The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-01-29

been captured by the Italians in their
latest attack on the front between the
AsiagO and the Brenta river, according |
to an official statement issued by the !
war office today.
BERLIN, Jan, ga powerful coun-
ter offensive has been launched by
the Italians and violent fighting" be-
tween the Asiago plateau and the
Brenta valley was reported by the
German war office today.
The Italians began their attacks af-
ter a heavy bombardment of the Aus
tro-German positions.
(The section mentioned by the Ger
man war office is on the northern
part of the Italian battlefield).
LONDON, jan 29-Forty seven men,
women and children were killed and
169 others were wounded in the
double German air raid over London
last night and early today, according
to causalty list issued this after
noon by Viscount French, commander
in chief of the home defenses.
AMSTERDAM, Jan. ga series of
successes of no mean calibre have
= been won by the Socialist Moderate
group in their stubborn fight against
Pan-German control of the German
governments peace attitude.
: A dispatch from Frankfort on Mair
: today quoted the Zeitung as saying
! that Chancellor Won Hertling hal
been forced by pressure from the non
annevationists to promise ney
1,.tr. g
II reaching concessions from the for
s mer vague attitude adopted by tn
!. government towards the Belgian ques
ton
e The Weser Zeitung, Il, organ 0
the powerful German shipping inter
e ests at Bremen was quoted in an
q other dispatch as saying that the So
cialists in the reichstag have blocke
< vote of confidence in the govern
d ment because of the imperialistic wa
j, aims speech made by the chancello
% last week.
The Deutsche Tages Zeitung of Bel
:" lin, formerly one of the chief junke
e organs, has apparently turned agains
lie its warlike sponsors and is urging tn
m German people to revolt.
&c WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
II FRANCE, Jan. 29-Despite the ei
as forts of the Pan-Germans to hide
~ news of the real extent of America
IN war preparations has begun to reaC
the German people and is arousin
re fears.
lg A number of German newspaper
de received at headquarters today col
re tain a sharp attack by Prof Forstn'
X of Munich, against statements by
al portion of the German press ths
America is only preparing for VIZ
a against Japan and does not intend
ID. send a large army to France"
r Forstner declared that this stat
We ment is only a myth, invented by Il
an Pan-Germans to deceive the Germf
on people and to enable them to spref
he the propaganda of the German mil
ne tarist party.
lis At first the German press, misl'
he by the militarists' propaganda a
tempted to ridicule the first appea
ance of Americans in the trenches, b
now it is evident that there is a spil
of uneasiness among the German pc
IT pie. The realize they had been fool
when told that there were no Amel
can fighters in France.
No Recently German papers of the Pa
:. German type, declared that there W
IT, nothing to be feared as only abo
three divisions of American soldie
had been sent to France. Other Ge
.ss man papers assured their readers th
w the submarines would make it impo
ng sible to transport and supply mo
NO that 400, 900 Americans and that ev
ov this force could not be prepared
,et the trenches before "Hindenburg al
the submarines had won the war"