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Arizona republican., 1918-07-08

IMPORTANT To All Owners of Liberty Bonds The United States Government is now pre- pared to issue AZ Liberty Bonds in exchange for those bearing lower rate of interest, and the following data is published for the infor- nation of bond holders:
 Bonds Which May Be Exchanged First Liberty Loan 3A8@.
 First Liberty Loan Converted 43o.
 Second Liberty Loan 43.
 Time Limit for Making Exchange Four per cent bonds must be presented for exchange between July l. 1918, and Novem- Der 9, 1918. If not converted before the at- ter date these bonds lose their privilege of conversion into this or any subsequent issue of bonds
 Three and one-half per cent bonds may be exchanged for 4A% bonds now or may be converted into any future issue bearing a hagher rate of interest.
 DeSCrptOn Of 447o Converted DOndS
 Interest rdte 4A %.
 Interest payment dates: Interest will be paid
 on the dates the bonds for which
 they exchanged.
 Principal Payment Dates The new bonds will be payable at the same time and sub ect toretrement at the same time as the bonds for which they are exchanged
 How to Make the Exchange Take your bonds to the bank through which you purchased them, or to the bank with which you are now doing business. The bank will attend to all details of conversion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-21
DENMARK ASKS
GERMANY TO FILL
OUT OLD TREATY

Amsterd m, Oct. N.-Denmark, ac-
cordirg to the Dutch press, has sent a
note to Germany suggesting that certain
terms of the treaties executed between
the two countries in the period from 1860
to 1870 should be carried out
The Eaderland points out that article
of the treaty of 1864, which coded the
dukedoms OF Schleswicg, Hoistein and
Lauenburg to Prussia, provided for 4
plebiscite in Schleswig 10 decide wheth-
er the inhabitants would prefer allegi-
ance to Germany or to Denmark. This
PROVISION, it is declared, never has been
carried out.
Under the title "SchIeswig- Hol-
STEM" the north German Gazette
says:
THE Scandinavian press. especial
ly the Danish press. has lately given
much space to the question of North
ern Schleswig, attempting to haye
that question considered of such a
nature as to make a discussion DOS
sible at the peace conference and
seemingly wishing to submit to the
Judgment of our adversaries a ques-
ton which concerns Germany alone.
On the part fone of its neutral and
very friendly neighbors such a line
of conduct does not simplify the sit
uation."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-21
(By The Associated Press)


Victory crowns the allied arms over
every battlefront. Northern Belgium
is being rapidly cleared of the enc
my by British and Belgian forces.
Belgians have occupied Zeebrugge
and Heyst. have crossed the Client
Bruges canal and on their left have
reached the Dutch frontier where 49,
600 Germans, cut off from their re-
treat by the advance northward from
Ecloo, are reported to have with
drawn into Holland. where they were
interned.
Client. it is predicted from their
headquarters, will fall at an early
date and the French. by swift
stroke along an extended line have
put their forces within two miles of
Journal. THEFT is in the hands of
the French despite stubborn enemy
resistance, as we'll as the high ground
round about.
British troops have crossed the
Selle river. have recovered Solesmes
and have had hard fighting not only
in the section around that town but
at st. Python, to the east. Here the
British have captured more than 1000
prisoners.
Since the beginning of operations
in Flanders the allies have made an
advance of m ore than 30 miles over a
3G-mile front. clearing all Of west
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-21
GERMAN INDEPENDENT
SOCIALISTS PROBABLY
WILL HELP DRAFT REPLY

Amsterdam. Saturday. Oct. 10
German independent socialists will
PROBABLY participate in the drafting
OF the note to President Wilson. ac-
cording to the Vossische Zeituns Of
Berlin. The newspaper states that
Hugo Haase. leader of the socialist
minority in the Reichstag and George
Ledebour. social democratic leader,
have conferred on their subject with
Konstantin Fehrenbach, president Of
the Reichstag.
"The people will defend themselves
il they are obliged to do So" they
are said to have informed him
The organ Of the general commits
sion OF trades unions has issued Il
statement on behalf of these organ
izations, declaring we are prepared
for most resolute resistance If the
enemy rejects our peace offer We
have no intention of making peace at
any price. We must resolutely reject
such a peace as imperialistic France
and England would like to dictate
The correspondent in Berlin Of the
Sadelzhlad telegraphing Saturday
night. said: Il learn from competent
quarters the conceptions which will
underlie the German reply, the text
of which will be definitely fixed at a
conference tonight. From the tone
Of President Wilson's reply the Ger
man government believes that it
must deduce from his note that it
takes into account the wishes and
tendencies in entente quarters con-
corning conditions for evacuation
which heretofore had not been fit
for discussion The German govern
ment., however, is ready to find a
basis for further discussion"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-21
AMERICAN TROOPS =
OCCUPY TOWN REJET

With the Anglo-American Armies In
France, Saturday. Oct. 19.-(By the AS
ISOLATED Press).-American and British
patrols have reached high ground to tho
west of the Disc canal.
The Americans occupy Rejet. which
lies TO the east of St. Souplet and which
was taken at the point of the bayonet.
They had to fight all the way against
machine gunners deployed in depth. As
fast as one lot was cleaned out. another
lot came into ction and the work had
to be done all over again. The fitting
here has been desperate. There was ii.-
tie opposition in the Lille salient and to
the northward in most places it was
found difficult to maintain contact with
the enemy's main forces owing to the
rapdity of their retreat.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-21

located as to command all approach
es and at the same time are cap
able of concentrating their fire on
any one fort which happens to be
entered by the allies.
Northwest of Metz lies the great
iron field of Briey. The Importance
of this iron deposit has compelled
the Germans to convert the whole
country there into a veritable fort
ress. This line runs along the boun-
dairy, between France and Germany,
bending to the northeats until it
reaches the Luxembourg line.
If this belt should be pierced. the
Germans may fall back to the Saar-
bruecken and kaiserslautern re-
gions, which are interspersed by
rivers and high wooded hills which
lend themselves admirably to defen-
sive operations.
East of Luxembourg it is reported
the Germans have devoted a great
deal of time and labor to the con-
struction of permanent Notifications.
The country along the Belgian
frontier between Luxembourg and
Holland is dominated by Coblenz.
which Marshal Foch considers the
key to Germany. In this area are
Bonn, fortress of the first class:
Cologne. which is protected by a
broad belt fentrenchments and a
series of strongholds running along
the western side of the Rhine until
that river passes into Holland.
Should the three lines mentioned
be broken or if the allies should
break through between Metz and the
Swiss frontier. the Germans would be
compelled to fall back into Germany
proper, or to the south, to cross the
Rhine. This historic river is really
the western moat of the Teutonic
castle, Its whole eastern bank is
strongly fortified and would be cap
able of protracted defense.
In their retirement from their
present positions the Germans will be
able to shorten their lines material
ly and thus increase the number Of
men available for resistance along
their new front.
The Hunting line is about 20 miles
shorter than the Hindenburg system.
winch is now put memory. i ne line
of the Meuse would shorten the front
by 20 miles more, while the Germans.
if they should retire to their own
front would be able to still shorten
their front bv 25 miles.
This shortening of the line will be
Of tremendous importance in future
operations. 1t would make up. to Il
large degree for the heavy losses in
f1icted upon the Germans during the
campaign of the past summer and
give them man-power that would be
a formidable barrier to an allied adj
vance.
The Mouse. the Aisne and the
Scheldt rivers and the canals Of Bel
GUM in the vicinity Of Brussels and
Antwerp will also be formidable ad-
juncts to the conduct Of defensive
fighting by the Germans. With the
development Of the tank as an often
sive weapon. river as a first de-
Tense line adds tremendously 20 the
strength of position.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-21

New York, Oct. 20.--(By the AS
socia ted Press -Events Of the past
three months involving the ebb of the
German tide of invasion in France
and Belgium have emphasized the
Importance of German defensive sys
TENS which have been prepared by
the foe for just the emergency which
no confronts him. The Allied world
is now studying the war maps to de-
termine how far the present German
retirement may be expected to con-
tinue and what the Entente armies
may expect when they reach the
front where the Germans will stand.
The German defensive lines re-
semble, TO use smile, a tree, with
three main branches. The trunk Of
this tree has it's roots at the Swiss
frontier and continues north as far
as Meta. where it divides into two
branches. The westerly branch runs
" TIC IlOI tiWcSt tS ldl Us ltlc AituSG
river, where it separates, one limb
crossing the Mouse and running
westward, after which it sweeps to
the north in long curve. The other
follows the Mouse down as far as
Namur, whence it runs to Brussels
and Antwerp and thence TO the
Dutch frontier.
The branch that crosses the Mouse
is the first that must be broken by
the Allies. In fact recent British
and Belgian victories in Belgian
Flanders seem to have rendered a
large part of this line untenable as a
permanent defensive position.
This line crosses the Meuse at Dun,
goes through the Argonne forest and
then follows the Aisne river as far
as Rethel, where it turns north and
passes near GuiSe and Solesmes. 1t
continues northward past Valencil
ennes and reaches the Scheldt at
Condo. 1t runs along the ScheIdt
past Journal and Client, where if
turns to the eastward and reaches
Antwerp. This is the Hunting
line ne SeCOHu line, KNOWN as the
Line of the Meuse", is established
on the east bank of the Meuse river
northward from Dun. 1t passes Sc
dan and Mezieres and enters Belgium
just to the southwest of Oman. AT
Namur it leaves the river and runs
to Brussels and continues on to Ant
werp where it joins the Hunting
line and continues on to the Dutch
frontier. The third line is the orig
inal defencs zone along the German
frontier. south Of Metz it is conferred
around the thirty seven forts about
Strassburg. 1t runs over the high
and precipitous hills of the Vosges
mountains and is several miles deep.
At Metz the Germans have con-
structed % great forts which are SO
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-21
Paris Celebrates Liberation
Towns from Hands Of Enemy
Opens Campaign for New Loan

Paris, oct. 20-With enthusiasm
undated by pouring rain. Paris
today celebrated the liberation of
French towns from the enemy and
the opening Of campaign for the
new French loan. American troops
with the flag of the 3O1st Infantry
headed a parade of Allied soldiers
through the streets. A subscription
book for the loan has been placed in.
side the PEDESTAL of the statue of
the city of Lille in the Place De La
Concorde. The statue is covered
with wreaths and bouquets of flow
ers. Today was the first fete day
that Paris has observed since the
war began. On account of recent
events on the front the loan has been
christened the Liberation Loan
1t was planned to bring to Paris
the thousands of young recruits of
the class of 1920 but the danger from
Spanish influenza compelled the au-
thorities to change their plans. More
than 1900 captured cannon line the
thoroughfares from the Alexander
iii bridge to the Place De La Con-
corde. The place is filled with Co
thas and other airplanes. Captured
German tanks form the entrance to
the Tuileries. Countless thousands
huddled under umbrellas gathered
in the Place De La Concorde, which
resembled a miniature lake. The
youthful recruits of 1920 came in for
loud cheering, and as the people pa
tiently awaited the beginning of the
speeches exchanging bantering, wit
ty remar. !, a tall distinguished
looking white haired man was seen
forcing his way toward the stand.
A policeman halted him. II am the
Mayor of Lille" said the man simp-
ly. 1t was NJ Delesalle, who had ar
rived unheralded. He received such
an ovation as never was witnessed
before. 1T will remain in my MEM
DRY until the end Of my days" said
the mayor afterwards. 1T is suf-
ficient to erase from my mind four
years of nightmare and servitude."
The mayor of Rheims in greeting
NJ. Delesalle said: I'VE have suf-
fered for France. Long live France"
NJ Delesalle made a short speech.
His voice, enfeebled by four years of
suffering, barely carried beyond those
standing near him, but people fur
Their away took their cue from the
cheering of those close to the speak
or. The address was interrupted con-
tinually by the affectionate cheers Of
the crowd.
For four years We asked one an
other. shall, It be tomorrow said
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-21

says she was forced into submarine
warfare by the Allied blockade
The German government, it is added,
denies responsibility for the loss of wo-
men and children on torpedoed passen-
ger ships, but to advance peace Germa-
ny is prepared professionally to stop I'M
restricted submarine warfare
Finally, the note disputes the right of
foreign powers to NEEDLE with German
internal affairs and declares Germany
should enjoy the same right Of self-de-
termination as other nations.
Paris, Oct. ?0.-The German reply to
President Wilson will announce an i'm
mediate suspension of submarine war
fare and will offer political guarantees,
German newspapers say. according to
a Geneva dispatch to Information.
The Geneva papers declare that the
new note will abandon the proposal for
mixed commission to discuss condI-
tons of an armistice which the Amer
lean and German high commands viii!
arrange on the battlefield"
Berlin financial circles are said to DE
disturbed over a report that negotia tons
have been broken off.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-21
Over twenty-five Million People
Subscribe to Fighting Fourth
Many Days Task to Count Sales
Rig Number Subscrip-
tons Are Filed Last
Few Days of Cam
paign-Banks Have
Until Thursday to
Tabulate and Report
to Reserve Banks

Washington, Oct. 20.-Probably
,s 400 900 or more individuals bought
bonds OF the Fourth Liberty Loan
omclal reports reaching Washington
,oday showed. A large proportion
a, these fled their subscriptions dur
me the last few days of the CAM
paign which ended last night. Con-
seauently IL will be a task OF many
aays 10 actually count the number OF
hedges and to compile reports from
the entire country.
Despite the total lack of definite
Information. officials tonight were
confident that the $4,000, 100000 pop
Mar war credit had been oversub-
scribcd
Banks have until next Thursday to
,abulate their subscriptions and re-
nor, 10 federal reserve banks.
Treasury officials declared tonight 1t
might be as much as two weeks be-
fore the results for the whole coun-
Try are known. particularly II the
number Of subscribers runs as high
as present estimates.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-21
6 h ut Being APP
preached from Two
Directions and Cap.
ture Seems Certain
Allied Force S
Within Few Miles of
Valenciennes - En-
envy Working Fran.
tically on New De-
Tense Line "a

Amsterdam. Oct 20-With the al
lied armies in France and Belgium.
Oct. 20, =. M-(By The Associated
Press) The British army continues
its attack today in conjunction with
the Belgians to the north. The COM
bined forces fought their way to the
cast Of Staceghem and reached
Nichte, lying northeast OF Courtrai
and are still pushing on rapidly.
The Anglo-Belgians also are north.
east Of Derrick Spruete and Stratte.
The third army in its attack hal cap
tured by early morning nearly a
thousand prisoners. While the Bel
gians. French and British were driv-
ing the Germans rapidly to the east
in the direction of Client, which is
being approached both from the east
and the southeast, the British third
army attacking at 2 o'clock this
morning smashed it's way eastward
to the south of Valenciennes. The sue
cess of this operation which this eve
ming seems assured, means the turn
ing of the Nalenciennes line and en-
dagers all the German forces north
ward to Flanders and southwark to
the Disc canal behind which the
Germans have begun to retreat from
other British forces and the Amer
leans. This thrust will serve to up
set the known German plan Of trying
to hold the line east Of the Scheldt
to which the enemy is retiring from
what once was the Lille salient. Re-
ports from the battle line in Elan
recovered. Already the allied guns
are hammering the Germans on all
sides; cyclist and cavalry patrols are
sweeping ahead III front Of the in
fantry. drawing closer and closer.
The Germans were driven out Of the
northwest coast of Flanders much
sooner than they expected as cap
tured orders show.
1t is considered quite possible that
the Germans will try to make several
stands in Belgium and one line of
resistance undoubtedly will COM
prise Antwerp. Brussels and Ndmur.
on which work is being done. At the
same time it is worth noting that the
Germans are laboring frantically in
the preparation of defensive limo
frontier especially in the neighbor-
hood Of Aix-La-Chappelle and
Liege.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-21
Allies Big Gains Toward Client
And Valenciennes May Upset Hun
Plan OF Holding East Of SCheldt
$4,000 GERMANS FORCED
TO WITHDRAW TO HOLLAND
AND ACCEPT |NTERNMENT

ern Flanders, as we'll as the coast, Of
The enemy.
Fighting desperately to hold their
positions to the north and south of
lie Cateau the Germans on a front
of 40 miles have massed nearly half
4 million men. Their line is vital to
the Germans but is just as vital to
the allied armies which are steadily
pushing the enemy back and break
ing through at sire tegical points.
The British third army is smash
ing it's way forward to the south of
Valencinnes. Success so far has at
tended this effort and the turning of
this line will prove a source of great
danger to vast masses of Germa n
troops holding the territory to the
north and south.
The American forces operating in
conjunction with the British north of
Washigny have advanced to the
Sambre Disc canal. They occupied
Reject, east of st. Souplet. at the
point of the bayonet. Wave after
wave of machine gunners faced the
Americans, who inflicted losses on
them. West of the Meuse American
activity was confined to the CONSOLE
dation of positions captured from the
Germans.
On the front in Russia a severe de-
feat with the loss of 1000 men killed
has been inflicted on the Bolshevili
in the Ekaterinburg district by
Czecho- Slovak and Siberian forces.
Three armored trains with II locomo-
tives and so machine guns were cap
tured by the allied troops.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-21
MAINE EXCEEDS QUOTA
BY SEVERAL MILLIONS

The Liberty Loan campaign closed
SATURDAY evening at midnight VAIN
Maine exceeding its quota by several
millions The exact figures were I'M
obtainable as there are NUMBER OF
towns IN the state yet to be heard
from but at Liberty Loan headquar-
ters IN this city it was thought that
Names share would amount to about
$4,000 o00 Practically every county
3 well over its allotment and a gooo
many Of the individual towns have
even trebed their allotment.
The campaign so far as Name Is
concerned has been a complete sue
cess. and no small part of this sue
cess s due to the hard work and long
hours put IN by State Chairman Har-
y A Rounds Of this city. For three
months before the loan started MT.
Rounds was hard at work figuring
out his plans and he had them down
% fine when the drive opened three
weeks ago that at that time there
wasn't a shadow of a doubt that
Name would go over with flying COL
os During the campaign Mr..
Rounds has worked almost inceSStnt-
y a. his task and he deserves a
world ~ credit at the splendid show
aE tho Pine Tree State has made.
As far as could be ascertained late
saturday night Names total quota
vii nc about S25,0O0.00O, with a num-
hor Of places vet to be heard from.
y Is expected that it will be about
Nrec days before the total will be
SHOWN.
NsoClock Saturday evening a to-
Al OF $50 towns and cities had gone
over the top This is just one more
Wsn than had gone over at the same
"fNe IN the Third Loan when at
'elock on the last night of the drive
Total q $40 cities and towns were
'epotted over
IN Portland the indications were
." Saturday night that the city's al
"umcnt would reach figures in the
'N'nlt> OF nearly $4,000. 900. All day
V"s inc banks did a rushing bust
"'S ana IN the evening they were
aHrhed TO the doors three or four
V"S deep. At the Fidelity one would
"d TO think as one looked down on
~ crowd from the gallery that it
me New York stock exchange
s.ead OF a bank. The people were
~ up IN this bank way out into
street and were in rows Of FIVE
SIX dccp. They did such a rush.
ARS r,o lc a a
- would be well into the night
,e they would be able to an
vance any figures.