Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-06-05
German and Austrian Ambass-
adors Demand Passports,
Says a Dispatch.
REVOLT IN AUSTRIAN ARSENAL
Ten Thousand Italian Workman Clash
with Troops at PoIa-Crisis in
British Cabinet

London, May ia dispatch to the
Central News from Rome says:
The Giornale dItalia announces
that Prince Won Buelow, the German
ambassador, and Baron Won Macchio,
the special ambassador of Austria,
have demanded their passports The
newspaper added that the stats of the
German and Austrian consulates
would leave Rome Tuesday evening.
The Idea Nazionale reports a re-
volt at the Austrian arsenal at Pola,
on the Adriatic. 1t is asserted that
ten thousand Italians employed there
came into conflict with the troops and
that fifty persons were killed and a
hundred wounded.
Expect New War in Few Hours.
The next few days, if not hours, will,
it is believed, find Italy renouncing her
old allies of the Triple Alliance and
joining the Triple Entente powers as
a belligerent.
The Giornale d'Italia urges a union
of all parties and the cessation of all
conflicting passions
The German imperial chancellor, in
a speech in the Reichstag today, out
lined the offers that had been made to
Italy as the price of her continued
not entirely given up hope that peace
would be maintained among the pow
ers of the Triple Alliance, he left an
impression on the minds of his hear
ers that the end of the alliance, so far
as Italy is concerned, is not far off.
British Cabinet Crisis.
Lord Fisher, admiral of the eet, has
resigned and thereby the retention
of Winston Churchill as first lord of
the admiralty becomes impossible, &C
cording to an article on the govern
ment's crisis written by the noted ma
val writer, J. L. Calvin, editor of the
Pail Mall Gazette and the London OBJ
server
Germans Near PrzemysI.
A fierce battle is going on in Ga
licia, the fortress of Przemysl being
the objective of great German and
Austrian armies. The western forts of
PrZemysl have been bombarded heay-
lily and between that stronghold,
which now is held by the Russians,
and the Dniester river, the Austro-
German armies, attacking with the ut
most determination, captured several
Russian trenches, although ''at the
cost of enormous sacrifices" accord
ing to the Russian statement.
Meanwhile the British first army to
the north of LaBassee and the French
forces to the south of that town con-
tinue their offensive against the Ger
man line and, according to their re-
spective commanders, still are max
ing progress.
New British Offensive.
London, May 1S.-Field Marshal Sir
John French in a message tonight in
formed the British people that their
troops again had assumed the often
sive after fortnight spent in hurting
back the German attacks and had
swept across and captured all Ger
man trenches to the south of Richie
bourg-L'Avoue over a two-mile front
This movement, which resulted in
the capture of numerous prisoners,
many of whom surrendered in bodies,
still is under way and gives indication
of being as important in the matter OF
territory won as was the recent
French advance.
Allies Gain at DardaneIIes.
Athens, May 1S.-The correspond
| ent for the London Morning Post
| writes:
Fighting in the Dardanelles con
tinues vigorously and the losses on
both sides probably are very heavy
| The allied forces are concentrating
| their efforts on the capture of two
1 heights that overlook the approaches
| to the narrows- The Turks are offer
| ing a desperate resistance, but the
| steady advance of the Allies and the
terrible fire from ships are said to be
| weakening the morale of the Ottoman
troops and their confidence in theil
German preceptors-
Force Germans from User.
London, May 17-Hardly had the
German attacks on the British line:
around Ypres exhibited themselve:
and the French offensive to the nortf
of Arras shown signs of coming to al
end than the British became the ag
gressors to the north of La Bassee
and the French and Belgian troop.
commenced their attempt to throw th'
Germans back from the User canal.
More Bodies to Queenstown.