ITALY IN ACTION

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16399, 2 June 1915, Page 7

ITALY IN ACTION

PALACES FOB HOSPITALS. PRIESTS JOI.N~TIIE ARMY. LONDON, May 31. The Queen of Italy has lent the Red Cross her palates at the Quirinal (Rome}, at Milan, and at Mantua. The Pop© has lent a villa. Many priests are enlisting in the army. ANGKY ITALIANS. CANADIAN NEWSPAPER OFFICE RAIDED. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) LONDON, May 31. Three thousand Italians at Montreal raided the office of M. Bourassa's newspaper La Devoir for publishing the statement that Italy had gone to war for selfiish reasons. The police dispersed them. [Bourassa is a French-Canadian and a Separationist, whose motto is " Canada for the Canadians."] POLA BOMBED. GREAT FIRE AT THE ARSENAL. ROME, June 1. (Received June 1, at 8:15 p.m.) Official: One of our dirigibles bombed the railway station, petrol depot, and the arsenal at Pola on Sunday night. A great fire broke out at the arsenal. The dirigible was subjected to an intense artillery fire, but escaped uninjured. LPola is the chief naval port of Austria, in the Adriatic Sea. It is the principal seaport of a poHion of the territory Italy is seeking to gain by the war.] MONFALCONE DOCKYARD BOM- ? BARDED. SERIOUS DAMAGE DONE. FLOUR-LADEN SHIPS' SUNK. ROME, June 1. (Received June 1, at 8.15 p.m.) Our torpedo boat and destroyer flotilla shelled the Monfalcone dockyard, causing serious damage. Returning from the raid the flotilla destroyed some large sailing vessels laden with flour. [Monfalcone, is a seaport in the Gnlf of Trieste at the head of the Adriatic Sea.' It is also one part of the territory Italy regards as her own and is seeking to regam.] • 6 SILENCING AUSTRIAN FORTS. POWERFUL ITALIAN ARTILLERY. SURRENDERING" AUSTRIANS * KTLLED BY COMPATRIOTS.

/r> . LONDON, June 1. (Received June 1, at 8.40 p.m.) ® on °hue, correspondent of the Daily Chronicle, writes: "From the high plateau at Asiago the Italian heavy guns have reduced several modern Austrian forts to powder. It took three hours only to batter to pieces the arpioured fort Luserna. The garrison» raised a -white flag whereupon the Austrian fort known as Belvidero enfiladed the surrenderee, killing many. Ultimately the Italians silenced l<ort Belvidere and concentrated a terrific fire on Fort Vezena, which is now a heap of ruins. Throughout Saturday the Italians rained shells-on the forts along the bank of the Isonzo. It is believed that the enemy's losses are heavy.

FAMINE IN TRIESTE. THE POPULATION MOVING. m . ROME, June 1. (Received June 2, at 0.5 a.m) The population of Trieste is almost without food. One hundred thousand have disappeared. Many have fled into Italy, but the bulk have been sent into camps in the interior of Austria. AUSTRIAN AEROPLANE CAPTURED. ROME, June 1. (Received June 2, at 0.5 a.m.) Another Austrian aeroplane has been captured at Rimini. RETREATING. BURNING AND DESTROYING PROPERTY. . ROME, June 1. ' (Received June 2, at 0.5 a.m.) Refugees from Milan report that the Austmns " are retreating Trentw ai *s. 1 hey destroyed property wholesale on the pretext of, military necessity. He-uses and factories at Rovereto and Trent were dynamited. RUMANIANS DEMONSTRATE. IN FAVOUR OF ITALY. BUCHAREST, June 1 (Received June 2, at 0.5 a.m.) Fifty thousand Rumanians demonstrated in favour of Italy before the Italian Legation.