Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-06-21

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mer strokes of the Hun lighting ma
chine. The German authorities cannot
deny their severe losses in this often
siye, and, with General Won Stein, Prus-
sian minister of war, as their mouth
piece, have striven to reassure the
people by a series of falsehoods con-
corning the allies. First they issued
the statement that the Americans in
the battles about Chateau Thierry and
in Belleau wood had been defeated and
practically wiped out, though at the
very time those same dashing marines
were driving the enemy further and
further to the west and north. Then
Won Stein, addressing the reichstag,
asserted that Foch's reserves no longer
exist, having been thrown into the
fight, together with the available
Americans, in vain counter-attacks
after the crown princes advance had
come to a halt on the Marine. The en-
tente, he added, is beginning to admit
heavy defeat and is comforting its peo-
pie with having the help of America.
The German press adds that the sub
marine raid In American waters stop
ped the sending of u troops to
France.
. The public may rest assured hat all
of these statements are absolute lies,
easily refuted did space permit. They
probably are necessary because of the
growing distress of the German people
owe their losses and their distrust of
thor leaders.
The allied aviators gained new lau-
rels during the battle of last week, de-
stroying several scores of German
planes, bombing their trenches and
munition stations and raking their
troops aed transports with machine
gun fire from low attitudes. In this
the American aviators played an in
creasingly important part, as well as
doing fine work on their own especial
sector north of Toul.
Not yet ready to start their new
drive in Italy, the Austrians continued
to concentrate great masses of troops
there. The point of attack was not
revealed, but the Italians kept them
busy with big raids. On Monday the
Italian naval forces performed a nota-
BILE exploit. Two torpedo boats raid
ed an Austrian naval base near the
Dalmatian islands, making their way
among the enemy vessels and torpedo
ing one big battleship, which sank
with a loss of more than so lives. AM
other battleship was damaged, and the
little vessels then returned to their
base in safety. It is said the Italians
have built a "sea tank" long and mar
row, which can cut it's way through the
steel netting with which the Austrian
ports are protected. Possibly this was
used in the Dalmatian raid.
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Having, is they believe, completely
subdued Russia and most of Ukrainia,
and having made a friend of Finland,
the Germans are reported to be trans
porting rapidly to the west front all
their troops except small detachments
left to keep order. But all of the Rus
slams are not crushed, for now the cen-
trail. committee of the constitutional
democrats, who were ousted by the
bolsheviki, have appealed to America
and the entente powers to send an in
ternational army to Russia to combat
the Germans. The committee urged
that the aid be sent by way of Siberia
so that it might first cooperate with
General Semenoff, who is still fighting
'son the Manchurian border, and Their
with the Cossack chiefs. The matter
was seriously considered, but in Wash
ington it was announced that Presi-
dent Wilson did not think the time
was ripe for such action. He probably
has definite plans in this regard, but
they have not been revealed to the
public. Japan is preparing a declara-
ton defining her attitude toward Rus
STA. If an allied army is sent into
Siberia, it probably will consist main
Iy of japanese and Chinese troops. IN
deed, it is said Japan would object to
the presence of c%ontingents from the
western nations as a reflection on her
honor.
Fighting their way westward through
Russia end Siberia as did the little
band of Belgians who recently passed
through the United States, some $1,000
.Czecho-Slovak troops are striving tC
reach the Pacific coast. The bolshevik
authorities have ordered them disarm'
ed, and they are having almost con-
t~inuous battles with the soviet forces.
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Addressing the graduating class of
the United States Military academy,
Secretary of War Baker on Wednesday
said that more than a million American
mon would soon he In s~eryica in