The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-12-08

who have not yielded to the dictatio
of Lenine and his bolshevikists. Nor,
over, the immense gold reserve of tn
Russian empire, which was remove
from Petrograd to the Kremlin In l91
has been taken still further int6 th
interior and is out of the reach Of til
maximalists. Whether Kaledines an
the Cossacks will chose to support I'll
social democrats or will aid in a re
toration Of the monarchy is not clea
But sane friends of order, democrat
and freedom feel that anything wtoul
be better than the reign of anarci
and civil war that threatens Russ
now.
The soldiers who remain at ii
front are wailing bitterly because (
the shortage of food, and there us
fine prospect of hundreds of Thousand
of these fighting men turning bach i
to their country half-starved lar
ready to pillage and rayage it witbo1
restraint.
ltaIy's Danger Lessened.
The heroic Italian troops hagir
demonstrated their ability to hold bat
about four times as many Tetfol
along the Piave front, the fears 4f
more extended invasion of Italy sar
of the capture of Venice are lessenHl
During the week great numbers of
endorsements arrived from the Brd&
and French armies on the west FRI
many of them having marched eli
days through the mountains. IL
brought with them ample artillery &
supplies. Italian reserves in {g@
masses, young, well-equipped apldiF
OF spirit, also moved nortH t05f lit
those who have been onlbatin8
invaders, and in some places the# MT
ians took the offensive. The figl#til
especially between the PiaVe AMI
Brenta, continued fierce and unal III
throughout the week, and the II IS!
on both sides were heavy, but the y
tro-Germans made no further gki
Down toward the Adriatlc they ia
repeated attempts to cross the
and the flooded lands in pontoons
were completely routed by the It'd
artillery. AS the week closed the s.
alton in Italy was still serious, but
proving each day.
Gen. +. B. Maurice, chief dir&
of military operations in the BIZ
war Office, was especially well 8 i
fed with the weeks developmentz
Italy. From the fact that Germ
had not brought up vast re-enft s.
ments to follow up the initial sud g
with a decisive blow, he cS \, ud
that Germany was unable Sc
them. 1t is now time). he dill hr
to say definitely that t6a.Sxs1
Italy has passed, this being All
tirely to the efforts Of the 81
army. "Anglo-FrenGh troops ara S
available in sufficient quant,ao
satisfy us that the situation n
cure" he concluded.
Hard Fighting Around Camh,. s.
The war has seen no more desp
fighting than has followed on the SIS
Of General Byng's sensational II By
toward Cambria. Grown Prince 6
precht seemed determined not Il
that city fall into the hands Of /
British, or at least to make it q cUs
prize, and his constantly re-enf5rc
troops were sent against the Brit
in Bourbon wood again and again a
in the village of Fontaine, viii
changed hands several times. Byn
men held on tenaciously and usua
had the best of it in the hand-to-ha
fighting as well as in the artillery co
bats, and the tanks continued to pl
their part. These monsters oft
cleared the way for the infantry, a
in at least one instance, when th
were themselves held up by super
forces, the British airmen, flying d
ingly low, routed the enemy with n
chine gun fire and permitted the tan
| to go on. Altogether, it has been t
most spectacular battle of the war, q
it has cost the Germans a great ina
of their best men.
General Byng last week seemed
/ be endeavOring to break through to t
north of Cambria, a movement tt
probably would compel the enemy
fall back on wide front. Cambria
self seems doomed to destruction.
General Pershing last week SC
over his second casualty list. 1t ca
the names of two privates who we
killed in the trenches by German
tillery fire and Of five severe
wounded.
U. S! Supreme War Council.
While urgently advising upon o
allies more unified action in the pro-
cution of the war the Administered
is not overlooking the need for simil
co-ordinated effort at home. On Tu,
+ day u great step toward centralIz
control of all the eountry's resourt