Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-23
MOUNTAIN SECTOR
WILL Be THEATER
OF NEXT BATTLES. IS
Break in Austro-Hungarian
Home Front" Is Not ~
Yet Mended.
REPORTS TELL OF CLASHES
BETWEEN MOBS AND TROOPS
Americans in France Continue
Harassing Germans Near 81,
Chateau-Thierry. y,
ACTIVITY AT OTHER POINTS
Bulgarian Commission Reaches vi.
emma to Discuss Changes in Re. i
lations With Germany. -
ACTIVITY AT OTHER POINTS
tBy Associated Press.l

Italian attacks on Montello were.re-
pulsed. according to the official report
from Austrian headquarters Saturday. .s
which gives the number of prisoners
taken by the Austrians in the present
offensive as 10000.
Blocked in their advance across the
Piave River by the Italian and British
forces, and with their line of comnruni- :
cations threatened by the rising wa
ters of that stream. the Austro- Hun L
Sarians apparently have closed the first fi
phase OF their offensive against Italy.
Viewed after a week of fighting, the &
offensive has been little more than n q
demonstration in force over a battle
line moro than ninety miles in length.
1t has gained none Of its objectites
and has cost the Austrians very dearly.
From the first day OF the attack 1t 4
was seen that the Italians were not 4
called upon to meet tremendous on-ss
slaught on some strategic key to- their
position, such as was launched at iCap4Si
oretto last October. -. -. . :, :. ss3stssssss 3tsssss
They had, rather, to defend their
lines over a wide front against at
taclts which were launched seemih slYiS
without sufficient power TO penetrate /.
more than some of the advanced posi-
tions of the Italians and their. .allies.
The second phase OF the offensive is
expected to begin at any time.
1t is not believed that the Austrians
will be willing, nor will they be per- 4
mitted by Germany, to end their drive
against Italy with the results indicat-
ing an almost total failure. There
have been ntimations that Germany
a let ~ 80 onl- ,v1, fc
coming, and which may be launched
against the mountain sector of the
front. Large bodies OF men have been
assembled there, presumably for an
other attempt to break through ~the
mountain barrier. 81
SENSATIONAL RUMORS COME -,
FROM AUsTRLA-HUNGAHY
The serious food shortage in Aus
tria Hungary has given rise to sers4- !
tional rumors. One of these. from AM
sterdam, says an attempt has been n ade
on the life of Emperor Charles. This
rumor lacks confirmation. There Is,
however, little doubt that conditions In
Austria are near a crisis. Little OF
the true state OF affairs can be learn
ed because of the strict censorship, but
what little news that filters out
the Austrian people are on short ra-
tions that serious rioting has occurred
and that serious strikes are feared.
In clash between strikers and po-
lice at Budapest forty-hve persons are
reported to have been killed or
wounded.
BULGARIA TRYING TO
GET OUT OF WAR
4 Bulgarian commission has arrived
in Vienna. according to dispatches from
The Hague, for the purpose OF negoti-
ating with the Austrian government
concerning a change in relations with
Germany. This. coupled with the fact
that the present Premier Of Bulgaria
was opposed to an alliance with Ger
many before Bulgaria entered the war
and the known war-tiredness OF the
Bulgarian people, may be significant
Since the abortive attack on ths
Rheims front early in the week the
western front has been quiet. There
have been patrol encounters and the
usual operations along the fronts where
great battles were being waged during
the recent past. but nothing resembling
a new drive by the Germans at the
allied line has been reported. Berlin
officially reports the presence OF Ital-
ian troops In the Rheim ssector.
AMERICANS ADVANCE IN
CHATEAU-THIERRY REGION
American forces have continued their
intense activity on the fronts where
they arc holding positions. Northwest
OF Chateau -Thierry they have pushed
their lines forward once more. and east
at the city have bombarded bodies o;
German troops.
II is reported that Nicolai LenEne,
the Bolshevik Premier of Russia, has
decided to resign. in spite OF vote OF
confidence given him by the Soviet
committee. The Czecho- SIovak move
ment has become so menacing east Of
the Ural Mountains that Nicholas Ro- i
manoff the former Russian Emperor.
has been removed to Moscow.
TwO-THIRDs OF GERMAN
U-BOATs ARE SUNK
Two-thrds OF the German suonss.
rincs launched are already at the bots
tom OF the sea, according to l. statss