Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-07-05

modified the prohibition clause in such
way that the making of distilled
LIQUORS and beer would be ended while
the manufacture of wine would not
lhe attacl! on beer brought on stub
born fight when the bill came up for
consideration in the senate Thursday,
and Mr.. Lodge and others denounced
he effort OF the psohibitionists to mix
prohibition with the food question at
a time whom the first requisite for sue
cessful conduct of the war is a united
people, The bill as it stands confers
on the president the most extraordi-
nary powers ever granted by the
American nation.
Restoring Order in Russia.
With calm, sympathetic talk and
comnonsenSe advice, f,lihu Root and
his colleagues on the American mis-
sion arc aiding Kerensky to bring
some sembance Of order out of the
chaos in Russia. In Petrograd, Mos
COW and many other places the ...leri-
cans have T>iarvssHe thronga OF sol.
dicrs Worl.mon and peasants, ami h&G
made it plain to them that the United
states means 10 help them to retain
their neW-founl freedom, but that 1T
cannot be retained unless, with their
active aid. the dcspotic autocracy of
Germany is crushed. Rear Admiral
Glennon is credited with having quiet
ed the nutiny of the men of the Rus
sian Black sea leet.
Minister of War Kerensky is becom-
ing q heroic figure. tiercely withstand
ing tho attacks of his enemies and fast
gaining for The provisional govern
nenl the support of the masses. He is
determined that Russia shall resume
tle Offensive against the central pow
cfs. and is backed In this by the coun-
els of delegates and by the women
Of the laud. The latter by thousands
have enlisted in the army and demand
a chance to fight The congress of
Cossacks also gave the provisional
government a vote of complete conf
denee and full support.
Uncle Sam is determined to set the
new republic of Russia on its feet il
II is possible to do so, and is giving
every aid that can be devised The
latest evidence of our governments be-
nign intent is the appointment by
President Wilson of a commission of
sanitary social. medical and food-dis-
trlbution experts that Will start at
once for Petrograa and make Il sur
VeH of the civil needs of the people of
Isnssa, and then try to help them to
help themselves. DR.. Frank Billings
al eminent Chicago physician, heads
lie commission the other members in
Guiding Raymond Robins, Harold II.
wifi, DR.. Wilbur e. Post, DIR. w. s..
hayer of Johns Hopkins university,
md Prof. Charles Winslow of Yale.
Venizelos Controls in Greece.
AS was foreseen, young King Alex
alder of Greece has agreed to do what
ever the allies wish him to do, and he
began by dsmissing the Zaimis minis
Try and inviting Venizelos to form 81
new cabinet. The new ministers took
Office Wednesday. Venizelos has said
tllat he would like to have Greece join
the allies as an active opponent of
Germany, but will not force this course
OF action against the will Of the peo-
PIE. Meanwhile, French troops are in
control in Athens and other centers.
Fx-King Conrtantine is now in Switz-
erland, whore he has purchased mag
niticent chateau.
/ The situation in the southeast natur-
ally is worrying Bulgaria, which is in
the wan for what she can get, and
now sees that her dear wish to get
Macedonia and Dobl'udia may not be
fulfilled. Bulgaria has been reluctant
to break formally with the United
States but according to Copenhagen
reports she llay soon take such action
as HE price of concessions from Ger
many.
ghp Spanish censorship has shut
down tight on all news from that coun-
try, and the government is struggling
to weather the crisis that has come
upon H. On Tuesday the constitutions
al guarantees were suspended once
more, and Premier Dato declares the
nation is calm. This, however. is not
in accord with the information given
out in London, where 1t Is expected
thai n revolution will soon break out
in Spain.
Norwegian Patience Exhausted.
In Norway, as in Spain, hunger,
present or anticipated, is at the bottom