The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-01-03

Il sheviki crew.
The bulk Of the American exped
tlonary force will not gets it's expect
ed Christmas dinner. submarin
attack forced the ship which was cal
r rying cranberry to turn back, an
| through some unknown Circumstance
two ships, which were carrying TIN
!! supplies Of turkey left the Unites
States so late that it was impossible,
= for them to arrive in France in time
The turkeys already in the army zone
were left over from Thanksgiving. a:
: was the mincemeat, which had beer
, delayed. This supply will go an ex
, tremely short way.
European.
In Italy the battle is still raging
on the Piave front. The Italians an
nounce that they have recaptured, de.
spite stubborn resistance, the posi-.
tons they had lost on the Asiago pIa-
teau-
The Germans report the capture of
nine thousand Italians in engage
ments around Col Del Rose.
The menace to the city of Venice.
it seems, has been removed for-the
time being.
The weather is reported to be aid
ing the Austro-Germa in their cam
paign against the Italians.
German atrocities against soldiers
| are officially reported An american
sentry has been found with his throat
cut, and it is officially declared "he
must have been so killed after cap
ture."
News sent out from Paris tells how
the Germans in occupied sections of
france and Belgium are turning wom-
en- and children out of their homes into
the SHOWS, the buildings being given
over to soldiers, horses and material.
News of revolutionary plot against
King Ferdinand Of Roumania has been
received at the Smo1ny institute, the
Bolsheviki headquarters, according to
the evening newspapers. There are
also said to be disturbed conditions in
Roumania. These reports are confirm
ed in some respects by dispatches re-
ceived in Petrograd indicating unset
tied conditions and a political crisis.
Leon Trotzky, the Russian Bolshe-
Wiki foreign minister, at a meeting of
the revolutionary organizations all
semDIed in congress, read documents |
and kilograms which he declared con-
ta1ned evidence that Americans were
helping General Kaledines, the leader
of the Don Cossacks.
Trotzky said that the Russian rev.
olutlonary government is not lacking
in dignity and pride, and the allied
powers must take notice.
The Teutons are reported to be
nassing for another drive against the
italians.
The activity on all fronts is way
below normal.
The fighting in France and Belgium
S entirely in the nature of outpost
encounters and bOmbardments.
The initiative on the Italian front il
entirely on the Italian side.
Reinforced by British and French
roops and newly equipped in everv
department, the Italians now are pre-
Jared to sell, and at a dear price, ev-
ry inch of ground that Austro-Ger-
mans may take.
1t is stated on reliable authority
hat Emperor William has said that
everywhere wants peace,
nd that the future offers. so many
reat tasks that all states must CO. ,
perate in such a move ,
The German war office, in endeavor- {
ng to bel1tt1e the success of the Ital-
an offensive, which it asserts was re. :
uIsed, shows that the effort of the
tahans was determined one. the
roops to the west of Monte Asolone
ellvering seven attacks against the
nemy front. Admission is made in
ne German communication that tho
Italians also have taken the initiative
l tne ngntlng on Monte Pertica and
lonte Solarolo, but it is declared that :
1elf attacks on these sectors, as on
Aonte Asolone, were without suc- =
ess. t
Inc Mussulmen Of Asia Minor ara =
7ported to be indignant at a German
7heral because he established STAFF
7aoQuarters in the greatest of the
losques OF the City of Aleppo near d
he Syrian border
emperor William has informed his =
oVernment that he contemplates 60
e to Brest-Litovsk if the diplomats
rive at an agreement, in which case
will endeayor to assemble ALI tho o
'VereigNs of Europe in a. peace con- G
renee as was done after the Napo- 8
onic wars. ii
dispatch to Amsterdam from the Il
erman frontier CT The Telegram n
US 1t is learned from Dutch work OIL
en- that an explosion occurred in t.
e electric power station at the Krunn tt
ant IN Essen, owing to "a short cir 81
IT, The building is reported to have d
en- seriously tamaxed.