SALONIKA

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIX, Issue XLIX, 3 January 1916, Page 5

SALONIKA

' LENGTHY STEGE WARFARE IN PROSPECT. : . ' SALONIKA, Dec. 31. It is believed that the Anstrians have abandoned the aggressive and are digging in. TheTe are indications of lengthy trench warfare round Salonika. Aeroplane observers Teport that the. Austro : Germa!ns have begun a general withdrawal from the entire Macedonian front. .This is due to Russia's new advance In Bessarabia. ENEMY CONSULS ARRESTED.' AUSTRO-GERMAN PROTEST TO * GREECE. ATHENS. Jan. 1. The Austrian. German, Turkish and Bulgarian consuls at Salonika were arrestee! and transferred to warships. , • The Central Powers presented a' defha rich regarding the arrest of the consuls. ,M. Skouloudis replied that Greece had already lodged protests at" London,' Paris and Salonika. , - " General Sarrail arrested the consuls in consequence of a Taid by Austro-Ger-mau aeroplanes, killing and wounding several Greeks. VARIOUS OPINIONS EXPRESSED. .(Rec. Jan. 3, 12.55 p.m.) SALONIKA, Jan. 2. Enemy Consul suites, numbering 51, have been sent oa steamer to an unknown destination. General Sarrjl dechrres that he acted after full and carried it out as an act of war. Greece, in addition to her protest, has asked for the .return of the consular archives. Some newspapers denounce the step as a violation of Greece's/sovereign, right. The Entente, press justify it as a reply fto aeroplanes bombarding neutral unfortified towns. v The Allies, continue to guard the consulates. '