The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-07-27
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Gliding 80 socialist members of pariia-
ment, executed. Because Of the num-
erous executions there, be said, the
town Of Sveaborg has been renamed
Golgofha- Finland Is On the point of
starvation, despite IT'S German friends,
and General Mannerheim, commander
al the Finnish army asked Mr.. Nor,
MS, American minister TO Sweden.
what chance there was for Finland to
get food from the United States. Mr..
Morris tod him plainly it was very
slim 80 lazE Is Germany held the
cs31z9rT @zs.er her control. 0stensiblg
rs & z2@asEz-s Ga save food, the Finnish
government has ordered the expulsion
OF al Jews
When the news came Of the assas-
sination Of Count Won Mirbach, Ger
man ambassador to Russia, In Mos
COW, at the instigation of q group of
social revolutionists, there were
many predictions that the kaiser
would get revenge by sending d great
army to occupy the chief Russian
cities, and indeed 1t was semi official
ly stated In Berlin that such would be
his course. But after breaking off
diplomatic relations the chief Hun APP
parently thought better of it and a
mild statement was issued hoping
that the Russian government and PEG
pie will succeed in nipping the pres
ent revolutionary agitation In the
bud" 1t is not easy to see how Ger
many would gain much BY further
grabbing In distracted aRa str -
Russia. --'--'''4
The pan-German party triumphed
over It's opponents and forced the
resignation of Foreign Minister Won
kuehlmann because Of his peace i'm
possible by force" speech, and then
proceeded to pick Admiral Won Hintze.
the trickiest and most disreputable Of
uaEtiOAAiatSs as Ills SUCCESSOR.
Great excitement In the reichstag re-
suited and the socialists agreed not to
vote the war credit, which could not
be passed without their aid, until fTle
new minister had announced his pol
icies. Won Hintze is a swashbuckling
militarist and the creature of Admiral
Won Tirpitz. As minister to China he
disgraced himself, and as minister TO
Mexico he deliberately stirred up a
row between Huerta and Carranza In
order to embrol the United States.
The French press accepts the selec-
ton Of Won Hintze as evidence that
the militarists in Germany are strong
er than the diplomats and are deter
mined upon war to the finish. They |
believe he will do the pan Germans |
much more harm than good.
lag
Military operations of prime irnpor- |
lance last week were confined To Al |
bania, field of which little has been |
heard for a long time. There the |
Italians and French got very busy and, |
with the aid of British naval forces |
In the Adriatic, started an offensive
that met with considerable success
ana Is still progressing as this Is writ
ten. Within few days the allied
forces had advanced more than twen-
ty-f1ve miles on a battle front sixty
miles long, had captured Fierl. an i'm
portant town eight miles from the
Adriatic, and had practically sur
rounded Berat, the chief city of south
srn Albania. They also had occupied
mountain positions of great strategic
value. Before the week closed the
Austrians had evacuated Berat.
This Albanian offensive was counted
IN to have great political effect. es-
oeeially in Austria Hungary and
lmong the small nations of the Bal
rams. Already 1t had caused evident
among the forces of the
central powers that face the allies
rom the Adriatic to Saloniki. In
Macedonia they made several costly
md vain attacks on the allies. The
apparent objective Of the allies In AL.
'ania Is the Shkumbi valley and the
I'D Roman road, the Via Egnatia,
eading to the Vardar valley and open
ng the way to movement toward the
asst that would outfank the enemy
orth Of Monastir.
IL the Austrians are decisively de-
Gated In this region the kaiser may
orce them to accept Won Below as
heir generalissimo, despite their pro-
ests. The efforts to Germanize the
AUSTRIAN general headquarters have
TIRED up the already angry people
the dual kingdom. Another row
here has been caused by more or less
pen assertions that Empress Zita
lined the offensive on Italy By pre-
emitting the use Of gas and otherwise
ampering the commanders. A big