RUSSIANS FORCING THE PACE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3138, 17 July 1917, Page 5

RUSSIANS FORCING THE PACE

¥ ENEMY HARD PRESSED I GALICIA FRENCH SUCCESS IN CHAMPAGNE GERMAN POLITICAL CRISIS.. \ A COMPLETE UPHEAVAL To-day's dispatches from tho Russian south-western front disclose stubborn fighting on the Lomnica eeotor, but tho enemy is hard pressed, and his recent disasters aro reflected is. popular anxiety and discontent in Hungary and Western Galicia. Several hundred additional prisoners, with guns, have beon captured by tlie Russians, and the political situation at tho' capital has materially improved as tho result of tho victorious offensive. In the West a comparative lull prevails on the British front, but • from the Frenoh Bide is a choering report of a successful attack on tho enemy's positions ta Champagne, where his lines have been penetrated over a substantial spaoe, and all gains held and organised. As further news leaks out from Berlin, the completeness of the political upheaval in Germany becomes more apparent. There has been a regular sheaf of resignations, and from the maze of conflicting reports tho fact emerges that tho Crown Prince ha 9 acquired a certain degree of influence. In Greece ,M. Venizelos is have encountered difficulties with itlie new King, who refuses to sign 'tho decree for a convocation of the Greek Chamber of Deputies../ Per contra, the King has sent a message to the French Prosident, which on thfc face of it forecasts an active alliance with the Entente Powers.