Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-04-20

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line trenches In France.
alton against attacks, while Russia
agrees TO deliver to Roumania the sur
plus of grain in Ressarahia,
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Teutonic diplomats seem to be the
stupldest on earth, and seldom have.
they been more stupid than In their
latest peace offensive" This was
launched by Count Czernn, the Aus
trim premier and usual eatspaw for
Germany In such matters. II apnar-
emily was designed to separate fhe
United States from the allies, for the
count undertook to show that Frances
claim to AIsace-Lorraine was the only
rea' obstacle In the way of pence. He
said Premier Clemenceau Ind inquired
through nm intermediary whether Aus
trn- Hungary was ready to negotiate
and on what terms. To this Glenn
enceau replies merely: "Czernin lies
The Austrian leader said nice things
about President Wilson'S peace aims,
but declared his country would not beg
for peace but would enforce II BY NOR
nj right and physical strength.
The Teutonic leaders are blind IL
they cannot see that neither America
nor the entente allies will4for a mo-
ment consider peace settlement that
leaves their military power unlroken
or that does not carry, rs a Prereqns-
tie, the evacuation by Germany Of the
invaded territory she now holds, Only
few days ago President Wilson, ~
letter 10 American Methodists, refer
ated his determination TO earry GA the
war until the German power Is crushed
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With a rush that promised to carry
all before II, the Third Liberty loan
campaign started Saturday. IN every
town and hamlet in the country the
event was celebrated with parudes,
salutes and speeches, aud the enLhusI.
assn was such that the SUCCESS Of the
S4,500,000000 loan cannot be question
ed. Helping to make II success, with
money and with work. has been es-
tabllshcd as q test of patriotism, and
few will care to evade the test. Most
appropriately, the opeting Of the cam
palgn conclded with the first nnnlver.
sary of Americas entrance into the
war and Saturday WAS made day of
remembrance and action that will not
soon be forgotten.
Warned by their constituents that
intolerance Of pro-Germanlsm Is 50 in
creasing that II will soon take the form
Of lynch law, the members Of the sem
ate have awakened and on Tuesday
three separate measures were intro
duced providing for dealing more dras.
tIcally with disloyalty. One would
greatly enlarge the scope of the es-
pionage net and increase the severity
Of the punlshments provided; the sec'
'ond would bar from the mails any pub
Ilcnton printed In an enemy alien
language; the third calls for The dis
missal Of any government employee
who unwarrantnbly crlticlzes the gov
eminent or makes disloyal utterances
The governors Of the states, at the
first session Of their conference on
| AmercanizatiOn of aliens, also We're
reused to speech and action concern
ing the prevalence of disloyalty Res
| olutiOns calling on congress to provide
| for the enforced naturalization Of all
aliens of draft age and to suppress all
| German language newspapers Tor the
period Of the war were introduced and
! probably would have been adopted II
Secretary of the Interior Lame had
not interviewed with a plea against bit
terness and for campaign Of. educu-
tion. Many OF the governors did not
like fhle ANA next day they resumed
their demands that the government
deal more drastlcally with ,lisoyal-
lists, spies and the German language
press.
In ColllnsvilIe, H., q man of Ger
man birth. who was accused Of in0f-
Ing sedltlous remarks, was hanged ~
an exaspemied moi, and IN many 9TH
er places proGefmans were roughly
handled.
IN the Wisconsin senatorial elaction,
In witch Congressman Leoroot was
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