, 1916-05-20

Shanghai. May 16th-The Government at
Hanoy, c, ita o French Indo-Chlna, has Or
dered King Duy-Ian, of AMMAN, to be de-
pos ed on charges of completely IN riots winch
occurredin the town of Quangnam' Tue riots
were speedily suppressed.
Rome. MAY 1~6th-Austrian troops have
abandoned their advanced positions before
Rovereto in expectation Of q heavy ltnllan
offensive in the direction of Trent. All VII
lnges in the Adige river valley, up which the
the Italian Armies might be expected to
move, have been cleared of combatnnts. The
Austrian authorities put the order OF evacua-
into effect ON Sunday. The War Oltlce has
issued a detailed statement OF the ltall"n
operations for the last two months 1ncludlhg
n report of the recent Isouzo offensive. 1t
was stated that the Italians attacked b"th
in this zone and in the Trentino TO preVeat
Austrian troops from being sent into action
with the Germans at Ntrdun. In a TWO
months period the Italians have captured
2,10O prisoners, two tield-guns ana seventeen
machine-guns and have destroyed thirteen
enemy aeroplanes and flying hydroplanes.
Eagle Pass. Tex, May Neutrality-suspicious.
nersons we're killed, it was slated by the
authorities, in Piedras Negras, opposite here
in the derailment of a through passenger
train from Mexico City to Laredo on Friday
between Oueretaro and Empalme Gonzales.
Previous reports gave the number OF deao
as eight. Bandits carried away the vaiuables
they could find as we'll aa much OF the pas
sengers' clothing.
london. Nav 16th-A despatch to the
"Daily Chronicle" from PetroRrad says:"lhe
Turks in Asia Minor are making q hard hght
TO ward off the consequences OF the loss OF
Erxerum and Trebizond, and If possible TO
recover their positions. They have Ie-infor-
ced and re-arranged their troops and received
from their Austro-German Allies approx
mately a division of infantry and a brigade
of cavalry besides artillery, aeroplanes ana
motor cars. The new Turkish base is at
Kha1put on The upper Euphrates' lOO miles
south of Er7erum by difficult mountain
roads. The chief efforts of the Ottoman
commanders are directed to breaking the
Russian centre at Ashkhala, midway between
Erzerum and Erzingar, and SO clearing the
road TO Rich and Ell zerum. After a font
night OF heavy fighting and that at a cost
of great losses, they have succeeded III Slight
" pushing back the Russians ut q few points
but this inconsiderablp gain in the centre
is oulweighed by growing Russian successes
on the tanks. The Turkish force engaged
at Kut is said to have been despatched
north. wards to resist the Russian advance
on Baghdad, but the movement of General
Gorrinee's and General BaIatotfs forces are
strictly CO, ordinated and the struggle for
Baghdad seems about to enter "a new and
interesting phase.
Petrograd, May 16th-The following Off
cial communication was issued to day: In
the region Of Lake Dole north of Lake Mia
dzol Germans in considerable strength at
tackled, toward 8 O'Clock in the evening, and
succeeded in partially capturing our advanced
trenches. We expelled the enemy by a
counter-attack and drove him back to his
own trenches. In the region north of lake.
Miadzol the enemy carried out a violent bonn
bardmeut. During the night of the l4h
enemy aeroplanes threw bombs on many
places on our lines. In Galicia III the region
north of the Brizejanisk road and in the re-
gion of the lower Stripa, the enemy attempt
ed to approach our trenches. but was repulsed
by our fire. In the Caucasus region in the
direction OF Diarbekr, we repulsed with our
fire an enemy attempt at an offensive. liz
the direction of Mosul, our advance continues.
London, May 16th-The official
cation issued tonight says: There was aotiv-
ity ON both sides in minor enterprises last
night. Three p rites of the enemy attempt
ed TO enter our trenches southward OF Hebu-