Judsonia weekly advance., 1918-11-20

in." The Germans thereupon found the road to Paris series of trenches that must be taken one by one. The schedule was soon hopelessly behind time.
 Likewise the heroic resistance of Belgium brought Great Britain forth with into the war. And though the British standing army was not large, it went to the front, died in the last ditch and still further delayed the German march to Paris. Moreover, Great Brit aims colonies from all the seven seas went hurrying to the front, And Great Britain's fleet promptly forced the Ger man fleet into cover at Kiel and swept the oceans clear of German merchant shipping, thus carrying to Germany the war of starvation that Germany had planned for her.
 United States Neutral.
 The United States in the meantime had proclaimed it's neutrality. Italy, though member of the triple alliance, was holding off on the ground that it's alliance with Germany and Austria
  fense. It was not until May of 1915 that she got into the war and then on the side of the allies. By the end of 1914 Japan was in with the allies and Turkey with the central powers. Fight ing was in active progress in Belgium and France; on the RusSian-German and Russian-Austrian fronties. The rrnxr ,,f moved to Bordeaux. But the Ger mans were still 65 miles from Paris.
 May ', 1915, the passenger liner Lusitania was torpedoed without warn ing and sunk by German submarine off the coast of Ireland. This outrage against humanity mortified civilization. Germany, however, celebrated the sinking. To the world she sought to defend her action by asserting that the Lusitania was armed and that she car ried munitions of war. She was not armed and she did not carry munitions of war Many Americans felt there after that the entrance of the United States into the war was inevitable.
 June 5 Lord Kitchener, the British war hero, was lost on the British cruis- CT Hampshire, together with most of the crew. He was on a secret mission for the allies. It was afterward charged that he was betrayed by the Russian czarina, who furnished the in- formation which led to the sinking of the cruiser by q German submarine.
 July the German submarine Deutschland arrived in Baltimore. She carried a valuable cargo and took valuable cargo back to Germany. She claimed to be merchant vessel and was treated as such by the Upited States. The main purpose, doubtless, was to impress America with the Ger man submarine the sinking in Octo- Der by German submarines of six mer- chant vessels off Nantucket, Mass, was presumably part of the same plan. Germany was getting ready for her forthcoming announcement of unre- stricted submarine warfare.
 September 14 the British introduced into war new engine of destruction the tank" In brief it is a heavily armored body, armed with guns on d caterpillar" instead of wheels. It can thus travel over almost any sort of ground and crush it's way through most obstacles. The caterpillar tractor is an American invention, originating in Peoria, Ill.,; the adaptation of harm less tractor machinery to a destructive war engine was done in secrecy by an Englishman. The tank proved a genu- inc surprise and has played no small part in the war, together with lighter and faster tanks called ."whippets."
 Collapse of Russia.
 The spring of 1917 saw the collapse of Russia, collapse undoubtedly brought about by Germany through in- trigue and for her own purposes. It began March II with revolution in Pe- trograd. March 15 Czar Nicholas ab- dicated. March 9 America recognized the new Russian government a repub- lie. Since then Russia has been a chaos Russia is one of the big prob lens confronting the allies. They can presumably put an end to the reign of anarchy, murder and pillage; the re- generation of the nation is a tremen- dous undertaking.
 America Goes In.
 And yet the turning point of the war was reached In 1917. For the United States had entered the great world conflict. Germany stands convicted before the world of incredible stupid ity as well as unbelievable frightful- ness. For Germany practically forced