The Washington times., 1915-06-03
REVOLT IN TRIESTE;
ITALIANS NEAR CITY
Scoops Fire Into CroWds-Five
thousand Arrests Are Made.
Kew italian Victory.

ROME, June 3.--Unconfirmed reports
reached here today Of fresh revolt
by the civil population Of the Austrian
seaport of Trieste.
Troops are reported to have fired into
the crowds, killing and wounding many
citizens. Five thousand persons are re-
ported to have been arrested.
Rumors that new italian force Is
advancing from the north upon Trieste
are as yet unconfirmed, but the capture
of the ridge of Monte Nero, six miles
north of Tolmino. Is announced.
Reports from Geneva say that the
Kaiser has made preparations to go to
the Austrian-Italian battlefront within
> few days
! Capture of the ridge of Monte Nero
puts the Italians III position to strike
for control Of the upper valleys Of tho
Isonzo and the Saw rivers. A railroad
.. line running to Larbach and thence to
Trieste parallels the upper course OF
. the Saw. Italian forces now operating
about Gradisca are attempting to cut
the railroad line to Trieste from tho
west. W"
The official statement Of the war Of
fee says: ....-
ION the Carinia frontier from the head
By am an efficacious long distance tirc' hse. at.
telnpts of the enemy to build a bridge
over an Alpine torrent beyond the from
tier on the northern slope Of the Predil.
The enemy's artillery replied without
result.
LAS an outcome of Offensive reconnais-
sances extending beyond the head of
the Val Dogma We captured some enemy
stores. The bad weather which pre-
vailed throughout the whole Of the day
prevented more extensive operations.
"On the Tyrol-Trentino frontier no
fghting Of any Importance has been re-
ported. Our troops advanced in the
Storo, and pushed on until they were
. near Condino. linking up with the
strong Alpine detachments which had
made a descent upon the Chiese river
from the rugged valley of Cafrero, to
Val Camonica."
Austrian Counter Move.
To check the forces which are advanc-
ing in the Carnia region. on the border
northeast of Trent. the Austrians are
concentrating troops behind Monte Croce
Pass. This pass lies like an open door
between the Zeillonkofei and Coglian
mountains. $500 feet high, on the west,
and the Palpiccolo Mountain. about 900
feet high. on the east. From the pass
ISSUES road leading to the valley OF
the River Drave.
ROME, June Q (via Paris), June s.
have adorned for a century the princi-
pal portal of the cathedral Of st. Marks
at Venice. have been removed from the
city to a place of safety, because of
the fear that they might be damaged
by hostile aviators or warships.
enthusiasm to enlist and get to the
'front.' po runs high among the men Of
1883. and 1884, and who are now between
thirty-one and thirty-three years old,
are eager to be called out. They have
yAl to- 10 lz.-
are well qualified to fight. they insist.
But the government replies 1t needs
no more men at the present time. Ap-
plications from several hundred thou
sand volunteers already have been re-
ceived, but none has as yet been ac-
cepted.
Details Of the fighting in Monte Croce
Pass over the north Venetian Alps show
1t to have been one of the most dra-
matte episodes in the new operations.
Five times the tried troops Of Austria
attacked. advancing afresh over their
dead dead. Five times they were hurled
in fire of the Italian infantry. They
had had enough. Their energy and
ardor were spent. and they advanced no
more.
Then. the Italians, who hitherto had
been fighting stubborn defensive fight,
dashed forward. Falling upon the be-
wildered and disorganized Austrians,N
they put them to flight. Rain was fall
which silhouetted men and mountains in
ghostlike gray. but the Alpini, one of
the best fighting units of the whole
Italian army. were not to be denied or
held in leash by rain or fog. They
swept through the severely shaken Aus
trian ranks.
In vain Austrian officers sacrificed
themselves in attempting to rally their
broken units. The Austrian infantry
made a poor effort to Withstand the Inn
pact Of the italian shock. They were
simply overwhelmed and annihilated.