Mexico Missouri message., 1918-07-04


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mer strokes of the Hun fighting ma
chine. The German authorities cannot
deny their severe losses In this often
sIve, and, with General Won Stein, Prus-
sian minister of war, as their mouth
piece, have striven to reassure the
people by series of falsehoods con-
cerning the allies. First they issued
the statement that the Americans in
the battles about Chateau Thierry and
in Belleau wood had been defeated and
practically wiped out, though at the
very time those same dashing marines
were driving the enemy further and
further to the west and north. Then
Won Stein, addressing. the reichstag,
asserted that FOch's reserves no longer
exist, having been thrown into the
fight, together with the available
Americans, in vain counter-attacks
after the crown princes advance had
come to a halt on the Marne. The en-
tente, he added, is beginning to admit
heavy defeat and is comforting its peo-
pie with having the help of America.
The German press adds that the sub
marine raid in American waters stop
ped the sending of our troops to
France.
The public may rest assured that all
of these statements are absolute lies,
easily refuted did space permit. They
probably are necessary because of the
growing distress Of the German people
over their losses and their distrust of
their leaders.
The allied aviators gained new lau-
rels during the battle of last week, de-
stroylng several scores of German
planes, bombing their trenches and
muniton stations and raking their
troops and transports with machine
gun fire from low attitudes. In this
the American aviators played an In
creasingly important part, as we'll as
doing fine work on their own especial
sector north of Toul.
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Not yet ready to start their new
drive in Italy, the Austrians continued
to concentrate great masses of troops
there. The point of attack was not
revealed, but the Italians kept them
busy with big raids. On Monday the
italian naval forces performed a nota-
Bile exploit. Two torpedo boats raid
o.
Dalmatian islands, making their way
among the enemy vessels and torpedo
ing one big battleship, which sank
with loss of more than so lives. An
other battleshlp was damaged, and the
little vessels then returned to their
base in safety. 1t is said the Italians
have built "sea tank" long and mar
row, which can cut Its way through the
steel netting with which the Austrian
ports are protected. Possibly this was
used in the Dalmatian raid.
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Having, is they believe, completely
subdued Russia and most of Ukrainla
and having made friend of Finland
the Germans are reported to be trans
porting rapidly to the west front all
their troops except small detachments
left to keep order. But all of the Rus.
SLAMS are not crushed, for now the cen.
trail committee of the constitutional
democrats, who were ousted by the
bolsheviki, have appealed to America
and the entente powers to send an In
ternational army to Russia to combat
the Germans. The committee urged
that the aid be sent by way of Siberia
so that 1t might first cooperate witt
General Semenoff, who is still fighting
on the Manchurian border. and ther
with the Cossack chiefs. The matter
was seriously considered, but In Wash
lngton II was announced that Presi
dent Wilson did not think the time
was ripe for such action. He probabl,
has definite plans In this regard, bu
they have not been revealed to thu
public. Japan is preparing declara
ton defining her attitude toward Rus
sia. II an allied army is sent int
Siberia. 1t probably win consist main
ly OF Japanese and Chinese troops In
| deed 1t Is said Japan would object 4
the presence OF contingents from tn
western nations as reflection on he
honor.
Fighting their way westward througl
Russia and Siberia as did the littl
band of Belgians who recently passes
through the United States. some 1900
Czecho- Slovak troops are striving {
4 reach the Pacific coast. The bolshevi
authorities have ordered them disarn
cd, and they are having almost cor
tinuous battles with the soviet forces
--Ha-
Addressing the graduating class 0
the United States Military academy
Secretary Of War Baker on Wednesda
said that more than a million America
men would soon be in servive 4