Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-10-26
European.

IrtIller herenshy, on opening the
Russian parliament in the Marinsky
palace, made ringing speech, in
which he said: Russia wants peace
by right but we never will bow 70
force. We must fightonly to save the
country"
The Russian peace program. as
drawn up by the central executive
committee of the council OF wOrkmen's
and soldiers delegates in the form of
instructions to NJ. Skobeleir. ex.min.
lister of labor. its delegates to the
Paris conference. consists OF fifteen
articles covering the whole ground
from Panama to Persia. Article NJ
demands the naturalization" of the
Panama canal, and Article TX calls for
restitution of all colonies to Germany
Survivors of the United States trans
port Antilles, sunk by a German sub
marine, landed at French port by
auxiliary vessels The torpedo struck
the ship at a quarter OF seven O'Clock
in the morning Many were killed in
their berths. The survivors praise the
captain and the members of the gun
crew OF the Antilles, who stuck to
their posts while the officers searched
the ocean with field glasses for the
submarine until the waves closed over
the ship.
Two German raiders attacked con.
voy in the North sea and sank two of
the British scouting destroyers-the
Mary Rose and the Strongbow also
five Norwegian. one Danish and three
Swedish vessels were sunk without
warning. Three English merchant YES.
sells escaped.
Germany suffered little less than a
disaster in the air, October 20. when
four and probably five Zeppelin air.
ships, believed to be returning from
aid on England, were brought down in
French territory by airplane and anti.
aircraft gunfire.
Detained in New York City three
months because no ships have sailed
from the United States to Holland.
three hundred Holland subjects. near.
~ half of them women and children.
have petitioned the president of the
United States to assist them in re.
turning to their native land.
Singularly reticent is the German
war office in its latest official com.
with regard to the opera.
lion OF the German naval forces oper.
ating against the Russian squadron
which has been reported to be bottled
up in Moon sound, merely dealing
with naval battle which resulted in
he sinking of the Russian battleship
Slava.
A Copenhagen dispatch says that
Bulgarian agents have been endeayor.
ng to get in touch with the entente
powers on the subject of peace and
subsequent relations.
Notwithstanding Bulgarian peace
ak King Ferdinand and Emperor
William have been exchanging assur.
lnces of unshakable loyalty to each
)ther.
The most recent communication
rom Petrograd gives but few details
" the situation in the Gulf of Riga.
The civil population has evacuated
teval. one of the principal Russian
'orts on the Gulf of Finland
Two German torpedo boats were de-
'troyed while running through the
mined fields in Moon sound, according
o dispatch from Petrograd.
The organizing committee of Stock.
lolm, Sweden, has drawn up mani.
este which sets out, In plain language,
hat the war so far is a dog fall"
md holds out no hope for peace either
n 1917 or in 1918.
Reports are to the effect that the
russian government will be moved to
he ancient capital, Moscow. in the
cry near future, antioipatory of a
ierman movement towards Petrograd. |
important papers were sent there sew.
raj months ago.
Petrograd admits that the Germans
ave been landing troops on Dago |
Stand, after bombardment, and that
he German naval units engaged in
he conquest of the three islands com.
rise at least ten of the newest dread
aushts. ten cruisers, fifty torpedo
oat destroyers and between eight and
IN submarines.