Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-07-05
European.

European.
The British troops in Flanders and
the French forces southwest OF Sols
sons have taken the offensive and
have made important gains.
The British latest stroke was be
tween Bethune and Hazebrouck on a
front of about three and half miles
and advanced to depth of nearly
mile The British captured three hun
dred prisoners and many machine
guns.
The French advanced on front OF
nearly five miles in the Nllers Cotter-
cts section, and penetrated the Ger
man positions for more than a mile,
capturing more than thousand pr.s
oners.
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg's
troops east of the forest of Nieppe got
a nasty and unexpected knock when
the British suddenly drove forward in
a surprise attack The operation Wa
an unqualified success from its incep
ton Large numbers Of the enemy
were killed in the onslaught
During celebration OF the Italian
success on the Pave, a crowd rushed
to the Captoline hill and burst into
the Caftarell palace, which before the
war was the seat of the German EN-
bassy, and which Is still German prop
erty, The fact that the palace is sim
owned By Germany has been the cause
of great Indignation among the people
OF Rome
Austria is in serious difficulties, bu,
there is great danger in hoping 100
much from them, is the way the mill
tary experts of France sum up the sit
ua,ion. Little hope is seen in the pos
sibillty OF successful revolt. Aus
tria cannot negotiate separate peace
and II would be bad policy to extend
a hand to her now
Austria is in no way ready to ne
gotia,e separately, but as an ally OF
Germany she is only a lightweight.
If the allies should extend a hand TO
her now, the attitude of the allies
would be used against the nations
which stand against her
Swiss dispatches say that owing to
the seriousness of the food situation
in Austria Hungary martial law is ex.
pected TO be proclaimed throughout the
empire.
The troublemaking elements in Aus.
tria are not people of strong wills, but
OF the bull headed variety, aud will
not combine easily; they are submits
sive and have not the energy to START
a strong revolutionary movement They
are long on talk, but short on action,
and their little outburst at this time
is bur a sample of what they have
been doing for twenty years.
Acknowledgement by Foreign Score.
tary Won Kuehlmann that Germany
cannot be certain of winning the war
by force of arms caused an indescrb b.
able sensation in the reichstag His
prediction that the war might last
through a fifth winter was received
with silence.
An Amsterdam newspaper says hat
here will be no further discussion Of
President Wilson's four principles Of
/ basis for general peace by Count Won
Hertlng, the imperial German chan.
'ellor.
A London newspaper prints story
hat there is no foundation fol- the
persistent rumors that Nicholas Ro-
nanoff. the former emperor of Russia,
las been assassinated.
Said the German foreign secretary
Il a speech to the reichstag 81 do
0t believe any responsible man n
iLrmany. not even the emperor or
lemhers of the imperial government.
ven for moment believed they could
lin the domination Of Europe by
tarting this war The idea Of world
omination ir Europe is Utapion, as
as proven by Napoleon"
Treaties between the United States
nd Great Britain for reciprocal opera
on of army draft laws to their citi.
ems, including Canadians, were rati-
ed by the senate without dissent
lg vote.
The city of Irkutsk, Siberia, has been
lptured by Czecho-Slovak troops I'M
or General Alexieff General Alex
n is the former Russian commander
-chief.
DR.. Won Kuehlman, German foreign
'cretary, says he believes that one
IN say without fear Of contradiction.
, the result Of revelations, that the !.
,eper cause Of the war is gone into
10 clearer 1t becomes that the power
hich planned and desired the war
as Russia; that France played the
,xt worst role as instigator and that
ngland's policy has very dark passN :
show.