eS?, syf -" l--M It, Maurice Notes Ring of incerity in Acceptance of Wilson's' Terms JARANTEES NECESSARY ed Armies Should Be So Piacpd ns lo Present Re- )' -sumption of War .' MAJ. GEN. SIR F. D. MAURICE rm.r Dlr.ctnr of Oprstlons of tho Itrltlnh Armj. tfcUt Cable to Evening Public Ledger CovvWffM, IStt. bti Xtie York Timet Co. l.flnifnn- rtpt- IS. U The reply of thfr Herman Goxernmenl to rresldent Wilson I a arai mep iS,.fcyond the ncccptance of a demand that r'i All Allied territory shall be evacuated. 1 Jt fcltara the nlr of suspicion that the rlha proposal was a doilite to gel 5Ahlr armies out of an embarfasslnr i'sltuatlon. One of the prime object of , 4he Oerman gjeneral staff In thin war ha K hMH in waff It on inimv territory, with ' S.lha double purpose of savins; their owh r tand from Its horror and of carrylnt they hao hi ..- ..l....l..1 I.Ult ..V Owl ino principle wiih.ii ''K) n tf.fa nrlntftlnl tbov hnv from the l"w ''rrlrst exacted the very utmost from the L.' f territories which they occupied. In the ' forms of fines, ol enforced contrmutions ' 'y In money and kind, of forced labor, and -T' t infrequently by sheer robbery. We 1 -. i J 'have all seen how systematic devasta- tt -tlon has preceded and accompanied 1 rf ther retirements, according to plan. i. Knowlne. then, how they themselves ' Vhave acted and would act If they were P- "I f In the position of the Allies on entering I,-, y.lnto Germany. It Is unthinkable that 4 7.they would ajrree to the armies or ineir " ' lln. I .a1... t... mAt ..Mil ..MnA' 'I superiority In the air, taking post cvery- -.. , whfre hlonf ineir ironusrs, u mcy con '' M.ceivcd It possible to continue the strug . .!slle with any advantage lo thehiselve " J Thorn l. then, to anv one acquainted with the Herman tnlnd a HhR of S m 'sincerity about the last message signed V"by IXXtor Bolf, which has been lachlng 1 'In all the earlier proposals from Ucr I many, Need Adequate Ouarantren For the time being the- political situa tion dominates the military and may a It cOntlhUe to do so, but' there can be . no question of a cessation of hostilities 9 until adequate guarantees have been J r-.Kmlno.l thnt the terms which the Allied n ,,- .. . .,.... fcLll tt. uy -1 v uovernmems ueciuu iu iinii inm .. P-'S.'' ', ' r.-n-l..! ...it In unlrlt nnd letter. Whftt Vi. .i - ......... ..l.nti Iia la rtrlmftrllv .4 V U0 guamitivsn n,.a. v I ' i?1!, rJa. question for soldiers and sailors, for (A nl. .. . .l. .U.a U AIHa.1 nr-rriam a nit k' j 4'' fssenimi nim "" ..i ...... Fv-iiiJLln.M h no nlaeed as to make it Impos- Eslble for Germany to continue tne war , .T.lf. at a later date, sne reiuses io attcin. - rthelr terms. r..'.v iT; Th nns lion is. I my memory scrvea r 1.. . i. a bp narnm jr "".me. witnoui preccucm, iui .- r"i(T " has ft great nation nCRnowieageu com A. ,. i.A. ...1.11a hap nrtnl w.re t .-. ....iiwn nciriiL ninio ... ....... .- ..-. ' -a i everywhere on enemy soil and she held i. i1 .J i. v...- nnunulon huee stretches of ': .? enemy territory. .it t tk three only of President Wll- V-son'a fourteen points. It is obvious that 7 'the offer to evacuate Allied tefrltory. V whlta It In. as 1 have said, an Indication B ..'of Germahy" sincerity. Is not a guar f uiantee to France that Alsace-Lorraine i ?V?.wtll he rtstbred to her. Neither Is - nlthdfawal of German troops from nui- ' a. guarantee of the establishment of t an lndenpendcnt Poland, nor the rctire- ; ftHitnt from Belgium a guarantee of repa.- 7rHn to IBO great VIClim Ol uciman !t-Sbarbrlty' S'Jt-3 leave It to JIarsha! Feh The question of military guarantees - J to Ke exacted will doubtless be left by f'tthe Allied Governments mainly In the ...pharid. ttf Marshal Foch, who will have ""ii -nild him Germany's own treatment " t , of the problem in 171. She then. haV- 'V'-rUns Imposed her terms upon France, ' I left large forces In occupation of sped- t V 1 fld French provinces to Insure their ''"9f observance. These forces were gradu- i i ally Withdrawn an France paid to Ger- ,"i (many the Indemnity Imposed upon her, but the last German soldier did not " Cleave France until long after the war Z( wa over and the last sou of the sum 'Vr- exacted was In the Oerman treasury. Ti Th alnklng of the Lclnster Is a time- ly remlndei1 to us that it Is not only a ' question of .nllltary guarantees but that iVAowr sallora, who have borne throughout j Incomparably the greatest share In the s'lf. war at sea. should certainly have a de- V-oIdlng voice in this matter. Germany's Vi raauest for a commission to settle the J details is In accordance with precedent. V,'BUt It should be primarily a naval it".-n tHltltarv commission nDDolnted to ' JP 4f tirmlne how and when the decision : 5" ot the Allied Governments are to be , aarrled out and necessary guarantees o b secured. It may be longer before thee complex questions are settled, and .. ff It oannot be assumed that hostilities 1wM cease until they are settled. t "' J the moment operations on the !'t western front are following the course tJ which vu anticipated. The Germans t are attempting to stand on the Selle , .vj arid to withdraw their forces on either ; 'Xalde of the salient which Sir Douglas 5',-VS Halg has created In their front. I don't K ;V see that as yet there Is any justldca- 'Vjtlon for the opinion which has" been A"exireMed that the, retreat of the Ger- .W wan armies from the C"hemln-des-Damea i.tf'and St. Gobaln massif Is gravely men- - jiaeed. It may be If Foch can strike ?! again, at once, but In the meantime It "jjg; la certain that the German retreat must e earned consiaeraoiy lunner. .r. U-Vr't 1 "- l.nh, Ocl. It. mleraaj- afternoon ah AtrierlchH patrol crossed the Bell nivef III the neighborhood bf St. Bbhplet and took thirty iirlfoners. We cafrW out A slirres.'iful raid last etrhlhg Wiuth bf Kalnghth-en-Weppes, taking twenty irlnrtfH. A few prltohrri were taken during the night by rtur patrols brt other iwrtlons of th rrnnt MKXcn I'stU, Ort. 15. During the night and the tarly hours this morning w made progress at variotl points along (tie front. Rnuth of the Serre tte took po-ntMslon of Itemles. tlartnton Oct and MonceaU-Le-Wast. West t)t fiethel the French have cap lured N'artteull'riur-Alsne. West of OrAhd Pre the French have progressed beyond the Al'ne. Olliy and Tcrmes are In uur hands. In this region we captured nearly 800 prison ers. AMKItirANn With the Amerlean Kspedltlnnary Force, Oct. 14 (Delayed). This morning American troopi re sumed the advance. North ot Ver dun they nro how operating Against positions of greatest strategic value and natural ' Strength. Today we passed beyond the towns ot Cunel and Itomadge. We have patrols In the Hols de Han thevllle and our attacking line hnr. penetrated the poslllohs of St. Georges and I.andres'et-8t. George-. AlmUt 780 prisoners hae been reported. HtW ALLIED DRIVE Foe Is Removing Troops From Coast mfflmm l Hit,T JfrmMl2&LQMtUKx' Mint trom wwNreres M jrri,wk , Arh cotrnVhAi M qMWP TOurnai "n r BlfTHUMt0 0L8aSSG Ortt;4CV. ona J. ttNS,JK2t J ARRASo5j-ziWfeRPiQY. SCA1 - - - a hv routnt .'?e: The well, of Hav he eherHy MdAM to hv I, particultf ly aurlnf m eatly the attack, hd In Oh It i-arlan troops even penttrati nitthc penetrated the British barrage and used their machine guns. This situation, however, w peedlly ended, and masses ot the ertemy troops were killed. The battle r-ontlntioH taat nleht under hrllllant moonlight. While the main German resistance has been broken, It still Is being offered quite heavily here nnd there along the front. realizes tne seriousness of for the enemy another Allied AlCHCItNHfS. . ." -w victory her. The ciotman Oanlc Is stead ily being turned, and undoubtedly If the Allied success continues I.IMe will fall. The Ilrltlsh are Using masses of Artil lery which, as In receht battle. Is mov ing With the. infantry, and has ben pounding (he boche rear and retreating lines steadily all day. Iat night the Ornish artillery tire continued furiously. BELGIANS VICTORIOUS IN THEIR OWN LAND Continued from Pate One already been counted and a large amount nf material and many KUrta httvo been taken. Mention also must be made of two batteries, which wero taken with the horses atached to the gtlns. THls shows that the methodical withdrawal of the Germans, of which they will riot fall to spedk In report ing the bdttlc, could not be nccorrt pHshed. German reserves which attempted tn htirrv urt to the frontline did nbt escaho the keen eyes ot the Allied aviators and Runners. Oho troop train was rut In two bv shells. When the occupants of the cars Jurrtflod out they were met and scattered by tna chine-gun fire from Allied aviators. The British navy nrttl coast artil lery did excellent Work In t-o-operat-Inc with the ndvnrlnft Infantry. The Oermun-t did not lenve Ilolileri with out startlnc many Arts. AVIATORS PLAY PART IN BATTLE fly the Associated Press London, Oct. IS. The text of the official Ktatcment Issued at tho War Office Inst night relative to the offen sive In Uelglum follows: The Flanders group of armies under King of Belgium attacked at 5:SS o'clock this morning. The second Hrltlth army advanced about four and one-half miles In the direction of Cour tral. capturing the Important .Villages of Iedeghem nnd Mooraelle and reaching the northern outskirts of Menin. "The Belgian army advanced also nearly five miles toward Thourout nnd captured the villages of Uumbeke. Isc- ghem, Cortemarck and Handzaeme. 'The French army attacked with the Belgian troops on both flanks and oc cupied rtoulers ns well as the villages of Devren. Hooglede, Gits and St. Joseph. They nlso captured the plateaus of Gits, Hooglede and Glbbete. The prisoners counted exceed S000. Thirty three hundred were taken by tho Bel gians. 2500 by the French and 1200 by the British. The exact number Of guns taken Is unknown, but six complete bat teries with their teams were captured just ns they were about to withdraw. ALLIES SHATTER FOE'S RESISTANCE dors, Which nt first nppenred to bo ex ccodlnKly heavy, Is reported to have befit broken. After the Ilrltlsh. French nhd Heltflnn ndvonee, there wfro Indi cations that tho enemy was withdraw Ing tho remainder of his material from tho coast of Belgium. As Is edstnrnnry during the hours following the launching of nn attack In this difficult country, reports wero slow coming In but most significant of nil the features of the battle was the fact th.it the Oerman coast batteries were not firing. The enemy artillery reacted heavily south ot rtoulers after the Allied at tack was launched yesterday--but tidrth of the city this fire was very alight, Indicating that the German guns had been withdrawn or were being taken back by the enemy The German rear guards were overcome and further north tho enemy resistance gradually gre'W lighter as the assault progressed. Among the prisoners wero u complete regimen tal staff and a battalion commander. The enemy h begun blowing up material which ho could not remove and the torch Is being applied to the towns that aro being abandoned by tho Ger mans. There have been four explosions near fleerst, Tho fact that tho coast batteries are not firing has given rise to tho rumor that the British naval forces are oper ating off the coast. One report evert went to tar as to say that Ostcndi which seems bound to be evacuated by the enemy, has been entered by British monitors. Thero Is no confirmation ot theso rumoru. Ortly n thlh enemy barrage was en countered by the British during .their attack. South ot Ilchterelde the Brit ish hae driven well to the east. They have passed through Itoulcra and are still advancing. They nro .also operat ing quite a distance east ot the Slenln Haulers road. mam tm mm U uiMMUMxwimm.i Theatre0 anrl Mfjetlnjta dlotet). Saloons Majr Fallow Chlr, Oct. It. In announcing that all theatres and movlng.blcture houses In Illinois wAild be closed today until the pausing dt the epidemic bf EpanlMi influenza, the executive commlttco of the emergency commission used the phrase "Ahd all olhcr places of public amusement." The commission decided alsc to stop all lodro meetings and night schools, but thl tiuhllo sohools In Chi cago and other eitlea where, medical In spection is a part of the system win not be closed. BRITISH IN BELGIUM ARE NEARING COURTRAI By the. Associated Press vnth the ItrltUh Army In Franee, Oct. IS. The British In their attack In Flan ders nrmrnnr-riffl fntiHral. Counter-at tacks by picked Bavarlnns against the French broke down under a hot fire. Thousands of prisoners have been taken. nnn enormous casualties again nave nern Inflicted on the enemy. The latest re ports Indicate that the British broke through at one place and are advancing toward the I.js. The Belgians have signaled from the east Ahd southeast of Hauler that they have captured Hagebrooke, Oltsberri and Flrverln. nrtd that 3000 prleoners thus far have been couhted. Thft British hive taken Dennnp, Bosch molen GUIlrgheni, Wuvcrghem nnd Wer- vico, anil are a tnousanu yaras norm- yestcr- iuo prisoners, ana naa are vtM nt Menliv They nafl captured by eany aricrnodn ' By the Associated Prtss HMre, Oct. Is On a front of mote than twelve miles between the ItAnd' tAcme canal and the noulers-Mehln road, Belgian and French troops have captured k number of towns, a large number of guns and quantities of ma terials, according to the official commu nication Issued last night by tha Belgian war omce. The communication mi lowst 'This morning Belgian and French troops operating In close co-operation carried by assault enemy positions on a front of twenty kilometers between Handzaeme canal and the ItoUlers- Menln road. "Breaking the strong ehemy resistance, they ororressed along the Whole bf the rroht, capturing Handzaeme, Corte marck, (llts, St. Joseph. Hooglede. Beveicn numbeke Beythem Ouekene and Wlnkelstelol. "The French carried ,tloulcrs i by ns Mult. Mom tn the east the Belgian: progressed In the flghtlhg oh a depth of tnoro than ten kilometers, captured Iseghem and reached the borders of I.endelede, delivering numerous clll pop ulations. "The advance varies between four and five kilometers. Airplanes actively co- 'A arent nuahtlty o c'udlng six complete batterl luiru. . "Iloulcrs. Cortemarck. Hooglede and Gits .are afWme. There hate been ex plosions in different pans or jiouiers.- iflcrhodn couhted eleven field guns. day The Whole front attacked. It now de velops, extended fdr thirty kilometers northward from CBtnlnes, the British holding half of this line. There are furtner evidences that the tlermahs are retreating from the Belgian coast. Their stores are being moved from Ostend and Bruges, extraordinary tfforts being made to get all their ma terials away from the rear of the front of nttack; but the quantities are ho vast, because they were originally put there whert the Germans hnd hopes of breaking through and drIMng for the coast, that the enemy Is now experienc ing great difficulties In saving his sup plies. More fires have been started by the Germans, especially In Thourout and In the neighborhood of Cortemarck, and operated. The number of prisoners up to the present Is six thousand. r material, in- material, rlcs. Was cap- Hesitation Means Defeat; Buy Now, Urges President Vresldcni iVttsdn has Uiued the foltouHnp aldlcmertt on the fourth lAbcrtv oott; tirpHB reply of the German Gov- - eminent to m' note of In quiry dated Oetbbor 8 glvcli occa. slbn for me to say to my fellow countrymen that neither that reply not ntiy other recent events havo In ahy way diminished tho Vital Im portance ot the Liberty lioan. .Re laxation now, hesltntldn rlow, would mean defeat when victory seems to bo In sight! would mean years ,of wnr Instead of peace Upon our own terms. "I earnestly request every pa triotic Amerlcah to leave to the Governments of the United States nnd of the Allies the momentous discussions Initiated by Germany, and to remember that for each man his duty is to strengthen tho hands of these Governments and to do It In tho most Important way now Immediately pteschted by sub Hcrlblt.B to the utmost ot his ability for bonds of tho fourth Liberty Loan. That loan must bo success ful, t am Hiiro that the American peoplo will not fall to see their duty anil make It successful. "WOODROW WILSON," Ahead In Ar&pnne Mtlt wtA Continued rtnrii fit Ons with machine guns In such a manner that It was regarded necessary to blast It away with big guns. The Germans had tunneled openings for machine guns through the banks on the cast side of tho road and' every little tbnnel was lined with cement. All nltcmptu to take this position were fruitless unless the machine guns were silenced by direct hits. 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