IMPORTANCE OF ROUMANIA.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 11697, 17 October 1916, Page 5

IMPORTANCE OF ROUMANIA.

GREAT STORES OF OILAND WHEAT' ALLIES MUST MOVE QUICKLY. Times. Received Oct. 17, 11.15 a.m. London. Oct. 16. Mr Washburn, at the Roumanian Headquarters, stales that- Roumanian position is extraordinarily important to the Allied cause. German occupation ‘would give them valuable oil fields and wheat fields, nullifying the effects of the blockade and greatly prolonging the war The German staff is making extraordinary efforts to strike a decisive blow, crush Roumania, and thus restore waning prestige. The number of attacking troops is speculative. but cold permits of withdrawals from tiie north-east front.