The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-11-18
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and added her army to the forces
which the Huns had to meet onf the
eastern front.
The Roumanians. instead of send
ing their principal army against Bull
garia on the south, made their princi-
pal effort toward Hungary. AS a re-
suit, the Bulgarians. led by General
Mackensen, probably the most eff
cient Of the German commanders,
speedily forced the passage OF the
Danube, and by December 6, Bukha
rest had fallen, the Roumanian gov
eminent had fed to Jassy, and half OF
Roumania, including the precious pc.
troleum fields, was in possession OF
the Huns
America Enters War.
Many Americans had been slow to
believe the tales OF Hun atrocity in
Belgium and France. But evidence
accumulated and the wholesale MUIR
der of the Lusitania reused such in
dignation that millions would have
welcomed an immediate declaration
of war. The government at Wash
ington, however, deemed it wise to
wait until the cup of Hun iniquity
should be not only full, but running
ove:.
After full two years of effort on the
part of President Wilson to recall
Germany to the laws Of civilized war
fare, and after Berlins repeated prom
ises had proved to be braZen lies, the
break finally came when on January
81 the kaiser's government added
open insult to repeated injuries.
On that day Berlin decreed to itself
he tn, - 1,aIF - h.
Atlantic ocean for its submarines and
assumed to bar out of this war zone"
not only all enemy, but all neutral YES
sells under penalty of destruction The
United States was forbidden to send
to any British port more than one
ship weekly, which vessel must also
be distinguished by a sort of barber
pole decoration
On Feb. 8. the German ambassador
was handed his passports On April
2, President Wilson asked congress
to make a formal declaration of war,
which was passed and signed on April
Good Friday, and in the judgment
of the whole nation a good day for a
good deed
The first American naval contingent
sailed Immediately. American troops
began to land in France in June 26
and saw their first fighting on Oct. 81.
The Russian Revolution.
The year 1917 had opened not I'M
prosperously for the free nations. The
French and English had improved
their positions on the western front.
A new British army that had been
pushing up the Tigris took Bagdad on
March II. At the same time the Huns
in Flanders retreated about twenty
miles to what became known as "the
Hindenburg line" Toward the end of
May the Italians had crossed the Ison-
20 and were on the Bainsizza plateau.
within twelve miles of Trieste. The
United States, though not yet ready
with great army. was freely making
enormous and sorely needed loans to
France, England, Italy, Belgium and
Russia.
But on March IL, revolution, led
by members of the duma and backed
by the Pet-ograd garrison, had de-
throned the car, declared monarchy
abolished and set up Russian repub-
lie 1t was hailed with JOY by all
friends of democracy, but the hopes
built upon It were doomed to disap-
pointment The provisional govern
ment went through one crisis after
another, until Hnally Win the 1dll or
Kerensky on Nov. the control of
Russia fell into the hands of the dol
sheviki" group of radical socialists
and doctrinaire pacifists, who democrat
lied the army and made peace with
the Huns, ceding to them and the
Turks Poland, the Baltic provinces.
the Ukraine and Trans-Caucasia.
The Italian Disaster.
Delivered by the collapse of Russia
from the need of maintaining more
than border guard on the eastern
front. with plundering expeditions in
to the Baltic provinces and the Tx
raine, the Huns concentrated for
great drive upon Italy. On Oct. 26,
the Italian line was broken at Capo-
retto, and within three weeks the
Italian army had lost all its hard won
gains of nearly thirty months, and
more.
In other quarters, however the al
lies Jared better. On June II, the
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