Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-07
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BERLIN, Germany.-Major Morath.
the military writer of the Berliner
Tageblatt, is of the opinion that Lord
Kitchener, the British minister of
war, was sent to the Balkans in order
to force Greece by threats OF hostili-
ties to take part in the war on the side
Of the Allies, since the British and
French will need months to coneen-
trate strong contingents in the Bal
kans. -. *..-.....-- =. !: .
ROME, Italy.-On October 25th four
German officers arrived at Saloniki
from Sofia and remained there for
three days. They drove in an auto
mobile through that district in which
troops of the Allies were concentrat-
ed. 1t is said that Greek torpedo
boat carried them from Saloniki to
the Piraeus 1.-THE harbor of Athens).
LONDON. Eng, Nov. 13.-Emperor
William passed Orsova on Thursday
on his way to Sofia, where he intends
TO visit Ferdinand of Bulgaria for two
days. After this, the telegram from
Copenhagen claims, he will inspect
the armies of Field Marshal Won Mack
ensen which are operating in Serbia,
and will then continue 10 Constantin-
ople.
NAPLES, Italy. Nov. 12.-The Mar
tfno declares that it has received au-
thentic information of correspondence
between King Ferdinand Of Bulgaria
and Pope Benedict, and that Car Fer
dinand has indicated Bulgaria's inten-
ton to become a Catholic country af-
ter the termination of the war. The
paper adds that this is an old dream
of Ferdinand and that the heads of
the Bulgarian church are not opposing
these plans; provided, however, that
the pope recognize the Orthodox Bull
garian prelates. The national church
of Bulgaria is the Orthodox Greek
Catholic church, which was excommu-
nicated by the Patriarch in Constan-
tinople on account of its request for
independence in its administration in
the year 1870. The priests are all paid
by the state. The next strongest re-
ligious contingent is the Mohamme-
dan.
BERLIN, Germany, Nov. 14.-Ru-
manian papers are publishing letter
to the Rumania statesman Fflipescu,
which among others is bearing the
signatures of Messrs. Pinchon, Bar
thou, Richepin and Cochin, in which
these men are begging most pitifnlly
for Rumania's help They express the
fear that Rumaniass refusal to join the
Quadruple Entente might have a det-
rimental effect upon public opinion in
France. German papers point to this
beggary as direct contradiction of
Brands declaration that the success
of the Entente is assured They also
point out the fact that the French are
to work Filipescu as they
have at one time Venizelos, the for
mer premier Of Greece.
BERLIN, Germany, Nov. 15.-Infor-
nation received from Sofia claims that |
Lord Kitcheners mission has not
made any impression anywhere, since !
Great Britain has not been able to
make any advances at the Darda-I
nelles. It is the common opinion in |
the Balkans that Lord Kitchener has |
been sent to the near Orient to be |
made ''the goat for British reverses
there. Since the cynical declaration |
of the British ministers in parliament /
Serbia's fate, Great Britain |
has lost all credit in Bulgaria, where
the papers have always been partial
to Great Britain. The Births Poldhu |
Agency for Wireless Telegraphy isl
spreading the commentary of the
Echo de Paris" on Lord Kitchener's
mission to Greece. This paper de-
clares that strong feet of the Allies
is concentrated at Malta to take a
hand in the affairs in case Kitchener's
art of persuasion should be failure /
in Greece. This British agency there I
by indorses with terrible frankness
the French threate and is furnishing
an involuntary illustration in regard
TO the protection of small nations and
defenseless countries at the hands OF
The unselfish Entente powers.