Licking Valley courier., 1917-12-27


charge of the ordnance bureau. The
energy and ability Of these two men
lead to the confident belief that here
after war supplies will come forward
more rapidly. The soldiers they have
temporarily replaced, Generals Sharpe
and CrOzier, have been ousted upward
into the superior war council.
Much of the testimony Of red tape
delays and mistaken Judgments Of
war department officials heard by the
senate committee is not pleasant read
ing and 1t is needless to rehearse it..
The remedy for the conditions revealed
is being applied, though rather late.
Surgeon General GOrgas added to the
uncomfortable feeling by a frank re-
port showing health conditions in
some Of the training camps are very
bad, due In part to shOrtaTe of warm
clothing and tents, and to poor heat
Ing plants. For the delay in supply
Ing winter clothing The war depart
mcnt said the national council of de-
fense must be blamed
AS for the navy, the first day of the
house committees inquiry showed that
it was in full fighting trim and that in
the matter Of supplies little attention
was being puid TO red tape. After Ad-
miraf McGowan had been heard, Rep.
-s.rsrssts-sssve4-Is'ftaAs, rafiiaisetle ~
Thought we might find sOlie soft spots
in this bureau Of supplies and accounts,
but we don't seem, to get at them
Secretary Daniels told the committee
he was rather proud of the wny the
navy has met the actual test Of war;
Ruseo-German Peace Plsrc.
The spotlight was conferred oa Rus.
sia again last week and every develop
ment of the complicated situation
there was watched with the greatest
interest. The negotiations between
Germany aud the bOlSheviki govern
mont went forward and il was evident
the kaiser was hurrying matters $,
us TO have II peace treaty sigped be
fore the Lenine crowd should fall
TrOtzky still insisted that they sought
u general und not a separate peace
and in pursuance of that lie invited
the entente allies TO take part In the
negotiations. Meanwhile trade rela
tions between the Germans and tn,
Russians were reopened and the for
mrr began getting fats, vegetables ant
other things for which they have beel
suffering.
one obstacle to the separate peac
plan has sprung up In the centra
powers, where the Socialists have de
clnrcd their opposition to Il, fcnrln
that II will strengthen German imper
lallsts and forclbly wipe out Germai
socialism. The Hungarian socialist
ut great meeting declared the plal
presented the greatest possible DANCE
To democracy. The Russian govern
mcnt was said to have been nUtlht
by Germany that II Intended to max
| peace proposals to all the allies.
Civil War Continues.
Fighting between the bolshevik
and. the Cossacks continued throug
the week and the most reliable nd
vices Indicate the latter general
We're viclorS. Ensign KreylenkO, tn
bOlshcvkl commander In chief, wa
enabled by the armistlcc To withdm,
large forces from the front hut his et
forts to send them after the CoSSacl;
were blocked by the UkrninianS. Th
I Ukraine mda refused to permit may
impllst troops to cross Its territory un
when holshevlh troops attacked tn
rnda rs II was sitting In Odessa the
were defeated by Ukmlnian force
The Orenburg COsSacks occuple
Tchellablnsk, n junction point on Il,
I Trins.Sberlan railway, and the Do
\ COSsacks under Kulednes We're r.
ported TO have taken Rostov. Eya
perated by the persistence of their ol
\ ponents, the bolshevlkl are adopth
drastic methods against thcm iucln,
Ing the reinstatement OF the hcat
penalty. The disorders In Petrogro
We're so serious that stutc of slel
wns proclaimed.
The latest Wformatlon concemir
Kercnsky was dispatch from Hap
randa saying that he was mnrchn
against Moscow at the head of an n
. my, aud from the same source can
| The statement that Grand Duke Me
!, olas had gathered a great army of TO
nlists in the Caucasus, One Petrogr
correspondent says there are signs
| an attempt msplred'by Germany to r
, place the former czar on tho thron,
another thinks the bolshevibl IN'
y such u plan, and the Slberinps hN'
|, been said 70 favor Nicholas. s II M,
/ wen he the Widespread belief that 4
Rnsslan nienOrchy will be restor,
! VIII I've Justified,
The en'ee' sFe"' offensive by Z