PENDING STORM IN THE WEST

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2804, 23 June 1916, Page 5

PENDING STORM IN THE WEST

NEW GREEK CABINET The Teuton debacle in Volhynia jrnd Galicia is assuming gigantic - proportions. The latest inventory of the Hussions' haul of prisoners and '' booty places the captures at well over 170,000, together with an immense catalogue of guns and war munitions. An attempt by von Hindenburg to create a diversion in the north liaj been nipped in the bud, while the German efforts to check the Kussian descent on Kovel seem to be inadequate for the terrific pressure Which is behind the Muscovite push. The * Austrians' army in Bukowina is in a desperate plight.. One message states that two Bulgarian divisions nave been, sent to assist, while another ■ message asserts that help has been, usked of Bulgaria, and refused. By | way of an additional embarrassment to the Teutonic; Powers in their hour of need the pro-German Cabinet at Athens has resigned, the Pre|l mier, If. Skouloudis, declaring that the Entente Powers' requirements of Greece have created an impossible situation for him. All is quiet on the British front in the* "West, but there are persistent hints of tremendous happenings in the very near future. As significant of the imminence of important events, the Kaiser has arrived at Brussels, and one commentator asserts that the crisis of the 1916 campaign is at hand. The Same writer declares that the concerted 'artillery fire which is proceeding on all fronts is screening the Allies' plans from the enemy. The resolutions of tho Paris Economic Conference are published to-day in a 'special dispatch from the British Minister for the Colonies to His Excellency the Governor. ' . '