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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-28
By the Associated Press
With the American Forces Northwest

with the American Forces Northwest
of Nerdun, Sept. 2s.
Along the entire American front the
Germans made a stand yesterday, but
in spite Of their determined efforts to
hold their positions yielded one after
another to steady hammering. The
sweeping advance of the first day was
slowed down. but last night the line
had been moved forward far enough to
satisfy headquarters and win the praise
of the French, whose aison officers are
closely observing the operati ons.
The country about Montfaucon and
the Argonne forest was the scene of des-
perate contests. The Germans left
masses of machine guns, and it was
against such formations that the Ameri-
cans were forced to advance. In the
Argonne forest the fighting often de-
Neloped into an almost hand-to-hand
character as the men reverted to the
preliminary principles of warfare and
crowded forward through the dense
growth It was fighting without art, for
the combatants were too close together
to permit the use of guns. and they
were left to fight it out. They still
are in the forest, but reports indicated
steady progress.
Apparently theirs was a fight alone.
but along the flanks, even to the north,
units of Americans had advanced stead
| lily, making certain the eventual with
drawal of the comparatively small part
Of the enemy's force stationed in the
woods to delay the general advance.
hopping up the country on the Amer
( lean left involved stiff fighting in the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-28
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
COPYRIGHT, 1918, bv New York Times co.

Special Cable TO Evenine Public Ledger
COPYRIGHT. 1918, bp Ne,o York Times co.
London, Sept. IS.
Bulgaria has asked the Allies for an
armistice of forty-eight hours with
view Of making peace.
Whatever answer the Allies return
the request 1t is most unlikely. the
Evening Public Ledger learns, that the
proposal will have an immediate effect
on the military situation in Macedonia.
There Is no military reason whatever
why the Allied forces should be stayed
in their triumphant progress, and the
Allied Governments need day or two
at the very least to weigh the situation
and decide on concerted action.
Meanwhile, Allied cavalry are. rid
ing through the passes and the Bulgar-
IAN position may become perceptibly
worse.
For once the Allies may congratulate
themselves on the lack of a political
Versailles" No credence whatever is
placed here in a German statement that
the request from Premier Malinoff with
out the consent or support of his col
leagues. The Daily Chronicles well in
formed diplomatic correspondent says:
THE Bulgarian proposal Is regarded In
! higher official quarters, as perfectly
genuine appeal. IL bears every appear
ance of being bonafide and comes
Through recognized and responsible
channel, which for the moment need not
be indicated.
"The suggestion that it is personal
initiative of Malinoff is eratituous and
Enthusiastically German.
A Ministerial Coup
"The overture has been made to the
| Allied powers as a whole and not to
single government. 1t is an obvious
effort to stop fighting to discuss peace
terms on the other hand 1t is highly
probable that in proposing an immedi-
ate truce. Malinoff executed q ministeri-
al coup as regards his sovereign Ferdi-
nand, who IL practically certain to op-
pose the setp, as his dynastic fortunes
are bound up with Berlin, to which
friendly port he probably will betake
himself at the earliest moment
But the evidence concords shat the
Bulgars are sick of the war, and desire
to end it. II was the evident obedience
| to a mandate of the people that the
| Government addressed its appeal to the
| Enten'e."
In this connection a diplomatic au-
|
garia for some time has been growing
more and more resentful with Germany
She has been angry at the Ge/lan
refusal to give her all she wanred of
| Dobrutla after the collapse of Rumania
and with the way in which Berlin sided
| With Turkey in her boundary dispute
with the Bulgarians. The Bulgarians
for some time have felt that they have
b zen made the dupes of Germany.
| Speculation as to the effecr of Bull
gsra dropping out of the war is end
less. The Chronicle emphasizes the inn
portance of the setting free of the Allied
Salonki armies for service elsewhere
and the perhaps still more important re-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-28
FIVE U-BOATS A MONTH
LOST, GERMANS ADMIT
Admiralty Expert Also Says
Fleet Is Helpless Because
of Allied Navies
By GEORGE RENwICK
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger

Copyright, 1918, bv NetO York Times Co.
Amsterdam, Sept. %.
I'VE are losing about five submarines
monthly and about 1875 officers and
men," Captain Won Mantey. Of the Ger
man admiralty, admitted at the Ger
man navy league meeting at Dortmund
The captain went on to say that it
did not matter il the amount of tonnage
sunk declined. because Admiral Scheer
and means to clutch hold Of the enemy
We need have no fear of America, for
we have disposed of the Russian steam
roller and we can also finish Off the
Yankees"
Speaking Of the work of the German
high seas fleet the captain declared that
it could only indulge in raids. which
were difficult on account Of the
strength of the foe.
These raids are especially difficult" >"
he went on, ION account of the fleet hav-
ing few eyes, that is to say. large
cruisers. If we had spent a couple
miliards in building a great battle fleet
the U-boat war would, perhaps, have
been unnecessary and we should have
been able to beat the English navy.
We have an enemy against us who is
three times stronger than we are, and.
therefore, we have to be careful. for II
our fleet Is lost then Germany Is lost"
The speaker made further admissions
by declaring that It was thought that
the sinking OF 100000 tons of shipping
monthly up to August of last year,
would bring England to reason, but
hA datarpni N q tiny, nf tho EpRliRh o..
ceived us. How has 1t been possible, II
Is often asked, to bring 100000 Amer
lean soldiers to Europe? The reply is
! that the enemy uses our fastest ships
| for transport purposes and these are
very difficult to torpedo"
The Cologne Gazette's naval expert.
in the course Of an article on the de-
crease In the amount of tonnage sunk
during August. blames the weather, but
he holds firmly to the belief that Ger
manys triumph or defeat rests with
her submarines.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-28
BY PHILIP GIBBS
Continued from Page One

Continued from Page One
the German guns. 1t was taking a
great rick for If the enemy guessed
the time of the attack and ranged
heavy barrage on that sector, the
troops would have suffered heavily.
The troops did not shirk the risk.
They had supreme confidence in their
strength and in their lucl, and we
now know with thankfulness that they
were justified in their faith.
THE enemy's harrage fell too late.
when they were already through and
across and 1t was light when II came
and fell behind them as they marched
into the enemy's country, on the north
of Bourbon Wood, with other troops
suth of them, fighting toward the vii
lagos of Graincourt and Anneux
The left of the attack was timed to
begin before the troops on the right
were to move forward to Flesquires,
putting the pincers If quick enough.
on the German soldiers and German
guns i'm the valley.
| went out early across the old
bhttlCtlelds to this new scene of action
and felt again something of the old
thrill which touched one a year ago
before the Cambria adventure on No.
vember 90.
Rain Follows Red Sunset
Thursday night It rained heavily after
a red sunset which splashed all across
the sky below the black clouds The
ruins of Bapaume and all those vii
lagos which the British have regained
after this six weeks of history were
rose e-colored in this evening light be-
tween the tall, black masts of dead
woods
The storm clouds had not passed
just as the dawn broke. and those
fields had a wild, bad look as they
were dimly revealed by the rising
curtain of day Lights glimmered
from the windows OF huts built in these
wastes and tents glowed red as the sol
diers behind the lines rose and lit their
lamps.
Campfires began to burn outside the
old dugouts, where sandbags were whit
ening in the dawn. Already the airmen
We're outside their hangers, scenting the
wind and looking to their machines for
the first flight over the battle lines The
Kite balloons were in battle array all
across the sky, according to the swing
of the line, and presently the sun rose
and the clouds were dispersed by a fleet
wind. Above their snowy peaks there
was lake of blue, and those balloons
OF the British watching the drama OF
battle below them ghstening and white
| was not In time TO see the first
! barrage fire. which began just at dawn
without any preliminary bombardment
| but II was terrific when | arrived ir
sight of Bourbon wood and Moeuvres In
| the valley below, with Fresquieres
ridge.
On the right all the guns We're slog
| glng away with rapid fire with tn,
heaves monstrous 9.2s. far behind
where / stood, and the field batteries
well forward The noise of their shells
came rushing through the sky like grea'
| birds beating their wings.
For miles stretching down below ridges
| from Inchy and Moeuvres southward te
savincourt / could see gun flashes ant
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-28
IBULGAR PEACE MOVE
WON'T HALT FIGHTING
allies May Haze Foe in Much Worse Situation Before
Concerted Ans,Uer to Proposal Is
Ready

lief their use nearer home would AFFORD
20 Allied shipping. 1t is also suggested
that Il would not only have an immense
effect on the military position OF Tur-
key, already reeling in her moral effect
from the defeats in Palestine. but might
also afford the Allies the chance they
so greatly need to exert influence again
In the Black Sea. This might put an
entirely new aspect on the Russian cit
uation, and change radically as well that
In the Caucasus
Lord Cecil Confirms Request
"The Bulgarian request for an armis-
tice has been made TO us officially" said
Lord Robert Cecil, British assistant for
eign secretary, to the Evening Public
Ledger representative. He appeared in
the best of spirits and laid stress on the
fact that this was bona fide advance
from one of the enemy countries.
This is not rumor," he said "It
is not like one of those reports OF which
we have heard so much in the past
about something some representative of
an enemy government had said to some
one else in neutral country"
Lord Robert was not prepared to dis
cuss the Bulgarian note In detail, but
he made II plain, now that a request
for cessation of fighting had been re-
ceived, the Allies had the right to specify
the conditions they would impose before
granting II. 1t was possible. he pointed
out, either to accept or to refuse an
armistice, and also to accept 1t with
conditions.
Lord Robert was then asked whether
in view of the fact that American troops
had not been fighting at Saloniki, and
that the United States was not even
at war with Bulgaria, Washington would
be consulted by the Allies before their
answer was returned He replied: .
We'll, Of course, that would depend
! on how the request for an armstice was
considered. If it were held to be a
mere military matter, I suppose the
| commander chief in the field would
deal with 1t as he would with any other
purely military question but IL It be
considered as a political matter. then
| nave not the least doubt that Wash
ington will be consulted
Lord Robert also discussed the possi-
bility OF setting up n permanent politi-
cal Allied council on something like the
same lines as the permanent military
| council at Versailles. He doubted its
practicabilty There were, he pointed
out, already permanent political com.
| mittees in each Allied capital in the
| persons of ambassadors accredited to
| each Government. There was also the
permanent council of military repre-.
| sentatives at Versailles, and there were
occasional meetings of the premiers, and
| he did not see how the Allies could &c
much further than that
Members of the permanent council, he
held. must be plenipotentiaries and no
one but premier. or. in the case Of the
| United States, the President, could have
authority to commit his Government. But
premiers are required at home and SO
they could not attend permanent
council. Consequently, Lord Robert
said, he could not see how a political
Versailles" could be worked out in
actual practice.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-28
Haig Ready to
Take Enemy Base
Continued from Page One
defenses are composed of a system of
trenches of depth of between four
and five miles.

London. Sept. 2s
The latest British official statement
reads:
The. village Graincourt has been
captured and the advance continued 10
Cantaing to Fohtaine Norte Dame. In
the left center the Canadian corps under
General Currie, attacking with the first,
third and fourth divisions forced a pas
sage of the Canal du Nord and captured
the villages of Sannex .lez- -Marquion and
Bourbon with the wooded heights OF
Bourbon hill"
Substantial progress has been made
toward Raiilencourt and Haynescourt.
"Our deep advance astride the Arras
Cambria road was greatly assisted by
the close cooperation OF the Twenty
second Corps, under General Cooley
south and north of the Sensee and
scarpe Rivers.
THE Fifty-sixth London Division OF
this corps crossed the Canal Du Nord
and, attacking northward, has captured
Sauchy, Lestree and Sauchy-Caucy
North Of the Scsrpe on the extreme
left English and Scottish troops COM
pleted the capture of Arleux-en-G ohelle
and the German trench system In the
vicinity of that village.
Perfect cooperation between the
commanders OF neighboring units and
formations; between infantry, artillery
tanks and aircraft together with the
gallantry and resource OF all the ranks
have again enabled us achieve com.
plete success at relatively small cost
Several thousand prisoners and many
guns have been captured"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-28
ASQUITH IS FIRM
FOR "CLEAN PEACE
Sacrifices Must Not Be
Wasted, He
Urges

London, Sept 2s.-Speaking at CON-
ference of the National Liberal FEEDER
alton at Manchester Herbert II. As
quith, former British Prime Minister,
said the development of the situation
during the last two months had been
highly favorable to the Allied cause.
The German Chancellor said Mr.. AS
quith, admitted only few days ago to
the Reichstag that the great German Of
fensive in France and Flanders had COM
pletely failed. The Allied progress in
Palestine and Macedonia, the former
Premier continued. had been marked
and significant. There had been no
campaign OF the war more skillfully con-
ceived and brilliantly carried out than
that by which General Allenby had cap
tured the better part of two Ottoman
armies and cleared out the Turk from
the Holy Land.
Mr.. Asquith declared he never had
doubted the continued pressure of the
Allied forces. naval, military and eco
nomic. would prove in the long run ir-
resistible.
But the more confident we are In our
faith In ultimate victory" the speaker
continued, the more we should be on
guard that our unexampled sacrifices are
not wasted. frittered away. without Sc
curing clean peace and setting up a
new international policy which will chain
up forever the furies of war"
BY clean peace" Mr.. Asquith said
he meant a peace which would attain for
the world the object for which the Allies
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-28
ITALIAN GUNS ACTIVE
Heavy Smelling on Many Sections.
Patrols Take Prisoners
n. L. A..a...aI D..
By the Associated Press

Rome, Sept. 2S.--The OFFICIAL state
ment issued by the Italian war office
says:
There was considerable artillery ac-
tivity in the I.agarina valley on the
Pasubio and In the Posina. and the
Astice valley and on some sectors OF
the Piave line. Northeast of Laghi,
patrols put enemy parties to fight In
disorder and took prisoners. other pris-
oners were taken In the ornie valley"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-28
Quotas in Fourth Loan
and Easy.Buying Plan

Philadelphia's quota for the
fourth Liberty Loan is s259,19S, 900.
The quota set for the Philadel-
phia district, including all of Penn
sylvania, all of New Jersey south
of Trenton and all OF Delaware, is
s51s,s00, 900.
Pennsylvania, outside of Phila-
delphia, is called upon to raise
$202, 1905, 900; New Jersey, south of
Trenton, s3s,6s4.OO0, and Delaware,
sl6,0I2. 900.
As in the last three Liberty Loan
drives. subscribers through their
employers viii be permitted to buy
bonds on the installment plan. For
a $50 bond. 81 weekly is due, and
for 500 bond. 81 weekly.
Payments for subscriptions in
Ave i-stallments have also been
provided for. A first payment of
10 per cent Is TO be made and the
remaining as follows: 20 per cent
on November 2l. 20 per cent on
December 10, 20 per cent on jan
uary ls and 80 per cent on jan
vary 80.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-28
ATTACKS BY THE GERMANS
NO LONGER ARE FEARED

bursts OF greenish smoke as lyddte
shells were fired. There was n tremen-
dous barrage of fire all about Bourbon
wood to the left and right of It, and in
the sweep across Flesquieres.
Business OF Battle
The business of the battlefield was in
full activity. Supporting troops were on
the move. marching i'm Indian file along
duck boards leading to the front line
or standing in groups under the shell
ter of sunken roads waiting for orders
to get ahead. Gun limbers were crawl
ing up many of the tracks with new
stores of ammunition. Horse ambu-
lances with canvas hoods. on which the
Red Cross was painted like a flag, were
being driven amazingly near to the bat
tie lines, and bodies of the Royal Army
Medical Corps were laying out new
field hospitals and putting up tents in
full view of Bourbon wood. except for a
fringe of bushes here and there
A Colonel OF r. A. NJ. C., came gal
Looping up to one OF sneir officers and
said:
"One Of my ma jors has just been hit
on the road. He has a fractured femur
Do you mind sending along some OF
your stretcher bearers?"
Certainly" said the young medical
o hcer, and later | saw a stretcher be-
ing carried along with the wounded ma
jor above the steel helmets OF four sure
footed men.
| ! went over TO a gunner observing
officer working with a telescope and
telephone In small trench looking
straight to Bourbon. and with good OBJ
servation of Flesquieres and the ground
to the left of II.
Thing are going, WELL" he said THE
Canadians seem TO have all their OBJ
jectives can tell that because our
guns have lifted on to the second OBJ
| jective.
| 1t was a wonderful panorama of bat
tie. Bourbon wood dominated all the
scene, standing so high and black ur
there above Moeuvres, and that small
forest, which the Germans soaked with
gas last November so that our men OF
the Sixty-second Division had to fight
and live in gasmasks, and now yester.
day was soaked again with our gas in
repayment OF that horror on the au
thors OF II, was under fierce fire from
our shells.
Smoke Hides Advance
Presently as / watched there rose al
around It and away to the left of 4
clouds Of pure white smoke, which ros,
In tall columns and then spread out anc
mingled, making a dense white screel
which almost hid it from view. tn
British were putting over smoke she'll
In order to hide the movements OF tn,
infantry, and it was obvious from m.
side that the troops were moving for
ward again In a new phase of the at
tack, bearing down on Bourbon from
the north, while others were working
up from the direction Of Flesquieres.
II was difficult to tell exactly wha
was happening. II is always enor
mously difficult TO ge the facts OF
battle from what ones vision suggests
even when one has had experience o
many mornings like this. An observing
officer was persuaded that the, troop
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-28
PLANE OUTPUT SPEEDS UP
Curtiss Company Will Soon Pro.
duce 100 Battleplanes Daily
By the Associated Press
BY the Associated Press

Toledo, Ohio, Sept. 2s.--The Curtss
Aeroplane Corporation, at Buffalo, by
next March will have reached a produc-
ton of 100 battle planes daily. John y,
WHY'S, president of the corporation, an
nounced here last night at a meeting
of 5000 Liberty Loan statesmen.
Willys returned last night from De-
troit where ne conferred with officials
OF the aircraft board and agreed to a
contract which Is claimed TO be the big
gest of it's kind ever awarded WHY'S
declared that the Curtiss company in
January will cease entirely the produc-
tion of training planes and concentrate
on battle planes. These combat planes
will be of three types, WHY'S said. They
are: The S. T.. Five, single scatter
chase plane; n. s. b., two scatter, and
the De Haviland, equipped with Liberty
motor.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-28
BERLIN TO BOOST LOAN
New Jersey Town Patriotic DESPITE
Unpopular Name

Berlin, y. J.. will have big Liberty
have been invited to participate and
Atco, Gibbstown, Lindenwold, Clemen-
ton, Stratford, Atco and other places
will have delegations in line, The fire
will parade, along with the lodge Of
odd Fellows, Brotherhood of America,
Red Men, Sunday schools. churches and
other organizations of the town.
Following the parade there will be a
meeting in Grange Hall. and the farmers
and others say that they will subscribe
literally for Liberty Bonds.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-28
MARTIAL LAW AT VLADIVOSTOK
Allies Authorize Decree by Pro-
visional Commander
By the Associated Press

viadivostok, Sept. 2s.-Martial law
has been decreed at Vladivostok and in
the district of Nladivostok by Colonel
Butenko, provisional commander of the
armed forces of the Maritime province,
in accordance with the Russian field
regulati ions and legislation governing
fortresses in war time.
The decree has been authorized by the
Allied commanders and they will aid
in enforcing II, IL necessary. The meas
ure Is directed against enemy agents,
trafficers in arms and anyone attempt
ing interference with any military OPP
erations. II had long been contemplated
by the Allied commanders, who deemed
II requisite in view of the lack of re-
liable civil and police administration.
Colonel Butenko has succeeded Colonel
Voistof, who recently resigned. and has
the recognition and confidence of the
Allies.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-28
Liberty Loan Golf Tournament

Members of the philadelphia Cricket
Club will start the Liberty Loan drive
today with novel tournament. EMch
Bond in any denomination he may see
At. Ali subscriptions will be credited
TO the Chestnut Hill district, and al
ready a number, Of biz subscriptions
TO be the first Liberty Bond tournament,
and II should lead to other clubs holding
events of a similar kind. Prizes in the
shape Of war savings stamps have been
scores and, therefore, there will be no
entrance fee beyond the obligation to
buy q bond. t
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-28

V1naf rreater advance may follow does
~ matter, when the success IN good
4uQ0Hh and all our men, even those who
come back lightly wounded, are satisfied
and uplifted In spirit
Those of "a who knew Wednesday
that the next day would bring this battle
had some dark minutes in the night
when we thought OF the ground our men
would set out to take. II was very dif.
ficult work because Of those ridges held
BY the enemy. and because of the Canal
du Nord, which our men would have to
cross.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-28
FRENCH PLUNGE ON
FIVE MILES FURTHER

Paris, Sept 2s.--The French troops
IN the battleline east of Rheims made
further advances, and in the two days
battle have taken more than 10000 pris-
oners and considerable war material
The advance by the French has been
about five miles at certain points.