ITALY'S HOUR OF DEMY

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2470, 25 May 1915, Page 5

ITALY'S HOUR OF DEMY

DECLARATION OF WAR GREAT OUTBURST OF PUBLIC ' ' ENTHUSIASM FRONTIER SKIRMISH THE WAR IN THE WEST GERMAN RETIREMENT REPORTED

LORD KITCHENER AND THE "DAILY MAIL"

As from yesterday, according to the official declaration which is published in the war news to-day, Italy is at war with the Dual Alliance, and there is now being brewed in Germany a special elixir of hate to sustain tho public of the Fatherland in their war with their former ally, while throughout the length and breadth of Italy the people are wildly enthusiastic for the coming conflict. There is, so far, no newe of any encounters between'the troops of the watching armies beyond a brush between frontier patrols. In the Western theatre various German attacks have been repulsed with heavy loss, and there is reported a withdrawal of the Germans to their second line of defence in Belgium ; Bruges, it is said, has been evacuated, and the enemy is shortening his front in order to meet the new menace from Italy There is no news from tho Eastern theatre, at the time of writing, though the late cablegrams may break the silence in that region. In the Dardanelles a furious attack by tfro Turkish divisions, personally directed by the German general, von Sanders, have been repulsed near Gaba Tepe, with heavy losses. The exploits of the British submarine El 4in the Dardanelles operations have evoked a burst of admiration—the sinking of two gunboats, two transports, and the wrecking of a steamer, representing the results of a daring voyage into the Sea of Marmora. Lord Kitchener, assailed by the "Daily Mail" for his conduct of the war, has been warmly defended by responsible newspapers, and the British public has taken sides with him in a manner which cannot be at all pleasant to Lord Nortbcliffe, who is reported to be tho best-hated man in England just now, . .