The Elbert County tribune., 1915-12-17
FORTY THOUSAND MEN REPORT
ED LOST BY RETREATING
BRITISH.
FOOD RIOTS IN HUNGARY
AUSTRIA MAY BREA WITH
UNITED STATES BECAUSE
OF ANcoNA.
western Newspaper Union News Service.

London, Dec. 15.-One of the big
be fought on Greek soil by more than
$50 900 British and French and su-
perior force of Germans, Austrians
and Bulgars. The British and French
forces have made good their retire
ment down the Vardar valley and are
now approaching Saloniki, where re-
Inducements are being landed. while
reports received in Paris and Rome
say that the Bulgarians have crossed
the Greek frontier in pursuit.
Washingtou.-The American note
to France making representations
against the taking of Germans from
the American steamer Coamo by the
cruiser Descartes and the operations
OF the warship against other Ameri-
can vessels, is on its way to Paris.
Officials here decline to discuss the
note in any way. Arrangements for
] its publication will be made later.
The note asks for the immediate re-
lease OF six Germans and Austrians
taken from the steamers Coamo, San
Juan and Carolina.
otterdam.-Prussian casualty lists
Nos. $50 to 3S9, according to the Rot
terdamsche Courant, contain tho
names of G5,3i0 killed, wounded and
missing making the total 2,244,24s.
London, Dec. IA dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company from
Amsterdam says: Reports from vi
emma say that the American note con-
cerning the sinking of the Italian
steamer Ancona has caused intense
anger in the Austrian government and
diplomatic rupture is considered
probable. The question before Baron
Burian. the Austro-H Hungarian foreign
minister, is ony whether a rupture
with the United States would not
force Berlin to like step.
Count Tisza, the Hungarian pre-
mier. has been summoned to Vienna
to discuss the situation with the gov
| ernment."
Contrasting the tone of the note
sent to the Austrian government by
the United States with the note sent
to Germany after the LusItania disas-
| ter, the Daily Express concludes that
''the note would have been more i'm
| pressive IL 1t mad been addressed to
the power capable of injuring the
| United States Instead of to it's ally.
from which the United States has
nothing to fear"
London.-The British and French
troops have successfully carried out
their retirement from Serbia across
the Greek frontier, and by an arrange
ment with the Greek government a
clear road has been left for them to
fall back on Saloniki, which is being
organized as base. The German Of
ficial report claims that approximate.
ly two English divisions, about 10000
men. were annihilated' during the re
tirement, but this is considered here
an exaggeration.
By the destruction of railway bridges
and roads and by stubborn rear guard
actions, in one of which two com
panies of the lnniskillin regiment sac.
rificed themselves to sava their COM
rades, the Bulgarians were kept at
fairly safe distance.
Tbe Morning Post prints letter
from Budapest which states that more
than half million people have signed
memorandum which will be present
ed to the Hungarian premier in Parlia-
ment by deputation representing all
classes of the population, complaining
of the high prices of fool
The memorandum claims that prices
are much higher in Hungary than in
Germany. 1t asserts that the coming
winter threatens to overwhelm the
population by starvation, and urges
the impossibility of going on under
: present conditions much longer.