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Show PROFESSOR JOHN Mac-NEILL, Mac-NEILL, one of the intellectuals intel-lectuals who inspired the Sinn Fein movement in Ireland which led to the recent rebellion. "Italy's breat Hour Has Struck," Is the Comment Com-ment of the Roman Press and Public When News of Continued Disaster Arrives From the Battle Front. LONG-RANGE GUNS ARE GIVEN CREDIT Rear and Flank of the Main Italian Army Threatened by the Success Suc-cess of the Enemy in the Tyrol, and Entire Venetian Region Is in Danger. .Special TaJile by Arraiigemf nt with Ixinilon Daily Telegraph and Internal ioaul News Service. ) LONDOX, May 22. -The 1 Austrian drive on Vicenza. p-ainiiif fresh mo mentum, has now carried completely across the Lavarouc plateau and the frontier heights to the westward, according ac-cording to an official statement from Vienna, the Italians having been rolled back to Astach valley and the Monte Tormiuo-Monle Majo line. The number num-ber of prisoners taken by the Austrians has been increased to 2;,SS3; the number num-ber of heavy caliber cannon to 172. King Victor' Emmanuel of Italy is reported re-ported to have 'started from Vicenza, headquarters of the Italian army of the Trentino, to rally his troops. Great reinforcements are being .rushed to the j front. Huge Guns in Action. The'Austrian archduke, Charles Francis Fran-cis Joseph, heir to the crown, has had placed at his disposal huge mimbeis of veteran warriors of the Russian, Serbian Ser-bian and Montenegrin fronts, it is scmi-officially reported. These are tbc men who are smashing forward behind a furious fire of heavy-calibered guns in an effort to reach the Alps, above Vicenza, gaining control of the entire Venetian region and menacing the flank and rear of the main Italian arpjies, thereby forcing a withdrawal from all the occupied territory on the Ismizo and other fronts to the eastward. With King Victor at the head of his j troops and the Austrian heir apparent i leading the empire's legions,' still another anoth-er ruler may visit the Austro-Itulian front, according to a despatch from Geneva. Ge-neva. Kaiser Wilhetm himself is said to be contemplating a journey to the Trentino Tren-tino to watch the great offensive of Germany's Ger-many's ally. New Levies Arrive. The new levies which have " reached tho Trentino have , more than douhled j the forces which have withstood the Italians Ital-ians for a year, according to advices from both Vicuna and Rome. In addition addi-tion to hundreds of heavy field batteries from the Russian front and new guns fresh from the factories, a large number of long-range rifles, dismounted from battleships in Pol a bay, are said to have been added tu the phalanx by which the Austrians hope to smash' the Italian defense. de-fense. " The Austrian drive is being conducted on the same tactics as the Austro-Oer-man drive- t h rough Calteia and Poland last year. The infantry is called upon tn storm only after the opposing positions posi-tions have been shattered by terrific bombardments. The Austrian official statement received re-ceived here tonight is the first announcement announce-ment of the Austrian victory by which the T java rone plateau was swept clear of tho Italians. , ITALIAN PEOPLE REALIZE DANGER OF THE SITUATION ROME, May 22. via Paris, G:55 p. m. "Italy's great hour has struck," Is the theme of the comment of the public and the press on the news that is being ro- (Continued on Page Two.) HANS. FORCE THE IHS BACK 1 (Continued from Page One.) ceived from the front All the reports coming from the fighting zone agree that the number of Austrian troops now in action ac-tion has been more than doubled and that the Austrian artillery, especially heavy, long-range guns, Is daily increasing and unmasking the imposing offensive prepared pre-pared by Austria with the object of reaching reach-ing the Alps above Vlcenza, from which the Austrians would be able to dominate the entire Venetian region and threaten the flank and rear of the main Italian army occupying' the provinces of Udine and Belluno. |