The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-07-05

OF action against the will OF the peo.
pie. Meanwhile, French troops are In
control In Athens and other centers
EN-King Constantine Is now In Swift
erland, where he has purchased u mag,
nificent chateau.
The situation in the southeast natur.
ally Is worrying Bulgaria, which Is In
the wal for what she can get. and
nOw sees that her dear wish to get
Macedonia and Dobrudja may not ba
fulfilled. Bulgaria has been reluctant
to break formally with the United
States, but according to Copenhagen
reports she may soon take such action
as the price of concessions from Ger.
many.
The Spanish censorship has shut
down tigh' on all news from that coun.
try. and the government Is struggling
TO weather the crisis that has come
upon II. On Tuesday the constitution.
nj guarantees were suspended once
more, and Premier Dato declares the
nation is calm. This, however, Is not
in accord with the information given
out In London, where II Is expected
that n revolution will soon break out
In Spain.
Norwegian Patience Exhausted.
In Norway, as In Spain, hunger
present or anticipated, Is nj the hottum
of much OF the unrest. Both nations
may be forced into the ranks of the
allies by shortage OF food, for the
countries that are warning against
Germany intend to look after their
W o o needs first, regardless of the
walls OF the countries that have pre-
; ferred to remain neutral. Norway
also is now eXaspcrated almost to the
point of warfare by the deliberate de-
struction OF her merchant marine by
the Germans. About one-third OF her
tonnage already has been sunk by sub
I marines, and n few days ago came the
exposure of a German plot to destroy
Norwegian steamships by explosives in
the form of Jumps Of coal taken into
! the country by n courier of the Ger
man foreign office. Should Norway
Join the allies, her coast would be
mighty convenient for naval bases for
the British and American warshlps.
Brazil arrived Mt the definite parting
of the ways with Germany and for.
mally revoked Its decree Of neutrality
in the war between the entente allies
and the central powers, as II had previ.
ously 40 far as the United States 10
concerned. Whether II will enter into
actual hostilitles was not announced.
If II does, its navy will be Of consid.
cradle help.
Europe provided several Instances
to prove that It IL well sometimes to
strain the quality Of mercy. In Cork
and other Irish cities the Sim Fein
rebels, who had been Internationally
pardoned and released. again raised
their flag OF rebellion and staged riot.
ous demonstrations that were quelled
with difficulty by the police and mill
'tary forces. In numerous districts of
Russia the ~convicts who were set free
at the time of the revolution. commit,
ted murders and other outrages and
seized property, defying such authori.
ties as Low exist there. Anarchists
who have returned to Russia from en-,
lie in other lands are especially vi.
cious and lawless.
British Attack on Lens
Despite desperate defensive fighting
by the Germans, the British last week
steadily closed In on the city of Lena
the very important coal-mining centei
north OF Arras. Crown Prince Rupr
recht's men before the end Of the weeh
had been driven back into the suburb,
where they made f~ortresses of the
railway embankment and Stag heaps
Lam Itself ALREADY p mar q rQtnA