The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-09-05
Iron Gate, Door Of Danube Traf-
fic, Menaced BY. Victory Over
Soldiers Of Franz" Josef, BY
the Armies Under Ferdinand
PENNSYLVANIA TOWNS ..
ARE BEING EVACUATED
Hermannstadt Abandoned ,a BY
Teutons; Greece Seething With
Revolt While Constantine, Sick,
cIings To, Policy Of Neutrality
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~ ARTS; September with tho
humanian armies yictors after Q
five day battle with the Austri
ans defending the Iron Gate, which
commands the Danube, and the sit1a
ton in Greece becoming more and
more tense with each passing hour, the
Balkans hold the center of the stage
for the drama of war, in spite OF heavy
fighting in the Carpathians, and along
the fronts in France.
Vienna last night issued a formal
statement in which the Austrian gen.
eral staff admitted a defeat of the
forces Of the Dual Monarchy at the
hands Of the Rumanian King The
Cerna River, near the Iron Gate has
been crossed and. the Rumanian forces
have drawn closer to that most vital
of all positions in the long front of
the Danube. If they finally succeed in
closing the Iron Gate to the traffic Of
the Ceatral Powers they win have
taken a long step toward isolatinR
Turkey and Bulgaria, and compelling
those powers to accept separate
peace
Locks Danube Door
Such at least, is the opinion express.
ed by military observers and experts
here, in commenting upon the success
OF King Ferdinand. 1t is asserted that
not even the retirement of the Aus
trian armies in Transylvania, which
according to the official Bucharest and
Vienna communicates continues with
increasing speed, is as important to
the geRaaisFesuH, as the attack and
success! at the Iron Gate o J go
1t was the first hard battle the Ru.
manians have been called upon to
fight, and they have shown themselves
the equals of any of the European
armies now in the field. Their fight.
ing qualities have never been doubted,
but there had been some question in
the minds of many here whether their
organization could enable them to
meet and defeat the veteran armies
Of the Dual Monarchy. This question
has been answered.
Austrians Falling Back
In the Transylvanian region the
troops of Rumania have driven for,
ward until now they have ousted the
Austrians out of Hermannstadt, while
at the same time continuing to in.
crease their menace of other important
towns. They have completely smash.
ed the Austrian lines in half a dozen
places, routing the troops Of Franz
Josef, and forcing them into precipi-
tate retreat
Berlin officially reported last night
night that the Rumanians had also
compelled the evacuation of Sepkizent
Gyorgy, but that the Austrians had re-
pulsed attacks made in the vicinity of
Orsova and Hercules Fuerico, On the
Hungarian side of the Pennsylvania
Alps. 81,
The situation in Greece continued to
held the attention of the world yes
terday. Revolution ,iB brewing fast
there, and the king Cohstantine, is
sick. Ill as he is, the King clings to
lis policy of neutrality for Greece.
Allies Garry Out Coup
The Allies yesterday succeeded in
carrying out sensational coup. The
Allied feet which has been patroling
Greek waters yesterday entered the
Fort of Athens, Piraeus. Hardly had
the battleships and cruisers come to
anchor when a boarding party pulled
of from the sides of q humber of the
vessels and took possession of four
German and three Austrian ships. The
vessels are all merchantmen and have
eeen in port at Piraeus as refugee
ships for months. Sailors from French
and British ships also seized the radio
station at the Greek arsenal.
According to a Reuter- despatch from
Athens last night ministers of the En-