The Holt County sentinel., 1918-03-01
REVIEW Of THE WORLD WAR AND OTHER
HISTORY MAKING EVENTS Of YEAR |
Entrance Of United States Into Conflict Outstanding Dcveopmer
Past Twelve Months-PoIcaI Upheava In Russia Affects
{, Struggle British and French Smash Teuton Lines
on West Front-Austro. Germans Launch
Drive Against Italy.
By DONALD z. BiGco

the United States were further strain. /
Cd March IS By the receipt Of reports
Of the sinking Of three American
steamers. the City OF Memphis. iii.
nois nnd vigilancia. fifteen Of the lat.
tcr's crew being lost.
ON March II. President Wilson Is.
sued II proclamation calling congress
Ia special session on April =.
The American steamer tIealdton
was tnrp,'locd without warning. March
-, II ncn including seven Amcri.
Guns, being lost.
United States Declares War.
On April .. President Wilson M.
pcar,d before joint session of con-
gr,sS and called for u declaration III a
state of wnr with Germany. On April
\. the senate passed n resolution dc.
clnring The cNi~tchcc Of u state uf war.
The resolution was adopted by the
house NJ representatives April u aud
; was signed by the president the same
day. At the same time ~ German.
owned vessels In American ports were
SEIZED by the government. cuba de-.
clnrcd war on Germany an Arril Z.
The following day. Ausirin.lIungnry
severed Diplomatic relations with the
] United states.
4 The british forces on the west front
began the first great offensive ~ 1917
IN Apfii -. Penetrating the enemy po.
/ Hltlnns nurih und south of ArraS to "a
/ depth of from two 10 three miles.
/ The French forces launched nm ~.
fcnsiy" AGAINST tho enemy on II 2a.milc
front between SnIssnns and Hrims.
Aprll III. aud utter three ,inys fighting
rcpnrtrl the capture of more thnn H..
On rrlsurrrS.
I The first American casualties In the
war were reported ApriI -. when the
armed American tank steamer Vacuum
was sunk l., IA suhmurln. aud scycrul
1 American eunncrs w.r, lnSt.
American Flee, In Ae,,on.
n vns learned an Nav m Inn, ,
so,,ndrnu az American Jrs,roy,rs nm.
dor Rear Admiral sImms Ind safely
,r,ssrJ ia, A,inn,I, md Ind b,,n mn.
trailing IA, sons I'm wnr s,ryIc, sine.
NAV 4
IN, United s,ntcs nrmy drift bl,,
bccrmc n Inv Mny IL when President
Wilson MIXED His sirnn,ur, 10 tho
measure nnd Iss,,cJ n proclnmn,ion Ak.
Ing Inn. 4 us registration Jny.
DurInr IN, .nrly mar, of Inn, grow.
ing unrcs, In EussIn b,rnn ia nt,rnct
nm, n,,,n,lon of the allies, ON Jun,
worlm,n md soldiers s,I,,J Er,n.
s,ndt, IN, Ru.slnn fortress defending
p,,rorrnJ. and rrpudIn,cI IN, proyIs.
I,nni government I'm Inn. a tho
American commission IN Russia. bend.
ed nv ElIhu Root, md the American
rnI,rond commission. hcndcJ nv Jobn
y, stevens. arrived snfcIy n, Russian
norris On lime ? m, Russians I'm
rosscsslon OF Erons,ndt welded 10
negotiations md recognized IN. pro.
ylsInnnI government
! In tho mcnn,,mc the American nrep.
nrn,Ions for IN, wnr were procccdInr
rapidly. ON June q. nearly 10000 200
men OF military No. registered for mill.
tnry service under tho s.lcctIve draft
! inv. ON June g. Major General John
!. Pershlnr who Ind been selected 10
bend the American expe,iitlonnry
forces I'm France. arrived with his stnff
in London. On the same dny Wnsh.
inrton reported the snfe arrival In
France OF 100 American avistors, the
first American fighting forces 10 reach
TINT country,
k,no Constantine psthroned.
A solution OF the Greek situation,
which had endangered tho operations
Of the allies In the Balkans, was reach.
cd June ~ when on the demand Of
France, Great Britain and Russia, King
Constantine abdicated In favor Of his
second son, Prince Alexander, who was
known to be favorably inclined toward
the allies. London reported another
big raid by Zeppelins on June IS, in
which 1877 persons were killed and
many injured.
The subscriptions to the FIRST Ameri.
can Liberty loan closed June Is, the
loan being oversubscribed by S75O,,
100000.
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