The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-07-19

trouble makers only 90 on to othcl
localities and continue their nefariou,
propaganda. Work is mt a standstlI
in many of the biggest mining ana lum
Der camps of the country.
The department of labor last weet
created the United States public serv
ice reserve, for the mobilization of
adult male volunteers for service In
employments Of every kind, public and
private, which are necessary 10 effec.
tive conduct of the war.
Russa's Drive on Lembero.
RuSSia'S re-awakened troops, direct.
ed by General Brussiloff and command.
ed by General KornilOff continued
their great drive in Galicia last week
and inflicted tremendous blow on the
AustrO-German forces by breaking
through their lines and capturing
I1alicz. This city is regarded as the
key to Lemherg. the immediate ohic1,
tive of the Russian offensive, and last
year was unsuccessfully attacked with
BruSsilotf from the north. This time
he moved on it from the south and
took II with comparative ease. togcth.
er with great number of prisoners
The German and Austrian armies were
separated aud their morale so broken
that korniloff was enabled to use his
Cossack cavalry in the pursuit with
telling effect.
Some distance to the north The Rus
slams iiercely attacked in the PinSb
sector, gaining considerable ground.
and the activity of their artillery in the
riga region presaged an attempt TO
break that, the strongest part of the
Teuton line in the east.
On the west front the Germans
staged successful drive against the
British close 10 the Flemish coast. fore.
Ing them back across the User river
III the dunes. British trenches were
captured 10 "A depth of 600 yards an n
front of i,4O0 yards. This German at.
tack may be part Of an attempt to
reach Dunkirk, or 1t may have been
made TO forestaII a British drive along
the coast that would threaten the Ger
man submarine bases
There was tremendous fighting In
France, the Germans making desperate
attacks especially along the Chemn
des DANES. But the French withstood
the assaults stoutly and when they
were driven back anywhere, invariably
recaptured the lost ground.
Germany's Internal Troubles.
Germany's internal ferment is In.
creasing, the opponents of Chancellor
Won Bethmann-Hollweg are growing
In numbers and boldness. and the cab
met seems to be breaking up. But all
this can have no immediate effect on
the prosecution of the war, for II is
internal and the general staff, headed
by iindenburg and Ludendorff. domi
mates the entire imperial government
Changes in the ministry mean little
more than the substitution Of one SET
OF puppets for another, and even the
fall of the chancellor will be of ony
u,
1t would appear that the war must 70
on until the kaiser, the crown prince
and the Prusslan militarlstic chiefs
are eliminated or until the German mr.
mics meet such crushing defeats that
the people take matters into their own
hands-which means the same thing.
The main committee Of the reichs
tag refused To vote war credit unless
the government declared It's policy re-
garding pence and reform, ana this the
government refused to do. Since the
demand of the committee is supported
by majority In the reichstag. Il min
iSterial crisis was inevitable. The EN-.
peror himself went so far as to issue
a manifesto declaring for equal fran
chise In Prussia. This If granted, will
decidedly weaken the dominance of the
Junkers in the Prussian government
The attempt TO restore the Manchu
empire in China met with dismal fail
ure, and now turns out to have beer
financed by Germany. Another bril-
liant stroke Of foreign policy by Zlm
hermann. The young emperor again
abdicated and General Chang Hsun
his sponsor and the kaisers agent, re.
tired to the imperial city section Of
Picking, where he and his fast dwln.
ding army were hemmed in by The re.
publican forces.
The weekly report of the British nd
mlralty on submarine activities was
very gratifying, showing only II mer
chantmen were sunk, while II others
that were attacked, escaped. During
the same period arrivals In British
ports were 2,s9S, and sallngs 2.70s
The American steamer Kansas was de
stroyed by German U-boat
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