Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-01-24

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onty about 3 per cent was exported,
mostly to Canada. Yet, within the last
week England sent coal to u.s. in order
that supply ships might not be stopped.
III
Out of the fire of congressional in
vestigatiOn the marine corps has come
with added luster, the contrast to war
department conditions being sadly
marked. The house committee said the
corps has been kept supplied on a war
basis with no apparent delays, while
about 25,000 recruits during the year
have been properly housed, clothed,
fed and trained. The secret of this
lies in the fact that Maj. Gen. George
Barnett, cOmmandant of the corps, be-
lieved In preparedness. Two months
before America entered the war lie or
dcred $4,000 pairs of shoes and 10000
Lewis machine guns. His purchasing
system has worked smoothly and eff
ficiently, possibly because he has had
the assistance of no "dollar-a-week"
civilians, whose capabilities and Inowl-
edge are not commensurate with their
patriotlsm. The bureaus of construc
,tien ard repairrna os eHsiacc;4i,s o.
the navy department also received high
praise from the committee.
RI
Secretary Baker and his manage
ment Of the war department are still
the objects of sharp attack and the de-
mands for his resignation or removal
increase daily. His long defense be-
fore the senate committee was the re-
verse of satisfactory. and ;here Is de-
cidcd diversity of opinion as to wheth-
er or not his reorganization of bureaus
will cure the evils that have infested
his department. Daniel Willard tOlG
the committee the hew plan was faulty
In that II did not concentrate control
aud relied too much on voluntary ef-
fort. and Immediately thereafter Mr.
Willard resigned his post of chairman
of the war industries board. 1t was in
tlmated new chairman might not b,
appointed pending action on the pro
posals for the creation of war supply
! department or administration.
Can 1t be that Mr.. Baker, deep II
his pacihst soul, believes the war vii
come to an end before the American
troops ure called on to fight, and there
fore Is willing that adequate prepnrn
lions for their active participation II
The conflict shall he delayed? In hl'
review of operations in Europe he say
great German offensive Is to he OK
pccted on the west front, hut he Is con
lldent that the war-w0rn British AM
French armies can withstand 1t.
-R-
Fierce controversy ragged thrOushnu
the week between the German group
represented respectively by Won Ludcn
dOrif and Won KuehlmNnn-the pan
Germans and The nOnanneNationist,
There was Il report that the govern
ment had compromised the dispute b.
yielding to Won Kuehmunn us to IN
east front, and assuring Won ludel
dorm that he might grab any land o
the west front that the military force
Of the empire could seize and hul
through the peace negotiations. III
this report was mcunlirmcd.
Berlin stated officially IN ThurSdJ
that the central powers had found III
Russian proposals unacceptable, an
that German and Austrian trOOl
would not be withdrawn from the u
cupied territories while the war last
The Austro-GermanS, the StutemCl
added do not intend incorpOwtlr
into their respective countries the te
rltorleS now occupied by them.
Tr0tzky clung to his demands for Il
right of Self-determlnutiOn for all n
tonalities, and that principle, support,
by Lloyd-George and President Wilso
has taken Its place as almost the leu
Ing peace term of lhe opponents Of Il
central powers. The German Gener
Hoffman munts the bolsheviki with Il
fact that they are Inconsistent bccau
they are fighting the UkruinlunS, b
, on the other hand Lenlnc, Trotzky n
, their fellows have permitted the s,
, ting up of independent governments
, various parts of Russia because I
people so wlllcd It, They have ju
, declared, also, that their govrrnme
/ supports the right of the Armenia
, In Russia and Turkey TO he mdepor
, ent and to decide their own dcstli
The British government has 50 far T.,
4 ognlzed the bolsheYlkl us to establI
a official relations with their minister
London.
Turkestan announced its indepei
!, ence on Tuesday
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