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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1918-06-27, Page 7AUSTRIAN UNPEST SWELLING4 idilvAali)oonnotileitti„vairabilioiritattnrytieta., TURNING AGAINST GERMANY Traveller lust From Vienna Predicts Events to Give Victory to Allies Huge Strikes—Troops Put Down Riots—At- tempt on Rtiler's Life London cable says: Reports are cur- rent on the Amsterdam excleange to-. day that an attempt has been made on the life of Emperor Charles, of Aus- tria, says a Central New despatch from Amsterdam. The reports are un- coefirmod. London cable says:According to the Vienna, Nene Frie Presse, during seri- ous street riots in Vienna the police and military were called out and took strict measures, ahd issued Warning to Parents making them responsible for the actions of their children, says an Exchange Telegraph despatch from Copenhagen. DOWN ON GERMANY. Geneva cable: A commercial tra- veller who has arrived hero direct from Vienna to -day, informed, the As- sociated. Press that there ere 100,000 Men on strike in the Austrian capi- tal, and tb.at there are smaller striltee In progress at Lalbach, Agram and Gratz, aje menticn of which has been stoppeci by the censor, The traveler said that anti -German feeling *as growing, especially in Hungary, where it was assuming a revolutionary aspect- The feeling was, not aimed directly at the Hapsburg dyna3ty, be added, but as, the regime it represented. The traveller said he was convinced that events might be eipected which would change the fate Of the war in favor of the Entente At- tlee. • CANNOT TRUST TROOPS. • Londen cable: The Times cor- reeporident at the Hague is informed through a Dutch source that the reM- nents of some severely -tried Aus- trian regiments arived in Vienna On the 16th, many of the men being slightly wounded. These troops were employed on the leth to protect the city, but their bearing was sueli that tbey were withdrawn the following day, All public buildings in Vicuna are now guarded by cavalry, the pol- icy heretofore having been able to dis- perse such gatheringeeas occurred. From the same source it is learned that a Bulgarian Commission has ar- rived in Vienna to negotiate with the Austrian Government concerning a change in relations with Germany. The Times correspondent cites in- formation, apparently from Vienna, that the collection of the harvest in Austria, Germany, and Hungary will in the future be strictly a sate affair, owing to the fact that Austria now en- ters the new harvest year without any supplies whatever, and therefore the' hest possible method of securing grain must be adopted. CONDITIONS CRITICAL, Paris cable says: A number of tele- grams received in Parts to -day by way of Switzerland describe conditions in the interior of Austria-Hungary as be- coming critical. Fifty thousand workers at the ar- senal in the Vulcan factories and the Worschalowsky airplane wores have gone on strike. The Burgomaster of Vienna has told the Municipal Council that it would be impossible to distribute potatoes after the week end. The resignation of several Minis- ters in the Austrian Cabinet ie pected sound petty It Outlive:I as well as the man that fasbioned it and the sun iv I.t tilivtlet grIgttaer alainkitil= °1:v ilt ,o.i length if its days was one clay addo , o a nundred years. Then it want west in a very fanny way, Tim man who owned it, the great-grandson iv the man that made it I thlialt he was, was gain' to church one day on top Iv the shay when all iv a sud- een it disappeared and he found him- self slain' on the road with the horse In front iv him, and, its harness hang - In' Immo and no shay buckled on to it• The bloomin' thing hail diaappear- eta faded away, just like a spider's web In the ettn. Whith Was not to be wondered at, min' that one part ly the shay WaS as good as, any Other part and the whole thing had to go la a heap when a part went just to bear out the plans iv the maker." "But wot 'as all this to do wiv wot E asked?" Spudhole queried. "Wot I wanted ter know wee, when Ole bloomin' war was kolato end," "It will end, me boy, when Ger- many's bate to her knew," said Gahey: "And she evil be hate one day and, her breakdown will be sud- den. She bas been preparin' for this ruction for years and years and when the hour for fighthe struck every bit Iv her war machine was perfect. It's perfect now as far as we can see, but like the one horse shay, when one bit iv the mechanism goes, the whole damned lot goes, and that the kaiser will be In the ditch. "Them that's against us now are to all seemin' just as well off as our- selves. just in the same way as two new shells may look, one as good as the other, though the other is a dud. But there's one thing certain now, and that is this. If we compare the two lines of the trenches to two 'shells the one that me and ye is in, Stipa- hole, is not the dud one." "And the other's the one hoes shay, you think?" Spudhole asked. ' "That's it," said Gahey. "And it may fall to smitheens any minute!" HOME RULE, DRAFT, POSTPONED , BUT IN NO WISE ABANDONEDI Government Plans to Es- tablish Law and Order First. 0 London cable says:The British Gov- ernment regard their proposals of Ir- ish Hoare' Rule and conscription as Postponed, but in no wise abandoned, the Times says it understands. Con- scription will not be withdrawn, nor will efforts be relaxed to frame a. measure of self-government for Ire- land. Recent events have convinced 'the Government that the fret business is to establish law and otter, but their polley is unchanged. Newspapers say that the Nationalist Members of Parliament will return to Westminster next Tuesday. The Na- tionalists 'believe, according; to a re - the Government that the first 'business dead, but that Home Rule has only been shelved. FRENCH BOOMS RECRUITING. Dublin cable (via Reuter's, Lim- ited) -Viscount French, the Lord Lieutenant, has extended his best wishes for the progress of tho recruit- ing campaign to bo conducted by the recruiting council of four prominent Irishmen, A. Me Sullivan, Sir Maurice Dockrell, Captain Stephen Gwynn and Henry McLaughlin. In a message to the council, he says: "The radiness and good will with which you have responded to my invi- tation to act as the recruiting council at:sures me that I do not stand alone In my unfailing belief in my country- men's sympathy with the cause for which the Allied nations are fighting. The task you have undertaken . Will britig joy to the hearts of many old comrades in the field who in the early period of the war were sustained in the days of trial that made our nation "famous by the promise of help from the manhood of the old land. "Hardships and trials have come again and our Irish regiments are looking to the boys at home to main- tain the great traditions of our fight- ing race. As a soldier, I desire to ex- press my appreciation of the service you have undertaken for our native country, and I heartily wish you all success." lit • .! RUSSIA OUT OF IT. Finally Done as Factor in Present War. London Cable ---The Manchester Guardian says it is impossible that Russia can take part in the war .gain Unless it bets longer than anyone be. lieves It will, whatever change of Gov- ernment takes place there "The worst service we can render Russia and the most foolislt thing far ourselves," It says, "Is to attempt be external pressure to hasten or de:.er• mine such changes. Our duty happily Is much. Simpler -to accept facts as we find them and to render Russia, under whatever Goverriment, all the aid she desires and wa (lee commend. This.is Wilson'a policy, also Asquith's. It remains only for the Government to atleept and act upon it. When it is done a vast step will have been teken toward the solutien of the eastern problem which may yet prove the de- termining factor of the war." The One- Hoss Shay "I'm sick o' tb."oee bloomin' busi- ness," said Spudhole, the Cockney soldter, glocmily, as he clambered up on the firestep and looked at the Ger- man trenches which showed on the other side of No Man's land. "Bone tired I am o' the tole damned ca - Poodle; o' the pip equates, the nine point five, the Minnies, the whizz - bangs, and all the rest o' it. When is it goin' to ent? Is this war ever goin' to end? Can you answer that question, Gahey, you red headed, big- lriehman, can you answer that question?" Gahey, red-headed and Irish, rose from his seat on the firesstep. "In the dumps again, me boy?" he inquired, looking at Spudhole. "It's always on the wet day that ye're grumolin' and feelin' sick iv the job. And it's not in me to blame ye, for it has been rainin' cats and dogs and kettle drums ever since stand -to thia mornin' Glory be, but it's -weather that's fit to chill the heart iv an angel." "Oo was talkhe about aline's?" Spudhole exploded. 'Not me, for all that I wanted ter know was when this bloomin' war was goin' to end and let ine bock ter Blighty for good. D'ye think that it's ever goin' ter end, Gahey?" "Ah, it'll end one rine day, me boy," said Galley. "It'll come to an end ell in a heap, like -like the one horse shay." t "The wet?" Spudhole exclaimed. "Are yer tryin 'ter pull my, bloomin' Leg, Gahey?" "I'm not pullin' yer leg, ye limb," said Galley. "I'm just tellite ye about the cne horse shay. There was pee- thry wade about it and I read it when I Was a cab in the National school Ballyrudden, Inc own Ifewnland, I 'anieremember the words iv it, but I've still got tee lie iv that pome in Inc head. This one horse shay was built be a.man in the old times.'! "But wot is a 'bloomite ono oss eheyr Stpudhole inquired **Yes, Atha: is it?" said Galley. "It's Ibis. It's sort et it (Toes breed be- tween a tank and a donkey cart. It's a glorietts vehicle that a man or a woinan can go to church or a market In. It's in short, a sort iv a jitutitin' car. And this one that the pome speaks about was an exceptional one, the best in the lour cornore iv the country. The man that made it, bo'n' enowin' fellow with more in hie head than it tomb could take out, saw by his own ohservatiens that all eorts iv vehicles came to a sudden end, beeguse one part iv them was worse than tele othore, end this part when it gave Out put all the rest In the vehicle out iv gear. "For eximple, 11 cert may le an right in Its body, but the shafts are a bit wake and when the shafts go then (telt is (13 immediately. So tbe spokes Iv ft wheel may be all right, but they'. re no good if the axle i faulty. Well. this man lit the pome he shunted these thingn and took it In his head to mane a one horse shay with every one part Iv it Just rie good as any other part. De started on he makin" Iv one at onee, for be had no book iv regula- tions to hold him back and everthing about the shay that he made was per- fect. "The rim iv the wheele were as strong as the spokea ,the epokes were as good as the Iiimb pie, the linch pin was on an oqtial footire with the axle and the axle was as strong as the body above it. The same witb the tailboard, the shafts, and the breeeldri* book. Glory be! When it Watt fin- ished tbat one horse elm Witt a de. light and it weinder to behold. It was the best ever seen in the eountry before Or eince. And When it got to work It was good to eit in it arid gut wesTERN LAND SALEg oftDER, Ottawa Tteport-On the reeonimenda- tion of the Minister of the Interior, an order -in -Connell has been passed Mg new regulations governing the sale Of public lands in Western Canada. They provide that in future there shall be Do sale to one person of an acre of land In excess of one section, and land must not be sold until a valuation hau been placed upon it by a competent officer of the department after c. personal in- spection. All land wili be eold et an upset mice, determined on the basis of valuation. At least 30 days' notice must e be given or all public salen. -----easteeete "Is it necessary to incl000 etenips?" asked the peat. "Marc necessary evea than to itteion poetry:* responded the eXnerielleed atithore-London Opinion. CHILDREM BE DOOR TO DOOR "Please Give Us One Small Piece of Bread." ••••• CROSS OCEAN BY AIR ROUTE THIS SUMMER new. .......1.*.,014*.n• Plans Already Well Advano- ed by Initial Plight Terrible Tale of Conditions in Vienna. London cable: A picture 91 COA- ditions in Viennn is drawn in a des- patch from The Hague t the Times, reproduced from the Arbeiter Zeitung, It says: Every Sunday afternoon at 0 o'clock there comes a modest tap at the door. A little boy and girl stand Jutside, tiny, pale, as thin as shadows. They shrink into a corner and if you aele them what they want,- a little voice whispers anxieusly, "Please give us one small piece of bread." The children knock at many, many doors, and yet only three wretched scraps of bread are to be peen In their dirty little aprons. They get the same ahswer every- where: "We haven't bread enotigh for ourselves, here's a areuzer (about half a cent) for you." The little chap shakes his head energetically, and, plucks als little sister bank. , "No money, father want allow it." Doubtless. it is hard euough for hint to see his children gs begging bread and if he were not 111 he would not even allow this, but they. are hungry aid they beg for what is their good and three times sacred right as child- ren -they beg in order to be satisfied. Unfortunately these are net the only ones who go from door to door begging bread in order to obtain the least that man can ask for, and which nevertheless has become so natty. The old newspaper woman who brings the evening paper, the woman who comes to check the gas meter, the locksmith's boy who has to 'deliver a key, the scissor grinder and the pretty postwoman-they all say more or less frequently -"Please give me one small piece of bread." For they are hungry and filled with the very right feeling that it is ne shame to be for bread -at least no shame ior those who must beg only because of those whose fault it is that bread has become sb scarce. These beggars are all people who work honorably and hard. Even tired, sad women wile 'come on Sundays, and who have worked to exhaustion during the week and in retell' for this they have hte Sunday pleasure 01 saying "Please give mo one small piece of bread.' ' 20 -YEAR TERM TO BLE STUDENTS TAKE 40 HOURS From Newfoundland to Azores, Portugal, Ire- land, France. Washington despaten; Establish - matt of an air route to Europe front the United States In order to briug the full force of American effort in the air to bear against Germany has been de - Pastor Russell's Successor and .Associates ceded upon as a definite project by the British Air Council, the new organiza- tion into which all British Air Service has been merged, This was disclosed to -clay by Major-General William Brancker, Controller or Equipment on the council, who, is in Washington to discus a thie and other projects relat- ing to air werfaro with American officials. Plans for an initial flight acroes the Atlantic in August, September or Oc- tober of this year are already v,,ell ad- vanced. American co-operation is sought, and Gen. Brancker hopes that the first machine to nattice the cross- ing will carry both British and Ameri- can pilots. At least three British pi - tote, regarded as qualified for tho trip, are now here, and several typos of machines produced in England have ample fuel capacity foe the 40 hours of flying it is estimated tea trlp would take. The attitude of the American Gov- ernment toward the project has not been dischnted, although Gen. Branc-, ker laid stress on the fact that the sole purpose of the trip wee to blaze a new trail to Europe over which American aircraft can be delivered next year without taxing shipping Pre3uniably, it arises from the tixed purpose of the 13ritish Alr'elinietry to carry the bombing warfare into Ger- many on a steadily increasing scale until not a eital spot in the Comma Empire is safe from allied raiders. The point made by Gen. Braneker fav- oring the employment of Brinell equipment for the venture is that the now Rolts-Royee 375 -horse -power en- gines have proven reliable enough practically to insure no difficult., from this souece.,The Americaa Liberty ince tors, he said, are admittedly .better in performance than this Rolls-Royee, being of lighter weight and giving greater powertebut they have not yet reached the status of reliability of the Rolls-Royce. The General was certain, however, that Liberty -driven night bombers would be crossing the ocean In fleets next summer. Under any consideration. a seaplane carrying at ?bast 750 horse -power will be the first craft to attempt the flight. Until arrangements have been made for the touching of airplanes at the Azores en route, which is a difficult matter, as owing to the rugged con- tour of the islands, landings there for refueling will liave to be made hi the harbor. As the trip is now peojected, it would start from British soil in New- toundiand, touch at the Azores att again in Portugal. and conclude in Ireland, probably to he resumed after overhaul. to France. While this is not the shortest route. it is mid to offer better weather and better opportunity to forecast the weather in advatice. There already have been conferences with American meterorological ex- perts in thie regard. The governing factors of the flight were given by the 13ritish officer as engine rellabilitee navigation and weather' forecasts. The prcemble loss 'of machines en route could be mini- mized, he believed when the weather forecasts had been fully worked out and flights were started only when it yeas well established that good. weath- er would prevail. The use of „weight -carrying ma- chines such as -night bombers is es- sential, as the Carrying capacity later to be devoted to hauling high explo- sives to German centres seleeted for destruction would go into extra fuel during the trip. The twin Liberte typo of American seanlane, built on British design and now in produetion here on it steadily increasing teale. meets these requirements. Many of these planes have already been ship- ping. and tho day is believed now by oseicials to be almost in sight 'When the production will far exceed ship - Plug facilities. For that reason it may be that the navy instead of the army will undertake to develop the air - route plan in conjunction with the British. et • READY CAPTIVES. Get Extreme Penalty for Breaking Law. .'ti ran Mid Albert the British, likewise, aave made pieta nett also minified Garman attacks near Merriest ox1 tlie iseandere front. • The German officiat communication recordstbe repulse of an American attack northwest of Chateau Thlerry, In the Marne region, and asserts that the Americans suffered 'heavy lenge, This prpbably Word to the fighting of ThueedaY in the Belleau Wood, whore the Anierican3 advanced their Mace more than half a nine aftea the enemy bad refund to accept the gage el battle. BRITISII REPORT. Tuiele13riidtlasyli elefuleiluagy4;11 l oca01a11UniCatiOn irsid 14 "In last night's raids north 01 the Searpe, Scottisb, troops Penetrated Geenteu trenches, inflicting ' heavY casualtiee on the enenty garrison, and captured a number of prisoners. A number of dugouts and eoveral nia. chine guns wore blown up and dee stroyed." AMERICAN REPORT. Washington despatch : The War Department reports: "Section A.Patrolling has again been especially active. Kern:west of Chateau Thicrry and in the aVoesere hcetile patrols suffered considerable torsos lu patrol encounters and from our machine gun fire,. Alan*r fight- ing continues in these reelona and in Lorraine." . GERMAN REPORT. New York despatch: Joscoli 0. Rutherford, successor of Pastor Rus- sell as head of the International Bible Students' Association, and Six associates, were to -day sen- tenced to twenty years' imprison- ment for ecnspiracy to violate the espeenage 1a.a, The others sentenced are William le. Van Amburgh, treasurer of the Watch Tower and Bible Tract So- ciety; Robert J. Martin, auditor of the society; Fred II. Itabineon, per- sonal representative of Rutherford; A. Ilugh McMillen, superintendent of the Bethel }tome, domicile; of many membeis of the organizations; George II. leleher and Clayten J. Woodworth'joint authors of "The VinishAl ed Ystere," and directors of the International Association. gen- aneing of Giovanni de fleece, 811' other eefensiant convleted, was de- ferred for two months pending an in. veetigatioa in o his past career eug- eested by the eeart. The sentences of twenty years are concurrent eentences or twenty years on each of four tounts on which the defendants were eotivicted', Twenty yeara on each cent is the extreme penalty, and Federal Judge floe e. who impased tho punishment, denied all mottoes for'setting aside the verdict, eteying tieutenee or lib- erating the defend:Mite on ball pending tin appeal. Teuton Party Surrendered to Their Prisoner. Merlin aline says: Friday'3. Wa (Ann report said: "The enemy has kept up violent reconnoitring thtusts alone the whole of the front, They have, been repulsed everywhere. Northeast of Morris and north of Albert British partial attacks broke down with sauguinary losses. "Local French attacks southwest of Noyon and by Amer:cans northweat of Chateau Thierry broke down, Tem Fronele and Americans sufferea heavy casualtiee, and some etrisonere re- mained in our hands. "Southwest cf Rheims Italian pris- oners were taken. "Large mid clearly marked hospital Imildinga in the valley of the Vosle between Breull and Montiguy, vhich formerly were used by the French, recently twice have been the objec- tives of enemy air raids." PLAIN DEFEAT FOR ThE HUNS Failure at Rheims Shows Their Weakness. German Officer's Letter is a Confession. AUSTRIAN INVADERS ARE RETREATING .IN DISORDER ANERIOAN SO= 101* Foe Trenches, Machine Gan Nests, Stormed, B4 BOW. ---B,-B1-• BB, I With the American Army in Pilule°, Cable --At dawn ibis morning Am- erican troops stormed German From Montello to the Sep, 33 Miles, italians rreoztlethnItiuggIlIttrellkloVcitilsailetzt sector. Those of the German garrlsou 1 h3sing Foe, Now who remained to fight and carrY ont Q.riyr,,o5Vewresretotithieoldbythreitipeoaszlitarl baialam! chine gun fire and bayonet. The Americans also took prisoners. Piave River Clogged With Teuton Dead -Army ace Tihveo geiaineslitivnegaVoiullierrectIn a; 13brneene ez heavy to which the Amerleane Betperate Straits aubjectea them yesterday. The Wan. tee action has been confined, boWever, Italian "Army Headquarters In the keystone between the mountain Northern Italy Cable -- From Men- ton° to the sea the enemy bits been defeated and forced back by tho Ital- ian troops to cross the Piave Ritver itt disorder, London, June 23. -The first phase of the Austrian offensive has ended in fallure---in defeat. The "culminatiou of what was intended to be the cruse- ing of Italy between the jaws of the Austrian pincers is the rout et the in- vaders themselves,. With their backs to the swollen Piave River the Austrians for several days past had been trying hard to ward off the victorious counter-at- tacks of the Italians and save the sit- uation. Now they are endeavoring and still under great pressure, to ford the stream and reach safety on tis eastern bank, • From the Montalto plateau to the Adriatic Sea, tho enemy is la retreat. The river is literally clogged with hie dead, Already his lessee are esti- mated at 180,000 men, tour the Mimeos of his escape without additional heavy casualties and inert made prisoners seem remote. Leaving speculation aside and *rattl- ing to what has been accomplish,' (I this week, the Allies have seen e hat Is probably the last Austrian drive and what may turn out to be a great Austrian 'disaster, putting Germaey's main ally out of tho war, ani wreck- ing the Hapsburg disaster. The latte• would presuppose a revolutina at home, which is quite poseiele sbould Emperor Charles' armies be deft:Mee in the field. The drive was the most ambitious one that Austria has undertaken, and from tbe first day it was evident that it was too big a task for her to hanele alone. The Germans apparently have sent no aid, although the move is eael to have been dictated' from Berlin, axle Jt should be remembered that when- ever Austria has fouget alone he Las been defeated, even by little Forbin, in another Meting local attack in the the first year of the war. direction of Leeson southwest of Beeinning at dawn last Satuedae, Fossalta but was sanguinarily re-' Paris Cable-Tne heavy defeat of the Germans in the Rheims septette again shows that every Gine the French have had in front of" them mere or less equal forces and have nct been overpowered by numbers the Getmans have been made to feel the '41perior fighting quality' of the poilus. Never, in the opinion of French milttary authorities, will the Germans break through these lines. At Rheims, as at Noyon, the enemy fell short of his elemental surprise. Everythinh had been carefully pre- pared. French batteries of field and Leavy guns, which bad been placed in position, quickly answered the German preparatory bombardment. French air pilots, who had previously recoil- noitered the country, picked out the German reserves and bombed them, hea signalled their presence to the French guns, whimpourad forth a murdering fire on tee enemy's lines and communications, thereby greatly impeaing the advance of his shock re- serve tioops. Germany's 'Depressions of the super- ior quality of French resistance are revealed by letters .found on prisonore made in the recent attack; One of these is typical of the morale of the German soldier. This letter says: Enthusiaam and ardor have disappear- ed. The German artily now begins to realize that the time of easy victories has passed, and that it will again see its soldiers piled up into walls ,of. corpses. The memory of Verdun is bemg refreshed. German militate, cireles regard the German attack at Rheims as a local action. They believe their main ef- fort will still be either northward the channel po:nts or southward toatird Paris. With the Italian Armies Cable - The Italian soldiers tell humorous: stories of capturcie effected by per- suading the Austrians that they vein bo well fed. One Italian officer who had been Wounded and picked up by a group of Austrian3 who intended to make him prisoner explained how fool- ish they were. Ho said: "(Iowa with Me, and you Will get meat, wine and real bread." Thereupon the whole party went over to the Italian lines. LITTLE BOG ON WEST FRONT Only Raids and Patrol Fights Lately And These Mostly Favor the Allies. London cable says: Exeept for the Ital:an theatre litt'e fighting is ,in progress, Sonthweet�t Soiseons, near Paverollea, and it little farther south, neat Itautvemea, the Frenelt in more of their daily attacks, have betterel their positione and taken prieonere from the Germans. In the Mina of 4 C. DECISIVE POINT OF BIG CAMPAIGN Between Oise and Somme, Says Swiss Expert. If Allies Win, Foe Cannbt Avoid Disaster, and Piave frents, If the line was broken on the north, the italiaas along the river would be compelled to withdraw to escape an attack from tlie rear. ITALIAN RE,PORT, Rome Cable —"On the Piave 'Riv- er front ,from the Montello to the Ad- riatic, the defeated Austro-Hungarlane are reercesing the river In disorder,' says Sunday's War Office report, which continues; "Tho enemy is be- ing closely pursued by the Italian troops," tia earlier report said; "Along the whole front of battle our artillery con- tinues to bombard the enemy intense - Ly. On the Montello and along the. ?lave oer infantry is everywhere maintainIng powerful pressure on the enemy. Yesterday we carried out sue- tessful small raids and patrol actions. "To thc west of Fagare the enemy attempted some counter -offensives which immediately were crushed. "A British party, in an energetic surprise action, broke into the adver- sary's Pnes, to the south Asiago, and after a lively struggle killed 100 of the enemy and brought back 31 prisoners and one =clinic gun. "Our own and Meted airmen have continued the struggle with undim- hashing daring. They also carried out yesterday big and effective bombard- ments on the enemy's immediate Enes of communication. "Ten enemy machines were brought down. The enemy's aerial losses since hin0 15 ameunt to 5 airplanes and six captive balloons." SATURDAY -"The enemy's offen- sive pressure broken heroically or withheld along the whole front of battle by the firm resistance and counter-ofteneive spirit of our troops, has not been renewed since the even- ing of June 20. "The enemy yesterday launchee L o an attempted raid, in whicb only GO naen participated, in spite of the Ger- luau official stitteMent whiet said that they had penetrated deeply "Into the American lines at Seicheprey," their initial momentum carried them across the Piave from San Dona to Nervesa, half way over the Moisten° ridge, up the northeastern slope of Monte Gramm and doevn from Asiago toward the Sotto .Communi. Thee were &irony holding a small section of marshland between the mouth of the Piave and the .Sile River, which emp- ties into the big lagoon northeast of Venice. Their line of action was ebout 110 miles long, from the Astico River to the Adriatic. SURPRISE LACKING. Whits Baty, , was attacked at once on her northern mountain front and on the Piave from tho point where it loaves the heights . and S'ends southeastward to its junction with the Silo Canal, and thence south to the sea, near Cavazucherina. There was no surprise about it. The Ital- ians ba.d been expecting it for weeks. lt was the subject of frequent com- ment in the Press. Thus tbe first; ele- ment of success, upon which Hin- denburg so much depended in the west, was lacking. On the mountain front the Austri- ans were met at once and stopped. British gunners aided by Italian in- fantry pushed them back to their oeigiaal positions on the Asiago pla- teau and the French around Monte Grappa drove them from its slopes. Only on the Montello ridge did they hold ,their glans beyond tb,e second day. Here the three allies are fight- ing toceether. French and the Ital- ians on the western edge and on the eitera declivities Italians and British artillery. The latter had been on tne Carso and had fought their way back during the retreat of last year, stop- ping at Menton°. to guard the reaches ot the Piave. The Austrian plan ot campaign evidently was to come dawn frem the nerth towarel 'Vicenza and Padua, ea- ting off the Italian army defending the river while meing toward Trevl,11 in two converging lines along the rail- way trent Conegtiano in the north and that from Oderzo and Fagan in tho northwest, then finally pressing ta- ward Venice and preparing a netlan on the Venetian plain samewhere, .be- iween Treviso and Metro 'for the, troop:, who did not suceeed in get- ting -away along the coast to the scuthwest. It wits a echeme very fine- ly worked out on paper, but the fel, illy clothed Austrian troope la-k- od both the numbere and the stamina to carry It eut. The Italians lost many men taken prisoner in the first onrush, but viley coentertattackee. and for evert' man captured by ,the enemy they have killed at least three, Austrians, ae- cording to reports oi nrrespondents, who declare that the elaughter appalling. After the fourth day the enemy began to yield ground et -on -- where. On Thursday the Italians ter- ried out a brilliant manoeuvre, puell- tug the Aelstriaus back t3 the river near where the Montebelluna Railway seine it, about Saletto, then turning ;outh across a bale of the river, which they reached again below Zen- scn, penning the Austriatm in a little loop of the stream about fivemita; wide. The river itaelf, rhich la shallow and easily terdable in, the bet season. is tow A raginr.1 torrent, swollen by the melting seow in the Mountains. Twelve of the fourteen ptintoon bridges thrown across by the Aus- trians were ,swept away by the fl 1, ono was destroyed by Italian artillery and the 'last was wrecked by a bemb from one of the American avlatere who reached the frout on Thursdae. I:nless tha Amerlans have temstreeted mon awl better ones the fa' ,ef the troops between 'Ammon and Saletta is eeriled. • ItleNieWAL TaXPECTIM. Paris Cable -The offensive in Italy which is the cynosure of all eyes in France where much is expected to result from it, particularly results of a political nature, has not prevented the usual crop of hypotheses as to the next offeneive in the western theatre, tee latest speculation at to the Ger- nista military move collies front Swits zeiland, where Col. Leconete'the noted iea tritic, writing in the Gazette de Lusanne, expresses the opinion that the Germans can hardly attack Paris without leaving themselves exposed to the Allied reserves behind their right tiank itt Airliens and Arras. ShoulLi they attempt to descend on the Mei- tal, he says, those reserves would cer- tainly attack. "In ;any case, it IS probable that the action will in - Crease agatn in this region, and the struggle will be resumed aorth of Montdidier, in the direction or Annelle. Perhape it may be expected further ne ttla Nevertheless, it is be- tween the Oise and the Somme the de- cisive battle of the campaign will be fought. Shonld the, Gernutne succeed they cen undoubtedly resumetheir march on Peels. I3ut one thing is certain, they have not enough breath left to go Much fthener, Should the Allies come out victorious they will be Milo to vett& Boys) and Peronne, With their backs to the Gernuins. Thoae Gr man troops adventuring tenth of Noyon unmet ,esecipe disaster, evert by retreating. lf, and it hi quite po.i- Renewal or the Austrian drive on i. reeler wale is eepteted hourly. This new effort, it is generally be- lieved will be another push south- pulsed. "He carried outs violent concentra- tions ef fin on Moatello and in the terappa region which were effectively countered and successive advances attempted by infantry detachments were crushed.. "At Cavazuccherina, ,strongly sup- ported by the batteries of the Italian Royal Navy our brave sailors and Bersaglicri durine another .brilliant a.ction, enlarged bridgeb.ead and captured 150 _prisoners and a large quantity of arms and material. "On the remainder of the front small adjustment acetone allowed us to reettfy the Itne in our favor and brought us some prisontrs and war booty. "On the Asiago Plateau some or our small detachments daringly penetrated in full daylight into an enemy advanced post and after a lively struggle .captured the garri- son. "Ten enemy airplanes and tbree captive balloons were brought down." KILLING THEIR PRISONERS. Vienna, Cable - Italian attacks on Montello were repulsed, accordeng to the official report from Austrian head- quarters Saturday, which gives the number of prisoners taken by the Aus- trians as 40,000. The text of the statement reads: "The fighting on the Piave dimin- ished in violence yesterday, Wherever the Italians renewed their attacks, as, for instance, in some sectors of Mon- tello and to the west of San Dona, tin y were repulsed with heavy losses, as,13beerwrece. n June 15 and 20 the en- emy lost forty-two airplanes owing to the activity of our aviators and anti- aircraft guns. De also lost four cap- tive balloons. The number of prison- ers has increased to forty thousand. Amoug•them are a few Czecho-Slcvak legtor arks, who we,e immediately subjected to the treatment erescribed 'by"1.11'lhaertfliagilitlianlr.7on the Piave was less violent again yestereay, awl only at the eouthern wing of our army Front Ltd the enemy resume, in the after- noon, his counter-attacks, Else- where there were artillery dttels. 'The heavy rains which have de- Senntled 111. downpoure almoet daily dur:ng the last week in Venetia and which have placed, under water broad stretches of the plain, bave multiplied the burdens of the troops and the privations of warfare." "The Piave has become a rushing stream. and Re volumes of water have ir any times made it impossible for several hours to communicate between tie 0,0 banks. It is only possiele with the greatcet difficulty to pe orlde the Melting men at the front wita the most necessary supplies of munitions, and provision:). All the greater there- fore 18 the recognition to brave troops whose le 1 tin force has beat .unina pairea (nen by zuch a dificult ein 11 - tion." - SIGHTED U-BOA.T Near Sandy Hook, Incoming Steamer Says. An Atlantic Port Despatch -The Associated Press carries the follow - lag; An American steamer arriving bore to -day from a Central American port reported that at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, 180 to 200 miles south Of Sandy Hook, she sighted a submarine and was pureued by the U-boat. • The Captain said he. put on full speed, zig-eagged, and escaped by outdistancing the U-boat. His ship carried 57 passeneers. This is the first, report of the ap- pearance of a Gettean raider so far north since ships were sunk by sub- marine attack off the :fereeY coast the latter pert of May. . 4 - TANK BOMBS BLpw UP. IBM. "Britannia" Causes Sensa- tion at Detroit. SIIilRTITEMS Of THE:REWS OrTHE DAY Nine Strikers Killed, 36 Wounded, in Mots at Budapest. SNOW AT SARNIA Huge Appropriation,' for . Heavy Artillery in • the U. S. Detroit Despatch -Seven men were but wed cut, ono seriously, when three bombs exploded en the Britiee war tan:, Britain:a at Griswold street and Mich igan .fte nue today. Seegt. elaxweli Adam, e. member ot the tank crew. was ba. IMMO and cut when a bomb eapioded betWeen his lege. Two sther bombs woro ignited by sparke and MI into the crowd of spectators. With the first expiosiott there, was a mad :mattering of thouSatids who gathered arottnal the war mon- ward from the Venetian mountain% had where the Austrians were quiekly stet. stopped in their Initial drive. Sergt. Admen and ilia otbev UV'. • Ole front injered men \eve lambed to the Re sible, the battle renmine undecisive, it would he mere disaatrOlts them at ceiling ITospital. ‘‘.111 recovey. Will develop into Orie or theso faMillee ewe other plare, with the paealble 1 The CaUtie et the eXdloalOrt has not etagattut affairs." exception of Modelle, which forme been made knOnIt. Ten per cent. increase expreal ia.tes was approved by the U. S. Inter- state Commerce Commission. While a few flurries of snow were observed at Sarnia, no serious damage is reported froM frost, Two Toronte aviators were killed a third is missing, and an officer in the Royal Engineers died of wounds. Mr. John Sinclair Robertson, eldest son of the late John Ross Roberteont dicdatniAgbiltandale, Simcoe county, Sat- urday An earnest plea for intervention in Russia, either econernie or armed, has been sent to Preeident Wilson by a large group of Russiane in London. Wm. Davidson, aswell-known ana rrosperous farmer of Draper totvuehip, dropped dead while in the registra- tion booth at Ufflington School House. Marion Gray, a young Indiau wo- man of Massena, near Cornwall, ems been committeed to the Home for Wayward Women on a charge of as- levaeuelkts,i-noldattbeambyptisnogn. to kill her five - Pte. Dan McDonald, a member of the 2nd Depot Battalion at Ottawa. was instantly killed In a fall !rem a train a quarter of a mile west of the station at Alexandria, Ont., Saturday. One of the best-known cenemeecial travelers hi Canada, W. r. Southgate, sen., died at hisehome in Seaforth, aged sixty-nine years, from heart trouble and other complications. The nominations or 1Villiam Varlet' in East York and John Galbraith in Northeast Toronto were aunounced to oppose Idon. Dr. H. J. Cody, Minister of Education, and lion. George St. ollieeonaensr.espectively, in Provincial by- , Nine strikers were killed and thirty-six others wounded In a clash C-aturday with the police at the Gov- ernment railway shops in Budapest, according to a telegram received lute from the Hungarian Capital at Am- sterdam. A 13ourgeols Covernment composed exclusively ef 'Mohammedans and led by Said Ahmet is reported to have been formed in the .Crlinea. Said Ale - met is pro -Turkish and inclined to- ward a Tutkish protectorate. A Vienna despatch reports that (ler- Many bas decided to send 5.000 tens of grain from her military stoves to Austria. Germany elemancis, hoWever, that a similar atnottnt of grain mutt be returned before July 16. Reporta reach Official circles at St. Catharines. that during the past week a number of petty burglaries• have been taking place in the township ot Louth, particularly in the neighbor- bood of Jordan. Residences of farmers have been entered at night and plun- dered of flodstuffs„ meats, etc. The United States House Appropri- ations Committee Saturday approved Tho largest est fortifications prograinme ever submitted by this Government, carriee a total of $5,435,096.- 224, the wine:pal expenditerea betn for heavy maniere. Mr. Lindsay Crawford, who was waitea *upon it deputation ot prominent Liberals, on Friday and urged to aecept the nonainatIon fee Northeast Toronto, In opposition to Hou. Dr. H. .I. Cody, the new Pro- A.:01119:01ftnia.MitliAtOr of leehicattota decidea te retire front the cOntzst for personal Early Saturday afternoeu three leels, George Smith, 12 yeara old; liarvey Wilern, 9 year, and Danny Crew, 7 years, were Moan out into the lake in a rowbeat in which they Were Otying, and have not been teen since. The report of the finding of the boat near Long Broneh retrieved any hope that the lads mieitt have been picked up out in this latto by a Pee:sing et:tamer. --elee— -lie A The. Mall 'Who is hie Ottll t etteitly in lie patvlot,