THE BALKANS.

Clutha Leader, Volume XLII, Issue 87, 9 May 1916, Page 6

THE BALKANS.

TOWNSHEND'S LAST MESSAGE. "THE FORTUNE OF WAR. " LONDON, May 4. 'Lord Kitchener, in the House of Lords, warmly eulogised General Townshend and the defenders of Kut. He lead General Townshend's last message front Kut, which ran as follows: "We are pleased to know that we have done our duty. We recognise that our situation is one of the fortunes of war. Thank you, General Gorringe, and all ranks of the Tigris force for your great efforts to save us." SIDELIGHTS ON TURKEY. GERMAN RULE ABHORRED. CAIRO, May 4. The newspaper Mokettam states that Turkish officers stabbed General von der Goltz in Bagdad. The paper adds that Liman von Sanders' house in Constantinople has been bom bed. Enver Pasha's whereabouts are unknown. PRISONERS IN TURKEY. NOT ENOU'G'H FOOD. MELBOURNE, May 5. Senator Pearce has received a communication through the American Ambassador at Constantinople from prisoners interned at Kiangui, in Asia Minor, including -l.'i Australians-and New Zealanders, asking for regular supplies of money in order to augment their meagre food supply.