The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-05-20
ITALY PREP AIRED
FOR Ho!sIlLITI|E|' (
Rome Newspaper Says War
Has Virtually Been De-
clared Against Austria.
BRITISH on new OFFENSIVE
Sir John French Reports Big Gains In
West-Prosress in Oardaneilss
eattIe-Turks are Desperate.

! 0VN0 arc OCSPCS aSS.
Rome. May lS.--The Giornal
dltalia. which has been a strong sur
porter of the Salandra cabinet an,
among the first to advocate militar.
preparations. publishes signifcan
article today.
War" the paper says, virtually |,
declared by concord Of the king; tn,
government and the nation. The won
derful secret dream which for half 8
century has strengthened Italy in it,
long wait is about to be transformed
into radiant reality.
Italy is about to engage not only in
a war to liberate the remainder of the
Italian provinces under foreign rule
but in war for civilization
The Giornale dItalia urges a union
Of all parties and the cessation Of all
conflicting passions.
New British Offensive.
London, May 1S.-Field Marshal Sir
| WIN AlC1AClI F1l p .lAOoo0{9O COul6At ia
formed the British people that their
troops again had assumed the often
sive after q 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 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 DardanelIes.
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
heights that overlook the approaches
~ tAC AoAlOWos hC III Nd A1O OuCI-
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 their
German preceptors.
Force Germans from User.
London, May 17.-Hardly had the
German attacks on the British lines
around Ypres exhibited themselves
and the French offensive to the north
of Arras shown signs of coming to an
end than the British became the ag.
gressors to the north of La Bassee,
and the French and Belgian troops
commenced their attempt to throw the
Germans back from the User canal
These attacks, according to the
French official account: which, how.
ever, does not agree with that from
Berlin, were successful, and again
compelled the Germans to counter at.
tack-the most costly of all operations
in siege warfare. Fighting at both
points is still in progress today, as
we'll as in Arlois, where the French
added a further slight gain to those
made during the week, which COM
bined constitute the biggest forward
rnoYement Of either army In the west
since the battle of the Marne.
Little Change In East. 1
There does not appear to be much
change in the general position In Ga.
licia, although the Austro-German
armies have been able to make an ad.
ditional slight advance by the with.
drawal of the Russian rear guards,
which have been holding on the vic.
torious troops until their own armies
could get into new positions behind
the San river. This territory promises
to be the scene Of another big battle.
for the Russians, strongly reinforced,
will make desperate effort to stem
the tide which has been running so
strongly against them.
italy to Help Allies.
The fact that the king Of Italy has
refused to accept the resignation OIL
Signor SalAndra and the premier andSl
his whole war cabinet retain office, It |
Is confidently believed here foreshad-
ows the almost immediate entrance Of 1
Italy into the circle Of belligerents on1
the side Of the allies.
Action, however, may be delayed
until the meeting Of the chamber OIL
deputies on Thursday. when the prems|
Ter will announce his policy and will
receive the support Of = majority OIL