The Raymer enterprise., 1918-10-10


,erey. the French commander Of the
Of the Greeks in Serbia.
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ignatioh Of Chancellor Won Hertling,
Vice Chancellor Won Payer and For
eign Minister Won Hntze. and the in
vitation Of the kaiser and Of Emperor
Charles 10 their people to participate
In the government. Late In the week
1t was announced that the kaiser had
selected Prince Macmillan o. Baden
for the post Of chancellor. He has been
known as head OF the Delbrueck mod
crates ani opposed to the schemes Of
the pan-Germans. and 1t Is presumed
he will make great efforts to bring
about u negotiated peace. That, how
ever. Is just what the allied nations
! are determined shall not be accom-.
plished, and their leaders md the
press already are at work TO show the
| people that unless the war Is carried
on until the Hun Is beuten to his knees
and forced to accept dictated peace.
| all their sacrifices will have been In
vain. The time is ripe for the silly SEN
tlmentalists, secretly urged on by the
friends of Germany. TO apring their
pleas Of pity for the defeated and Of
the benefits to be gained by ending
the war at once by negotiation. But all
this foolish and actually reasonable
talk will have no effect on those who
believe in justice and patriotism.
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News from Russia and especially
| from Serbia Is scanty and belateI
these days. The most important COM
ing lately concerns the anti-b0shevik
government set up In Onisk. Minister
Of War Michaelov attempted to make
himself dictator by forcing the resig
nation Of the cabinet and organizing an
| administrative council TO succeed IL.
The council declared the duma dis
missed but that body refused to dis
solve. released the imprisoned min
listers and put Mchaeloy under arrest
| The Czecho- Sl0vak authorities there
promptly put II strong military force
| in the city and ended the attempted
coup.
In northern Russia the allies are
making progress southwark from Arch
angel along the Dvina river, and Amer
leans are holding the point farthest
south. only forty miles from Bielsk
the bolsheyk base.
A British expedition has landed In
Spitzbergen and seized the German
mining property and other plants
there. and the Immensely rich iron and
coal deposits already are being de.
veloped rapidly.
The state department at Washington
was informed of n big uprising of the
Ukrainlans against the Germans, In
the course of which the Huns lost 800
men and were forced TO evacuate two
cities. This news, together with the
knowledge that Roumania was about
| ready to re-enter the war on the side
| of the allies, was considered of great
military Importance. \ large part OF
| the population of Roumauia, led by the
queen. has consistently refused to rec
| ognize the treaty Of Bucharest by
which their country was robbed by the
Huns. If they get into action again,
the plight Of Austria will be indeed
most distressng-to Austria.
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| The apparent determination OF the
Germans to destroy utterly every city
In France and Belgium that they are
compelled to reinqulsh has given rise
to general demand that the allied
governments shall warn the Huns that
for every place wantonly destroyed a
city or town in Germany will be laid
in ruins by them later on. That Is the
only kind Of argument the German can
| understand Secretary Lansing recog-
nlzed this when. in response to the
threat Of the Germans TO treat Ms
murderer every American captured
with n shotgun in his possession. he
told them that reprisals for. such ac-
tion would be thorough and effective.
The British air bombers, by their re-
prisal raids on German cities, have
nearly put stop to the air raids of
the Huns on undefended places. They
still attack Red Cross hospitals, aud
for such brutality the allies can make
no reprlsal In kind
n
On Monday the master numbers in
the new draft were drawn, President
Wilson taking the first from the bowl.
The classification OF the men is pro-
crossing WELL but the sending of those
selected to the training camps may be
delayed by the serious spread of the
epidemic Of influenza. Rigorous meas
ures are being adopted to check the
disease, with prospects OF success.
Considering Its nature, the number OF
| deaths is NOT extraordinary.