St. John's Daily Star, 1915-11-26

              the st john's daily star new found land volume 1 3.00 per annum friday november 26 1915 price one cent no 187 greece gives allies pledges demanded but where is roumania cordial relations between greece and the i'rente allies having been es \ tablished with the greek govern ment s assurances that no attempt will be made to interfere with the allied troops shouta they under any contingency be forced to cross the greek frontier general atten tion is now centred on the attitude of roumania and the possibility of intervention by russia ; \. nov 25.—cordial relations k greece an the entente been established with the i â–  c nment's assurance that : will be made to interfere d troops snould the under oncy be forced to cross ontier and that as here ilway and other facilities . rded tssurancjei and guarantees will be abided by are satis the allies is shown in the greeit grain ships which had up al malta have been al o proceed to their destinations hat would have been a very serious shortage in bread supplies if their detention had been prolonged will indemnify greeks iei stood that the allies also . greece monetary indemnity war for anw damage which might he done through the occupation mritory this thorny question out of the ,},>>. itish public centered its in ..)] the attitude of roumania lervention of russia it , well established that rus • ncentrated a great army roumanian frontier hes state that large numbers guns have arrived at odessa , for its use however the m in which this army will move will be dictated by the policy the rou government adopts berlin some uneasiness but beyond ! the statement by the rou prernier m bratiano that re between russia and roumania : better there is nothing to move to scutari result of the success of the mans and bulgarians in rommand of kossovo plain n government has moved to while the army is defending fringe of serbia which lies : the situaca river and the al banian and montenegrin frontiers be provisioned from scutari from which place the montenegrins have built good roads during their occupation • monastir is still in possession of the serbians but the bulgarians are push ing toward it while the army of gen eral yon gallwitz is reported to be on its way down the vardar valley to help the bulgarians to attack the anglo french forces heavy cannonading continues on the western front winter has put a stop to anl big movement on the western front while the italians are persisting in their offensive and are daily getting nearer gorizia across ihe isonzo and to roveoto and riva in trentino allies get guarantee of greece assurances given by the greek gov ernment neither vague nor evasive but promise explicitly that no mili tary measures will be taken again st allied troops retreating into greece i ondon nov 25—although the full text of the greek government's reply to the entente powers has not yet been made public in england there is every indication that the brit ish government is satisfied with the position taken at athens the assurance given by greece dif fers in a marked degree from her previous expressions of benevolent neutrality 1 hey are neither vauge nor evaive but promise expbcity that no military measures will be taken against the serbian french or brit ish troops in case they retreat to gre ek territory whether this guarantee of safety to the allied troops will carry greece to the extent of opposing with her army any german lorces which might attempt to pursue the allies across the greek greek border will not be ascertained until full details are re ceived in regard to the assurance to lon don however it may be inferred that greece has yielded on every essential point raised by the allies the situa tion therefore might me regarded as having been cleared finally lav •$&, ia operated on geneva nov 25 abbas himli former khedive of egypt arrived here yesterday to undergo an operation on his tongue 4 family of fighting newfoundlanders two in the navy and two in the army—they've another left too young to volunteer bart seward r.n.r now on h.m.s amsterdam in the north sea mr and mrs adam seward of claren ville have four sons at the front — isaiah siavari r.x.r now on h.m.s fiona in tlic xorth sea private horatio seward private joseph sf.wari u.s pacificists pester wilson send thousands of telegrams urging him to meditate washington nov 25.—a pile of more than 3,000 telegrams was heap ed on the desk of the whifc house to day all urging president wilson tc have the unite states participate in the conference of neutral nations in an attempt to restore peace ii europe the mesages were sent from all oarts of the country at the instance of the woman's peace party and made a nile several feet high the president has been informed hat the conference will be held wheth er the united states government takes any action or not but a verbal appeal will be made to him to-morrow by the committee headed by miss jane addams of chicago m it i m simply a clash between patrols london nov 26.—a despatch to the times from cairo referring to an official communication reporting an en counter with the turks at alkantara egypt explains that it was merely a collision with a patrol and should not be regarded as a recrudescence of turk ish activity crew of tara safe in port / essel sunk by u-boat bui they reach egypt london nov 25.—word was re ceived to-day of the missing crew of he british boarding steamer tara uink in the mediterranean by a sub marine * it wa sannounced recently that the rew had been able to reach the igyptain coast but that it had been ost sigth of afted landing at an un earned point in northern africa to lay's announcement from the ad liraltp followe news has been received that cap ain williams and the rest of the sur ivors of the crew were seen at elziat wo days'west of the gulf of solium it the border between egypt anc 1 tripoli all well spain recognizes generalcarranza madrid nov 25 it was decidec at a cabinet meeting held to-day at re cognize general venesutiano carran za as head de facto of the govern ment of mexico at the request of the agent here of the mexican constitu tionalists splendid seamanship foiled hun submarine when french steamer tafna was shelled by u-boat the captain steer ed his vessel into the teeth of a gale and the heavy seas forced the submarine to relinquish the chase daris nov 26.—the minister of marine in a comunication made public tonight says the french steamer tafna was shelled by a submarine in the western mediterranean but that the captain of the steamer with re markable quickness of decision steered his vessel into the teeth of a gale and that the submarine unable to keep up its speed against the head seas relin quished the chase after firing three shells the communication adds that some passengers aided by a few members of the crew and notwithstanding the ex press orders of the captain of the tafna to the contrary lowered boats which were immediately swamped the tafna arrived safely at marseil les bulgars caught in rear by serbs monastir hears heavy firing which indicates such a success london nov 26.—a times de spatch from monastir dated nov 23 says the bulgarians have shown no re newed activity on the prilep front but the heavy firing heard this morning a few miles southeast of prilep suggests that some body had got behind thertt and was threatening their lines of com munication samuel succeeds winston churchill london nov 25.—herbert samuel post master general has been given a seat in the cabinet he has been appointed chancellor duchy of lan caster the post recently vacated by winston spencer churchill samuel will hold also the position of post master general he-will draw no salary as chancel lor of the duchy were 2 days without food crew of blanch m rose suf fered many hardships sydney nov 25 the newfound land barquentine mary m duff ar rived here having on board the crev of the schooner blanche m rose abandoned at sea with her sails al gone and leaking badly the men on board the schooner were without food fuel and water for two days before being rescued tl jli â– $*> meigle due at basque this afternoon give kitchener and cochin credit for the agreement athens attributes the happy turn of events in negotiations between greece and the allies to the influence of the two ministers who recently visit ed the greek capital athens nov 26.—according to the latest news from salonkia the french line is still unbroken the report that the bulgarians have occupied krivolak being unfounded on the con trary all their attacks have been re pulsed the happy turn of events between the entente powers and the greek gov ernment is generally attributed here to the visits of lord kitchener and denys cochin the joint note of the powers to the greek government was only on general lines and now that the allies propos als have been accepted in principle details will be settled in further special negotiations germans find mines flooded serbs dismantled all copper workings before they retreated derlin nov 25.—advices received here to-day from orsova on the danube serbia disappointed the hopes of those who have been ex pecting the immediate production of copper from the mines at vor in northern serbia gelonging to a french company before they retreated the serbians destroyed the pumping works flood ing the shafts and tore down the buildings of the mines a staff of german engineer is now inspecting the properties to determine whether it will be possible to resume operations home left cow head at 9.15 a.m yesterday will soon become active alliance greeks now £ with allies kitchener and constantine got to getrer in direct soldier fashion and qqjckly consummated an agree ment that the kaiser will be unable to shake and that bid fair as sotm as the allies land further slrong contingents at salonika to develap into an active alliance be tween greece and the powers of the entente agreement safeguards the greeks york nov 26.—a cable to the herald from athens dated yes erday says • king constantine has granted all the allies demand the triumph of the en ente bc:ng due to a soldierly agree nent between the hellenic ruler and earl kitchener the field marshal told the king that the allies frankly admitted the rig,ht of greece still suffering from the bur dens imposed by the balkan wars to remain neutral but demanded com plete safety for the allies troops on greek soil control of railways and other means of communication the use of salonika harbor and the right to land troops or occupy such other part of greek territory considered necessary for military operations greece through her king accepted these demands and kitchener pledged the allies as soon as the war is ended to restore all occupied territory and in demnify greece for all damage done minor details still are to be settled but i am confident owing to lord kitchener's trip that the kaiser will be unable to influence king constantine or the greek army to lift a finger against the allied troops in consequence of this happier situ ation all the restrictions imposed upon greek commerce have been removed and one need not be a prophet to pre dict that when the allies have landed the full complement of troops required in the balkans greece which like ru mania has been simply demanding guarantees which will insure her na tional preservation will be found fight ing on the side of freedom allies naval brigades in the balkans are safe were sent to belgrade last fall to co-operate with the serbs—french brigade reaches monastir and the british brigade is with the serbs in the region of mitrovitza london nov 26.—the safety of bolh the british and french naval srigacjes which recently were in bel is now assured th french section arrived at mon stir pear the greek border a few days igo and a telegram has been received rom admiral troubndge commanding he british brigade dated from mitro vitza nov 20 stating that all was well the british and french naval br were sent to belgrade last fall t?ok part in the fighting against he germans and austrians preceding the evacuation of the capital of the serbians and while nothing is known officially of the movements of the men since they left belgrade or whether they have taken part in any of the lumerous engagements against the ger mans fend austro-hungarians it seems probable that the british who are in the region of mitrovitza are fighting with me serbs who evacuated mitro vitza nly a day or two ago i i • the klyc arrived at basque at io this morning she was delayed by dense fog french honour russian leader paris nov 25.—at a meeting of the cabinet to-day presided over by president poincare , general gerald pau was charged with a mission to russia to confer on general lvsfefrael v alexieft chief of the gen eral staff the grand cross of the legion of honour five steamers will take relief to the belgians galveston nov 25.��€”1t was learned to-day that the commission for the re lief of belgium has chartered five steamers which will carry cargoes of wheat from this port within the next few weeks the first of these ships the steamer photinia docked to-day lm h transport reaches england unscathed ottawa nov 25.—1t is officially announced through the press censor's office that the troopship missanabie which sailed from canada w : th troops has arrived safely in england ji 1 sagona north of battle harbor another shipment blue~and~brown nap cloths 1.70 3.20 3.50 tan and isrown marvelette corduroy 70c black and navy all wool dress serge 2.20 fancy hopsack sax navy brown and black 85c bowring brothers limited i _ -___-â–  ' - â–  - — another shipment of blue grey and brown nap open for inspection prices 51.90 2.00 2.20 a yd _^— we still have a few of these ladies 1-piece dresses 6.60 value for 4.00 7.80 value for 5.00 9.00 value for 6.00 11.00 value for 7.00 12.00 value for 7.50 bishopsonsis:c(utd dry goods department phone 484 mail orders carefully filled