The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-09-12

| man bases. but rs the enemy in de-
parting left It full Of mustard gas it
could not be utilized by the French
However, they didn't need It, for they
pushed ahead so relcntlcssly that the
next day they passed through Ncslc
and on Thursday they were near Ham.
only IL miles from ST. Quentin. In
their retreat there the Huns lost three
complete munition trains. which
proved they were in something of
hurry. This drive on Ham made big
salient In the German lines and rem
dcred the encmy's situation along the
entire front more desperate than ever
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South Of the Disc General Mangin
made use of some American units in
his attacks on the salient north Of
SoiSSOnS He was aiming at the
heights ut the western end Of the
Chemin des Danes. and the decided
progress he made imperiled the Ger
man positions both to the east and to
the west. AT Juvigny on the Ailette,
too. the Americans cara into action.
helping the French to "Abulse heavy
attacks.
Along the Vesle the Americans had
some severe fighting during the week.
They attacked BaZoches, gained
foothold there and clung to IT. but Mt
.he same time the Huns attacked Fis-
mette In force and compelled the
Yankees to fall back The enemy,
however was not permitted to cross
the river. This little reverse was not
considered By General Pershing to be
Of especial Importance.
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Over in Germany the effects Of Mar
shall Foch's successes became more
emissaries Of Hindcnburg and Luden-
dorff endeavored to explain away the
| German defeats or to minimize them.
but the murmurs OF the people grew
louder. Their confidence in final VIC
tory is waning rapidly. despite the
| pan-German organs, which violently
prod the faint-hearted. Dispatches
from neutral sources indicate that Bcr-
In will soon launch another peace Of
fenSive, offering 20 give up Belgium
and northern France. II Is against
just such an illusOry proposition that
the wise men Of the allies are warn
Ing the people. Nothing would suit
Germany better just now than peace
on snch basis; but nothing should
or will suit the allied nations except
peace dictated by themselves after
the military power Of the Hun has
been utterly broken The peace OF
compromise, Leaving Germany the pow
er TO make a new and more terrible
war IN future, is sure 20 receive the
support OF the influences In the country
that are controlled by the insidous
German propaganda, and 1t Is against
this that America must especially
guard itself.
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Spains threat to seize interncd Ger
man shipping to compensate for
Spanish losses by submarine warfare
had its effect in Berlin, for though
the German government did not yield
entirely 1t made It plain that it want
ed no more countries added to the list
Of lis enemies. While the discussion
was going on, however. another Span
ish vessel was torpcdocd and the sit
uation became yet more critical.
-ea-
Indirect adviccs from Austria-IIun-
gary emphasize the desperate inter
nal condition Of that empire. The BO.
hrmians appear TO be on the edge OF
organized revolt, and they would re-
ccivc the support Of the Slovaks. Aus
tria and Hungary are In perpetual
quarrel. The former has now forbid
den the export OF pharmaceutical sup.
plies to Hungary and the latter has
rctaliatcd by ordering that Its food
, supplies shall go only to Hungary and
the army.
-Ra-
After slight setback, the cause of
the allies In Siberia and Russia prop
} er made good progress during the
week. At first the bolshcviki forced
the allies on the Ussuri front to retire,
but rc-cnforcomcnts came up, lnclud.
ing Japanese and American troops
and the satisfactory conditions were
rc-cstablishcd in quick order. The
; bold attempt Of General IIorvath. self
styled dictator OF Siberia to execute a
coup d'ctat and gain control Of all the
; Russian military forces in the far
= East was blocked by the allies, whose
, representatives Mt Vladivostok in.
formed General Pleshkoff, Horvath's
emissnry. that the allied nations would
: countcnance no government not in ac-
: cord with the wishes Of the people