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PEMWE MORNING JOV
CITY
EDITION
THIRTY-XIXTIT YEAIl.
VOL. C1J.Y. No. 4!.
Albuquerque, New Mexico, Monday, November 18, 1918.
Dally by Carrier or Mai!. JOo Month
Single Copies, So
ALjBUQ
KNAL.
CITYJ
EDITIONJ
BICW
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I! READY
FOR SURPRISES
March Is in Column but Ad
vance Guards Are Thrown
Forward and All Brigades
Protected by .Artillery,
FRATERNIZATION IS
STRICTLY' FORBIDDEN
Men Warned Jhat People Are
Enemies : but Property In-
violate and Even Souvenir
Hunting Is Barred, v
tBT MO. NINO JOURNAL. .PBCIAL LEAStO Wl.tl
With the American Army in France,
Nov. 17 (by the Associated Tress.)
General Pershing's forces moved for
ward early today in territory just
abandoned by the German troops, un
the old line between Mouzon and
Thiiioourt. lying from the region of
Sedan to the south of Met, the troops
had been stationed to await orders
for the advance, and (at 5:30 o clock
this morning the patrols marched out,
not in line of battle, but In columns
along the highroads, which are only
slightly impaired.
The first steps of the Americans
into regions so lately controlled by
Germany were not spectacular. The
man were keyed up for the new ad
venture, and as on the day of the
signing of the armistice, there were
comparatively no demons'rative mani
festations of their enthusiasm.
Men Aro "Polished."
Many of the men had been newly
uniformed, and all of them were "pol
ished" as though for inspection. The
, men appeared eager for the word to
go forward.
The relatively small units that tire
moving forward as advance ' guards
were sent to the line before daylight.
, The night had been cold, and the mud
that yet marks the roads was slightly
frozen. The men shivered. ;aa they
rested by the roadside.
When the command finally was Riv
en for the advance, the elements who
were to push forward. In some cases
""hi ilea ttpart' wr thr hriig ilmr ijutfcefcn
the extreme left and right, moved off
into Ihe miBtn that appear always to
shroud this part of the country, and
disappeared.
For the first time since the Ameri
cans had been ordered to advance into
enemy-held territory, there was as
surance that they would encounter no
hostility. The intelligence depart
ment, which has never ceased to
function, had accuratly reported that
the Germans were carrying out their
nereement of evacuation. '
No chances were taken, however.
The engineers were the second unit
to press forward, and thev carefully
began their work of looking out. for
mines and tainted water. Every obsta
cle was tested before it was moved, in
order to find out if it masked expio
sives. For some lime iho Germans
h,nv shown a murit of co-operatton in
informing the Americans where mines
were located and in themselves de
stroying them. -,
Rendv for Surprises.
It was some time after the engineers
moved forward before the heavier
columns took tho roads. The entire
army finally was moving, and moving
along the lines of peace days. But it
. wan in such order that it misnt quicK
tv ho transformed into battle array.
Every brigade was covered by a regi
ment of 77 s, the. heavier armiery 101
lowlng closJ behind. The flanks of the
advancing columns were well pro
tected. It has been Impressed on officers
and men alike that this is an operation
under armisMcc: that war still exists
ami that .the possibility remains that
at any time it may be necessary for
them to play ineir pari wivii me
same grimness of the past year.
Fraternization, not only with the
German soldiers whd may be found
either as straeglers or voluntary pris
oners, but with the civilian population,
has been sternly forbidden. Looting
nnd even souvenir .hunting also have
heen forbidden the Americans. It has
been plainly impressed upon the men
that property is inviolate and that
those persons with whom they come in
contact must be regarded as enemies.
LUDWIG DECIDES IT
IS TIME TO QUIT
.V MORN, NO JOURNAL. RRICIAL LKASKD WlRll '
Easel, Nov. 17. Kins Ludwlg III,
of Bavaria, has renounced hla throne,
according to a dispatch from Munich,
and has released the officers and sol-'
diers and the personnel of the gov
ernment from their oaths of office.
The council of ministers has given to
the former kins and the members of
the royal family the freedom of the
country a long as they undertake no
steps' which might endanger the exist
ence of the state. , .' j
Dispatches on November 8 declared
that a republic had been declared
in Bavaria and 'that the Wittelsbach
dynasty had been deposed by the diet.
THE WEATHER
' FORECAST. '
Denver, Colo,, Nov. 17. New Mex
ico Monday and Tuesday, fair; not
much change in 'temperature.
Arizona Monday and . Tuesday,
partly cluody; warmer north portion
Monday. .-
LOCAL REPORT.
A summary of weather conditions
for the twenty-four hour period end
ing at 6 p. m. yesterday follows: Max
imum, 62; -minimum, . 27; range, 35;
at 8 p. m., IL; north winds; clear.
FORWARD
01
GEIA
FALLEN RULER OF
RUNS BEING HELD
Li I PRISONER
II DUTCH CASTLE
Gendarmes With Drawn Sa
bres Stand Guard Behind
Huge Iron Gate Barring
Driveway to His "Home,"
VIEW FROM WINDOWS
IS VERY MELANACHOLY
Within, 'However, Wilhelm Can
Feast His Eyes on a Fine
Art Collection; Status That
of Unarmed Deserter,
N.v Cyril Brown.
Copyright, 1918, by the Picks Publish
ing Co.
(The New York World. 1
(Special Cable Dispatch to tho New
York World and Morntng Journal.)
Amerongen, Nov. 12 (via Amster
dam, Holland.) Tonight the ex-kaiser
is literally behind the bars. Two
Dutch gendarmes with drawn Babers
mount guard behind a huge iron gate
barring the driveway to the ex-kaiser's
temporary internment ''camp."
Amerongen hall. Count von Ben
tinck's historic castle, is a fine exam
ple of the late Renaissance, situated
oh high ground in the midst of a mag
nificent park and surrounded by a
moat dating from the mimteenth cen
tury. The view .the former kaisW gets
from the castle findows is monoto
nously melancholy, this part of the
province of Utrecht now being a con
tinuous expanse of fallen red and
brown beech foliage, with little else
in sight except the somber sky, naked
beech woods and Ihe pretty hamlet
of Amerongen, at the foot of the
castle.
Can See Some Old Masters. )
Within, however, is one of the finest
private art collections in Holland. In
particular tho kaiser can feast his
eyes on several wonderful and genu
ine works by Rubens, almost priceless
fifteenth century Flemish tapestries,
and some rare Chinese porcelains.
, ..Incldnt.ta.11y the original palace was
burned by the troops of Louis XIV. it
is no place, however, for an cx-kaisor
to forget his thoubles in.
To the World correspondent who
had last seen the fallen kuiser review
ing his guard at 'the Somme front,
today's picture by its dramatic con
trast was most vivid in bring home
the depth of the ex-kaiser's fall.
It was d. rainy afternoon with a
somber sky and a small detail of trus-
iy policemen from Amsterdam were
reinforcing the handful of provincial
gendarmes and the hardly 200 bedrag
gled rural Dutch populace, who were
hanging around the insignificant vil
lage station of Maarn yesterday await
ing the punctual arrival of the im
perial train of ten cars.
It was a touch of irony that the ex
kaiser should have had to ge' off at
Maarn, which in Dutch is pronounced
liko the French Marne of and impe-
(Conlinued on Page Two.)""" "
FEL1CIIATIS
far mornino journal brkcial lbbo wi.r .
London (Saturday), Nov. 16.
Fleld Marshal Haig publishes the
following telegram in a special order
of the day:
"From General Pershing, . Novem
ber 11:
"My ear Marshal: Please accept
my hearty greetings and congratula
tions and i those of the American ex
peditionary forces, which we send you
and the armies under your command
on this day. It has indeed been an
honor for the American troops to
fight beside your British veterans in
the war against the tyranny of mili
tarism. The new associations we
have formed will be cherished ever."
"From Field Marshal Haig, Novem
ber 13.:
"I amygreatly touched by the kind
message you have been good enough
to send to us. The whole British army
joins me in sending: our heartiest
thanks and greetings to you and the
American forces in France, who so
greatly contributed to the present
successful issue. We shall ever re
member the heroism of your troops
in dangers and difficulties which we
shared in common in the recent great
battle, and we heartily reciprocate the
feeling you express that our relations
may be developed and continued
through all time."
Field . Marshal Haig also issued
similar cordial telegram exchanged
with colonel House.
MAXIMUM PRICES OF -ANTHRACITE
FIXED
BY MORNINO; JOURNAL fPCCI.L L.ABSQ WIRKl
Washington, Nov. 17. Prices of the
so-called "steam sizes" of anthracite
coal will not be allowed to rise to the
level of domestic Btzes of anthracite
under an order issued by the fuel
administration.
The order, which was nude effec
tive at once, specifically fixes ?he
maximum prices of tiumVf one buck
wheat and other sizes of anthracite
coal smaller than "pea", and provides
that tne maximum pre for hcee
grades shall not be in excess of th
maximum for 'ftKtt'' eo.il leys fifty
cents a gross ton. .
PERSHING AID .
HMO EXCHANGE
'Viva America'
Trieste Greeting
TBT WCMNIN JOURNAL lKllL LCASCO WI.E1
Trieste (Monday), Nov. 11. The
American lied Cross under the direc
tion of Major Samuel U Fuller, is
organizing relief work here, especially
for the thousands of Italian prison
ers concentrated in Trieste and Istra.
Roy P. McConnell of New York and
J. Rogers, Canton, O., Red Cross lieu
tenants, were the first Americans to
enter Trieste. They started with lor
ries filled with foodstuffs a."d a por
table kitchen and made the trip close
up with the advancing Italian army.
Most of the time they were under firo.
When Monfalcone was reached the
Italians called a halt.
"But," said the lieutenants today,
"we decided to proceed to Trieste. The
Austrians received us everywhere
with fierce looks and seemed in
clined to make trouble when they
saw the flag on our cur. The Ital
ian population, however, as soon as
they recognized tho American colors,
whipped off their hats and embraced
us, crying 'Viva America! Viva Wil
son!' after this we hud no trouble in
reaching Trieste, whero the popula
tion cave us an extraordinary recep
tion." CARDINAL GIBBONS
HONORED BY FRANCE
IRV MO.NIN. JOURNAL BPtCIAL IB'SCO WIRE
Baltimore. . Md.. Nov. 17. In the
presence of members of the cardinal's
household and the faculty of St.
Mary's seminary. Ambassador J ales .1,
Jusserand, French representative in
this country, conferred the degree of
the Legion of Honor o.i Cardinal Gib
bons at the cathedral Sa.lurd.-iy after
noon. The ambassador in his pi.ldress said :
"When there was doubt every hero,
you chose the right course. Wc knew
of your work In helping to free
France from the clutches f tho Gor
man. In Inner of the fiftieth ann'
veisary of vor elevation ;o th-j dig
nity of a bishop, and in apprciatiin
of your work for our jeoni;, I haw
been Authorized by the Fr;ucH go
errment to award you tho highest
iionor that can be co.Verred by cur
government."
After accepting the beautifully de
signed emblem of honor, Cardinal
(ribbons paid his compliments to
France and to its ambassador, and
said:
"I am happy to receive this honor
at this particular time."
KILLED IN RIOT;
Several -Thousand Men At
tempt to Lynch Negro Ac
cused of Shooting Two Men
and Attacking Woman,.
(BV MORNING JOUNMAt. BPtOIAL LCABKD WIRCI
Winston-Salem, N. C, Nov. 17.
Seven persons are believed to have
been killed and probably a score of
others Injured, several seriously, in a
riot here tonight which resulted from
the efforts of ft mob of several thou
sand men to storm the city Jail nnd
lynch a n$3M accused of shooting J.
K. Childless and Sheriff Flynt and
attacking Mrs. Childress last night.
The dead are a girl spectator, o
city fireman, and three negroes. Tho
police believe a detailed search to
morrow will show at least ssven kill
ed. Upwards of a score are believed, to
have been Injured, five or six serious
ly. Tonight firing still was going on in
different partu of the city, tho. mob
finally have been broken Into small
groups. Kfforts of the home guard
and the police to restore order were
unavailing even at that time and Gov
ernor BIckett was asked to intervene.
He ordered home guards here from
Greensboro and arranged to have a
company of regular soldiers sent from
Camp Polk, near Raleigh.
The known dead are Rachael Levi,
a bystander, shot through the lungs
and Robert .Young, fireman, who was
sho. i
The mob first formed this after
noon and stormed the jail. Three
shots were fired nnd three negroes
accused of iihootlng the two men and
attncklne; Mrs. Childress were seri
ously wounded. A white pr'soner
also was hit In the arm by a bullet.
The police cleared the crowd out of
building and the mayor called out the
home guards. Quiet prevailed for a
time, but at night the mob had re
formed and started marching to the
Jail, several thousand strong after
breaking open hardware stores and
seining revolvers and shotguns. The
mayor sought to address tho crowd
but could not be Heard.
When the mob broke from the Jail
f'remen turned water on them, but
the rioter forced their way into the
prison. They did not find the negro
they sought and leaving the Jail they
gradually dispersed.
AUSTRALIA WANTS
v HUN ISLANDS HELD
f.T MORNINB JOURNAL BRICtAL LIABBO BI..I
Melbourne. Nov. 17. The Austral
Ian senate today passed the resolution
reeved by the ministry last week, pro
viding that It is essential to the future
welfare of Australia that the captured
Oerman possessions In the Pacific now
occupied by Aus'rallan and New Zea
land troops should not In any circum
stances be restored to Germany.
The resolution also provided that In
the consideration and df "ermination
of nny proposals affecting the des-fny
of these islands, Australia should be
consulted. .' . t
, '- m M
fiirls Vnload Car.
Amsterdam, Oct. Y. Ten thousand
servant girls at Stuttgart, the capital
of Wuerttemberg, were mobilized re
cently to heln unloading railroad
freight cars. Each; has to give one
day or two half days a week to this
work. They are paw men's wages.
SEVEN PERSONS
IL
S STORED
BRUSSELS QUIET;
GERMANS IET IN
BELGIAN CITY AS
KINGAPPROACHES
Prince Rupprecht Said to Have
Left for Holland and Prince
Eitel Friederich Still in
Louvain.
GERMAN GOVERNOR
HAS FLED COUNTRY
Seven Civilians Killed in Riot
ing When Soldiers Revolted;
Many Soldiers Reported to
Have Been Shot,
IBV MORMNQ JOURNAL SPECIAL l.CABID WIRE
Brussels, Thursday, Nov. 14.
Brussels has not as yet been liberated.
German patrols and some other ene
my troops are still lingering in the
city, but the ' "heart of Belgium,"
which has been Btillert for four years,
began again to beat today as King Al
bert's soldieis reHumed their march
toward the capital.
Belgian outposts are now within
sight of the city. The towers of St.
Uudule church, and the massive
courthouse are plainly discernible.
No ullied soldiers have as yet trod
the streets of Brussels, but the cor
respondent stepped through the lines
today, dressed in civilian attire, and
spent two hours In the city. He found
the Hclgiun capital calm and expect
ant, awaiting the departure of the un
welcome guests and the arrival of
King Albert's soldiers. The disorders
of last Sunday and Monday are now
over.
Outwardly Brussels is intact, ex
cept for a few houses near the North
Station, which have been wrecked.
The North Station Itself and buildings
along Boulevard Anspuch suffered se
verely, being riddled with machine
gun hullots. Window panes were
shattered by the rain of bullets dur
ing the rioting. .
( (Seven Civilans Kilted.
It Is' authoritatively stated that only
seven civilians were killed and several
wounded, but many Gornmna lost
their lives. A
vltctreatingM'rfej.iMun trop .ar not
parsing through Brussels, but ure
avoiding tne city. Machine guns were
posted yesterday at JLauken to drive
back unruly sUdlers wishing to enter
Brussels. Several who weie bent on
pillaging the Belgian ' capital were
turned back and forced into the allied
lines.
Senor Saura, the Spanish consul
general at Brussels, told the corres
pondent that Crown Prince Rupprecht
of Bavaria left lust night for Holland.
Prince Eitel Friederich, son of the
former German emperor, was still at
louvaln yesterday being guarded by
100 faithful soldiers.
General von Falkcnhausen, who
has been governor general of Bel
gium, has disappeared.
The food situation in Brussels is
serious.
Many Huns In City Saturday.
With the British Army in France
and Belgium, Saturday, Nov. Hi, (by
the Associated Press.) Thousands of
German troops were seen in Brussels
by the correspondent last night while
Belgian cavalry was expected to ar
rive today. Meantime, both imperial
ist and republican officers were lab
oring under Ihe forced armistice to
(Continued on ivuKe iwo.j
MIL
THIIJ BATTLE
Census Bureau Announces
82,000 Deaths From Epi
demic While : Army
Forty Thousand, .
Lost
'4BV MORNINI3 JOURNAL SPICIAL LBASKD WlRBJ
Washington. Nov. 17. Tho recent
epidemic of influenza In the United
States caused more deaths than oc
curred among the American expedi
tionary forces from all causes from
the time the first unit landed In
France until hostilities ceased.
' This announcement today by the
census bureau was based on unoffi
cial estimates of the total casualties
among the overseas forces and reports
from 46 cities having aombined pop
ulation of 23,000,000. which showed
82.306 deaths from influenza and
pnermmia from September 9 to No
vember 9. i'tanr,i
"Total casualties In the American
expeditionary forces," said the an
nouncement, "have recently been un
officially estimated at 100,000. On
the basis of the number thus report
ed. It .may bevassumed that the deaths
from all causes. Including disease and
accidents, are probabily less than 45
per cent, nnd may not be more than
40 per cent of the total casualties. On
this assumption the Joss of life in the
American expeditionary forces to date
Is about 40.000 or 4!,000."
The total of deaths due to the In
fluenxa epidemic In : this country is
not known, the announcement said,
as only the 4ii cities for which figures
were given report vital statistics) to
the census bureau. The greatest mor
tality due to the epidemic In propor
tion to population was 7.4 per 1,000 In
Philadelphia, and the next greatest
8.7 per 1,000 was reported from Balti
more. , . . . . '
IRE FATALITIES
Fugitive Kings
Gain Recruits
BV MCRNINa JOURNAL BrBClAl. LBABtO Wl.ll
Copenhagen. Nov. 16 (Saturday.)
Duke Charles Edward of Saxe-Coburg
and Gotha and Grand Duke Friedrlch
Franz IV, of Mccklenburg-Schweriu
have abdicated.
Basel. Nov. 1 7. Saxe-Meiningcn has
been proclaimed a republic and all
estst 's owned by princes aro made
public property.
A special dispatch from Karlsruhe
cays the provisional government has
announced that Grand Duke Friedrich
11 has abdicated and that Baden is a
free republic.
Geneva, Nov. 17 (by the Associated
Press.) The Lausanne Gazetto says it
learned the people and parliament of
Luxemburg will demand the abdica
tion of the giund duchess of Luxem
burg, who is considered the symbol
of German intrigue. The members of
the liberal party desir? the grand
duchy into a republic, attached to
France. The newspaper adds that Ihe
grand duchess, learning of the general
opinion of the people of tho country,
replied she would tiot abdicate until a
general vote had been taken,
Copenhagen. Nov. 17. Former
Grand Duke Ferdinand of Mecklen-burg-Schwerin,
who abdicated last
week, has arrived here with his English-born
wife nnd children. The Dan
ish king, who is a brother of the for
mer grand duke, received the party.
Geneva, Nov. 17 (by the Associated
PreRs.) Former Emperor Charles of
Austria, who is still in Vienna, re
nounced the throne 1n an autograph
letter to Count Karolyi, president of
the Hungarian national council, says
an Innsbruck dispatch received here,
and declares he wishes to live as a pri
vate cltiKcn.
London, Nov. 17. The former Ger
man empress and the wife of tho for
mer German, crown prince will leave
for Holland In a few days on a special
train provided by the workmen and
soldiers' council, according to Potsdam
reports received at Copenhagen by
the correspondent of the Exchange
Telegraph.
THAT WILSON IS
However;1 Letter to Judge Par--..
ker-Says-toident Seos,His
Duty 'to Remain In Wash
ington for Present,
(BV. MORNINB JOURNAL BFBCIAL LKAMO WIRB1
Washington, Nov. 1 7. Publtcuiloii
today of President Wilson's letter to
Judge Alton B. Parker declining an
invitation to attend the Britain day
celebration in New York Djcmnbc 8
caused renewed discussion here of the
question ot wiiethef the president will
go to Europo lor the rrmt pace
conference that is to net'li) fi'n!ly
the issres growing out of the war.
In his letter to Judgj Parker the
president su'v1:
"It Is my plain duty to be hero
for I can act more promptly upon
matters which seem to mature almost
every hour and I am sure that I can
be more true to tho common cause
by stayins hero.'
As yet, there has been no Indication
that tho president has reached a de
cision pn the snsreHtion from high
sources in Kurope that he at least be
present for the opening of the peace
congress but there has been a grow
ing feeling here for several days 'that
he will go to Europe, though probably
not as an active participant tn the
meeting. ' '
The general belief here. It was said
is that the congress can not assemble
before January for even after the
United States and 4Jie allies have
completed their present exchanges of
views and the supreme council has
drawn up the program for the meet
ing, severaU weeks will be required
for the assembling of the commission
ers which are to represent the par
ticipating nations.
BELIEF HI
TO GO TO EUROPE
President Urges That Thanks
Be Returned for Victory and
Dawn of New Day for Humanity
(Bt Moraine -Journal
Washington, Nov. 17. President
Wilson in a proclamation today desig
nated Thursday, November 28, as
Thanksgiving Duy, and said this year
the American people have special and
moving cause to be grateful and re
joice. Complete victory, he said, has
brought not only peace, but the con
fident promise ot a new day as well,
Ira which "Justice shall replace force
and Jealous intrigue among, the na
tions." The proclamation follows:
Thanksgiving. 101ft.
By the President of Uie United States
of America. '
A proclamation:
It has lung been our custom to
turn in the autumn of the year in
praise and thanksgiving to Almighty
uoa tor Jtus many blessings ami
mercies to us as a nation. This year'
we have special and moving cause to
be grateful and to rejoice. God has
In His good pleasure given us peace.
It has not come as a mere cessation
of arms, a mere relief from the strain
and tragedy of war. It has come as
a groat triumph of right. Complete
victory has brought us, not peace
alone, but the confident promise of a
new day as well, in which Justice Bhall
replace force and jealous Intrigue
among the nations. Our gallant arm
ies have, participated in a triumph
which is not marred or stained by an-
other purpose of selfish aggression. In
a righteous cause they have won Im
mortal glory and have inobly served
their nation In serving mankind. God
has indeed been gracious. We have
cause for such rejoicing as revives and
YANKEE VICTORY BEFORE
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OF DEFEASE,"
MONT MEDY-SEDAN RAILROAD
DESCRIBED BY ENEMY AS THE
LIFE ARTERY OF THEIR ARMY
Foch Ordered Pershing to Cut It; He Cut It; Job Is Considered
One of Hardest on the Entire Battle Front and Its Final Re
sult Was as Important as the First Battle of the Marne;
Yankees Advanced Over Ravines and Through Woods Full
of Machine Gun Nests Against Fortifications Which Ger
mans Had Been Preparing for Four Years.
(By Morning Journal
rails, Nov. 17, (by The Associated
Press.) -Out ot the confusion and
daae of the crowding military events
on the western battle line since late
in September, when battle followed
battlo until from Flanders to Verdun
there was ceaseless action, it Is now
permissible to outline to a certain ex
tent the part played by the American
armies in the final decisive battle of
the war, which ended with the arm
istice of laHt Monday.
Military 'reasons heretofore haVo
prevented accentuating tho accomp
lishments of the Americans, except in
a most general manner, The dis
patches from tho field have been ne
cessarily fragmentary and possibly
were overshadowed by tho accounts of
the more dramatic operations over tho
historic battle fronts to tho west.
But it 'now muy be stated that 31
American divisions iotulllng more
than 750,000 Americun combat troops
participated In the action beginning
September H6, known variously as tho
Hattlo of the Argonne and the,' liattle
of tho Meuse, but which history may
call Sedan the battle that brought
Germany to her knees and as far as
human foresight : "goes ended.".' Uin
world's bloodiest and costliest war.
In order to understand the military
situation which made the Argonne op
erations the crux of the war, it is
necessary to go back to the reduction
of the St.. Mihlel salient In the middle
of September. This brilliant Ameri
can accomplishment is still fresh in
history. It cut off at one stroke a
menacing enemy projection toward
Verdun and weakened the enemy's
defensive by threatening Metz, one of
Germany's two greatest advance rail
way centers for distributing troops
and supplies along the llont Medy
Sedan line. ' '
Metz Was 1'lvot.
Melz also was the pivot on which
the enemy swung through ItalgHim
Into .Franco, and therefore obviously
it was the pivot on which his retire
ment must hinge. The Argonne, tho"
next step below here, threatened the
great railway arteries running west
ward from Metz.
M'lth the conclusion of the St. Mi
hlel action, tho steady Inflow ot
American force caused a displace
ment of power as between the allied
and German armies. Thus It no long
er was necessary to pursue a policy
of reducing a salient or nibbling at
it. The American troops hud shown
what they could do.
A broader policy of general attack
along the entire line Was then adopt
ed and tho high command called on
General I'ershing to take the Argonne
sector, admittedly ono of the most
difficult of tho whole front. The
hroken terrain, the topography and
the lack of roads mado a problem dif
ficult to describe. Germany had in
four years fortified It to the last de
gree of military skill, with superb
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strengthens in us all the best tradi
tions of our national history. A new
day shines about us, in which our
hearts tuko new courage and look
forward with new hope to new and
greater duties. ;- .
While we render thanks for these
things, let us not forget to sock the
divine guidance In the performance
ot those duties, and divlno mercy and
forgiveness for all errors of act or
purpose, and pray that in all that we
do we shall strengthen tho ties of
friendship ar.d mutual respeot upon
which we must assist to build the
new structure of peace and good will
among the nations.
Wherefore I, Woodrow Wilson,
president of the United States of
America, do hereby designate Thurs
day, tho twenty-eighth day of No
vember next, ns a day of ihanksgiv
Ing and prnyer, and Invito tho people
throughout the land to cease upon
that day from their ordinary occupa
tions and in their several homes and
places of worship to render thanks to
God, the ruler of nations.
In witness whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and caused the seal
of the United States to be affixed.
Done in the District of Columbia
this sixteenth day of November, in the
year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and eighteen and of the In
dependence of the United States of
America the one hundred and forty
third. ,
WOODROW WILSON.
Ey the president.
BOBEKT LANSING.
Secretary of State.
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roads, both rail and motor, connecting
up to the rear positions and bases.
The outstanding feature of the Ar
gonne forest Is a long chain of hills
running north and south, covered with
a dense growth of trees and under
growth, making an advance difficult
and offering superb defensive quali
ties. Virtually no roads exist in tho
forest except for a few transversal
passes running east and west. The
soil is such that the least rain con
verts It Into a slippery, miry mess. In
otner words tho physical condition ist
such that the line of attack for an ad
vancing army is limited to valleys,
chief among which Is the Aire river.
From the edge of the forest, whero
the resistance was viciously strong,
Ihe enemy, possessed Innumerable
flanking positions. But beyond this
difficult region lay the Mont Medy
Sedan line, which was recently cap
tured. A German order described it
as "our life artery." It represented
one-half of the Gorman rail supply on
the western front, It meant death If
out. '
IVrslilnir Cut It.
The h'eh. command told FeriMen: Jv,
cut it. The American first army w;is
put In motion from St. Mihlel. In
nine days It was on the Arjronne lino
rendy for an attempt, the failure of
which might mean disaster and tho
success of which would etve untold
results. This quick movement of an
enormous body of men, the establish
ment of n new lln of supply nnd all
the complicated military preparations
was regarded with prldo by tho Am
erican commanders.
The) Americans knew what con
fronted them. Thev realized that this
was no second St. Mihlel. hut on en
terprise at which other armies had
balked for four years. They knew that
here was to be fought a fight to rank
with the first battle of the Marne,
with Verdun, with the Somme and tho
Chomln lies Dames; and they knew
that on 1hem depended the fnte of ihe
groat attack on the rest of the front.
If forced Lack here the enemy must
give way to tho west, if he held he
could nvd elsewhere.
It was at daybreak of September 26
when the American. went In. Using
nine dlvKoiu for the preliminary at
tack and unCor vigorous artillery
support th v advanced five kilo
meters the fl-st day. But the enemy
was not taken wholly by surprise
The reconl day lie threw into the tin
five counter attack divisions he had
held in close reserve. They wers his
best troops, but they failed not onlv
to push the Americans back, but thev
failed to check the gradual ndvnnen
of the Americans over tho difficult
terrain.
The first phase of the action ended
October 31. during which the Amer
lean gains were not laraa. but thev
conpelieJ the enemy to use n large
number o' divisions, wh'e'n fcccRmo
slowly nhausted and thus wire mii
able to pntry the hammfl'ing he w.,s
receiving from the Fren:h and Liit
tsh on the west.
It was a bitter fighting In tho
woods, brush and ravines, over a re
gion perfectly registered and plotted
by the enemy where his guns, big and
little, could be used with the greatest
efficiency. The original n'ne Amer
ican divisions In some cases were
kept In the line over threo consecutive
weeks. The American reserves then
were thrown In until every division
not engaged on another part of tho
line had been put Into action.
Seven Green Troops.
It is a fact commented upon with
pride by . the American commanders
and complimented by the allies that
seven of thei divisions that drove
their wav through this hard action
nevfr before had been In an active
sector, while treen troops, fresh from
home, were poured in as replace
ments.. The Associated Press dispatches
from day to day told what these men
did; how the enemy was slowly push
ed back from h.'s strongest and most
vital positions, through one defense
system pf:er another, until his finest -selected
troops, which had been with
drawn U many instances from other
portions of the line. In sn effort to
hold an enemy which ho derisively
said last spring could not be brought
to Europe, and If so would not fight,
and even if he tried to fight would not
know how to do so. The attack do.
llvered the morning of November 1.
which began the second Dhase of the
Atgonne battle, was the deeth blow
to the German army. Between Sep
tember 2 and October 31 enemv di
visions to the number of t!urty-'X
were identified as being; opposed to
the Americans In this sc'or. tie
tween November 1 and November 1
the enemy threw in fourteen fresh di
vision but all in vain.
Fighting even- foot of the wav tho .
American advance averaged five Uro
meters daily over terrain constantly
growing more difficult, with the I'nes
of communication and supply daily
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