HASTENS THE END.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 207, 30 August 1916, Page 5

HASTENS THE END.

.RUMANIA'S DRAMATIC COUP. I AUSTRIA HARD HIT. 1 1 ! GERMANY IN A RING FENCE. 1 i ( MILLION MORE MEN 1 TO ROOT UP "KTJXTUK." ' (Australian and N,Z.--C#ble Association.) : -.--■- - >'--'■. LONDON, August 29*- ■] Rumania's participation in the war had been anticipated in London for many days. Numerous signs indicated that the actual moment was approaching. - Bulgaria's offensive was generally regarded as showing knowledge of her neighbour's intention, and a desire to forestall attack. Open threats by German newspapers, against Rumania indicated that fears were felt in German ( I official quarters. Therefore the declarn- , tion has not surprised Entente countries, ( but it has nevertheless caused a great I feeling of satisfaction, even a jubilans tone in the Entente capitals. Flags, j which have rarely been seen in Paris duf- { | ing the war period, were displayed in ] honour of the event. ■ ; . (The '"Times.") ] I Colonel Repington, the military corres- -, pondent of the Times; writes: Rumania's free decision proves that her statesmen ; expect the Central Powers to be defeated. , Hex nelp of an aggregate .of 1.060,000 ; trained men and 1,500 guns will be very valuable to us. j The Rumanians have chosen the best moment, when Austria is very hard hit lon the Russian and the Italian fronts. | There are 45 Austrian divisions on the Russian front and 27 or 28 on the Italian | front. 'As the total number is 76 divii sions and it is necessary for Austria to occupy Serbia and to control Albania, it I will be difficult for Austria to shape her 1 troops so as to reinforce the 50,000 j Landsturmcrs now on the Rumanian i frontier to withstand the attack. More- i over. General Lechitskys strong and vic-r t torious army on the Hungarian frontier i will be able to combine operations with t the Rumanians. < Two courses are open to the Rumanian ] staff. They are a simultaneous offensive I on the western and the southern fronts or a choice between the above offensives, s The fact that Rumania is armed with j Mannlicher rifles and Krupp guns causes < some disquiet, but there are plenty of < rifles in the' country, and the supply of < small arm and artillery ammunition is j ample for many months. A steady sup- 1 ply is also available from other sources, while it is possible to replenish* the t mountain and. heavy artillery, which 1 consists of Creusot gnns_. The fortress • artillery is also fairly large and good, i and should be able to provide an adequate proportion of heavy guns. SHORTEN WAR BT SIX MONTHS RUMANIA MEANS TO GET TRANSYLVANIA. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) NEW YORK, August 29. An American in Bucharest interviewed! M. Take Jonescu, who said: "Only rtl great German victory could have checked - Rumanian intervention. Our entry will shorten the war by at least six months. Our most valuable* reward will be Transylvania. Hungary will lose a-quarter of her territory. Our intervention hastens Bulgaria's doom,, cuts off Turkey, and expedites the fall of Constantinople, and the opening of the Dardanelles." KIN TO THE KAISER. ("The Times.") ROME, August 29. The German Minister's final audience I with the King of Rumania was granted , o at the request of himself, and the other v the Central Alliance, who I hoped that the King would respond tr. s appeals i to hi. nationality, and to his kin- a iflewlth thai «Ma«r, »