ARMISTICE TO BULGARIA REFUSED.

Taihape Daily Times, 30 September 1918, Page 4

ARMISTICE TO BULGARIA REFUSED.

AUSTRIA EVACUATING ALBANIA. PANIC ON BERLIN STOCK EXCHANGE. Received 9 a.m. NEW YORK, Sept 2S. Britain refused an armistice to Bulgaria, but has agreed to listen to peace overtures. The Austrians are evacuating Albania. There is a panic on the Berlin Stock Exchange, BULGARIAN OFFICIAL NOTE. PEOPLE ASKED TO REMAIN CALM. Received 10.10 a.m COPENHAGEN, Sept, 29 A message from Sofia states the parties of the Ministerial bloc have published the following note: In accord wth the parties of the bloc the Government has made an official offer of an armistice to our adversaries. The bloc invites the army and to maintain military and public dis-'■ cipline, which is so necessary for a happy issue in these times. ALLIES PROGRESSING. ALMOST ON BULGARIAN FRONTIER, vr „ - Received 10.10 a.m. LONDON, Sept 29. A French Eastern communique reports: —General progress was made on the whole front on the 27th, with important captures of prisoners and materials. The Allies’ left wing is breaking down resistance. The enemy is still holding out between Lakes Presba and Ochrisa, and north-west of Monastir. They passed Brussevo on one side of the front, advancing to Kicevol in the centre. The Serbians who entered Veles at noon advanced on the front from Karahuniste and Nudnik to 23 miles at Uskub. They have also reached the region of Kotchana and Radovista, pushed forward their cavalry in. the Lehovo region to , within six miles of the Bulgarian fron- . tier. The Allies’ right wing occupies, . Strumnitza region, ascending to u -,. Strumnitza Valley eastward. Over ~ three hundred guns have been captured since the beginning of the offensive. . ... _ ■ •. - ■ * WHAJ ALLIES WILL DEMAND FROM BULGARIA Received 12 noon.. ■ • PARIS, Sept, 29. The. usually well informed Petit Parisien hints that the Allies have re- , ' cently come to an understanding,,respecting the conditions they would,, impose in the event of Bulgaria mak-~ ( , ing concrete proposals They will ~ doubtless demand as a necessary preliminary to guarantee the disarmament of the Bulgarian army and the surrender of the railways thus preventing the possibility of treachery. It is understood Malinoff’s proposal is due to fear of being forestalled by Turkey. BERNE Sept. 29, Advances from Sofia state that Malinoff’s supporters suspect Germany of promising Talaat Bey concessions* prejudicial to Bulgaria AUSTRO-GERMAN REINFORCEMENTS FOR BULGARIA, Received 12 neon. ROME, Sept 29. According to information in Switzerland, the Austro-Gerraan reinforcements are intended not so much to assist but to domineer over Bulgarian the event of the latter quitting the. struggle.