Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-06-08

cr.o,ur,s will never have the impu-
dence 10 return to the United s,a'es.
President Wilson, loath TO unallhon
entirely the volunteer system Vi, lnes,
dny issued an urgent call TOT l".ooo
moe volunteers to bring the regular
army up to full strength.
What Is Doing In Russia.
DEVELOPMENTS of the week In Rus
81, were both encouraging and dis
ccurorinr Admittedly, the late Of
that new republic Is in the hands Of
Kerensky and he has tasa Il hrm
stand In the matter of restoring dis
cInIIne in the army. The soldiers seem
willing to submit, and are giving EVIL
depce of a renewed intenticn to con-
tinue the fight against the cslra' pow
ers. They have been heahei'ed Tor
this by the lnjunctions and ppeais Of
the councils of peasants inu WORK
mems deputies and by the ei'orlall"ns
Of government officials. Tbs state Of
affairs is recognized by Genahy In a
statement TINT an early onenSise by
the Russians Is expected.
The most discouraging HwS from
Russia was contained in q statement
hy Minister of Finance Shlnnr"f that
the industrial crisis is so cute that
only a miracle can Ave te country
from economic ruin. The an"nds of
the worknen are so enonons that
most of the industrial Enterprises
working for the national ddehse Will
be compelled to close don before
long. On top of this comes NE formal
demand of the troops Of The front
that they be supplied with cough mu-
nittons to fight on an equalrane with
the other belligerents.
A hopeful note was Sunded on
Tuesday by Prof. Boris Bkhmetief.
the new Russian ambasstOr TO the
United States. Reaching Tokyo on
his way TO this country. hlsaid: Il
am immensely satisfied vihtonditions
in Russia, including Sibehh | think
the new regime is carryas IN the
work of reorganization successfully
and will soon be able to larch an Of
fenSive against the enemy.
Russians official position seems as
anomalous as ever. for she sill insists
she will be faithful to he allies. and
in the same breath demants that peace
be made on terms that nnnOt con-
ceirably be accepted by tbse allies.
President Sends Mote b Russia.
President Wilson last week dis
patched note to Russias provisional
government designed to pre- the way
for the Root commission md to give
Russia an idea Of the wI tlns Of the
United States. He Sc, forth that
| America is in the war 70 make the
world safe for democraq' and that
1t seeks mo indemnities ix ourselves,
no material compensatioa sr the sac
rifiCes We shall freely rake" but
makes II clear that there aust be in
demnity for innocent nahns laid in
ruins, like Belgium.
Maxim Gorky. the NOTED mthOr, pub
fishes In his paper a SsSlional &c.
count Of an attempt by D. RIzow, Bull
garian minister TO Berln 10 induce
him to enter into negod,1ons for a
separate peace. Rlzows proposition
was that Russia cOncluds IN immedi-
ate arnistice with Gernrg md Aus
tria, both belllgerents raining their
present fronts, and Russ,n cOnstitu-
ent assembly meet at orr to decide
on peace or war.
| The Socialist party france last
week decided TO send Debates to the
Stockholm conference, but the rejolc-
ing of the Teutons oye this is not
justified, for it appears ths Frenchmen
concluded 1t would not Be safe TO
leave the Russian Socialss alone with
the German delegates he German
and Austrian Socialists sa forth their
peace program, program which might
well be acceptable to the tso emperors
who have given up hops Of crushing
their enemies. Austria d will banker.
Ing for peace at almost ay price. and
the kaisers control over TIE dual mon
archy was weakened By he appoint
ment Of Count Julius Andassy as pre-
mler of Hungary to succeed Tisza.
| Italians Move Towaa Trieste.
The Italians and Austn,ns did most
Of the actual fighting lss week. Ca
dornns men pressed ou further toward
Trieste. though the to,.,rd move
ihent slackened considerably md much
OF the time was given to ,on solldatIns
tne positions already Won, md beating
on the furious counter,sauIts Of the
austrians' The Italians can,ured San
Tr,as,n one Of the ky defenses Of
Trieste, and 1t was reporad ,hst all
noncombatants hnd ben ordered to
leave the latter city ,,a.. .'.r that
the Anstrians did not hope to held pos-
session of 1t much Longer. Tho evident
pan OF the Italians was - move on
trieste along the coast Of The IdrIatic.