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Show ILlMlllin I ftil lli I Jrli SI i nJl IS I irSI KiKrll 1 1 Russian Torpedo Boats Sink Two II Turkish Ships Loaded with War Supplies GERMANS DESTROY TRENCHES OF ' : THE ALLIES SOUTH OF YPRES I- Positions Between Moselle and Vosges and Villages Behind I ; German Front Shelled by French Artillery Duels With I Russians Continue French Bombard Enemy Provis- I i ion Trains and Groups of Workmen in Belgium, I j in Champagne and in the Vosges. I I I Petrograd, Jan. 22. I p. m. Via London, -3 : 50 p. m. I Russian torpedo boats in the Black sea, it was announced here I today, have sunk two Turkish ships loaded with war supplies. I , The crews were made prisoners. I Berlin, Jan. 22, via London, 3 p.m. I The following statement was issued Ml today by army headquarters: I' '-"Western theatre: South of Yprea I ' we destroyed by a mine trenches of I the enemy over a front of a seventy I ; meters. I .: : "Our positions between the Moselle I ; ' and the Vosges and some villages be- I bind our front were shelled by the I , enemy without effect. I ' "Eastern theatre: There have been I - ; artillery duels before Smorgen and I Dvinsk. I "Balkan theatre: There is nothing My to report." I i M' Paris, Jan. 22, via London, 3:35 I ' p m. The communication given out I I ; this afternoon by the French war de- Ipaitment says: "Last night our artillery directed its fire against provision trains and groups of workmen of the enemy at points In Belgium, in Champagne ajid in the Vosges. On the remainder 'of the front the night passed quietly."" Berlin, Jan. 22, by Wireless to Say-viHe. Say-viHe. "The Austro-Hungarlau official offici-al press bureau" says the Overseas News Agency, "announces that the MVt laying down of arms as agreed upon M ' by the Montenegrin government is M meeting with difficulties and that the general disarmlug of the Montcnc-M Montcnc-M ) grins will be delayed, this being duo m principally to the long distances over , which the soldiers have to travel and " to the bad communications. m ' "The press bureau also declares ' that the delay is duo In part to the M j ' national peculiarities of the Monte- f : negrin people who, ignoring the gen-M gen-M oral situation, do not yet know whe-M whe-M : i thcr they are expected from their gov-M gov-M . ernment to continue war on their ac-WL. ac-WL. count. .1 "The Austro-Hungarian govern- ; ment, the press bureau adds, nppreci- . ating these circumstances has granted time to the Montenegrin government so that it may get into communica- ) tion with the reluctant part of the M ; population In order to bring about a 3 systematic submission of all people." 3 Paris, Jan. 21. 4:50 p. in. A dis- 1 J" patch from Milan to the Temps says - ; that the squadron of sixteen warships r of the allies which on Wednesday S ? bombarded Porto Lagos, the Bulgarian j I seaport on the Aegean nenr the Greek J I border, also shelledj.be military bar- X . lacks and railway station at Dedeag- a M I hatcl1 and destroyed a military train. 3m The dl8Patch adds that among the at- tm tacking vessels was the Italian cruis- jSfi a er Piemonte. -" I Belgium for Peace. 4. J London, Jan. 21, 0:05 a. m. An 'v x Ansterdam dispatch to the Exchange , ; Telegram company states that the ' T-rankfurter Zeltung, discussing the ,'r r I'OSEibllity of a separate peace be- .': tween Gormanv and Belgium, says '-, taat as long as Belgium has not sign- I; I ed the London agreement regarding i t the making of a separate peace she . '3 free to do as her Interests com- ) mand. The newspaper is quoted as ',- t adding that Belgium, until now, has oen considered by the German clian- i ;- cellor as an object of exchange and ; that sensible Belgians ought to be told I not to wait too long or Belgium will be considered as a good price. The Amsterdam dispatch says that '' I Ma article has caused a sensation in I Germany and that it is -believed to -1 bavr been inspired from official sources. I) ParlB, Jan.- 21, i:35 p. m The united Socialist party will petition Parliament and the government to au- thorlze a committee of members of the chamber of deputies to go to the i trenches and talk freely with the sol- j? derfi so Uiat closer relations may be , W "istituted between army and parlia- ; ent. At a representative meeting of the r S Prty today, a resolution was adopted )) nbodying the proposal which would X '" bo Preaented in the chamber. Tt is J aBgested that 44 members of the f U chamber be selected from the various 4 i Parties anfi that they be authorized g I to discuss with the soldiers on the r:, I "Bhtlng line all mattors, except mill- . y orders. The resolution sayB In Kv I !b ay the men in the trenches will P "e made to realize that they have the rtjL 8'niPathy and BiipporL of parliament ""'m . Rev"cw of WarvSituation. : . Further reports regarding tho re '! u"mP-Ion of hostilities botwoen Mon I C&fipiwJnE.a,j:eJpcaoiLL.i)6acc A terms by the former, ar lacking. A Berlin dispatch early today, however, quoted a Colonge newspaper as conceding con-ceding that obstacles had arisen during dur-ing the negotiations and that there had been a refusal of a part of the Montenegrin army to lay down its arms. Turkish Army Defeated. Dispatches late last night from Petrograd Pet-rograd gave a Russian official statement state-ment declaring that the Turkish army in the vicinity of Erzerum had been defeated and was retreating precipitately precipi-tately to the protection of the Erzerum Erze-rum forts. There is discussion in GeJ-raany of a separate peace between Germany and Belgium and a London dispatch quotes an influential Frankfort newspaper news-paper ns suggesting that Belgium ought not to wait too long before taking tak-ing up the subject |