THE BALKANS.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 October 1915, Page 5

THE BALKANS.

GREEK MOBILISATION. APPROVED BY THE CHAMBER. Athens, Sept. 30. The Chamber was crowded and M. Venizelos received ail ovation. He justified the mobilisation, M. Gounam announced that the Opposition recognised that the Government had no alternative. GREECE'S DANGER. STATEMENT BY M. VENIZELOS, Received Oct. 1, 7.35 p.m. Athena, Oct. 1, M. Venizelos, in a speech in the Chamber, said that notwithstanding the mutml Greek and Bulgarian assurances that Vobilisation had no aggressive aim, the svnntioii must be regarded as serious. Mobilisation led to an enormous expenditure, and it's prolongation would endanger peace. The danger is the greater when one mobilised country does not disguise that a territorial etatus quo established by treaty is unsatisfactory, and only simultaneous demobilisation will eliminate the danger. ON THE SERBIAN FRONTIER. LARGE ENEMY FORCES. BULGARIANS REINFORCED. Received Oct. 1, 5.5 p.m. Paris, Sept. 30. Le Temps' Nish correspondent estimates that half-a-million Aiistro-Oer-mans are massed on the Serbian frontier, including 350,000 Germans. Athens, Sept. 30. Bulgaria has been reinforced on the Graeco-Serbian frontier. Three divisions have been sent to Maronia, three others to Forneef, and a large force to Dedeagatcli, in case of an attack by the sea. A French official wirelesß states that German officers are at Sofia, conferring with the Bulgarian staff, in preparation for an anti-Serbian campaign, AWAITING THE ATTACK. SERBIA CONFIDENT. > Received Oct. 1, 5.30 p.m. Lndon, Oct. 1, Athens advices assert that three hundred thousand Austro-Germans are advancing towards Orsova. The Serbians are ready and confident. THE BULGAR CABINET. Received Oct. 1, 5.3 p.m. Sofia, Sept. 30. M. Malinoff has refused to co-onerate with M. Radoslavoff's Cabinet, believing that Bulgaria ought to be on the side -of the Quadruple Entente. MM. Tonchet and Belakof have reentered the Cabinet.