Licking Valley courier., 1918-06-27


many parts Of the empire the dis
tressed people are rising against the
authorities, and In Vienna itself on
Wednesday great and hungry mob
looted shops, stoned the residence of
the premier and even attacked the
Hofburg palace, in protest against the
reduction of the bread ration. The
food controller is helpless, admitting
that the empires wheat is exhausted
and that the grain supplies from Rou-
mania are small and of inferior quail
ity. In Lemburg, Budapest ana
Prague also there were serious food
riots, and all through. the empire
signs were plentiful that the people
were ready to revolt If they were
not given a speedy peace and bread.
II would appear that the time is
about ripe for the long predicted up
rising Of the oppressed natlonalities
of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Bohemians,
the southern Slavs and the Poles. The
Germans expect and fear this event,
and of course would step in to sup
press 1t by force Of arms. But even
If It were not wholly successful 1t
would create a diversion In the midst
Of "AIittel Europa" that would do
much to hasten the final victory Of
the allied nations over Germany.
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only-sRs Assese4 4 +,'l.-
place on the westerly front last week.
This was a powerful assault on the
allied troops guarding Re!ms, dellv-
cred by the army of the crown prince.
About 10000 Germans took part In
the attack, which was preceded by a
terrific bOmbardment. The enemy
charged from the village of Vrigny,
southwest Of Reims, and all around
the. loop to La Pompelle, the fortified
! stronghold on the east The struggle
wSs violent In the extreme, but the
: Germans were everywhere repulsed
with very heavy losses. Only in the
( Sflepry wood southeast Of the city
4 did the enemy gain a fOOthOld, and
prompt counter.attacks by the French
/ threw him back from that TO his ,Old
positions. A great many German
prisoners were taken. They said they
hnd been ordered to take Reims at
! any cost. The fact that the attack
was not renewed by the crown prince
was taken to indicate the exhaustion
of his troops.
! Military experts In France believe
another battle will be begun soon by
the Germans, possibly on the road to
Calais, or between Montdldier and
Chateau Thierry across the Disc and
Aisne to the Marne. II they select
the latter sector the Americans will
again he In the thick of the fighting,
Those boys did not have great deal
to do last week, though they carried
out some successful raids and re-
pulsed every one made against Their
lines. From the south side of the
Marne they sent several patrols acros:
the river In boats, in each instance
killing numbers of the enemy ant
bringing back prisoners. Moreover
not single German patrol has eve
been permitted to cross the Marne t
the American side.
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The war department In Washington
was strongly urged last week to sent
II force of Americans to Italy, no
only to help In the fighting but espe
ciully to demonstrate to the Italia,
armies that America is ready to nj,
their country to the limit, thus c0un
teracting the extensive anti-America
propaganda carried on of late In Italy
The diplomatic representatives q
Italy here thought II would be II wis
move, and Secretary Baker intimate,
Thursday that American soldiers woul
soon be fighting on the Plave front.
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herlu are growing louder daily, an
conditions In what once was RusSi
r ARE becoming steadily more favorabl
, for such action. The bolshevlk powe
s rs waning, though the Lenlnltes sti
, control the arms and supplies in mos
. OF the centers of population, In ives
= ern Siberia the Czecho-Slovaks hay
/ Joined forces with the counter revol,
e tlonIstS; Tomesk and other towns hav
A been occupied and II government $,
up. At Hlev Il great revolt has hr,
ken out; 10000 armed and organize
. peasants are participating and I'll
+. movement has spread to the PoltNy
/. .nnd Tchernlgov districts. There
= fmuch street fighting, and the revolt
a tlonsts have destroyed nrtillet
q stores,
2 Doctor MnsNryk the Bohemian len'
:. or, conferred with President WilsC
n concerning the plans for getting o'
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