THE BALKANS.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 October 1915, Page 5

THE BALKANS.

UNWISE AT PRESENT. ROUMANIAN ATTITUDE, Received Oct. 3, 2M pan. Bucharest, Oct. 2. m. Bratianu, replying to a Parliamentary delegation urging mobilisation, said he disagreed with the opinion that the hour had struck for Roumanian entry into the war. It would be unwise *o make any declaration of the situation at present. GERMANY'S WOOING. PROMISES WHAT SHE CAN'T GIVE. Received Oct. 3, 3.30 p.m. Paris, Oct. 2. Le Temps states that the Entente Ministers at Sofia have notified the Government that the Entente will assist JSsrbia if Bulgaria attacks her. Le Petit Journal states that Germany has offered to give Bulgaria Macedonia, Old Serbia, and Albania, with an outJet on the Adriatic. NOT UNITED.

OID generals retired; Received Oct. 3, 3.30 p.m. « Rome, Oct. 2. « Ouiriere Delia" Sera states that M. rtadoaktvoff favored partial mobilisation only, but the War Minister and Chief of Staff insisted on general mobilisation. • All the old generals, including General K'lvoff. have- been placed on the retired i " ANSFERRING THE STOCKS. I ' -lMV<"V|.;i>s OPPOSED TO ■ i KM A.N INFLUENCE. ' "■• ived u,-i. 3, 3.30 p. m . Athens, Oct. 3. '•,! ■-.. s„ih. advices show that Ger..af.K'iue U gaiiig, though the chief a«?-«i-iai> leaders are opposed to the ncrmanophile-s anil may be -Able to periuade the people to oppose war against Serbia. Received Oct. 3, 3.30 p.m. Bucharest, Oct. 3. It is reported that the banks at Varna, fearing a bombardment, are transferring their coin and securities to Sofia.

BOMBS GALORE. A RAID OX SF.RBIAX TOWXS. Received Oct. 4. 12.5 a.m. •««!■. - NiSb ' oet 3 - Official: Seven enemy aeroplanes on Sept. 29 dropped sixty bombs on Pojarevau. killing a civilian and two soldiers. Six aeroplane- on Sept. 13 bombed Kiagujevac- We downed one, the aviators being burned to death. BLUFF FROM AUSTRIA. i'I'UMaTUM to roumania. licceived Oct. 4, 12.10 a.m. Amsterdam, Oct. 3. Advice* from Cologne state that Austria is sending lloumania an ultimatum, couched in friendly terms, asking her to allow t!ie transit of munitions to Turkey. A short time is allowed for an answer, which Germany hopes will be satisfactory.

BULGARIA'S FOLLY. A\<; 1.0-FRENCH WILL SURPRISE HER. Received Oct. 4, 12.30 a.m. Paris, Oct. 3. The newspapers state that tens of thousands of Anglo-French troops, which will shortly be landed in Macedonia, in the event of KiDg Ferdinand carrying out his aggressive policy, will be the moat convincing warning to Bulgaria. and a disagreeable surprise for the Austro-Germans. SERBIA'S WORK. ON THE DANUBE LINE. - Received Oct. i, 12.40 a.m. Paris, Oct. 3. Le Petit Parrsien's Bucharest correspondent says that the Germans have relieved the Austrians on the first line of the Danube. A German battalion, in attempting to cros3 the Smendria, was entirely destroyed. Seven attempts to doss the Danube in different places were legated with heavy losses.