IN THE BALKANS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17199, 20 June 1916, Page 7

IN THE BALKANS.

GREEK SITUATION. MINISTER SAYS GOVERNMENT IS STRONG. By Telegraph- -Frets Association—Copyright. (Received June 19, 9 p.m.) LONDON, June 19. The "Daily Mail" Athens correspondent says that M. Rallis, Minister of Justice, states that the Government is strong in the King's and the Chamber's confidence and has no intention of yielding to the Allies' pressure.

SERBIA’S MISERY.

FAMINE AND DISEASE. (Received June 19, 9 p.m.) PARIS, June 19. Private advices of the internal con-

a terrible famine and that disease ift rife. Thousands of women await the bread boats from Semlin,. but Austrians purchase the cargoes and . resell them at 100., per cent profit. Cholera and diphtheria are raging in Belgrade, where the dead are buried in huge trenches.