The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-14
zEEBRUCCE IS ii.
ST0RMED By AIR
RAID Of ALLIES
Famous German Submarine Base
on Coast of Belgium Partial
ly Destroyed
AUSTRIA READY FOR
SEPARATE PEACE NOW
Radicals Gain Upperhand at
Petrograd and Provisional
Regime in Danger :"..:
(By Associated Press.)

(By Associated Press.)
In the face of blazing oil, liquid
fire, poisoned gas, and every horror
known to modern warfare, the Bril-
tish are slowly but steadily fighting
their way through the Droicourt-
Queant line, the gate to Douai and
Cambrai and the principal links in the
letters welded on Northern France by
the Germans. General Haig Is ham
mering all along the line, but it Is
around Queant at the northern ex-
tremity that his success has been
most won, and the corresponding
menace to the Germans greatest.
Queant Pocketed .,.,.,
Queant is virtually pocketed. To the
east, west and south, the road is clear
to the British as far as natural bar
riers are concerned, except. for part
of the village of Bullccourt. After
some of the grimest fighting on sthe
western front, the British have driven
their foes from one-half OF NBullecourt
and unless the tide is checked the MI
lage is lost to the Germans and the
crushing in Of the Droicourt-Q Queant
line is inevitable. F#, - .sst:55..
| "A ray Of sunshine has also fallen
Ion British arms and the naval strong
thold at Wilhelmshaven have been -.
saulted from sea and air, apparently,
with notable success. a s.sss,ss. tS.rss-,s,,
| Zeebrugge ia an absolutely. artihci-
ial harbor, called into existence on the
sandy coast flats Of Belgium by the
exigency of submarine warfare and
practically depending on its being on
q great mole. This mole. is said to
have been reached by British guns
and the Germans must quickly repafr
the damage or the shifting, sands
Twill complete the work of destruction
commenced by the British gutls. 'H''1
Italians Are Active
The only incident of moment in the
other war theatres is fresh Austrian
report of a great artillery lombard
ment by the Italians on the Isonzo
front. This may mean that the long
inactivity of General Cadorna is about
to be broken. The Italian situation
has been wrapped in considerable OBJ
security and there has been uncom-
Portable rumors that the chaos in Rus
sia was inspiring the Central Powers
to mass farces. for great drive
against Italy. These rumors have
been somewhat Offset by the accumu-
lating report that Austria IL seeking
in every direction g path to peace and
is willing to make concessions toward
that end. In this connection the an-
nounced visit of Chancellor Won Beth
mann Holwegg to Vienna gains in i'm
pOrtance. a - +.
Demand For Peace
The fury of the Austrian junkers
against the Austrian attitude Is obvi-
ously increased by their convictions
that the Chancellor had gone over to
the moderate party with its program
of peace without annexation or in
IDENTITIES. There seems little doubt
that the demand for peace Is steadily
growing in volume in Germany and
the hysteria the junkers have display
ed through their newspapers and
through the utterances Of their lead
ers is significant in this respect.
Radicals Grow In Power
| There is nothing to indicate what
the answer will be to the Russian
riddle. The resignation Of the mill -
tary commander at Petrograd because
of his refusal to accept orders from
the Council of Workmen's delegates
tightens the impression of the grow
ing power of the radicals and the de-
moralization of the army.
Apparently the provisional govern
ment must quickly assert its author
While military interest continues
to center on the great battle on the
western front, where the British are
continuing to press the Germans back,
the situation in Petrograd is demand
ing increased attention and Is causing
added concern among all the Allied ma
tiOns. Under the continued harrass-
ing course of the radical element In
Petrograd. the provisional govern
ment shows signs of breaking up.
British Headquarters In London.
From Staff Correspondent Of the
American Press: 81
British troops have almost COM
pleted the absorption of two import
ant villages to which the Germans
have clung desperately ever since the
battle of Arras began. One Of these
is the village of Keux and the other
is Bullecourt, which lies directly on
the lHindenburg line, just west OF
Queant. As a result of steady fgat-
ing during the last forty-eisht hours
the German foothold in Bullecourt has
been reduced to two isolated posts,
where bombing fights continue. A
virtually similar situation exists in
Reux.
In the British victory on Sunday
the German counter attacks had