THE ROUMANIAN POSITION.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 160, 12 September 1916, Page 5

THE ROUMANIAN POSITION.

BULGARS BEING DRIVEN BACK. BOBRUCJO OFFENSIVE STOPPED. * BULGARS EVACUATE VARNA. RUSSIAN ADVANCE ALONG THE COAST. FIGHTING INCREASING AT SALONIKA. BULGARIANS LOSING HEAVILY. SERVIANS REINFORCED BY BRITISH.

CANADA'S QUOTA OP MEN. SEVENTY-FIVE PER CENT. v ENLISTED. (Eeceived 9.30.) OTTAWA, Sept. 11.' Seventy-live per cent, of the lialfanillion men promised by Mr Borden have enlisted. 'Alberto and British Columbia supplied their full quotas; Quebec Province made the worst showing, contributing only a quarter of their allottment THE DAY OF RECKONING. TOTTING UP THE ACCOUNT 3READY FOR LAW-BREAKING HUN LONDON, Sept. 10. A Royal proclamation which has been issued states that in view of the great importance of obtaining full information regard property in enemv territory belonging to Britih subjects, the Government directs them, unless residing in the Dominions or in L'ritish protectorates, to make a return of such property or submit claims against enemy persons and Governments forthwith. The "Daily Telegraph," in commenting upon the proclamation, says: ""The proclamation marks a decisive «tep towards the -final and inevitable reckoning with the enemy which has broken international law and the rules of civilised war, and has caused special suffering and loss to non-combat-ants.-":*" The "Daily Chronicle" calls it "the enemy's Doomsday Book," and remarks: "Presumably the Dominions and British protectorates will make their own arrangements." The "Daily Mail" recalls ihe fact that the Marquis ,of Lansdowne, when discussing reprisals, pointed out tne necessity of proceeding cautiously, as German property available for seizure might-be less than British property in Germany. GERMAN AIR STATION ON FIRE. FOUR ZEPPS. REPORTED BURNED FIFTEEN 'PLANES DESTROYED. COPENHAGEN, Sept. 10. It is reported that a large airship depot at Frankfurt has been burned down, and four Zeppelns and fifteen aeroplanes destroyed. A CURB ON VANITY NO MORE 'CONFECTIONS' ,:~ ROME, Sept. 19. An official decree prohibits excessive luxury in female apparel. \. ———— ROUMANIAN'S PROGRESS HEAVY FIGHTING IN TRANSYLVANIA BULGARIAN TOWNS BOMBARDED. BUCHAREST Sept. 11. Official: There is .heavy fighting In the Manos Valley, west of Toplitza (in Transylvania.) We occupied Osikerla. The Roumanians are bombarding Wldin, Lompalanka and Rahova, which is aflame. PBENCH REPULSE ATTACKS. ON THEIR NEW POSITIONS. (Received 9.5.) LONDON, Sept. 11 French officially, report that on thesooth of the Somme the Germans made-a series of attacks at different points an our new front from Burny to the region south of Chaulnes. Five enemy "attack?, several accompanied, by liquid, fire, "failed vmHer our and machine gun fire, which causoc! heavy losses to the enemy.

ARMENAN HORRORS. NARRATED BY A WITNESS. (Received 5.50.) NEW YORK, Sept. -11. A Presbyterian missionary in Northern Arabia, in a despatch, describes the awful sufferings of Armenians at Meskene. He saw women and children throw themselves into trenches and beg the grave-diggeTS to bury them. Armenians here have no bread or tents. At Hama he saw 7000 deportees, whereof 3000 were naked, living among locusts and dogs. Men dig graves while awaiting death. Often he saw whole rows of ghastly forms rise out of their graves and beg for bread and water. The number of starving at Hama, Rekka, and Meskene exceeds 30,000. There are cases reported of fighting over bodies and dying in order to obtain fresh food.* MORE HUN FRIGHTFULNESS. PRISONERS IN HUN UNIFORM-., . PARADED TO BE KILLED. BY THEIR OWN PEOPLE.' (Received 9.30.) PETROGRAD, Sept. 11 Russian prisoners in German uniforms are marched in the rear of the Franco-German front for the purpose of deceiving French air. scouts, who frequently bomb them, mistaking them for Germans. BRITISH ENTER HUN TRENCHES. AND TAKE SOME PRISONERS. (Received 9.5.) . . LONDON, Sept. 11" ', A British official report states that two German counter attacks at Gincliy yesterday were repulsed. Between Neuvclle, St. Vaast, and La Bassee Canal we entered the German trenches at several places, taking some prisoners. PUSH FROM SALONICA. BRITISH CROSS THE STRUMA. MOVING TOWARDS BULGARIA. (Received 9.20.) PARIS, Sept. 11. On the Struma front the English crossed the river on to the height at Ojiaek. Under fire they attacked Leveoljin and Karavgskj, the enemy making desperate resistance. From the west of Etaoar to Lake Donan, the French violently and effectively bombarded the Bulgarians. PHEAPATRA HERO JOINS. PARIS Sept. 10. Colonel Condilis, who defended the fort ,of Pheapatra to the last partridge has joined Colonel Chrsto Doulos. AUSTRIAN PEACE TALK. HAIL PEACE WITH DELIGHT. IF TERRITORY NOT TAKEN. (Received 8.50.) •VIENNA, Sept. 11. Baron Burian admits that Austria would hail peace with delight, but not the peace" that the Allies want to impose. We are unwilling to discuss peace while the Allies want to take' part of our territory. It is not true that we are eager forpeace on any terms. We admit that ..we were surprised that Roumania finally came to a decision so quickly. We did not offer Roumania territory concessions, and we knew in June that Italy and Britain had made a definite bargain. Our relations with America are satisfactory, but we maintain that America's exportation of munitions to the Allies has prof acted the war, and thereby inflicted irreparable damage on mankind. Some may contend that Austria should, for military reasons, originate peace overtures, but we could never agree while our antagonists speak of partitioning our country.

MAN WHO DINED WITH THE j KAISER i RETURNED TO ENGLAND MIXED WITH GERMAN FORCES. TROUBLE ON WEST FRONT (Received 9.20.) AMSTERDAM,' Sept 11.. The first 'Daily Mail" sent to Holland says the man who dined with the Kaiser has returned. He relates that he mixed freely with the Grman frontier troops, who are mostly middle-aged Landsturmer. Germans fighting on the Somme were ordered to take no prisoners, but to us the bayonet. Three hundred thousand men are now preparing new defensive works behind the third line. At Verdun there is bitterest disappointment, where two Bavarian regiments mutinied. SIGNIFICANT TURKISH ANNOUNCEMENT MOVING THE ARMENIANS (Received 9.20) CONSTxINTINOPLE, Sept. 11. It is announced that the Armenian population has tfeen removed to other parts of the Turkish Empire, owing to the spread of a revolutionary movement. . It is feared this points to fresh l cruelties. FALKENHAYN'S NEW ROLL. TO REPLACE HOLLWEG. (Received 9.25.) ; AMSTERDAM, Sept. 11. ' German agents report that Falken- j hayn succeeds Hollweg from the-end i of September. A new submarine campaign is commencing in October. ROUMANIAN SUCCESSES. AUSTRIANS DRIVEN FROM TRANSYLVANIA. EFFORTS TO PREVENT OUT- • ■ FLANKING. :: ; ' / !: !; ■••■• (Received 9.25.) AMSTERDAM, Sept. 11. An Austrian Avar correspondent ■states that Roumanian pressure in southern Transylvania is increasing, compelling the Austrians to retreat east by west (?) to prevent out-flank-ing, while grtat Russian attacks in Bukovina have forced' the- abandonment of strongly fortified mountain positions. THE BRITISH PREMIER. INSPECTS THE SOMME FRONT. ■■ ; (Received 9.25.) : : ' \ LONDON, Sept. 11. 'Mr Asquith made a tour of inspection' on the Somme, and closely enquired, into supplies and quality of ammunition.. ; TAXATION IN FRANCE. \'INCOME TAX TO BE LEVIED. (Received 9.25.) •'-' PARIS, Sept. 11. ' M. Ribot, interviewed, said: We are determined to introduce an Income Tax. Thanks to the elasticity of this form of taxation we are able to meet a good part of our, liabilities, but undue haste in taxation would only scare the country. It is arranged with Mr Asquith and Mr McKcnna that the Allies will pool gold in order to render the collective financial position more solid, and enable England to maintain a good standard, and so enlarge the scope of credit with the United States. REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT SPREADING. MANY TROOPS JOINING. SALONIKA, Sept. 9. The revolutionary troops are being organised into a division. The prisoners who surrendered from the barracks are joining. Other volunteers are arriving from Mitylene and T-has-os. i AN ITALIAN COMMUNIQUE PROGRESS IN POSINA VALLEY (Received 11.10) LONDON, Sept. 11. An Italian communique states, T)e»tween Vallarso and (lie head of Posina valley we captured trenches, but still left the enemy in possession. j After fighting on fee 7th we progres- j sed north of Mount Pasubio, and on the northern slopes of Cornodelocston in the upper Rosina. FIGHTING IN ASIA RUSSIANS PURSUING THE TURKS (Received 10. -10) PETROGIIAD, Sept. :U. A states that fierce bat ties continued at Ognot. We are pursuing the enemy in the region of Sakkaz, after- occupying the town of 3ana.' -• ' . ;

AN OFFICIAL REPORT. INTENSE AERIAL ACTIVITY. DRIVING BACK THE BULGARS FROM THE SALONICA FRONT (Received 10.401 LONDON, Sept. 11. General Haig reports thac. lie repulsed two more counter attaik* at Gincliy and drove off several fsaiall detachments of infantry from Y.ouquet Farm and Pozieres. Wa entered German trendies in several piaces between Neuville, St Vaast and Labassee Canal. A French commimicjuo states, we stopped five attacks, accompanied o;,liquid flame jets, between Berny, southward to Chaulu'VS. Ten of our aeropl inos dropped 60 bombs successfully and attacked important military depots southward of Bruges. An air squadron dropped 104 bombs on munition stores northward of Sommepy, causing vio'ent explosions. ||English troops on tJie Struma front crossed the Orjiack river under i-nomy fire and attacked iwo villages on tue left bank, which the enemy ck-sp'-rate-ly defended. Our artillery is bombareinfe] the Vardar and Lake Doiratt. The Bulgar advance posts have further withdrawn upon "he Servian front. BULGARS ARRESTED'IN DOBRUDGJA THEIR VARNA COMMUNICATIONS CUT i VARNA HAS BEEN EVACUATED THE RUSSIANS ADVANCING (Received 10.40) LONDON, Sept. 11. A Bucharest telegram states the enemy attacked Silistria with numerous | twelve inch and sixteen and a-half inch guns, and in a few hours destroyed the forts. The garrison retired 1 in good order., The Bulgarian .offensive on Dobrudja has been arrested. The Russian fleet's formidable bombardment of Balchik crushed the Bulgarians, right, causing the evacuation of Dobrich. The Bulgarians are reported to be ■ evacuating! Varna in consequence of Russians advancing along the coast and cutting the Varna-Dobrugja railAvay, coupled with the fleet's bombara I meut, taking Varna between two fires. BLESSING THE AIR V . PARIS, Sept... 11. The ceremony of blessing the air was carried out for the first time on the French Atlantic coast. The idea was the placing of aviators under the Virgin 's protection From a point dominating the sea, the priests blessed the air, over land and sea. .; FRANCO-BRITISH AERIAL I ._. ACTIVTY. MUCH DAMAGE DONE. LONDON, Sept. 10. Sir Douglas Haig reports: The enemy | at midday counter-attacked north of Ginchy, but were repulsed. Many aerial combats took place. "We , destroyed three German machines and downed others damaged^ We entered enemy trnches at Neuve Chapelle and inflicted severe casualties. Aeroplanes flew over the enemy A communique says: Germans south of the Somme twice attacked southwest of Berny. They met with a complete check. lines. There were forty combats on Saturday, the German air fleet suffering considerable losses. Five machines were wrecked. An air squadron dropped 4SO bombs on the railway station and depot at Chauny. Eighteen aeroplanes dropped numerous shells on military establishments at Ham, south of Peronne. Many fires were seen. THE TURTUKAI BATTLE LONDON, Sept. 11. Mr Bourchier reports: At the battle at Turtukai the enemy attacked for four days, in compact formations, supported by a most violent cannonade. The Roumanian fleet assisted the defenders, who inflicted extraordinary losses. Piles of■ corpses confronted 'the Roumanian trenches, but heavy ie inf or cements enabled them to capture the town. BULGARIANS EVACUATING VARNA PETROGRAD, Sept. 10. . The Bulgarians are evacuating Varna, a port on the Black Sea. A Bulgarian communique says: Our D.obrugja advance continues. The Roumanian garrison at Silistria attempted to assist at Turtukai on Wednesday, but were defeated and driven back to t-hetr fortress. Russian, Serbian and K<jamaniah troops participated in bitter fighting" at Dobrick on Wednesday and Thursday, but were completely rtcfea.tecL

1 RUSSIANS STOP AMBASSADOR. COPENHAGEN, S.3pt. 10. The Russians stopped Count Cornier, Ambassador at Bucharest ana other Austrians who were homeward bound; in order to prevent Germany obtaining information as to the Roumanians latest military measures. THE SOMME BATTLE THE IRISH AT GUILLEMONT A MOST ASTONISHING FEAT. LITERAL HUMAN AVALANCHE WHOLE GERMAN GARRISON LOST LONDON, Sept. 10. Mr Philip Gibbs says: The Irish troops' charge through Guillemont was one of the most astonishing feats of the war. It was a wild, irresistible assault like a human avalanche, said English riflemen supporting the Irish right. They stormed the German first second and third lines as if possesesd. If there was any fault it was.that they progressed too fast. There was no time to safeguard -the ground gaineci, consequently the Germans climbed from their dugouts and began sniping. In one underground chamber twenty Germans quietly surrendered and saluted the officer, offering a gold watch to an English corporal. Most opposition was encountered between two sunken roads. The English enveloping movement faced a fusilade of rifle fire and bombs from Germans emerging from dugouts, also machine gun fire from Ginchy and Falfemont farm; but they advanced as though manoeuvring). Wounded men crawled into slfell holes shouting!, "Go on; boys." The Germans ran and our men followed. A German officer who surrendered said, "If you run like that you will be in Berlin before we are in England." Six hundred prisoners were taken. They were in a pitiful condition —broken spirited and trembling with fear. One officer proudly indiffer ent to his fate compared with the others, who clung round the necks of our officers begging for mercy. Of the garrison of 2000 hardly one escaped. ENEMY ATTACKS REPULSED. PARIS, Sept. 10. A communique says: Enemy counter attacks at different points between Belloyen San Terre and Badleux gain ed a footing in one of our new trenches. We quickly regained the grouna. Attacks eleswhere were everywhere repulsed with heavy loss. BRITAIN'S BLACK LIST OPPOSED IN BUENOS AIRES. (Received ll,j4tTf BUENOS AIRE*S Sept. 11. A demonstration took place yesterday at the Plaza Congress against the British Black List in which ten political patriotic organisations participated Prominent politicians and -professional men urged neutrals to resist. THE DAILY ROUND AN INTERESTING STORY. LONDON, Sept. 10. The "Daily Chronicle's" corresponduet at Punta Arenas says: The party rescued from Elephant Island are mak ing good recoveries from their privi tions. They will arrive in England at the end of October. Wild gives a vivid description of life on Elephant Island. The hut was constantly flooded and had to be bated nightly. The only hot meal was served at dawn taking the shape of penguin fried in blubber. For lunca there were biscuits and raw 7 blubber. Afternoon was spent in. exercising on a track one hundred yards long. Dinner consisted of penguin's breast and Bovril. This was greatly enjoyed, as was half digested fish found in seals stomachs. The men smoked glass from the padding of boots in pipes carved from wood and birds' bones.. Wild decided, failing relief arriving by the end .of October; to try to reach Deception Island, where whalers came in summer. Biscuits, sugar and pledging rations were reserved for this. The party went to bed at 5.30 and took turns to read aloud the Bible, En cyclopaedia Britannica, and leading authors. The first question asked the rescuers was: "When was the war over."