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New-York tribune., 1918-10-05
Military Comment
By William L. Mcpherson
(Copyyight, 1918, Ne1U YORK; Tribune Iuc)

Noyoh-fer0n front. His
armies arrived on the Hindenburg
l1ne broken and Instrumentation
pattle-weary to hold even those for
mldable positions against Foch's nm
relentlng and always intensifvinp
pressure.
Will Ludendorff repeat his dila-
tory and costly strategy? He has
now drawn back in the Lille-Douai
salient to within four miles of Lille.
Signs are multiplying that he is
about to quit Ostend and Bruges
and fall back to the line of the
Scheldt River at Client. In that case
he Will also withdraw from Lille and
Doual to the Scheldt line south
from Ghent to Valenciennes. In the
north his problem is not so difficult.
He may be- able to initiate his tactics
IN the Marine salient, holding fast
on the sides of the salient and empty
ing 1t from the bottom. Foch NAV
also be satisfied to squeeze him out
without attempting break through
and development.
But below Cambrai the situation
is different. Rawlinson's army has
driven clear through the Hin
denburg line behind LIE Catelet.
According to unofficial reports.
British cavalry has already pene-
trated as far east as Fresnoyle-
Grand, which is only three miles
southwest of Bohain, on the road
from St. Quentin to LIE Cateau. A
British advance in force in this re-
zion would drive q deep wedge be-
tween the German armies east of
Doual and Cambria and those in the
Laon sector.
The Laon position is becoming
more vulnerable every day. 1t is be-
ing turned from the north by Raw
linson and Debeney, attacked in
front by Mangin and Berthelot, and
enveloped from the east by Gouraud.
New American forces have been
New-York tribune., 1918-10-05

American troops appearing on a
new front and cooperating with the
French under General Gouraud on
Thursday took the dotted area, and
yesterday were still advancing. The
territory shaded in parallel lines was
captured by Gouraud and Pershing
IN the previous offensive west of the
Meuse, the Americans then being
only in the Argonne and to the east.
Latest news last night showed the
Americans have advanced three
miles in the Argonne. This is not
shown on the map.
In the two-column map the arrow
0) shows where King Albert's Of
iensivc is progressing; on the front
CD the Germans have withdrawn tc
four miles from Lille; the British
are holding open the breach through
the German defences at (3) Berthe
lot has crossed the Aisne Canal at
three places (4); the new Franco
American offensive is at (5); while
the main American army is at Co.,
New-York tribune., 1918-10-05
World United in
Condemning Reds

NTASHINGTON, Oct. 4.-The civil
w lized world is practically unit
in condemnation of the Bolsheviki and
reign of terror in that part of Russia
under their control. Replies have
been received by the State Department
from most Of the countries of the
world heartily indorslng the recent
note addressed to them by Secretary
Lansing calling for an expression of
condemnation Of the lawess element
in Russia.
Norway and Holland, through their
diplomatic and consular representa-
.ives in Bolshevik- controlled Russia,
voiced joint protest at the conduct
of the Bolsheviki soon after the Ameri-
can note was dispatched
New-York tribune., 1918-10-05
Rewards Follow HEAVY
Blows by Haig's Men
Great Coal Fields About Lens Already in Hands of French
While Lille Is Sure To Be Captured Soon
by Advancing Allies

{ sidesteps, retreats and cinches, al
ways praying that the bell will save
him from knockout. Ludendorff is re-
treating from the Lille salient. side
stepping at the st. Gobain massif
clinching at Cambrai, Champagne ant
weather.
Weather Hampers British
The details of the Flanders drive
indicate that progress was retarded
by the difficulty Of transportation, and
although General Plumer was able to
report advances over the firmer grounG
in the west, men in the Belgian anC
French armies are moving very slowl,
northwest of Roulers. From the north
south and east Ludendorff has hurried
many troops to won Arnim's assistance
but he was forced to abandon his posi-
tion on the Lille salient as a, result
Perhaps Ludendorff thinks shorten
ing the front will enable him def.
nitely to arrest the Flanders ad-
vance. But he apparently is not fully
confident, for the work of evacuatine
the Channel bases is proceeding rapid.
ly and many trains are moving east
ward loaded with war material.
The strain of the unprecedented bat
Ne at Cambrai has begun to tell. De-
spite the almost superhuman efforts
of the Canadians and the English tc
their right. the Germans still hold the
city. Below has concentrated a great
force Of men and guns around Cambrai
and much fierce fighting must follow
before it falls. The Canadians suf-
fered severely. They had been in their
hardest battle, and nothing more need
be said when Ypres, Courcclette and
Vimy are recalled.
But Haig always has another arrow
and he is directing it north of ST.
Quentin. This drive is toward the val
ley of the Disc and offers great pos
sibilities. Each day brings marked I'M
provement of the Allied communica-
tions across the waste country of the
Somme.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-05
Y. Y. Flier Lands in
Hun Lines; Flies Back

Nill tllF AMERICAN ARMY
.3"'HN1Sr OF VERDUN. Oct. d
- DC Associated Press). Aviator
s1 hA'gnt, of New York City. yester-
~As n a group of airplanes pro-
'V'Hx hmcrica~ observers beyond the
'~slican limos when he was attacked
mo Germans. Thirteen machine gun
"''''s penetrated various parts of
pane three striking the propeller
10 'ormans circled around him to
'"' hm from reaching his own
s,A iiaight descended quickly and
e'- IN field behind the German
hy German airmcn apparently
,'. 'or granted that Haight was
commission and left his capture
s'r men on the ground
ballet had severed a battery
~ ' halght's machine. This was
&c quickly. and before the Ger
"a. .oo' soldiers could reach Haight
81. ""i assembled and was making for
american lines. The German
e,;as yses pursued him. but we're not
f., l.s enough TO catch ,he fleeing
New-York tribune., 1918-10-05

indicated to-day in ruling furnished
20 the War Departments Commission
on Training Camp Activities.
No binding Interpretation of the Pres
ldents proclamation establishing zones
against vice and saloons around army
camps was made by the Department of
Justice, but instead il was decided by
the govcrnment's legal department that
every school used for army purposes
must be considered by itself.
Where the soldier body at the
schools exceeds in numbers the civilian
students, and the facilities Of the in
stitution are devoted in a greater pro-
portion to military purposes than to
civilian uses, the ruling would be in
terpretcd to apply.
In the case of New York schools
given over to army purposes, no de
cision will be made by the Department
of Justice until the War Department
furnishes the Attorney General with
all information regarding the extent
to which each school is devoted to
army uses.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-05

the necessity of a retreat out
~ of the riddled Hindenburg) po-
sitions. But he has not yet admitted
to the German public his complete
failure to hold the supposedly i'm
pregnable Hindenburg line. In his
makeup there is a strong strain Of
sullen obstinacy, which leads him to
try to camouhage defeat, even to his
own mind, and which clouds his abil-
ity to retrieve situations which
threaten disaster.
Goodness, celebrity and a readiness
to cut out of dangerous predica-
ment with minimum loss are
needed most of all when retreat be-
comes the portion Of a beaten army.
AS was noted yesterday, Won
Moltke the Younger showed all these
after the First Battle of the Marne.
Ludendorff, although he has been ex-
Treating himself from difficulties
ever since July Is last, has never
shown them. He is now being al
lowed to face final test of the quail
ity of his generalship, thanks to the
Kaiser's reluctance to puncture the
carefully inflated prestige of the firm
of Hindenburg and Ludendorf and
thus reveal to the detected German
public that'its hysterical idolatry of
these two stucco military demi-gods
has been tragically misdirected.
Ludendorff's mismanagement in
getting out of the Marine and Mont
didier saIients lay in the slowness
and uncertainty Of his movements.
He banked on halfway expedients to
stop Foch's offensive. These failed
to come through. He tarried too
long before starting and arrived too
late at his new defence lines. He
lost the Hindenburg positions in Pi-
cardy through his costly and futile
delaying actions on the Lassigny-
Roye- Chaulnes front and on the
New-York tribune., 1918-10-05
4isace Piebiscite
Is Asked by German
Socialist Delegate

FAR Cet A aeiesate from the
.eFmar Minority Socialist party. rep
cn'lnS .h' Central Association of
man -Nad4catca ar organization
'nf.al -s .c Frea5n General Confcn-
Hioe q. ..or. na- arrived in Geneva
'c'oidlns TO tle "loavnal de Gcncve.' -
.a.a 90 he the bearer ot docu-
ta tn.t a. German Minor
Socia'ls 'uf.t Is u favor of the
.. s'ltNtiol pf Alsacc- Lorraine to
FaAcs, provided that prebiscite is
'st ae.d. fh.s delegate, the news
aper sd1s. now trying TO communf-
'i.e with the Freucn Socialists so as to
'lYer these documents.
ne se'etate also is reported to have
.sciated tnat he was able to prove that
policy of the German government
DNid follow an entirely different direc-
' af'et the eventual participation of
'' Socialists in the government
New-York tribune., 1918-10-05
Metz "Xmas Present.
For President Wilson
German Correspondents Also
Say Yankee Prisoners Be-
have "Decently"

AMSTERDAM, Oct. 4.-Schuermann
correspondent of the Frankfort ga
zette" at the front, says the latest he
hears is that Metz is to be a Christ
mas present for President Wilson.
The American prisoners, Koester
Berlin "Vorwarts" correspondent, says
behave quietly and decently. The Of
t,cers say, according to Koester, that
America had no grudge against
the German people, and when asked
whether America would have come ir
if there had been no U-boat war they
shrug their shoulders.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-05
American Ships Crash
At Sea; so Missing

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.-The Ameri
can steamer Herman Frasch, a small
cargo carrier, manned by a navy crew
and in the overseas supply service. has
been sunk in collision at sea, with
loss of probably fifty of her crew.
The vessel collided at night with the
American tank steamship George G.
Henry. about $50 miles southeast of
the Nova Scotian coast, and went down
in seven minutes. She carried crew
OF about thirteen officers and seventy
SIX men, Survivors reported number
torty-one.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-05
Junkers Still in the Saddle;
Prince Max Only Their Tool
By Arthur S. Draper
Especial cable to Tho Trt1une)
lCnnYriuhI lnla Nr,r Ynrl. II Il.

ONDoN Oct 1Prmce Max Baden succeeds Hertl;np
as Imperial German Chancellor from one Of tho liberal
stronghos Germany many moderate neecbe The
m impression might be that Prince
over Hertng But really prince Cermanvs
lie wealthy Junker who the Of his class tronob
e proongton OF the war He wants peace reaconarv
or the first water; he will tho
oppose bitterly any change Gemanys situation He is
ether honest Junker Hertng type nor pro-
gressve of the Scheidemann Erzberger group
The fact that Chancellor shows ,a+ tho
ne" government is not bit better The
se mas SET up socaed paclst Chancellor but behind
are the same military directors policy It the mill
'ar government which will conduct the are
TO make peace with of this
edly will get the chance before Christmas
The Kaiser has elected eight rather his military AL
sers nave told HIM there alternative week the
Relchstag will have expressing it's views
New-York tribune., 1918-10-05
Koiser's NelU Aids
Are Called Tools for
Junker Programme

y ASNNGTON, Oct. "A desperate
For. py tho Kaiser and his advisers to
nocdwinN the Allies and The German
~sonle into "a belief in the de7nocrat ia
ION Of Gcrnary is secn by observer
here m the appointment Of Prince Max
riian rs Imperial Chancellor and
.-cheidemann. the Socialist, and Groe-
ner. ne Centrist. as members OF tne
ahinct without portfolio.
t. is suspectcd that Germany is about
% make neB peace proposal disguised
under "A most attractive democratic pro
.ranmc. With these new names on the
roster Of the rulers of Germany the
Kaiser might point 20 them as re-
aN7anon o. his recently announced pol
- o. popular rule.
i; IS nctel however. nothing is said
50 the recent announcement OF the re-
ID u9usNmcut OF power by the military
artN or Of making the members of the
'ahiuet arswcrable for their conduct Of
Fairs TO the Reichstag. The new off
ais whose names make the programme
30 attractive therefore, apparently. witt
.e entirely without power as well as
..ithout portfolio. and the act~al con-
tol Of affairs may be left entirely IN
no hands Of the Junkers. condition
.ha. led up TO the precipitation of the
resent Wat
Is realized there Is a possibility
the Kaiser reads the handwriting
-ho Wall. and realizing his country
laamrd to defeat may plan actually
.r over share OF the government
.totives of popular rule md
no try go save the country.
Ura. hcr one Of the leaders
ffll party IN the Reichstag.
..t.r. ha Main tntntDltt.C
-tag. me- criticised he gov
.la attacked Count von ilert-
oai.r Of the Con'rists. In
tac n March. l9ls, he de
Gara'any's methods of making
il Russia NJ Brest-Litovsk.
rr ecneidemann Is vice epresi-
~ tle Reichstag and The leader
f.e Majority Social Democrats. He
Boon tonsistcnt supporter Of Ger
foreign policies and has en-
t9iel. enough his position as So
'o hfinr apout e Socialist peace.
an0.-nn Was ono OF the Reichstag
aeI V1o succeeded in pushing
foulH 'ac keichstag in July, 1917. the
mora no.an1cNatlous and no-indem
isr resolution He has been called a
"uI nf the pam Germans.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-05
German Troops Begin
Evacuating the Baltic
Province of Esthonia
lspeeial biaputeh 10 The rnlmel

WASHINGTON, Oct. "A dispatch
from the American Legation at Stock
holm to-day SAYS German troops are
evacuating the Baltic province of Es-
thonia. and that a popular uprising is
likely to take place there in short
tine, although. the native military or
sauization is of a very primitive char
acter and possesses few arms.
State Department officials believe
the pressure confronted by Germany
or the Western front. together with
the new situation in the Balkans. has
caused the withdrawal Of German
forces from the Baltic privinces. this
government having been advised q fcw-
days ago of the retirement OF the
Germans from ether parts of Russia
New-York tribune., 1918-10-05
Germans Remove Guns
From Flanders Coast
Indications Point to Abandon
ment of Belgian Ports
by Huns

LONDON, Oct. (5 80 p. m.) BY
The Associated Press).- There is every
indication. according to authoritative
naval sources, of an early abandonment
by the Germans of the entire Flanders
coast.
The Germans already are removing
their guns. The Belgian coast has been
under heavy bombardmcnt for the
last two days.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-05
Armenian Volunteers
Helped Defeat Turks
Members of Oriental Legion
Win Praise of Gen. AL
lenby by Deeds

BOSTON, Oct. 4. = ANNOUNCEMENT
that Armenian volunteers, many of
them from this country, participated
in the British victory over the Turks
in Palestine, under General Allenby,
was contained in cablegrams received
to-day at the headquarters here of the
Armenian National Union of America.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-05
Americans Landed
In France at Rate of
IO,398 Each Day

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Oct (By The Associated
Press). The American supply service
reached a new high mark in Septem-
Der, overtopping its August record by
10 per cent. American ports handled a
deily average of 25.S0s tons of freight
Every day in August 10,39S American
soldiers landed at French norts.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-05
No Liquor Zones
For N. Y. Colleges
Only Where Schools Are
Mainly Military VIII
Ban Apply
Especial Dispatch to The rribu,

7
WASHINGTON. Oct. 4.-Vice and
liquor zones Will not be swung around
universities and colleges having Stu
dents Army Training Corps units un-
less the entire facilities of the inst-
tutions are devoted to purely military
purposes, the Department Of Justice
New-York tribune., 1918-10-05
Metz-Sablons Railway
And Airdromes Bombed

LONDON, Oct 4.~The Independent
British air force Thursday night
bombed the Metz-Sablons railway and
airdromcs at Morhangc and Fescaty,
according to an official communication
issued tonight.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-05
By Arthur S. Draper
Especial Gable to The Tribunc>

Copyright, 1918. New York Tribune Inc)
LONDON, Oct. 4.-The blows in Elan
ders and at Cambrai have borne quick
results. The enemy is in the midst
OF a retirement from the Lille salient
Lens, La Bassee and Armentieres, with
the wonderful defences by which they
were Joined, having already been
evacuated. Where the Germans intend
to make a stand it is difficult to say
but in any case Haig's troops have
won a very great success and only part
of the reward has thus far been re-
ported
The enemy can not hope 20 retain
Lille and the positions directly north
and west of it. The result is continuing,
the enemys rear guard being harassed
by the British patrols. West of Lille
a city of 100000, runs the Aubers ridge
and the Lille Douai canal, both of which
lend themselves to defence. but the
cnemy's occupation Of Lille now is
certain to terminate soon.
Coal Fields Are Regained
The coal fields Of the Lens district
are again in the hands of the French,
The sector which the enemy was forced
to qur was the strongest fortified
stretch in northern France and the
scene of some of the bitterest fight
ing Of the war. Here the French and
British in other years sacrificed thou
sands of lives in vain efforts to take
Lille. Both Lord French and Haig
tried unsuccessfully to breach the Ger
man defences, which now have been
taken without fight.
Strategically, Lille is of immense
Importance to the enemy. Besides be-
ing railway centre, it is the junction
Of the highways running from Courtra,
Tourna. Valencicnnes and Douai. 1t
is the key to various defensive sys-
tens. However, Ludendorff's job con-
sists now of saving his armies and not
holding territory. He is trying to es-
cape Foch's blows just as pugilist
New-York tribune., 1918-10-05
Socialist Leader and Croe-
her, Centrist, Made Aids
to New Chancellor
VIII Serve Kaiser
Without Portfolios
Appointees Are Declared
To Be Under Thumb of
Old Junker Chiefs

AMSTERDAM. Oct. 4.--Prince Maxi
aaiah Of Baden has been appointed
,,esman Chancellor, says an official an
.o,l1scment received from Berlin.
Ncnu'ios Groeber. Centrist. and
.,hcidemann. Majority Social Demo
crafts. have been appointed Secretaries
o. S,ate without portfolios.
r- official statement adds that
,-iacc Maxmilian also has been
med Prussian Foreign Secretary.
He w announce his programme at
full neeting Of the Reichstag Oc-
tobcr =
GERM. Switzerland Oct. 4.-The
a,iaiist and Social Democratic groups
the German Reichstag have an
noanced their unanimous, agreement.
with tht .Nception Of seven votes, to
participate in the organization of a
scw German government under the
hsrccNorship Of Prince MaXimilian.
Speakers At the meeting said the
ar.ncc had encrgotically struggled
nee the beginning of the war for the
rce Establishment of peace by concllla-
,ion and The characterization of the
rorime In Germany.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-13
Old School DIPLOMATS See
Negotiations in Addresses

WAsilNGTON Feb ~ Actual
'Grnro negotiations OF new type and
con- a far greater scale than hereto
euro known are seen by the old
school diplomats IN the recent series
OF addresses by Hpokcamen Of the
wArrlnF nations outlining terms Al
though President Wilson's latest ad-
dr,HH 10 congress ~ regarded az a
clear reitctntion ~ Americas deter
mination 90 continue 20 fight until
the military masters Of Germany are
ready 20 consider peace on the prin-
oplss ~ Justice. II WAS pointed out
negotiations on a, vast scale really are
going uu.
IHre, 'cNiu offioiaw negotiations
are they pr' called by diplomats, de
port radically from the ancient and
accepted pru'.,s uf diplomacy
IndruA ~ hoiur conducted IN the
a,.rUy uf round table conferences.
which wnf lhr aim Of tnp central
powers in the early stages of the war
th" Hicat inu,r uto now being eN-
pounded nul critically uul}zcd tn
tho iirht ol pHuIOy and the worlds
forum
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-13

day l'c led the union without hate.
without passion calmly. kindly. with
ont regard tu section. and Instead OF
abusing the south he said Let us
bring back the errlnR brethyan
The most pIuful page In our his
tory the rccoustructiun period, was
not brought on, Judge Ames said. by
the war Itself. or hy Lincoln. nor hy
the old soldiers. either Union or Con
fed rate, but by two by four politi.
clans moved by prejudice.
coming down tu the spanish Amer
lean war, Judge Ames said IL was
Fought 10 give. Justice to Cuba ''rNd
aftrr u Was over and Providence put
IN our laps the Philippines. country
we never heard of before the war
started the effect was to give free
dom To cuba ana TO the Philippines
and Ia make ms II world power.
We had grown rich the richest
nation of tho world said he "Our
average income per capita today is
fL2S. while the nearest nation To us
had little To do with world affairs un-
III We fought the Spanish American
war.
Now wc are In this world war. What
did 1t start about? We didn't know.
We heard the crown prince of Austria
had been Killed over In Feryia but We
never heard Of him. II n man down
lu Texas should murder the governor
OF that state, is that any reason why
ali Europe should go TO war?
Tho Cause of the War.
We've. got nation over here in
the United Stntcs that one man is
about rs good as another. over there
ln Austria this is not SO In Austria
and Germany one man is selected by
the Austrian god and the German god
to rule over all others on the principle
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-13
PATRIARCH ON TRIAL
FOR OPPOSING DRAFT
Capers Denies Attempting to
Incite Young Men to Beat
Conscription.
Special to The world

Special 10 The World
MUSkOGEE. Okla, Feb. II --
prSbahly the most picturesque nud
dramatic case developing from tht
draft uprising in southern oklahoma
last summer was aired rtorc "a jury
IN the United SHtps district court iU
day when the evidence for and
against ~ &. C1rors. 20 years Old npH
II minister. charged with aurmpiiug
80 incite younEo mon In resist tho &C.
iective service act. was submitted
Cnpcrs who has nuWng white hair
reaching below hie rhuuldctA and
buFhy. cold black eyebrows vigorous
Nv denied tho urrupuou against him.
protesting that hr had ono son lu the
navy and asserting that 'lc only ud.
vice he ever hul pivpu men of drAfi
uR" WA to report io camp as ordered
ana obey their ofnccrs
Witnesses Just nH puait.r In their
s'atomenta denounced the aged min
ietcr. one witness appearing for he
lovernmcnt sali he once asked tap.
'rs when hc intended tu get hair
cut
'Not untl the Rolser WHIPS the
whole world tpp'rg replied. accord
ing to the witness
In his closing argument 90 tho jury
AssiHtnnt tnitoi states bistri't Ator.
uoy ihipps, referring 'u the alleged
statement by Cuppts IN regard 10 hiH
hair. said.
~ that ~ true un barber VIII eyer
touch him, lie win 90 to hIs grave
unshaved. unshurn and uuHUE.'
In his own testimony ,uprrs said
~ had NJ his hair grow since b. was
boy. lie said he admired pictures
} John WESLEY who wore hs hair
that way
Malvn MAdtwcll Young man
withiR he dTaft age. was one uf the
tttr witnesses Tor the prosecution. lie
said Capers came hy h4 home one
evening, and. after hsllng him what
he was 80 blue about mid "If /
was young man coull beat tho
draft Sce those mpuniningt There
are plenty Of hiding places In Okla
homa and Alabama
The closing arguments " attorneys
were completed iuHt ut adjournment
Time today. Jude Campbell an
n 'unccd that he would ,hlrre the
Jury and submit the ruso Wedncsay
morning. tnperH is The head OF "a
church at Doughrrty Okla, called
the Chutch OF Christ ItG alleges that
jealousy on the part of other church
workers is responsible for his prose.
cution. He has D largo following and
several members ~ mis- sect were In
Muskogee for the lrI