Arizona republican., 1918-01-08
WAR SUMMARY
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Although infantry operations in the major war theatres arc of minor character signs are not wanting that big battles are in the process of mak- ing in Flanders, France and Italy. At various points in these three war zones intensive artillery duels are go- ing on day and night. They are par ticularly severe in the region of Hpres and the Cambrai sector, where the British are facing the Germans along the Asine, and on the Verdun sector and along the Moselie river, where the forces of the German crown prince and Grand Duke Albrecht of Wurtemburg are opposing the French, and in the Italian highlands from the region of Lake Gard.. eastward to the Piave river, where the Austro- German troops are aligned against the Italians, French and British.
 Southwest of Ypres, in Flanders, the Germans have made an attempt to enter British positions but met with repulse and heavy losses under the fire of the British infantry and ma chine guns. Likewise an attempted raid against the French positions on the historic Hill 304 in the Nerdun sector was stopped with sanguinary losses to the Germans. These two manuevers constitute the only activity by infantry forces at any point, except | that small British patrols at several | places forced crossings of the Piave river against the Teutonic allies.
 | The situation arising in the dis agreement between the Teutonic allies 1 and the Bolshevill leaders in Russia still remains clouded owing to lack of definite inforTation concerning the trend the negotiations are taking or 1 whether they have entirely ceased. An unofficial dispatch from Petrograd quotes NJ. Radek one Of the Bolshe- vili delegates who has been treating with the Austrians and Germans ir Petrosrad, as declaring that the Bol- sheviki are definitely strengthening the fighting front, but that the Rus sians will accept no help from the entente allies if they are forced tc fight again, as the Russians are fight ing for an ideal and not for conquest The Bolsheviki, like the German work ing classes, added M. Radek, stand fol a democratic peace and if the German government attacks the Russians, 'i will display itself to it's own people 1T it's true light"
 Meantime the German social demo crauc party has come out strongi, against the German plans of anneXa' ton as set forth at the Brest-Litovsl conference and in a resolution has de clared that a lasting peace is possible only if the democratic principle of sel determination is honestly carried out
 The resolution added that the part, is resolved resolutely to combat tn misuse of the right o< self -determina tion for the purpose of disgusting an nexations.
 Another American steamship, tn Harry Luckenbach, has been sunk b, an enemy submarine somewhere in tn war zone. Eight members of the crey of the steamer are reported missing.
 Earl Reading has been appointe
 British high commissioner in tn
 United States. In addition to bein
 an able jurist he is one of Great Brit aims best known financiers.
 A British torpedo boat destroyer ha
 been torpedoed and sunk in the Med
 iterranean sea. according to an admir-
 alty announcement. All the officers C
 the destroyer were saved, but te
 members of the crew were lost.