St. John's Daily Star, 1916-01-21

              the st john's daily star newfoundland volume 11 3.00 per annum friday january 21,1916 price one cent no 17 russians capture austrian trenches on the south of their lines fighting in bessarabia reported as be j n o of a most sanguinary chajact er , vvilh success for the czar's for ces—russian naval forces destroy 163 turk vesspls on the black sea battle pending in mesopotamia turks driven from lines by russ ian causasu3 forces—military ser vice biir passes committee of com mons fq ; . 21 violent attacks " issians with strongly re are being launched a iro-hungarians along ibian frontier and that the renem , offensive there is of san ter is indicated by aus ports winch say toporutz and boyantz lj u > x si â– - fm several places suce ing the trenches of the engaged the defenders ! encounters to easl of czeraowitz the russians claim to have captured an . and to have repulsed counter-attacks the communication also on the black sea by the o boats 163 vessels be ved along the anatolian turks get trouncing c caucasus the turks acccrd * rad were thrown from their is ni the centre of the i;l'ering heavy losses an to the usual artillery and mining operations on the west ern line the allies in france and bel gium have essayed an infantry attack against the germans to the north ot ftclinghien berlin reports that the'at tack was repulsed announcemcn i is made in the british commons that the british col umn coming up the tigris valley to th relief of kut-el-amara is in clos ttouch with the turks at essin sevci mi'es from kut-el-amara this reg ion doubtless soon will be the scent of a big battle between the relief col umn and the british hemmed in a kua and the ottoman forces are fighting again ' although it has been officially an nounced thas fighting had resumec between the austrian's and the mon tcnegrins no news concerning the details of the new operations have come through king nicholas is de dared to be at podgoritz with hif troops the military service bill has pased through the committee of the house of commons enpcrir william has returned tc after a visit to the balkans senator hoke smith of georgia in the united siates senate denoun ced great britain for holding up on neutral commerce especially cotton to germany and proposed an em bargo on munitions and foodstuffs to great britain senator john sharp williams in re ply said that until the issues of murdered american women and chil dren on the high seas were settled he would not nag the president or at tempt to force settlement for monet ary losses until after the v,ai '-_ : _ assembling the famous skoda gun this gun is of austrian manufacture and is a rival-to the great krupp gun made at essen germany --- -' - - medem photo serv a nr*irt.t urn mtrn r a iff atth ot7ar a pttxt compulsory military service bill passes in committee of commons much enthusiasm displayed by members when result of the vote was made known—opponents of the measure con gratulate government on skill and moderation that marked its passage thru parliament [ ondon jan 21 the military service bill was passed through the committee ofthe house of oommonsj,at eleveii o'clock tonight amid loud cheering # walter hume long president of the local board of the government in a speech closing the discussion said he desired to remove the impression that under this hill the government was creating a great monster in the form of a military machine which would grab at any man coming within its scope there was no intention that the war office should act with undue severity hot on the contrary it is intended tc maintain the present system almost identically as it is but giving compulsion a statutory position it had hitherto not """ philip mnowden the socialist member for blackburn speaking as an opponent of the bill paid a warm tribute to the generous way the bill had been piloted through the house by mr andrew bonar law and mr long mr bonar law then expressed the grateful thanks of himself and mr long to ail sections for the restraint shown in committee john dillon nationalist added that he had never seen a bill which might easily have led to a passionate and heated debate conducted through the house with greater skill or in a more conciliatory manner he thought that premier asquith had never shown greater skill than in leaving its con duct to mr long and mr bonar law austria and montenegro have come to grips again 11 montenegro officially advises italy that fighting has been resumed rejected terms offered by austria | king nicholas will remain with his troops in new campaign i ii ;; dome jan 20.—fighting between i i austria and montenegro has been !! resumed montenegro notified italy i is officially of this fact to-day mon '! tenegro's decision was communicated 11 to the italian foreign office from the !! montenegrin premier jj the note is to the effect that king " i nicholas and the montenegrin gov il ernment has rejected all terms offered j by austria and that fighting has al jj ready been resumed along the whole ' front king nicholas remains with i his army to organize the defences of ii the country remains with troops |! london jan 20.—sir john roper \\ parkington consul general at london || for montenegro to-day received of > ficial confirmation of the report that i king nicholas of montenegro and his ; sons would remain at the head of their ' troops determined to fight to the last never capitulated london jan 20.—an official ! french statement received here to-day \ by wireless from paris says the montenegrin army never capit '! ulated and in fact no formal negoti iations - for peace were entered upon king nicholas is said to be at podgor , itza with his troops . the monteneg 14 air fights during one day two enemy machines brought down mining and artihery fights jondon jan 21.��€”the british of ficial statement tonight says that in fourteen fights in the air yesterday we drove two enemy machines down into the german lines during the day we lost one aeroplane today we exploded a mine near tricourt an enemy aeroplane dropped three bombs on the outskirts of an unimpon ant village behind our lines generally on the front the day pas ted quietly there was less artillery fighting than usual and there is noth ing of importance to report rin government has been installed at scutari in albania . will fight to the end paris jan 21.—the montenegrin consul in paris makes the official state ment that negotiations between montenegro and austria have been broken off and that montenegro has decided to fight to the bitter end fighting resumed genova jan 21.—the correspon dent of the temps says that accord ing to a despatch from vienna the act ive renewal of military operations has been undertaken by the austrians in montenegro vienna says montenegro capitulated austrians claim that montenegrins are laying down their arms and states that until the disarmament is con cluded peace terms will not be dis cussed or announced vienna jan 21.—1t is announced here that the press reports that montenegro has discontinued negotiat ions are unfounded and it is that as yet the laying down of arms demanded by austria has not been completed by the montenegrins and that until this is done by all the montenegrin troops peace conditions will not be discussed conditions have not yet been stated as the austro-german peace commiss ioner otto formerly austrian minis ter to cettinje is still en route for that city and arrived at soiajavo today it is added that several days will still be required before all the monte negrin troops will come in from the hills and surrender and only then are actual negotiations begun what the austro-hungarian terms will be it is stated here cannot yet be published but they will include the retention of mount lovcen f wk wandering willie home again sofia jan 20.—emperor william who to-day was at nish where he met king ferdinand of bulgaria has re turned to germany uncle sam twists british lion's tail senatorial eagles scream senator from georgia would cut off supplies of munitions from the al lies because they interfere with american trade with germany di rect or through neltral countries senator williams of mississippi tells the georgian he would ensure protection of human life before nagging the administration about trade washington jan 21 britain interference with neutral trade wa he subject of a vigorous and exhaust ve speech in the senate today by senator smith georgia who pleaded for action4o prevent england from ad ancing her own trade at the expense f the united states while attempting o destroy germany commercially he declared the rights of citizens o tlie united states and other neu ral-nations were being recklessly dis egarded and emphasised particularly a'hat he denounced as britain's law ess treatment of america's cotton rade discussing the action of the alher n proclaiming the cotton trade as con raband the senator asesrled that cot on had not been used or needed by or her allies to manufacture war munitions for more than eignt months as germany had developed £ cuoccss for using wood pulp as a cheap sr and more effective substitute for cotton in the manufacture of explo sive and the eagle screams shall we quietly continue to furnish britain what she is compelled to obtain from the united states while the com mercial rights of citizens of this coun try are trampled under foot asked the senator the president can onl write notes said senator smith con gress can do ntoie i do not mean o go to war there may come a time when we shall have to fight but i don't believe in involving the nation in war for a lew dollars all we have got tc do is show that we have nerve to in sist on our rights england understands that we are right and she is wrong not correct designation senator williams mississippi took issue with the designation of england's blockade as a paper one i want to say senator williams continued that if the senator from georgia could have his way and con gress were to pass and the president sign the measures he advocates it ne cessarily would result in non-inter course with the allies unless we were to stand still like a lot of whipped curs while the allies are warring for life liberty and independence they are un likely to obey the will of the united states with 90,000 and the fourth navy in the world behind it i fear they would not stand for bullying from a people who cannot bully human life first i don't want to see dixie put into the attitude of caring just how as much about prosperity as e lives of women and children sent to their graves in the ocean he continued until the ques tion as to the loss of women and child ren is settled i do not intend to nag the president or his administration about the loss of property my people are not ready to put cot on and human life on the same basis especially when they have sense nough to know that if the shipment of otton to england and the allies were ut off cotton would be worth about lour cents now anxious about mails senator hitchcock democrat asked senator williams what he would do to ssure respect for the united states lails declaring that great britain had versed sixty-three bags of first class mcrican mail bound direct to rotter iam and had not consented to render usticc yet suppose that note of the united mates is not answered by britain what vould you dox demanded senator htchcock what the senator wants me to say s that i would declare war against britain and cause a lot of irish eng ish welsh scotch canadians and mericans to be killed because my nail had been interfered with but i hall nat say k stealing trade secrets does the senator know that all the rade secrets of americans are stolen so that england can take our trade ay/ay from us persisted the nebras kan of course i resent every act of a beiligerent that violates our rights re plied senator williams but i do not care enough about it to shed human blood over it as the british censors handling over our trade letters are british business men i have doubts but it strikes me that britain is a little too busy at war right now defending her life to be engaged in catching our trade secrets not seeking trouble we have three thousand miles of undefended canadian border i don't want my boys to go up there killing canadian boys or canadian boys com ing down here killing our boys just be cause somebody stopped somebody's mail on its way to norway suppose the seizures went on in continued on page 2 i bona fide i reductions • â–  -. • in 11 f ladies footwear 11 i h e j ladies pat d leather v v ladies vici kid e 0 one to three straps w c ladies bronze n and black g s ————— — hau the above lines s to clear at h l cost price ; 1 s see window s 11 bowring brothers limited ii u • i ladles winter coats we have a splendid assortment of fashionable and seasonable winter coats in very latest styles and materials such as nap beaver astrachan fur furlined all offered at our usual low prices we have also received 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