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Show oo 1 BAD NEWS FROM THE ; . ITALIAN FRONT ' i j Smashing at tho Italian lines, the ! Germans are making great headway along .the Isonzo front Our opinion I i Is there is more serious consequences j in prospect on the Italian frontier I than at any other point in the war J zone. . i When word was received that the i r Germans were massing to strike a i 1 blow, it became apparent that at last 1 i the Kaiser had so disposed of his military mili-tary forces that he could concentrate on Italy. Tho late German activities on the 1 Russian lines were for tho purpose of J keeping the Russians on the defensive h and so over-awing them that largo units could be withdrawn and sent to the Isonzo. If it is true that 60,000 Italians have been captured, then obviously the Ital- ian army around Gorlzla Is In danger of being overwhelmed. To capture ; that number means the killing and ! maiming of three or four times as fl ' many fighting men and the putting I j I j out of action a big percentage of the J i entire Italian troops. ) Jj . This news should bring a sober face to every American. Should Italy fail, America has a bigger task to perforin, and greater sacrifices to mako than the nation soemed called on to contribute contrib-ute when war was declared In April last And hero Is the big foaturo of this news t Gonnany is not exhausted and Germany Ger-many has not entirely lost tho initiative. initia-tive. From the time Italy entered, the war, we hare inquired as to why the central powers did not striko with all their might through tho Alps. It would not surpriso us if American Ameri-can troops wore appealed to by the Italians to holp resist the battalions of tho Kaiser, and yet the Americans are far from prepared to take on a task of that kind, as they have not had sufficient training in the now warfare and aro without tho heavy guns necessary neces-sary to stemming the oncoming army. |