Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-09-17
Western Front Comparatively
Quiet With Artillery Firing
and Aerial Raids By Amer
leans Before Metz,
PEACE FEELERS FIND
NO ENCOURAGEMENT
German Papers Comment on
Austria'S Proposal as If Ger
many Had No Part, While
Vienna Says Berlin Joined.
10y MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED w,aa,

In the various theaters of the war
the hghting is going on steadily and
with added impetus in Macedonia
where the reconstructed Serbian army.
cooperating with French forces. have
stormed three strongly fortified posi-
tons and occupied Vetrenfk. Dobro-
pole and Sokal--considered the most
important part of the Macedonian
front.
Farther east on the Doiran-Vardar
front the first and second line Bull
garlan positions have been captured
Dy the allies over a ten mile section.
rms successful operation. according
TO Mr.. Balfour, who announced il at
Q reception of the Greek delegation in
London, is 'the prelude to an import :
ant offensive bringing greater tri-
umphs, In which the British and
Greek troops would take an equal
and glorious part"
French troops, in their advance to-
ward the Chemin Des Danes have
gained two-thlrds of a mile on n two
and one-half mile front northeast ana
east of Sancy where they captured
an additional TX hundred prisoners
Americans, Patrols Busy.
American ant' Terman patrols are
dong the majoeatelrt of the work on
the Lorraine flpres there are re-
ports of a posslEer great attack by
one side or the other in the Vosges,
IN that mountainous territory the
artillery fire has developed great in
tensity and hostile ainplanEs hays
been unusually active
All reports Indicate a marked in
crease ~ the work os the airp '.lis- :
along all the fronts. The Germans
VINO quite recently appeared to lack
adequate air forces, have seht aug
mented forces into the air and there
nave been numerous engagements
As an illustration Of the severity of
the fighting the British airmen on
sunday accounted for thirty-seven
planes while thev themselves report
cd sixteen missing
Nay Form Polish Division
While the Czecho- -Slovaks have
heen courageouslv and successfully
carving on the war against the Boil
Fheviki. steps have been taken look
~" TO the orgarizatio Of a Polish
division under Polish Officers. to
wage the fight in Siberia westward
70 thetr fatherland as Integral units
~ fhn Nn'erican army VI Is estimated
,that no GOO trained mon can be made
aVaHable IT once in the regions of
Harhin Nikolsi and Vladivostok
me United States has turned its
hack ON tho Austro- Hungarian peace
proposal. Secretary Tansino bv au-
thorization Of President Wilson an
nonnrod that the United States Can
and viii cnterair no nroposal for 4
conference Upon matter concerning
which 1t has made its position and
purn"ses en- nlain"
The British secretary of foreipn
affairs. Mr.. Balfour has also stated
thnnVh 'nofficiallv. that he was utter
" unable TO see that such a conference
rs pronosed by Austria could have
the dcs'red end adding:
" - increible that anything can
como OF this Droposal"
While the German newspaners com.
ment on tho pronosal as " Cerc,anv
had NO mart in it. the Vienna news
P1pers declare emnhaticallv that all
or Austri9's allies had been inform
ed of Anstr'a's intention. though tho
action itself was Austria Hun oa ~
own.