Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1918 — WAR SUMMARY. [ARTICLE]

WAR SUMMARY.

What Germany will do next i* a matter of doubt, European dispatcher otday disclose. Bedlin papers, Amsterdam dispatches say, report that the Ypres drive may not be pushed further; one even goes so far as to hint that the whole grand attack on the western front may be temporarily abandoned in favor of a new attack on Italy. Allied military critics, however, are of the opinion that the Germans are too deeply committed to the Flanders and Picardy ventures to stop them now. Heavier cannonading points to the early resumption of fighting in France, although thus far the initiative since Monday has rested with the allies. Two local successes have been scored by* the French with the past twenty-four hours. . Italy reports increased activity and it is evident from unofficial dispatches from that quarter that a new Teuton attack is expected at any time. Interesting is this connection are ' the increasing reports that Bohemians, Czechs, Slavs and even Bavarians are deserting the Teuton armies, sometimes in numbers and making their way to the Italian lines to be put into Italian uniforms and fight with the allies.