ITALY.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 March 1918, Page 5

ITALY.

GREAT OFFENSIVE EXPECTED. Rome, March 20. Austrian reinforcements continuo to arrive. Berne, March 26. Military circles expect the Gorman offensive on the West front to be followed shortly by an offensive on the Italian frontWashington, March 2(1. Rome cables state that the AustroGermans are preparing a. greater offensive on the Italian front. HUN ESPIONAGE TRICKS. Milan, March 20. Sensational evidence was given at tho trial of seven spies in Genoa. Tho Germans purchased 25,000 shares in the Genoese Klectrical Supply Company and placed seven Germans on the administrative hour,;, substituting Swis'- and German chirks and foremen lor the Italian stall', including seven spic*.

Tin: authorities have now charged the Germans with having devised short circuits whereby Genoa has been plunged, ill darkness and repeatedly had the power cut oil" at critical moments when the nivy urgently needed it The Germans transformed the Swiss Club into an espionr-ge bureau and maintained telephonic communication with the German consulate. The German director.'; gained information of the concentration of tro.-qw, O'd even visited Berlin. Assisted In two girls, who had love affairs with Italian officers, they obtained confidential news of the operations.

The public tried to lynch the prisoners as the were going to the court.