Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-10-10


ignation of Chancellor Won Hertlink
Vice Chancellor Won Payer and For
eign Minister Won Hintze, and the in
vitation of the kaiser and Of Emperor
Charles to their people to participate
IN the government. Late in the week
1t was announccS that the kaiser had
selected Prince Macmillan OF Baden
for the post Of chancellor. He has been
known as head of the Delbrueck nod.
crates and opposed to the schemes of
the paD-Germans, and it is presumed
he will make great efforts to bring
about negotiated peace. That, how.
ever, is just what the allied nations
are determined shall not be accom-.
plished, ana their leaders and the
press already are at work to show the
people that unless the war is carried
on until the Hun is beaten to his knees
and forced to accept dictated peace,
all their sacrifices will have been in
vain. The time is ripe for the silly SEN
timentalists secretly urged on by the
friends Of Germany, to spring their
pleas of pity for the defeated and of
the benefits to be gained by ending
the war at once by negotiation. But all
this foolish and actually reasonable
talk will have no effect on those who
believe In justice and patriotism.
-Ha-
News from Russia and especially
from Serbia is scanty and belated
these days. The most important com.
ing lately concerns the anti-boishevik
government set up in Omsk. Minister
OF War Mtchaelov attempted to make
himself dictator by forcing the yesig.
nation Of the cabinet and organizing an
administrative council to succeed It
The council declared the duma dis
missed, but that body refused to diH
solve released the imprisoned min.
listers and put Michaelov under arrest.
The Czecho- Slovak authorities there
promptly put strong military force
in the city and ended the attempted
coup.
In northern Russia the allies are
making progress southward from Arch
angel along the Dvina river, and Amer
leans are holding the point farthest
south, only forty miles from Bielsk,
the bolshevik base.
A British expedition has landed ID
Spitzbergcn and seized the German
mining property and other plants
there, and the immensely rich iron and
coal deposits already are being de-
veloped rapidly.
The state department at Washington
was Informed Of big uprising Of the
Ukrainians against the Germans iD
the course of which the Huns lost 15Ol
men and were forced to evacuate TVS
cities. This news, together with the
knowledge that Roumania was about
ready to re-enter the war ON the side
OF the allies, was considered of grea,
military Importance. A large part 01
the population of Roumania, led by the
queen, has consistently refused to rec,
ognize the treaty Of Bucharest BY
which their country was robbed by the
Huns. If they get into action again
the, plight of Austria VIII be indeed
most distressing-to Austria.
Ea-
The apparent determination Of the
Germans to destroy utterly every city
in France and Belgium that they are
compelled to relinquish has given risl
to general demand that the alliet
governments shall warn the Huns thai
for every place wantonly destroyed I
city or town in Germany will be lait
in ruins by them later On. That is th>
only kind of argument the German car
understand. Secretary Lansing recOg
nized this when, in response to tbs
threat of the Germans to treat as Z
murderer every American captured
with shotgun in his possession, hl
told them that reprisals for such &C
ton would be thorough and effective
The British air bombers. by their re
prisal raids on German cities, have
nearly put stop to the air raids o
the Huns on undefended places. They
still attack Red Cross hospitals, ant
for such brutality the allies can max.
no reprsal in kind.
-An-
On Monday the master numbers II
the new draft were drawn, Preslden,
Wilson tnking the first from the bowl
The classification of the men is pro
crossing well, but the sending Of thoss
selected to the training camps may b.
delayed by the serious spread Of tn,
epidemic of influenza. Rigorous meas
ures are being adopted to cheek tn
disease, with prospects Of success
Considering its nature, the number o,