The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-11-08

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| the allies, though this is denied by the
London press. However, the military
leaders Of the entente are now awake
to the Importance of the Italian front
and there. are indications that they
| will concentrate much of their efforts
| there during the winter, when opera
tons in Flanders must necessarily be
| halted. This will be in accordance
| with the advice of an Italian general
given many months ago and hitherto
ignored. The question Of a joint allied
war council to direct operations on all
fronts is made more imperative by the
italian affair and may be settled at
the coming conference in Paris. Ev-
eryOne admits that lack of team work
has been responsible for most of the
reverses the allies have suffered.
1t is expected that Germany will
now make a new suggestion Of peace,
as she has done after each Of her sue
cessful drives, and also 1T is expected
that the allies will reject it with scorn,
as in the past
In Russia the peace agitation is
dying down because of the German
operations In the Gulf of Riga and the
peril of the Gulf of Finland ports and
Of PetrOgrad. The crisis there served
to strengthen the hands of the Ker-
ensky government, and even the ex-
IRENE Socialists and other radical fac
lions are urging the army to resist
further German advances. There was
little fighting on the Russian front last
week, and the German fleet apparently
had abandoned or postponed its plans
to enter the Gulf of Finland.
Good Gains In Flanders.
Attention must not be wholly d.
verified from the western front by the
invasion of Italy. There was desper-
ate fighting in Flanders, in the course
of which the French and British, with
the efficient aid of the Belgian troops,
made some very important gains. In
the Swamps south Of Dixmude the
French and Belgians took Merckem
peninsula and the village of Luyghem.
A little farther south the British kept
up their attacks on the part of the
Passchendaele ridge still held by the
Germans, and the Canadians led in an
into the town itself. Further progress
on this line will probably result in the
capture of Roulers, an important rail
center only six miles northeast Of the
ridge and already dominated by the |
British guns.
Along the Aisne and in the Verdun |
the French successfully with |
stood all the attacks Of the crown |
prince and inflicted heavy losses on |
lim
The allied aviators were especially |
busy during the week. dropping many
,ons of explosives on munition -facte-
les, depots, railway stations, aer-
lromes and all other military objec-
ives within their reach. They do not
seem yet to have started on cam
,aign Of retaliatory raids on German
owns, but that may come quickly,
since Germany on Wednesday night
ent some thirty alrplanes in seven
,roupS across the water to bomb Lon
Ion and other parts Of England. Also
he German aviatOrs made O few more
aids on Nancy.
In Africa and Mesopotamla the Brit
week, and they also announced the
apture of Beersheba in Palestine
Count George Won Hertling, prime
finister Of Bavaria, has been ap-
Ointed German chancellor, but seems
o have well grounded fears that he
annot control majority Of the reich
tag. He is fully acceptable only to
he Catholic center group. HeIfferich
esigned as vice chancellor and was
ucceeded by Friedrich Won Payer. a
aggressive.
Another IT, s. Transport Torpedoed.
On Thursday the navy department
that another American ]
the Finland, had been | I
truck by torpedo when homeward {
ound. No one aboard was injured and I
he vessel was SO little hurt that she {
aturned to port under her own power. {
THE sinking of the Antilles brought 2
bout an announcement from Secre- 6
try Daniels that hereafter naval [
rews will man all transports carry. 2
lg American soldiers to France. The +
epOrt of the British admiralty showed +
marked falling off in the number Of
1bmarine victims for the week. 9
Sir Eric :Geddes, first lord of the n
1miralty. gave parliament some In Il
resting facts concerning the subma- q
ne campaign, stating that between r
and 90 per cent OF the German q, g
bats operating in the North sea. the | f
tlantic aud the Arctic have heeu { q