Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-08-23

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lost no time in assuring Americans
that their country is firm In It's deter
! minatiOn to stand by its allies until
Germany is brought to its knees. The
/ conference of these commissioners
with the officials Of the United States
In Washington is recognized as 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 at Stock
holm Is causing trouble out of pro-
portion to the probable Importance of
| its deliberations and conclusions. In
| the different countries the Socialists
/ themselves are split over the advisa-
bllity of attending it, and the govern
ments of the entente allies and of the
/ United States, recognizing that 1t Is
, pro-German in its Inception, have re-
! fused passports to wOuld-be delegates.
/ The English Labor party decided to
/ stuu REPRESENTATIVES, NhNiNuPoh a.
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 Nicoll Barnes, minis
ter of efsh hsions, and the crisis was
] ny=ssi ~ ,east.fn the time although
q general 'dlection may be called II the
Laborites insist on sending delegates
to Stockholm.
Marked reduction in the number Of
Avessels sunk by German submarines Is
4 lfshown In the British admiraltys week.
ly statement, while the number of ves-
! sells unsuccessfully attacked increased.
story from Copenhagen says the big
commercial submarine Deutschland
has been converted into II war U.
boat and may soon be operating in the
Pacific against ships from San Fran.
cisco. The same dispatch says the
Germans have lost about 70 subma-
rines and now have nearly 800. these,
however, including many small ones
built for passage through the Belgian
! canal. The newest and largest carry
SlX-inch guns.
Premier Lloyd George made tive
speeches last week that heartened W
the British people Immensely. Declar
ing that the high point of Germany''
strength had passed, he said the diff
culties of the allies from now on woGN
grow less and their power increas,
steadily, and that with patience, cour
age and endurance the foes of tn,
great military despotism could not >al
to win. He called attention to tn,
waning efficiency of the submarin,
campaign, that though the U-bOat loss
es in April were 100000 tons, in Jun!
aud August the average was only 1To,
900 tons u month. So far from belnI
reduced to starvation, he said, Grea
Britain is now In better position So IA
as food Is concerned than for year
past. The premier admitted that tn
Russian collapse upset some OF III
plans of the allies for this year. bu
called attention to the fact that Ger
many, even with one of her most pow
sqGul opponents paralyzed by interno
troubles, Is failing to hold her own o.
the west front.
Tired OF Spies and Traitors.
Throughout the country the deman,
Is becoming lnslstent that the author
tiles put I'm end to the almost unham
pered activities of the pro.Germn
propagandists, the traitorous |. w. "
leaders and paciiists and the coward
draft-dOdgers who are making the COZ
duet of the war as hard us possible
The demand was voiced by Elih
Root In an address at the UniO
League club In New York. The sple
and traitors, be said, should be she
down without mercy, and he include
among them, rs worthy of death, th
editors of certain papers. In som
states the councils of defense are ol
guni2ing campaigns Of education s
NluN NiV pN'plS hh'NN NNlh NhhN VI
war means to us and why we are In
and must win II; but this Is NJ
. cnough-the snakes must be crushe,
The Industrial Workers of III
World, II seems, are about to be mad
l to realize that Uncle Sam Is uwak
They made several broad demands
the West aud Northwest and declare
b that they would bring On Il gener'
+ strike - these were not granted. Sue
strike would seriously retard III
II harvesting Of crops and the productlC
+ vt the spruce lumber necessary In Il
n building of airplancs, and while the
$ w. w. leaders cannot be prosecute
$ merely for strike activities, they cl
+ he dealt with swiftly and severely {,
+ interfering with the governments pro
!. ccutlon OF the war. That, according
:, advices from Washington, is just win
d is going to happen to those dIsreput
a hla mad llaInt,al a.,lfaN.N..