Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-12-28

Germans on the west front did not de-
velop, but Won Hindenburg's concen-
tration of troops and heavy cannOnad-
ing of the entente lines continued
The British and French made all pos
sible preparations to withstand the ex-
pected attack and their commanders
seemed quite confident that 1t would
be repulSed. At the same time, the
seriousness of the situation Is not de-
MED. Though the allies are numer
| ically superior to the enemy there
since they do not know in what sectoE
the blow will be struck they cannoS
concentrate their strength in that re-
giOn until the offensive has begun
With the Withdrawals from the Rus
| sian front and the calling out Of tAse
younger classes of reseryfsts, ths
kaiser Is officially reported to have 15A
divisions In France, only one division
| short of the force he massed there
| last July for the great operations
against the French /
Italians Give Way Slightly.
Bloody fighting was kept up in Italy
and the Austro-German made further
| desperate attempts to break through
! into the Venetian plain between tbs
Pfaye and the Rrenta in the directioa
of Bassano. They succeeded, at greaE
/ expense. in taking some positions and
1900 prisoners at Mont Asoleone, bus
Mart Gr.oT IL 70 fHn
in that region, was held tenaciouslT
| by the Italians The French and Brit
| ish troops sent to that front got into
action and proved of valuable assist
ance. On the lower Piave the enemY
renewed his attempts to force cross
ing, without marked success. The DIS
fensive system of the Italians In this
flooded region is said to be very clever
and the pontoon bridges of the Aus
TRANS are destroyed as fast as built
For months there has been moth
ing doing" on the Macedonian 'front.'
but the recall of General Sarrail, COM
mander Of the allied armies at Sailor
Xxi, and the appointment of General
Guillaumat, who led the French In
their brilliant operations In the Yer
/ dun sector last summer, may mean
that some interesting news from
Macedonia can be expected soon. The
| BulgarianS, despite extrayagant peace
claims recently sent out, are abouE
ready to quit the war, and Austria
| Hungary was tired Of It long ago.
though somewhat heartened by the
drive into Italy. The Turks were hard
| hit by the loss Of Jerusalem, and al
] together 1t would seem that good
time is approaching for an offensive
In the Balkans.
British Public Angry.
Two events aroused the Indignation
of the British press and public. The
| first was another successful German.
attack on shipping in the North sea,
In which one British and five neutral
merchantmen, a British destroyer and
/ four mine sweepers were sunk. The
/ convoy was on its way from Scotland
to Norway The success Of the raid
has given rise to sharp criticism or
/ the naval authorities. The second
thing to exasperate the English was
another air raid Tuesday night. About
twenty German planes crossed to the
Kent and Essex coasts, in six groups
and five of them succeeded in reach
ing London and dropping bombs. Ten
persons were killed and 20 injured
Several of the raiders were shot down
The American navy met with pain
| 1..I &Ia hmm r9T1 I'll
rammed and sunk by the submarine
F-3 in home waters during fog.
Nineteen members Of the crew lost
their lives.
Secretary of State Lansing, In con-
junction with the Argentine govern
ment, gave out translations Of lot
more of the secret correspondence be-
tween Count Luxburg, former German
minister at Buenos Aires. and the Ger
man foreign office. It shows concluH-
| lively that Germany was intriguing to
set Latin America against the United
States. It was expected in Washing
ton that this disclosure would result
quickly in a declaration of war against
/ Germany by Argentina, the congress
/ and people of the latter country being
not likely to put up much longer with
the pro-Germanism of President Iri-
| goyen.
The anti-liquor forces Of America
won their greatest victory on Monday
| when the house adopted the Webb
resolution submitting TO tile states a
constitutional amendment providing
! for the suppression Of the liquor traffic
J one year after the ratification of the
amendment by SO state legislatures.
The senate already had adopted SIM
liar resolution.