The Daily News. SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1916. THE ITALIANS' SUCCESS.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 August 1916, Page 4

The Daily News. SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1916. THE ITALIANS' SUCCESS.

The most gratifying news of late ha: been that referring to the success of tiis Italians on jhe Tsonzo front. The enemy is being squeezed 011 every front, and the advance in the Trieste district conforms with the general plan of the Allies to hit the enemy hard at every point and allow him no breathing time. Even in (he Balkans, the Allied forces centred on Salonika sire attaeKing, so that the enemy is oeing severely pressed on land, as well as 011 sea. This persistent pressure must tell in the end. it requires the blow to be but deep enough at any one point to cause the enemy 1.0 retreat preeipitativelv and he iverwhelmed. The Italians' success will contribute largely to the success of the Aides' plans. Ever since they entered the war they havt* fought- hard to gain

Gorizia, which is an important strategical position, opening up possibilities tliat well may make the enemy uneasy. The Austrians have had the benefit of positions, and nowhere have they been so advantageous as oil the isonzo. To tarry the Gorizia bridgehead was, in Itself, one of the most diflicult tasks any combatant has been set, but the Italians' resource was equal to it. Boring through mountains, the gallant Italians caught the enemy unawares, and before the enemy could recover from his surprise at being attacked from unexpected points, the Italians got across to Gorizia, opening the way for their cavalry which pursued the demoralised Austrians. They took over ten thousand prisoners, as well ag considerable quantities -,>f munitions. The victory is a far-reaching one, for it makes the position of the enemy in the Treutino increasingly tragic, and one from which it will be impossible to extricate himself. At any rate, that 13 how Rome messages describe the situation, and it is to be hoped tlw statement is correct. Every victory of the Allies brings the end of the war appreciably jiearer. The iron ring around the enemy is being drawn tig-liter every day, as Lord Derby says, and lie will be pounded down until lie breaks under the strain. The strategic railways of the enemy will not avail him; lie has not the men to spare, for one tiling, and for another wherever he turns he can find no relief from the pressure. The enemy must know by this time that the Allies have the upper hand, and . that ha is doomed Perhaps that is the reason Igj* l is desperation as shown by tht act of atrocity. There can be no relaxation in the efforts of the Allies, who must, if possible, increase them, and thus hasten the end of the war with its tremendous toll of men, its huge loss of money, and its untold .suffering and misery.