENS, August 31. Despatches say that Greece will abandon neutrality within 4S hours. Constantino receives the . Russian, French, and British Ministers to-mor-row. All Staff Officers on holiday have been recalled. THE GERMAN DELIVERER. THE KAISER'S~ CHOICE. HAILED BY THE PEOPLE. (Received 11.10). AMSTERDAM, August 31. The population of Berlin hails Hindenburg as the deliverer. The city is beflagged, and their, hero's portrait is shown in windows, garlanded and illuminated. A Bulgarian communique says there is no essential change in Macedonia. Our troops reached.the positions assigned to them, and are now consolidating. «■ y~, BAVARIANS FREELY SURRENDER ! ENEMY PRESSED ON BROAD FRONT. (Received 10.20.) j LONDON, August 31. t The British official report says:—At the Martinpuich operations it is reported .that yesterday evening 127 Bavarians surrendered without attempting to return to their own lines. We pressed the enemy along a broad front at Arras and Armentieres successfully. ~