ITALY

Taranaki Daily News, 6 July 1915, Page 5

ITALY

THE POPE INTERVIEWED. Paris, July 4. ( La Figaro sayg tha Pope, in an inter*j iw with the director of the Revue " ibdominairc, said that everyone was * are of tho German crimen and 'blamed ti sm, tout added: "One cannot foe more f seise in one's reprobation, inasmuch a the" necessarj; details are absent. I 0 ndemn to the uttermost the martyrd m' of the unfortunate Belgian priests 8 d tho numerous .horrors which are t! ming to light. I am awaiting an o portunity to show my sympathy with t' e sufferers." He concluded: "I love nt merely Catholie France, but Franco p ire and sinipli." ( ITALIANS CO FORWARD. AUSTRIAN OFFENSIVE CHECKED. \ A WONDERFUL CHARGE. i i :'A VALUABLE TEIZE. Received July 6, 12.5 a.m. ,!.■' Rome, July 5. The Austriana at Plava were repulsed with heavy losses. Their offensive has been checked inasmuch as reinforcements from Lemberg are toe late to Btop th<? Italian advance. Two of the three forts protecting Tolmino have been captured. Tho Italian advance on Carso was marked by a wonderful charge, and thero was a great struggle on the part of tho officers to prevent the men going too far. Itiva is closely invested under fire on two sides, and tho re-victualling <if the town is impossible. The Italians are advancing from three points on Roverto, which is on the lino of retreat' from Riva. Italy, in leply to Germany's protest, states the legality of the Bayern's seizure may be settled after tho war. Italy points out the vessel's cargo comprised war material va'iued at £250,000, including half a million heavy calibre revolvers,, 100,000 rifle,', 200,000 cases of ammunition, (three aeroplane sheds, four biplanes fitted with wireless installations and machine-guns, a thousand bombs for aeroplanes, and fourteen fieldguns with carriages. The military authorities believe the cargo was intended for use against the British in East Africa,