THE BALKAN OUTLOOK.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13896, 20 January 1916, Page 5

THE BALKAN OUTLOOK.

EXPECTED ■ATTACK QN SALONIKA CAPITULATION OF MONTENEGRO DESCIBiBEJD. PARIS, January IS. Le Temps Salonika ' correspondent saya it is reported ;tliai; an attack will begin to-morrow by the Germans : and \ Bulgarians along the Ohevghell-Monastir front, while the Turks, Tinder Enver. Pasha and General Von Sanders,, will attack from thtf'Ekst. ■'"■• :■ .<■:.■ -„ . . . . -.-. , It is expected that General Mackensen will bo m supreme; command. »•. . LONDON, January 19. The unconditional surrender of. Montenegro has aroused exultation m Berlin and* Vienna, where it is* hailed as the first . tangible indication >of . the ultimate triump of the Central Powers. It is expected that .Prince: von Bulow will represent 'the Kaiser m -the peace negotiations. , •i,.--. 1 ; • :;■■ ■/".•■' ■ It ia noteworthy that the publication of the news of Montenegro's downfall synchronises with wild rumors regarding the situation m Greece ' and King Constantino's position!. .■• . A A Sofia message! via Amsterdam repovts ; -that: French' troops landed at Piraeus and Phaleron. The report posalibly originates m the Allies' systematic Isearch of the Greelc coast islands and [iCuete' with the object of discovering German and Austrian submarine bases. ' ■ The Neovasty (the Government organ at Athens) publishes articles strongly p& testing , stgaiferfc the Allies? '■■ action; and stating that the search is made "without pevmfssion of the Greek Government, which would never have sanctioned' such qn inifringenient of; its, rights;' •■■<■.- ■:■• ■> VHINNA', : iFanuary 19. A telegram from Montenegro says a, major and two Ministers appeared at the advanced posts <m Jsth. January r and jpalld theyi' to. open negotiations for a capitulation.' .':"."" '... Tli ey.-. wer«i mfovmed that there must be an unconditional surrender of axma^ including Ayeapohs handed down as family heirlooms..: .:.■ ■ Later it Avas arranged that the men fit ' for . military service should be assearbled arid literally lay 'down their aims. - ■■' • ■ * -Special care was taken to prevent guerilla bands forming. ; . ' v Later the whole male population will be sent to a certain 1 district. vl '• • ■'•'•'■'. A Montenegrin . omoiali -message says: "Tlie capitulation is .due to exhaustion of our aanmunition m\d theiimpossibility\ 6f escape seawaa'd Owing to- the hostility of ! -the--- Albanians:'^ ''--:. <■ n :. .■»; <■.(■>•. •■;'.<* >..»-.