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Show jjl While their guns bombard the western west-ern front, the Germans are taking troops from the eastern front for use elsewhere despite the provision of the Russian -German armistice prohibiting such action. The artillery activity in France has been moderate over most of the front and more violent on the right bank of the Meuse, northeast o. Verdun, tho scene of tho German attack at-tack nearly two years ago. The German Ger-man infantry has not been active and it is probably that Field' Marshal von Hindcnburg is awaiting for more reinforcements re-inforcements before making his heralded attack. Russian advices telling of the German Ger-man withdrawals in tho east, add that some of the troops, are being taken to the Rumanian front. Rumanians not taking part in the peace negotiations and the Ukraine, which lies beyond Moldavia and Besarabia, which is -opposed to the Bolsheviki. South of Juvincourt in the Rheims sector of Champagne, the French have carried out a raid into the German lines and brought back prisoners. On the British portion of the front On the British front there have been raids in addition Mo the artillery activity but no large infantry movement move-ment as yet. On the. Italian front the .Austro-German .Austro-German tactics appear to strike alternately alter-nately at vital points on either side of the Brenta. Checked at Monte Asolone last week the enemy has struck toward to-ward tho Frenzela valley west of the river. After two days of bitter fighting, fight-ing, the Italians have regained possession pos-session of lost positions on the Col del Rosso west of the river and have attacked at-tacked the Austro-German positions on Monte Pertlca east of the river. Berlin claims the capture of 9000 prisoners pris-oners in the gaining of Col del Rosso, which later was lost to the Italians! . Trotzky Makes Protest. Leon Trotzky, the Bolsheviki foreign for-eign minister, has protested to the Germans against the transference of troops from the eastern front, and also ordered Russian factories to stop the manufacture of munitions. He did not indicate whether his government would tako any other step against German violation of the armistice. Peace negotiations at Brest-Litovsk apparently are making little progress. The Germans havo delayed their answer an-swer to tho Bolsheviki terms and it is reported that tho conference will bo transferred to Stockholm shortly. In the meantime the majority party in the constituent assembly, the Social -Revolutionists, has convokca the assembly as-sembly to meet January 2 despite Bolsheviki Bol-sheviki disapproval. German savagery has been called officially to tho attention of the Amer-clan Amer-clan troops In France. An American sentry has been found with his throat cut and an official bulletin says, "He must have been so killed after capture" cap-ture" by a force of Germans which surprised him. Information of enemy terrorism In driving women and children chil-dren from their homes in the occupied sections of France and Belgium to , make room for German troop's, equip- , raent and war material also has been . ' given the American troops. FRENCH SILENCE GERMAN GUNS. PARIS Dec. 26. "On die right bank I of the Meuse (Verden- front) the ener- I gotic reply of our batteries put an end of a vigorous bombardment of our lines in the region of Bezonvaux," says today's official communication. j "In the region of SL Quentin and In upper Alsaco French patrols penetrated penetrat-ed German trenches and brought back' prisoners." j nn |