AN OMINOUS RUMOUR.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XL, Issue 11405, 23 October 1915, Page 5

AN OMINOUS RUMOUR.

I GREECE REJECTS BRITAIN’S OFFER : CYPRUS NOT SUFFICIENT. | . * Received Oct. 23, 10 a.m. London, Oct. 23. | The Times states that it is undorI stood in well informed circles that j Greece has rejected the Cyprus pro- | posal.

THE SERVIAN DEFENSIVE. ! DISASTROUS TO GERMANS. i BUT THEY STILL ADVANCE. i Bucharest, Oct. 23. ; The Serbians splendid counter- | attack southward of Pojarevatz in- ; fiicted on the enemy eight thousand casualties. The Germans fell hack , near Semcndria before violent Ser- ! vian onslaughts. A German division southward of Belgrade, marching towards Lesko- : vatz,was caught in the flank by Serbian artillery, losing one third of . their effectives. The Austro-German advance, nevertheless, continues. ! THE KAISER’S MOVEMENTS. A SLINKING MURDERER. j MOVES ABOUT IN SECRET. ■ Amsterdam. Oct. 22. ‘ The Kaiser visited Ostend last I week with Prince Eitel and General | Palkenhayn. Later they returned ! to the headquarters in Luxembourg. I Special measures against aeroplanes I were taken and the visit was | shrouded in the deepest secrecy. It | was not expected even by the highI est officers,.

! CHILDISH GERMAN PROTEST.

OBJECTS TO SUBMARINE NETTING.

ALSO SINKING BY LARGE

VESSELS,

Received October 23, 10,30 a.m, Paris, October 22.

The newspaper Liberte reports that a German protest aganist netting submarines has reached the Italian Government from a neutral source. Germany has also protested against sending out large vessels to sink submarines.

YOILENT GERMAN BOMBARDMENT.

! AN EFFECTIVE REPLY,

| FRENCH REPEL ATTACKS

Paris, October 32

A communique states that the German bombardment continues very violently westwards of Tahure and eastward of the Butte Mesnl and Vile Sur Tourbe district. We everywhere repulsed attacks by a repressive fire which was clearly very effective aganst batteries . and trenches.

An explosion of a French mine in the Argonne destroyed an enemy post.

DASTARDLY GERMAN THREAT.

MORE FRIGHTPULNESS CON.

TEMPLATED,

Petrograd, Oct, 32

The Germans informed the people of Mitau that unless Riga is captured they will raze all the towns and villages in their line of retreat.