RUMANIA'S ATTITUDE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16546, 20 November 1915, Page 7

RUMANIA'S ATTITUDE.

j A RUSSIAN ASSURANCE. ROME, November 18. II Secolo's Bucharest correspondent says that an excellent impTession has been created in Rumania by M. Sazonoff's (Russian Foreign Minister) declaration that Russia has never faced the possibility of a Russian army traversing more than a small part of Rumanian territory without the Rumanian Government's consent. RUMANIA'S NEUTRALITY. PRO-ALLIES DEMONSTRATIONS. (Times and Sydney Snn Services.) LONDON, November 18. The Paris press quotes the Rumanian Minister of the Interior (M. Mortzun) as saying: "I am opposed to intervention on the plea of mere love of Latin civilisation, without taking account of the possible results. We -will act in accordance with our own interest at the opportune moment." Tumultuous demonstrations in favour of the Allies occurred at Galatz '(.on the Danube, on the Rumanian-Bessarabian frontier). The windows of Germanophile newspapers were smashed, and 17 arrests followed. M. Bratiano, Premier, told the Deputies that he wished to continue Rumania's neutrality, and he had no desire to coerce M. Fili'pisco and other opponents THE BULGARS DECEIVED. (Times and Rvrlnov Sun LONDON, November 18 (Received Nov. 19, at 5.35 p.m.) The Times correspondent says: "Bulgarian escapees state that the Bulgars think they are fighting the Germans."

MONASTIR ENDANGERED. BULGARIAN ADVANCE GUARDS' REACH THE TOWN. PITEOUS APPEALS~OF THE GARRISON. ATHENS, November 19 (Received Nov. 19, at 11.30 p.m.) The Monastir railway station and roads are crowded with refugees hurrying towards Greece. The Serbian garrison has been reduced to a few thousands, and they are without munitions, without bread, and starving. The commandant sent two officers to Salonika with a piteous appeal for help. The Serbian force at Monastir is cut off from communication with the north, the Bulgarians having reached Albania, The Serbians at Babuna Pass, finding themselves unable to detach men to check the Bulgarian enveloping movement, were forced to retire. The evacuation was carried out without the loss of a single man. The disembarkation of the second portion of the Allies' troons is completed. 5 ROME, November 19. (Received Nov. 19, at 11.30 p.m.) The Tribuna's Salonika correspondent states that the Bulgarian advance guards have reached Monastir. FRENCH POSITIONS HELD. PARIS, November 19. (Received Nov. 20, at 0.15 a.m.) A communique states: All our positions on the Cerna and at Stardar and Kosturino are maintained.