BULGARIAN DUPLICITY.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 October 1915, Page 5

BULGARIAN DUPLICITY.

ALWAYS SYMPATHETIC TO THE HUN. Received Oct. 9, 3..j p.m. Amsterdam, Oct. 8. The Frankfurter Zeitung publishes a long document, issued by the Bulgarian Government to municipalities, showing that Bulgaria had for long contemplated siding with Austro-Germany. The document says that while the Entente Powers arc lighting- for various selfish motives, Austro-Germany and Turkey are fighting for self-preservation anil the peaceful progress of Germany. Bulgaria could not risk her existence while she was uncertain which side would be victorious, but meanwhile she had utilised her neutrality to prepare her army and develop her resources until the favorable moment for intervention came. The document concludes with trade statistics to show that Bulgaria's interests are bound up with Turkey and Austro-Germany,

GERMAN OFFENSIVE. CONTESTED BY SERBIA. Received Oct. 9, 5.5 p.ui. London, Oct. 8. An official Serbian message states that the Germans' crossing of the rivers Save and Danube is being fiercely contested. There have been heavy enemy losses and many prisoners have been taken.

THE LANDING OF THE TROOPS. 'MINISTERS LEAVE BULGARIA. Received Oct. 9, 5.5 pjn, Milan, Oct. 8. Six transports, great trans-Atlantic liners, escorted by destroyers, disembarked the Allied troops at Salonika, while English warships searched the Gulf of Salonika for enemy submarines. 'Die English troops are encamped oil the hills and the Freneh are on the plains. Sofia, Oct. 8. The Quadruple Allies' Ministers have asked for their passports, and the Belgian and Serbian Ministers have received their passports. COASTAL VILLAGES TO BE EVACUATED. TURKEYi~PLEDGE. Received Oct. 11, 12.50 a.m. Salonika, Oct. 10, King Ferdinand has ordered the exacuation of all villages along the Black Sea and Aegean Sea. The Bulgarians declare that Turkey is pledged to furnish fifty thousand men for the Dede-Agatch and Varna.

FLAGS FLYING. AUSTRIAN VERSION. Received Oct. 11, 12.5 a.m. Amsterdam, Oct. 10. An Austrian communique states the Austro-Hungariau and German flags are Hying at Kronak. The enemy who were watching the banks of the river above and below Belgrade could nowhere resist us.

IN A DILEMMA. POSITION CHANGED. Received Oct. 11, 12.5 a.m. Athens, Oct. 10. l.e Patris states that the position is entirely changed since July 17, and judging by tli(; attitude of the new Greek Government it presumably has received official German assurances that the treaty was non-existent. A British subject from Bulgaria, after studying the political situation, believes that the Government at Sofia is in a dilemma, and will do everything to avoid hostilities.

A SECRET TREATY. WHAT HUN PROMISED BUT/JAR. Received Oct. 11, 12.3 a.m. Athens, Oct. 10. Le Patris states that during Prince Hohenlohe's sojourn in Solia a secret German-Bulgarian treaty was signed, on July 17, awarding Bulgaria Northern and Southern Albania, Macedonia, and Serbian territory, including Mona.stir, Guevgheii, and Duirau. Germanv, under the same treaty, which Austria and Turkey also signed, promised Bulgaria Salonika, Cavalla, Drana, Seres, Fiorina, and Kavoria.

, POLICY OF GREECE. NON-COMMITTAL, BUT ADAPTABLE. Received Oct. )], 12.5 a.m. Paris, Oct. 10. The C!reek Minister has notified France that M. Zaimis' policy will follow the essent'ul principle tliat Greece lias followed since the beginning of the war. He added that in order to better guarantee CI recce's vital interests, her armed neutrality would adapt itself to the course of events, and as far as the Entente Powers were concerned to continue sincerely benevolent.

REARRANGEMENT OF FORCES. Received Oct 11, 12.5 a.ui. Salonika, Oct. 10. A Bulgarian army corps has been sent towards Pirot. THE FRENCH INTERVENTION. STATEMENT TO EE MA DR. Received Oct. 11, 12.5 a.m. iParis, Oct. 10. Owing to an increasing demand among members of the Senate and Chamber for fuller information of the Government's action in the Balkans, a conference committee of Foreign-Affairs, the Army and Navy, and possibly (he Budget, totalling I.X) deputies, will hold a joint sitting on Monday, which is an unprecedented event in the French Parliament's history. The Government will make a full 9tatement>

BULGARIA'S NATIONAL IDEAL THE RIGHT TO MACEDONIA. Reecived Oct. 11, 12.5 a.m. Sofia, Oct. 10. Le Schole says that the Dutch Charge d'Affairs was entrusted with the Entente Powers' interests in Bulgaria on October Replying to the Entente Powers' Note of Sept. 14, regarding Macedonia, the paper points out that the Entente, in affirming their recognition of the principle of nationality, will admit that Bulgaria has a right to claim the realisation of her national ideal, as recognised internationally before the creation of modem Bulgaria, and inquires whether Serbia lias irrevocably and unconditionally consented to the cession of the uncontested zone of Macedonia. In view of recent events it is doubtful whether a reply of this nature could have produced a satisfactory result.

THE DANUBE CROSSED. GERMAN ACCOUNT OP ATTACK ON BELGRADE. Received Oct. 11, 12.5 a.m. Amsterdam, Oct. 10. reports that General Mackensen's two armies have crossed, in their main portion, the Save and the Danube, after the German troops of the Austrian General Kolvess had captured Gipsy Island and the heights south-westward of Belgrade. The army has occupied the greater part of Belgrade. The AustroHungarians stormed the citadel and the northern part of the town, and the Germans stormed the new Government House, the troops advancing through the southern part of the town. General von Gallwitz forced a crossing of tho Danube at many points in the area below Semendria. driving the «nemy everywhere southwards.

THE INVASION. HOW IT WAS EFFECTED. ' Received Oct. 11, 12.5 a.m. Amsterdam, Oct. 10. Whilst heavy artillery bombarded the Serbian fortifications day and night, pontoons and materials for bridge construction were conveyed over Hungarian railways, and made ready at suitable points as secretly as possible. The French airmen were baffled by the devices used to conceal the transports' movements. Heavy artillery drove the Serbian frontier forces from their entrenched positions, but here again they were kept constantly under fire. German and Austrian pioneers in a number of places started preparations for crossing the rivers under infantry cover. Storming columns who were crossing were met by the advanced guard of the Serbian army, but the Serbians were unable to maintain themselves in the wreaked positions, and tile Austro-Gcrmans entered Serbia' on a front extending over 250 miles.

A LONG PREMEDITATED ATTACK. SANGUINARY FIGHTING. Received Oct. 11, 12.5 a.m. London, Oct. 10. Reuter states that a telegram just received declares that there is no room to doubt that the attack on Serbia is the long-expected German offensive. The fighting along the whole frontier is described as being of the fiercest character. Heavy artillery are employed, and so far the enemy are being kept more or less in hand.