Semi-weekly herald., 1915-11-22
LATF WAR NEWS

ATHENS, Nov. 1S.--,rhe capture OF
Prileps gave the Bulgarians practic-
ally an open road to Monastir and
the Greek frontier.
Small bands of Serbs are fighting
desperate rear guard actions, hoping
the allies will arrive before Mona
stir falls.
Seventy miles east of the Prilep-
Monastir line, the battle Of Strumn-
itza is raging.
Turkish troops are reported to be
on the way to aid the Bugarians.
The Serbian situation is hourly be-
coming more desperate. The north
ern and southern armies are both in
danger of being captured. The best
they can hope is 10 abandon Serbia
to the invading Germans and occupy
Kursumliya, southwest OF Nish.
The internment of Greek ships in
English and French ports is prac-
tically, in principle, the same as a
declaration of war, but King Constan-
tine will not consider it so unless he
definitely decides to join the kaiser,
1t is either an attempt TO forcibly
influence Greek public opinion or is
preliminary offensive due to the be-
lief that Constantine intends to join
the Germans.
BERLIN, Nov. 1S.-For refusing
to fight, two hundred Italian So
cialists were condemned to death and
shot, according to DR.. Loyegren, So
cialist deputy in Sweden.
He said he saw them herded into
box cars at Florence and taken to
Arezzo for execution.
LONDON Nov. 19.-The French
are fiercely attacking the Bulgars on
the Vardar river in the hope of dis
tracing their attention from the
campaign in southeastern Serbia
where they are sweeping everything
before them.
The British are hammering at
Strumnitza.
Serbian refugees are streaming in
to Greece.
Reports that the Bulgars have cap
tured Monastir are still current but
unconfirmed.
The Serbian situation is most des-
perate. The allies in the Balkans are
not strong enough yet to help the
Serbs much.
Rumania's fate depends upon the
decision of the cabinet which is in ses-
sion now at Bucharest Whom she
will join is uncertain. The Russians
and Austrians each fearing that Ru-
mania will join the other are massing
troops on the border.
Nearly surrounded by mountains
in the Novibazar and Sanjak see
ton, the shattered Serbnns are max
ing their last stand. The weather
is bad and the troops are suffering.
PARIS, Nov. 19.-Serbian refugees
arriving at Salonika have related the
horrible atrocities of the Bulgnrians
The Bulgarians butehered the Serb
ian prisoners.
iiuitiTuS VI NpliitH anu ClIuttu
We're burned alive in the churches Of
Nish where they had taken refuge.
Those who rushed out Of the burn
ing structures were shot down by the
Bulgarian guards.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 19.--
The British monitor which was being
used in the advance on Bagdad was
sunk in the Tigris with the entire
crew.
The British have been checked near
Kut, over hundred miles southeast
of Bagdad.
The Mohammedan clergy is urging
enlistments for a holy war.
BERLIN, Nov. 19.-According to
the Cologne Gazette, the Serbians
mutilate and abandon their prisoners
because they delay their retreat.
Escaped prisoners have described
the horrible scenes. Crushed arms
and legs and mangled bodies found
in the enemy's wake have verified
the stories.
1t is reported that Austria has
threatened reprisals if the atrocities
are continued
WENT TO THE HOSPITAL.