TURKISH CENTRE BROKEN

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2674, 21 January 1916, Page 7

TURKISH CENTRE BROKEN

' RUSSIAN BLOW IN THE . ' CAUCASUS - / PANIC AND mm MONTENEGRO ' DECLINES TERMS SUSPICIONS OF DOUBLE DEALING THE NEW DEATH-GRIP . , BLOCKADE NEUTRAL PORTS AFFECTED' ANOTHER GREAT RECRUITING ■ CAMPAIGN ■ The most interesting feature of to-day's cablegrams is fhe official announcement from Petrograd that a violent and unexpected blow in the Caucasus, has broken the Turk ish centre, the battle culminating in a panic-stricken rout. How importnnt tbis event may be, and how it may or may not affect the situat ion in Mesopotamia, will no doubt transpire in due course. Atrocious weather has' suspended operations at Kut-el-Amara. The Montenegrins have broken off peace . negotiations with Austria, refusing to accept the terms; King Nicholas and his entourage meanwhile have left the country, en route for Italy. Some of the Italian news papers suggest that Montenegro has ■ been playing false with the Allies, and bint at tie existence of a secret pact. The Serbian Government has arrived at Corfu. , The concentration of hostile' troops on the Salonika front continues. The ' Kaiser, who yesterday was sick unto death, and to-day appears to be very much alive, has arrived in the B alkans, and exchanged courtesies with King Ferdinand. The two monorclis held a review of troops at ' Nish. The British Government h as. at /last decided to take a more serious interest in tho blockade of Germany, and at the length of blockading neutral ports is prepared to apply a strangling grip to the enemy, proceeding on the doctrine of "ultimate destinations." Lord Derby and bis committee are,about to embark on a new recruiting campaign, and will enlist married men as well as single men.