Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-12-23
Most Of Ground lost at Aso-
lone Is Retaken Berlin Ad-
hitting Loss of the 0ffens-
iye.
RUSSIAN SITUATION
IS MORE COMPLICATED
Revolt Against BoIs eviki
Grows in Strength Peace
Negotiations With Teutons
Not Progressing.
tov MORNING .ousnAl srser.l LEASED w,,s,

lay MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wIsEl
Not only are the Italian lines hold
ing in the Monte Asolone region on
the northern front, where a threaten
ing salient was driven in them early
last week, but considerable progress
original position. This process. begun
by the Italians on Thursday, was con-
tinued on Fridav the Rome war office
reporting the recapture of further
ground in the hotly disputed area.
Austro- Germans Baked.
The Austro-German command evi.
IDENTIFY had in mind the expansion OF
the Asolone wedge in way further
to imperil the entire Monte Grappa
position to the east, the Italian bull
wark against the intended drive into
the plains, and this possibility still re-
mains. The Italians, however, have
negatived much Of the enemy ad--
vantage and even the German ac-
counts OF the fighting co1cede that
for the present the aggressive is on
the italian side, with the Asolono
heighths the objective of repeated
attacks.
Little Activity Elsewhere.
There has been no fighting OF con-
sequence in any Of the other war
areas, military activities being at
low ehb everywhere else. Even the
artillery engagements along the
French front appear to have lessened
in intensity and there has been no in
dication OF revival of the infantry
activity in upper Alsace, where a Ger
man demonstration on Friday gave
the enemy a temporary advantage
which was quickly wiped out by the
aggressive French reaction.
Ukraine Movement Gains.
In Russia the strife for control is
assuming broader aspects The appar-
ent solidification of the UBraine-Cos-
sack movement in southern Russia
seems to be giving the opposition to
the Bolsheviki a firmer hold on that
territory. The Petrograd commission
ers themselves are considerably wor
ried by the spread of the separatist
movement, which prospectively Is cut
ting huge slices off Russian territory
not only in the direction of the Tx
raine and the Don region, but In vari-
Gus other quarters. Evidence of this
appears in their sending emissaries to
the numerous affected districts in an
effort to line them UP again in sup
port of the Bolsheviki regime at Pet
rograd.
Peace Is Uncertain.
bn ekat %
gotiatons continues uncertain. Reit-
Grated reports are coming out OF Pet
rograd that the negotiations were
broken off because of the objection
able nature of the German terms and
that the Russian representatives have
left Brest-Litovsk. Up to a late hour
there had been neither confirmation
nor denial from official sources of
these reports.
Some hint that the Teutonic offers
were not OF the acceptable nature the
Bolsheviki had indicated they were
expecting may be found in a declara
ton of Leon Trotzky, the Bolsheviki
foreign minister, that the Russians
would fight rather than submit to OBJ
jectionable terms. This was coupled,
however, with what appeared to be an
admission of Russia's present military
impotence and the assertion that IL
the Russians were thus compelled
to submit they would join with tho
German people in rising against Ger
man militarism-the familiar Bolshe-
wiki prediction of German revolution
being thus echoed.
British Lose Steamer.
The British admiralty announced
the loss of the British armed steamer
Stephen Furness of 1,712 tons, which
was torpedoed and sunk by German
submarine in the Irish channel with
loss of six officers and ninety five
men.
A fire at the great Krupp NUM-
tons plant at Essen, Germany, ap-
pears to have been less serious than
the early reports indicated. Appar
emily the damage was confined to the
electric power station, where an ex-
piosion occurred due to a short cir
cult. This building, however, is re-
ported from Dutch sources to have
been seriously damaged.
->-----