HEAVY PRESSURE ON THE LOMNICA

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3141, 20 July 1917, Page 5

HEAVY PRESSURE ON THE LOMNICA

V. OUTBREAK IN PETROGRAD SUPPRESSED -FRUITS OF TIE MEUSE VALUABLE GAINS BY THE • ' FRENCH Further details of the extremist outbreak at Petrograd show that the .demonstration was short-lived; thanks to 6troiig measures by tho Government, but the political situation in Ilussia is by no means settled. The resignations of tho. three Ministers (reported yesterday) are described by M. Kerenski, the War Minister, as "a blow in tho back for free Russia." Ho adds that the situation is also prejudicial to Brusiloff's offensive. The enemy is still applying pressure on the south-western front, and a further withdrawal is announced to-day, after a contest Which indicates that the Russians are able to counter-attack with effective results. As fur- ■ tlier news comes in from the French, front in the West, the extent and importance of the victory on the Meuse becomes clearer. The famous Hill SO3 has been released, and the approaches to Verdun materially cleared. The capture of the German blockade-runners off Holland by ■ British destroyers has incensed tho Germans, . and their newspapers are uttering dark threats as to what will happen to Holland in tho event' of that nation neglefting tho take "positive steps" to mark her disapproval of the alleged British violation of Dutch territorial waters. Fresh trouble is brewing in Spain. There have been arrests of Socialists, editors and others, and the Republican and Reformist section of the Chamber 'of Deputies have gone to Barcelona, where another Parliament is to bo convoked. In'the meantime, Senor Da to has hastened to the King's holiday seat for a consultation. Spain's next-door neighbour is also suffering from a revolutionary ebullition.