South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-28

10 hEht any more had undermined the
morale OF certain Italian contingents and
contributed 20 this German success
In others quarters. however. the allies
Jared better On June u the treaehsrous
King Constantine OF Greece was forced
TO abdicate and Venizelos returned TO
power Then began a reorganization and
publication OF the Greek army. which the
next year sent 400. 900 Greeks 20 aid In put
ting Bulgaria and Turkey out OF the war
anc Ia the reconQuest OF Serbia.
The year closed with al event for the
allies OF Importance in a political as well
as a military sense Early In the war the
Turkish government had attempted TO
arouse all Mohammedans against the allies
with a proclamation o. a holy war The
effort had failed. but the British govern
ment was not content to rest on the evil
dent loyalty OF It's Moslem subjects. II
struck back not only with the expedition
into Aesopotamia. but also by measures
which detached the Arab tribes about
Mecca and Medinah from obedience 10 Con-
Stantinopls.
Then in the latter part OF 1917 an ex-
petition commanded BY Gen Allenby
pushed ACROSS the desert from Egypt into
Palestine. defeated the Turks near Joppa,
and on Dec. 20 captured Jerusalem and
later pushed eastward across the Jordan
Christendom was pleased with the
Christmas gift Of Jerusalem. and Zionist
Jews saw their hopes bearing promise OF
irution. But the new alignment which
The barring OF all roads 10 the Moslem
shrines against the Turks OF CONSTANT
nOple gave TO the Moslem world was even
moro important.
The Turkish sultan's only claim to the
title Of "khalif" or successor OF Mahomet
~ nj To- n
roads TO Mecca and Medinah. For the prae-
teal purposes OF assuring 10 Moslems
power OF compliance with the religious
duty OF pilgrimage. the "khalit' is now
King George
The Revival Of a Nation
On Feb. II. 1918. the Russian bolshevikl
had accepted the Hun peace terms at Brest
LitOvsk and Russia was nominally as well
as actually out OF the war. On March =.
Roumania had been forced to submit In
form. Russia was breaking into frag-
ments and plunging into ever increasing
anarchy. The pro-German elements In the
Ukraine got the upper hand there and
made that great granary virtually a Ger
man province. Mutinies broke up the Rus
sian Black sea feet. German forces seized
the Back sea ports. and the Turks pushed
over into the great Russian oil Aelds be-
tween the Black sea and the Caspian.
l1eu came one OF the most eAlT duI QludFy
events OF the war checking the Germani-
zation OF Russia. and leading directly TO
the rebirth OF a nation long subiusated and
oppressed, with its formal recognition by
all the allied powers as an independent
state. That nation was Bohemia. with the
border provinces of MOrayia and Silesia.
which their own people prefer TO call Slo-
Yakia. Among the consequences OF the
war Is the winning by the Czech-Slovaks q
their fight OF nearly 500 years TO preserve
their distinct nationality.
Bohemia. had. Of course. been forced "a
furnish her due proportion OF troops TO
the Austrian armies. At every opportun-
fly they went over to the Russians. with
whom they fought valiantly. When Russia
collapsed these ch-Sovak regiments
turned eastward. seeking TO make their
way through Siberia to the sea. hoping In
time to reach France and fight the Huns
there.
Fortunately for the cause OF Bohemia and
OF orderly liberty everywhere the madness
OF the Russian bolshevih refused to permit
the Czech-SlOyaks TO depart In peace
Their arms we're demanded and the trains
on which they were making their way to
Vladivostok were attacked. There were be-
tween as 900 and 100000 armed men. strung