The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-07-11


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and 100000 enlisted men and that
on July ! practically million Of them
were in France; that the death rate
for disease among all troops in the
United States was only $40 per thou
sand; that the number Of combat
planes delivered 10 June 8 was 2SG,
the production for the week ending on
tnat day being 50; that j,3i5 training
planes had been delivered to June s,
more than 1000 Liberty engines, and
1880 machine guns for use on air.
planes. Between the declaration Of
war aud June / more than 100000
rifles were produced and delivered and
enough are now being received TO
equip a 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.
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If the central powers would know
the unwaverlng determination OF the
people Of the allied nations, they have
but to read President Wilson's indie
pcndence day address al the tomb Of
Washington, in which II was voiced
most eloquently. There can be but
one issue" declared the president
THE settlement must be final There
can be- no compromise. No halfway
decision would be tolerable. No half
way 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 ana sustained by the organized
opinion of mankind" In less formal
language, the Huns must be whipped
TO Il fruzzle, fot until they are their
rulers win not accept such peace as
the allies will grant and the people Of
Germany and Austria. with too few OK
ccptious. are Ike sheep.
Pa
I'm the absence. of any great military
operations on The French and Italian
fronts last week attention was largely
directed toward ltussu What shall
be done 10 mid thar distracted country
is u problem stll unsolved. and it 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 bolshcyil,i and the re-ostahlish-
mrut nf the monarchy with Grand
Duke Nicholas as car, which came
through the always unreliable German
sources of news, were given little
credit, but II appears to be the truth
TINT Grand Duke Michael Is co-operat-
ing with the Czecho-Slovak forces in
Siberia aud that they nre establishing
their rule IN that country. The Ckraln-
ian telegraph bureau ut klcv says MI
ch0el has been proclaimed ear ana Is
marching toward Moscow.
h
Washington received official reports
confirming the news that the C2echo-
Sloyaks Ind whipped the bolshevlkl
N n bloody battle at Vladiyostok and
taken over The administration Of that
port II may be they win form the
nucleus for the gathering Of the rle-
mnnts that have rcyolted against the
hol-hpyikl and before long be rerog
nl2cd hy the allies as "A stnble govern
ucnt and given aid, II is now admit
ted I'm Germany that the German and
Auetro Hungarian war prisoners In
RUSSIA are fighting on the side OF the
holshcvllI
Tn I'm the province OF ArchangeL
which extends across northerlv RUSSIA
Ina Europe there is new trouble brew.
Inc 81 Kola ana along the railroad
southward from that port are great
stores Of war supplies now guarded by
American mud allied marines md blue.
ackcis. and moving toward TINT region
rs large force Of Germans md Films.
Submarines already are reported to be
in the White sen. II may hc the allies
wUl dnd Ii necessary 10 scnu troops np
there Delegates from the Mrmnn
and White sen coasts already have
asked them for protection
The swedish press says the kaiser
has ordered the Finnish diet TO intro.
durr monarchiul rule without delay
threatening TINT " II does not comply
Germany will set up a military dlr'
tatorship
"
Having discovered extensive move.
ments Of troops aud materials behind
the German lines n the Chnteau Thlor.
ry region indicating d coming attack
me Americans stationed there took thc
lnltutlya and 10 me most important
operation they had thus far under
ukeu hy themselves. they captured the