ITALIAN FRONT.

Taihape Daily Times, 5 December 1917, Page 5

ITALIAN FRONT.

THE LULL BEFORE THE STORM. VAST HUN OFFENSIVE ANTICIPATED. Received 11.45. NEW YORK, Dec 4. The New York Times’ Rome correspondent says the lull in operations in Italy means that the Austro-Ger-mans are drawing large forces the Russian front preparatory to an attack on a vaster scale, which the Italians, with the - Anglo-French troops are confidently awaiting. A NEW SOCIALIST GROUP. ROME, Dec 3. A new Socialist group, called the Italian Socialist Union, has been formed under the auspices of ters Bisolate and Berenino. It calls upon the Socialists to defend the country’s independence.