Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-13
BRITISH LINE SHELLED
FOR ENTIRE DAY BY FOE
Austrian Forces. Advancing in Mon
tenegro. Reported to Have
Reached Mitchitz.
CETTINJE TO Be EVACUATED
Antivari Bombarded by Long-Range
Guns-Italy Alarmed Over Sit
uation and Papers Ask
Entente Intervention.

LONDON, January I3.-Thc
attack OF the Teutonic allies on
the entente forces defending
Saloniki is being developed on d
large. scale. according to the
Athens correspondent OF tie
Giornale D'Italoe. telegraphing
under Tuesdays date He reports
that a bombardment of the Brit
ish line to the Doiran zone pro-
ceeded all day Monday.
The attacking troops are dis
tributed as follows: The Ger
mans on the west front around
Monastir. the Bulgarians on the
Gievgeli-Doiran line. the Turks
on the east flank.
The important railroad bridge
over the Struma river at Demir-
Hissar has been blown up by
French engineers as a precaution-
ary measure.
Austrian forces advancing from
Cattaro and Budna have reached
Mitchitz, FIVE miles from Antivari,
which is being bombarded by the
Austrian long-range guns. ac-
cording to dispatch to L'Oeuvre'
under Tuesdays date.
To Evacuate Cettinje.
In view of the success of the Austrian
offensive against Mount Lovcen, meas
ures have been taken by the Montene-
grin government to evacuate CettinJe
Immediately. according to a Scutari
dispatch. says the Petit Journal :
Milan correspondent The government.
however, has decided to continue the
struggle against the Austrians. the
dispatch adds.
Grave Menace to Italy.
ROME. January 13.-The capture OF
Mount Lovcen, Montenegro, by the
ing a grave menace for Italy. Militar.
critics point out that Austria therep'
gains domination of the Adriatic coast
and, Furthermore. will be able 10 IN
wade northern Albania.
Italian newspapers appeal to the al
lies for immediate intervention 10
spare Montenegro from the fate OF Ser
ba. King Nicholas Of Montenegro is
quoted as saying:
"Lovcen is the Olympus OF our race
the cradle of the dynasty. the strong
hold which resisted the invasion OF the
Turks. even when they reached The
walls of Vienna. Lovcen is more pre-
cious than if il were colossal dia-
mond
Fate Is in Balance.
"On Montenegro weighs The tate
of Belgium and Serbia" says Messa
zero. The taking OF Lovcen by Aus
tria means the taking of CettinJe
Those who direct the operations of the
entente allies say that the sacrifice is
small and state that it is an insignth-
can episode in a gigantic struggle
Rut il Is possible to go too far in this
point of view.
I'm 1900 the Zanardelli cabinet. un-
the Importance OF Loscen
for Italy. sent to Montenegro iouf
cannon of large callocf w Neiehu -
but Austria protested ana thus luI
ther expedition of arms was suspend
ed. In the summer of 1914, when the
nelo-French feet began its campaign
in the Adriatic. it would have been easy
10 helm Montenegro if Cattaro We're
nroneriy bombarded from Lovcen. The
Austrian fleet would have been bottled
nm at cattaro and obliged to put to
sea like that of Admiral Cervera at
Santiago ....
To-day. instead. besides Cettnje.
Scutari also is in danger of falling to
the Austrians.
correspondent te1egraphing from
Scutari saws that the Montenegrins.
aided by Serbian continGents, are max
mo a stout resistance to the Austrlans
Though outnumbered five to one
Scutari Situation Desperate.
PARIS. January ia Scutari tele-
,r,m 10 the Serbian legation in Rome
Jascribes the situation in Scutari as
,n,roaching desperation. Food is
acL;ng to feed thousands of women.
children and refugees from Serbia. the
after arriving in large numbers
yelling the refugee colony already
.sta blished.
The new arrivals. adds the message.
re obliged to sleep in the open air
n the bitter cold. 1t declares that
,undreds are dying daily in the streets
~ cold and hunger, and that nearly All
he yery young children have died
rom lack of nourishment.