The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-08-02
NEWS REVIEW OF PAST wEEE
Continued from first page)

In the Champagne region the crown
prince hurled his troops against the
French lines with the utmost reck.
lessness all week long, but the only re-
suit was tremendous losses for the
Germans. for the poilus were indomita-
BILE and II now and then their line
was bent. they counter-attacked so fu-
riously 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 id
vanced their lines considerably and re-
pulsed all attempts to drive them from
the new positions.
Germany's h~ullabaloo over peace
terms and internal reforms has sim
mered down to a discontinued discus
sion OF Chancellor Michaelis' inten-
lions and policies, based on his speech
to the reichstag, which Is universally
admitted to have been ambiguous and
even secretive. As has been said be-
fore, the political upheaval there
doesn't bring appreciably nearer the
end of the war. Many OF the opposi-
ton leaders and newspapers more
than hint that the U-boat campaign Is
really n failure In that II Is not starv-
Ing England, and they realize that Its
continuance Is reducing daily the num-
Der OF friends Germany will have after
peace is concluded. But the militar-
lists Of Prussia can't let go OF that
weapon, and the masses Of the Ger
man people, who have an astonishing
capacity for self-deception, evince no
desire to throw these militarists out
and save their empire from ultimate
disaster.
Slam joins kalsers Foes.
One by n the smaller nations Of
the world are lining up with the enc
mics Of the kaiser and despotic mill
tarism. PARKWAY Slam Is the latest
addition to the list. German vessels
In Siamese ports were seized and Ger
man citizens were interned. The In
fiuence Of every country that comes
In on the side Of freedom and justice
will be felt. IL not strongly now, al
least after the war IL ended. Thu
Teutonic economists well know this
and even now are holding q conference
on postwar conditions. seemingly still
hopeful that their armies can brinl
about the realization Of that dream
Of a "Mittel Europa" that would b.
self-sustainlng and self-contained ant
that would always threaten the peace
Of the rest Of the world. The frus
tration Of that hope Is the great ulti
mate aim Of the allies.
Representatives Of the entente alliei
met In Paris on Wednesday for tn,
purpose OF determining the urs o.
their future policy in the Balkans
which Premier Ribot. who presided
said must be modified because Greece
Is now ranged with the allies. Tit
United States was not represented, thu
administration holding that this natior
Is not yet directly interested In Balkan
matters.
Food Control Bill Delayed.
President Wilson's strenuous objec
ton to the senate amendment TO tn,
food control bill creating n congress
sional committee on expenditures fol
the war, and the determination Of thu
house to defeat the senate amend
ments, caused a delay In the final pas
sage Of the measure. The prohibition
lists were bound to have restored tn,
"bone-dry" plan for which the hous'
voted.
The entente allies held n conference
In Paris and adopted unanimously thi
declaration:
"The allied powers. more closel,
united than eve for the defense Of tn,
peoples rights, particularly In the Bal
kan peninsula. are resolved not to la,
down arms until they have attaine,
the end which In their eyes dominate
all others-to render impossible a re
turn Of the criminal aggression sue
as that whereof the central empire
bear the responsibility"
/, In accordance with the recommends
ton OF General PershiDg, the American
army Is TO be reorganlzed on tn
French plan OF conformation. Thi
will change n company from $50 I
go men, II regiment from $500 10 3
600 men, and a division from % $500 l.
anproxlmately 1900 men.