Mexico Missouri message., 1917-08-02

cordance with the flair profits" order
Of President Wilson and may be COM
pleted in six months. Francis ]. Heney
Is In charge of the legal end Of 1t.
Hampering Our Government.
AS the United States swiftly APP
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 tho 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 senators 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-
tons 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 approprlating
$640,000000, passed by the house and
admittedly of prime Importance, came
up in the senate, the government and
all It's 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 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-
lowed by them and others often is as
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 it's pro-German attitude.
More Trouble for Russia.
Russia's progress toward victory and
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 led
by agitators Of the Bolshlviki and
Maximalist factions who demanded the
removal of the capitalist" ministers.
Most of the troops in the capital were
loyal and soon suppressed the new
revolution" though several persons
were killed and many wounded. At
the same time three or four members
of the cabinet resigned and the pre-
mier, Prince Lvoff, announced that ass
soon as the disorders are ended steps
will be taken for the formation of a
coalition cabinet. The councils of the
workmen and soldiers and of the peas
ants denounced the riots as the acts OF
traitors. The wonder Is not that there
should be such disorders In Russia, but
that they should not be more and
greater.
Mlehaells With the Junkars.
Germany's new imperial chancellor,
Doctor Michaelis, made on Thursday
the address to the reichstag which had
been awaited with intense interest. If
the peace party In the empire had
expected his support, 1t was disap-
pointed, for he plainly took the side
of the junkers and declared his ad-
hesion to the submarine campaign as
a lawful measure, justihably adopted,
and adapted for shortening the war.
The majority parties in the reichstag,
on the otber hand, decided to introduce