WIDENING THE GAP.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 July 1917, Page 5

WIDENING THE GAP.

RUSSIAN SUCCESS ADMITTED. Received July 5, 1 a.m. , London, July 4. A wireless German official message states: Two French attacks south-east of Cerny broke down. The fighting activity increased at Riga and Smorgon. There was strong artillerying in the middle of the Stokhod and Zlota Lipa. The Russian attacks upon the KovelLuck railway failed 'with heavy losses. In east Galicia the battle continues. On the west bank of the Strypa the Russian masses succeeded in extending northwards the gap made in our lines on the previous day. The Russian attacks at Koniuchy broke down before our new positions. The enemy did not repeat his attacks against the heights of Brzezany. ARREST OF PROMINENT BELGIANS. Received July 4, 11 p.m. Havre, July 4. General Falkenhausen ha 9 arrested Count Doultrp-.nnnt, a former grand marshal of King Leopold, and twenty other high Belgian officials, including the Minister of the Colonies. It is uuppos J to be by way of reprisal for the alleged bad treatment of German officials by Belgians. EPIDEMIC OF SLEEPING SICKNESS. Amsterdam, July 3. Hungarian newspapers state that there is an extraordinary epidemic of sleeping sickness in consequence of the prevalence of debility. It differs from the tropical sleeping sickness as the sufferers sleep for months and then die. » ROYAL COURIER AS SPY. Copenhagen, July 3. Particulars regarding the dates of departure, routes and destinations of Danish steamers were found on a German courier of the Emperor William, who ff&s arrested at Ohristiania. AX OUTSPOKEN CZECH DEPUTY. Berne. July 3. The Czech deputy, Preschek. in the Austrian Chamber declared that the. Austro-German alliance had ibeen disastrous bv plunging Austria into a world war which German started. The entire world was hostile to Austria, who would suffer for Germany's crimes. Herr Preschek urged Austria to break loose. The Emperor, addressing the party leaders, resetted the speed.. The alliance with Germnny was the foundation of Austria's security and the basis of her foreign policy.