m rwa v'T J$il l.W wiep'',v?,.' rwB"i-' sm, . ' ro , ... -aTf ", , Vn . $ vn .r ;i- v rriWTt r ,'., ' "ft U V Vv ' . -f f ri EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER- PHtt .ADELPHIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1918 v,r i v1 j " i 0LLIES MUST FOLLOW AMERICAN EXAMPLE SPECIAL CABLE DISPATCHES FROM WAR FRONTS , m V r Mto sKr - I 1. i By' liT" I tftt't,' Wfi? ! -Alt - 4'E V tJL me w a, mvww TVT vAI I ILV Ml 111 VI IV V yrttlilJlLft3l.llT! JDUOl KKIIMII, IP M N . WWlWllUlllM JM. UVliU f Repairing Roads Through Twice Devastated Dis- trict a Big Task m "ctitt MTVTinriT tivv" ATrnr e4riJtaj AiiuuuiVT iv l rwu .Preparation for Bic Events Is $ I Continuous, Though Fight- :' ing Seems to Lag By WALTER DURANTY Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Copirlaht, ISlt, bu J'rw York Times Co. With the French Armlet, Sept. 13. t Onco again there Is a pause in the , battle on the Somme-Alsne front. It I is more apparent than real, for from I Flanders to Khelms, actions on a minor scale preparatory for greater events are continuous. ,' Everywhere on these sectors the Al lies are "nibbling" forward, seeking or developing weak points In the Cerman fc'llno of resistance. Meanwhile the work of repairing roads and bringing up .guns and mateil.u .s proceeding with tremendous enrgy thipughout the area behind the Allied front. What that task means 1 will try to lllus titrate by a description of a trip that I made through .i legion twice deas S.tated by fire and high explosive. My Itinerary was Noyon, Gulscard, if'Ham, Nesle, Koyo and Lasslgny and JJ,back past the blood-stained hill of Pie 'ment through the Thiescourt massif iiW" i, ,to uomplegne. :soyon, as related in a t .previous dlspitch, Is a mere shell w.th- , tvVUfc BlltMiei 1UI IllUlt U UCilAl, ftUUil WU113 i Srais remain standing bear lnnumer.i- fjble boche placards pointing out col lection denots for evervthlnc that can Jhave tho least value. Old Iron, rags. t ', Vcssebi of brass, cartridge or shell leases, nothing Is forgotten and here and there where the enemy has not -had time to remove It Is the damning ''Tiotlce of "plunder depot," to insure Hhat the place has been stripped to tho bare walls. ji Along the road from Noyon to Guis- uj 'card French armored cars and cavalry drove the boches too swiftly for them ".to blow up either the highway or the Might railroad that runs beside it. Hven Ifft, "the telegraph poles are cut down on KSr JAttfii- airtn nf It n thnt nnthlnir lirpaks S3 .'the wide vista of the plateau whose UxffArees were all massacred in the boche Mfretreat of Inst vear. At Gulscard also JBthe enemy was too hurried for devasta- Sp 3. tion, but in the central square was a II. twisted medley of Iron that once was .German camions, and the stark and feffi; wit to the terrible work of the Al Ks!l.irlled bomb planes. W M' German Stores Captured K"jv Further on tho crest of the plateau aLvlnhove Hnm.n. blc German store depot, RSfKF formed rich booty for the French. An mtr yU but tho timo pressed too greatly jsmZ-Kria onlv one corner was destroyed. feb; a& I examined what appeared .to be MS; ,Jmall mines floating down the "river ' galnst the Allied unnges a,iiiyy, wifhell burst near tho roadside, some 200 yardsbehlnd me. In the whole trlp it was the sole Instance of the iVenemy's spending explosive on the s.'ssono behind tho front he knows is lost to him. ,tHam was still afire. But one ob- Tject had been spared In the whole ?5own a life-size bronze htatue of Roy, one of Napoleon's generals. In the vj -. nnnoN. wltli nn incrlntlon on the ,trTncl0Qtnl whirh thfs war more than Mi is ever has JustiHed. "The Appeal of k .Honor and Duty Never Goes Unheard In France." I '."i A tUn nnnlAKIl nllt d1(lin I ei VlJi Hflm. 871 . - u iio raoiciii uon.., ,n ...u ..- ISC,, ,tery, which Is untouehert. The ?C jFrench graves, among which are those r 01 iwo Americans, itonaia iiosmer anu -3 .nftUIIiUUU VJIlfl, Xl CHO fJllUVS, w 5- itre killed in the sprinp of last year, fl!$L Chave not been despoiled of wreaths as Qt'ji' soften has happened to decorate new w)T The country from Crapeau-Mesnll vjbredible desolation, scarred with the 5r-Wire and trenches of four years of Vj- jvjCDniinuouM ukiujnk. xiric u iic-n such JK liad disinterred the whitened bones of fa skeleton which had been buried since Sr,'?' AkvloiJ. thAra -na n n untnrn iliicnut rim . JfteA with dead Germans. Some old set 2f -,tlements and perhaps two-score houses v nrwere sun sianaing. L-iEsigny naa oeen ift- iUterally smashed out of existence. Only 'i--.H' 'cnuiwrown stone heaDs told where T, 1. tC't.a nm VinA ttAOT, ii '. TVia urVinla rfttrlnn lu fnrn nnrt riven jjfoiM If beaten with a gigantic hammer Wr$Jt lies untlllable and uninhabitable, J.- i'ti1natprt hv flre from heaven llkn Rn. Wi& 1 VAom apd Gomorrah. M MMBWwtiimniiiin'iifnii mum miwwuwiiMiimii W-Wjamn m n WsWrniyeyyir f , iH C.lPACITIKb 1 TO 10 TO.NS H B3&: 4 '1 leading Hauling Fruthauf Trailers keep your truck busy hauling ' idle time eliminated. STAND :UP UNDER HARD USAGE Fruehauf Trailers are built with a big margin of overstrength, and they give care-free service FRUEHAUF TRAILERS Because they treble tho carrying capacity of a motor truck, Fruehauf Trailers are. reducing haul ,ace costs from50 to 75 per cent and effecting a big saving in time. . T 1720-1740 North Crotkcy Street ALLIES MUST FOLLOW EXAMPLE SET BY U. S. General Maurice Urges Concentration of Man-Power on West Front Tells of New German Defense Lines By MAJOR GENERAL SIR FREDERICK IL MAURICE I'ormcr Director of Oprrallons of tho Ilrltlsli Armv Special Cable, to ,'tcm'ng Public Ledger VovurieM, 1918, bu .Vrio 1'ork Timrs Co. Iii(loii, Sept 13. Some of those who, at the time of the victory of Drocourt switch, were piedlctlng the eail captiue r Dotial and (""ambral and a German retreat to Valenciennes and tho Mouse, .re now rushing to tho other cxtrene. They hao discovered tho fact that the Ger mans, who wero on the defensive, with the ono exception of the epNode, of Verdun, from the winter of 1314 to the spring of 1318, and who were established for close on a cir In the Hlndenburg line, to which they hae again retired, aro not relying on a single defensive system, but have other lines between their present front and the Rhine It Is well known that we have pre pared many s stems of trenches ex tending far behind our front, and it should have been obvious that the enemy, who lias not, a "c. neglected elementary piecautlons and has had moro time and labor for de fensle digging than we have had, would not be behind us in this mat ter. The Germans have had In their hands Russian prisoners whose nutn horn run Into six flcures. and have ruthlesbly and brutally enfoiced the Coree systeem on Belgium and the portions of northern Fianro which theyoccupy.so that, like tho Pharaohs, they have been able to plan their oi"ks without regard to the problem of labor From time to time unfavorable com parisons have been dra 11 here In En&Uiid between our defenses and those of the enemy. At tho time of tho Flanders offensive of 1317, when the Gei man concrete pill boxes be came famous, our authorities were held to haw failed In their duty in not h.i Ing provided our men with equally effective defenses. When at the first battle of the Sommo we took the of fensive in the rolling chalk hills of Tlcardy, we discovered that the enemy had constructed a whole series of huge dugouts which made our shelters look very foolish, and when the battle of Cambrat gave us a considerable sec tion of the Hindenburg line wo came into possession of veritable under ground barrackj with water laid on, and little electric lights, which alto gether outclassed the dugouts of the Somme. Have Plenty of Shelter Not that we have neglected either to use concrete or to provide our men with shell proof shelter. We have made at vai ous places dugouts which compare favorably with the enemy's best efforts: but, on the whole, the enemy has beaten us in digging in be hind his front lines because of the great advantage ho has enjoyed In being able to employ forced labor and to use prisoners of war In greater numbers. We have had to Import colored labor, from great distances, which means a heavy tax upon, shipping, and to rely upon our own labor resources, hirh means .that purely military labor Is placed in competition with the demnnds of our coal mines, our shipyards, our munition factories and our 'essential industries. Dugouts Trove Death Traps If the spade work of the German soldier under lire Is not what it was, the enemy had no lack of time or la bor for construction of rear lines. We know that such lines are in existence and It would bo foolish to assume that they are not formidable and have not been maintained in good order. lie lias not found his deep dugouts an un mled blessing, for the men who took shelter in them from a heavy bom bardment have often been unable to get out before our Infantry was on top of them and they have been caught, while they are often gas traps. He DON'T BUY METAL WEATHER STRIPS until you see the Stejn-Way equip ment and get our estimate. "We guarantee results." Just any "weather strips" won't do. Phone Walnut 6677 for esti mator. Stein-Way Mfg, Co. 212 N. Darien St. Unloading has, therefore, forbidden the construc tion of deep undergiound chambers and can now turn the labor which used to be expended upon them to other purposes. Hvcr since the German front In the west settled down It has taken the fnim of a great bow of which tho string Is a line from I.llle to Metz The bow was bent outward to the greatest extent by the Oeiman offcn- l.slves of last March and May. It has now been forced back loughly to where It was nt the beginning of this sear, but It remains a bow. The ex tremities of the bow at L,lllc nnd Metz are the pivots upon which tho enemy's defensive systems depend. Labor for close on to four years has been expended upon the elalioin tlon of the defenses of I,ille and they are now very foimldable. They cover Belgian Flanders Just ns Metz coveis Lonalne The Germans want to hold on to Belgium because they wish to have It as a pawn In the peace nego tiations They wish to ue the Belgian coast as a base for their submarines nnd destioyers, and the Belgian ter ritory as a base for their ah craft, and thev are most nnxlotis that we should not be able to use Belgium for either of these lattei purposes. Theiefoie thev have no intention of withdrawing In Flandero if this can, bv nnj possibility bo avoided, and arc prep'iicd lather, In case of necessity, to give up giound In France. Lille a Defensive I'ivot For this reason I.llle has been chosen as a defensive phot and long ago they began the construt'tioii of a defensive line, connecting I.ilie and Metz, which runs west of Valenciennes, Hernon and Mezieies and rovers the railway which connects those places nnd forms the enemy's main arterv of north and south communication. This is the shortest line which the enemy can occupy and keep his hold upon Belgium. To the west of it. that is, between it and the Ilindenluug ss tem, he has at least one line which, starting from Lille, runs by Doual and Cambiai east of I-a Feie and west of Bethel, to the defenses uf Metz. Bv breaking tlnough the Wotan line, which wo call the Drocourt switch, built to connect the Hlndenburg line with the Lille pivot. Sir Douglas Haig lias already forced the enemy back Into that poitlon of this system which covers Doual. There have been reports from time to time of other lines to the east of the Valenclennes-Mezieres sjstem, nnd it is highly probable that the enemy is haul nt vvoik on these In any event it is safe to assume that he will not lack lies of defense upon which he will tiy to fall back when forced out of his present positions. Those w ho expected mure from the victory of Drocouit switch than the circum stances warranted are now alarmed at the discovery that the Germans have not neglected to prepare for a way lound via the east. One would have thought that the re cent events had killed that fallacy. We have shown that we can penetrate the most formidable defense which the enemy can construct without undue loss. It Is as clear as daylight that the one thing which prevented Haig from following up further Ills vic tories of August 8 and September 2 was the lack of weight of numbeis. It Is as clear ns daylight that the eastern enterprises, apart altogether Mothers Are Are Made or v4$i k-hslxi Wy This is a photograph of a child's foot xohich for four years, or ever since it had worn shoes, enjoyed the benefits of the Geuting muscle-developing Sure-Tread last for growing feet and the advantages of the Geuting professional fitting service. Showing how the Geuting last fol lows the natural lines of the perfect foot. " 1230 Market Shoes and Stockings for 4the ' Family Event Foot Prof fiom th6 question of men, means the diversion of moro shipping, nnd that shipping can bo dl vetted to the east only by 1 educing the transport of Americans to the west or by re ducing our imports of food nnd other essential Commodities still further. All that wo now require to Insure a complete victory In tho west Is weight of numbers. Fortunately America has plumped whole-heartedly for tho west, and fortunately tho Germnn man power Is on the decline. Therefore, vo Allies nro ceitnln to have eventually tho necessary numerical superiority. How we nttaln that su periority depends upon how far we follow the American example. Must Keep Americans Coming Loid Mllner's ?cent statement In his letter to an American coriespnud ent, that America's stiength, great as it Is, oinc relied upon to bring about a decision only if It Is added to the forces of the European Allies, nnd not substituted for them. Is very much to the point, and It is .0 be hoped thnt it represents the views of the War Cabinet. If our forces In France aro allowed to diminish and If the ship ping allotted to the transport of the American troops. Is reduced the war will be correspondingly prolonged We have muddled our man-power policy consistently, with tho result that In none of tho belligerent coun tries is tho Incidence of military serv ice moro unevenly applied. Boys and middle-aged men arc wheio men In the prime of life should be. and vice versa. The army goes shoi t, the conl mines go short, nnd this is the moment chosen to advocate the exten sion of our eastern entei prise. We icqulre again to review our man power policy with the plain fact be foie us that every man sent to Fiance helps to shorten the war, and, as things are, thnt every soldier sent elsewhere helps to piolong It. In order to wage war with money, conl, and ships ns well as with soldleis and sailors. It may well be that we cannot continue to supply the former and maintnin the latter on the same si.ale ns in the past. There Is greater reason, then for concentrating our effoits upon that front where n decisive victory is cer tain, and for reducing all other mill tuty commitments to what is neces sary for the security of vital Interests. Y.M.C.A. MEN TO ENLIST Between 21 and 31 Alut Join Army or Return Home Turin. Kept. 13. The Young Men's Christian Association has Issued an order to all its secretaries between thf ages of twenty-one nnd thirty-one tc present themselves to the nearest army medical ofllcer for physical examina tion Such secretaries as are unwilling to do so win be returned Immediately to the I'nlied States. Those passing the examination satisfactorily will he given thirty davs In which to enlist. After the thirty days thev will be returned to the ("lilted States If they have not enlisted The order applies to clergymen as well ns Hymen Clergymen will be assisted In obtaining the rank of chaplain If they desire It. Special measures are being taken with regard to secietaries between the ages of thirty-one nnd Torty-IHe, and such men will be notified of the desires of the Y M. C. A. at a later date. AUSTRIANS SURPRISED ' Italian Troops, Take Prisoners jn Raid Across I'iave Home, Sept. 13. Tho Italian War Of fice Issued the following' At the mouth of the River Plave our soldiers and sailors passed to the left bank and took prisoners in a surprise attack There has been vio lent artillery activity In Val Arsa, on the.Aslago plateau and In the Asoione area. Beginning to Realize That Feet Marred in the Growing Years rw HE scientific designing of children's I shoes and the fitting of children's feet have been carried to the highest point of specialization in the Geuting service. Scientific knowledge is at the basis of the unusual care devoted here to children's feet, and through this knowledge has been evolved t the famous Geuting "Sure-Tread" Shoe de-' signed over a special last and constructed , with a flex arch, double bending sole and so proportioned and modeled that it poises the weight of the body on the exact part of' the foot where nature intended it to be carried, and instinctively influences the toes to grip the ground in walking, creating a sure-tread and developing the arch, toe and ankle mus cles with every step. Put your child's foot in Sure-Tread shoes and insure future foot-health and strength, and grace and poise for the entire body. And "Sure-Treads" are made of real leather not "seconds" or makeshifts. The result they give double-wear, every pair of them on any boy or girl, anywhere. As a matter of fact, good leather has advanced so in price since our present stocks of Boys', Growing Girls', Misses' and Children's shoes were produced, that they're actually worth 50c to $1.00 per pair more than we are ask ing for them. Mr. Geutirg has designed an entire series of handsome models for College Girls and Boys brimful of style, sturdy in construc tion and splendidly carrying out the Geuting arch development idea. V Mr. Geuting will be glad to advise parents on the subject of foot weakness in their children. Ask for him. Butinoi Hour: 9 to 5 z2L f TK Moras of Fa movie SKoa j Ui .Fitted Three" Gmting FRENCH UNMOVED BY BURIAN OFFER Regard It as Most Preten tious Peace Move of Central Powers HERTLING A SCAPEGOAT Germans May Criticize Civil Officials, but Military Rulers Arc Immune Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Copurtuht, lin, bu .Vrw Vnlk Tlmri To. . 1'nrU, Sept 13. Coum Btirlan's statement In Vienna that-the time has come for n "calm ex change of views" concerning peace, has been received In Kranee with much more calm than lie could desire It Is looked upon br the third and must pretentious utterance of the Centrol rowers In the present peace offensive. The other two were those of Doctor Solt and Prince Max of Hatlen The chief comment In l'arls Is that Hurlan Is disappointing because lie does not offer even the academic lnteret de rived from puzzling out a new device. It Is tlie sane old trick without the addi tion of .1 single novelty. Paris wants to know why the Central Powers canno. show the same Ingenuity In fabricating iif v peace hints as in devising atrocities. There is absolutely no reaction of tho breach people to Hurlan. First, because no is so transparent ; second, because c" n "eaca suggestion cleverly made could not now make headway atrainst the Indignation of the French at the needless devastation wrought by the German armies In the present retreat. Trance's Peasant Army The French armies are composed very largely of peasants nnd fnrmeis )o whom tillable land, farmhouses and hams are sacred things Four ears of war havo not dulled their senses to cruelty nnd wantonness A farmhouse, onco a comfortable and prosperous home but now a heap of ruins, has the same emotional appeal to the farmer solfller as a wrecked cathedral to tho lest of the world. So the French troops and people arc more determined nt this mo ment than ever before to defeat the enemy with guns and bayonets. Mean time the peace suggestions of Iiurlan and others mean nothing, Xo previous peace move of the Central Powers has been moie transparent 111 all Its parts than this one Paris Is amutlnc Itself by piecing those parts together, with the Burian statement ns tho central fragment around which fit other pieces of the puzzle that is no puzzle. The permitted talk of the retire ment of Chancellor von Hertllng and the booming of Doctor Solf to succeed him Is another piece. llerlllnK to He Scapegoat Hertllng has got to be made the I .scapegoat of the military chiefs who tailed to win the promised victory this ;enr and capture Paris and tho Channel ports. Tho only settled, unchanging fac tor of tho whole German policy Is to leave the military rulers nlwiis un touched and uncrltlctzed and try to fool tin) people by making civil political changes whenever the armies fail. At the present time every feature of tho German civil government system is under severe home criticism with no ic stralnt by the authorities. Tha food control and many other activities of tho civilian officials are bitterly denounced, but not one word can bo said against Hlndenburg and Ludendorf Germany Is now entering a period of military die-' tatorshlp In form as well as In fact. Further Indication of that Is tho fact that theie Is no talk of Von Hlntze being retired. He is the chief political tool cf the General Staff In the nonmilltary affairs of tho nation 19 So. 11th A Quick Service Men's Shop Brothers Suvervi MAY DROPSHIP DEAL Chile Indignant Over Attempt to Destroy German Vessels By the Auociatcd Press llueiios Aires, Sept 13. Press dis patches from Chile Indlcato that ns n lesult of the rrcnt attempt by In terned G'rmnn cicvvs to destroy their ve.-;tls tho Chilean Government will drop the r.epctlatlons for renting German vessel" ficm the German Government. This chance of p-Pcy Is receiving the vigorous support of lending newspapers which vvete, formally urging that these vessels he rented The attempt by the German crews to ilestrov (heir vessels has caused pro found Indignation throughout Chile as an example Of bod faith, as the orders t'i destiny, the ships came while Ger ms nV imn.nrntiv was still wllllnc to negotiate for their lease. NEW DUTCH CABINET IS UNSATISFACTORY Exists for Want of Better Is General View Pedantic Neutrality Its Position Special Cable to Eiening Public Ledger Covvrloht. Illn. hii .Veto 1'oit Times Co. The llujtue, Sept. 13. Your correspondent has talked with various Important Dutch political lead ers regarding the new cabinet, nnd the general view appears that It exists for want of a better. In the space of two months several po litical leaders were asked by the Queen to form a cabinet and refused. Illuys de Beerenbrouck, who Is nn unknown po litical quantity, with no reputation for strength, and Is hardly a man to Inspire Confidence, has finally consented to form a Right cabinet The new Foreign Min ister, Jonkheer Van Karnebeek, was the last man on the long list nnd accepted the post. He has a reputation for clever ness, but has no diplomatic experience, and Is purported to have pro-German sympathies. Hut the whole cabinet vvlll doubtless endeavor to assume an ap pearance of pedantic neutrality In order not to be taxed with pronounced sym pathies for one side or the other. A prominent ex-minister who wa-s askojj to form a cabinet and refused said that In view of present circumstances a coalition Government would havo been far picfcrable, but t'at the Social Dem ocrats absolutely refused to work on this basis and preferred to become a fighting opposition, hoping to strengthen their parts In this way. Many Socialists, this Informant said, would have joined the now small Itol shevist party had the Socialists con sented to a coalition. At present there was a bare majority In the chamber and a doubtiul majoilty in the country, so that the Right would have prefened a strong coalition, letting tho Socialists share the responsibility, difficulties and problems with which any Government was tonfronted today. , "Was It necessarv." asks the Nleuvv Couiant, "to wait two months for this combination?" The newspapers of all shadows are very dissatisfied. m safepo r&!lZfa 2?6 m ' Tomorrow Will Be. a Busy Day in Our Misses' & Children's Section For an excellent Utility Suit we recommend these at $39.75, of fine mixtures in brown and blue ; they have yokes, convertible collars, large patch pockets and belts; trimmed with bone buttons of same color; two-piece skirts. Sizes 16, 18 and 20 years. At $45.00 is a Duvet de Laine Suit, tailored model, flaring frem waist line ; tight sleeve, mannish velvet notch collar ; brown, green, navy and taupe ; lined throughout with peau de cygne ; plain tailored skirt with slash pockets and wide girdle. Sizes 16, 18 and 20 years. Misses' Dresses Smart Jersey Dress in taupe and brown; straight box front, draped sides, forming sash in back; skirt box plaited and with slash pockets; passemen terie ornament finishes neck; ornamented with soutache braid; in taupe and brown; Sizes 14, 16, 18 $Q(- A A and 20 years. Price OO. UU Another smart' one-piece jersey model has the new Callot neck; trimmed with braid and embroidery in two tones; nar row belt slips through slashes around the waist; buttons of self material; sizes $3Q 7J 14,16;18,20. Price 07,10 Satin Afternoon or Street Dress, fastens down back with pearl buttons; crushed girdle finished with large bow in back; organdie collar and cuffs, pouch pockets; tunic skirt; sizes 14, 16 and 18 years. Price m Description The one on the left is a nbvelty wool serge, box plaited skirt; novelty pocket in chate laine effect hangs from belt; white 'pique turn-over collar, ribbon .tie; sizes 1A 7C- 6 to 12 years. T.ne other is a gingham dress in plaids, surplice front finished with boV in back, trimmed with plain gingham in contrast ng shades; sizes 8 to 16 years. In the Women's Garment Section There will be much of interest and value every woman who is shopping'for her new fall styles here new and authoritative, But you will ments of the first quality. Coats Skirts , Special, attention is directed to the Knit Tweed and English Mixture Coats at $25.00 to of Georgette Crepe Afternoon Dresses ranging We maintain separate sections in which a fully equipped Mourning Goods Department. ,. ., . . Store Open Tomorrow From 10 to 4:30 (fonday begins pur September Demonstration Sale a noteworthy event Full "" "" .'.w.v'. i -4, utb.Zsi: BIG RESULTS DUE IN U.S. ATTACK j t General Maurice Sees Briey Iron District Under Fire of Our Guns MAY CUT METZ RAILWAY I Foch'.s Genius Shown in Way He Keeps Big Offensive Alive By MAJOR GENERAL FREDERICK R. MAURICE l'ormer DlreHor of Operations of tho Hrltlsh Army Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Copyright. IMS, bu Xtie York Times Co. I0111I011, Sept. 13. . The most remarkable feature of Foch's generalship is the way In which he has suceeeaed in keeping his offensive alive ever since lie launched his counter-attack-on .lulv l!-., while nt tho -same time continually extending his front of attack. The Germans at Verdun, nnd we in tho first battle of the Somme and In Flanders last year, fought prolonged battles directed throughout against one nnd the same objective. Foch has opened a new phase of wnr In the west by opening up successively new fronts of attack In such a way as to blve the harassed enemy no rest. As soon ns the counter-offensive on the Marne had exhausted ltd impetus and the enemy's resistance on the Alsne and Vesle began to harden, Foch struck In the south of the Romme. When the enemy rallied on his old de fensive lines from Chaulnes to Roye, Haig began to press nun to the north of the river, nnd forced him to retieat to the Hlndenburg line. Now, nt the moment when the enemy has com pleted the shortening of his front, tnken shelter behind formidable de fenses, nnd checked for the time being the Allied offensive to the north of Ithelms, Foch has deliveted a nevr blow against him In the south. It is presumably General Pershing's now at my, with the assistance of French divisions, which hns now taken Its turn in the great battle. We knew that for somo time past American troops have been on tho Vosges front, and theto has been much talk of an American offensive in that nuarter. presumably as a blind to account for the southern movement of the Ameri can troops preparatory to the battle which has Just begun. Kellc of 1014 Offensive St. Mlhiel salient, to which our French allies havo given the expres sive name of the hernia, or rupture, St. Mlhiel, has been for four years one of the remarkable features of the west ern front. It Is, or was, one of the rliwfon&CS. 2S CteertZTtsjLtQAStmet, 7 fll llUlTlfcC JOTS11 Many styles, braid-trimmed, silk-bound or embroidered; straight models or with fine plaits; 13, 15 and 17 years. Other chic styles in Serge Dresses up to $24.50. scalloped; M5.00 of the Girls' Dresses Illustrated - Suits Furs uh uunosy papers. -? V' relics of the German offensive " 1914." I The bncUliono of the salient lj the- tdrrn rF 4 tin P no t Iti YmtaiA a aJ tensive barrier, which In the French pre-war scheme of frontier defense linked up the fortresses of Verdun andv Toul. Once a portion of this ridge,, , which lies within the salient, hns been secured nnrt report i to hand make It", seem certain that It will be, for the southern attack which had trained Thiaucourt at an early hour bids falr'"l to cut off the Germans on tho heights j.1 we may look for further progress I on the plain of Wouevre, whlcli lies 1 cast or It. This is the first considerable often- , slvo which our American allies have undertaken. They have given proof of thelrcuallty ns fighters In tho second battle of the Marne, where their fresh vigor did much to sustain the Allied offensive, and this samo vigor should , J now carry them far ngalnst the enemy, il who is inspirited try the complete fail ure of his plans. Slay Bring Hip Results ',, Until wo know more of the proi made In the first stage cf the battle. and of how tho enemy Is fighting, It Is Idle to speculate, but n really impor tant success on this front would give big results, for an advance of little moio than ten miles from the western face of the salient would i t direct railway communication between Metz and Mezlcres, and bring the Important Industrial district of Brley. from which the enemy has drawn so much of ore which has kept his munition factories going, within fire of long-range, guns. At present we enn only wish our allies the best of good fortune and awaijt further news with p.itlence. F OPEN A GtUCR r UR WAV THB SASY WAV, BtrnitK MYMfNTS CLUB CHARGE wrm CASH ACCOUNT ADVAIflMO FURNITURE CO 238-240-242-244 N. 10th Street' Open Saturday Till. 9 P. M. rv Sold on Our Club Plan Our Special: Very heavy, mag niflcent,3-picce, Imperial leather, highly polish- gT7K ed mahogany V-JjJ Library Suit. 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