Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-12-30

cording to information reaching the
Athens correspondent of the Petit
Journal
! Paris, Dec 29.-Ernest Outrey, n
| deputy, has announced that he will ask
I the minister of marine in the chamber
of deputies if, In view of the sinking
of the French steamer Willie de la
| Cictot, the minister does not think 1t
necessary to convoy liners in the Medi-
terranean in order to prevent repeti-
| lions Of such catastrophe.
Paris, Dec 29.-"Italian troops which
disembarked at Avlona. Albania, have
reached the vicinity of the northern
! frontier of Epirus in some places, ac-
cording to reports from voyagers arriving
| from Santi Quaranta," says the Athens
correspondent of the Havas Agency.
Italian troops also have been seen near
| Tepeleni (Southern Albania).'
Berlin, Dec. ., (by wireless to Say
ville) The Overseas News Agency an
nounces that several hospital trains have
been donated by residents of Holland to
| the central powers. THE trains are splen-
| didly equipped the news agency says.
| Each is manned by six physicians and
one dentist. One Of these trains will be
| sent off next week.
| Stockholm, via London. Dec 29.--Mme.
| Rosika Schwimmer and other members
OF tho Ford peace mission left here Tues
day night for Copenhagen to make ad-
vance arrangements for the reception of
the expedition there. a telegram received
from Copenhagen citizens by the party
said that Denmark was ready to give
the Ford party the warmest of well
comes. The message stated that Den
mark looks with favor upon every sincere
| effort to end the war The members of
the party said that as they advance
toward The Hague there Is every indica
ton that the project is taken more SER
| iousy.
Paris. Dec. "a Havas agency de-
spatch from Athens quotes Bulgarian
newspapers as announcing the arrival at
Sofia of British prisoners of war who.
1t is said We're marched through the
streets amid hostile demonstrations on
the part Of the people
Munich, Bavaria. Via London Dec 49,
Residents of the Bavarian capital will
be permitted to enjoy their beer wlthou,
further increase in price. The mu-
nicipalty recently authorized breweries
and beer halls to raise the wholesale and
retail prices OF beer for the second time
during the war. An appeal was taken
to the provincial authorities.
Paris. Dec. 29.-"According to reliable
information there are 5000 Serbian
troops at Scutari and Elbassan, Al.
bania." says the Athens correspondent
of the Havas agency They are ir
excellent trim notwithstanding the diff
culties encountered in their retreat, They
hcld strongly fortified positions against
ne advance Of the Austro-Germans ant
Bulgarians and 1t Is unlikely that the,
will be transferred to Saloniki."
Paris, Dec. 29-Gen Michael JOSEPH
Maunoury military governor OF Paris. IL
a statement given to the Matin, express
ed the opinion that the capital might b'
more brilliantly lighted without addini
to the risk of air raids. The genera
said that he WAS inquiring into tn.
question and II the results bore out hi
belief return would be made to almos
normal lighting.
London, Dec. 29-"The new steamship
route from Norway to Russia Is now es
tablished and the Norwegian steamer
Kong Hedge. carrying a cargo Of Amer
ican and English machinery for Russia
! has made "A trip from Tromsoe NORWAY
to Alexandrovsk Russa) under the mos
favorable conditions" says the Copen
hagen correspondent of the Exchange
| Telegraph company. 'Since this route
win he open throughout the entir
year ii is expected that it will be OF ines
timable benefit to Russia whose trade dif!i
culties became acute owing TO the freez
ing over Of Archangel bay and the inter
rup.ed transit of supplies through Swe
den"
Y Paris. Dec, 29.-The directors Of a Bel
& gan company owning coal mines in tn
I far east having refused to subscribe tn
t surplus profit of the company to the Ger
man war loan were made to do so b,
0 order of General Won Kissing, Germal
: governor-general of Belgium, according 1
u the Iavre correspondent OF the Matin
: The correspondent adds that General Vol
( Kissing has sequestered the assets of al
!, Belgian stock companies.
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