The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-11-08

appointed German imperial chancellor.
the allies, though this is denied by the
London press. However, the military
leaders of the entente are now awake
to the importance of the Italian front,
and there are indications that they
will concentrate much of their efforts
there during the winter, when opera
lions in Flanders must necessarily be
halted. This will be In accordance
with the advice Of an Italian general
given many months ago and hitherto
ignored. The question of joint allied
war council to direct operations on all
fronts is made more imperative by the
Italian affair and may be settled at
the coming conference in Paris. Ev-
eryOne admits that lack of team work
has been responsible for most of the
reverses the allies have suffered.
II is expected that Germany will
now make a new suggestion Of peace,
as she has done after each of her sue
cessfui drives, and also it is expected
that the allies vii! reject 1t with scorn,
as in the past.
In Russia the peace agitation is
dying down because of the German
operations in the Gulf of Riga and the
peril Of the Gulf of Finland ports and
of Petrograd. The crisis there served
to strengthen the hands OF the ker-
ensky government and even the eX-
IRENE Socialists and other radical fac
lions are urging the army TO resist
further German advances. There was
little fighting on the Russian front last
had abandoned or postponed its plans
to enter the Gulf of Finland.
Good Gains In Flanders.
Attention must not be wholly d.
verified from the western front by the
invasion of Italy. There was desper-
ate fighting in Flanders, in the course
OF which the French and British, with
the efficient aid of the Belgian troops,
made some very important gains. In
the swamps south of DiXmude the
French and Belgians took Merckem
peninsula and the village Of Luyghem.
little farther south the British kept
up their attacks on the part of the
pasSchendaele ridge stll held by the
Germans, and the Canadians led I'm an
offensive which carried them almost
into the town itself Further progress
on this line will probably result in the
capture of Roulers, an important rail
center only six miles northeast of the
ridge and already dominated by the
British guns.
Along the Aisne and in the Verdun
region the French successfully with
stood all the attacks Of the crown
prince and inflicted heavy losses on
him.
The allied avintors were especially
busy during the week, dropping many
tons of explosives on mnnition facto.
ries, depots, railway stations, aer-
dromes and all other military ohiec-
tives within their reach, They do not
seem yet to have started on a cam
towns, but that may come quickly,
since Germany on Wednesday night
sent some thirty nirplanes in seven
groups across the water TO bomb Lon
don and other parts of England. Also
the German aviators made few more
raids on Nancy.
In Afrcn and MesopotamIa the Brit
lsh made considerable progress Inst
week. aud they also announced the
capture OF BeerNheba In Palestine.
Count George Won HertlIng, prime
minister of Bavaria, has been APP
pointed German chancellor. but seems
to have we'll grounded fears that he
cannot control a aiorlty OF the reich
stag. He is fully acceptable only to
the Catholic center group. Hefferlch
resigned as vice chancellor and was
succeeded by Friedrich Won Payer, n
progressive.
Another U. s. Transport Torpedoed.
on Thursday the navy department
announced that another American
transport, the Finland had been
struck by n torpedo when homeward
bound. No one aboard was injured and
the vessel was so little hurt that she
returned to port under her own power
The sinking of the Antilles brought
about an announcement from Secre-
tary Daniels that hereafter naval
crews viii man all transports carry
ing American soldiers to France. The
report OF the British admiralty showed
marked falling or in the number OF
submarine victims for the week.
Sir Eric Geddes, first lord OF the
admiralty. gave parliament some in
terestlng facts concerning the subma-
rlne campaign, stating that between
40 and so per cent Of the German u
boats operating in the North sea, the
Atlantic and the Arctic have been
Of American troops and war material.