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Show Last Important Serbian Town Is Occupied by the Invaders I RUMANIA HOLDS BACK RUSSIA AND CLOSES THE DANUBE RIVER H Waterway Has Been Mined to Prevent a Russian Fleet Move- ti ment to the Relief of Serbia Demand Made That the H Muscovites Respect Rumania's Neutrality. a H London, Nov. 30, 3.37 p. m. German positions on the If Belgian coast from Zeebrugge to Ostend were bombarded foi If two hours this morning by a British squadron, according to a Ij Reuter dispatch from Amsterdam. V Berlin, Nov. 30, via London, 3:15 p. m. The capture of H Prisrend in western Serbia near the Albanian border, was anil' an-il' nounced today by the war office. If Athens, Nov. 29, via Paris, Nov. 30, 7:45 a. m. Final if solution of negotiations of the entente powers with the Greek II government has been further delayed, it is reported tonight, la pending reply of the allies to the Greek proposal to permit the B respective general staffs to define the military features of the H allies, requirements in Macedonia. M ED I Prisrend, cIobc to the Albanian bor- Kl der and last of the important Serbian KJ towns in the path of the invaders K pushing the Serbians westward, has i been captured by the Bulgarians, W Occupation of Monastir by the Bul- ftf garlans Is expected shortly. K The Serbian government is now in- B stalled at Scutari, Albania. WL London, Nov. 30, 4:17 p. m. "Ac-Is "Ac-Is cording to telegrams from Bucharest, ft Rumania, has notified Russia of her mk earnest desire to remain neutral," B& says a Copenhagen dispatch to the Bj Exchange Telegraph company. "Con-Bb "Con-Bb sequently Russian ships wil not bo Iff permitted to enter the Danube, which. E it is emphasized, has 'bceu mined." Ht j HG? R Budapest, Nov. 30, via London, 5-15 ft V. m. Press dispatches from Buda- Wum. pest Bay that the Rumanian govern- K! ment has forbidden use of the Dan- Bl ube to the Russian government and, B)j in an energetic note, has made the E? demand that Russia respect her neu- B trality. The note states that Rumania Rjt will "defend her neutrality if neces- H sary, Review of the War. K London, Nov. 30, 12:30 p. m Mon- Wt astir, in southern Serbia, has been & evacuated. Serbian troops, having Ml accomplished their purpose of delay- f ing their enemy's advance until the Kv civil population of the town had time m to escape, have now left the city and B according to reports ore retiring in MX good order Bulgarian occupation of K the town is apparently a matter of Hit nly a few iioura Ik Thoucb the Austro-German and Bul-1RI Bul-1RI ar'an campaign against Serbia is delft de-lft scribed by the central powers as fiu-K fiu-K ished and though practically the IR wnole of Serbia Is in their possession. Wt tae3" had not accomP1Isned according Iftt t0 -u0 general belief here, the more IK important aim of entirely crushing the IK Serbian army. Though defeated and IK worn out in their conflict against IK overwhelming odds, the Serbian for-Bfc for-Bfc ces are said to be still unbroken and iRjUndemoralizod and are reported to be Hft reorganizing their units on the AIMS AI-MS banian and Montenegrin frontiers IK preparatory to fresh action. K Either bitter winter weathor has re-IB, re-IB, tarded the central powers in their pro-K pro-K posed new enterprise against the IB Franco-British troops in the Strumilsa IB region, or the rapidly developing Rus-fB- 8ian menace from tho direction of Wmi Rumaula has caused them to abandon Wm U. In any event, their campaign IK has recently come to a standstill. IK Other fronts during the last 48 vf hours has shown generallj' revived ac- Iw tlvlty- wx The varying fortunes which have m Attended General Townsend's Mcso- W potamian expedition have not yet been f recorded here In sufficient detail to make the situation entirely clear. ' From the latest official statement, ' It does not appear that there has . been any further fighting since the British advance upon tho battlefield of Cte6lpbon. but the British troops ;, have again fallen back to the Tigris, k having been outnumbered by tho Turks and are now occupying more I easily defended positions In the rear I j of their formor line. I On the north Poland front, after crushing German attacks, the Rus- fmk s'ans have succeeded in making local 91; Bains lu the neighborhood of Uloukst, BL occupying an eastern suburb of the ; town, and advancing to the German trenches south of this point. Hi British Continue Retreat. Ml Berlin, Nov. 30, by wireless to B Tuckerton, N. J. Official advices rc- B , ceived here today from Constantinople late that tho British forces in Meso- Potamla are continuing to retreat fol- . 'owing the battle on November 26 vhich is said to have resulted In a I victory for the Turks. Sf Unrest In Persia. Hl Berlin, Nov. 30, by wireless to li Tuckerton, N. J. "Great unrest is wU. 'Pleading throughout Persia, accord-B accord-B J55 to the latest reports, "says the B eraeas News Agency. "Numerous B Wbes are marching in the dlrectlou of Teheran, in order to protect the shah againBt Russian brutality. "Grand Duke Nicholas is reported to have ordered the advance of Russian Rus-sian troops against Teheran and plans to arrest all nationalist members of the Persian parliament and Swedish officers commanding the Persian police po-lice because of their loyalty to the Persian ruler." Quiet on West Front, Paris, Nov. 30, 2.30 p. m. "There Is nothing of importance to add to the communication of last night," the war office announced this afternoon. oteamcr la Sunk. London, Nov. 30, 12:30 p. m. The British steamship Dotterel has boen sunk, presumably by a submarine. The Dotterel, of 1506 tons -gross and 270 feet long, was built in 1909 at New Castle and was owned iu Cork. Attempt to Blow Up Plants. Paris, Nov. 30. 4:25 a. m. An attempt at-tempt on the part of Germans to destroy de-stroy munitions plants in Italy is said by the Journal in a dispatch from San Remo. Italy, to have been discovered discov-ered by the Turin police. It was learned that the plan apparently was being directed from Lugano, Switzerland, Switz-erland, and the case was referred to the Swiss police, who arrested a boatman. boat-man. In his possession were found two boxes labelled chocolate which he was about to ship to Turin. The boxes were filled with dynamite.- The Journal's dispatch adds that the arrest of a number of other persons, per-sons, some of them connectod with tho German consulate, is imminent. Kitchener Back In London. London, Nov. 30, 12:55 p. m. Field Marshal Earl Kitchener, the secre-tar secre-tar for war. returned today from his trip to the Near East. Earl Kitchener will meet his colleagues col-leagues in the war council of the cabinet cabi-net on Thursday. At that time he will convey to them the results of his observations ob-servations on the various battle fronts and his conferences at the capitals of the countries he visited. -oo |