The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-10
United Press
War Summary

limited Press Leased Wire Service.)
1,4ssth day of the war.
Picardy front-German artillery be-
gan bombardins the British line along
a ten mile front between the Ancre
and ViIlers-Bretonne this mornina
following repulse of German attacks
south OF the Somme last night. En-
emy guns also were active north Of
Montdidier.
Flanders front-British troops ad-
vanced their lines slightly near Merris,
taking several prisoners.
Marne Front-Artiliery fighting oc-
CURED south Of the Aisne near chavig-
ny farm.
Champagne front-Frenes, took pri-
soners in raids.
Russia-The murder Of Ambassador
Mirhach is reported to have been the
first step in Russian Terrorist plot
for killing the other Germans respon-
sibie for Russia's predcament-the
kaiser, Hendenburg, Ludendorff and
kl ehir7nn.
6eIgiunr-A daylight raid on an am
bulancc station at LaPanne by Ger
man airmen resulted in the death of
fifty-four :. girl workers.
Turkey-constantin was bomb
ed by five allied airmcn Sunday.
Won kuehlmanns Resignation.
by ]. w. T. Mason, United Press War
Eypert1
NEW YORK, July 10.-If reports of
Won Kuehlmann's resignation as Ger.
man foreign minister prove to be true
he will have been sacrificed as fin
al challenge by the kaiser and his
militarists to America
The only influence powerful enough
to overthrow Won Kuehlmann would
be united demand by Won Hinden
burg and Ludendorff that he be di
sciplined for declaring peace coulG
not be won on the battlefield. Mill
tarism cannot survive the teaching o.
this doctrine in Germany.
So If the foreign minister has beer
thrown overheard. it is because VoI
Hindenburg, Ludendorff and the
kaiser have decided to attempt to save
their autocratic powers by defyinE
America on the field of battle. The
fall Of Won Kuehlmann will mark the
first OF three final stages in the Ho
henzollern conspiracy to impose me
dieval rule upon civilization. The mex
will be the creation of military die
tatorship as the governing force il
Germany. When that has failed ther,
will come a despairing effort to nego
tiate compromising peace. II the al
lies still maintain a resolute front
then militarism will have run It's full
course and will either be overthrow
or made harmless.
There may be an interruption t
this program through sudden revol
in Austria-Hungary or because Of
sudden realization by the German pee
pie of the fact that they are being LEI
to destruction. If either Of these pos
sible developments occur, Won Kueh
mann's retirement can only be follow
ed by the sequence of a military die
tatorship and an attempt to negotiat
camouflage peace.
Won Kuehlmann declared in tn
reichstag that the kaiser could no
rule Europe. The kaiser certainl
cannot pursue that fanatical attemp
! at suicide while Kuehlmann remain
foreign minister. Even the stubborn
narrow mind of the Germans woul
see the fatal inconsistency Of thi
course. IF, therefore, the kaiser stil
thinks he has been chosen by Gott t
control Furope's destinies, Won Kuehl
mann must retire. Megolomaniac
: who 60 into the market place to prat
of their intimacy with Gott have a
ways been makers of mad decision!
This time the kaiser's decision ma
: lead to his own imperial extinction