The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-10-11

OF the Greeks In Serbia.
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ignation of Chancellor Won Hertling,
Vice Chancellor Won Payer and For
eign Minister Won Hintze. and the In
vitation of the kaiser and OF Emperor
Charles to their people to participate
In the government. Late In the week
1t was announced that the kaiser had
selected Prince Macmillan O. Baden
for the post of chancellor. Eie has been
known as head of Ike Delbrueck mod
crates and opposed to tho schemes Of
the pan-Germans. and it Is presumed
he Will make great efforts to bring
about Il negotiated peace. That, how
ever Is just what the allied nations
are determined shall not be accom-
plished, and their leaders and the
press already are at work to show the
people that unless the war Is carried
on until the Hun is beaten to his knees
and forced to accept a dictated peace,
all their sacrifices will have been In
iain. The time is ripe for the silly SEN
timentalists secretly urged on by the
friends Of Germany, to apring their
pleas Of pity for the defeated and Of
the benefits to be gained by ending
the war at once by negotiation. But all
this foolish and actually reasonable
talk will have no effect on those who
believe in justice and patriotism.
News from Russia and especially
from Serbia is scanty and belated
these days. The most important COM
ing lately concerns the anti-bolshevik
government set up in Omsk. Minister
OF War Michnelov attempted to make
himself dictator by forcing the resig-
nation of the cabinet and organizing an
administrative council to succeed 1t.
The council declared the duma dis
missed, but that body refused to dis
solve, released the imprisoned min
listers and put Michaelov under arrest.
The Czecho Slovak authorities there
promptly put strong military force
In the city and ended the attempted
coup.
In northern Russia the allies are
making progress southwark from Arch
angel along the Dvina river. and Amer
leans are holding the point farthest
south, only forty miles from Bielsk.
the bolshevik base.
A British expedition has handed In
Sptzbergen and seized the German
mining property and other plants
there, and the immensely rich iron and
coal deposits already are being de
veloped rapidly.
The state department at Washington
was Informed of a big uprising of the
Ukrainians against the Germans, IL
the course of which the Huns lost 1,5Ot
men and were forced to evacuate two
cities. This news, together with thu
knowledge that Roumania was abou
ready to re-enter the war on the sid'
of the allies, was considered of grea
military Importance. A large part 0
the population of Roumania, led by tn
, queen, has consistently refused to rec
, ognize the treaty of Bucharest b.
: which their country was robbed by tn
Huns. If they get into action again
, the plight Of Austria will be indee'
. most distressing-to Austria
Ia
The apparent determinauon of tn
' Germans TO destroy utterly every cit
. III France and Belgium that they ar
' compelled to relinquish has given ris
to general demand that the allie
, governments shall warn the Huns tina
for every place wantonly destroyed
q city or town in Germany will be hi
i, in ruins by them later on. That Is tn
s. only kind of argument the German ca
q understand. Secretary Lansing recot
I nized this when, in response TO tn
, threat of the Germans to treat as
n murderer every American capture
with shotgun in his possession, h
told them that reprisals for such az
!. ton would be thorough and effectiv
Il The British air bombers by their r.
d prisal raids on German cities, hay
s nearly put stop to the air raids {
@ the Huns on undefended places. The
r still attack Red Cross hospitals, an
T. for such brutality the allies can mai
u no reprisal in kind.
n On Monday the master numbers
IS the new draft were drawn, Presidel
e Wilson taking the first from the box
d The classification of the men Is pr
crossing well, but the sending of tho;
selected to the training camps may
It delayed by the serious spread of Il
e. epidemic of Influenza. Rigorous men
ID ures are being adopted to check Il
% disease. with prospects of success
n. Considering its nature, the number
p deaths is not extraordinary,