The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-27
RUMAN|A DECIDES
T0MA|NT NTA|uHtR
NEUTRALITY
Neither Germans Nor Russians
to Have Her Help
USE OF DANUBE is REFUSED
Austrians Claim To Be Holding the
taIians-Patrogra Reports An
other German Cruiser Sunk

London, Nov 2s.--Rumania has re-.
fused the German and s. Austrian
forces the use of the Danube river
through Rumahiaa territory and has
also notified Russia that her troops
will not be allowed to cross Ruman-
ian soil.
This win not prevent the Russians
from using the Danube from Reni TO
the Black sea for the Danube river
has several mouths and the northern
outlet flows between Rumania and
the Russian province Of Bessarabia
and is therefore available for Russian
use
great Russian army is being col
lected at Reni and Odessa and from
these points it will be easy to sus-
tain operations either against The
Bulgarian coast or to advance into
Galicia.
Zurich, Switzerland, Nov. 26.-Dis-
patches from Bucharest, Rumania, 10
Budapest papers. state that the Ru-
manian council of Ministers has de
cided. since the unionist Federation
has threatened to make demonsIra-
tion and interrupt the speech from
the throne, to open Parliament simp-
ly with royal message which Pre-
mier Braitiano will read.
The message will declare, it is SAID
that the foreign political situation
makes it the duty Of Rumania to
maintain neutrality TO such limits as
the vital interests of the country
will permit.
London, Nov. 26,-Reports from
the Italian front today indicate thai
while the Austrians opposing the
Italian offensive on the lsonzo are
unable to get assistance, they are
counter attacking with terrific fury.
and have thus far prevented the Ital
ians from capturing Gorilla, which
has been hard pressed for nearly
week. Nevertheless, the Italian at
tacks continue. with considerable sue
cess at some points.
An official report from Rome dated
Nov. 25 tells of the capture of addi
tional ground on the Calvario crest
northeast of Gorilla.
The Austrian official report issued
in Vienna today said:
The situation in the district of
Gorilla is unchanged. The fighting
there continues. Repeated enemy
attacks against the ector of Oslavia
failed
More heavy bombs and incendiary
bombs have fallen in the town of
Gorilla which is now being systema.
tically shot to pieces. Daily num-
ber of churches and houses are burn.
ed, The damage done is estimated
at 25,000000 crowns, t$5,000,000)
while the loss on private property
works of art, and art collections cant
not be estimated.
London, Nov 26--The AustroGer
man forces in Galicia are attacking
the Russian lines apparently in the
hope of compelling the Car to divert
to that region part OF the army which
is being gathered in Bessarabia for
the invasion of Bulgaria. The Rus
sian official bulletin tonight also tells
of two attempts Of the Teuton forces
to make an advance in Volhynia. but
say both failed.
London, Nov 26.-The German
protected cruiser Frauenlob has been
sunk by a submarine of the entente
Allies, according TO semi-otiicial
announcement made at Petrograd
says a dispatch to the Central News
Agency.
The Frauenlob is reported to have
been sent to the bottom in the same
locality whee the German protected
cruiser Undine. twin ship of the
F'rauenlob, was lost.
The Frauenlob was protected
cruiser of 1872 tons and was built in
1901. A dispatch published in the
Politiken of Copenhagen November
II said report had been received
that the Frauenlob had been sunk off
the south coast of Sweden. Her twin
the Undine-according to an official
announcement made in Berlin, was
sunk by two torpedoes from subma-
rine on November Z while patrolling
the South Swedish coast. Nearly the
entire crew was saved.
The Frauenlob and Undine carried
crews of 275 men each.