The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-08-30

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! Cut ot MOl'lavia within three weeks,
ana last Monday the Germans began
an offensive in the Riga region that
forced the Slavs back toward that city.
~ tn" south end Of the line the Rou.
!nanans still are making valiant efforts
TO hold back the invaders. There IS
no longer any doubt Of the bravery Of
the Russians or Of their desire TO keen
on 1ightng the common enemy Of the
world. but 1t seems that they cannot By
themselves SurmOunt the great eco.
nomic obstacles that confront them.
The governmental troubles Of Rus.
Sla also are approaching crisis. The
extraordinary national council" being
about to meet in Moscow, the constitu
tonnl Democrats. diScOntented bust.
ness men and dismissed generals, gath.
cred there ready to demand radical
changes. On the other side stand the
cabinet and the Socialist left. In pre-.
ilmlnary discussions Prince TrOu-
betskol, Generals AlcXicff and Brus.
silof and others attacked the cabinet
excepting only Kerensky, and declared
The government had fallen into the
hands OF corrupt men Of Petrograd
who think only Of their own inter
eSts. The Socialist orders that de.
Stroyed discipline in the army were
bitterly criticized.
AS had been foreseen, the pope's
peace proposals We're received decently
by all the belligerent nations but with
more than an undercurrent Of skeptl-
cism by the allies. No definite reply
10 them has been made at this writing
bS any government, but representative
speakers Of the different parties In Ger
many all indorsed In general the Vati-
can plan. and it is believed Berlin may
20 so far as to offer autonomy to AL
sace-Lorraine, which Of course would
not In any degree satisfy France. Aus
'rla' too' as was expected, approves the
proposals, but insists any settlement
must include the abandonment of
Great Britain's naval bases at Gibral-
tar, Malta and the Suez canal. Can
one Imagine Great Britain willingly dis
mantling these guardian posts Of the
route to her immense domains in the
orient! The vOciferous assertions of
'he German press that the pope's pro-
poSalS were not inspired by Germany,
ana the intimations that they really
were due to British suggestions can
only be considered as more "bunk" and
serve t" confirm the suspicion that the
pan had its inspiration In Teutonic
sources.
German Poison Gas in America.
The poison gases emitted by the pro.
German press and all the other traitor
Gus agencies In America are not grow
ing hoticcably less in amount of viru-
Irhce but Uncle Sam is beginning to
apply The antidote with considerable
N'S"r In many cities "soap box" or
"'"fS are being gathered In by federal
agents and several more rabid papers
haN" bccn denied the use Of the mails.
ne Grrlnan-Amcrican press of the
larsr cities Is still too clever to sub
lcct itself to that penalty, but if 1t
keeps on It's present course doubtless
some means will be found to suppress
IT. Regrctfully 1t must be said that n
oiSgraccfully large proportion OF the
ferlhans In America-naturaHzed or
'lot-ls proving disloyal to the land Of
'hcir adoption. This Is shown by such
instances as the annual picnic OF the
Schwabenverein in Chicago, where for
several days the assembled Germans
occupied themselves In denouncing
America's entry Into the war, abusing
the president, sneering at our armed
iorces and making fun Of the draft and
the National army. The same thing
IL gong on oil over the land, where
Ieutons get together, but they are pre-
parlhG to reap harvest Of woe for
themselves, for the men Of the depart
ment OF justice are cognizant Of their
words ana acts. 1t Is comforting to
neileVe thht the great mass of German
H''er'cahS are truly loyal, but thou'
H.'ldS or the more ignorant nre led into
"is'oS"lty by the falschoods Of German
secret agents and by the utterances
OF the La Follcttes, the Reeds, the
Masons and the william Hale Thomp'
sons for whom NIL native.bOrn Amcri.
cans blush.
Former Ambassador Gerard, Sccrc-
tary or Commerce Redfeld, and other
prominent men found opportunity last
week TO denounce bitterly the coward
~ treacherous pro. Germans and pusl'
luminous pacihsts, who are doing all
they can to make tho world unsafe for
democracy.