ROUMANIA AT WAR

Waikato Times, Volume 87, Issue 13271, 29 August 1916, Page 5

ROUMANIA AT WAR

WITH GERMANY AND AUSTRIA

BULGARIANS OCCUPY KAVALLA WAR DEMONSTRATIONS IN ITALY DEALING WITH SUBMARINES Silent British Navy 50 Germans Accounted For (High Commissioner's Cable.) LONDON, 3-15 p.m., Monday. A Berlin official message states that Roumania has declared war on Austria-Hungary.

SITUATION IN THE BALKANS ATTITUDE OF ROUMANIA. KING SIMMONS A CONFERENCE. .neuter's Telegrams.) deceived Allglisl 28, 8.3 [l.lll. BUCHAREST, August 28. U is authoritatively announced thai King I'Vrdinand lias summoned representative statesmen Io discuss Ihe siltialiun. A s.'iui-i.nicial statement which has lieen issued refers lo tin- excitement ,„„! uneasiness mi accotinl of which llk King has suiiinioiied a conference, including former Prime Ministers and political leaders. MM.- Filipesca, .lonescii ami Maivhil in were present, with foriuer I'ivsnlciils and Speakers. •11,,. Kin.ir deprecates Ihe newspaiiers for fresh atiilatioii or unwarranb'il coinnienls. ATHENS, August 28. Deiuoii.-lralions against Ihe Unitarian inv.;>i..n are ■■.purled fr Mitylene .111■ I Verria. BULGARIAN CAVALRY REGIMENT MUTINY AND ASSASSINATE GERMAN OFFICERS. SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN tiRKKK COMMANDS. ALLIES NO INTERESTS To DEFEND IN CENTRAL THESSALY. CREEK PROTESTS ACAINST IH'LCARIAN INVASION. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, August 28. A telegram from Alliens states lh.it a regiment of Bulgarian cavalry mutinied at L'skub. Two Cerman officers were found in the barracks assassinated. Tin 1 occupation of Demirbissar by the Bulgars has increased popular anger in Oreeee, and the patriotic iiiovenienl is spreading. A Salonika message slates thai the British repelled all Bulgarian counterattacks on the recently-captured positions near Doiran. ATHENS, August 28. Oeneral Moschopoulos lias been appointed Chief of the General Staff, replacing General Dotismans, who has ben granted leave of absence. Colonel Metaxas has been relieved of the post of Assistant Chief of ttie General Staff. The changes are highly important, as both were strongly pro-German. (Router's Telegrams.) Received Augusl 28, 8.3 p.m. ATHENS, August 28. The British, French and Russian Ministers visited the Premier, M. Zaiinis, and inquired how long Greece would passively countenance the Bulgarian advance. They added that the Entente had no military interest to defend Central Thessaly against the invaders, as then' was no risk of cutting off Salonika, which was supplied from the sea. THE BULGARIAN REPORT. ENGLISH DETACHMENT SAID TO BE CAPTURED. Received Augusl 28, 8.3 p.m. ROME, August 28. A Bulgarian communique states that we captured a village southward of oehrida. and took an English detachment, including the commander, prisoners. In the Vardar Valley, on our left wing we are debouching on Parnardogh. We have occupied the Aegian littoral. Russian seaplanes bombarded Varna, and ours twice successfully attacked a Russian cruising squadron. VARNA BOMBED. RUSSIAN SEAPLANES AT WORK. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received August 28, 8.5 p.m. PETROGRAD, August 28. A communique states that our seaplanes at Varna on the 25th bombed the port buildings and harbour, setting a ship and port works on Are.

BULGARS OCCUPY KAVALLA

THE FORTS HANDED OVER PRACTICALLY INTACT. BRITISH SQUADRON BOMBARDS THE FORTS. SERVIANS FIGHTING WITH SUCCESS. GREEKS SHAMEFULLY TREATED BY BULGARS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Receive August 28, 10.55 p.m. SALONIKA, August 28. The Bulgarians entered Kavalla on the 25tn\ All the forts except one were transferred to them, with the armament and munitions intact. - ATHENS, August 28. Unconfirmed reports state that the Bulgars operating in the Kavalla region are 70,000 strong. They are treating the Greek population shamefully, and are installing Bulgarian authorities. There are no Germans with the Bulgars. PARIS, August 28. An official message from Salonika states that two British monitors and one cruiser on the 25th bombarded the Kavalla forts occupied by the Bulgarians, f A cannonade rages on the Struma-Lake Doiran front. Five fierce Bulgarian attacks against Vetrenik, north-west of Kukufuz, ware shattered by the Serbian artillery. 1 DVo OmM l IHWJU uwyWHO