Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-11-21

back slowly hut surely until the
Marine was reached and crossed by
The Invading hosts and the caritui
seemed To be within the grasp Of the
nuns. Then came forward the first
heroic hgure OF the war, Marshal
Jofire of France. Communicating
every motor vehicle In Paris, he rush
cd 10 The from, The entire force !ef, To
nel.Li the capital ana In "A mighty
battle along the Marine the Germans
were defeated. They had spread out
loo much and permitted their right
hahk TO be turned and were driven
back TO the northeast. Reaching lines
prepared with this possibility in view
'Ley dug in" and then began a period
Of trench warfare that lasted for three
years, IN the course Of which there
We're no remarkable gains of territory
by either side.
Under the management Of Lord
Kitchener BrItaih's millions were be
ihs enlisted and trained and trans
ported to the battle grounds. Not
only from the homeland did they
come, but from Canada, Australia,
New Zealand, India, South Africa and
all of the far.i!uns possessions Of the
empire, with an arlor that settled for
all time the question Of their loyalty
10 hat empire, Ireland alone held
back 10 n considerable extent, hoping |
to gain Independence and making it
self the Matching ground for many Il
German plot. Kltchcner's great work
practically accomplished, he went TO
| his death when Il German submarine
sank the cruiser on which he was
| going to Russia.
Germany's Submarine Warfare,
In the first months Of the war the
British fleets, aided by the japanese,
took away Germuny's island colonies.
and then. having almost full mastery
Of the seas. established d blockade OF
Germany designed to stnrve her Into
submission. The reply to this was
quick In coming. The Germans start
ed out their submarines at once, anu
began building more and bigger TN
dersca vessels. Disrcgarding the rec
ogn!zed laws OF warfare, they declared
unrestricted war on all vessels or
their enemies, and a mur1crous career
that finally resulted in dragging iEe
United States into the conflict ana
bringing defeat to themselves. lle
first notable victim Of this method OF
warfare was the Lusitanln, more thar
a thousand Of whose passengers per
lshcd. On this and many another YES
sci that was sent down by the SUD
marines were American citizens, ant
there was Il powerful demand on oui
government to stop the practice or t
enter the war.
For nearly two years President VIII
son held back, writing numerous note
Of protest to Berlin and receiving al
equal number Of false promises
Early In 1917 Berlin announced ina
submarine warfare thereafter woul
: be un~restricted--as 1t had been
: reality most Of the time-and thef
) was nothing left the United States ct
70 declare n state Of war with lie
e many. This was done on April y an
l. from that fateful day the doom {
: Germany's great conspiracy was Sc
y tied.
Anerjea's Wonderful Effort.
q With amazing energy and spec
!. America went at the tremendous tas
a of making an army out OF its civlila
population. There were many Ill
4. takes and many delays, but these a.
almost forgotten In the contemplate
y. Of the marvellous success with whi'
q the thing was accomplished. After
a long and heated debate, the selecu'
N draft system of raising an army W
n. adopted, and young nen by the III
dred thousand were taken from tht
10 civilian pursuits, put in immen
training camps aud made into solule'
I'd To command them, thousands OF
acers were trained In other camps.
the incredibly short time OF n ye
~ nearly two million fighting men,
80 efficient as the world has ever SET
had been transported across the
!. lantic, with all the vast supplies
~ ouired: and Mt home the industries
the land had been reorganizcd for
business Of war. Knowing well
righteousness Of the task Of winning
~ war, the government bent every
fort to 1t and the draft age limits W
extended to include all men betw'
the ages Of eighteen and forty:
Many thousands Of those thus draf
~ were in training when the war ca
nj to q close.
,,n Americas arrival In France '
=, most timely. Though the crown prl
~ had failed misernbly in his attempt
y force a way to Paris by the Yer
nm route In 1916, the Germans never 6
w. IN their plans to take the French
ital, and in the spring Of 1918,
re.enforcements released from
eastern front by the collapse OF
a.. STA. they began a powerful drive
IT,. northern France. In the first 81
Of this they reached the Solnme,
in the second they got to the MI
again, only IS miles from Paris.
Yankees to the Rescue.