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Taranaki Daily News, 15 February 1916, Page 5

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OFFENSIVE DELAYED. ■ OWING TO BAD WEATHER. % Paris, Feb. 13. The Journal's Salonika correspondent says it is difficult to anticipate any serious military event during the rainy season, which is jusi; commencing and will probably last till the middle of March. It will also be necessary to act promptly, before the hot unhealthy season sets in over the Macedonian marshes. This lasts from May to September. It is untrue that the Germans have abandoned the offensive at Salonika, but their success is hopeless. The Serbians have responded with numbers that surpass the most sangnine hopes.

TROUBLE AT MONASTIR. NEUTRAL CONSULS EXPELLED. London, Feb. 13. Router's Salonika correspondent says that the Germans have expelled the Greek and Roumanian consuls from Monastir, fearing they might learn the Austro-German plans in that region. The Roumanian consul declares that the Bulgarians are terrorising the Greeks at Monastir and are ill-using the women. BULGARIA 'WANTS PEACE. Athens, Feb. 13. The statement is confirmed that Bulgaria has made overtures to the Entente for a separate peace. CONQUEST OF MONTENEGRO. ONLY ONE-THIRD OCCUPIED. | Copenhagen, Feb. 13. General von Koevess states that he has great difficulty in the pursuit of the Montenegrins in the mountains. Only one-third of Montenegro is occupied, and only one-tenth of the rifles have been captured. The prisoners-of-war do not exceed four thousand. SERBIAN REFUGEES IN FRANCE. Paris. Feb. 13. A hundred members of the Serbian Parliament have arrived at Nice, ROUMANIAN DREAMS. THE KAISER'S THREAT. Received Feb. 14, 11,36 p.m. Rome, Feb. i 4. II Secolo's Bucharest correspondent states that diplomatists have received information that the Kaiser, when replying to the King of Bulgaria's questions regarding Roumania, remarked that if the latter disbelieves the fate of Belgium, because Belgium is distant, he hspea she will not be blinded to the spectacle of Serbia, and, if that does not waken her from her dreams, the Austro-Germans, Bulgars, and Turks' l have sufficient troops to throw across) the Danube towards Bucharest.

It is understood that the Bulgariana. and Germans are anxious to clearly ascertain Roumania's final attitude before attacking Salonika.