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PLATTSMOUTH EVENING JQTJRNAL.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, - 1917.
BRITISH MUST
FACE A SHOCK
IN THE WEST
PREMIER CALLS ON ENGLAND
FOR MORE SOLDIERS TO HOLD
LINE TILL U. S. AID COMES.
after victory; without victory It
would be a farce."
Continuing his discussion of a
league of nations, Mr. Lloyd George
said it could not be had by a negoti
ated peace at this timo.
"It is idle to talk of security to be
won by such feeble means." he as
serted. "There is no security in any
land with the certainty of punish
ment. There is no protection in a
GERMANS
SfS MUST NOT TALK PEICE
state where the criminal
powerful than the law.
is more
Only Way to Win Enduring Peace Is
by .Victory of the Entente
Anns.
London, Dec. 14. That steady
progress toward the desired goal is
being made by the allies, despite
some untoward occurrences, it is the
firm conviction of Premier Lloyd
George, he declared today.
It is because of this fact, the pre
mier said, that he would regard
peace overtures to Prussia at the
moment when its military spirit was
drunk with boastfulness as a betray- I
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i ui me irusi oi iiunseu ana nis
colleagues.
The premier's words were:
"It is because I am firmly con
vinced that, despite some untoward
events, despite discouraging appear
ances, we are making steady pro
gress toward the goal, that I would
regard peace overtures to Prussia at
the very moment the Prussian mili
tary spirit is drunk with boastful
ness as a betrayal of the great trust
with which my colleagues and my
self have been charged.".
Folly to Underrate Peril.
Question of Tonnage.
"To end a war entered upon o
enforce a treat y, without reparation
for the infringement of that treaty.
merely by entering into a new, more
sweeping and comprehensive treaty
would be a farce in the setting ot a
tragedy."
Victory, declared the premier, was
a question of tonnage. Germany was
gambling upon America's failure to
transport its army to Europe. The
future of the world depended upon
the efforts Great Britain and America
make to increase their output next
year, he declared. The food imports
next year, he said, in this connec
tion. must be reduced 3.000,000 tons
by increased home production and
economy.
Premier Lloyd George said that a
call must be made on the nation for
great sacriOces and more fighting
men were needed until the American
forces arrive to offset the burden'
that had been cost on the allies by
the defection of Russia and the re
verses in Italy.
Man-Power Superior.
The allies now must derend all
fronts against the enemy and have a
mobile army for any point of emer
gency, the premier said, and he add
ed that the allies had a superiority
in man-power in France on the battle
front, and that there were consid
erable British reserves at home.
REBUKED BY SUPREME COURT.
If Russia persists in its present
policy, the premier pointed out. the
withdrawal by the enemy from the
east Of a third of his trnnn rnnat ral
lpas hnndri f thnMnH0 Washington. D. C, Dec. 13. A
and masses of material to attack ' thflDf yebk .ministered by
Great Britain. France and Italy. I fhief JllStlCe hlte to one of J tne
"It would be follov," he added, "to ! lawyers stacking the law enlivened
underrate th rfnnr on,i fn .J argument before the supreme court
exaggerate it, and the greatest folly
of all not to face it.
"If the Russian democracy has de
cided to abandon the struggle against
military autocracy, the American de
mocracy is taking it up."
Germany's victories were emblaz
oned to the world, the premier said
tut her troubles did not appear in
bulletins. Something was known of
them, however. The deadly grip of
the British navy was having its ef
fect and the valor of the troops was
making an impression which would
tell in the end.
He said those who during the
past fortnight were organizing a
nervous breakdown in the nation
were the same as those who recently
were organizing an hysterical shout
over the Flanders victories.
Must Have Victory First.
Mr. Lloyd George said he was glad
to understand that Lord Lansdowne's
Tecent letter had been misunderstood
and that Lord Lansdowne was in
bgreement with President Wilson.
"I also," the premier declared
"agree with President Wilson and
do not desire to force a controversy
where none exists."
"I warn the nation to watch the
man who thinks there is a half-way
house between victory and defeat."
the premier admonished. "There are
the men who think you can end the
war now by some sort of what they
'call peace by setting up a league
of nations. That is the right policy
today in cases testing the constitu
tionality of the army drafc act!
J. Gordon Jones, representing Al
bert Jones, convicted in Georgii of
failing to register, declared the law
was unconstitutional because it re
ouired men to take part in a war
which had never received the peo
ple's approval. His remarks' were
cut short.
"I don't think your statement has
anything to do with the legal argu
ments," said the chief justice sharp
ly, "and should not have been said
to this court. It is a very unpatrio
tic statement to make."
The attorney apologized and con
tinued his argument.
FORD TRUCK SERVICE.
UN- '
ABLE TO GAIN
ON BRENTA
STILL ANOTHER DAY OF BLOODY
BATTLE AND POSITIONS
REMAIN THE SAME
RAMS SWELL THE HAVE RIVER
Artillery Active on the Western
'.' Front, but No Important
Infantry Operations.
East' of. the Brenta river, on the
northern Italian front, there has
been further bitter fighting.
Austro-German troops, reinforced
by fresh . reserves, attacked the Ital
ian, position in , valleys descending
toward the river from the Col Delia
Beretta region. . . . .
Italian resistance held the attack
ers and forced them to give up the
effort after having. ' suffered heavy
losses. Other .violent attacks in the
same region brought no gains for
the enemy.
Italian Headquarters in Northern
Italy. Thursday. Dec. 13. After
three days of fighting on the moun
tain front between the Brenta and
Piave rivers, the enemy is holding
some trenches on Col Beretta and the
summit of Monte Spinuccia. but all
the rest of the Italian line is in its
original position. This is the enemy's
third successive attack with the ob-
ect of breaking through to the plains.
The backward season continues to
be an important factor. A downpour
n the last two days has raised the
iave, which had nearly run dry, ob-
iterating the water barrier with the
enemy trenches only a few hundred
yards away. The water in the in
undated section along the lower Pi
ave also has fallen from five feet to
foot. The rains again have made
the river a fairly deep barrier and
the inundated section is again effec
tively flooded.
Taking advantage of the low wat
er, the Austrians occupied a villa
near the Lagoon of Venice, in the
vicinity of Boro Callino. . The de
stroyer Sauro managed to work into
the lagoon and landed a party of
sailors, who destroyed the villa to
gether with the telephone and ma
chine guns which had been installed.
On the Western Front '
Artillery and local infantry fight-
ng has been in progress on the
western front, to which the Germans
are still rushing troops and supplies.
The enemy has attempted no further
massed attacks since. Wednesday,
and there is still no outward sign of
where his expected blow -is to come.
The Rheinische Westfalische Zel-
We have nut in service, two Fordltung of Essen, Germany, reports the
trucks, equipped with hog racks and : president of the war board of Ger-
wjll haul hogs to the South Omaha
morke at the - rate of $10.00 per
truck load for any farmer within a
radius of six miles from Plattsmouth
pnd a small extra charge for extra
mileage.
BOX SOCIAL.
Pupils and teacher of Kenosha
school district No. 8, will give a box
supper at the Lewiston church, Sat
urday evening, Dec. 22. Program
will start at 7:30. Everybody is in
vited. 12-17-2td2tw VERA MOORE.
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JEWELER
man Industry, the Central Union of
Manufacturers and the League of
Manufacturers have been summoned
to a conference -at German' great
headquarters.
The German staff today says that
British troops endeavoring to recap
ture the trenches they had lost to
the east of Bullecourt, on the Cam-
bra i battle front, were beaten back
yesterday. On the front of the Duke
brecht, in eastern Prance, the French
artillery fire increased.
The British war office reports that
the British position slightly east of
Bullecourt was Improved yesterday.
The British stormed a German post
on the southern end of the Cambrai
sector, while on the northern end
there was bomb fighting in which
German prisoners were captured.
German artillery has been especially
active south of the Bcarpe . in the
'Arras area and northeast of Ypres, in
Flanders. Intermittent artillery ac
tivity continues along the French
front. The only infantry action has
been near Juvincourt north of -the
city of Rheims, where a German at
tack was repulsed. .
IMPOBTAHT HOTI0E.t
To avoid congestion of the, malls:
Begin mailing Christmas packages
NOW. ' ' '
Mark the outside of package, "Do
Not Open Untir Christmas' V , Kl-
nave every package : wnicn is in
tended for a Military Cantonment in
the malls by not later than - eight
days before Xmas.
Have every package'. which Is in
tended for an office in an adjoining
state in the mails by December 17th
and for distant States by December
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Collars!
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