The Monticellonian., 1918-11-22

than two months cut the eaemy's ha"s of communication from detz ah' threatened the capture of all ms forces left in France.
 When Russla's vast man-Po"eF gets into action Germany will Pr crushed as undei il steam roller S7l" | everyone in 1911. and for 4 time thiS ! prediction bade futr = be realized 1 The Russians lnva6rh East PfusSia and were making fine progress there and in Poland which was kept aP with some reN crses. until early III 19l5 when Non Hindenburg admins tered To them 5 succession 6f= teff'n' defeats These were not due 90 mnch 10 rhe military supremacy of tine "ff- mans as to the shameful betrayal ot the Russian armies ny corrupt officials who Left them almost destitute oi arms and supplies From thai tune ou RuSSia's main successes were won against the AuSgrians and were tenn porary. Decentralization steadily spread through the cZars demhlon' fo~fered by German agents, and me outcome was the deposition of Mich 0iaS and his dynasty and the eStab- liSHmeHt of confused ~emblaHce oI government by the soviets of the sol diers. workers and peasauts-a condI- riar =hat remains to be cleared ID. though the power of the boishe9iki Is r;Eflaz.#N GyaDiuv
 Italy. Once Defeated, TriHmphs.
 I5aIv. declaring that the terms of 1ha Triple Alliance had been violated hF Austria. entered the War on the s8e = fhe aiI.es on May -. 1915. Turkey had gone n with Geruauy be fase Hhe war Was 1hree months old. aaH Bulgaria easz her lat HIzh fhe Tealaas in 0ef8aef. 1915. The for 5#e~ ef the Italians were sFeetaeHiar. TH#e #an oHea 5He AustriaHs for a iagE f3me and invaded the regions of fHr.deu#a zAaHz the AaHiatic, Ihees teaiug Trieste. Then subtle a=aaaa HraHa zaHsla ea4pled s=ith de- f#s4szSz 0arS * hone brought disaster ca them. HelH#4 aE German divisions 4H~rlaHs made tremendous aE.ea and forced fhe Italians back to ta Hzz-ze riEHH=Hzas. There the coll fesz sl8a1 foe maak months. aatil sae fszazzs af June. 1a1s. when under Gen, eza9 azaz. ths Italians moi eHHf stap- T#ez anaIa1r aIzH as57e. bur turned iaza ; great defeat and rogl which ra5#=#aH-f if 5He surrender at Aus
 sa fHiS HaS Aas5ehed hE fee 4aii- .az za #seas af tHz Austre-fIaHzarlan e=4asre. the states ot which 8eee es- ta af5.Sts.Hz tbesr IHd 4BeldeHea. fellow 5Hz HHe lead af zIe gzeeha=Slosakz.
 F#FEaT. wf5H #He aid ef Germans. administered fa Gzeaf Britain 70 sci lzaz- 1Iat uere rather na@l#atiag. THe S5 WaS n The IagiaHei'eS. vH.eh ri4a British ffsea to force. first 0Iza HaYE giaHH. 1aeu with land and >aa 4areeS. Hash attempts NeEe als4S- fraas failures. The other dEEsat hF fH# 4zHEs waS n Ie>upe efaGzla. where eseaszai ToNa=head and His army wete captured u kat-el-AmaEa. Both s5s.Se saserseS Hare more ti9sza com Hgasafea fur eE Ue later conquest of AfesaHafania aa1 Ihe Halg Iaaa and tie consequent surrender af Turkey.
 As for Bulgaria. she was beaten largely By tHa =FesaHeratet Serbian aray. which had great assistance from the French. Gfs.kS and British Ser bla HaH been =Haiix ovefraa n the first few months uf fhe war. but her spirit never died out and iii the late summer of 1918 she not oniy resained her aWn, bu, forced Bulgaria to her knees.
 Roumania kept out of the conflict for some time and then joined the al- lies. though th.y would have prefer red that she remain neutral. She in- yaded Pennsylvania and at first threatened to give Austria q great deai of trouble. but Germany came to irs alIy's aid. Russia collapsed and Roumania was forced to give up.
 Warfare in the Air.
 The most picturesque side of the great conflict has been the war in the air. It was quickly seen that the air plane would play I biz part in the war. and every beliigerent nation soon had powerful air fleets. The machines were enlarged and improved beyond all s4vae-snins aut from mere ohSer-