Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-10

make Impossible tho success OF an Or
ganized f,libuster by a handful OF mon
during the sension OF that body. It will
not. however. 30 far al the rule Is now
underBtood. prevent n sudden hlibuA-
tor In the closing hours OF 81 session, n
fact which mny DO comforting TO SEN
ators LhFollctte, Gronna and Shcr-
man. who cast ths only three votes
against the change.
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The second Inauguration Of Presi
dent Wilson and Vice President Shcr-
man WIS Witnessed by many thousand
spectators. though Monday was n
bluatery dny in Washington. Tho de-
mand that tho date OF inauguration
lie placed at u later date IL given
point Just now by the fact that the
president In confined to his bed. In
part. and possibly entirely Ms n result
OF exposure To the cold March winds
on Inauguration day.
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Tho inauguration address was brief.
and dealt chiefly with the internation-
nj situation in lta BROADER axpecta. Tho
president emphasized his hope for
peace throughout the world. and de-
clnrcd his conviction that the United
States must hereafter play an import
ant part In tho councils Of the world.
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In the war area there has been a
comparative lull In the lighting on tho
bad wcnthcr. Tho British have made
good their recent advances In the
Ancro district. ana tho French have
pushed forward apprcclably In tho
Champagne district The interest
which attends these loyal efforts In due
to the accepted belief that they arc
parts OF or preparatory to tho move
mont of enormous mHsses OF men and
gigantic collections OF artillery as soon
na the weather will permit, and that
such manner rs men have never
been tested before. Tho Gerrpans re-
port local gains against tho Russians
at several points along their east
front. but tho main armies therc ap-
pcnr to be about stationary. The only
great advances have heon made In tho
riEris valley and adjacent dlstricts
There tho British have pursued the
fleeing Turks to the very gates Of
RaEdnd. while tho Russians are CO.
tt,,vv Lea n
from tho Persian border. At the Same
timo the British have pushed their
advance from Suez until they have
occupied portions OF southern pales-
tine and are striking eastward from
that position. Tho Turks In the upper
TiEri, and lI,iphrntes valleys are
therefore being subjected to n closing
process by thrcc separate armies from
IN many directions. and tho situation
seems to warrant tho expectation of
an early collapse of Turkish power
there.
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Tho German foreign office has been
subjected to severe criticism by n sec
tion OF the German press for Its at
tempt TO enlist Mexico in IL war
against tho United States. While the
government press naturally approves
Of this action. and re-echoes the at
tempts Of Herr Zimmerman to justify
his action. other critics characterize
tho effort as IL diplomatic blunder. 1t
Is interesting to recall that the pro-
German press In this country de-
nounced the report that such a letter
rs TINT of Zimmerman had ever been
written as II yarn manufactured In or
der to arouse resentment against Ger
many IN this country. and 1t was
pointed out that tho writing Of such
II letter would have been an act of
idiocy and imbecility on the pnrt OF
the German foreign office. There is no
general disposition to quarrel with
that verdict, but since Zimmerman's 3
admission that he did write the letter
those who at first denounced II as
idiotic have been less FREQ with their
criticism
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The Japanese government has stat
cd officially that no communication
Suggesting All alliance against the
United States has been received by II,
and that government has taken ad
vantage OF the opportunity to declare
it's continued friendship for the United
States, and to declare that under no
circumstances could IL be persuad ed
to abandon its allies and enter into an
alliance with Germany. From Mexico.
also. have come statements that the
German note was not communicated
to the de facto government The state
ment, however. is accepted with n
grain OF salt. for 1t Is generally be-
l!eved that whether or not the actual
letter published was received and Its
contents communicated to Carranza,
therc has been q clear understanding
In Mexican government circles that a
program of this sort was being ar
ranged. ana 1t ia believed, further,
that Carranza Is quite ready to take
part In such n movement at any mo.
fnent when 1t can he done with a rea
sonable measure Of safety.
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In the British parliament the Irish
question Ia again giving trouble TO the