Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-23
London Report Reveals Puz
cling Tangle Enveloping
Athens Government.
ADOPT MARTIAL LAW?
British Authorities Declare
Military Rule Is to Be
Proclaimed.

London, Dee. %, u2:16 P. NJ Proc
lamatiou Of martial law III Greece is
reported unoaicially to be imminent.
Although no confirmation Of this re-
port is available, there is evidence OF
growing uneasiness at Athens over the
possibility hat Bulgarian troops viii
! cross tie border,
The only thing which has occurred
to relieve the situation is the an
nouncement that the Bulgarian officer
in command of the force which clashed
with the Greeks in Epirus has been
punished and that the incident is con-
sidered closed.
Property Loss Heaviest.
Recrudescence of submarine activity
in the near east is sigualized in d
startling manner by the sinking of the
japanese liner Yasaka Maru. Appar-
entity there was no loss of life but, ac-
eordinE to marine insurance men, the
property loss was the heaviest in
cured in any maritime disaster Of
the Val Tho nature of the valuable
cargo remains undisclosed.
Yarna Bombardment Mystery.
The mystery of the bombardment OF
Yarna, which was at first reported as a
formidable Russian attack on the CHIEF
Bulgarian port, has stirred London
but according to reports from both
sides it was nothing more than a minoI
naval action among torpedo boats, il
which shore batteries took part. How
ever, a large Russian fleet is said tt
be in the vicinity Of Varna and the
action may be merely the preliminar!
to a serious Russian attack.
Mountain Again in Dispute.
Hartmannss Weilerkopf is once more
subject of contention. The posses
sion Of the summit Of this mountain
? has been disputed so closely by mill
jary forces. as we'll as by those WHIT
officially record. their movements tina
|. an Associated Press correspondent
J was called on last April to decide th'
relative positions of the opposing
sides. In the present instance thu
French assert they have expelled tht
Germans from their highest trenches
The Germans admit retirement from
The summit, which they assert the.
had occupied since April, The Frencl
claim they have not only advanced
their positions substantially. notwith
standing the fact that the German
succeeded in reoccupying some of thu
lost trenches. but have forestalled il
ameasure an offensive which the Ger
mans had been preparing in tn
FOsges
10 Punish officer.
The Athens correspondent of Reu
ters Telegram company sends the fol
lowing:
In reply TO representations made t
the German and Bulgarian govern
ments regarding the Coyitzia incident
in which Bulgarian detachment in al
legged pursuit of a small Serbian fore
uansgressed the Greek frontier. tn
Gfeek government has received assur
ahces thst the Bulgarian officer re
sponsible will be punished"
Turks Report Advance.
Constantinople. Dec, 90. (via Lon
don, Dec %. SIS a. m.)-The TurkisI
var Office tonight gave out the follow
ing statement.
Along the entire northern front on
!, Troops are approaching the barbe
] Wire entanglements of the enem
trenches.
On the Dardanelies front near Sed
aa' Bahr there have been temporar
aflll!ery and bombing encounters. Gu
artillery on the Anatolian coast OF th
straits successfully bombarded Mortoli
nan and the landing places at Tekk
hafnu. Near Mortoliman we sunk tw
small boats and near Tehke a small
ammunition vessel In one secto
cleared Of the enemy we found provis
s0hs OF all kinds. sufficient for an arm
.oFps for long time, 100000 san
sags' some thousands Of tents, 90
plankets, 400 stretchers. one morta
near Aghime Dere and many morta
soMoS hidden in the ground "