The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-14
Official Note on Action Is- sued in Rome-King Re serves Decision as to Ac-
 ceptance of Designations
1 GERMANS CONTINUE TO HAMMER AWAY
 AT THE ALLIES LINES
French Claim Progress in Counter Attack-Russian Check Teutons' Dash After Losing Much Ground
London, May 1i.-2:o2 a. m.)

London, May 1t.-(2;oa a. m) The Italian cabinet has resigned.
 "The council of ministers" says Reuters Rome correspondent. "eon- sidering that it did nos possess the unanimous assent of the constitutional parties regarding iis international policy, which the gravity of the situ- ation demands, has decided to hand it's resignation to the King. An of ficial note 10 this effect was issued tonight.
 The King has reserved his decision ns to whether the resignation Will be ae- cepted"
 London, May ls-d1ssa T. m.i-v viscount Faidane. lord high chancellor in ths House of Lords, todas mtimaled that the government was eohslae9ng Che neces- sily of departing from the voluntary sys- tenn of military enlistment and resortmg to universal service throughout tnv King- dom. For thu present, he said, the hands of the war office were filled with ,he lmen they possessed. hut 1t might be neces- sary to reconsider the situation in the 1 light Of the tremendous necessities with which the nation was confronted
 This appears to confirm the idea pre- valent here that, whle recruiting mas been satisfactory the heavy Gshtmg wsn Flanders shows ih4r many iaoae neo win he required if victory | slo be attained
 Withstand Attacks
 Thus far British troops, according tn Field Marshal Sir John French shave withatcod alI the Germon onslauehts and while at times they have been com pelled to give some ground their counter attacks have brought them back to tho position from witch they started. How ever, this has been costly for. the Ger man artillery hombardment nas been se- were and counter attacks always arc fol- lowed by heavy casualty lisis. | In their attempt last fall to reach Calais .the Germans continued their att I tacks for slx weeks. but tho allied force was much weaker then. and the Germans did not meet the counter offensive they now meet in tho west,
 l Of these the most important Is that in | which the French are carrying out from 1 Arras to the point where their line joins the British. and in which they continue to meet with unyarying success. They | report again today the eapture--which the Germans adnit-of strongly fortified positions and one road at least which | the Germans have been using to bring | up endorsements to their positions near La Bassee. Therefore it Is believed here l the French successes will tighten tho pressure the Germans are bringing to bear on the British around Ypres 1 The Austro-German offensive cun.'nues tt, Iieia ttfh. th,, ma asfo t. have been driven 10 miles back from theii. old positions and to within 25 miles of ] Przemyl The fighting, however, has be- come less intense Tte Germanic allies estimate their captures at some lb0.0Ql men 6s guns and 2oa machine guns. To Prevent Advance
 The Russians claim that they are in position to prevent q further advance ny the Germans and Austrians, but as 1t is they have lost much ground
 In eastern Gaicia the Russians assert that as a result of their new offensive the Austrians have commenced a disor- derly retreat. Fighting continues in Cour- land and in the neiRhborhood of the Me- men river.
 Another battleship, the Goliath. ti.e | third the British have lost since the att tack on the Dardaneles began. has been torpedoed by the Turks and of the crew I of 700 or more only 1s0, including 20 Of | ficers were saved. While the Goliath was an old vessel, she was useful for the work to which she had been assigned and the l loss in men Is serious.
 | There is some consolation tn the British | in other news from the Dardanelles that a British submarine. in d dash into the sea of MarnSora, torpedoed two Turkish | gun boats and a large transport. This probably Is the submarine the Turks l thought they had sunk, but which ar- parently got back through the mine l strewn passage.