The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-07-27

trouble makers only go on to other
localities and continue their nefarious
propaganda. Work Is at standstill
In many Of the biggest mining and lum-
Der camps Of the country.
The department Of labor last week
created the United States public serv-
Ice reserve, for the mobilization OF
adult male volunteers for service In
employments Of every kind, public and
private, which are necessary to effec-
tive conduct of the war.
Russia's Drive on Lemberg.
Russia's re-awakened troops, direct
ed by General Brussilof and command
ed by General Kornllof, continued
their great drive in GalIcia last week
and inflicted tremendous blow on the
AustFO-Gernan forces by breaking
through their lines and capturing
HalicZ. This city is regarded as the
key to Lemberg, the immediate objec-
tive of the Russian offensive, and last
year was unsuccessfully attacked with
- N'''''AA AlDAl Aiit lOllll. Il his time
he moved on 1t from the south and
took 1t with comparative ease, togeth-
er with a great number of prisoners.
The German and Austrian armies were
separated and their morale so broken
that kOrnilOff was enabled to use his
Cossack cavalry in the pursuit with
telling effect.
Some distance to the north the Rus
SLAMS tiercely attacked In the Pfnsk
sector, gaining considerable ground.
and the activity OF their artillery in the
Riga region presaged an attempt to
break that, the strongest part of the
TeutOn line IN the east
On the west front the Germans
staged successful drive against the
British close to the Flemish coast. fore
Ing them back across the User river
In the dunes. British trenches were
captured to depth of 600 yards on a
front Of 1,40O yards. This German at
tack may be part of an attempt to
reach Dunkirk, or 1t may have been
made to forestall British drive along
the coast that would threaten the Ger
man submarine bases.
There was tremendous fighting In
France, the Germans making desperate
attacks especially along the Chenlin
des Danes. But the French wfthstood
the assaults stoutly and when they
were driven back anywhere invariably
recaptured the lost ground.
RaRVvaaFaSfs
Germany's internal ferment Is In
creasing. the opponents OF Chancellor
Won Bethmann- Hollweg are growing
In numbers and holiness, and the cab
inet seems to be breaking up. But all
this can have no immediate effect on
the prosecution of the war. for II is
Internal and the general STAFF, headed
ny Hindenburg and Lutlendorfr. doni-
mates the entire imperial government.
Changes In the ministry mean little
more than the substitution OF one set
or puppets for another, and even the
fall OF the chancellor win be of only
academic interest to the outside world.
II would appear that the war must go
on until the kaiser, the crown princs
and the PruSSian militarlStic chiefs
are eliminated, or until the German mr..
mics meet such crushing defeats that
the people take matters into their own
hands-which means the same thing.
The main committee ~ the relchs.
tax refused To vote a war credit unlass
the government declared its policy re-
gardIng peace and reform, and this the
government refused 70 10. Since the
demand ot the committee is summarized
by majority In the reichstag. min.
ist'rtul crisis was inevitable. The en-.
peror himself went so far as 10 fS<ue
a manifesto declaring fOr equal fran.
chi>e In Prussia. This II granted will
decidedly weaken the dominance OF the
JuukrrS In the PruSSian government
The attempt to restore the Msnchu
empire in China met with dismal fail
ure. and now turns out 20 have been
financed by Germany. Another bril-
liant stroke ef foreign policy by Zlm-
hermann. The young emperor again
ahdicated and General Chang Hsup
his sponsor and the kaiSer'S agent. re-
tircd 10 the imperial city section OF
PeNtng, where he and his fast dw!n-
ding army were hemmed in by the re-
publican forces.
The weekly report Of the British adj
miralty On submarine activities was
very gratifying, showing only II ner-
ehantmen were sunk. while Il others
that were attacked, escaped. During
the same period arrivals in British
ports were 2,S9S, and Sailinss a7aS.
The American steamer Kansas was de-
Stroysd by a German U-boat.