St. John's Daily Star, 1916-08-28

              the st john's daily star newfound land volume 11 3.00 per annum monday august 28,1916 v price one cent no roumania enters war against austrians report from berlin roumania has entered the war on the side of the entente allies brrlin august 28 rumania declared war on austria-hun gary on sunday evening ii is announced official ly the announcement is as follows the rumanian gov ernment yesterday even declared war on aus tria hungary the fed eral omlcil has been convoked for an immedi ate sitting the ' motive which prompts rumania to ent t the war is the satisfac tion of her national aspi ration described by take jonecue rumanian lib eral leader as the poli cy of national instinct ( oin-isely this means national expansion in the southern half of buk owi.fta t he austrian j crown land ' rumanians are the dominant race the mas of the people of eastern transylvania a part of hun ga i y i s run 1 anian i>v race and 1 angua ge it is said 4,000,000 rumani live iii transylvania rumania l*as beencredit edwi'thjfa long cherished ambitit&i to annex these provinces and at the same time liberate tl rumanians now undei austrian domination it recently was report ed that russia had of fered czerno\yitz to ru mania as a reward if she would unite with the en tente allies rumania also covets bessarabia the extreme south western province of russia on the black sea which was taken from her hy the berlin treaty of 1878 . m ut , „,„..„ __ _._ copyright underwood d underwood n v 7 the ruins of verdun / fter five months shell-fii e photographed vrot 7 french aeroplane the cathedral has been pierced many times and scarcely another building in the city remains intact british repulse heavy attack and make further gains toward thiep val capiuring 400 yards of enemy trenches ondon august 27.—heavy attacks made by the prussian guard against the british positions near thiepval en the somme front were repulsed by the worcestershire and wiltshire regi ments it was officially announced this afternoon further progress by the british in their attacks on thiepval was also re ported ground being gained on both sides of mouqiiet farm notably to the southwest where four hundred yards of german trenches along the courcel lette-thiepval road were captured the official statement was as follows the enemy bombarded our first line of trenches along the greater portion of our front south of the ancre at various times from seven o'clock last night until early this morning cover ed by artillery fire he attacked our positions about guillemont between the quarrus and montauban-guille mont road he did not reach our lines at any point and was repulsed with loss near mouquet farm we made fur ther progress both on the east side of the farmstead and also on the south west where we have taken another 400 yards of the enemy's trenches along the courcellette-thiepval road british ship torpedoed officially admitted london august 27—the torpedoing in ijie north sea of a british naval aux iliary with the loss of 23 men is an nounced officially 87 men were saved the torpedoed vessel was the armed boarding steamer duke of albany the announcement follows the british armed boarding steamer duke of albany was torpedoed and sunk in the north sea on thursday by an enemy submarine the commander and 23 men were lost 1 1 officers and 76 ratings were saved the duke of alabny was 1997 tons gross and built in 1907 im 9k 9k 9k 9k 9k fifty thousand greeks join in demonstration athens aug 28—fifty thousand greeks joined a demonstration befcre the residence of m venizelos former premier today and cheered him with enthusiasm when he urged them to send a committee to king constantine ito urge him to support the present gov ernment and to prepare the army for a possible rupture of existing conditions has convened a conference london august 27 : according to a bucharest despatch the king of rou mania has convened a conference of jail representatives of all political par ities former premiers former presi dents of the executive chambers min isters and government representatives with the idf a of ascertaining the views of all sections of public opinion on the present situation causes panic in hungary developments in balkans causes panic coalition cabinet demanded as night sitting ondon august 27.—developments in the br.ikcr.s appear to be caus ing a panic in austro-hungary ac cording lo advices received here from berne switzerland these advices say there is a serious political cris : s in hungary the op posit-on leaders having demanded a coalition cr.binet which demand the emperor has refused to comply with in add : tion to all night sittings of the hungarian chamber the despatch adds the austrian cabinet council sat for eight hours on thursday and six hours on friday the hungarian cab inet sat nine hours on thursday and ten hoars on friday h m *•. m 9k 9k m german press make comments hun papers says italy's declaration of war is insignificant gerlin aug 28—virtually all the morning papers with the notable exception of the verwaerts comments on italy's declaration of war against the germans the deutschetages zeitung declared that interest in such a declaration al ways has been exceptionally small and without question will continue so the morgen post calls italy's action an empty gesture intended to appear he roic but actually tragic comical and to be received with an indifferent shrug of the shoulders the kruz zeitung says italy finally has given way to the pressure of its master the post sees only another evidence of italy's black-mail political to to fc to p to british warships . attack greek ports paris august 27.—vielent fighting between bulgarian and serbian troops continues on the macedonian front in the region of lake ostrovo the war office announced to-day the serbians making counter-attacks have pushed back the bulgars all but one of the forts without the greek port of kavala have been occu pied by the bulgarians two british monitors and one cruiser bombarded these points on friday tototototototo german attacks repulsed paris august 28.—the german made several attacks on the french po sitions at fleury last night but were lepulsed says today's announcement of the war office toto'tototototo council has been postponed london august 27.—the rouman ian crown council which had been convened for ten o'clock monday morn ing has been postponed till five o'clock in the afternoon according to a bu charest despatch received in amster dam gains ground around ginchy bad weajher interfered with opera tions but progress was made prisoners taken ondon august 27.—the following official statement has been issued during the past 24 hours-bad weath er to some extent interfered with opera tions we have gained ground north west of ginchy in the afternoon there was considerable artillery activity by both sides the enemy fire being di rected mainly against our support trenches more especially toward the north of longueval our guns blew up some enemy bomb stores between neuve-chap elle and armentierres we exploded mines the enemy blew up two small small mines southwest of aundiy to the south of ypres salient there were no cas ualties i either case four german officers and 50 men of other ranks were captured south of the ancre last night and this morning ~& 9k f 9k 9k 9k thousands of refugees pouring into kavala kavala greece aug^b—the effect of the bulgarian occupation of doxato the scene of the alleged atrocities of which the greeks accused the bulgar ians in the last war is prodigious kavala is the theatre of amaz ing scenes of disorder thousands of refugees are pouring into this port from hinterland and crowding the steep narrow streets 13a s . bulgarian forces invading albania berlin august 27—bulgarian forces are invading albania and have captur ed the town of malik 10 miles west of the greek border an official state ment issued yesterday at sofia reports the occupation of territory in north eastern greece continues further and bulgarian detachments have reached the aegean sea the repulse of a serbian attack on moglenica valley on the western part of the front is an nounced germans attempt to enter british lines london august 27 german troops have made two attempts to enter brit ish lines in front of bethune to the north of arras and german artillery shelled points near ypres says the british official statement on the somme front the germans have bombarded mametz wood and the trenches north of delville wood fighting still continues in the region of mouquet farm 9k 9k 9k ik 9k9k9k russian troops advance petrograd august 27.—russian troops in the carpathians have made further advance in the vicinity of the hungarian border the war office to day announced and have captured positions three miles northeast of koverla mountain on the frontier official reports very conflicting successes achieved are shrouded by conflicting reports received from the belligerent war offices—russi ans again active in the riga region . but berlin reports all efforts were repulsed—russians make gains over turks along the malaadarisa river—british warships active in balkans italy and germany are at last at war ondon august 28.—germany and italy are at last at war italy having finally ended the situation that existed or months by declaring that from monday italy considers herself an ene ny to her former teutonic ally heavy fighting still progresses be ween the entente and teutonic allies , n the macedonian theatre from the region of lake ochida eastward to ka vala on the aegean sea but with re sults hidden by varient statements of the berlin and paris war offices berlin reports the bulgarian forces operating west of lake ochida cap • lured the town of malik in albania and that along the struma king fer dinand's men are approaching the mouth of the river < paris admits the bulgarians have taken all but one fort at kavala but says the new acquired positions have come under the fire of the british war hips french artillery active paris says along the struma the french artillery arc bombarding their adversaries while west of the vardar river near lake ostrovo the serbs have put down vigorous attacks by the bulgars t berlin says the attacks of the bri tish on saturday south of thiepval northwest of pozieres and north of bazcntin-lc-petit were without success the paris war office records only the repulse of german attacks along he line held by the french the at tacks being heavy in chaun wood on the verdun sector and in apremont orest • ; /&' russians started again the russians who for some time have remained quiescent in the riga region have again started an offen sive against the germans efforts were ma/fe to cross the dvina river south f friedrichstadt but both at tempt failed according to berlin on he/remainder of the russian front no of importance is reported ' in the carpathian region petrograd says a fresh advance was made by the russians in the koverla mountain near the hungarian border in the caucasus region petrograd reports success for the russians over the turks along the ma laadarisa river hard fighting is in progress near diarbekr between the russians and ottomans german federal council convoked paris august 28.—rumania's de cision to enter the war was reached at a meeting of the crown council held at bucharest yesterday morning says a havas despatch from genoa the wolff agency anounces that the german federal council was convok ed immediately after the decision be came known ' greeks uneasy over landing sees eastern macedonia in hands of bulgarians while the italians i occupy northern part athens aug 28—the landing.of the raft contingent of italian troops at chimjlrej a small seaport of albania on the strait of oiranto causes gloom throughout all greece the greeks now see not only east ern macedonia in the hands of the bul whom they expelled from there threeyears ago but the northern spiras in the hands of the italians following the landing of the italian troops the greek civil officers were tem porarily relieved of their functions and telegraph wires were cut but this dam age was soon repaired wajs burned to death in fire at halifax hafifax august 28—william wither all s of fortune-bay was burned to death when a fire of unknown or igin broke out on the western union cablef'steamer minia this morning thi fire occurred in the petty offi cers quarters and trying to reach the deck witherall lost his way in the smoke and perished thomas broder icl t|e cable ship keeper was badly burned and captain adams nearly lost has life trying to rescue witherall ihe damage to the ship is not yet es : dmatia but is quite heavy ~ three attacks made pa'rif august 27.—three attacks againi the french positions in vaux chapitice wood to the northeast of verdun and in apremont forest were repulsed ' situation is unchanged london august 27.—the russian official statement says the situation on the western russian caucasian front is unchanged nack!eton's third attempt buenos ayres august 28.—shack eltonji r eft punta arenas chili sntur day of board ship yelcho to make the : hi;d attempt to rescue members of h expedition marooned on elephan : islan^d i british cruiser torpedoed \ loitikm august 26.—the british 9 auxiliary cruiser duke of albany has , been torpedoed with the loss of fier ] commander and two men eleven 1 offi i cersafid 75 men were saved . , hulgars claim defeated serbs son august 26.—the defeat of the j serbians with very heavy losses is , claimld officially by the bulgarian war ] office the bulgars claim to have reached the great aegean coast fe~tymlm_^-la execution of sentences postponed ( berlin august 28 the following official statement was issued today . the german emperor has ordered j the postponement until after the war t < of the execution of all sentences im ( posed for punishment on french pri ( sonars both civilian and military on ( account of acts committed up to sept 1 st c i this year 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