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SUPPLY BASES ARE NOW
IN REACH OF THE ALLIES
Euglis-. Smash in Region OF Lens
Would Force Teutonlc
Withdrawal.
ITALIAN SITUATION BETTER
Gen. Diaz's Armies in Terrible Bat
ties Have offered Firm Wall
Against Enemy Advance.
YY OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

Coming with the startling sudden
ness and brilliancy of springtime
lightning. the British attack delivered
in the direction Of Cambrai during the
past week accomplished wonderful re-
suits. admittedly. far beyond the
dreams of the commanders
The drive came as a complete sur
prise to the Germans, who undoubtedly
expected continuance OF the luii IN
operations in this section of the oat'le
line, they possibly believing that the
chief British effort would be furtner
directed in the region OF Passchendaeie.
to the east of Ypres. and that Frencn
and British reinforcements for the 1tal-
fans would curtail large offensive en-
deayor on the west front during the
next few months.
The British tanks loosened up and
started meandering over German lines
shortly after o'clock Tuesday morn
ing. The barbed wire barricades and
proved as paper before these monster
engines of war They were closely
followed by the "Byng boys. who
sprang over the top with zest which
made the hearts of their commanders
glad.
The Germans during the first days
fighting. were almost completely de-
moralized and such efforts as they made
to resist the British proved futile ana
weak On the second day after the
British had already penetrated German
positions to depth of more than hve
miles in the direction of Cambria. the
German resistance stiffened owing to
reinforcements hastily dispatched to
the new scene of fighting from other
sections of the front.
The British were largely content
with their gains. though extending
their positions somewhat on either side
of the center of their new line during
the fighting of Thursday. Friday and
Saturday. These extensions will con-
tinue for several days even though no
more major operations be attempted
for the reason that the apex of the
wedge driven through the Hindenburg
positions is comparatively narrow and
will prove dangerous for the British
unless the line on either side is extend
ed over wider territory
Cnquestionably the Germans will
seek to counteract the effect of the
Evening star., 1917-11-25
Supreme Crisis of Campaign.

do not mean to be understood as fore
casting such an allied stroke. One does
not prophesy at this stage Of a cam
sary evidence lacking. But 1 am try
ing to foreshadow what could occur un-
der certain circumstances. We know
that allied armies and artillery have
gone to Italy: We know that the Ital-
ians. up to the morning Of November
20, were holding on. and both the geog-
raphy of Venetia and the history OF the
Marine suggest certain possibilities.
II tho Italians hold on for another
week there will be a reasonable chance
that the Austro- German invasion has
reached it's high-water mark at the
Piave. for we are obviously at the SUI
preme crisis Of the campaign. II the
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Fails to Dispose Of France.

Germany tried to dispose Of France
at the Marne and agstn af yereun
help. She failed both times. and WITH
the beginning Of the Somms shs found
herself permanently outnumberod and
outgunned on the western front. She
no longer could advance on this frontt
her effort at verdun cosf her more than
1continasd o. Siftk FaSsl
Evening star., 1917-11-25
Question of Time
When Lenine Falls.

bear against him from abroad. 1t is
but a question of time when he will
have to flee in ignominious fashion
Then and then only will Russia right
herself
Gen. Kaledines is said to have or
ganized great Cossack forces and seized
control over the whole southern sec
ton of Russia Kaledines is said to
have turned over command Of the Co.'S
sacks to Grand Duke Nicholas, former
commander in chief of the Russian
armies under the car. Whether this
(Continued on Filth Pagel
Evening star., 1917-11-25
Big German Attack
Believed Imminent.


been delivered have been futile. 1t is
believed. however, that the Germans
will attempt a major offensive in the
immediate future in the hope of not
only preventing further British gains,
but to regain some of the territory lost
That the German military chieftains
do not dare tell the people just how
much they were surprised and how
badly their men were defeated is fndi-
Gated by German official reports. which
continue to intimate that British sue
cesses are but minor ones and that
Byng's forces have been driven back
at most points. Barefaced prevarica-
tions as such claims are. only go to
indicate the extreme measures to which
the German military war lords are put
in order to prevent further disanec-
ton among the war-weary peoples at
home.
The capture of Cambria will COM
pletely demoralize the present German
lines of communication and supply. The
town already is under the fire of Brit
ish guns and undoubtedly the Germans
have been forced to strenuous meas
ures to rehabilitate things in this re-
gion. It is believed the sharp salient
which the British have pushed into their
positions, disturbing communicat ton
lines with both the northern and south
ern armies, VIII hecessl.ate herman re-
adjustments. to the north especially.
The wedge which the British have
driven into the German lines will not
necessarily force an immediate retire.
ment of Teutonic armies operating to
the northward between Cambria and
Passchendaele in Flanders, unless the
British resume their drive in the region
of Lens and bend the German lines
backward some distance at this point.
Should the British be able to capture
Douaf and then press down from Flan-
ders and take Lille. the chief supply
bases for the present German line will
be in the hands of the enemy and gem
eral retirement to the line of Bruges.
Courtrai, Valenciennes and Laon would
be the next logical line of defense pro-
vtded. however, that the German COM
mand continues to hold Laon, the south
ern pivot.
Evening star., 1917-11-25

that tney must give up vast sections OF
their territory.
When BoIsheyiki vast sums OF
May Lose Power. vast PROMOTION a,
of their population will in the future
come under the hated Teutonic yoke,
the bolsheviki will be further discred-
tied. The German government un-
doubtedly will pursue policy of am
biguity when it answers the bolsheviki,
if it answers at all. and ambiguity in
the enunciation of purposes is a thing
the Russian peoples do not want. Care
fully worded promises will not meet
the wishes of the Russian peoples, even
though they be interpreted favorably
by the bolsheviki leaders.
With bolsheviki policies spurned by
Germany or else accepted with half
truths, and the allies turning a cold
shoulder to the radicals. the conserva-
tives Of Russia backed by great sec
tions of discontented peoples will
take affairs into their own hands
though the effort cost thousands OF
lives.
Between 5000 and 10000 people al
ready have been killed in the fighting
between the various groups OF Russia
In the past ten or twelve days. Lenine
and Trotsky according to some dis
patches, are the targets OF vituperation
among certain classes, who are dis
gusted with the high-handed methods
Of perpetuating bolsheviki power.
Even certain sections of the bolshe-
Wiki are disgruntled and seven high
commissioners have forsaken Lenine
The ministers of interior, agriculture
and supplies protested against meth
DDS of political terrorism" and resign
ed their posts. A sharp conflict OF
authority has arisen between the old
Petrograd council of soldiers and
workmen's delegates and another
| similar body created by the recent
congress. the latter claiming to have
assumed all powers when 1t superced-
ed the first council That it has been
| superseded. the first council emphati-
caNy denies.
Troops have marched through Petro-
grad demanding an end to the pres
ent high-handed methods of running
the government.
With Lenine's house divided against
itself at home. and entente powers
-
Evening star., 1917-11-25

German socialists Of the Scheide-
mann-Ebert class are giving respectful
attention to the
Stand Taksn nv proposals of the
-. bolsheviki for a
0e1AhA 0VSAoAs'S' separate peace,
at least an armistice. Certain news
papers of Germany are demanding that
the government consent to the armis-
tice and the policy Of no annexations
and no indemnities."
The kaiser is declared to have voiced
his firm intention of having nothing to
do with the bolshevfki at this juno
ture and nothing to do at all with any
government in Petrograd that has not
Evening star., 1917-11-25

we hold! We hold.'' This electrify-
ing cry is on the lips of all Italy. The
Evening star., 1917-11-25

When the Russian peoples realize
that they must give up vast sections OF
Evening star., 1917-11-25
Basis Of Hope
for Stronger Russia.

engine and betting over the shafts, they
would be unable to run the manufac-
tory efficiently and profit by its output.
Likewise. q group of political dreamers
may bring about the downfall of a gov
ernment. but should their dreams be
not reinforced by practical ideas as to
Evening star., 1917-11-25

A group Of marauders might seize a
great Industrial plant, but were they
Evening star., 1917-11-25
THE LINES OF THE pIAVE AND ADIGE.

Continued on Fifth Page.
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What My Parents Wanted Me to Be

in Pittsburgh. | well remember that
neither father nor mother thought the
change would be otherwise than n
great sacrifice for them. but that 1T
would be better for our two boys"
Arriving in Allegheny City, four of
us father. mother, my younger
brother and myself entered u
cotton factory. I soon followed and
served as .bobbin boy" ! received
$l.20 a week. | was Just about II
years old and no longer entirely de-
pendent upon my parents. but at last
admitted 10 the family partnership
and able to heip them. 1t represented
a week OF very hard work-so hard
indeed, that but for the aim and end
which sanctified IL slavery might not
he too strong a term to describe 1t.
a change soon came, for kind old
Scotsman who knew some of our rela-
tives and who made bobbins took me
into his factory before | was 49,
Here for IA time it was even worse
than in the cotton factory. But
never told them at home that l was
having hard tussle, for every men,
Der of the family was working hard,
except. of course. my little brother.
There was no servant. and several
dollars per week were earned by the
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-02
rs Years Ago
What Missoula Was Doing
on This Date in 1892.

Born to MIR. and Mrs. Charles Dor
man. December l, n girl.
A sidewalk has been laid in front OF
the new Higgins block and the Masonic
temple.
The Peoples party will hold mass
meeting on Saturday. December 10 at
o'clock In the court house yard.
Judge Reeves and others will address
the people.
The people of this city are eating
venison steak these days. The local
hunters who are going out report deer
plentiful and are bringing 1t in by the
carloads. Missoula county is notably
n hunters paradise.
The funeral of Mrs. Rittenour will
take place from the family residence
on Cedar street at p. m. today. The
deceased was IS years, s months and /
day old at the time of her death and
leaves a husband and one son to
mourn her death.
A double marriage occurred yester-
day in this city, all the contracting
parties being from Horse Plains. Rev.
George Stewart united in matrimonial
bonds Charles NJ. Colwell and Annie
Sears. and Seymour A. Hurlburt and
Johanna Nelson.
James Smith. an old time Camas
prairie prospector is in Missoula for
the first time in Is years. While ii
seems singular, it Is nevertheless a
fact that this venerable stranger, liv-
ing but 80 miles from the metropolis
visits 1t now. nearly a decade since he
first saw 1t. He is the guest Of Old
Bill Berry. with whom he used to trail
in the early days In California. and it
goes without saying that the erstwhile
chums enjoyed themselves hugely last
night.
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he WAS READY TO FIGHT.

An amusing incident occurred at
Charing Cross station one Ascot week.
An American drew up at the station
in taxi and. jumping out before the
cab had hardly stopped. started to
haul away at his luggage. Noticing a
porter standing by. he called out to
him:
Come along man. and take my lug
gage. What time is the next train to
Ascot?"
"Oh. you've come to the wrong sta
ton. sir" said the porter with smile,
You want Waterloo"
Then fetch me a taxi at once and
don't stand there like an idiot" the
now excited Yankee exclaimed.
The taxi duly arrived. but by that
time the American had worked HIM
self into a towering rage and roared
at the driver:
Waterloo. an fast as blaZes!"
The station. sir?" quickly asked the
nnperturbed driver. a. remark which
put the finishing cap on the Ameri-
cans temper.
mo- yon tarnation fool" he
screamed. "the Chicago
Daily News.
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NO, 2-ANDREW CARNEGIE.

am sure that l should never have
selected a business career il had been
permitted to choose.
The eldest son of parents who were
themselves poor. | had fortunately to
begin to perform some useful work in
the world while ] was still very young.
in order to earn an honest livelihood.
and was thus shown even in early boy
hood that my duty was to assist my
parents and. like them, become as soon
as possible also a bread winner IN the
family. What l could get to do. not
what desired, was the question.
When ! was born my father was a
well-to-dO master weaver In Dun
fermline. Scotland. This was before
the day Of steam factories for the
manufacture of linen. AS the factory
system developed, handloom weaving
naturally declined, and my father was
one of the sufferers by the change.
The first serious lesson of my life
| came to me one day when they was
| no more work for him to do.
The question of starting for the
| United states came UP in the family
council, and 1t was finally resolved
TO take the plunge and join relatives
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CHEATING.
BY Earle Duffy.

Cheating, which is one of the most
despicable habits that student can
contract. is fast becoming a thing Of
the past. Students now are beginning
to realize that person who cheats is
failure in school, private life. and
later in business.
The habit of cheating is acquired
like many other bad habits, a little at
time. The student. while taking an
examination. steals a glance at his
book to look up some forgotten detail.
He thinks that little act alone Is MOTH
ing very wrong. But little acts very
often lead to larger ones. and before
long the student is an inveterate
cheater.
The student should realize that he
gains absolutely nothing and loses
much by this deplorable habit. If a
student goes to school and gets
through by cheating. what benefits
does he derive? He only gets credits
which he does not earn. He has, how
ever lost much. His morals are low
cred, his self-respect is gone, and he
becomes susceptible to other bad hab-
its. The cheating students classmates
and teachers will also lose all respect
for him. and notoriety. especially in
famous. spreads quickly. 1t has been
proven. time and again. that the per-
son who cheats Is miserable failure.
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SOCIAL EATS" FAREWELL!
By Eva James.

Conserve Conserve, Conserva-
these days. That ii Is necessary for
us to cut down the consumption OF
such products as sugar, meat and
wheat, is doubted by no patriotic citi-
zen. Each and everyone fully realizes
that the allies are on the verge of star
walton and that it is UP To the United
States to feed them.
What has been done already toward
the feeding of these nations by the in
diridual? There have been, and are
wheatless meatiess, and sugarless days
in each household. Why, shouldn't
the eats" at social functions go Ia
the allies as we'll as the spoonful OF
sugar each day? They shall have to
go sooner or later. Suppose We say
farewell" before the government com
ma nds us. At least in this way we can
show that we do not dodge the issue
by doing without one day, and making
up for lost time the next. The situa
ton demands that we conserve every
day. This means. of course, conserv-
ing when we give parties.
For instance everybody knows that
titles of sugar. in cakes and various
other daintes that make up part OF
the luncheon, are used. Think what
a tremendous amount we could save
for our allies If these social eats
should be stricken from the program
and if all these great, big. wonderful
dinners that cost so much should be
abolished Then. too. after a lunch in the
afternoon we aren't the least bit hun
CRY when dinner is served. Since we
taste each dish and eat nothing, prob
ably that much food is wasted. About
10 o'clock we seek the pantry shelf and
more sugar or wheat or meat slips
away, so that in the end a very great
amount Of food is thrown away. Per
haps, without using less each day, we
might possibly be able to give our al
lies the required supply of sugar from
this source alone. AS it Is now. we
save two or three teaspoons of sugar
today but tomorrow in entertaining
cups and cups full are used. At this
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sPoNGlNG.
BY Elsie holloman.

Where there are human beings there
are spongers, or social parasites, yet no
one seems to think how common
spongers are and what an evil they
are We are all kind to the human
parasites. They are usually people
with pleasant manners, the kind VIII"
borrow money from their friends,
which they never repay: the ones who
go to the homes of relatives and friends
paying little visits" the kind that
so sraciously allows others to pay for
their amusements. These are neces-
sarily charming persons, but should in
reality be regarded less kindly than
their close relations, the unfortunate
fellows who nhabit warehouses; and
poor houses, or the seedy individuals
who ride in boXcars. and beg their
food at kitchen doors. Are the light
hearted parasites. people who flutter
from friend to friend, sucking into
their wasteful hands, like thirsty
sponges, the fruits of others labor
are these more estimable than the
mysterious gentleman who "jimmtes'
his way to our jewels and silver?
But the spon2ers upon society at
large are not the only ones. The word
Sponge" as used in the sense of talk
ing from others what one has not
earned, will be found to be used most
often III the vocabularies of school
children. Indeed. sponging, in some
schools, is considered the most fash
ionable thing to do. For one thing
IT takes no little amount of skill TO
leave the lesson unstudied, until just
before class, then corner serious
minded student who has digested the
whole lesson, and get enough from his
summary and notes to be able to
make good bluff before the teacher.
1t may quicken the mind to meet sud
den emergencies, but certainly habit
ual bluffing can not be so classified.
Bluffing very seldom passes the teach
ers notice. 1t is unfair to the person
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-02
Strikers of Other Days

The man who seeks to avoid mill
tary Service by every possible means
has been heard from in all lands and
ages. He was IA familiar figure in
previous chapters of American history
When the expedition against Quebec
was being organized in the middle OF
the eighteenth century the Stacker was
in evidence. a newspaper printed in
New Haven during 1853 contains this
note:
About ii hundred men who left their
hahtations in this colony in order to
avoid the necessary defense and mill :
tary service of their country and fled
into the New York government We're
taken up and pressed into service OF
that province, according to Il law there
subsiStins. And il is hoped that
wherever these disloyal, cowar,lly de-
serters fly they will, in like manner
b" taken up, so that they must either
| fight for their country or desert to the
| French and fight against It,"
Later. when the colonies rebelIed
| against British rule, the provincial
| congress took notice of the shirker in
set of rules regarding recruits. the
| first two of which read as follows:
you are not to enlist any man VIII.
is not able bodied. healthy and Il goot
marcher. but as men of a good ap.
pearance may have complaints which
render them incapable of a soldier.
duty. you must give attention that 70,
may not be imposed upon, and take til,
lopinion of surgeon where there il
room for suspicion"
Rule 2 gives this advice: you will
| have great regard to moral character
sobriety in particular: let our manner
distinguish us from our enemies, a
much as the cause we are engaged in.
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NOT WHOLLY Wasted.

Margaret Ellington, the actress, was
latter years OF his life, and. when on
the road used to correspond with him
regularly. In ono letter she told him
she was not feeling well. and nc wrote
back promptly. advising her to try a
new style of magnetic health belt
that had just been placed on the mar
ket, says the Saturday Evening Post.
Miss Ellington took the advice. After
using the device for a few days she
wrote him as follows:
.I bought one of those belts. but 1t
did not help me hit"
BY wire came back the answer:
1T helped me. l own stock In the
company. Samuel l. Clemens"
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Young Missoula's Ideas on Timely Topics
School
ing of Below Are the Thoughts of the
Students on Presen Subjects

who has studied hard whose help the
sponger has received. II Is deeply de-
grading to the buffers morals. and is
always brought TO light on the fatal
test day. one Of our boys, who is in
the army has written us that bluffing
might get by" in school, but in the
army it doesn't go. There are only
two ways to do a thing there--right or
wrong. Even the subaltern officers Of
Uncle Sam must be always right. This
is Il lesson which we must all learn
some day. 1t should certainly begin
to be learned in the schools. We
students in our schools who unite to
freeze out" the buffers might al
most be said to be doing Il patriotic
duty.
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POOLING: THE PEOPLE.

OF The type 81 senator. who
ought to be defeated in the next
election James Hamilton Lewis Of
Illinois is conspicuous. The 9th
err dar When smoked INTO an cN-
pres SION that our government
should declare war on Germany :
allies. this senator said that {,
distinction should be made be-
tween the .Au>trIanS aud The Hun
garian,. and BohemianS, end also
between the AuStrian> and the
Poles. OF course. there i no
sound reasoning for that d,Scrini-
inatinu any more than there
should De between Prussia and
Hanover or Bavaria. Hungary
has been in this war up to the
.hilt. w hy does the >hiilN
Lewis make this distinction? Be
cause iii his OWN halliWlrk there
Iare MANY thousands of Bohe-
|mian, and Hungarlan-, II q
rather than tell the truth. he cam
iollflage- because he fears to OIL
fend them in the event Of his
caudl1acV for rr-clectlnn. Chi
cage i the strongest Bohemian
lccntcf IN the country.
II j. not too carlN for The
American people to put the MI
horoscope on liliputian politicians
Hike Levi, to whom patriotism
has far less meaning than poll
tics.
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UNEXPECTED VIRTUE.

Upon a recent death in western
town Of a politician who at one time
served his country in a high legisla :
tive place. n number OF newspaper
men were collaborating in an obituary
notice.
What shall we say of the former
SENATOR" asked on of the men.
"Oh. just put down that he was al
ways faithful to hfs trust"
And" queried a cynical member of
the group, shall we mention the name
of the trust Puck,
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Brazil was slow in getting into
the war and may not be looked
Ia fer aid in the trenches. but she
has certainly delivered one I'M
portant cargo of goods. Thirty
former German ships held IN Bra
lillian ports and with a total tom
mage Of 25O.OOO. will be : dcliy-
cred by the Brazilian government
to France for transport service
for one year. This will 60 long
way toward solving The most Sc
riouS problem of the war. that OF
shipping men and food to our al
lies.