Licking Valley courier., 1918-07-11

may De abandoned.
and 100000 enlisted men and that
on July l practically million Of them .
were in France; that the death rate
for disease among all troops In the
United States was only 3.16 per thou
sand; that the number Of combat
planes delivered to June 8 was 286,
the production for the week ending on
tnat day being so; that 5,315 training
planes had been delivered to June s,
more than 1000 Liberty engines, and
37,5OO machine guns for use on air
planes. Between the declaration OF
war and June / more than 100000
rifles were 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 and built rail-
roads In France for the landing and
movement of American troops.
IA
II the central powers would know
the unwavering determination of the
people of the allied nations, they have
b1t. 20 read President Wilson's .Inders
Ssfs a'iisgfress Ii s t.ie 4 1toIii5 o.
/ Washington, in which 1t was voiced
most elOquently. 'rhere can be but
one ISSUE" declared the president.
"The settlement must be final. There
can be no compromise. Nc halfway
decision would be toerable. No half
N decision is conceivable" He thus
put our great objects In single SEN
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 be whipped
TO frazZle, for until they are their
rulers will not accept such a peace as
the allies will grant, and the people of
Germany and Austria, with too few ex-
ceptlons, are like sheep.
ID
In the absence of any great military
operations on the French and Italian
fronts last week attention was largely
= directed toward Russia. What shall
be done to aid that distracted country
ls a problem still unsolved, and 1t is
made more difficult by the lack OF re-
liable information as to what is going
on there. The reports Of the downfall
Of the bolshevlkl and the re-estahlish
ment of the monarchy with Grand
Duke Nicholas as czar. which came
through the always unreliable German
sources Of news, were given little
credit, but 1t appears to be the truth
that Grand Duke Michael is cooperate
Ing with the Czecho Slovak forces In
Siberia and that they are establishing
their rule in that country. The Ukrain
ian telegraph bureau at Klev says Mi
chael has been proclaimed car aud Is
marching toward Moscow.
n
Washington received official reports
coz iirming the news that the Czecho
Sovaks had whipped the bolshevlk
IN a bloody battle at vladivostok anC
taken over the administration OF thaI
port. II may be they will form th'
nucleus for the gathering Of the ele
ments that have revolted against the
bolshevikl and before long be recog
nizcd by the allies as stable govern
ment and given aid. II Is now admit
ted in Germany that the German anC
= Austro.Hungarlan war prisoners II
. Russia are fighting on the side OF tn,
= holshevlkl.
. Up In the province Of Archangel
, which extends across northerly Russi,
, In Europe, there Is new trouble brew
ing. At Kola and along the railroad
? southwark from that port are grea
stores Of war supplies now guarded b,
American and allied marines and blue
r Jackets, and moving toward that regiol
: Is n large force Of Germans and Firms
: Submarines already are reported to h
1 In the White sea, II may he the allie
). will find It necessary to senu troops u
there. Delegates from the Murma
i and white sea coasts already hav
l. asked them for protection,
i The Swedish press says the kaise
}. has ordered the Finnish diet to Intro
g duce monarchial rule without delay
b threatening that Il It does not compl
y Germany will set up military di'
: tatOrshlp.
y M
Having discovered extensive mov'
ments OF troops and materials hehin
d the German lines In the Chateau Thie'
n ry region, indicating Il coming attacl
e the Americans stationed there took th
n initiative and In the most lmportar
n operation they had thus far unde
q taken by themselves, they captured III