Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-08-16

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farmers OF nitrate of soda from Chile
to be. used as fertilizer. Every state
is asked 10 plant as large an acreage
IN wheat and rye rs is possible with
out upsetting proper farm practice.
The experts i'll Washington say that
while fertilizer may be scarce, there
VIII be no shortage of seed, farm ma
chinery or transportation facilities.
On Thursday Provost Marshal Cen
eneral CroWcler issued the regulations
Tor calling the National! army to the
colors. The first 100000 are to be
called up to September l and sent to
cantonment camps by September 5.
The government wishes the first day
of the mobilization appropriately cele-
bratcd throughout the country in or
der that the citizen soldiers may be
1ittingly honored.
Some Antidraft Riots.
Taking the country as who1eSf1ie
exemption boards are having mighty
little trouble in carrying out their dfa
ties in the drafting of the National
army. Part of Oklahoma and some
districts in the Southeast, however,
are giaring exceptions to this rule.
Serious riots have occurred and bands
OF draft resisters have armed themr
selves and taken to the woods. But
they are being captured by the score
and subjected to the PROPER penis1l-
ment. Much of the trouble is stirred
up by the /. w. W., and by certain
un-American publcists who argue con-
stantly that American soldiers should
not be sent abroad to fight, but should
be kept at home 20 await the invading
Germans after they have whipped the
cnteEte allies.
Among those arrested last week by
the federal agents was Dr. Fritz Berg
meier, president of the Nollls-Zeitnng
of st. Paul. On orders from Washing
ton he was put in jail ON charges of
making disloyal utte@nees. to be held
until President Wilson directs his re-
lease. He is an cn. my aien.
Canada also is to have drafted
army, the Canadian conscription bill
having been passed by the dominion
parliament Under it's provisions 1OO,-
coo men between the ages of twenty
and thirtN-two years will be drafted,
and ii is tho expectation Of the au-
thorities that they Will be in training
by autumn.
German Ministry Changes.
Chancellor Michaclis remolded the
| imperial and Prussian ministries to his
desire, or that of his masters, but the
many changes aroused no semblance of
enthusiasm in the empire. On the
contrary, they are commented ON by
the liberal and radical press with dis
trust and dissatisfaction, and no one
who has talked for publication has
given them his approval. They Offer
no hope for pariiinontarism on any
other mar ed change in internal pol
icies, and 50 fer as can be seem the
war policy of Germany is not likely
to he altered. Doctor Kuellmann, who
has succeeded Zimmerman as foreign
secretary, is supposed To be opposed
Doctor lielrfcrich is retained as the
representative of the imperial chancel-
lor and as he is ambitious and power
full ii is feared he will more than coun-
terbalance Kuehmann
Gerinany's latest peace suggestions
having met with the disdainful recep-
tion they deserved, it is unlikely that
any more such proposals will emanate
! from the kaiser for some time. Sew
enty eight professors of Bonn unver-
sity have signed a petition urging the
German government never to make an
/ other peace offer
Root Has Confidence in Russia.
Premier Kerensky last week succeed
ed in completing his coalition cabinet
and obtained the pledges of all fac
tions that they would support him. He
has promised many reforms. and also
has assured Russia that discipline and
authority must first be restored. That
7 he and his colleagues will win out and
that Russia will continue in the war
until Germany is whipped is the conf
dent assurance OF Elihu Root who has
just returned from his mission to
Petrograd. The disorders there, he
says, are not alarmingly serious and
nre not typical, and the loss of morale
in the army he is sure is only tenn
porary.
Already the resistance of the Russian
troops to the advance of the Germans
and Austrians in Galicia and Bukowina
is stiffening. and though in general the
retreat continued, it ceased to be a