Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-18
LAYS DOWN ARMS,
ACCEPTING TERMS
OF DUAL MONARCHY
Austria Hungary Grants
Terms of Peace Asked
by Little Kingdom.
FIRST WITHDRAWAL
OF ANY BELLIGERENT
Army Unequal to Task Of Hold
ing Back Vastly Superior
Invading Forces
KINGS wHEREABoUT UNKNOWN
Entente Allies, in NIesopotamia and
the Caucasus, Pressing
Turks Hard.

Reset on the north. east and west
by Austro- hungarian armies. and With
all lines of retreat cut off, except into
Albania. where hostile tribesmen must
hc faced. Montenegro has asked Aus
tria- a-Hungary for peace and her request
has been granted. The unconditional
laying down Of arms by Montenegro
was made the basis of the opening OF
peace negotiations. and Montenegro ac-
ccpted these terms imposed by the dral
monarchy.
This announcement was made to the
Hungarian Parliament by Premier
Tisza and IL was met with an ovation
on the part OF the members OF the
chamber Thus comes tho first with
drawal OF any bclliSerent from either
Of the alliances that have been fight
ing with each other since August. 1914.
1t had been conceded for days that
the situation of Montenegro was a
critical one. Although the army OF
The little kingdom fought valtantly
against the .Austro-lIungarian forces
II was unequal because OF inferior
FORCES, lack OF guns. and, it has been
stated. shortage in com.nissariat SUP
plies. to the task of holding back the
| armies that had. in conjunction with
their allies, succeeded in crushing Scr-
hia
Already the Montcnegrn capital nd
many of its important towns had fallen
into the hands of the Austro- Hungarian
, forces. the invaders being we'll on the
way To Montenegro's chief seaport.
, Antivari Last accounts had the M.n-
tcncgrin government at Scutari. The
whrrca bouts of King Nicholas is NOT
known.
BRITISH AND RUSSIANS
PRESSING TURKS HARD
The British and the Russians in
MesoDotamia and the Caucasus region
respectively. are pressing the Turks
hard. The army of King George eom-
ing northward from the Persian Gulf
10 the British forces nj kut-el- .tlnara
mas urlNen the ottomans 10 within six
miles OF The heleacuered city on the
Adriatic Sea.
The Russians on front o. nearly
100 miles in Tho Caucasus have won adj
ditional points of vantage from the
Turks, especially in the Arasi and Aind
Valley regions. constantinople admits
this. but SAYS that south OF the Arasi.
In hand-to hand lighting in Hus-
sian advanced position. hcavs. casual
ties We're inflicted on the Russians by
the Turks.
On the other fronts little lighting OF
moment has taken place The Cor
mans in France and Belgium have been
busy bombardinG French trenches.
while on the Russian front there ,.s
been lighting only II, isolated points
from The kiSa 10 "a. Bukowina.
The Italians. through concentrated
artliierN tire on trenches near Oslavia.
taken from them recently hy the AUS
tro-ilnngarian forces. have forced out
IN" invaders and again occupied their
Forhef positions
According 10 Tie semio'iicitl over
seas News Agency or Ecrlin. entente
aimed troops nave landed al 'haleron,
= port lir" miles southwest OF Athens.
ana once me port Of the Greek capi,
t"L ne hcFhh newspapers, the News
Ns'hc! says. attrinnte this "a part -
'nt p'er"F"'ohs looking !" III" eyer
'h'"" "t \inS constantine ana tnc
P'"S'hs ~ fhrhtherios Ne.f'zc!cS. he
s"'H"r i'chiirt. VINO always has sin u
wy" lat entente powers AT the head