The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-08

ATHENS, Tuesday, Dec. s. midnight.
via London, Dec Z, S:15 p. m.-Not.
withstanding that 1t is generally be-
lieved that the entente blockade will
go into effect Immediately and without
notice, government officials were op.
timistic after a conference between
King Constantine and the Italian min
lister this afternoon. 1t was asserted
In government circles that Greece can
withstand a siege for twenty days, al;
though districts that can be reached
only by water will suffer more quickly.
LONDON, Dec. Z, 5:21 p. m.-In re-
sponse to an inquiry at the, foreign Of
flee to-day concerning the situation In
Greece. the Associated Press was in
formed that a dispatch had been re-
ceiyed from the British legation at
Athens stating that the American,
Dutch and Spanish ministers there
were going to call upon the Greek for.
eign minister to enter strong pro-
test against the ill-treatment OF the
adherents of Venizelos.
The Rumanian army, at last reports.
was still falling back all along the line
east Of Bucharest, from the Transylva.
nit Alps to the Danube. Just where it
w
Russian allies make stand against
the Teutonic allies has not yet become.
apparent On the Moldavian west from:
tier and farther north along the Buko-
wilma border the Russian attacks
against the AustroGerman forces
have failed to make any. Impression.
An official communication from Ber-
lin says Bucharest was captured with
out any fighting except by the Ruma-:
nian infantry north and west Of the
capital This resistance was quickly
overcome, it is stated, and the invad-
ers entered the town on all sides. be-
ing received enthusiastically by the
populace and decorated with flowers.
Aside from Rumania, the greatest
interest, still is centered in the polite
al crisis in Great Britain. David Lloyd
George has formally accepted from the
King the post of prime minister and
first lord Of the treasury. a fact which
is considered as indicating that he will,
be able speedily to form miri:S.y.
The probable makeup Of the cabinet
has not been announced.
On none Of the fronts Is sanguinary
battles in. progress. For the most part
the artillery wings Of the heiiigefeht
armies are doing the greater part of
garians have forced back the British
in the Struma river lowlands, near
Seres, in Macedonia, and that the Bull
garians and Germans have compelled
the evacuation by the Serbs of posi-.
tons they had previously captuerd
near Trnovo, in the German river sec.
tor.
West of Lutsk, in Volhynia. the Teu..
tonic allies have captured Russian po-
sitions and successfully withstood
counter-attacks.
The Vienna war Office reports that
the Italians. after a vigorous lombard
ment, launched two attacks on the Car
so front of the Austro-Italian theatre;
but that both of them were repulsed..
Artillery duels and exploits by raid
ing parties continue on the fronts in
Belgium and France. The Germans
and French are engaged in a spirited
artillery battle in the region Of Hill
304, northwest of Verdun. where the
Germans, Wednesday, gained some
ground.
An explanation of the military activ-
ity of the Greeks has been demanded
by the British French, Italian and
Russian ministers at Athens, accord
ing TO an unofficial dispatch.