Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-10-03

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!. the commercial center OF the Czecho-
ire for sufferers from the epidemic of
apt Maurice Chastenet lie Gerry, com
III the fourth Liberty loan campaign.
4 line, were the centers of bloody COM
bars fer days, and Fayet, only about
q nile and II half from st. Quentin,
also was the scene of terrific lighting.
BY taking Selency the French estab-
Ilished themselves in strong positions
1 two Mules from the western envlrons of
4 st. Quentin. II seemed evident that
Marshal Foch could capture that city
ut amy time he wished, but ,.t an ex-
lensc IN lives which he was endenvOr-
4 Ing IT, avoid by the slower method Of
i Investment.
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Che news Of The week was so good
that il seems necessary once more to
warn the people of the United Suites
against undue optimism concerning the
early coming of peace. Allied COM
flanders and statesmen agree in the
opinion TINT unless there is n sudden
and unexpected collapse Germany can
4 we'll hold out for at least another year,
4 and that we must make nll our prepara-
tons for Il war that will not end before
1920, II then. Moreover, the prevail
ing Idea that the morale of the German
soldiers has greatly declined is mlstak-
on. They are still in most cases fight
ing hard, despite their recent reverses,
and low morale is observable mainly
lin prisoners. where IL is to be expect
4 ed. Germany is by no means ut the
and OF her resources, the distance to
the Rhine is great and her resistance
may be expected to grow stronger, the
closer tho allied armies yet to German
territory. The .tinal outcome as has
been said many times in this review,
is not in doubt, but the greatest blows
for civilization and freedom are yet
to be dealt.
/ Imperial Chancellor von Hertling,
addressing the main committee of the
reichstag, mnde Il very blue speech,
admitting the deep discomfort of the
German people and the gravity of the
situation. His effort to defend the
government was regarded as a failure
and his own downfall was predicted.
Won Hertling made bitter attack on
President Wilson, and said that though
he had accepted the four principles OF
q democratic peace laid down by Mr..
4 Wilson, the president had not deigned
to reply. This is false, as Won Hertling
accepted only the first four of Viii
sons first set of fourteen plnnks and
then stated that Germany would make
peace with each belligerent separate.
ly and deal with Poland independents
ly. The rest of the planks he re-
jected.
Hollands food situation has become
so distressing that the Dutch cabinet
is trying hard to effect an arrangement
by which the offer of the United
States can be accepted. This, in a
word, is that fo0dstuffs will he sent
from this country, under guaranty
against their transportation. provided
Holland will send her own ships to
get them. The Dutch feel that they
must first make an arrangement with
Germany and obtain formal guaranty
that their vessels will not be sunk or
seized, for If they were she would
probably be forced into the war. 1t
4 is a difficult situation for the Dutch
and they are entitled to much sympa-
4 thy, but to great extent their food
troubles are due to the greed OF their
own food profiteers, who for long
time imported provisions only to sell
them to the Germans at extraordinary
4 prices.
1 The campaign for the fourth Liberty
loah Of S6OOO,OOO,OO0 opened Satur-
day morning with immense enthusiasm
exhibited in every city, town and vii
lage of the country. The people are
as determined as Is the government to
make this loan a swift and overwhelln-
ing success, for they now fully realize
that in thus lending their money to
themselves they are providing the
means Of keeping the Huns from TAX
ing it from them by force. And TINT
is only the selfish part of their view.
They also know that the loan is vital
ly necessary to the salvation of hui
manity the world over.
4 Ed-
i BY concurring in the prohibition
amendment to the agricultural extern
sion bill the house of representatives
last week made 1T certain that the
\ country would be "bone dry" from July
4 !. 1919, until the war is over and the
armed forces demobilized. The manu-
facture Of wine will cease on May 1
\ next The president already has or
/ dered the cessation Of the making Of
4 : beer after December