SRITISH COMPLETE CAPTURE OF KERKUK.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 110, 9 May 1918, Page 5

SRITISH COMPLETE CAPTURE OF KERKUK.

(Received 11.4.5 a.m.) LONDON', May S. The British hftvii captured Kerkuk. 140 ra ilr? north of Bagdad and SO mili?B south-east of Mosul.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.) RUMANIAN PEACE TREATY SIGNED. LOXDOX, May 8. A Rumanian communique States: —Peace with Austria. Germany, Turkey, and Bulgaria was Rigned by Rumania at Bucharest this morning. The text of the treaty will be published shortly.— (A. and N.Z. af\tl Renter.) (Received 11.45 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, May R. The Kaiser, replying to Count Bertlilig's congratulations on the conclusion of the Rumanian peace, attributes the final peace on the east front to God, (ierman patriotism, brilliant military leadership, and strong diplomacy. The Kaiser concludes: "God will similarly help Germany to victory in the west." (Router.) The peace treaty between the Central Powers and Rumania comprises eight charters. The first deals with the re-establishment of peace and friendship, the second with the re-establishment of diplomatic relations, and the third with Rumanian demobilisation. The latter provides, inter alia, for the continued existence of a Rumanian military bureau, supreme authorities and military institutions, but otherwise involves complete demobilisation, except two divisions in Bessarabia, which remain till danger from the Austro-Gennan operations in the Ukraine ce?.«s.— (Renter.)