The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-16
Teuton Advance Has Reached
Point Which Puts Diaz.
Army in Grave Peril
INVADERS CHECKED
AT TWO CROSSINGS
Parliament at Rome Shows
United Sentiment in Support
Of Observation-Disclosures of
America Warmly Cheered

London. Nov. 15.-On the lower
and middle Piave the Italians stood
fast, but their forces protecting the
northern pivot OF the river line.
though fighting valiantly. were press
ed back during the last twenty -four
hours.
The relentless Teuton pressure west
OF where the Pave turns sharply TO
the northeast has cut seven miles out
OF the Italian Pive line and the men
ace from this direction to General
Diaz's forces is admittedly growing
hourly.
"Our detachments advancing south
ward In the mountains from Fonzaso
and Feltre'' reported the Berlin war
Office, today. "are in fighting contact
with the enemy. On the lower Piave
there is nothing new"
The Piave sector from which the
| Teutons have pushed the Italians to
| the south an west is between Quero
/ and Feltre.
| A series OF signal successes In beat
1 ing off the invaders, both in the noun
/ tains north of this sector and at the
/ two points where the Teutons are
| across the river, are recorded in to-
| days official Italian bulletin. Fresh
| Austro- German attempts to cross the
river also were repulsed. 1t Is frank
~ conceded by military experts. how
ever. that cheering as this news Is.
since II indicates the italian fighting
spirit is still at it's best. the situation
4 In arrenarfrv+ A Tsuton break through
south of Fonzaso down in the plain
toward the lifeline OF the whole
Italian army--the Udine-Verona rail-
road-seems inevitable unless the re-
sistance of Diaz' army In this sector
stiffens promptly and considerably.
With uncanny. systematic precision
the Teutons are carrying through their
| strategic program OF separating the
ITALIAN Piave and Trsnttno armies
Their advance toward Cfsrnon spells
the most serious menace 10 the Ital-
Ian rear on the Piave, Diaz has yet
had ut face.
italian naval artillery CO. operated
+ with the batteries along the coast
! strip around Porto di Pave Vscchia in
checking the Teuton advance In that
sector where they are nearest to
Venice The Rome statement indicates
that the invaders here are in a perilous
position being gradually hemmed in.
The Rome statement tells of two sue
cessive defeats of Teuton attempts to
| advance along the mountainous front
Meletta d'Aventi-Monte Fior-Monte
Castelgoberto Later. the Teutons came
on in fanlike formation between Fri
zon- and the confluence OF the Brenta
and Cismon rivers. They were caught
in the Italian curtain of fire and
stopped Another Teuton attack was
repulsed at Monte Rondene. At Monte
/ Tomatico however. the italian adj
| vanced posts had to he withdrawn.
latter Offering effective resistance"
| Rome SAYS. The Teutons were also
!, ! stopped short in a deboueh toward the
. | Qusro pass.
Dispatches from Rome describing
, | yesterdays session OF parliament. at
, which Orlando made his debut as pre-
! / mier. show that the crisis at the front
/, has forged all political parties into ona
solid block. determined to back up The
! ermy by absolute unity at home. Pre-
, mier Orlando, amid enthusiastic APP
l piaase, urged that eacts, not words
! must solve the crisis. He voiced italy f
gratitude to the aid rendered by Amer
/, ica and the entente allies The mention
of the United States was greeted by
a thunderous ovation. The premier
9 said America would be REPRESENTED on
I the new internally war council
{ II any doubts had existed as to tins
, political unity In the kingdom these
: | we're dispelled by a spirited patriotic
, | speech hv ex-Prerier Gtolotti on his
. ! first appearance In the chamber since
italy entered the war. He assured ths
government Of the whole-hearted sup
port of all parties The speaker warned
J against half measures.
An unanimous vote OF confidence
closed the session.