Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-08-24


Geneva dispatches said the Austria
Swiss frontier was closed for some
days and all trains were fun of Aus
trian troops going to the Italian front,
which was taken to mean another com
ing offensive there. However. the Ital-
ianS were ready for 1t and daily inn
proved their positions, especially in
.he mountains
In Albania the AuStrans evacuated
all points held by them south of the
Semeni river
An amazing development is the seiz-
ure of Baku, center of the Caspian sea
oil district by British force which
made its way up through Mesopotamin
and Persia.
The parlous condition of the central
powers resulted In Kaiser confer
ence" at German main headquarters
which was attended by the rulers of
Germany and Austria and their chief
advisers and by representatives of the
Turks, Bulgarians and Russian bolshe-
Wiki. The Internal situation 10 Aus
triaHungary especially is growing
worse-or rather hetter--daily; an ex-
ploSion there almost any day would
not greatly surprise anyone. Bulgaria
shows signs of breaking away from
its confederntes. and as for Turkey, the
general public knows nothing of what
is going on there or what is expected.
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The situation in Russia. including
Siberia also is improving, for the
forces opposed to the bolsheviki and
the Germans are growing stronger and
amalgamatng. The possibility Of es-
tablishing an eastern front that viii
seriously worry the Huns is being CON
sidered, especially since the supreme
government Of the northern territory"
embracing half a dozen districts has
declared itself opposed to the Germans
/ and ready to fight them. Possession
of the port of Archangel and the Muir
man coast gives the allies an inlet
! for troops to help this movement. That
Germany recognizes the menace is evil
dent from the facts that She is sending
more soldiers from the west front to
Russia and has ordered Finland to
prepare - make war on the people OF
MurmauSk and the allies there. Dis
patches from HelSJnsfors declared the
Germans intend to occupy Pctrograd
though what they would gain by pos
session of that huneerstrickcn city is
not apparent. Lcuue and Irotsky
and their soviet government were re
ported to have fled from Moscow to
krousfadt. the great fortress near
Pctrograd. and TO hive placed the exc
cution Of power in the hands Of til
umviratc composed Of Lenine Trotsky
and /inoycT LcniEe also issued
manifesto urging the pItiless anuihila-
ton OF all counter-revolutionur
Moscow being admittedly Ia the con
troll of the couuter-revOIutlons the
German embassy also ded from that
city TO Pskoy. which greatly perturbed
the German press.
The diplomats Of all the allied pow
crs, now living on warships at Arch
angel. have demanded of 1rotsky an
explanation Of his threat that Russia
would declare war against Anglo
French Imperialism"
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The first American regiment sent TO
Siberia. the twenty seventh regular In
fantry from Manila landed at Vladi-
yostok Thursday. and other Yankees
are ON the way
The Czecho- Stoyaks i'm eastern ST
IBERIA now have the assistance Of Brit
i~h and French forces which landed
NladiYostoR aud joined them in the
Csuri river valley Those in western
Siberia were last reported as engaged
+ In "a desperate battle with large boil
shevik army.
a long step forward in the moral
support Of these fighting Czechs and
/ Of their fellow nationals who arr in
rebellion against Austria Hungary was
/ the formal recognition By Great Brit
I ain Of the Czecho-SIovaks us an al
/ lied nation ana of their armies as an
/ allied force regularly wagIug warfare
/ against the central powers, II is
hoped and believed America and other
allied nations will follow the example
Of Great Britain.
Last tpek's dispatches told Of furl-
Gus and bloody riots against The Ger
/ mans lu several Russian cities. caused
by tire attempts of the Huns 10 seize
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