Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-07-19
European.

improve conditions
European.
Air force contngents acting with
the British navy dropped half ton
OF bombs upon the city on Constants.
nope on July T.
The British fighting forces in France
now aggregate two million men. This
equals the entire number on the front
in 1917
Striking the Germans on front that
has been quiet for the past six weeks.
the French have once more broken
through the enemy defenses AID ad.
yanced their lines This new blow was
launched between Castel and Mailly.
Raineval, on the Picardy front. south
east OF Amiens. where there has becn
but little fighting since the French.
by local attack. pushed the Germans
out OF Senecat wood late in May
The American attack on Cantigny.
some time ago, advanced the line ma
terlally at that point, while the Aus
trsllans and Americans, July and ..
cut deeply into the German lines at
hamel and Villers Bre onnex, south
of the Somme. The latest French at
tack was launched AT a point between
positions OF the Americans, at Can
ugny. and the Australians, farther
north
Five American airpanes OF squad
ron Of six which started out to rad
Coblenz. fell into the hands OF the
Germans according to announcement
from German general headquarters.
The Russian middle classes do not
want monarchy. VIVA they want
is TO retain certain things won by the
revolution, but they do not want Boil
, ShtN4kism.
, Ukraine Is in state OF country
! wide revolution The Germans have
, at least 100000 men in that country
r The peasants have several small ar
, mics OF $4,000 to 10000 each, armed
J. with artillery and machine guns The!
!. are defending the villages and who'll
y sections OF trenches against the Ger
mans,
/ royal air escort Of three BE
r gian seaplanes guarded King Alber
d and Queen Elizabeth on their tiigh
n over the channel from Belgium
i England on a trip which marked tn
arst time that any ruler has ever mad
! an air fight from one country TO al
IS other The royal couple Travelled
e separate seaplanes. each operated b
a Belgian army aviator. The purpo'
IT OF their visit to England was to atter
the silver anniversary of King Georl
a and Queen Mary, July 10.
e Chancellor Won Hertling. speakir
u TO the main committee Of the Germa
reichstag. told them that there won
be no change in the foreign policy
u the empire. Germany. although 81
is ready to accept proposition 4
serious negotiations, must go on fgl
ing" he says.
d The German government does n
n intend to hold the Russian soviet 90
Is eminent responsible for the death
r. Count Won Mlrbach, II being evide
n that Russia is doing all that is pos
k. bic to punish the murderers.
n. In recent German raid on I
lie Belgians more than fifty girls we
killed by air bombs launched upon
20 ambulance park behind the User fro
,e Fifty bombs were dropped in the INN
o. date neighborhood Of the park a
~ several struck a large villa about
o. hundred yards from the hospital.
a The fight in Ukraine is not of
10. litical character, hut is due chiefly
~ the surrender Of land by the Germa
a. back to the landlords. Homestead $
as lions (33 miles squarel have been
he tirely wiped out.
The Germans are highly disliked
no Russia, though more German is hea
re than was heard there in peace TIM
as But one thing shines out clearly
tipathy to anything to German.
On Japan's reported decision refusi
10. to intervene in Siberia is authortati
re. " denied. It is added that the q
al. tude of Japan is unchanged and Il
90 the feeling in unofdcia, circles tn
is almost unanimous that il is unn
NO essary to send troops to Siberia
on present.
he The necessity OF sending so ma
ng German soldiers into Ukraine may
the reason for the delay Of the G
80 man offensive in the west,
~. Messages received in Lon'on fir
~ Russia state that CONFERENCE.-THE
- have been suppressed
- Emperor William has consented
- the resignation of Or. Richard :
~, Kuehlmann, the German foreign
,uo rotary. Won Kuehlmann had been
eign minister about year, succeed
no DR.. Alfred F. NJ Zimmerman, VIII
retirement closely followed the
h' posture of his plot to involve the U
ket ed States in war with Mexico and
emit pan in the event that this cour
,it. showed any inclination to join
:. entente allies.
% Fighting of great severity is tax
Inc place In the streets of Moscow
ur- tween Bolsheviki troops and So