AUSTRIANS DEFEATED

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2676, 24 January 1916, Page 5

AUSTRIANS DEFEATED

BRITISH SUBMARINE IN THE ( ■ ADRIATIC sunk TURKS DEFEATED IN THE ■ ■ .CAUCASUS , GERMAN SUPERIORITY IN AIRCRAFT 'A' considerable stir has been cheated in Great : Britain by .;My, Asqnith's announcement that the progress of munitions work is far behind theiiatipnaljreqTjirements. Home newspapers ' state that' the Prime Minister sprang a surprise on. the House by his grave wordsIt is.mentioned that Mr, Ascjuith has informed the Miners' Federation that Cabinet does not intgnd to apply industrial compulsion. The remedy proposed for the existing problems is the dilution of skilled labour with unskilled, . . So far as the campaigns are concerned, chief interest attaches to .the continued success of the Russians, in the Caucasus. They haye captured a miles east- of Erzeram, and cavalry drove the Turks into the outlying Erzerum forts; : inflicting •reports are still current concerning the recent negotiations in Montenegro, hut there are renewed statements that fighting has been resumed. Several interesting items deal with Rumania, and indicate her leaning towards the Allies. A newspaper discussion is under way in Great Britain oyer the exploits of the/German Fokker aeroplane on the Western front, but a statement by. the Under-Secretary for War indiostes that the British air service is still much more than \holding its own. In conneotion with the strio ter Allied blockade, it js announced that Denmark has prohibited the export of ■ butter, and' Sweden the export of one olasa of wood-pulp. A Washington report states that' the United States Navy Department has advised the Government that England ha? sufficient ships to enforce an aotual blockade effectually without, difficulty.