The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-05-17


Bretonneux. east OF Amiens. after
an intense preliminary bomhardment
lasting two hours, the Germans adj
vanced, three battalions strong, and
hand-to-hand lighting ensued all along
the line. The Americans put mp n de-
Tense that won the warm praise OF
the French commanders ON their
tanks, and the Huns. after considcra.
bic time. were driven back with heavy
loss. The losses OF the Americans
were said TO be rather severe,
The second attack was made We'd
nesday night In the Themes sector,
southeast Of Amiens, and was as com.
plete a failure as the other.
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Already the expected Teutonlc
peace offensive" is beginning TO de-
velop, as II always does after the
kaiser has won some successes and
then has been brought 10 halt
Charles OF Austria Is said to have
made peace offers 20 Italy. the real
purpose OF which ls evidently 60 ere.
ate dlseord 10 Italy and at the same
time 20 quiet the discord among his
own subjects. The pope, II Is under.
stood, will put forth peace proposals
on Whitsuntide, May 10. making con
crete offers Of mediation by the holy
see. Germany's own offers are OK.
pected after another great effort has
been made TO smash the allied armies
In France.
This peace offensive viii be no less
offensive 10 the allies than It's prede.
ccssors. They viii not be deceived by
offers TO restore Belgium and to cede
Lorraine. Nothing less than the M.
ter defeat OF the central powers win
satisfy them, unless there In nm nm.
believnble change In the state Of mind
Of the governments and the peoples.
This is no less true IN America than
In England and France The Ancri-
can casualty lists. though stlll com.
paratiyely short, are scattering all
over the country's map little black
dots Of mourning. each 81 which be.
comes the center Of strengthened de.
termination 20 see the war through 60
complete Victory
The Austrian emperor IL truly hnv.
ing hard time keeping his subjects
TO their allegiance. From Serbian
sources comes the news that the Serbs.
Croats and slovenes IN the dual mon.
archy are holding piebIseite on the
plan 10 Join with Serbia and Monte
negro In one national independent
state, with Peter az Serbia as the
king This movement Is led by the
prime archbishop ~ Cnrnioia. Mean
while the Austro Hungarian military
commanders hive been greatly exer-
cised by the fact. just announced.
that large numbers Of bohemian
troops are Joining the Italian army
and are now on the Italian front in
Italian uniforms They belong 10 the
CzeCho. Slovnk army which IN being
formed NJ many points within Austria.
Hungary,
Though they have slowed up a BIT
in Russia proper the Germans are 20.
ing ahead steadily with their penetra.
ton az Ukraine. and now have es-
tablished military rule IN Kiey. its
capital. on the ground that the gov
eminent has proved too weak 90 main.
tain Law and order A number 81 the
members Of the rkrnlne government
have been arrested. or course. the
prevailing disorder there n mainly
due "a the presence Of the German
troops and their oppression ~ the pro-
pile, but a little Discrepancy like that
does not bother the kaiser Recently
General won Elchhorn. the German
commander there. ordered the peas.
Rutry 20 return all property and 81
fects taken from the lsndhnldcrs and
70 begin N once the cultivation 81 the
estates. This order designed 20 pro
tect the Interests ~ the lnndholdcrs,
most ~ whom are Poles and Russians.
was vigorously opposed by he rads.
which declared Il would not permit 10
reference by German or Austro,Hun-
garian commanders 10 the internal ~
fairs ~ the country. The minister ~
agriculture was instructed 10 tell the
peasants not 70 obey Won Eirhhoru's
order
Berlin announced on Thursday that
Scvnstopol had been occupied by the
German forces.
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For n day or two last week the world
was startled by n report that there had
been n counter-reyolution In Russia.
and that the former cars little son
had been proclaimed emperor, with
his uncle. Grand Duke Michael as re-
gent The story came from Scan
dinayia. and soon was recognized as