The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-12-07
ASQUITH QUITS
PREMIER'S POST
4 B0nar Law Probably New Brit
Ish Leader.
COALITION CABINET is SHAKEY

Roumanians Unable TO Check Teuton.
ic Advance; Petrograd Admits-In-
vaders Cut Rail Line to Capital.
Russians Win MoIdavian Heights.
Serbs Defeat BuIgarians--Take Tive
Towns.
London, Dec. 6.--Premier Asquith
has resigned.
Official announcement to the effect
came late in the evening from the of
fetal press bureau. The news created
the greatest political sells a ion in Eng
land since the outbreak owthe war. To
the majority of well-informed observ-
ers it is taken to mean that Lloyd
George has emerged victorious from
the bitter contest with the present
regime which eliminated In the p1 es-
ent crisis,
Eonar Law rendered Place.
The unionist leader, Andrew Bonar
Law, was summoned to the palace i'm
mediately after Mr., Asquith had de-
parted, and the king offered him the
prime minister's commission, which
the king had just accepted from Mr..
Asquith's hands.
Acceptance Is Doubtful.
No announcement regarding Mr..
Bonar Laws decision has yet been
made, and there are some doubts
whether he will accept the heavy re-
sponsibility. If he declines, 1t is con-
sidered certain that the honor will
fall to David Lloyd-George.
The continuation of the coalition
cabinet, with some changes in its
membership, and the speeding up of
the war management will be the
policy in either event.
Fail to Check Teutons.
Petrograd, Dec. 6.-The Roumanians
have been unsuccessful in attempts
to check the Teutonic forces on the
roads to Ploechti and Bucharest, says
the war office in it's official statement.
Germany Increases Territory.
London, Dec. 6.-Church bells rang
ali Monday throughout Germany com
memorating the success of the central
powers in Roumania, according to a
Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph company. The Vossische
Zeitung says the Germans are now in
possession of $4,000 square kilometers
in Roumania, which is double the ter.
ritory they occupy in France. Be-
tween Nov. 20 and Dec. 8, the paper
says, 20,724 Roumanians were taken
prisoner.
Says Russ Attacks Fail.
Berlin, Dec. 6.-Renewed Russian
attacks in the Carpathian forests and
along the line of the Transylvanian
frontier were made, but did not gain
the slightest success; it is announced
officially. Teutonic troops recaptured
lost positions.
In western Roumania the Teutonic
! troops are pursuing the defeated Rou-
manians on the front before Bucharest.
They are across the railroad leading
! from Bucharest to Tergovistea. In the
Danube lowlands Russian attacks
were repulsed with heavy losses, and
the number of prisoners taken has
been increased to 12,500
Russians Capture Heights.
! Petrograd, Dec. 6-The capture of
another range of heights by the Rus
slams on the Moldavian frontier is an
nounced by the war Office. Strong
counter attacks are being made by the
| Austro-German forces of a height in
the wooded Carpathians recently oc.
! cupied by Russian troops also is an.
nOunced.
Serbs Gain New Victories.
London, Dec. 6.-The Serbians have
won further successes in the Cerna re.
gion and have carried the village OF
Stravina by assault, capturing two
howitzers, according to an official
! statement issued by the Serbian war
office. The statement says that the vii.
lage of Zovik, FIVE miles north of Grun.
eshte, is in flames and that the Bull.
! garians are retreating northward.