Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-08-02

AIRY IL, again addressing congress, laid
down what have come to be known as
the -Four Principles upon which
principles were:
Final settlement must be based on
Essential justice.
Peoples and provinces are not to be
bartcrcd about like chattels.
Every territorial settlement must be
for the benefit and in the interest OF
the populations concerned.
All well defined national aspirations
shall De met with the utmost satisfac-
,tion consistent with the future peace.
Pope benedict. in a pastoral letter
issued at Easter. made another appeal
for concord among the peoples OF the
world. but il brought forth no tangi-
ble results. At the pOpe's behest,
prayers for peace were offered In
Catholic churches throughout the
world on st. Peters day. June IS.
| In April there came revelations from
Paris that Emperor Charles OF AUS
tria had written letters TO Prince Six
tus OF bourbon. Il relative. In these
communications the Austrian monarch
conceded the claim Of France TO AL
SAGE and Lorraine and hintcd that
peace ovcrturcs would bc welcome.
| AS the result OF this, Count Czernin,
the Austrian foreign minister, was re-
moved from office.
| The most recent addresses on the
lSubjcct of peace have been delivered
in the German reichstag. one by DIR.
Won kuchlmann. the foreign minister;
and the other by Imcprial Chancellor
Won Hcrtling. The formers sensation
al admission that the sword by itself
could not bring peace resulted in his
resignation. and Won Hertlings ad-
dress voiced the sentiment that as
long as the Allies were intent upon
"dcstroying Germany" the war must
go on.
Last winter il became known that
the Germans were massing forces on
the western front. Reports came that
large units were training behind the
lines and that new and more terrible
engines OF war than had been known
before were to br used in German ef-
forts to break the Allied lines. crush
their armies and force them to make
peace. The drive was well advertised
and even the place where it was to
he launched was known with compar-
ativr certainty.
On the morning of March 81 the
Germans began their attack from the
vicinity of Arras. on the north. to La
Fcrc on the south. and ccnttring their
heaviest columns against the British
forces under General Cough, at ST.
Quentin.
Staggering before the impact Of the
blow, the British army fell back rap
idly. For eight days the Germans
poured through the old Allied line in
an effort to crush the British and drive
La wedge between them and the
French, who were holding the lines to
the south. Then came a period of re-
action and the Germans came to a
i stop. They bad, driven ahead for -a5
miles, along front extending more
than so miles before they were halt
cd.
Hardly had their legions been held
before Amicns than new offensive
was begun in Flanders on April >. 1t
swept the British back through Ar
mcnticres, but did not break their
lines. The British, with the French
who were rushed up TO the front,
stopped the Germans after they had
reached the hills southwest Of iprcs.
Thorc, on April Q, the Germans suf-
fcrcd terrible defeat and halted
their offensive in that quarter.
Foeh in Supreme Command.
In the midst OF the drive in the
sector toward Amicns the Allied ma
tions took Il vitality important step.
They named General Ferdinand Foch.
hero of the first battle of the Marine.
gcncralissmo of the Allied forces on
the western front, which includes all
the line in Italy as well as in France.
Even the Thurman coast. in northern
Russia, has been held to In under his
command.
After n period of quiet the Germans
attacked once moro. this time on the
Aisne river, and in seven days they
reached the Marnc at Chateau Thicr-
ry. making n penetration Of about 2S
miles. At the Marnc they were
checked and the impetus Of the blow
was broken.
With hardly days pause for re-
organization Of their forces, the Ger
mans again attacked, choosing the
sector between ATontdidIcr and Noyon.
on the southern side or the salient
driven into the Allied line during the
March offensive. as the stage OF their
onslaught. This offensive ran for five
days and was stopped north OF Com
piCgnc after losses which were de-
scribcd as unprecedented had bcen in
nictcd upon the Germans.
From June II until July Is the Ger
mans were engaged in shifting their
forces and then they again struck.
This time the line Of attack was from
Chateau Thicrry eastward. around to
the north OF Rheims and then down
the Vcsle river to Prunay and from
that village eastward to Massigcs
This attack ut the close of the year
developed into one or the most ambi-
tious Of the German strokes.
Foch Strikes Blow.
| German forces crossed the Marne
over wide front, but were unable to
make ground against American troops
near Chateau Thierry and could not
advance rapidly further east
They did. however, forge ahead on
the north side Of the Marne and be-
tween that stream and the mountain
of Rheims. 1t appeared for time
that they might reach Epernay.
Then General Foch struck coun-