The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-30
Heavy Losses Will Result
From Fires Believed to
Be Incendiary
RUSSIANS SEIZE
RUMANIAN GOLD
Three-quarters of German
Troops Withdrawn From
the Russian Front

1 N9y Ab6oClhLeu EFeAG.1
Rome, Jan. 3O.-More than $500
prisoners have been taken by the
Italians in their successful attacks
| upon the Austrian lines on the Asiago
| plateau, the war office announced to-
day. Six guns and 100 machine guns
also have been captured.
| The Austrlans have been lombard.
Ing with extreme violence the posi-
tlons captured by the Italians. The
Italian fre has been powerfully CEN
tered on points behind the enemy
lines.
Extremely heavy losses were suf-
Lered by the AustTians, two OF their
divisions being almost completely
wiped out.
Vienna, via London, Jan, s0y-Ths
Italians who are attacking on the
northern front are being reinforced
constantly by large numbers oi
troops, says tOday's official an
nouncement. After a stubborn struR-
gle in which the Austrian troops are
said to have made a heroic defense
they were forced to give up Monte
dt Val Bella and Col del Rosso.
Berlin. via London, Jan. s0.-Ths
Italians retained possession of Col
del Rosso and Monte di Val Bella on
the mountain front after a renewal
or their attacks with strong forces.
army headquarters announced today
The Italians were unsuccessful IN
the Monte Sisemol region, where
their attacks collapsed with heavy
casualties.
Grain Warehouses; Burn.
London, Jan. 30.-The grain ware.
houses of the city Of Vienna are
afire and enormous damage has been
caused, according to a Vienna dis
patch forwarded from Amsterdam
by the Exchange Telegraph. Reyo.
lutionaries are suspected OF having
started the fires.
Rsprisals Against Rumanis.
London, Jan. 30.-The Bolshevik
foreign minister, Leon Trotzky. an
nounced to the congress OF Work.
mems and Soldiers deputies al
Petrograd Saturday night, the deci-
sion Of the government respecting
reprisals against Rumania. These
include the breaking of Of diplomatic
relations. the seizure OF Rumanian
gold reserves In Moscow and the
outlawing Of Lieutenant General
Stcherbatchef. the former COM
mander-in-chief on the Rumanlan
front.
Trotzky said that the Rumanian
gold reserves amounted to 1906, ,00O,-
600 rubles and that the custodian Of
this fund had been placed under arr
rest.
1t is understood General Stcher-
batcheff has been cooperating with
the Rumanians in disarming Rus
SLAMS in Rumania and BessarabIa.
Almost three-quarters OF the Ger
man troops have been Withdrawn
from the Russian front, according to
the newspaper Nasty Vedomesty. Ne
heavy guns or armored cars are left
and the number of light guns has
been greatly reduced. Young sol
diers are being removed daily and
their places are being taken by old
men and semi-invalids. The German
northern front is strongest. There
are no Germans on the southwestern
front and. although the Austrians
there have not been reduced, their
heavy artillery has been Withdrawn.
The Petrograd correspondent Of
The London Times, referring to the
civil war in Finland says that
Sweden's assistance seems to hare
been asked by the Finnish senate
and adds that doubtless many Finnss
or at least Finnish Swedes would
welcome the Intervention Of Sweden
An evening paper announces the ara
rival Of Swedish troops at Tornea
and says that a clash has already
between an advanced guard
Of Swedes and the Finnish Red
Guards.
A Stockholm dispatch to The Post
says that the Swedish government
on Friday decided to propose that
Norway and Denmark invite Finland
TO Cooperate with the three Scan
dinavian countries regarding legis-
Iative questions.
Confirming the outbreak Of dis
eases at Petrograd. The Times cor
says the population Is
being decimated thereby. The epi-
lemic lis attributed to the extreme
shortage of food and adulteration
with all kinds Of injurious admi8-
tures. Various forms OF typhus. as
well as smallpox. are rampant
According % Berlin advices re-
selved via Amsterdam. the Russo
German commissioners at Petrograd
have reached a substantial agree
ment concerning the exchange Of in~
yalids and the dispatch of men
lomeward has begun TO a restricted
sxtenh But the question of the ex-
,hange Of civilians and the treat
nent Of unwounded prisoners or
war has not been settled.
SENATOR HUGHES DIES.