Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-07-27


been arrested and many of them, In
Guiding 30 socialist members Of parlia-
ment, executed. Because OF the NUM-
erous executions there, he said, the
town of Sveaborg has been renamed
Golgotha. Finland lis on the point OF
starvation, despite Its German friends,
and General Mannerhelm, commander
of the Finnish army, asked Mr. Nor
ris, American minister to Sweden,
what chance there was for Finland 70
| get food from the United States, Mr..
Morris told him plainly 1t was very
slim SO long as Germany helds the
| country under her control. 0stenslbly
as a measure to save food the Finnish
government has ordered the expulsion
of all Jews.
--m-
When the news came of the assas-
sination of Count Won Mirbach Ger
man ambassador to Russia, In Mos
cow, at the instigatlon Of group Of
| social revolutionists, there were
many predictions that the kaiser
would get revenge by sending a great
army TO occupy the chief Russian
cities, and indeed IL was semi-otiieial-
ly stated In Berlin that such would be
his course. But after breaking off
diplomatic relations the chief Hun APP
parently thought better OF 1t and a
mild statement was issued hoping
that the Russian government and peo-
pie win succeed In nipping the pres
ent revolutionary agitation In the
bud" II Is not easy TO see how Ger
many would gain much by further
grabbing In distracted and starving
Russia.
Ma-
The pan-German party trinmphed
over Its opponents and forced the
resignation OF Foreign Minister Won
Kuehlmanh because of his peace Inn
possible by force speech, and then
proceeded to pick Admiral Won Hntze,
the trickiest and most disreputabIe OF
Teuton diplomats, as his successor.
Great excitement In the rechstag re-
suited and the socialists agreed not to
vote the war credit, which could not
be passed without their aid, until the
new minister had announced his pol
lcies. Won Hintze Is swashbucklIng
milltarist and the creature of Admiral
Won Tirpitz. As minister to China he
disgraced himself, ana as minister TO
Mexico he deliberately stirred up
row between Huerta and Carranza In
order TO embrol the United States.
The French press accepts the seIec-
ton Of Won Hntze as evidence that
the militarists In Germany are strong
er than the diplomats and are deter
mined upon war TO the finish They
believe he viii do the n.Germans
much more harm than good.
--Ea-
Military operations Of prime impor-
lance last week we're confined 20 AL
bania, field of which little has been
heard for n long time. There the
Italians and French got very busy and.
with the aid of British naval forces
In the Adriatic, started an offensive
that met with considerable success
and is still progressing as this is writ
ten. Within few days the allied
forces had advanced more than TWEEN
ty-fve miles on battle front sixty
miles long, had captured Fierl an inn
portant town eight miles from the |
Adrlatic, and had practically sur
rounded Berat, the chief city Of south
ern Albania. They also had occupied |
mountain positions Of great strategic
value. Before the week closed the
Austrians had evacuated Berat.
This Albanian offensive was counted
on to have great political effect, es-
peclaliy In AustrIa-Hungary and
among the small nations of the Bal.
kans. Already 1t had caused evident
among the forces OF the
central powers that face the allies
from the Adriatic TO Saloniki. In
Macedonia they made several costly
and vain attacks on the allies. The
apparent objective Of the allies in Al
banIa IL the Shkumbi valley and the
old Roman road, the Via Egnatia.
leading to the yardar valley and open
ng the way to movement toward the
east that would outflank the enemy
lorth Of Monastir.
II the Austrians are declsively de.
'eated In this region the kaiser may
'orce them TO accept Won Below as
heir generalissimo, despite their pro-
ests. The efforts to GerrnanIze the
general headquarters have
ItIrred up tine already angry people
# the dual kingdom. Another row
here has been caused by more or less
pen assertions that Empress Zita
uined the offensive on Italy by pre-
'enting the use OF gas and otherwise
the commanders. A big