SYDNEY SUN MESSAGES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, Issue LXIX, 28 May 1915, Page 5

SYDNEY SUN MESSAGES.

COALITION CABINET EXPERIMENT.

ITALY'S ENTRY

SEVERE BLOW TO AUSTRO-

GERMAN STRATEGY

ENTHUSIASM IN FRENCH

CHAMBER

WONDERFULLY CONSTRUCTED

GERMAN TRENCHES

Times— Sydney Sun Special Cables. (Received May 28, 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, May 27. The Times, in a leader, says that much depends on the spirit of the individual. Ministers are faced with a new situation, and the Cabinet is a tremendous experiment. One can only trust and believe that the self-sacrifice, patriotism and readiness to sink small issues, which were conspicuous features of its formation, will carry it safely through the far greater trial ahead. The future depends on the courage of the new Government to rise to the greatest opportunity in history. We hope its watchword will be national service in its broadest sense.

A military correspondent says that the Italian offensive following quickly on the declaration ,of war indicates that mobilisation was probably complete before diplomatic relations were suspended. The march towards Isonzo is a proof of the confidence of the army, which seeks an early and serious encounter with its hereditary enemy. Italy's entry into the field at this juncture is a severe blow to Austro-German strategy, which was gambling with a great offensive in Galicia in hopes of a startling success to cow Italy into passivity. It will be interesting to watch the effect of the Italian move on future Austro-German strategy.

In the French Chamber M. Deschanel greeted the return of Italy to the place at the side of France she occupied fiftysix years ago. It was the arising of another Power to fight the Powers of Darkness. The President's speech roused a scene of enthusiasm, and the Chamber cheered Signor Tutoni, the Italian Ambassador, who was seated in the diplomatic box.

. v At'^German JTOfe^jrttf^t^t^Qav 1 msuiy r Italy's reasons for her treachery and blackmail. It'is stated officially in Berlin that' German property in Italy, including ships, will not be confiscated, but will be preserved according to international law. A correspondent in North France says: We have straightened .the line from Festubert to Richebourg-la-Voce, i and have taken the enemy's trenches east of La Quinque. They were won- < derful constructions of concrete, witb electric light, fans and drafting mechanism worked by electricity. Most of the trenches were provided with machine guns embedded in cement and concrete casemates.