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Show I American Liner Ryndam Meets J Serious Accident in English Channel J FRENCH AND BRITISH TROOPS i HAVE LANDED AT CORINTH . I Mmisters of Central Powers at Athens Have Been Ordered to K Burn All Archives at Legations to Prevent Seizure by En-i En-i tt tente Powers Hundreds of Bulgarian Soldiers Killed I j and Large Number Wounded in Bombardment by ; I' ' French Aeroplanes Great Damage Done ! I Formidable Difficulties in Obtaining J I . "Si I i Food Supplies. iffl ! .. Londn, Jan. 18, 4:35 p. m. A dispatch from Arrfster-mv Arrfster-mv cfam to the Exchange Telegraph company says that French l!j I and British troops have been landed at Corinth, Greece, 48 im miles west of Athens. Amsterdam, Jan. 1 8, via London, 5 : 1 6 p. m. The Cologne m : Gazette is informed by its Sofia correspondent that the min-x min-x i sters tie centra powers at Athens have been ordered to 1 ;, burn all the archives at their legations to prevent them from g ! ; falling into the hands of the entente powers. 'as , hI : in1 . London, Jan. 18, 4:55 p. m. Hundreds of Bulgarian -ay soldiers were killed and a very large number wounded in a bom-jji bom-jji ; bardment of Petritsi, by a squadron of 25 French aeroplanes, jn .;; according to dispatches received in Athens and forwarded by h the correspondent there of the Evening Standard. L56 1 ' Great damage was caused by the bombardment, the ad- rt? J vices state. The provisioning of the Bulgarian forces on the af j Graeco-Serbian frontier is being conducted with the greatest jj 1 difficulty owing to the conditions of the roads, the correspon-ieJ correspon-ieJ ; dent adds. H The Petritsi mentioned by the correspondent is probably on Petrich, 53 miles northeast of Saloniki. en ; ' cr t 35 ; ' Berlin, Jan. 18, via London, 3:45 p. m. The Cologne lJi ' Gazette received information today uo tlleeffect thaV the a I French and 'British troops which landed at Phaleron, near c !! ' Athens, have returned to their ships. ad ; . ) Berlin, Jan. 1 8, by wireless to Sayville. A note to the in s Greek government, amounting to an ultimatum, is said by 'Hi I the Overseas News Agency, to have been presented by France re ': ! and Great Britain. According to a Sofia dispatch to the news j agency, Greece is requested to deliver their passports to the i ministers of the central powers within 48 hours, failing which ; the entente will take "necessary measures." 'ii r-' 5 . i; Berlin, Jan. IS, via London, 3.13 'p. i m. The following statement was issued issu-ed today by German army headquart- I ', ers: i; "Western theater: Artillery activ- s - ity along the front has been greater ) than recently, weather conditions be- t ing somewhat improved. ? 'Lens has again been actively shcll- y ed. 1 i. "There have been aerial battle-near I h Paschendaele and Dadizeele in Flan- I I ders. Three out of four of the occu- 1 I lmnts of one machine were killed. A II ! French aeroplane was shot down by I . one of our airmen near Moyenovic. 1 ; ' The pilot and observer were captur- If Russian Surprise Attacks. I "Eastern theater: Near Duenkofr i southeast of Riga, the Russians under B : cover of night and of snowstorms, suc-I suc-I , ; - ceeded in surprising small German I i posts and destroying them. 1$ "In the Balkan theater there is j nothing to report." 1 S ? Russians Outnumber Turks. Ii':. Constantinople, Tan. 18, via London, I I 13" 20 p. m. The Russian forces which I J recently began a general offensive in I the Caucasua are superior In num-I num-I ; ber to the Turks opposing them, ac-I ac-I i cording to the Constantinople war of- I $ flee, but effective resistance is being I I offered the Russians. Today's official statement says that P5 no changes have occurred in Meso-1 Meso-1 1 potamia, the destruction of a British 4 monitor near Sheik Saad, about 25 ,1 miles down the Tigris from Kut-el- ? Amara being the only Incident rc-1 rc-1 1 jported. J j 'Intermittent Cannonading Continues. m- Paris, Jan. 18, via London, 3:22 p. t k m.The following statement was giv- :: Pn out this afternoon at the war of- : ; fico; ; "There was intermittent cannonad- 'Ing last night at various points on the front No events of importance ?; J occurred." i c k f Search For Submarine Basis. London, Jan. 18, 3:30 p. m. A Cen-I Cen-I 'tral News dispatch from Athens toil to-il day says: . "An Anglo-French fleet has been ! searching the inlets of the Greek is- A 'lands with the object of discovering , the bases of German and Austrian s submarines 1 "Tho Turks have removed 400 guns ' from the Gallluoll peninsula to Xan- j thi, to the eastward of the allied line at Saloniki. f 'One hundred and twenty thousand M Austrlans and Germans are being massed at Giovgeli." I '' ; 'i ' Many Passengers Drown. m , Rome, Jan 17. 2 p. m. Dr. Edward ,i ,W. Ryan of the American Red Cross W ', Iwho arrived here today after a trip B. LthJonsanteiieggoa4bAlUanid: that 260 persons vere drowned by the sinking of the Italian steamship lirindisi which struck a mine recently in the Adriatic sea. Among those drowned was Miss Ham pie, a nurse. Miss Hani pie's body was buried at San Giovanni de, Medua, Albania Dr. Ryan said Mariano. Lamo. a nurse, ieached Scutari in safety and returned return-ed to the United States. Dr. Canut reached Brindisi and sailed for Rome today on board the steamship Patriu from Naples for New York. Dr. Ryan said there were -127 Montenegrin soldiers sol-diers from the United States on the steamship. Sixteen Days Investigation. Dr. Ryan's trip, extending a period of sixteen days, was made for an investigation in-vestigation of conditions in Montenegro Monte-negro and Albania towns, on behalf of the American Relief Clearing House of Paris. "Not food but removal to a place of safety is the need of 10,000 men, women wo-men and children Serbian refugees at Scutari and other points," Dr. Ryan said. To Remove Refugees. To remove the refugees Dr. Ryan has arranged for the chartering of an Italian steamship. He expects to transport these persons to Corsica, having obtained tho permission of tho Italian government. The English Red Cross also will send a relief ship. There Is no great amount of sickness sick-ness among the refugees, Dr. Ryan said, but they are finding their position posi-tion in their present quarters is becoming be-coming decidedly uncomfortable. Albanian Tribes Hostile. Dr. Ryan said tho position of the Serbian refugees was perilous, owing to the hostility of the Albanian tribes The American ambassador, Thomas N. Page, is assisting Dr. Ryan In his relief work, Petrograd, Jan. 18, via London, 3 p. m The judicial and other administrative admin-istrative officers of Dvinsk who removed re-moved to Pskov, a city 150 miles to the northeast, when tho German advance ad-vance threatened Dvinsk, have been ordered to return to Dvinsk. Italian Soldiers Paid. Rome, Jan. 17, 7 p m. The report of tho military postofflce service for December, issued today, shows that during tho holiday season the Italian soldiers at the front received funds from their families to the amount of 4,500,000 lire and that they sent homo savings to the amount of 10,500,000 lire. Promoting Grain Congress. Romo, Jan. 17, 7 p. m. With a view to promoting the holding of an international grain congress at Berne, all Italian members of parliament are at present holding a conference at Bologna. During the sessions speak-jira speak-jira have 'fiiytlclz ed- ira.idiUait8 pgcur- lation in grain and what they term . laxness of the government in the war and in other directions. ' Amsterdam, Jan. 18, via London, 110:10 a. m. A dispatch from Berlin says that an official announcement was made yesterday in the Prussian diet before its adjournment of the capitulation of the government of Montenegro. The news was hailed by those present with enthusiastic applause. ap-plause. Bombs Drop on Ancona. Rome, Jan. 17, 6 p. m. Four Austrian Aus-trian aeroplanes dropped bombs this afternoon on the city of Ancona. One person was killed. The material dam age was unimportant. Passenger Service Installed. Berlin, Jan. IS. By wireless to Sayville. Say-ville. A Constantinople telegram reports re-ports the arrival there last night of the train which left Berlin on Saturday Satur-day morning, inaugurating direct passenger pas-senger service between these cities. Review of War Situation. The situation in the Balkans suddenly sud-denly grown tense from the allied point of view with the capitulation of tlie Montenegrins has entered a now and critical phase, according to reports re-ports through German channels which state that the entente powers have demanded that Greece within 24 hours deliver their passports to the ministers minis-ters of the central powers in Athens. Lack of compliance by Greece would cause the allies to take "necessary "neces-sary measures" declared Berlin advices, ad-vices, which are based on a dispatch from Sofia given out by the semi-official Germnn news agency. It had previously been reported from Berlin that the allies werd adopting adopt-ing extreme measures with Greece, landing troops at the port of Athens and giving other intentions of an attempt at-tempt to coerce her Allies Watching Albania. Entente interests appear to be watching closely the situation in Albania Al-bania and recent advices from London Lon-don declare that adequate forces are now at hand to defend that country. The belief is indicated in these advices ad-vices that Italy's precautionary measures meas-ures in Albanian territory have gone far toward guarding the future- in Montengro. Little attention so far lias been paid in entente powers to the rumors that allied troops have been lauded near Athens, as German press utterances indicate. From German sources, comes the additional report that a landing of entente forces has been mado at Piraeus, the seaport of Athens, Ath-ens, as well as in the Bay of Phaleron. Phal-eron. Austrlans Raid Ancona. An Austrian aeroplane squadron again has raided Ancona, Italy. One person was killed but only unimportant unimport-ant material damage was done, Rome declares. In the recent sinking of the Italian steamer Brindisi, which struck a mine in the Adriatic. 260 persons were drowned, it now appears. Denial is entered by the semi-official news agency in Berlin that Captain Cap-tain Von Papen, recalled German military mili-tary attache at Washington, made payments in connection with attempts to blow up munition factories or bridges. |