The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-10-11

| without anncNationS or inlcmnitieS.
AuS,ra-IIungary would revise its pro
gram and demand compensation fer
! further costs Of war. He said his
/ country had proved that il was per-
/ frctly sound and could not be over
! thrown by force of arms, and conSc
, quently was in position simultaneously
with It's allies to lay aside arms and
regulate conflicts by arbitration. Aus
tria-Iiungnry certainly seems just now
to be more united against the idea of
separate peace. despite the feeling
of the Croats and other of its peoples,
and foreign correspondents warn the
United States that neither Bulgaria
nor Turkey is likely to separate itself
from Germany; they must be whipped
together or not at all.
Count Czcrnin's bold words are
scarcely supported by the develop
ments on the AuStro-Itallan front, for
though the AustrianS have been hang
Ing on desperately to the edge of the
Bainsizzi plateau and making repeated
attacks to recover lost ground the
IL.
There were indications that CadOrna
was about ready for renewal Of his
offensive, and that the enemy expect
this was shown by the rushing west
ward Of large numbers of Austrian
and German troops from Bukowina
and Roumnnia.
kerensky, Plan Voted Down.
0,,1u tn,
take advantage of this troop move
ment, 1t might accomplish much. But
Russia Is still struggling with its in
ternal affairs, and only in the Riga
sector are its soldiers showing any
disposition to fight. Up there they
pushed the Germans back in several
places. Meanwhile, Premier Kerensky
is having desperate trouble In estab
fishing firm government. He ap-
peared before the democratic congress
and used very plain, even defiant Ian
vote approving coalition cabinet.
But next day the Bolshevikists and
other extremists gained control of the
gathering and voted down the plan.
TO add to the perplcXities of the pro-
viSiOnnl government, a serious revolt
broke out in Turkcstan.
The allies are following the lead Of
America in cutting off supplies from
Sweden, Norway, Denmark and HOl-
land, the action determined on being
not Joint hut uniform. Last week
Great Britain extended the principle
/ heretofore followed by prohibiting the
unlicensed expectation to those coun-
tries of all articles except printed mat
ter and personal cIiccts.
Air Raids to Bring ReprisaIs7
Repeatedly last week the German
air fleets raided London and the towns
and countryside of Kent and Essex.
Flock after flock Of great airplancs
flew across and dropped their loads Of
bombs. killing few civilians and do
ing some damage to property. Not
many Of the deadly missiles fell on
London, for the anti-aircrnft guns put
up harragc fire that rngcd the city.
These raids reused the people and
press Of England to renewed demands
for rrprisnls, and the government
seems to be ready at last to- yield to
Wv ''i'flIl'I, loI IItiuitI
SAID (" IL crowd of poor people In the
southwest district Of London who
clamorcd for revenge: 1--WE will give
u all back to them. and we will give it
y" them soon. We shall bomb Germany
with compound interest" The Ger
mans themselves are expecting re-
PrlS"lS and are removing to places of
safety the art treasures Of cities that
are believed to he within reach OF the
; British nir!nen.
: II" French less sQucamish than the
i''l'ish have been, made rcprisnl raids
ON II number Of towns last week, In.
ci"n'h% Stuttgart, Baden, Frankfort
ana '"hlrnZ. This was in return for
, me bombing Of Dnnkirk and Bar-lc
Duc. Though some of the places at.
, tacRed by the French nvintors are
open towns, the immediate objcctlvcs
of the raids were military establish
, ihen'S' ana the results were good
. III" british merchant vessels sunk
oF submarines were fewer than In my
week S'hcc the opening OF unrestricted
U-boat warfare, but among the vic
TINS of the submcrsibies was the
british cruiser Drake, which was tor
pedocd OF the Irish coast and sunk ID
sha'lo" water. One officer and 18 meT
were Killed by the explosion.
Another romantic story Of sea war