Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-07-26

ussian army In Galicla and captor of
trouble makers only go on to other.
localities and continue their nefariouSs
propaganda. Work is at a standstili
In many of the biggest mining and lum-.
Der camps of the country.
The department of labor last weelu:
created the United States public serv-
ice reserve, for the mobilization of
adult male volunteers for service in,
employments of every kind, public and
private, which are necessary to effec--
tive conduct of the war.
Russia's Drive on Lembero.
Russia's re-awakened troops, direct.
ed by General Brusslloff and command
ed by General Korniloff. continued
their great drive in Galicia last week
and inflicted tremendous blow on the,
Austro-German forces by breaking,
through their lines and capturing
Halicz. This city is regarded as the.
key to Lemberg, the immediate objec-.
tive of the Russian offensive, and last.
year was unsuccessfully attacked with,
Brussiloff from the north. This time-
ne moved on it from the south and,
took 1t with comparative ease, togeth-.
er with a great number of prisoners.
Inc German and Austrian armies were.
separated and their morale so broken,
that hornilof was enabled to use hisi
Cossack cavalry in the pursuit with,
telling effect.
some distance to the north the Rus
SLAMS tiercely attacked in the Pinslr.
sector, gaining considerable ground.
and the activity Of their artillery in the.
riga region presaged an attempt to.
break that, the strongest part of the.
Teuton line in the east.
On the west front the Germans.
staged successful drive against the
British close to the Flemish coast, fore.
ing them back across the User river.
IN the dunes. British trenches were,
captured to depth of 600 yards on q.
front of 1,400 yards. This German at
tack may be part of an attempt to.
reach Dunkirk, or 1t may have been,
made to fprestall British drive along:
the coast that would threaten the Ger
man submarine bases.
There was tremendous fighting in,
France, the Germans making desperate.
attacks especially along the Cheminl
des Danes. But the French withstoodl
the assaults stoutly and when they.
were driven back anywhere, Invariably
recaptured the lost ground.
Germany's Internal Troubles.
Germany's internal ferment is In
creasing, the opponents of Chancellor.
Won Bethmann-Hollweg are growing:
In numbers and boldness and the cab
met seems to be breaking up. But alH
this can have no immediate effect on.
the prosecution of the war, for II iss
internal and the general staff, headed
by Hindenburg and Ludendorff, domi-.
mates the entire imperial government.
Changes in the ministry mean little.
more than the substitution of one set
Of puppets for another, and even the.
fall of the chancellor will be of onlv-
academic interest to the outside world.
lt would appear that the war must go.
on until the kaiser, the crown prince.
and the Prussian milltaristic chiefs
are eliminated, or until the German mr.
mics meet such crushing defeats that
the people take matters into their own
hands-which means the same thing.
The main committee of the reichs-
tag refused to vote a war credit unless.
the government declared its policy re-
garding peace and reform, and this the.
government refused to do Since the.
demand of the committee is supported
by a majority in the reichstag, min
isterial crisis was inevitable. The enc
peror himself went so far as to issue
manifesto declaring for equal fran
chise In Prussia. This, If granted VIII
decidedly weaken the dominance of the
Junkers in the Prussian government.
The attempt to restore the Manchu
empire in China met with dismal fall
ure, and now turns out to have been.
financed by Germany. Another bril-
liant stroke Of foreign policy by Zim-
hermann. The young emperor again
abdicated and General Chang Hsun..
his sponsor and the kaiser's agent re-
tired to the imperial city section Of
Picking, where he and his fast dwin-
ding army were hemmed in by the re-
publican forces.
The weekly report of the British ad-
mlralty on submarine activities WINS
very gratifying, showing only IL mer-
chantmen were sunk, while II others
that were attacked, escaped. During
the same period arrivals In British
ports were 1888, and sallIngs 279s.,
The American steamer Kansas was de-
stroyed by German U-boat.