The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-30
Remnant of Serb Army Joins
Montenegrins for Fight to
Death Against Austrians
FALL OF MONASTIR
SOON is FEAREL
Heavy Snowstorms Reported
Throughout the Balkans,
Which May Compel Cessa-
ton of ighting

London. NOV. 23-For the str.4s
time In nearly eight weeks there
- no Intensive fi.llfing reported
IN the Balkans. io,ijgit. the sstu-
alton There ~ mere or less .fY Ii
puzzle. Some OF The critic s.tr-
misc that the n Ain body OF fser-
man, AUSTRIAN and tsulgarlssn
troops. having disposed OF tile
Serbian army. are commemorative
In the south. from Pr.i..p IA.
StrumniLl where a decisive en-
engagement htwcen those fertrsS
and the French and British et-
prtfltionary forces IL about u oe-
eur. There ~. however. no
definite news To support this SUM
position.
Probably the most significant
news OF the day Is that contained
in dispatch from Petrograd set.
ting forth ttsst the Car Ina. bs.s.t
In Bcssernbia inspecting enorssnns
forces Of ftis>ian~ concentrated
there for acton against Bulgaria,
IAis Dispatch hints al an atgrc..
npent having been rcactcti b4.-
tween RunE.nia aud Russia re-.
spccting the passage of Ru.s.aa
troops across RuMs,nian territory
to strike nj Bulgaria.
A Saicnica dispatch says that III.
from the Turkish fruntiar N MIL u ~
dispateling thesas te,sgs n,
= ticlpAtlnn- -nf--sa- Eusaisssl fgfre nsireZ
News from Athens supports this dis
patch, adding that forces of Germans
and Austrans as well are being
fastened to the Rumanian border
Look fog Austrian ATTACK.
Word from Rome indicates that tas
n tel "a, Ky ftit
tivity against their frontiers By the
Austrians. King Nicholas of Monte
negro announced to his people veS-
terday that the Serbian army had
joined the Montenegrius to fight the
common enemy threatening an in
vasicn Of Montenegro similar To that
of Serbia He exhorted his people not
to spare bloodshed on their couatry's
defense and to prefer death To
slavery. He said that he is deternin-
ed TO remove the capital to the
mountains until the enemy is de-
feated with the aid of the Allies who
had promised to feed the army and
people.
Monastir Doomed.
Monastir. in Southwestern Serbia,
seems doomed. Salonica advices to-
day say that the civilian population
has left The city and that force
VI ouiEdI4dH~ ~ ADVANCING from
Prilep on the north. On Saturday
the Bulgarians crossed the Carasso
River.
The Serhians are said 10 have left
katchanik and retreating towards Az
bania by roads leading to Scutari.
Durazzo and Santi Quaranta.
Heavy snowstorms arc reported
Throughout the Balkans. SaIouict
dispatches predict that the inclement
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of German and Austrian troops for
a new offensive untn the entente
powers can have nassed a sufficient
expeditionary army To successfully at
tack from the south.
The Serbian government has been
removed to Scutari Forty deputies.
constituting the more important group
of the Sllupshtina are with the presi-
dent of the chamber at Salonica. The
other deputies did not have time to
join their colleagues and were unable
to reach Salonica
TALE OF SEPARATE
PEACE FOR AUSTRIA.
London, Nov 29.--Reports reach here
from Rome that during the last ten
days Austria has taken tentative steps
toward arranging separate peace with
the allies IT Is rumored there that
corning peace negotiations
The rumor also is repeated there that
Germany is anxious 10 make peace
with portion OF the allies SO that
she can give her undivided attention
to England. Austria's desire. how
ever. it is said. is for general cea-
sation of hostilities to relieve the
strain upon her financial and military
resources
The Lucerne correspondent OF the
Rome Tribuna states that the efforts
of Prince Won Buelow- to arrange peace
with Russia at StockholnI's Red Cross
Conference have failed. The plan for
Prince Max. of Saxony. to represent
Germany and Grand Duke Michael, a
relative of the Gear, to represent Rus
STA. fell through. Russia sent two citt-
zens named Arhouoff and Marcoroff,
who were allowed to discuss only
technical questions.
The official communicate from the
Austrian war offive today indicates
that the violent fghting at Osiavfa
and Podgora, west of Goritz, and south
west OF this city in the Monte San
Michele region. are continuing
bridge Inspector Drops Dead.
George Cooper, 1o3 South Eighth
Street, a bridge Inspector, dropped
dead last night II Eighth and CAxy
Streets, when he wAs euadenly stRir1sN
with heart trouble. Coroner Taylor
viewed the body and then haA II tuRnoa
over to the Hlllay un4ss1nktae es4ooe
lishmsnt ssss s;E y,y HIS s|a
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