Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-05-18

Bretonneux, east of Amiens, After
an intense preliminary bombardment
lasting two hours, the Germans ad-
vanced three battalions strong, and
hand-to-hand fighting ensued all along
the line. The Americans put up de-
Tense that won the warm praise 0:
the French commanders ON their
TANKS, and the Huns, after considera-
bic time, were driven back with heavy
loss. The losses of the Americans
were said TO be rather severe.
The second attack was made We'd
nesday night In the Themes sector,
southeast of Amiens, and was as COM
plete failure as the other,
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Already, the expected Teutonic
"peace offensive" Is beginning to de-
velop, as It always does after the
kaiser has won some successes and
then has been brought to halt.
Charles Of Austria IL said to have
made peace offers to Italy, the real
purpose Of which Is evidently to ere
ate discord In Italy and at the same
time to quiet the discord among his
own subjects. The pope, II Is under
stood, will put forth peace proposals
on Whitsuntide, May 10, making con-
crete offers Of mediation by the holy
see. Germany's own offers are ex-
pected after another great effort has
been made to smash the allied armies
In France.
This pence offensive will be no less
offensive to the allies than Its prede-
cessors. They will not be deceived by
offers to restore Belgium and to cede
Lorraine. Nothing less than the ut
ter defeat OF the central powers will
satisfy them, unless there Is an I'M
believabe change In the state of mind
of the governments and the peoples.
This Is no less true In America than
ia England and France. The Amerl-
can casualty lists, though still com
paratively short, are scattering all
over the country's map little black
dots of mourning, each of which be
comes the center of strengthened de-
termination to see the war through to
complete victory.
The Austrian emperor Is truly hay
ing a hard time keeping his subjects
TO their allegiance. From Serbian
sources comes the news that the Serbs,
Croats and Sovenes In the dual mon
archy are holding a plebiseite on the
plan to Join with Serbia and Monte
negro in one national independent
state. with Peter Of Serbia as the
king. This movement Is led by the
prime archbishop Of Carniola. Mean
while the Austro- Hungarian military
commanders have been greatly exer
cised by the fact, just announced
that large numbers Of Bohemian
troops are joining the italian army
and are now on the italian front In
Italian uniforms. They belong to tbs
Czecho-Slovak army which is beine
formed at many points within Austria
Hungary.
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Though they have slowed up a bi'
In Russia proper, the Germans are go
ing ahead steadily with their penetra
ticn of Ukraine, and now have es
tablIshed military rule in Kiev, III
capital, on the ground that the gov
eminent has proved too weak to main
tain law and order. A number OF th'
members of the Ukraine government
have been arrested. or course, The
prevailing disorder there Is mainly
due TO the presence Of the German
troops and their oppression OF the PEG
ple. hut a little discrepancy like tina
| does not bother the kaiser. Recently
General Won Eichhorn, the German
commander there, ordered the peas
! antry to return all property and Of
| fects taken from the landholders ant
/ to begin at once the cultivation Of TN
estates. This order designed to pro
! tect the interests of the landholders
most of whom are Poles and Russians
was vigorously opposed by the rada
which declared 1t would not permit In
reference by German or Austro-Hun
garian commanders in the internal af
fairs Of the country. The minister o
agriculture was instructed TO tell tn
peasants not to obey Won Eiehhorni
order.
Berlin announced on Thursday tina
Sevastopol had been occupied by tn
| German forces.
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For day or two last week the worl'
was startled by report that there ha
been counter-revolution In Russia
and that the former ears little SOL
had been proclaimed emperor, witt
his uncle, Grand Duke Michael, as re
gent. The story came from Scan
dlpavla, and soon was recognized a.