The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1918-02-19
THE LATEST WAR NEWS

Stories from the front by the AS
ISOLATED Press tell of the intrepidity
of the Americans in trench raid OPP
| erations, of their GOODNESS under fire
and in returning fire, the accuracy of
aim of the gunners and the intense
watchfulness to observation posts to
see that the enemy obtained no I'M
due advantage in surprise attack.
The only criticism thus far heard re-
garding the Americans is their desire
to be up and at the enemy. Like their
brothers of the North-the Canadi-
ans-they are hard to hold i'm res
traint. Aside from their daily task of
knocking down the German trenches
and dugouts with their guns, the lat
est experience of the Americans and
thrilling one was night patrol
raid, during which the Germans, af-
ter the Americans had passed their
first line of wire entanglements,
heavily charged with electricity.
Coolly the Americans lay down until
the danger was past and returned to
the trenches, nobody being injured.
Petrograd is in turmoil. Maraud-
! ing soldiers have broken into jewelry
stores, wine cellars and even private
homes. looting everything in sight.
| Nightly battles are waged in the
streets, and in one of these 100 per-
sons were killed. Fortv thousands re-
leased Austrian and German prison.
ers now in Petrograd are in danger
of starvation as the result of the
| anarchy that rules the capital In the
Ukraine fighting continues between
the Red Guard and the White Guard.
An American returning from Petro-
grad in a statement declares the
power of the Bolsheviki is waning.
Germany has suddenly found her
self involved in maze of difficulties
on the eastern front and in danger of
losing all the large benefits she was
calmly preparing to realize from her
peace with the Ukraine and the Boil
shevik withdrawal of Russia from the
war. Poland, that land which so fire.
uuentlv in course of history has
proved thorn in the side of military
conquerors. is threatening to consti-
tute herself the rock on which the
German hope of peace and gainful
expansion in the East may be shat
tered. Embittered by the tearing off
of strip of their territory to be CIV
en- the Ukraine for breaking away
from the Bolsheviki and signing a
peace with the Central Powers, the
Poles are in what appears to be vir-
tually state of revolt.
Amendment of the draft law so as
to exempt citizens or subjects Of
neutral countries who have declared
their intention to become American
citizens is nrorosed in bill prepar-
err by the War Dpartment ir coniunc-
ton with the State Department and
introduced bv Chairman Dent, of
the House Military Committee.
The German navy made another of
it's minor demonstrations along the
English coast, this time sending in a
submarine to lombard the important
channel port of Dover under cover
of darkness. The U-boat was driven
off by the shore batteries after three
or four minutes Smelling.
Saturday nights ATTEMPTED air
raid on London proved failure, on
ly one German airplane of the six
that crossed the water reaching the
capital through the heavy barrage
sent up bv the British anti-aircraft
batteries. One of the enemy planes is
reported to have been forced down
into the sea as a result of fight in
the air with British aviators
Communication with Petrograd
has been restored and delayed re-
ports tell of serious rioting there and
of indications that the Bolsheviki
power is waning.