Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-01-08

London, Jan. I.-so0me ldea or the
determined nature OF the Russian
blow in the Bessarabian front is con-
veyed by Petrograds dispatches to.
day, which state thar The Russians for
fifty hours concentrated 40j guns on
the Austrian positions At. C2ernoWitZ
for preparation ofinfantry attack.
The Russian communications do
not yet claim that that point has fall.
en-, but dispatches from Berlin admit
that the Tentonic position there is
critical.
1t is not yet clear whether the Rus.
sian operations in this theatcr herald
big general offensive movement OF
all the Russian armies from the Bal
tic to the Roumanian border. The
lighting has been of the most bitter
character, according to both the Aus
trian and Russian reports. Few pris-
oners are being taken and the in
fantry engagements are largely In the
nature of hand to hand encounters.
Other Fronts Quiet.
The situation along other fronts is
comparatively quiet.
The loss of British submarine by
a mischance Of navigation of the
Dutch coast makes a total Of seven
submarines lost Since the beginning
of the war. The majority, however,
have been Of smaller type.
Echo Of DardanelIes.
An echo of General Ian Hamilton's
important review OF the Dardanelles
operation is found + report pub
lished today that 81. u Freder-
sick Stopboard, VITO Has Necalied on
account of his account in the Subla
Bay operations, has demanded an in
quiry by the war office into the whole
circumstances Of the landing or
troops in the Dardanelles.
In, connection witch the submarine
activities in the Mediterranean sea,
an Athens dispatch notes that alarm
is noted there, owing to the fact that
none of the nine ships laden with
grain purchased in America has eth
er arrived or been signaled.
ConsuIs Are Released.
A dispatch to the Havaas agency
from Athens, under date of Jan. s,
says that Jean Guillemin, the French
minister to Greece, has announced
that the consuls of the Teulonic al
lies arrested at Saloniki have been
released. Greek newspapers, the dis
patch adds, regards this action as sat
isfying the Greek government"
Cn January 4th the French minis
ter of the interior announced that the
Austrian, Bulgarian and Turkey con.
suls arrested at Saloniki have been
released.
Greeks and BuIgars Clash.
Irregular Bulgarian troops have
clashed with Greek gendarmes be-
between Popovoselo and Paviani, ac-
cording to Havaas dispatch from
Saloniki.
The Greek authorities, the dispatch
adds, will take measures to prevent
bands of Bulgarian irregulars cross
ing the Greek frontier.
Submarine Attacks Arsenal.
Reports received from Constantl-
nople by a local newspaper declared
that British submarine made its
way from the Sea Of Marmora to the
Golden Horn and attacked an arsenal
on the Pera side, causing much dam
age and a., panic among the inhabi-
tants.
Churchill at Front.
Major Winston Churchill, former
first lord of the admiralty. who re-
signed his subsequent post of chan
cellor Of the duchy of Lancaster and
went to the front with his regiment,
has been appointed to manage a
corps of fusileers. .grs -
Close Call For Emperor.
The Bourse Gazette to day prints
a sensational story of narrow es-
cape from death by Emperor VIII
liam in flight over Warsaw in a
Zeppelin. Although the story is Off
cially denied in Germany, the
Bourses Gazette correspondent
claims he is in possession of circum-
stantial details of the incident, and
in confederation of his story says the
crew and officers OF the airship were
rewarded for saving the
life.
Russian Losses Heavy.
Russian losses on the Bessarabian |
frontier and the iStrypa region during
The New Years fighting were at least
$4,000, according to an official state
ment issued by the war Office today.
The statement SAYS:
Trustworthy estimates Of the ene-
nv's losses make them at least 50,'
)00."
Boat From Persia.
The Journale d'Italie reports the
inding of one of the lifeboats of the
steamer Ancona, that was sunk by
IN Austrian submarine, which it says
gives "clear proof that it was fired
lpon by the Austrians while it was
NIL of men. women and children"