The Carlisle independent., 1918-10-10

of Sofia, capital or Bulgaria, to which percy. the French commander of the commander of the Greeks in Serbia. ~-~~~~-~~~~~~~~ ignation of Chancellor von Hertl.ns, Vice Chancellor von Payer and For e,gn Minister von Hinfze, and the in- .sitAtiOn. of the kaiser and of Emperor Charles to their people to participate in the government Late in the week it was announced that the kaiser had . selected Prince Maximilian 0: Baden for the post of chancellor. He has been known as head of the Delbrueck mod crates and opposed to the schemes of the pan-Germans, and 1t Is presumed he win make great sEorts to bring about . negotiated peace. That, how ever, is just what the allied nations are determined shall not he accom- pnshed, and their leaders ana the press already are at work to show the people that unless the war is carried on until the Hun is beaten to his knees and forced to accept a dictated peace, all their sacrifices will have been in vain. The time is ripe for the silly sen timentahsts, secretly urged on by the friends of Germany, to spring their pleas of pity for the defeated and of the benefits to be gained by ending the war al once by negotiation But all this foolish and actually reasonable talk will have no effect on those who believe in justice and patriotism.
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 News from Russia and especially from Serbia is scanty and belated these days. The most important con- ing lately concerns the anti-bolsheyik government set up ill Omsk. Minister of War Michaelov attempted to make himself dictator by forcing the resig nation of the cabinet and organizing an administrative council to succeed it. The council declared the duma dis missed. but that body refused to dis solve, released the imprisoned min isters and put Michaelov under arrest. The CZecho- Sloyak authorities there promptly put q strong military force in the city and ended the attempted coup.
 In northern Russia the allies are making progress southward from Arch angel along the Dvina river. and Amer jeans are holding the point farthest south. only forty miles from Bielsk, the bolshevik base.
 A British expedition has landed in Spitzbergen and seized The German mining property and other plants there, and the immensely rich iron and coal deposits already are being de veloped rapidly.
 The state department at Washington was informed of big uprising of the Ukrainians against the Germans, in the course of which the Huns lost ,J00 men and were forced to evacuate two cities. This news, together with the knowledge that Roumania was about ready to re-enter the war on the side of the allies. was considered of great military importance. A large part of the population of Roumania led by rhe queen, has consistently refused to rec ogfSZe the treaty of Bucharest by which their country was robbed by the Huns. If they get into action again, the plight of Austria will be indeed | most distressing-to Austria.
 The apparent determination of the Germans to destroy utterly every city ill France and Belgium that they are compelled to reiinquish has given rise 10 general demand that the allied governments shall warn the Huns that for every place wantonly destroyed q city or town in Germany will be laid in ruins by them later on. That is the only kind of argument the German can understand. Secretary Lansing recog nized this when, in response to the threat of the Germans 10 treat as q murderer every American captured with shotgun in his possession. he told them that reprisals for such &C., ton would be thorough and effective The British air bombers, by their re- l prisal raids on German cities, have nearly put stop to the air raids of the Huns on undefended places They ! still attack Red Cross hospitals and for such brutality the allies can make DO reprisal iii kind.
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 On Monday the master numbers in the new draft were dra,yu. President Wilson taking the first from inc bowl. i Tie classification of the men is pro ] eressing well. but the sending of those ] selected to the training camps may he } delayed by the serious spread of the epidemic of influenza. Rigorous meas ures are being adopted to check the disease. with prospects of success. Considering its nature. the number of deaths is not extraordinary.