The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-08-02

mlniStration, though 1t doubtless will
be remedicd with the willing assist
nnce of the American railway eXecu-
tlVcs. The demand for cars already Is
tremendous, for the moving of materl-
ais and supplies for the army training
camps and for dozen other purposes
ana 1T Will be increased Immediately
as the men of the National Guard and
OF the national army begin moving to
their allotted places.
Russia's Collapse In Galcia.
me collapse of RuSSn'S offensive
IN Galicih, due to INSTRUMENTATION in
Stlgated by German agents, developed
INTO Il general retreat, and the retreat
INTO virtual rout Abandoning vast
military stores and burning villages,
the mutinous Slavs flew everywhere
pefore the easy advance of the Teu-
TONS, except on the Roumanian front.
whcre for the time at let st, they stood
nrm. Farther north. in Iced all the
way to the Baltic, the Russians gave
ground
Premier Kercnsky, armed with dicta-
torlal powers, declared he would apply
Il policy of blood and iron to stop the
|
ilof ordered his loyal troops to shoot
down any who deserted or refused to
obey orders, but this was ineffectual to
retrieve the disaster. StnnlSlnu Hnlicz
hnd other important cities were cvnc-
untcd, and from the wooded Cnrpathi-
ans to the region Of Tarnopol the
country was full of long columns Of
fleeing Russians on which the Teu-
ton field guns played with merciless
slaughter.
One story from Petrograd told how;
loyal troops In Korniloff's army blew
to pieces an entire mutlnous division
| with It's own guns.
On the demand Of the military COM
manders at the front, the provisional
government has again put In force cap
ital punishment for treason, which was
abolished mt the time of the revolu-
tiOn.
However this second great Russian
slump, serious though 1t be, is not fa.
tai. Kerensky and his colleagues are
determined to rid their country Of the
German agents and their traitorous
Russian aids. Lenine, the chief Of the
latter Is already under arrest, and 1t
Is believed he will be either executed
rs an agent Of the German general
. staff or Mt least isolated as insane.
Russians and their friends still believe
their new republic will emerge tr-
umphant from the chaotic conditions
! that now hold IT almost helpless.
, The Guard Of Death" the battalion
! Of Russian women raised by Vera
Butchkareff, was in action on Tuesday
for the first time, ut KrevO. The wom-
! on fought Well gaining the respect of
l the male soldiers.
No Military Success for Germany.
5 Germany has scored no real mill
tary success Of moment for long
time. The Galican affair Is not a sue
cess of arms, and though the kaiser
!. decorated some Of his commanders
there, they gained no glory by the pur-
suit of mutinous and disorganlzed
troops. Rather should Wilhelm have
: bestowed his decorations upon the
spies who stirred up the insubordina-
tiOn
In the Champagne region the crown
prince hurled his troops against the
!. French lines with the utmost reck.
| '>''''>'''' ''i "SSh ioi5b pul lllc OILY re-
suit was tremendous losses for the
Germans, for the poilus were indomita-
BILE and If now and then their line
was bent, they counter-attacked so fu.
rlously that the Teuton could not hold
= his small gains more than an hour or
so. In some places. especially on the
California plateau, the French ad-
: vanced their lines considerably and re-
: pulsed all attempts to drive them from
} the new positions.
, Gcrmany's hulabalo0 over peace
terms and Internal reforms has sim
mercd down to dscontented discus
sion of Chancellor Michaelis' lnten-
tions and policies, based on his speech
to the rcichstag, which is universally
admitted to have been ambiguous and
even secrctlve. AS has been said be-
fore, the political upheaval there
doesn't bring apprccably nearer the
end OF the war. Many Of the opposi-
tion leaders and newspapers more
than hint that the U-bont campaign Is
really failure in TINT it Is not stary-
Ing England, and they realize that it's
continuance Is reducing daily the num-
ber Of friends Germany Will have after
peace Is concluded. But the militar-
lists Of Prussia can't let 20 OF TINT
weapon, and the masses of the Ger.