, 1915-12-08

A Bulgarian official statement says: CATER
the defeat of the Serbians on Monday last
near Prisrend, the remains Of the Serbian
Army which retreated towards Jakova aud
along the Balidrini, towards Dibra and Scut-
ar, were pursued by us and on Friday, after
following the Serbians along the Balidrinl.
We overlook them in IL position on the left
bank of the Gu,np, where we energeticHlly
attacked pnd dispersed them, and they Aed
pftclpitately, losing one huudred field guns
and howitzers, two hundrtd motor cars,
a great quantity If war material, $50 trans
port wagons ard Inrge quantities Of uni
forms and equipment, the road along the
Balidrini 10 kulat una being blocked with
booty. The Serbians and Montenegrins
retre"tlng towards Djtntc evacuated that
poNltlo" on our approach, leaving behind
six howltzers, and our cavalry continues the
pursuit. According to statements by prison
ers, King Peter was being carried on a
stretcher because the march along the Drlna
was impossible for horses"
The following statement h0s been is.
sued by the Admiralty: IN view of
the allegations il German Press messages
that British hospital ships are improperly
used, the hospital ship 'Nauretania has
been examined at Naples by the American,
Danish and Swiss 60 lsuls, who have jointly
signed a declaration that neither combatants
nor warIike stores were found on board"
A British fl 'ial statement says "The
British, French, Italian, Japnuese aud Rus
sian Government 8 mutually engage not to
conclude peace separately during the present
war, and the five Governments further agree
that, when terms of peace come to be dis
cu~sed, no one of the Allies Will demand
conditions Of peace without IA previous aga Zee
ment with each of the other Allies"
The agreement il dated November 30th
and is signed By Sir Edward Grey, NJ. Cam
bon, the French Ambassador, the Marquis
Imperial, the ItaInn Ambassador, NJ. IN
ouyo, the Japanese Ambassador, and Count
BenckendOrtf, and Russian Ambassador, and
replaces the previous similar agreement.
Advices from Capetown state that General
SHUTS, Minister of Defence of the Union Of
South Africa, has announced that the entire
force asked for the Elst African expedition
mas been recruited and that the Imperial
Government has been informed thNt the
Union is increasing its forces for contingent
cies, The expedition goes to East Africa
because of the nrming of the natives by the
Germans and the preaching of a holy wnr
against Christians with German assistance.
Des patches from Shanghai state that on
Sunday afternoon twenty men left the
Foreign Settlement IN q launch ana went
alongside the Chinese cruiser "Chao-Ho,'
lying opposite the Kiangran arsenal aud
that upon the arrival of the launch
the crew Of the cruiser mutlDied, mp
parently by Encouragement, and fired on
the arsenal, the cruiser "Hai-Chi" and
The gunboat 'Iung-Ching", The latter yes
sells replied and there was q lively can
n%onadiug with light and heavy guns for IN
hour, a minimum of half a dozen shots fall
ing in the Foreign Concessions, the city and
the country side, causing q panic. After the
firing ceased, the 'Chao-Ho' remained at
ancho watching the other w~Nrships. The
authorities at the arsenal notified the senior
Consul in the Foreign Settlement that the
"Clao-Ho" would be sAelled and sunk on
Monday at q ybreak,
A Reuters despatch from Athens states
that the conviction prevails that the Balkan
campaign will continue mare energetically
to check the German advance to Constan-
tinople, From French sources it is reported
that the enforcement of the entire line
from the Cernh river TO Krivolnk continues,
and the positions east of the Vardar river
have gradually been rendered secure, with
the view of extending the zone for the pro-
lection of the railway.
The correspondent Of the "Daily Mail" ut
Salonica states that the Turks are pouring