RUMANIA'S ENTRY.

North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13665, 6 September 1916, Page 3

RUMANIA'S ENTRY.

MESSAGE TO ENGLAND. THE COMMON CAUSE. RUMANIANS PROFOUNDLY STIRRED. (Australian and N.JS. Cablo Association.) Received September 5, at 7,30 p.m l . LONDON, September 3. M. Bratiann (Premier of Rumania) has telegraphed the following message to Mr Asquifh:— "It lias profoundly stirred all Rumanians to lie closely united around their beloved Sovereign, fighting for a just object whose attainment they have awaited generations. They, are happy and proud to find themselves comrades-in-arms with the great nation, ,-whicli was the first to give modern states an example of political liberty, and is now fighting for the freedom of nations."

THROUGH GERMAN EYES, BALKAN- OFFENSIVE DESCRIBED,(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association). /NEW YORK, September 4. It is-significant that. the. German censor has allowed the Berlin correspondent of the' New York Times to make unqualified admissions of the progress of the Allies. The correspondent says: Although Germany got over the attack of nerves following Ruma- . nia's entry into the war, the greater Balkan situation is absorbing the interest of Berlin, The Russian offensive on the south-east front has been resumed with-the obvious purpose of blocking Austro-Germau reserves, and it is admitted- that the Allies' move here is growing in intensity. The Rumanian armies have broken into Hungary'and continue to gain ground towards the Maros line, meeting with practically no resistance except on the s wings. The. Austro-Germans are offering a stubborn, resistance at the point where the Gyergyo Range joins the Carpathians, but the-Ens-so-Rumanian armies have jiinctioncil here.

RUMANIAN PROGRESS. HUNGARIANS ADMIT DEFEAT. (Australian and N. 15. Cable Association). BDCHABEST, -Spptomhcr 4. A comimniique says: We have captured the heights west of' Corsyck, in the region of Sekeli. The enemy attack on the whole of the Dobrudja fronties south of Bazargis was repulsed,. In the Hungarian Parliament, the Premier, Count Tisza admitted that hitherto there had been insufficient troops to check the Rumanians. THE DOBRUDJA CAMPAIGN. RUMANIANS RETIRING ON RUSSIANS. '(AustThllnn and N.Z.. Cable Assdmation.) Received September !5, at .10.25 p.m. ' LONDON-,- September 5. Rome reports that the Rumanians in the Dobrudja are falling back upon the Russians before a general Bulgar-Ger-man offensive towards Constanza. The Daily, Mail correspondent at Bucharest says: The .Russians in the Dobrudja are rapidly advancing, ("The Times" Service.) •LONDON, September 5, The Amsterdam correspondent of The Times says: The German press is giving prominence to the Dobrudja campaign which Marshal von Mackenseu commands because it may decide the Balkan issue.

ENEMY REPORTS, LOCAL SUCCESSES CLAIMED. . /Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) Received September 5, at 7.30 p.m. LONDON, September 5. A German- communique says: The Germans have advanced between the Danube and the Black Sea. Bulgarian cavalry drove back the Rumanian infantry in disorder. Received September 5, at 8.5 p.m. LONDON, September 5. An Austrian communique says: The situation on the Rumanian front is unchanged. Small local successes are attending the Russian fighting south-west-ward of the Fundul, Moldavian and Tartar passes. The region' is mostly disputed by means of counter-attacks, the enemy suffering'heavy losses... ECONOMIC EFFECT OF RUMANIA'P ENTRY. MORE MEATLESS DAYS IN AUSTRIA. ("The Times" Service.) AMSTERDAM,. September 4. The .Frankfurter'Zeitifng states that owing to the cessation of Rumanian exports to Austria-Hungary, the latter has prohibited brewing and increased I the number of meatless days.