Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-11-23
GERMANS
TO COMMAND
THE turks
First Train Into Constantinople Re.
ceived With Enthusiasm by
Population Of the City.
SERBIANS NEAR LAST STAND
Position Of Serbian Armies Makes
Further Uncertainty in Bal
kans Impossible.
sERB1ANs NEAR LAST STAND

Further Uncertainty in Bal
kans Impossible.
Berlin, Nov. 22.-The first trooI
train to Constantinople arrived there
yesterday and was received by the
population with enthusiasm. Many
German officers are on their way tc
Constantinople to take command Of
the Turkish armies.
London, Nov. 22.-Reports from
Rome state that the allies have de-
clared a complete blockade of all
Greek ports. 1t is said there that al
lied warships are stopping Greek
vessels at sea and searching them.
The Austrians and Germans con-
tinue to drive the Serbs before them,
taking thousands Of guns and other
supplies.
A fierce battle near the Montene-
grin border is now on.
Lord Kitchener is now on his way
to the GallipoH peninsula.
Berlin, Nov. 22.-Forcible entry
has been made into the Ladd river
valley and the Germans are now
striking at the Serbian center, twen-
ty miles from the Montenegrin from
tier. When the Austrians took the
city Of Novidazer, twenty-six hum
dred Serbians prisoners, fourteen
canons and large quantities of am
munitions fell into their hands.
Vienna, Nov. 22-The Austrians
are engaged in the fierciest Of COM
bats near the city of Gorftza while
the city itself is burning. The Ital-
ians have made some slight gains.
London, NOV. 90 ldetmAn SUB
marines have sunk the British steam
ers, Merganser and Hallanshir. Both
crews were saved.
The British are sending many
more submarines into the Baltic Sea.
A British transport was sunk by
a mine in the Maroria sea and the
five hundred troops which were on
board are reported drowned.
Paris, Nov. 22.-An official state
ment received at the Montenegrin
consulate indicates that part of the
Serbian army has retreated into
Montenegrin troops on the Linn riv-
er.
London, Nov. 22.-The entente
allies have demanded that Greece
either join with them and fulfill her
treaty obligations to Serbia, or de-.
mobilize, and to impress King Con-
stantine that they mean what they
say the allies have declared a COM
mercial blockade of the Hellenic en-
pire, according to dispatches from.
Athens.
There is no confirmation of these
statements available here but it is.
certain that Lord Kitchener, British
war secretary, who had an hours
audience with the king of Greece
Saturday and afterward saw Premier
Skouloudis, took firm stand and
told them what the allies could and
would do unless the demands were
conceded.
The Greek cabinet met to consider
the situation and few hours should
show what Greece's future attitude
will be. The Greek government has
again affirmed its friendliness to the
allies, but has not yet taken the
steps required to prevent Greece
from being classed among the friends
Of the central powers.
The entente allies will not permit
any delay. The position of the Ser
bian armies makes any prolongation
of the present uncertainty impossi-
BILE. Already the Serbians are max
ing what may be their last stand be-
fore Monastir and also on the plains
of Kossovo.
The Bulgarians, it is true, are be-
ing held up by unfavorable weather
conditions, but they must be almost
at the gates of the Macedonian CAPT
tai by this time, while the Austro-
Germans and Bulgarians are slowly.
but surely pressing back the north
ern army.
Of the French and British troops
in the south. little news has been
received. Apparently they are only
holding their positions and can no
longer hope to be of assistance to
the Serbians except by keeping a
large number of Bulgarians engaged.
According to German reports, an Eff