The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-01

because 10 Italian soldiers We're fighting
with them.
Say Life Is impossible.
The numerous desertcrs and refugees
who succeed In crossing over tho Mon
teuegrin frontier from the Austrian re-
g!ons along the Adriatic from lstria, Dat
malta and Herzegovina. report that lie
In Austria Is impossible. They say shat
professional men. writer's aud even school
teachers suspected Of sympathiZing with
the Sery!aus are subjected by the police
tp all sorts Of NeXatipus and moral tor
ture, Life IL so uuDearable that they in
Narlably attempt To- escape, although the
Risk Of being caught is great. Many have
been arrested precautionary. others hav,
been shot Those serving IN the army
are sent TO the front in exposed positions
TO be moved down by the euemy's ar
tllery The fact that they are killed
serves a. proof TO the authorities that
Daimatians and Bosniaus are fighting
for Austria against the Serviaus and
Montenegrns. \ number of Bosnian
soldiers who refused TO hgnt against the
/ Servians We're shot by detachment OF
Hungar!ans, ana Yet their names were pub
/ lished I'm list ut soldiers killed In an
| engagement against the Servians. An
! Austrian officer who ESCAPED from Cattaro
! To Montenegro, iutervlewel hy the CORE
! sppudent OF the Milan COrrttrc delta Serd,
/ told the following story:
! Il am a palmatlan. II lawyer by pro-
| fession, but as soon 10 the war broke
/ out | had 10 ioln the colors. ! escaped
from Catfarn on the second Of September.
, when the French fleet bombarded the
/ port. Hardly any damage was done. but
| the panic WAS immense. | was AT Castel
/ Nuuvo, where the headquarters Of the
/ infantry are Gen. Weber Webenau Is IN
| command and as soon as the lombard
ment started he ordered all the men 10
take up their positions. while We We're
| removing some important material from
| castel NuOvO ! managed To escape and
| reached the Montenegrin outpdsts at
| Budua, The morale of the Austrian
troops at Cattaru IL very depressed. OF
course 1t Is impossible TO expect any en-
thusasm among them. as all are Servians
and II they were ordered to charge the
enemy ! feel sure they would lay down
their arms.
Even the officers are kept in the DARK
about events. They are not allowed &c
read newspapers and communicate with
their families unless they write and re
ceive postal cards which contain nOthnl
about the war. An Austrian Major taker
/ prisoner by the SSrVians at GrahovC
, fifteen days ago did not know that Russia
had declared war against Austria. TIT
only communications between Cattaro anC
, the interior are by rail through Ragusi
and Munstar. but both lines are nov
threatened by the MontenegrIns. TIL
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portant positions at Risano, where the!
: repulsed the Austrians, who retired Il
disorder and as result OF this repuls
the Chief OF stan committed suicide"
|, "a wasted bonn ba rd ment."
The Austriaus from CattarO are stead
D ily bombardlng Mount LovcCn, tho noun
r tain overlooking the bay on which tn
= Montenegrlns have their batteries. Ever!
n evening toward when the atmosphere /
y clear the Austrlaus open fire from tn
y forts and from the battlcshlps in port
10 Their shells explode invariably below tn
: batteries on top OF the mountain, whicI
d SO far have not been damaged owing I
= the high and privileged position they oc
= cupy. The Austrians IRE at long rang,
@ their guns point skyward and the she'll
!. after describing a curved trajectory seve
n miles long I'm order to da mage the enc
70 my's batteries, must explode over 100
. yards high. This Is practically 1mpos
r sble even with guns incllaed - degree
d ana tho Montenegrin batteries renal
silent, while below them ON tho sides G
J. the mountain the Austrian shells are 81
It ploding aud crushing the bare rocks
y II IL estimated that every day the Aus
Al trian bombs rdmeut costs $4,000, and TIL
o sum II utterly wasted SO far the Nor
n tenegrins, who are saving their guns an
le ammunition aud fully realize that the
J. cannot cause Hu'h uA1hge IN hntllln
p the Austrian forts at Catjaro. only ~
., when an Austrian war vessel comes
,e range, ana It II reported that they nav
~ disabled several already,
A. 1t Is practically impossible to asoc
80 tain the state Of affairs r. bohemia, upp'
In and lower Austria and Hungary, as II
formation from these regions does M
IL leak out IA the entire train service
y practically IN the hands Of the militai
I'd authorities and exclusively used for II
O. movements OF troops and the conveyant
IL Of the wounded, ordinary travelling
rs reduced 10 a minimum and TO- weel
In communications between the inland pro-
o inoes and the Italian frontier are tied u