AFFAIRS IN THE BALKANS

Waikato Times, Volume 87, Issue 13270, 28 August 1916, Page 5

AFFAIRS IN THE BALKANS

GERMANY'S WANING HOPE OF ROUMANiA'S ASSISTANCE. CnKKK tin VKRXMKXT V :KX< JWLEDGEri ITS IMPOTENCE. iU Li :.\i;IANS YIELD (iIIOIND IX THE MOGLENA .MOUNTAINS. "* I (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) AMSTERDAM, August 26. The Cologne Gazette, discussing Roumania's attitude, says that the Central Powers were able to hope for Roumania's assistance when they were confident of victory, hut now there is no longer anything to hope from Roumania. ROME, August 2G. Greece, to the Greek generals' refusal to evacuate the forts in Eastern Macedonia, has informed Germany that the Government is no longer master of the situation, and Germany ordered the Bulgarians to discontinue their advance and evacuate the territories occupied. AUSTRIAN MUNITIONS FOR THE BULGARS. i . LONDON, August 26. The Daily jMail's Odessa correspondent reports that Austrian ammunition is daily arriving- at Orsova, in Serbia, just above the Iron Gate, on barges on the Danube, and. is being conveyed to Bulgarian ports. Two German generals arrived in O/sojva 'and are inspecting the defences of the Roumanian frontier. Germany has niade urgent offers to purchase a portion of the new Roumanian harvest. 1 , (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) I Received August 27, 5.5 p.m. ( SALONIKA, August 26. The latest *iews from the front is meagre, but indicates that the position on our right wing is practically stationary. The Serbians continue the struggle successfully on the left wing. The Bulgarians in the Moglena Mountains yielded everywhere, but are still attacking south-east of Fiorina, where they are j suffering heavy losses. /