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Show liM?kl Iff . j ; : (, . ". ; Vi ivi J V':;. V.-JS-:.., .. . :! 1 Wreckage of two German airplanes and bodies of the pilots, brought down on the west front. 2 Gen. Sir Eamunu Aitenoy, commander of tbe British forces in Palestine, who has taken Beersheba and Gaza. 3 Uapturea German flammenwerfer or liquid fire projector. 4 British engineers laying a wire road across the Sinai desert for the advance on Gaza and Jerusalem. NEWS' REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK Kerensky and His Government Overthrown by Maximalists Led by Lenine. PRO-GERMANS RULE IN RUSSIA Immediate Peace First on Their Program Pro-gram Retreat of Italians Continues Con-tinues British Take Highly Important Passchendaele Ridge America's War Mission to Paris. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. . Kerensky and the provisional government gov-ernment of Russia have fallen ; the Maximalists led by Nikolai Lenine, pro-German agitator, are in' the saddle sad-dle ; the premier has fled and five or more of the members of his cabinet are under arrest; immediate peace with the central powers will be offered of-fered by the extreme radicals in control. con-trol. Such is the dispiriting news that comes from the Slav republic, so called. Chaos exists there and a long continued reign of anarchy is the prospect. pros-pect. The only hopeful feature of the situation is that, as Ambassador Bakh-meteff Bakh-meteff says, the revolt is a revolt of the few against the many. The Maximalists Max-imalists control Petrograd and probably prob-ably the fortress of Kronstadt, but tl.ey have all Russia to reckon with, and especially the Cossacks, who have no sympathy with the plan to make a separate peace with the central powers. pow-ers. M. Bakhnvteff feels sure that the majority of the Russians who followed fol-lowed Kerensky are with the provisional provi-sional government heart and soul, understand un-derstand that Russia's freedom can be assured only by the defeat of Germany by the allies, and will fight to the end. The spirit prevailing in Petrograd, he asserts, is not representative of the Russian spirit as a whole. Loyal Women Fight the Rebels. Of all the armed forces in and about the capital it appears that the woman's wom-an's battalion alone remained loyal to the government. It was stationed at the winter palace and when that build-inr build-inr was nttneked hv tbe cruiser Au- dorna issued an or,der including In the zone of military operations all territory terri-tory north" and east of the Po and Mincio rivers, so he may consider the possibility of carrying his retreat much farther than the Piave. Whether Wheth-er this will be necessary evidently de-.pends de-.pends on the speed with which France, Great Britain and America can get men, guns and supplies to the Italian front. Guns and supplies especially are called for by the Italians. The victory of the Germans in Italy will be far from complete unless they can capture Venice. The German commanders com-manders already have hinted that they will attack that city from the air, and naval operations against it are more than possible in the immediate future. As was said before, the invasion served to bring about a swift union of all factions in Italy, and the government, govern-ment, while realizing the extreme gravity grav-ity of the situation, is confident that the enemy will fall to accomplish their military object as they have their political po-litical object. The Italian armies are maintaining order and discipline and are cheerful, and the rear guards are fighting valiantly to retard the advance ad-vance of the Teutons. As in Russia, formerly, so in Italy, the farther the invaders penetrate, the more dangerous becomes their wn position. po-sition. They are moving away from their bases of supply, and must rebuild the lines of communication destroyed by the Italians in their retreat. Ca- dorna, on the other hand, gains the protection of rivers larger than the Tagliamento, of many canals and of numerous railroads that are able to furnish all the transportation his contracted con-tracted front needs. British Gain Passchendaele Ridge. Sir Douglas Halg's periodical drive in Flanders, which Is becoming a regular reg-ular weekly feature, accomplished most important results last week, when the Canadians succeeded in taking tak-ing the village of Passchendaele and the ridge of the same name which dominates the country to the east. The drive was made under most adverse conditions, the ground being flooded by torrential rains, but the British barrage bar-rage fire was perfect and the infantry followed it so closely that the Germans in their concrete dugouts and pill boxes were stormed before they had time to get into action. This advance brought Roulers under the guns of the British, and their aviators also began bombing that town with deadly effect. Following up the retiring crown prince's army north of the Aisne, the French reached the south bank of the Ailette, but the Germans maintained their line on the other side of that stream by heavy and continuous artillery ar-tillery fire. Elsewhere on the French front all enemy attacks were successfully success-fully repulsed. General Allenby reported that his troops In Palestine advanced beyond Beersheba with splendid dash and endurance en-durance and that on Wednesday he captured Gaza from the Turks. American Patrol Boat Torpedoed. The German U-boats found one American victim in the patrol boat Alcedo, which was torpedoed and sunk in British waters, going down in four minutes after being struck. Lieut. John T. Melvin and 20 men were lost. The Alcedo was formerly the private yacht of G. W. Childs Drexel of Philadelphia. Phila-delphia. She carried a crew of seven officers and 85 men. The American merchant steamship Rochester also was destroyed by a torpedo, at least four men losing their lives. An American Amer-ican freighter arriving at an Atlantic port reported that her gun crew sank a German submersible that attempted to torpedo her In the Mediterranean. In general, the U-boats had a poor week, the British admiralty report showing that only eight British vessels ves-sels of more than 1,600 tons had been sunk, and four smaller vessels. This is the smallest number of victims for any week since unrestricted submarine warfare began. Von Hertling May Not Last. Count von Hertling isn't likely to be German chancellor for very long, for unless he yields to the demands of the radicals, they intend to introduce intro-duce a resolution of lack of confidence as soon as the reichstag reconvenes on November 22. The count seems to have fallen under complete control of the militarists and junkers and is now threatening the radicals with a military mili-tary dictatorship unless they drop their claim that one of their number should be appointed vice chancellor. The reichstag majority, with which the count solemnly announced the other day he would now work In harmony, is in danger of breaking up, with the result of a union of the national liberals liber-als and the conservatives. Such a coalition would have a bare majority and would be subjected to constant attack at-tack by the Socialists. The prospect of a political truce, it is admitted, is remote. The Budapest papers announce that the Austro-Hungarian ausgleich, or agreement of the two kingdoms to unite under one emperor though having hav-ing separate parliaments, will be renewed re-newed provisionally for two years. The alliance, originally signed in 1867, (is supposed to be subject to renewal every ten years. Japan and America Agree. Viscount Ishii's mission to the United Unit-ed States has been successful and Japan is guaranteed her price for more active participation In the war. The American government has agreed to recognize Japan's special interests in China and to permit the shipment to Japan of the supplies of iron and steel that she needs. In return, Japan will furnish a great amount of tonnage for transport purposes, will get Into action ac-tion her warships, numbering about a hundred and already mobilized, and probably will send an army to Europe. Italy is asking that Japanese troops be called over to help repel the invading Teutons. Though Japan's special Interests in China are to be recognized because of contiguity, both nations agree to maintain main-tain the open door and the territorial sovereignty of China. Socialists Lose in Elections. Emperor William met a notable defeat de-feat in the United States last Tuesday, when in Chicago and New York the Socialists were thoroughly whipped at the polls. Supporting the Socialist nominees for judges in Chicago and for mayor and other city officials in New York, were all the forces of pro-Germanism, pro-Germanism, pacificism and disloyalty, and though they cast a disgracefully large vote, the defeat administered to them was decisive. These elections were looked upon, and rightly, as a test of the loyalty of the two largest cities in the country. Most of the Socialist candidates were openly anti-war men and some of them in their pre-election utterances came dangerously near the treason mark. Hence the victory of loyalty and patriotism pa-triotism Is cause for genuine rejoicing. rejoic-ing. John F. Hylan, Tammany Democrat, was elected mayor of New York and the state gave a large majority in favor fa-vor of woman suffrage. In Ohio, however, how-ever, tbe women lost. House Heads U. S. War Mission. Upon their arrival in a British port the administration announced the names of the members of the American war commission sent to take part In the great conference of the allies In Paris. Col. E. M. House Is the chairman chair-man and spokesman for the president on questions concerning tbe general conduct of the war. The other members mem-bers are Admiral W. S. Benson, chief of naval operations; Gen. Tasker II. Bliss, chief of staff ; Oscar T. Crosby, assistant secretary of the treasury;, Vance C. McCormick, chairman of the war trade board ; Balnbrldge Colby, member of the shipping board; Dr. Alonzo E. Taylor, representative of Food Administrator Hoover; Thomas N. Perkins, member of the priority board, and Gordon Auchlncloss, chief secretary of the commission. Secretary Lansing Issued a statement state-ment that makes it clear that the allies al-lies realize that many of their reverses re-verses have been due to lack of team work, and that one of the chief aims of the conference will lie to brln" about unity of action. For Its part, the United States seeks to determine Just how its man power and material resources re-sources can he used to greatest advantage advan-tage to dereat the common enemy Mr. Lansing laid especial emphasis on the fact that the conference is a war conference and nothing else. The administration ad-ministration is not expecting an early : pence, and Is making all preparation's : lur ri long conllicL rora and the guns of the fortress of St. Teter and St. Paul, it fought as bravely as possible until overwhelmed and compelled to surrender. The battle bat-tle lasted four hours and was spectacular. spec-tacular. The rebels brought up armored ar-mored cars to aid in overcoming the resistance of the heroic women. There was no chance to call other loyal troops to Petrograd, for the leaders of the workmen's and soldiers' delegates had seized the posts and telegraphs. The rebel congress was convened Wednesday night, the officers elected including Lenine and Leon Trotzky. Several proclamations were issued, one of them stating the program of the new authority to be : "First The offer of an Immediate democratic peace. "Second The immediate handing over of large proprietorial lands to the peasants. "Third The transmission of all authority au-thority to the council of soldiers' and workmen's delegates. "Fourth The honest convocation of a constitutional assembly." It is believed in London that Kerensky Keren-sky will re-establish the provisional government in Moscow and that the Soviet will not be strong enough to hold out long against him. For the present, however, the pro-Germans have the upper hand. Italians Retreat to the Livenza. As had been expected. Count Cn-dorna Cn-dorna did not attempt to make a long stand on the Tagliamento river line against the on-sweeping Austro-Ger-mnn armies, but fell back last week to the Livenza, twelve to eighteen miles west. The enemy followed closely, close-ly, and the prospect was that the Italians Ital-ians would speedily be forced hack to the I'iave, where their main armies already were bein'; established. Ca- |