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Show I Italy Rushing Military Preparations I Vigorously Along Austrian Frontier I FURIOUS AND COSTLY FIGHTING I NEAR YPRES STILL CONTINUES I 'S " R- British Cling Tenaciously to Ground Taken Last Saturday h. Germans Make Counter-attacks Again and Again Hill m No. 60 Remains Storm Center Losses Run Into Thousands French Drive in Direction of St. Mihiel Continues Rumors of Austro- a. ! Italian Situation, it ; J I ROODS STOP FIGHTING IN CARPATHIANS LS is l Petrograd Reports Artillery Fighting During Last Fortnight ti- Near Eaat Prussian Frontier, With Advantage to Rus- s sians Attempts of Austrians to Outflank Enemy i- in Northern Hungary Fail and Troops Are Routed With Heavy Losses German and Austrian Subjects Being Recalled , 1 From Switzerland. IV 11 I ITALIAN GOVERNMENT REQUISITIONS I ALL VESSELS IN TRADE WITH U. S. f Copenhagen, April 22, via London, 2 p. m. The pres ence of an Anglo-French squadron in the waters to the north ' of Stavanger, Norway, is reported by vessels coming into - Copenhagen, A Norwegian coast steamer from the waters , says she was stopped and inspected by a British warship. ; Reports continue to be received here of the presence of Ger- man warships in the North Sea. i ; Geneva, April 22, via Paris 5:25 p. m. All German and Austrian subjects in Switzerland, even those who never did military service, were recalled yesterday by their respective! governments. News reached Lugano this morning that the Italian government gov-ernment had stopped the trans-Atlantic service with the United States. Passengers who had purchased tickets have had their money returned to them. The Italian government, the report - aays, requires all the steamships. Berlin, April 22, via London, 2:20 p. m. The German . admiralty today gave out a statement saying that in a certain t German bay of the North Sea British submarines have been repeatedly observed, recently, and attacked by German forces. Such a hostile submarine was sent to the bottom April 1 7 and the destruction of other such vessels is considered probable. Rome, April 22, via Paris, 5:35 p. m. A report from Petrograd today said that Italy had sent a note to Austria which virtually amounted to an ultimatum. The note is said to embody the minimum terms upon which Italy will consent to conclude an agreement with Austria. It is impossible to confirm this report here. General opinion in Rome is that an agreement may still be reached. Nevertheless military preparations prep-arations are being continued with the greatest energy along the frontier where Austria is concentrating troops. J Paris. April 22, via London, 1.50 p m. The official report on the prog- res of hostilities given out by the French war office th is afternoon eon-tains eon-tains nothing additional to what was In the announcement made public j last night Berlin War Statement Berlin April 22 via London. 2:45 p. m. German army headquarters to day gave out a report on the progress of bofct1HtleK reading ln the western arena south of La Bsse canal and to the northwest J of Arras we undertook several successful suc-cessful mining operations. "In the Argonne and in the region between the Meuse and the Moselle jreeterday saw fierce artillery engagements. engage-ments. After a surprise artillery attack, at-tack, French forces last nihl ad- Touted In the western part of the g wood of Ie Pretre but they were re- ' pulsed with heavy lossee. j' "On the northeast border of Hari- Bianns Wellerkopf we destroyed a point of support of the enemy and in i the evening we drove back a French I attack. 'Iji the eastern arena of hostill-Lee hostill-Lee the situation nhows no change " Heavy Artillery Duel. 1 London, April jt2, 5 40 a in. The Reuter Telegram company has received receiv-ed fiora Petrograd the follo-wlnfc semiofficial semi-official statement. "From April 6 to 19 at Myszyniec (near the East Prussian frontier) and In the direction of Lomz and Stawiskl, there vas n duel of heavy artillery, I In which the Russians had the advantage advan-tage silencing one of the enemy'B batteries. bat-teries. In the direction of Lomza two enemy batteries suffered severely Jl as well as a train of artillery call iOJJB in the region of Stawiski and a oonvoy on the Kolno road. "Thanks to efficient aeroplane work Or guns, often at a distance of 12 torsi': (eight miles) inflicted great damage upon the enemy's re &er e ---------------------h ,iiiir'ii trains which supposed themselves at a safe distance." Germans Shell British Trawder. Aberdeen. April 22. via London 3 27 p m The trawler Fusehia arrived ar-rived here today with the crew of the trawler Envoy, and reported that the Envoy had been shelled by a German Ger-man submarine last night off the east coast. The men on the Envoy left their ship in a small boat which they say, also, wa6 shelled by the submarine sub-marine No one wae injured. i ne envoys crew drifted about in l he Bmall boat Tor two hours before bo-ing picked up. It has not been 68-tablished 68-tablished whether the Envov was sunk. Review of War Situation. Ixmdoa. April 22. 12:30 p. m. Hill No. fiO, dominating an area to the southeast of Ypres, continues to be the storm of the western front with the British clinging: tenacloiis'ly to the ground taken by assault last Sat urday. Counter attack after counter attack has been so far successfully lepulsed but the British hold it still disputed by the Germans and the end of tbe lively and costly fighting is not yet in sight. The British losses have not been announced, but they are estimated es-timated at well over 2.000. The Germans Ger-mans are believed to have loat more than 4,000 men. The French drive In the direction of St Mihiol is about the onlv other oth-er significant move in the west. The condition of the ground,1 both in the eaBt and west, is now being directly retlected in tbe local operations opera-tions The situation along the entire en-tire eastern front is for the moment apparently at a standstill, floods having impeded military activity in the Carpathian to a large extent. On the other hand fine weather has pre vailed In the west for some davs and, barring a heavy storm, the ground will become harder daily, a condition' which should cause increased activity on each side. Hill No. 60 Important Point. The British press concede that the taking of Hill No. 60 is largely a lo cal matter, but it oonsiders this engagement en-gagement an important step forward and a great relief to the town of Ypres. so long under bombardment The Germans in possession of this hill, were not only above the town, but they threatened the British lines in the dirccUon of St. Eloi. The taking of this hill, therefore, reduced the Inconvenience of the Ypres salient, sali-ent, strengthens the British lines to the south, gives an advantageous position po-sition for further efforts and renders the German offensive in this quarter difficult. Deadlock 16 Broken. The deadlock in the negotiation? between Austria and Italy has been broken and hopes of a settlement of the questions at issue without resort to arms have been revived In Rom',' It is not known by persons, other than those closely concerned, what c hange has taken place to reHevp the apparently hopeless situation but Rome assumes that either Austria or Italy has made some concession. Italy It-aly has been represented previously as demanding in their entirety Trent and Ishtria districts as well as the Dalmatian islands in the Adriatic whereas Austria was beliered to be willing to yield only a small part of this territory. Turks Rtrnnnlv FntrwirhH. A strong Turkish army is preparing to offer resistance to the land forces with which the allies expect to attack the Dardanelles fortifications from the rear. An Athens' dispatch says the Turks have entrenched themselves strongly along the coast of the Gulf of Saros It is in this vicinity, according ac-cording to unofficial advices yesterday yester-day that 20,000 British and French troops have landed. Turkish encampments encamp-ments along the coast are being bombarded bom-barded by warships of the allies. Petrograd reports that during the last fortnight there has been artillery fighting In northern Russian Poland near the east Prussian frontier. The Russians are said to have won the advantage The check to the Rus sian advancein Carpathians, ascribed in Berlin to Russian defeats, is said In Petrograd to be due to spring floods, which make maneuvers difficult. diffi-cult. The German admiralty announced today that a British submarine was sunk five days ago in Helgoland bay, which lies between the mainland and the island of Helgoland It is said British submarines have been observed ob-served and attacked repeatedly in this bay. it Petrograd it is asserted that attempt at-tempt of Austrians to outflank the Russians who invaded northern Hungary, Hun-gary, have failed, the Austrians being routed with heavy losses. |