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HAWAIIAN GAZETTE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1918. SEM1WVEEKIX :
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ALLIES POUlJDIfJG
WW ALONG
THE BELGIAN ARC
PRIS. Octoher 16 ( Associated 1'rcss ) Driving through the
German litjes in all directions the Allies in Flanders are thrust
ingia Rreat wedge between the German liases of I'.tukcs and (ihent
in Hr-luium and Lille, while this wedtre is leinir s widened that
in JHeloium ind Lille, while this
it threatens, to uplit the (iennan forces unless the enemy line he
rapidly withdrawn along the entire west fnmt from Donai to the
North Sea. ' :'y.
In the general attack that was launched on Monday, already
a total of twenty-three thousand
hundred and fifty puns and a great harvest of machine guns, trench addressing the member of the l.ieder
weapons andupplie. On Monday the drive netted ten thousand ditjrf SN'SU
prisoners ana tins number was largely addeu to yesieruav iy earn
-of the three armies engaged, the Belgian, Irench and I'.ritish.
ALBERT IN THE FIELD
King Albert is in the field with his army, which i doing most
valiant work in driving the Germans out of ISelgian sections occu
pied since the first month of the war.
The Itetgians are operating on the middle of the general arc
which marks the fighting . front, with the French on their left ;iud
the I'.ritish on their right. Since the offensive started at dawn Mmi
day, gains in places into the Ger-'
c
man positions of ten miles hav
beep recorded
MENIN IS OCCUPIED
.-flu r llritiett urwlfr (.pnpr:i t
riui..r. advanced yesterday south j
of the LyS, occupying Menin, andf
east along the Lys Valley to
within a mile of the important
junctkm city of Courtrai, where
the railroad has .been cut. Dur -
, , . . . , !
ing the afternoon the British.
I
drove the Gerpians steadily back
for two miles, ihflTct?Ug heavy '
Casualties.
North tdf Courtrai, at Cappelle-1
St 'atYietine. the British seized i '
. ! -i.fc..,.. , i
ana pass me iounrai-iiigci j
'munster'rtiiroad.
FRANCO-BELGIAN GAINS
The French and Belgians re
ported important advances for
yesterday, with the capture of
seven tjtpvsand prisoners and
eighty guns. Last night French
cavalry was operating in the di
rection of Lichtervelde and had
crossed the Roulers-Thourout
railroad.
The British prisoners taken
yesterday number more than six
,U.,a-nA with tpvntv irnna .mrl
creat aiuntities of other wea-
pons, r.ariy in tne aay ienerai
Flumer had counted a hundred
and thirty-one officers anong his
prisoners.
BEATING IT FOR HOME
T- . I I I
The German evacuation of the
-oast positions is continuing, un
der protection of the German
fighting front, which is rapidly
going to pieces under the pound
ing it is now receiving. Several
of Germany's largest torpedo
boats have recently left Zee
bmgge, filled with soldiers. vho
have proceeded to Germany by
water. The evacuating of Istend
is going "it and the coast de
fenses there aTe reported to have
beet) dismantled and the guns re
moved. N EARING LILLE
South of the Flanders' line the
Hritish advanced yesterday at
two points. Northeast of Lens
they move, I forward in the neighbor
hood of Kanburdin and took up n new
front withia three miles of l.ille. Fur
ther south, ut Pout n Veinlin. ten miles
tiortliwet of Doiini. they crossed 'he
Haute Ileule canal, capturing several
villages.
Perjin. reporting yev'e'ny on 'his
lil'htiu-. which us oltieinll niiiioiinced
s a" MUed f"iln e yesterlay. merelv
pnvs that the bn'H" is beipe eoutiuued
w. a. s -
British Casualties
Five Thousand Daily
I.ONION, October 15- I Associated
Pr'sst British cesii" ll ie dunnir the
punt week totalled :i.1,7 10. Of this
irmdier 'J-'!i:t were ortieers an I id. I !7
weie men. Oflicers killed or died of
wounds during the week total fiS'J and
Jl:t7 men were killed or died of
wounds. Among the woundd or miss
lug
wre 1741 officers und 'Jii.tHti men.
w. a. a.
American Duchess
A London Supervisor
' LONDON, October lb - ( Associated
jng) The Duchess of Marlborough,
formerly CuMSuelo Vanderbilt uf New
York, haa been e ected a member ol
the London county council to rcpre
seat Weat Houthward, a district popu
la ted auuoat wulirely by workers
wedfje ' heinK
oris.. tiers have been taken, with
a
HUNS TR.Y HARD
FOR AN EXCUSE TO
JUSTIFY BARBARITY
Preparing An Alibi, Evidently, For
rui uiei ucvdsictuuiis in
Occupied France
AMMTKKDAM, October Hi (Aamci-
ated I'reaa)- Hlnine for the depor'a
i"1 ivili"";' fr,,ni ,ow,,!' '
ed bv the (iennuiiH in northern France
; , ... .
li p need on r ranee anil the Allien hv
(,.rinnnVj who n,.r,)riins to intom.a
,; r,.:l, ,in here from the (ieinimi
border, him iopoed, through the SKina
rov.t.... t. that the aii,c u,,.u-rt:.ke
bombanlin'! 1 1 n - larger
It""" - 1 m the p
th if the Herman re-
(r(- i.
Acrordinn to the report (i
diic!t t li nt the Alhea enti
crma ny
t into
agreement perinittiiiK a portion, at
ieliKt, of the population of Vlllellrirll
nea to pnaa into the V'rench line. In
putting forward the proposal, it is
aaid. the (ii rnuin ei nnient rcpre
wilted itself as unable to prevent the
eoatwurd tlinht of the population of
Valenciennes owin to the f:w rea-h
ilij; bombard men t of the al'ied (Jiina.
w a a
CRIME IN BRITAIN
ON STEADY DECLINE
LOM0. September s - ( Associated
re!,S)H,r KmIvh KukIcm l!ne,
chairmau ci the Itiitish Crison Com
iiiiwion, .-hert that while the strain
of war is. lea liny l.eiuiany to unjirec
I e tented i i mi mi l: t v, in Kiigliind .rune
i s:end;lv deereasiiig.
r'l'iciiU .er,eui of the ininates of
llrmsli pri-oiiv ,-irc now engaged in war
v ork he -aid. and the number of con-
vietioua for drunkenness in lindon
I and thirty s:x ol the laryct Imrrougha
I had fallen. i
tin- war began, to
f ttp- number before
i et i ,,-t ions on t he
t lie fa, ilit y of em
d to be the chief
about one iiia i tet
th war. Drastu
liitiior tratl; :md
e o nic nt e i ,
con t ribut . i: t i t
The proper: hhi
I" Kuijlai'.l -that
in H'l'l om
iiiiiirisoiie I and to
,f deer
show ii
easi
ly ill erilllt
the fact
'".HI waa
in i.-.ja.
person in
lav onlv oh
The Af'er ''are Societies, working un
der the Ilorstnl system were sain
from seventy to eighty percent of ju
ni le deliuiuents from liveM of crime,
Si r K ely u said.
HUN OFFIQEr'tr'iES
TO SLAY RESCUER
W IT 1 1 Till'. AMKIMCAN A Ii M Y IN
K1KI.D. Oetober II I As-oCiutcd
Press: An instance of cowardly
.treachery on the part of a captured
lierinan ntlb it w ho hnd been wounded
and who had been offered help by mi
American oDiccr is told by l.ieutcnHiit
Kdward Nichols, of .lauinica, New
Yoik.
After the lust big drive of the Alliea
iu August, Lieutenant Nichols was Roval (". Il'irrieir'un. I v'er lexns;
placed in charge of a company of sol David K. Monroe, Marion South Cti'n
diers whor-e task it was to clear the linn; Clarence S. Noble, (ireen Bay,
field ol American dcinj and wounded. Wisconsin.
Although his duties lid not require him , Died of Disease
to aid the lierinan iuu.li I on I be , l.jent KiD'ard A Wu'bice. Hrooklvn ;
field until the Aiircricuns wfiB disposed .hn p Sialc, C'oe Ceirer. Kansas;
of. Lieutenant Nichols, who m only llornre mini Wo-. 'heater. M ssuclma
twenty three years old, went to the
ussistanee of a lierinan infantry utb
IT!- who seemed more t fin 1 1 any of hi-
COT'lU'les to Im' Ml need of Miccol.
The lieutenant wns iu tlo- net of .hi
fastening his i anteen and giving the
wounded iii ii ii a drtnk of water when
the (ieimnii drew u revolver while th
unsiisjieet i ng Ainerican's face wa.
tinned, nnd aimed it lft the head of
Ills rescuer.
Before he could pull the tliger, how
ever, a ipiick wittcd AiniTicun sergeant
plunged Ins bayonet through the tier
mini s heart
ic lierinan 's act
by his captured
was
-inn
colldelll lit-" I
rude.
I W. g. I --
i Pf-ace Move Comes
I From Field Marshal
v
w w r
; '( in, leti.ber lfl- I Asso
. Ad v ires re el v e I here
l a uciitial etiuntry de
Pi, . Id M ., r-bnl von lini
led P .
I.i.IiiV Mil'
chile ,'
llel'l.l . - ,
n.,1 tie
Pi .... .-
silf '
IV U
Mil
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e I. II
II' t"
i. i terin-
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I II
Luxemburg AppedlsNow To Wi son
AMWTERDAM, October 16 ( Associated Pres The Bremen Wmlfi Zei
tnng reports that the Luxemburg chamber of deputiee ha passed uuaoiaaoasly
a resolution addresaed to President. Wilson, in which the oiil of the American
President in begged fof the projection of the right of the Oraad Duchy when
the terms of Mare are put into effect. i.
Tlie deputiea also demand that the Luxemburg government obtain the cvae
mtion of the country by the Herman army antj the liberation of all Lutein
burger who have been condemned for military offense before Ocrman courts.
PEACE BY VICTORY
AND ABSOLUTE
LOYALTY AT HOME
- . i
These Two Things Are Duties
Now Facing American Roos
evert Tells Liederkranzers
NKW YORK, October lft ( Aaanciat
fit Press) there ar two immediate
dutle low before thr Cnited Mat, a,
duties Which must be rarried nut un-
f allArinutv. st&i.l Thndnr KmiBcvclt.
Kn id the former. t'reaideBt, i'a to corry
on the war until we have won a pen.
through oerwhelmiir vlrtory, a vic
tory tliatwill leave the enemy no nl
ternative but t live up to the ternm to
be impoaed upon them. "
The aeeend duty ia at home and it
if that we ahould inula1- upon the ab
unlntn Amertenniam of our eitiaenahip:
The experiences of the past few yean
liuve made jt abaolutelv certain that
then enn be no divided alleuinnce
pnimig American ritir.etn if the Re
jiublie ia to b aure of it aafe'.y.
' w. a. a.
Austrian Being
Harried In Balkans
WASHINOTON, October l-(Aaao-l
c in ted Preaa Rritiah and Italian!
nuval foreea yeaterday eompleted the!
occupation of the Albanian port of j
Durazao, where a portion of the Aua-
triun fleet waa reeently defeated and
snnk. In taking the crty the Allrea
captured a nnmler of prisoner and ,
supplies. Thia report haa been con
firmed by an aeknowledgement, of the
fact at Vienna.
The Ita'iana are eontinuinp to clear
the Auatriani out of Albania, udvan
cin ' ateadily in their drive north,
while the 8erldana have won further
important virtoriea on their way to
ward Belgrade in the Morava valley.
On Sunday the Serb took all tlio
heihts nlona the aouth aide valley
on a wide front.
i w. a
NO TERMS, SAYS !
BRITAIN TO PORTE
1 .ON DON, October lit ( Associated
Press) Britain's reply to Turkey's re
iiiest for an armistice and for terma
of peace will be that Turkey must lay
down her arraa in absolute surrender
without conditiona, according to a
statement published last night in the
Kieinng News. The same pnper ia an
tlmiitv for the s'atement that the Porte
has been notified that an armistice
in a v be secured on such terms as Gen
I v 1 1 n S v . the commander of the
Allied forces in Paleatine may see fit
to dictate.
- w. s a.
CALLS PARTY OFF
To K H, October l.ri Special to Nip
I 1 1 .lijii Kmpernr Ynsliihito todav an
nouii' e, thrmish his minister of im
jenal hoiiscli' Id the cancellation of the
annual chrysiithemuni featival which
ess Iirne been (jiven hv the Kmper r
nt the .Vkasnka chrvaanthemnin garden
tie hl'ir part of this month.
Tlo reason for calling off the i hrvs -i
thein un fell- ia attributed to the war.
' LIEUTENANTS KILLED
T'e casualty bat- for last Saturday
include the nr.mea of twenty thro lieu
tensnts of the army and marine rorps
killed, die-1 n' woundaT accident or dia
ense hs follows:
Lien tenant
Unni. l Win. It'onka. S - ssv de
svlvuriia : David S. Ornnt, Ashville,
North Carnlmn: .lames A. Kellv. Pied
ment Vest Virgiii'n; .lidin A. McKin
Ftry, Cino'i t'ity. folortulo; Thomns .1.
1'owe'l. I like Providence. l.ouisi",
Charle- ;tiert Shaw. Weatherby, Mon
i'"" i: i 'elh r. l.i niTster. Pcnnsyl-vin'n-
Mbi it U irnsoM Crane. Carbo i
,1 i, i . . .,,vlvi nia; Win. S ''ripi.s.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Roy K.
I Vnn" io r Scinn'on Pennsylvanio ; Vm.
I Hhi nnetoTi. ltieniinij, Michigan;
M Ven Mi'teiibriiui'e. Sclineit
ady, New York ; J. Hunter Wii kershuni,
Denver.
D(od of Wounds
etts; Sergt
Albert K Hrliukei, Wuuko i,
Iowa.
Died From Aeroplane e-.ldent
Cecil n.'er-on S'llinas. '"ilPfor
m i: Ken-. l. ni K. Hall, ('level ; Hu"
Louis Mock. Madison, Wisconsin
w. as. - -
hurtfer Outrage Possible
, , , . . : , ... . .
.JII1 1 , lv.1 1 A .VL, Ill-loner Hi -I .vim
. dated Press i -The piess here general
Iv exi '.sfes the belief that the der
nt it it M.bniiirine wuifare will reach it
iliniax . luring the coining winter,
w a. a.
Diphtheria -How It M y Be AyoMed
I tihi l.ei i'i is iisuully I'ontinctcii
when the child has a cold. The cold
i 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 ' s svi.1 cm f "r he
receptO'ii and development of the
di'htheiiii yeinis. When there arc casea
,,f dipl.thiria in the neighburliiMMl chil
dun ihni have colds should be kept
at
tionic and oil I lie street until ro-
i'ov er
Cm,';
I i e
(iivc T be in (liainberl.iiu
and t hey iM net hnve
me lone I :,l ,o cleans
,t In
. ' " i beds ' ' h foi in "'
In I i'i tin nut w hen it has a cold,
i H,.'..-. the li-di of coot rail iiij;
,-cl i. .us di'a.-es. Km sale by Hen
i, in ith & Co, Lid. Adv.
s
.WAR HELPS PEACE
ON THE PACIFIC,
SAYS CONSUL OHTA
... ...
America Deserves Admiration of
the World For Practical Appli
cation of Loftiest Altruism
han FRANClixco, OetoiMr ift-fAa-
aociate-d FreM) The war ii reaulting
in a
eloaer unity betweea Japan and
the t'nlted State. Thia waa the
atatement made by Tameklrhi Ohta,
new Japnneae eouaul p'neral here, nt
a bnncjiiet given in hia honor In ft
I Mitjht. Ur. T. Miruoka, a noted law
1 yer of Tokio. bImo huh a tfueat of
honor.
("miaul Oererftl Ohta dee'ared the
ndmirution of tl.e orld waa due to the
United States beenuae it dared to put
the biftieat ellniiain into actual prnc
tlae. He wna greeted with prolonged,
rheera when he a:iid the duty of the
Alliea una not to flop until they hnd
redeemed the barliariana of rent ml
Kurope to civilization.
Former Hoaretnry of State Krancia
H. l.oomia wna tonatmaater and in in
troducing the new cunaul (enernl tohj
of the debt California nwea to .In pun
for keeping Uermnn aubnaarinea out of
the l'aeific.
I w. a. a.
REICHSTAG GIVEN
A SHORT HOLIDAY
BASEL, October 16 (Associated
Preaa) Berlin advlcoi aay that
ta Preildant of the rolchsUg bus
postponed the sitting, which had
been called for today, while re
serving the right to summon the
body into a later session.
- w. a. s.
France Is Seething Hive With
Sawmills, Railroads and Other
CSSeniiaiS rOr Milieu VIUIUIICS
i
TOt'KS, Central France, September;
L'O (Associated Press) American
army engineers are doing more con
struetive work in France today than
wfs ever done on the Parninn Canal,
stupendous as th4 engineering iiroject
wn and more also thnn waa ever dun'
in a .lav on all Cue i.ver and baibnr
work of the I'nited Sfatea. Thia coin
pnrison gives some idea of the niagiii
tude of the ai niv const rm t ion now g '
ir.i on in Europe, exceeding the mot
giguntic operations ever iindertnKen at
ho'"e.
The Pnnnnin construction force was
10 irt'O nu n; here it is a good sized army
in it'elf. It includes erfpineer tinons
end bil-orera of all kinds for the roll-at'-netive
work, aid foresters for fcr
ifvhii g the inn'erinl of eoiistrui tion
rnttin i'ov n fow-sta. rnnnirg aaw
in I'- an' elvlng timber and lumber.
'I'l it for nr'fer-u1 is so trcinea l
ips 'l"it '!te 'orect'-y fori e will hfve t'
! ie, i,.j m,I Ijef'ire lout'. l,- a Iv
is riiiiini:! seviitv saw rdlls, and 1"
more
-.(Hire
,1
l-eep up with the
construction. With this locre- se. r.
e''gineerin fo'-'-e enya'Te I on construe
tion will ics h m ire t'iii twice as
nHi'V m e e"e ettn'oveil on the Pa"nnifi
Canal, th"' .""s i.-oi0i,H 0r t"netie.
or'' he Cuired ''stes eci un lertool..
Work Ts Ftuvendcus
T'luelri' a-ros Fa'ce ''rem t'1"
seneollsl nw s, 1 the in a ' 1 ii 1 1 u. i ire of
th's it-ic.'i rnr 1 1 in-1 i ve "n'k et r
crv hand fioin t'e ten miles ef ec-v
d'-eks jin. I o'er,-1 a he ports, then th-
tee-j---rail 'lM 1 "rii'h nnd tell
I'hone Ii'-.-. iikI n - as of w retiouse-i.
stiiuis and fneto-ies nnd finally the
Krea' stretches of military camps !
Iinrrncka f ir this army ' f over H mil
lion American troops. Bet while one
set ' this ork in Immense detached
art" it is only nt np"X headipiarters
that details me nvuiluble on the inagiii
tude of tl
(in tie
wo'k ns a whole.
e itin of timber and lutii
I er" f.ir this i oo-tructioii. tb ii t ill v for
,. ,.,. I, a-,. e.i't...l ..n to furnish nearly
MUi inill rn ti.-'d tee! of timber of
.. i.:. v. ..i ...i -in .;:i; r....i ; tn.....l
Iniiil er. This 500 million lect is no
, ,iHs.i v oil' but is the estimate
if :. t4 "Vl'v worked n if
bv tl
s i .m7!.2 feet .or .r'
i "On
This
ii
t 'ninber
Ilia l.cr I? Willi ' I'd to boil I
,i... i Ic.r: :uk f'W trei'ch tinibetin'.
rail.viiv '-ons ;-''cl ' n . build'!!!' buries
vv u rel'on-es. hospitals. milvvay ca's,
..
;
ii . I I'm . le"riiih ai"l tele'ihone pub
i. it Ii he prov ision f
r flleWIMld
m I ion r
-1' t't 'l of nearly noil
I ch the enaineeriiiv! for
esters in " I s;ipi'iv for this con-1 nut iv ,
or. It is this c-hie.h will im reuse
the forestry f three told n-d in
i i ..... i . tl.,. .-awiuills they are ruiiiiiiig to
nearly .".00.
GOVERNOR GOES TO
W0L0KAI AND MAUI
lb
vc-unr C .1. McCnithy and Lund
CnimisMneer H. (1. Hivenburgh He
i. anied by A. D Castro and Kdgiir
Hi ni iii;es, new members of the ten i
tiinl l"i.d board, Attorney (lenerul
Harrv Irwin and C T. Bnilev of the
geological survey department laft bite
yesterduv itfternooii for un inspection
tour of Molokai aud Maui.
Tl,.. nffleis's are mifkiiiL' the ti in to
inspect land which lis ubout to be
leased. They expeoi to be uway teu
duys or two weeks.
TITANIC LABOR OF
ARMY ENGINEERS
IUqA WnrM
a .'..'' v.. :? .
I A iU'-. Ml 1"! U.
Sent To Berlin
Great Britain and Colonies En
dorse American Stand" and
French Press Exults. While
Austrian Are Pained and TARIS. October 16 (Associated Press) TbeTimertcan first -Marmprl
RpnanciA No Notice of IT armv is fitrhtinif the most desperate battle in which the soldier!
Their Peace Offer Has Been
j-jjgri
nkw YORK, October t-Aaoer-
,e'1 rr) i hroughcmt tne worm
yeiterday intereat waa eenter.,1 la the
r,p, of the President to Germany re-
iem.gntTealrom ous cottnUt attacks, the most determined the Yankees have yet
Oermany to aaaure the military, an- had to deal with.
ptemncy of the Allien during the put-1 . tt acf of tmJ( t,ie reginicnts uf General Liggett are win-.'"ilaTaVnV-
ntag'i glorious victory, widening the wedge they have driven into
inngutiKe of diplomacy permita the de , tie main German defenses and gradually wearing down the enemy a
termination of the government of the
Tuited Htatea not to wa.te time die-I resi. tan e. Pftftri7rx pACCAHK OF AIRE
uasing leace on any terma an long na FOKCKt f AiSAJO VJ' AlKtl
ennony i ruled by n military auto- Early yesterday morning the American left wing attacked east
'"Vro, the v.rio..a - apitaU of the 1 of the Aire; By noon the troops had forced the passage of the river
Allies come report oi the Krat ideation I and drove the Germans before them to a pennt halt a kilometer to
Kcuaioned by the American r.aiy, ,
which a calculated to tiring home to
ieiiimu the unenviable -position ahe
now ureiipies ainon the nationa, with
the plo l(jea of" her (roveroment re
RBflcd as unworthy of the slightest
truat. I
Canada's Ultimatum 1
Canada 'a veaee terms are uncondi- I
tianal surrerhler on the I'art of Ger i
many or the aeipiiesence on its part
In the terma aet forth by President
' tilaon that will permit the occupa
tion of surh German territory o will
j aasu re the rarryinu ont of the AUid
neaee terma. Thia atatement waa
male je.-terilay at inronio oy rw-i
ton Wesley Bowell, ureaident of the
('iindian lrivv rounril. who annoooctv!
. . . - j
war on any other terms. J You will rfet it a plenty. '
Anstrauan Premier's Views The I-entberneek ia not felmw who ,
'Germany, with drfeat of her. ,rn,iea'juat buddie. -p with any old gink,
threateumir
renteuing to become a rout, now I
whines about peace," said Vreimer
Hutfhee of Australia, in an interview
nieu in Varis, where the Auatralian
leader ia visiting, returning from the
front held by the Auzaca.
Iu the opinion of the Australian,
r:ar,.,ni '.u irvinir in everv wnv and
endeavoring to the ivmit of possibility
trlL vX
111, and wnae evaaing me piniu, m
ijueation of the, Presideut is hoping to
earn time iu wnieti to extricate ner-
self from her preaent fatal positiou
and save the Kaiaer.
The Germans kings and princea are.
now in their last stronghold, which is
the Kaiwr'a military despotism, sail
Mr. Hughes.
Brituih Highly Pleased
Col. Winston Churchill, former first
lord of the British admiralty, speak
ing at Manchester last night, said that
President Wilaon's stern and formid
able answer to Oermany will be whole
heartedly endorsed by all the Allied
countries, and although it tended to
prolong the conflict there will be uo
relaxation of Allied effort in the field,
( liniment throughout Great Britain
on the American reply is uniformly
exultant at the stand taken by Wash
ington, flrent display is ifiven in the
uru.a to
that section of the renly de
landing guarantees for t mai'iiten
ni ce of the preaent military - rireinacy was neieasary to hnve specialists tn an
of the Allies, while there . general ' nrmv. such ns aii'iml corps men. qapr
satisfactiuu expressed at the reference terr-aster corps men engineers, etc.
to the continued sinking of en;er 1 When (he f'arinea lake some place
sh'i's and the wanton devastiCioii Ireing ! like sav. IfaitT. they lay dow n their
carried on iu Prance and n.duiu'n. Tin; I rifl s. machine funs artillery, just
I'.ritish editors see only whul
iro
of
ia the statement that the nia
armistice ia aomething to be d I
bv the military leaders in ti
Fronch Exultant
Diatinctly favorable, too, i
comment of the Krench press.
w S ,
tie. I.!
th.'
hi e
I he discussion of the Ameiicu'i
is the ubaurbing lopu of the day.
prevailing iiote iu the press is
of jubilation.
In Bavaria the peace senti'iient
running high and the Bavarian
cialist puriv at Munich baa passe
resolution urging the reichstug to
point a special state court to try : i.
(ierniiiiis including the highest pci
sonnges'
: frustrate
found guilty of efforts to
the peace endeavors. Hull'
government for the various uermiin
states Is also demanded.
n.. .1 ....:(. ... .... o...
i ne re is eiooiu in .oswin w..
failure of President Wilson to aoawer
the Austrian peace note. This failure,
has urodiiced a tiainful imuressiou, ac-
I'ording to Yieuua despatches.
- w. s. a
PHINA RF.VOLTERS
CLAIM RIGHT TO I
. . . ,
NAME PKtSlUtlN 1
TvtKlO, October l.- I rspi.'l ial to Nip
pu .lijii The revolutionary goven
in,-ut in Canton, South China, is still
muiiitniniiig a hostile ittiitude against
tl.e reiving goveinmeiii. II reiuses mn
onlv to recognize Hsu Sin Chang as a
buna fide piysident for the Chinese re-
public but declares that the Canton gov.
einmelit has the authority to name the
picKident for the republic.
An orticial stateiiient issued to day by
tie I-.olutionists declared:
" As Hsu Shi Chang's election to the
i
siihriM v of the Chinese republic has
been made by the Pekiog parliameut
he is not entitled to assume the respon
.sibility ut all. The Peking government
is not constitutionally constituted. Th
Southern government in Canton which
ia the only constitutional govern
ment iu China, alono has the power to
udbie the president.''
Meanwhile Presideut Hsu stauds for
a united nation. He has announced sus
pension of the military campaign
against the revolutionary turces in lae
Muuth and ordered the Peking troops
iu the field to stop hostilities ul ouco.
Y1MGAGM
bai mm rm. a mm (" . ; m. n mm(
m&mi minx
m MEUSE MT
of Uncle Sam have yet been , engaged, driving1 wedge into' the ,
strongly held Kriemhilde line northwest of Verdun in the face of
the most stulxboru opposition.
'pv,,. defense' of the (icrmans is the strongest conceivable, in- :
cv,cjinj? literally hundreds of machine gun nests, protected by nun
, , f nj ciostffy woven barbed wire. The Germans are
t
tji nf)rthea8t of Grand-Pre. althoueh there is no notthcation in tne
HAS NEW-BUDDY
"
Specialist ?r Array Sp.MTradi
tlon and Win Admiration
Of . LeatnemeckS j
lf you're looking for trouble, walk
rant a reflection on tin tncntirii.
either. But hea atroag for the Lu-
"n. - . . . .u J
me .ssriur bus ii.uKiii un m -i ..e
world, in all sorts of outlamliah places,
alongaide of all kinds of outfits; some
good S"fne indifferent and some just
plumb bad.
t- 1 1 v . . 1: : . kn u.
formed, upvto recently, but one mutual ,
aide kick aUianiie. That wua with tiro
Roval Velah, before Pekin. Tlie old I
tiine Marine will tell you heartily that ,
the Royal Welsh is some outfit, of
course the Leatherneck approved the
work of the sailors -of the Navy at
Vera Crua, of ' he rmy at Mexico
S'ht wifh'tCiheVbT.
servip nt both places. Also he speaks
ravoramy of IM "goring quaimes or
some of the troop of our Allies, with
whom he has come in contact, as, for
instance, the Blue Devils, who gnve
him hb. Inatruetion in the new trench
stuff.
Hut i-p to a fw weeks ago, be really
had but ore pal. outside his own out
fit, and that wna. the Uoyul Welsh.
Needless to go into details of those
df tn.fom Tw!rl utn Vfurtna .
aud the Roval Vfptt shared awful j
harjshins-dt history. j
Wot Keen Tor1 Specialists
But now the lrflrlne bna another'
bud.-v in the--Knirtneera. The I.eath I
I erneck could never underntnnd why if
! wi.-
. nt
ever they happen
he time and s'art
to hr niunuiiig
i lS erect teV
ranh and telephone H.ies bjiibl bridces
and run reil-ea.b. They don't need
nnv spe. 'a li f i of them can di
anv or tne many lotis neieasnry in n
ti'. let Hv e1cient manrer.
So when thev were told at Chntcnu-
Thi"Tv that the F-vineera would surf
ii' them and dig tieni in when they
I,.-, I -(.--cr,,,! 'heir objective, it is ticey
b'e rhit the'- rosented it. just n trife.
"icv h d always been in the habit of
'i-V thinwa for thvinselvea, you aee. '
thev dirln't see a"v of hnviei';
-.,-i. 0f speciaiuta with picks nnd
1 ela smi.nd.
" the Leatheme-ks went over the
o- aod atared their bit of open fiyh -
im-. Ttev drove th- e. e,v bn. k be
oiid the ohieetie, and looked arouud
i to
"he Vrrineers hadn't followed them.
v hnd ceme over with the Marine,
nit- r. iiu liter rs.
i m)
, were ricili II ion Ksi il, I1SVIH oirir
inpfields with
sneh efTeetiveness
'-t the Marine couldn't
' ti ...
ilatinuish.
.mo. k. M.n.
"he Kncineera then tbrw down their'
ai d r.-reed to w itv. a Wtrlad
In. Hut whewever thitira got hot.
he k:.ip,iiieer refused to stav out pf
' fun Thev just persis-ed in ahift
to t1 eir rifles so 'he Jlarines wcat ,
" "sneltinir" Vm. Thev reivrd ein h
."er at nghtiirr nnd digginir. j
'Item, sunt u Ms'iiie, t hose guys I
j ,n more s"ei iails,t Ilian we are.
.They light aa well aa we do. ami we di, 1
t ne well as tboy."
n, the Kfrineera certainly do eu
; scrnnoin"1 n'or" with the Maiir-
I "'he second time hev v ent live-, thP
I F- "i-eers ee n await n rocket,
' Wch would be 'heir to folhev.
" .rtlls renehvd thir oiecrlv
! w ord w as passeit to send up the
'-et
1 No
d on the siftual, uir '
tcl .1 ii Kiigiueer otli-
. ii wp Ye I ere ' '
' 4 Tfc,v 'rj M ) -'' I" I'
h to ma'ie stay
" ll v the r annea
it b o 'ht-i,e v. Im tells th'il nt in
"e- ion. held bv an orbcer with enn
ii'Aable rank, the nlticei saw a speck
' Pr ineer 's rifle.
" little rnstv." said the ottieor
" Vea. sir, but mv liick lied shovel
B-e t't rustv." replied the Kiineer
lint the Marines always add, wheu
,
nA ,t nl.ire hav. 9,.n. hfd furi-
latest despatches from American
I headquarters that Grand-Pre it
self has been taken.
I During this advance, the Am
j ericans were heavily shelled,
I while a rain of shells was aTso
kept up on the American center,
where the Yankees were cutting
ihrn way through the barbed
wire entanglements between Lan-
dres-St. Georges and St. Georges.
1
,,ir. - flrmn fAimfr Q-farlr
was made, which the Americans
met and repulsed W.th the bayo-
net, innicting extremely neavy
casualties.
THROUGH THE WIRE
On this left center the Ameri
cans pressed on, capturing Hill
299 and passing to the north Ot
c Iuvin. 'j o ierce the Wire Oil
. J 1 , , Uim
this section,, tanks were brought
mto action west of Romange.
iL
The tanks became the special
targets of the German gunners,
tne American' artillery
hunted out the German batteries
, rMniinu,,, f(l
The official German commu
tiique, dealing with this phase of
yesterday's fighting, says: "West
of the Meuse, where the Ameri
cans are fighting and attempting
to break the German line, partial
engagements esterday resulted
j,, victors' f ir the Germans".
rD'PMr,u DC-Ce .y.
FRENCH PRESS ON
( )n tlie ( 'li;iinn:i'iip frtmt and
north of I.aon almi"; the Serre
Sottche front the I'rench made im
portant advances yesterday, win
ning steadily. West of Crand
Pre, fighting alongside the Amer
icans, the I'rench now hold all the
i i - i t
Grand l're- oiu.cr road west of
the former city, taking tlie Ger-
man lines along the road and cap-
-tiirmg eight hundred prisoners.
F.ast of the Aistie the I'rench.
reached the river west of Grand
I're, taking Oliy and Termes and
six hundred risoners.
North of I .aoil the
work of
: .
rolling up the German front to-
wards Valenciennes continues
I . ,
steadily, by last night the hrench
front had advanced to points well
! north of '.iemies. llarenton Ccl
and Monceau-le-Wast, the latter
. . , , .,
WUVtll UVIIIl ?Vllll UUll a lldll lllfl-9
northeast of L-aon.
' Ou the Aisne the French have takes
""tu'1' "" !hp riLU l', f
T!VM a.t . hajfvtutlea weat of
t' "I"Wfnt iU ' of Bethel, ami last
nlRkt were rapidly drawing close ta
tite lu,,,'r . which u acroaa the,
i
" ZT,ZZ, , ,
LACK OF VESSELS '
HOLDS YAM AMOTO -
K. '"hmuinuto, presideut of the Japa- 1
neve -chamber of commerce here, who i
now in Japan, will return early Itnvt
mini Hi, accord inn to a letter be haa ',
written to the chamber, lie was to rt-';
I ii r ii the Intter part of thia mouthy but
owing to the link of steamer accom-
luola'ioUH postponed returning to a lat
er' v essel.
Mr. Vliinamnto was sent to Japa M
a represeiitutiv t) of the local JapaoesO '
ch oi'it'r nf couiinerce two ruontha, ago
ii work for I he lifting of the embargo !
mi rice for Hawaii declared bjr thsj f
lai'iuiese gov eriimant. He was aucceas- I
ni in bis itiuits aud receutly the bSO,
s'li s li'ied . v
telling this story, that the Knginaert
dun 't allow their riHes ur shovels tO) .
"ii a i ii idle long enough to gather muck
I list. . "