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Show GERMANS SUBMARINE OFFENSIVE U-boats Being Massed for Attack on American Lines of Communication Communica-tion by Sea in Conjunction Conjunc-tion With Impending Drive on the Western Front. BAKER REVIEWS WAR ACTIVITIES Artillery Combats Along the Entire Front in Northern Italy; Bombs Dropped by Teuton Airmen Kill Three Women; French Repulse Re-pulse Raid. LONDON, Jan. '2 S. Reports of disturbances In Germany again arc current In Holland, and severe outbreaks out-breaks axe sAid to have occurred in the Eheinish industrial districts. Troops with machine tuns have heen summoned to Muelhcrim, ou -the Rhine, eppo.-iito Cologne, but there are no details, WASHINGTON". Jan. :7 W arming thai the GcrmuiiB are preparing for a great submarine offensive against the American lines of communication with France In connection with the impending Teuton drive against the west front I?i given by Secretary Baker in his weekly military review made public tonight by the "war department. Itecently there has lecn a niarV;cd decrease de-crease in the number of allied merchant ships sunk by submarine!. The explanation explana-tion tor this is found In the withdrawal of submarines in preparation for the coming thrust on land and seas. "During the rri-vl tinder review, renewed re-newed activity along the entire western front is! noted," the report adds. "The region bordering tho North s:a lias oii' again brcome the c.ne cf severe fighting. Ostend Bombarded. "A ca.ro f'lT.y co-ordinated op? ration undertaken un-dertaken by British monitors artinz m concert w tth land ba t tris in the a rea north of Ypres. sul jected the Germs n defenses de-fenses of Ostend and surrounding country to a severe bombardment. "In the Italian theater the Importance of the successful French assault in the region of tho Monte Tomba three week.i ago N pr'". en by t lie retreat of the memy I in this d rea, I "Reports reach w- of the- increasing rf fi iven? of the .la1." population of Aus- tria, more particularly the Czechs. Strike in Vienna. "The general strike- in Vienna and other upheavals throughout the monarchy are assuming serious proportions and they are no loncer to be held of mere internal interest, but will inevitably react on the general p-Mitb-al situation. "In Ku.-sia pea-e negotiations have continued con-tinued v ith frequent interrupt ions. "In Palest in" the British arc extending extend-ing their Lines to the north and during the week advanced further in the neighborhood neigh-borhood of Dur3h on a frontage of approximately ap-proximately four miles. " The ictnrv of the British ovr the Turkish naval forces off the Pardanc:les must he mentioned as an event of especial military signnieanrc." Makes Prediction. Referring to the possfbic submarine offensive. of-fensive. Mr. Baker's review says: "As the time draws near, whfn once again the enemy w ill endeaA or to strike a det-isivo blow in the west, it must he emphasized that he will not be content with mere military operations on a large scale. "Tnirinr the past fortnight enemy sub- : marines lu e been recalled to home ports to be refi'ted. and the most powerful sub- : marine offensive hitherto undertaken mav , be expected to bo launched against our lines of communication with France, to interrupt the steady flow of men and munitions for our own armies and fvd exports for the allies." Italians Take Prisoners. ROME Jan. 7. There was artillerv activity ac-tivity yesterday along the entire front in northeastern Italy, ihe Italian war riVe announced today. F.nomv forres la-t night attempted to approach the lUilfan lines t Capo Site, near the mout n of the h'iave river, but were prompuv r1-Dulse-1 and in a counter-attack th Italian-' brouaht bark prisoners. Bombs drooped bv Teutonic airplanes on Treviso "and Mestre r!a:n:ed s:x v,onen victims three being killed. Three horita!s at. Mb're . were damaged ti evpl'sivos. "Aerial actiity was notable front Lake (Continued on Page Two.) rj GERMANS PREPARING , li-BDAT DFFEH5IVE (Continued from Page One.) Garda to the sea. Eritisli airmen brought down two machines within the enemy Unes and one in flames," the sialemoiU says. Berlin Report. BERLIN-, -Jan. 27. (British admiralty per wireless press. ) The official .'.j.te-tnent .'.j.te-tnent issued today by the German army headquarters staff says: j Western theater: Fichting" activity was slight on almost the entire front. Prisoners were brought in as the result re-sult of small operu tiona south of the river Oise and in the upper Yosges, south of Lusse. Italian front: On the Asia so plateau and east of the Brenta river there were lively artillery duels. Italian attacks against Monte Pertica failed. French Repulse Raiders. PARIS, Jan. 27,-"Except for two German Ger-man attempts to raid small French i.osts in the region of the Fave river (in the Yosges). which were repulsed by our flr,e, there was nothing of importance in t he course of last night to report." says today's to-day's war office announcement. Haig's Report. LOXDOX, Inn. 17. The official report from Field Marshal Haig's headquarters in France tonight Fays: Karly-Inst night an enemy party approached our lines south of Lens, but wfiR dispersed with loss by our fire. There is nothing further of interest. in-terest. Intermittent Cannonade. PARIS. Jan. 27. The war office announcement an-nouncement tonight says: There was an intermittent cannonade cannon-ade oxer The greater part of the front, which was quite spirited in the region to the east, of the road he-: he-: -a cen St. "lilaire and St. t'ouplet, where our artillery carried out efficacious effica-cious fires of destruction. Eastorn theater, Jan. The day was calm along the whole front, Turkish Report. LONDON. Jan., 7. An official report from Turkish headquarters received by the British admiralty wireless today, says: There is continued aerial activity in the Jjardanelh-s. Two enemy warships were forced to retreat by tho fire of our land batteries, and an enemy mine sweeper was hit thrice and repulsed re-pulsed in an attempt to penetrate Tachandarle bay. |