The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-09-13

boats. Now the South American re
public is in the throes of great rail
way strike which is certainly fomenteC
and financed by Germans. Thousands
Of workmen have quit and there has
been serious destruction Of property
and considerable rioting.
From IAN American port" comes an
exciting story of a concerted attack
by seven German submarines on q
fleet of % allied merchantmen west
bound. -Four of the largest Of the
steamships were sunk by torpedOes,
but the guns Of the others destroyed
three Of the U-bOats. The battle took
place 80 miles off the coast of Ireland.
Organized Labor Loyal.
Organized labor In the United
States, determined to assert its loyal
ty, met last week in Minneapolis, to-
gether with many radicals and Social
lists, and formed the American Alliance
for Labor and Democracy. Under the
leadership Of Samuel Gompers, Frank
p. Walsh, John Spargo and others, the
delegates declared the new organiza-
ton firmly back Of the armed forces of
the government in their fight for "a
victory which will mean the coming
Of the greatest world democracy ever
dreamed Of" Definite reports have
been circulated that laborites are plan
ming to cripple various industries by
strikes, especially the fuel industry.
These reports, Mr.. Gompers declares,
do not relate to the American Fedora
ton of Labor. They are, however, too
we'll substantiated to be ignored.
The British trades union congress by
a vote Of 2,894,OOO to $1,000 declared
itself opposed to participation in the
Stockholm congress, and this, taken
with the refusal of many countries to
grant passports to delegates, probably
Will result in the entire abandonment
OF the gathering In the Swedish city.
Pope Preparing Second Note.
Not wholly discouraged by the fall
ure of his peace note, Pope Benedict
Is preparing second proposal for the
ending of the war. Premier Rtbot.
speaking on the Marine battlefield. de-
clared that a requisite in any peace
treaty acceptable to France was the
restoration of Alsace-Lorraine.
The German press continues to heap
ABUSE and ridicule ON President VIII
son for his reply to the pope's note.
declaiming loudly against his demands
that the government Of Germany he
democratized before peace can be
made with 1t. But the reichstan ma
|ority is insistently demanding Just
about the reforms the president con-
siders essential.
Dispatches from Switzerland say the !
powers have determined on
ne partition of Poland According to
ne plan, Germany Is to take about
'ne-tenth Of Russian Poland to rectffv
Ter frontier, and Austria will annex
ne remainder, unite 1t to Galicia and |
'rocla1m the territory the united king
om Of Poland, with Emperor Charles
S Its king. It is to have it's own par
lament, but its foreign policy, finances
no army are to be controlled by Aus
ria. This plan does not please Hun
airy, because that country thinks its
will be lessened If the en-
Ire becomes triple kingdom.
LED by President Wilson and men,
'ers Of the senate and house. and es-
orted by thousands Of soldiers and
a1lors, the young men of the DISTRICT
Columbia selected for service I'm the
1at1onal army paraded the streets of
washington on Tuesday, and similar
arades took place in hundreds of
lt1es and towns. Next day these men
the National army began streaming
rom all points Of the compass into
ae 10 cantonment camps built for
heir training and instruction. Thew
re the first s. per cent of the es7 600
len selected by the draft
Inc long wrangle in the senate over
ar profits taxation ended In the de-
at OF the high tax group and the
lopuon of the finance committees
rovls1ons for total levy of ST. .2ae.
V'OOO, or about third Of this years
ar and normal excess profits This
ould make the bill total So. 400 OOO.
No. ~-'''--<'ooO'-
Thursday night the house passed
nan1mously the big war credits hin
1tnor1zing 11,558,945, 400 in bonds
III ceruhcates. Every effort of a
cup Of Republicans to limit Score
ry McAdoo's control over these "a.
les was defeated, but an Amendments
congressman Cannon was adon+eA
from taxes interas+ -.
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