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The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1918-10-31
ADVISORS TO DRAFT BOARDS
IN NORTH CAROLINA

Washington, Oct 31.--The United
States Department of Agriculture to-
day announced the appointment OF
the following men to act with the
district draft boards of North Caro-
lima as advisors regarding agricul-
tural needs.
C. w. Mitchell, of Aulander, Ber-
tie county, agricultural adviser to
district board for the eastern dis
trict, with headquarters at Colds
boro; w. S. Pharr, R. F. d. I, Char
lotte, Mecklenburg county, agricul-
tural adviser to district board for
thewestern district with headquar-
ters at Statesville.
The agricultural advisers are not
to be members of the district boards
but are to furnish to the boards
facts relative to farm labor requime-
ments not only Of their districts but
of the entire country. Such infor-
nation will be supplied to the ad-
visers by the Department of Agricul-
ture. The advisers also may CON
cern themselves with individual cas-
es before the district board. Coun-
ty agents of the Department of Ag-
ruculture have been supplied with
questionaires to be sent out for the
purpose of securing the facts about
farm labor needs in the counties.
The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1918-10-31
CONTRACT FOR $50, 900
WORTH SHIPS CANCELLED

Washington, Oct. 31.-Cancella-
tion of contracts for 100000, 900
worth of troop ships which were to
have been built at a new government
ship yard at Alameda, Cal. and the
stopping of the work of building that
plant were announced today by
Chairman Hurley of the shipping
board. Work on the yard began ear
ly last July.
Decision not to build the troop
ships was reached some three weeks
ago, Mr.. Hurley said, because it was
realized that they could not be de-
livered before 1920 and would be of
little use in the military program.
The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1918-10-31

Mr.. Hurley also said that at the
time the War Department asked for
the large troop ships, the shipping
board authorized enlargements of the
New York Shipbuilding Company's
plant at Camden. N j., and the
Bethlehem Company's Sparrow
Point yard for the building of some
of the ships. Extension of the lat
ter plant has been completed, but
that of the Camden yard has been
ordered curtailed.
The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1918-10-31
Germans in Russia Stealing Every
thing they Can Get Hands On

London, Oct. 31.-(British wire,
less service )-Conditions in Russian
territory occupied by the Germans
are described in an official Russian
wireless message which says:
From all regions now in German
occupation. it is reported that he
German military authorities are car
lying off every thing that 1t is possi-
bic to take to Germany. They are
devastating the country.
"In White Russia there are no
horses and no cattle because the Ger
mans have taken them all. In the
region where evacuation is pending
the fields remain unsown because the
Germans have left no seed. Chill
dren are dying of starvation. Milk
cannot be obtained.
Household furniture, telegraphic
and telephone instruments and ap-
pliances from many towns have been
sent to Germany, The railway lines
have been stripped only wrecked and
useless cars being left behind"
The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1918-10-31
$4,000 AUSTRIAN
SROOPSCAP7 7URED
And Hundreds of Guns and In
Vulnerable Machine Guns
Also Taken
AMERICANS IN FIGHTING

l NdSHluBlOu, OCl. ol.- nIl l! :
three thousand Austrian troops,
hundreds of guns and innumera-
BILE machine guns have been captur-
led by Italian and allied forces on
| the Italian front, said an official dis
patch from Rome. The 332nd Am
erican Infantry regiment has gone
into action and the fighting now ex-
tends practically all along the
course Of the Piave river.
The Austrians are resisting stub
bornly, throwing in many new d.
visions, but have not been able to
stop the advancing forces.
"Our offensive /. developing far
ther SOUTH" said the dispatch, "and
stretches practically all along the
course of the Piave. The third army
lis now in action successfully. The
Iline between the Brenta and the sea
| is strongly held by the greater part
of the Italian army alongside OF
which is the 14th army corps OF
British troops and a French divis-
ion. The 332nd American Infantry
regiment is now also in action.
The enemy is resisting with ex-
lceptional stubbornness and is throw
ling into the fray new divisions.
without, however. being successful
in holding back our troops. In the
Grappa region he troops of the
First Italian army with the support
Of the Twelfth army, has been sue
cessful in beating the enemy at Seq
iusino and has conquered Mont Ge-
sen The Eighth army has occupied
lthenarrow pass of Follina and also
has already reached Vittorio. The
Tenth army after having established
solid bridgeheads over the Montlca-
no river has crossed the river and
is advancing along the road Congel.
iano Odrzo. The Third army, after
neutralizing the formidable artillery
fre Of the enemy has crossed the Pi-
aye at San Dona DI Piave and east
Iof Zenson.
The number Of prisoners captur-
led up to the present moment
iamounts to S02 officers and 52,19S
men. Hundreds of guns have also
cen captured. 1t is impossible to
calculate the number of machine
guns which have fallen into our
hands
IN Albania our troops, after beat
ing the rear guards of theenemy.
have occupied San Giovanni de
Medua and are rauidly advancing Oh
|Scrutari.
Al earlier dispatch from Rome
said that more than 100 villages and
towns had been liberated since the
defensive began and that the Aus
trian army corps on the left had re-
tired in disorder leaving behind war
material and several hundred guns.
The position of the sixth Austrian
army corps was described as very
critical.
Over a front of some sixty miles.
from the Brenta river in northern
Italy to the vicinity of the Adriatic
sea the o-Hungranarians are
being violently attacked by Italian.
British, French and American
troops.
In the mountain region the enc
my is resisting desperately and hold.
ing his ground fairly well. But east
of the Piave river he is in fight
across the plains of Tueviso, shap-
ing his course over the same terri
tory through which he drove the
Italians year ago and reached the
eastern edge of the Venetian plains.
The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1918-10-31
INSURGENT RISING IN
MONTENEGRO SPREADING

Amsterdam Oct. 81 --Adyices re-
.ceived by the Dutch newspapers from
.Cettinje Montenegro, by way OF
Vienna say the insurgent rising in
Montenegro is spreading Armed
bands have occupied Niksic, Berano
and Reievics and the Austro-Hun-
garians are evacuating the entire
country hastily.
Scutari and Reka, according to
the dispatches, already are in the
power of the insurgents and all
communal administrators favorably
inclined toward the Austrians are be-
ing slaughtered.
The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1918-10-31
Turkey Must Come Across.

London, Oct. 31-A note from
Turkey asking for peace, the Daily
Express says will be forthcoming
shortly, and the terms that will be
laid down to that country are un-
conditional and complete surren-
der. In order to meet completely
with their demands Turkey must al
low. the fleets of the allies to pro-
ceed up the Bosphorus and the land
The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1918-10-31
The Note of .indrasSy Delivered.

Washington, Oct. 31.--The minis
ter of Sweden has delivered TO Sec
retary Lansing the note Of Count
Andrassy the new foreign minister
OF Hungary asking the Secretary to
intervene with President Wilson re-
gardn gthe terms of peace that Aus
tria desires and urging him to make
quick decision in the matter. The
note is in the Swedish text and does
not materially differ with the one
sent by wireless.
The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1918-10-31
Lansing Notifies Turkey.

Washington, Oct 31.-Secretary
Lansing has notified the Turkish
government that the United States
will bring to the attention of the al
lied governments her request for an
armistice and peace. This is in an
swer to the Turkish note and pro-
posal delivered to the Secretary of
State on October the 14th.
The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1918-10-31
SAYS The y0SS|CHE zE|TUNG But THE
Terms ARE NOT DISCLOSED. TURKEY
. W[LASKFOR IMMEDIATE PEACE AND
THE TERMS WILL Be UNCONDITIONAL
SURRENDER AND THE SENDING Of OUR
. FLEETS THROUGH THE DARDANELLES,
THE LANDING OF AN ADEQUATE FORCE
ON TURKISH SOIL AND THE RELEASE Of
CERTAIN CIVIL PRISONERS. THE ANS.
TRANS HAVE RETIRED ACROSS THE

ing of an adequate force sufficient in
the opinion of the allied nations.
Turkey must also agree to release
certain prisoners which she is hold
ing on the ground that they have
been guilty of acts against the state,
with the understanding that if these
prisoners are found guilty after trial
they will be punished.
The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1918-10-31
The Italian Front Ahlaze

Rome. Oct 31-The entire Ital-
ian front from one end of the line is
ablaze with allied artillery while
he Austrians are either retreating
or are preparing to do so.
The CrOatians Want to Separate
Paris, Oct. 31-The Croatian par
lament at Agram has voted for a
total separation of Croaia-Slavonia
nd Dalamatia from Hungary, ac-
ording to Geneva dispatches.
The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1918-10-31
The AuStlians Retire Across The
Danube

Vienna, Oct. 31.--The Austro-
Hungarian forces on the eastern
wing of the Serbian army have COM
pleted their crossing of the Danube
according tothe announcement from
the headquarters of the Austrian
Army in that section.
The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1918-10-31
COOLER TONIGHT

For North Carolina fair tonight
and Friday, cooler tonight with
moderate west winds. -.
The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1918-10-31

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-10
How Morale of the
Opposing Nations
Stands as Y ears
Fighting
Opens
Copyright l918-The Tribune Association

vocal than other nations; it is full of
astonishingly individual and eccentric
energies which make the foreigner think
US divided. But the mass is tenacious
IN the highest degree, and, though con-
fusedly, the mass does understand that
this war is for this island (more than
for any other part Of Europe) a mat
ter of life and death.
Finally, we are consistently secure
IN the fibre of our race. Tie physical
courage and the grip of tradition Of
which we boast have been amply justi-
fed in this war, and will continue to be
justified in the future"
The Italian answer would be somewhat
as follows:
THE nation which we govern has
been recently organized as one whole.
There is considerable differentiation
between the north and the south The
various provinces are also differentiated
among themselves very highly. Every
elderly man still living among US re-
members the time when Italy was not
nation. The national tie might, there
fore, be thought weaker in every way,
and In many ways it is weaker, than
among our allies.
Further, we are not among the origi-
nal belligerents of the war. At it's out
set it did not directly menace our state,
and could not have affected the lives Of
our individual citizens at all, though we
took up arms against Austria. which
holds subject certain not very large
numbers of Italians and prevents the
Adriatlc from being, as it should be, an
Italian sea. Yet we were slow to de-
clare war against Germany. Like every
other belligerent, we had no conception
on entering the war of how prolonged
a struggle it would be or how intense
would be the strain before it's close.
But three things, each of great mo-
ment, will nerve our population to the
end-hrst, the common pride, which
even in a newly united state will not
accept defeat, and which all civilization
feels against the barbarian; next, the
determination that the invader now
holding more italian soil even than he
did at the inception of our war, shall
be driven out; and, lastly, the knowl-
edge, confused indeed in the mass, but
very clearly present in the souls of those
who direct that if that party with
which modern Italy has thrown her lot
fails to achieve victory, the Italian pop
ulation is ruined and the italian ma
tional ideal, which was the inspiration
Of the nineteenth century, is lost"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-10
Nothing Sacred
To French Mind

The French reply can be put much more
shortly and simply, and it really is the
core of the wnole matter
I'VE have as a government nothing
traditional or sacred about us. The
parliamentary regime in France is only
an experiment, and not very popular
one at that. It arose in defeat, and it
will certainly be modified after this
great struggle; but we are members OF
a completely united nation, older as a
nation than any European nation except
Ireland, and our people feel this war to
be their war as does no other belligerent
people.
I'VE took the whole Drunt of the first
shock. We have suffered enormous
losses. Invasion and ruin are still upon
our soil. 1t was our military genius
which checked the onslaught, with tie
fighting odds Of five to eight, at the
Marine. 1t was we who prevented the
initial and easy victory of Germany
No internal differences count among us
compared with our determination that
the power which has attempted our de-
S1i uNeIoll ny Lue FlitSI means, by the
violation Of treaties, and by usages I'M
heard Of among civilized men, shall be
destroyed. In this determination. with
which the whole nation is filled, and of
which we chance parliamentarans are
merely the opponents, is rooted our
gertrude Of victory. But we have suf-
fered far more than any Of our allies,
precisely because we took the first shock
We are compelled, therefore, to trust
in the reinforcement they will afford US.
We will sacrifice every private differ
ence between ourselves and those allies
to the supreme common end.
after victory there will be great
domestic changes among US. They may
be violent. They will certainly be fun
damental. But the nation will not at
tempt them until victory is achieved"
There, l take it, is fair picture of tho
and opposed views on civilian
morale within thu belligerent powers
which each, could it speak by its existing
would disclose.
The balance, the power to hold on, seems
to me--qute apart from material consid-
erations-to lie with the soul of the West:
that is, with the ancient roots of Eurepe
rather than with the Central Powers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-10
aseaking Railway
Lines for 20 Miles

ihe Importance of these two functions
y 'nis: That if both can be completely
interrupted there will be no direct rail-
"ay communication between the German
'aSes and the German front over gap Of
neshing like seventy miles. AS points
* =. the concentration of German troops,
-'es In support Of their front lines or
s4''hs rest periods, they are also Of great
IMPORTANCE.
'as although less understood because
place is Of comparatively small
-, ssey'c Importance, Treves (which it
A' Dc noted is much more frequently
I. Aa'sa from the air than any other place.
), "s mort important Of all these Allied
- 'ojsct'yes. II you will look at your
w"r you will zee that north OF the Moselle
go. there is large hilly forest dis
49, with very few roads and no large
Iying partly In Belgium and partly
- - Ahenish provinces Of the German
II includes the Ardennes, the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-10

and mate,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-10

Eifel and what the Belgians call "Haute
Range"
Though there is one lire of railway
crossing this country the whole district IS
little suitable, because Of isolation and the
broken character Of the ground, for good
communication, and the single railway is
not a main line and does not lead up to
the system on which the German front in
France depends for its supplies. 1t u.s. in
fact, blind alley, ending in the Ardennes
and only reaching the German front by
roundabout ways
The two great avenues of supply for
this front are to the north and south Of
this mass of hills and forest; to the north
goes the great backbone railway of North
ern Europe-the Paris Berlin line, of
which the crossing of the Rhine is at
Cologne and the crossing of the Mouse is
at Liege. This railroad was the chief
artery of communication for the original
German advance. To the south of this
mass of hills is the line of the Moselle
Valley, and Treves is the knot or junction
point for all its communications, in add-
ton to being considerable depot for men
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-10
That is great factor Of strength, and

That is great factor Of strength, and
the nation knows it.
Next, we are fighting on foreign
soil everywhere. We hold with our
allies some two million prisoners Ire
mendous efforts to break our front have
failed in the West, and in the East we
have completely succeeded. In Italy we
but recently won the greatest victory Of
modern or ancient times. We are with
IN an ace of upsetting the equilibrium
Of our enemies and producing a general
collapse.
I'VE had against US two groups of
foes: on the one side ancient civillzn-
ton, represented by Britain Italy and
France; Dn the other, hodge-p odge' of
far less developed Eastern communities,
a perfect labyrinth of conflicting creeds
and tongues, in the main Slav and de-
plorably organized. Of these last we
have become unquestioned masters.
They are defeated. We can do what we
will with them and supplies from them
will greatly relieve our internal strain.
"The first group, the ancient Western
peoples resembles a snell which is still
strong, but the contents of which are
corrupt. They cannot do more than re-
sist. Their internal materials, mean
while, are wasting fast
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-10
Vital Geographical
Factors in Coming
OffenSlVeS on
The West
Front
By HILAIRE BELLOC-
Author of Elements of the Great War;
and Britain's Most Distinguished
Military Critic

Turing the continued lull before
the opening of this seasons fight
- ing-the lull every moment Of
which is filed with preparation for the
great coming struggle-it is Of value to
learn to appreciate the Importance of Ger
tain geegra phical facts which are and will
be closely connected with the last stages
Of the Great War. They should be espe-
cialy interesting to the American public,
since the names Of most of the points in
viewed are already familiar to it from the
press. But the geographical meanings of
these places and their Importance in mill
tary maneuvres are still not understood
by that public. and unless they learn to
understand them during this time Of wait
ing the movements of the war which will
soon begin will be difficult to follow
First, as to the points the bombardment
Of which from the air one reads of almost
daily in the present development of the
aerial offensive by the Allies-which, by
the way, is proving the increasing supe-
rority of the Allied air navies Treves, on
the Moselle; the railway functions outside
Of Thionville and Metz; Mannheim and
Ludwigshaven opposite; the airdromes be-
hind the Belgian towns near the North Sea
coast-all these are outside the actual war
zone, but are the points which most con-
Germ u.s.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-10
Will Master Ukraine
And Control Black Sea

The Ukraine she will pit against Poland
by creating an artificial false frontier
and subjecting many hundreds of thou
sands of Poles to alien rule, and she will
protect" that large territory, keeping it
in strict economic dependence controlling
Odessa, mastering the Black Sea, cutting
off Northern Russia from warm water
and preventing one of the richest gran
aries of Europe from feeding the western
part of the continent
Lastly. we should remember what this
great German scheme means in mere fig
ures. There is doubtful element in TIE
constitution of the Ukraine which, accord
ing to whether it is made larger or smaller,
shows difference of five million in poDu
lation But with the Ukraine even in its
narrowest limits this congeries of new,
largely artificial and opposed states will
actually double the German Empire in
numbers. With the Ukraine at it's largest
they will more than double it.
There were before the war nearly sew
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-10

AS to the policy of division-dividing
in order to rule-the whole business of
Prussia is to diminish and weaken Po-
land. Of all these states Poland is the
only one with real national conscious
ness of great past and of high civil
cation. strong Poland, with access to
the sea, would destroy the Prussan
scheme Of conquest forever
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-10
Most Important
Point of Attack

The continued Commandment Of Treves,
therefore, of which the railway stations
by this time have been destroyed, is of the
highest strategical va4ue. 1t is, luckily
for the Allies, easier to reach than almost
any other point of equal Importance be-
hind the enemy's line. 1t is only IS miles
from the ardromes whence the Allies Of
fensive bombing planes start Roughly,
that is only about half the distance from
the airdromes to Mannheim. That means
that half Of the weight in petrol which
the planes destined for Mannheim would
have to carry is saved in a raid on Treves,
and in mere mileage it means that there
is much less than half the risk of being
hit by the anti-aircraft guns on going or
on coming back.
In this matter, by the way, the actual
mileage is an insufficient index of the COM
parative dangers, because the risk OBJ
viously increases more rapidly than the
distance-the time to send warnings and
to prepare resistance ahead of the raidng
planes being function which rises in
efficiency more rapidly than the direct
trajectory of the flight The same is true
! Of the liability TO engine trouble, of the
exhaustion of petrol, etc.
The other geographical point which
ought to be understood upon your side of
the Atlantic is the political geography of
the states which the Germans and Aus
TRANS are now carving out of the west
ern provinces of what was once the Rus
sian Empire.
I 1t is a mere commonplace, of course
which we all take for granted, that if
Prussia can obtain negotiated peace she
will turn these states into dependencies
of the great Central European empire of
which she will be the head, and that al
though they will enjoy some form of
nominal autonomy they will, if she is un-
beaten in this war, be no more than prov
inces under her dominion. They will GER
tainly. for instance, have to furnish con-
/ tingents of troops as her allies in any
future war, and they will still more GER
/ tainly be economically at the mercy OF
| German exploitation. All this, | say, is
understood everywhere in Europe and
taken for granted. 1t is equally under
stood and equally taken for granted in
the enemys countries quite as much as
! in ours that il his armies are defeated
on the West the whole Of his ambitious
scheme in the East collapscs.
What is not equally appreciated or
our eide of the Atlantic, and / suppose
not on your side either are both the mag
nitude OF Germany's Eastern effort and
the policv of division on which this new
erection of states is based.