Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-04-11


reservation Ivy President Wilson and
General Pcrshing their aid was Joy
fully welcomed by the British aud
French and Americas unScltiSl action
in rclnInishing independent command
for tho time hcing was highly praised.
One hundred thousand thoroughly
trained American troops at once began
moving toward the places selected for
them. singing and cheering as they
ploughrd their way through the mud.
happy that they were ut last to have
opportunity to take II real part in the
mighty conflict. Where they were as
signed to duty naturally has not been
revealed. hut wherever they may fight.
there is not tho least doubt that the
high opinion VI them held Ivy the Britt
iSh and French officers will bc fully
justified.
Tho American aviatorS in France
have been giving Invaluable aid and
hav" won unstintrd praises by their
hollnrSs and skill during the battle.
Attached to tho service of the allies,
they have helped them maintain COM
plctc command OF tho air. Tho Amcr-
can Red Cross. 1t is almost unnrces-
Sary to say. has covered itself With
added glory, for its physicians and am
hulancc men and nurses who We're in
the battle zone have devoted Them
selves with bravery and sclf-sacriticc
to the caro- Of the wounded and to help
ing the refugees
As our trained hundred thousand
marched away from the sectors they
had been holding in France, their
places were taken by less seasoned
troops who enviously checred them on.
From this time forward the flow OF
Americans to France will be confirm.
Gus, for the government plans to send
about 100000 in each remaining month
Of this year. This means that by 1919
we will have 1.!5Oo,o 900 men over there.
AS they go the training camps will
be rcfslled by drafted mon. for 1t is the
intention 10 call out 100000 Of these
every month.
Tho plan now adopted Of temper
arily hrigading American troops with
the British and French permits the
sending Of National guard and Nation
al army divisions that are not vet
adequately trained and whose ranks
are not full.
OF course the success Of the Ameri-
can program depends largely on the
tonnage available. 1t is good to know
that this probably will he sufficient,
With the seized Dutch shipping. the
$50, 1000 tons japan is to turn over to MS
and the new vessels being hnilt under
the direction Of the shipping board.
The lannehings Of new vessels are in
creasing. in spite Of lack Of steel
at the his Hog Island plant and
labor troubles at other shipyards. The
shipping board is planning to build a
number Of 10,O00-ton vessels on the
Great Lakes.
The situation in what once was Rus
STA is II possible more confusing than
ever. In Finland the allies are said
to he aiding the revolutionary Red
guard; the Germans have landed
large number OF troops presumably 10
assist the governments White guard :;
the Swedes are helping the White
guard, who have been Smelling Tam
merfors Russian troops. including the
famous Preobrashensky guard, have
arrived and taken up n position on the
Karelian front In Siberia the holshe-
| viii fn~rnc oil 70 n;H
them in fighting the Cossacks who
make incursions from China and re-
tire there: the Japanese still hold back
from Intervention at Vladivostok the
bolsheviki declare Siberia never will
submit to Germany, but a German
army occupied 1rkntSk. In Russia
proper, according to Trotsky. the Dol
sheviki have crushed all their enemies
but We cannot consider their power last
ing. owing to the disorganization Of
the country. They are still trying to
raise a great volunteer army. In the
Caucasus the Armenians and Georg-
ians are fiercely fighting the Turks.
| In Turkestan and in Kiev serious anti
! Semitic riots have broken out and
hundreds of Jews have been killed.
In Ukraine the Germans persisted in
advancing and ut last reports were
near Ekaterinoslav, while the Turks
and Knrds were threatening Sehasto
pol. Anyone who thinks he can figure
out what all this portends is welcome
to try.
Russia and Roumania have conclnd
ed peace treaty by which the latter
agrees to evacuate Bessarabia and te
defend the Russian republican FEEDER