IN THE BALKANS.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 14 September 1917, Page 5

IN THE BALKANS.

BULGARIA'S QUEEN'S DEATH. Received 8.5 a.m. SOFIA, September 13 The Queen of Bulgaria is dead. ACTIVITY IN THE CAUCASUS. LONDON, Sept 12. Turkish official. —Enemy activity has increased on the entire Caucasian front. . 'T f*i; FURTHER . FRANCO-RUSSIAN SUCCESS. LONDON, Sept 12. French eastern communique: The Franco-TJussians, following up their successes, captured' the village of Pogradec on the south-west bank of Lake Ochrida, and drove the enemy back four kilometres north of Pagradec. SWEDEN. Received 8.40. NEW YORK, Sept. 13. The W T orld's Stockholm correspondent says the King is hurrying to Stockholm to met his Cabinet. The American Envoy, was invited to the Foreign Office and the crisis lengthily discussed. FRENCH POLITICS. CABINET CRISIS. PARIS, Sept 12. M. Painleve informed President Poincaire that he had given up the task of forming a new Cabinet, having failed to form a National Union Ministry. President Poincaire requested M. Painleve to continue his effort. , , ...