CARNAGE IN THE TRENTINO

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3093, 25 May 1917, Page 5

CARNAGE IN THE TRENTINO

FAILURE OF THE AUSTRIAN .. " . COUNTER-OFFENSIVE LIVELY ATTACK BY THE FRENCH "'TREND OF INTERNATIONAL - OPINION The ground lost by the Italians in tlie first great rush of the Austrian counter-offensive in tho Trcntino has boon recovered after a, strugglo that Tesultcd in very heavy losses in the enemy's lanks. Austria's internal ■ troubles have been complicates by the resignation o£ Count Tisza (the Hungarian Premier) and his entire Cabinet, an event duo to German in- '. trigue and sharp differences witbi tho Austrian Government. On the Western'■ front there Is a. comparative lull along tho British line. The French, after lively attaoke, have captured soveral important positions. The situation in Russia shows an improvement. At a conference of ; naval and military officers, General A'oxieff has made an urgent appeal to the army to reorganise itself and bring to an end its present state . of impotoncy at the front. An official statement in Parliament on the situation at Gaza shows that the British Forces on the Egyptian front have encountered a greatly reinforced enemy well posted,in strong defensive positions, and further progress, it is stated, must for a while be somewhat slow. The war of science on tho U-boat pirates grows keener, and thore are hopes that on tho American sido, and with Signor Marconi in the "firing line," so to speak, something tangiblo in tho way of counter-measures may be forthcoming before long. The discussion on the Allies' war aims, in regard to JJe no-annexation and no-indem-nity as an issue, is developing and spreading. A statement from America on fh'e subject of Russia's attitude is oxpeeted shortly.