Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-09-12

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olutionlsts In Moscow is beinl carried
ont with heavy hand About five
thousand of them have been arrested
and sentenced to death, and it is said
they will be executed If their party
shows any further opposition to the
soviet government. The streets Of
Moscow are under the strlctest mill
tary guard. ef
Details Of the supplementary Russo
German agreements havetbeen made
public. Germany promises to evacu-
ate all occupied territory east of Ii
v0nia and Esthonia as soon as boun-
darles are established. and to get out
Of all other territory east Of Germany
whcg Russia has fulfilled her 6nan-
lciul obligations, which must be with
'fnsfGur months Russia Is pledged to
against the entente forces in
bern Russia, and Germany prom
isey that Finland shall not attack
Ru renounces It's sovereignty over
EsthoAa and Livonla, hut is to have
free transit to Reval, Riga and Win
dau.
An, attempt to assassirhte Nlcolal
Lcnlne, soviet PREMIER was made by b
a girl in Moscow, but at slst reports
he wbs still alive though - -
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. aeaFls
would he a godsend to Russlat
"a
There Is not much to say bf the war
on the Italian, Albanian Iand Greek
fronts, Small engagements are nu-
merous, hut no decisive opel Irations have
been started lately. In lAlbana the
retirement Of the allied lind for short
distance is explained by tte necessity
~Of preparing for winter b. \ occupying
certain dominating helghtsl Austria
has not attempted anything important
In Italy, possibly becauSe she is too
busy trying to settle her Internal trou-
bles, or because Of the cali on her for
troops 10 help out the sobely-pressed
Germans in France. SeveiAl Austrian
divisions have been Identified on the
west front. Meanwhile jthe Italian
airmen, aided by America1 flyers, have
been doing lot Of bombing of Aus
trian towns, railways and naval sta.
tions.
b
According, to dispatches lfrom Mu-
nlch by wuy of Geneva. Count Won
Hertllng, the imperial chankellor, re-
signed Thursday, giving pYbr health
MS the cause of his action.
From Cologne came the nEws that
the commaulunt OF the BranAenburg
province had placed the provl bee, in
Gliding the city or Berlin, undR Rr mar
tlUl law In order TO stop the I'D 3yention
and circulation Of untrue ruusors cal
culatcd to dlsQulct the poYiace."
ID
General March said East week that
more than 25OOOO American troop,
were landed in Framed during August
and TINT up To the hrA OF September
more thnn l.GOOO0O had embarked fol
the various fronts, incl ding those
sent tn France. England, Aaly and 81
IBERIA. There has been no 4licla men
,tion OF lutc of the First AND yican Fiel,
army, aud observers in FrA Ance and il
England believe It is bcink prepare,
ror Il great drive, of which he presen
hlg offensive is hut the preliminary
-Ea-
All preparations have been com
! ploicd for the registration of men be
, tween the ages Of eighteen and twenty
one and thirty-onc and furty-ave. un
4 der the new draft law General Crow
. der has called ON the people to aid Il
!. making the registration complete su,
rcSs, and. 81 f0r ms the older men ar
concerned, has given assurance that
very largo proportion of them will uo
! be required To 20 to the front. TIL
N Young men, he and most others heliev,
will he only too glad to get into thl
: greatest and most righteous of a
u wars
u n
j. Spain has not vet come To the hrcnl
' Ing point with Germany, hut nnothC
q Spanish vessel having been tospedoe,
+ has decided to seize German inferno
= ships without further parley, Th
tone Of the press there, aud also
'e other neutral countries, Is becomlr
II distinctly proauy
ri -Fa--
IL American shlpynrdS set recor
during August turning dut GO shll
uggreNtmg 3lOll5 dcud weight ton
W. Fouy-iour were NJ steel The tot
" tonnage hullt for the shipping honl
i. has now passed the two ulillon mar
n British merchant ycssrlI complete
t. during August nmmutydi IN 1. @
in gross tons The new cnr ktructl,1
the allied countries Is un'i wel nhc,
" of the destruction 10y suni iarincs.