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Show CfllffiOFM Setbacks Have Not Broken the Spirits of the People of Italy. ROME, Sunday, Oct. 30. All Italy realizes that tho Italian second army is standing a supreme test as a result of the combined German and Austro-Hungarlan Austro-Hungarlan offensive on the eastern frontier. The tone of the press is courageous notwithstanding tho set- , backs that thus far havo been reported. report-ed. The newspapers agree that the Germans Ger-mans are aiding the Austrians in the belief that Italy is starving, rent by internal in-ternal disorders and ready to desert, the entente. Also, they say, Italy offered of-fered the best groundB for a new success suc-cess with the German armies which were found to bo no longer needed on the Russian front. The reason for the attack through tho Tolmino region Is asserted to be partly duo to the opportunity provided provid-ed for threatening the outflanking of the entire Carso plateau and the lower low-er Isonzo whero the Italians made irains durinjr tho summer and because tho Italians long have sought to penetrate pene-trate the passes of Tolmino, thfgh which lies tho railroads running into tho heart of Austria, Ono Incident of the retreat of the Italians has been the defense of Monte Nero, where most fierce fighting took place for an entire week, with the Italians ablo to retreat but refusing to do so. This gallant defense was made because Monte Nero literally has been consecrated with the. blood of Italians since tho commencement of the war. GERMAN PAPERS DELIGHTED AMSTERDAM, Oct. 30. The German Ger-man papers aro in raptures over the victory on the Italian front. The Weser Zeitung says: "The blow inflicted on Italy is as strong as that which drove the government govern-ment of Franco to Bordeaux, but more formidablo in Its effect, because we are wiser, calmer and more experienced experi-enced than in the last days of August, 1914. The worst pessimists now must seo that Gormany is strong enough to win peace by force. The success achieved against Italy will result in a complete change of attitude on tho part of Italy toward the entente, which, if not manifested immediately will bo manifested at tho peace conference." |