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New-York tribune., 1918-01-27

Turning now to Serbia, the President
proposes not merely evacuation, but for
Serbia thus restored free access to the
sea, and this can mean only that Serbia
should have Northern Albania conquered
by her in the First Balkan War and sur
rendered at the Conference of London
under German and Austrian pressure and
through the ineffable folly of Sir Edward
Grey. Deprived of this "window on the
sea- Serbia insisted upon holding all of
Macedonia, including portions assigned to
Bulgaria in the ante-bellum agreement,
and this produced the Second Balkan War
and led to the present World War.
Serbia insisted upon holding Macedonia
not primarily for reasons Of territorial
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, but in order to have a
common frontier with Greece and thus an
outlet to the sea through a friendly ma
ton. Austria and Bulgaria were both
her enemies and both enforced against
Serbia unfair economic terms. But
through Greece and at Salonca, by the
consent of her Hellenic ally, she touched
the sea and escaped the complete suprem-
acy of the Hapsburgs. which had borne
so heavily upon her in the past.
If Serbia should regain Northern AL
bania and be assured possession of the
port Of Durazzo she might consent to
evacuate Southern Macedonia, retire be-
hind the line agreed upon with Bulgaria
in 1912, and there might be an end of the
rbo-Bulgar rivalry in the Macedonian
regions, although many Scrbians believe
that it would be unwise to attempt to
occupy Albania and insist upon the resto-
ration of the old condition of 1914.
A Second Wall
Obviously what the President has in
mind is that there shall be restored that
old Balkan League which won the First
Balkan War and broke down under Aus
trian intrigue before the Second. Could
Greece, Bulgaria and Serbia settle their
differences as to Macedonia (and a settle
ment might have been had under tho
guidance Of Venizelos if Austria had per-
mitted it in 1879 then the Balkans would
cease to be the fighting ground of the
Great Powers and with Rumania these
three states might make compact Balkan
alliance which would insure mutual free
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FISNES IN RANGE OF u. S. GUNS,
YANKEE BOYS KEEP PRESSING ON

Forest de Nesles and the other in the
'Rois de Neuniere. To push our line
ahead in the middle would avail moth
ing if the two ends held us up.
For the last four days bitter fight
ing has been going on to break these
German StrOngholds. On the left we
have fought gradually forward until
now the front line Is in the fields be-
fore the southern end of the Forest de
Nesles Our right was slightly he
hind the left, and SO ii was of more
immediate importance to attend to
the BoS de Meuniere, for the German
line along the southern edge of the
wood made "A deep dip in our line
from Cierges to in front of Ron
cheres.
The Germans had been successful
with heavy artillery, machine-gun fire
and shock troops in holding back our
attacks on the front at the south end
of the woods. The French were on
our right in the district east OF the
woods.
This was the situation when the
Americans tackled the problem July
81. Having been taught our lesson
as to the perils of frontal attack alone
on the woods. the operation was di.
vided into two parts. The first was
to push our lines up beyond Cierges
to the west OF the woods TO get the
Germans in the woods into a pocket
and then TO storm the woods.
We had a somewhat perilous hold
| on Cierges. Our line there was being
| threatened by the German hold on
Hill 200 which lies in the Bois de
! Cierges to the south of the village
! itself. The first thing We did was Ia
strengthen the man-power in Cierges
| This done, we had the Germans on
! Hill 200 where we could attack them
| from the northwest and south.
Despite this menace, the German ma
chine gunners refused the opportunity
to withdraw into the Meuniere Woods
Every tentative advance by our mer
met violent machine-gun fire. Holding
back the infantry, our batteries of sew
enty-nves shelled the woods on top o.
Hill 200 for an hour and a half. TheI
we charged the hill with the bayonet.
As long as the Kaiser has fighters lik,
those Jaegers holding that hill he is IA
from beaten, Knowing that il mean
death, the machine gunners stuck 4
their posts until the Americans had liter
! allv bayoneted them to force them I,
There were about 800 Germans there
who were equal to ten times that mum
ber in the open field. They were ar
ranged in nests of twelve men to ma
chine gun. Ave gunners and sever IN
fantrymen to protect the gunuers,
Each nan had three days' nqflt]g
! They ha1 MA ~ teePp ~ ~
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FOCH STR4TEGl GIVEN
CREDIT FOR TICTORf
Bv The associated Press

Paris. Aug Fridays splendid sue
cess is but a link in the chain OF VIC
tories which have followed one after the
other since General FOrh launched ms
counter offensive on July lS. Rarely IN
war has plan been followed out win
such clockwOrk regularity, ana military
opinion here is 10; in admiration or me
splendid genius which conceived II ana
Of the mastery way in which'tt is being
carried out.
The Allied victory is hailed generally
as being equal to the first victory OF
the Marine as a strategic masterpiece
What the consequence Of Yesterday :
victory VIII be- cannot yet be gagged. but
that II will he farreachiug already ap-
pears certain to the commentators. The
enemy cannot hold the Nesle line. ii is
believed. hut must rerross lhe Aisne.
since by the re"aUture Of Soissons the
Allies are able to debouch on both
sides Of the river and take him in the
rear
The enemy appears to be perfectly
aware of this ana also of the necessity
of getting out quickly II he wishes Ia
avoid unpleasant accidents. In accord
anCe with practice he already has set
fire to the bases at FiSm"s and BraiSnes
and dozen other villages. The smoke
which pierC.s the horizon is believed 10
show that the enemy knows that he can
no longer use these places.
The German retreat began Friday
morning after the fall of the Tardenois
line. brought about by the storming of
the Iiartennes plateau by the troops ni
General Mangin the night before. Gen
eral Berthelot. on the east entered Vile
en-Tardenois and advanced on both sides
Of the Ardre valley. The Americans il
the center marched toward the Ncsl'
down the Orilon valley. while from Har
/ tennes the French debouChed into the
| Crse valley. taking in the rear tn
| previously impregnable redoubt %
RlIzancy.
Little bV little the movement qulckened
three miles behind and HueuX, Pony
| NeZilly. GoussancOurt and toulonse'
/ were passed AT a bound.
The forest of Nesles was cleaned GU
and Dole wood entered. ArCy wood wa
hut a mouthful on the west the troop
| carried on to Maast-et -Niolaine, Chacris
and SeDtmon.s BY mdafternoon th'
| Allies were established solidly on tn
| heights on both sides Of the Crise. tina
| is to say, south aud southeast of Soissons
The fall of scissors, which the Ger
! mans were obliged to eNacuate. irreNoC
! ably decided the fate OF the battle.
+ was the pivot Of the whole German line
/ Even admitting that the German ;ef
/ could cling to the narrow plain betwee
the Nesle and the Aisne. the right win
/ could not have remained in the air. a:
/ its only supports are the scissors pia
/ teau and the nearest spurs or the IA
NOUS Chemin desDaneS.
Thus il Is held here. the situation Wi
! revert to where II was at the end o
September, 1914.
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BY The United Press
With the French Armies in the

Field. Aug. s. French troops now hold
the wrecked city of Soissons
General Mangins poilus swept down
the slopes of Montagne' de Paris last
night and drove the Germans out of
the place. Then they resisted the
enemy rebound from the hills on the
other side.
The attack on the city followed a
bombardment, which after the days
fighting permitted the French to oc.
cuDV the place firmly.
The capture of Scissors. however.
was only an incident in the advance
which stretched around the length Of
the rapidly Strengthening salient The
bocheS fell back from one 10 two miles
everywhere. while Allied cavalry a:
several points penetrated Il mile far.
ther
Plessier and Hartennes woods where
Prussian Guards made the stiffeSt re-
Sistance of any of the enemy forces
are now virtnallv enCircled.
A remarkable feature Of the fehting
is the manner in which the artillery is
being pushed forward with the in
the roads.
The Germans are unmistakably
withdrawing from the whole pocket.
Their generals are skillfll!y eXtricat-
ing them from the hottest hole into
which any Crown Prince ever ordered
an obedent army-with or without
fathers blessing.
Horse. foot. airplanes. trucks. am
balances. tanks--they are working
their way northward before the aveng
ing French, Americans and British
Yesterdays Allied accomplishments
eliminated the possibility of the
boches making stand on the higl,
plateau positions stretching across the
salient below Fismes.
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BASEBALL MOGULS DISCUSS FUTURE OF CAME
MOTOR. PACED RACES IN HEATS
Two Fifteen.Mile Contests To-
night at Point Breeze

The first of the series Of sprint
motor-paced races will be held tonight
at the Point Breeze Motordrome. In
stead of staging the usual forty or fifty
mile motor-paced race, Manager Jack
Roden has arranged two heats of fifteen
miles each, in which four of the best
riders In the country. Percy Lawrence,
the worlds champion. Menus Redell
Elmer Collins and George Wiley, VIII
compete.
BY shortening the distance the riders
will now he able to ride the entire dis
tance at top-notch speed and II IL ex-
pected that they will do around a mile
minute for the fifteen miles. The pace.
makers in this event will be Peerless
Jimmy Hunter. Norman Anderson, Rody
Lehman and Speedy Vanderberry.
Those who wish TO see even greater
speed should he on hand to witness the
professional motorcycle races. Speedy
Nanderberry. Dare Devil Harry Klebes
and Billy Armstrong will endeavor to
establish new track records for two and
fNe miles. The present record for a mile
is Al 1-5 seconds. There also will be q
two-mile amateur bike race
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MEET TO DECIDE
WORLDS SERIES
American and National
League Magnates Gather
in Cleveland
CONNIE MACK IS THERE
By the Associated Press

Cleveland. o.. Aug. 3.-The national
baseball commission and members of
the American League held special meet
ings here today to decide the question
Of playing a worlds series and to make
any schedule readjustments necessary
preparatory to an early closing of the
1918 season to conform with Secretary
Of War Bakers ruling on the "work-or-
fight" regulations.
Only two members, Chairman August
Hermann and Ban johnson. of the
American League. were here for the ma :
Tener. president of the National League
and that organizations representative
on the commission, did not attend
All Clubs Represented
Every club was represented al the
American League meeting Among the
first to arrive here were President John
son, Charles A. Comskey. president of
the Chicago White Sox. and James G.
Dunn. president of the Cleveland club.
Connie Mack remained here after his
Philadelphia team completed its series
Thursday.
Barney Dreyfuss. president of the
| Pittsburgh club and member of the
National League schedule committee.
was here to aid President johnson frame
| the schedule for the remainder of the
season.
! Early indications were that the Amer
lean League would vote to close its sea
son about August 20 and then play the
| worlds series. Although the Nationa
League at its special meeting in New
York yesterday voted TO continue play.
ing through Labor Day. Dreyfuss was
clothed with authority to acquiesce ir
the findings Of the American League.
Meet at IL a. m.
The American League meeting bega,
at II a. m.
Before the meeting was called it wa
generally understood the club owner
would vote to discontinue the baseball
season On or about August II or IS an,
Immediately thereafter play a world
series with the National League.
After the American League meetin
reaches a decision on the question, Pres
ident Dreyfuss. of the Pittsburgh Ma
| tional League team, member of tn
schedule committee and Representative
here OF that league, will be called int
the American League meeting to discus
the question of schedules and worlt
series. Following this meeting the Ma
tional Commission will meet.
Among the late arrivals this mornin
to attend the American League meetin
were F J. Navin. Detroit II II. Frazes
Boston; Robert Quinn. st. Louis Clar
Griffith. Washington. and Secretar
= Sparrow. of the New York team.
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Red Cross Day will be observed by
the Philadelphia Suburban League to.
morrow, when field events and ball games
will be held at the various parks. the
entire receipts of which will be given to
the Red Cross. At the grounds of the
David Lupton Company. Tulip street and
Allegheny avenue. Frankford will meet
the athletes of Lupton. At Fifth and
Wyoming avenue Lindley will play the
Fern Ro"!; champions and at the 2. and
r. grounds. Tabor. Olney will play the
Receiving ship team from League Island.
President Pike has Instructed each team
to pay the expenses of the games. so
that the gross receipts can be turned
into the Red Cross treasury. and the
umpires and official scorers have donated
their services for the day. The com
mittee on arrangements includes Harold
C. Pike. chairman: Barney Schaffer.
secretary: Arthur Black. Martin Lat
timer. Harry HutZell. Lawrence !. Ho-
gan, James b. Ellis. william Henderson
T. NJ Stringfellow. Walter Lamon
and George w. Miller
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MANUFACTURERS
END I'd ROUND
Monotype and U. G.. I. in
Close Race for
First Place

This afternoons games in the Manu-
second round of the schedule. At Sixty
ninth street and Church lane Becker.
Smith & Page will endeavor to defeat
Monotype, at present leading the league.
B.. s. & T. has been playing fine ball
and after a string OF victories was
stopped last week by U. G. l. Monotype
has eight straight victories. with Kreps
pitching in wonderful form they expect
to make It nine straight. but Manager
Brumfeld will use Chick" Passon in
an endeavor to upset the dope.
At Broad and Bigler streets L. G. /.
engages Link Belt in a double he der.
Benkert will oppose Gallagher in one
Of the games, while the other will no
doubt see Funk" Brennan in the box.
At Summerdale Stokes & Smith en-
cages william Sellers Company. The
other game brings together Lewis and
Wheeler.
Dun & Co, champions of the first half
of the Main Line League, meets Dobson,
the present leaders this afternoon. The
game will be played at East Falls and q
large crowd is expected. as the Dobson
crowd now has good lead for first
place. The other games are Autocar
at Wayne Omitted States Marines) and
Warwick at Lansdowne.
The big game on the schedule Of the Della
ware River Shipyards Baseball League u
at Hog Island, with chester as the visstins
as'rfS;.0" as the clubs IS W are bitter opponents
Vristol the Merchant nine will oppose New
a York se1R On only
waloped NeT York to Tss efneI
sn%fP sna Pusey Jonss at a"s Sun
Only three games are on the days list il II
scSwsTtz Sf Wsee ANA RSrSsvs having
! last evening and the former winning. Tn,
ss,ts AIsens Ss'wssn sSS rases ss
are scheduled to tackle each other. Firs
place goes to Arsenal ,Ss da Il It wps FILTER rs'
Quaker City and Frankford Laundry a
Supergass.
1t is . ease Of first and second division
teams, asainst each other in the & PhiladHi G,,
sia Bs. sams enG over PSadepSia Test
and. as both these clubs lost last week sur
prise; would again be in ,,,;, order de Shout ud
tuck afair between six clubs. and the rae
is the closest in the leagues history.
At Sressona: Pa; and come to Fourth an n
mangling Stctson's Ball Club. Irving an
| Sattiozahn will go to the front for the M
State champions. against Hartline an
! Ralston for the Stetson team.
The AlI-Stars of, the League Island Nav
Yard will play Strawbridge & Clothier base
ball team at Slxty-third and Walnut streets
The Visiting team will be made up OF sue
! berger, Rath and "JlnG' Johnson. Eithe
Mason or Lennon. both new pitchers. wi
be in the box for Strawbrdse Clothier'
nine. with Lidsate catcher.
At Front street and Erie avenue the crac
Hess Bright nine will meet Lit Brothers
The pitchers will likely be Plews agains
Slaughter.
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Lewis Defeats Brown

In his lasl bout before leaving for
one of Uncle Sans army cantonments
Preston Brown, the sensational colored
boxer. received a setback at the hands
of Gussie Lewis. the affair bringing to
a close the weekly program of the cam.
bria Athletic Club.
1t was a case of lightweight againsl
featherweight. and the deciding margin
was not big one each lad showing his
best all the way. Lewis was the quicker
on his feet and 1t was this which earned
him the verdict
Brown is scheduled 10 dsDart for =
training camp this coming Monday and
tried his best to quit with a victory.
The semiwindup resulted in a good.
clean draw between Freddie Williams
and Johnny Morgan.
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AMERICANS PURSUE RETREATlNG
ENEMY, PERSHING REPORTS

"StctiOn A-NcsterdaN on The line OF
the Ourcq our troops in hard fighting
captured Hin $50. south of Coulenges
and the wood east of the hill. This
morning. the enemy relnqulshed his
efforts to stop our advance. commenced
to fall back with our troops in close pur-
suit The fire of our artillery has in
terrupted his communication and he is
attempting to destroy large quantities
of material. our advance, which has
already progressed to depth of five
miles. continues.
Last night our aviators successfully
bombed the railroad station and yards
at Confians. Numerous hits We're made,
causing several fires and one large eX-
plosion All of our machines returned"
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JOIN MUNITION PLANTS
Big League Players to Take Up
War Work

Dayton. o.. Aug 3-Allan Sothoron,
star pitcher of the St Louis Americans,
and Outfielders Earl Neale and Tom
Griffth. of the Cincinnati Nationals.
were signed up yesterday by different
teams of the Triangle Factory League
here. They will engage in war munitior
work in industries included in this
league. Sothoron reports in a few days
the other two by September I.
The same league already has signed
Rankin 9ohnson, of the St Louis Ma
tionals. and Artie Nehf and Al Wick
land. of the Boston Braves. and Heine
Groh. of the Cincinnati team. The Tri-
angle factories have signed mp more
of the big league timber than any other
one GROUP of factories in the ConutrN.
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Br the Associated Press

Washington. Aug. 3-American troops,
pursuing the enemy whose forces on the
Soissons- Rheims front began to fall
back yesterday morning, have penetrated
to a depth of five miles and their
progress is continuing, General Pefsn'hR
reported in the communique received
last night by the War Department.
In Thursdays fighting American
troops captured Hill go. south Of
Coulen2es and the wood east or the hill
American aviators last night success
fully bombed the railroad station ana
yards at Contains numerous hits being
made. the communique says.
The text of the statement tollo"s:
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By The United Press

Paris, Aug. 3.-The German retreat
'S gaming momentum as the Allies
push forward on the whole front from
west or SoissOns to Rheims,
IN the center American troous are
nrlVinS toward the AiSne up d'Orillon
\hIeN and are within six miles of the
important enemy base of f'ismes.
oman. reported captured in an
other dispatch, il about that distance
south Of FiSmeS.D
west of Rheims advanced elements
nav" reached several points on the
\esle River (which flows from Rheims
almost due west throIeh Fismesl
faSt or SoiSSOns many Germans are
ing northward along the
lhlhoN'a -Croutes road.
Ihe German line is giving steadily
at most points.
W ME there IL no doubt that the
Germans immediate purpose is to get
out OF the pocket there is considerable
speculation as to whether they pro
pose to form new line at the Neslp
or drop back To the Aisne. or whether
they are preparing for a new blow
ntillzIng, perhaps. some of the first
troops Withdrawn from the salient.
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Shipbuilders to Box

Gloucester City, \. }. Aug. 3.-The
program for this weeks bouts at the
New Jersey and Pennsylvania shipyards
this afternoon has been changed
the boxers were too heavy for those
with whom they We're matched. Peter
Pooley will meet Jimmy Martin. of Hog
islahd, N .me WIZ sh;ra mrsssy ii; huader,
Andy Lewis, of the Sun shipyard Ches-
ter in the semiwind-up. Ed Wagner.
Of the New Jersey yard, will meet Young
Earl of the Pennsylvania yard. In the
other bout Johnny O'Brien. of the New
Jersey yard. will meet Mike Schules, OF
the Pennsylvania yard.
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BIG WATER CARNIVAL.
Red Gross to Benefit by Aquatic
SnOrts

Plans have been completed for great
two-day water carnival to he staged for
the benefit of the Red Cross at Belmar.
y. j.. under the combined sunervision Of
the New Columbia Athletic Club. of Bel
mar. and he New York Women's Swim
ming Associa ion.
The meet will he held on August IS
and II in the Belmar Lagoon. an arti-
iCial tidal pool. measuring half a mile in
length. and the program only awaits for
settlement news of whether America s
two greatest watermen. Perry McGilli-
vray. of Chicago. now attached to the
Great Lakes Naval Training Station.
aviator at Rockwell Field. San Diego,
can secure furloughs to attend the car
niVal
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Continued from Page One

pressing through the Concrois Wood,
were soon more than mile east OF
Nillemontoire.
"As i'm March of last year. the French
army is advancing in pursuit of the
enemy, with cavalry patrols far in ad-
vance. while the horse artillery and
engineers accompany the infantry
Rain has fallen heavily all day and the
roads are in a state which sensibly re
tards the pace of our advance.
THE description given by the cor
respondent Of the Berlin Tageblatt of
the devastation of towns, villages and
farms by the enemy is true, and the
destruction the German boasts of is all
the Germans gained by three great Of
fensives. which cost them hundreds of
thousands of killed, wounded and pris
nnerS"
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Boston, Aug. 3.-Northrop held Pitts
burgh to four hits yesterday and Boston
won. 4 to g
The only earned run of the game
came in the eighth on Massey's double,
wickland's sacrifice and ]. c. Smiths
pop fly. which Center Fielder Carey
failed to get In shortstop territory.
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WILLARD ASKED TO FIGHT
DEMPSEY FOR WAR BENEFIT

Milwaukee, Aug. 3.-Tom Andrews.
fight promoter. has wired Jess Willard
asking him whether he would agree to
meet Jack Dempsey at the Auditorium
here any time this fall, the entire re-
ceipts of the bout to go to the war fund,
less actual expenses. Dempsey. Andrews
declared, already has accepted the offer.
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Navy Eager for Ball Players

Chicago, Aug. 3.-Members of the Chi
cago Americans, the worlds baseball
champions. yesterday received the
flrst letters of invitation to "join ,he
navy" Ensign w. l. Denny. In charge
OF recruiting at the Great Lakes Naval
Training Station. said that similar let
tiers would be sent to all major league
players.
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Noonan After Commission

Scranton, Pa, Aug. 3,-Pete Noonan.
ftrmer locai first basemnn and later man
aeer and owner Of the Wilkes Barre team
Of the New York State League, has applied
for a commission as an athletic secretary
for the knights of Columbus In France