French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-17

force to the utmost, force without stint
or limit. At the same time the pres
ident has left open the door to peace.
European
A large number of American troops
have been lost as the result Oh the
sinking of the transport Otra1luo in
the North channel between he Scot
fish and Irish coasts in a collision
with the steamer Kashmir, says a dis
patch from "a British Port" The
Otranto after the collision was dashed
to pieces on the rocks off the south
Scottish coast with a probable loss
Of S72 American soldiers.
. Serbian troops after capturing Les
koyatz have advanced and reached a
line ten miles to the north Of that
town. More than three thousand pris-
oners were taken. rI
Belgian authorities have delivered
orders to Belgian residents in Eng
land directing them to return to their
native land.
1t is believed that 600 lives were
lost in the sinking of the mail steamer
Leinster by a torpedo in the Irish ca.
About one hundred and fifty persons
only were saved.
On the wings Of necessity the Ger
mans are flying eastward from their
old battle positions from Douai to La
Fere and northward from La Fere to
the Meuse river. Their flight is to.
ward some haven of safety from the
talons of the allied hawks.
The famous Chemin-des-D Danes,
the ridge which the Germans had be-.
lieved to be an insuperable barrier to
an advance northWard from scissors,
is being evacuated.
Along the Mouse river the French
and American troops are pushing fur.
Their northward. 7
Douai is now completely outflanked
by the latest operations of the Brit.
iSh.
A revolt has broken out in Bruges,
Belgium, the populace having arisen
against the attempts of the Germans
to deport the civilians, according to
a dispatch from Amsterdam.
Throughout Flanders the roads are
encountered with cattle, horses and
pigs which are being sent to Ger
many.
Field Marshal Mackensen has ar
rived in Old Serbia not to aid the Bull,
garians, but to save the remnants OF
the Austro-G German forces which the
allies are closely following toward the
Danube.
The Austrians are evacuating Bel.
grade and the whole Serbian popula-
ton is taking revenge. Even women
with rifles are driving out their for
mer oppressors. The, women have en-.
dured so much, it is impossible to re
strain them.
Alexander Feodorovich Trepof, for
mer Russian premier, has been shot,
He was ffty-six years old. From his
childhood he was destined for the
army and that was his profession un'
til 81, when he went into the ministry
OF the interior. =
! In diplomatic circles in Great Brit
ain President Wilson's reply to the
peace proposals of Prince Macmillan
German imperial chancellor, is regard
led as clever and logical.
. Talaat Pasha, the Turkish premier
has resigned and has been succeeded
by Tewfk Pasha, former premier and
ex-ambassador at London. EnveI
Pasha, the minister of war, also has
resigned.
Former King Ferdinand of Bulgaria
eth - r0fSn1In - SnTsVyo ntc. on6 prin0c
Cyril, his second son, two Bulgarian
generals and a large suite, has gone
to his estate in lower Austria, at En-
enthal.
The Hindenburg line no longer bars
the path of the allies. The definite
rupture of it was achieved OF the frs
day of the fighting in the new develop
ment toward the north of the grea1
battle from the Escaut to the Mouse
The extraordinary maze of defense:
in some places IL miles in depth, be
tween Cambria and st. Quentin have
been stormed and taken by the Anglo
Saxon forces.
The allies are in the open countr1
on the Cambrai-St. Quentin front anC
dAO threatening OOudAAS AHR CnA
junction of roads and railways, thu
Americans having pushed within tw'
miles Of that place.
South of st. Quentin the French
over a wide front have crossed thu
Disc river.
The entente allied forces every
where are defeating the armies OF thu
Teutonic allies. In France they arr
fast carrying forward maneuvers tina
are resulting In the enemy's line Civ
Ing way from the region Of CambrA