Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-12-07
JOINT COUNCIL
Of ALLIES HOLDS.
FIRST. MEETING
French Commander General Joff-
re Heads New Board Formed
by Allies. .a #,.s
GREEK SITUATION SEEMS
MORE FAVORABLE NOW
British Submarines Active in Sea
Of Marmora;; Sink Turkish
Destroyer.

Of Marmora;; Sink Turkish T.
Destroyer. ',, T..
London, Dec. 6.-The peace talk
which emanates from the vatican,
Switzerland and Scandinavia and hs
been aroused by the proposed ques.
tios of the socialists in the Reichstag.
The pope's address and the secret
consistory evoke no echo here. The
British people are quite satisfied that
Austria-Hungary is tired of war, that
the people of Germany, with the
knowledge of heavy losses suffered at
the different fronts, may be anxious
to see and end of it, but they do not
expect the ruler of the central powers
to make suggestions that any British
would or could consent to. ..'.
Joint War Council.
Therefore they are more interested
in news of the joint war council of all
the allies which has been formed and
which held it's first meeting in Paris
today uder the presidency of the
French commander.in-chief,. General
Joffre. and hope from this time on
that the war is to be prosecuted%m
nergetically, and that efforts are to be,
made to. clear up the diplomatic ai@.
culties which, face the quadruple en-
tente in the Balkans. ..a.., ,r,%,, -,
Where and when the allies will at.
tempt. the stroke which they ! expect
will turn the tide only the conferees
know and they are not likely to take
the public into their confidence.
There is evidence, however, of soma
change in the Balkans where. the
British and French have been beating
on the Bulgariads and despite rumorS
Of a withdrawal to Saloiki. There
are signs that the Greek situation Is
righting itself and dispatches, from
Athens reports a modus vivendi has
been arrived at with regard to mill.
tary matters that were awaiting sets
tlement and that Greek officers have
gone to Saloniki to bring It into
force. :, .,.... -a.,.,ii- ~ ~ '5r:+
Turks Press British. 1;@E Z, T.,
The British army in Mesopotamia
has made good it's retirement to Kup.
El-Amara, closely followed by : the
Turks, who apparently are attempting
to outflank General Townshand from
the west. The position is q strong one
and reinf0rcements. are arriving, it. Is
believed the place can be held, e ~
British Subs Active. -. gs,,5,.,..,
The Turkish torpedo boat destroy
er, Var Hissar, has been sunk in the
Sea of Marmoraby British subma-
rine, 1t was announced in British
official statement this evening. A sup
ply steamer and four sailing vessels
were also destroyed by the subma-
rine on December 4. .. a..-.e.
The official statement is as follows:
"A report has been received from
one Of the British submarines oper-
ating in the Sea of 'Marnora, describ-
ing her receit activities. - s.r.,,r
"On December 3 she torpedoes and
sank the Turkish destroyer, Var His
sar, outside the gulf of 1smid. She
picked up two officers and 40 men OF
the destroyer's crew and placed them
on board a sailing vessel. sF:
On December she sunk supply
steamer of 5000 tons. of tPanderma,
by gunire and also destroyed four
sailing vessels carrying supplies
The Var Hissar was built in 1907.
She was 1874 feet long, 1877 feet beam,
and 95 feet draft. =
Greek Statement. -.
In notable statement made to the
Associated Press at Athens, King
Constantine of Greece declared that
the Greek people were not forewarn.
ed; that so far as he and his people
could prevent it Greece would not
take part in the Balkan conflict.
He declared further, that together
with the assurance that tAee Greek
government, he had given his person.
al word that the Greek forces would
never be used to attack the French
and British, but two things he was de.
termined upon-Greece would remain
neutral and retain her sovereign
right to protect herself.
Predicts Failure.
King Constantine prophesied that
t:le Allies adventure in the Balkans
would be failure unless 100000 men
were sent to that field of operation
Pope Benedict in his elocution be.
fore the cardinals at the secret con-
sistory at Rome urged peace among
the warning powers, just and lasting
peace which favored none. This hap
py result could be obtained only by
an exchange of ideas based upon
good will and calm delfOeration duly
recognizing the aspirations of all,
eliminating the unjust and impossi-
ble and taking into account with
equal measure what was just and
profitable. ..- - g. : .-'"
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