Bisbee daily review., 1917-12-30
WEATHER CAUSES
CURTA|LhENT OF
WAR ACTIVITIES
Cold and Snow Prevent Mill
tary Activities on Most
Fronts. -Padua is Bombed
By Austro-Hun Airmen.

Cold weather and snow in the Euro
pean fighting zone have reduced mill
tary activities 10 a minimum in most
sectors Only in northern Italy has
there been any infantry operations in
the last IS hours Even there an in
fantrv operation is reported from only
one point on the battle line The Ital
ians took the initiative. delivering 8
blow al the AustrOGerman line near
Monte TOmba. on the mountain front
Just 10 the west OF the Piave- The
German war office reports this engage
ment- declaring that the Italian attack
was broken up by the defensive fire
The principal aerial activity also
is reported from the Italian front
Austrian airmen recently beaten off
from TrevisO with the loss OF II air
planes. carried out 4 bombing raid
Friday night in which the city Of Pa
dua- rich in art treasures. was attack
ed. None Of the city's noted mOnu-
ments were harmed. but eight bombs
dropped IN the most densely populated
part OF the town killed Is persons
and injured 50 others Bombs dropped
on TrevisO and two other towns closer
10 the fighting lines than Padua. which
is some IS miles from the front. eaus-
ed no damage OF casualties
Naval Warfare
In naval warfare. tOrpedOes or
mines scored against British torpedo
boat destroyers operating off the
Dutch coast Three of these craft
were sunk on the night OF December
- during fOggy weather with the loss
Of 1913 officers and men
The displacing of Sir Admiral John
R JeIlicOe by Vice Admiral Sir Ross
lyn Wemyss as first sea lord is partly
attributed in England to the loss OF
these destrOyers with many OF their
personnel
Abdication Rumor.
King Ferdinand OF Rumania has alb
dicatei the throne in favor of Crown
Prince Charles. according to an unoOn-
firmed rumor in PetrOgrad- This fol-
lows previous reports OF q revolution
ary plot against King Ferdinand and
other indications Of a political crisis
in the kingdom as described in tdis-
patches at the Bolsheviki headquari-
ers in Petrograd last Monday
PetrOgrad special dispatches do not
indicate clearly what the reception
has been in Russia of the central
powers reply TO the Russian peace
proposals One view taken is that
northern Russia is disposed 10 accept
peace on almost any terms. while the
attitude of the remainder OF the ma
ton is uncertain Another CORES
pOndent considers the BOlsheyiki dis
heartened at the German declinatiOn
to accept the principle that nationali-
ties hitherto without political inde-
pendence be allowed to decide their
own future. this refusal being consid-
ereI a stumbling block for further
negotiations
The German Coup.
Meanwhile Germans who have ar
rived in Petrograd are being permit
ted TO spread their propaganda and
German newspapers are circulating
freely Post services with entente
countries, on the other hand. is lack
ing and allied residents of PetrOgrad
as well as the Russians as a whole,
remain in complete ignorance Of what
has gone on in allied countries fO-
the last six weeks
In addition to the aerial activity
reported from the Italian front. British
airmen have been active in France
over some of the territory occupied
BY the Germans The British head
quarters report Saturday said that Is
hostile airplanes had been accounted
. for. IL OF which were shot down and
the others driven out of control
The British lost three machines in
these aerial cOmbats and OF the Ger
man airplanes destroyed the British
land guns brought down four