The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1916-12-08
TROOPS M0B|L|z|NCi
Rumania Practically Under GERM
an Rule and Military Govern
ment Established
PLIGHT OF REFUGEES
- IS VERY DESPERATE
Every Commercial City of Imports
ance in Conquered State in !;
Hands Of Enemy 1
BATTLEsHlP SUNK

HANDS OF Enemy i
sATTLEsHlP SUNK.
Paris, Dec. s.-offieial eonffr-
nation has been given Of the sink.
ing Of the French battIeshjp suf.
fren. It 10 classified 40 an 1s-knot
battteship Of 12,750 tons. It cost
100000 and was authorized July
IS, 1899. ~'
London, Dec. S.-German troops
along the whole Monastir front are be.
ing strongly reinforced. Presumably
these forces are being diverted from
the Rumanian theater. It is believed
here that the Germans are preparing
for an immense offensive against the
Observation-Disclosures forces ID
Macedonia. ~ a., 5i} /,
The Bulgarian forces are being
heavily reinforced by German troops
no longer needed in the conquering Of
Rumania.
Official dispatches from the Macs
donian front declare that all enemy ct.
tacks have been repulsed In Dobrud.
ia, on the Bulgarian left 'front.'. the en-.
envy is slowly entrenching.. 4
Paris reports state that that Scr.
plans and allied forces repulsed three
Bulgarian attacks.
" London's Report. ~
London dispatches state that tho
Rumanian retirement before the ,Teu-
tonic invaders was mastery and Of.
derly and that the losses were small,
The news from. Berlin. however,.
claim that evacuation of Rumanlan
territory by the defenders was at q ter.
rife los in men and property. Insa
battle on the Alt, the Rumanians lost
5000 men and 16 cannon. . ''s''rs
Have Principal Cities.
Not only is Bucharest, but most OF
the important Rumaniap commercial
towns are now under the control .Of
Germany. -s. 4, s4tss MI D, !, -,ss ia
A United Press correspondent &C.
companying Falkenhayn's army draws
this graphic word picture OF the 70.
treat of the Rumanians: y gE.s"a
/ %, ;. Military Governor. 4''i
1t is to bring order out of this chaos
that Gen. Won Tulff, former military
administrator Of Poland, before War
saws fall, has been named German
governor-general Of Rumania. He is
now enroute here with two generals
and an entire staff.
Rumanians PIunder.
The Rumanians ordered from their
homes by their government, clogged
the roads, most of them with few be.
longings packed on small oxen carts.
The advancing Germans overlook
these refugees. Then they turned
back toward their homes only to ind
in thousands Of instances that every.
thing they had left behind had been
plundered by other Rumanians. As
we rode through Rammicu and WaIkia
the widest anarchy prevailed. Tho
streets we're Uttered with household
goods, papers, window curtains, dead
horses and dogs. Meanwhile bands Of
Rumanian gypsies went from house to
house and shop to shop, smashing win.
dows and again plundering the homes
already half destroyed. These plum
dering bands-men, women and child.
ren-piled what they could not carry
on their own backs on stolen horses
or COWS. It was the same sight We
encountered In scores of other Ruman.
ian villages.
Stealing Cattle.
Meanwhile the fleeing families are
returning and enroute they are steal.
ing cattle liberated at the first word
- h. o1y -
deprivations and the roaming Of tho
muddy, cold Rumanian roads, the NOR.
tality of children among these miser.
able refugees has been very high. In
Alexandria, the plundering reached
such height that few educated fam.
lilies, which remained behind formed
q civilian force to protect their prop.
erty. These are few Of the conditions
which face the new govern0r-general
Won Tulff: Not only will he seek to
restore order, but It is also his task to
organize the forwarding to Germany
of the vast surplus stores of grain,
cattle and petroleum which have fall
en- into the invaders hands. Alexan.
dria alone possesses $1,O00,000 worth
of stores. Other cities are almost
equally well stocked. Wallachia IT
self is a food paradise.
Bridges Destroyed.
Because the Rumanians destroyed
many Of the railway bridges the entire
German campaign in Rumania was by
wagons over the ordinary highways.
One sees thousands Of columns Of
these with ammunition, food, weap.
ons and military supplies.
Although the Germans have had con.
troll of Western Rumania only few
days laborers are already clearing tho
railways and assembling freight cars,
engines and materials which the dee.
ing Rumanians left.
I saw whole stretches over which
trains were in operation and while at
Gen. Won Krafft's headquarters | met
a German major assigned to take
charge of the Rumanian transp0rta.
ton system. One ironical incident
connected with the railway situation
was that We met two Engineers in Car.
acalu and Alexandria, who had been
sent to those two cities b. the Ru.
manian government to make plans for
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