Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-23
FINANCIAL AND ECONOM.
IC CONDITIONS ARE
CHAOTIC
ALLIES GET APPEAL
GREAT ALLIED OFFENSIVE ON
WESTERN FRONT INTENDED
TO CONTINUE DRIVE AGAINST
RUSSIA - ALLIES CAPTURE
MORE TOWNS.

! Copenhagen, Aug. 23-Field Mar.
shal Won Hindenburg. German Chief
of staff. is reported in German ad.
vices today to be directing personal
| ly the German offensive against the
Russians southeast of Riga Won
Hindenburg went to the eastern front
several days ago.
Londong. Aug 23-With the Anglo.
French and Italian offcnsives in
creasng in fury, the Germans are un
dertaking brand new drive along
the extreme northern end of the east
ern front which may have Petrograd
as its objective.
For months Won Hindenburg has
been preparing for great thrust
against the Russian armies holding
the line between the Baltic and
Dvinsk and dispatches from PetrO-
grad today admitted retirement by
General Letchiskys forces, but stat
ed that the Germans were using vast
concentrations of men and guns and
that the fighting is spreading south
ward from the Riga sector along the
Dvina river.
Southeast of Riga, and south Of the
river Aa, the Germans are trying to
break the Russians hold on the coast
and thus outfank the Muscovites and
drive them southwark.
On the western front fighting has
spread until it covered practically all
of the battle line from the North
Sra to Alsace. Dispatches from Rome
quoted the official war Office report as
saving that the Italians are now at
, tacking the Austrian Hungarians in
new sectors.
German and Austria Hungarian
t prisoners are pling up. The total
+ number of Teuton captives in the
+ hands of the British and French Is
estimated at nearly 10000 Approx.
mately $1,000 AustroH Hungarians have
been taken by the italians.
Under the gigantic blows of the
British in the Langemarck and Lens
sectors the Prussian lines are crumb
ling. while the army of the German
crown prince at Verdun is daily fore
ed from positions it had bought with
terrific cost of human blood.
, Better weather in West Flanders
is giving Field Marshal Haig bet
, ter opportunity to carry out his opera
4 tions against the Germans strongly
fortified positions The British are
Y striking in two directions. Northeast
Il ward along the Ypres.Roulers Railway
t. and southeastward along the Ypres'
Menin road AS the Canadians play
brilliant role at Lens, so the Irish
soldiers are winning laurels on this
battlefield.
Advices from Paris tell of the
great violence of the artillery fire
along the Aisne river heights and In
y Champagne The Germans have ad'
opted style of "Wave-firing' by
" which the Smelling of the big guns is
:, gradually worked up to the tensity OF
;, drumfre only to drop back to mod
y. crate salvos. This evidently a ruse
to fool the French into anticipating in
fantry attacks when none are forth
coming.
At some points in the Italian wal
n Theatre the Austro.Hungarians are
' striving for diversion They struct
hard counter blows in Tentino and II
IA the Carnic Alps but Rome advices
'd state that all the assaults failed witt
'e heavy losses. On the Coastal end o.
"a the line the Italians supported by ex
10 pert British artillerists, are cannon
u aiding the Austro.Hungarians with
II ferceness hitherto unseen on ina
'' front AS the Austro-Hunearians CIV
;" up after village. the Italians creel
nearer and nearer to Trieste, IL Il
believed that the Italians will capture
n this prize before their present oifen
sives comes to an end. First, howe'
ID er. they must capture Duino. which |
known as the key to Trieste
to. Washington Aug 2S--The ou'
standing developments in the interna
,th tional situation today were oftcial
lc. said to indirectly demand serious cor
nd sideration of Pope Benedicts peac
'ad proposals.
ca Russia presented statement OF ne
er, situation to the United States an
Id the Entente powers. indicating tbs
m without dependable assurances OF III
ID.