Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-04

Italians has been resumed with
marked deter
Austrian Drive on mination and
r4.1 during the week
material prog
Arsiero. the two immediate detectives.
The Austrians are believed to be bent
on capturing Nicenza. which lies about
twenty-five miles south of Asiago, and
which is junction point for several
important railway lines. In the Laga-
rama valley vicious fighting has been
going on. particularly in the section
Immediately contiguous to Col Di
Buole. The great chain of forts be-
tween the two immediate Tyrolean OBJ
JectiHes is being hammered by great
weight OF heavy Austrian artillery and
II Is declared even larger numbers Of
heaVy Austrian guns are being moved
to this section tofurther the advance
of Francis Joseph's soldiers Italy re-
ports the repulse of several Austrian
attacks. but the general result. favor
able to the Austrians. has not been
changed by military developments of
the past week.
Peace talk continues, but with one
in all bellig-
Officials Indicate Little erent coun-
Chance Of Peace. ives ,naica'e
of the war until one side or the other
is exhausted
Probably the most significant remark
having bearing upon the continuance
or the conflict came from the German
imperial chancellor. Won Bethman -Holl-
veg. who declared in an interview:
The present war map must form the
basis of peace. Let the statesmen of
the entente powers look at the facts
as presented by this map and they will
know Germany's terms"
And the answer Is The entente
powers never would permit the map
70 remain as II is. or even tolerate
Teutonic suzerainty in the slightest de-
gree over occupied territory. Foremost
In their demands is the restoration of
the national integrity of Belgium and
Serbia.
Both Of the Teutonic rulers, Emperor
william and Francis Joseph, express
confidence in the ability Of their armies
70 bring peace. In an address to Field
said:
My armies will be victorious. and
with Gods help will win an honorable
peace. such as We desire"
This sentiment was echoed by Fran
els Joseph. who declared:
II am absolutely confident of vic.
tory for the central empires"
Here the cardinal fact must be re-
membered: The allies arc not yet Will
ing to admit decisive Teutonic suprem
acy on any battle front.
From the premiers and high states
men OF bellfgerent nations come ut
terances showing the official deter
mination to war on:
mere - no peace party in Russia :"
said Michail Rodzianko. presiden, of
the Russian duma
Russians Ready to The duma is solid
Fight 20 Years. Russia SIS a'" aon,' tnas
the fight until Germany puts her can
non in pile and accepts the allies
conditions. The emperor, the duma and
the peasants of Russia are united in
this. Tell this to the people of Ameri-
ca as emphatically as you can.
The Russian peasants know the
meaning Of German hegemony. They
are for war. We will fight twenty
years il necessary to abolish this mem
ace. We will force the kaiser to &C
cept our terms. Peace on any other
basis would be unthinkable Russia
would refuse to accept. even If the
allies would accept-and the allies
would not Peace propaganda in circu-
lation now is unfriendly to the allies"
From the Hungarian prime minister,
Count Tisza. comes another note dis
cordant to the idea of peace. He says:
so long as the responsible states
men of England and France think as
they speak. there Is no chance of peace.
The Intervention of the United States
will only be useful when both sets OF
seriously. doubt II that time has ar
rived"
Following the line Of thought pur-
sued by Emperors William and Francis
Joseph, Premier BRAND and President
Poincare believe that peace will only
come by military prowess. Premier
BRAND says:
Peace can only come through de-
cisive victory"
. But while ohiciais Of various war