The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-12-08

Roumanians Unable to Check Teuton-
ic Advance, Petrograd Admits-In-
vaders Cut Rail Line to Capital
Russians Win MoIdavian Heights.
Serbs Defeat BuIgarians-Take TWO
Towns.
LONDON, ENG. = 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 sensation in Eng
land since the outbreak of the 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 as-
ent crisis.
Bonar 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, it is con-
sidered certain that the honor will
fall to David Lloyd-George.
The continuation of the coalition
cabinet, with some changes in it's
membership, and the speeding up of
the war management will be the
policy in either event.
Fail to Check Teutons.
PETROGRAD = 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, ENG-Church bells rang
all 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 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 1owlands Russian attacks
were repulsed with heavy losses, and
the number of prisoners taken has
been increased to 1880.
Russians Capture Heights
PETROGRAD = 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 &C.
cupied by Russian troops also is an
nounced.
Serbs Gain New Victories.
LONDON, ENG.-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.