Licking Valley courier., 1918-09-19

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abandon its opposition to such
cOurst.
The London Express says II has un-
questionable information that the for
mer empress of Russia and all her
children have bean murdered by Dol
shevikl. If this is true, the entire i'm
mediate family of Nicholas has now
been eXterminated. The dowager EN-
press and her daughter and .son-in-law
were attacked by bolshevlki at Yalta
but were saved by men from the Black
sea fleet after two weeks of fighting.
NJ
The progress of the Czecho- SlOvakS
of Austria Hungary toward the indie
pendence recognized by Great Britain
and America is encouraging. The ex-
istence of the Czecho-Slova state was
: declaredfby all the Czech deputies in
the Austrian parliament and has now
been lTldorsed by all of the cler-y OF
the Bohemian diOceses.
Baron Burlan, Austro-Hungarlan for
eign minister, who still is at outs with
Berlin because he insists oman Aus
trian solution of the Polish problem
1eyestheless was epplayed Qnsck gore
last week to staif TeutOnlc peace
offensive. This, aimed directly at Presi-
dent Wilson, was a suggestion that the
central powers and the entente get to-
gether for an exchange of views and to
consider all the things which are keep
ing the belligerents apart. He init
mated this might make further fight
ing unnecessary. Though President
Wilson Is not quoted in reply. Wash.
ington dispatches make II clear that he
holds unwaveringly the position that
the only tolerable peace will be, not
negotiated, but dictated to the central
powers by the allies, and that that is
the kind of peace which the allies will
achieve. In this, 1t is needless to say
he Is backed up by the entire nation
No one in position to predict pre-
SumeS to believe that such peace ear
[. he attained this year, but no one in
tends that any other kind of peac,
shall be accepted by America. w,
hnve gone into the war to the finish
and we propose that the finish shall b,
n accordance with our high aims 70
he future safety of civilization an,
freedom, no matter what the cost.
"a
, At most OppOrtune time came tn
|, registration day for all Americans bC
F., ! tween the ages of eighteen and twer
1 ty-one and thirty-one and forty-hv
! wears. Gladly, with patriotic eXalt,
f tion, some 13,000000 youths and olde
men enrolled themselves for militar
4 duty, and from their number 100000
= more trained soldiers will soon i
/. ready to move forward to the battI
4 lines. Millions of others, not so fit
Q one why or another for actual fghtln
will he listed for other work direct
connected with the carrying on of Il
4 war, In n few weeks the reatiN
i. standing OF the 13,000,000 will hay
| been determined. According to Pr
= voSt Marshal General CrOwder, Il
A. first to be selected for the cantOnmen
n and camps will be those between min
y teen and twenty-One and between tn
Ie ty-one and thirty-slx.
IS The matter of granting deferme
to registrants because of the work
n which they are engaged Is of utmo
IL Importance, and the aid of all emplC
~ erS in this has been enlisted. The g
T. ernment Is especially desirous that
n' essential industries shall he disturb
Il by the draft, but enough men must
to selected to maintain Il steady flow
rs regiStrants to the training camps.
L. RI
Ia As had been fOreSeen, here u
u.s. abroad, the Germans have begun
he intensified U-boat campaign direct
It's especially against the transports car
IT. ing American troops and supplies.
to to date this has resulted IN the tor
doing of the Mount Vernon, forme
IT. the KrOnprinsessin Cecelle which "
M bringing home wounded and sick $
er- dlerS, and Of the Persic, carrying 2,S
In American troops tn Europe, In
ed former case the casualties were c.
he fined to men In the engine rooms Il
the vessel put back to Il French p
ne under her own steam. All the men
Ial the Persic We're safely transferred
nc the conveying vessels, after which
nn steamship was beached on the Engl
are const The submarine which attacl
lcc 1t was destroyed by depth charges,
lng both instances the utmost bravery t
In coolness We're exhibited by the ere
inc and the soldiers aboard.
in The British steamship MiSsonu
ceu also was torpedoed while on her '
viii to Amerlca for troops and suppl