STRUGGLE WILL CONTINUE TO ITS TRAGIC END

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 19, 22 January 1916, Page 5

STRUGGLE WILL CONTINUE TO ITS TRAGIC END

TROOPS DETERMINED TO FIGHT ON. POSITION OBSCURE AND REPORTS MEAGRE. LONDON, January 21. The Montenegrin position : « obscure, and reports are meagre. The ConsulGeneral in London states that King Nicholas remains with his two sons at the head of his troops. The Queen and her Premier and the diplomats, are proceeding "to "France. The Montenegrin Premier, General Tanko Vukotitch, has announced to , Italian newspapers the determination of Montenegro to continue the struggle to its ; tragic end, and completely atop calumnious insinuations. *The Italian newspaticr "Ideana Zional" states that King Nicholas broke off negotiations with Austria owing to the threats of the troops under General Martinovitch, who had expressed his determination to fight on. A message- to the French newspaper "Petit Parisien" from Rome states:— "Anti-peace feelings are spreading in the Montenegrin Army. Thousands nro flocking to join General Martinovitch, -who is determined to form a division of the new Serbian Army. General Martinovitch announces that if those opposed to Austria cannot convince King Nicholas to continue the struggle for the honour of Montenegro, the soldiers will fight alongside King Peter of Serbia.