BALKANS.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 August 1915, Page 3

BALKANS.

UNHAPPY SERBIA. RAVAGES OF TYPHI'S. (Time? and Sydney Sun Services.) London, August 4. A correspondent at Kragujcvatz dc-j scribes the terrible ravages of typhus| in Serbia. In every purl of the 'countryside is encountered the terrible black flag, signalling that someone is dead. There are villages where every cottage is flagged, and in some town streets there are long lines of flag;. Nevertheless they hear their sufferings with placid patience. Jn the midst of war, between the battle linos, in ruined, blasted, and disease-smitten homes, the country folk continue their daihi duties. * '

HOUMANIA AND MUNITIONS. Rome, August 4. A Roumanian semi-official message in the newspapers states that the control of railway wagons is so. strict that it is impossible for munitions to pass to Turkey. The Government is opposed to the passage of German munitions, the motive given being that Roumania placed .in order in Germany for munitions but is unable to obtain the fulfilment of the contract, which is atribnted to Germany's lack of confidence in Roumania. . GREEK PREMIER INTERVIEWED. Athens, August -i. The Ministers of the Quadruple Entente paid a collective visit to M. Gounaris, Premier of Greece, and made a joint demarche on the questions of. the day.