The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-11-29


tiaain tNo meaths cut the enemses ilne,
OF communication from Metz ana
threatened the capture of All his
forces left in France.
When Russia's vast map.nawe,
gets INTO action Germany viii he
crushed as under steam roller" said
everyone In 1914. and for time this
production babe fair TO be realized
Inc Russians invaded East Prussia
anu We're making fine progress there
ana In Poland. which was kent mn.
WIN some reverses, until early In
isia. when Won Hindenhurg admins
leIeu 10 them succession of terrific
defeats- These were not due so much
10 The military supremacy of the Ger
ihans as TO the shameful BETRAYAL az
TIE Russian armies by corrupt officials
who LEFT them almost destitute of
arms and supplies. From that time
On Russia's main successes we're won
against the Ausrrians and were tenn
porary. Decentralization steadily
spread through the cars dominion,
Iostered by German agents, and the
outcome was the deposition of Mich
oias and his dynasty and the estah-
iishment of confused sembiance Of
government by the soyiets of the sol
diers. workers and peasants; contii-
tlon that remains to be cleared up.
though the power of the bolsheviki IS
rapidly waning.
Italy. Once Defeated, Triumphs.
Italy, declaring that the terms of
the Triple Alliance had been violated
Dy Austria, entered the war on the
side of the allies on May %, 1915.
Turkey had gone in with Germany be-
Tore the war was three months old.
and Bulgaria cast her lot with the
Teutons In October, 1915. The for
tunes of the Italians were spectacular.
They won over the Austrians for q
long time and invaded the regions of
Italia lrridenta along the Adriatic.
threatening Trieste. Then subtle
Teuton propaganda, coupled with de
featist work at home, brought disaster
ON them. Helped by German divisions.
the Austrians made tremendous
drive and forced the Italians back to
the Pave river line There the con-
test stood for many months, until the
middle Of June, 1918, when under Gen
eral Diaz, the Italians not only stop
ped another offensive, but turned II
into great defeat and rout which
eliminated in the surrender OF Aus
tria. This was FASTENED by the fall
ing TO pieces Of the. Austro- Hungarian
empire. the states of which We're es-
tablishing their independence. follow
ing the lead Of the Czecho- Slovaks.
Turkey. with the aid of Germans.
administered to Great Britain two set
backs that were rather humiliating.
The first was at the Dardanelles,
which the British tried to force, first
with navy alone. then with land and
sea forces. Both attempts were disas-
trous failures. The other defeat by
the Turks was in Mesopotamia. where
General Townshend and his army
We're captured at kut-el-Amara. Both
these reverses were more than com
Mesop0tamia and the Holy Land and
the consequent surrender OF Turkey.
As for Bulgaria, she was beaten
largely by the regenerated Serbian
army, which had great assistance from
the French, Greeks and British. Ser
bia had been wholly overrun In the
first few months of the war. but her
spirit never died out and In the late
summer of 1918 she not only regained
her own, but forced Bulgaria to her
knees.
Roumania kept out Of the conflict
for some time and then joined the al
lies, though they would have prefer
red that she remain neutral. She In
yaded Pennsylvania and at first
threatened to give Austria a great
deal of trouble. but Germany came TO
its ally's aid. Russia collapsed and
Roumania was forced to give up.
Warfare In the Air.
The most picturesque side OF the
great conflict has been the war In the
air. 1t was quickly seen that the air
plane would play a big part In the
war. and every helligerent nation soon
had powerful air fleets. The machines
were enlarged and improved beyond
all imagining. and from mere obser-
walton planes became fighting and
bombing machines of vast importance.
Except for observation purposes. the
lighter than air craft were utilized
only by Germany. She pinned her
faith to the great dirigible Zeppeltns.
but these on the whole proved dis
NAL failure. True to her savage pol
Icy, Germany waged unrestricted war
from the air as on land and sea Her
Zeppelins and planes repeatedly at
tackled London. Paris and innumerahle
other unfortifled cities and towns. and
her airmen made a practice of bomb
ing Red Cross hospitals.
Long before the war closed the