The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-10-11

brate Won Hlndenhurg's birthday, ns
was intimatcd, but to discuss plans for
speeding up the production Of mum.
tions. Probably II was necessary. also,
TO take steps TO appease the workmen
Of Essen and their wives, who held
riotous meeting recently, demanding
peace and better food.
In Frankfort. too. an immense peace
meeting was held on Sunday, but that
was engineered by political groups,
and therefore may not have been so
indicative of the sentiment Of the peo-
pie.
czernin Warns the Allies.
In the way Of peace movements. the
most Important event OF the week was
the speech OF Count Czernin. Austro-
Hungarian minister OF foreign affairs,
In which he threatened that unless the
allies speedily consented to q pence
without anncxanons or indcmnities,
Austria-iIungary would revise It's pro-
gram and demand compensation for
further costs Of war. lie said his
country had proved that It was per
fectly sound and could not be over
thrown by force OF arms. and conse-
Qucntly was In position simultaneously
with Its allies to lay aside arms and
regulate conflicts by arbitration. Aus
tria.Hungnry certainly seems just now
20 be more united against the idea Of
separate peace, despite the feeling
Of the Croats and other Of Its peoples,
and foreign correspondents warn the
United States that neither Bulgaria
nor Turkey Is likely to separate Itself
from Germany; they mus; be whipped
together or not at all.
Count Czernin's bold words are
scarcely supported by the develop
ments on the Austro.Italian front for
though the AustrlRns have been hang.
Ing on desperately to the edge Of the
/ Bainsizzi plateau and making repeated
! attacks to recover lost ground, the
Italians have not yielded nm inch
There were Indications that Cndorna
was about ready for a renewal of his
offensive, and that the enemy expect
this was shown by the rushing west
ward of large numbers Of Austrian
and German troops from Bukowina
and Rounania.
kerensky Plan Voted Down.
II only Russia were In condition to
take advantage OF this troop move
ment, II might accomplish much. But
Russia Is still struggling with its in
ternal affairs, and only In the Riga
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disposition to fight. Up there they
pushed the Germans back In several
places. Meanwhile, Premier Kerensky y
IS having desperate trouble In estab-
fishing Arm government. He ap-
peared before the democratic congress
and used very plain, even defiant Ian
guage, which nj first had Its effect In
vote approving n coalition cabinet.
But next day the Bolshevikists and
other extremists gained control Of the
gathering and voted down the plan.
To add to ,ho perpi.xiiies Of the pro.
visional government, a serious revolt
broke out In Turkestan.
The allies are following the lead OF
America In cutting of supplies from
Sweden, Norway. Denmark and Hol-
land. the action determined on being
not Joint but uniform. Last week
Great Britain extended the principle
heretofore followed by prohibiting the
unlicensed expectation to those coun-
tries of all articles except printed mat
ter and personal effects.
Air Raids to Bring ReprIsaIsf
Repeatedly last week the German
air fleets raided London and the towns
and countryside Of Kent and Essex
Flock after flock Of great airplRnei