ROUMANIANS SUCCESSFUL

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 218, 24 October 1916, Page 5

ROUMANIANS SUCCESSFUL

FORGING HUNS TO RETIRE A, INTRANSYLVANIAN PASSES THE AUSTRIAN PREMIER ASSASSINATED SITUATION IS REPORTED SERIOUS BULGARS HAVE CAPTURED GONSTANZA ROUMANIANS RETIRE IN DOBRUDJA " TINO ' UP TO TRICKS AGAIN

GERMAN CRUISER TORPEDOED. >/ LONDON, Oct 22. A British submarine torpedoed a German, cruiser of the Kolberg class on Thursday. The cruiser vanished in evident difficulties. KOBWEGIAN VESSELS SUNK. CHRISTIANIA, Oct. 23. Three Norwegian steamers and three sailers were submarined and sunk. The crews were usually given ten minutes to take to the boats. Norwegian torpedoess were active in rescuing the survivors. A GERMAN BOAST. STOCKHOLM, Oct. 23. A Geimian submarine commander, when setting fire to the Swedish schooner Greta, boasted that there were 300 iubmarines preventing traffic to England. SPEEDY PEACE WANTED. HJSTRO-GERMAN LEADERS MEET, ■ .. * - ■ : t ZURICH, Oct 22. The f'Wurtembargische Zeitung" states that Baron Burian (Premier of Lustria-Hungary) and Dr, vein B'ethaannljollweg (German Imperial Chan seller), met at the German headquarers to discuss the best means of makng speedy peace. - Numerous, peace meetings are being leld unhindered, throughout the Cenral Empires. Hungarian newspapers report furher Russian reinforcements on the Transyivanian frontier regions. 3LIND GERMAN GUNNERY. JROPING ABOUT BATTLEFIELD. LONDON, Oct. 22. Router's correspondent at French teadquarters testifies to the utter dindness of, the German artillery at Sailly-Saillisel. Whereas the French irtillery, assisted by the heavy British lowitzers, and helped by the airmen, )erfectly co-operated with the infanry, the Geamans were only able to naintain a singularly ineffective barrage fire. The German gunners literilly groped their way around the battle!ield, dropping "heavies" at nandom, vith not the slightest effect in stop)lng the arrival of French supplies. The stumbling efforts of the Germans o find the French and British batteies, which were pounding the ground >ehind the German lines, were equally "utile. They had a vague idea of the vhereabouts of the batteries, but never jot near them. A typical example ocsurred when they poured shells into Zombies, where there was nothing, vhile not far away in another direction ;wo batteries of British howitzers fired mmoiested against registered targets.

GERMANS' POOD SHORTAGE ROME, Oct. 23. The Germans are releasing a thousand Italians —mainly women, children invalids and old men—fnom concentration camps, owing to food difficulties. RAID ON EGYPT. NO DAMAGE DONE. Received 10.30 LONDON, Oct. 23. A War Office report from Egypt states that a camel corps, with armoured cars, swept over Daehlagahis and Bahariacasis. There wene no casualties, i . ! A GERMAN ACTRESS. ; THE FOOD SHORTAGE. GOOD FOR HUN WOMEN. Received 10.50 NEW YORK, Oct. 23. Frieda Hempl, the German prima donna of the Metropolitan Opera Company., who has arrived from Germany, says Germany is anxious for peace because a decisive battle is impossible. ' Mr Wilson should uphold an offer of mediation. The food shortage was excellent for German women, whose figures are becoming slimmer and more elegant because of abstinence from fat. LATEST SUBMARINING. EIGHTEEN VESSELS SUNK. Received 10.30 LONDON, Oct. 23. Latest reports state that five Swedish, seven Norwegian and six British vessels have been submarined and sunk. AUSTRIAN PREMIER ASSASSINATED. AMSTERDAM, Oct, 23 The Premier of Austria, Count Karl Stuergkh, was murdered while sitting at his dinner table. The publisher of a review named Adler obtained admittance to his room and fired five shots at Count Stuergkh. The death of Count Stuergkh caused a huge sensation in Austria and Hungary. The Emperor Franz Josef was shocked. Public opinion in Berlin fears that the murder will lead to very serious consequences. It is interpreted as being significant of Austria's state of mind. Count Stuergkh was a Bureaucrat. He was a pronounced clerical, and a strong opponent to the extension of the suffrage. The assassin's motives have been the subject of various conjectures. The war has paralysed all civil liberty in Austria. It has involved the eountry in frightful losses of men, in many inconveniences, and some suffering. AUSTRIAN CRISIS APPROACHING GRAVE RIOTS IN VIENNA. ROME, Oct. 23 Grave riots in Vienna followed' the murder of the Premier The police and troops were unable to stem the revolt, * Wholesale arrests of Polish, Bohemian and Croatian leaders have commenced, the authorities believing that the assassination of the Premier was part, of a great plot against the Government. BERLIN ALLEGES INSANITY. NEW YORK, Oct. 23. Berlin despatches assert that Dr Adieu is insane, and point out that his sister was an inmate of an asylum for ; ten years. NOT A MADMAN'S ACT. ROME, Oct. 23 1 The 'G'iornale d' Italia" says Dr Adler was neither an anarchist nor a pariah. He acted fon political motives, either to avenge the treatment of the Bohemians or as a protest against the fatal policy of conducting the Empire to ruin,

JERMAN SEAPLANE DOWNED WORK OP NAVAL GUNNERS. LONDON, Oct. 22. The Admiralty has announced that laval gunfire brought down a German seaplane, believed to be the machine which raided Sheerness. SHEERNESS BOMBED. RAIDER DROPS INTO SEA. LONDON. Oct. 23. The Sheerness raider dropped into ;&2 sea. AN AEROPLANE RAID. MAN AND WOMAN INJURED. BRITISH GO IN CHASE. Received 10.45. LONDON Oct 23. Offidtet: An aeroplane over Marpate, to-day, dropped three bombs on Jlifton Ville and wounded a man and l'woman, and damaged a hotel. Britsh aeroplanes pursued it.

A STORY OF INTRIGUE. ROME, Oct, 23. Count Stuergkh was an impecunious Styran nobleman of limited intelligence. Ho owed his political position to a man named Singer, son of* a provincial rabbi,- who had been attached to the Austrian Premier's office, and controlled tlie secret press fund since 1904. Singer used the fund to overthrow five successive premiere, until he was regarded as the most influential personage in politics. About 1910 Singer secured the dictatorship of the Landed Credit Bank at a salary of £IO,OOO, with the opportunity of making a huge fontune by investments. He thereupon arranged for his friend Stuergkh to become a Minister and afterwards Premier. Count Stuengkh managed to hold office despite many vicissitudes, including a long period of blindness. Private information was received in London last week that Singer was using his influence to destroy Count Stuergkh as h e had destroyed other premiers, on the ground that the Reichsrath should be convoked. THE GREEK CRISIS. ATHENS, Oct 22. A later messag_e states: I learn on the most reliable authority that King Gonstantine expressed his readiness to consent to any measures ensuring the protecting of General Sarrail's rear, but he pointed out that the trans fer of the Thessaly force to Peloponnesus was unnecessary so far as the protection of the Allied forces was concerned. His Majesty therefore could not understand the motives of the demand, but if these were explained he would give it -his best attention.

The Government has charged the army with the maintenance of order, responsibility being transferred from the Minister for" the Interior torthe Minister of War The measure has produced a deplorable impression in Entente circles, as it is regarded as an attempt by the Government to indirectly violate the undertaking made for . the Allies to control the police.

It is stated that Venizelos sent an ultimatum to Bulgaria demanding the immediate evacuation of Eastern Made donia. . •»•'■■ MESOPOTAMIAN CAMPAIGN. ' Received 10.30 LONDON, Oct. 23. The '' Daily Mail'' states that the Commission of Enquiry into scandals of i the" Campaign is- doing its work, in a very peculiar manner. Thene is a growing fear it may issue a white-washing report. The "Daily Mail" demands that it should take the evidence of' Sir O 'Moore .Crcagh, who, while commander-in-chief in India made many recommendations which, if carried out, would have prevented disastert A GERMAN REPORT. Received 11.55. LONDON, Oct 23. A German communique states that we bloodily repulsed strong English attacks between Le Sars and Les Boeufs The French penetrated only our first line north-east of Sailay. We penetrated Ambros Wood, north of Chaulnes. We withdrew from the east and north part of the Wood voluntarily. We downed 22 enemy aviators and captured 560 Roumanians at Pre deal Pass. We crossed far beyond the railway in Dobrudja, east of Nurfatlar. Our left wing approaching Cernavoda the enemy was forced to assume the defensive in the Cerna salient.

A FRENCH REPORT. Received 11.20. LONDON, Oct 23. A French communique states: We captured Brow Hill, west of SaillySaillisel. We also captured a post between the Avre Oise. The enemy aviators bombed Luneville We dropped 42,000 kilogrammes of projectiles on furnaces north of Metz railway station, Thionville, Mezerisle, Smetz, Longwy, and Metz Ablons; also bombed a munitions depot at Monsentrhaussee, factories at Rom bach, and railway station at Marslatour. A NARROW ESCAPE. Received 11.20. NEW YORK, Oct 23. Koenig, describing the Deutschland's trip in a message to the New York "American," says early in the morning he saw British destroyers, and ordered his engineer to submerge. The submarine dived so steep that she went down at an angle of 36 degrees and dug her bows into the mud at the sea bottom. The bows held fast, the stern swinging violently back and forth. As the water was shallow, he was afraid the stern would become visible to ships. The aft tanks were quickly floooded, but the bows were so deep in the mud that the boat only returned to the horizontal slowly. They had much manoeuvring before the bows were released and V:cy continued the voyage.

MONTENEGRIN REVOLT. LONDON, Oct 22. The Rome newspaper "Gorriere d'ltalia" states that a general insurrection has started in Montenegro. The insurgents have defeated the Aus trians, and the Governor has requested Vienna to send (reinforcements. , AMSTERDAM, Oct. 23. The anti Austrian revolt in Montenegro has spread to Herzegovina, where ,the garrisons have been iteduced owing to needs on other fronts. The insurgents killed three garrisons in Montenegro. Numerous bands are scouring Montenegna, Herzegovina and north of Albania. Troops from Dalmatia and Poola are engaged in quelling the rising. ROUMANIANS VICTORIOUS. Received 10.30. LONDON, Oct 23. A Russian communiue states: We repelled attempts to cross the Boldurka, north of B"rody. The Roumanians forced the enemy to retire in the Trots, Outuz, and Slanis valleys. Roumanian successes continue on the west front, on Moldavia. The Russo-Roumanians retired while stubbornly resisting in the Dobrudja. HUN ATTACK ON ROUMANIA Received 11.55. NEW YORK, Oct 23. The New York "World," in a debpatch from Von Weigand, with the Germans on the Roumanian frontier, says Von Falkenhayn's army, on a front of 200 miles in Transylvania, is striving to tighten his grip on mountain passes into Roumania. He is advancing three columns through Toerzburger, Tomoes, and Predeal passes towards Bucharest, eighty miles distant. Also through Artschan Pass. The German left ,wing is 65 miles I north of Kronstadt, endeavouring to cut off Russian support from the Roumanians at Falanka Pass. Falkenhayn is forcing his troops'in trying to reacri the eastern and southern slopes of the mountains before snow makes .operations impossible. The contrast to methods on the west front is striking. Whereas artillery is screened on #ke west front, there are scores of batteries in Predeal Valley in full sight of the Roumanians, and Roumanian lines are also plainly visible to Germans. ENEMY CAPTURE CONSTANZA. , ;j Received 10.5 NEW YORK, &M. 23. The Bulgarians have captured Constanza in the Dobrudja. IN MACEDONIA. Received 10.30. . ' LONDON, Oct 23. The War Office reports that FrancoBritish troops raided trenches at Bejlihmah, on the Struma front, takingprisoners. We raided near Dautti, on the Doiran front. . A BULGARIAN REPORT. Received 11.20. AMSTERDAM, Oct 23. A Bulgar communique states: We have completely broken enemy resistance in the Dobrudja. A semi-official Berlin report asserts that the small cruiser, Unenchen, Avas torpedoed by a British submarine. She returned to port slightly damaged. A correspondent at Serb -headquarters states that the Serb offensive is temporarily brought to a standstill by weather and large Bulgar reinforcements. j SERBS DRIVE BACK BULGARS. Received 11.20. LONDON, Oct 23. A French official report from Salonika states that large forces of Bulgarians violently counter-attacked the Serbs on the 19th. Desperate fighting all day ended in complete success for the Serbs, who drove back the enemy .everywhere with heaviest losses.