BALKANS.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 March 1918, Page 5

BALKANS.

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

ROUMANIAN TREATY SIGNED. X'iiUUTORIAL .AXI) ECONOMIC CONCESSIONS. DEMOBILISATION TO .fAKI-: PLACE Received March 7, 5..") ji.iii, X(!\v York, .Miiroh.fi. A Berlin mcs.-.agc states (lint Rouliuiuhi signed (lie peace treaty with (lie Central Powers on Tuesday undur terms that she cedes part of (lie Dobrudja. Amstrril-im, March 0. The peace treaty carving up Roumania will lie signed to-day. It cedes the Bnbrudja. to I'tdgaria, lixes a new Eon-mano-Hungarian frontier, and grants the Central Powers economic eon i ssions, The Arbeiler Xeitung of Vienna protests Hint the conditions oll'cred to Ronmania are disquieting and bear no re:eiubhince to Count Czernin's programme of ;n) annexations nor indemnities. Berne, March C. Vienna papers r-tnte that the King's abdication is the first condition of Ronmania's peace terms. Heater Service. Received .March 7, i 1.20 p.m. Amsterdam, March 7. A message from Bucharest stales that the preliminary treaty whie'lt has been signed between the qnudruplicu and Koumaiiia provides that Roiniifinia cedes the Dobrndja. as far as (he Danube, the qu.uiruplicc to [irovide, for the maintenance of a trade route for Roumania via Couslan/.a to the i!)aek Sea. Roumania ! 1 arrcptr, in principle the frontier ratifications demanded by Austio-lhmgary, which are not specified, «lso the economic measures corresponding therewith; the demobilisation of at least 8 Roumanian divisions is immediately promised. General Mackciiscn will s'harc the control of (he demobilisation with the Roumanian command. The remaining demobilisation is to be undertaken when the Russo Roumanian peace is restored. Roumanian troops will immediately evacuate the Austro-Tlungarian territory. The Roumanian Gove'rnmeni 'ins undertaken to support with alt it:. strength the railway transport, of the ipiiidrnpliro troops through Moldavia and Bessarabia to Odessa. A SERBIAN DENIAL AS TO PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. Aus- and NX Cable Assoc, and Router. Received March 7, 10:20 p.m. London, March (!■ The Serbian legation denies Hie CJerman report (hat peace negotiations \v\h 'Serbia and Montenegro are impending. JAPAN. THF INTERVENTION QUESTION. AMERICA DOES NOT PROTEST. NO SUSPICION OF JAPAN IMPLIED. Received March 8, 1.20 a.m. Washington, March 7-Semi-official sources point out that, while America lias clearly declared that she does not assent to Japanese intervention, America has not protested against the iiilerventicm. This decision was reached after lengthy consultations. Washington diplomats are hopeful that Japan will understand America's attitude and realise that the fact of America withholding her assent does not imply the slightest suspicion of Japan. America recognises that Japan would he the natural Power to interfere if it were necessary to interfere. Semi-oliieial information which w reaching Washington indicates that Jap,an has not yet entered Siberia. ROLL OF HONORCASUALTY" LIST. Wellington, Last Night. Killed in action.—Lance-Corporal S. Laurence (Tariki). Wounded.—Driver (I. H. Parsonson (Pelonei, Private .). W. Wilkinson (Wellington), Private V. W. Marshall (Gisbortie), Private .1. W. Oppert (Hastings), Corporal (■!. V. Morgan Collins (Napier), Private W. C. 1). \V. Groves (Wellington), Private E. B. Moore (Hastings). . Wounded, admitted to hospital: Private W. Orion (Otaki), Private A. C. Small (Okuku), Private O. 0. Davis (Hastings), Private It. A. Watkin (Wanganui). Slightly wounded, remaining with unit: Private A. Ware (England).

FOUND DROWNED. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, Last Night. The body of Hugh Dorance Statt, a married man, 58 years of age, was found in the Avon river to-day.