STOP PRESS ITEMS.

Evening Star, Issue 15928, 7 October 1915, Page 10

STOP PRESS ITEMS.

LATE WAR NEWS.

BULGARIA’S DECISION. (Extraordinary to Press Association.] Ts n i_„ ~ , PETROGRAD, October 6. tionsSi.^ USSian u]timMum is unsatisfactory, and relaTHE MYSTERIOUS MAVERICK; PACIFIC PLOT FRUSTRATED. {Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.) ~ , SAN FRANCISCO, October 6. Reports aruving fiom the Dutch East Indies indicate that the mysterious steamer Maverick has been apprehended there bv the agency of Dutch warships. She was found to be laden with guns, ammunition, "sections of submarines, and rifles, apparently intended for Gorman aggression in the Pacific. The Maverick departed from San Pedro, California, in April receiving clearance as usual. Apparently her cargo was not inspected' it is thought that the Germans in the United States planned to establish a 1 acific submarine base to operate against Russian or Australian steamers. AUSTRIAN SERMON CONCERNING GREECE'S NEUTRALITY. . , „ . ' . ~ . WASHINGTON, October 6. iiie Austro-Hungarian foreign Minister has issued a statement to the American Press pointing out that Britain and France, while protesting against Belgium s violated neutrality, did not hesitate when it suited their purpose to violate that of Greece. “ Perhaps the world will now see how httle worth there is to the smallest States in the phrases of the Entente Powers, THE MAORIS WIN WORLD-WIDE REPUTATION, . . , . , , SYDNEY October 7. A transport has landed 80 wounded soldiers, including 25 New Zealanders. One of the latter declared that the .Maoris made a grand showing. They landed at 2 o’clock on a morning in .hnic. went straight to the trenches, and held them till the August advance, when they made a worldwide reputation. All the wounded soldiers are talking about.the Maoris. Sapper J. Coyle, of Auckland, lost an eye and was wounded in four places by a bomb during the general charge at Quinn’s Post, In, some places the trenches are less than 15 yards apart.