The Carlisle independent., 1918-09-05

1 Meanwhile the allied expedition was strengthened by the arrival of more Americans, and Italy announced it would send regiment there The Japanese forces took control of the Manchurian border, China having with drawn her objections. The Japanese engaged the bosheviki near Dauria, and General Seinenoff, .anti-bolshevik leader of Cossacks, crossed the Siberi- an border and captured Matsievski station.
 In the Country of the North" the fighting of late has been in favor of the Russo-allied troops. The bolshe wiki river iotilla, which caused them some trouble, has been dispersed and the Red guards have surrendered the town of Shenkursk, south of Archan- gel, the last place of any size held by them in the region.
 News from the far East is likely to he rather scanty in the future. for it's dissemination has been taken in charge by the Japanese, and they are notoriously close-mouthed concerning military operations.
 Reports from Albania have not been very satisfactory lately. The Austri- ans "came back" hard at the Franco Italian forces and compelled them to retire somewhat, retaking the town of Berat Later in the week the allies de- feated the Austrians in two battles.
 On the Italian front there was not a great deal doing, but the allies made several successful raids and repulsed all enemy attacks. American airmen in Italy raided the big Austrian naval base at Pola, on the Adriatic.
 Both house and senate passed the man-power bill making the draft age limits eighteen to forty-five inclusive. Each body inserted its own amend ments, but most of these went by the board in the conference. The most important of these was the senate anti-strike clause. The house con ferees. led by Dent, absolutely refused to accept this, and rather than risk delay, the senate conferees consented to sacrifice the amendment. One new provision in the measure which will be welcomed by all officers is that the government shall furnish uniforms and equipment to officers at cost.
 Continuing it's efforts to clear up the muddled aircraft production situation, and at the same time evading the de mand for the creation of a separate department of aeronautics, the ad- ministration made John D. Ryan an assistant secretary of war and director of the air service. In starting on his new work, Mir Ryan made no boasts or promises of what he would accom- plish, but said he hoped order would soon be established in the airplane branch and that quantity production of military planes would be accom- plished. The De Haviland As inn proved to meet all objections. he said. are now being turned out rapidly and orders for the Liberty 12 motor have been increased from 22,5O0 to 5O,000. Our allies like these engines so well that we cannot keep up with their de- mands for them.
 First Assistant Secretary of War Benedict Crowell has been made di- rector of munitions and given the pow CT to keep our forces supplied with all the munitions they require.
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 The long-expected shortage of gaso- line is developing. and consequently the fuel administration last week re- quested that for the present all auto mobiles. motorboats and motorcycles, used for pleasure, be not used on Sun days, in all states east of the Mssis- sippi river. As the gasoline is needed for war purposes. all patriotic owners of cars accepted the request as com mand.
 Members of congress who have been pacifists and anti-war obstructionists have been having a hard time, to the great satisfaction of all true patriots. The list of those turned down by their constituents already includes Senator Vardaman of Mississippi and Repre- sentatives Lundeen of Minnesota, Dill lon of South Dakota. Woods of Iowa, McIemore of Texas, Crosser and Cor don of Ohio. Shackelford and Hamiin of Missouri. Keho of Florida and Sloan of Nebraska. Last week Cole Blease, pacifist candidate for the senate in South Carolina was defeated. and Henry Ford failed to get the Repub- lican nomination in Michigan, though