Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-11-08

the allies, though this is denied by ne
London press. However, the military
leaders of the entente are now awake
to the Importance of the Italian front.
and there are indications that they
will concentrate much of their efforts
there during the winter, when opera
tions i'm Flanders must necessarily be
halted. This will be in accordance
with the advice of an Italian general
given many months ago and hitherto
ignored. The question of a joint allied
war council to direct operations on all
fronts is made more Imperative by the
Italian affair and may be settled at
the coming conference in Paris. Ev-
eryone admits that lack of team work
has been responsible for most of the
reverses the allies have suffered
1t is expected that Germany will
now make new suggestion of peace,
as she has done after each of her sue
cessful drives, and also it is expected
that the allies will reject it with scorn,
as in the past.
In Russia the peace agitation is
dying down because of the German
operations in the Gulf of Riga and the
peril OF the Gulf Of Finland ports and
of Petrograd. The crisis there served
ensky government, and even the e1-
treme Socialists and other radical fac
tions are urging the army to resist
further German advances. There was
little fighting on the Russian front last
week, and the German fleet apparently
had abandoned or postponed it's plans
to enter the Gulf of Finland.
Good Gains in Flanders.
Attention must not be wholly di-
vertcd from the western front by the
invasion of Italy. There was desper-
ate fighting in Flanders in the course
of which the French and British. With
The efficient aid of the Belgian troops,
made some very important gains. In
The swamps south of Dixmude the
French and Belgians took Merckem
peninsula and the village of Luyghem.
A little farther south the British kept
mp their attacks on the part of the
PasSchcndaele ridge still held by the
Germans, and the Canadians led in an
offensive which carried them almost
into the town itself. Further progress
on this line will probably result in the
capture of ROulers, an important rail
ccilcr only six miles northeast of the
ridge and already dominated by Tho
British guns.
Along the Aisne and in the Nerdnr
region the French successfully With
stood all the attacks of the crown
prince and inflicted heavy losses or
him.
The allied aviators were especial,
busy during the week, dropping many
| tons of explosives on munition facto
| ries, depots, railway stations, aer
,iroines and all other military objec
| tives within their reach. They do no
| seem yet to have started on 81 cam
| paign Of retaliatory raids on German
| towns. but that may come quickly
! since Germany on Wednesday nigh
| sent some thirty airplanes in sever
| groups across the water to bomb Lon
| don and other parts of England. Ais
| the German aviatOrs made a few NOR
! raids on Nancy.
In Africa and Mesopotamia the Brit
| ish made considerable progress las
| week. and they also announced TIL
capture of Beersheba in Palestine.
Count George Won Hertling, prim
minister of Bavaria, has been aI
| pointed German chancellor, but seem
| to have we'll grounded fears that Ii
cannot control majority of the reicf
stag. He is fully acceptable only I
| the Catholic center group. Helfferic
resigned as vice chancellor and wa
succeeded by Friedrich Won Payer,
| progressive.
aAnother U. s. Transport Torpedoed
On Thursday the navy departmer
announced that another America
transport the Finland, had bee
I struck by torpedo when homewar
/ bound. No one aboard was injured an
, the vessel was so little hurt that sh
returned to port under her own powe
The sinking Of the Antilles brougf
about an announcement from Seer,
tary Daniels that hereafter nav;
crews will man all transports carr.
ing American soldiers to France. II
report of the British admiralty Shove
marked falling off in the number {
submarine victims for the week.
Al Sir Eric Geddes, first lord of tt
admiralty, gave parliament some i
teresting facts concerning the subm
! rine campaign, stating that betwee
40 and so per cent Of the German
boats operating in the North sea, IL
Y Atlantic and the Arctic have bee