Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-07-27

to steel, iron, coal aad oil costs, in ac- |
cordance with the ''fair profits order
of President Wilson and may be COM
pleted In six months. Francis J. Heney
is in charge of the legal end of it.
Hampering Our Government.
AS the United States swiftly ap-
proaches more active participation in
the war, the German agents and spies
and their friends in the country be-
come more bold and enterprising in
their efforts to hamper the govern.
ment. These efforts range all the way
from ridiculous stories of American
soldiers dying like flies from disease
in Europe, designed to discourage en-
listing; plots to prevent the harvesting
of crops in the West by doctoring court
plaster with tetanus bacilli; burning
of elevators and warehouses and eX-
plosions in factories; killing of live
stock; fomenting of strikes and riots,
up through attempts to involve the
country in international troubles with
friendly nations, to deliberate blocking
of much needed legislation by United
States senator's whose constituents
number large numbers of German
Americans, The hyphenated term is
used still because the people alluded
to themselves seem unwilling to have
it discarded. Their press and the ac-
tions and words of many of them make
this clear.
An instance of the way in which
legislation is delayed was supplied last
week. The aviation bill appropriating
$780, 0000,000, passed by the house and
admittedly of prime Importance, came
up in the senate, the government and
all Its expert advisers in the matter of
aviation urging that it be made law
before the week closed. But Hard
wick of Georgia and Owen of Okla
homa proposed amendments that made
certain u long debate, and La Toilette
Of Wisconsin and Gronna of North Da-
kota aided in the blocking process in
order to make attacks on the draft
clause. No one will accuse these men
Of being personally disloyal to their
country, but the course OF action fol-
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effectual as If they were.
The professional pacifists and the So
cialists are singing smaller these days.
The former meet with little sympathy
and support, and the Socialist party is
losing some of it's choicest members
because of its pro-German attitude.
More Trouble for Russia.
Russia's progress toward victory and
a stable government met with two set
backs last week, though both 1t is to
be hoped are only temporary. In the
effort to check the great drive of the
Slavs In Galicia, the Teutons rushed
up large re-enfOrcements drawn from
the French and Italian fronts, and
these forces compelled the Russians to
evacuate the important town Of
Kalusz, which had been the German
army headquarters and the capture
of which by them had threatened Lem
berg. The fighting in this region was
fierce all the week, and on the whole
the Russians did not have much the
worst Of 1t.
1t is interesting to learn that Brit.
ish armOred motor detachments and
Belgian troops are taking part in the
Russian offensive in Galicia, and are
doing good work.
At home the provisional government
was attacked by Petrograd rioters lee
by agitators of the Bolshivik anC
Maximalist factions who demanded thu
removal of the Capitalist" ministers
Most of the troops in the capital wert
loyal and soon suppressed the new
revolution" though several persons
were killed and many wounded. A
the same time three or four member
of the cabinet resigned and the pre-
mier, Prince Lvoff, announced that a
soon as the disorders are ended step
will be taken for the formation of
coalition cabinet. The councils of tn
workmen and soldiers and of the peas
ants denounced the riots as the acts O
traitors. The wonder is not that ther
should be such disorders in Russia, bu
that they should not be mere an
greater.
MichaeIis With the Junksrs.
Germany's new imperial chancellor
Doctor Michaelis, made on Tbursda
the address to the relchstag which ha,
been awaited with intense interest. l
the peace party in the empire ha
expected his support, it was disaI
pointed, for he plainly took the sid
of the junkers and declared his ad
hesion to the submarine campaign a
lawful measure, Justifably adopted
and adapted for shortening the wal
: The majority parties in the reichstal
on the other hand, decided to introduc