AMERICAN ARMY NEAR ST. URIEL

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 16049, 6 February 1918, Page 3

AMERICAN ARMY NEAR ST. URIEL

GERMANS ABANDONING PEACE TALK WITH RUSSIA. PROSPECTS OF SALONIKA OFFENSIVE. 1 ARTILLERY ACTIVE ON WEST FRONT. The position of the"'American sector on the West front is now made public. The area may have been a quiet one in the past, but it has great possibilities, The Germans have, apparently gamed all that was possible from the negotiations at Brest Litovsk and profess to he weary of them- They threaten'military activity against Eussia, but. this :is;not likely as it would require a large army. ~The Greek, mobilisation has evidently been delayed by Eoyaliet-plots, but, a .movement from Salonika is predicted Ju there are a million men. available they should certainly not be kept idle. Considerable German artillery activity is reported on the west front, but little is said of what the British are doing. Ihej lire certainly not idle.