BULGARIA

Evening Star, Issue 15916, 23 September 1915, Page 6

BULGARIA

BULGARIA MOBILISING. I ,

THINKS TO TURN THE SCALE. GREECE HELPING SERBIA. RUMANIA’S HELP PROBABLE. Brets Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.

(Extraordinary to Press Association.) LONDON, September 22. (Received September 23, at 11.55 a.m.) Official: A general mobilisation of the Bulgarian forces was ordered to-day. THE NEWS CONFIRMED. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. AMSTERDAM. September 22. (Received September 23, at 11.25 a.m.) The Bulgarian Legation at Berlin announces that a general mobilisation was ordered yesterday. All Bulgarians of military age in Germany have been instructed immediately to return. Similar instructions have been issued to Bulgarians in Austria and Rumania, also to Bulgarian officers in France. ATHENS, September 22. (Received .September 23, at 11.25 a.m.) Sofia advises that 100,000 men have been mobilised. Several cavalry regiments Lave left Sofia for an unknown destination.The British, French, and Russian Ministers collectively have had a conference with M. Venezelos. THIN EXCUSE TO BRITAIN. GREECE SCENTS DANGER. LONDON, September 22. (Received September 23, at 8.50 a.m.) The Bulgarian Minister in London states that Bulgaria, in the present contingencies, is seeking to maintain an armed neutrality. ATHENS, September 22. The news as to Bulgaria is causing considerable excitement in Athens. The King conferred with M. Venezelos, and the Cabinet subsequently met. All Bulgarian reservists in Macedonia and Thrace, numbering 45,000, have been summoned to the colors. RUSSIAN STRATEGY. OMISSIONS AND UNDUE RISKS SINCE GRAND DUKE’S RETIREMENT. London-’Times* and Sydney ‘Sun* Services. LONDON, September 22. Colonel Eopington "writes as follows in * The- Times *:—“ From the moment that the Grand Duke left the front it has appeared that his wise strategy has not been completely favored by the Russians, The fighting at Skidd (east of Grodno) hung on much longer than seemed wise, and now the Russians are partially enveloped near Czuezin (east of Skidel). The troops at Vilna .also stood fast, although the Germans' were on the VllnaDvinsk railway, and the presence of part of Von Mackensen’s (?) army on the Dvina had been defected. It was expected that there would be a continuation of the orderly retreat, which has been th©_ despair of German Headquarters since their grand operations on the east front began, but the Russian front remained unchanged, and Hindenbnrg was given a chance, of which he boldly availed himself. The reason why the German cavalry were permitted to traverse the difficult lake district between Dvinsk and Vilna is unknown, _as this district is favorable for a defensive war. A few divisions might easily hold up four times their number, but from the moment the German cavalry advanced from the Kventa untH they swooped on the Russian main lines of Communication with Vilna they seem to have encountered but little resistance.” AERIAL ACTIVITY ON BOTH WINGS OF FRAN CO-BELGIAN FRONT. The High Commissioner reports, London, September 22 (4.45 p.m.) A number of the Allies’ aviators bombarded the enemy cantonments at Middlekirke, also a train between Bruges and Thouront. A group of eight aeroplanes effectively bombed the railway station at Conflans on the line from Verdun to Metz, ’ CLEVER WIRELESS RUSE. VON SPEB MISLED, FIJI VISIT ABANDONED. LONDON, September 22. (Received September 23, at 8.50 a.m.) < An incident is related that when the Scharhhorat and Gneisenau were cruising in the neighborhood of Fiji early in the war Sir EL B. Sweet Escort, Governor of Fiji, who is now in England, by a clever ruso prevented on attack. He sent ths, following wireless message:—“ Admiral Patey, H.M.A.S. Australia: Received message. Expect you in morning.” The German cruisers picked it up, and altered their course. Subsequently the letter of a German naval officer showed that this wireless message caused the cruisers to change their plans, thus sparing Suva from bombardment. MUNITION REQUIREMENTS. London ‘Time#* and Sydney Sun’ Service*. LONDON, September 22. Mr Herbert Samuel, M.P., addressing a meeting of workmen at the Coventry Ordnance Works, said the only thing to settle the war was found in the workshops. If all the skilled workers of Britain night and day unceasingly with all their energy, their efforts would still fall fat short .of oar needs. RAILWAY WORKSHOPS USES. BRISBANE, September 23. (Received September 23, at 8.15 a.m.) The Queensland Railway Commissioner haasubmirted a tenderfor the supply, of and

MANUFACTURERS’ RESOLUTIONS. SYDNEY, September 23. (Received September 23, at 8.15 a.m.) The annual meeting of the Associated Chambers af Manufacturers of Australia end ol sad National Service, and also advocated that no German goods be bought for ten years after the war. RETURNED WOUNDED FREMANTLE, September 23. (Received September 25, at 8.55 a.m.) A hospital ship with 400 wounded aboard has arrived. RUSSIA’S SOUTHERN FLANK. PETROGRAD, September 22. (Received September 23, at 10.50 a.m.) A communique states: We captured tbe forest (south-eastward of Lutsk, and dislodged the enemy from the bridgehead near Ivanie, on the Ikwa. We captured two villages westward of Krenenetz, taking numerous prisoners. VERY BELATED. LONDON, September 22. (Received September 23, at 10.50 a.m.) Mr M. Marks, the Sydney yachtsman, who is now in England, speaking of patrol work in the North Sea-, is of opinion that an opening exists for a naval volunteer reserve of competent yachtsmen and motorboat engineers, whose services would be of much value. He is communicating with the Admiralty on the subject. AERIAL RAIDS. , PARIS, September 22. (Received September 23, at 10.50 a.m.) A communique states that eight aviators effectively bombed the railway station at Conflans. NORTH SEA RISKS. LONDON, September 22. (Received September 25, at 11.25 a.m.) The Dutch steamer Koningin Emma has been mined. Her passengers and crew were saved. FOODSTUFFS SCARCE, DESPITE NAVY'S WORK. LONDON, September 22. (Received September 23, at 1 p.m.) Replying to questions as to the increase in the price of foodstuffs, Mr Walter Runcimaji said the Government had taken measures to obtain a good supply of meat from the Argentine and Australia., so as to secure the country against a dangerous shortage. During the course of next month the Board of Trade’s operation in food would amount to £50,000,000. They had not allowed the American Meat Trust to get all they asked for, or ship-owners to get all they wanted. Such was the French Government’s confidence in our conduct of the business that they (the French Government) had placed the whole matter in our Board of Trade’s hands. So far as the Board could ascertain, there had been no withholding of supplies. The price of wheat was now low, and would probably have gone lower still had the Dardanelles been opened. The abundant harvest in Britain would tend to keep prices down. BUDGET REACTION, LONDON, September 22. (Received September 23, at 10.60 a.m.) The_ Marquis of Crewe has decided to sell his Cheshire estates, including many farms. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. LONDON, September 22. (Received September 23, at 10.5 a.m.) In the House of Commons, Sir J. B. Lonsdale asked whether the Government intended taking the Dominions into their confidence regarding the war. Mr Bonar Law (Colonial Secretary) said : “We are in continual communication with the Governments of the self-governing Dominions on matters connected with, the war. If the Premiers are able to visit England the Government will welcome the opportunity for such a discussion as was held with Sir Robert Borden.” Mr L. Harcourt stated that the Government were effecting economies in the Office of Works representing £250,000 this year and £500,000 next year. WELL-MET ALLIES. LONDON, September 22. (Received September 25, at 10.5 a.m.) The Press Bureau states that a French official communique confirms the rumors that the Turks took advantage of their opportunity to completely destroy the Armenian nation. The Armenians were forced to evacuate all the towns and villages in Asia Minor, and were deported to Arabia and Mesopotamia. All the Armenians in Constantinople—lawyers, doctors, and professors—.were systematically exiled and their goods confiscated. Germany, although momentarily all-powerful in Turkey, had done nothing to prevent this. AMBULANCE MEN. The following Dunedin men left to-day with the ambulance draft for Palmerston. North.:— Benjamin Christie Ahernethy. James L. Fleming. Frederick Ernest Oration. Francis Coleman Greenslade. Stanley Hannon. Wilfred Nelson Isaac, ■- Emil Johannsen. Alexander Kirkland. Stanley Lawson. Thomas Niool Mitchell. Charles Henry Moral!. John M'Creary, William Ernest M ‘Kiniey, William Pattersoiu Arfcka ,H«ny Turner.