Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-24

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trouble makers only go on to other
localities and continue their nefarious
propaganda. Work Is at a standstill
in many of the biggest mining and lum-i
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 Brussiloff and command
ed by General KornilOff, continued
their great drive in Galicia last week
and inflicted tremendous blow on the
AustrO-German forces by breakingI
through their lines and capturingl
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
Brussiloff from the north. This 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 fiercely attacked in the Pinskl
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 a successful drive against the
British close to the Flemish coast, fore
ing them back across the User river
in the dunes. British trenches werel
captured to depth Of COO yards on a
, front Of 400 yards. This German at
tack may be part of an attempt tol
{ reach Dunkirk, or 1t may have been
| made to forestall British drive along
the coast that would threaten the Ger
3 nun suDLldTlue passes.
There was tremendous fighting in |
France, the Germans making desperate
( attacks especially along the Chemlnl
des Danes But the French withstood
| the assaults stOutly and when thew
/ were driven back anywhere, invariably
recaptured the lost ground. 81,
Germanys Internal Troubles. y
Germany's internal ferment is I'M
creaslng' the opponents of Chancellor
Won Bethmann-Hollweg are growing
In numbers and holiness and the cab-l
met seems to be breaking up. But all
this can have no immediate effect on
the prosecution Of the war, for il is
internal and the general staff, headed
by Hindenburg and Ludendorff. domi-
mates the entire imperial government
Changes in the ministry mean little
more than the substitution OF one set
or puppets for another and even tb,I
ran of the chancellor will be of op.vi
academic interest to the outside world
IL would appear that the war must y1I
on until the kaiser, the crown prlnc.
ana the Prussian militaristic chic.
are eliminated, or until the German ,r
mics meet such crushing defeats tS,,
lAe people take matters into their o.y,
hands-which means the same thinc.
Inc main committee of the reich.
tag refused TO vote n war credit up'ao.
the government declared it's policy -
garding peace and reform, ana this t,,.
government refused TO do. Since %,
demand Of the committee is supnorta
by majority in the reichstag, a min
lsterial crisis was inevitable. The EN-.
peror himself went so far as TO ISSUE
u manifesto declaring for equal fran
chise IN Prussia. This, If granted, will
decidedly weaken the dominance of the
Junkers in the Prussian government
The attempt to restore the Manchu
empire In China met with dismal fail
ure, and now turns out to have beenI
hnanced by Germany. Another bril-
nant stroke Of foreign policy by Zim-
hermann. The young emperor again
and General Chang Hsun.
Ills sponsor and the kaiser's agent. re-
tired to the imperial city section OF
Peking, where he and his fast dwin-
ding army were hemmed in by the re-
publican forces.
The weekly report of the British adj
miraity on submarine activities was
very gratifying. showing only IA mer-
cpantmep were sunk, while IL others
|pet wfre attacked, escaped. During
ne same period arrivals IN British
ports We're 2SoS. and sailings 2,7as.
me American steamer Kansas was de-,