BALKANS.
TERRORISING SERBIA. THE UNSCRUPULOUS HUN, Received Jan, 28, 5.5 p.m. Paris, Jan. 25. Le Petit Parisien says that the Germans requested the Serbian ex-Ministers to convoke a new Skuptcliina. The Kaiser promised to open it, and appoint one of his sons or an Austrian Prince as King. The ex-Ministers refused, despite the worst threats, and their fate is as yet unknown. Germany is not allowing anybody to leave Serbia. SCUTARI. ITS OCCUPATION DENIED. Received Jan. 20, 5.5 p.m. Rome, Jan. 25. The occupation of Scutari is denied. AUSTRIAN'S REPORT FALL OF CITY. Received Jan. 20, 5.50 p.m. Amsterdam, Jan. 25. An Austrian communique says: We occupied Scutari on the twenty-third. The garrison and several thousand Serbians retreated, not risking a battle. We also occupied Nieksieh, Danilovgrad and Podgoritza. '■ ' A DESPERATE BATTLE. Received Jan. 2(1. 0.50 p.m. Rome, Jan. 25. A few thousand Montenegrins and Serbians in a desperate battle near Podgoritza held up two Austrian divisions. The enemy's losses were enor nious. The Austrian vanguard, which was advancing towards Scutari, has been checked.
MATTERS IN GREECE. CHIEF AXTI-YENIZEUST rffiD. GERMAN PAPERS ON THE CABINET CRISIS. Received .Jan, 27, 1,30 a.m. Athens. Jan. 20. Obituary: M. Theotokis, chief of the anti-Venizelist party. Amsterdam, Jan. 2(1. Gentian newspapers predict that the Greek Cabinet crisis will result in the return of M. Gounaris to power, with a pro-Entente policy. SERBIAN'S AT CORFU. Athens, January 2.". Advices from Constantinople state that a French submarine in the Rosphorus, at the end of December, torpedoed the Imperial yacht Ertogroul, seriously damaging it. The Allies continue landing Serbian Uoops at Cozfu. GERMAN PAPERS' DIFFICULTY. Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, January 2.". The German press finds difficulty in explaining the Montenegre situation, in view of t'he fact that the schools of the Empire were given a holiday to hear a lecture entitled "Montenegro's Separate Peace."
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 January 1916, Page 5
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