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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-26
Flu Hits Draft Board.

On account of the epidemlc and lack
Of help. Exemption Draft Board Mol
will until further notice be open 10 the
public only between the hours of $50
10 $50 IN the morning and II 50 10 80
at noon
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-26
FAsTIaAKF

Fastlake Presbyterian. morning wor-
ship AZ 10 30, evening at 80 The pastor
will have special message for Ire con
gregntion at both the morning and even
ing services.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-26
NEWS OF CHURCHES
BAPTIST.
NnRI III.

North Baptist Church. Lincoln street
near Delaware avenue, William l.. Pet
iingill, pastor. Preaching tomorrow morn
ing and evening by the pastor Subject,
1870, And the Plague Was Stayed,
7.45, 1T is of Jehovah's Loving Kind
nesses That We Are Not Consumed
Sunday school and other regular meet
ings Mt the usual hours.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-26
METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
SCOTT.

Scott NJ T.. Church, Seventh and
Spruce streets, Rev T. J. Sard pastor.
Subject 1890, "1he TRANSPORTATION;
7.3O Gods Love for Lost Men" Sunday
school and other regular meetings at the
usual hours
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-26
M'CARE

McCabe Memorial NJ f. Church,
Boulevard and Twcnty-sccond street,
Rev j. W Jones pastor Preaching to-
morrow morning and evening by pastor.
Sunday school at | ] As q. III.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-26
PRESBYTERIAN.
WESTMINSTER

IN Westminster Presbyterian Church,
Pennsylvania avenue and Rodney street;
Rev. Charles l.. Candee, ID. d., minister.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-26
ASCENSIIN.

Ascension p + Church. Claymont,
1045 g. m sunday school $50 a n
Grace, Talleyvlle 80 p m; Calvary
Hillcrcst $50 p m Rev J J Gibson
Ganett. rector will preach At Claymont
and Talleyvillc Rev VIM lIomcwood
assistant will preach III Hillcrest
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-26

ST. A%DREN :.

$ Andrew's ?. T. Church ohpley
and Eighth streets Rev Richard "
Trapnell, rector. holy communion at
a m morning prayer and sermon at
IL evening prayer and sermon at Is
The rector will preach at both services
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-26
GRtENIIII.I

GrcenhlI PRESBYTERIAN Church y
1030 reception Of nov members Com
munion will hc observed ~ 10 s. o clock
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-26
sECoND

second II r. Church, Fifth avenue
.,ud Anchorage streets Rev b + Jester
pastol preaching tomorrow morning
and evening BY pastor. Sunday School
, IN and other regular meetings at
he usual hours
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-26
olp swfi,t

Old Swcdcs Church. seventh and
Church streets. Rev Robert Bell vicar
Thanksgiving services n 8 and 10 80
q IN and : 81 p m
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-26
ctltlAM

Goodman NJ + Church. Rev " 6
Harris pastor Preaching tomorrow morn
ING and evening by pastor Subject 1890.
The New Song; 80 EaSy Burdens
SUNDAY school and other regular meetings
nj the usual hours
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-26
HInIL s1fnL.HTs

At j. . / \ VI Hall. o07 TatnaIl
street on sunday IT , y m Subject
Tho objectionable sin what Is it,
Who Nav Commit ~
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<trAR

Unitarian Church 'fhc old Ilmc
Religion and Modern Men Vill ~ tho
subject Of tho sermon hv Rev " 4
Vrooman IL tho nitaran Ch,rch, West
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-26
EAeTI AM

EastIake NJ r. Church ThIrtleth and
TatnaiI streets Rev Edward II Collins
pastor Preaching tomorrow morning and
evening by pastor Subject 1890 The
Living Sacrifice; : 30, Is There No
Balm in Gilead2' SUNDAY school and
otncr regular meetings al he usual hours
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-26
kPN ar III

Epwor1h " / Church Tenth and
Lombard streets. Rev Ransom p Nichols
pastor Preaching tomorrow morning by
pastor Subject 1880 Why Am Il
Preacher 80 preaching by DR.
Robert Watt sunday school and other
regular meetings Al the usual hours
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-26
RICHARDSON PARK

+ Rcharcson Park Methodist Episcopal
Church WlIl resume it. regular schedule
OF ser ices on sunday October %
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sona1 viewpoints, for the officers that
count at the German general head
quarters and who still have firm grip
the army 90 not desire the war ihe1
may begin to fear the eventual result
of the conflict. German soldiers may
write letters home saying that they
are weary and they may invoke divine
outbursts of despair. But it has not
become apparent that this sentiment is
so general as materially to interfere
with the. activities of the millions of
The n; weaker Of the sos Germans anan;sts are
concerted blows to Germanic military
&c ear the Just WIFI tha
go on and on until finally Germanic
Then will come the hour Of final
reach that period. Until they have
won a victory which shall completely
and effectively, convice the Germanic
command that Continued war is futile,
until their blows have so sapped the
courage of Germanic armies as whole
that their every action will be ineffec-
| tive, there can be no complete victory.
! Reports have indicated in the past
week that the leaven of defeat is
working; that the devil of despair is
finding fruitful field in German hearts
and minds. Soldiers at the front have
expressed their discomfort and people
at home are beginning to lose courage.
These sentiments will spread and
.. spread until even the German govern
ment will have been convinced OF the
futility of further struggle, but, as
stated, that is for the future.
The German government, realizing
the eventual fruits of present discon-
ltent, is thriving with all its power to
offset the evil effects Of reverses on
the western front, which it has striven
to camouflage in many ways. Military
critics have attempted to convince the
! people that after all the Germanic
command is scoring victory strateg-
ically and from the standpoint of I'M
dermining allied man power. These
actions Of the Berlin government but
indicate fears for the future. when
allied blows have increased in power
and number. And from the stand
point Of psychology there can be no
more interesting study than the Ger
man mind from the present moment
until the hour it has become fully
convinced of the futilitt of its cause.
The Russian situation during the
mast week has been marked by the
lack Of strik-
Allies Gaining in ing events.
Russ Campaigns. lied operations
In Siberia and in the Archangel region
continue systematically and with
some concreae results. On the Usuri
front to the north Of v1adivostok
CONTINUED on Third Page.)
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SOLDIER KEPT SANE AND HUMAN
BY AGENCIES OF THE Y. NJ. C. A..
Lord NorthcIiffe Tells Of Des-
oIate Life at Front
Made Livable.
Mind Kept Occupied With
Books and Magazines and
Other Things to Do.
BY LORD NoRTHCLIFFE.

LONDON, August 20 (by maiD.-
Have you ever tried to picture for
yourself the life of the soldier in the
field? Let me draw you an outline.
What I describe I have seen during
my many visits to the allied fronts.
While he is ain the line" as he calls
it, which means holding the front po-
sitions, he is fixed to one particular
spot. He has duties which occupy q
large part of his time. His recrea-
ton is limited to smoking, chatting
and reading.
How the men in the line hunger for
Something to read" how they go
through the magazines, daily and
weekly papers. even through scraps
Of old paper, how they enjoy anything
fresh which will take them out of
themselves" for a little while-I could
describe from personal experience and
illustrate by many a pathetic anec-
dote. But there is no need, you can
imagine 1t.
Grateful to 2. M. G. A.
And then you can go on to imagine
also, the gratitude which the soldier
feels to the Y. M: c. A. for the loan
of books which he can put in his
pack and take with him into the line
to help while away the weary hours
of which there are so many in war
have seen men come into a Y. M. C.
A. library and tell the librarian that
his books have saved them from 60
ing melancholy mad.
Next, the soldier is for a time ''in
support" that is, to say In trenches
and dug-outs short distance be-
hind the front line. Here he may be-
gin to be indebted to the Y. M. C. A.
for other advantages. I have known
Y. NJ. C. A. canteens to be established
actually under the enemy's fire for
the benefit Of the men in support.
Here they can buy cigarettes, chew
ing gum, biscuits. They can drink a
cup of tea or coffee. They can feel
that there is a link between them and
the world behind the lines. How
much that means only those who have
been in the trenches can appreciate.
Then comes a spell of being "in re-
serve" This is passed in some ruin
ed town or village or in camp of
tin huts. The soldier now has plenty
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r "
If the children in France had one
half the things the children in the
United States have they would prob
ably think they were in heaven, is
the opinion expressed by Lieut.. Carl
J. Fuhrmann, jr.. Washington young
man with the American forces in
France, in recent letter to his ia.
ther, Charles ]. Fuhrmann of East
Capitol and sth streets northeast.
Lieut.. Fuhrmann said there is much
suffering and poverty among the in.
habitants he has seen since being in
France: that the children are the most
pitiful, Of all. They IRE poorly clad. "
he wrote. Most Of them wear wooden
shoes and some Of these are knocked
out at the toes. Everywhere we go
the kids beg for pennies. but with all
this poverty and sorrow the people
appear good natured. One never sees
q sour face nor hears a whine from
z The French kiddies," he continues
have caught on to the words Of Hail,
Hail. the Gangs All Here and they
sing it loud and long"
Lieut.. Fuhrmann enlisted in the LIST
Infantry, Maryland National Guard,
during the Mexican trouble two years
ago and served four months on the
border at Eagle Pass. When this
country entered the present war he
Joined the 115th Infantry and was
stationed at Camp Mcclellan. Ala.
He served first as corporal and later
as sergeant, and finally was assigned
to the officers training camp at Fort
Leavenworth. It was here that he
earned his commission as second lieu
18th infantry, at Camp Merritt, In
February, 1918. He remained at this
post until the 18th received its orders
to sail cover there" -.
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great credence in the belief that the
German armies fighting on the west
ern front are about to collapse; that
nutiny generally runs rampant; that
the soldiers are quitting and Surren-
dering wholesale to the allies. These
conditions may be true. but they en-
brace comparatively small units when
the entire German military strength
is taken into consideration.
Today. instead of a completely dis
organized military machine, the allies
still face a powerful one. Allied sue
cesses today are gained because the
allies are still more powerful.
1t is but natural that many German
soldiers. possibly tens of thousands,
and surrender at the slightest pre-
text, but civilian folks at home in
the various allied nations, though
realizing that the Germans are
doomed to ignominious defeat, as re-
vealed in the battles of the past two
weeks, nevertheless must show no
slackening of effort.
The German juggernaut is not
crushed.
Hindenburg and Ludendorff still
hold the reins over a mighty military
monster, which. if permitted to domi-
entire world and make it vassal to
it's, wishes. The allies, through en-
enlargement in the righteousness of
their cause and the glorious successes
achieved on the battlef1elds of France
and Flanders. are sweeping forward.
They unquestionably are superior to
the Teuton in every branch of mill
tary endeavor. They have become so
as the war has progressed. But the
allies, Notwithstanding their wonder
full victories of recent days and their
unbounded conviction that the Ger
man machine faces tremendous disas-
ter, must continue their blows be-
fore the desired end is reached.
These current outbreaks of Ger
manic discomfort are forerunners of
the conditions which are expected
eventually to Noverturn the military
scheme Of things in Germany: Though
the masses of the population may be
war-weary, the vast proportion of the
German people still believe they are
fighting a defensive war. and will
continue to subject themselves to i'm
perial whims until there is an awak-
ening greater than that of today.
The masses of the soldiers at the
front, it is increasingly apparent,
would rather lay down their rifles
and grenades and go home, but they
are driven on BY a spirit Of subjec-
ton to military power and fear.
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of leisune-what can he do with it?
of life Is shopping. This is supposed
by many people to be a woman's
pleasure, but my experience is that
men enjoy shopping, too. In ruined
villages, in tin hut camps. there would
be no shops just as there would be nc
cafes, no libraries, no writing rooms
if it were not for the 7. M. c. A ),
z. M. c.. A. Indispensable.
Ask any soldier how the Army
would get on without the 7. M. c. A
He will tell you that it would get OF
very badly il deed. Go into any 7. M
c. A. canteen at any hour of the day
and you will understand why.
They are at the same time clubs
and stores. They offer refreshment
both for the body and the mind. They
are well stocked with useful things
such as soap, toothbrushes and othe,
simple toilet necessaries. They offel
also a wide choice of more attractive
purchases from canned fruits to pic.
ture postcards.
And when the soldier has bought
what he needs or fancies, or merely
looked round and kept money in his
pocket. he can sit down, order some.
thing to drink, meet his friends, read
the papers, write letters.
A soldier said to me once: TITS the
Y. NJ. C. A. that keeps us human
1t does what no other organization
is doing or could do. Amid the dreari-
ness Of the war zone, in the monot-
onors life of the troops in the field
the Fed Triangle shines with steady
comforting glow.
There could, in my opinion, be nc
better way of spending a hundred
million dollars than giving the Y. M
&c. A. the fullest opportunity to make
the soldier more comfortable and
more contented with his lot.
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Hohenzollerns to Be Melted

AMSTERDAM, August 81
The bronze statues in Berlin of
Frederick I. William I and
Frederick III are to be thrown
into the munitions melting pot.
That of Frederick 1 disappeared
today.
memorials in Bavaria, including
fifty In Munich alone, and a
score at Leipzig. Saxony, are
doomed to the same fate.
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When officers captured at the front
say they are discouraged and do not
care whether
Desire Victory, But the war ends
Doubt They'll Get It. or not. 40
long as it ends. they are rejecting per-
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Huns Delay Aided Allies.

Now, in each of the three opera
tons the general circumstances were
the same; an enormous concentration,
a terrific initial drive. the gradual ex-
haustion of the forces engaged and
thereafter a pause of upward of a
month, during which the enemy had
to reconstitute his mighty machine.
And in each case the delay proved to
be of greater value to the allies than
to the enemy. No blow was immedi-
ately decisive; failing this, each delay
permitted our allies to reorganize their
shattered ranks. The pause after
Picardy gave Britain time to send
metropolitan troops to France, en-
abled France to recall troops from
Italy; this delay and delay after the
Aisne victory gave America time to
send to Foch the numbers which were
to insure him an eventual superiority
and more Immediately with reserves
which were used with such effect in
the Marine counter offensive.
On it's third effort the German ma
chine broke down, the strategy was
defeated by swift, well calculated
but relatively light blow delivered by
Mangin toward Scissors. The German
giant was caught off his balance and
quick blow brought him down in a
heap. By comparison with the Ger
man blow in Picardy on March 81
the July Is stroke was Insignificant;
not more than tenth as many divi-
sions were used, the concentration of
material was incomparably less. The
blow prevailed because the point Sc
lected for the thrust was the weak
point.
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Question of Initiative.

After the second battle of the
Marine we all saw that the German
plan Of campaign was in the dis
hope to win the war in the campaign
of 1918. Foch had won his defensive
victory. and he was now assured
that the older allies could hold out
until the new allies. the American
western front and the allies offensive
had become possible. But what we
could not perceive, what no one did
perceive, was whether the initiative
would henceforth belong to the victor
Of the second Marine or he would re-
sign it to Ludendorff and await a
later opportunity to regain it. We
knew that Ludendorff had reserves
to the north and that there was a
reasonable opportunity for a success
full German local offensive either
toward Calais or about Ypres. All
the actual strength of Foeh and the
comparative weakness of Ludendorff
The major riddle was answered on
| August 8. when Foch threw Rawlin-
son against the German salient in
Picardy at the point of junction of
The successes Of the attack settled
| the question of the initiative for a
considerable period of time, perhaps
for the rest of the war. The German
defeat was obviously to have conse-
quences which would compel Luden-
dorf. in seeking to minimize these
consequences and escape from a po-
sition which had become untenable,
| to- conform to Foch's will for period
of weeks at the very least. This was
not the case with the Marine defeat;
it's consequences were local, it in
volved a retirement only in one strict
1y limited area, between Rheims and
scissors. and there was not, after the
first two days, the smallest chance OF
the dislocation extending beyond these
pivets Of the Marine salient.
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BY FRANK II. sIMONDs.

BY FRANK III. SIMONDS.
Copyright, 1918, the New York Tribune, Inc.
The New York Tribune.)
Substantially three weeks have now
passed since Foch, having gained the
initiative at the Marine, launched the
first of his blows at the Somme. that
OF August 8. In that period we have
seen a bewildering. and almost I'M
fathomable revelation of French
The events of the campaign from
March q onward taught us the Ger
man method. the combination of men
and material in colossal and brutal
attempt to win decision by sheer
force. The strategy was a strategy
of mass, Of momentum. the effort by
the employment Of the most gigantic
machine military history has known
to overpower all resistance.
Between March 81 and July Is the
German delivered three major blows,
each of them accompanied by a COM
paratively smaller blow in a second
airy field. The greatest blow was the
first-the Picardy offensive. in which
not less than 10 divisions took part
followed at a very brief interval by
the Flanders operation, in which forty
additional divisions participated.
The second blow, that at the Aisne.
was made by far smaller forces, and
it's secondary phase was the operation
above Compiegne and aimed directly
at the seizure of all the Lassigny
heights. The third blow was the
Marine offensive, which had as its
main circumstance the attack between
the Argonne and Rheims and as its
minor detail the drive south of the
Marine. which took on additional i'm
portance when the drive to the east
had failed
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There are faint hearts in all lands
There are those who are ready to quit
VIII e. the
Germans Wabble tides flow
ag a n
Oos 0AS &Sos VI ueAeu' them. AL
ways there are hands ready to lay
aside q task half finished, whatever 1t
may be. Germany has them, and in
plenty. 1t is declared the German
temperamentally cannot stand re-
verse. His domineering nature de-
mands that he lead. This is more or
less an established fact, but the peo-
Dles of allied nations cannot place too
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Foch knew, Ludendorff knew, after
August 8, that there would be a Ger
man retreat; probably both were sure
of it after the battle of the Marine
salient had turned against the Ger
man. Foch's problem was to prevent
Ludendor1 from repeating linden
ment without the loss of men or guns,
another such retreat as that Of March,
1917. II Ludendorn could get away in
good order and with small loss he
might be in shape to mako . new bid
for the initiative. make later attack
in FIandays- Artois or Lorraine. pos
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Sudden Blows Get Results.

AZ sIn We I'm nns1s1 TIE
on Thursday and practically checked
by Sunday. It broke through con-
siderable extent Of the soft front from
the Somme southwark, and it enabled
DsSsny IS LIST French 1en army IN. e tae
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Picardy Line, "soft Crust"

But it was just the opposite in
Picardy. Here the Germans occupied
a front which had no permanent
anchorages for more than eighty
miles. From scissors to. Arras the
German front was a front created by
hazard and as consequence of the
successes of the spring battles. It
was, to use a simple figure, a soft
crust" unprovided with the system
Of defenses which made the Hinden-
burg line a permanent barrier; with
out the elaborate trench lines which
had confronted Haig and Foch at the
Somme in 1916. The German front
between scissors and Arras was
merely '3umping-on place. at which
the Germans had paused. in their
offensive, with the intention Of re-
su41ng the advance at later period.
able success of the allies, any ma
terial advance at any point on all this
bullying line which had its extreme
western point at Montdidier, would
inevitably set in motion not merely
the front attacked. but adjoining Sec
tors. It was a front on which a local
dislocation, If it were considerable.
might set the whole front from the
Scarpe to the Disc in motion. It was.
therefore, an ideal front on which to
put into operation the French, as con-
trasted with the German method of
strategy. the swift. sharp blow rather
not the masses which were necessary
to repeat the German performance Of
March, and, beyond all else. it was
essential that he should not give the
foe time to transform a soft into a
rigid front.
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long as it ends. they are rejecting z
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Chapter ~
Clipped Wings

L ilS llOoPANtaA
which 1 found my
self the morning
after my capture
was q private house
made of brick, very
low and dirty, and
not at all adapted
for use as a hospital.
1t had evidently been
used but a few days
on account of the
big push that was
taking place at that