Show FORCES WILL HOLD H U SECRETARY BAKER PLATES FUTURE IN N ITALIAN THEATRE WITH confidence full strength of austro german ef forts forta has ha not yet been developed american troops occupying first line trenches Tren chet hardening of tho the ital lao join anti anil the precious british and firch belne being delle d reil la in the war theotre it leada ds ecie baker in tits 11 weekly ecklyn 1 w to coll tenil late the future in I 1 tev that hat flold field ft fill confidence lie ile out nut however that hut the full strength ut of the austro kennna efforts hus has not yet baen d ali HIP only to thi of the i estein flout sicre re american troops occupy firt alln triin clies ca la is that the men linic lime shown mortley arthy of tile the best hadit ions of the american army 1 fhe training of our national army Is now rapidly the state anent at all the camps the luo morale ritte of our new cluzen citizen soldiers Is ie ported as excell excellent euL after the successes sulan gulrud d by tiie the ailles la in the west during tile the preceding joeli belc the relative calm of if the last seven day period pt was to ile be andel pitted it Is significant however that the jestion of tile enemy has baa been rein thel slight hoth both in the region north vc f the ihu alum und aad la in Fl auders I 1 I 1 at tills to biou of the year the fogbound loui tl fieldi of ri anders cra and beidl bad weather makes it difficult to co erdl nate major operations with nen et Llie less ai tillery tile ie piea aln further of leash e engagements germans germane nervous i 1 hostile artil artillery liry fire Is 11 old in the nien atea along the iser har cen foring around i nd the shell eliell ilig by the increased increase d during the tha letter latter part ut of the it a de bernou knoss ou on the part of the 1 I lest any unexpected offensive let lun diff k N 1101 lop along the hie 11 rench front no engage of imp i are decoi ded rhe ue nt v i amu italy is id move more en lu the skillful skilful handling ut of lurre large of i and the of de anal fen bentile tile positions hae bien been carrica out by tile the idallan arkules nit alth it energy and I 1 lit in nil all of tile the thell irl ewh amid nd 11 ahe t dilong four diffee ent line hue of at t al it ij to mid it if to klitsh the fil ii it I 1 it beulh luto into the heart of bol ailet n italy alle ill ae attempting to drive ahead rf the venetian plain along ll 11 bicad front the anatro gernian forles lim tl thrown iron billi alnie of if tionna 11 the ille defene defense def enle IN 1 positions gi liling the trentino in ID alte of the intense ht rain of the i lilt ants the italian defense Is diml aig |