, 1915-10-30

AtN Ao''A - 'AN
1uence of the Stripa and the Duiester bus
been stopped by our flank counter anRcks,
and the enemy has been thrown back to-
wards Schoutrojuiutza
An Austrian official statement says: "rhe
repulse of the Russians west of Cza'torysk
continues, despite their strenuous resistance.
On the Italian front the fighting on the Do
berdo plateau is less active, the most severe
occurring in attempts to take our bridge
head positions at Gortz and IOlmino to hrn,
these engagements all ending in complete
future for the enemy. AT krn three ltallnn
attacks collapsed before our ire, and the
enemy's night attacks on MtZii also failed.
A vigorous artillery fire has Introduced Il
fresh attack by strong forces against tho
Tolm no bridgehead. The dIstricJ Of Desola
is under Il ceaseless fire. On Sunday an Itn-
Ian aviator bombarded Trieste, killing three
persons. The visit was returned by orr nA-
val aviators with Il visit TO Venice, where
they b)mburde | the arsenal, the electr.c
power station. the railway station, some
fortIticatious aud other military buId-
ings, causing many fires. Next morn
ing our squadron OF naval aeroplaue9
again attacked the city, where tre7
from the previous attack We're still b tru-
ing, and this time our airmen bom5ardei an
aviation shed ana a war vessel. During
both attempts our a%viators were su jecleI to
u heavy but unsuccessful lire by artillery nud
all returned uuh0rmed.'
tdylces from Paris state that the French
Ministry has resigned mud that Vt. Brand IS
engaged in forming a Cabinet.
Mr.. Asquith's statement regarding the
progress d the war has been postponed until
next week. Several questions have been
notified respecting uuauthortttiye lumours
of peace negotiations. Dissatisfaction with
the Government is no longer confined 20 the
Con~criptiouiSts, whose complaints are shown
TO be DaseIess through the magnificent ro-
Spouse to L,rd Derby's recruiting Mr..
Ruucimlu in reply to u question, stated that
the 81 legations of emigration by ~s0cker9
were in lse, the number OF miles over twelve
years Of age who hHd lett GIeut Britain IN
the year eudel September, prerun ,b4y lo
escape compulsory servcn, having been one
thrl Of the number during the previous
twelve mouths. the Off :ul II cures bong
36,594 and 10I .663 Respectively. He esfl-
mated the military elielbles lenviu4 the Unit
ell Kn4lo ON ut 81 1000, agajust $1,000 dur
in the previou+ year Nevertheless there
is n broul demand for an aite. alton IN the
Government by the reconstruction Of the
Wa Council, th $50 mostly IN 'ntion"d for
inclusion being Mr., A~quith, Sir Edward
Grey, Lord Kitchener, Mr.. Utour, Mr.
Lloyd George, VI. Nick .nna, Mr.. Chamber
lan uud NJ. Bonar Law. Among thos3 to
be excluded is Nj. Churchill. Lord Haldane
is also under fire.
In the House Of Commons, Mr.. Floyd
George stated tbpt the B1tIsl were co
operating with the Freu IA near the Greco
Serbjuu frontier. The promotions Fl m Ma
jor-GeueraIs to Lieut. euaut Generals are an
nounced Of Sir John Cnwaus, Sir ArcAiblld
Murray, Sir William Robertson, Sl William
Birdwool, aud Charles Mouro.
A Petrogral official communicate states
that British submarines have sunk Iour more
German steamers in the Baltic.
LIoyds announces that the Norwegian
steamship "Selmu" has been sunk with a loss
OF 10 lives,
Advices from Copenhagen state that the
Germ an armoured cruiser "Prinz Adalbrrt'
recently sunk in the Baltic by u British sub
mari ne, was protected by u fatilla OF torpedo
bouts aud that he fewness Of her crew snved
was due to II pane among the torpedo crnft,
which all fed ut top speed alarmed
by the violence of the explosion.
A later despatch from Montreal suites that
the crew of the British steamship "Donua-
coma huve been landed. Their vessel was
not torpedoed, but foundered near Falmouth.