OFFICIALDOM THWARTS OPINION.

Evening Star, Issue 15913, 20 September 1915, Page 3

OFFICIALDOM THWARTS OPINION.

Ixmdon ‘Times’ and Sydney ‘Sun’ Services. ( LONDON, September 17. ‘The Times's’ correspondent at Sofia states that tho' ‘ Journal Preporetz,’ as the result -of .containing an appeal to tho Bulgarian people against the Genoanophfle policy, lias been confiscated by the Go-vernment-and suspended, indefinitely. The appeal was signed, by several generals of the reserve, politicians, and distinguished literary men, bujb by no. party leaders. Professor Krensted, who is supposed to be the "author, has .been arrested. THE DARDANELLES. TURKS TRY MINING. PARIS, September 18. The Turks ‘on Friday attacked several points on the Dardanelles front by mining, which process they have not hitherto attempted. The enemy’s mine gallery was destroyed. We suffered no casualties. AMSTERDAM, September 17. A Turkish communique states:—“ Our coast batteries successfully bombarded enemy mine-layers and important positions in the Sedd-el-Bahr district.” • IN THE BLACK SEA. PETHOGRAD, September 17. A communique-states:—“ Russian torpedo boats at Sinope sank a fleet of Turkish sailing ships laden with munitions, and made prisoners of the crews.” CONSTANTINOPLE PREPARES LONDON, September 17. The l.urkish authorities are transferrin"the State archives to the interior. IMAGINATION. AMSTERDAM, September 18. 'Hie ‘Deutsche Tages Zcitung’ interprets Lord Kitchener’s reference to Turkey’smethod of warfare as more humane than that cf Germany as a- veiled offer for a separate peace for Turkey. WESTERN FRONT. PARIS, September 18. A communique states; On the Vosges our artillery directed a destructive fire on the electrical works at Turrechim. FLANDERS COAST. AMSTERDAM, September 18. The • ‘ Telegraaf ’ says that the latest bombardment of Ostend by a British squadron greatly damaged the coast defences. The Germans have placed a new long range gun on the coast. The latest arrivals of recruits on the Flanders front include a unit of deaf mutes, commanded by means of gestures.

FRENCH AIR ATTACK ON BADEN 'TROOP TRAIN. PARIS, September 18. Telegrams from Switzerland state that two French, aviators surprised a German troop train between Donaueschingen and Villingen. They swooped np and down the, train on both sides at an altitude of 15ft (?), firing machine guns. The Germans had no ammunition, and many were killed. The attacks ended at Marbach Junction, where, the raiders fusilladed the troops on the platform, inflicting heavy losses. ON THE ADRIATIC. PARIS, September 17. A communique states: Hydroplanes in the Adriatic engaged in combats with Austrian aeroplanes, supported by small boats. Despite the gunfire of the boats ■the French aeroplanes always forced the Austrians to retreat. TRIESTE RAILWAY BOMBED. ROHE, September 18. A communique states: Our aviators dropped bombs upon and damaged the railway running to Trieste, near Gabrovico. TRENT GETS READY. GENEVA, September 18. The women, children, and old men have been ordered to evacuate Trent. ADMIRAL BEATTY ON THE NAVY’S PATIENCE.. London ‘Times’ and Sydney ‘Sun’ Services. LONDON, September 17. Odmiral Beatty, speaking after his wife bad opened the Naval Institute, said that the Navy had started the war with a whoop of joy. At last it was going to put to the proof the weapon upon which many thousands of distinguished men had spent years in perfecting. “We started full of promise of what we were about to do, but the promise has fallen away. We thought that we were about to follow in the lootsteps of the heroes of a hundred years ago, but the only result is that we have barged about the North Sea with laughter, missing mines and dodging submarines, while patrol vessels have kept our harbors intact. Meantime we read in the newspapers of the glorious deeds done by our fellows all over the world.” He thought in the circumstances every naval officer would agree that the cheerfulness of the men was utterly wonderful.