WIPING OUT A NATION.

Taihape Daily Times, 17 January 1918, Page 5

WIPING OUT A NATION.

SERBIA’S CRUCIFIXION,

LONDON, January lo

A Serbian manifesto protests against the annihilation of the race. The Austrians have carried out wholesale deportations of Serbian boys to Germany and Galicia, and have sent fifteen thousand to the concentration camps. They have deported 2,500 young children and simultaneously thousands of lads have been sent to Asia Minor, and thousands of girls to Turkish Harems. Now the Bulgarians were systematically deporting whole families for the purpose of wiping out all traces of Serbian nationality, And removing priests, school masters and doctors.

PEACE OFFERED TO SERBIA

BULGARS TRYING GERMAN TRICKS.

Received 8.40

LONDON, January 16

Beaters’ correspondent, at Serbian headquarters, says Bulgars are unsuccessfully attempting to repeat enemy tactics employed on the Italian front, and to fraternise and sow dissension among the Serbians by propaganda from aircraft. Frequent deserters from the Bulgars emphasise foot! shortage high prices and war weariness in Bulgaria.

Austria recently offered the Serbians peace, promising to surrender Bosnia and Herzegovina with an outlet to the Adriatic thus repeating the offer made by Constantine in September 1915, before the big invasion.