THE BALKAN TANGLE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 10164, 1 September 1915, Page 5

THE BALKAN TANGLE.

DIPLOMATIC STRUGGLE AT ITS HEIGHT. GERMANY AFRAID OF ROUMANIAN SPHINX (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) Received September 1, 9.0 am. LONDON, Aug. 31. The Times' correspondent in the Balkans says the diplomatic conflict, in the Balkans lias reached its height. The advent of M. Vcnizelos to power may turn the scale in the direction of conciliation. It is re])orted he favours arrangement by negotiation between the three States concerned, but the exigencies of the situation hardly allow time for discussion, which, in any case, seems to offer little prospect of success. The ultimate settlement must inevitably be imposed by the Entente Powers, if not now at the close of the war. Information from a trustworthy source states that 200,000 have arrived at Brasso, near the Roumanian frontier. Detachments have taken up their positions in the mountains, also in the district of Fagrash. The Voissicho Zeitung is pessimistic concerning Roumania. It says: "Germany expects the unscrupulous Roumanian sphinx to show its claws at the beginning of September."

Received September 1. 8.30 a.m. ROME, Aug. 31. The newspapers deny the alleged Tin coBulgarian protocol. The Germans are spreading the report of an agreement hoping to avert Roumanian intervention. There are indications that Serbia has sent confidential replies to the Allies, who negotiated with a view to obtaining further concessions. The uncertainty of Bulgaria's policy is attributed to Serbia and Greece's hesitating attitude, also to the revolution which is eonsidcrcd imminent in Turkev