WAR NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11752, 9 December 1916, Page 6

WAR NEWS.

JtUSSIANS ENTRENCHING. (Received Friday, 9 a.m.) LONDON, Thursday. The Russians have ceased their offensive/" in the Dobrudja, and are deeply entrenching.. GREEK OUTRAGES. 'lieuter's Telegram .* (Received Friday, 10.20 a.m.) LONDON, Thursday. Information has been received of a dastardly attack on the septuagenarian Mayor of Athens. His house was fired on from the residence of Prince Ypsilanti, Master of the King's Horse. The Princess, who is a Aimgarian, was seen encouraging the soldiers. The house was broken into and the Mayor spat upon and' wounded with a bayonet. He was then beaten frith a rifle butt. His beard was partly torn out, and ho was out, into the street. The Princess stood at a window, clapping her hands. The Mayor was then taken off for examination. Shocking accounts are also coming to hand concerning the condition and treatment of General Oorakas, who is described as resembling a corpse. IN THE BALKANS. (Australian-N.Z. Cable Association., (Received Friday, 9 a.m.) LONDON, Thursday. The "Daily Telegrapii's" Salonika correspondent states that, pursuing their advantage north oi Unmista, the Servans crossed the river Grazeshvitaza, though the weather was most unfavourable.' The Servians did not cease active operations for a single day. After attacks extending Over six days and nights, a final desperate'assault carried the whole of a "series of strongly fortified heights. The Bulgars and Germans fled in disorder, leaving seven guns and many prisoners The total guns captured was '79.'

ALLIES' DIFFICULT TASK. (Received Friday, 9 a.m.) LONDON, Thursday. Mr Ward Price, the war correspondent, says that it must be remembered that the Allies in the Balkans are holding a froilt 250 miles long and more difficult than any other theatre of war. ) Tho Allied offensive is being carried out by forces much inferior to those of the enemy..; , A RUSSIAN SUCCESS. s (Received Fridav, 11.5 a.m.) • * LONDON, Thursday. It is believed that the Rumanian retreat from Wallachia was due to the fact that the transport of Russians from Moldavia to Wallachia was impossible to undertake owing to the congestion on the Bucliarest-Jassy railway, cons?qucnt o:i tVj evacuation of Bucharest. It is-understood that successive Rumanian lines of defence have been prepared between the river Buzeu and the town of Jalo'sista. 1 The , Russians are attacking '•»( sfc vigorously in Moldavia, and have < r ptured the enemy's first, tine, ton -s from the Gyimes Pass. . THE KAISER". 4usi r ""''nr> nrx-l V.7 Cnf>'r> /\<ser)rfntion i (Received Friday. 11.5 a.m.) - AMSTERDAM, Thursday. The Kaiser telegraphed io the* Km- ! press: "Bucharest has been cantui'ed. That magnificent 'success, on the.'vnv to complete victory, was £a T iied ,$r ood-s grace,"

P3LISH DEPORTATIONS. , - (Received Friday, 11.5 a.m.) NEW YORK, Thursday. The New York "Times" 'Paris corresopnd«Tit ha-« obtained the Polish Deputy's snee--h at a secret session of lhe Reichstag, and published jn the Polish newspapers. The Deputy, Tronpczvnski, averted that t l '" Poles h*id deriorted like the Belgians on August Ist. . He. said that 25,000 Poles are woik ing in Germany. They were enticed there bv contracts, and then were net

• allowed to return. Many uue Jorcibly transported to Germany, ihe employers paying them what th-jy please. Many Poles were whipped until they signed renewals of their ' - ntracts. The frontier scntrie s :hot several who were attemping to escape.

GERMAN PIRACY. (Australia N.Z. Cahle AssociationJ (Received Friday, 10,100 a ji; .) AMSTERDAM, Thiusday. Reliably informed Germans state that Germany intends • >o conduct a most ruthless submarine varnpaign on January Ist. Already Germany has intimated the same to neutral Governments, inviting them to make concessions to Germany in order to obtain comparative immunity. AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY. (Received Fridaj-, 11.20 a.m.) NEW YORK, Thursday. Germany's reply regarding the Arabia has been issued, and gives extraordinary reasons for the deed. The commander mistook the Arabia for a transport because it was not painted a light colour like other P. and O. steamers, and was not travelling the regular route. Several similar steamers were passed by the submarine on the same unusual course. Many Chinese and other coloured persons were visible aboard the Arabia corresponding t" "v'v-i.—->icn and soldiers." The captai: m" ill" submarine did not see wome-i :<i,<] children; therefore he (•oiicliid-'d <bat the Arbia was a transport and attacked it without delay.