Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-07

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
The attack on beer brought on a stub
born fight when the bill came up for
consideration in the senate Thursday
and Mr.. Lodge and others denounced
the effort of the prohibitionists to mix
prohibition with the food question at
time when the first requisite for sue
cessful conduct Of the war is q 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
commonsense advice, Elihu Root and
his colleagues on the American mis-
sion are aiding Kerensky to bring
some semblance of order out of the
chaos in Russia. In Petrograd, Mos
cow and many other places the Ameri-
cans have addressed throngs of SOL
diers, wOrkmen and peasants, and have
made 1t plain to them that the United
States means to help them to retain
their new-found freedom, but that 1t
cannot be retained unless, with their
active aid, the despotic autocracy Of
Germany is crushed. Rear Admiral
Glennon is credited with having quiet
ed the mutiny Of the men Of the Rus
sian Black sea feet.
Minister of War Kerensky Is becom-
ing a heroic figure, f1erceIy withstand
ing the attacks of his enemies and fast
gaining for the provisional govern
ment the support Of the masses. He is
determined that Russia shall resume
the offensive against the central pow
ers, and is backed in this by the coun-
ellis of delegates and by the women
Of the land. The latter by thousands
have enlisted In the army and demand
q chance to fight. The congress Of
Cossacks also gave the provisional
government a vote Of complete conf
dence and full support.
Uncle Sam is determined to set the
new republic of Russia on its feet If
it 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 commission Of
sanitary social, medical and food-dis-
tribution experts that will start at
once for Petrograd and make a sur
vey of the civil needs Of the people Of
Russia and then try to help them to
help themselves. DR.. Frank Billings,
an eminent Chicago physician, heads
the commission, the other members in
Guiding Raymond Robins, Harold II.
Swift, DR.. Wilbur E. Post, DR.. w. s.
Thayer Of Johns Hopkins university,
and Prof. Charles Winslow of Yale.
VenizeIos Controls In Greece.
AS was foreseen, young King Alex
ander of Greece has agreed to do what
ever the allies wish him to do and he
began by dismissing the Zaimis minis
try and inviting Venizelos to form a
new cabinet. The new ministers took
office Wednesday. Venizelos has said
that 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.
Ex-King Constantine is now in Swift
erland, where he has purchased a mag
nificent chateau. ~
The situation In the southeast natur-
ally is worrying Bulgaria, which is in
the war for what she can get, and
now sees that her dear wish to get
Macedonia and Dobrudja may not be
fulfilled. Bulgaria has been reluctant
to break formally with the United
States, but according to Copenhagen
reports she may soon take such action
as the price Of concessions from Ger
many.
The 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 1t. On Tuesday the constitution
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 it is expected
that q revolution will soon break out
in Spain.
Norwegian Patience Exhausted.
In Norway, as In Spain, hunger,
present or anticipated, is at the bottom