Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-12-06
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who have not Welded to the dictatfon
af Leninc and his holShcvikStS. More
Gyer, the immense gold reserve of the
from Fetrograd to the iNremlin in 1918,
has been taken still further into the
interior and is ont of the reach of the
maNima'ists. Whether Kaledines and
the CosSacks Will chose 10 support the
social democrats or VIII aid in res
toratfon Of the monarchy is not clear.
But sane friends of order, democracy
'uid freedom feel that anything would
be better than the reign of anarchy
and civil war that threatens Russia
now.
The soldiers who remain at the
front ;!e wailing bitterly because of
the shortage of food, and there is n
line prospect OF hundreds of thousands
ol these lighting men turning back in
to lheir country hnlt-slarved and
ready to pillage and ravage it without
restraint
ItalyS Ddngef LeSSchSd.
The heroic Italian troops having
demonstrated their ability TO hold back
about four times as many Yeutons
along the Piave front he fears of q
more extended inasion of Italy and
of Tie capture OF Venice are essening
During the week great numbers of re-
ehiQrcenents arrived from the british
and French armies on the west front,
many or them having marched eight
days through the mountains. They
NfIH%iii with them ample artillery and
supplies. Italian reserves i'm great
masses, young, well-equipped and full
of spirit, also moved north to relieve
thG#2 who have been combating the
ihNadels, aud in some places the Ilal-
iahS lopii tiie offensive. The figlllng
especially between the Pnve anl The
Brenta continue Il fierce and unal1atcd
throughout lilc week, and the losses
ON both sides were heavy, but the Aus
tfo-GrllaallS made no further gains.
i1own toward The Adfatlc they made
repeated attempts 10 cross the river
Nt c9Npletely rou I'd by The Italian
ariiiejy IS tlln week closcd The silu-
;iI,1n In ~; was ill serious but inn
proving ea Il day
Gen. H. T. aiHuriee. chief director
pi military operations i'm the British
@;it omce. WAS especially We'll salts
fied with the weeks developments in
ltals From the fact that Germany
h,,d ntt Hmellt up vast re-enforce-
tAeuts 20 follow un he initial success
With decisive bioW, he concluded
ihst G"lJaalY Mss unable To send
tL@BI ] is ucN linp he declared,
~ s,5r 3efieitply tlrI he crisis in
itvlN las passed, lls being due en-
iir@iY 10 the efforts of the Italian
arnN. "Anglo French troops are now
t33tlc in sufficient quantities to
itiS'y uS tIat ile situation is Sc
eilty lie concluded
!..@td TirH+,ng Around Canbrai
Fsp sea. llas seen no more desperate
i%htils than has followed on The heels
al General Byng's sensational thrust
t'H'stif - 'st'lipLttl. 'i'NIl i lIllNt IkNIj-
lnecllt seemed determined not To let
Shat cly fan into the hands of the
British, u ut least TO make ii costly
lrize, and his constantly REINFORCED
troops %crr sent a@anst the British
IN bourlan wood again and again and
in the village of foniainc, which
changed hands several times. Byng's
Een haid on tenaeiolsly and usually
had ihe best of il in the han1-to-hand
fighting as wen aS in the artillery com
b;ts, and the tanks continued to play
their part l'le>e monsters often
cleared the WAY for the infantry, and
in at least one Instance. when they
were themselves held up by superior
forces The british ainnen, flying dar-