GREECE AND BULGARIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 November 1915, Page 5

GREECE AND BULGARIA.

AN AGREEMENT REPORTED. Rome, Nov, 9. The iL'lations between Bulgaria and Greece are daily becoming more intimate and frequent. It is reported that they have concluded an agreement for the dismemberment of Serbia and Albania. It is said that Bulgaria has renounced Kavala in exchange for Greece's support in obtaining Durazzo.

FLIGHT OF THE SERBIANS. PITIFUL STORIES. REFUGEES IN MONTENEGRO. Received Nov. 11, 12.25 a.m. London, Nov. 10. An "Eyewitness" repots that the civilians' escape from Belgrade and Nish is a harrowing story of sufferings. The roads were two feet deep with mud. Many children died and their bodies were left on the roadside. There are shameful stories of the enemy outraging women and torturing children. At least a million Serbians have fled to Montenegro, and the task of feeding them is one of extreme difficulty. THE GREEK PARLIAMENT. TO P.E DISSOLVED. Received Nov. 10, 5.:"i p.m. Athens, Nov. 0. A decree dissolving Parliament will he issued on Wednesday. GREECE'S GOODWILL. A REASSURING MESSAGE, Received Nov. 10, 0 p.m. Paris, Nov. 10. M. Skouloudis, the new Greek Premier, in a telegram to M. Cambon, states:—'Wo. are firmly determined to continue our neutrality and goodwill towards the Entente. The new Cabinet agrees with M. Zaimis' declaration of friendliness towards the Allied troops at Salonika. We are too conscious of our country's true interests, and what she owes to the protecting Powers, to deviate from that line of conduct, and we hope that the relations between Greece and the Entente will not bL' influenced by malevolent and mischievous reports."

DANTE'S INFERNO OUTDONE. SCENES ON THE DANUBE. Received Nov. 10, 7.5 p.m. Komc, Nov, 9. The line of retreat of the Serbians from the Danube is a picture of desolation, suffering, and misery only equalled by the scenes in Dante's "Inferno." In some villages the enemy massacred everybody. Terrified crowds of civilians lined the river bank and implored mercy. The Germans are clearing the Danube of Serbian and Russian mines, and the enemy is sending steamers laden with submarine parts for assembling in the Black Sea.

AUSTRIAN REPORT. OF further success. Received Nov. 10, 0 p.m. Paris, Nov. 10. An Austrian communique states that the Germans dislodged the enemy from positions south of ICraljevo, and that the Bulgarians have captured Leskovae. KNEW IN APRIL.

OF BULGAR NEGOTIATIONS. Received Nov. 10, 9 p.m. | London, Nov. 10. In the House of Commons Sir E. Grey said that reports of Bulgarian negotiations with' Turkey, under German influence, were received in April. The Serbians then believed in the complicity of King Ferdinand and the Central Powers.