Show t r S r 1 ithe ona t 1 t rt N 4 x ibbA t 1 if r r o f-b f r Y r f K N l tr a y fr v v 1 4 bit r r 3 f k I t t x i fr r 1 w 1 n t t f U t r t 2 7 M J 11 3 t s t t I Cat N. N f fr r X t yr S l f I ADVANCE f y F J YF t PICKETS BREAKING d 4 Y fi jB TRAIL OVER T GLACIAL HEIGHTS r f a. a t ts s s b t TRENCH DIGGING AFTER A f MOUNTAIN SNOW SNOWSTORM STORM Ir 1 00 o r. w 4 A ly lyA f MAULING A BIG BIG GUN OVER BRIDGELESS Jp CHASM J I Alva w By DR FELICE FERRERO Director Italian Bureau of Public Information The he blood and treasure of ot Italy were freely spent In the successful effort to put Hungary Austria out of at the war var While Italy's efforts were not confined ro to the Austrian front trant her contribution to to th the allied success was greater grenter here than In the other places where here her troops fought the battle for civilization Her financial and Industrial efforts have b been en equal to ber her military effort and In nil alt these directions Italy has not lagged Jagged behind her allies That at the nature and extent of at these efforts may be better understood by tho the American public I wish to review them briefly In considering Italy's military contributions con con- let me emphasize the fact tact that her soldiers have hac not confined their fighting to their own soil Oil Like those of or her allies nilles they have bave gone far afield They hey contributed largely to the glorious glori glen Oils ous victory on tho Balkan front A large contingent In France first gave ga powerful aid In the defense defenso of then took part In tho the advance of the allied tilled f forces Italy Had Under Unde Under Arms Ince the bc beginning of ot th the war Italy has called to tIle to the colors little less than thun thans s O men and nud has hal suffered a n loss of ot almost of them Of or that loss lows nearly died In battle hattle and from disease Over OOOO are t totally Incapacitated either by blindness blind blind- ness neBs loss of ot limb or tuberculosis At J t t YM i 4 1 t WHERE REo THE ITALIAN LINE CROSSED LINE CROSSED THE HEIGHTS OF Z write t e ly y the present moment the strength of the Ia Italian an army t 1 li 4 4 Including tho the class of at men born In 1000 who have been called to the colors recent recent- ly It may be said then that the nations nation's nations nation's na nn- na- na tion's Uon's power man has suffered a permanent permanent per per- manent loss of ot nearly a million But serious as Is this loss Italy Haly has Inflicted an nn even greater punishment upon the foe toe In Austrian prisoners mers alone she has taken approximately a million The Austrian loss 1055 In tn killed and wounded Is Is of ot course course unknown to tous tous tous us but even the most conservative estimates es es- make It far tar greater than ours In the tho June offensive on n the Piave alone over Austrian dead were left lett on the field Under Extreme Aside from their achievements In I other theatres of or the war Italy's soldiers soldiers sol sol- diers have tou fought ht through fifteen furious furious furious fu fu- rious offensives on tho the Isonzo and anti the IMaye Piave inflicting terrible tosses losses asses on the foe In each cuell These campaigns were carried on In to mountainous re regions lons and under rigorous rl orous weather conditions that taxed to the utmost the tIle genius of at the military engineers and ond the endurance of at the troops The foe toc when hostilities heath ties opened were entrenched In caroi caro- caro J 1 i f r s S lf y i 9 r 1 a rt v H 44 J vt t 4 r x t r I 1 rr 1 fry S A o y T A 41 HOISTING HEAVY ARTILL ARTILLERY R UP P TH FAC Y fy OF A MOUNTAIN I r V. V SENTINEL fully pr prepared p r d and seemingly Impre impregnable 1 positions backed by hy a ne network worl of at military roads and ond railroads On the Italian side were deep gorges un un- scalable cliffs almost Impassable glaciers gla gla- ciers elers passes passes filled with snow and commanded commanded commanded com com- comI I by An Austrian guns buns There were no suitable roads or bridges es The surmounting KUT- KUT mounting of these has hos challenged challenged challenged chal chal- the admiration of at the tile Ing world Over Ocr 2500 miles of at roads have been constructed on OD the mountains and of at Albania and 1000 miles of at aerial cable railroads have been built to carry food ammunition ammu and guns uns over deep ravines Economic Difficulties The magnitude of ot this military effort can call be fully appreciated only when one takes Into consideration the economic structure of at the n nation tIn and tho the nature and number of or Its Us population One must remember that out of or Inhabitants In Italy at nt the hc beginning of or the war war only were male This seeming g dis disproportion i iby Is caused by emigration which was ns largely compo composed com composed com com- po posed ed of at male adults Out of or those only were adults economically productive Consequently Consequent Consequent- ly Iy the subtraction of at tho the mobilized rOcs forces has hod had an nn acute rute reaction on on the llie life of or the notion nation It Is estimated that on un an average only 00 adults each vIIla village vil vII remained remained-In each town or la lane lage e to provide pro In each ench case for some 30 children below the of or fifteen Furthermore the thc traditions of at Italian Ital tan ian an family life render the work of ot their women an economic factor of at less im tm- importance than Hinn In some other countries though It U has hus been utilized to tho the ut ut- x OP Or TH THE IH SNOWS most I Is la h becoming more available I as IS old aliI fr give way woy to wars war's ne De- No Troops From Colonies Italy Haly got sot no help from colonial con con- On the c contrary th the scarcity searcH got of at native o troops In Italy's colonies compelled the government o to reinforce them with troops from the mother country Nor has Ims help come to Italy through the operation co-operation of t workmen of ot neutral or countries Italy Holy on the other r hand sent a large Contingent Con con- contingent con con- of or stalled skilled workmen to France thus allowing her to release valued elements for war nr var furthermore near nearly ly ty of at our male mole adults re residing ld n In America gave to this great grent nation direct contribution to her economic and military efforts To o meet their military obligations I r u t II rv I r fi li I I Y r rJ J r. r p TRANSPORTING TRANSPORT MUNITIONS TION S THROUGH PATHLESS MOUNTAIN N. WILDERNESS 1 therefore the Italian people bare been compelled to cut Into the thc most urgent needs of oC n agriculture and Industry Her continuous lack of or labor has made walle the tusk rusk of or feeding the rhe array army and providing provid In ing It with munitions a n most difficult one And lacking labor and In Industrial In development lacking locking almost t entirely coal coni and raw materials hn lins by hy n miracle of energy been heen stile able to ro create almost t from nothing n powerful power power- ful Cui organization of at war Industries Difficult to Obtain Goods The very err act of entering the war cut cutoff oft off Italy from tram one oue of or the sources of at supply of at manufactured products ItIs It ItIs Itis Is not nece necessary sary here to enlarge upon pon the well weB known fact that Italian markets mar markets were largely under antler the domination of or Germany and ond Austria That Is a situation that Is as ns well known to Americans as It tt is and was distasteful to Italians And it might be said In passing passin that It Is a n situation that must mu t the bo lie against by allied cooperation co opera ern- ern tion and sympathetic economic relationship rela rein when peace comes Mr Francis H. H Sisson vice president prest- prest dent of at the Guaranty Trust Company In a recent article on the ec n situation of at Italy points out that while Germany before the war dominated the foreign trade of at Italy so far a as manufactures were concerned than i country countr was one of or the best customers customers' of or tile the United States In raw materials foodstuffs That writer also points of ot her luif out that it was the adjustment Industrial and commercial life lite to th the burdensome new conditions that has h s p created an nn entirely new economic fair t fabj tic In Italy il il t I f devotion of ot her resources t toi says Ii war purposes s has been heen complete Mr Sl Sisson on Her pre-eminence pre p in n tn the d cj production of certain articles of ot c corn com merce marked d her as us the chief source sou-rc of or supply for tor similar products of or I a It warlike n nature ture Her ordinary lion tion of or automobiles aeroplanes tu to tu hines bines anti and Y oil all engines has hns me mely me thi th mm I ly been In Intensified and modified mOllified In of 01 standardization a direction direction ot df such a n would permit quantity production m Financially Italy Responded Well 1 Financially Italy also has re respond pon I with nn cn a tie fat cd ed to the demands of at war open open titan that has surprise surprised tl even herself From Prom August 1 I WU t l D ter f IU hc total expenditure the thc end of at 1917 the of or the flue state were were Ca Cal 4 U Une rotating culottes on time the e basis of a monthly ate are 1 4 ago age expenditure for of S' S cost of the war wari nr to o Ita the total l i would be more than than than- The rue first national loan yielded ab bo e h and I it iG seemed a grel at S lUll ne Ott In October one struggle single but th the yielded about t ha s 's If remembered ered too It must be rem labor lobor shortage has meant a pf vicious cl fy b established a n n age e. e It ba has bas s 6 cle Our lighters and Industrial l l For wor t Ii era erg have accomplished their WO trio tb t while forced to endure n a to restricted diet that has hus meant real continuous suffering such ns 08 1 robs lD Is not to be found anywhere am amI la I t. t i k f tt tho the other belligerent peoples p H 1 1 |