Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-08-23

commissions to 1880 new officers fror
inspection in their camp in France. g.
)al secretary, who helped Pope Bencdic
ers do not represent fairly the senti-
ment of the Americans, the British,
the French and the Italians those peo-
plies firmly believe the defeat of the
central powers is certain and will not
be satisfied With the restoration of the
Status quo ante" leaving Germany
unparalleled for the tremendous losses
and suffering She has inflicted One
other thing. which may sound more I'M
important than 1t really is--the Brit
ish have sworn that justice Shall be ad-
miniStered To those individuals who
were responsible for the murder of the
Lusitana Victims Nurse Cavel, Cap
tain Fryatt, the women and children
slaughtered in the air raids on Eng
land, and the others in the long list of
those noncombatants slain in cold
blood by the Teutoms. The English
are not a revcngetul people but their
cry is ''lest we forget" and they are
not going to forget.
The pope's peace proposals have
many good points, but they seem i'm
possible. Not 50 impossible, however,
as the plan presented by Senator La
Toilette in a resolution submitted to
congress that the American govern-
ment should declare that all the ma
tions at war should "chip in'' and pay
for all the damage done. by tie con-
tlict. This, of course, implies that al
the belligerents are equally guilty,
which is going rather far even for the
prO-German La Toilette
Hoover Gets Busy.
Herbert c. Hoover is wasting Sd
time in taking up his duties rs food
administrator. Most of his plans were
made in advance and are now being
put into action as rapidly as possible.
Some of them are proving very painful
to the spectators in foodstuffs, but
they are reasslring for the consumer.
Among IL" first things Mr.. Hoover did
was to form corporation to take over
the control of the countrys grain sup
ply. The same day n committee was
appointed to nego1;lie the voluntary
regulation of the milling industry On
September the food administration
will undertake Aic purchase of wheat
for the government al interior tcrmi-
nalS and at The request of Mr.. Hoover
the grain exc han2es ordered the dis
continuance of all future trading in
wheat after August %, il order not to
off ,rtc
to stabilize prices.
| On Thursday Mr.. Hoover announced
| that all processes in the production OF
| distilled spirits for beverage purposes
! must cease at L O'Clock y. m, Septcm-
ber. s.
Guardsmen Going to France.
| The next American cNpeditionary
| force to be sent to France will be the
"Rainbow division"-otlicially the For
| tysecond- viii! include National
Guard troops from 81 states and The
District of Columbia. The war dc
partment plans TO assemble these mci
very soon and ship them across for in
! tensive training.
Some of the troops already overseas
i were marched through London the
4 other day, in response to the demands
of the English, and We're greeted Will
wild enthusiasm. The cabinet ad
| iourncd TO watch tlfem pass by. and al
Buckingham palace they were reviewed
Dy King George and Ambassador Page
4 Meanwhile the boys in France are con
4 tinuing their closeup ti2ining and now
and then even getting Il shot at the
enemy. The safe arrival of the en-
gineer regiment of railway men wa!
announced, giving the lie to another
of the many pro-German rumors OF
disaster
Thousands of young Americans las
week received the commissions the,
have earned in the officers reserv,
training camps and are ready now tt
help make the national army out of th,
drafted men in the cantonment camps
The first 100000 of the latter will b,
modified in a few days, and the worI
of examining the others will be con
tinued. In the main this great task il
proceeding smoothly, though in New
81 1oIh 1T ledSl olle DoaFu WIS ACCUSED
Of corruption.
China at War With Te4tons.
China formally declared var on Ger
many and Austria Hungary on Tues
day, making II nations now activel.
against the central powers. In returl
for her action, it is understood, the en-
tente powers will grant suspension
Of payment of the Boxer indemnitie
and will help China in her preparation
to make her participation in the wa
of full value. Duties on Chinese i'm
ports are to be raised about per cent
Japan's mission to the United States
headed by Viscount X. Ishii, lande,
safely Il America, and its member