Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-07-20


+ Of the Germans. Since the sinking 1
may be abandoned,
and 100000 enlisted men and that
on July practically million Of them
were In France; that the death rate
for disease among all troops In sthe
United States was only BIG per thou,
sand that the number Of combat
planes delivered to June was 2Se,
the production for the week ending on
tnat day being So that 1915 training
planes had been delivered 10 June =,
more than 1000 Liberty engines, and
1880 machine guns for use on air.
planes. Between the declaration o.
war aud June ! more than 100000
rifles We're produced and delivered and
enough are now being received to
equip division every three Days. Mr..
Baker told many other encouraging
facts, and enlarged on The wonderful
work Of the American engineers who
enlarged port facilities aud built rail-
roads In France for the landing ana
movement of American troops.
Hs
Ii the central powers would know
the unWavering determination OF the
people Of the allied nations they have
but TO read President Wilson'S hide
pendence day address at the tomb Of
Washington, In which II was voiced
most eloquently, There can be but
one ISSUE" declared the president.
THE settlement must be final. There
can be no compromise. No halfway
decision woald be tolerahe. No half-
way decision Ii conceivable" He thus
PUT our great objects In single sem
tence; "What we seek Is the reign OF
law, based upon the consent of the gov
erned and sustained by the organized
opinion of mankind" In less formal
language, the Huns must he whipped
TO frazzle, for until they are their
rulers will not accept such a peace MS
the allies will grant, and the people of
Germany and Austria, with too few ex.
ceptions, are like sheep.
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In the absence Of any great military
operations on the French aud italian
fronts last week attention was largely
directed toward Russia. What Shall
be done TO aid that distracted country
is problem slip unsolved, and 1t is
made more dieIult by the lack Of re-
liable Information as 10 what Is going
on there. The reports Of the downfall
of the bolsheyiki and the re-establish-
ment of the monarchy with Grand
Duke Nicholas as car, which came
through the always unreliable German
sources Of news, were given little
credit, but II appears to be the truth
that Grand Duke Michael is co-operat-
ing with the Czecho-Sloyak forces IN
Siberia and that they are establishing
their rule In that country, The Ukrain-
ian telegraph bureau at Kiev says MI.
chael has been proclaimed car and Is
IiufNHlUp lUNHfu bhNtVWs
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Washington received official reports
confirming the news that the Czecho'
had whipped the bolshevlki
IN a bloody battle at Vladiyostok and
taken over the administration of that
port. 1t may be they will form the
nucleus for the gathering Of the ele-
ments that have revolted against the
and before long be recog
nized by the allies as stable govern
ment and given aid. II Is now admit
ted In Germany that the German and
Austro- Hungarian war prisoners In
Russia are fighting on the side Of the
bolsheviki.
Up in the province Of Archangel,
which extends across noriherly RUSSIA
In Europe. there is new trouble brew
ing. AT kola and along the railroad
from that port are great
stores of war supplies now guarded by
American and allied marines and blue
Jackets, and moving toward that region
IL large force of Germans and Films.
already arc reported to be
In tile White sea. 1t may be the allies
viii find 1t necessary to SEM troops mp
there. Delegates from the MurInan
and White sea coasts already have
lsked them for protection
The Swedish press says the kaiser
has ordered the Finnish diet to intro
luce monarchial rule without delay
that If 1t does not comply
Germany will set up military die
atorshlp.
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Having discovered extensive move
ncnts Of troops and materials behind |
he German lines In the Chateau Thier-
y region. indicating coming attack.
he Americans stationed there took the
initiative and, in the most important
operation they had thus far under
aiken by themselves, they captured the !