The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-11-29

Siavs Becoming Our Enemies
Allied Troops sueeor Italians After
/ Eight Days Marcn--6rltish Troops
Hold Their Cams In West
i.ondon, Nm 27-WiJie l'alS has
apparently hf,iL saved hS The arrival
of Franco brush rciuiorcrmcuts The
I kussiul SituaIon iiss assumed a mnSi
olnlnuun and SINISTER isi"yi
A. far Is can - sen Be- allies AR,
tyatl5 10 bi,sth Wllh Russia The only
liing that can avert HE crlsis Is u
prompt rcpudialloll oi HE present Bol.
sheyiM government by n substantial
proportion Of the liusSinn people rep
resented hy some Responsible author
ily.
The activities OF the liolsleviki ruI
ers AZ pptrugrad have beculno 80 dan.
gerous Ia HE cause Of The allies that
according Ia dispatch from Hap.
amanda. the ministers of the allied
powers al l'clrograd have been in
strucied Ia demand their passports
the moment the I.rninn government
enters into separate peace uceoiia-
tions with Germany
Thai these negotiations may he al
ready in progress Is Indicated hy in
formation which reached the state dc
parlm"nt al Washington 10 The effect
IN wireless communication with l'er-
lin
The character of The cohunnnica
tionS passing between tlIc Two capitals
WIS unknown, but II WIS assumed
they had 10 tln with The l}olshcviki
offer of an armstice.
II is understood that The Bosheviki
leaders were officially notified some
days ago by the allies diplomats that
the opening of separate peace neGo-
tiations by Russia would he construed
ms an act unfriendly to the allies. II
would, in fact, he tanamOunt TO he.
coming an ally of the central powers
and the allies would have 10 consider
Russia in the category of enemy ma
tionS
II was hoped that this notification,
which was virtually n warming. if not
threat. would halt The wfcckng ac-
iivilics of The Bolsheviki. hut though
some of their members seem To have
adopted more conservative attitude,
Lennc ami Trotzky Sccm rs radical
Ms ever.
one Of lhrir latest acts was 10 pub
fish some state documents of The for
mer Russian government This pub
licaliou was IN itself u form Of trea
son Ia the allies inasmuch aS II re
ycacd some nr The war plans aud gave
the central powers information Of
much ralur
Outside az the Russian situation
the prospects Of The allies are unus-
ually bright The Italian situation,
which has been very serious for Sey-
er,l DAYS. is apparently relieved
barge rcintorcemenjs Of French and
Brush troops have arrived at the
fighting front. after DAYS OF anxious
waiting. in which The Italians have
borne the brunt Of terrific fighting on
both fronts solely on lheir own shoul-
dcrS and kept back the enemy from Il
furaicr invasion of The Venetian plain.
For eight days the reinforcements
marched 10 Tie rescue. bringing along
with them large numbers Of guns and
huge supply Trains All The troops are
declared to be in fine fettle and eager
to tc>i their strength against the en-
envy
just where The British and French
forces will he thrown into the fray
has not been made known.
Al last accounts Byng's troops be-
fore Cambria were holding I'm their
entirely The Bourbon positions west of
Cambria Since their ropnlSe of Sun
day The Germans had failed TO renew
their counter attacks.
Only minor operations have taken
place on any Of The sectors of the
wide front where Byng's men last
week carried 0ui their swift and spec
tacnlar operation which resulted IN j
the smashing Of the fam0ns linden
burg line
Along the t'hemIn dos DANES and |
In the Nerdun sector violent artillery |
duels are in progress between the |
French and ihe Germans In the lat |
ter sector the Germans several times |
essayed attacks with the purpose of |
ground taken from them |
Sunday. but met with repulse