The Robesonian., 1918-10-21
NORTHERN BELGIUM IS
BEING CLEARED OF ENEMY
Victory Crowns Allied Arms on Every
Battle Front-Germany is Said to-
Abandon U-Boat Warfare in Reply
to President. z

The Associated Press this morning
says that Germany's reply to Presi-
dent Wilson has been handed to the
Swiss minister at Berlin for transmits
sion to the United States, according
to unofficial advices to Amsterdam
from German sources. In the reply
Germany expresses willingness to
evacuate Belgium but believes such
withdrawal would necessarily take
several months.
1t is added that the German govern
ment is prepared Professionally to
abandon it's U-boat campaign. A
Madrid dispatch says Germany has
notified officially the Spanish gov
ernment that the German admiralty
has recalled all submarines to their
bases.
A London dispatch states that in the
note Germany protests against the
charges of cruelty in the Presidents
note and says she was forced into
submarine warfare by the Allied
blockade.
lie German government, it is add
ed, denies responsibility for the loss
of women and children on torpedoed
passenger ships, but to advance peace
Germany is prepared Professionally to
stop unrestricted submarine warfare
Finally the note disputes the right
OF foreign powers to ,meddle with Ger
man internal, affairs and declares
Germany should enjDy the same right
OF self-determinatiof as other nations.
The Associated Press gave this
morning the following summary Of
the war news: - - .s~,-,3,
Victory crowns the Allied arms on
every battle front. Northern Belgium
is being rapidly cleared Of the. enemy
by British and Belgian troops. Bel
glans have occupied zesbruggs and
Heyst, have crossed the Ghent--Bruges
canal and on their left have reached
tne Dutch frontier where $4,000 Ger
mans, cut off from their retreat by the
advance northward from Eecloo, are
reported to have withdrawn into Hol-
iand where they were interned.
,>Ghent, it is predicted from British
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.
Ime!t is in the hands Of the French,
ussplte stubborn enemy resistance as
We'll as the high ground round about.
British TROOPS thave crossed the
oelle river. have re-conquered Soles-
only IN the section around that town
but at St. Python to the east. Here
me British have captured more than
z,oO0 prisoners.
Since the beginning of operations
IN Flanders the Allies have made an
ADVANCE of more than 30 miles over a
1%o-mlle front clearing all of western
flanders as we'll as the coast Of the
enemy.
Flghting desperately to hold theil
positions to the north and south Of
LaaCateau the Germans on front Of
HV miles have massed nearly half 8
million men. Their line is vital t(
Me Germans but is just as vital tx
tne success of the Allied arms which
are steadily pushing the enemy bacl
aaa breaking through at strategic
The British third army is smashing
US way forward to the south OF Va
ttenclennes. Success 50 far has at
ttsSaoed this effort and the turning O.
S snls line will prove a source Of grea
ttahger to vast masses Of German
n0S MooPs holding the territory TO-. tn
"orIh and south. ~
III. Inc American forces operating i
Wa!unction with the British north o
hasSigny h have advanced to the Sam
sss. ss.olse canal. They occupied Roje1
Ss" Ssss OF St. Souplet, at the point Of tn
vsonet. v,,st. Wave after wave Of machih
h;aners faced the Americans who in
Of fSo ts enormous losses on them. Wea
en,S me Meuse American activity wa
ned to the consolidation Of pos