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Bill and casually hut sepulchrally re-
mark:
"'Behold the fate of him who pre-
sumed to set himself up as the ruler
of an alien race
IT really think that after a 1ve-day
haunt of that kind a really valuable
idea might dawn on Bills horizon"
I've got corker for the next"
boy with an answer to difficult ques-
ton. How would it do to have
Charles the First follow Macmillan
and call on Bill in his dreams. all
dressed up in his most regal court
dress, but carrying his head in a brown
paper parcel under his arm. and hand
ing the same to the kaiser with the
observation
Here. brother. is a little souvenir
of another mortal who prated of the
divine rights of kings" Pretty good!
Ell? What"
"a very excellent tableau it would
make" said Aesculapius. nodding his
head approvingly. ut seems to me
that if Charles would consent to do
that every time Bill fell asleep for ten
days running. following on the heels of
Kidd and Macmillan. there'd be some
thing doing unter den Linden"
I'd ike 10 stage part OIL tne I'M
perial haunt myself" put in Achilles.
"Ill rise up before him some night
with my chariot and racing four. with
Hector's body hitched on behind, and
drag the sanguinary corpse around
his bed all night long as a sample Of
what happens now and then to the
overconfident military person"
you've got another guess coming,
Achilles" growled Hector. you can
haunt Bill all you want, and play
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MiIitarist Logic.

6sNG IL1TARISM." said British Dele
3V1 gate Appleton at the recent
trade union congress in New York,
''militarism and war can't be defsadrS
logically. and the man who tells yss
that the world couldn't get along with
out standing armies reminds me of the
lecturer who said:
Ladies and gents. the world could
never get along without water, for If
we had no water. how could we learn to
swim-and if nobody could swim, ladies
and gents. just think how many of US
would be drowned"
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The War Spirit.

ssrU> HE war spirit that pervades our
u people from top to bottom" said
Mayor Hylan at a reception in New
York. sis truly marvellous thing.
II heard the other day of a contrac-
tor who got vast ditch built for moth.
ing. He just let it be spread abroad
that the boys of the neighborhood
could help him dig a trench il they
wanted to-"
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is a time when one of the birds would
lose his feather rather than flock. l
was fairly tough customer in my
day, Richard. but I do draw the line
somewhere, and / refuse to associate
with Bill Hohenzollern even in his
dreams. The babies killed at least had
a chance. Bills have none"
II wonder If the scheme would work.
said Bonaparte.
ut worked when 1 rose up at Philippi
and threw the fear of retribution into
the heart of Brutus, Ell Brute?" said
Caesar.
Nothing of the sort-not at ALL" said
Brutus
well, notice you shivered some, and
threw fits all over your tent the min
ute pointed my oozy thumb at you."
said Caesar.
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A Misrepresentation.

CIT HE late Sir George Alexander"
said an impresario. lived in .
$4,000 mansion at Chorley Wood, a VIII
lage outside London.
lone day 1 went by train to visit Sir
George, and. as the train drew into the
little station the guard yelled:
"'Chorley Wood! Chorley Woodv
Instantly a head popped out of a
third-class carriage window. and a sur
prised and angry voice exclaimed:
All right, young fellow-that's my
name. Wots the bloomin' rowr"
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Here is a short story with an magma

Here is a short story with an magma
tive bite. The idea behind it Is spacious
and vital. Nothing is deeper seated in
the French peasants nature than his in
dcstructible affection for the soil. The
Germans have ravaged that soil; they
have mutilated and destroyed everything
that made the countryside livable and
beautiful. They have maltreated the in
habitants: they have burned homes. up
rooted trees and savagely transformed
the whole face Of nature. But the soil
itself neutrality-suspicious. constant.
still hospitable and fecund.
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farm near at hand. of which he saw
the ruins-the plows the harrows.
the threshers and 1.-THE wagons. all
smashed to bits. But in spite Of their
hate and their madness the earth was
still living and fecund.
Bent over it, separating each blade,
caressing each shoot. he murmured in
amaZement:
Wheat. Barley, Glover! Hay"
All the forces of spring had reassem-
bled under the blossoms of the apple
tree. Further off, under other leveled
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apple trees. other grains were sprout-
ing from the ground, and as far as
the eye could reach the ravished coun-
try had begun to bloom again.
Then, having turned his head and
discovered amid the debris of the wag-
ons and the broken stones forgotten
spade, Girot grasped it. crooked his
elbows, spat on his hands and, think
ing of the harvests which nothing
can arrest, of the earth which never
ceased to yield, he began softly to turn
over the soil.
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That" said Brutus coldly. was not
fear. but a sudden attack of chills and
fever-it was a vurry malarious re-
gion."
We'll. it may not cure the kaiser"
said Aesculapius, but it would at least
drive him mad"
(WHICH" said Macchiavelli. lis my
reason for doubling its efficacy. VIII
liam the Second is already mad. What
is really needed Is something that will
drive him sane. If We could give Bill
just one single moment of sanity we
could drop the task of destroying him."
For that moment" said Napoleon.
"No-forever," said Macchiavelli. for
IL Bill were ever sane for a moment,
Boney, he'd destroy himself
Copyright. 1918. by Mcclure syndfcate)
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944 officers and 26.930 men. 1t consists
of two brigades. and a brigade is made up
Of two regiments of infantry, one machine
gun battalion, two regiments of field
artillery, one regiment of howitzers. one
battery of trench mortars and one battal-
ion Of heavy machine guns. These are
the battle line forces. They do the fight
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The Big Job of Supplying Troops With Gums and Ammunition

and the st. Paul railroad, and into the
management of a bank whose deposits
at the last report. amounted to $780,
100000.
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IN part. perhaps. his work can be esti-
mated by what lie is required to do in
eQuipping q single division for battle. A
hlvision Of American soldiers now contains
The sun., 1918-10-21

would be capable OF protracted A.
fence. This line OF resistance begins =,
Lair and runs down tho Rhine thro,,g,
Ofehburs. Rastatt, where Amerlcs,
prisoners OF war are CHARTERED: Kari
ruhe, Mannheim. Darmstadt. Wio,.
baden, Bendorf, Kalk. Densburr and
Wese.
Lac seventy Miles shorter.
In their retirement from their rrcser,
positions the Germans will be able ia
shorten their lines materially and lhus
increase the number OF men availabs
for resistance along their new front,
The Hunding line Is about seventy mia,
shorter than the Hindenburg syft.r
which IL now but memory. The line O,
the Meuse would shorten the frpr, l,r
II they should retire to their own fror.
tier, would be able to still shorten tt..,
front by thirty-1ve miles.
This shortening OF ths lines will no n,
tremendous Importance in future opers
to large degree for the hcavv lossp,
ipf,ictsd upon the Germans durins tho
campaign OF the past summer nnd eyc
them man power that would bc A
formidable barrier 20 All allied advance
Tho Meuse, the Aisne and the Scle'dt
rivers and the canals of Belgium In n,
vicinity OF Brussels and Antwerp also
Will be valuable adjuncts 10 the co7duc,
Of defensive fighting by the Germaas
With the development Of the tank A,
an offensive weapon a river as a Hrst
defence line adds tremendously In the
strength Of position.
The sun., 1918-10-21
DANES WOULD TEST
TITLE TO SCHLESWIG
Say Plebiscite Promised
NeVer Was Taken.

AMSTERDAM, oct 20,--Denmayk, ac-
cording TO news agency kilograms to the
Dutch press, has sent a note to Ger
many suggesting that certain terms OF
the treaties executed between the two
countries from 1860 to 1870 should be
carried out.
The TadsrldHd points out that Article
V. of the treaty OF 1864. which coded the
Dukedoms OF schleswig -HoLstein and
Lauenburg to Prussia, provided for n
plebiscite In Schleswig to decide whether
the inhabitants would prefer aHeg'a nce
to Germany or to Denmark. This pro-
vision. It declared. never has been car
ried out.
Under the title "Schleswig- Hoist Elm s.
the North German Gazette says: THE
scandinavian press, especially the Dam
ish press. has lately given much space
L. the question Of northern Schlsswig
attempting to have that question con-
sidered of such n nature as to make
a discussion possible at the peace con-
ference. and seemingly wishing to sub
NIT to the Judgment of our adversaries
a question which concerns Germany
alone.
ION the mart Of one OF It's neutral and
very friendly neighbors such line OF
conduct does not simplify the situation.
The sun., 1918-10-21
LABOR WANTS SEAT
AT THE PEACE TABLE
British Government to Be
Asked to State Its View.
Special Gable Despatch to The STU.
Copyright. 1915: al rights reserved.

toptFtVHf, lsis. az rt1hS Feserted.
LONDON, Oct. 20.-British labor prob
ably viii be represented at the peace
conference either by George ". Barnes,
who is a member of the British War
Cabinet, or by J. c. Clynes. the Minister
OF Food. The latter would have the
backing of a majority OF the British
people. while Barnes holds also the con-
hdence OF great ma jority of the trade
unionists.
The Labor party intends to ask the
Government to make a definite state
ment OF its attitude toward labor's re-
quest for representation at the peace
conference. They regard such a state
ment as important in view of the COM
ing election. The Yorkshire Post says
The matter already has been dis
Sussed with the Prime Minister and It
Is stated that the Government has
adopted the principle of direct repre-
sentation of labor organisations in any
peace negotiations that may take place.
Inere Is no agreement that any
person the labor leaders may choose
would have seat in the conference
ramsay Macdonald, for example, could
hardly be accepted by the Government
as the spokesman of labor under any
circumstances. A final decision will be
reached only after consultation with the
allied Governments.
The French Government Is inclined
to concede the principle with the same
reservation as the British Government.
: This probably is true also OF the United
States, although the American Fedora
ton Of Labor has not put forward q
demand for a special representative. 2
The Prime Minister'S PERSONAL view
10 that the men now representing labor
In the Government have the best right
to speak for labor in the determination
OF peace"
The sun., 1918-10-21
ALLIED TROOPS DRIVE
ON TOWARD DANUBE
kniajeuatz, Near Bulgarian
Border, Wrested From Foe.

PARIS. Oct. 20-The allied advance
northward toward the Danube continues
without slackering. A statement from
the French War Office last right re-
ported the occupation OF Kniajevatz,
twenty-five miles northeast Of Nish and
near the Bulgarian border. Along the
Morava, Serbian troops have reached
Trstenik. west of Kruchevatz. The
statement reads:
on October II and Is the allied
troops made new progress toward the
north. On the right F.anco-Serbian
forces occupied kniajevatZ and are
marching on Zaietchar. In the centre
the Serbian troops forced the Bovaa
defle north OF AieksinatL and captured
two mountain cannon. Afterward they
advanced toward Sokobanjs. West of
KruchevaE our advanced elements
have reached Trstenik. on the south
bank OF The Morava. In the region
rorth OF Noripazar. the enemy, pur-
sued by our troops, is retiring toward
Kralievo.
LONDON Oct. 20.---A Serbian Official
statement issued Saturday says:
On the 18th the Serbians captured
Sokobanja. On the 18th we continued
the advance on the whole front.
The sun., 1918-10-21
BOLSHEVIk CHIEFS
STUDY FLYING ART
Treasury Heads Particularly
Keen About Aviation.
Special Cable Despatch to The Sun.
Copyright. 1915: oil rights rsserred.

LONDON. Oct. 20.-The Bolsheviki, e..
pecially the leaders whose activities per-
nit them access to the treasury chests
OF the Government, are learning to fly.
The airpIane apparently appeals to them
as a safe means. all things considered
In Russia, for escape and also as a vehi-
Gle for the transport of gold and valu-
ables when in a hurry.
The airplane became a popular means
or transport and flight following the
successful venture of VI. Stejane, former
commissary chief of the Bolshevik army.
He reQuisitioned an airplane and So
100000 and waved goodby to his plum
dered country as he took the air.
Forthwith the demands for airplanes
grew apace with the Boishevik chiefs
and the under chiefs. Leon Trotzky, the
War Minister. who recently was accused
by Premier Lenine with having conspired
against him, ordered airplanes stationed
at the Kremlin in Moscow, the Tvotzky
headquarters Thus II 1t becomes neces-
sary for Trotzky to leave suddenly, he
will have the machine at his Office for
the sudden getaway.
The sun., 1918-10-21
Government kept up its pleas for

Government kept up its pleas for
/ peace 'at
But now that Germany has suo-
ceeded In obtaining replies from the
v President by this method of apparently
/, pleading for mercy the German Govern
nent shows an inclination to regard the
exchanges as negotiations entered into
between the German Government and
the United states Government relative
to a peace reached by proposition and
counter proposition until ground Of mu-
! tual understanding is found.
? The Norddcutsche AIIeosmeine Zeitpno,
), Official organ OF the Imperial Govern
ment refers TO negotiations which
President Wilson has helped along and
extended" Sand the sem-official Cologne
Gazette now speaks OF peace not en-
forced by might. Germany thus appears
= to be rapidly taking the position that II
has simply entered into a discussion or
debate with President Wilson concerning
g terms reached by equals where the ques-
= tion OF what Germany will or will not
/. permit is quite as important as any
terms its edversaries might wish to i..I-
|. pose
The State Department has no official
4 knowledge concerning the German note
said TO be In preparation or on its way
n here. There is reason TO believe that
4 there is a wide divergence OF views in
I Germany as to what the German reply
should be. but the State Department has
nothing official to even indicate that a
! reply has been framed.
Meanwhile inspired German reports
describe the note as 'conciiiatory." hut
/ indicate that 1t will contain arguments
I and counter propositions. One version
Is that Germany will agree to stop sub
marine warfare at once except within
the limits allowed by International law.
Another version is that Germany will de-
cline to restrict U-boat warfare on the
ground that this is a matter which must
he settled at the armistice.
Several versions state that Germany
VIII dispute the charges of inhumane
actions. There seems to be a general
, agreement from all sides that Germany
| VIII evacuate Belgium. her agreement
In this respect being materially helped
along by Sir Douglas Haig's forces.
The sun., 1918-10-21

The third army in its attack had cap
tured by early afternoon nearly 1000
prisoners.
While the Bslgtans. French and Brit
ish were driving the Germans rapidly
to the east in the direction Of Client.
which is being approached both from
the west and the southwest. the British
Third Army, attacking at . o'clock this
morning. smashed its way eastward to
the south OF Valencienncs. The success
OF this operation. which this evening
seems assured, means the turning OF the
Nalenc!ennes line and endaagers ali the
German forces northward TO Flanders
and southwark to the Oise Canal. be-
hind which the Germans have begun to
retreat from other British forces and
the Americans.
This thrust will serve TO upset the
| known German plan of trying to hold
the line east Of the Scheidt, to which
the enemy is retiring hastily from what
once was the Lille salient.
1t Is considered quite possible that the
Germans will try 10 make several sue
cessive stands in Belgium, and one line
Of resistance undoubtedly will comprise
| Antwerp, Brussels and Namur, on
| which much work Is being done. At
| the same time it is worth noting tina;
the Germans are iaboring franticaily In
Nhe VI ~ htttHS1Nt line on
, their own frontier, especially in the
neighborhood of Aix-la -Chapelle and
I Liege.
! The operation OF the Third Army was
characterized by most severe fighting.
! for the Germans realized the Importance
! OF trying TO delay the British here
! South of LIE Csteau the British and
Americans are continuing their successes
OF the last two days. American patrols,
. pushing out from the Mazinghien area,
I have reached the banks of the Disc
Canal. The German artillery In this
region has been quite active. and many
towns. including Bazuei. have been aeav-
! lily shelled
North of Courtrai the British Second
Army Is across the Lys River at several
places and making good progress, while
the First Army has crossed the Selle
| River. near Haspres and Saulzoir and
continued driving.
I From In front of Denain this army is
J pushing frontally for Valenciennes. a
| movement which is in cooperation with
the Third Arnly's attack southwark.
The Germans are showing plainly
their intentions by removing and de-
| strOying machinery OF cotton mills and
similar industrial works they ap-
parently have the idea OF sitting French
competition in the future. In the loot
ing of private houses they have dis
played their customary fondness for
such things as clocks silverwNre and
family ornaments. Even crucihxes have
been taken from the homes OF the
poorer classes,
The sun., 1918-10-21
BRITISH CLOSING IN
ON YALENCIENNES


places where the pressure Of the allied
pursuit might easily transform them
into points OF great menace to the
German retreat. Where they are hold
ing they are holding stubbornly.
ANY idea OF n struggling receding line
is quite incorrect On wide sectors there
has been little appreciable movement for
some days past. These are the sectors
in which the principal fighting is taking
place.
The retreat is limited TO certain def
mite routes which the Allies have stead
lily narrowed down. The enemy, has
massed his forces athwart the TANKS Of
these routes and behind the battle lines
his legions are tramping eastward.
The enemy's northward flank has been
uncovered by the occupation of the
coast On the right. with three British
armies pressing on and the FNench con-
tracing the enemy front across st. Co
balm Massif the strategic position Is
frawght with imminent possibilities. This
il WHY to me south OF Douai the Allies
are confronted with the strongest re-
sistance In men and guns which the
Germans are able still to mass.
The sun., 1918-10-21

mainmont. Roth were repulsed by the
French. who took prisoners.
During the night the Germans re-
acted with lively artillery and ma
chine gun fire at different points on
the front.
BELGIAN--The offensiye opera
lions of the armies in Flanders under
the command Of Gen. Trio continued
during Sunday. After attempting to
oppose our advance on the west bank
OF the Lys River and the Bruges Ca
nal from Eecloo TO the Dutch frontier,
the Germans were Obliged to retreat
along the whole front.
The Belgian army Is standing along
the canal with it's left resting on the
Dutch frontier.
The French army in Belgium has
not only driven beyond tho Lys the
enemy rear guards. but has even. not
withstanding the foundations caused
by the Germans. crossed that river,
establishing two bridgehcads. one be-
tween Gramme and Peteghem and the
other at Oyghem.
The Second British army. overcom-
ing violent enemy resistance and diff
cult communications. crossed the Lys
along itsy whole front and has reached
on the right the western outskirts of
Pecq. in the Valley of the Scheldt
The front of this army passes through
a line west of Pecq. the outskirts OF
Dottienies, east of Rollighem, Vichte
and Wielsbeke II has taken since
October II 5000 prisoners and cap
tured 1863 guns.
GERMAN tNIGHT)--East OF Cour-
trai violent fighting continues. On both
sides of Solesmes and lie Cateau en-
envy attacks on broad front failed.
SUCCESSFUL partial engagements took
place In the Serre sector and on the
heights west of the Aisne. East Of
Vouziers enemy attacks were repulsed.
GERMAN tDAD-In Flanders in
CONTINUATION OF the operations an
nounced Friday we evacuated Bruges,
Thielt and Courtrai and have occupied
new positions. before which lively fore
field engagements have taken place, In
the evening the enemy was southeast
of Sluls, on the Belgian Dutch from
tier.
West of Maldeghem and Ursel. near
Poekel and Marokeghen. northeast
OF Courtrai. he partly pressed for
ward over the Lys River.
South OF Courtral he reached the
Courtrai-Tournai road and has fol-
lowed on both sides Of Douai as far
as east of the line OF Orchies- Marchi-
zines.
On the battle front between lie
CateaL and the Disc there was IA luil
yesterday. At our new lines OH the
Sambre-Oise Canal and on the Disc
we are in fghting contact with the
enemy.
The Serre and Souche sector was
throughout the day the object OF
strong enemy attacks The enemy.
who advanced to attack OH the north
ern bank OF the 5erre, was repulsed
b. our fire and In hand to hand fight
ing. On the Laon-Marle road the
enemy gained q foothold on small por-
lions of our positions.
On both sides of the Souche lowland
he was repulsed after violent fightlng,
Also on the northern bank of the
Aisne the enemy attacked after strong
artillery activity and drove back
somewhat our advanced posts north
east OF st. German Mont. on the
Aisne front between Attigny and Olizy
the eneny's hghting activity increased
On both sides OF VOUCHERS he estab-
lished himself on the heights on the
eastern bank OF the Aisne.
The sun., 1918-10-21
OFFICIAL REPORTS
OF THE FIGHTING
Belgians Reach the Dutch
Frontier Near Sluis.

LONDON. Oct. 2O--FoIlowing are the
official reports of operations in France
and Belgium, as issued by the several
war Offices:
BRITISH tNIGHTD--Having COM
pleted the capture of the villages In
the river valley and driven the enemy
from the town 9ASolesmes. our troops
fought their way forward up the
slopes east OF the Selle and have es-
tablished themselves on the high
ground overlooking the valley OF the
Harries River
Determined opposition was encoun-
tered, especially in the vicinity Of
Solesmes and at. the village OF st.
Python. This opposition was over
come after hard fighting and n num-
Der Of local counter attacks were re-
pulsed. As result OF this operation,
which was carried out In a heavy rain.
we captured over 1000 prisoners and
some guns.
Further north our advanced troops
are reported to be within two miles
of Journal and also to be In touch
with the enemy east OF the general
line of Denain. Bots des Eclusettes,
Landas. Mouchin and Marauin.
BRITISH tDAY)-At an early hour
this morning our troops attacked the
enemy's positions on the line OF the
Selle River north of lie Cateau and
have crossed the river despite consid-
cradle opposition.
Further north the advance continued
Yesterday afternoon and last evening,
our troops completed the capture OF
Denain and have reached the general
line of y-Wandignies-H Manage
Brillon- BeuvTy. The enemy's resist
ance is increasing on this front.
FRENCH tNIGHT - Despite the
bad weather we have extended our po-
sitions between the Disc and the Serre.
To the east OF Verneuil We have
crossed the Chantrud Brook and gained
footing on the crests to the west of
Grandlup. All our gains have been
maintained Notwithstanding violent
| counter attacks.
East OF Vouziers we reached the
outskirts Of the village of Perron and
| advanced in the region OF Landeves
and Falaise, capturing about twenty
cannon.
! FRENCH DAYD-Late yesterday
the Germans launched two violent
/ counter attacks between the Serre and
the Aisne, one In the region OF Ver-
neuii and the other north OF 81. Ger