RUSSIA.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 11 August 1917, Page 5

RUSSIA.

RUSSIANS PUSHED FURTHER BACK. LONDON, August 9. Wireless Russian official.—The enemy occupied heights north-westward of Sipot and Katergali. They pressed back the Roumanians in certain districts between the Oitoz and Casino. They continued to press us back in the region of Focsani. German official.—We repulsed Rus-so-Roumanian mass attacks northward of Focsani. Prisoners now. total 3300. The booty is 17 guns and 50 machineguns and niine-throwers.

IN GERMANY.

BOLD GERMAN STATEMENTS .

HARDEN'S PEACE TERMS RIGHTS OF NATIONS BASIS Received 10.5 WASHIGNTON, Aug. 10 Official information is to hand that Maximilian Harden wrote in the last issue of Zukunft that Alsace-Lorraine must be restored to France; the Trentdno to Italy, in order to eliminate future wars. Peace must be concluded on the basis' of President Wilson's declaration of the rights of nations. GERMANY'S MAN-POWER. NEW YORK, August 9. The New York World's" correspondent learns from the Russian mission that Germany has 8S divisions, totalling 1,144,000 men on the Russo-Rou-manian front and 148 divisions, totalling 1,924,000 men on the west front. Additional troops on the east front comprise 41 divisions of Austro-Hun-garians, four Turkish divisions and four Bulgarian. , THE FATEFUL ULTIMATUM GERMANY'S PART IN IT Received 8.50

LONDON, August 10

Take Jonescu, in a telegram states: "While in London I saw the German Ambassador almost daily. In am in a position to know that Berlin knew and approved the ultimatum to Serbia. Von Tschrichky helped to draft the ultimautm. It was believed that Serbia could not accept, but AustroGermans feared she would, despite that Lichnowsky personally desired peace. He asked me on presentation of the ultimatum to telegraph to M. Passitch advising acceptance, premising him in Lichnowsky's name hard terms, which he modofisd on application. Jonescu affirms that Lichnowsky assured him ,on the 27th July, 1014, that England would not abandon neutrality. Jonescu replied: "England will never allow France to be crushed." Lichnowsky replied: "I am not so certain about that as you are." GREECE. DICTATORSHIP PROBABLE. ATHENS, August 10. , In the Chamber, M. Venizelos said-it might be necessary to have resource to a dictatorship in order to combat hampering activities. j IN CANADA CANADA'S DRAFTED MEN. OTTAWA, August 9. The Draft Bill has been finally passed by the Senate. It is expected that 100,000 drafted men will be in training in the autumn.