ITALY.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 July 1917, Page 5

ITALY.

AUSTRIAN OFFENSIVE. GREAT OONCENTEATION OF BIG GUNS Received July 3, 10 p.m. New York, July 3. The New York Times' Rome corresponent states that there is a great concentration of large calibre guns in the Trentino. It is believed it ipresages an early attack. The great Austrian offensive is alwaited by Italy. London, July 3. An Italian official report states: The enemy is most active (between Lake Garda and the Ledro valley. Attacks between San Giovanni and fßiacesa, northward of Malga Giumilia and northeast of iMezzolago, failed. 'The Kome correspondent of the -Daily ■Chronicle says that the supporters of Signor Giolitti in the Chamiber, on the srround of the Government's alleged shortcomings, especially in the sphere of economics, endeavored to securo the reconstruction of the Ministry under Signor Orlando, the present Minister of the Interior. Baron Sonnino's Ifirm threat that in such event he would resign brought them to their senses and a. vote of confidence in Signor 'Boaeli and the Coalition Ministry was carried Iby IXVI votes to 03. . All the groups, except the Socialists, Neutralists and (Republicans, realise that Baron Sonnino's disappearance at this juncture would precipitate national disaster; therefore they shrank with dramatic suddenness from the verge of the unsounded aibyss. Rome, July 2. Signor BoscUi's success was partly due to his tenaciously resisting the clamor for the appointment of a special committee inside the Cabinet. He argued that the similar experiments in France and England did not justify Italy imitating them.