Graham guardian., 1917-10-26
prosecution of the deputies he named

political power OF the independent So
cialists, but the affair had the Oppo-
site effect and some of the majority
socialists joined the independents.
The mutiny on the fleet explains
the delay In the long expected naval
movement against Petrograd.
In the allied countries the story OF
the revolt was hailed as one of the
most encouraging signs of the year
and 1t was held that If such dissatis-
faction exists In the German naval
forces. which have not been subjected
/ to very severe hammering, the morale
Of the army must be breaking down.
New Government For Russia.
Premier Kerensky, having virtually
I defied the democratic congress, ap-
pointed new coalition cabinet
pledged to restore order In the repub-
| lie and suppress anarchy and to re-
new the fighting power of the army.
| Kerensky and several of his colleagues
| went to the front to lay their plans be-
fore the soldiers. and seemed hopeful
Of gaining their support despite the
opposition Of the council of soldiers
and workmen. The rail workers went
on strike, but promised not to tie up
the operation of the military railroads,
and later were partly appeased by an
offer of increased wages.
The new government is determined
to work hard for universal peace.
but shows no intention of abandon
| Ing its alliances with the foes OF Ger
many. 1t issued a declaration to that
effect on Wednesday, saying II will
extend Its whole strength In support
of the common cause of the allies, to
defend the country, to oppose every
attempt at the conquest Of territory Of
other nations and every attempt to
impose the will of others on Russia"
Allies New Drive In Flanders.
Another sledge hammer blow at the
Germans In Belgium was struck on
Tuesday by the British and French
acting In conjunction. In the midst Of
q furious rainstorm Haig's men ad-
vanced on a wide front east and north
east Of Ypres, capturing Poelcapelle
and the Gravenstafel ridge and other
elevations that command the generally
fat country and are invaluable as OBJ
servation ground. Grown Prince Rup-
precht counter-attacked In desperate
attempts to regain these dominating
heights, but only south of the fpres-
Roulers road was he able to push back
the British for slight distance, and
that at great cost.
At the same time the French on the
left flank OF the British line made
most remarkable dash forward across
the flooded bog land south of the for
est of Houtholst, piercing the German
line to a depth of one and One-quarter
miles and regaining land which the
foe had held for three years. While
the French guns set up terrific bar.
rage fire, the engineers rapidly spread
great islands of cork over the water,
and erected miles of trestle work and
lnnumerable bridges, and over these
the troops rushed with such irresist-
ible spirit that they swept everything
before them. So swift was the attack
that an entire German division which
was just relieving another at the front
was caught by surprise and deSimated.
The entire ground over which fhe Brit
ish and French advanced was thickly
Uttered with dead Germans and heaps
of equipment.
A few more such drives In Flanders
onh tho Enrn,nnc will ha pntnnallp1 N
retire to the east and south, abandon
Ing the submarines on the Belgian
coast. This would mean the almost
utter collapse of the u-boat campaign.
which already has been greatly weak.
ened.
There are strong indications that
the allies are preparing for vigorous
offensive movements In the near flu
ture in both ROumania and Macedonia.
The positions of the central powers on
both those fronts have been subjected
of late to heavy bombardments. 1t
was announced last week that the ar
mics of Greece were about ready to
take an active part in the warfare.
More Of 9ernstorff's Perfidy.
Secretary Lansing reached into the
upper left-hand plgeon-hole of his desk
last week and pulled out another neat
little expose of German methods. This
one hit Won Bernstorff again, rounding
out the revelations of the counts per-
fdy while this country and Germany
were still technically on friendly
terms. Three kilograms were made
public, two from the German foreign
Office to Won Bernstorff instructing
him to start big program of sabotage
In American munitions factories and
to finance plans for the destruction
Of the Canadian Pacific railway, and
the third from the then ambassador
10 the foreign Office at Berlin last
September stating that the American
embargo conference needed the fur
ther support of the German govern
ment for the purpose of conducting
campaign to win majority of con-
gress favorable to Germany in the ap-
preaching congressional and presiden-
tial elections.
The heavy hand of the federal gov
crnment fell on Daniel Fl. Wallace,
blatant organizer and head of paci-
fist society, last Thursday when
Judge In Iowa sentenced him to 20
years In prison for seditious speaking.
The committee named to Investigate
the charges of disloyalty against SEN
ator La Toilette and pass on the de-
mnnds for his expulsion from the sen.
ate had no time to perform It's duties
before congress adjourned and so will
report at the next session. II will not