ITALY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 307, 5 June 1915, Page 5

ITALY

>. PROGRESS OF ITALIANS. ADVANCE GUARD NEAR TRIESTE. Paris, June 3. The Rome correspondent of the l'eti Journal says that the civil populutio of Trieste is revolting. Five thousan have been imprisoned. The troops firet ic killing and wounding many, t- Geneva reports that the Kaiser is gc :- ing to the Austro-ltalian frontier. is "1 Rome, June 3. The Italians reduced Belvedere. Th Italian hold on Monte Crocc endanger !g the Austrian possession of the Drave val 't ley. Large Austrian forces are now aji io proaehing with a view to expelling th invaders. The air raid on Pola on Ma; 31 set fire to the oil fuel reservoir. Th Austrians were unable to save it, an> opened the valves and allowed the oil t run into -the sea. The loss is eripplin: submarine and torpedo craft. The Itali an advance guard is within sight of Tri este, after moving along the coast su,p ported by the navy. Ten Italians wer shot at Innsbruck without a trial fo espionage. The whole Italian populatio' of the Tyrol is being cruelly treated. p! BOMBARDMENT OF MONFAL COME. Ie rI* THE TOWN IN FLAMES. ig Received June 4 S 9.30 p.m. lb Rome, June 4. :h Official: Twenty-four hours after th< ie recent "bombardment of Monfalcom it flames and smoke were seen rising fron ie the town. in ie BRILLIANT ITALIAN CHARGE AUSTRIAN'S DRIVEN AWAY. Received June 4, 11.50 p.m. Berne, June 4. The Bersiiglieve, by a brilliant bayon et charge, stormed Montenegro, driving the Austrians down the mountain side The enemy was reinforced and counter- ,, attacked, but were repulsed with heavy ' loss. SPEECH BY ITALIAN PREMIER. NO FAITH IN THE ENEMIES. London, June 3. Sign or Salandra said that Austria's offer of May was not made in good faith. Moreover, it in no way secured the mili- • tary frontier replacing that which Aus- ■ tria imposed in IS(W, which left all the 1 gates to Italy open to Italy's enemies. ; In ease of a dispute after the war Italy . Viis asked to address herself to Germany. He did not wish to be disrespectful to Germany, but, her dream of universal hegemony was shattered. The world has risen and the future of humanity must be founded upon respect for the existing national autonomies. Ainong these Germany will have to sit as an equal, not as a mastir. Signor Salandra added that. Austria and Germany believed till the last tliat ; they had to deal with a weak Italy, who ; was blustering and not acting, who was capable of trying to blackmail, but not of enforcing her rights by arms. Austria's continued suspicious v! aggressive intentions against Italy were notorious. General von Hetzendorff, Chief of the General Stall', always maintained tliat war was inevitable, either on the question of the irredemptist provinces or because Ttaly opposed Austria's wishes about the Balkans. Therefore it was consiilered necessary to humiliate Italy in order that Austria might have ; !ier hands free. The commonplace statesmen who, in rash frivolity, last July set fire to the whole of Europe were now making a fresh colossal mistake. They were pouring forth invective against Italy with the obvious design of intoxicating their citizens with cruel visions ef hatred and blood. Italians could not i imitate their language. Austria and Germany had continually! .paralysed the Italian navy during the Turkish war by preventing action against the Dardanelles, European Turkey, and the Aegean Islands. Many Italian lives and millions of Italian treasure had been sacrificed to the fact that Turkey was protected by 'Germany and Austria from all attacks on vital parts.