, 1916-02-23
TELEGRAMS.
~. GROIX STATION.
Censored at %Jamaica.)

according to the Copenhagen correspondent
Of the "Morning Post, says that the Duke
II Meck!enbrg has left for Bucharest as the
German Emperor's envoy to offer RoumHnla
:, loan of 812 600 900.
Paris, Feby. 17th-A gale swept France
Yesterday and caused serious damage III Paris
and the provinces. A lumber OF ~sh1pwrecks
have been reported from the maritime dis
tricts, and the Channel services have been
Geiayed and at some ports entirely interrupt
cd. Many telegraph wires and many trees
have been blown down and several persons
were killed and injured in Paris by fntllng
trees and chimneys. Reports from the front
describe the weather for the last As hours
as he worst experienced since the war began.
The gule was particularly severe III the BEL
pian districts where roofs were blown on the
houses, trees uprooted and many persons
Injured and where a large section OF territory
was flooded.
Athens, Feby. 18th (via Paris Feby 16th)
Replying to al Interpolation III the Cham
Der of Deputies concerning the landing OF
Italians on the island of Corfu, Premier Skou-
loudis said to-day that a protest was being
sent to Italy and other Entente Powers. The
Premier added that only 20 carbineers had
been landed up to the present and that he
trusted the total number would be limited
to fifty.
Havre, Feby. 15th-The Allied Powers, Who
were signatories to the Treaty guaranteeing
the Independence and neutrality of Belgium
have decided not to end the hOstillties until
the political and economic independence OF
Belgium is reestablished and the nation is H.
dtmnihed for the damage suffered. ms
decision was communicated to the Belgian
Foreign Office on Monday by the Ministers
representing the Entente Allies.
Rome. Feby. 16th-A neutral diplomatist,
who recently returned from Bulgaria, says
the Bulgarian losses so far amount to
10000, hence the army is now reduced to
about 1870, 600. This is absolutely insult
fcient 10 aid the Germans in an attack
on Salonica. The soldiers who are on
short rations as the Germans requls1tloned
ali available supplies of wheat are dIshearten-
ed and tired of the war. They fear Russian
reprisals in the near future. The King IS
openly blamed for selling the country to the
Germans end is becoming very unpopular.
His journeys to Germany and Austria were
taken because he feared it would be impossi-
BILE to avoid a revolution unless the AustIo-
Germans took the precaution of organizing
timely measures. These the King personally
urged in Berlin and Vienna.
Paris, Feby. 17th-A Hava's despatch from
Athens, dated Feby. 10th, says that the
French have occupied all the bridges over
the Vandar river and that the Greeks have
occupied the river from Topsinfe down to
it's mouth, according 10 a telegram received
from Salonica. The Greek newspaper "Pat-
,is' has received word from Florlna that the
situation of the Greek inhabitants of Monas-
tir and Of the neighbouring villages has been
rendered exceedingly difficult by the opera
tions at Komitadjis of Macedonian Bulgarians.
who are extorting money and p~illaging the
property of the Greeks without interference
from the Bulgarian military authorities.
Many Greeks of prominent positions, the
newspapers correspondent says, have been
deported to Sofia.
New York, Feby. 17th.-The Government
of Greece has been transferring millions
of dollars of its funds from London to New
York within a few months, according to
New York bankers who estimate that $4,000
600 of Greek funds are now on deposit IN
j number of Banks here. This action Ia
regarded by bankers as a precautionary
move in case of a break in the relations OF
the Greek Government with the Entente
Allies.
London, Feby. 17th-Unof6cial advices
from Petlograd slate that the Turkish army