Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-10-22
GE RMANS SPARING
EVACUATED TOWNS
UNDER NEW ORDER
Lille, RoulerS and Other Places
Are Left Without Usual Van
daIiSm Due to Headquarters
Command.
(By Joseph W. Grigg.)
Copyright, 1918. by The Press Pub
fishing Co,

fishing Co.
THE New York Word,)
Especial Gable to the World and Al
buquerque JournalD
On the British Front. Oct 21.-
King Albert's army is Attire with en-
thusiasm for the conquest of its own
country so long under the heel of
the German. and in cooperation with
the French and British it is giving
the enemy heavy beating.
Prisoners who have been taken said
they had believed no attacks would
follow the German request for an
armistice. AS one Belgian soldier said
! to me: They told us everybody in
! the German army thought surely the
request would be granted, with imme-
date acceptance of terms and they
were greatly depressed when our big
attack began"
Point Out Oppressors.
| The Belgians gave opportunity for
| 200 civilians of Roulers to move to
! Arras further away from the scene
of hostilities. These civilians were so
confident that the redemption of their
/ country was at hand that they insisted
/ and still insist on remaining there.
Some of them have been able to point
out among the prisoners several Ger
man officers whose maltreatment of
! Belgian civilians had brought upon
| them the hatred of the popuace.
! Traps laid by the enemy are plenti-
/ full in thef abandoned area. especially
I in towns like Roulers. They have
/ been easily detected. some of them
/ with the assistance of the German
prisoners, and so the risks from these
: inf hi bpa
/ to q minimum.
4 Dissension Among Foe.
I One moving picture theater in Rou-
/ lefs furnishes telltale evidence Of bad
! feeling between the Bavarians and
/ the Prussians. The theater has been
equipped by the Prussians, and these
owners refused to permit the orches-
1 ira to play Bavarian tunes. which the
soldiers of that state had requested.
! Thereupon the Bavarians wrecked the
place.
Prisoners taken by the Belsians and
/ others taken by the British say they
| were ordered to evacuate Lille with
! out the obstruction of property. 1t is
understood the order is general and
| applies to all places from which the
! enemy is retreating This course may
be attributed to fear of consequences
rather than eleventh hour phase of
| intensified morality as the governing
| factor in German department.
Retreating Hcadlong.
All signs indicate the headlong re-
treat from the sea to beyond Lille will
go further. Twelve German divisions
have been decisively defeated in an
attempt to stay the allied attack on
the Lys salient. Evidently the enemy
has had all the fighting edge worn off.
1t seems probable that closely pressed
| by the cavalry. the foe will try to
make stand on the Client canal line
The main allied advance has gone
/ beyond the terrain where the forward
| movement is likely to be seriously
! handicapped by weather conditions
The weather gods have abandoned the
Germans long enough for once to per-
| init the armies of the allies in Elan
ders to pass beyond the quagmire re-
! gions, and in the fifth year of the war
the allied cavalry like the German
uhlans in their earliest advance
through Belgium are able to spread
! far into the enemy terrain. 1t is inn
possible to forecast the immediate re-
results of this great drive. for the de-
feated foe in retreat longing for
! peace which does not come. is pur-
sued by troops enthusiastic with sue
cess and keen for the chase