The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-05-24

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, U. S. destroyer Jenkins.
war must be carried on vigorously and |
faith kept with the countryS allies. |
Professor NIilukofl' WAS forced to quit |
the cabinet and was succeeded rs for
r1gn minister by TprcSchtpnko. while |
kercnSky, who was minister of Justice
became minister Of war and marine
Generals BruSSion and Gurko and
other commanders who had resigned |
were persuaded to withdraw their res
ignntionS. and turned their energies to-
ward stopping the diSintcgrution Of the
armies.
All this sounds encouraging. and II |
may be Russia can be held firm to her
pledges. If not, it means merely the
pr0longnti0n Of the war and the lie.
fcrring of the certain ultimate result
the defeat Of the central powers.
The United states began giving con-
crete aid to Russia on "Wednesday,
when Secretary McAdoo gave TO it's
charge d'afraircs 500, 100000 of the
| allied loan, with the specification that
the money be spent in this country
| under the supervision OF the treasury
| department. The American mission
| to Russia, headed by Mr.. Root, was
given It's instructions, but 1t cannot
reach Petrogrnd for about two months.
Belgium got n share OF the loan
when Mr.. McAdoo handed Its repre-
sentativeS Il credit for S45.00O,OO0.
| italian Offensive Beuun
With the passing Of winter condi-
tiOns Italy began Il vigorous offensive
on Monday. attacking the AuStrinns
along the entire lsonZo front. The
enemy fought back sturdlly. but was
forced to give ground in the region Of
PLAYA, north of Goritz. In this Italy
is only anticipating II grand assault
| which the AuStrinns had been prcpnr-
ing to make. The fighting continued
| throughout the week with varying for
tunes. the Italians slowly pushing
their way toward Trieste. their OBJ
jcctive.
Released temporarily from the ne
ccssity Of guarding strongly the east
crn front. Germany brought from
there to France large number Of
comparatively fresh troops and threw
them into the struggle against The
British and French. General IIaigs
men are now confronting greater en-
cmy forces than Mt any time in the
past but before the week ended they
were In full possession Of Bullecourt,
the village for which the Germans
fought so desperately because IT pro.
tcctcd Qucant, the southern end Of an
Important line of dcfcnscs.
On the French front the most violent
fighting was about Lnffaux mill, II pOsi.
ton even more important than Bulle.
court. Again and again the Germans
made desperate attempts to regain
this ground. but the French repulscd
them with terrific losses.
Many burning villages behind the
German front north and south OF st.
Quentin indicated IN intention OF the
Germans to carry out n further re.
tircment ST. Quentin itself has been
burning for some time.
General Petnin on Tuesday was an
pointed commander in chief of The
French armies In France, General NJ
vcllc was given command OF n group
Of armies. and General Foch became
chief Of stan Of the war ministry. Pc
tain gained fame ana high popularity
by his defense Of Vcrd,In.
In Great Britain. too. there wns
shakc-up. n general staff for tho navy
being formed In response to the at
tnckS on the admiralty. Admiral Jcl-
lico heads the staff
A gratifying decrease in the number
Of vessels sunk by submarines, was
reported by the British admiralty.
Whether this Is due to the increasing
attacks on Iccbruggc by sen and air,
or to the recent destructive fire at the
Wilhclmshnven whnrvcS. or TO the
large number Of U-boats caught In the
British ncts--rcportcd to be between
so and 100--is not known outside of
Germany.
one more nation was added TO tho
| long list Of the kaiScr's declared ono.
mics last week, when Honduras sew
cred diplomatic relations with Ger.
many. Spain remained neutral. but
barely So
Premier Lloyd George offered Job,
Redmond immediate home rule for
Ireland, excluding northwest Ulster
or Il plan for an Irish convention to
arrange plan. Redmond accented
the latter suggestion.
The United States lost one of tn
most distinguished and honored ciu.
zens In the sudden death OF .Josenh
| III. ChOate eminent 1axuuor o,1 :.