Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-09-13

ma Nrell. Eli. Id. lRNie cheering the para
rench setting ;he fuses i'm their grenade
mino aby Cadorna's forces. In fact,
general retirement of the Austrians on
that front wls predicted. In the bat
lies on the Bailisizza plateau the ltal-
lhhs captured immense quantities of
arms and munitions. for the enemy fed
in haste and disorder. Nearer the
coast the fortress on Monte Hermuda
still held out against furious attacks.
Keeping the Italians from advancing
on Trieste by that route
Riga Taken by Germans.
Eign has fallen, the kaiser rejoices
and the wal-to-victory party in Ger
many has new argument. But this,
like the Gaician affair, is rather II
cheap victory over Il disorganized
army, and WAS expected. The Russians
have retired beyond the River Aa.
fighting fairly we'll as they went, and
the fierce bravery of the Battalion of
Death enabled them to prepare il new
line of resistance.
The taking of Riga gives Germany
complete command of the Baltic and
the way lies open for an advance ON
Petrogrtd by land, but ii is not at all
certain the kaiser will so ON To the
Russian capital. The route is long and
through difficult country, and the adj
Nanlages of possessing Petrogrud
might be offset by such an extension
oi his lines JUST as winter is at hand.
NJ lile time of writing, il appears like
~ thal the German Baltic fleet will
meet the Russian sea forces i'm battle
in the Gulf of Finland. 1t is believed
the Fortified island of Osel ut the head
OF the Gulf of Riga and the port of
Reval, which guards the entrance to
ne Gun of Finland, cannot hold out
'ong, and the Russian fleet thus is like
~ To be coop"d up under 'he guns of
iNrohS'adl, the great fortress that pro-
teriS the port of Petrogrud.
Fart oi the German fleet already has
been sighted ut the entrance to the
Gtllf OF finlnnd.
ticrlnhny's offensive against Russia
appeais TO have been timed to coincide
With an expected co,Inter-revolution
ldaili"d to restore auiGcracy in Russia.
ne plot, however. was uncovered and
many arrests of grand dukes and 9TH
crs have been made
General iicXipiT, former commander
in chief. and General Vasslkoyslii.
commander OF the Pctrograd garrison,
agreed Thursday that The fall of Riga
did not threaten Petrograd and was of
moral but not strategic Importance.
On the Western Front.
In France and Flanders the week
brought little change i'm The positions
OF the opposing armies, though the
lighting was uninterrupted. The Brit.
iSii deluged the German lines i'm Bel
gnin with shell fire that indicated an
other drive, and there were reports
THAT Grown Prince Ruprecht was pre-
pairing To execute another "stratppic
retreat" to the mi-Thourout line
ana thus give up Il strip of territory
east of lpres from ten to twenty miles
'NNI' iii'' Noulu ilt'lIJ llle allleS
their sway toward the German subnia-
rinc bases at Zeebrugge and Offler
ports on the Belgian coast.
The Germans made several air raids
on England, killing number of per-
sons, especially ut Chatham, and one
of their U-boats shelled Scarborough.
The British press exhibits some un-
casiness lest the Germans have "Qot
the jump on the allies In the matter
OF increased mir forces The United
States. however, is coming fast in this
respect. building machines as RAPIDLY
as possible and training a big army of
aviators, here and abroad.
Again on Thursday night the Ger
man avators devoted their attention
to the French hospitals behind the
Verdun lines bombarding them for six
and a half hours and killing 10 soldiers
who already were severely wounded.
If a cablegram from Shanghai is to
be believed, China is about to enter
| into active participation in the war.
The Twenty-fourth army corps, COM
posed of $4,000 picked troops from the
northern provinces. is said to be mobil-
lied for immediate departure for Eu-
rope, probably through Siberia to the
eastern front to assist the Russians
and Roumanans. The corps includes
several companies of engineers Off
| cercd by Chinese graduates of Ameri-
can colleges. and an aviation corps
! trained by American and French air.
men. These troops would be the first
Molwolians to fight in Europe since the
time of Genglis Khan, 500 years ago.
Argentina two weeks ago was rejoic-
ing over supposed diplomatic victory
over Germany In the matter of u