Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-15
England and France Can not Send Help to Italy
 for Some Days.
CLAIMED KERENSKI
 CONTROLS MOSCOW
Former Emperor Nicholas Reported Selected Ruler by Siberia That Country Declaring
 Independence.
Associated Press Summary.) !

Associated Press Summary.)
 Germanys submarine campaign is waning as the result of the stringent measures that have been taken to com- bat it by the British and American forces. Last week only six British merchantmen were sunk, and only one of them was a craft exceeding 1,6OO tons.
 This is the smallest total of vessels sHnt to the bottom during any week since the submarine warfare began. The lowest previous figure having been 12 merchantmen, eight of them l,6OO tons and over, and four of less than 1,600 tons.
 On Italian Shoulders.
 While the Italians continue to hold tenaciously to most of the new line along the Piave river, from the Adri- atlc sea to the region of Fetre, and to the northern hills westward, from Feltre to Lake Gorda, they again have been compelled to give ground in both sectors to the Teutonic allied armies.
 Upon the shoulders of the Italians alone for several days must rest the security of the Piave line and of his- toric Venice, for the information has been vouchsafed by Major General Maurice, chief director of military op- erations of the British war office, that it will be "some days yet" before British and French forces can be pfac- ed in the field to reinforce the Ital- ians. Meanwhile the enemy is striv- ing energetically to force a passage of the Piave at various points, and a gain has been successful on southrn reaches in crossing the stream at Grisolera, four miles distant from it's mouth, and some 20 miles northeast of Venice. Here, however, in the swamp region the Teutons are being held by the defending forces from further gains.
 Enemy Gains Advantage.
 To the north around Benson, where the stream was negotiated by the Aus ro-Germans Tuesday, fighting is still in progress, with the Italians holding the upper hand. In the hilly region from Tezze, on the Trentino front, eastward to Feltre, distance of about 12 miles, the Italians have fallen back before the emmy, who also have gained additional vantage point south of Asi, ago plateau and the Sette Comuni.
 On the western bank of Lake Gorda the Austro- Germans attempted to push forward southward, but were held by the Italians. ss
 On the western front in France and Belgium the situation remains normal with only heavy bombardments and minor infantry operations in progress on various sectors.
 The Germans have renewed their att tack against the Canadians in the re- zion of Passchendaele, where, Tuesday night, they were completely repulsed in an attack in which they sought to regain lost ground.
 The British drives against the Turks, both along the Tigris river and in Palestine, continued successful.
 Turks Withdraw Liness
 Under the pressure of the British, the Ottoman force have now withdrawn their line from 30 to 50 miles north of Tekric, placing them virtually 16O miles northwest of ofBagdad on the Ii- gris.
 In Palestine the Turks have been forced back and additional seven miles.
 It is reported that they have lost their effectiveness in men, killed, wounded or made prisoner since tho operations began.
 A British torpedo boat destroyer and small monitor have been sunk by an enmey submarine while operat- ing in conjunction with the Palestine column. Thirty-three men form the two vessels are missing.
 Kerensky in Control.
 The international situation in Rus- sia still remain obscure, altho dis patches sent out by the Finnish Tele- gram bureau assert that Premier Kerensky again is in control in Petro- grad. Other reports are to the ef- feet that he has set up his government in Moscow and that fighting still con- tinues in the capital. ISs'
 No advices have been forth coming from provisional government sources, but from Copenhagen comes an usa-s confirmed report that Siberia has pros claimed it's independence. and pre- claimed former Emperor Nicholas of Russia as emperor. Five hundred Y. M. c. A. centera have been established in France SiHGe "a