THE NEUTRALS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 364, 10 April 1915, Page 9

THE NEUTRALS.

ANGLO-AMERICAN TRADE. TROUBLEP CHAPTER OF RELATIONS. "Times" and "Sydney Sun" Services. (Received April 10, 8 a.m.) LONDON", April 9. ' * The Times's' ' Washington corre-

sppndent is.no>-in Britain's power to finish the troubled cluster of Anglo-American trade relations. She must theoretically, but not in fact, give up the right of arbitrarily interfering with neutral shipments suspected of eventually being destined . for the enemy. He adds: The feeling against Germany was never more bitter in America. BULGARIA AND RUSSIA. RAILWAY DELEGATES ARRIVE. (Received April 10, 10 a.m.) ROME, April 9. : A Sofia message states that two Russian delegates have arrived-to conclude arrangements with the Bulgarian railroad authorities for direct communica! tion between Russia and Salonika; ITALIAN FLEET MOVES. A MYSTERIOUS MISSION.

LONDON, April 9; ■' -A Rome' message reecived'ln 1 Paris states that warships of the Italian fleet departed suddenly from Spezzia and Magdalena, and concentrated at Augusta and Taranto. The ships are within a few hours' steam of the Adriatic, but their future movements are veiled in absolute, secrecy. Only the King and -two high officials are acquainted with the plans. : [Taranto is an Italian naval base at the northern end of the Gulf of Tarr anto, which is separated from the Adriatic by the ' 'heel"of Italy. Augusta is a port on the east coast of TSicilyi]

THE BULGARIAN RAID. ENGINEERED BY GERMANY. :. LONDON, April 9. The " Daily Mail's" Salonika correspondent, who has returned from . the scene of the incursion of the Bulgarian irregulars, believes, that the attack was part of the Germans' general war scheme. About 3000 irregulars surrounded a group of Servian soldiers sheltering in a hut near Strumnitza station. The Bulgarians fired the hut, and.as the men attempted to escape they were bayoneted, and driven back into the flames. The upper portions of their bodies; were gashed with numerous bayonet thrusts and the lower parts were roasted away. Eight hundred irregulars; rushed the village of Valanbovo and killed 99 out of 100. The troops then came into conflict with a Servian regiment, and there was a fierce hand-to-hand fight. The Servians declared that they heard orders given in German. After a four hours' fight the Bulgarian irregulars fled. It is believed that they lost 500 men, and that the Servians lost 227. PAEIS, April 9. "Le Temps" quotes a statement made in the "Giornale d'ltalia" alleging that M. Ghennadieff, an ex-Bulgar-

ian Minister, during his l-ecent visits to foreign countries, was the tool of Austria. It also alleges that M. Ghennadieff was the principal organiser of: a plot to place bombs in the Casino at ; Sofia in order to compromise the Sei> Ivians. AMERICAN MUNITIONS. GERMANS' WILD SUGGESTIONS LONDON, April 9. The '' Cologne Gazette'' publishes articles entitled:—"America : What Will It Cost?" suggesting that if nothing will induce America to stop supplying munitions to the Allies, the Germans might be willing to buy off American cash with a "billion or two", of what she is making out of this ''unholy traffic", in German and Austrian, lives. .