FURIOUS BATTLE I THE WEST

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3046, 5 April 1917, Page 5

FURIOUS BATTLE I THE WEST

: BRITISH SUCCESSES _ J AMERICA'S WAR THE "FAITH" OF AUTOCRATIC 7 GOVEMIESIS' : . . : __——— * • x : : : .; : GERBIAN PMGfi 'MOVE 'After violent a-rtijlory; preparation tho French have launched a furious attack on the German positions, and achieved their objective i. V after sovero fighting) capturing several villages. On the British front tho successful advance has been maintained, mfih fresh gains. Soma sharp fighting is reported from the Russian European front, hut there havo been .nomaterial developments. Tho German-American , \ situation is in a state of suspense, pending tho vote in Congress, ' hut prublio enthusiasm is high, and even, the Gorman-American Press, curiously enough, is. evincing enthusiasm for the cause, and , ' loudly protesting tho loyalty of Germans in America. The effccfc of tho President's step; has been reflected in tha,fc highly reliable baro'metpraf events, the London Stoofc Exchango, where gilt-edged stocks liaro risen. The policy at present is' apparently to leave Austria out of the issue, on tho stnted probability of that Power developing what looks like insistent pressure on her ally in the direction of peace. The peace move in Germany is growing in strength. - , Tie military party in Mexico is clamouring for war with America. \ Another ©vidence of German treachery is the revelation of a plot— 1 two years old—to organise a negro rebellion in, the Southern States*