Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-07-04

troops necessary to suppress any up
risings. Putting Austria out of the
war is not yet the way to a general
peace.
German military leaders were re-
ported very much disguised with the
failure of their Austrian allies, and
1t is believed they will now try their
hand again on the west front In
France or Flanders. Their arrange
ments for a resumption of the Often
sive were said last week to be about
completed, and great increase in the
activity in the air heralded q new
drive. But the comparative calm of
several weeks had enabled the allies
also to prepare, and their command
ers expressed the utmost confidence in
their ability to stop the Huns again,
wherever they might elect to attack.
Early in the week the American gov
eminent let 1t be known that there
were then in France 100000 Ameri-
cans, of whom 6J0,000 were combat
ants, and that by July l the number
would be 100000. These men are
being put into the front lines with ex-
traordinary rapidty, and are now
holding sectors of varying length IN
at least six places.
The Americans in the Chateau
Thierry region were the heroes of the
main operation on the west front last
week. Finding the Germans had es-
tablished machine-gun nests in q cor
ner of Belleau wood, they routed them
out completely in swift and brilliant
night action, and then went on to
clean up an enemy stronghold south
of the village of Torcy. This re-
quired seven hours Of fierce fighting,
but at the end Of that time the Amer
leans were in undisputed possession
OF the objective, wooded hill which
commands the German positions in
either direction. They had killed some
700 Huns and captured several hun
dred more. including dozen officers.
The work of the artillery in this OPP
GRAFTON was remarkable. The losses
of the Americans were not out of pro-
portion to the Importance of the re-
suits.
AS usual after q big offensive, Ger
many put forth another peace feeler,
though without waiting for the full
measure Of Austria's failure to de-
velop. This time DR.. Won Kuehlmann,
secretary Of foreign affairs. was the
mOuthpiece. His address in the reichs-
tag not only was received with scorn
by the allies, but served to arouse the
anger Of most of his own cOuntrymen.
for two reasons. First. he admitted
that the central powers no longer had
chance to win victory by force
alone; second, he declared that Russia
was chiefly to blame for the war, and
that France and England were next in
order Of culpability. So far as war
aims and peace offers were concerned
he said nothing new. The reichstag
heard his address In gloomy silence
and then the party leaders attacked
1t bitterly. 1t was reported Thursday
that DR.. Won Kuehlmann was about to
resign. He might be given a job as
court jester in view Of his statement
that a preliminary condition of the
exchange Of peace views must be a
certain degree Of mutual confidence in
each others honesty and chivalry."
The honesty and chivalry Of Germany
lie at the bottom Of the ocean with
the Lusitania, In the ruins of ravished
Belgium and in the wreckage of
bombed Red Cross hospitals.
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Russia came to the front again last
week in a sensational way. First was
the news, first denied and then con-
firmed, that Nicholas, the former car,
had been killed by the bolsheviki at
Ekaterinburg. One story said he was
assassinated by soviet troops during
their retreat to that city. Another re-
port was that the bolshevik authorities
there had convicted him after a short
trial. condemned him to death and
shot him.
Then word came from Moscow that
Grand Duke Michael AlexandrOvitch.
a younger brother Of the deposed
ruler, had put himself at the head of
the new Siberian government and is
sued manifesto to the Russian peo-
pie. The Czecho-SIovak army in ST.
IBERIA was reported to have take:.
Irkutsk and to be fighting In Ekaterin-
burg, and, what is more remarkable,
1t is said to be commanded by General
Alexieff. former Russian commander
In chief.
Meanwhile. the allies have been try
ing to determine what they can do to