Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-09-20

abandon lis opposition to such
course.
Va
The London Express says II has I'm.
questionable Information that the for
iner empress of Russia and all her
children hive been murdered by hol.
shevlki. If this is true the entire i'm
mediate fnmIly Of NIchoInS has nov
been exierminatcd. The downgpr EN-
press and her daughter and son.ln-aw
were attacked by bolshevlH at Yalta.
but were saved by men from the Black
sea fleet after two weeks of fighting.
The progress of the Czccho Slovuks
OF Austria Hungary toward the indie.
pendence recognized by Great Britain
and America Is encouraging The OK.
istence Of the CZecho.SlOvak state wns
declared by all the Czech deputies 10
the Austrian parliament and has now
been Endorsed by all Of the clergy Of
the Bohemian diocpses.
Baron Burlan, AustrO-iIungarian for.
elgn minister who stlll Is at outs with
Berlin because he insists on an Aus
TRAN solution Of the Polish problem,
nevertheless was employed once more
= Ank IN tn l..
offensive This, aimed directly at Presi-
dent Wilson, was a suggestion that the
central powers and the entente get to-
gether for nm exchange OF views and TO
consider all the things which are keep
Ing the beligerents apart He intl-
mated this might make further fight
Ing unnecessary Though President
Wilson Is not quoted In reply, Wash
ington dispatches make II clear that he
holds unwaserlngly the position that
the only tolerable peace will be, not
negotiated, hut dictated to the central
powers by the allies and that that Is
the kind of pence which the allies will
achieve. In this, II is needless 10 say.
he is backed up by the entire nation.
No one In II position to predict pre-
sumes to believe that such peace can
be attained this year. but no one In
tends that any other kind Of peace
shall be accepted by America. We
have gone into the war 10 the finish.
and we propose that the finish shall be
In accordance with our high aims for
the future safety Of civilization and
freedom, no matter what the cost.
Al a most opportune time came the
registration dry for all Americans be-
tween the ages of eighteen and TWEEN.
ty-one and thlrty-one and forty.tiye
years. Gladly, with patriotic cyalta-
ton. some l3.0OO0m youths and older
men enrolled themselves for military
duty, and from their number 3,0O0O0O
ready to move forward TO the battle
lines. Millions of others, not so til In
one way or another for actual fighting
will be listed for other work directly
connected with The carrying on of the
war. IN few weeks the relative
standing of the l3,OO0,mO will have
been determined. According 10 Pro-
vost Marshal General Crowder, the
first to be selected for the environments
and camps will be those between nine
teen and twenty.one and between thir-
ty-one and thlrty.siX
The matter Of granting deferment
to reglstrants because OF the work In
which they are engaged Is Of utmost
Importance, and the aid of all employ
ers In this has been enlisted. The gov
eminent Is especially DESTROYS that no
essential industries shall he disturbed
by the draft, hui enough men must be
selected to maintain II steady flow OF
registrants TO the training camps,
As had been foreseen here and
abroad, the Germans have begun An
intensified U-boat campaign directed
especially against the transports carry
Ing American troops and supplies. Up
to date this has resulted in the torpe-
doing OF the Mount Vernon. formerly
the kronprinzessln Cecelle, which was
bringing home wounded and sick sol
dlers, and of the Persic, carrying $500
American troops to Europe. In the
former case the casualties were con
fined TO men in the engine rooms and
the vessel put back to a French port
under her own steam. All the men on
the Perslc were safely transferred to
the conveying vessels, after which the
steamship was beached on the English
coast The submarine which attacked
II was destroyed by depth charges, In
both instances the utmost bravery and
GOODNESS were exhibited by the crews
and the soldiers aboard.
The British steamship Mlssanable
also was torpedoed while on her way
to America for troops and supplies.
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Fokkers. The pilot succeeded in get.
ting his machine into dive and reach.
ed the British lines. The gallant OBJ
server was found to have been wound.
ed ten times during the fight,
Attacked by a squadron of enemy
lirprnes, lone British scout spun
downward, but on the way saw that
)nly one OF the enemy was following
hin. So he came suddenly out of the