Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-11-30
AUSTRIA WANTS
To CONCLUDE
!. SEPARATEPE |
Winter Has Set His Forces Work
ing Against Both Allies and
Central Powers.
GREEK NOTE FAVORABLE
TO QUADRUPLE ENTENTE
Austrian and Italian War Offices
Issue Contradictory Notes Of
: Successes.

|
since The outbreak of the war Emper
| or William of Germany and Emperor
Franz Joseph of Austria have met
| The German emperor went to Vienna
and conferred with the Austro sover
eign, the Austro-Hungarian foreign
minister and the Austrian premier.
Coincident with the emperor's visit
comes the report from the semi Ger
man news agency that several mem
bers of the Austrian cabinet are about
to resign.
Emperor William Left Tonight.
A dispatch received by Reuters
agency from Amsterdam at London
says that Emperor William left Wen.
na during the course Of the evening.
London, Nov. 29.-The campaign in
the near east is about to enter a new
phase upon which the visit Of Lord
Kitchener to Paris and Emperor Will
liam to Vienna, it is believed, will
have an important effect.
Emperors to Meet.
Lord Kitchener, after visiting the
Balkans, and Italy, has arrived at Paris
for an important series of confer
ences with the French staff, while the
German emperor has gone to Vienna
to see Emperor Francis Joseph and to
discuss with the Austrian generals
what the next move will be.
Central Powers in Quandry.
PtfhHspRealH, ths s, i i
Anglo,French forces in southern Ser
bia or concentrate in western Bull
earia to meet the strength Of Rus
sian invasion from the east, and the
possibility of Rolmania's taking sides
against her old enemies, Bulgaria and
Turkey.
Winter Is Serbia's Ally.
So far as,,Serbia is concerned, win.
ter appears virtually to put an end
to any important movement, although
the ,Austrians are prS.6eding to deal
with Montenegro, whose frontier they
have crossed, while the Bulgarians
are attempting to advance towards
Prisrind and Monastir.
MonaSt'r OoomcO.
With heavy and continued snow
storms reaching the proportions Of
billiards, the operations must be
slow, especially as the Serbians and
Montenegrins still are offering stub
born resistance. Monastir, it is adj
mitted, cannot be saved, but the Ser
bans, who are defending the city, are
determined to resist to the last and
give the civilians cnance to escape.
Snow Stopped Fighting.
Snow has completely stopped oper-
ations on the AngloFrench front in
Serbia. The opposing forces, who are
separted bya valley mile across,
have lost sight of each other.
Greek Note Is Favorable to Allies.
There are not details OF the Greek
reply to the collective note of the En-.
tente powers demanding facilities for
the Anglo-French forces, but a dis
patch from Athens says it is couched
| in friendly terms and is regarded as
| paving the way for desirable settle.
ment, which would enable Greece 10
retain her neutrality and not interfere
with the intention of the Allies.
Contradictory Reports.
| Desperate fighting continues on the
summit of the mountains around Cor
liza. The Italian claim TO have cap
tured the Austrian trenches, but the
! Austrians claim that all their attacks
on Isonzo have been repulsed. Artil,
lery and aerial fighting has marked
the progress in France, while in Rus
sia an almost complete lull prevails.
Gorilla In Flames.
Telegraphing from Zurich, the Ex
| change Telegraph company cores
pondent says: "A semi-official Aus
trian dispatch received here says the
suburbs of Gorilla are in flames, and
that the evacuation of the town by
the remaining civilians is proceeding
methodically.
Cabinet LENDERS to Resign.
A dispatch to the Exchange Tele
graph company from Copenhagen
saws: "The Walff bureau (semi-of1i
cial German news agency says that
several members of the Vienna cabi
net will resign.
Lost Over 1000 Men.
A victory over the British in the
Mesopotamian campaign is reported
bv the Turkish war office in an off
cial statement received today from
Constantinople. The British, it is de
clared, were driven out Of Turkish po
sitions which they had penetrated
and suffered over 1000 losses.
Bagdad In Danger.
The British victory over the Turks
at Ctesiphon, near Bagdad, as report
ed last week. has not, as many per
sons believed, relieved the situation
at Bagdad and official reports issuet
tonight say that, having successfulll!