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THE

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SITUATION.

ALLIED VICTORY TO BE COMPLETE.

sustain it. It is a great encounter in which Austri is being held, despite having brought in all her available men for the attack and thrown her whole ntrength upon the Italian Army, Considerably over, 50 per cent, of the Austrian effectives have been actually

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PRIME MINISTER ON WAR gaged in the fighting. If the Aus

triane had captured the whole of Montello the Allied position might have been disastrous, but from the first the enemy, was held by the Italians, who next began to bring pressure to bear, the pres sure increased daily, and now the Austrians are in full retreat, and the only question is, not whether they are going to treat, but whether they can rotreat The whole of Montello A NICE SHEER QUALITY.

- Lonnos, June 24th. In the House of Commons, Mr Lloyd George, replying to questions by Mr. Asquith in the course of the debate on June 18th, said Mr. Asquith had asked for more information regarding the war situation, but Mr. Ponar Law on June 18th gave all the information which could possibly be given at present, Re garding the American troops, an Linaz

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sle of the Piave. Lower down the Italian cavalry have crossed the river, and are pressing the enemy hard. ing piece of organisation had enabled Italians recaptured half the guns they s to bring vast number of them to lost in the first offensive. In the south France Mince March 21st, He could not

the enemy are

my are fighting a continuous give the figures, but the numbers, vero rentguard action to scoure their retreat. sufficient to encourage the Allies and After committing their whole strength to a great offensive the Austrian Army had quite sufficient to disappoint and ulti hud inflicted upon it one of the greatest mately defent our enemies. The Ameri disasters of the war. This has happened at a thine of Berious Austrian discontent, cans were of the very best quality. As when three-fifths of the population, are regards the relative strength of the con- completely out of sympathy with the ob tending forces on the Western Front, itects of the war and are more sympathetic

with the aims was accurately represented by Major- when three-fifths the population the only chance of achieving anything in the nature of freedom was to secure a great Allied victory, at a time when the whole Austrian prisoners belonging to the Czech Slava were netually congregat ing in order to come over and fight for the Allies in Siberia. It was very signi ficant that, whatever our difficulties on the Western Front, the dif ficulties of the Central Powers CUTLER PALMER & COSASAHI BEER."

General Maurice when he said they were recognised the Allies, and

nearly equal on March 21st. Since then, owing to new factors, it was impossible to make an up-to-date computation. The Americans were coming in at nugreat vate, and he would be very much sur- prised if in a comparatively short time the Allies are not stronger than the

Germans on the West. Germany's last reserver will be thrown in during the next month or two, after which further reserves would be obtainable only by it drastic comb out of essential industries. There were indications that Germany is alrandy resorting to this comb-out, which proved that the Allies have inflicted very heavy losses since March 31st. The posi- tion, naturally, would be very anxious during the noxt two months, but it was gradually improving, and he could say without boasting that the Allied Generals felt confidence as regards the issue (Cheers.) We are on the eve of very

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blow coming within the next few hours, but certainly within the next few days, upon while the issue of the campaign may depend. The Allies never felt better. prepared to meet it.

Continuing, the Prime Minister de scribed the last enemy attack upon the

French as an undoubted failure. “We have proof that the enemy expected to reach Compiegne. The enemy losses were

very serious, and in the whole the attack was undoubtedly a German defeat.” The Bama applied to attacks upon the British. The first attack, being a cam- plete surprise, was a considerable success, but we have not emphasised sufficiently

our own successes. The Germans were very severely bonten in front of the Third Army-(cheers) and were beaten two or three times when the enemy got to the Fourth and Second

were infinitely greaterThe Austrian population is being driven by hunger to discontent and sedition, and, in some of the more important Austrian cities, even to revole, while over half the Aus trian Army sympathises with the objects of the country with which they are at war. Moreover, the Central Powers had difficulties in Bulgaria and Turkey, and therefore, while we should not build up falas hopes, all we needed was to keep steady and to endure, and he had not the faintest doubt, from surveying the whole position, our victory would be a com- plete one

The speech of Mr. Lloyd George was upon the Consolidated Fund Bill, which subsequently passed its third reading.

SENSATION IN REICHSTAG.

GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S DOUBT.

AMSTERDAM, June 25th. Beron Kuchimann, in the Reichstag, reviewing the military situation, created. a sensation by expressing a' doubt that the war would end oven in 1919.

BRITISH NATIONAL SERVICE DIRECTOR'S VIEW.

LONDON, June 24th. : Manchester, said: We still wanted Bir Auckland Geddes, speaking at.

men for the fighting line and rearward services to hear the strain which Ger- many could impose upon us in 1919. There was no guarantee that the war would end in 1919, '59)

AUSTRALIA'S WAR EFFORT.

PREMIER SUPPLIES STRIKING FIGURES.

LONDON, June 24th. Striking figures setting out Australia's great effort in the war were given by Mr. WM. Hughes, Commonwealth Fremier,

Armics. On the whole the Germans organised

14,000 miles. had sustained severo reverses and had transport and paid for this

not achieved their objectives. We have every reason to be pleased with the pre- sent position, and the enemy is profound ly disappointed. The situation in Russia was chaotic. Governments existed all over the place; almost every village lias a separate Government, and situation changed hourly, He agreed at would be to our interests, and also just and equitable, that we should stand by Russia if she desired it Russia has been treated brutally by Germany. She had boen diauembered, and treaties were torn up the day after they were made. The

at today's Australasian luncheon. Aua- tralis bad enlisted 420,000 soldiers, of whom nearly 320,000 Were transported Australia alone had equipment, maintenance of this great maintained five Divisions in France, For the past two years she had army.

the equivalent of one Cavalry Division in Egypt and Palestine, and had kept up all cadres to strength by voluntary enlist ment. The Royal Australian Navy ex- tralia bore the whole cost of the Austra ceeded 9,000 officers and men, and Aus in Naveed under the pontrol of the during the war, is entirely placed Imperial Government. Although the Australian population is barely 5,000,000, considerably over 8 per cent. have enlist ed, 48,780 have been killed in action, 1335,000 had been wounded, while he was proud to be able to say that only 3,274 had surrendered to the enemy, owing to stress of wounds. In other principally words, Australia, one of the most sparsely

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over two per cent of her Her total war expendj. this, are beginning to get different ture has exceeded £220,000,000 up to the idens as regards the Allies, and to appre-would be in the

of the present montaThe cost

Gnancial your The hatred of Germany is becoming Australia would bear the cost of re deeper, and Russin was more ready now them in civil life at an estimated coet of patriating all her troops, re-establishing than she has been for months to co-ope£30,000,000 The Commonwealth pensions

has already exceeded £3,500,000, rate in any move to oust the Germans - 24 ustralia had not complained of these The situation was full of hope The

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