Wyomingites in recent weeks had been increasingly reading, in their local papers, about food shortages and unrest in Germany and Austria. It was beginning to seriously look like the war was devolving into a race. Would the Central Powers be able to move enough troops off the Eastern Front prior to starving to launch a crushing spring offensive, or would starvation and revolution overtake them at home as American troops began to pour into France.
Today, however, the news was a bit different, and not at all settling, not that it had been otherwise. German naval power, in the form of submarines, was more than adequate enough to continue to be a danger in the Irish Sea. The loss of the American transport Tuscania came as unwelcome news on this day. The loss of life wouldn't include Wyomingites, but it would include a lot of National Gaurdsmen as the ship was carrying Federalized Wisconsin and Michigan Guardsmen, as well as soldiers of the Regular Army.
Also on this day, at least in Laramie, Wyomingites were learning that things might be getting out of hand once again in Mexico. Carranza's grip on power, it seemed, might not be as strong as had been supposed in recent months. . .
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