The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-10
NOTE TO AUSTRIA
IS SAID TO BE AN
ULIIMATUN
Killing american Citizens Act of
War Against U. S.
ALLIES DRIVEN INTO GREECE
Advancing 6ulgarians and Teutons
Have Forced French and British
Across Greek Frontier.

Washington, Dec 10.--It is said
here today that the U. s. note to Aus
tria relative to the sinking of the
Ancona is in effect an ultle gum
The report says that the note de
clares that the Killing Of American
citizens is an act OF war ON the part
of Austria and that it must be disa-
vowed and reparation made or diplo-
matte relations will be broken off
and the U. 5. will seek other means
Of safeguarding American lives.
Athens, Dec. 1O.-The allied
French and British troops in the
southeast corner Of Serbia and south
western Bulgaria are continuing
their retreat At one point they have
been driven across the Greek front
ier The advancing Teuton and Bul-
garian armies have not crossed the
line but are intrenching Just over the
bCrdec
The French and British forces have
not attempted to make decisive
stand against the enemy, but are
seeking to delay their advance until
more reinforeements can be brought
up from Salonikl
Berlin, Dec. 10.--The Socialist
members OF the Reichstag today met
in caucus and voted almost unani-
mously that the reply OF Chancellor
Belhmaun-Hollweg TO the Socialist
query in regard to peace is entirely
satisfactory
London. Dee -Counterattaok
by the French forces near Souain in
Champagne have won back most OF
the trenches lost to the Germans
earlier in the week The French ar
tillery, according to the Paris Official
report, has been a great factor in pre-
venting the Germans IRON consoli-
dating their new positions A Ger
man munitions depot in this region
has been blown up
London Dec. l0.-A dispatch TO
Reuters telegram company from
British headquarters in Macedonia,
sent Wednesday. says
The Bulgarian attacks during the
past two or three days have been
more serious than were originally re-
ported The Bulgarians show con
stantly increasing strength and seem
to be well supplied with artillery,
which keeps up a constant fire Like
the Germans. the Bulgarians deluge
their objective with shell fire before
attacking with infantry
Since Sunday the British lines
have engaged the principal share of
their attention and before the super
ior strength Of the emmy our outposts
are gradually falling back to the
main position. Some hand-toh hand
fighting has occurred
The few Bulgarian prisoners tax
en- declare they have no wish to fight
against the entente allies but are
anxious to meet the Greeks and wipe
out old scores. As the lines OF the
entente allies contract upon the
Greek frontier, the problem of the
attitude of the Greek government be-
comes more and more acute.
THE French withdrawal to Demir-
Kapu was most orderly. They
brought away even their stores of
hay and forage"
San Juan, Porto Rico, Dec. 8
The Porto Rico liner Coamo was
stopped this morning by the French
cruiser Descartes, which took four
German fremen from the merchant
man on board the warship The
search lasted from to $50 o'clock,
the officers and crew and the entire
list of passengers being examined.
1t is reported that the Descartes
was looking for Waldemar Repp.
German consul at San Juan, and
John Stubbe, the Austrian consul,
who are now in New York,
Chief Steward Schaade OF the Porto
Rico liner Carolina was taken from
that vessal last night
The Coamo and the Carolina are
American steamships, owned by the
New York and Porto Rico Steamship
company. The Coamo was bound
| for San Juan from New York, having
left that port on December 4. The
Carolina arrived at San Juan Decem-
Der 1 and was to have sailed thence
for Ponce.
New York, Dec, 9.-A cablegram
from San Juan received today by the
New York and Porto Rico line stated
that its vessels Coamo and Carolina
had been held up and searched by a