The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-11-15

| the allies. though this is denied by the
London press. However, the military
leaders Of the entente are now awake
to the Importance Of the Italian front,
and there are indications that they
Will concentrate much of their efforts
there during the winter, when opera
tons in Flanders must necessarily be
halted. This will be in accordance
with the advice Of an Italian general
given many months ago and hitherto
ignored. The question Of n joint allied
war council to direct operations OH 'nll
fronts is made more imperative by the
Italian affair and may be settled ut
the coming conference in Paris. Ev-
eryone admits that lack Of team work
has been responsible for most OF the
rcvcrseS the allies have suffered.
1t is expected that Germany will
now make q new suggestion Of peace,
ms she has done after each of her slc-
ccsSful drives. md also it Is expected
that the allies will reject 1t with scOrn.
ms in the past.
In Russia the peace agitation is
dying down because Of the German
operations in the Gulf Of Riga and the
peril OF the Gulf Of Finland ports md
Of ~PetrOgrad. The crisis there served
to strengthen the hands of the Ker-
ensky government, and even the eX-
RENE Socialists and other radical fac.
lions are urging the army to resist
further German advances. There was
little lighting on the Russian front last
week, and the German fleet apparently
Ind ahRn6nnnH Ne rootrnnnJ TIC v0ono
to enter the Gulf of Finland.
Good Galne In Flanders.
Attention must not be wholly d.
verified from the western front by the
invasion Of Italy. There was desper-
ate fighting in Flanders, In the course
Of which the French and British, with
the efficient aid Of the Belgian troops,
mace some very important gains. In
the swamps south Of Dixmude the
French and Belgians took Merckem
peninsula and the village Of Luyghem.
A little farther south the British kept
up their attacks on the part OF the
Pnssc.iendaele ridge still held by the
Germans, md the Canadians led In an
offensive which carried them almost
into the town itself. Further
on this line will probably result In the
capture OF Roulers, an important rail
center only six miles northeast Of the
ridge and already dominated by the
British guns.
Alo@g the Aisne and in the vcrdun
region the French successfully with
STOOD all the attacks Of the crown
prince and inflicted heavy losses on
him.
me allied aviators were especially
busy during the week, dropping many
tons Of explosives on munition facto.
ries. dcpois, railway stations, aer-
dromeS and all other military Objec-
lives within their reach. They do not
seem yet to have started on n cam
patgn OF rctaliatOry raids on German
towns. ht that may rome quickly,
since Germany on Wednesday night
sent some thirty airplanes in seven
groups across the water to bomb Lon
don and other parts Of England. Also
the German %aviatOrs made n few more
raids on Nancy.
In Africa md Mesopotaria the Brit.
ish made considerable progress last
week, and they also announced the
capture Of Beersheba in Palestine.
Count George Won Hertling, prime
minister of Bavaria, has been ap-
pointed German chancellor, but seems
to nave well grounded fears that he
cannot control n majority Of the reich.
stag. He is fully acceptable only to
the catholic center group. Helfferich
resigned as vice chancellor and was
succeeded by Friedrich Won Payer, O
progressive.
, Another U. s. Transport r~orpedoed.
: On Thursday the navy department
J announced that another American
transport, the Finland. had beer
! struck by q torpedo when homewart
bound. No one aboard was injured anf
the vessel was so little hurt that she
returned 20 port under her own power
The sinking of the Antilles brought
} nbout an announcement from Secre
tary Daniels TINT hereafter nava
, crews VIII mnn oil transports carry
: Ing American soldiers to France. Th,
" report of the British admiralty showed
: a marked falling Off in the number o
r submarine victims for the week.
: Sir Eric Geddes, first lord OF tn,
t admiralty, gave parliament some in
tcresting facts concerning the subma
rine campaign. stating that betwee,
30 and 80 per cent Of the German u
q boats operating in the North sea-, TIL
. Atlantic and the Arctic have beel