Late News.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 29, Issue 39, 22 May 1917, Page 5

Late News.

THE BRITISH FRONT. ENEMY ATTACK BROKEN. LONDON, May 21. Sir Douglas Haig reports: Our artillery broke an enemy attack against our advanced posts south-eastward of Ephy. FURTHER ITALIAN GAINS. ADVANCED POSITIONS HELD. LONDON, May 21. Italian official reports state: AVe extended our positions at Monte Vodige, where we drove back dense masses of the enemy who were attempting to stop our progress. The enemy in the evening abandoned his counter-attacks and concentrated his artillery on the lost positions, which, however, we maintain. AVe entered the enemy lines eastward of Gorizia. SUBMARINE VICTIMS. TAVO SAVEDEN STEAMERS TORPEDOED. TEN LIVES LbST, COPENHAGEN, May 21. The Swedish steamers A r esterland (.3832 tons), Viking, and Aspen (3103 tons), with cargoes of grain from England to Sweden, were torpedoed at sea. Two of the Vesterland and eight of the Viking's crews wore drowned. AMERICAN WAR VOTE. ARMY AND NAVY APPROPRIATION. AVASHINGTON, May 21. The Senate has passed tho Army and Navy Appropriation Bill totalling 3.342,000,000 dollars, including 750,000,000 for taking over shipbuilding plants and ships in course of construction.

AMERICAN TROOPS. SECOND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. . WASHINGTON, May 21. The AA’ar Department is arranging for a second expeditionary force to go to France in the near future. It will probably be larger than the first. General Pershing will command 250,000- troops, exclusively regulars, and probably including those on service in Mexico; also 2500 marines who were recently on active service in Hayti and Cuba. The newspapers generally approve of the despatch of the expedition to France. Colonel Doyen commands the marine section. SUBMARINE SIGHTED OPP CUBA. NEAA r YORK, May 21. The San Francisco Navy Department reports that a submarine has been sighted off San Diego (Cuba). STANDARDISED MERCHANTMEN. READY IN JULY. LONDON, May 21. In the House of Lords, Lord Lytton stated that some of the standardised merchantmen would be ready in July. SOCIALISTS’ CONGRESS. UNITED EFFORTS FOR PEACE. AMSTERDAM, May 21. “Vorwaerts” states that representatives of both Ihe German majority and minority Socialists ’ parties were granted passports to attend the Congress ni Stockholm. The “Deutsche Kirkenzeituag’’ states that Catholic clergymen in Germany have inaugurated a powerfully organised peace movement. The paper adds that after despatching the Socialist delegates to Stockholm the German Government presses cts Catholic n its hypocritical peace efforts.

The paper also says that the clergy in Germany intend to create a worldwide union of Eucharists. The Catholic archojshopa and bishops in other countries have pi' wised warm support.