The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-05-31

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1T be known officially that it "sympa- |
thlzed' with RibOt'S position, and there
were intimnttOnS that the government
would soon make Il formal statement
OF Its attitude toward the "n0 annex.
alton, no indemnities" slogan OF the
Russians.
Lansing Against Stockholm Meet.
What America thinks, officially, of
the coming peace conference Of socl.
aliSts at Stockholm was made clear last
week when Secretary OF State Lansing
announced that passports would be de-
MED any Americans desiring to go to
the meeting and that any Americans
participating therein would be liable
to prosecution under the Logan act for.
bidding individual meddling In foreign |
relations. Evidently the government
believes. us does most of the rest of |
the world, that the conferences Is but
one of the kaiscr's schemes to disrupt
the entente. Russia and all neutral
nations were notified OF this action.
About the same time rumors came to
Washington that Russia already had
concluded an nrrnistice with Berlin or
Vienna, or both.
That all the fnngs We're not drawn
from the jaws of the old Russian
| regime wns evidenced Tuesday when
an unsuccessful attempt was made to
nssassinate Minister of War Kerensky.
TO add to the perplexities of the pro
visional government Of Russia, the
Swedish political party, representing
most Of the wealthy and influential
classes in Finland, met in congress and
declared for complete separation Of
the grand duchy of Finland from Rus
Sin and It's establishment as Il sover-
efgn state.
Over in China the kaiser lost anoth-
er point when President Ii Yuan Hung
dismissed from Office Premier Tuan
Chi JUL who had effectually blocked the
efforts Of the rest OF the cabinet and
large part Of the parliament to have
China declare war on Germany. DR..
WI Ting-fnng. former ambassador to
the United States, was made acting
premier and authorized to form new
cabinet.
Declaration Of war by Brazil against
Germany was brought nearer by the
request of President BraZ that con
grcss revoke the decree Of neutrality
and that Brazil take n stand along
side of the United States.
On BattlefeIds Of France.
Such progress as was made during
the week in pus ~ back the Germans
in France was mainly by the French
in their campaigns south and south
east of LaOn and east of ReimS. In
both sectors they gained important
ground, seizing the dominating heights
above the Ailettc valley and In the VI
cinity Of Moronvilllcrs. General Petnin
thus put his troops in position 70
threaten the RcimS salient held by
the Germans, and 10 attack the LaOn
fortress from the rear and compel the
retirement of the Trut0nS In this en-
tire sector
The British were busy consolidating
the positions they had won along the
llindenburg line from ArrnS to Bulle-
court and rcprlling the repeated and
mans. Won IIindcnburg was prOdigal
in the use of the fresh troops brought
from the Russian front but in every
important instance his attempts to re-
gain lost ground was fruitlcSS, and ;hc
slaughter was terrible.
In reply TO the Italian push toward
Trieste the AuStranS began u violent
cOllnt or olIcuSivr i'm thp TrpntInO tom.
porurily gaining some ground from
which they were driven later. The ud-
vance on 'iricSt, Sl"ckcncd somewhat !
during the first part of the week, but !
this was only to gather force, for on |
Thursday General tndornms troops |
smashed their way through the Aus |
irian lines on a wide front from Cas-
tngnnvizzn to The Gulf of Trieste.
This front had been strongly fOtiticd
by the AuSirianS and was considered
by them almost imprcgnablc. The
Italians took tlIc town of JaminnO. and
captured 5000 prisoners, including 200
officers. Ten batteries Of British ar
iillcry took an important part in The
great battle.
U. S. Helps in War on U-Boats.
The British admiralty in It's weekly
repcrt showed big increases In the ar
rivals and Sailin&s and decrease i'm the
number of vessels sunk by submarines,
and gave ample credit to the American
destroycrs for this gratifying showing.
Following closely on the admiralty