Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-10-16

10 very severe naInlleTlHS, inc moAHAe
of the army must be breaking down.
New Government For Russia.
Premier Kerensky. having virtually
defied the democratic congress, APP
pointed new coalition cabinet
pledged to restore order in the repub-
lie and suppress anarchy and to re-
new the fighting power of the army.
Kerensky and several of his colleagues
went TO the front to lay their plans be-
fore the soldiers, and seemed hopeful
of gaining their support despite the
opposition of the council of soldiers
and workmen. The rail workers went
on strike, but promised not TO tie up
the operation of the military railroads,
and later we're partly appeased by an
offer of increased wages.
The new government is determined
to work hard for a universal peace,
but shows no intention of abandon
ing its alliances with the foes of Ger
many. 1t issued declaration to that
effect on Wednesday, saying it will
extend its whole strength in support
of the common cause of the allies, to
defend the country, to oppose every
attempt at the conquest Of territory Of
other nations and every attempt to
impose the viii Of others on Russia"
Allies New Drive In Flanders.
Another sledge hammer blow at the
Germans in Belgium was struck on
Tuesday by the British and French
acting in conjunction. In the midst of
furious rainstorm Haig's men adj
vanced on a wide front east and north
east of Ypres, capturing Poelcapelle
and the Gravenstafel ridge and other
elevations that command the generally
fiat country and are invaluable as OBJ
servation ground. Crown Prince Rup-
precht counter-attacked in desperate
attempts to regain these dominating
heights, but only south of the Ypres-
Roulers road was he able to push back
the British for slight distance, and
thatrat great cost.
At the same time the French on the
left flank of the British line made a
most remarkable dash forward across
the flooded bog land south of the for
est of Houtholst, piercing the German
line TO a depth of one and quarter
miles and regaining land which the
foe had held for three years. While
the French guns set up terrific bar
rage fire, the engineers rapidly spread
great islands of cork over the water,
and erected miles of trestle work and
innumerable bridges, and over these
the troops rushed with such irresist-
ible spirit that they swept everything
before them. So swift was the attack
that an entire German division which
was Just relieving another at the front
was caught by surprise and decimated.
The entire ground over which the Brit
ish and French advanced was thickly
| Uttered with dead Germans and heaps
of equipment
A few more such drives in Flanders
| and the Germans will be compelled to
retire to the east and south, abandon
| ing the submarines on the Belgian
coast. This would mean the almost
utter collapse of the U-boat campaign,
which already has been greatly weak
! ened
There are strong indications that
the allies are preparing for vigorous
offensive movements In the near fu-
| ture in both Roumania and Macedonia.
The positions of the central powers on
both those fronts have been subjected
Of late to heavy bombardments. 1t
| was announced last week that the ar
mics of Greece were about ready to
take an active part in the warfare.
More of Bernstorff's Perfidy.
Secretary Lansing reached into the
upper left-hand pigeon-hole of his desk
/ last week and pulled out another neat
/ little expose of German methods This
one hit Won Bernstorf1 again, rounding
out the revelations of the counts per-
! fidy while this country and Germany
were still technically on friendly
terms. Three kilograms were made
public two from the German foreign
/ Office TO Won Bernstorff instructlng
! him to start big program of sabotage
! in American munitions factories and
| to finance plans for the destruction
! of the Canadian Pacific railway, and
| the third from the then ambassador
/ to the foreign Office at Berlin last
| September stating that the American
/ embargo conference needed the fur
| Their support Of the German govern
| ment for the purpose of conducting a
| campaign to win d majority of con
/ gress favorable to Germany in the ap-
I preaching congressional and presiden-
( tial elections.
! The heavy hand of the federal gov
eminent fell on Daniel H. Wallace,
| blatant organizer and head of paci-
fist society, last Thursday when a
| judge in Iowa sentenced him to ~
! years in prison for seditiGus speaking.
The committee named to investigate
/ the charges of disloyalty against Sen
ator La Toilette and pass on the de
| mands for his expulsion from the sen
ate had no time to perform its duties
/ before congress adjourned and so Will
report at the next session. 1t VIII not