Licking Valley courier., 1917-12-06

who have not yielded TO the dfctatior
of LenIne and his bolsheviklsts. More
over, the immense gold resolve of the
Russian empire, which. was removed
from petrograd to theSKfeuiIln in 1913.
has been taken still further into the
interior and is out of the reach Of the
maximalists. Whether' ,Kaledlnes and
the Cossacks Will chose to support the
sneiaI democrats or will aid in res
toratiOn Of the monarchy Is not clenr.,
But sane friends of order, democracy
and freedom feel that anything would
be better than the reign Of anarchy
and civil war that threatens Russia
now. =
The soldiers who remain at the
front are wailing bitterly because of
the shortage OF. food, and there Is a
fine prospect Of hundreds 6f thousands
of these fighting men turning back in
to their country half-starved and
ready to pillage and rayage II without
restraint. ~ .-s.,-es
o..ttalys Danger Lessened.
The heroic italian troops having
demonstrated their ability to hold back
about four times as many Teutons
along the Piave front, the fears of q,
more extended invasion of Italy and
OF the capture Of Venice are 'lessening.
During the week great numbers of re-
-enfofeemsn.s- -arslsesl- s-llss -Rritish.
and French armies on the west front.
many Of them having marched eight
days through the mountains. They
brought with them ample artillery and
supplies. Italian reserves In great
masses, young, well-equipped and full
of spirit, also moved north to relieve
those who have been combating the
invaders, and In some places the ltal-
lans took the offensive. The lighting.
especially between the Plave and the
Brenta, continued fierce and unabated
throughout the week, and the losses
on both sides were heavy, but the Aus
trO-Germans made no further gains.
Down toward the Adrintlc they made
repeated attempts to cross the river
and the flooded lands In pOntoOns, but
i were completely routed by the Italian
artillery. As the week closed the stu
alton In Italy was still serious, but i'm.
proving each day.
! Gen. +. b. Maurice, chief director
Of military operations In the British
war office, was especially well salts.
fled with the weeks developments In
Italy. From the fact that Germany
had not brought up vast re-enforce
ments to follow up the initial success
with a decisive blow, he concluded
that Germany was unable to sen(
them. II Is now time, he declared
to say definitely that the crisis II
Italy has passed, thls being due en-
tirely to the efforts of the Italian
army. "Anglo-French troops are nov
available in sufficient quantities I,
satisfy us that the situation Is Sc
cure" he concluded.
Hard Fighting Around Cambria.
The war has seen no more desperate
fighting than has followed ON the heel
of General Byng's sensational thrus
toward Cambria. Crown Prince RuT
precht seemed determined not to le
that city fall into the hands of tn
British, or ut least to make II a cost
prize, and his constantly re-enforce
troops were sent against the BIRTHS
In Bourbon wood again and again an
, In the village of Fontalne, whic
changed hands several times. Byng
! men held on tenaciously and usual
! had the best of Il In the hund-to-hun
e fighting as well as In the artillery con
bats, and the tanks continued to pln
i their part. These monsters ofte
!. cleared the way for the infantry, an
!. In ut least one instance, when the
e were themselves held up by superl,
4 forces, the British airmen, flying da
d ingly low, routed the enemy with m,
y chine gun fire and permitted the tanl
e to 20 on. Altogether, II has been Il
l lluSl oltCluNuluI uuNllC vi Nhc Nuit Nh
r 1t has cost the Germans u great man
g Of their best men.
n General Byng last week seemed
l. be endeav0rlng to break through tOftl
IS north of Cnmbral, movement tn
y probably would compel the enemy
l. fall back on wide front Cambrai
self seems doomed TO destruction.
IS General pershlng last week Sc
r over his second casualty list. II ga
n the names of two prlvates who we
le killed In the trenches by German a
n, tlllery fire and Of five severe
u. wounded.
)f v. S. Supreme War Council.
le While urgently advising upon o
Id allies more unified hction In the pros
II cutlon Of the war, the admlnlstratl
h not overlooking the need for slmll
u-ordInuted effort ut home, On Tu,
\" ny great step toward centrallz
rs ontrol pf all the country's risourc