The Quebec chronicle, 25 mai 1916, jeudi 25 mai 1916

[" \u2018The Weather GENERALLY FAIR.FORT DOUAUMONT BUT FRENCH EVEN SCORE AR Patronized by H.R.H.the vA Duke of Connaught.SPORTMEN We solicit your order for your Camping Supplies.This being one of our specialties, which has our personal attention., We are pleased to see the number of patrons increase yearly, owing to the satisfaction every one finds in our your list of requisites, then ceases your worry; we attend to the rest.- We give you the finest quality of service.Once you have given us goods, the sorting and packing is done by an expert, and our prices to you, will be the same as charged to our regular customers.What can be more pleasing once at your camp, to find everything you have ordered, and in good condition?Should you wish, give us the number of your party, and the length of time you expect to be absent and we will submit you a list of requisites, with quantities.A GRENIER, 84 St.John Street.QUEBEC.En oe SE ee = TEER AUSTRIAN OFFENSIVE IS LIKE THAT AT VEROUN ADDITIONAL ARTILLERY IS CONCENTRATED\u2014AT- TEMPT TO CUT ITALIAN RFAR COMMUNICATION HAS FAILED SO FAR.Rome.May 24\u2014The Aust:ian offensive along the Italian front, which began ten days ago.is assuring more and more the character où the German offensive at Verdun.After hav- inæ occupied the advanced positions.from-which the Itatians w.thdrew, the Austrians are now strengthening aud organizing themselves there.They have concentrated additional .actillery usder command of General Koevess.\u20ac\" have been attemnting.but with- Tut success, to cut the Italians rear communications.The advance of the Aubtrians has been rendered more difficult by the destruction of bridges and roads.Italian officers estimate that between the Adige and Brenta rivers the Austrians have placed twenty-six hatteries of guns of 305 calibre, aside from many other batteries of smaller guns, and have brought from the Galician and Balkan fronts fresh troops : to the number of 18 divisions.or 360.- 000 men.Arsiero is onc of the towns that has suffered most severely from the bombardment.Austria: prisoners say that prior to the beginning of the offensive they were told that it was the intention to capture the Venetian provinces \u201d by storm, beginning with the province of Vicenza.The Austrian officers gave orders that the Austrian soldiers once on Italian territory must not show themselves weak.but hat they must not act brutally towards the population.They promised that next summer the men might take the baths at Lido, in Venice.nn the À Iriatie.This extensive movement by the Austrians is sty'ed by them \u201cthe offensive towards the valley of the Po River.\u201d .AMERICANS INVOLVED IN IRISH REBELLION.Dublin, May 24, vis London\u2014Two prisoners claiming American citizenship have been deported to the Wakefield detention camp in England.The names are aPtrick Hogan arrested at Tralee and Mortimer * O'Connor, arrested at Abbeydorney.No charges has yet been brought against the two men, but they are being held, while an investigation is in progress, on suspicion regarding participation in the recent rebellion.No\u201d information concerning their American addresses is obtainable here.\u2014_\u2014 DEFENCES ON THE ALAND ISLANDS.London, May 74\u2014The British Foreign Office has issued a statement to the effect that Russia recently spontaneously renewed assurances that the defenses of the Aland Islands Finland, were purely for the emergencies of the present.war.These assurances, says the Hdrcign Office, wer made without being requested by Great Britain or France, as un- official deqpatches have previously MESSAGE FROM KING OF ITALY NEW EFFORTS AND\" MORE SACRIFICES ARE DEMANDED THROUGH WAR.Rome, via Paris, May 24\u2014 King Victor Emmanuel has addressed the following order of the day to the army and navy: \u201cSoldiers of land and sea\u2014respond.- ing with enthusiasm to the appeal ni the country a year ago.you hastened to fight, in conjunction with our brave allies.our hereditary enemy, and assure the realization of our national claims.\u201cAfter having surmounted.diff.- culties of every nature, you have fought in a hundred combats and won, for you have the ideal of Italy in your heart.But the country again asks of you new efforts and more sac rifices.\u201c1 do not doubt that you will know how to give new prcofs of bravery and force Bf mind.The country, proud and grateful.sustains you in vour arduous task by its fervent affection.its calm demeanor and its admirable confidence.\u201cI sincerely hope that fortune will accompany us in future battles, as you accompany my constant thoughts.\u201d The order was General Headquarters issued from the of the army - today.Tn all the leadinæ-IÎtalian towns demonstrations in celebration of the an niversary of Italy's entrance into the war assumed imposing proportions, In Rome those taking part in a big demonstration acclaimed the Queen and royal family, as well as the embassies of the Allies.SITUATION IN CHINA.Shanghai, My 24.~General Chen Yi, governor of the province of Szechuen, on Monday last officially proclaimed the independence of Szechuen at Chengtu.A despatch from Shanghai May 7 said advices had been received there to the effect that Chengtu, capital of Szechuen, had assumed its independence without a formal declaration to that effect.The despatch added that Governor Chen Yi had five divisions of troops, while the northern General Tsac-Kun, at Chungking, 178 miles south-erst of Chengtu, had three divisions.It was considered that a conflict between the two opposing forces was poss-ble.reported.RITA « Dry GINGERALE SodaWater Unaer a rain of shot and shell, which inflicted enonnous loses, the Germans have again taken Fert Dousumont, north-east of Verdun, from the French.As though to somewhat even the score, however, the French in spirited counter-attacks to the north-west of Verdun, recaptured from %e Germans trenches on the southern outskirts of the village of Cumieres, which the Germans had occupied in the late fighting, and also stopped with their artillery several attempts of the Germans to debouch from the village.The fighting around Fort.Douaumont was furieus, the Germans launching attack after attack against the fort, employing among others two frech divirions of Bavarians.Several times the attacks were put down with heavy losses, but finally the Germans succeeded in re-occupying the point of vantage which they had held yirtually since the commencement of the Verdun offensive until the French drove them out several days ago.The French still retain the immediate approach to the fort.On the Austro-Itatian front, the Austrians from the Lake Garda region tc \u2018the Val Sugana district ars heeping up their violent offensive against the ftalisnz.Driven across their torder south-east of Trent the Italians are endeavoring to hold a fortified line from Asiago to Arsiero and the heights Est of the Val D'Assa, but the Austrians report that they have captured over $5,000 officcrs and men, 251 cannon, 101 machine guns and sixteen bemb throwers.Rome admit: that in effecting their retreat across the order the Italians destroyed artillery which it was impossible to withdraw.The usual fighting is in progress along the Russian front between the Teutonic allies and the Russians, and in Asiatic Turkey between the Turks and the Russiars and the British and Turks.No material change in the situation anywhere in these several war theatres has been reported.As an outgrowth of recent talk of peace, Sir Edward Grey has reiterated in the House of Commons that the time is not yet ripe for peace.It was the duty of diplomacy to maintain the solidarity of the Entente Allies, he said, until a stage of the war had been reached where the prospect of maintairing an enduring peace would be with the Allies.\u2018 The American note to Great Britain and France reiterating, though mose strongly than in the previous note, the government's protests against he ceirars and detention of legitimate mal matter bow te and from che United States, has been handed to the British and.Reench Ambassadors at Washington.HUNS RETAKE FORT DOUAUMONT.Paris, May 84, 11.10 p.m.\u2014The Germans have re-occupied Fort Douaumont, while the French hold the immediate approach to that position.This announcement is made in the official communication issued by the French War Offic: tonight, which says that two new divisions of Bavarians effected the recapture after a series of furious attacks.The text of the statement reads: \u201cOn the left bank of the Meuse the infantry action continued east of Le Mort Honime.Several times our artillery firs stopped the enemy who had attempted to dehouch from the village of Cumieres.|In the course oi the afternoon a spirited counter-attack enabled us to retake trenches situated on the southern outskirt of the village.\u201cOn the right bank the bombardment was redoubled in the region of Fort Douaumont, on which the enemy had particularly set himself.Furious attacks with two Bavarian divisions newly arrived on this front succeeded cach other all day.After several fruitless attempts and enormous losses, the enemy succeeded in re-occupying the ruins of the fort.Our troops hold the immediate approach.\u201cAbout the same time an attempt to flank our positions in the Caillette wood completely failed under our gunfire and the fire of our infantry.\u201cThers is no event of importance to report on the rest of the front.\u201d Belgian communication: \u201cThe artillery actions on both sides were rather feeble, except in the region of Dixmude where we carried out a destructive fire against the German defensive organizations.\u201d ANOTHER AMERICAN NOTE Washington, May 34\u2014Identical notes renewing the protest of the United States against Rritish treatment of neutral mails on the high seas were handed to the British and French Ambassadors today by Acting Socretary Polk of the State Department.The documents were signed by Secretary of State Lansing at his home, where he has been ill for several days.The United States reiterates in mors vigorous terms its objection to the seirure and detention of legitimate mall matter bound to and from the United States, and insists, particularly, that Great Britain stop the practise of seizing vessels on the high seas and taking them inte port to eubject mail aboard to local regulations.The note probably will be made public Saturday in London, Paris and Washington by agreement.MORE PEACE TALK.London, May 8¢\u2014A rumor that Prince Von Buelow is to visit the Uaited States as a peace delegate is current in diplomatic circles here, but up to the present hour it has not been possible to obtain confirmation from any authoritative source.The rumor, however, attracts much attention in consideration of the fact that Prince Von Buelow was lately summoned to see the German Emperor, and that, as he has not been in office during the war, he can disclaim any share in the conduction of the war.CANNED PEACHES, in heavy syrup CANNED PEARS, in light syrup .CANNED STRAWBERRIES.CANNED RASPBERRIES.JORDAN CHERRIES, in heavy syrup .SINGAPORE PINEAPPLES, 2.1b.cans LIBBY'S SWEET POTATORS .++.18¢ each; $1.90 dos.++.18¢ each; $1.00 dos.Retab.1686.Fighting Around Captured Positions Was Furious\u2014 Austrians Still Keep Up Violent Offensive Against Italians \u2014 Russians Are Busy In Europe And Asia\u2014Allies Received Another American Note | 16.OUND CUMIERES | VON BESELER 1S BIG GUN EXPERT TWO BIG BOOKS JUST DAVID \u2014by Eleanor Porter, sut hor of \u201cFreckles,\u201d \u201cPollyanna,\u201d etc, \u2014 ANG \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 Nan of Music Mountain \u2014dy Frank H.Spearman, author of \u201cWhispering Smith,\u201d etc.JOHN \u2018E, WALSH\u2019S Rez\u2019d.11 ST.JOHN STREET.GERMAN GENERAL 18 POPULAR AMONG THE HUNS\u2014HE VORS NIGHT ATTACKS.General Hans Von Beseler\u2014or Unser Hans ay he is {amiliarly called by the German rank and file, is the: most popular man in Germany today | with the exception oi \u201cFather\u201d Hin- RE \u2014 _\u2014 By Appointment Furriers tn Hi: Majesty King George Ÿ.HE CARE that we give to costly Furs denberg.It was von Beseler in person who | directed the German big gun and | mining operations before Namur, ( Maubeurge, Antwerp, and Novo- Georgievsk.Lt is von Beseler once | again who is in charge of the 164: in.Krupp howitzers and 12in.Skoda, mortars, whose fire is heing concen! trated on the \u201cforts\u201d of Verdun.Of both the ability and tenacrity afj purpose of von Bescler there can be! no doubt; and though he is a typical | product of extreme specialism in just | two suh-sections of modern war in| dustry he is 30 reported to be a .man of original ideas.Bescler would certainly not finch! from the slaughter involved in re-, peated frontal assaults on entrenched | positions.Still, it may be doubted | whether se sci-ntific a mind as von; Reseler's would anprove unrestricted- ; ly of the mad-hull 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