, 1916-01-26

prukeu near ErZerum, guns, munitions, a-
tillery and prisoners. The Emperor hearing OF
this blow against the Turks has ordered his
sincere gratitude to be expressed to the gall
liant troops for their exploits ana their self
sacrificing services.
Sofia, Jany. 20th.-Emperor William, who
on Tuesday was at Nish where he met King
Ferdinand of Bulgaria has returned to Ger
many.
Washington, Jan. 20rh-Assurances from
the British Foreign Office that neutral mail,
opened by British censors and found to be
'inuocent", was not being unnecessarily de-
tanned reached the State Department today
through Ambassadors Page. SO far there has
been no formal reply to the American Note
TO London protesting against mail Interior
ences. Officials regard the Foreign Office
assurances, however, as evidence that the
protest at least has re-ulted in speeding up
the censorship.
Bucharest, Jan. GOTHAM English Syndi-
cate has closed a deal for the purchase of
3d. 900 cars of Rumanian grain plying G1O,
700, 600 in gold. The entire Rumanian grain
surplus will be purchased by the Allies, it is
understood here, in conformity with the
plan of the starving out OF Germtuy."
Paris, Jan. 2Otb-1he Geneva correspon-
dent of the "Temps" says that, according to
dispatches from Vienna, nm active renewal
of military operations has been undertaken
by the Austrians in Montenegro. General
Kovess' army is in movement according to
their advices, and one Austro-H Hungarian
division is advancing in the general Cettinje-
Podgoritza direction while another is NOV
ING south along the Adriatic coast toward
Antivari. Other detachments of less strength -
are reported to be i'll Albania within fifteen
kilometres of Scutari.
Paris, Jan. 2Oth.-The Montenegro Consul
in Paris makes the official announcement
that all negotiations between Montenegro
and Austria have been broken off and that
Montenegro has decided to fight to the bit
ter end.
Rome, Jan. 21st-The Italian War Office
has issued the following Official rommunicH-
ton: Daring groups of cur Ski d~etachments
on the night of the l6th climbed through
ice and deep snow 10 a height of 10000 feet
and descended in the upper Monte Valley
where they destroyed by mines two block
houses near San Forcellina Pass and returned
to our lines unhurt. In the DaSarina valley
on Monday our troops, despite hostile artll-
lefy fire, succeeded in enlarging our lines OF
occupation on the heights north of Mori.
On the eastern front an enemy aeroplane
appeared Wednesday over Udine and threw
two bombs in the environa of the city without
damage. 1t was chased away by our artil-
lery.
Ell Paso, Texas, Jan. 21st.-Persistent re-
ports that francisco Villa, the outlawed
Military Chief, had been captured at San
Geronimo, chihuahua, by the Carranza Gen
eral Cavazos were denied early to-day by
General Luis Herrera at chihuahua, Com
mander in the absence of General Jacinto,
who has gone to Torreon.
Paris, Jan. 49, b.. A careful study OF the
war finances of the warning nations shows
the following figures :-Germany's military
expenditures are e3, $780, 900 daily. Owing
to advances to Bulgaria and Turkey and
help accorded to Austria, Hungary these ex-
penditures will shortly reach 94,OOO,OOO daily
or 9120,O00,OOO monthly. France is now
expending monthly 9100, 900, 900 Great Bri-
tain 412O, 900 900, Russia 980,O00,O00 At
the end of October Italy had expended
91O5, 600, 1000. The united expenditures OF
France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy. and
Germany vary from f4OO,O OO, 600 to
944O, 600, 900 monthly or 914,OOO,OOO daily.
The war loan raised W to the end OF
October last totalled over f5. 900, 100000.
The Allies raised 93,O00,000,0 900 and the