Arizona republican., 1917-11-14
|TEUT0NIC DRIVE AGAINST
 ITALIANS COMES TO STOP AND ALLIES ARE CONFIDENT
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 The Italians apparently are holding the Teutonic allies fast along the greater part of the front from Lake Garda, south of the Trentino region to the Adriatic sea. Small gains have been reported for the Teutons on the northern front and at one point along the southern reaches of the Piave river.
 On the Asiago plateau the enemy has met with several severe reversals. the Italians repelling vigorous attacks with serious losses. Near Canove, to the west of Asiago, the forces of General Diaz were able to Nberate Italians who had been captured by the Austro- Ger man army in the attempted nanking operation before the Italian line was stiffened last week.
 The Germans report the capture of the town of Fonzaso and the fortified position Of Mont Longara. On the southern Piave, between Monte San Donia and Benson, some 23 miles north east of Venice, the enemy forces crossed the stream an& established bridgehead on the west side of the Piave. The Italians, however. imme- diately turned upon the invaders and forced them back toward the bank of the river.
 Realizing the close proximity of the enemy to Venice, preparations are be- ing made to protect the ancient city and its historic buildings from the shelss of the guns of the invaders Sandbags have been piled high around the Palace of the Doges and the Cam panic. Doubtless most of the numer- ous works of art have been removed to places of security.
 Out of the maze of contradictory statements regarding the situation in Russia the salient fact seems to stand out that the Bolsheviki forces still are in control of Petrograd. A wirelss dis patch received in London announces the complete defeat of the followers of Premier Kerensky and General Kornil- off Monday in fighting near Tsarskoe- Selo, where in Petrograd the recaici- trants are declared to be maintaining the upper hand against the military cadets and other adherents of the Ker- ensky regime. Dispatches from Den- mark assert that advices received there are to tho effect that the Bolsheviki soldiers and sailors in Petrograd are committing all kinds of excesses and that the populace is terror stricken.
 Except on the Austro-Italian front
 
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 Confident Teutonic Drive Stopped
 WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.-France's confidence that the Teutonic drive into Italy has been stopped is expressed in war office statement cabled today to the French embassy here.
 The Germans have exaggerated the importance of the Italian defeat" says the statement. Tn reality the Italian armies are far from being defeated
 The second army only has seriously suffered.
 The line of the Piave is solidly held. The shortening of the. front will allow better means of resistance.
 "The English and French armies are in reserve behind.
 'The morale of the army has been strengthened and is becoming excel lent
 The country, at first strongly shak- en, is becoming more settled as the political parties are getting more united"
 Military men here believe. too, that the Austro- German thrust in Italy has reached its crest and evidences of the use to which the German high com mand will attempt to put it's advantage are now watched for with great in- terest.
 In his weekly war review, issued to- day. Secretary Baker indicated his opinion that the drive was primarily a political movement. This opinion is shared by numerous American officers and in some quarters 1t is believed a fourth peace offer is to be expected at any moment from German sources. It