Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-05-10

VINO mas come TO america to give our
soon and will. be followed at frequent
intervals by other detachments. The
Stars and Stripes is likely to be flying
before long in both France and Rus
sia. E@
Toward the end of the week the
French commission took time for d
visit to Chicago alr;, other cities. Mar.
shal Joffre and his colleagues were
welcomed everywhere with an acclaim
that testified eloquenty to the love
and admiration the American people
have for the French. In the course
of their trip the visitors went to
Springfield, ILL.,, and placed wreaths on
the tomb4of Lincoln, us they already
had done on the tomb of, Washington
at Mt. Vernon. ~
England Is Alarmed.
!. Finally awakened to the deadly
menace in the activities of the Ger.
man submarines, the people Of Great
Britain are clamoring, in the press
and in parliament, for change in the
admiralty personnel Of methods that
shall give some promise OF relieving
the situation. The terror of hunger
and of possible defeat In the war Is
on them; and they are calling bitterly
for more action bg tsssiy great navy.
...Where are our bw1f submarines and
why do they not do something's Is
the demand. The policy of the ad-
miralty in concealing the full truth
about the success Of the U-boat cam
paign is. attacked, on all sides. 1t is
admitted that the Germans are sink
ing vessels faster than the allies can
build them, and though the United
States Is counted on to supply great
!. feared, may come too late.
To guess at what took place in Ger
many and Austria during May Day
week would be futile, for the Swiss
and Dutch frontiers We're closed and
the censorship of the news was abso-
lute. 1t was stated officially that the
May Day celebrations We're peaceful
in both the empires.
The German reichstag resumed its
session Wednesday and DR.. Johannes
;kaempf, president of the chamber.
made a bitter attack on President Will
son, accusing him of seeking to divide
the German people. Doctor Won Beth
lnanh-Hollweg, the imperial chancellor
shad intended TO make a speech on in
ternational relations and was expected
ttb announce Germany's peace terms,
but postponed the address ito more
fitting occasion" Spokesman for the
entente allies already had declared no
suggestions of peace terms from Ger
Austria is in sad state and the news
that has filtered out from that country
during the week indicates that the en-
tire nation. from the emperor down,
demands an early end Of the war, on
any, terms obtafnable. But Charles
may not be able to wriggle out from
the iron grasp of the kaiser.
What About Russian
Still a bigablackl interrogation point
must be placed after Russia. The rest
of the world really knows little Of
what is going on there. but 1t is evil
dent that If the kaiser were not kept SO
busy on the western front. he might
break through the Russian lines below
Riga with comparative ease. New
rules for the Russian army have been
promulgated. and how under them any
effectiveness and cohesion In the army
can be maintained it is impossible TO
conceive. The officers seem to have
been deprived of all powers of discip-
line and nearly everything is put in the
control Of committees OF the soldiers.
The common people" are at the helm
over there, and it will be only by
Gods mercy if they do not drive their
new republic onto the rocks of disas-
ter because of their lnexperience and
their eXOrbitant demands. The peace
party In Russia still denies vehemently
that 1t has any idea of advocating u
separate peace, and there is encour-
sagement in the fact that the soldiers
who deserted and went home are fast
treturning to the ranks.
On May / the Russian provisional
government sent to it's representatives
vim the allied countries note giving as
sufance that the change in government
/ could give no pretext for any siacken-
ling on the part of Russia in the COM
mon struggle of all the entente allies
and that on the contrary, the nation
was even more determined to bring the
:..War to decisive victory.
{ One OF the first things America will
do to help Russia is to send commits
] ston Of four experts to reorganize the
sportation facilities Of the new re.