Licking Valley courier., 1917-11-08

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the allies, though this is denied by the
London press. However, the military
leaders Of the entente are now awake
to the ifhp5ztance of the Italian front,
and there. are indications that they
~sll concentrate much OF. their efforts
there during the winter, when opera
5fions 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 u joint allied
war council to direct operations on all
fronts is made more imperative by the
Italian affair and may be settled al
the coming conference In Paris. Ev
eryone admits that lack of team work
has been responsible for most of the
reverses the allies have suffered.
II Is expected that Germany will
now make new suggestion Of peace.
as she has done after each Of her sue
cessful drives, and also II is expected
that the allies will reject II with scorn.
as 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 and
of ;PtsIssfaa. The CRISIS gl,Nls served
to strengthen the hands OF the Ker-
ensky government, and even the ex-
treme Socialists and other radical fac.
tlons are urging the army to resist
further German advances. There was
little fighting on the Russian front last
week. and the German fleet apparently
had abandoned or postponed Its plans
to enter the Gulf of Finland.
Good Gains In Flanders.
Attention must not be wholly di.
verted 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.
made some very important gains. In
the Swamps south OF Dlxmude 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
Passchendaele ridge still held by the
Germans, and the Canadians led in an
offensive which carried them almost
into the town itself. Further progress
on this line will probably result In the
capture of ROulers, an important raj
center only six miles northeast of the
ridge and already dominated by the
| British guns.
Along the Alsne and In the Verdur
region the French successfully with
stood all the ATTACKS of the crown
prince and inflicted heavy losses OI
him.
The allied aviators were especiall.
busy during the week, dropping man!
tons Of explosives on munltion facto
rles, depots, railway stations, aer
dromes and all other military obJec
tlves within their reach. They do no
seem yet to have started on n cam
palgn OF retallatory raids on German
towns, but that may come quickly
since Germany on Wednesday nigh
sent some thirty alrpl0nes In seveI
groups across the water to bomb Lon
don and other parts of England. Ais
the German aviators made Il few NOR
raids on Nancy.
In Africa and Mesopotamia the Brit
lSh made considerable progress las
week, and they also announced tn
capture Of Beersheba In Palestine.
Count George Won Hertling, prlm
minister of Bavaria, has been al
pointed German chancellor, but seem
to have well grounded fears that h
cannot control a majority Of the reicl
stag. He is fully acceptable only
the Catholic center group. Helfrerlc
resigned as vice chancellor and wa
succeeded by Friedrich Won Payer,
progressive.
Another v. 5. Transport Torpedoed
On Thursday the navy depNrtmeI
announced that another America
transport, the Finland, had bee
struck by a torpedo when homewOr
bound. No one aboard was injured al
the vessel was so little hurt that 81
returned to port under her own powe
The sinking Of the Antilles brougl
about an announcement from Seer
= tary Daniels that hereafter nav
, crews will man all transports carr
= Ing American soldiers to France. TT
= report OF the British admiralty show,
: n marked falling or In the number
submarine victims for the week.
. Sir Eric Geddes, first lord Of Il
I admiralty, gave parliament some 1
I terestlng fOcts concerning the subm
p rlne campaign, Stating that betwe,
I 10 and 80 per cent Of the German
. boats operating In the North sen, Il
. Atlantic and the Arctic have be,