Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-09-08

our or MOldaVla WITHIN three weeks,
and last Monday the Germans began
an offensive In the Riga region that
forced the Slavs back toward that city.
At the south end of the line the ROu-
manians stll are making valiant efforts
TO hold back the invaders. There Is
no longer any doubt Of the bravery of
the Russians or of their desire to keep
on fighting the common enemy of the
world, but IT seems that they cannot by
themselves sulm0unt the great eco
monte obstacles that confront them.
The governmental troubles of Rus
STA also are approaching crisis. The
extraordinary national council being
about to meet in Moscow, the constitu-
tional Democrats, DISCONTINUED bust
ness men and dismissed generals gath
cred there ready to demand radical
changes. On the other side stand the
cabinet and the Socialist left, In pre-.
Iiminury discussions Prince Tr0u-
betskoi, Generals AleXieif and Brus-
siloif and others attacked the cabinet,
excepting only kerenSky, and declared
the government had fallen into the
hands oil corrupt men OF Petrograd,
who think only of their own inter
ests. The Socialist orders that de-
stroyed discipline in the army were
bitterly criticized
AS had been foreseen, the pope's
peace proposals were received decently
by all the belligerent nations, but with
more than an undercurrent of skepti.
ciSm by the allies. No definite reply
to them has been made at this writing
by any government, but representative
speakers of the different parties in Ger
many all Endorsed in general the Vati-
can plan, and il is believed Berlin may
60 so far as to offer autonomy to Al
suce-LOrraino which of course would
not in any degree satisfy France. Aus
tfia, too aS was expected, approves the
proposals, but insists any settlement
must include the abandonment Of
Great Britain's naval bases ut Glbral-
tar, Malta and the Suez canal. Can
one imagine Great Britain willingly dis
mantling these guardian posts of the
route to her immense domains IN the
Orient? The vociferous assertions Of
the German press that the p0pe's pro
p0SalS We're not inspired by Germany
and the intimntions that they really
were due to British suggestions can
only be considered as more bunk" and
serve to confirm the suspicion that the
plan had its inspiration in Teutonlc
sources.
German Poison Gas in America.
The poison gases emitted by the pro-
German press and all the other trgitor.
Gus agencies in America are not grow
ing noticeably less in amount Of vru-
Ience, but Uncle Sam Is beginning to
apply the antidOte with considerable
vgor, In many cities "s0ap box" or
ators are being gathered in by federal
agents and several more rabid papers
have been denied the use Of the mails.
The German-AmerlCan press Of the
large cities Is still too clever to sub
ject itself to that penalty, but if it
keeps on It's present course doubtless
some means will be found TO suppress
it. Regretfuly it must be said that
disgracefuly large proportion of the
Germans in America-naturaf or
Dot--is proving disIoyal to the land Of
uInnfinn TO Oh laF.
instances as the annual picnic Of the
Schwabenyerein in Chicago. whore for
several days the assembled Germans
occupied themselves in dcnOuncing
the president sneering at our armed
forces and making fun of the draft aud
the National army. The same thing
is going on all over the land where
Teutons get together but they are pre-
pairing to reap u harvest of woe for
themselves. for the men Of the depart.
ment of justice are COguizant Of their
words and acts. II is comforting to
believe that the great mass Of German.
Americans are truly loyal but thou. /
sands of the more ignorant are led into |
by the faIsehoode of German |
secret agents and by the uttcrances |
Of the La Follettes, the Reeds the
Masons and the William Hale Tbomp-
sons for whom all nativeborn Amcri-
cans blush.
Former Ambassador Gerard, Secre.
tary of Commerce Redfied, and other
prominent men found opportunity lHst
week to denounce bitterly the coward
ly, treacherous pro-Germans and pusi-
luminous pacifists, who are doing all
they can to make the world unsafe for
democracy. |