Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-11-23
European.

European.
The food gates OF piaye and Sil,
or old Pi6ye rivers near Rome, ItaI,
have been opened by Italian militar,
engineers and the enemy is faced b,
another User inundation.
Water was loosed where the Ger
mans succeeded in crossing the Play,
near Grisolerh, and the region wher,
he gained entrance is now under
| water.
Inundated territory near Rome, ltaly
forms a triangle where the enemy had
been driven back. but still held on I'M
al the dykes were released over the
low-lglng plain.
The chief menace near Grisolera
was that the enemy might reach Ven.
ice through the lagoon or lombard
the city from between the rivers. bur
This was prevented by opening the
dykes.
Venice is almost empty, the popula.
ton having been reduced from 100 900
TO 10000, but despite the proximity OF
the enemy Al the mouth Of the river
the remnant of population is calm.
Venice may not he defended in
case OF an attack in order to spare
the monuments and many other art
treasures there.
The chamber OF deputies in Brazil
has adopted the bill for reprisals
against Germans. as amended by the
senate The government Is authorized
To proclaim state of seige wherever
necessary, To cancel contracts for pub
lie works With Germany, TO annul any
other contracts prejudicial to the de-
Tense, to prohibit international com.
meree with Germans. to intern enemy
subjects and to revise land concessions
10 colonists.
The American artillery fire has been
heavy recently, and there IL good rea.
son TO believe that 1t has accounted
Tor considerable number OF the
enemy
Senator Kenyon. OF Town. and Sen.
ator Hendrick. OF Wyoming, arrived al
headquarters on their tour of the mill.
tary zone. They took dinner with
General Pershing and his stan, and in.
'pected some Of the troops.
Only one British merchant vessel OF
more than 1900 tons was sunk by
mine or submarine last week, accord.
ng to a statement of shipping losses
ssued,
Varied reports are stlll coming
through concerning the situation In
Russia, but ont Of the maze II has
'een impossible 10 diseutangle one
talement that may be- considered
trustworthy. One report has Petroerad
n flames and another has 1000 per
ons killed in the streets OF Moscow
uring the lighting between the Ker.
nsky and BolsheyRi factions.
The junction OF the Damascus Beer.
heba railway with The line 10 Jeru.
allen is now in the POSSESSION OF the
aftish army in Palestine, Il was OF.
cially announced, The Turks lost
800 men in prisoners and more than
10 in dead on Tuesday, besides four
nns and score OF machine guns.
In observation work the Americans
ave been acting both az observers and
Ilots. This work has been done AT
IanY points. but none over tue sector
here American troops are entrenchel
A number ot Americans have been
He'd or wounded In the recent shell.
* OF the American trenches By the
ermans. One shell which dropned
TO trench caused several casual. :
es.
a dispatch to the Bcriingske Tidende
Iys conditions in petrograd are ter.
Bile Bolsheyiki soldiers and sailors
ere sweeping the city like robber {
'nds, aud food scarce and prices high.
American army avistors have psrticl.
tied In bombing raids over German
'sitions and have been doing ooser. I
'tion duty at various points OF the ]
title line.
Some OF the American army ayiators
ere in several recent air raids in N
,ich bombs were dropped on Ger
an positions OF military Importance. ID
Germany is pouring a deftly.eontriy. q,
stream Of propaganda against Amer. b.
into South America. The latest n
ort, seeks to create the impression IL
At the United States is ready to VIC.
e Spanish neutrality. A message re. "a
wed by the newspaper La Nacion =,
oted the Madrid newspaper Of the 81
ne name as declaring that nineteen
ited States war vessels and large "
&c OF men had arrived AZ the Azores n
established defenscs Il IRE. r,