Neutral Nations

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 248, 29 March 1915, Page 5

Neutral Nations

ITALY,

PREPARATIONS ON THE FRONTIER.

AUSTRIAN ACTIVITY

CHOLERA RAGES UNCHECKED.

Received March 2S, 5.5 p.m.

London, March 27.

Dr. Dillon, in a message from Rome, states that the whole frontier, from Lugano to Lake (tarda, has been dynamited for strategical purposes. The whole of the west end of Roverc, too, has b.;en cleared of inhabitants, streets and houses razed and batteries placed in position. Sympathisers of Italians are rigorously treated. Cholera is raging north-east of Ud'no, where the Italians will advance in the event of war, and many deaths are occurring. Although this is well known in Vienna no. preventative measures ara taken. The Italians place a sinister construction on this passivity.

HOLLAND.

GREECE,

THE NATION IRRITATED. —'— / PROTEST TO GERMANY.

Received March 28, 5.5 p.m. The Hague, March 27.

The sinking of the Medea has greatly aggravated the' Dutch irritation with Germany. Newspapers declare that the act exceeds all previous acts, as the Germans seized the Medea's papers, and were thus aware of her nationality. . A special Cabinet meeting has been summoned, and a protest lodged at Berlin against the bombing'of the Zevenbergen.

AN EXPLANATION ASKED. . Received March 20, 12.5 a.m. The Hague, March 28 The Dutch Minister at Berlin has requested an explanation of the sinking of the Medea.

WAITING' FOR BULGARIA.

Received March 27, C.lO p.m. London, March 27. The Times'■ Athens correspondent '•/>- ports that M. Gounaris' Cabinet is inclined to abandon neutrality as soon as Bulgaria takes the initiative, thus guaranteeing Greece against the danger of attack.

BULGARIANS CONCENTRATING,

Geneva, March 26. A censored message from Bucharest states that large Bulgarian forces are being concentrated near Adrianople aid another army near Philippopolis,