Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-07-27
Resume Capital Punishment

Resume Capital Punishment
Capital punishment, abolished with
the advent of the new government.
again has been put into force on the
demand of the military commanders
at the front, who will now be able to
assemble field court martials and put
tc death summarily traitors in the
army General Korniloff, commander of
the forces in Galicia, whose disaffec-
ton and deSertionS have wrought hav
oC in the Russian morale, was the most
irsistent of the military chiefs in call
ing for a free hand to check the re-
fractory troops, declaring that the
death penalty was the only means of
saving the army.
4 Traitor Division Shot Down
! Prior to the acquiescence of the gov
eminent, Korniloff is reported to have
taken the drastic step Of having di-
vision of fleeing towards of the 11th
army shot to pieces by their faithful
former brothers in arms
/ Meanwhile. pending the Tightening of
the reins of repression, the Russian
troops everywhere in Galicia from the
region around Tarnopol southwark to
the southwestern BukoTina border, are
continuing to give way with relatively
little fighting before the Germans and
/ Austro- -Hungarians. The important
towns of Buczacz, Tlumacz, Ottynia
and Delatyn have been captured by the
Teutonic Allies, and the Russians also
have been driven from the Tartar pass
! ir the Carpathians and their positions
I IN the kirlihaba sector to the south
east.
Payes Way fer Bukowina
The withdrawal of the Russians in the
latter regions apparently paves the way
for the Teutons to reEenter Bukowina.
which, if accomplished possibly would
make less stable the 4 Russo -Rumanian
! line running through Moldavta TO where
the Danube bends eastward for its last
race into the Black sea. Already Berlin
reports the Germans debouching from the
Tartar pass to be headed in the direction
of Cernowitz, capital Of Bukowina.
Perhaps Saving Feature
What may prove to be a saving feature
OF the situation is the firmness of the
south Of the field Of retreat. There has
been no suggestion Of any Welding ten
denotes Of the Russian forces in Nolhy-
MIA, Just to the north Of the affected
sector. while to the south the Russian
troops are not only standing fast. so far
as they are able, but are cooperating
with the Run1anians in a successful often
sivs movement on the Moldavian frontier.
/ In addition to preaching the German
lines south of the Carpathians4 the Rus
slams and Rumanians made large cap
lures of men and guns.
! TO the Rumanians there came as a re-
ward for their part in the concentrated
attack more than a thousand prisoners,
SO guns. II machine guns and other war
equipment, while the Russians for their
part took approximately the same num-
ber Of prisoners and "a guns.
/ German Successes at krevc
4 In the north around Krevo the Ger
mans have been enabled to recapture the
greater part of the territory taken from
them early In the week, compelling the
Russians under heavy artillery fire to
fall back.
vicious thrust at the French on the Aisne
region of France. and again they have
paid dearly in men killed or wounded
for slight gain. The attack was deliv-
cred over a front of two miles, from
Hurteblis to La Bovelle. but only TO the
/ south of Allies was the crown princes
army able TO penetrate French first line
trenches. In Champagne the French
have captured German trenches.
! Flanders Artillery Duel
! Over a 4o-mile front from the coast
! ir Flanders to the river Lys the ter
| rife artillery duel between the Brit
! ish and Germans continues, but as yet
! no attempt has been made by either
side to throw the infantry into the
! fighting. The Germans are said to be
! suffering from Nerves" and are rain
| ing shells on every point along the
. British front where movements out
| side the usual routine are observed.
The Lens sector. Armentieres and 9TH
! er places recently have received visit
! ations from large numbers Of Gerrna n
| projectiles.
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