WAR NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 208, 11 October 1916, Page 3

WAR NEWS.

IN .MACEDONIA. ALLIES PUSHING ON. LONDON, Oct. 9. A Salonika communique says —Fighting continues from the Cerna bend to Lake Prespa. The Serbians occupied Dobruopoje peak. The French captured Kisovo, in the B’aba mountains. CONJUROR CONSTANTINE. HIS NEW CABINET TRICK. ATHENS, Oct. 8. After M. Stefanson had failed to form a Ministry, King Constantine made a continual search of the political dug-outs, and finally persuaded M. Lamhros, professor of history at Athens University, to form a Cabinet. M. Lambros, who is inexperienced in politics, is a Germanophile, though not hostile to the Entente. The names of the other Ministers will bo announced on Wednesday, the delay being to enable King Constantine to have a conference with Prince Andrews, who is due home from a visit to London and Paris. ROUMANIANS WITHDRAW SOMEWHAT. AUSTRO-GERMA I NS PREPARING GREAT BLOW. BUCHAREST, Oct. ir. A semi-official message says: On the northern front the Roumanian;: withdrew to strategic positions before stronger enemy forces, mostly Gej man, so as to assure powerful defenc of the four passes leading from Koumania towards Brasso. Everythin shows that the Austro-Germans are an tempting to strike a desperate blow. They are collecting troops from ail other fronts. .BULGARIAN .DISSATISFACTION.. LONDON, Oct. 9. Mr. Bourchier, writing from Bucharest, says: Bulgarian officers captured in the Dobrudja state that the Bulgarian army is divided. The majority are Russophiles, who are subjected to systematic persecution. They are sent to the most dangerous positions on the Macedonian front. There is increasing agitation in the army against German domination. The Government, aware of the feeling, is terrorising the people and the army. Arrests are made daily among all classes of society. The shortage of food is increasing. ‘ ' V h ' ;