FALL OF BUCHAREST.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 884, 9 December 1916, Page 9

FALL OF BUCHAREST.

j A GERMAN ACCOUNT. | TROOPS GLADLY WELCOMED. ll • i decorated with flowers. • | Reuter's Telegrams. I j AMSTERDAM, December k. A Berlin semi-official message, de- • scribing the fall of Bucharest, states ■ that Oencral von Mackensen sent a ■, parlementaire on Tuesday forenoon, ■ demanding the surrender of the I fortress within twenty-four hours, otherwise lie would open fire. The parlementaire was blindfolded ■ and conducted to the commandcr-in-chief, who refused to accept the letter, on the grounds that Bucharest ■ was in no wise a fortress, but an • open town. ‘1 ihe parlementaire swept aside the . evasion and returned on the following morning to the German lines. The account proceeds to describe (the occupation of the forts on the north front, where there was some infantry resistance. The fortress ! was occupied by the Danube troops on the south front The account declares that the • j troops w ere given an enthusiastic re- , iception in the city, and were decor- »| a led with Bowers. General von Mackensen proceeded • to the Royal Castle, where he was i greeted with bouquets. ARTILLERY SAVED. J ARMY STILL INTACT. Ausl-alian and S.Z. Cable Association. ROME, December 7. • Befrograd reports state that the j abandonment of Bucharest was de- ! laved as long as possible in order to j save the artillery and the supplies of j provisions and munitions. The Rumanian array is still conjsidered to be intact, and is retiring j to pre-arranged positions, where the i Russians arc concentrating. EFFECT ON GERMANY. BIG SUPPLIES OF FOOD. Renter's Telegramt. VANCOUVER, December 7. The “New York Tribune’s” special war correspondent, in describing the fall of Bucharest, says that Germany is weaker in military strength than before the invasion of Rumania, but the food problem is now less acute. There will be no peace before a year, and probably longer. KAISER JOYFUL. MACKENSEN CONGRATULATED. Australian and S.Z. Cable Association AMSTERDAM, December 7. There is jubilation throughout Austria and Germany. The Kaiser telegraphed his congratulations to General von Mackensen. ANARCHY AND PANIC. MANY PITIFUL SCENES. Australian and S.Z. Cable Association. NEW YORK, December 7. The United Press correspondent states that anarchy and panic have i been following upon the German adj vance in Rumania. Murder and (pillage, and every kind of lawlessness has been perpetrated by roving • bands of gypsies. Pitiful scenes in I the shape of desolated houses are | seen on every side, but the German army marches indifferently through The devastated areas without attemptj ing to stop the disorders or relieve [ the misery.