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THE WAR IN THE ALPS
ITALIANS MASTERS OF THE
SITUATION.
were only the litle footpaths weed by shap. great crowd of whites also joined in the harta. Some of these new roads I and my (singing.
companiona burered in a.`"ractor>0&?. All this time the soda water stands were There certain Roman' grandeur "of doing a rushing business, and baluw thà conception.about them that impresses one fold aegro-was dealing as sandwichen a. the triumph of man aran Nature.They to the hungry Seals then addressed tha will remain a methanta of the way and crowd, making a full confession of his part 1. All future usate with amazement in the murder of a railroad porter, for Hanesforth the Austrians will be com which he was ecovicted, and implicating plately in the dark with regard to the Balen. He was confident of his valvacion, position at the Italians along the whole he said. Bolan then denied all knowledge Alpine froat, and that fact west novitably of the murder, deciating his innocence. lead ba their final defeat. Everywhere the Italians are pursuing the offensive and the 'defensive sh one and the some time. Hera for instance, in the Caruis nona, where geographical conditions of the terrain, with ite atoop slopes running down to the Ana- trian vallays of the Gall, does not invite an afensive demonstration on the part of the Italiana, the Au-triam here lost all bhai
| dominating heights of their frontier line. **FALUE OF THE HEIGHT
PRINTER'S FIE
Amusing Stories of Late Mr. Hugh Bpottiswoods.
Mr. Hugh Spottiswoode, who Thown to all his friends as The Fienun
"The success of the Italian operations -203-whe-amongst his other activities against the fate of dialborghetto and edited Printer's Me and Winter's Pie,"ar Pleso, which were gained a rapidly and with so small an expedia re of a amani.
we have already announced has died tion, demonstrates the value of the occupa at · Elandrindod, So doubt, says, the tion by the Italians of the heights which Pioneer, both Printer's Pie and Win- dominate those two important positions in [er's Pie will be carried on, for they were the line of Ausrisa defenosis. pro placed by Mr Spottiswoode in the hands sest when the hoary Italian siege of trustees, but the Printer's Pie dinners. bombarded the fort of Plezzo, and was able
to follow the operations through the wilt. I expect, disappear with their giver telephonic reports
which
the observers sent Eugh Spottiswoode He was an admi with great raulity to the off ar in comables het uit it gave him very genuine mand of the batteries. It was wonderful pleasure to give pleasure to other people. to "unte bow frequently the indirect fire
by mand of long distance cameras,
The skill of the Italian artillerymion has transformed within a few months the Seld artillery, which was originally intended for delansive operations of the level, into wonderful slegs organization capable of realving the enormous difficulties of mountain warlari.
asrom those terrible mountain heights from was a good alter-dinner speaker and an enormous distance took efect on the the only speech allowed at these Print. beleaguered, furt
furt. Since
then
my own far's, Ple dinners was the humorous speech obasrvations have been confirmed by the in which he thanked his contributon and photographs taken by the Italian engineers gave them sene #gures concerning the It may be said that the Aus ran fort of Progress of the turn Pies. All sorts of Halborghetto has been completely reduced jokes and tricks were played during these lo silence, and that before long it will dinner. At one of them the Man of be the same with the fort of Pleo. With the Two agences, whose plate-break- the reduction of these two forte the de Austrian Förts Silenced. tensive triangle
Malborghetto Pizzo. at the music halls always de Tarvin, which was beyond doubt vns of the lights an audience, was present as one One of the dificulties of modem ws. most formidable base of the Austrian of the waiters and the amashos of crock. fare, when nach rast masses of men are strategie base, will have beau rextered ery during the serving of the scup and
absolutely useless to the enemy. engaged on both sides, is to deal with the
fish were almost continudus. On another prisonera captured. "Too many pri-
casion when Lord Lonsdale Wa kopers" was the grim remark of Bismarck
angst Me. Spottiswoode's guasts the on's memorable occasion. Prisoners are hindrance and a drain on the resources of
his place was full of airprises. gigantic sigar that was placed alongside their captors. But in the now is progress between Italy and Austria it
Mr. Workman, the comedian, used to cannot be said that the matter is one which Many of the ingenious innovations and gire. Ar.. Spottiswoode a good deal ot ESIRABLE COUNTRY RESI need give the Austrians much concern. contrivances of the Italian Sillary tight help as these dippers and it was to his DDENCE STANDING in its own fill die rather than be critized with advantage by the Allied forbile brain that many of the best prac rooms, out offices etc. slectric light," grounds, sicutated at Tateo containing foar astrander, rites the Morning Post armies which have to face similar dificultal jokes, and there were many during the Carnic Alps.ties, in the Dardanelles, for example, ench Printer's Pie dinner, were due. On corresprudent from For particular apply to,
That is why it is that the number of where the mountainous character of the men captured by the Austrians has been country prosents special difficulties from one occasion 'one of the evergreen trees singa arly small, a few hundreds at most, the point of view of the artilleryman. The in green tabs towed abord M. Sporth And even there have been men who are Italian artillery, mozeever, is well supplied woode's head when he fose to make his 934 been seriously wounded and disarmed, and with ammunition. In the course of a
who therefore have not been in portion minute inspection of the state of a on speech. When he cracked his first joke to choose between death and capture at the the Italian front I have been enabled to the leaves of the tree shook nad a cheat banda of their traditional foon.
noto almost daily the superiority of the nnt fell down upon his head, and all connection. I heard an interesting story the talian shells over these employed by the through his speech whenever he made a other day that redounds-to-the-credit of Austrians-Thiri hargely attributab's to joke a chestnut tumbled down upon him. the dashing Al, ini. Two of their men the
the efficiency of the School of artillery at The artiste in contributed to Printer's wars surprised and surrounded by an Tarin enemy patrol while on daring recounais- The Italian war, by reason of the Fle always "were placed together at one, sance towards, the Austrian positions in mountainous character of the region in table and they generally, in the course 938 this Carnia zote from which I write. The which it is being waged, is essentify an of the evening, originated some good enemy fired upon them, and the two Alpini artillerymen's war. "Of course, the "baman joke, played a burlesque, or formed returned the fire from time to time while element, the personal yalou of the men, clambering from stone to atone on the enters largely also into it, and in this thenmeisen into an orchestra, sharp edge of a precipice that barred their respect the soldiers of King? Victor bosing competition, all of which things Emmanuel bive certainly not been found being impropth were excellently funny.
seting.
The first Printers Pie dinner to which
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Not daring to approach the two desperate men the Austrians, aceing that they had no hope of escape, called on them to surrender. The Alpini continued to are in the hope that the sound of their re volvers would bring assistance from their comrades. The Austrians, fearing the Strange Doings in United States-fr. Hugh Spottiswoode was in the bat Arrival of reinforcements, at length decided
I went was a very modest feast with thei HANGING AS AN ATTRACTION. twenty or thirty man who were at tant time contributors, all sitting at one table. The last Printer's Pie dinner given by
to advance. Barazal of them fall, and the
room of the Savoy and two hundred or
others were just about to seize the Italina Turned into a public holiday spectadio i more guests sat down at the dozen tables soldiers when the latter, crying "Viva by the authorities and iccal business men, that well occupied the Boar space of the 'Italia threw themselves over the pre- two-sogroen Dit Seale and Peter Boten, big room. First 'cne and then another of sipice more than bandred metres drap were hanged her today, rays & Sta-ka-Jr. Spottiswooda's friends who are t The Austrians, thinking they were killed, made off. Later in the day az Italian Tile, Misk mesango of August 6, to the writers or artists had heard of these din patrol came across the two Alpini lying in New York World. The harsh rattle of the ner and had asked for an invitation, and pool of blood in a ravine. As a result of gallows which killed them no sooner had so long as they are good fellows and their terrible fall one was shockingly died away than the clattering of knives appreciated a good joke fr., Spottis mutilated, but the other escaped with to and forks arose and 5,000 picnickere began woode was quite willing that they should WHO'S WHO EN JAPAN
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It in sarealy too much to my that all candidates the approaching country make jokes for the rest of the guests, and materials and accurate sketches, both bring animated by the same spirit as that which their platforms and policies from the planka Printer's Pie dinner very rarely ended Japan appese in the book. Quite naw the men of King Victor Emmanuel are primaris, who engnciszed, mid applause, utterly tree from prejudices.
impelled those two alpini to their heroic of the sofold. Lemannade and other soft before three o'dock in the morning, Many portraits
act of self-sacrifice. The superiority of the drinks were trea. The throng contained inserted, The book linii artillery, which, has been repeatedly whites and blacks, and most of the ped contains over 1,400 pages...
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the war, as I have already explained, so On Thursday night the condemnod, men greatly favoured the enemy. In this war-ate; a large watermelon with such relish. observation from aeroplanes se by means food of all descriptions. After a short fare high up in the mountains, where White citzanı sent the condemned men', of light patrols in either useless or service in the jail the march to the gallows impossible owing to the nature of the begin at 11 o'clock, the negroes walking terrai, the efforts of the opposing armies between several deputies, the Sherl and from the very first have been directed to two coloured meters. A dense ma of gain positions from which the movements humanity antircled the hills surrounding of the enemy can be seen, and artillery the gallows. When the condemned mea can be effectirely employed ascended the scaffold, followed by the
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understand this mod the negroes jotued: mattering the strange kind of warfare, which has not words in an inaudible tomarl equivalent on any other part of the Earo The Rev. M. Hitchios then prayed with pang battle fronts. The other day 1 the murderers, tears streaming down their 340 w, an officer and a corporal of artil, facent: Then the first two lines of the hymn, ory, who have been living for four months*There is a Land of Pare Delights, Where cater in the rocks at an elevation Saints Immortal Rei were announced. more than 2,000 stres, communicating Mr Winntush begin it with the cadence with their companions clay by means of and intonation familiar to the coloured telephone wire communicating from the race, while the coloured part of the congre
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