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Show ITALY T0DEDA1E MONTENEGRO FALL Recent Disaster Not Fault of Italian Government Parliament Parli-ament Denies Responsibility. Respon-sibility. Rome, Jan. 19, 3 p. m. The Italian parliament has not yet taken official offi-cial cognizance of the recent disaster in Montenegro but there is no doubt in many minds that this matter will form the basis of criticism of the government. In a recent speech Signor Barzeilai. cabinet minister without portfolio, declared de-clared it was useless to attribute to Italy responsibility for the taking of Lovcen and the defeat which had overtaken that country, but it is yet too early to be sure if this view, attributing tho blame to all the entente en-tente allies, will be accepted in Italy. The new military situation, as It Is developing and outlined In the Italian press, Is tho subject of much concern. The Messaggero in an editorial says: "Now look out for Roumania. The hour has come for tho allies to revise re-vise their methods military, diplomatic diplo-matic and economic and no longer talk, but act." Rome, Jan. 18, 6 p. m. (Delayed). The reported fall of Montengro is commented upon by the Italian newspapers. news-papers. The Piccolo says: "The surrender of Montenegro in no way affects the final issue of the European conflict. It has not dimin- Ibucu nic ijhi.i.,u.i ui uuiiiutj oil'- ciency of the allies, but there is no doubt that at this moment it imposes a terrible responsibility upon them." The American ambassador, Thomas Nelson Page, has been using all efforts ef-forts to provide food for the starving starv-ing women and children on the AI-j banian coast and as It Is deemed nee-J essary that the refugees be removed ' from the coast he is continuing his efforts to obtain ships for this purpose. pur-pose. A prominent American who has just returned from Cettinje, asserts that the attack on Mount Lovcen. leading to the Montenegrin surrender, was bona fide; that the Montenegrins fought to the last and gave in only when no holp came. |