ITALY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 146000, 5 December 1917, Page 3

ITALY.

CHEAT IMPENDING ATTACK AWAITED WITH CONFIDENCE. (Received Dec. 5, 8.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, Doc. 4. The .Romo correspondent of the New York Times says that the lull means that the Austro-Germans are drawing 'large forces from the Russian front preparatory to an attack on a still vaster scale, which the Italians, with tho Franco-British troops, are confidently awaiting. A NEW SOCIALIST PARTY. ROME, Dec. 3. A new Socialist _ group, called the Italian Socialist Union, has been formed under the auspices of Ministers Bisolate and Berenino. It calls upon the Socialists to- defend the xountryls •indejfendence.