Bologna, Jan. 15.
The first official reference to recent events in Montenegro was made in a speech by the Italian Cabinet Minister Signor Barrilar.
Hoe said that to save Mount Lov-chen would have meant saving Monte negro which would have been huge task requiring two to three hundred thousand troops and an effort six times greater than was necessary to convey the same forces om Home territory.
He mentioned that the overrating of the importance of Mount Lov-chen was due to foreign influences. first-class natural har-of accommodating the whole Austrian Fleet despite s pos sible menace from the top of Mount Lovehen.
Although the barracks in Cattaro were visible from Mount Lovohen, guns of an adequate calibre could not be brought up the mountain owing to the lack of roads.
Signor Barzilar concluded "The inevitable success of the Allies will nullify the recent bold strokes of our enemies which have been accom-
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