Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-12-09
NEW MOVE IN ].
BALKANS IS |.
LOOKED FOR. |I| |
Rumors in Circulation That Allies
Will Abandon Balkan Cam
paign.
CONTIUE TO LAND THEIR !
TROOPS AT sALoNIKI
serbians and lontenegrins Lose
Many I'D Considerable
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London, ,Dses The situation in
the BALKANS whipping rapidly.
The dStfSA ssnd Bulgarian divi.
sion has a.hhsd lSenali pa the Greek
border, 10 miles south of Monastir,
thus threatening to; outhank the An.
glo-French forces, while. Bulgars.
who also are supposed to be support.
ed by Germans. have attacked the
Allies rear right flank at Strumitza.
Under this pressure the French
have withdrawn from the Kirvolak
salient and at last account have tax.
en- up a position at Demirkapou. in q
deep gorge about 20 miles from the
Greek frontier. through which the
Saloniki railway runs, where they
were attacked by the Bulgarians
who, according to the French report.
were repulsed. t
- Plans Not Clear.
The plans of neither the Allies or
the Germans are yet quite clear, But,
apparently, the Germans are deter;
mined on crushing the Allies forcss
which Went to the assistance OF tbs
serbians and which have been And,
still are being reinforced. si,
4 Tho retirement, Of the Allies 5.to
Demirkapou has left,a report: that
they intend Ito apn tho 2Ralksn
enterprise entirely, but the continued,
landing Of troops at saloniki would
seem to deny any such intention;
while there is very strong military
opinion here that Saloniki should 4be'
held as base for future operation in
the near east. .,2ss S.ss'tg.
.'. Other Fronts Quiet. "a. 7,
There is little news ifom the other
fronts. ..Y n 4. IVA. ~ = r'
The expected offensive Of the al.
lies in Galipoli. apparently did not
materialize while throu ghout Russia
the wintry weather; has put stop to
all but small ventures.
Austrian Statement.
An official statement issued today
follows: %; :.,s.S
"One of our submarines on the
morning of the fifth, sank q small
Italian cruiser with two sfunuels OF
Valona (Avlona) Albania
Make Big haul.
The capture of more than 1000
prisoners, among whom were 800
Montenegrins. by the truce OF Genes-
al Won Koevess. is reportedjin today's
official statement from Austro.Hu
garian headquarters received here
from Vienna.
Eighty cannons, 100 ammunition cars.
40 automobiles and considerable war
materials were taken BY the forces
operating against Serbians and Mon.
tenegrins
Premier Talks Peace.
"A dispatch received here from Bud.
apest contains an outline Of speech
made by Count Tisza, the Hungarian
premier Of the Diet on the subject Of
peace. ~" - '''1a ,s
"The conclusion of peace" said
Count Tisza depends exclusively on
our enemies. The longer it takes to
convince them that further prosecu-
tion of the war is nothing but We
less and criminal carnage, the great
er will be our victory.
"The greater sacrifices the war
entails the more severe will be the
terms of peace for our enemies"
More Peace Talk.
Any peace proposals Of serious
nature made by the German allies di.
rectly or through neutral powers will
first be discussed by the Entente gov.
ernments, according to q statement
made to the British house Of com.
mons by Premier AsQuith. Until
this contingency arose the premier
added. he could give no further pledge.
The premier was replying to q Re.
quest Of socialist member Of the
chamber for pledge that negotia-
tions based on: the evacuation of con-
quered territory should be rejected
by Great Britain without knowledge
of parliament.
Montenegro Wants Peace.
According to dispatches received
from the Furter Zeitung, says the
Overseas News agency, Montenegro
has expressed a desire for q separate
peace. \,
King Nicholas, according to the dis.
patch, personally handed to the En-.
tente ambassadors document sus-
costing possibility for separate
peace for Montenegro, which was rep
as exhausted and unable to
withstand the superior forces Of the
enemy. IL
The ambassadors reply was that
they would break of diplomatic rela'
tions and cease giving the assistance
that has heretofore been accorded