The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-05-31

ment explains that the brlgading plan
in operation Is temporary, adopted to
meet the emergency In which Il is de-
sirable TO send over as many Ameri-
cans as possible without waiting for
their arms and ammunition. Later
they will return To the American army
and Will be using American equipment
1t is gratifying to note that General
Pershing now issues daily official com.
muniques on the doings of the Ameri-
can forces. following the system of the
other allies.
"a
The continuous battle for suprem-
acy In the air ragged with increasing
intensity all through the week and ON
cial reports led to the belief that the
flyers OF the allied armies generally
had the best of II. American aviat0rs
won several notable victories. Gener-
al Pershing reported the commission
ing of nearly 1000 student aviators.
The French have delivered to his army
800 battle planes and 800 training
planes, and the Haviland battle planes
made 10 America are beginning 10 ar
rive.
On Sunday Emperor Charles visited
the kaiser at great headquarters and
made plans for renewal OF the Aus
tro- German alliance. TO last twenty
years. The news OF this OF course was
received with rejoicing by the pan
Germans OF Austria-Hungary. but.
equally OF course. the treaty is bitterly
opposed by the Slavs and other anti.
German elements Ia Charles realm.
The people there as a whole are more
and more DESTROYS OF peace md there
Is fear that the agreement will Prus-
siAnize their army aud compel even
greater efforts In the war. by some
the preparations for an offensive in
Italy are looked on as direct result
of the conference. According 10 Co
penhagen reports, the two emperors
selected kings for Lithuania. Courland,
Esthonia aud Poland. but the men
chosen were not named.
The meeting Of the rulers was at
Saxony, who. though not invited.
sought 10 maintain the Importance of
their kingdoms as parts Of the German
empire and not leave Prussia the "sole
arbiter of German destInies." That
sounds big, but the fact remaLns that
Prussia Is as much the boss Of the
German empire as ever.
"a
The kaiser is treating Russia just
as thoroughly defeated enemy might
expect to be treated by him, despite
the peace treaty OF Brest-Litovsk His
demands are exorbitRnt and enforced
by arms. and In an address 20 the town
council OF Axle Chapeile he an.
nounces thAt "Sebastopol has been
captured with big, richly laden feet
there" More than that, he Is prepar.
Ing TO call on the Baltic provinces that
were a part OF Russia 10 supply men
for the German armies No other con.
struction can be placed on his procla-
nation recognizing the Independence
Of Lithuania. In which he says: We
assume that Llthuanln will participate
IN the war burdens Of Germany which
secured her liberation" A. LlihunnIn
has neither money nor munitions 10
contribute. the kaiser must mean men.
and the Lithuanian national council
says the country will not consent go
have its citizens dragoonUd into the
ranks Of the kaiser.
I'm the Caucasus the Germans under.
took 10 gain control Of the grain. coal
oil and iron districts by the capture of
RpstUy. uu-Don. but they held the city
only one day. when the Russians re-
captured H. There are several power
fol groups Of Russians operating in the
bon region, and others all through
south Russia, AID Germany has pro-
claimed war az EkaterinoslaE. odessa
and Poltava and mined the eutFauc"
into the Sea Of Asov. Ia the Ukraine
the anti German movement increases
daily, the people'belng very bitter. In
European Russia, says "a dispatch
from Samara. less than half the arabic
land usually cultivated will be titled
this year. owing TO the shortage o.
seed. horses and implements and the
unsettled condition brought about 10y
the land division Well posted Britons
are urging that the allies continue 10
help Russia IN the work Of reCunstruc-
ton IN order 10 balk the efforts Of Ger
many. II IS recognized by all that Ger
mauys peace hopes now he wholly IN
the east and that II she Is permitted TO
realize them she will have won the
war regardless 81 the conditions inn
posed on her In the west.
Leuine processes 10 see signs OF a
/ counter revolution in Russia and on