The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-05-26


| war must br carried on vigorously and
| faith Kept with the cOuntry'S allies.
| Professor MilukOf was forced to quit
| Ill" cahiE"t and was succeeded rs for
| cigu minister 10y TcrcSchtcnk0, while
| krr"n~ky, who was minister of justice,
! became minister of war and marine.
| Generals BruSSiloff and Gurko and
other commanders who had resigned,
w"r" persuaded To witl.lraw their res
ignationS, and turned their energies to-
| ward stopping the disintcgration Of the
armies.
| All this sounds encouraging, and ii
may be- Russia can he held firm To her
| pledges. II not. II means merely the
| rrol"Egatiun of the war and the de-
fcrrins Of the certain ultimate result
| the defeat of the central powers.
The United States began giving con-
crete aid To Russia on Wednesday,
when Secretary McAd0o gave 10 its
| charge d'afTaircS $1OO.OOO,OO0 of the
| allied loan. with the specification that
the money be spent in this country
under the supervision of the treasury
| department. The American mission
to Russia. headed by Mr.. Root, was
| given its Instructions but II cannot
| reach Petrograd for about two months.
Belgium got share Of the loan
when Mr.. McAdoO handed its repre-
| sentativeS credit for Si50O0.000.
Italian Offensive Begun.
With the passing Of winter cOndi-
| tions Italy began vigorous offensive
| on Monday, attacking the Austrians
| along the entire Isonzo front. The
enemy fought back sturdily, but was
| forced to give ground in the region OF
PLAYA, north of Goritz. In this Italy
! is only anticipating grand assault
which the Austrians had been prepar-
ing to make. The fighting continued
! throughout the week with varying for
| tunes. the Italians slowly pushing
their way toward Trieste. their OBJ
| jective.
Released temporarily from the ne
ceSsity Of guarding strongly the east
| ern front. Germany brought from
there to France q large number Of
comparatively fresh troops and threw
them into the struggle against the
British and French. General Haig's
men are now confronting greater en-
envy forces than at any time In the
past, hut before the week ended they
were in full possession of BullecOurt,
the village for which the Germans
fought so desperately because it pro-
tectcG Queant. the southern end Of an
important line of defenses.
On the French front the most violent
fighting was about LaffauX mill. posi-
ton even more important than Bulle-
court. Again and again the Germans
made desperate attempts to regain
this ground. hut the French repulsed
them with terrific losses
Many burning villages behind the
German front north and south of st.
Quentin indicated an intention of the
Germans to carry out Il further re-
tircmont 81. Quentin itself has been
burning for some time.
General Potain on Tuesday wag ap-
pointed commander in chief of the
French armies in France General NJ
vcllc was given command of group
of armies. and General Foch became
chief Of staff Of the war ministry. Pc
tain gained fame and high popularity
10y his defense Of Verdun.
In Great Britain. too. there was a
ehakn-up. general staff for the navy
being formed in response to the at
tncks on the admiralty. Admiral Jel-
Iico heads the staff.
y gratifying decrease in the number
Of vessels sunk by submarines. was
reported by the British admiralty.
Whether this is due 10 the increasing
attacks on ZochrugEo by sea and air,
or to Tie recent destructive fire at the
WilhcIm~havcn wharycs. or 10 the
larg" number Of T-boatS caught in the
British uotS-reportcd 10 be- between
81 and lois not known outside Of
Germany.
One uor" nation was added 10 the
Ious list Of the EaiSor's declared enc
mics last week. when Honduras soy
cred HIl"'hHIc r'ih'uHS with Ger
many Spain remained neutral but
barely SO.
Premier Lloyd George offered John
Redmond imm"diat" homo rule for
ireland, excluding northwest Ulster.
or a plan for IN Irish convention to
arrarg. uIau. Redmond accented
thu latter sugg. stiou.
The United States lost one Of IFS
most distinguished and honorcd citi-
zcnS In the sudden death of Joseph
II. Ch0atc, eminent lawyer and former
ambassador to Great Britain.
The writer adds that the unpopu.
larity Of the crown prince IS so general
that were an imperial form Of govern.