The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-11-29

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heroic figure of the war agarsna,
VI france. Communicating
every motor vehicle in Paris. he IRISH
GU 10 the front the entire force les, m
ueiend the capital and In a mivt,v
Dattie along the Marine the Germans
We're defeated. They had spread arr,
TOO much and permitted their rich,
mink 10 he turned and We're dr,ven
Dack 10 the northeast. Reaching lines
prepared with this possibility in view
they dug in and then began a perioa
oi trench warfare that lasted for threa
years III the course of which there
We're no remarkable gains of territory
by either side.
Dnuer the management of Lord
hiichener Britain's millions were be-
Ing enlisted and trained and trans
ported TO the battle grounds. MAJ
only from the homeland did they
come. but from Canada. Australia.
New Zealand. India, South Africa and
all of the far-fluIsg possessions of The
empire with an ardor that settled for
an time the question OF their loyalty
10 that empire. Ireland alone held
Dack 10 considerable extent. hoping
10 gain Independence and making H.
sell the Matching ground for many a
German plot. Kitchener's great work
practically accomplished, he went to
MS death when 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 Germany's island colonies,
and then. having almost full mastery
OF the seas, established blockade of
Germany designed to starve her into
submission. The reply to this was
quick in coming. The Germans start
ed out their submarines at once, and
began building more and bigger UNI
dersea vessels. Disregarding the rec
ogniZed laws of warfare, they declared
unrestricted war on all vessels of
their enemies. and a murderous career
that finally resulted in dragging the
United States into the conflict and
bringing defeat to themselves. The
flrst notable victim of this method of
warfare was the Lusitania, more than
thousand of whose passengers ger
ished. On this and many another YES
sci that was sent down by the sub
marines were American citizens, and
there was a powerful demand on our
government to stop the practice or to
enter the war.
For nearly two years President Will
son held back, writing numerous notes
OF protest to Berlin and receiving an
equal number of false promises
Early in 1917 Berlin announced that
submarine warfare thereafter would
be unrestricted-ss it had been in
reality most of the time-and there
was nothing left the United States hut
to declare state of war with Ger
many. This was done on April and
from that Hateful day the doom of
Germany's great conspiracy was set
tied.
Americas Wonderful Effort.
With amazing energy and speed
America went at the tremendous task
OF making an army out of its civilian
population. There were many mis-
takes and many delays, but these are
almost forgotten in the contemplation
of the marvellous success with which
the thing was accomplished. After
long and heated debate, the selective
draft system of raising an army was
adopted, and young men by the hun
dred thousand were taken from their
civilian pursuits. !, put in immense
training camps and made into soldiers.
To command them. thousands of of
ficers were trained in other camps In
the incredibly short time of one year
nearly two million fighting men. as
efficient as the world has ever seen.
had been transported across the At
lantic. with all the vast supplies re-
quired; and at home the industries of
the land had been recognized for the
business of war. Knowing well the
. righteousness of the task of winning the
war, the government bent every eff
fort to it and the draft age limits were
extended to include all men between
the ages of eighteen and forty-six.
Many thousands of those thus drafted
were In training when the war came
to q close.
Americas arrival in France was
most timely. Though the crown prince
had failed miserably In his attempt to
force a way to Paris by the Verdui
route In 1916, the Germans never gave
up their plans to take the French cap
ital, and In the spring of 1918, with
re-enforcements released from the
eastern front by the collapse OF Rus
STA. they began a powerful drive In