Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-08-24

Greek battery guarding the Aeropolis
formulate his peace proposals.
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lost no time In assuring Americans
that their country is firm in lis deter
mInatlon 10 stand by It's allies until
Germany is brought to its knees. The
conference OF these commissioners
with the officials of the United States
in Washington is recognized ms being
Of the utmost importance, both in re-
gard to the war and in regard to the
relations between America and Japan.
That Stockholm Conference.
The Socialist conference nj Stock.
holm is causing trouble ont Of pro
portion to the probable Importance q
lis deliberations and conclusions IN
the different countries the Socialists
themselves are split over the aaN.>a.
blllty Of attending it, and the govern.
ments of the entente allies and u The
United States, recognizing that II IS
pro-German In its inception, have re-
fused passports TO would-be delegates.
The English Labor party decided 10
send representatives, whereupOn Ar.
thur Henderson, Labor member OF the
war cabinet, was accused by Premier
Lloyd.George of double dealing and
resigned His place was promptly
filed by George Nlcoll Barnes, minis
ter Of pensions, and the crisis was
passed, nj least for the time, although
a general election may be called II the
Laborites insist on sending delegates
to Stockholm
Marked reduction in the number Of
vessels sunk by German submarines Is
shown in the British admiralty'S week
ly statement while the number Of YES
sells uusuceeS>fully attacked increased.
\ story from Copenhagen says the biz
commercial submarine Deutschland
has been converted into war l.
boat and may soon be operating In the
Pacific against ships from San Fran.
cisco. The same dispatch says the
Germans have lost about 20 >ubrm-
rincs and now have nearly 300, these,
however, including many small ones
built for passage through the Belgian
canal. The newest lnd largest carry
siXinch guns.
Premier Lloyd George made two
speeches last week that heartened up
HE British people immensely. Declar-
Ing that the high point of Germany's
strength ha passed he said the dlfll.
cultles Of The allies from now on would
grow less aud their power increase
steadily and thar with patience, cour-
age aud endurance the foes Of the
great military drSpotism could not Vail
10 win. He called attention to the
waning efficiency Of the submarine
cumpai-nf that though the U-boat loss
Is IN April were 10000 tons in July
and August the average was only l1j,-
oUo ton, month So fur from being
reduced 10 starvation, he said, Great
Britain Is now IN better position SO far
rs food Is concerned than for years
past. The premier admitted that the
l,u>siHu collapse upset some of the
plans Of the allies for this year, but
called attention to the fact that Ger
many. even with one of her most pow
erful opponents paralyzed by internal
troubles. is failing 10 hold her own on
the west front.
Tired OF Spies and Traitors.
Throughout the country the demand
is becoming insistent that the author
tiles put an end to the almost unham-
pered activities of the pro-German
propagandists, the traitorous |. w. w.
leaders and pacifists and the cowardly
draft-dodgers who are making the con-
duct Of the war as hard as possible.
The demand was voiced by Elihu
Root in an address at the Union
League club In New York. The spies
and traitors, he said, should be shot
down without mercy and he included
among them, as worthy of death, the
editors of certain papers, In some
states the council3of defense are or
ganizing campaigns of education so
that the people may learn what the
war means to us and why we are in 1t
and must win IT. but this is not
enough-the snakes must be crushed.
The Industrial Workers Of the
| World, II seems, are about to be made
/ TO realize that Uncle Sam Is awake.
They made several broad demands in
the West and Northwest and declared
that they would bring on general
strike II these were not granted. Such
strike would seriously retard the
harvesting of crops and the production
Of the spruce lumber necessary In the
building of aTplanes, and while the |.
w. w. leaders cannot be prosecuted
merely for strike activities, they can
be dealt with swiftly and severely for
interfering with the governments pros
ecution of the war. That, according to
advices from Washington, Is just what
is going to happen to those disreputa-
BILE and dlsloyal agitators.
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again and again the king and his party
raised their hands in salute to the