The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-28
FIGHTING HAS BEEN
severe IN France
THE ITALIAN CABINET WILL NOT
BE CHANGED, AS PREMIER
SALANDRA WILL REMAIN.
A REVOLUTION IN PORTUGAL
The Success of the Revolutionary
Forces in Portugal Has Been Con"
firmed-The insurgents and
RoyaIists Battle.
Latest News From the Front.


The southern end of the British
line, which extends from above
Ypres in Flanders to below Labassee,
joining the French front north Of Ar
ras, has been engaged in heavy fight,
ing and the British troops have, &C
cording to official statements from
both British and French war offices,
gained marked success against the
Germans, whose line has been broken
over the greater part Of a two-mtle
front
North of Arras the French troops
have been carrying out a series OF ac-
lions with the object Of strengthen
ing their front, while in Champagne
the French claim to have almost COM
pletely destroyed eight German COM
panies which charged the first line
of French trenches after the explo-
sion of mine,
At this point the Germans were
successful for a period, but two coun-
ter attacks with bayonet and hand
grehades resulted in the retaking of
the point by the French, who later
counted 1000 German dead. The en-
tire effective force of the Germans
engaged in this operation, the French
assert, who were either killed or made
prisoners.
In the East the Russians are pre-
pairing for their stand on the River
San. Heavy achievements are be-
lieved to have reached that section
and, the retreat Of the Russian army,
which was characterized by reserve
rear guard actions, is thought to be
ended, temporarily at least.
The situation in Italy has taken on
more definite aspect, as Premier
Salandra and his cabinet have return,
ed to power. The popular excitement
which was aroused by the resigna,
ton Of Salandra has subsidized.
News that King Victor Emmanuel
will not accept Premier Salandra's
resignation, and that Salandra and
Baron Sonnino, the foreign minister,
will remain In power, spread like
wildflre throughout Rome Friday.
= A riotous crowd during the day in.
vaded the Piazza Montecitorio, in
which the chamber of deputies is 10.
Gated, and smashed windows and
doors and destroyed everything ii
came across.
Infantry and even CaValrymen and
artillerymen charged the procession
and closed the streets leading to the
Villa Ada. The mob, however, pro
ceeded to force the closing Of all Ger,
man shops, placarding them with
signs reading CLOSED as a national
protest"
Italy is reported to have 100000
soldiers ready for war if war should
come. There are reported clashes be-
zen Austrian and Italian troops on
rontier.
b announcement that the insur,
lion at Lisbon had been crushed
d apparently premature, as latest
dvises from the Portuguese capital in.
ieate a state Of anarchy and fight,
ing in the streets and that large reVo-
lutionary forces are preparing to
storm Lisbon.
The British battleship Goliath has
been torpedoed In the Dardanelles
1t Is claimed 500 lives have been lost
Announcement of the loss of the Go
Hath was made in the house of com
mons Thursday by Winston Spencer
Churchill, first lord Of the admiralty
Of England
Mr.. Churchill, on announcing the
loss Of the Goliath, said:
SThe Goliath was torpedOed last
night in a torpedo attack by destroy.
ers while protecting the French flank
Just inside the straits.
'sTwenty officers and 100 men were
saysd, which, / feel, means that over
five hundred were lost"
Mr.. Churchill also announced that
the British submarine Ella had pene.
trated througI the Dardanelles and
intA the Sea Of Marmora, sinking two
Turkish gunboats and a Turkish trans.
port.
The German war office at Berlin
announced Thursday that in the re,
cent fighting in Galicia and Russian
Poland 14S,5OO Russians had been
captured. 1t also stated that sixty.
nine cannon and 255 machine guns
had been taken from the Russians
and that the victorious Austrian and
German forces. continuing their ad.
vance eastward in Galicia, are ap.
preaching the fortress Of Przemysl.
Some successes on the western front
are reported, but 1t is conceded that
at other points the allies were able to
make Roadway
For five days one of the greatest
battles of the war has been on in
FLINDERS and the north of France
YHes and Arras have been the cen.
teSs Of this concerted movement