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A BITTEII STRUGGLE _V '_ ON ITALIAN FRONT

Austrians Making l'leavy Sacrifices to Hold

'lIl'0lll\d on West Bank of Piave but Attem

_ pl

Nt; Farther Advance. Italians Made Import- " 3"” C3Pf"l`|“S POSIIIOIIS, Prisoners

V and Guns.

I. I

_, (Special to The Guardl

LQNDON. June 22.-.There-"ls no

nbatoment of the struggle along the Piave. The Austrians, who to the number of flve or six divisions have B°°\|I'0d il f00thoid on the west bank of the river are now for the most Pll‘IS.;.¢l‘Y|lli§ to hold the ground they occupy rather than make any further “dVl\ll°0~ They find -it extremely dig. flciilt to do so in the face of the ltul. lan counter attack by which a good deal _of territory has been regained, particularly in the all important Monteilo sector on the upper Piave There the Austrians who have hom; hommed in from the South on the edge of the plain made a strong attempt to break through near Nervesa, but thc Italians, the ofllcial report says ml. vancing with admirable elan- 'cap-` tured some 400 prisoners and a num- ber °f machine Buns. They wresfod intact from the enemy two of four' Batteries of medium calibre which WGN promptly put into action against the enemy.

Tho Suns here spoken of were d°“bil°ss a part or the Artillery can-. tured in the first assault on Montoiio l WWI! 880 when the Austrians took BGVGDW three guns. If they are press. ed back against the river and have to evacuate their positions on tho heights hurriedly most of these cap- tured suns should he retaken.

The hardest fighting at tho moment

°9l’°*“`“ I-° be IHKIHS place at Nervosa where. the Austrian Bridge head was secured a. week ago. That is the best evidence of how utterly the enemy-5 a¢l9l1l'Pt to debouch into the Vene- tian, Plain has failed. On the lows,- Piave.

The Itaiian troops operating

the Zoenon Bend continue to the Austrians back toward the bank as the space into which -they are belns driven becomes danger- ously overcrowded. Tho Austrians “Sill desperately to prevent further retlreruent on the Zeenon' Bend. They lgst several- hundred prisoners in t ees encounters. besides suffering heavy casualties while in the Meoio 59°.I.0r. -where an attempt was mado to advance. The enemy renewed his attack four times in vain until ex~

liaueted by- the exceptionally heavy losags' suffered he was forced to yield. I1 ese fierce struggles' 'Pledmontese Sardinians and Bersaglierviea with one another in heroic deeds. Near themouth of the River sailors and lB°l'5“8n\‘ll`|- ll B‘ll'i\ll§e comlllination. broke into the enemy’s lines captur- ed two hundred prisoners and now firmly hold the ground won.

CANADIAN AVIATORS ENGAGED

Among the British fliers in Italy

there are known to be not ~a few Can-` adlans. The work of these aerial bombers may eventually prove -so ef- fective in prevnting the Austrians “'01” Ill‘|1lK'|l\g up supplies that Piave °P6rations may be abandoned. They BNC llready il dismal failure. The only other road 'into the plains of Venetia is by the valley of the ‘Brenta on the Alpine front and that has been closed bythe valor of the British and French troops who hold the Asiago Plateau and by the Italians on- Monte Grappa. It looks' as if the harvest of Venetia will be reaped by the Venetians and not by the hungry soldiers of Austria who were told to go forward and win white bread for -their families.

along press River

AUBTRIANS ADMIT

HEAVY COUNTER ATTACKS

The Austrian ofllclal report while

admitting that the Italians are hotly counter-attacking in the Monteilo reg- ion claims that all these attacks have broken. down before the 'unflinching rediatanc of the Austrians who in their hastily constructed trenches destroyed waves of enemy storming I-r0ope._ It is claimed that 3.200 prison- ere were captured' on the last fight- ing day but one on the Mon-tello alone and. that 2000 of these were taken by e. single Hungarian infantry regiment. These are large claims but it will be noted that the Austrian reports no lonjer - ive a summary of prisoners takén-. _gince the beginning of the of- fensive the Italians have stated em-

phatically that the enemy's claims are

exaggerated .

AUITRIAN ARMY IIGOMING

‘ DIMORALIZID AND ' J UNTRUBWORTHY 'tspaeial eo the Guardian).

DON N. .lune 22.’f‘he Times cor-

regpon gn; “_ the Hague is informed throng it Dutch source that the re-

"fe

wi-_._-_*___

{1‘l_ll;un_ts of some severely tried Aus. th ll F08 ments arrived in Vienna on

9 15*-ht many of the men being

Slightly wounded. These troops were 0ll1Dl0I’ed on the 18th to patrol the

gity but their heaping was such that dai? were withdrawn the following

All Public buildings in Vienna are

n°“' giirded IW C8Vl1Il'y`. th e police heretofore having been- ahlo to dig. Dflrse such galtherings as toccured' from the same source, It is learned that ll B\lIHH~l’I8,u commission has ar- rived in Vienna to negotiate with the A“H¢'l‘lim Gogern-ment concering a change in relations with Germany.

The commission -has proposed to

Austria to send twelve German divisi- ons to the Italian front to replace twelve Austnian divisions to 'be sent to France. says an unconfirmed report in circulation in Holland trasmitted by the Daily Mail correspondent at the Hague. _

ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE

IEMPEROR KARL

(Special to The Guardian)

LONDON, June 22.-An unconfirm-

ed report on the Amsterdam Bourne declares that an attempt lhas been made to assasinate Emperor Karl, ac- cording to a central news despatch from Amsterdam today.

(Special to the Guardian)

l'l‘AIJIA"N ARMY HEADQUARTERS

IN NORTHERN ITLAY. June 21.- (By the Associated Press.)-Cavalry -men aiding the Italian artillery and airmen are giving effective aid to the Italian infantry in driving back the Austrians towards the Piave.

AUSTFIIANS HAMPERED

BY FOQD SCARCITY

Ono of tho -principal activities of

allied aviators who have been joined by American fliers is -to prevent Aus- trian airmen from delivering -sacks of bread and other dry foods to the Aus- trians who still are fighting tenacious-

ly.

Around -Montello and in bite region

oi’ the Lower Piave Italian cavalry is being used to help push the enemy back. They are aided by armored cars carrying machine guns. The rising of the Piave and the activity' of the.It- alian Artillery are making it difficult for the Austrians to 'obtain food. While the water carries some bridges away and damages others the gunners are sinking boats and' hammering the damaged bridges at different points.

THE BATTLIE DEFINITELY

' WON BY ITALIANS

(Special to the Guardian)

ROME. J.Iune 22-The ‘battle situa-

tion is unchanged and infantry en- gagements' were not resumed during Friday, says the statement issued last night to the Italian parliament by Premier Orkindo. It is new permis- sible to say that the battle has been woh,_the Premier told the Deputies Friday morning. According to the Tribunal the Austrians, the Premier added, are now gathering all available men in crtain sections of the mountain front. Only ‘a email part of their re- serves have been drawn on by the Italians. THREE-FOURTHS OF FOE ARMIES IN BIG BATTLE

(Special to the Guardian)

rams, .inns zo.-Ninety-two AUT

trian divisions. consisting of 80 d- vlslons of infantry and 12 of cavalry. have been hurled into tho KFSHIGBI

battle that Italy “hols lygtl nI;;>‘;l!lZé1eiI»n $151'

I t n'~ o ca

gtmlitgreie orezeived here by the Hi* vas Agency. Seventy-one of these divisions have' nlreed-Y PPP" menu"

fled. 'rho forces ensured wmvflsf

three-iourths of the whole Austrian army and the cholccst troops under the command of Field Marshal Bor- dtvio. (The number of men in each division is not exactly known. but the number of divisions enEB80d would indicate tbnt approximately one million Austrian soldiers have been thrown into the battle.)

Papers found on officers show that.

after forcing the p_Bllw!0 0! UW Piave. the irst days obiectlve W" the Treviso-Montebello line. In two days of fighting the enemy columns

h d eded onl in realising the mNnlm`\l$Ieasslgnedyfor the first day.

' i iii lei note issued at. II’!c<;:\IJ\le(Em‘Buif) ode Single allied aviator

d rin the Austrian

~».~»--------~|has been lost u 8 M

offensive while 44 enemy mac nes

THE WEATHER have been brought down.

I "ln artillery and alrlllllllel Allllm

TEM`PERATURE’- is using all her available rer:ourcfs."

. . fi li t . " ot ess;

_ TIDE’ MooN' ETC 5”. E‘EE)0°c!ax'I:nE»n ld? Eli callbres have

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The tide will be high this mornin!

It 10.50 and l0lli0I'f‘dW lt 11.35; it

wil he high tonight at i2.36 and . eidly at 1.19. mean sets this evenloc anti to

morrow at 0.03' it rises tomorrow

mging and Wedaeadayct 5.37.

eymoon rlaee this morllllll li 9-

The ilret uarter of the moon was

‘onl uiida .Ilene 16th at 9.12 a. m. _

ish I full moon on Mon-

than . been brought into action. Three Aus- tro-Hungarian armies under the com- mand of Field-Marshal Borotvlc are engaged in fighting desperately with enormous military means. 0rt18l'0ll to advance at any cost. WIIHOIII thought of blood sacrifices, the Aust- ro-Hungarian regiments readily obey. Thousands of corpses strew the.batt- leileld overlookin the mountainous Italian sector and accumulate along the Piave. but the obiectlvea which

° Q§dm&'~dpm'tm enemy was to reaen are yet far -livers and twenty nicht minutes. |*"°¥°» - i

(Special to The Guardian)

-LONDON. June 22.-The British of-

ficial report issued last nit;-ht tells of raids north of the Scarpe by Scottish troops who penetrated German -gran. cites and inflicted heavy casualties, bombed dugouts and machine gun positions and Brought back a number of prisoners. '

in the north near Morris the Ger-

mans tricd several times' to rccapturc the ground won on Wcdhestlay' by the British but failed. . . ~

BERLIN MAKES EXTRAVAGANT

CLAIMS _

Berlin which is making mount-

ains out of mole-hills these dayssol- emmly announces that nortiicust of Morris and north of Albert British partial attacks broke down with San- guinary losses. -

GERMAN RAIDS REPULSED

(Special to The Guardian)

PARIIIS, June 22.-Gcrmau troops

last night; attempted raiding opera- tionrs in the vicinity of Theiloy, south- west of Montdidior. They were rc- pulsod, says today"s war office report. Svlmillar operations undertaken by thc enemy in Upper Alsace were cquaily unsuccessful. '

(Special to the Guardian)

LONDON, June 22.-There is no

doubt at all that the raids along. the Iiritish front that occur' nightly' arc not serious attacks but are made to

*I ' " v ' " _

secure identifications und learn oi’ thc enemy”s dispositions. It ls' 'believed' that an cncmy assault bctwecn Arras und Albert will not be long delayed. The ruidcrs should be able to learn l`rou\ the way ill which the Gorman lilies are held' and the number of ircuclt mortals up ut the front when the big push is about to begin.

FRENCH AND AMERICANS ARE BETTIERING THEIR POSITIONS

On the Ai-.sne Marne sector the

l~‘rench and Arucrif-:nts do not appear to regard their losses so scriolusly as Berlin docs. improvements of thc Ai- Iied front were .scctirctl yesterila_v morning by the Autoricans North of Belleair wood and hy' the l"l‘wuuI| lwar- cr the Ourcq, at I"uveroIlcs. The i`_uIl~ urc of’ the enemy io react on this suc- tor proves his storm troops have been withdrawn from it for use ciscwliorv. probably with Prince ltiippit-i~l1t‘-s urmy' lu the north or 011 tho Sommc.

AMERICANS NOW HOLD

- 38 MILES FRONT

(Special to the Guardian)

WASHINGTON. June 22-Anicplculi

soldiers are now hohiiu;.'_ the fighting line for it distance of 38 miles ou ihc western front according: -to informa- tion given meinhors I' the llouse Mili- tary Committco today at the wcckly coiifnrciwo with Secretary' of -War llakcr, and Goh. illurvii, ifhIpl` of thc staff. _

»m°a "» ‘ "

_for Themselves. Capt

AMSTERDAM, June 20. For' nl.

'east six weeks. says the Vienna Neue -‘rel Press, -the people of Austria will \avc to exist on little ulorc than sul- \d‘s and certain vegetables.

I9.--That A~ustria’s drive itgaillst lt- 'ly is psitively 'a hunger ofi’cnsivc"I ‘as been proven by thc new orders _nd addresses' found upon the prison-I i-rs. These were signed by officers’ °anging from Field Marshal Conrad Von Hoetzendorf down' to regimental :omma.nders. One wh-ich was issued 'ry the commander of the famous regi- uent bearing the nomo of Archduke` lharles, says: "Goldie-rsf rciiicnihcn he spoils we got last fall i`rom the tall-ans; the sheep. coals, :~'-tcors.‘ warehouses full of I'-ood cloilics and :rovery stores full oi' wines, 1--uuclil zoods. flour und sugar. Thiulr ni' your-A 'nmily. Think oi' tho white lu'-~'\ti _v' u nay win for all.” _ I The correspondent has visited :roups of hundreds of prisoners, ull or vhom are thin and weak, They said, Zhey had had little food for the past; nonth and spoke with horror of the winter months they -had passed. Al :ample of their black bread showedf "hat it was made oi’ rye. BIFHW Bild! ootatoes.

Diothes Falling Apart _

_Many of the prisoners have strong., vcll-spiked s'hoes,bu»t those they cln-im hey made thcmslves or bought. Thoirl clothes, however, are failing. apart. taving been patched frequently. ‘Most il' 'thom have mpro rags for shirts.| Phe majority of the prisoners lulvuy noney, but is is either in paper bills' tr iron coin. The most of them wnar nodals for valor, some of thcm having' wo or th-ree of them. but thc-so decor- ttions are of base metal and none of :old or sllvor. One is stamped with aI ikenoss -of 'Einfpress Zito. und curir- -.Iod with laurel wreathes. and is mndol ’ a zinc composition. The prisoners' mart readily with these medals, say~|

ing they have no pride in them. for\ I, (ew pennies of Italian money. Most if the captured men are Yflllllz BNI ug.nt-nan-e<1 ad generally have IM,

, th. eefhe Italian soldiers toll humorous] itories of captures effected by persll-, \ding the Austrians' that they will he well fed. One Italian officer who had been wounded and picked up by ‘li group of Austrians who in-tended to' 'nake him prisoner explained" how foolish they were. he s-sid: Come with me. and you will ilet meat. WIHB and real bread.” Thereupon the whole, party went over to the Italian lines. I It is said, also that at the bolllnuing

of the offensive the Austrians in the front line each received three rations of meat, one for each day of the at- tack until they reached- the italian stores. 'rnsy were so himsrv. howev- er, that they ate all of them the iirst day. During his tour the correspond- ent. talked with an Alliifilill I>1'Ill0ll0l'.

member oi s manufacturing firm-

, _ with oiilces in all the great centres,

ioluding New York. "I have been lighting for forty months", said this man. "first on the.

AUSTRIANS FIGHT ON

EMPTY STONIACHS

I ""°~_,

“Iave Received Official Order to Fight for Food

ured Officer Says ,Army

Cannot Last Longer lhan Two Monthsf

Russian front. where I had an easy lime, and now here. where the Ital- Iuns are making things too hui for us. Thurv is no food fin' the people uf Auslrin. und llvxi to nom-. for the

*-'-' army. I haul buf a iuw pit-_cos of lm-ati

Ita-Ilan Army 1-Iea¢1q\|;\rterg, Juno and poll-tlocs I\ci`n|'(: the iight unti

since thc iight hogan I have hail uoiw.

Two Months WIII Sec End'

The armies cannot lust mort' than

it couple of mouths ut. tho hc:-xi . '1`hcrc are no good officers left. We have plenty of "ammunition, but uo one to

use it properly . " I

. |

The Italian losses were coxupnrat-

Ivcly small, while io Ihr- known Aus- trian losses will huvp. io iw aiirlcil thc many Au-striun :icuii which -still cu- cumber thc wooden niountaiusitics.

lt is still too early lo prctiict that

the Austrians will not come back with a further efi`ort. but it is clear that in their so far futile push ilicy unrler-esi.iluuft‘.il the Italians. both as regards their morale and genius for lighting etlicioucy.

Along the _i‘iav<». the Austrian fool-

holds on the western bank were io- tiay becoming difficult for them to hold, because of the floods set in mot- ion by the rcccni rains. Their vom- munications wore thus romloretl di\`- liculi. and they were unable to brim! up additional u\‘i_Illury.

A sample of the coilitutralivu iii-s-

l_rut:i.ivt\.noss ol' tht' ullivii :mtl Aus- trian fire was 0lmi\I'vctl by thu <-in'r<-s- pontlunt in the Asitigo rvgitui, wlicru the Froncli troops had llrutl nmrc ihau l00,0ll0 shells, whiic lim A\nilrI~ ans hail 1I|si'.l\ur_);cti u Ia|‘;.;m‘ numlu~r. Tho Austrian olitponts wort: 1-tvvi-rtui with rlcatl hotiivu wlicrous the l"|'m\<'l| had .uull`t\.rcd' Iiurtiiy any' tiuuiartv.

PRINCE ARIHIIR

IRRIVES IN IIPIIN

(Special to the Guardian)

YOKOI-I-A`M-A. June 22.-Prince Ar-

thur of -Connaught arrived here today

and wa rcccived by high British and-

Japnncso officials. The l‘rincc's wol- come was not iicmonutruiive as is

GERNIANS PREPARING SUNNY "RHI

BUIIEIINS I

FDR NEXT 0F FENSIVE ......

PRISON-ERS IN

THREATEN ED TOWNS

British Making _Nightly Raids to Test Strength G.i.i€ti‘_“'.t.‘:...'“;._€f'.'f.1ti"“t........

of Enemy and are Prepared for the Attack ;Ii.”'...l'.‘.§‘.”.?_".‘.i§..l“.?.ii;.i2‘!.....“IIIZ§1_ iCi.'.‘i1§ Wherever' It May Take Place. All Thor ‘.‘.‘.';

liens a ei re oits that ilvo allied

pI"t:~:Yr-Jll1)er{)s were? killctl anti six oiII<‘.cI‘s

during u recent uir raid on Thionvilic, Germany. _

Ten aoroplauvs ami three baioous

were Iirollgllt i’.'o\vu ou ihc ltnliuu froui. -At ('itvav.ui‘t~, llcriim.. an. Italian naval brig-alle captured 150 ppisoucrs with iirlus and u|:\ip.ri:tl.~:.

liuliuu ‘troops I-ttptureii nu ullcniy

i:ari'i.\'r1n on lhe Asiago l’iaicuu,

Austrian gas shells hi! tt llnifoti

State Iit‘.ii~ (Toss station.

A uumhcr ol' rzpiils \vtu'c matic by thc

liritisli troops last night s||i-<-v.\'sl'i1l-

ly' raitivfi (lL~r1ua|1 Iluvs ilcur Moriah- rourt, icapturiiig u number ‘of prison- £'I'$.

Strong ilcrmuii ulizlvks on llrii-isli

positions \vt».s'I ul' lilrerris wc|'u repuls- cti.

The ilcrnmlis ufiu-kctl S miles south-

\\'vst of Illicuis and guiuvti a fooiillg in the allied li'i-|u~lI<\.~a.

t_lc|'n\:\n.~x used I\c.u\'_\' guliilrv ou

\\'u\'rp :tml in l.orruino to hidv umvc- mtrui of troops.

A'\1si.ria|\>'.' cl:-lim 40.000 priso|\c|'s 'I2

acropluucs with four hattaliolls (luring the offensive.

For the first time Iu thc l1i.~ilory of

thu <'ouuI|'y‘ snow fell lu Ilucuos Aires pniulizh to make thu grouml white.

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RIISSEIIIES _SENIENCEII III 20 YEARS EUR

ESPICIIIICE _

(Special to the Guardian)

NICW \'()ltl{. Juuc iiIl.~--.losupli

ll\\lhc|'i`u|'<i, .~i|u-.t'.ussoI° nl' “pu.~¢ior" itun- :~'.i~l as hcutl oi' the Iutoruutiuual liibic Students Association and six of his assoviates v\'civ today' sciilcuvcd to tp/only years imprismimcut i'0r con spirucy' to violate the espionage law.

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CREII CARE CE i

SIIIIIIERS’ -EEEECIS

(Special to the Guardian.)

LONDON. Juno ,111J.4l»lun. N. \V.

Rowell, visiicii thc (`auutlinu Estates Branch and \vu:a‘ puriiciilurly struck by thi' nrcut vzirv slmwu in hunriling i~i`i`c'vts spui tu |-vlatitms ai~|-ortiing to isirur'iiuu.~a in sulilirms' wills. 'l`we liiilulruti anti thirty tliousanrl wills are nu the files oi' the Bruiicli.

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900.000 iumuis Nnw__\N ruin

(Special to fne Guardian)

\\’IASlIlN(,l’l`O.\1. .luuo 2‘3.~il00_000

mon have in-t-li sliippvri across thc sous. Gun. ivlurvh tolli' ucwspapvr cor- |'i~.~1pomli~|\i:-\ luilay. Tho Ilniictl States .md sl; _ro puo1|\: suuiolu .Inu sr Aupol ;.:ru.mmc for placing an army lu |l‘ruut'c.. Gcncrul March Huiil.

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BRIIISH IIIAIIIRS RC MUCH EXECIIIICN

(Special to the Guardian)

LONDON. .luuc 222.-Tin- Admiralty

tonight. issued thc fnliowiuix official 1-ommuuicuiimi rlvrllllll-I Wllll IWIIIIIUII hy the nuvul iu'uu<'h of thi- nil* st-rvlt-te: lu lim pr-rind i'|‘iuu .luuv 17 in .luuc ill, naval uiruir-u tiuriuli lI|<‘ llllilll lillil day homlwil the iiriifzcs dot-ks and thc flstvuil docks. The 7.i»i\l»r\lI!l'.<~. Si.. Ilcnis wi-sfvrn and Murinaclivr airiionitfs. l.ulu‘ugvnise. works. ilu- rail way junction and rullwuy sidings ui l‘it'.ri't'r-:x|u~Iir-. Appruxiuiuii-Iv ill Ions tous of lmluhs tvurv tlmppcti with gooii results.

ll. S. IRANSPCRI EICHIS _ILCUBMIRINE

(Special to the Guardian)

AN ATLANTIC PORT, June 2l.-

An American troop transport, former- ly n Gorman llncr. which returned this wer-k from xt Front-ii port wus

(Spcc_I_§\gl_,t_o__thc Guardian)

LONDON, .lunc 22_~'I`lle Parlia-

mentary supper given by thc Empire Parliamentary Association to wel- come the Ilnmiuious Frontiers was n l>i'iiIiuui_ ziifair. The Itoyui Galleries of thc llouso ul' Lortls lu which the rliuucr was served was crowded by a most tlisiirigtiisixed gathering includ- ing thirii-pn past and proto-.nt Domin- iu l’|'c||1im'.s'. most of the Ministers oi` the (labinot anti' a large number of ('o|uu\one|'s and Lorris, includiurg -both (luv:-rumciit und opposition; tho high fitrnnriissiontws oi' all the Domiuions. i’rcmicvs and other Ministers from tlvcrseas no\v in this country. includ- ing Lieut. (lcncrul Smuts. Hon. Mes- srs ilurion and Iiull of South Africa, uurl the liiaiiarnjalms of Patiaia and Simi. 'I`hc gnihcriiig numbered over 200. Tho lord (‘lmur'.ellrrr presided and propos(-ri the toast to the King-. Right liou. David Lloyd George. Premier. p|'oposcti' the ioust to our cabinet col- iongilps from the Domluions to which Sir liobi-rt Borden. the Canadian l”|'|‘1uim~ uuti limi. William Ilughes. Austn‘alian tllrculicri. replied.. The liritish Prvmicr in toasting the Cab- iuci Ministers' oi' the llominions said they were leaders of perhaps the most dt-movrulic communities in the world. “\Vr‘vnluo ‘thc shrewdncss. sagaclty and coura;.:c they bring to hom' on o|~ohlcm.~.' of Empire", he said. “these ptsrioilicnl v‘.oni'ert_nccs with the .-init-smcu of the Domiuionsf arc -most helpful and .~\ti»mulufiug to British .\IInisli_\|'s. Tlw C-oiif`e|‘cn<‘cs are the _<o||rt-fe of thc 1.'-rcate_~<.t. inspiration and support to 'us who have borne the -truss and strain of war for years. llc uu~u~tion<eti Sir ltobcri. Borden, l‘ruu\ier of (‘onud‘:\. 'Silt' William Iiugh- l’i'emicr of Australia and Hon_Mr. .\ia.-st\y, I‘r<~micr' of New 7.ealaml, and .mid their names were as .vcii known and estumm-_ti in thc llnitcd Kingdom as in their own land.

PREMIER BORDEN

PROUD OF CANADA

(Special to the Guardian)

LONIION, June 22.--Premier Bord-

-u anti' his collczigiios with the visiting l’rmuit-rs attends-ri lust night it slipper _;ivr\u iu the royal gallery of the House of Lords by ilu- ldmpirc Parliamentary

DOMINI-ON PIIEHIERS

surrr-:ii in Hoiiouit

_. _ 'A ., ‘“___,

Brilliant Address by Premier -I.Ioyd__Ge' ._ I ...jp

Which Spirit of Overseas Dominions ls, p `_ ' Eulogized. Premiers Borden and flu

Repiied. for Dominions. . A'

Association. _`E.cemier_ Borden ent at the right hand of the Lord Chancellor, Premier Hughes. of Australia bein; on the left. Premier Lloyd George proposed “Our Cabinet Colleagues from the Dominions." ~

‘When I was here a year ago," -gold

Premier Borden in response, “wQ`~ -in Canada had en-listed' something over -i00,000 men; wc have today enlisted some-thing over 500.000. We have 'in Franco at least 35.000 more than .a your ago. I should not be frank if I did not say I am proud of what Can- :uI'a has done. Since I was here last year we have enforced the -Military Service Act. I bf-lieve’ -here as else- where the relatively trifling disturb- ances -produced ny the act have been greatly exaggerated. I am happy to tell you tonight that from one end of Canada to the other the Act is accept- ed as a matter of fact. When the Act was first proclaimed some ten or twelve thousand joined the colors without waiting, for the call. (ch¢ers.)

BLACK ROD PRESENTED

TO CANADIAN SENATE

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LONDON. Jue f"1.-An interesting

feature. of the supper given last night by the Empire Parliamentary party to Premiers and representatives of the llritish dominions oveseas, who are in London to amend the imperial War Conference was the presentation of a. "Black Rod" to the Canadian senate by Lord Chancellor Finlay, speaker of the House oi' Comons. This “black rod" will replace the one lost in the capital fire at Ottawa on February ith, 1916. _ _ _

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‘LONDON, .Iune 22.--Premiers Nor- ri’s. of Manitoba. Stewart. of Alberta and' Martin, of Saskatchewan, have returned to -London after spending several _dsys at 'the Canadian lines in Frace. where they saw men of their own provinces both in the rear llfzbl and nearer the front. All three, Illn- lsters were deeply impressed with I-IIB manner in which the whole Canadian organization in France is ¢0Ildl1¢=¢°5-

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lo from London announces that bring the full force of American ef- s7RAy|° Aw y , ,3l§__,__,_. Licut (lol .loscph limes. who went forts iu the air to hear against Ger mm” of gunna( _ N -

overseas with tho 85th Novn Scotia many, has been decided uon as a lam. l hone I y _ » °"»’,i_.'. Battalion as medical officer has been _ dofllllio pl‘0.l¢C|- III' ¢I\0 Bfllllll Ulf- color) white stu in 1 . ‘ given the Il. S. 0. The cable also -"T" count-li. the new organization into goo," E ., t__ states that Colonel Hnycs is also mon- (3P°°I°' f° *Il* °‘“°'d'“") which all British air service has been ‘ JL- I

tioncd in df-_spatchcs for tho second LONDON. Juni- 22.---l'lr. You Spy- merged, 1-|Ag|.|¢R ygnrlg "ff-.7` ' '

time, May 28 for tlistinguishcri' nnd dler, thc Austrian l’r<-mir-_r.lc_ft Vienna This was disclosed today by Maier Gregg |¢\m°1, Nu \ ~ ‘ -YQ.

gallant service. Six months ago Col- at midday~totlay for Austrian head-~ General William Brancker, Controll- non Bramng any . _

oncl liaycs wus transferred io the quarters to submit the resignation of or of Eqilipnlent on the Council who ' '

month ago was promoted senior 13nd- his cabinet to I-lmperor Charles, says tg in washington to discuss this and wg" wgyqfgp 'gp gf* .

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