Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-09-28


northwest OF Noyon, In conversation
oiutionlsts In Moscow Is being carried
out with heavy hand. About five
thousand OF them have been arrested
and sentenced 10 death, and II Is said
they viii be executed If their party
shows any further opposition TO The
soviet government. The streets OF
Moscow are under the strictest milf
tary guard
Details Of the supplementary Russo
German agreements have been made
public, Germany promises to eyacu-
ate all occupied territory east Of LII
vonla and Esthonla as soon as houn-
daries IRE established, and to get out
OF all other territory east of Germany
| when Russia has fulfilled her fnan-
cial obligations. which must be With
In four months. Russia is pledged 20
| fight against the entente forces n
northern Russia, and Germany pre- q
Ises that Finland shall not ntiatk,
Russia rcnounces its sovereignty over
Esthonia and Liyona. but Is to late
free transit to Reval, Riga and hia-
dnu.
An attempt to assassnate Nieolai
LenIne. soviet premier, was made by
girl in Moscow, but at Inst reports
he was still alive though In u serious
condition. Very likely his death
would be godsend TO Russia,
Pa
There is not much to say of the war
on the Italian, Albanian and Greek
fronts Small engagements are nu-
merous but no decisive operations have
| been started lately. In Albania the
retirement Of the allied line for short
distance is explained by the necessity
Of preparing for winter by occupying
certain dominating heights. Austria
has not attempted anything important
in Italy. possibly because she Is too
busy trying TO settle her internal trou-
bles, or because OF the call on her for
troops 10 help out the sorely-pressed
|
divisions have been Identified on the
west front. Meanwhile the italian
airmen aided by American flyers, have
been doing lot Of bombing Of Aus
trlan towns. railways and naval sta
tons.
-h2~-
According to dispatches from Mu-
nich by way Of Geneva, Count Won
Hertllng, the imperial chancellor, re-
signed Thursday giving poor health
as the cause of his action.
From Cologne came the news that
the commandment Of the Brandenburg
province had placed the province, IN
Guiding the city Of Berlin. under mar
tiaI law In order to stop the invention
and circulation of untrue rumors cal
culated TO dsquiet The populace."
I'D
General March said last week that
more than 250000 American troops
were landed in France during August,
and that up 10 the first of September
more than 100000 had embarked for
The various fronts. including those
sent to France. England. Italy and 81
IBERIA. There has been no official men
ton Of late OF the First American Field
army, and observers IN France and in
England believe II Is being prepared
for great drive. of which the present
big offensive is but the preliminary.
All preparations have been com
piefed for the registration of men be-
tween the ages of eighteen and twenty
one and thrty-one and forty-fye, I'M
der the new draft law. General Crow
der has called on the people TO aid In
making the registration complete sue
cess. and. so far as the older men are
concerned. has given assurance that a
very large proportion of them will not
he required TO 60 10 the front. The
young men, he and most others believe.
viii he only too glad 10 get into this
greatest and most righteous OF all
wars.
Pa
y
Ing point with Germany, but another
Spanish vessel having been torpedoed
ans decided to seize German informed
ships without further parley The
tone of the press there and also In
other neutral countries, Is becoming
distinctly proaly.
Pa
American stipyards set q record
during August turning out G6 ships
aggregatlng 340lI5 dead weight tons.
Foriy.fonr were Of STEEL The total
Tonnage built for the shipping board
has now passed the two million mark.
British merchant vessels completed
durlng August amounted TO 1868
gross tons. The new construction In
the allied countries Is now we'll ahead
ofythe destruction by submarines.