RUMANIAN ULTIMATUM RECALLED

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VI, Issue 1736, 6 September 1919, Page 9

RUMANIAN ULTIMATUM RECALLED

ALLIES SEND SPECIAL MESSENGER IMPORTANCE OF THE CAPTURE OF KIEFF LORD FISHER RETURNS TO ATTACK ON ADMIRALTY The Allies have withdrawn the ultimatum to Rumania, but will send a warning by messenger of the Council’s determination to see its requests complied with. Mr Balfour has drafted a conciliatory Note to Rumania, requesting her to evacuate and cease further requisitions in Hungary. - It is expected that the capture of Kieff will mean the junction of the forces under General Denikin and General Fetlura. Lord Fisher has returned to his attack on the Admiralty, declaring that it concerned itself with matters of officers’ dress when vital considerations w§re demanding attention. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle defends General Gough, to whom, he says, the nation owes a debt of gratitude. Austria has been granted an extension of time for consideration of the Peace terms. A telegram from Brussels furnished dramatic evidence at the trial of Gaston Quien. M. Paderewski declares that Germany is seeking compensation in the east for her defeat in the west. AT.T.TRS WITHDRAW ULTIMATUM TO RUMANIA. A CLEAR WARNING TO BE SENT BY MESSENGER. 9 ' ‘ ■ ' ' By Cable—Press Association. — Copyright. (A & N.Z.) (Eec. September 6, 9.15 a.m.) PARIS, September 5. In view of Rumania’s explanation regarding faulty wireless, the Allied ultimatum has been withdrawn. The Supreme Council will send a messenger conveying a clear warning of the council’s determination to see its requests complied with. CONCILIATORY NOTE PROMISES EXPLANATIONS. (A- & N.Z.) (Bee. September 6, 9.5 a.m.) PAEIS, September 5 Mr Balfour drafted the latest conciliatory Note to Rumania. The Note states that the Conference is always happy to consider her faithful Ally, and hopes that she will not break away. Explanations will be given on any points causing uneasiness. ' !' The Note requests Rumania to evacuate and cease further ■: requisitions in Hungary. - RUMANIA DEFENDS COMMANDEERING OF SUPPLIES. (A. k N.Z.) (Bee. September 6, 9.15 a.m.) PAEIS, September 4. The Rumanian High Commissioner at Budapest defends Rumania’s action in commandeering supplies, which the enemy , stole during the invasion of Rumania. At that time the Bulgarians systematically pillaged the ' country and seized the best part of the rolling stock. (JUNCTION BETWEEN DENIKIN AND PETLURA. ; THE PROBABLE EFFECT OF THE CAPTURE OF KIEFF. ‘{A. & N.Z.) (Eec. September 6, 8.55 a.m.) LONDON, September 4. The War Office states that the capture of Kieff will doubtless ensure the long-looked-for junction between General Denikin and \ General Petlura. The capture was achieved in conjunction with a counterattack against the Bolshevik offensive north-eastward of Kharkoff. t LORD FISHER ATTACKS THE ADMIRALTY. L BRITISH FLEET WILL BE OBSOLETE IN FEW YEARS. jJA. & N.Z.) (Eec. September 6, 9.15 a.m.) LONDON,. September 5. Lord Fishe! - returns to the charge regarding the Admiralty’s jack of foresight. He says the Admiralty was busy formulating precise ■ regulations for officers’ dress when their hearts should have £ been filled with internal combustion engines. y Lord Fisher says he desires to repeat emphatically that the Fleet will be obsolete in a few years. CONAN DOYLE DEFENDS GENERAL GOUGH. | DECLARES HE WAS SACRIFICED WITHOUT INQUIRY. KA-& N.Z.) (Eec. September 6, 9.15 a.m.) ' LONDON, September 4. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, in his latest volume of war history, 1 defends General Gough, commander of the sth Army, who, he 3 says, was sacrificed without inquiry regarding the forces he had M to face or the method whereby he mitigated what might have been \ a crushing disaster. V Many in the best position to know affirm that nothing ; could militarily have been bettered. Gough left nothing undone. He was compelled to extend his front at the 1 1 express wish of the French, although the roads and bridges : were blown up. General Gough had no power to destroy * < the railway bridges, and his reserves were too far to the ; rear. Man power was the primary weakness. : The country owes a debt of gratitude to General Gough. / FaA he hesitated to withdraw his army, it might have been \ isolated and destroyed, and the whole war might well have [ taken a sinister turn. f AUSTRIA GIVEN AN EXTENSION OF TIME. , GREATER PERIOD ALLOWED TO "CONSIDER TERMS. jjA. k N.Z.) (Eec. September 6, 9.15 a.m.) PARIS, September 4. , The Supreme Council has extended the Austrian acceptance ■ period’until September 9. L; NO GERMAN TRADE UNDER MR HUGHES. ) ' AUSTRALIA MUST FIRST FIND ANOTHER LEADER. (Received September 6,10.45 a.m.) MELBOURNE, September 6. Mr W. M. Hughes, speaking at a welcome, said that, if » Australia wished to resume trade relations with Germany, qhft must find another leader.

DRAMATIC EVIDENCE AT TRIAL OF QUIEN. BRUSSELS TELEGRAM MAKES DAMNING REVELATION. (A. & N.Z.) (Eec. September 6, 9.15 a.m.) PARIS, September 4. There "was a dramatic episode at Quien’s trial. Quien’s counsel last week requested the production of evidence from Brussels, which, he declared, was favourable to Quien. The Court accordingly deferred the examination. A telegram from Brussels to-day states that, during the trials arising from Nurse Oavell’s arrest, Nurse Oavell’s betrayer was described in terms exactly fitting Quien. The latter protested that the betrayer was a German policeman resembling him like a brother. The Court was so astonished by the telegram that it decided to await the arrival of the documents. DEMAND THAT QUIEN BE CONDEMNED AS A SPY. , ,\ (A. & N.Z.) (Eec. September 6, 9.15 a.m.) PARIS, September 5. At the Quien court-martial the Government’s representative demands that the death sentence be passed on the prisoner, not as Nurse Cavell’s betrayer, but as a spy for the Germans. t POLAND AWAITING AMERICAN RATIFICATION. GERMAN INTRIGUERS URGING ON THE BOLSHEVIKS. (A. & N.Z.) (Eec. September 6, 9.15 a.m.) PARIS, September 4. M. Paderewski, speaking to an American interviewer, said that Germany, defeated in the west, was turning hogefully to the east, and urging the Bolsheviks on in every way to harass Poland. Poland has few supplies and little clothing, and until the United States ratifies the Treaty little can be done. GERMANY AND THE AUSTRIAN UNION. s WISHES TO ALLOW AUSTRIA TO JOIN SPONTANEOUSLY. (A. & N.Z.) (Eec. September 6, 9.15 a.m.) PARIS, September 5. The German reply £o the Allies’ ultimatum regardihg the clause in the German Constitution permitting Austrians to sit in the Reichstag, states that Germany has no intention of using force to modify the Austrian boundaries. Germany desires, however, to allow Austria to join Germany spontaneously. RUMANIAN OBJECTION TO AUSTRIAN TREATY. M. BRATIANO MAY APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE. (A. & N.Z.) (Eec. September 6, 9.15 a.m.) PARIS, September 4. The Bucharest correspondent of “Le Temps” states that the country is solidly behind M. Bra.tia.no, who intends to resign in order to appeal at the' ballot-box to the people regarding the clauses in the Austrian Treaty, referring to the protection of minorities by the League of Nations and the violation of national sovereign rights. DUTCH DETAIN BOATS SEIZED BY BELGIANS. RELEASE DEMANDED AND REPRISALS THREATENED. (A. & N.Z.) (Eec. September 6, 9.15 a.m.) BRUSSELS, September 4. The Dutch Government has detained river vessels and cargoes seized by the Belgians in the occupied zone, on the ground that they were stolen by the Germans. Holland requests Belgium to restore them, but Belgium demands the vessels ’ release, and threatens reprisals. REUTER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SCAPA COUP. ACTED WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF GERMAN AUTHORITIES. t (A. & N.Z.) (Eec. September 6, 9.50 a.m.) s PARIS, September 5. Germany has informed the Supreme Council that Admiral von Reuter was responsible for the sinking of the German fleet at Scapa Flow, and acted without the German civil or military authorities’ knowledge.