BERNSTORFF MAY SUCCEED BETHMANN-HOLLWEG

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3084, 15 May 1917, Page 5

BERNSTORFF MAY SUCCEED BETHMANN-HOLLWEG

The British upon Bullecourt has been strengthened, thanks largely to the gallant stand of the Australians, who have successfully withstood twelve desperate counter-attacks in ten strenuous days of fighting. Various correspondents stress the importance of the British success in this region. Tho taking of the position, and the annihilation of the German counter-attacking masses, has involved the enemy in losses amounting to a decisive defeat, and. in addition, weakened his new defensive line at a most important point. There is a comparative, hill on tho French front. In the Balkans, the French havo achieved a. brilliant coup in their sector of tho Macedonian front. The mysterious silence that has. enveloped the operations of the Egyptian forces in Palestine is broken by a dispatch which states that the Australian Light Horse is briskly engaged every day in rounding up parties of the enemy. Tho news from Russia is on tho whole more reassuring. Tho separate peace party is still in the minority, and from all appearances is likely to remain so. A leading member of the Executive of the Soldiers' and Workmen's Delegates has declared that tho efficiency of the army as a, war machine both for defensive and offensive purposes is ossential to the assurance of Russia's future aims. The army has been reorganised, and the utilisation of men of talent has been made possible.