The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-10-17

erating north Of Relms.
with the French at Laucon. East Of
the Meuse also the Americans were
going forward, and, at the time of
writing. these movements, as well as
those all along the line, were still pro-
crossing.
These operations in France were
steadily crushing the great German
salient whose apex was near Laon,
and the French were maintaining
continuous pressure on both sides Of
that city. They also were compelling
the further retirement of the Huns
who still remained south Of the Alsne
between Neufchatel and Vouzieres.
The American air service on the
front of the First army clearly dem
onstrated its superiority during the
week. Huge aggregations Of bombing
planes continually flew over the en-
envy front lines, communications, back
areas and troop concentrations, doing
lncalculable damage, while the pur-
suit planes kept the air clear of Hun
machines
The Serbian army kept up the unre-
hitting pursuit of the Austrians in
Serbia as the Bulgarians withdrew
from that country, or surrendered, ac-
cordlng to their agreement. Before
the end Of the week the Serbs were
quite close to Nish and moving ahead
steadily. To their west, In Albania,
the allied troops made considerable
progress. The Italians took Elbassan
after crushing determined resistance
by the AuStrians, and then continued
their advance northward.
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The occupation of Beirut by French
marines only accentuated the troubles
OF Turkey. The cabinet resigned, af-
Ter a peace note was said to have been
started on its way to President Wll-
son, and Tewfk Pasha. 1t was report-
ed. would he the new grand vizier His
sympathieS are rather with the allies,
and there is little doubt the sultan
himself would be mighty glad to get
out of the war on the best terms oh
tainable. London was convinced Tur-
key had notified Germany it intended
to make peace and that the kaiser
tried to stave this off by the proposal
of the chancellor
Va
Austria-Hungary was in condition
almost of panic and was nervOusly
awaiting the outcome of Prince MaX's
effort. Reports from Vienna said the
ministerial council had decided TO in
troduce national autonomy lin order
TO make President Wilson'S stipulation
an accomplished fact" Among the
PEOPLE of the empire the movement to
proclaim the separation Of Hungary
ana Austria was making great head
way. Meanwhile the Bohemian lead
ers we're comforting and preparing to
declare the independence of their
country and It's separation from Aus
trla-Hungary, and, knowing the dan
gers of such action, made their wills
and settled their personal affairs.
IA
Boris who has succeeded to the
throne of Bulgaria on the abdication
Of his father Ferdinand adheres to
the terms OF the surrender made by
his armies and has ordered Germany
and Austria to quit his country with
in n month. Already the rail connec-
l. N
pie seems to be effectually broken.
wa
Three more victories" by the muir
derous German U-boats are TO be re-
the japanese liner Hlrano and the
American cargo steamship TiconderOga
wSe torpedoed. The total loss Of life
was estimated at more than 900. In
the case Of the Ticonderoga about 23O
were killed. most of them by shrapnel
Are after the boat had ceased to resist.
IA
one painful result of the German
peace offensive was the decided slow
ing IN of the campaign for the fourth
Liberty loan Presumably because
many short-slghted people thought
peace was at hand and the money
would not be needed, subscriptions 70
the S6.000OO0.0 loan were distress
lngly slow in coming In All the agen-
cies engaged In the campaign re-
doubled their efforts and the American
public was loudly warned that the
Hun peace talk must be disregarded
and the money must be raised. Uncle
Sam needs those six billions and he
win get them, and he will need ana
VIII get much more, in all probability
before peace Is declared and the arm
les are dlsbanded. If the people re-
fuse 70 lend the government all the
money It needs, ut good rate of In
terest, II has other ways of getting
funds, and 1t will adopt them.