THE BALKANS.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 January 1916, Page 5

THE BALKANS.

AIR RAID ON SALONIKA. SEVERAL CASUALTIES. MORE CONSULAR ARRESTS. Athens, Jan. 0. Details of the a ir raid cabled on Saturday show that eighty tombs were dropped on the western.part of Salonika. Two enemy aviators were captured. The airmen's bombs killed five British soldiers at Endagasa. Germany has as£ed for a reduction of the Greek troaps on the frontier or the remoyal of the force to a distance. The Allies have arrested enemy consular agents at Mitylene for the same reasons as at Salonika.

BOMBING OF TURKISH MUNITION WORKS. 3000 KILLE,) AND WOUNDED. ■ " Athens, Jan. 9. On the occasion of the bombing of the Haskei munition works, near Constantinople, cabled on December 27, 3000 Turkish and German Jew workers were killed and wounded. _ CREEK ARMY EXCITED. SLUMP OF PRO-GERMANISM. Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, Jan. 8. Salonika messages agree that the Bulgars and Germans are about to commence a inarch against Salonika. French estimates are that the battles will begin in from ten to fourteen days. The Greek consent to a. Bulgarian entry lias oxcited the Greek army. Athens fears the Bulgarian behaviour, .pillaging and outrages, will inflame the army and compel Greece to enter the war. Air scouts report that a large Bulgarian detachment crossed the frontier, pillaging villages. Masses of troops are passing Doiran and Ghevgeli, and there are 15,000 at Monastir. The total frontier force is estimated at four German and seven Bulgarian divisions. Paiis points out that the enemy's strength is inadequate, as We have 210,000 men at Salonika, holding an immensely strong line to the west and north-east of the city. General Sarrail has complete command. The enemy Powers' protest against the arrest of Consuls was couched in extraordinary terms, alleging -that, it was an attack on civilisation, and threatening energetic measures against Greece. Mr. .Terrenes says there is a slump in pro-Germanism throughout Greece. It is worthy of note that the pecple are heaping kindness on the Allies. The pro-German press is fiercely assailing the Government. Despite having given permission of entry to the Bulgarians, King Constanline is most uneasy. He fears the army, and sees a prospect of Oree;» rising up against the Bulgarians

REPRISALS TURKEY GETTING MOTSE CHEEKY. Received Jan. 10, 11.15 p.m. Amsterdam, dan. 10. As a reprisal for the arrest of consuls at Salonika, Turkey has ordered the arrest of Anglo-French officials left in charge of the embassies, and as a, reprisal for the arrests of other Turks at Salonika one thousand subjects of the Entente Powers have been interned.