The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-11-15
WAR WITH RUSSIA
FEARED IN vienna
Austria Sends Short Ultimatum
to Servia.
SITUATION Is MOST TENSE
Allies Are Determined to Secure AID
riatic Port-This' Is Opposed by
King Francis Joseph's Gov
eminent.

Vienna, Nov. ia short ultima
tum, with the injunction that there
will be no lengthy negotiations, has
been presented to Servia by Austria
on Monday.
The ENJOYS of Italy and Austria at
Belgrade have presented their de-
mands to the Servian prime minister,
Pasitch, who refused to accede 10
them, and left at once for Uskub 10
confer with King Peter.
The situation continues to be most
serious.
A diplomat Of the highest rank de-
clares that if it be true Russia tnslsts
upon Seryia getting an Adriatic port.
war is inevitable, for Austria is abso-
lutely determined not to permit this
Sofia, Bulgaria, Nov. 1.-THE Off
cial Mir, in an extra edition shows
plainly that Bulgaria will join Servia
in defyiEg Austria to prevent the al
lies from securing a seaport on the Ad-
Ratio, even though such action may
plunge entire Europe in war.
The newspaper was eagerly seized
by the thousands upon the streets and
the contents of the ultimatum dis
cusged by excited groups on every
corner.
The Mir in its article says:
Amy insistence on the part of Aus
tria-Hungary, tending to prevent d
just, and natural solution of the Bal
kan question, of which an outlet for
Servia on the Adriatic is a sine qua
non, may SOW the seeds of a future
war, which it will be no longer pos
sible to localize"
The vanguard of the Servian army
has reached the Adriatic sea and at
last accounts received here, was pre-
pairing to occupy the port of Durazza.
The march of the Servians through Al
bania encountered no resistance.
Progress was slow, however, on &C
count of the deep snow.
Cholera has spread among the Bull
garian troops, according to reports.
The number of wounded soldiers
reaching the capital is increasing to
such an extent that the war office has
decided to send contingents of them to
Brusa, in Asia Minor. Every possible
accommodation in the capital is being
utilized for the care of the wounded
An official bulletin says that during
the last "a hours six new cases of
cholera, with two deaths, have &C.
CURED among the refugees.
Philadelphia, Nov. 13.-The big
United States cruisers Montana and
Tennessee sailed from port here Tues
day. their destination being Constan-
tinople
Just before leaving Rear Admiral
Knight said:
Il have orders to protect American
interests in the far east. shall do so
at all hazards
So heavily are the vessels loaded
with arms and stores that each draws
% feet. In addition to the stores ia
ken for the complement of men on
board, the two vessels are carrying TO-
900 barrels of flour and 10000 pounds
of potatoes for the use of refugees
The boats are expected to reach Con-
stantinople about November 80.
Semlin. Hungary, Nov. IA dis
patch received here from CONSTANT
nople says the cholera is rapidly
spreading there and that the outbreak
of the scourge at Adrianople is prov
ing very serious.
Athens, Greece, Nov. ia force
of $4,000 Greek soldiers has entered
Salonika, according to wireless mes
sages from that city, received here
The remainder of the Greek army is
encamped outside the fortress await
ing the surrender of Turkish arms
Many Turkish families are leaving the
city.