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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-23
BRITISH take
5000 BOCHES
BY LOWELL MELLETT

United Press Staff Correspondent
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES
IN FRANCE, Aug. 23.-Prisonera
taken by the British in the last three
days total nearly 5000 More than
1000 of these We're taken south az
the Somme this morning.
Albert is merely battered heap
OF ruins. which can no longer -
called a city. The famous church
from which the figures OF the Ma
donna and Child hung suspended for
so long. did not greet the Tommieo
when they entered the city. Tha
church had been leveled.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-23
japanese Troops
Advancing North
of Vladivostok

TOKYO. Aug. 2o.---Japanese troops
arc advancing beyond Nikoisk. the
war office announced today.
The official statement also said
that Lieut. Gen Otani. commander
Of the allied forces In Eastern 81.
IBERIA. viii command also the Czccho-
sIovak troops operating there and
the anti Bolshevik forces In the mari.
time provinces Of Siberia
Nikolsk is An important railway
tok
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-23
Ally Smash
.RECAP1URES
50 VILLAGES
Foes Grip on Noyon Line
Is Being Shaken
Loose
ALBERT Is RECLAIMED
by Unifed Press Leased Wire
Direct 10 The Star


PARIS. Aug. e3.--A total Of
more than so villages have been
reoccupiesi BY the French In
their successful drive against
the enemy along the southern
end Of the Picardy line and ON
the scAisne front.
Gen. Won Boehm. German
commander. Il organizing de-
fensive lines far In the rear Of
the present Teuton positions In
Picardy. according TO inforIna-
tion received from the front ear
~ today.
Msrrci Hutln. military expert
Of the Echo dc Paris. believes the
evacuation Of Noyon already n
under way.
The French passed on at various
points around the town today
Meanwhile. the enemy rs preparing
TO make stand at Hill iss,
Porquescourt wood and Mont Re.
maud.
Between the Aisnc and the vcsle
German aviators are making dcsper'
ate efforts TO keep off allied observa
ton planes. and a big retirement
there ls expected hourly.
Arrival OF a Hungarian division on
the west front In reported.
Av.BERT RECAPTURED
By BRITISH stORCES
Albert. which forms the center oi
German resistance between the Som
me and the Scarpe. is In the hands
Of the British today.
The attack carried out yesterday
on the six.mile front between the
Ancre and the Somme. WAS com
pletcly successful. the British gain
ing two miles and capturing Albert
despite desperate enemy resistance.
At the same time. heavy German
counter attacks along the io.mile
front between Beaucourt and Moy.
ennevillc. north Of the Ancre. were
beaten off. the British retaining
their newly won advantage. includ.
ing domination OF the Arras.Albcrt
railway.
Fourteen hundred prisoners were
taken In Albert. raising the total to
s. 900 captured by the British in two
days.
French troops continued their
progress along the whole front be
tween Lassigny and scissors yester.
day. The number OF captured can.
non has been increased by more
than 200 since Tuesday.
HAIG'S TROOPS STRIKE
Al,ONG eO.NII.E FRONT
The British are attacking on
practically the whole twenty
mile front from the Cojuel river TO
the vicinity OF Chaulnes. and are
making rapid progress at a number
OF points. Field Marshal Haig report.
cd today. Albert has been taken.
Slight additional advances were
made on three widely separated sec
tors of the Flanders front.
German counter attacks north of
Albert and northwest OF Bailleul
Continued on page -
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-23
HUN CAV =
LET LABOR SPEAK UP

When the Seattle Labor council
by resolution gives blanket ex-
oneration to Hulet M. Wells and w. H.
Kaufman, convicted of war crimes, the
council is not only in poor business itself, but it is
unfair to the rank and file of union of Seattle.
These resolutions not sponsored by the thirty
eight thousand labor of this city. The Star dares
say that nine out of ten of these thirty thou
sand would vote emphatically against any such
utions the Central Labor council passed Wednes-
day night.
The rank and file Of union have proved by their
actions and by their works that they in sympathy
with such sentiments. Union have in good faith and
Loans Red Cross and the Thrift Stamp quotas They
have given, and they will continue give the of
their ability.
They have been denouncing the Liberty Bonds a.
valueless and disgrace to America W. H. Kaufman,
Grange leader did in his speech Olympia for which he
in sympathy with Huet Wells when he urged that
better 'mutiny" and resist and "die own
soil' than to fight in France
Yet the whom labor leaders especial
y exonerate BY doing they virtually approve
of the crimes of which these have been
Assistant Attorney General Reames, whose retire.
ment these leaders" now demand, because he per-
formed his duty he it, would be eminently
justified in demanding investigation of the source
and the inspiration of these resolutions
The thousands of union men of this
city should demand to know the source
and the inspiration of these resolutions.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-23
ALLIES CRACK
TEUT0NS
60-MILE FRONT
1--WE WILL WIN," SAYS FRENCH
COMMANDER TO HIS SOLDIERS

PAKIS, Aug. 23.-Gen. Lebeny, commanding tne
French army north and west Of the Disc, issued the
following order of the day:
'The battle has ground to the depth Of 25
kilometers U5H mies) and has liberated scores OF
villages. Sixteen German divisions u92,OOO men)
have been beaten. More than 10000 prisoners and
220 guns have been captured. We will win"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-23

n PAGE 6-Tcday Page q. the second
j chapter of the heart filling Confessions Of
~ WAR Bride" appears. You can begin this
Interesting serial story. h, Wnona Wilcox
Payne. to-day. And there viii he an interesting
chapter every day.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
Haig I ellis Americans
They Share in Victory
British Commander Sends Let
ter of High Praise to
His Allies

WITH TIE ANGLO-AMERICAN
tORCES EAST OF LIE CATEAU.
Sunday, Oct. 20 BY The Associated
Press American forces fighting be-
side the British armies have made n
total advance of thirteen miles in the
last six days OF battle in this sector.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas alIig.
Commanders Chief Of the British
armies in France, has sent the follow
ing letter to the general commanding
the American troops.
wish to express TO YOU person
ally aud to all officers and soldiers
serving under you my warm apprc-
cation Of the very valuable assistance
and gallant services rendered through
ont The opera'i ions of the Fourth Brit
ish army
Called upon to attack positions Of
the greatest strength held by de-
termined enemy. ali ranks of the
2Tth and S0th Divisions under vour
command have Displayed an energy.
courage and determinatinn in attack
WHICH has proved Irresistible.
1T does not need we to toll you
that under heavy fighting Of the past
three weeks you have earned the last.
ing esteem and admiration of vour
British comrades in the army vhoge
successes you have SO nobly shared"
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
Poindexter Would
In1peach President
IF He Compromises

WASHINGTON, Oct. Ex-senator
Poindexter of Washington, who intro
duced resolution in the Senate to-day
designed TO prevent further exchange
of notes with Germany, tonight de-
ciarsd:
az the President answers this note
and undertakes to agree with Germany
on the basis of it before her army is
conquered and disarmed. | should
think that he should be impeached.
There ought not be y mere repulsc of
Germany or compromise of the is
sues of the war. Such u step would
be false to the dead and q betrayal of
the living. 1t would be mockery of
all that love and sacrifice which our
people and our Allies have given for
this cause.
at would be going back and tax
ing out OF the slough of the Presidents
previous astounding statement that
ihere must be a peace without vic
tory 1t would be q repetition Of the
Bolshevists' treason Of Russia, only
rrore rep-ehensible because of the in
comparable superiority of the people
involved.
"A very great injury as already been
done to the war spirit of this country
by these exchanges of notes and by
the childish and foolish statements
given out b. members of the admins
iration that Germany has surrendered
and the putting of these statements in
large headlines in thousands of papers
throughout the country Germany
could have afforded to have paid 81
eo0,000,0Q0 for such propaganda"
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
German Note a Gold Brick,
General Opinion of Country
Leave 1t to Foch, "A Clumsy Trap, mo Further Farley
Are Some of the Comments Made by the News
papers Throughout the United States

With few dissenting voices, the news
papers Of the United States in their
editorials to-day called the new Ger
man peace note insincerc and un-
worthy of acceptance as basis for an
armisticc and negotiations.
Here and there the opinion was cx-
pressed that the note meant the enemy
was ready for complete submission and
would yield to the Allies on all points,
but this belief was held by a small
minority only.
'Leave it to Foch," "Unconditional
surrender" "A clumsy trap" and oily
pocrisy" we're phrases which were re-
peated i'll slightly varied forms, while
"The Lowell (Mass.) Courier Citizen
hoped that in his reply the President
would not be so "insufferably polite"
Some Of the editorials follow:
The German government offers re-
Ply that is not worth the paper on which
1t is printed. 1t is exactly the sort of
reply we might have expected. 1t is a
compliance in form without yielding
anything except what has TO be yield
cd to the hard argument Of force.
Worcester (Mass.) Telegram
The Hun answering corps demand, that
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22

the Entente surrender unconditionally,
except the condition that the imperial
German government, as amended for
cainouflagc purposes, shall proceed to
perform according to its own sweet
will, selecting what kinds of ships its
victims for murder shall sail in. 1t is
time TO simp.y remind tho Huns that
we are too busy chasing them with
guns and masks, both precautions be-
ing necessary.
Buffalo tN. " Express
ii AIR. Wilson replies at all it should
be to the effect that if the German
government desires an arnstce it
should send commissioners to the Al
lied war councils headed by Marshal
Foch
Charleston Is. c. News and Courier
There can be no armstce and no
peace conference unless these be predi-
Gated upon the certainty Of Germany's
complete surrender and unless they be
safeguarded by guarantees--in the
form of deeds not words, which will
leave Germany poworlcss TO carry out
the trickery.
Columbia Is. c. State
The omission Of reference to guar
antees as demanded by President VIII
son in his note Of October II gives to
The German reply the character Of de-
fiapro
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
British War Leaders
Laud Navy's Bravery
Nelson Day Brings High Tribute
to Seamen Who Have
Been Combating Foe

LONDON, Sunday, Oct. 20.--On the
occasion of the annual celebration Of
Nelson Day the Navy League received
to-day messages from leading public
men.
ON the courage, skill and endurance
Of British seamen depend, and always
have depended, the issues of the great
war" wrote A. J. Dalfour. Secretary
OF State for Foreign Affairs.
=. but Tor them, our continental AL
ies would have been severed from
all eternal aid"
Admiral Sir David Beatty said: "On
tHls anniversary Of the triumphant es-
tablishment of British supremacy. the
grand feet sends greetings to the
Navy League"
a message. from Sir Douglas Haig,
commander in chief Of the British
armies IN France. read: "Thc heart
OF everyone in the British army goes
out with mine to all officers and mon
or the Royal Navy and mercantile
marine. Words fail me in expressino
adequately the gratitude and admira-
'loh Tor our comrades Of a sister scr.
wee Thanks to their triumphant ef-
'or1s, We remain mistress Of the seas.
ahd supplies OF all kinds, not merely
,vr our vast empire. but also for our
HilcS, nave never for moment ceased
10 aow." ~'"scu
,1, 1A,1m'ral Niscount Jellicoc wrote .
Nne events of the present year have
einphasized TO an exception degree Tho
.upreme value of sea power. not ONLY
70 70 'ne British empire, but to the nj.
s'co cause as whole. 1t is sea-po,ya~
Zone hr;, That has made it possible to
prlng TO and maintain in the ma;o ~
Sneatre OF the war on the Western r,,
lIohi that great United States arSn,, =
T"'"' y mas turned the scale of battls
noss;h,s ~ 81 sea power also that has made
f"1atuie p.1on,; Vne recent great victories in
Faiestne and Macedonian, WV ''' VI
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22

responsibility placed in the Reichstag,
from which the government is to be
drawn. Solf states that the bill alter
ing the constitution is already before
the Reichstag
Predict End of Kaiser
That the Kaiser will go, however,
diplomatic exchanges indicate. All the
German papers publish remarkable
article from the "Frankischc Tagpost,r -
Socialist organ, moderately consist
ent in its policy. which states that the
Kaiser, who called upon all Germans
to sacrifice everything in the interest
of the war, must sacrifice his throne in
the interest of peace.
Prince Rupprecht Of Bavaria, who
commanded the Flanders armies with
great distinction, is being suggested as
a successor to Emperor William.
The report that Denmark has de-
manded a plebiscite in Schleswig, as
promised in the treaty of 1861, is de-
MED by the Danish Foreign Office.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
No Compromise, Say
SO English Mayors

! ONDON. Oct. 21.~-As proof Of
N the fut'lity Of Gernup utiemDfs
TO tceohen the 'piN of the British
pecpte by peace talk, "Thc Daily
! olegraph' publishes messoqos from,
the Mayors Of more thnn ffty Enq-
hsh ond other to,cns. Then oil
breathe but one spirit, namelv, Mot
there mast be no compromise mith
the Joe. Some Of the messages 1ccro ::
Birmingham Germany mus, be
required to accept the terms I'M
posed by the Allies. and stern ius-
tlce must be metcd out.
Bradford-After what Germany
has done, there must be no compro-
mise.
Cardiff Any compromise with Ger.
many Nppld be fatal.
Hull,-ihe Allied troops should oc-
cnpy Essen and march to Berlin
Excter-Let Germany surrender nj
the bar of thesworld's justice and re-
ceiVe Just sentence for her crimes
Similar kilograms came from
hlackburn, Backpool, Canterbury
Hythe
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
Allies Cross Scheldf
AT Several Points:
Encircle Audcnarde

troops have crossed the - schcldt ne River River
AZ several potts in the region of Au-
dendarde fifteen miles southwest OF
Ghent.
Audendarde has been encrclcd and
its fall is expected momentarily. Ger
man resistance is reported to be weak
cning on this sector of the front.
LONDON. Oct. 2l.-The French
troops on the Allied centre in Bel
cium have gained bridgehead across
the Lys Canal at Neve!e, seven miles
west of Ghent
The French also have gained Il
bridgehead over the Lys River at
Grammene. The Germans arc at
tempting to. hold line from Bede to
the River Lys at Petegem, north of
Grammcne.
The Allied armies arc now two
miles from Journal. where the Ger
mans are resisting strenuously. Jus.
to the cast of the city high ground is
giving the Germans the advantage ia
the present fighting. If the Allies take
the city much heavy and difficult fight
ing is expected in the vent that a
further eastward advance is attempte
at that point.
The British are not having an easy
titme around Valenciennes. but they
have pushed forward to within three
miles of the city. Here also the Ger
mans have the advantage in terrain.
The Valencicnnes- Hirson Railway
has been put out Of action. This
road, which formerly was one Of the
Germans main lateral communication
lines, lost much Of its value to them
when the evacuated Lille.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
Prayers of Children
Are Asked for Foch
Nationwide Communion by
Catholics Requested for AL
lied Commander

BALTIMORE, Oct 21.-Spcaking AT
the celebration to-day in honor of
Cardinal Gibbons's fifth anniversary
as bishop Mgr. William Barnes, Cath
clio chaplain Of Oxford University
England, asked the Cardinal to appeal
to the Catholic children of America to
receive communion for the intention
of Marshal Foch and told how that had
been done by the English children VIII an
things looked darkest for the Allied
cause.
He said thai Marshal Toch had writ
ten him as follows:
"'yhe act of faith which the children
Of Great Britain have made for my in
tention has profoundly touched me
Please express my gratitude to them
and beg them to continue their prayers
for the victory of our just cause.
Since that, said Mgr. Barnes, Marshal
Foch had sen. the following:
81 am still depending on tine pray
crs Of the children; ask them to go to
communion for me again and again.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
Allies Batter Way
Within Three Miles
OF Vaienc;ernes

WITH THE ALLIED ARMIES IN
NORTHERN FRANCE, Oct. q (By
The Associated ress).-Cyclists have
reached Haulchin. or the Scheldt. less
than three miles southwest Of the i'm
pcrtant city Of Valenciennes. The in
iantry is pouring on after them.
The Disc Canal has been crossed on
Il wide front from Etreux southward
against the heaviest resistance. Here.
as elsewhere all along this part OF
the battle area, the Germans are fight
ing with The realization that every
foot of ground lost increases the
menace TO their comrades for many
miles to the north and south.
American troops participating in
this action crossed the canal under
heavy fire. They and The British
killed "a great number OF Germans who
were attempting to hold the east bank
and fought 20 stop them after they
had gained it.
The river Selle has been crossed all
alcng it's course from g point nerth
of lie Cateau to the Scheldt and IS
being rapidly left behind.
In this region the River Ecaillon
has been reached and probably
crossed
The Germans have delivered a num-
Der Of counter attacks, but in every
case they have broken down under
the hot fire of the Allied troops. The
German dead are on the battlefield in
great numbers.
In scores Of the towns which have
been won from the enemy Germans
have been found hiding in cellars.
waiting to surrender. 1t is reported
that not few of them have taken
advantage of the proximity of the
Dutch frontier TO cross to the othe-
side, where they have been interned
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
Syracuse Aviator DotUs7s
Three Fokkers in Day

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
NORTHWEST OF vERDUN. Oct. 2l
(By The Associated Prcss) Three
German airnlanes were brought down
on Friday by Lieutenant Cleveland Me
permott, of Syracuse, \. Y. This was
disclosed by further details received
to-day OF The exploit { this airman,
who previously was reported to have
brought down one Fokkcr on that day
This increases to eighteen the number
Of German machines destroyed on Fri
day by Lieuteuant McDormott and the
other American aviators who were pro
tecting the planes engaged in the all
American bombing raid
After bringing down his first oppon-
cnt the Lieutenant WAS attacked by
tive Tokkcrs. lie manruvred toward
the American lines, fighting all thc
time and sending down one of the Ger
mans Just before his machine was
downed near Brieulles he winged the
third German. This places a total OF
four enemy machines to the credit Of
the Lieutenant.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
British Labor Stands
Solidly Behind Wilson

erested nGtSdDuN' IN yet. Gin the situation
Br;t;et ra;en b.. ny the German peace offer
hind p,os;,"or .app, ranges ar itself solidly be-
henderson. the BRITISH, labor leadsr do r"ir a.,
. speech at labor meeting Saturda ~ "
nlgh'. Labor men should ccnt;n"ss
10 , support President Wilson lnue heca,,a,
us neace programme embodied tho
"ai AIMS OF organized labor. wy
A.. IL ma, nad become increasingly clear.
Mr, henderson said that unconditiona o.
san sufrenaef on the part Of the rulers Of
germany was necessary in order thst
1,1 ane N'.al interests of the German peo.
pie themselves could be saferuarded
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
Huns Reform Hint
Worth No Credence,
Says Northclife
.----------------------~
"Shameless Prevarication,
He Calls Defence of Ger
man Outrages
Effort to Gain Time
Only Unconditional Surrender
Can Satisfy the Military
Authorities
Effort to Gain Time

LONDON, Oct. 21.~-Lord Northciffo,
commenting on Germanys reply to-
night. said:
"a hasty refusal Of the German note
reveals that with truly Prussinn self-
ishness, no mention is made Of Austria
Hungary or Turkey. 1t seems to me
that the document may be read either
as a means to gain time or as a CON
fesson of state of affairs militarly
and economically worse than we know.
"The German government may be
hoping to exploit the conditions of the
armistice as an outrage upon German
honor and as means of rallying the
German nation for desperate resist
ancc, or il may simply be trying to put
the President into the position OF trus-
tee for the German people, which will
have thrown itself upon his mercy"
"Ghe least satisfactory feature of
the rep'y is the shameless prevarca-
tion with regard to German outrages
on land and sea, and the suggestion
that this be dealt with by a neutral
commission is a mere subterfuge. The
arguments employed TO prove that q
reform Of the German constitution has
been accomplished and unworthy of
serious consideration.
"The President, who dealt so firmly J
and shfcwdly with the previous Ger
man attempts to entangle him IN wordy
discussions, may be trusted to COM
pei the German government to show
whether it really intends uncondi-
tional surrender, which alone can sat
isfy the demands of the military and
naval authorities Of the Allies, or
whether it simply is paying for time