WAR NEWS.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 7 February 1918, Page 3

WAR NEWS.

MONDAY.

Italian Thrust. Further Advance Made. Rioting in German towns. Restoring Order in Finland.

By a sudden thrust the Italians haye made a further advance in the Asiago sector. They have maintained their new positions against enemy.counter-attacks. Latest reports of the strikes' in \Germany describe demonstra./iiipns in Berlin, Charlottenburg, 'flpid Spandau, accompanied by "fighting between the strikers and police. Berlin has been placed under martial law. The struggle for control in Finland continues. The Government troops maintain their grip k in the north, where the greatest B enthusiasm prevails. They are ■ marching south in the endeavour ■ to oust the powers of anarchy, m but the Red Guards still hold the ■ Vcapital. The Brest Litovsk peace conference has been adjourned for a settlement of the dispute concerning the two Ukrainian delegations. ,

TUESDAY Allied Plans. Policy of Supreme Council. Strikes Continue in Germany. British Advance north of Jerusalem. . The workers on strike at Brandenburg, Prussia, were notified that those failing to resume work would be court-martialled, the court being empowered to pass the sentence of death, which would-be executed immediately. Further rioting is reported in Berlin. It is officially announced that the Allied War Council at Versailles decided that a vigorous prosecution of the war pending a change in the enemy's attitude was the only possible policy. Complete agreement on the question of policy and the measures necessary for its execution was secured. x An official report chronicles a slight advance of the British line at Alnuties, north of Jerusalem. Twelve enemy aeroplanes were destroyed during January. Raiding and artillery actiyity js reported from numerous points on the British and French fronts. Fourteen enemy aeroplanes have been destroyed by Italian and British airmen on the Italian front.

;.; '<■ WEDNESDAY /Roumania's Effort. Disarming the Bolsheviks. German Strikers Intimidated. Threat of Military Measures. Beating the Blockade. Official despatches state that Roumanian troops are fighting •with, and disarming, Russian troops from the Moldavian front which is in a state of increasing disintegration. Owing to the action of the Red Guards in cutting off supplies from Bessarabia, the Roumanians have, at the request of the Bessarabian Government, seized food centres in Bessarabia, and the KishineffJassy railway, and are vigorously opposing the Bolsheviks. Germany is reported to have sent an ultimatum to the Bolsheviks threatening military measures in the event of her peace terms being rejected. In Hamburg (Germany) the strikers are reported to have

be.en intimidated by the threat to /'.send them to the front. A large munition depot near Prague, the ancient capital of Bohemia, has been blown up, it is thought intentionally.

The First Lord of the Admiralty Sir Eric Geddes, states that the allies are now sinking submarines as fast as Germany is building them. Decreased sinkings of merchant ships did not indicate a relaxation of the unrestricted submarine campaign, but pointed to the growing success of the anti-submarine measures;

THUESDAY War In th* »lr—French attack the Enemy—Battle Behind German Lines. »The French air service, taking advantage of fine weather, has ieen indulging in regular air with enemy machines jflkfl over the Germau lines, bright enemy machines were wrought down. Evidence of a revulsion from ;it« ideals of Prussianism is displayed by Bavaria and Baden, protesting -against Prussian domination being voiced in the Parliament of. each State. In Baden it was stated that Prusisan commanders were ill-treat-ing soldiers from Baden. The struggle for Finland between the Government forces and the Red Guards continue with varying fortunes. "■**■"''"" The bombing of Zeebruscge and Bruges on Sunday and Monday by allied airmen is reported. Many air fights occurred, while fires were caused in munition stores.