New Britain herald., 1917-06-16
BRITAIN CONNECTICUT SATURDAY, JUNE
.HAIG PREPARES TO
 SMASH OUT AGAIN

tirement by Yon Hindenburg SPANISH REVOLT CROWS What Little Is Known Regarding
 Conditions in Alfonso,s Realm In-
 dicates General Uprising in Which
 Soldiers May Join.
 British troops are striking along almost the entire line they hold in northern France, not with the ter rific force which marked the victo- ries of Arras and Messines but in . more or less tenative manner, giving weight to the belief that Field Mar shal Haig Is preparing to. launch a blow on hitherto unprecedented scale. Two features of the fighting stand out with sharp significance: The first is the feebleness with which the Ger mans are reacting and the second is the surprising promptness with which Berlin admits retirements in various sectors.
 The whole situation is entirely sim liar to that existing prior to the great strategic retreat of the Ger mans from the Somme. There is evil dence that Field Marshal Won Him, denburg is planning another great withdrawal and that Field Marshal Haig Is pressing him at all points in the hope of delivering a shattering blow if second retreat to victory" materializes.
 The Italians, having successfully maintained their advance in the face of the most formidable Austrian counter attacks, are apparently pre- pairing for 8 resumption of their of- fensives Vienna reports that the Italian guns have opened with great est violence in Carinthia, indicating that General Cadorna has chosen a new sector in which to deliver his next blow. The scene of the. bom- bardment is some 30 miles north of Gorilla, and an offensive in this re- gion would lend support to reports that the Italian commander has far more ambitious plans than even the conquest of Triest.
 The upheaval caused by the gerat war lNhicf1 has already hurled two mon6fchs from their thrones, now menaces the ancient throne of Spain. The utmost exertions of the Spanish censor has failed to completely supp press reports of grave happenings in the peninsular Kingdom. From what little Is known, the Spanish army Is taking the lead in the revolutionary movement which is further accelerat- ed by the food scarcity and industrial unrest. Rumors of revolt have been current for several months and at the end of May 1t was announced that the constitutional guarantees would be suspended while the government prohibited all public manifestations in respect to international questions of which was indicated by the fact that the soldiers sided with revolters and imprisoned number of their officers
 The exact part which the issues of the war play in the Spanish crisis is dif1icult to determine. The masses of the people have been generally credited with being strongly pro-aliy in sentiment while the. er'stocracy leaned toward the side of Germany. At the same time the demand for in- ternal reform and other domestic questions have apparently had lead- ing role in the growing unrest. No new developments have occurred in the Greek situation. but in Eng land the triumphant return to Athens of Venizelos is predicted a step almost certain to be followed by definite alignment of Greece on the side of the entente The language of German comments on the abdi- cation of King Constantine shows how strongly the disappearance of the kaiser's royal ally has affected them.
 Germans Fail to Recapture Positions. London, June 16.-Repulse of q German attack on the positions cap tured by the British south of Ypres- Comines canal was announced by the war office. A few Germans who suc-
 ceeded in reaching our front trenches 1 were at once d or driven out and ! the attack completely .repulsed.
 Germans Raad Mouse Heights. Paris. Jun 1.-The French re-
 Ralied gii ,os h he,shfs shs 'sea0' of tns 1s
 Mouse, lasts WIS officially an-
 nounced toa iflsry ire around lively. IN IN < K.
 Fighting Increass sor Russian Front. Vienna, via Londuh Juns 16.-In- I creased fighting on the Russian front in east Galicia and Volhynia Is report
 ed in the official statement issued by the war office on Friday. It says: ''In East Galicia and Vol}lynia 1 there is increased Russian fight ing and activities continue at sev- l eral points.
 Italian theatre: There is, nothing important to report from