The daily Alaskan., 1917-09-07
The Russian Setback.

on May Sa,
 The Russian Setback.
 During the e1o-ts e secure . diTao- nzac peace Russia stood firm. Tns duuiR reseSted GernRny's proposals, ard the imperial government indOrscd WU- sons peace league note. Russian sup po-t Of ROumAnis had neveC beea strong and entirely dropped away ia the winter. IL seemed that Russla vEs | poweriess. A rvvolutiOn In which the troops and thssr geaersls agured dsPSp- cd the czar the middle Of March, sns there becan e stEtR Of military in6eci- sioo and inactivity while fhctioot con tended tos political contrs st Petro- grad
 Early ta FsbCuary ths German retro- Erade began north of the Souu1e- Be paume and PeronDs, the ruab ef months ol bloody struggles, yielded the middle ot March Co the Slies led hT Sirelie and HsiE. and shortly the Ger- mans turned and began to reSist Ttg- 1 oruusIy al along the front Special reasoass uRs Be-sinR eIplEnsfio1 of this great and nssteriy retrust Fur ther withdrawal was forced by Br4tsEh attacks on the Ypucs ssliszk and si NeSsiBes in May and June.
 l! Western Entente P0vsI Pressed,
 The entrance oS the United States ss an ally led to sa Hun0uncement hy British and French commissioners stft here for conference. among them Mar l Ehal Jodra. that the resources ot Eng land. France and Italy In men, monsy, tcod and munitions were ht e low e,'h, and Russia must be considered ss vir- ruany eliminated as an aggressive force These frank disclosures caused surprise and deep anxiety on this side of the ocean ths more 20 because tho ruthless . boat operations, vhich De- Ean ln February. bad been more oe- Eeructive than expected by the slneS although their toll bad fallen far EhoCt oS Germany's estirnate-l.on0oo tons per month. The destruction ot freight Ehips varied from week Co week dur | ins March, Ap-il and May, hut the to- 1 tnl vas SO great as to forebcde ois2s- ter unless the evl wss speedily sup pressed
 ! The eutente's money problem was { quickly solved by sTordinE hesvy cred- ] its to pay for their supplies brought I here \ commission. headed by Eihu Root. rppalred Co Russia Co swing ths 1 weight of the United States on the side of the forces In authority who l favor a continuance of the war uu ! Germany. The response Co calls Tor l troops and immense var funds and the successful registry for the draft 1 followed by the safe arrival Of large ! expeditionsry force in France, led Co reaction during June from ths misgir- Ings and uncertainties which had pre- vailed for weeks.
 Notable among the closing events Gf the third year of var are the renewal of attacks upon the Austrian frunts hy Italian and Russian armies Tfe ItEl- ian movement began early In June and had for its object the recovery of posi- tons in the Trentino, which the Aus trfans had captured in thslr great spring drive uf lal6. At the close of June the Italians su1e1cd severe 1 check.
 July opened with 6 strong Russian ! offensive ou the line of the nnlestey, sined at Lenhers. This v-ss renewal In part of the great drive ld by Gen eral BrusiloT one year befo0s. Inspir- cd by the presence On the Geld of the new Russian var minister, KereBsky, the army of General Kornilod. in front of HElicz, captured that position un the ioth. crossed the Duiester and marched toward Stryi, taking KElucE a the iSth and prisoners which rstsed the total cspttves in the campaign Co about Ss,ooO men
 Tbe long hTutted cabinet Uphtzval in Germany took place on the I2th and re- suited in the resignation of Chsnceilos HollweS and the removal of F'ore2ga | Minister Zimmerman, wbo fosteTed the scheme to embrOH the United Stztrs with Mexico and Japan Hollwes's ssc- cessor in o8ce MIchaelis, has been { ranked as a conservative oa GermRuy's war policies On the f6th the m0ofii- atiOn of the national rasra. vhicA wfn add soo,Ooo men to tAs fraersl sr> mics, was begun, s