The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-11-21

shipping, thus carrying to Germany the
war of starvation that Germany had
planned for her,
United States Neutral.
The United States in the meantime
had proclaimed its neutrality. Italy,
though a member of the@riple alliance.
was holding off on the ground that its
alliance. with Germany and Austria
were fore defense and not of Of
Tense. 1t was not until May of 1915
that she got into the war and then on
the side of the allies. BY the end of
~1914 Japan was in with the allies and
turkey with the central powers. Fight
ing was IN active progress in Belgium
ana France; on the Russian-Cerman
ana RusSian-Austrian fronties. The
government of France had been re-
moved to Bordeaux. But the Ger
mans were still IS miles from Paris
May Z, 1915, the passenger liner
Lusltania was torpedQed without warm
ing and sunk by a German submarine
Off the coast of Ireland. This outrage
against humanity Mortified civilization.
Germany, however, celebrated the
sinking. To the world she sought to
defend her action by asserting that the
LuSltanla was armed and that she car
ried munitions of war. She was not
armed and she did not carry munitions
of war. Many Americans felt there's.
after that the entrance Of the United
States into the war was inevitable.
February 81, 1915, the German crown
princes army began the attack on Yer
dun which was to blast a way to Paris
The bombartlment of Verdun was the
heaviest artillery fire of the war
1t was here that the. French said
They shall not pass" And the
Germans did not pass. The French
saved Verdun by communicating prac-
tically ever motor vehicle in Paris and
rushing reserves to the great fortress.
The devotion of it's garrison, the in
tensity and persistence of the German
attack and the dramatic deliverance
have made the name Verdun known
the world over.
June ) Lord Kitchener the British
war hero, was lost on the British cruis-
er Hampshire, together with most of
the crew. He was on a secret mission
for TIE allies. It was afterWard
charged that he was betrayed by the
Russian czarina, who furnished the in
formation which led to the sinking of
the cruiser by German submarine.
July 8 the German submarine
Deutschland arrived in Baltimore.
She carried Il valuable cargo and took
valuable cargo back to Germany. She
claimed to be merchant vessel and !
was treated as such by the United
States. The main purpose, doubtless,
was to impress America with the Ger
man submarine; the sinking in OctO-
Der by German submarines of six mer-
chant vessels off Nantucket, Mass,
was presumably part of the same plan.
Germany was getting ready for her
forthcoming announcement of unre-
stricted submarine warfare.
September IA the British introduced !
into war a new engine of destruction
the tank" In brief it is a heavily
armOred body, armed with guns on q
Caterpillar" instead of wheels. 1t can
thus travel over almost any sort of
ground and crush its way throtssh most
obstacles. The caterpillar tractcr is
sVl American invention, originating. in
Peoria, ILL.,; the adaptation of harm
less tractor machinery to a destructive
war engine was dome in secrecy by an
EngIiShman. The tank proved genu-
inc surprise and has played no small
part i'm the war, together with lighter
and faster tanks called ''whippetS."
The Germans also soon produced
tanks, but apparently have never
been able to hold their own with those
of the allies. One of the most St"ik-
ing exploits of the war was the ex-
plot of an American sergeant who
rode into action perched on the top
of an American tank.
Collapse Of Russia.
The close of the year 1915 was mark |
ed by the resignation of Premier Her
bert Asquith of Great Britain and the |
acceptance of the premiership by |
David Lloyd George; new cabinet in |
France and 4 new commander in chief, |
General Nivelle; the practically COM
plete defeat of the armies of. ROu-
which had joined the allies.
and peace proposals from Germany to |
HE, allies through the United States. |
Things were going well with Germany
and she wanted peace On'terms of her
OWN making.
The spring of 1917 saw the collapse
IF Russia. Il collapse undoubtedly
brought about by Germany through in
rigue and for her own purposes. 1t
peaan March II with revolution in Pc
rnrrad March II Gar Nicholas all 7
Heated March % America recognized
he new Russian government Il repuh-
ic Since then Russia has been a
.haOs Russia is one of the big prob
ems confronting the allies. They can
presumably put IAN end to the reign of
lnarchy. murder and pllage: the re-
generation of the nation is Il tremen-
l1,,r nnnlarfn ling |