The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-05-03
NEWS NOTES.

According to rumors from Fin
land, says a dispatch from Copen-
hagen, a counter revolution in Petro-
grad has unseated tho Bolshevik
regime, and Grand Duke Alexis
Nikolaievitch, son of the former
Gear, has been proclaimed Emperor,
and that Grand Duke Michael Alex
androvitch is the real leader in Rus
sian affairs In Siberia the political
situation has been complicated dur
ing the week by claims of rival Rus
sian factions for recognition by the
Entente Allies. Bolshevik atrocities
at Blagoviestchensk, said to exceed
those committed by the Huns in
Belgium, have aroused indignation.
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Americas win-the-war labor dele
gates are meeting with great success
in London, where they are comforting
with the allied trade unionists.
They have told the British workers
about labor conditions at home and
have been told about the sacrifices
made by organized labor in the
United Kingdom. On every side
there is unanimity regarding the war
aims as announced by President Will
son. The Americans have attended
~ in,
and on Monday conferred with the
Parliamentary Committee of the
British Trade Union Congress and
labor members of the House of Com
mons.
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Twenty-Five members of the crew
of the American steamship Florence
H., destroyed by an explosion April
IT, while off the French coast, are
reported dead or missing. Capt. F.
]. Butterfield and all the deck officers
of the ship are believed to have lost
their lives, as the list of survivors
does not contain their names. Only
thirteen of the fifty-six men in the
civilian crew escaped uninjured.
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The allied armies, fighting with
their backs to the wall, saved the
situation by keeping the enemy from
developing the success won when
Mount KENNEL was taken. The
enemy paused in his attack to await
fresh troops. The losses of the Ger
mans in the latest battle were ter
rifle, the British and French pour
ing death into the oncoming lines.
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Germany is incensed at Holland
for negotiating with the United
States concerning the cession of YES
sells and keeping the discussion Sc
cret. The tension between the two
countries is still felt, though ques-
lions of customs and the use of the
Limburg railway have been settled
Germany maintains her stand on the
sand and gravel question.
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The war is to be won by man
power, Gen. Delma Radcliffe de-
clared in an interview. The reserve
force will tell the tale and the Allies
need the fullest support of the battle
line. In reviewing the present bat
tie Gen. Radcliffe said the loss of
MT. KENNEL was serious blow.
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Ukranian peasants are in revolt
and are holding Austro-G German SOL
diers as prisoners. The reason for
the uprisings on the part of the peas
antry is the acquisitions made by the
invaders on the food supply of the
country. Clashes have been frequent
and numbers killed on both sides.
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Judge Grave, of the Missouri SUI
preme bench, was rendered the APP
pointment of United States Senator
to succeed the late Senator w. j..
Stone. Gov. Gardner made public
the prefer following the declina-
tion of Speaker Champ Clark to ac-
cept the appointment.