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Maurice, However,
liens Against Pressing
War for Vengeance
IK MORE OF VICTORY
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KjEkiftT in Relaxing Efforts'
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MAJ. GEN. SIR FREDERICK 1). strurtlon of property and Inhumanity
tttttiiri.'
.fiituiwv
Former Director nf Operations of the llrltslh
Spec., CM. to iSn'to, Public ledger
Cepiirtoht
t. !. . .V,.e Vnrto Time. Co.
lndon, Oct il
The lesson of the week was very clear-
ty put before us b Irfrd Mllner In th
Interview which he Ke on Friday to a
representative of the nenlnr Standard.
We need, he said, to think more nf vic
tory and less of vengeance He might
have added that e need also to be
. ..t.l.... n, Tliimne u a If t1lf
. ,, ..,. .. fi,.,, Is I
i ... .' ' i.
- .-n i .u u.. r.t nl.. ir la
Pace talk in the m!d-t of an war I. ,
...... I. t. nfil. ..... nf alien
incnui.g, auu hi inr m.h. ...
a terrible FtruRKle as that throtiBh which i talnly fcM It epedient that Cli rm.my
we hae passed and are passing It Is J should be put Into u position "hire
h.gh.y dangerous, both for u, at l!,'- - XJJ f
.fc:L" ."L"' ,i"".1T'!TE!?L-.,V?i
tut imusl vlJu i i?i - - .! ..
u at the mome.it Is tli.it we may mlrs ,
part at least of that for which wi have i
bean fightlnff. by relaxing our ifforts In I
the belief that the end Is coming at once. '
, . . ,u.,
By all means let us hope that It Is
comlne at once, but until It has ac-1
tually come let Ub bo on with all the
mercwe. possess So much for Dame !
Ilumor and her was
Then
Mtthe
the
Hun
'' """":.. ,"hr:... TnaTr;
u,)r,. . .r
J. Deueve, tne one iiung wnicn n.e . ...-.- ,
b'ii militarist desires more man aiu
thing else at thlsmom. IIe thn, ,
hi. one chance of salvation is for us to
there Is the risk to which Iorrt " ",'" ', " " " ""
r alluded, that we. remenil-erlng all 7vr' "',-'.""'.". ."""
horrors and brutalities which the ..r. .,.-......-. .-.... ... ........
has perpetrated, up.ir.l the whole do. s It, hnr reply wl have In Uew he
- .x ....uu.l l,lM(- til -.-f-lll III .IVl,i-rtlllM WVll r. If. .11.
11 . . tr V . ,'i, .nVVeMreitn'that hursts luo-t. I will be ho com
thnUn self-defense they will be forced to ,, rcl!,on for ,,,. ot m lkluR n
rally arounu mm complete surrender now If she does not
tut; jmj.- . T-. -...., . ..-
jjic ueiernunru n rciin iu mr wp.
v - I 1 a. .-t. 4 a.. U l,..l .
Very KrCal lu.. w Dili puiilt iiu
in 1870. after the whole of her armies
had been destroved. how (lambetta ral
lied the people to him and In a people's
war not only covered France villi un
dying glory, but gave the. Prussian war
lords at the height of their success a
fright which all but caused them to
pack up and abandon the slrge of Paris
ook how the Boers rougnt against us
after Uloemfonteln and Pretoria were
In our hands; how Lie and the south
erners fought on when their cause was
Utterly bopelc-s We have thus to be
trare, not only of slackening our efforts,
but of giving the enemy the courage of
despair by clamoring for vingeance
, Rome Germans' Loathe Militariiim
Lord Mllner mentioned his experi
ences In Uermany at the time of tho
v, !.-..-. i..t.a.. ...i.... I.. I.. ., .. !...
" ..aaucrii iiiciiiriu, iviien in iuuiiu mc-
.. WaiMaii inHifrn.,titt iii-nint tiiA rnriniA
- ..,r tntt .T.tnlfni. unit .I.if.I.hnnt.
ot. I canon-
ove of mllitar -
venal lit (;er-
ftrm his statement that I
lm la by no means unlveri.il lit (.
rhnny. I was traveling In South tier-
many a few months before the war, and
X there made the acquaintance ot a
major In the Vuertteinberg Artillery
Ha said to tne one evening: 1
Tou have no Idea how vie loathe the ,
Prussian. The Prussian Is a brute and ' It here. Hut America is out of the I In event the Herman machine Is loeit
a. bullv. but. alas' we can't do without question, becuuse there are not cable ' ed by the ra of a searchlight tint
blm."
Well, we have to help them to do
without him aid we are well on the 1
way to that end. I
The task of the Allied Oovernincnts
at this time Is more dllllcult than it has
aver been during tlie war. They have. I
Lord Mllner put It. the enormous
responsibility of deciding how complete
victory can be reached In the shortest
possible time and with the loweat cost of
life. The best, and Indeed the only way!
In which we can heln them, is to earn-1
on. if possible, with even greater energy
than before, until complete vlctorj has
ben gained, and to l,ave all shouting
About peace or vengeance until we have1
(Tot it .
I said last week that we ought to !
"look far beyond the battlefield of Cam-
Brai tor tile enect ot the great victory
'we won there. Well, we have seen the
effect in Germany and we are now see-
'loop lla ffeet All the liesteen tmnt f Itl
. .' VWCourtral. Tourcolng. noubalx and Os
.'(V'fitend are the Immediate fruits of the
!,jh "'hrd flghtlng of our men on the HindCn-
r'ti ur Ilneani1 of 'he Americans further
Vouth of 'the Krlemhlld line. .
f r ' By hat flghtlng the enemy has been
o weakened that lie has been forced
to abandon large stretches of French
more fru.ls i,,"Z '" ""n "
I believe the enemy h already In re-
treat to shelter himself behind the Ghent
canal and tne Scheldt, a retreat which
will release the whole of the Industrial
nd coal area of northern France.
Foe Mut Shorten Front
Sir Douglas Halg Is pressing the
nemy so hard on the Selle and General
Pershing. In desperately Severe fighting.
is wearing him down co effectively
astride the Meuse, that I don't expect
Jilm to make more than a temporary halt
tven behind the Scheldt. He cannot af
ford to risk a British break-through Into
the valley of the Sambre or an Amer
; (can break-through to the Metz-Valen-,'
clennes railway at Longuon, while his
; center Is still bowed westward between
r ,1 Cateau and Rethel As he has not the
, :i ,Koops to witustana tnese fierce attacks
". and at the same time to hold the re.
, maJnder of his line nrmly, he mutt go
v .ck and shorten his front
One great and Important result of
Ms strategy of Foch's Is that Lille and
Mm great towns surrounding It. and
ifuch of Belgium, have been recovered
ktoiost undamaged, and King Albert is
ijafcle to lead his armies Into a land which
,f '-jn. 'f .:. - .. -"
s i v maiar ine nev-RRiniinn nr vnrec mn.
l l -' ' linm ilka naradlse.
. ' Thnllrh the enemv In In releen Ve
been retiring In good order, and.
" ' " ..., ...
h the help of his Austrian allies, he
1 has some 200 divisions on the west
front: bo that his military iwwer
resistance is not yet broken. It
well be that the power of reals
ce of the German people Is going
li faster than' that of the r army.
nay wen na tnat the almost certain
'eetlon of Turkey and the very proba-
detection or Austria may settle the
ter for them.
t it would be wrong for us to count
any of these things. Our plain
Is to make sure that we do
Ing that Is possible to break
this resistance of the German ar.
-, We have to remember that corn-
victory Is within our power, and
uwt we get J 1. in fact, we cannot
than follow the example of
Wilson, who, while ne-rotlatlnr
Oxrmana, speeds up the ship.
a troop. The old
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35
Armistice Conditions
Reported Accepted
Coatlniieet frrm Tax tm
son' demand for evllen.ee that ho Is
talklt.fr to the German people and
Buaranteo that he villi deal with them
In Hie future.
An explicit nnswer In regard to sub
marine warfare may ulso be confident
ly expected. Germany must answer
cither "jes" or "no" to the President a
dcmu-.'U with regurd to It, or she must
AffnN tn .. I -M ...M.lltf ns (hut tVt I
I President approve, certain suction '
witn regard to the armistice. ,
i .. !
.mum (me auiinriion
A satisfactory answer or one that
I offers hone of proving Mitlsfactory
must he made If the movement toward
poare Is to continue, and Germany hail
no choice but to keep up that move-
i toward inhabitants cie In France
an(, rjciRium, (jemiany will probably
I M.i i i e M .u- -I..,-,.,.. e
"ln lWY.'- -- -'f Z' 'Z.
L' '.nTn.hln; t n.;m,,l.,l,. f In the,
,,
j Vew of what Is known about the
chances In the Cierman loiihtltutlon It
.....- . . ... ..... "j... ... .i.
wouiu seem us u me cuiiQiiittus ui m t
arml-tlc- would offer the largest ob-
stnele remalnln? to the resiatlon of.
llOHtlUtles. In
I'resldent Wllfon referred rjcnn'in'
to the military authorities with rewitd i
to the terms on ulilcli an urmUtici-
' .. U 1.- . ., 1 M....,l.,.l 1 V.tli III
nn .Innht frPl It Incumbent on him that
be should sacrifice no itilxantace of
"' should sacriiice no a(ianuiK "i ,
, ,,,,, ofTen(,v , Br.intlnK'
L. ........ ...
tiermany a res mic: lnuceo ne - i n cer-
vtfriniii) irai aui iciniri mu ur
military surrender.
Hitter Pill for Hermans
The bitterest blow that will fall
upon the military party In th.. Km-
plre will be h.ivliiR to no to loch for
i (rrms on whlch t))iy miy ob(aln
a cej.atlon of lioHtllltleH and halnc
to accept the conditions ho will he
" '"IPO--. A military nation like
'niniiin knows prulsely what to
nvlhlnBp.f nnuicnaiit to her
. . . ,,-,,... sh ,,,..
,, ..... ,iunb . i,i .,..
lira, iiioi,iusi ii I iiniin' 1. ' ili 4m
t.,i..t r...tv, II... i' MlnHmiu ...iitiii, iiiflri.
-- .J d - ,--, ' , x orIoans cleaned ,ip the W.h Itap
artfil)(tlc(i bm lh3t ul U)r lhnB,,aKlng more than 100 prisoners Most
m.iki' (inc. tui. tnittir what the reuiv
niav aot.
Still .See Msns of Karlv Peace
Meat. vviille coiifldiucp In e.irh jicice
continues no matter what the t'lerman '
note mav dlsclos". The Allies have
the putter to enforce peace. Wash-
liisTtuu expects to get It soon. Slept
are boliiR taken toward agreement
upon a basis of lepresentation In th-
induce confeience and towurd the or-
Rtinlsitiut A practlcul working or-
gunlzatlon will be dltllcult to achieve '
How main votes will Knglund havo
in It? How mam France? How
many the United States" How many
Uelslum Hulgarla and tlie other small
nations' Virtually the whole world
will sit In this confeience. How can
It be made to work?
These (Uestloi.s have been left un-
rtnui, m....( lior..tn.a inrn l.nu uii.MbhI.i
, ......vu wwuua. ...v ,.t ouuuvu.j
iinil unexnectedlv rnnve lie.ir. A fovi'
months ugo It was thought that vie-
, ton could only be ic.-tc.hed In 1920 A
few weks ego 1010 was set bv Oeneral
' March
the date for It. And now
Clermany's surrender before 1910 be-
Kltis Is confidently expected
Where will the fonfereneo i. ii.i.if
"P"?."" llle (.Onlerence UC Held'
in WoshliiRton
ome people saj, be-
cause the Pieslilent mav best dominate
I sIircs thar'u peace" clmfe'renee Ttii," "iJIi "r 1J"' "W
lines enough to transmit all the mes
cause. All Hurope will have to be In
communication witn Its reprcsentu-
tlves. On the other hand, there are
cablc lillt'1 enough for tills side of the
world to keep in touch with Its repre-
sentutlves.
I!l'e and The Hague are the ie.ul-
'n candidates ubroad. Tlie Dutch city
has the advantage of being long asso-
dated in mens minds with attempt at
International organization. On the
other hand, Derne has been the real
International capltol of the world since '
this war began. It was there that all
secret negotiations took place
It was thcie that General Saruts
went to talk to Austria. It was there
. that the conferences following the fa
' n.n.... 1. .. -.. ll-l...... kl. ......
1 moUH letter to I'rince Slxtus were
I held. Like the question where to hold
the Republican and Democratic na.
llnnnl i.nninHnnu linu ot a. O.Iu n..n.
, tlon of where to hold the great world
j peace convention will be largely one
I of telegraph and hotel fucllltles. The
necessity for wires and bedrooms mav
j upset, all predictions and send the
I meeting to one ot tho big belllcernt
I capitals.
BiShop of N.ncy Deatl
Pari.. Oct. 21,-Mon.iinor C F. Tur-
inaz- bishop of Nancy since 1882, Is dead
at the episcopal residence there.
He
was Dorn 111 iiss.
TODAY'S MARRIACi: LICKXSLS
William J Hands 3X14 Hare at . ami Ger
trude t Heaver, ftnreslale Pa
Thomas J. Krllr. ftnx N tsth at. and Isabel
K Donald. ".'7 H ltth tt
Ctnrlea It Palton. Vlneland. N J and
aa& 11. nair. Newport. Pa
Jamea K Vtolloi Wio-i N mth at and
Kathrvn o Kllpatrtrk lTtS N 10th at
Charlea T Ftler .inttl nirhmonrt st . and
Jtary B Parker. SOIH Klchmond st
Joseoh P. IuvIb. si W Indiana ave and
Katharine Jt L'hl 3'ino VVhealaheaf isne
Oeorae VV Martel V n N Leaaue Island,
und Catherine Donnelh 1040 Howard st
J.eo Dornrr. Denver. Col and Itoae Schanle.
Rosenhavn N, J
V'raneta J. .MeKenna .114ft N 23d t . and
Klliabeth Kenny 1714 N Park ave.
Enslan Milton s oiderahaw, V n. N.,
Philadelphia Navy Yard, and Ida V Davis,
llfthlehrm. .Pa.
Joseph J !.adden 3T.0S N Ath St.. and Anna
n Parnan IS4T N Colleae ave
Pranrla A. Ilovle. VJ";s Kltairaier at . and
Hose M Ilrennan. 1417 N. :sth si.
John Kerns sis N. May st.. and Mary
l.'oyle. H31 Ilelmont e
Kdward Iailnrr. X-f.v N. Utli it,, and Jen.
nta Poutnan. SK'J N. 13th at.
Samuel e'harnlek. 4n2 Cbrtallan at., and
Sara bnlotr. 418 N. 4th st.
Thomas It UemUert. l'4V Alter st . and
l-.mma P. lfamnund. .'33n Albln at.
Divorces Granted
President Judie Dresy and Judse Shoe
maker, In Court No. 1, granted th follow
Inx dlvones today:
Minnie Cathertna Ilrnnett tram Ctorso
VV Dennett
Klla Oraee Abel from Harrv M. Abl.
Antolnetta Mazutl from Vlncsnzo Mas.
zutl,
Joseph Ilose from Lena Hose
Maria Ansellnl from (tulsepno Ana-ellnl.
Ml ome (lurter from William II. T llor
ter. T.llltan Dorman from Nathaniel Dorman.
Howard .'. Cunnlnsham from Mary (lose
Veronica darkness Cunningham
rltewart I. Itmbert from llrulah Lam
bert riarenre J, A Smith from Gertrude II
Smith
AdelU Cnrane from Domenlek Corane.
r.mma May Cproaell from Wesley Spro-
celi
Jnsrnhlne D Harvey from Penjamln I..
Harvey
(leome i. i-raiv rrntn r.nnn i.. (.rur
(ieorife M. Wilson from lllanche M VVtl.
son
Harry lijnrr iiavuie from .Mary j cm.
VlPe,
Jamea c mrkey rrom Anne jneaey
lessle Hioll from I.loul w. rlinll.
Hamuel Levinson from Itosle Ievlnson
Jsmea O. eade frtm I.mian Ateade
CTharlrs li Eallw from Margaret T Kai
Lalaaiat 'ieaan
YANKEES CLOSE
IN ATBRIEULLES
Patrols Meet No Resistance
North of Main Line
on Mcusc
FREYA LINE CROSSED
GcrillUliy Sends Strong Rc-Cll-
forccnicnts to Cheek Amer
icans, Pershing Reports
By the Associated Press
1 With tlie Amerlrnn Army Nnrthwett
I if Vrrilttn, Ort. SI. Flerre n-hllnc look
" "!' '" "' ""' i"hln..,n nre
the Americans were forced lo full bark
I.nler lhp.r rannler.altarkril and re.
,'ihtr lo
,-alned the purt of the ood thai bad
.
,. ,,,,, Unitrd ,,
llli Ine Alnrrlinn Armlrs In I'ranre,
Ool :i
American troops are steadllv clt-hlnc
In around Urleullei', but steady rains and
"seiuent mudillnesH of the
terrain
have dilayed the operations
.Hrleullis Is on th- Mcusc on the rl.ht
. ,,, .,,,,.. .,.,.., .... ...
ucnp , ."......... ... .,ir v nam-
K,Kl.tlnB In the rKonne Forest wiih
a,tnier,:,l;':i:dnH:ne!Kr,Zr,H ?
-' :lce1r;.,f'Ai;;e,Ho::nse,,'-,en
linrarllv, but regained the lost Rround
ine tui inoriiliip
At the Hols de Itappes and the llols
dt l'oret, and near th Meuse. our pa
trols went MlRhtlv northward of the
main line, meeting with no resistance
whatever.
Ry the Associated Prcsi
Villi tlie American Armv Nortliweal I Lorraine and .Msac resulted In capture
of er.lun. net L'l II v slimhiR ahead "r Prl"""'''1''. lnp I rench Var Olllce to
hcrt and there the American line this I ,ll,jTmV ..j t,Caie that the Allies
morning rests across tho 1- rey.i defense. re punning mi nttaek on the southirn
position ut several places, the Amerlenns I part of the west front and are seeking
on Sunday having made .slight advances Information of (ierni.ui troop's In that
on the northern edge of the Hols de Dan-
thevllle and In the region of Ilourrut,
Isiih of wliU h points are touclied by the i
I reia line
Aftir an artillery preparation the
of tlie resistance encountered was from I
German machine-Rim nests There were
artllUrv outbursts at Intervals during '
the aftiinoon.
Rv the Associated I'rcsi
V a-hlncton, Oct. 21- (iermany is
drawing heavily uikiii other parts of the
icxtern front for re-enfor eincnls tn
cluck the merli.ins north ot Verdun,
iiener.il Pershing's ciimuiuiilrpje for
Sunday says during tho heavv lighting
of the lust week a constantly Increasing
number of (irrmaii divisions have been
nrought up and are bittirlj contealhiR
every foot of ground
"
MH.'Bir f.V l ITHfM
l'"i,f IL.H ' ' -'1 ' lft1-.O
CLEAR iSIQIIT SKIES
fiy the Associated Prcsi
With the nterenn rniv Northrrest
of AVrilun, Oct iM Amerleaii avlnt
ors liv Inaugurating nieht p'l'nli nlc-nc
tie .iieuse. nave nitrneieti nnn n ntien-
tlon among the airmen .f other n.i
' 1'""' ''p"'?, "m JXjee"'!.'. s"c ill'fmn
Amerh-ftn 'fronJ w'hire ohseJier n
a-
from
a fir
listeners renort bv wire when the motor
of n (lernnn alrol.uie is heard approach
ing the American line'
AQ soon a-s onp "r "'ce reports m re- , pa-tamenie arrtsto tiue att.iechl nein el
.,-l ., Amenesn soirehllchls I11.1...1 M... - . ...11 . v.ii-
,, eeplng the skv The American
nluht n.itrols arrive at the same time
Ameficin machine attack unlit
the
3000 Teutons
Taken by Haig
'
""' "' ' '' "'
ern Ardci.nes and up both hanks of
the .Meusc
,T w te.. nnscc t 't
.sll - iLiI !o LilvUOJ u 1 J
IN FLANDERS DRIVE
By the Associated I'rcst
liiulnii, Oct. 21- An 0lllcl.1l state
ment Issued last nlsht s.is-
"Tile advance of the urniv sroups
In Flanders, umler command of Klngi
Albert, continued throughout the dav j
' After vainly trying to nrreit our'
progress towurd the western bank of
1 .,,. rjVs alonu tho Devnzee Fecloo '
' V , ' . W ' ? , .
CJ"al and ncaK Ule nutrl1 fl"ltler'
I tho Germans have been forced to
I withdraw over the whole front
' . "The .BelBtan army has es.ab.ljhed
?i Xn&,i f" ? f.i '.cJi """ I
ls on the Dutch frontier and the urmv
has occupied the Important centers of
Aeltre, Adeghem, Bellani and I'rscl
(about ten miles west of Ghent). t
"l'rench forces have thrown tne
enemy rear jtuurds back over the
Iys and notwlthstundinc; floods,
brouuht about by the Germans have
crossed tho river and established
bridKeheuds. One of these is between
Granmeno nnd Peteghem, another Is
east of Oyghem. '
"The Second Hrltish Armj In spite '
of stronu resistance nnd the dltflcubl
ties arising from destrojed coinmunl-1
cations, has crossed tlie Lys ulong
the whole of its front and advanced
Its right flank to the western out.
skirts of Pecei, In the valley of the
Hscaut. ine line now runs West of
Pccc; and through St Leger, Dottlff
nlcs. Rolleghem, Vlchte, Dcclyclt and
Drlesch.
"Since October 14 the Kecond Army
has captured C203 prisoners and 169
guns."
liy the Associated Press
Amsterdam, Oct. 21. German
guards at tho frontier post of Maaga
Van Gent, near Watervilet, sixteen
miles north of Ghent, were replaced
by Entente guards yesterday, Tho
post ut Sas-Van-Gent, seven miles fur
ther south, was beini? held by the Ger
mans, but they said tliey were leav
ing at once.
BRITISH IN FLANDERS
REACH THE SCHELDT
I By the Associated Press
, Havre, Oct II The following ofllcUl
statement was Issued yesterday by Bel
gian headriuarters:
"The offensive operations of the arm
ies In Flanders under the command of
General R'o continued during Sunday.
After attempting to oppose our advance
on the west hank of the Lys River and
the Bruges cnnal from Eecloo to the
Dutch frontier, the Germans wtre
obliged to retreat along the whole front
'The Belgian army is standing along
the canal, with its left resting on the
Dutch frontier.
DRIVING FOE FRqM FLANDER6
$"
)STI
.,,''
11' DUNKIRK
"
only drlxen bcond the Ms the enemy
rearguards, but has nra, notwlthstand
Ine the Inundations c.iufcd by the fler
mans. crossed that rlcr. islabllshlnK
two brlilRchradr, one between Uram
mene and PeteKhcm and the other at
Oyichem.
'Th- Second Hrltlsh Army. ooreom
lnjr lolent enemy nslstance and dllDuult
f.0"' 1" '! "A ?"" "?T i". ,''i".SK
III. ll.l IIUIIl (,,l. ,U,T "n.niu .... v"
riRlit tho western outskirts or rrco, in
the alley of tlio Hcheldt Tlie front of
this army passes through a line west of
Pivq. the outskirts of DottlRnlcs, east
of ItolPRluni, Vlchte ami Wlelslnke. It
has taken since Uth of fu-loUcr CbQ'j
prisomrs and i.iptured 1CD RUna."
? m
ALLIES MAY OPEN
OFFENSIVE IN ALSACE
Wv the United Prcis
Paris, fiel L'l It.ildliiK operations in
region i
Hetwien the Serre and Al'ne there
I was iuereated artillery lire last night
DUE ATTACH! NEMICI
AL FRONTE ITALIANO
jli Italiani Coniplrlainentc li
rrcslano con Conecntra-
ione ()i Fnoro
l'ulillh"l -'! TH"i'lli"trd I'llilcr
PKKMIP M ."ill
i.lluirl-iil In the set nf Vt.' - a
"it" on lie nt the Postoltlee of l'hllj
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I order of l'ie I'reni.l. nt
v s uriit.n'nv
Postmifter llenirjl
Rontn, "I oltobre.
Dalle notlzie giunle dalla fronte di
bnt'aglla si rllev.i azlonl locall si verl
i ficano i on succisso liingo le Unco dclle
inomagnc per opera del rlparti d'lncur
slonr Itnllanl, 1 uuall in parecclil can I
rono rluscltl n tngllere til sorpresa H
nqmlco c ad tnfilggcrgll lonslderevoll
perdlte.
II MliUstiro dell.i (Juerra, nel tiome.
rlgglo dl itrl. fece II segucnte Hiinunzio:
ii nosiru iuoco ui tuiarramento com
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Halmto fu pubbllcato II
lomunlcato ufllclale
"Xella Valle Daone gll Alplnl hanno
attaecato due postl avanzatl jieinlel,
scaeclandone la guarnlglonc 1 c.itturando
vintlQiiattrn prlgionleri
Fna Rrosra pattuglla dl truppe
franccsl, operantl al nosiro fronte, e
riuclta a penetrare tieile llnee nemlghe
a Monte Sh-emol, e, dopo una breve e
vloletitlslinn lotta corpo a corpo, e'
riuc ta a sopraffare II nemleu, cat
lur.iudo trentadue prlgionleri
'L'n fnrle dlstaccamento di tiuppe
.tustrlache elm tentava nvanzarc lungo
I.i Valiata dell'Aatlco fu attaecato e
dipersii dalle nostre truppe N'umerose
p.ittugllc nemlche furoiio poste in fuga
nella Valle Frcnzela."
Dalle notlzie glunto dalla fronte dl
li.it tn glla In Fiancla si rileva che le
truppe Itallare cola" operanti contlnu
nno vittoriore la loro avanznta nel plan!
iCl, Luon. nonostamte la vigorosa tesls
lenza del tedeschl o le condlzionl
Bfaverevoll del terreno.
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A VSXifeSatfHAIUlROI
Spanish Influenza
NOTICE
Ann Sun Ship liuildinu
Companit emploijc who is
sick or in any wan affected
by the present epidemic, or
who has any member of his
family laid up with the in
fluenza, should
Immediately Phone
Spruce 2830
(Phila.)
or
Chester 2010
You will receive
Medical aid and
A Nurse will be .
Sent to Your
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And If you are well, our -schools are now open for
you to learn all classes nf marine and shipyard work,
taught by highly tkllled Instructors, big pay while
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'ANTWERP
U. S.-Czech Break
Sought by Foe
Continued from Pane On
Fzechn-Slovak headquarters liven mem
bers of the municipal hospital staff are
nfTcctid, While there is no evidence
that the epidemic will spread to the
Czech forces who nre quartered In
schools, slorcs and clubs, the lied Cross
Is rushing assistance to check tne uie
ease. This condition Is not confined tit the
Interior, but Is found In eastern Si
beria, where refugees aro living In
nvcrcrowded cellars, caves or abandoned
houses
The Red Crot la caring for 5000 In
Vladivostok Many thousand of others
aro Featured along the Siberian rail
way. Fortunately winter has not set In,
but within another month thousands of
lives will be In the hands of the Amer
ican relief expeditions.
Meanwhile the Czechs are forcing llol
sheviki to retreat In tlie i:katerinburg
sector toward Tura. Although the
Czechs w-i ro forced o evacuate Samara,
their artillery lire Is preventing the
llolshevlkl from entering tho city. One
of three enemy airplanes attacking
F.imara Ftatlon was forced to drop
, , ., 1
Itest llotshfv.k Troop,
The enemy attempted to turn the
C.cch right, but was repulsed and lorrcu
a -.. eist Hii1.t,aiinAku rP 4tifa'
111 reireiii 1 nc lumn-i in.. .-.i v. ....
Hedi prftveH the pn aenco there nf the
best Holsltcvlk troops re-enforced by 1
Hungarians. '
In the region of Hlmnlrrk the enemy
contlnuet' tu retreat from Meleks. fnl-
lowing the battle of Hankov Judging I
from the Czech communique' In the hut
three days, they are making a better
stand than was at first expected In
addition to these successes. Ihey havo
cleared the Krasnourlmslf-Sarnpul rall
wav. If they continue such resistance unt 1
the winter anowp of November they will
have blocked the (lerman-Ilnlshei Ik
campaign, which purposes to dl?orgnn-l
Ize the ('cell army before Kngllsh -
French military lellef and American I
lied Cro-n assistance leach them I
Meanwhile the Bolshevist troubles In
Moscow lire growing alarm'ngiy The I
Bolsheiikl control commlttceV olllcl.il
bulletin containing a signed treasury
statement, shows a deficit In the first
six months of 1918 amounting to 14,
.I0.000.o6o rubles:
Nlberla Stirred by Peaee News
Kastern Siberia Is confused and ex
cited by the peace news. Wnlle o!ll
clals and the public almost unanimously
believe this ends the conflict In I'urope,
the are. troubled by serious transporta
linn proniems, ine piiKni 01 rciugees anu iinn tne great organ has been broken
Interior food shortages, and unanimously up. Religious ornaments wero found
agree that even If the present negot In- 'scattered nbout the floor of the church,
tlons bring peace nbroad, Russia's Tho i'ixK nail, where the German com
Iniemsl condition msv cause -mother ' hiandant had his nuartus. was pillaged
internal condition nsy caube. .inouur and Mcke(i Mos, of th pointings Iu
war over Russia unless tljo AUJes lire the museum were taken away, but for-
111 a po-iitiiit ui mine iu nic iniriiui
wnen tne Hermans evacu-ue
It is seriously questioned here whether
Germany's promise to withdraw from
Russia Includes the thousands of trou-i
ble-maklng political and commercial
agents but with General Graves here
und Ambassador Morris at Harbin, ,
Washington will be kept minutely ud
vl.ted of what happens and of whnti
may develop as a result cf the present P
armistice, notes ,
Sutl.nnl Wlh Winter quarters
General Graves Is satisfied, follow.
Ing an im-pcctlon, that the Amrr'cans
will be comfortable In winter quarters,
although tho general cannot announce
the location previous to communicating
with Washington. While Ambassador
Morrs Intended to leave Harbin on'Oc
tober 17, ln Korea and Toklo, Mrs.
Morris's arrival In Vladivostok may
change his plans. The Red Cross com
mission Is leaving for the Interior to aid
the Czechs, also the masses of refugees
streaming awny from the battlefrnnt.
For ten davs General Graves has been
Inspecting the American fronts n Si
beria nnrt Invaded country by special
train I JO miles ivrthvvest along the
Amur Railroad without a trace of the
Bolshevik!, everywhere encountering the
friendliest public altitude toward Ameri
cans. This part of Siberia Is certainly
with tho ITnltcd Slates. Our troops have
restored order Hnd brought Into tho
country an atmosphere of friendliness
and freedom which this homo of tho
Czar's exiles baa never known.
From the time tho general and his.
Rtah left Vladivostok until Monday,
wnen tuey conipieieu tile inspection, tho
Twenty-sevcnth Infantry was living In
old ItiiFsInn barracks under the com
mand of Colonel Htver nnd the Japanese.
General Ol Not even weather marred
their reception from Vladivostok.
Our men have been living In box
cnrH along railroad sidings, eating bear
meat, spearing salmon In tho Amur
River, hunting ducks, enjoying camp
HfA In what many regard as the wilds
of Siberia, but what In reality Is a
country similar to eastern Pennsylvania
and .New Jersej, although tho bouses
are all log cabins of tho tpe built In
forests
Traveling from Rera to, Khabarovsk,
whrre American patrols were on duty
guarding stntlons and bridges. While
the men are n contented as soldiers
can be In camp life, they nr,. almost
entirely cut off from America Vlr
tually no iichh reaches them, except
vi lien Mipplj t mlns psn or when olll
ceis and soldiers arc sent along tho
line on Inspection Since they havo
been here they have had no mall,
although mall Is expected by the next
transput t
CosMirk for l tiselx it Unltv
lieiieral K.ilm) koff, .the twentj -elght-year-iild
lewder of the Cossacks, whoso
forces are co-operating with thn Allies
to maintain oidir, has declared he was
lighting for no political party, only for
ibiieeirtil Ullll.
1 win nui support iiiiv n.irtv tini.
It favors the Constituent Assembly," lie
n.ini, e-i.-.i nre me i oKsnci.s are tree jneii
and viui neicr return to servo a mon
arehy "
General Kahmkoff, In eonver..iiitr win.
General Graves, received mi assiiiiiiicc of
tillile. ttl.....ll.nf.. 1.1. . ...
" '"i'1-..i. i"i- ma eiiriy asjistnmc,
which nre of Incalculable valui, in view
of the approach of winter. Saturday
night n loncert nnd ball wns given In
honor of the Americans. On Sunday
there was another.
To see the Americans a nil hundreds
in meat- uuFHiditn garnered In inc.
tlieatre, dam Ing and enlovlng life one
, (lmk.ul believe timt this count
try Is In the throes of a revolution but
f questions school children, for In-
HaH. ..- -. t .. .a . .1 - . .. .
tnance. mm jeani w nat tho liolshcvlki
brought the people.
Seeing several hundred children come
from a building, my Interpreter askcS
hou they liked -ihool They replied,
"It's too crowded" We asked why.
They said:
"Well, formerly only the children of
tne ileh could go to school Now all
schools are free There Is not room
enough for nil."
DOUAI RUINED AS BY MADMEN
jDeM ruction, Waste and Dcsolutiou
.. l,.rv lT-inil
I u" u,crJ 'e'ln
liy the Associated Press
Villi the British Armies In Prance,
Oct 21. ((lavas) Doual. in Its waste
and detolatlon. Is 11 sad sight Moving
pitcurcs of the city should be taken so
that the world could see for itself sights
which cannot be described.
Tlu streets are filled with furniture
and articles of all kinds. It might be
said that In Doual alf the Insane asylums
had been opened and that madmen In
their fury had taken delight In destroy
ing everv thing. Tho material losses are
Incalculable
The stained glass windows tu tho
ClllirCh Uf St Peter briCe hei.n Rninuli-H
itunaieiy tne nenry was undamaged.
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Official Wai; Reports
ritncir
Paris, Oct. 51
Between the Serre and the Alsne.
during the night there vvbr Increased
artillery fire.
In Lorraine nnd Alsace our- rnlders
entered.. the, Oermaji .trenches and
Hrodght hack prisoners. Klscwhcre.
the ront was calm.
1IU1T1MI
l.ondan, Oct 21.
The number of prisoners captured
by us In the operation yesterday north
of Le Catenu now exceeds 3000. Tho
enemy positions along the River Sells
T.il' iori",?.tu natu,rn' strength and
wero held with resolution.
The attack .wns 1 launched by English.
Scottish nnd Welsh divisions ut 2
o clock In the morning under most un
favorable wenther conditions, n con
tlnuoun tn making the advance ex
tremely dlmcult. The fighting was
heavy throughout the day, the enemy
offering strong reslstence In the vil
lages und along the line of the rnll
way. In overcoming this resistance
great assistance was rendered at cer
Uln points by tanks which, despllo
the flooded state of the river, succeed
ed In passing to the cast bank at an
early hour.
As soon as the line ot the river was
secured n number of bridges were
rapidly constructed under a heavy nre
from the hostile artillery and machine
Runs, enabling our guns to push for
ward close behind the ndvnnclng In
fantry and to afford them effcctlvo
support at short range.
AMnitlCAN
Headquarters Amerlrnn F.xpedlllotiary
Forrea, Oct. 20 (Delavcd.)
Vest ef the Meuse our troops have
continued their presHure on the enemy
Last nf rtanthevlllc In the course of
local fighting .III the nols-des. nappes
Ihey captured over 100 prisoners. On
the entire front north of Verdun
there has been heavy artillery and
machine-gun fire. Severe counter-attacks
have been thrown back with
heavy losree to the enemy
During the heavy fighting ef the
past week north of Verdun we have
drawn from other parts of th'c west
ern front a constantly IncrcaslnR
number of German divisions which
are bitterly contesting every foot
against our strong attacks In order
to recurc the retreat of the. German
armv, the pns'tlon of which has been
compromised by the attacks from the
south and west.
BRITISH NAVY LAUDED
Lending Public .Men Tell or Tri
tinipliH Won
liy the Associated Press
London, Oct 21
On the occasion of the annual cele
bration of Nelson Day the Navy League
has received messages from leading pub
lic! men
"On the courage, skill and endurance
of Hrltlsh seamen depend and always
havo depended the issues of the great
war." wrote A J. Ilalfour. Secretary of
Statu for Foreign Affairs. "But for
Iticiii, our Continental Allies would havo
been severed fnmi all external aid"
Admiral lleatty slid. 'On this anni
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A message from Sir Douglas ' HalgT
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In France, read; "The heart of every
one In the British army goe3 out with
mine to nil officers nnd men" of tho
Royal pavy and mercantile marine.
Words fall mil In expressing adequately
tho gratitude and admiration for 4our
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Admrlal Jelllcoe wrote' "The events
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an exceptional .degree the supreme value,
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Jeflcffon Ambulance Hits Wall
While on lis way to the hospital with
nn Influenza patient today the Jefferson
Hospital ambulance rati Into a stone
wall nt Forty-fourth and Chestnut
streets. James Italchus. driver of the
ambulance, and Dr. Joseph Law were
thrown through the vvlnd"hleld and sus
tallied sl'ght cuts of the hands and face.
Cecelia Klein. B824 Norfolk street, the
patient, also was slightly cut on the face,
by pieces of the shattered windshield.
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