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NEWS REVIEW OF
THE PAST WEEK
President Wilson More Hopaful of
Austrian Peace Than Is
Lloyd George.
vice chan
AGAIN SETS FORTH DEMANDS
Bolsheviki Perplex the Germans by
Abandoning the War Without Sign.
ing Treaty—Ukraine Makes Sepa-
rate Peace—All Ready for West
Front Offensive.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
President Willison
Czernin meant what
in his recent speech peace,
still hopes Austria-Hungary may
separated from Germany and that
war may be brought to an end with
out a great more of fighting
Premier Lloyd-Geo bel
real substance the
belleves Count
he seemed to say
on and
be
the
deal
rep tha
Ke that
{oy
0%
in Its
('zernin
tad
COMMBGrONn "or
ompromising
Hert!
war ocoiuncii
dress was
of Chancellor
allied
was right
as ur ns
von
the
T syy |
when it
be won by foree of
In his address to o
day Mr.
cardinal
arms
ng an
Vilson enunct the four
Ang
prinei
permnanent peace
No peoples shall be he
gain of any sov
the
er.”
Territorial
the
neighboring stntes
All fined 1
must he sat ee
now ddiscred d "balance of
must 1
benefit of tl people and not
well « nal aspirations
Until a peace based upon these prin-
ciples rd
ples
ed, An
and
ig secured, the president ert.
wrica has holee but
i
wi
no ¢ to £5
Orn,
of its
strength of
zation
continue {ts mobil
i1
i
resources unti the whole
the nation has been put in-
He de
imperial
to this war of emancipation
nounced the stand of the
chancellor, ned
lead Austria
ally.
but seer
'zernin to
autocratic
a,
Though sign
ing by most of the Teutonle
sidlent’s
hailed as a of weaken
press tho
pre regarded
Many
belleve he Is overoptimistic
concerning Austria, as Lloyd
George, but they ncrept at Its
value his statement of the nation's de
termin not to fighting
the resuits he demands
achieved, They feel harm
sult from lea apen the door to pos
sible negotiations with any one of the
central powers provided there is no
speech Ig not =o
by his fellow
them
countrymen of
may
does
face
ation stop until}
have been
rie
re
no oan
ving
hecause
may
letup in our war preparations
of the bare cha that they
be needed.
Premier Tdoyd-George's stand in sup-
porting the Versailles council and
maintaining secrecy concerning the
plans decided on by It was indorsed
by parliament, which gave him a vote
of confidence by an overwhelming ma
jority.
The German press warns Mr, Wilson
again that his efforts to separate Ger
many and Austria-Hungary will be fu-
tile nnd ealls his references to Ameri
ean mobilization mere bluff,
The kaiser, It may be noted, also de-
livered a speech, in which he said any
peace must be preceded by an admis
glon of German victory,
we J os
The outside world 1s not permitted
to know much of what Is going on in
Austria, but such Information as does
escape the censor really indicates that
President Wilson may not be far
astray in his hopes, It ix sald Austria
shows increasing reluctance to sending
her troops to fight against the British
and Americans In France, The Ber.
liner Tageblatt admits that the inter
pal situation In Anstria ls serious and
that government “is no longer possibie,
since the Czechs, Jugo-Slavs and Poles
forsn un Important majority, against
nee not
k to get their
3 *
down by French g
‘fe par
unfire near
ty, who played an im]
‘hich the German parties are
less”
"a
an American correspon
France, pence
wirg, Ludendorft
on Von Kuehl
includes the extending of
an
According
fent In
lend
to
the
prograin
1
anu
forced nann and
peror,
Prins) ny sakine
Prussinn DIMKINDK
3
aut WH
1HtOnoOImne srotectornte of the
province nembering
annexing otherwise controll
Briey-Lo
or
IWS ¥
ms
industrial
France, The
ntiy is left to
=e
¢ Trotzky
quest
Austria.
on
and his
handed Germany
Flatly ref
declare
with the central powers,
Russia I
ine
% have
rack.
sign a peace treaty, they
war } so f
is concerned, has ended.
lec longer
workers and peasants of Ge
Aus nultn
Ie gation ! Russian
ily he "wy i
neously, the complet
armgne
At
Austria
y" with extn
hours they and
was begun nrst
ny and
ry
il
WO
the aliled
£ +1
ng tho
ng £ TI
quit bolsheviki it
# signed a separate peace treaty with
vhich opens to ti
obtainin
fromn that
pointed
f QR0, i
! equate {
onis
hat
Germi
put
dry d
an
ny
the TEWS Roumnoi
that It sceept pea
the
on
houre or suffer
Bot the R
he kalser, declari
onmanl
ng they stil
confidence in thels
continue to fight to
Their armies nowroccupy
rabia, where they
feated the bolshes
lieved they
determined stand
nliled offensive in
they might aid by
garians and Austrians the north
‘here increasing that
such a drive, to eut off Turkey and re
duce Bulgaria, is contemplated. A new
Roumnanian cabinet is headed by Gen
ernl Avarescu,
shaken nnd
wold the finish.
of Bessa.
these
It is he
tnke
of
which
Bul
nil
have repeatedly
iki
nerved to
by nrospee
the Balkans
attacking the
from
evidences
troops
were this
is an
nre
In southern Finland, where the Red
guards are still holding out against the
government, horrible conditions pre
vall, Murders and all other crimes are
committed openly and the bolsheviki
are running amuek. Sweden still fears
the goverment. Recent reports from
Stockholm said certain Red guard lead:
ers had asked General Mannerheim to
consider peace negotintions,
asi JR
There is little to say of the Italian
front except that the fAghting there was
mainly by the artillery and aviators
and that neither side had any marked
ndvantage.
we I oe
Seemingly the stage is sot for Ger.
many's sapreme military effort on the
west front, and Fleld Marshal von
Woyrsch, the invader of Poland In
i
i
Ine
Ons
been sel
eeted
that
a TRL RA)
te rehent
the lines
not heen
manders
allied armie vince no
They have
preparation al their skill
resources are sitting tight,
fear
cannot
every
permit and
All feeling
I
Ve
out mover the ene
nents by
ir turn, have been
that car
German
muking some
raids ried them
to the lines,
the Germans
the
and
prossible have
ing to test strength of
ean forces,
that
Pershing s men will
the fightl
Hin
vard movement
when
for
Heved [.ondon
en, thi yermany
with her
sup
supersubm:
been: in
then put
growing very m
naval drive
kaiser is
of
yet
vhich may be
switzeriand
with
government
shipyard
siderable success
Our marine \»
live strike
marine wood
Hey
thw
geman
£4.50 allowe
and the govern
to setlile
try
FARMERS WARNED
OF NEW SWINDLE
MAN 18 ADVERTISING THAT
WiLL ORGANIZE FARM LOAN
ASSOCIATIONS FOR $500.
HE
SMALL TOWNS MAKE RECORD
Ahead of Cities in Buying the Smile
age Books—American Soldiers Lost
on Tuscania Protected by Govern.
ment Insurance.
Washingt
swindl
th
the
ta war wil
interference
and
pping program a
workmen continue their in
of the
the fair
ness np
board
.
mitmanagemeont
spending of
the
Island
of gross
harges
k! money it
government
Pa
ordered
determine
connect with
Hog
the
on new
shipyard at having |
an
ther
any criminal misuse of
Rear Admiral Bowles, general
of the Emergency Fleet
sald he was confident ail ex-
penditures ordered by the board would
Be vindicated
been made president
investigation fo
whe
there hind been
funds
ang ger cor.
poration,
TR en
Reorganization in the war depart
ment reached the general staff Inst
week, It has been restored to its for
mer power and under General March
ns necting chief of sfaff are now five
new members——Generals Plerce, Jer
vey and Graves, and Colonel Ketchan.
aie Jl en
Owing to good work
by Director
greatly Improved, and Fuel Con
troller Garfield felt warranted in re
seinding the order for heatless Mon
| days. The rallroads are now giving
much attention to the transportation
of corn and wheat, for the former
must be marketed and the distribution
of wheat and flour still is very faulty.
we
Yolo Pasha, the Levauntine financier
who conspired to break down the
French morale and to bring about a
dishonorable peace and who wae
financed by Germany, was found gullty
of high treason and sentenced to death.
“They order those things hetter In
France,” as Uncle Toby used to say
i
i
i
rmers are warned
YO e
nsking
Reryid
for
automatic
to n wife
The
aid
au
the act
of death follows
(an) Fora w
(1) For a widow
(c )
£47 Ww"
child up
(1) If
child, 820
{(¢)} For
{f) For
tor each additional child up tn two
{g) For n widawed mother, 820, The
ig subdivision
ran se
jfddow nl
child
additional
For n widow ren
ith £5
to
for e
Two,
there be no widow, then
£50
£40
twa children,
vith 86
three « hililren
amannt payable under ti
ehinll not be greater than a sum which
when added fo the total Pay.
nhle the widow and children, does
not exceed ED.
amount
tn
—
To meet the shortage of small sliver
change In Norway a inrge issue of one
crown totes (at normal exchange the
Norwegian crown is worth 20.8
United States currency) has been put
in clrealation,
The United States publis health
service carrying on a campaign
along santtary linex in areas adjacent
to 28 military camps. Complete sani
tary organizations work to prevent
the spread of disease from the civilian
populution to military forces, and to
protect clvillans from communicnhle
diseases where they have occurred
fmong troops,
The organizations incinde
clans, sanitary engineers,
tendantx and Inborers,
dertaken include inspection of sll es
tablishiments handling food supplies,
i=
physde
nurses, nt
- —
—
The committee on public information
has received the following excerpts
from a speech in the German relchstag
by Herr Ledebour, joint leader of the
independent socialists:
“Again has an opportunit
lected to the
for p It 1% plain that a step back
wird has been und that the po
completely
y heen neg.
entisfy world's longiug
Cred
taken
authorities have
adopted the military views of the con
ervatives, It is very disquieting for
friends of peace to hear the chancellor
free
Czernin's speech is a
of Hertling's, for
proposals as
iitical
hand in
strik
Czer
the
#iy that we now have a
pigeon
vernment supervisi
iv be a serious |
ngri
To (KK) are
1.00,
of the
in the
report,
gltry mals
It
know
with
ing, ete
who
may
perate trac
are tak
atten
Americon troops
hes,
in the trend
directed] to an
ry of
June 1. 1017
oN
ix agnin estimate
wrorol i that the losses
the British ex.
deaths in ae
wounds amounted to but
of the total of all men sent
begin of the
war
of
forces from
wlitianny
pedi ars
th aed from
7 ser cent
to
War,
The ratio of losses of this chamocter
hecnuse of lmproved tactics, in
100 mon.
Franc ginre the ing
today
joss than 7 to every
of the United
States food administration tant the
gross maximum profit for wholeaalers
flour should nat exeteed from 50 tn
75 cents per barrel, The profit to re.
dealers In original mill packages
exoeoed |) cents to
depending upon the
opinion
It i= the
in
tail
not from
relnllers sell In amounts less than the
original mill packages, the gross profit
should not exces 1 cent a pound.
Women with a fluent knowledge of
French sre being trained in several
chiles for work in France as tele
phone operators with the expeditionary
forces, They will not bw sent aver
in one unit, but ordered to go In
groups from time to time. No Infor.
mation can be given as to the loeality
in which they will be stationed,
Men wha are capable of handling
horses are still wanted for the vet
erinary corps, They must be physi.
ently fit and not of selectiveservice
age.
Lungs Are
Weakened By
Hard Colds
Hoa
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of uncertain
the date of her Wirth
vagponding! x
birthday
was a litt
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enough
age, and so
ald he please cl
Chris
the little
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town in
was very gossipy. and
asion
days might oc
lis News
The
Cereal Food
Different from the usual
run of toasted or steam-
cooked cercals,
Grape-Nuts
is baked in giant ovens—
baked for nearly twenty
hours under accurate con-
ditions of heat, so that the
whole wheat and malted
barley flours may develop
their full, rich sweetness.
You don’t need sugar on
Grape-Nuts.
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