El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-24

frateruizinr very cordially with the
Germans and Austrians- In many
sectors OF the front the two armies
lived an the same trenches and ate the
same IuCd-
d c.Lv- Eases the soldiers. being
dissatisfied with their officers,
simply shot them. The army decided
that d. preferred TO elect It's officers
rather than have them appointed from
above, and many regiments proceeded
tc the elections. Things got TO such
q PASS that "a general order was iS-
sued calling the attention of the sol
d'er= to tine fact that it was not right
ID shoot their officers without trial.
and requesting them 10 defer the
Sho1rIlEs until higher body had a
chance tp pass on the cases
Compromises All Fail.
A'anwhue the duma was seeking TO
hold on 10 its yesliEes OF power and
reach q yJmpromise with the Commit
toe or ~ OIkmel's and Soldiers Dele
gates ELi all Cemp promises ended Iu
tn- demands of lhe committee being
drC--el 90. s committee of the So
clt-lst party lu the French cham Der
or deputies was rushed To PetroErad.
and Albert Thomas soon followed
When tho French committee re-
turned 20 Paris its president made a
very depressing report TO a secret
session Hl the chamber on conditions
DO Russia and the outlook there. a
Pa-i5 as practically certain. A certain
s .ctioa OF the French Socialist party.
or " 1lch Jean Longuet. a grandson or
Kari Marx. is a leader. was deIighred.
l--1neuef and his followers are psci-
fists or the extreme type They are
peace at any price men. and they saw
lu t-e Russian revolt the triumph Of
i-el- policy. Il was they who wanted
TO so TO the Stockholm conference.
and were able 20 force the whole
IaFor or sending a delegation 10
Stockholm.
Allies Keep SIavS in Line.
het the allied governments did not
cease work in PetroErad- The more
depressing and hopeless the situation
looked the harder they worked. the
ID ore they argued with the Commit
tee Of WOrkmeu's and Soldiers Dele
gates on the harm to the Russian
revolution of a premature peace. Al
bert Thomas did a giants work
america was brought in to prove the
point An American delegation was
sent TO Russia. an American loan was
offered, American assistance was
promised on the most liberal scale
an with the provisO that Russia
stuck 10 the war
kerensky raised himself out OF the
Duck. and for the moment the stu
ation was saved. The Russian army
began a great offensive that Svn-
the Russian mission IN this country.
But the Committee Of Workmen's and
soldiers Delegates is still the power
in Russia
We have a Eift. accepted with a
threat made by a body powerful
enough 10 carry out the threat. AT
any rate. the fate or the Eussian
revolution gave a respite TO Greece.
success for the combination in Rus
STA would have brought Immediately a
THTn.rrH f-wnaaa
republic, with Venizelos as the firs-
president The plans were made and
the mine was ready to be sprung
under Constantine, but the outcome OF
the Russian affair made the Allies
very thoughtful
To continue Constantine as the
ruler OF Greece could not be consid-
cred. hut there was a oufck chance
OF plans, and instead Of a republic
there was a simple change Of kings
IN The direct line Of succession
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