, 1916-05-31

cepts the Allies conditions. The Emperor,
the Duma and the peasants of Russia are
united, say this to the people of America
as emphatically as you can. NJ Rodzianke
has just arrived in Petrograd from the
home provinces for the reopening of the
Duma to-day. The Russian peasants know
the meaning of German hegemony. They
are for war. We will fight twenty years
if necessary to abolish this menace We
will force the Kaiser to accept our terms,
peace on any other basis would be unthinks-
bic. Russia would refuse to accept, even If
the Allies would accept, and the Allies would
not. The peace propaganda IN circulation
now is unfriendly to the Allies.
London, May 30!h.-The- following Off
cEal communication was issued at midnight
During the past twenty-four hours the enc
my artillery has been very active on certain
portions of our front particularly between
La Bassee Canal aud Arras. The enemy
bombarded our front and support lines in the
neiehbourhood of Loos. The bombardment
was particularly heavy in the early morning
and continued intermittently throughout he
day on all tactical points in this locality. The
town and neighbourhood OF Arras aud as far
as Melville st. Vast were also the scenes of
intermittent and heavy concentrated bonn
bardments. We replied effectively, in some
cases silencing hostile batteries. In the re-
gion Of Loos, mines were sprung by the enc
my but without damaging our defences.
On our right the le-entrant IN our lines
about Mametz and Fricourt has been
the scene of some artillery activity but not
of a serious nature. On the left, our front
from Zillebeke to Hooge and the vicinity OF
Elverdinghe has been heavily sheIied.
North Of Hooge, our artillery preached q
hostile parapet destroying a mechine-gun
in~placement. Our guns caused consldera-
bic damage to the enemy at various points
in addition to engaging hostile batteries.
There has been no infantry action during
the last twenty four hours. The fine sunny
weather has been suitable for aerial work,
and much successful work has been accom-
pIished by us. Few German aeroplanes
were seen.
Rome, May 29th.-The following Official
communication was issued to.day: In the
Lagarina valley on Sunday night and Mon-
day morning the enemy renewed his stub-
born sanguinary attacks against our position
between the Adige and Val Daras. The
attacks we're always broken by the
firm resistance of our troops. In the Posnia-
Astico sector the intense artillery duel con-
tinued Yesterday. A large force of the
enemy in the afternoon attacked a part of
our positions south Of the BOSNIA torrent
but after a determined Struggle 1T was re-
pulsed with considerable losses. On the Ash
age plateau our troops are now occupying
and consolidating positions dominating the
Asiage basin. A brilliant counter. attack by
the 14th Regiment relieved two batteries
which had been surrounded on Monte Mes
ciag and saved the guns. In the Sugana
valley there we're some skirmishes. On the
remainder of the front the artillery actions
were especially intense at PLAYA and Mon
,falcone.
Petrograd, May 29th-The official COM
munication issued to-day reads, east OF Riga
in the Kurteuof region the enemy artillery
repeatedly bombarded the railway. Our
aerial squadron bombared the enemy cleo
trio station at Konay northwest of the Lake
Uarekez region. Caucasus front: The fight
ing in the Rivanduza region continues.
Kurds who attempted to attack our conveys
were dispered in a successful action by our
troops, notably a detachment of forty
four Cossacks, who surprised a Kurdish BIZ
vouac near the village of Zova and surround
ed and killed $50 Kurds, including a Mollah,
safely r~ejoining their regiment with the loss
of only two killed and one missing.
Paris, May 29th-The text of the French
Official communication is as follows: To the
south of Roye in the region of Beauvraignes,