Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-11
If French Break Thru On South and Britons on North Will Create
 Havoc.
BIG GAP TORN IN
 CENTER OF LINES
All of Germany's Crack Di- visions Are on St. Quen-
 tin Cambrai Front


 smashing victory of the Anglo
 American forces north of St.
 Quentin may be paving the way
 for early invasion of Germany it.
 self.
 Striking hints of wholly new
 enterprise, directed at the upper
 Rhine valley, have come from un-
 official quarters in France and
 they follow repeated reports from
 Switzerland that the civil popu-
 lations of the Rhine valley towns
 were being removed.
 Officers here regard these reports as highly significant. They give them particular weight because it now appears that the enemy will be forced far back all along the front in north ern France and Belgium within the next few days. While the constant hammering is kept up in the north to pin the Ger man armies there, it might be pos- sible, it was said, to deliver new stroke on the Alsace- Lorraine front that might swiftly develop into an in- vasion of Germany itself
 Plans Are Upset.
 The wholly unexpected extent of the German collapse between St. Quentin and Cambrai. however, may upset any plans for a drive to the Rhine, Marshal Foch may have plan ned.
 As the enemy stands today with great gap torn in the center of the lines that were already struggling to extricate themselves and get back to a shorter front, there is even the possibility of crushing and immed- fate military victory for the allies.
 Would Destroy Forces.
 Should the French to the south of the British to the north also succeed in breaking through before the Ger mans can complete an extensive re- tirement, the capture or destruction of a whole enemy army group might be realized.
 In the opinion of observers here the situation today has almost limit less possibilities.
 A Triple Trap.
 Should the German armies escape the triple trap between Verdun and the North Sea and establish line on the Mouse front, many officers are confident that the center of attack will swing suddently to a drive into Germany itself by the shortest route -the Rhine valley.
 For the moment, attention is con- centrated on the startling forward rush of the AnPlo-American forces which have broken through the great St. Quentin -Cambrai defensive zone.
 Straining Every Effort.
 To the south, it is known that the enemy is straining every effort to hold up the French along the Suippe river.
 All but one of the "A good German divisions on this front, it has been reported are now in the front line. Should the French reach and pass the Aisne, as they threaten to do, the enemy forces in the Laon pocket ap- narently would be in desperate straits.
 Still further east to the Mouse and beyond, French and American forces are striking fiercely ahead carrying an even wider menace, and to the north of Lille, Belgian, French and British troops have driven forward another grim threat.
 The spearhead of the British ad- vance was reported at Le Cateau to- day.
 Big Railway System.
 That would mean that the Anglo. American efforts have forged ahead until the northern end of the great railway system behind the Germans is only fifteen miles distant.
 This lateral trunk line passes thru Valenciennes. Avesnes and Hiron, reaches the Mouse at Charleville and runs thence through Sedan and on to the southeast.
 General March, chief of staff, indi- cated last Saturday that the cutting of this greatest single communication of the enemy was the main objective of the American thrust west of the Mouse.
 Americans Close By.
 The Americans gre within less than
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