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KAISER, DEmNING
ABDICATION, FINDS
REFUGE'.'/IIHAHV
Bavaria Presents Claims of
Its Royal Chief as Ruler
at Berlin.
PROPOSED IN EVENT THAT
EMPEROR LEAVES THRONE
Scheidemann Sends Memorial to
Chancellor, Declaring for End
of Imperial Reign.
By the Associated Proe?.
PARIS, November 2.?Em-;
peror William is persisting in his j
refusal to abdicate, according to
advices received here. He took
refuge at German grand head
quarters immediately after the
meeting of the war cabinet, at
which the question of his abdi
cation was raised, says a dis- j
patch to Le Journal from Zurich.
The obstinacy with which William
Hohenzollern is clinging to the throne is
making a bad irnprev.iion in Berlin
political circles, the correspondent indi
cates. It is reported that in an attempt
to save the crown he took the head of a !
cabal gotten up bv the military party
against the government, but that the
latter was too solidly established. Any i
plot which aims at the establishment !
of a military dictatorship has no chance
of success, the message declares. It !
appears that the emperor now is refus- j
ing to take any notice of the acts of the .
government.
Everything is represented as depend
ing upon the attitude the great general j
staff may adopt.
The socialist Vorwaerts importunes
the emperor to prove his courage by ab
dicating, as an immense majority of the
people arc against him. The Frankfort
Gazette and the Munich Neueste Nach
richten express themselves similarly.
Bavaria's Claims.
LONDON, November 2.?The Bava
rian premier has notified Berlin that
the Bavarian royal family claims the
imperial throne in the event of Em
peror William's abdication, according
to the socialist Liepzig Volks Zeitung,
which is quoted in a Hague dispatch to
the Daily Mail.
The reigning King of Bavaria is
Ludwig III. He was born January 27,
1845. and became regent in succession
to his father. Prince Luitpold, who
died Decerriber-4S; 19^. He was pro
claimed king on November f?, 1913, in
succession to his cousin. King Otto,
who was declared incapable of ruling
because of mental infirmity. King
laid wig was married February 20, 1868,
to Archduchess Maria Theresa of Aus
tria-Este, of the branch of Modena.
The heir apparent is Crown Prince
Ttuppreclit, who was in command of
forces on the western front during
much of the war. Since August 10 he
has not been with his troops. It was
reported that following a Quarrel at j J
main headquarters he left the army,
but the official report of the incident
stated that he had "gone on a vaca
tion."
The royal house of Bavaria is de
scended from the ancient counts of;
Wittelsbach. who flourished in the '
twelfth century. Duke Maximilian of
Bavaria was elevated to the rank of
elector of the Holy Roman Empire
during the thirty years' war. Elector
Maximilian Joseph was raised to the
rank of king by Napoleon Bonaparte
In 1805.
Abdicate, Says Scheidemann.
COPENHAGEN, November 2.?The
Vossische Zeitung of Berlin declares
that it learns from a dependable
source that Philipp Scheidemann, sec
retary of state without portfolio, some
days ago sent a memorial to Prince
Maximilian, the imperial chancellor,
expressing the conviction that Em
peror William must abdicate.
The Germania declares that reports
that the war cabinet considered the
question at its last meeting are false.
Political circles, according to the
Tageblatt, regret the emperor's trip
to the front, saying that it is calcu
lated at this time to inspire all sorts
of conjectures. v
BULGUNG
QUITS THETHRONE
Peasant Government Estab
lished Under the Leadership
of Stambuliwsky.
By the Aaoeteted Freu.
COPENHAGEN. November I.?King
Boris of Bulgaria, who ascended the
throne on October S. has abdicated.
A peasant government has been es
tablished at Tlrnova under the leader
ship of M. Stambuliwsky, who has
been the chief of the peasants and
agrarians of Bulgaria for some time."
He is said to be In command of
a republican army of 40,(100 men, ac
cording to a Zurich dispatch to the
Central News.
Tiraova Former Capital.
Timor* is a town In Bulgaria slt
nated on the Yantra, river, a tributary
of the Danube, and on the railroad from
Sofia to Varna. In the middle ages
Tlrnova. was the capital of Bulgaria.
It to a city of considerable commercial
importance and has a population of
about 12,000.
Leader Recently In Prison.
Stambuliwsky, the new leader of the
Bulgarian government, was only re
cently released from prison. When
Bulgaria entered the war in
October, 1915. Stambuliwsky was sen
tenced to imprisonment for life after
conviction on a charge of anti-mili
tarism. He remained in prison until
September 30 when he was pardoned
by King Ferdinand prior to that
kiss's abdication. For many years
? rtJ ha* been the leader of
the peasants and the >|i?ilw tm the ,
ftlrnrlsn parliament. "
SUPREME COUNCIL
IN COMPLETE UNITY
Delegates Agreed on Treat
ment to Be Accorded Ger
many and Austria.
CURBING HUN SEA POWER
By the Associated Press.
PARIS, November 2.?The allied
prime ministers now in Paris, together
with Col. E. M. House, met again in
formally this forenoon. There were
ro definite Indications today when
their conference would be finished.
PARIS, Friday, November 1.?The
meeting of the interallied" conference
at Versailles lasted until 5 o'clock this
afternoon, when the premiers and the
militasj^and naval chiefs returned to
Paris.
Col. E. M. House, returning from the
conference, smiled and had an assured
air. When his happy appearance was
commented upon Col. House replied,
jocularly:
"I always have a happy appearance.
1 ou can't tell what I am thinking by
my smile."
Complete Unity at Versailles.
LONDON, November 2.?The Ex
press claims to be able to state that
there is the most complete unity and
cordiality at the Versailles confer
ence, where the delegates are quite
agreed as to how Germany and Aus
tria are to be treated. No differences
on points of principle have developed,
the newspaper says, and whatever
hopes Germany may have had of dis
cord among the allies regarding an
armistice will be completely dissi
pated.
Official circles believed last night
that the conference would issue a
statement in a day or two. It is
known that the conference has put
the terms for Germany into something
like final shape. They include stern
naval guarantees. It is also definite
ly known that Gen. Diaz received from
Versailles the conditions to be im
posed upon Austria.
Curbing' Hun Power at Sea.
LONDON, November 1.?The Ver
sailles conference finally agreed late
yesterday on the armistice terms gov
erning the maritime powers of the
central empires. The proposals con
tain six points which are believed to
throw every safeguard around the
German fleet.
Scene of Allied Council.
VERSAILLES, November 1.?Repre
sentatives of the allied nations began
their deliberations at the supreme
war council shortly after noon today.
Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, representative
of the United States, was the first
delegate to reach the Trianon Palace
Hotel, arriving at 1:50 p.m. He was
followed shortly afterward by Pre
mier Clemenceau, Marshal Foch. Field
Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, Col. E.
M. House. President Wilson's personal
representative, and David Lloyd
George, the British prime minister.
The session was held in the large
chamber on the main floor of the
Trianon Palace, with windows over
looking the garden. The hall has lit
tle ornamentation beyond a marble
cloclt and candelabra upon a mantle
topped with massive mirrors. Imme
diately in front of this extends a wide
mahogany table the entire length of
the room, with the members facing
one another on two sides.
The entire aspect is one of business,
the meeting being devoid of formali
ties. Each member has before him a
large blotting pad with all desk req
uisites.
Col. House's Seat.
Col. House sits on the left side, next
to Premier Orlando of Italy, with
Premier Clemenceau directly opposite.
A stenographer, at a desk in a cor
ner, takes notes of the official pro
ceedings. The uniforms of the gen
erals and admirals participating: give
a touch of color to the scene, but the
prevailing tone is one of a civilian
gathering, as the larger part of the
membership is made up of premiers
and other high civilian officials.
The deliberations proceed with com
plete privacy. Guards along the
Boulevard of the Queen keep the
crowds from approaching the iron
gate leading to the palace.
ROME, November 2.?The allied
terms to Austria, in response to her
application for an armistice, have
been handed by Gen. Diaz, the Italian
commander-in-chief, to Austrian offi
cers who entered the line bearing a
white flag. Official announcement to
this effect was made today.
The conditions of the armistice are
inspired by the principles of Presi
dent Wilson; namely, to render it im
possible for the enemy to recommence
the war and to prevent him from
profiting by the armistice to withdraw
from a difficult military situation.
An official statement by the Italian
government today concerning the
armistice says:
"An officer of the Austrian general
staff presented himself at the front of
our lines bearing credentials and
asked to discuss an armistice.
"Gen. Diaz referred the question to
Premier Orlando, who now is in Paris,
Who in turn informed the interallied
conference, which discussed and de
fined the conditions upon which the
armistice could be granted, and
charged Gen. Dias in the name of the
governments of the allies and the
United States to communicate them to
the Austrian white flag bearers.
"The conditions of the armistice are
inspired by the principles of Presi
dent Wilson namely, to render impos
sible for the enemy to recommence
war and to prevent him from profiting
by an armistice to withdraw from a
difficult military situation. The oon
dition of the battle along our front
demonstrates the great value of these
terms.
"As It Is probable the Austro-Hun
garlan whit* flag bearers would wish
to confer upon the subject with their
chiefs. It is supposed that the re
sponse may not be Immediate."
PRESIDENT WILSON
URGES PATIENCE
Armistice Terms With Ger
many, When Completed, Will
Be Announced in Entirety.
NO LOOPHOLE FOR HUN
President Wilson, it was declared
authoritatively today, bespeaks the
patience of the American public while
the armistice terms are being formu
lated and until they can be an
nounced in their entirety. This gov
ernment, it was said, is being- kept
constantly apprised of the progress of
the deliberations of the supreme coun
cil of the allies, at work upon the
terms.
It manifestly would be improper
and possibly might embarrass the
conference, it was said, to make
known the terms piecemeal as they
are agreed upon and communicated to
the several governments. The policy
of the officials of this government, it
was explained, will be to await the
completed action of the council be
fore intimating the nature of any of
the agreements.
Regard Terms as Satisfactory.
It is said in official quarters that
when the terms are made public they
will satisfy the most insistent de
mands of the public for the imposition
of strong conditions upon the Ger
mans.
In the unofficial discussions of the
probable terms, the treatment of Bul
garia and of Turkey is cited as a
sound forecast of what will be insisted
upon from Germany. The published
text of the Turkish articles of sur
render are said to conform to the offi
cial report of them, and it is pointed
out that they are stringent enough to
satisfy the most exacting.
What happened in the case of
Turkey and Bulgaria was that the
allies insisted upon conditions which
put those nations out of the fight
ing, rendered them impotent to
maintain military communication
with Germany and in fact placed
their military resources at the com
mand of the allies.
That is what is expected Is going
to happen to Germany in accept
ance of the terms to be laid down
by the allied conference.
Drastic for Austria.
An Intimation of the drastic nature
of the armistice terms submitted by
Gen. Diaz to the Austrians is given
in an official dispatch from Rome to
day, saying: "The Italian victory is
hourly assuming such proportions that
any kind of indulgence toward an en
emy who up. to th?r last minute of
his dominion.has inauito& oiHr breth
ren, devastated our lands and fought
with the utmost barbarity would be
a crime."
The same message reports that
from the sea. to the mountains three
Austrian army corps are in flight;
that all roads are now open to
Isonzo. the first place where the
Austrians probably will attempt to
make a stand. Italian na<fel detach
ments have occupied the lagoon be
tween the mouth of the Tagliamento
and Caorle, which was protected by
monitors and heavy artillery.
In Accord With IT. S. Views.
Naval terms of armistice agreed to
yesterday by the supreme war coun
cil at Versailles are in substantial ac
cord with the views on this subject
submitted by the United Stntes gov
ernment through Admiral Benson.
As to the nature of the naval safe
guards and guarantees to be demand
ed of Germany as the price of a ces
sation of hostilities, however, it is
stated that the most cautious public
ODinion will be satisfied when the
terms are disclosed.
Leave Nothing to Chance.
They are said to leave nothing to
chance. If they are accepted by the
enemy. It is declared, men may sail
where they will on any sea with the
certainty that there will be no re
newal of the submarine terror.
The views of the United States on
this vital side of the armistice dis
cussion had been fully formulated
when Admiral Benson left for France.
Vice Admiral Sims, American naval
commander abroad, had reveiwed the
situation and found officials of allied,
admiralties in harmony with American
ideas.
BANIMlSY
*rUR NOTE TO II. S.
German-Austria's Assembly
Members Claim "Former"
Emperor Karl Erred.
Br the Anoelited Pica.
AMSTERDAM, November 2.?A reso
lution will be introduced at the next
sitting of the national assembly, says
a telegram from Vienna, banishing
Count Andrassy (Austro-Hungarlan
foreign minister) from the territory
of German-Austria on account of his
note to President Wilson.
The resolution will say that Count
Andrassy was Illegally appointed by
the former Austrian Emperor Charles"
and that ha Is to be banished forth
with "as a troublesome foreigner."
Another telegram from Vienna re
ports the formation of a provisional sol
diers' central committee in the state
council hall. Troops have been Invited
to elect soldiers' committees, which In
turn will elect a permanent soldiers'
central committee.
Emperor Still In Vienna.
COPENHAGEN, November 1 (by the
Associated Press).?Complete order pre
vailed in Vienna Thursday, according to
the correspondent there of the Berlin
Tageblatt. Emperor Charles was still
in Vienna on that day.
Australians Return With Bride*.
MELBOURNE, Australia, October
25 (vis JLondon. Friday, November 1).
?A contingent of returned Austra
lian soldiers arrived here today. Three
kindred of them were accompanied
by their English brides and received
? MfdO! welcome.
Demand for Reparation as j
Pronounced Here as
in Europe.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
(Copyright, 1918. bj If. T. Evening Post, Inc.)
It would bo difficult to say 'whether
international or internal politics kept
folks in Washington feverish during
the past week. Certainly the National
Capital has been seething with politi
cal discussion, so much so that for the
moment much of the tension was re
moved which originally dovcloped
when the possibility was broached of
an early end of the war.
In a few days the congressional I
campaign will happily be over and !
something like a normal perspective |
on the European situation will be pos
sible, for, no matter whether there I
has been any partisan politics in the
expressed dissent to peace negotia
tions, there will be no motive for such |
a thing after the verdict at the polls i
has been accepted by both sides.
Interesting' Events Ahead.
Whatever the outcome on Tuesday, j
some interesting, if not the most in
teresting, developments thus far in
the European war may be expected.
There is no denying that much dis
appointment prevailed when the Presi
dent paid attention to the first Ger
man peace offer. Some of this has
been removed by the news from Aus
tria and Turkey and internal Ger
many. More and more is the convic
tion being developed that Germany
has made up her mind to quit and
thus prevent a bitter end struggle.
Of course, it is fully realized that
the German military power has not
yet been completely broken or that
the capacity of the German govern
ment for mischief has been entirely
exhausted. On the other hand, there
is no longer much of a feeling of
shakiness or nervousneao over the
kind of military and naval safeguards
which are to be proposed by the
United States and her allies to pre
vent any resumption of hostilities j
when once the terms of peace or a I
basis therefor have been agreed upon. I
There are many surprises in store, |
incidentally, for those who have been
arguing, that Germany is going to
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SURRENDER OR DEATH, DILEMMA
NOW FACING THE GERMAN ARMY
Mr. Simonds Believes Germany Will Soon
Quit, as Ultimate Defeat Is Inevitable
and Internal Revolution Imminent.
BY FRANK H. SIMOHD9.
Whatever the diplomatic language
of the allied ultimatum addressed to
Germany, in response to her request
for an armistice, three words cover
its- import: "Surrender or die." This
is the choice that now presents Itself
to the German empire, since at the
rresent moment that German empire
is bounded on the east by Russian
bolshevism, on the south by Austrian
anarchy, on the west by Foch's vic
torious armies and on the north by
the British blockade.
We may still believe that when. In
late September, Ludendorft advised
the pursuit of an armistice his pur
pose was the old familiar purpose of j
oil past German maneuvers. We may
believe that he sought to involve the
United States in a dispute with her
European allies over peace terms and
rally the German people behind the
autocracy by presenting to them the
necessarily drastic demands of the
enemy. The home front was to be
fortified, the enemy front broken by
the maneuver.
Unfortunately for Ludendorff. events
moved too fast. He had not calculated
upon a Bulgarian surrender, a Turk
ish collapse, an Austrian debacle. All
of a sudden all of Germany's allies
disappeared, the whole face of things
changed; the maneuver, made with
out sincerity or without intent to
make peace, became a life arid death
pursuit of peace to escape internal
revolution. The first proof of the
change was the fall of Ludendorff
himself.
Germany Can't Hide Facts.
Today Germany faces a situation
which can be concealed neither from
her people nor from her enemies. To
continue In the war is to risk inva
sion on the very remote chance of
modifying allied demands. There is
no hope of victory, no fractional
chance of anything resembling even
a draw. There is, at best, only the
hope of postponing the decision for a
few brief weeks or months, with the
moral certainty that as a result of the
new burdens thereby placed upon a
weary people internal revolution will
follow ultimate surrender, if it does j
not overtake iL as in the case of
Russia and of Austria.
In a very real sense the delibera
tions now going on at Versailles are
beside the point so far as Germany I
is concerned. However severe the
terms there agreed upon, Germany
must and will accept them. No con
sideration of a possible prolongation
of German resistance need worry the
men who are writing, have probably
already written, the armistice terms.
What the allies have to decide at
Versailles is merely what they deem
-wise to take as guarantees of an ulti
mate settlement.
Germany's peril today does not come
primarily ? from Foch. Her army is
fighting well and might hold up the
AMSTERDAM, November 2.
?A state of anarchy prevails
throughout Turkey, according
to information received by the
Armenian correspondence bu
reau here. Hundreds of thou
sands of deserters are subsisting
by means of robbery of the mass
of the population.
Constantinople is declared to
be literally famished and impa
tiently awaiting the arrival of al
lied forces.
becognized by oebmany.
Berlin Government's Official Notice
of Prague National Council.
AMSTERDAM, November 1.?Ger
many, according- .to an announcement
made in the Weser Gaxette, has recog
nised the Prague general national
council and has ordered Consul Geb*
battel to make the necessary declara
tion In behalf ef the Berlin corern
ment.
enemy for a brief time; It might be
able to retire to tbe German frontiers
as successfully as Napoleon got back
to France after Leipzig; but how long
would the home front hold, with the
ever-growing prospect of invasion?
May Go Like Russia or Austria.
Germany must surrender or die: die
as Russia has died and as Austria is
dying. Her future depends upon her
immediate escape from a war which
is subjecting her population to ex
actly that sort of agony out of which
revolutions inevitably arise. All Ger
many today is approaching the con
dition of Paris after the siege, the
condition which made the Commune
inevitable And terrible.
Whatever Germany saves from the
wreck now she irW aajtti negotia
tion and not by fighting. The military
phase of the war is already over, and
the problem which remains iB wheth
er Germany in the peace conference
can repeat the triumph of Talleyrand
at the congress of Vienna and save
by diplomacy what she has lost by
arms. This is the great peril; this is
the remaining danger for our alliance.
Germany means to use the plan for
a league of nations to save herself
from punishment and payment as
Talleyrand used the scheme of the
holy alliance against democracy to
save France from the consequences
of the revolutionary and Napoleonic
otnio-orl fio
Surrender Is Predicted.
But today Germany must surrender
and surrender promptly; the longer
she is held up with her back to the
wall the more patent becomes her
helplessness; and the longer the strain
of the war is kept upon her civil
population the more terrible will be
the consequences when this civil
population at last gains the power it
is bound to gain now. It is impossible
for Germany to escape a measure of
the Russian anarchy, a portion of the
Austrian dissolution, save by swift
surrender. Therefore, the surrender
is assured.
, The war is over. Not because the
German army is not capable of fight
ing another campaign. No authentic
evidence of collapse in the army is
yet to be found. Nevertheless, the
collapse of the nation behind the
army means that in no long time the
army itself must collapse, as did the
Russian, the Bulgarian and now the
Austrian, once the home front was
broken. Such a collapse means only
one thing; it means revolution, an
archy.
Germany will surrender. The sur
render will not be long delayed, in my
judgment. Instead of haggling over
the terms of the armistice, Germany
will abandon the fight in the field and
turn all her energies to the fight
around the green table. On the mili
tary side she must surrender or die.
It will be different around the green
table. The war is over, but the strug
gle to preserve . the inestimable ad
vantages gained for mankind in the
war has only just begun. We have
won the war, but we may yet lose the
legitimate fruits of victory.
(Copyright, 1918, New York Tribune, I?c.)
AUSTRIAN DREADNAUGHT
DESTROYED BY ITALIANS
Veritas Unitis, Last and Biggest
Unit of Enemy's Fleet,
Is Sank.
Destruction of the Austrian super
dreadnaught Veribus Unitis by the
Italians is announced in an official
dispatch today from Rome.
The dispatch says:
"The Italian sailors have accom
plished another great feat and have
dunk the Euperdreadnaught Veribus
Unitis. which means the last and big
gest unit of the Austrian fleet
"The Italian sailors have thus re
taliated for the losses the Veribus
Unitis inflicted upon the Italian army
during the retreat last year."
ROMS, November 2.?Italian naval
forces succeeded in entering the
harbor of ' Pola, the Austrian naval
base, on Friday.morning and sank the
Austrian battleship Viribus Unitis,
the flagship of the Austro-Hungarian
fleet, it is officially announced.
Duteh Government Ban Refugee*.
AMSTERDAM, Friday; November 1.
?German authorities have been noti
fied by the Dutch government
after today no refugee* win be per
mitted to aroaa the Belgian-Nether
lands frontier.
ALLIES SHOWERING
BLOWS ON FOE IN
FRANCE AND ITALY
Valenciennes Taken by Haig.
Yankees and French
Continue Offensives.
DIAZ MAKES BIG GAINS
IN TRENTINO AND TO EAST
By the Associated Press.
Valenciennes has fallen, the allied troops in Italy maintain
their pursuit of the Austrians, and west of the Meuse and in
Flanders Marshal Foch continues to press the Germans.
Canadian troops captured the important town of Valencienncs ^
after bitter fighting for more than twenty-four hours in the area
south of the town. The Germans fought tenaciously to retain
Valenciennes, but the British overpowered the enemy resistance
in desperate struggles. ?
With Valenciennes gone the Germans not unlikely will have
to give up Tournai and to retreat both in Flanders and south of
Valenciennes. British possession of the town and the area east
of the Scheldt south of Valenciennes outflanks the enemy posi
tions in the Mormal forest, which defend Maubeuge and Mons.
It is evident the Germans must retire or suffer heavy losses in
attempting to maintain insecure positions from Ghent to the
region north of the Aisne. The main German position behind the
present front is the Antwerp-Namur-Metz line.
Allied Gain In Belgium.
In Belgium the allies, including
American troops, have reached the
Scheldt on a wide front southwest of
Ghent, and are reported to be west of
the river at Eecke, seven miles south
west of Ghent. The German situation
around Ghent is becoming hazardous,
as the town is being outflanked.
West of the Meuse the Germans now
are in a serious position through the
successful American and French drive
which places them in a pocket in the
forest of Boult, north of the Argonne.
Gen. Gouraud'a men resumed the of
fensive today, and are pressing
through the wooded region west of
the Boult forest. The French and
Americans have captured more than
4.400 prisoners.
Italians Sweeping On.
Allied armistice terms have been
handed the Austrians by Gen. Diaz,
whose victorious troops continue to push
the enemy back from I^ake Garda to tlie
Piave. Between Asiago and the Piav?
the allies have advanced to the Brenta
at Grigno, capturing many important
mountain heights. The Austrians ai>
parenUy are ticeing precipitately north
ward through the Trentino, leaving
thousands of prisoners and hundreds of
guns.
East of the Piave the Italians, British
and Americans are pressing toward the
Tagiiameiiio along tMe entire front. It
-is reported the Austrians are evacuating
L'dine.
CANADIANS TAKE VALENCIENNES;
AMERICANS IN BIG DRIVE
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, November 2.?Valenciennes
has been captured by the British.
Field Marshal Haig reports that
Valenciennes was taken by Canadian
troops under Gen. Currie, who have
passed through the town.
The village of Preaeau, southeast.
of Valenciennes, was captured by the |
British this morning after they had i
seized the high ground in that region.
The fighting which began with
yesterday's British attack south of
Valenciennes was continued through
out the night, Field Marshal Haig re
ported today.
Advance of More Than Five. Miles.
LONDON, Noverber 1.?Today's at
tack In Flanders was rewarded by an
advance of more than five miles on
a ten-mile front. It. brought the
allies to the Scheldt from Berchem to
Gavere, ten miles south of Ghent.
This advance probably will enable the
Belgians to posh the enemy over the
Derivation canal to the Terneuse
canal.
South of Valenciennes the attack
resulted in an advance of two miles
on a four-mile front and the cap
ture of Aulncy and Preseau, thus
reaching the southern edge of Val
enciennes, which is flooded.
The French and Americans on the
southern part of the battle line, atr
tacking through Attigny, have ad
vanced between three and four miles
and are nearing Buzancy.
Valenciennes Bottled Up.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN j
FRANCE AND BELGIUM. November,
1 (by the Associated Press).?Valen
ciennes today was bottled up as the
result of a lightning blow by the Brit
ish on both sides of the city.
The main attack at Valenciennes
was south of the city, just above
Famare. ? The Canadians, who en
gineered the drive, were supported by
one of the heaviest artillery bombard
ments of the war. The gunfire was
terrific, and this made the going easy
for the overseas infantry which fol
lowed.
The idea of the Canadians in using
this great barrage was to crush the
resistance as quickly as possible, so
as to save allied lives. The bombard
ment had the desired effect, for the
opposition offered by the enem/ was
not strong, and the Canadians pushed
rapidly through to their objectives,
which gave them the whole of the
railway line running south from Valen
ciennes.
Enemy Casualties Heavy.
The enemy's casualties were heavy
and the little Rhonelle river was lined
with German dead. About noon the
enemy massed for counter attacks
from Saultain. According to the lat
est reports the Canadian artillery was
dealing with the projected assault
At the same time the Canadians at
tacked with other British troops
and drove forward north of the city
and forced a crossing of the Scheldt.
Audenarde was gravely threatened to
day. The fighting yesterday was of
a different nature.# The German ar
tillery maintained a heavy ll*e
throughout the day, and German ma
chine gunners, scattered in great
numbers throughout the sector, fought
stubbornly until tliey were killed or
compelled to surrender. The main re
sistance came from these sources.
Americans Have Hard Day.
The Americans had a hard day. but
they did their bit. One unit of Ameri
cans from California, Oregon, Washing
ton and other points in the west, w:is
in the Waereghem sector In front of
Spitaals and the Besschem wood, while
another element from Ohio was wc ;t
of Cruyshautem. Spitaals and the Be.-,- -
chem wood furnished one of the tough
est bits of fighting along the line.
The forest was a network of barbed
wire and the whole place was infested
with machine gun nests.
In order to take the woods the Amer
icans were forced to depend largely on
an outflanking movement, although soma
of them fought their way through.
When the Americans began their at
tack before dawn the Germans set
fire to all the houses close to the
front line, lighting up the country.
This not only confused the Yankee
troops, but it put them more or less ?t
the mercy of the German machine
gunners, who were as thick as file:;.
Among the wounded the correspond
ent saw ttoday was Maj. W. O. Garri
son of IjOdi, Cal., who led the bat
talion which flanked the wood on the
north. He said the burning buildings
were like a moving picture show.
The Americans struck an especially
heavy shellfire in their sectpr, as ?ell
as machine gun posts. They fought
their way forward, however, a::4
finally cleared the woods, the enemjr
leaving a great number of dead Ger
mans at their posts.
Wounded by Shell Fire.
The greater portion of the wounds
received by the Americans yesterday
were the result of shell fire. One
American lay wounded on the field
for two hours. While he was wait- ,
ing a big German shell fell near him.
As the seconds passed he thought each
one was his last. He was lucky, lor
the shell proved to be a "dud."
The correspondent was told un
officially today that the American ar
tillery fire yesterday perhaps was
lighter than it should have been, but
this was due to the fear that the
barrage would cause casualties amonsr
the civilians. The allies are doing all
possible to spare the lives of the In
habitants. With this end in view, t>ie
British have stopped the use of ga.s.
The appearance of American troops
in this fighting must be the source of
great discomfiture to the Germans, re
minding them in a most effective way
of the rapidly increasing strength of
the American armies 'and Marshal
Foch's ability to throw their weight
In this part of the western front
without relaxing the major operations
steadily developing under the direc
tion of Gen. Pershing.
YANKEES STEADILY ADVANCE;
IN DRIVE IN VERDUN REGION
By the Associated Prat.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Novefnber
J. xo a.m.?The American 1st Army
continued its offensive movement to
day. Ahead of their schedule, the Ameri
can forces wen aged in working
their way forward exploit their anc
eeaaes of mMrtay. The Germans were
eontlnulr- their resistance which srom
f ?
lsed to crow heavier as the higher
ground was reached!.
Despite the increased volume of the
enemy lire, however, the Americans are
steadily advancing, although more slow
ly than on Friday. The line at noon
showed no losses of territory, while soot*
improvement of it had been effected.
Considering the magnitude of the
operation, the American losses in yes
terday's lighting were small. <w