BRITISH SUBMARINES ACTIVE.

Wanganui Herald, Volume L, Issue 14698, 1 September 1915, Page 5

BRITISH SUBMARINES ACTIVE.

BRIDGE NEAR CONSTANTINOPE DAMAGED. By Electric Telegraph,—Copyright. Received September 1, 9.45 a.m. ’ ’ LONDON, August 31. , The Athens correspondent of the Ex change says that a submarine blew up a- portion of the Galata bridge at Constantinople. , ARTILLERY ACTION AT SEDDUL BAHR Received September 1, 11.25 ji.ni. '' - CONSTANTINOPLE, August 31. Official.—Our artillery on the left wing at Seddul Bahr destroyed an enemy position.

THE BALKANS PROBLEM . DIPLOMTIC CONFLICT AT ITS HEIGHT. LONDON. August 31. The Times’ correspondent in the Balkans says that the diplomatic conflict in the Balkans has reached its height. The advent of M. Venizelos to power may turn the scale in the direction of con-; filiation. It is reported that ho favours an arrangement by negotiation between the three States concerned, but the exigency of the situation Will hardly allow time for discussion, which in any case seems to offer little prospect of success. The ultimate settlement must inevitably be :Vnposcd by the Entente Powers, if not now, at the close of the war.—(Times and Sydney Sun Services.) ITALIAN VIEW OF SITUATION. Received September 1, 8.15 a.m. ' ROME, August 31. The newspapers deny the aliened Turco-Bulgarian protocol, and declare that the Germans are spreading the report of an agreement, hoping to avert Roumanian intervention. There are indications that Servia has sent confidential replies to the Allies, who negotiated with a view to obtaining further concessions. The uncertainty as to Bulgaria’s policy is attributed to Serbia; and Greece’s hesitating attitude, also to the revolution which is considered imminent in Turkey. ITALIAN SUCCESSES. AUSTRIANS DRIVEN FROM TRENCHES. ROME, August 31. A .communique states; Despite heavy artillery fire we ousted the enemy and occupied the summit of Cista, ’ 2185' metres, in the Val Sugana. We ejected the enemy from some trenches at Carso which were full of corpses. . Our aeroplanes successfully bombed the station at Vogersko, encampments at Kosta.nge.vica, and ammunition depots at Serena. " ■ ALLIED AIRMEN BUSY. RAID ON GHENT. Received September 1, 10 a.m. AMSTERDAM, August 31. Allied aeroplanes destroyed, a large hangar at Ghent. ' DISEASE IN SERVIA. FIGHT AGAINST TYPHUS. CONTINUED HELP NEEDED. The value of the work whicii the British and other foreign doctors and nurse? have done in Servia can hardly bo over estimated, declares the special correspondent of the London Times, writing from Salonika. In the whole country at the outbreak of t’nc war there were fewes than 490 Servian doctors. The mortality among them lias been so great thatnov there are believed to bo only 230. No thing could exceed the devotion with" which these Servian doctors worked, niu still work; but t’uerc arc not enough of them for the army alone, so that, the civil population has been almost entirely with out medical help or sanitary advice. Ex cept in a very few towns, it is diffcuP to say that there was anything to which the term sanitation could be applied; and when the enideniics of typhus and typhoid broke out there was neither barrier nor in the multitude, any thought that a barrier was possible to their spread. THE SCOURGE OF THE SCOURGE. Typhus has now been reduced to such comparatively trivial proportions that one almost begins to speak of it in the past tense, though there will be many thousands of edaths from it yet. If we place the total number during the winter and •spring at 200,000, we shall probably b< well under the mark, continues the cor respondent. “The chief, perhaps the only, medium of communication of typhiu is lice. The centres from which the,.epidemic started were the array and the Austrian prisoners, of whom it must be remembered that Servia took the amazing number of 70,000. From these twr prime sources the scourge spread to all classes of the population.”

ANOTHER ACCIDENT TO QARPENTIER. A BROKEN THIGH. Received September 1( 9.50 a.m. PARIS, August 31. Oarpentier has again met‘with an accident. When landing from an aeroplane he fractured a thigh. Some time ago the famous French boxer broke an ankle through a ; similar accident. . ■ ’ • ROLL OF HONOUR. Trooper ffm. R. McWilliams, of the Wellington Mounted Regiment, who is among the latest wounded at the: Dardanelles, is a well-known farmer :of this district, his place being the well-known “Netherdale,” No. 2 Line. His many friends will hope to hear of his speedy convalescence. ? Mrs N. Connell, Ingestre Street, has been advised by. the Defence Minister that her eldest son,. Private Christopher William Connell, who went to Egypt with the Main Expeditionary Forces, is slightly sick, and disembarked at Malta from the Hospital Ship Stonus on August 14th. .Another son (the youngest)■ of Mrs Connell’s is in cam p : fit Trentbam!■ Both lads will have extended to them the best wishes of the community; '•

EMERGENCY TIDED OVER. The correspondent says that for the mo ment there is need of no more British nurses or hospital units, unless for certain specific purposes, in Servia. This situation mav change at almost any minute. Renewed’ figuring may produce great quantities of newly-wounded men, oi. cholera (or anything else) may break out. For the present.'-then,' those who are idle in Servia are but remaining idle 1 ready for an emergency. For a long time there will be sore need of funds. The Servian Red Cross , itself: is in straits for ready money! Distress -in many parts of the' country is great, though it is difficult tc determine how bad it is at any one point even with expert investigating officers on the snot. ! Though, therefore, fighting is for the moment stilled, and disease checked, sc that nurses and bo=mtals are idl", let nr one suppose that Servia’s needs have been met. They have hardly yet beei touched. O'dv the immediate emem-encr has been tided over. There is still an urgent call for all the generosity that the British public can show.