POSITION IN GREECE

Waikato Times, Volume 87, Issue 13269, 26 August 1916, Page 5

POSITION IN GREECE

POPULACE FAVOUR ENTENTE Bulgaria Seeking Peace ADVANCE ON SOfflfflE AND MEUSE i THE MYSTERIOUS BREMEN Reported Capture in English Channel RUSSIANS RESUME OFFENSIVE MUSH CAPTURED By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright. OPERATIONS IN THE BALKANS GREEKS DEMAND WAR AGAINST THE BULGARIANS. BULGARIA ANXIOUS FUR A SEPARATE PEACE. FACED WITH STARVATION AND UNABLE TO ADVANCE.

OPERATIONS ENTIRELY FABOURABLE TO THE ALLIES. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) PARIS, .August 25. A correspondent says that Tuesday's operations were entirely favourable to the Allies, fn the centre the French and British maintained and consolidated all the positions they had won between Beles Mountains, east of Lake lniiran, and on the Moglena River, parallel to the west of the Vardar. Further lo the left the Serbians made increased progress on the wooded slopes of Kukuroff, north of Strubino, thus nearing one of the rare passes crossing the Moglena Mountain chain, and finally on our extreme wings the Bulgarian double offensive towards Lake Ostrovo, to the westward and on the Struma River to the eastward is now completely mastered. We can therefore conlidently await further operations. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) ATHENS, August 25. As the outcome of the lighting at Seres, a great meeting at Alliens passed a resolution declaring that the Greek people should rise in arms against their hereditary enemy. LONDON, August 25. Wireless reports from Petrograd slate that Bulgaria is about lo sue for a separate, peace, if the, request has not been sent already. Bulgarian newspapers are unanimous in stating that export of foodstuffs lo Germany ought to be. stopped, otherwise Bulgaria will he faced with starvation. The Bulgarian offensive is at a standstill, and the only result of the advance hitherto is the occupation of Greek territory where no Allied troops were stationed.

AMSTERDAM, August 25

A Bulgarian communique says: "We captured several positions south of Fiorina, and completely cleared the enemy from the left bank of the Struma. We buried five hundred of the enemy." Received August 25, 8 p.m. ATHENS, August 25. As the outcome of demonstrations at Salonika 600 Greeks enlisted with the Allies. It is reported that Bulgarians captured the 18th Greek Infantry Regiment at Demirhissar. ANXIETY IN GREECE. M. VENEZELOS' VIEW—SAFEFTY WITH THE ALLIES. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) ATHENS, August 25. A Greek volunteer corps left Salonika yesterday. Colonel Christodoulos hopes that in a few days he will be able to command 25,000 men. One hundred and fifty presidents and members of workmen's corporations waited upon M. Venezelos to-day and asked him what ought to be done in the present emergency. M. Venezelos replied: "I am unable to draw up a programme at present, but our safety lies in taking refuge in the arms of the Entente. Let us organise a manifestation." A committee was appointed to arrange a manifestation. ROUMANIAN WAR PARTY BECOMING STRONGER. REPORTED DEFINITE AGREEMENT WITH RUSSIA. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, August 25. The Buda Pesth correspondent of the Morning Post quotes from a Bucharest correspondent who states that it is rumoured that Russian forces are concentrated on the Besskrabian Roumanian front, on the Russian bank of the Danube, for the twofold purpose of entering Bulgaria by the Dobrudja and of entering Hungary by going across Moldavia, both of which are portions of Roumania. It is stated that the Roumanian war party is becoming stronger The Premier is credited with having made a definite agreement with Russia as to conditions of intervention. A Buda Pesth newspaper says: "Hitherto we have fought as a chivalrous partner of another nation, but ilf Roumania enters the war we will supplement our chivalry with hatred, and fight for our blood-soaked county against a pirate enemy."