Mexico Missouri message., 1918-07-25


| and 100000 enlisted men and that
on July practically q million of them
were in France; that the death rate
for disease among all troops in the
United States was only 316 per thou
sand; that the number of combat
planes delivered to June 8 was 2S6,
the production for the week ending on
tnat day being so; that 5,315 training
planes had been delivered to June 8,
more than 1000 Liberty engines, and
$1,000 machine guns for use on air.
planes. Between the declaration of
war and June / more than 100000
rifles were produced and delivered and
enough are now being received to
equip division every three days. Mr..
Baker told many other encouraging
facts, and enlarged on the wonderful
work of the American engineers who
enlarged port facilities and built rail-
roads in France for the landing and
movement of American troops.
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If the central powers would know
the unwavering determination of the
people Of the allied nations, they have
but to read President Wilson's Inde-
pendence day address at the tomb of
Washington, in which 1t was voiced
most eloquently. "There can be but
one ISSUE" declared the president.
"The settlement must be final. There
can be no compromise. No halfway
decision would be tolerable. No half
way decision is conceivable" He thus
put our great objects in a single SEN
tence: what we seek is the reign of
law, based upon the consent of the gov
erned and sustained by the organized
opinion of mankind" In less formal
language, the Huns must be whipped
to a frazzle, for until they are their
rulers will not accept such a peace as
the allies will grant, and the people Of
Germany and Austria, with too few ex-
ceptions, are like sheep.
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In the absence of any great military
operations on the French and italian
fronts last week attention was largely
directed toward Russia. What shall
be done to aid that distracted country
is a problem still unsolved, and 1t is
made more difficult by the lack of re-
liable information as to what is going
on there. The reports Of the downfall
of the bolsheviN and the re-establish-
ment of the monarchy with Grand
Duke Nicholas as czar, which came
through the always unreliable German
sources of news, were given little
credit, but 1t appears to be the truth
that Grand Duke Michael Is co-operat-
ing with tie Czecho- -Slovak forces In
Siberia and that they are establishing
their rule In that country. The Ukrain-
ian telegraph bureau at Kiev says Mi
chael has been proclaimed czar and Is
marching toward Moscow.
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Washington received official reports
confirming the news that the Czecho-
Slovaks had whipped the bolsheViki
IN a bloody battle at Vladivostok and
taken over the administration Of that
port. 1t may be they will form the
nucleus for the gathering OF the ele-
ments that have revolted against the
bolsheviki and before long be recog-
nized by the allies as stable govern
ment and given aid. 1t is now admit
ted In Germany that the German and
Austro- Hungarian war prisoners In
Russia are fighting on the side of the
bolsheyiki.
Up in the province of Archangel
which extends across northerly Russia
in Europe, there is new trouble brew
ing. At Kola and along the railroad
southwark from that port are great
stores OF war supplies now guarded by
American and allied marines and blue
Jackets, and moving toward that region
is a large force of Germans and Firms
Submarines already are reported to bt
In the White sea. II may be the allies
will find it necessary to senn troops III
there. Delegates from the Murmar
and White sea coasts already haV'
asked them for protection.
The Swedish press says the kaisel
has ordered the Finnish diet to intro
duce monarchial rule without delay
threatening that If 1t does not compl!
Germany will set up a military die
tatorship.
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Having discovered extensive move
ments of troops and materials behln'
the German lines in the Chateau Thier
ry region, indicating coming attack
the Americans stationed there took tn
initiative and. in the most importan
operation they had thus far under
taken by themselves, they captured tn