The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-06-21

French cavalry. killing two omcers
and four privates In the brief fight
that ensued 90 Greek soldiers were
killed and 800. including 81 officers,
were taken prisoner.
Liberty Loan q Great sueeess
Americns reply to the sneering as
scrtions Of Germany that the war is
Wilson's war and is not supported by
the people Of the United States came
with loud sound when the books on
the Liberty Loan were closed Friday
neon. II was announced That the loan
uf $1,000 ~" Wn had been handsomely
overs S,lh"r"ih"h aud The significant
tuct Is that II has been taken up main.
ly by the individual men. women ana
children Of the nation, not by tie
great financial institutions. This not
only Is most desirable from an ecOno.
mic point Of view, but is conclusive
evidence that the entire nation IL back.
Ing the government In the conflict
against despotism. 1t was only neces.
sary that the people should be awak.
ened to the real situation. and this was
done with energy and efficiency by the
press and by innumerable speakers
throughout the land.
Renewed Hope for Russia.
Hope and despair concerning Russia
alternately take possession OF the nj.
lies. Just now 1t Is the turn OF hope,
and there Is real prospect that the
new republic not only can be prevented
from making separate peace with the
Teutons, but may even be restored as
n potent military factor. Minister Of
War Kerensky Is succeeding to som 2
extent In re-establishlng discipline In
the army. and an incident on the Rou.
manian front, when three mutinous
regiments were forced to uncondition.
al surrender by large number of loyal
troops showed that most Of the soldiers
are disposed to back up the provision
nj government. The All-Russian coun.
ell of peasants, furthermore. passed by
Il vote Of 1000 to 4 a resolution to cut
of food supplies from kronstadt II the
town did not Immediately Join Its rev
olutionary forces to those Of Russian
democracy, and demanding that the
government ut once force the absolute
submission of Kronstadt.
President Wilson's note to Russia
defining Americas war aims, was re
ceived with much satisfaction every
where except by the radical Russian
socialists and In Germany. and was
! promptly followed by one from Great
Britain which virtually stated that Mr.
| Wilson had spoken for his entente al
! lies. or course the Interpretation OF
the phrase peace without annexa
tiOns" Is still stumbling block, fol
Great Britain. France and Italy TAXI
Ne position that the restoration o
! "stolen" lands. such us Alsace-Lor
raine, Italia Irredenta and other re
glons, must not be considered as annex
atlons. The Root commission, whicl
had u triumphant trip across Siberia
Is counted on to do great deal TOWARD
bringing Russia to the scratch again
and ut this writing It really looks a
though she will not yield to the blan
dlshments OF the kaiser and his social
list and pacifist emissaries. The grea
change In Greece also Is looked upol
ns likely To influence Russia becaus
of the effect II is sure to have on tn
Balkan situation.
The very weakness Of the RUSSIAN
provisional government has caused tn
German conservatists to abandon hop
Of persunding Russia to a separat
peace for as Herr Heydebrand. thei
leader. says. such n course would b
futile unless the government wer
strcng enough to. combat the allie
Russia would be forsaking.
Mr.. Root and his colleagues and ais
the American railway engineering con
, mission reached Petrograd on Wednei
day. On the same day the Russia
mission to the United States landed q
a Pacific coast port and started fo
Washington. 1t is headed by Boris 4
ankhmetieff as special ambassador.
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