THE BALKANS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 456, 27 July 1915, Page 8

THE BALKANS.

"ALLIED VICTORY CERTAIN." RUMANIAN STATESMAN'S VIEW. PARIS, July 26. "Le Temps" publishes an interview with M. Take Jonescu, the Rumanian statesman. He said an Allied victory was certain. Russia and England were geographically invincible, and the French Army was superior to the German if numerically equal to it. Italy was proving herself a nation that could accomplish miracles when fighting in a wise and popular cause. A great Allied victory was desirable to counteract the effect of the Galician campaign, and appeal to the imagination of the neutrals. Such victory was only obtainable now in the Dardanelles. Rumania would contribute to the final victory, even at a cost of great sacrifices. TURKEY AND BULGARIA. A CONVENTION SIGNED. LONDON, July 26. A Convention has been signed at Constantinople, ceding the Turkish portion of Dedeagatch to Bulgaria. The Sofia correspondent of "The Times" says it is understood that the Turko-Bulgarian Treaty concerns the Dedeagatch railway, and does not apply to any engagenient of a political character. Bulgaria does not bind herself to remain neutral or to permit the passage of contraband to Turkey. Bulgaria obtains the whole extent of the line traversing Turkish territory, and Bulgaria's frontier coincides with the course of the Maritza. All territory to the west becomes Bulgarian. The correspondent adds that it is unlikely that Turkey has made these concessions without some political quid pro quo. COPENHAGEN, July 26. A Bulgarian representative has arrived in Berlin, and is negotiating for a loan.