Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-12

me in the ruins of Peronne, which the
northwest of Noyon, in conversation
olutionists in Moscow is being carried
out with Il heavy hand. About five
thousand of them have been arrested
and sentenced to death, and it is said
| they will be executed il their party
shows any further opposition TO the
| soviet government. The streets of
Moscow are under the stricteSt mill
| tary guard.
Details of the supplementary Russo
| German agreements have been made
| public. Germany promises to evacll-
ate all occupied territory east of Lii
| vpnia and ESthOnia as soon as bolln-
daries are established, and to get out
| Of all other territory east of Germany
when Russia has fulfilled her finan-
cial obligations, which must be with
in four months. Russia is pledged to
fight against the entente forces in
\ northern Russi,l, and Germany prom
ises that Finland shall not attack.
Russia rcnounces its sovereignty over
1 Esthonia and d.ivonia, but is to have
free transit to Reval Riga and Win
/ dau.
An attempt to assassinate Nicolai
| Lenine. soviet premier was made by
a girl in Moscow. but Mt last reports
he was still alive though in a serious
condition. Very likely his death
| ,yn1,lI l., rn.lcn,,.l n, D,ee.;,
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4 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
aretiEement.of the allied line for short
distance is explained by tile 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 tro,l-
blcs. or because of the call on her for
troops to help out the sorey pressed
Germans in France. Several Austrian
divisions have bccn identified on the
west front. Meanwhile the Italian
airmen. aided by American flyers, have
been doing Il lot of bombing of Aus
trian towns, railways ana naval sta
tions.
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According to dispatches from Mtl-
nich bN way of Geneva. Count Won
Hertlng, the imperial chancellor, re-
signed Thursday, giving poor health
as The cause, of his action.
From Cologne came the news HAT
the comnan,lant Of the Brandenburg
province had placed the province, in
cluding the city of Berlin, under mar
tiai law in order to stop the invention
and circulation Of untrue rumnrs CAL
cnlatcd to disGuiet the populacc.'
General March, said laSl week that
more than 100000 American troops
were landed in France during August.
and that up to the first OF September
more than l.6OO.OOO 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. aud observers in France and in
England believe it is being prepared
for great drive Of whicl, the present
big offensive is bui the preliminary.
, All preparations have been com
; pleted for the registration of men be-
. !, tween the ages of eighteen and twenty.
one and tllirty-one and forty-fve. un-
der the new draft law. General Grow
der has called on the people 10 aid in
making the registration Il complete sue
cess, and. so far as the older men are
concerned, has given assurance that a
very large proportion of them will not
be required to go to the front. The
young men. he and most others believe,
will be only too glad to get into this
greatest and most righteous OF al.
wars.
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Spain has not yet come to the brenli-
ing point with Germany, but another
Spanish vessel having been torpedoed
has decided to seize German interned
ships without further parIey. The
tone of the press there, and also in
other neutral countries, is becoming
distinctly proally.
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American shlpyards Sc. record
during August, turning out &c ships
agsregating 340,l45 dead weight tons
Forty-four were of steel. The tctal
tonnage built for the shipping board
has now passed the two million mark
British merchant vessels completed
: during August amounted to 124.67s
J gross tons. The new construction In
the allied countries is now well ahead