AUSTRIAN WARSHIPS BOMBARD DURAZZO

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2641, 11 December 1915, Page 5

AUSTRIAN WARSHIPS BOMBARD DURAZZO

Cetinja, December 9. 'A! communique states that nine 'Austrian warships from Cattard bombarded Dnrazzo, sinking several fitcamers. REPORTED GREAT ACTIVITY OP RUSSIANS IN BESSARABIA , Berne, December 9. Telegrams from Bucharest report great B.ussian activity in Bessarabia. .The, Ungheni frontier station has been closed, also Beni Harbour, where fresh I troops have arrived, ' THE WAR IN MESOPOTAMIA ' ! , , . Amsterdam, December 9. A Turkish communique states: "We continue to strongly press tho enemy defending Kut-el-Amara. Some enemy columns, in attempting to escapc lost, beavily." ' . ■ 1 , EXTENSIVE INTRIGUING IN PERSIA SWEDES, GERMANS, AND TURKS BUSY, ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.)] (Rec. December 10, 5.5 p.m.) t, . , London, December 0. Russian reports of Persian intrigues acouse a Swedish colonel, majora ima ' a captain of having conspired with the Gernwns, and nearly cajoled the Sh'aJ i to leave Teheran. The Germans have erected ai< Burugil a large munition faffa jry while 800 of the gendarmerie have been collected at Hamadan. Largo sunt ,liea of munitions and 250 Austrians have been sent to Ispahan, where the tribes hove been armed. The Turco-Germau agitators have penetrated' Afghani stin and India, and are calling the Moslems to engage in a "Holy War." . Swedo-German conspirators secured control'of the Teheran arsenal con. taining stocks of Russian munitions, but this, was nipped in tho bud. RUSSIANS CLEAR OUT THE GERMAN MERCENARIES (Rec. December 11, 1.20 a.m.)' ... _ . „. , . , x „ petrograd, Deceiver 10. A Russian official communique states; "The Russians have occup'fe>d Sultan Butak Pass, between Teheran and Hamadan, after routing the gendarmes and German mercenaries led by German and Turkish officers. The road to, ,'Hamadan is now onen."