Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-02

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days of fighting the bolsheyiki forces
had seized lrkutsk, eastern Siberia;
disarming the Cossaeks and military
cadets They also have occupied 0ren-
burg.
Among the interesting reports that
came out of Russia was one to the
effect that the former car and his
family had made their escape from
Tobolsk. Another story said the for
mer czarina has become hopelessly In
sane.
--Ra-e
The abandonment of the Roumaniau
front by the Russian troops led to a
nasty little row. Roumanlans arrested
and dsarmed several Russian regi.
ments, and the Russian government at
once put under arrest the Roumanian
diplomats In Petrograd and threatened
war on Roumania Il the Russian sol
dIers were not at once freed. strong
joint protest by representatives Of all
the allied and neutral powers brought
about The release Of the ROumanian
diplomats.
Then came an astonishing order
from the bolshevild government for
the arrest of King Ferdinand of Rou~
mania and his incarceration In the
fortress of st. Peter and ST. Paul. This
was attributed to the action of the
Roumanians In arresting some Aus
trian officers who had attempted to-
pass through the Roumanlar lines to
fraternize with the Russians.
BIZ
The British labor party came to the
front on Tuesday with message 10
the Russian people announcing that
the British people accepted the prin-
ciple OF self-determlnati0n Of peoples
| and no anneXations for the British en-
pire, especially In the middle East, At
RIGA and India. The manifesto con-
Guided with an appeal to the peoples
of central Europe to help end the war
by the defeat of mllitarism on both
sides, and not to drive the British peo'
pie, as they are driving the Russians,
| into the terrible choice between con-
| tinuing the conflict and abandoning the
only principles that can save the world,
u M-
There Is not much TO be written Of
the weeks fighting The German pa
| pers were talking openly Of the com
| Ing great offensive on the west front
and asserted that million more troops
had been sent into France, but Won
Hindenburg still delayed the blow. The
activity of the aviators was notable
| and the allied flying men made several
successful bombing raids on German
cities, Karlsruhe especially being hard
hit.
| In italy the main event Of tie week
was a surprise attack by the Italians,
| supported by The French, by which GER
4 tain important dominating positions on
| Monte Asolone were wrested from the
Austrians and their observation posts
/ destroyed
On Wednesday the AustrlaDs made
desperate attempt to recapture ths
lost positions. For four hours they at
tackled fierceIy and were stubbornly
fought OFF, finally retiring, leaving the
field covered with their dead.
| - HM --
The German submarines have not
been very active of late. the weekly re-
port of the British admiralty showing
only six large British vessels and four
smaller ones sunk. One of the sub
mersibles, however emerged Off Var
mouth and shelled that pretty English
city violently. Three persons were
| killed.
/ Further evidence that the submarine
service Is most distasteful to the Ger
man sailors is contained in the report
! from Geneva OF another mutny among
! the submarine crews at Kiel the Ger
! man naval base. ThIrty-elght officers
are said to have been killed. The NUM-
= Der OF U-boats returning to Gernan
ports. Is decreasing every month, ac-
9, riding TO the Geneva correspondent.
/ M-
France IL In the throes Of a new Call
laux scandal. the former premier being
now under arrest on charge of trea-
son. The affair was brought to a crisis
by information supplied by Secretary
Lansing. for 1t appears that Caiiaux
engaged in intrigues with Count Won
Luxburg In Argentina In 1915 and was
In communication with the foreign Of
| fee at Berlin with the object OF con-
Guiding peace. His plotting in Italy
also has been exposed and documents
seized there show he planned to make
himself dictator of France aud 20 With
| draw that country from the war.