The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-02-02

wed. The government was lofeeu 70
accept the socialists demo 90 -
food, communal woman sls ase au.'
nonmilitarism of war indlf a''u
thereupon most of the striISis ietui =
cd to tba;r worl, Tho tfouble was
only partly allayed, howevFs anu 'ne
radicals made further demah'os any Z
iterated their call for a get ~ pef'es
by understanding.
The Austrian masses are f'etsi 'nii. ~,
that at least peace shall be slliaue WIN
Russia, and if this is not ioiie tneli
words and actions betokeniSd ieVoiu-
ton that will remove the ual 49,
archy from the alliance of y ten'i q
powers. Germany is aWaf " ,no
danger of this detection anE tiie MI
tarists there are manifestinA great llli-
tation toward Austria bed tnes
think Emperor Charles and ls soNein-
ment have fostered democl ~ iitei
nationalism.
The troubles Of Emperor oneiiV
realm are aggravated by TIE ,
of Bohemia, At a great llaeelins =
Prague resolution was aaopteu ue-
handing independence for nolielilia'
Hungary, also, Is doing it's II 'iie
general upheaval, having abs r.
fused to give cereals to eithS Ats'ila
or Germany. The RoumaK StoeAs
of grain are exhausted ana sne loou
situation in Austria is most uee'
-A-
The reasonable peace adj Rsales =
Germany have not by 9p2saFs W. -.
rendered to the fficrea si55gSF arrogant
pan Germans, and have jbeSn holding
meetings In Cologne and elsewhere,
and the radical socialists afe Keeping
up the fight with vigor.A There is no
doubt that the proletariat Of both Ger
many and Austria has been Immensely
heartened and inspired by Ihe propa-
ganda of the Russian bolshefiki Spread
by means of the fraternizaNon of sol
diers on the east front. 1
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All this sounds good, but 1T would be
foolish to base upon it Amy strong
hopes of an early peace With victory
| for the allies. The German army prob
ably was never before SO strong as
now, and If the indications may he
trusted, the long expected offensive on
the west front may be under way be-
fore this review is in thel hands of
readers. All last week theie Vas in
tense artillery action in Erance and
Flanders, with numerous "f9eling OUT
raids and much activity by the air
forces Great concentrations of troops
at several points CONTINUED and il
seemed evident the kaiser was. about
ready to strike French military ex
perts believed the Germans would at
tack the British lines in Flanders ant
also the French in the region of Nancy
1t was In the latter sector that the
raid was made on American troops
Whether Pershing's men stil are help
ing hold the line there haf not beer
revealed. ~
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Having lost to the French some i'm
portant positions on Monte 10mba tn,
Teutons in Italy were Compelled t.
evacuate considerable territory ives
of the Piave river, moving back t.
Monte Spinoncia. They seem to hav,
given up hope of forcing the passag
to the plains along the west bank o
the Pave and are constructing de
lenses in the rear.
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On the sea the Turks suffered con
siderable disaster in the loss of til
cruisers Medullu and Sultan Seiim
formerly the Breslau and Goeber
These vessels emerged from the Dan
danelles to attack certain British NOR
itors, but were seen and at once er
gagged by British destroyers and drive
into mine fields. The Breslau wa
blown up and sunk and the Goeber
badly damaged, was run aground O
Niagara point, where for several day
and nights 1t was subjected to bomi
ing by British air craft and rendere
useless. The British lost two mon
tors.
The number of British vessels sun
by submarines in the week. was give
as only six large and two small ship
In its efforts to supply tonnage |
meet the submarine depradb atoms, tn
United States scored a point by ge
ting large numbe" Of vessels frol
neutral nations, especially Sweden, II
use in American coastal trbfic, Th
brought forth howl Of "unk eutrality
from Germany, coupled With tllrei
J to sink all such vessels thu Its SUI
marines could reach.
Pa
. Belgium made dignifed reply
the pope's peace note, stating that /