In the Balkans
THE SYCOPHANCY OF BULGARIA. AMUSING ROYAL FEL! CIT ATJ ONS f(j j» | ».u '’hi-v ’*—UCIATION.J (Received 8.30 a.m.) Vienna, January 20. In thanking tne Emperor Franz, Joseph for the bestowal, of a Field Marshal’s baton, King Ferdinand to!egraphcd: “Well nigh overwhelmed Oy such unmerited p.root ol imperial favor! My heart is still attached with child-like fidelity to the saintly person of your Majesty!” The sycophancy and extravagance of the telegram has caused much mirth in Vienna. Emperor Franz, Joseph sent a conspicuously cold reply. IN ALBANIA. THE FALL OF SCUTARI. Amsterdam. January 25. An Austrian communique says: Wo occupied Scntai;i-<m the/ twenty-third The garrison and several thousand Serbians retreated/ not risking a battle. We also occupied Nicksich, Danilovgrad and Pod’goFitz.n. !l " DEFEAT OF THE BULGARIAN VANGUARD. (Received 1.45 p.m. Rome, January 26. Essad Pasha defeated the Bulgarian vanguard at Elbassah/' south-east of Dura/.z.0. OCCUPATION OF SCUTARI DENIED. Rome, January 25. The occupation of Scutari is denied. A few thousand Montenegrins and Serbians in a desperate battle near Podgoritz.a held up two Austrian divisions. The enemy’s losses were enormous. The Austrian vanguard, which was advancing towards Scutari, has been checked. ' MONTENEGRO’S POSITION. London, Januaryi2s. The German press finds difficulty in explaining the Montenegrin situation, in view of the fact that the schools of the Empire were given a holiday to hear a lecture entitled “Montenegro’s Separate Peace.” IN GREECE. THE CABINET CRISIS. Athens, Tannery 26. Obituary: AL ,npiieptokis, chief of the anti-Vcnizfira|ftfa rty'. January 26. Gel^fir^W 4 s^a ; pei-s predict that the Greek‘Cabinet crisis will result in the return of M. Gopnaris to power, with a pro-Entente policy. r/ , SERBIA’S PLIGHT. **•'. '* V* . ’* Paris, January 25. Lo Petit Parisien says that the Germans requested the Serbian exMinisters to convoke a new Skuptchina. The Kaiser promised to open it, and appoint one of his son s or an Austrian Prince as King. The ex-Minis-ters refused, despite the worst threats, and their fate is as yet unknown. Germany is not allowing anybody to leave Serbia. THE DAILY MAIL REPRESENTATIVE. PEN PICTURES OF ROYALTY. THE KAISER AND HIS COUCH. THE HAWK-NOSED FERDINAND. DISTINGUISHED GERMAN ADMIRAL. (Received 9.30 a.m.) Loudon, January 26. The Daily Mail claims that' its correspondent experienced ope of tire most remarkable journalistic, achievements of the war. He twice visited Constantinople, and penetrated Asia Minor, and was one ol four reporters present at the banquet King Ferdinand gave to the Kaiser ax- Nish, which is now, a vast arsenal, especially for big guns and their ammunition. All the large houses have been turned into hospitals. One munition train included numerous trucks loaded with Fokker dying machines. T)i e correspondent witnessed the Kaiser’s almost diminutive figure beside the massive figure of the hawknosed Ferdinand,who has a curious duck-like waddle. The Kaiser’s face has that tired look of a broken man; his hair is white though his moustache is suspiciously dark. There was an absence of that quick nervous wheeling about which was noticeable in 1968. The Kaiser perpetually used a huge red Turkish handkerchief, which was embroidered with the Star and Crescent, and was necessary to assuage lus continual coughing. He spent more time coughing than eating. Admiral Falkcnhayn, who attended the banquet, was alert of movement, and the personification of vigor, vi- f vanity, and virility, bearing well the strain of tremendous responsibility, and he looks younger than hi s years.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 44, 27 January 1916, Page 5
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