Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-11-24


zone of military operations all terri
tory north and east of the Po and
Mincio rivers, so he may consider the
possibility Of carrying his retreat
much farther than the Piave. Wheth-
er this will be necessary evidently de-
nends on the speed with which France,
Great Britain and America can get
men, guns and supplies to the Italian
front. Guns and supplies especially
are called for by the Italians.
The victory of the Germans In italy
will be far from complete unless they
can capture Venice The German com
manders already have limited that they
will attack that city from the air, ana
naval operations against 1t are more
than possible in the immediate future.
AS was said before, the invasion
served to bring about a swift union OF
all factions In Italy, and the govern
ment, while realizing the extreme gray
ity OF the situation Is confident thar
the enemy will fail 70 accomplish their
military object as they have their po-
litieal object The Italian armies are
maintaining order and discipline ana
are cheerful and the rear guards are
fighting valIantly to retard the adj
vance Of the Teutons.
AS in Russia, formerly, so In Italy,
the farther the invaders penetrate, the
more dangerous becomes their own po-
sition They are moving away from
their bases of supply, and must rebuild
the lines OF communication destroyed
by the Italians In their retreat. Ca
dorna, on the other hand, gains the
| protection of rivers larger than the
Tagiamento, of many canals and or
numerous railroads that are able to
furnish all the transportation his con-
tracted front needs.
British Gain PasschendaeIe Ridge.
Sir Douglas Haigs periodical drive
In Flanders, which is b>coming a reg
ular weekly feature, accomplished
most important results last week,
when the Canadians succeeded In TAX
ing the village Of Passchendaele and
the ridge Of the same name which
| dominates the country to the east. The
! drive was made under most adverse
conditions the ground being flooded
by torrental rains, but the British bar
rage fire was perfect and the infantry
| followed 1t so closely that the Germans
| in their concrete dugOuts and pill
boxes were stormed before they mad
| time TO get into action. This advance
brought Roulers under the guns of the
| British and their aviatOrs also began
| bombing that town with dmdly effect.
Following up the retiring crown
princes army north of the Aisne, the
| French reached the south bank of the
| Ailette, but the Germans maintained
| their line on the other side Of that
| stream by heavy and continuous ar
| tillery fire. Elsewhere on the French
front all enemy attacks were success
fully repulsed.
General AlIenby reported that his
troops In Palestine advanced beyond
Beersheba with splendid dash and en-
| durance and that on Wednesday he
captured GAIA from the Turks
American Patrol Boat Torpedoed.
The German U-boats found one
American victim in the patrol boat
Alcedo, which was torpedoed and sunk
in British waters, going down in four
minutes after being struck. Lieut..
| John T. Melvin and 20 men were lost.
! The AlcedO was formerly the private
Yacht Of G. w. Childs DreXel Of Phia-
| delpha. She carried n crew Of seven
officers and IS men, The American
! merchant steamship Rochester also
was destroyed by torpedo, at least
four men losing their lives. An Amer
! lean freighter arriving at an Atlantic
port reported that her gun crew sank
a German submersible that attempted
to torpedo her in the Mediterranean,
In general the U-boats had n poor
week. the British admiralty report
showing that only eight British yes
sells of more than 1000 tons had beeD
sunk, and four smaller vessels. Thia
Is the smallest number Of victims fcs'
any week since unrestricted submarine
warfare began.
Won HertIing May Not Last
Count Won Hertllng isn't likely TO
be German chancellor for very long
for unless he yields to the demands
n 81 INF tn Int
duce n resolution of lack of confidence
as soon as the reichstag reconvenes
on November %. The count seems to
have fallen under complete control Of
the mllitarists and junkers and IS now