Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-01-05

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| Germans on the west front did not de-
! velop, but Won Hlndenburg's concen-
] tration Of troops and heavy cannonad-
| Ing of the entente lines continued.
/ The British and French made all pos
sihle preparations to withstand the ex-
! pected attack and their commanders
seemed quite confident that IL would
t be repulsed. AT the same time, the
seriousness of the situation Is not de-
MED. Though the allies are numer-
lcally superior TO the enemy there,
since they do not know In what sector
the blow win be struck they cannot
concentrate their strength In that re-
gion until the offensive has begun.
With the Withdrawals from the Rus
Sian front ana the calling out OF the
younger classes Of reseryists, the
kaiser is officially reported to have 154
divisions in France, only one division
short of the force he massed there
last July for the great operations
against the French.
Italians Give Way Slightly.
Bloody fighting was kept up in Italy
and the Austro-German made further
desperate attempts to break through
into the Venetian plain between the
Piave and the Brenta, In the direction
Of Bassano. They succeeded, at great
expense, In taking some positions and
1000 prisoners at Mont Asoleone, but
Mont Grappa, the key to the defense
In that region, was held tenaci0usly
by the Italians. The French and Brit
action and proved of valuable assist.
anee. On the lower Piave the enemy
renewed his attempts to force Il cross
ing, without marked success. The de-
fensive system of the Italians In this
flooded region Is said to be very clever
and the pontoon bridges Of the Aus.
TRANS are destroyed as fast as built.
For months there has been moth.
Ing doing" on the Macedonian front,
but the recall Of General SarraIl, com.
mander Of the allied armies Mt Salon
Xxi, and the appointment Of General
Gulllaumat who led the French In
their brilliant operations In the Yer
dun sector last summer, may mean
that some interesting news from
Macedonia can be expected soon. The
Bulgarlans, despite extravagant peace
claims recently sent out, are about
ready to quit the war, and Austria
Hungary was tired of It long ago,
though somewhat heartened by the
drive into italy The Turks were hard
hit by the loss of Jerusalem, and al
together II would seem that good
time is approaching for an offensive
I'm the Balkans.
British Public Angry.
Two events aroused the Indignation
Of the British press and public, The
first was another successful German
attack on shipping in the North sea,
In which one British and five neutral
merchantmen, q British destroyer and
four mine sweepers were sunk. The
convoy was on its way from Scotland
to Norway, The success of the raid
has given rise to sharp criticism OF
the naval authorities. The second
thing to exasperate the English was
another air raid Tuesday night. About
twenty German planes crossed TO the
Kent and Essex coasts In six groups
and five Of them succeeded In reach
Ing London and dropping bombs. Ten
persons were killed and 10 injured.
Several Of the raiders were shot down
The American navy met with a pain
FIJI loss when the submarine FL was
rammed and sunk by the submarine
F-3 In home waters during fog.
Nineteen members of the crew lost
their lives.
Secretary Of State Lansing, In con-
junction with the Argentine govern
ment. gave out TRANSACTIONS Of a lot
/ more of the secret correspondence be-
tween Count Luxburg, former German
minister at Buenos Aires, and the Ger
man foreign Office. It shows conclus-
lively that Germany was intriguing TO
set Latin America against the United
States. It was expected in Washing
ton that this disclosure would result
quickly in declaration of war against
Germany by Argentina, the congress
and people Of the latter country being
not likely to put up much longer with
the pro-Germanlsm of President Iri-
goyen.
The anti-llquor forces of America
won their greatest victory on Monday
when the house adopted the Webb
resolution submitting to the states a
constitutional amendment provldin:
for the suppression of the liquor traffic
one year after the ratification of the
amendment by 80 state legislatures
The senate already had adopted sim
liar resolution.