The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-01-14
MONTENEGRO IS
ELIMINATED FROM
EUROPEAN War
King Nicholas Signs Armistioe;
Struggle is Given
Up. ..,....
LITTLE COUNTRY NOW
UNDER AUSTRIAN CONTROL
Big Decision in Balkan Situation;
Italy Situation
Critical. -. -

| Cr1Clcal. - 49,
Rome. Jan. 14:-Austrian artil-
lery was trained on Gettinie and
Austrian gunners were awaiting
signal to lay Gettinji in ruins when
King Nicholas of Montenegro sign
ed an armistice that practically ell
minated Montenegro from the Euro
pean war;
Decisive Stage.
This is another decisive stage in
the Balkan situation and the little
country of Montenegro followed Ser
bia in virtual absorption by invad-
ing forces. -
The armistice is being construed
as the last act of the little country.
Under Austrian Control.
Whether King Nicholas will con-
tinue the unusual struggle is con-
sidered doubtful here, but the &C.
cepted view among the best posted
men in Rome is that Montenegro
has virtually passed under Austrian
control. =
The chief significance of this does
not lie in the small territorial &C.
QUESTION which is less than Serbia,
but in Montenegro's Adriatic front,
lying alongside the Austrian main
offensive naval station at Cattaro,
where today's dispatches announce
the entire Austrian fleet, including
three dreadnoughts, is assembled
and from which recent naval raid
was made against Italian troops 60
irg to the relief of Serbia. tsS. ..s-.se: .:
Extends Front. sa9T - =.
This further extension of Aus
tria's Adriatic front, with the DOM
mating center Of Cattaro. is viewed
as further lending toward the reali-
zation of Austria's object of max
ing the Adriatic an Austrian sea and
thus checking Italy's ambition to
make it an Italian sea.
Italy has so much at stake that
officials and diplomats had been
waiting anxiously for the steps Italy
would take to relieve Montenegro
and at the same time avert another
Austrian extension on the Adriatic.
No Help Arrived.
1t was believed that dynastic rea-
sons would play a part in Italy's
assistance of Montenegro, as King
Nicholas's daughter is the wife Of
the king Of Italy, but help from that
quarter did not arrive as the Italian
expedition was landed further south,
in Albania, and has not been heard
from since.
The Austrians this afternoon oc-
cupied Gettinje and are pursuing the
enemy. The population of Gettinje
is calm.
Escaped Germans Arrested.
Wilmington, Jan. 14.-The four
escaped German sailors from the in
termed liner Kronprinz Wilhelm at
Newport News were arrested here
today.
Kaiser Not III.
New York, Jan. 14.-The Imperial
German Chancellor Bethmann Holl-
veg today personally cabled to the
United Press in New York that tho
kaiser is not i'll and is not confined
to his bed.
Wires for instructions.
Washington, Jan. 14.-Austrial1
Charge Zwiedinek today cabled his
government for instructions how to
proceed on this government for al
lowing the Italian steamer Verdi to
leave New York with two three
inch guns. It is believed that rep
Presentations to the United States
will follow. .-.-
Turks Take City.
Constantinople, Jan. lit was
officially annuonced here that the
Turks have entered the Persian city
Iof Kermanshah. '-..-.. IL
Union Defies Conscription.
i London, Jan. 14.-The National
Railway Mems union, one of the
strongest labor organizations, today
defied the government to enact the
conscription bill. The executive
committee declared that that body
should resist conscription to the ut:
most. 1t is limited that there would
be an immediate strike of all rail-
way workers in England If the bill
is passed.