ROUMANIAN AIMS

Taranaki Daily News, 19 October 1916, Page 5

ROUMANIAN AIMS

COMPLETE ATTAINMENT CLAIMED FIERCE FIGHTING IN BALKANS MAIN BULGARIAN LINE ATTACKED CERMAN REVIEW OF THE WAR ftustralian-New Zealand Cable Association.-Copyright.'

IfaESTEBN ATTACK ENEMY BOMBARDED. 'AEROPLASE ACTIVITY. FfIENOH REPULSE ATTACKS.

ATJSTRO-GERMANY. DISPOSAL OF CONSTANTI. NOPLE. A BRIBE TO RUSSIA,

Received Oct. 18,10.5 p.m. * London, Oct. IS , GeMral Sir Douglas Haig reports: We *(rabarded the enemy in the neighborhood of Neuvilie St. Vaast, Hytschaete' and north-eastward of Ypres. Aeroplanes bombed the enemy's railway lines, stations, billets, factories, and depots Iflree enemy machines were destroyed and another driven down. Anti-aircraft guns .brought down a British aeroplane lE2J9* etneci have, apt returned. •: ' " Paris, Oct. is. A communique says: Two fresh attacks eastward of Belloy were complete*y repulsed with heavy enemy loss. Aero- £« b Sedf ßieDVbatWmilit^

J FOR SEPARATE PEACE i* Received Oct. 18, 5.5 p.m. Amsterdam, Oct.- 17. The Vossiche Zeitung declares that Constantinople is the only serious cause of disagreement between Russia and Germany. Russia has no right to its possession, but the right of its use suggests that a separate peace could be founded on the settlement of the Dardanelles on a new basis, disregarding England, and making Turkey the bridge instead of the obstacle to Russia's economic interests.

■AN INSPIRED ARTICLE. A WAR REVIEW. GERMANY VICTORIOUS. Times Service. Received Oct. IS, 3 p.m. London, Oct. 17. The Vossiche Zeitung, in a wai review Fays that the Allies' Somme offensive has been checked, and the south-eastern and Roumanian peril has been warded off. Germany is now past the danger. The Somme offensive, the paper says, marks the zenith of the fighting since August, IM4. The effort to wrest the initiative has secured the initiative on only a fragmentary portion, but the terrible three months' fighting has been merely a preliminary to the final decision, which Germany desires as much as the Allies, and it must ultimately come on the West front. Mr. Lloyd George and M. Briand had brought about a eo-ordination of the Allies on a grand scale. Britain wanted men and France .vanted guns. They had been partly successful, and greater efforts were und<? contemplation for next spring. The intermingled Anglo-French .armies are exchanging staff officers, and other measures are being taken for facilitating the common blow, which is now purposed for 1917, thereby tacitly admitting that Germany won the Somme battle.

FURTHER GALVS. .7-- ~ tondon.'Oct. 17. A.Wench communique states: We cap- ; lured a new group of houses at Sailly ■SaUteel. A-violent counter-attack sue cceded in penetrating our first line We immediately threw the enemy out Sir Douglas Haig reports: We entered eftemy trenches west of Serre. OtherWW* thnie is nothing to report.

. UERMAN REPORT.

. Amsterdam, Oct. 17. A German communique says: AttacN near Gueudecourt broke down, and those near Sailly and Fresnes failed. Hand-to-hand fighting is proceeding. We repulsed tie French north of Mesnil.

CHirafß BEELS SEIZED AND MELTED. - Paris, Oct. 17. vhe German authorities have commandeered and melted 152 of the Prasue church bells. s "ULLE WOMEN RETURN. * Amsterdam, Oct. 17. rhe Germans have repatriated the first fcatch. of Lille women, after employment Ml agriculture and laundry work behind the Western front, Renter says it is officially estimated.that the number of women workers ias increased by nearly 000,000 since the commencement of the Jrer.

The article concludes: ''The general position everywhere is favorable to Germany."

SUPPRESSING THE TRUTH. Amsterdam Oct. 17. The 'Pommersche Tagepost has been suspended for publishing an account of the British destruction of the submarine Bremen. PROSPECTIVE MEAT SUPPLY Basle, Dct. 17. Switzerland has 80,000 surplus cattle owing to bad harvests and dear fodder. They will probaibly be sold to Germany.

.ME WAYS OF THE HUN Amsterdam, Oct. If The Teiegraf says the Germans are compelling the Belgians to work for them, especially oh the railways. Hundreds at Ghent were imprisoned and •time shot for refusing. COUNCILLORS AS HOSTAGES. Amsterdam, Oct. 17. The Germans seized the municipal councillors at Antwerp and placed them as hostagei in buildings in German occupation, as asequel to a warning of Ali:ed air riids on vital points of the Belgian railway system.

HINDENBURG'S MAGIC WAND. ' Times Service. London, )ct. 17. Since Field-Marshal flindenburg assumed the command everything has been running like a well-oiled machine. The Russian offensive power was soon definitely broken. The Transylvanian and Roumanian position is constantly improving, and the general situation everywhere is favorable. The Allied pressure i? evoking a counter-pressure which is now developing. Copenhagen, Oct. 17. Seven offices have been opened in Berlin for the collection of gold Drnaments for coinage. A thousand Berliners deposited ornaments in exchange for notes on the opening day. The Crown Princess, Hcrr von Bethmann Hollwtg, and the bankers are supporting the movement. ,

A JOUSXALIST'S STATEMENT. . . New York, Oct. 17 ■it. Stephane uiuzanne, ex-editor of fcne Paris Matin, who is visiting America on a. Government mission, says that the British were compelled tt sacrifice the crew of a tank in order to prevent its secret construction becoming known to the Germans. The tank was beyond control and steering straight for the German lines, so the British shelled it and blew it to pieces. There are now a hundred tanks, each with two machine, guns, on the Somme front. \

ITALY'S PART.

, The Allies are improving their position daily and also reducing their losses. Cpmbles was captured with the loss of only 8000 men, which was due to the pse of heavy artillery to clear the pound before the advances.

ENEMY ATTACKS CHECKED Received Oct. 18, 5.5 p.m. London, Oct. 17. An Italian communique states: We checked enemy attacks at Mount Pasubio. Bad weather and snowfalls on the mountains is interfering with our operations.