Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-16
IMPROVEMENTS
ENABLE GERMANY
TO CHECK ENEMY
Deadlock Created on Arras
Observation-Disclosures
Makes Supreme Effort
MUSCOVITE ARMY
IS NEAR ANARCHY
Await Strong hand to Check
Soldiers-Ger1nan Condi-
tions Grow Worse.
(By Associated Prese.)

The demoraliZa ton of the Russian.
army and the consequent withdrawal
of German forces from the eastern
front are having their effect in France.
The heavy reinforcements of men and
guns. with which Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg has been able to throw
into the defense Of his sorely battered
lines have. for the time being at least.
caused a deadlock which the most
furious tempered attacks OF the Brit
ish and French have failed to break.
These first fruits Of the chaos in
Russia are ominous because of the
things they offer of future possibili-
ties. The council of Soldiers and
Workmens delegates seem to have
been aroused at last to the perils Of
the court it has elected to follow, but
1t Is a question IL its awakening has
not come too late. The soldiers in the
ranks evidently have retreated and it
remains to be seen If there is hand
strong enough to check them from
bringing about virtual anarchy.
Talk Revolution in Germany.
The hopeful side Of the picture is
drawn by signs that the political and
economic crisis in Germany is as
acute as ever. The extraordinary
GEN.
sorship to prevent the outside world
from learning conditions in the en-
pire have been largely successful, but
some facts could not be concealed.
Possibly for the first time in history,
revolution and a German republic
have been openly talked about in the
Reichstag. and, most significant Of all,
the authorities apparently do, not dare
to, check the growing addacity Of the
radica1a
Food Situation Worse.
The food situation in Germany also
appears to be growing steadily worse,
and alarm is expressed in various
quarters that the available supply will
not suffice to feed the nation until the
next harvest. The effusive promises
with which the administration check
ed the May day strike agitation have
proven hollow. and there are com
plants that the attempts to substitute
meat for bread is seriously diminish
Ing the country's stock Of milk ami
mails.
Reports Vary.
Reports from Vienna and Rome arc
diametrically opposed to the initial re-
suit OF the new italian offensive. The
Italians have made some gains in the
direction of Triest, but it is too early
as yet to judge how the operations will
develop.
Correspondents dispatches from
Bullecourt region report General
Haigs troops having virtually re-
claimed all the ground they had lost
within the confines of the ruined viii
lage and to have established new
posts west Of Bullecourt AS to the
hghting west of the Scarpe. which the
British press reports as severe in
character, there is nothing in the Of
hcial account to give a clue to its def
mite import or the way it is trending.
New German Attack.
new German attack on the
French line was delivered along a four
kilometer stretch in the region of the
La3raux mill. where the French front
bends northward west of the Chemin-
des-Dames plateau. The French posi-
tions here were maintained in spite OF
repeated powerful assaults by the
crown princes troops