Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-05-28
MILLION MEN AT FRONT.

MILLION MEN AT FRONT.
London, May 24.-"Austrian and
italian forces are facing each other,
at some places only a half mile apart"
says the Geneva correspondent of h
Daily Express. "The forces at the
front are estimated at a million men
on each side.
"The Austro-German headquarters
staff has arrived at Trent and the Aus
trlans nave mounted artillery in the
SteivIo pass, which is still covered
with snow. A continuous stream of
troops from the Tyroi is arriving near
the swiss-ltaIian frontier"
London, May 24.-The authorities at
Smyrna are taking stringent measures
against Italian citizens there, says a
Reuter- dispatch from Athens. Their
departure Is forbidden under the death
penalty.
Rome, May 25.-Italy has cast the
die for war with Austria-Hungary. The
Rubicon has been crossed and the Ital-
ian ambassador at Vienna, the Duke of
A~varna, has been recalled.
The actual state of war now exists.
The formal declaration handed to
Baron Rajech, the Austro-Hungarian
foreign minister, is to go into effect
at once. Baron Won Macchio, the Aus
tro-Hungarian ambassador to Italy
was handed his passport and has left
Rome.
Italian and Austrian troops are al
boundary of Italy. The Alpine chaus.
seurs drove back an Austrian patrol
which had crossed the frontier.
Prince Won Beulow, the German am.
bassador, has received instructions to
leave Rome conformity with the Austro.
Hungarian ambassador, according to a
Berlin official dispatch.
Events Electrify italians.
Although drastic action has been
looked for momentarily, Italians of all
classes have been electrified by the
swiftly moving events. Great crowds
gathered around the Quirinal to await
the ministers who called on the king,
for the purpose of discussing the situa
ton and signing DEGREES.
When Premier Salandra and Signol
Sonnino, the foreign minister, left the
palace, the people cheered them enthu
| si%astically. General Zeppeli, minister
of war, and Vice Admiral Viale, min
lister of marine, remained with thu
king for a considerable time after thu
others left, and later they had a con
ference with Lieutenant General Ca
dorna, chief of staff, and Vice Admira
Phaon di Revel, chief of the nava
staff.
Strong Forces on Frontier.
When the first blow will be strucl
cannot be foretold, but after man,
months of preparation, the army an,
the navy are ready. Exceedingly
strong forces are in position all alon,
the Austro-Italian frontier, on the Aus
trian side of which feverish prepare
tons have been going on the last fey
days to make the Notifications a
strong as possible and to clear tn
way for effective artillery action.
The German and Austrian ambasss
doris will be given safe conduct whe
they do leave and SO far as German
and Austrians resident in Italy ar
concerned, every effort has been mad
to see them safely out of the countr,
On the other hand, most alarmin
reports have been received from tn
Italian border towns that Italian res
dents on the Austrian Tyrol are e
%periencing great difficulty in returnin
to Italy and in many cases have bee
placed under arrest.
According to the Giornale d'Ital
the problem concerning the diploma
accredited to the Vatican has bee