Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-13
Practical Conquest Of Monte
negro Gives TeutonS Naval
Base at Cattaro Which Is
Menace to Italy,
RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE
IS AGAIN INTENSE
Allies on Western Front CIaim|
to Greatly 0utnumber Ger
mans Both in Men and
Guns and Shells,

lsy MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL lsksao wlesi
London, Jan. l2--Cettnjc, the
capital of Montenegro, now seems
likely to suffer the same fate of the
Belgrade and British observers are
already asking anXiously what men
ace the conuest of Montenegro Is
likely to hold over the allies at Sa-
loniki.
Fighting is going on all around
Cettinje, the small town, which near
ly a year ago ceased to be the seat
Of the Montenegrin government New
or before in the long history of the
little Montenegrin KINGDOM has it
cOnquerer, but there seems little hope
that it can long withstand the over
whelming strength Of General Reeves
in men and munitions.
Great Advantage 10 Austria.
AS in Serbias case, the entente
press finds it inexplicable why Ital-
ian assistance was not sent long ago
to Lovcen, which, 1t is said could
have been rendered impregnahle with
q comparatively small force and
some heavy guns. The reduction of
Montenegro, the press points out.
will enable Austria not only to en-
ter the Adriatic but also threaten the
flank of any advance from Salonlki
and prevent any effective move by
the entente forces through Albania.
Serious for italy
For Italy the new Austrian success
has most serious aspect The long,
narrow italian peninsula is peculiar
ly vulnerable to attack from the sea.
Any really great Austrian naval base
in the magnificent harbor of Cattaro
would have been impossible without
Lovcen, but under the new circum-
stances Austrian possession of Cat
taro is almost as great q menace to
Italy as the German conuest of Ca
lais would have been to Great Britain.
While attention is centered on the
developments on the Adriatic coast,
ii il announced from Rome that two
Italian transports, the Brindisi and
Citta di Palermo. last week struck
mines and sank. A majority of the
crews were saved.
Renewed Russian Attacks.
On the Russian front the Austrian
official communication records renew
ed desperate attacks by the Russians
on the Bessaraban frontier but insists
that the attacks everywhere were re-
pulsed, The Petrograd communica-
ton Is silent on the subject. but the
Russians usually withhold mention of
their movements until they are we'll
on the road to completion.
There have been no important de-
velopments on the western front The
up of large German muni- |
ton depot near Lille is admitted in
the German communication. Accord |
ing to one account, this was due to |
British air raid
Much Damage Probable.
The English press believes that the |
cautious wording Of the German com
conceals IL disaster Of
large proportions There Is great |
spirit of optimism in both British and |
French dispatches from the western |
front, the correspondents expressing |
the firm conviction of the allied gem |
erals that there can be no possibility
Of any successful German offensive
anywhere in the western lines
The correspondent of Reuters sends
from British headquarters an inter-
view with an unnamed prominent
staff officer who was quoted as say
ng:
Germans Outnumbercd.
1--WE now have full information
about the German forces facing us.
We know their exact dispositions and
strength. We everywhere outnumber
The Germans and also outnumber
hem in both field and heavy artillery
md our positions are better than
heirs. We can fire five shells to their
me without depicting our munitions.
We can take their first line trenches
whenever We wish.
ITO say that we have got them
beaten is dangerous rubbish, but the
ruth is we have them ready for beat
ng.'