FIGHTING THROUGHOUT MONTENEGRO

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

FIGHTING THROUGHOUT MONTENEGRO

' GUERILLA WARFARE KING NICHOLAS ENCOURAGES HIS TROOPS By Prew ABBsoi^tlon—OoßyrJjfhl , The "Daily Telegraph' 'corresponds tit .at Rome throughout Montenegro. King Nichol as traversed the country, encouracintr nia troops. Virtually, guerilla warfare has commenced. :/ :: ■ Old men, women, and ohildren are concentrating at Scutari. Ihe Austriane in capturing Lovchen lost fifteen thousand men. ■ INTERVIEW'WITH KING NICHOLAS. > Paris, January 21. The "Journal" interviewed King Nicholas.of Montenegro. He said: "I am unable to hold out. My men have eaten nothing for five; days, and are outnumbered ten times. Our communications with tlie Adriatic are insufficiently promoted. The Austriaus sink our supply ships, and bombard! my positions." MONTENEGRINS NOW OCCUPY THE PASSES. . Paris, January 21. Tho "Petit Journal" publishes a. report from Brindisi that-tho Austrian entry into Cettinje, Antiva'ra, and other places was' marked by 'pillaging and rapine, resulting v in penous conflicts, witli the civilians.': The Montenegrins are now occupying the passes command ing the roads to 1 Scutari, 5000 feet high. KING NICHOLAS'S AUSTROPHILE COUNCILLORS. (Rec. January 23, 5.5 p.m.) London, January 22. The "Daily Telegraph's" Milan correspondent says that since Serbia's defeat King Nicholas's Austrophile Councillors gained the uopcr hand and persuaded King Nicholas to surrender to avoid Serbia's fate. ' T The King listened unwillingly and sent General Mar tinovitch as a last resource'to. defend the approaches to the capital, promising that if\the.defence proved futile he would negotiate for peaco. General Martinovitch's efforts' failed for want of sincere co-operation. He was unable to muster more than twelve hundred men. Tho King was stunned, by Austria's exorbitant demands, reducing Montenegro tci vassalage. Meanwhile General MartiDovitch resolutely opposed capitulation, and retreated towards Scutari. King Nicholas was between two fires—his political advisers and military resisters —and finally sided with the army and rented the terms. ■ '' ; '.i \ DECEIVED BY HIS ENTOURAGE. • ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) (Rec. January 22, 5.5 p.m.) .'. ' , _ . Paris, January 21. The "Matin" thinks that possibly his entourage deceived King Nicholas <ra the possibility of an honourable peace, ho subsequently perceiving his humiliation through Austria prematurely announcing a total surrender in order to provoke rejoicings in the Hungarian Parliament and the population. AUSTRIAN NEWSPAPERS REPORTED TO BE MYSTIFIED. (R«c., January 23, 5.5 p.m.) - ' . Zurich, January 22. Ihe-Austrian newspapers are mystified, and are asking whether King Nicholas is playing a doable game. "Munchener Nachridhten" insists that disarmament is' proceeding rapidly. • STATEMENT BY AUSTRIAN PRESS BUREAU. (Rec. January 23, 11.5 p.m.) . Amsterdam, January 22. The Austrian Press Bureau state* that in Moiitenegro there is great difficulty in carrying out'the disarmament owing to the great distances, bad roads, and the absence of telephones: Some portions of tlie army and the populations have not yet clearly understood the necessity capitulation. MONTENEGRINS REPULSE THE AUSTRIANS" AT BERANE. (Rec. January 23, 5.5 p.ii.) _ . m T Paris, January 22. The t etit Journal s Rome corres ponrlent reports that fighting in Montenegro continues everywhere. The recent interruption was due"to Kin" Nicholas's adroitness in utilising the occasion to send away useless youths and to protect the army in its retreat. ' . General Martinovitcli repulsed the Austriaus at Berime.

MONTENEGRINS ENDEAVOURING TO JUNCTION WITH • SERBIANS. • ' (Rec. January 24, 1.5 a.m.) Paris, January 23. _ A Montenegrin official message states that King Nicholas lias arrived at Brmdisi, en routo to Lyons. M. Vukovitch, ex-Premier, commands the army, and is endeavouring to junction with the Serbians in Albania. QUEEN OP MONTENEGRO GOING TO LYONS. Rome, January 21. The Queen-and the Princess of Montenegro have arrived. They met Queen Helena, and are going to Lyons, to which the diplomatic corps from Cettinje is also travelling. . THE ALLIES BOMBARD PORT LAGOS Athens, January 21.The Allies bombarded Port Lagos on the Bulgarian coast on Wednesday. Landing parties searched the shores and re-embarked, SUBMARINE BASES DISCOVERED ON BULGARIAN COAST. (Rec. January 23, 5.5 p.m.) _ London, January 22. The Milan paper ' Corriere della. Sera" states that the Allied fleet is conducting important opsrations on the Bulgarian coast. Various submarine bases have been discovered. GOOD WORK OP AN ITALIAN CRUISER, (Rec. January 23, 5.5 p.m.) . . . ■ Roma, January 22. During the evacuation of Gallipoli the Italian cruiser Piemonte rendered valuable services policing the Bulgarian littoral, keeping off Austrian and German submarines, for which the British naval commander speoially thanked the Piemonte. She also wrecked a long convoy train near Dedeagatch, and co-operated with the Allied ships later in the bombardment, when several tram loads of munitions, two large barracks, and enemy reserves were battered to pieces. _ [The Piemonte .was builtat the" Elswick Yards in 1888. She is a protected Cruiser of 2650 tons, and carries ten 4.7-ineh guns.] \' BRITISH SUBMARINE ACCOUNTS FOR A HYDROPLANE AND A TORPEDO-BOAT (Rec. January 23, 5.5 p.m.) \ ,•.. ,i , . . Rome, January 22. A British submarine sank and disabled an Austrian hydroplane in the upper Adriatic, capturing the crew. It also sauk an Austrian toi'pedoer wllich was. hastening to the. hydroplane's assistance. BRITISH VICE-CONSUL ARRESTED AT SOFIA. (Rec. January| 23, 5.5 p.m.) Rome, January 22. •Sofia advices state that Mr, H. Hurst, British Vice-Consul, has been arrested despite the protest of the American Charge d'Affaires, in whose home the Consul had taken refuge when Bulgaria attempted reprisals for the arrests at Salonika. " HAIL EMPEROR, CAESAR, AND KING " FULSOME FLATTERY OF THE KAISER. , (Rec, January 23, 5.5 p,m.) Amsterdam, January 22. King Ferdinand of Bulgaria when toasting the Kaiser at the banquet at Nish on January 18, concluded his speech as follows:-^-' "Hail, Emperor, Caesar, and King, thou art victor and glorious in ancient Nish. ' All peoples m the East salute thee as redeemer, bringing to the oppressed prosperity and salvation." The Kaiser, replying, said: "We have been challenged bv enemies who endangered the kultur of th'cj whole of Furopo. We have liacl a hard fi£3t with which to spread it further. , Under King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, we have ridded one sublime leap \to glory to another, and with God's gracious help, great deeds will be accomplished. With firmest confidence v/o pursuo our aim."