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New-York tribune., 1918-10-17

down to Courtrai, and then turns
north toward the coast as far as
Thielt, at an average distance of ten
miles west from the Scheldt.
Yesterday Belgian and French
cavalry got as far northeast Of Rou-
lers as Thielt. This city is about
fourteen miles west of Ghent. The
German armies between Lille and
Thielt are, therefore, now only from
eight to twelve miles west of the
Scheldt front, on which they may be
expected to make their next tenn
porary stand. Extrication from
their present positions is compare
lively easy. But the forces on the
Belgian coast, northwest of Thielt
and Thorout, arc being crowded un-
comfortably up toward the Dutch
border. If Ostend, Zeebrugge and
Bruges have not already been
stripped of war material and heavy
guns, it will be difficult for the Ger
mans to carry through a successful
evacuation. The main railroad from
Ghent to Bruges will soon be under
Allied fire. 1t may even be cut
by Allied cavalry. The disappear
ance of the Germans from the whole
coast region is, therefore, imminent.
With characteristic venom, some of
the big German guns behind Ostend
renewed yesterday the lombard
ment of Dunkirk, killing some civil
ians. This parting exhibition Of
frightfulness, without any military
justification whatever, is a hideous
commentary on newborn German
professions of respect for the laws
of warfare. Solf and Erzberger
may wallow in hypocritical pity for
the victims Of the unavoidable
harshnesses" Of warfare, but the
big Berthas" still speak out of the
real heart of Germany.
Whatever Berlin's peace-making
intentions may be, the German ar
mics in the Meuse Valley are still
fighting desperately to hold up the
American advance north of Ver-
dun. The American First Army is
making slow but steady progress
toward Dun-sur- Meuse. The whole
German retirement on the West
front hinges on the Meuse. Ac-
cordingly the German line has been
greatly strengthened there. Disas-
ter on this sector would completely
upset Ludendorffs strategic plans
and would sever direct connection
between the German armies in the
north and those in Lorraine end Al.
SAGE. The American First Army
has the hardest role of all TO play
in the present offensive. And it is
living up to that role manfully and
successfully.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-17
Dflntol1lro5
kf5tauraut
53I Fifth Ave.
Exquisite Cuisine

the text of the famous letter written
by Prince Macmillan of Baden to
Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe, the
Letter so widely quoted recently as
showing the Chancellor reactionary
N his political attitude, together with
Prince Max's explanation of why he
had written it,
The Chancellor. in this explanation.
declares the letter was intended to
bring out just what the differences
were between himself and Prince Alex
ander. As regards the continuity OF
his policy, the Chancellor adds that in
January, 1917, he declared himself in
favor OF supporting President Wilson's
peace views by securing a public dec
laratlon of Germany's war aims.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-17

Allied peoples are not prepared to
place faith in the most formal declara-
tions of a government whose democracy
is believed by them to be still only for
shop-window purposes.
Prince Max was always suspected
by the Social Democrats, who believed
that in no case could he be expected to
withstand the reactionary influences
which have surrounded him throughout
his career, and the letter now published
is taken to Justify their fears and, what
is more, the suspicion with which his
appointment has been regarded in the
Allied lands. If he is allowed to re-
main it will be only because of the diff
Guilty of finding man acceptable to all
parties of the majority and agreeable
to what is conceived to be the feeling
abroad.
Solf, Won Payer, Erzberger, Ebert and
even Scheidemann are all mentioned as
possible successors. Whatever might
be the choice the change would be not
only a move to the left, but a further
blow at the Kaiser himself
Much interest is shown in the per-
sonal position of the Kaiser, and the
possibility of his having to go the way
of Ferdinand of Bulgaria is discussed
Even in Germany there is nothing in
the German papers which affords any
evidence that opinion generally is pre-.
pared for that eventuality, but there
is plenty to show that his position is
far different from what it was three
months ago.
Kaiser Is Weighted Down
We hear nothing of the mood of the
Kaiser with regard to latest develop
ments Three or. four weeks ago before
the facts as to Germany's position were
generally known it was stated here, in
circles which are in touch with Berlin,
tnat the Kaiser had been subject lately
to fits of great depre ssion and was
weighed down with sense of his own
responsibility. 1t would not be sur
prising if there we're not found among
New-York tribune., 1918-10-17
Lieutenant McKeogh Ar
rives Here After Expert
ence in Argonne Forest
Was Sent Back
With Message
Wells "Was LIST Los?" at
Two Germans, Then
Kills Both of Them

moving picture camera man on
I'm of the Equitable Building was hav-
;,o difficult time yesterday after
40, irving to get an faction" pict-
nre of thirty American officers just
,.rded from France. None of the Of
ecers was accustomed to this ordeal
and all posed clumsily.
Gee, Amt you glad to get back?'
.,ou.ed the photographer. "Well, then
.,+ glad. Grin! Move around bit!
sav. haven't any Of you got some
souvenirs
In split second all the young Of
6eers were producing captured hell
mets. Hun field glasses. she'll cases,
enemy maps, German pistols, trench
tniyes and other grim relics. And
.he photographer ground out film un-
I'll his arm was tired.
With the Lost Battalion"
Any of the officers of the group
could tell blood curdlng tales of en-
counters, but one of the best was
the account by Lieutenant Arthur F.
NcKeogh. battalion adjutant under
Major Charles W. Whittiesey, of his
two and half day crawl without
food and water from the bivouac of
the '1ost battalion" in the Argonne
Forest through a German infested un-
dergrowth to the American line. Lieu
tenant Mckeogh, a former New York
newspaper man, VINO left "rhe Sun
day World" to go to the first Platts
burg camp, didn't know until he landed
that the battalion had been rescued.
THAT Argonne Forest is consider
able of q jungle" said McKeogh yes
terday at Liberty Loan headquarters.
September 25th our division, the Sew
enty-seventh, took over part of the
front line on the rim of the Argonne,
relieving the Rainbow division.
THE next day, we Jumped off,"
Our first objective was one mile and
& quarter inside the woods. We made
it and didn't have much resistance.
Then we got orders to continue the
advance. The forest is sixteen miles
deep, and we started for the other side
OF it,
Keeping Open Communications
my job had been to maintain COM
nunication with the regimental head
quarters through a line of posts,
small groups of men who relayed mes
sages in both directions.' Then there
came lot of machine gun bullets zip
ping into us from our flank. was
sent with about twenty men to try to
clean up the nests. We took gren-
ades and automatic rifles, and as we
the position in The woods
where the Germans we're located we
began to talk in loud tones to draw
their fire and fix their position. We
drew fire alright and dived for cover
behind little rise of ground
Then I selected husky youth from
my bunch and started out to get in
the rear of the nest. We were nearly
there when l told my man to get ready
to chuck a grenade and he took my
breath away by stating that he didn't
. live grenade. That wasn't any place
wi SoiifeISdCiol, Dut IOuHu OUT tnaC
he was new replacement whose
training had been interrupted in the
states to hurry him overseas.
Il chucked one grenade for luck and
We crawled back to the others to find
that another officer and more men
had arrived. He repeated new instruc-
tons from the major. 1t was to silence
Inc machine guns. / was to get back
New-York tribune., 1918-10-17
Revolt In Ukraine
Reported Spreading

STOCKHOLM. Oct. 16.-Insurrection
is spreading in the Ukraine, and re-
Gently extended throughout the entire
government of Podolia, according to
dispatches received by the "Politiken."
At several places, it is reported, the
German troops are siding with the
rebels.
Several thousand troops are declared
to have hoisted the red flag near Eka-
farinoslav. and to have killed their of.
1icers. They are now marching on
Kharkov to join the revolutionary soi-
diers who hold .he town
A peasant force of 5000, we'll armed
with machine guns and cannon. is
moving on Poltava.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-17


N German willingness to evac-
uate Northern France and
Belgium, on conditions fixed by a
mixed commission, or even on con-
ditions fixed by the Allies, Marshal
Foch continues to reclaim the occu-
pied territory by force-the only
argument which the modern Ger
man mind knows how to bow to.
Lille was practically recovered yes
terday, when British forces entered
its western and southwestern SUBJ
urbs.
Lille is fortress of the first
class. 1t ranked at the beginning
of the war with Maugeuge, Rheims,
Verdun, Tcul and Belfort. When
Foch abandoned it in August, 1914,
the world was nonplussed. Fort
resses were then considered pri-
mary asset in any scheme of mill
tary defence. Foch held Maubeuge.
But the fall of Maubeuge, after a
brief investment, proved the sagac-
ity of the French retirement from
Lille without firing a shot. Liege,
Namur, Antwerp, Przemysl, Erze-
rum-all these were soon to show
that the fortress had become liza
bility, a wasted investment in con-
crete and metal, a military death
trap. The French defended Verdun
successfully. But they held it only
because they dismantled the forts
and defeated the German armies in
trench fighting beyond the old forti-
fed perimeter.
Lille has been turned, just as
Laon was, and Cambria and Douai
were. When the British, French
and Belgian armies drove east from
Ypres to Roulers and Courtrai and
Horne's troops enveloped Douai
from the south, Lille became value
less to Won Quasi, who was trying
to defend it. His army was left
in the bottom of sack, the mouth
of which was rapidly closing. Foch
was willing to let flim escape with
moderate losses rather than destroy
Lille by bombardment and a
storming operation. For Lille and
it's two eastern offshoots, Roubaix
and Turcoing, constitute one of the
great industrial centres of France
and France would gladly see that
centre spared for the coming tasks
of industrial reconstruction.
From Lille it is about ten miles
to the Scheldt River at Tournai.
In Belgian Flanders the Lys River
and the Scheldt River flow northeast
on nearly parallelaines. approaching
their junction at Client. The Ger
man line north Of Lille has now been
bent back so that it follows the Lys
New-York tribune., 1918-10-17

faithful German ally and with Turkey,
which continues to keep her engage
ment toward the alliance notwithstand-
ing the difficult situation in which she
is placed by the disappearance of Bull
garia"
New-York tribune., 1918-10-17
Max Explains He
Has Reuised His
Reacfionary Vie,us

ZURICH, Switzerland, Oct. 16.-The
German propaganda service sent out
an announcement to-day to the effect
that the German press had published
New-York tribune., 1918-10-17
Ousting of Max
To Be Used in
Peace Pleas

Continued from Page
New-York tribune., 1918-10-17
Holland Reports Enemy
Accepts Wilson's Terms

Continued from Page /
New-York tribune., 1918-10-17
Military Comment
BY William l.. Mcpherson
(Copyright, 1918, Ncav York Tribune Tnc.)

hu1AhDiESS or reports OF down to Courtra then
German willingness toward coast fa
France and an .verooo ~
The Washington times., 1918-02-07
JOHNSON WINS CUE TILT
WITH BALTIMORE STAR

BALTIMORE. Feb. The lead Of
% points with which State Champion
Ferd II Linhard entered upon the
hnal block OF the intercity 1872 baIk-
line match between Baltimore and
Washington was easily overcome Lest
night at Johnny Elein's when w.
Grant Johnson, the crack Capital CITY
bIlliardIstr amassed total Of 200
points while the Maryland leader was
running lis. To Ia" Capital CITY.
therefore. goes the crown
Jnhnson's play was exceptionally
brilliant, and lie proved himself 10 be
by far the best PLAYER on both teams.
His high run OF A. was made in the
twenty fifth inning, and his average
was 1881. The final score for tho
four-game series stands at rs TO 60
In Washington favor.
William l.. Unduch. the other mem
Der of Raltimcro'= team, tool, the
short end Of a 200 tu.IG9 count when
he was pitt"d against Johnson, but in
the other match IN which he figured
JrGUch defeated Markham, the team.
mate 81 johnson. 200 TO rs. Linhard
was conceded an excellent chance to
defeat Markham when they met in
the third block, but the Washing
tUnian surprised tho wiseRcres BY oh.
tanning .oO-'o Sc victory.
The Washington times., 1918-02-07
MANY CLEAN SWEEP.
MARKS NOTED WHEN.
BOWLERS SPEED Up.

clean sweeps OF three games ruled
the alleys in the matches resumed in
the various leagues High scores,
save in one instance. were lacking,
but the class OF competition was
good considering the layOff taken by
the bowIers.
In the Washington Tenpin League
Commissioners took three games
from tn. Pioneers. The contests We're
featured by the bowling of Drake,
who hung UP a 80 total. In the Ma
sonic circuit. Dawson took three
games from Federal. and T. Z. French
made a clean sweep from the St.
Johns team.
National Capital League games
found MarOOns managing to win
three from the Columbus without
opposition while the Shavers, Of the
Anacostia League. took all OF the
cake from the Eaedy's.
Wells. OF the GarrIs"us. was the
high PIN splitting artist of IN" even
ing with scrr. Of tx; against the
C0utinNntals Wells did poorly in
his other efforts. Williams. NJ the
same team. go; 100. 100. and II9.
Allison. Of the Commissioners had
good night with the big pins. lie
got ~. 49,. and "il
The CoppersmIyhs got tlrrn games
from tho Erecting shop in the Navy
Yard League. Miller. Of the winners.
with ~ led both teams. lie shot
10 and 100 in his other trials.
The Washington times., 1918-02-07
GONZAGA HAS WAITED
LONG FOR A VICTORY

Gonzaga has waited a long time
for victory over Business in bas-
ketball. -Four years ago Business
played the GonzsEa lads in the Con
zaga gymnasium and the score was
halted At a tie. the teams being Is
all. There was some difficulty in a
ruling and the teams did not finish
the game II was the first meeting
between the teams. Yesterday the
GonzaEa lads triumphed over Bust
ness by IS 10 %. Today there is joy
at Gonzaga. 'NuH scd.
The Washington times., 1918-02-07
THOMAS ISAHEAD +.
Of SCHOOL TEAMS
IN CAGING BALL

Willie Thomas, Eastern's big little
man. is leading the High School
League basketers in total points
scored today. Thomas has virtually
kept his team in the running all sea
son with his efforts from the floor
and foul line.
The Eastern player has annexed
forty-hve points in all during this
games Ross Anderson. of Tech, 10
the second scorer, with sc points. An
derson has been helping his total
with free losses. Forrest DAILY. OF
Central, is third. with a total OF 81
points. All OF these players shoot
fouls for their teams and are there
fore in the lead.
In shooting baskets Thomas has
ten to his credit: solomon, Of Central,
has ten; Anderson, OF Tech: Heron
and Pepper. OF Western, have seven
each: FeSan, OF Business, has eight,
and SCHNEIDER, OF Business, seven.
There will be a double bill tomor,
row at the Y NJ g. A. Central will
tackle the Business team. while East
ern and Western will fight il out
Both games are expected to be good
ones and will probably draw a big
crowd. The Central-Busines game
starts off the matinee.
Central Is ahead In the circuit and
expects TO land the game tomorrow.
Business has beOn unable to get into
a winning stride lately. but may be
able to stop the Centralites as be-
fore The game is certain to be hotly
contested on account Of the fact that
Business won in the otnt meeting.
Technical is scheduled to meet the
Georgetown Props on aSturday, while
the Army and Navy Props are listed
to 90 to Port Deposit, Nd. to play
Tome Institute. The 4. y. Props Will
have 10 compete on dirt court a.
Tome, which may make some differ
ence in their play.
Central will meet Tome here on
February IL Gouinlocks, one OF
Tones best athletes in the pole vault.
is captain Of the Tome basketball
team. Central plays a return game
February IS.
Dave Pfeiner. Techs football. base
ball. and basketball star OF a year
ago. is captain OF the LRhign fresh
man basketball team. Pfeiffer wants
to know II it will be possible to ar
range short trip for the freshmen
hero Sor February - The Lehigh
men want 10 compete against G. W.
l., Maryland state. Catholic Uni
versIty. or Central High School
Fsrrar. who ran in the mile FOR
81. Albau's last year, has gone over
to Central. where he is said to have
developed speedily under Coach Foley.
The Washington times., 1918-02-07
John L. Sullivan's Career
HouU He Became Champion
DEFEATS HERBERT SLADE

August 1885, all New York with the that
Mace former worlds champion had arrived with his Maori fight
l. Sullivan worlds champion of the squared circle
had fed with the that
powerful weighing
strength the hearts o. his opponents Herbert
Sade the Maori the
colors of the champion
pointed the battle
Garden on the night August
lacking making
by erhuman renetha
The Washington times., 1918-02-07
SOME PERSONS INSIST
ON CORRECT SPELLING

What's in q name Well. two West
ern High School lads, Charles 70
meyne and Harrison Eresce want
their names spelled correctly. Re
porters and others please take notice.
Romeyne and BreEeN are on Western )
second team and have played in
many games never 70 find their
monickers spelled correctly the day
after. Romeyue was substituted fer
Bresee lately. and the lads were hor-
rifed 10 find the papers had H..
Bone syme for Eressee.' The lads
claim they may be barred for playing
under assumed names.
The Washington times., 1918-02-07
KINNEY TO BRING
CAMP MEADE QUINT
TOPLAY WITH c. J..

Ole Kinney, Yale'S great basketball
forward OF last season and selected
for Ail-America by practically every
critic in the country. will bring a
team from Camp Meade to George
town next Wednesday night TO play
the HiIItoppers.
Kinney IL a second Lieutenant at
Camp Meade and is one OF the NOV
ing spirits in Basketball there. He
was a spectator at last nights prac-
tice game between Catholic Univer-
sity and the a15th Infantry Officers
team which was grabbed out Of the
fire in the last minute by the SOL
diers by a n 10 is score.
According TO Lieutenant Kinney
the Camp Meade team will be select
ed from players on the various
teams II is almost certain that Kin
ney will play along with McClintock,
of Cornell, Bache. and Graham, OF Al
leghany, and willard.
A few spectators at the game last
night were treated to some rare
shooting when Kinney got in a few
tries at the basket between the
halves of the game. The Yale star
showed none OF lne eIle''S Oh n 10y .
off. and has a deadly eye for the
ring. His shooting is much the same
as that Of Freddy Fees, the George
town player.
Catholic University was almost in
a game. The score stood i TO 16
when Friedlander broke through
for a basket. Rache rang up one frop
almost the center OF the floor and
Graham's foul brought the count up
to 81. c. L. was away off form in
Understanding Or the score would
have been one sided.
The Washington times., 1918-02-07

sullivan had held himself strictly
in training, and was declared fit A
thoroughly representative New York
sporting crowd packed the garden
when Slsde climbed through the.
ropes: lie stripped as Sullivan had
done. but could not face the fierce
fighting gaze OF the 19T-pound Sui
livan. The Boston boy sized Slade
up.
A contemptuous smile played over
the face OF the champion. Slade. try
as he would, could not force himself
to look at sullivan.
The men went TO the center Of the
ring, and Jem AIace's New Zealand
Maori slugger faced the worlds cham
plon prize fighter.
Round 1.-THE men spared cauti-
ously. Slade led first, landing a left
on Suliiyan's nose. Sullivan. woke 10
action, struck with his right, was
stopped. and crashed with left and
drove Slade TO his corner with a sue
cession OF blows. Getting back into
the ring center. Slade faced a fusillade
OF blows. They spared cautiously
feeling for an opening. sullivan miss
ed twice. led q left and received q
body thumper. Slade forced the
fighting. landing on the neck, face
and stomach. but was counteTed in
each instance. After a short rally.
Sullivan administered a left handler
that landed on SHADES left eye and
nose for a clean knockdown. Slade
got up to find Sullivan pouring cats-
puItlike blows, right and left, too
rapid toward off. Close to the ropes
sullivan beat Slade down. stunned and
unable TO stand, pounded him almost
20 his knees by ponderouS blows, on
his neck and head and back and
sides, and final knocked him clear
off the platform between the ropes.
SIade picked himself up and walked
around to the ring entrance As soon
as Slade entered Sullivan was upon
him. After an exchange OF blows
time was called.
Round when Slade came up Sui
Iivan leaped at him and had 1t all mis-
own way. SHADES eyes were partly
closed and he seemed content merely
to Try TO stop the force of Sullivan's
blows. Sullivsn's wind then short
from his exCrtions. SHADE rushed him
ONLY To find tn. Boston man fighting
in a furious rally.
sullivan raiued blows until Slal=
turned from the pitilesS storm only I"
receive a driving blast of blows an
neck and head. The Australian was
beaten to his knees and slumped 10
the platform in full lehgth. lie re-
gained his feet before the count and |
the men spared. sullivan was the
first 10 land a heavy blow. II was a
right on the left side OF the Maori's
neck. aud seemed to demOTalize him. |
He staggered. and Sullivan CRIME d. |
Slada rallied and got in two good
punches. which sullivan returned by |
fighting furiously. When Slade got
to his feet thAy had a hot rally. after |
which both seemed weak. To the f.!
alarm OF many sullivan looked the /
weaker Of the two. They cIinched and
were. punching each other without
much science. The round ended with |
SIade beaten TO his knees at the ,all 4
OF "break.'
Round 3-Sullivan went in to knock /
Slade out from the start, and did So. I
beating him down as before. Vicious /.
blows driven desperately at Slad"'s
head and neck turned him aside. As
Slads bent his head away sullivan I
finished him with an uppercut on the |
nose. Police captain Williams stop !
ped the bout.
Continued Tomorrow
The Washington times., 1918-02-07
SPORTS
CUT
SHORT

Miss Mary h. Browne. national
woman lawn tennis champion for
1912. 1918. and 1914, is through with
the net game. Taking a position as
teller in a bank at Santa Monica.
Cal. she announces that she will
never again play tennis. Last sum
mer she played a long series OF
matches with Miss MoIla BjurstedI.
winning majority OF them.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. Lee Msgee. on
being offered a 1915 contract, declined
to sign for low figure. He SAYS
that his contract OF last season gives
him the right to a per cent increase
for 1915, which would make his sal
AIRY about $4,000, Business Manager
Quinn told him he would have 20 get
that out OF the Federal League" as
the independent o. Eanization had
made the agreement, not the St Louis
club.
NEW YORK, Feb. Jess Barnes.
Braves in the deal for Buck Herzos,
has signed for 1918.
NEW YORK, Feb. T.-Wilbert Rob
inson is trying to have Fritz Maisel
waived out of the American League so
that he may play third base for the
Dodgers next summer.
CHICAGO, Feb. DAN OLeary.
pedestrian. now seventy-seven years
old. says he will retire from the walk
ing game as soon as he reaches his
ninetieth birthday.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. The
racing at the far grounds track this
winter will prove profitable to Uncle
sam.
During the four weeks Of racing in
January a trifie over $21 900 was col
iected as a war tax on admissions.
This sum was turned over yesterday
% The internal revenue officers.
The Washington times., 1918-02-07
PROMOTES MEREDITH.

James Edward lied" Meredith
former peerless star traCiC athlete AZ
the University Of PennSylvHpii, IL the
latest sOldIer.athl"te to rccciv" sp hs:Il
recognition for valuable services il
France. Meredith Is in the ava zion
corps and General Pershing has pro-
NOTED him TO the position or com
E,arder OF n squad OF aviatoIs.