, 1917-08-23
British and French Give Enemy
Another Smashing Blow in q
West Flanders.
CANADIANS STORM HILL 70
Peace Proposals From the Pope Are
-coidfy -ReceIVed by the Allies
NHoover Takes Control of
N American Wheat-Trafn-
Ing Camp Men Get
Commissions. q
81 EpWARp w. PIckARp.


Another smashing blow at h Ger
mans in Flanders was given last week
by the British; and French, General
Haig first sent his hard!tiehting Cana
dian troops after the defenses of Lens,
and in an irresistible charge they
quickly captured Hill 70, the eminence
that dominates that center of the coal
region and the Loos salient and which.
the allied forces had been aiming at
for two years. The men from the Do
minion pushed on into Lens itself, sbut
as this is written the Germans are still
clinging desperately to the center OF
the city, though every movement of
the troops there is covered by the, guns
Of the British. As usual, the Germans
at once began a series of counter-at-
tacks on Hill 70s but these were ire
pulsed in every Instance by the Cana
dams, with severe losses to, prince
Ruprecht's forces. 80
Meanwhile Haig directed another
great attack on a n!ne-mile front east
and north of ,Ypres, with the efficient
cooperation .bflthe French Jon their
left The latter occupied Dreigrachten.
and showed their positions forward to-
the edge of the flooded area, and then
forced the crossing of the Steenbeke
and o German positions to :an exy
IRENE depth of 1000 yards. The Brit
ish took the village of Langemarck
and occupied much territory there and
about st. Julien.
Increasing resistance by the Rus
SLAMS and Hard fighting by the Rouma-
mans slowed Jup somewhat the prog
ress of the Teutonic forces through
Moldayia toward southern Russia, but
the advance of the enemy continued,
nevertheless. Won Mackensen's most
important victory of the week was the
capture of Panciu, a big railway juno
tion. Unless there should be another
collapse, the further east the Germans
go, the harder they will find the going.
Fearing that enemies of the new re-
public would attempt to liberate the
e~x-czar, the government had Nicholas
and his family removed secretly and
swiftly from Tsarkoe-SeIo and sent
them to Tobolsk, n Siberian town that
Isn't wen on n railroad.
Peace Proposals From the Pope.
Pope Benedict last week submitted
TO the warning nations II definite pro-
posal for peace. In all the capitals it
was received with the serious consId
GRAFTON due it because of its impress
slveness and Its distinguished source,
but the general trend Of opinion among
diplomats was that it would result IL
nothing. Despite the evident sincerity
Of he opes' plan, the peace he pro-
poses is too much of n German peace
TO suit Great Britain, France and Italy,
and 1t is not conceivable that Presi-
dent Wilson and the United States
would accept 1t as 1stHted, Germany
and her allies doubtless would be only
TOO pleased TO end the war on the
terms suggested indeed, the pope's APP
peal at this time Is considered by many
TO have been inspired by Austria.
Briefly, his holiness would have all
conquered territories restored, includ-
Ing Germany's colonies, and the peace
full settlement of the questions of AL
Sace-Lorraine and Italia Irrldenta left
TO the future he thinksTthere must be
no reparation for losses sustained, and
20 continuation of the war by an eco
homie struggle thereafter and for
the avoidance of future wars he in
dorses Presidept Wilson's plan of In
ternational agreement TO reduce arma-
nents, enforce peace and obtain rec
ognitl0hfdfithe nhtional aspirations of
the smaller peoples.
Do Not Seem Reasonable.
Unless the utterances Of their lead