The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-05-16

Bretonneux, east Of Amiens. After
an intense preliminary hombardmcnt
lasting two hours, the Germans adj
vanced, three battalions strong, and
hand-to-hand fighting cnsued all along
the line. The Americans put up Il de-
Tense that won the warm praise Of
the French commanders on their
TANKS, and h Huns. after conSidcra-
BILE time, were driven back with heavy
loss. The losses of the Americans
were said to be rather severe.
The second attack was made We'd
nesday night in the Themes sector,
southeast of Amiens, and was as COM
plete q failure as the other.
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Already, the expected Teutonic
peace offensive" is beginning to de-
velop, ms it always does after the
kaiser has won some successes and
then has been brought to a halt.
Charles Of Austria is said to have
made peace offers to Italy. the real
purpose Of which is evidently to ere
ate discord in Italy and at the same
time to quiet the discord mo his
own subjects. The pope, 1t is under
stood. will put forth peace proposals
on Whitsuntide. May 10, making con
crete offers of mediation by the holy
see. Germany's own offers are eX-
pected after another great effort has
been made to smash the allied armies
In France.
This peace offensive will be no less
offensive 70 the allies than It's prede-
cesSors. They Will not be deceived by
offers to restore Belgium and to cede
Lorraine. Nothing less than the ut
ter defeat Of the central powers will
satisfy them, unless there is an un
believable change in the state Of mind
ri the governments and the peoples.
This is no less true in America thar
In England and France. The Ameri.
can casualty lists, though still com
paratively short, are scattering all
over the cOuntry's map little black
dots Of mourning, each of which he
comes the center of n strengthened de.
termination to see the war through tc
complete victory.
The Austrian emperor Is truly hav
ing n hard time keeping his subjects
to their allegiance. From Serbian
sources comes the news tina the Serbs
Croats and Slovcnes in the dual mon
archy are holding a plebiscite on the
plan to Join with Serbia and Monte
negro In n national independent
state, with Peter Of Serbia rs the
king. This movement is led by the
prime archbishop Of Carniola. Mean
while the Austro-H Hungarian military
commanders have been greatly cxer
cised by the fact. just announced
that large numbers Of Bohemian
troops are joining the italian army
and are now on the italian front ir
Italian uniforms. They belong TO the
CZecho-Slovak army which is bcirl
formed Mt many points within Austria
Hungary.
Though they have slowed up n Bit
In Russia proper, the Germans are go.
ing ahead steadily with their penetra
ton Of Ukraine, and now have es.
tabliShcd military rule In Kicv, its
capital. on the ground that the gov.
eminent has proved too weak to main.
tain law and order. A number Of the
members Of the Ukraine government
have been arrested. or course, the
prevailing disorder there is mainly
Cue to the presence of the German
troops and their oppression of the peo.
pie, but n little discrepancy like that
does not bother the kaiser. Recently
General o EichhOrn, the German
commander there, ordered the peas
antry to return all property and Of
fects taken from the l~nndholders and
TO begin at once the cultivation Of the
estates. This order. designed to pro-
tcct the Interests Of the lnndholders,
most of whom are Poles and Russians,
was vigorously opposed by the rada,
which declared 1t would not permit in
terfcrence by German or Austro-Hun-
garian commanders in the internal af-
fairs OF the country. The minister of
agriculture was instructed to tell the
peasants not to obey Won Eichhorn's
order.
Berlin announced on Thursday TINT
~Sevhstopol had been occupied by the
German forces.
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For q day or two last week the world
was startled by a report that there had
Deen a countcr-revolution in Russia,
ana that the former cars little son
ma been proclaimed emperor, with
his uncle. Grand Duke Michael, ns re-
gent. The story came from Scan
dinaVia, and soon was recognized as