The Red Cloud chief., 1917-06-21

. On Thursday 1t was announced that
the Germans had abandoned important
sections of their front, between Lyi
river and ST. Yves.
Wilson's Fiag.Day Address.
Flag Day, June IA, was marked by
the enthusiasm and solemnity by
which ii wa celebrated throughout the
country, and also by u notable address
by President Wilson In Washington. Mr..
Wilson again set forth clearly the rea.
son why we have entered the war,
forced thereto by the insults and ng-
gressions of the German government;
he drew a vivid picture of the German
intrigues In the Balkans, Turkey. Per.
sia, India and Egypt and described the
| great German plan to throw a belt OF
military power and political control
across the center Of Europe and into
the heart Of Asia he told how far this
scheme had been carried toward sue
cess, and where It had been foiled. and
then s~cathingly denounced the deceit.
full efforts to secure peace that the Ger
man government has been making for
a year because II knows Its plan has
failed and Is trying to preserve its POI
litical power at home and, indeed, its
very existence.
The president fairly took the hide
Off the friends and pa%rtisans OF the
German government In this country.
They will make no Roadway, he de-
clared, for they and their thinly-dis.
guised d%islOyalties are known, and the
truth is plainly seen by our people.
"Woe be to the man or group Of men
that seeks to stand In our way In this
day Of high resolution" cried the chief
magistrate. "when every principle we
hold dearest Is to be indicated and
made secure for the salvation of the
nations"
Japan has been stirred to fresh ir'
ritation against the United States be-
cause our government sent a note to
China regarding the dissensiOn there
and expressing the hope that tranquil
lily might be established. The Japa'
nese assert that their special position
in China is vital and must be jealousy
guarded. and that the United States,
In sending the note without first con
sulting Japan, ignored that special po'
sition.
Secretary Lansing explains hat the
irritation of Japan was caused by q
bogus COPY of the American note pub
lished In Tokyo.
Japan Is about to send u commission
to the United States to arrange coop
Grafton I'm the war between the two ma
tons, and to discuss the complex ques'
lions concerning the far East. The
mission Is to be headed by ViscOunt
Kikujiro Ishii, formerly foreign min
lister.
Haiti and the Dominican Republic
have both severed diplomatic relations
with the German empire. Every little
: helps.
Murderous Air Raid on London.
, The Germans on Wednesday mad,
3 another of their murderOus and useless
airplane raids on London, dr0ppin;
quantities Of bombs mostly on tn
East end. Ninety-seven persons wer'
killed and 437 wounded. Among tn
, dead were 10 women and 20 children
I The raiders were o o driven off b,
British aviators and anti-aircraft can
non. 1t Is n wonder that these repeat
ed raids do not drive the British t
reprisal on some Of the unfOrtifie,
r cities of Germany.
= The weekly report Of the British nd
miralty showed 80 British vessels sun
: by submarines, the largest number 10
five weeks, but still far below the mar
set by the Germans AS necessary 70
the starvation of England. Among tn
victims of U-bOats reported during tn
week We're the American STEAMSHIP
Petrolite, the Leyland liner Anglia
,. and the South Atlantic liner Sequani
t The last named was carrying Senegi
e lese troops and 100 men were lost. A
n American steamship on arrival ut n
It Atlantic port reported that she ha
n rammed and sunk a German submi
Il rine.
In congress the conference report o
n the army and navy deficiency appr'
It prlatiOn bill was accepted and TIL
2. greatest Of war budgets, carrying ~
# 50O,00O,0OO was sent to the presider
It for his approval. The Administrative
pe food control bill anne up for discu
sion In the senate and was bitterl
re attacked by Senator Reed of Nilsson
Il and others because of the power
;; proposes to lodge in a food dictator
It or some other agency selected by II
10 president. Mr.. Reed also severe
Is criticized Herbert @. Hoover, who
le Mr.. Wilson has selected as head Of Il
food control agency