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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1915
Page
3
Officers at a French base describe the vast scale of shell and ammo transfers. Trucks trains and ships deliver conical steel shells and grenades to front lines, while rear depots tally stocks by color coded types, turning logistics into war’s essential business.
Cardinal Gasparri rebuts Latapie interview claims in Corriere Italia and La Liberte. He denies hostages and neutrality quotes, asserts Vatican aims for neutrality, and says Pope Benedict did not condemn Russia on Austria Hungary claims. He notes Italy’s conduct and warns Latapie about publishing without authorization.
The Italian Embassy at the State Department said Austro-Hungarian postal authorities would not receive or forward mails from the Holy See after Italy and Austria Hungary declared war. Italy reports steps to ensure free passage of Vatican correspondence without censorship during the suspension of postal communications.
The passage describes Italian forces bombarding Austrian positions west of Tarvis starting June 12. Artillery was moved up steep mountain roads by pack animals and mountaineers including women, with parabolic fire from concealed batteries behind the range. King Victor Emmanuel and British mission members witnessed the bombardment amid high Italian enthusiasm.
Wounded Italian soldiers arriving at Udine recount atrocities dating to Austrian rule and claim similar torture methods are used in the current conflict. They describe suspending a victim by the hands as part of the cruelties witnessed and reported from the front.
The Italian Government denounces Austro-Hungarian refusals to receive and forward Holy See mails even with the Cardinal Secretary of State seal. It states Italy bears no responsibility for these impediments and asserts the Holy See’s right to uncensored correspondence. Secretary Lansing filed the substance in State Department archives as information only.
The passage condemns brutal labor practices where workers are seized on flimsy pretexts, separated from families, and subjected to forced labor with the threat of being shot for any resistance.
Gen Staff reports artillery and infantry firing near Avi Burnu with enemy heavy artillery fire on the right wing near Sedd el-Bahr since June 25. Night attacks against the left wing broke down.
London correspondent reports Goritz captured by Italian troops on June 2 after a three week bombardment. Austrians defended from Podgora hill and Monte Fortune lines with hidden trenches and heavy artillery as shells and tunnels turned resistance to powder.
The Paris edition War and Catholicism compiled by Monaignor Baudrillart with an introduction by Cardinal Amnette discusses alleged German atrocities against the church. Cardinals von Hartmann and von Bettinger deny the claims and say Cardinal Mercier was never imprisoned, warning against clerical campaigns provoking reprisals.
The dispatch reports Ramsay MacDonald urging democratic control to end the war, and C. P. Trevelyan urging international cooperation to curb militarism. It also covers German parliamentary debate with Karl Liebknecht and Brau n criticizing annexation, and King Ludwig of Bavaria’s June 7 vow for territorial expansion amid the conflict.
Berlin papers describe a stormy Prussian Diet debate on peace and annexation. The Social Democrats urged early peace and withdrawal from annexation while Vorwärts notes the crowd's demand for a war direction, with ten Social Democrats present and chaotic proceedings.
Rome June 28 Cardinal von Hartmann Archbishop of Cologne and Cardinal von Bettinger Archbishop of Munich have addressed the Pope expressing protest against recent directives. The action marks a notable protest from two senior church figures within the German Catholic hierarchy.
The speaker calls for firmer ties with the Canal Association to gain favorable ocean access for South and West Germany. Ten months after a costly war, the message argues for German expansion, protection from future attacks, and steadfast partners like Austria and Turkey while warning against treacherous allies.
A telegram from Constantinople via Berlin reports Turkey will expel all foreign embassy officials such as dragonines secretaries and attachés in retaliation for British expulsion of Turkish staff in London. Several have already left Turkey as the United States and Italy hostile country officials are affected.
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