New-York tribune., 1916-01-11
AUSTRIA GAIN
IN MONTENEGRO
WORRIES ITALY
Secs Adriatic Hegemony
threatened in Attack
or Coast.
ALLIED AlRMEN
BOMBARD SOFIA
s.,oc;ca Defcnces Now Believed
Impregnablc -Teutous Mass
AT MOnaStir.

at MOnastir.
,,~s,r Jan. 70 Io the Balks's re-
... rersis, that the Germans are
...rtratinq at Monostr preparatory
=, attack on SslOniea. but the in
80. h, ,he Macedonian campaign has
,..,,,e secondary 90 tho operations ot
~. Apstrians 'r Montenegro.
determined attack is being made
Mount Lovcen. Nontenesr'n
.-orehold overlooking Csttaro Bay by
49,. Gun, O. the Austrian fortress az
- and Austrian warships lying
.La Adr.a.ic. The formidable Aus
Zen forces invading Montenegro eN-
"a over a wide front. from the River
~. IN The west 90 the lpck district
- ,he east.
=. carro. es disguised .ha, this 'n-
,,o, IS causing great uneesincss
long the Entente Powers. and espe-
.uv 1.sly. which sees in its success
=, 4nd 20 Itsly's dream Of dominating
II. Albanian H,tornl Of the Adriauc.
7bs italian newspapers, in express
,g the opinion that IN Austrian sue
esss against Montenegro would give the
INVADER an ircalculable political, mar.
are commercial and strategic adyan-
age sdm', the fear that Italy's inter
r.r.jor ir .ha Balkan campaign has
come 100 ,ete.
Fieh, i'm snow Waist High.
a- me Norteregrin front the Aus
.-a-s have been generally successful.
They have advanced their positions at
several important points. despite the
-s-uc.0 of snow waist deep and are
showing themselves iust as adept as
che Nor:cnegrias In mountain sighting.
which heretofore has been regarded as
.1e particular speciality Of the Monte
regriu soldiers.
A. Exchange dispatch from Salonica
saws that Aot.lla Of French aeroplanes
las dropped bombs on Sofa. causing
considerable damage and an lndescl1o.. ..
able panic among the inhabitants OF
the Bulgarian capital.
On the SaloDica front almost con
,rued aeroplare skirmishes have oc-
Cured. one Of which continued for two
hours The Germans have thus lar
lost six aer0p,aues IN this region.
The rumor that the consuls OF the
Teutor,c Allies arrested at Salonlca
,ad been released appears 20 have been
without foundation, as II Is now an
nounced that they have been trans
ierred 10 q French auXlliarJ cruis
on which they have been Inferred. tX-
tensive Turkish reprisals are ALREADY
announced, and some similar action ''
Fse!v also from tho capitals Of the
Central Powers.
Albana No Longer an Entity.
The present situation in Albania was
thus summed UP to-day by Lord Rob
ort Cecil. Under Secretary fol Foreign
Affairs. in the House Of Commons:
81 regret 10 say that IL is impossible
% speak Of Albania as al entity az
present u the central area over Wn lcH
Essad Pacta's authority extends. the
relations between the Serbian soldiers
and the population have been friendly,
and Essad pscaa has rendered them
valuable assistance. The northern
tribes. among whom the enemy mas con-
Quoted a considerable propaganda, are
hostile 90 The Serb ans and Nontene-
gIins'
Our troons took the offensive on the
tn on me eastern front near lepenac.
says tie Nontenegrln report Ihe
80 ..-..;.-.. -. 20 ari
,e+sI-- - 80 w f,siiv 70
s.so5 .- - SoIi 80 ooo-s
,.o5s Orr 1ots.. NC snnreciabie and
those Of fle creror considerable.
"UesDers.o bats took p1aco in the
direction nj Poz9i and Bcrane. The
enemy. t-.rl, 10 tho supcrioritv Of his
forces. succeeded Inn occunvinp Tourak.
Ou- fo~cos retired upor "a uo-iton 60
.re loft Of Lcsri.-s
C..;.o-- uLou pos,s
'u''eIs 'ne' "''N'
'4r front at LoFccn near INC Rdil-
.uc mas been iurlousiiy. Donbarded D[
.I inc i'Iie ana moDlle batteries "'
atlsio' as We" as oy cruisers ouy ., no
...ei e'tacH mas occn attempted.
me ha'as corrcspo ponocni, in dls-
'a''n IRON Na.oHca' says mat ne mas
e." .,I .i.W tour OF I'D 'c.ioh o5 ol
AIIi'' Itoni OUTSIDE Haiohlca aiu
80. d. '''il DIea f." vasI sei'e. ol a,i pHo3
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