The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-06-25
moral EFFECT is
. Likely IOPROVE
GREATEST VALUE
Germany Is Placed In Predica-
ment BY AlIy's Defeat and
Must Act Quickly
LLOYD GEORGE WARNS
BLOW MAY BE EXPECTED
Allies Are Heartened and News In
Austria and Germany win
Break Spirit

WASHINGTON, June 25-(Assoeiat.
ed Press Among all Of the Allies and
in the weaker and oppressed countries
the news of the Italian victory and Aus
trian disaster, considered to be one of
the most severe of the war, has been
joyously received and the opinion gen.
orally prevails that it's moral and poiiti.
cal effect will be as great or greater
than its physical value TO the Allied
cause. 1t Is believed, however, that it
will be a spur TO Germany to put forth
its greatest efforts in new phase of
its offensive on the Western front in
the hope of retrieving something of the
damage done and minimizing its moral
and political effect at home and in the
countries Of its allies.
May Expect Blow =
This thought was expressed by the
British premier, David Lloyd George
yesterday when he said: "The next
couple Of months will beEanxious ones
for US and our Allies. n might be that
the great blow which we expect win be
delivered against us in q few hours or
it may be. few days, The issue of
the campaign may even depend upon
the outcome of that thrust bat the Al
lies never felt better prepared to meet
it than now. Ia *. ~ lie
s.gt.I qalte agree hat Il would be. TO
our intefests 20 stand by Russia II
Russia desires US to but this is difficult
because of the chaotic conditions in
that country. .E Z
Then 'adVerting TO the Italian victory
the premier continued: "The Italian
victory may yield us and our allies in
fiLitely greater results for It is hourly
appearing bigger as we learn more of
the details Austria used its entire
available strength and more than half
of its effective troops in this effect,
and has lost The Italians have in
flicted upon the Austrians one Of the
greatest disasters of the war.
"Three- e-ffths of the population of
Austria was out of sympathy with its
war aims before and now that maiority
win be further increased. "
Allies Are Heartened
In Washington it is regarded as GER
tain that the Austrian defeat is of such
magnitude that it will compel a com
plete readjustment of the plans of the
central powers. Germany will have a
most difficult problem if'it undertakes
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of enough troops to make such support
effective would be necessarily slow, its
immediate support would greatly weak
en- its own hopes of a successful out
come to the offensive of the Western
front and might cause its abandonment.
Italian officials here were greatly
eheered by the news of the success of
their armies Some military observers
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attempt to relieve her ally while others
express the opinion that an immediate
renewal Of the Western front offensive
is now Germany's only hope.
Advices from Rome declare that there
is the utmost confidence prevalent there
and the belief is expressed that the
war can be brought to victorious end
within a year if the Allies will stand
by the Italians and give them full sup
port, according to wireless messages.
In the London press the victory is
described as the most heartening news
of months, perhaps since the victory at
the Marne.
May Rouse Revolts
1t is generally agreed that the moral
effect will be enormous, coming at a
time when the people of Austria are
near the starvation point and the coun
try rended by labor troubles and indus
trial difficulties and disputes. With
/ the news Of the disaster, which must
inevitably reach them, this condition
will be greatly magnifed and its con.
troll will be difficult in the extreme if
not impossible.
Reports from Austria say the internal
plight is growing steadily worse. The
Vienna Arbiter Zeitung, as told in a
Zurich despatch, says the strike has be
come general. 1t is reported that the
strikers are demanding, as one of their
issues, iEmodiate peace and On invita-
tion TO the countries with which they
are at war to enter upon negotiations
for cessation of hostilities.
In Germany there are disturbances
on a smaller but still serious scale. Ex.
teusive strikes in Cologne, Musselheim
aud other cities ou the Rhine are re-.
ported, caused by a reduction Of the
bread ration, as the distur Dances start
ed in Austria.
Meatless weeks are reported to be
under consideration in Germany where
the present weekly ration is only half
pound a person.