The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-08-16

they are being captured by the score
ana subjected to the proper punish
ment. Much OF the trouble is stirred
up by the !. w. w. and by certain
un-Nnericnn publlcists who argue con
stnntly that American soldiers should
not be sent abroad to fight. but should
be kept at home to await the invading
Germans nfter they have whipped the
tentente allies.
Among those arrested last week by
the federal agents was DIR. Fritz Berg
meier, president OF the volks-Zeitung
of ST. Paul. On orders from Washing
ton he was put in Jail on charges Of
making dlsloyal utterances, to be held
until President Wilson directs his re-
! lease. He is an enemy alien.
! Canada also Is to have a drafted
army, the Canadian conscription bill
having been passed by the dominion
parliament. Under its provisions lOO,-
| 600 men between the uges of twenty
and thirty.two years will be drafted,
and II II the expectation of the au-
thorties that they will be In training
| by autumn.
German Ministry Changes.
| Chancellor Mlchaelis remolded the
imperial and Prussian ministries to his
desire, or that OF his masters, but the
| many changes aroused no semblance OF
enthusiasm In the empire. On the
contrary, they are commented on by
the liberal and radical press with dis
trust and dissatisfaction, and no one
who has talked for publication has
given them his approval. They offer
no hope for pnrliamentarism or any
other marked change In internal pol.
icics and so far as can be seen. the
war policy Of Germany Is not likely
to be altered. Doctor Kuehlmann, who
has succeeded Zimmerman ms foreign
secretary, Is supposed to be opposed
to ruthless submarine warfare, but
Doctor IIeliferich Is retained as the
representative Of the imperial chancel-
lor, and rs he Is ambitious and power
ful II Is feared he will more than coun-
terbalance Kuchlmnnn.
Germany's latest peace suggestions
having met with the disdaInful recep-
tion they deserved. II Is unlikely that
any more such proposals will emanate
from the kaiser far some time. Sew
enty.elght professors OF Bonn univer-
slty have signed a petition urging the
German government never to make an
other peace offer.
Root Has Confidence In Russia.
Premier Kerensky last week succeed
cd In completing his coalition cabinet
and obtained the pledges Of all fac
tlons that they would support him. He
has promised many reforms. and also
has assured Russia that discipline and
authority must first be restored That
he and his colleagues will win out and
that Russia will continue In the war
until Germany Is whipped is the conf
dent assurance of Elihu Root who has
just returned from his mission to
Pctrograd. The disorders there, he
says. are not alarm!ngly serious and
nrc not typical, and the loss of morale
In the army he Is sure Is only TEN.
porary.
Already the resistance Of the Russian
troops to the advance Of the Germans
Is stiffcning, and though In general the
retreat continued, II ceased to be q
rout and In some instances the Teutons
were thrown back. General Korniloff
who succeeded BrussiOff ns generals
slmo, says the first stage of the war IL
over and the second stage has opened.
and intimates that the Russian armies
Will yet give an excellent account Of
themselves If British and French OH.
GERS are sent to help drill the mil
lions of men under arms. They will
need this help, he says, II they must
meet the mnsscd Germans instead Of
the comparatively weak AustrAns.
On the Western Front.
Activities In Flanders during the
week indicated thut the allies were
following their usual cOurse-attaek,
consolidation of positions won, and
preparations for another attnck. The
heavy rains hampered operations con.
sidcfably, but the British made many
trench raids and toward the end Of
the week their artillery fire increased
To tremendous volume. Meanwhile,
the Canadian troops pushed up close
to Lens and had that important coal
center nearly surrounded.
The German resistance In the coastal
region Is powerful, for the command.
"rs of course realize how dangerous to
them Is the turning movement. Along
the themin des Danes the crown
prince continued His attacks, all Of
which were beaten off by the indomit.
able Frcnchmcn.
In the Asian fields of combat there
wns little doing last week. but II was
reported that General Won Falkenhayn,
now German commander In Turkey, Il
planning nm attempt TO recapture Bag.
dad. General Maude's Mesopotamian
army. however, Is now so strongly en-
trcnchcd that II has little TO fear, and
the same may he said OF the British
forces In Sinai, which also have the
support ~ the fleet.
European dispatches say that the |
high military authorities In France be- |
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