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New-York tribune., 1918-09-01
No Attempt at a Decision; But
Preparation Which Has
Known No Mishap
Copyright 98-Thc Tribune Association The New Tnbe)

metres, or, say, about 100 to 120 miles.
The enemy at this moment, after suf-
fering so grievously and after so dan
gerously exhausting his reserve power,
might reasonably hope for breathing
space and a chance to reorganize and
to prepare new line upon which to
fall back in his own time.
If this great Anglo French Amer
can attack had been developed all at
once and had been recklessly pressed
the enemy would have seen the danger
in the situation and he would have been
defeated, but with time to recover after
ward. For if there had been any of
those grandiose theatrical ideas in the
mind of the Allied Higher Command
which the enemy gratuitously imagined
to be there our losses would have been
so heavy and the fatigue of our forces
would have been such that there would
have had to be some cessation of move
ment. But, on the contrary, these care
fully limited actions, each exactly de-
fined for the fruits reaped from it and
no more and supported by the perpet-
ually increasing stream of American
contingents, had left an ample margin
of power.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-01
By P. w. Wilson
American Correspondent of "The London
Daily Neavs"

American Correspondent OF "1he London
Daily Ne7Us"
~ URING this fall we are to have i'm
portant elections both in the
United States and in Great Brit
ain. American citizens will
choose one-third of the Senate and the en-
tire House of Representatives. The ques-
tion here is, therefore, whether one or
ether branch of Congress will change from
Democrat to Republican. If this should
happen interesting results would doubtless
follow, but President Wilson and his Ad-
ministration would continue to be the re-
sponsibe Executive. No adverse criticism
in Congress and no adverse vote could dis
place them. Nor is there any idea Of
weakening in the war. On the contrary,
the attacks the Administration have al
ways come from those who think that the
conduct of the might be more vigor-
Gus. And one of the severest critics is
Senator Chamberlain, who happens to be a !
Democrat. Under these circumstances, your
elections even without party truce, ap-
pear to have less significance than ours.
1t is true that our Upper Chamber or
Senate, which means the House of Lords.
is not affected. The British election is
always confined to the House of Commons.
But, unlike your House Of Representatives,
the House of Commons could, if hostile.
dismiss MIR. Lloyd George and his Cabinet
Our Prime Minister has his admirers and
his opponents, but, matters now stand.
especially in these days of victory, all arc
agreed that appeal to the country he
is likely to come back triumphant This
is the more remarkable because Mr.. Lloyd
George does not enjoy the official support
of any organized party. Technically, the
Liberals are led by Mr.. Asquith The
Tory leader is Mr.. Bonar Law, while Labor
follows Mr.. Henderson. Some people con-
slider, therefore, that Mr.. Lloyd George
his power solely to the group Of
newspapers owned or controlled by Lord
Northclffe. If that support were with
drawn Mr. Lloyd George would undoubt-
edly feel the blow, but am not convinced
New-York tribune., 1918-09-01
\ 1angin Throws the Enemy
IVA Into Confusion

Upon the 10Th, however, to the sur
prise not only Of the enemy but Of the
less informed critics upon our own side,
General Mangin's force moved suddenly
right forward, captured at least 5000
prisoners and 200 guns, and all the
enemy force on that front was thrown
into wild confusion. An urgent appeal
was sent by the German general officer
in command over this sector to General
Won Boehn, on his right, who was facing
the French third army in the Lassigny
district, begging for men. He was told
that men could not be sent He then
asked for reserve divisions from the
time reduced from sixty to sixteen d-
visions, and he received two or three at
the most.
1t was not enough. General Mangin
went right forward, reached the line of
the Ailette, got on top of the Cuts
hills, from which one sees all over the
Disc valley to Chauny, and went right
up the Divette valley to Lassigny, and
thus had the main road supplying
Noyon under his guns.
Mangin's advance rested there and we
again got from the German press the
nonsense of an attempt to break through
which failed There had been nothing
of the sort. There was the same con-
sistent, steady movement, Handling"
the enemy as it willed, back to the All
lette with comparatively small losses
on the side of the offensive, and total
loss to the enemy in three days of about
10000 prisoners and $50 guns. Las
signy had been hopelessly outfianked.
The French third army came down over
the hills and occupied it. There the
movement ended
New-York tribune., 1918-09-01
british Opinion Mustn't Get
- a Wrong Impression

The election is thus unlikely to give US
Labor majority. Mr.. Gompers will doubtless
realize the danger of appearing to inter
fere in British politics, which suggestion
might actually initiate against the end he
has in view His aim is, Of course. to lear,
the situation and to bring to bear unon il
the friendly sympathy of the American
wage-earners. 1t would be thousand pit
les If any section of British opinion were to
get the notion that the United States were
taking sides.
To sum up-it looks like a clear victory
for Mr.. Lloyd George on the present occa-
sion. with an uncertain prospect after
ward, when the solidifyng strain of war
has been lifted
New-York tribune., 1918-09-01
Drawing a Napoleonic
l. Parallel

IN 1913, during the hull or truce be-
tween Napoleon's defeat in Russia and
the great concentrated attack upon him
Which ruined him at Leipsic, the Prus-
sian general staff spent its time study
ing the methods of the great Emperor,
and they gathered from them certain
rules of war. These they reduced to
a precis--a sort of little summary for
the use of their commanders Among
those rules of war we find at the end
of the first clause General Foch himself
quoted the passage in his famous lee
lures on the art of war, which. before
this campaign, were the chief example
of his genius and of which an official
translation is about to appear in Eng
land and the United States), the fol-
lowing;
I'VE establish, then this principle,
which seems to be that of the French,
to economic forces; but to nourish the
action right up to the moment when
one can pass to the principal attack"
That is exactly what is taking place
to-day. The initiative having been re-
covered, the action is being extended and
nourished and never abandoned, but al.
ways with strict economy in men. and
always with preparation for some main
attack which, as l said, may not be dee
livered for a long time
New-York tribune., 1918-09-01
By Keeping the Enemy Always
on the Jump Orderly Re-
tirement is Impossible
Author of Elements of the Great War Btan Mos,
Military Critic
BY HILAIRE BELLOC

"HE whole action now going for
ward on the Western front is in
preparation for some main at
tack which has not been deliv-
cred, which may not be delivered for
long time, but of which the actions now
being extended are the foundation The
situation the front at this moment
is as follows:
The Germans HAD prepared for retire
ment in the first days of August The
organization of that retirement had al
ready been made, and upon such scale
both as to size and complexity that it
could not be easily abandoned. 1t is
probable that the general idea estab-
lished on the enemys side toward the
end of July was something like this
~ am being beaten out of the Marne
salient; my one great offensive, which
was to decide the war, has broken down
badly. l have suffered a surprise, and
the initiative has passed to my op-
ponents. Their numbers are growing
rapidly with the arrival of the American
contingents. l must, if l can, recover
the initiative.
II cannot do that without accumulat-
ing fresh army. For this purpose I
must shorten my line and must retire
from the big bulge between Arras and
Noyon, thus saving men. Having thus
saved men l will begin to accumulate a
new army of attack, which I can recruit
from the depots fed by the 1920 class,
now practically ready for the field, and
from the hospital returns of the early
autumn"
New-York tribune., 1918-09-01

more than 5000 prisoners, and advanced
on two short sectors not much more
than n mile.
There was no sort of an attempt at a
rupture. 1t would have served no pur-
pose to attempt it in such a locality,
with the immensely strong positions of
the st. .Gobain hill and forest lying but
a few miles ahead of the French army.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-01

against tendencies toward reaction that
might, if unchecked, make it very difficult
for President Wilson to achieve the great
free brotherhood of nations which is the
essential aim Of the war
New-York tribune., 1918-09-01

ood miles on the western side Of the
sahent. This progress pivoted upon
oolssons. or rather upon the Hill of
raris' which overlooks the junction OF
Soissons. and thence paralyzed the enc
mys man railway communication.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-11-08

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 McRae X Tompkins Ozan Mercantile Co. Junction City Lumber Company Nevada County Hardware Company Nevada County Abstract Company Hesterly Drug Store
The Prescott daily news., 1918-11-08

Harrell Auto Company First State Bank Guthrie Drug Store West Side Barber Shop Joe Boswell W. 5. Waller E. L. Cox X Company East Side Barber Shop Southwestern Ark. Telephone G. Dr. W. w. Rice
The Prescott daily news., 1918-11-08

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The Washington herald., 1918-10-21
RUSSIAN RED GUARD
SHOUTS FOR BLOOD
Many Deeds Rvaling French Revo-
luton Urged.

Stockholm, Oct. 2o-Russian Reds
urge deeds of blood not less terrible
than those of the French revolution.
In a recent issue of the Krasnaya
Gazeta an article headed Blood for
Blood" reads:
We will turn our hearts into steel.
which we will temper in the fire of
suffering and the blood of fighters for
freedom. We will make our hearts
cruel, hard and immovable, so that
no mercy will enter them, and so that
they will not CULVER at the sight-of
a sea of enemy blood. We will let
loose the fioodgates Of that sea. With
out mercy, without sparing. we will
kill our enemies i'm scores of hundreds.
Let them be thousands; let them
drown themselves in their own blood
For the blood of Lenin and Uritski,
Zinovieff and Volodarsly let there be
floods of the blood of the bourgeois
more blood, as much as possible"
And scattered amongst articles of
which the above is a fair example are
isolated headline appeals in displayed
type, such as "A bullet into the heart
of every one who is an enemy of the
people, or let US swear to kill them
without mercy"
The Washington herald., 1918-10-21
Reported On Way Here.

Amsterdam, Oct. 2O.-Berlin advices
reaching here late this evening, which
must be taken with reserve because
they are unofficial. state that Ger
manys reply to President Wilson was
handed to the Swiss minister last
night. Its contents are summed up as
follows:
Germany make provisional offer"
to cease unrestricted" submarine
warfare.
She offers to evacuate Belgium. but
says the evacuation would require
several months.
She disputes the right of foreign
powers to meddIe in Germanys in
ternaI affairs"
She denies the responsibility for the
loss of women and children in sink
inRs by submarines.
She denies President Wilson'S
charges regarding cruelties and wan
ton destruction in Northern France
and Belgium
Late this evening Berlin advices
hint that the reply was practically
dictated by Gen. vop Ludendorfr for
the army and Admiral Won Scheer
for the navy.
A private dispatch says the Kaiser
visited the chancellor secretly at
Potsdam yesterday, and that the route
from Berlin to Potsdam was heavily
guarded by police and troops for fear
Of a demonstration and possibly as
saSssnation attempts.
Press comment in Germany is be-
coming more and more frank and ir-
ritated. The Muenchener Post, the
Schwaebische Tagwacht CSocialist)
and the Fraenkische Morgenpost all
openly advocate the immediate abdi-
cation Of the Kaiser and renuncia-
tion OF the throne by the crown prince
rs the only possible solution.
These papers, asserting that Ger
many Is in the throes of a "terrible
crisis" urge the utmost speed In
bringing about the solution they ad-
vocate.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-21
CHANNEL CLEARED BY
GERMAN EVACUATION

London, Oct. 20.-Redemption of
the Belgian coast for the allies,
writes the military correspondent
of the British Wireless, is of very
great Importance, Zeebrugge and
to a smaller extent Ostend, have
long been thorns in the side of the
British sea forces.
The capture of these German
naval bases renders the British
navy's task of keeping the chan
mel clear of German subma rines
much easier. while it will put an
end to occasional night raids by
German torpedo craft
The driving of the enemy from
Flanders is also important in that
il deprives him of his nearest
points to England from which to
carry out his air raids on London
and other English towns
The Washington herald., 1918-10-21

Town Destruction.
Though the town was not. destroyed
like Cambria, Lens and other cities,
Lille represents another count in the
deadly French determination to
wreak vengeance upon the Individual
German commanders after the war.
1t is impossible to over-emphasize the
growing frenzy of the French cry,
town for town. village for VILLAGE"
Now that victory is assured L'Echo
de Paris solemnly warns the Ger
man under-officers that they had bet
ter preserve the orders from their
superiors commanding them to plum
der and burn the evacuated towns,
for these orders. the paper says,
will be their only alibis when the
reckoning is taken.
The Temps says, I'VE know the
name of the officer who ordered the
destruction of the Lens coal mines
Shall we forget2"
This is not a fanatic outburst, but
typical of the cold determination of
the French people to bring to trial
every German officer responsible for
The Washington herald., 1918-10-21

Il know. however, that the Hun
garians in their hearts despise Ger
many and resent being chained to
Kaiser Wilhelm's chariot. Probably
two-thirds of the people of Hungary
approve Americas attitude in the war
and know that the Central Powers
are rapidly being knocked into the
pToverbial cooked hat.
There are in the United States
some 1,750O00 Hungarians and in
normal times they send home to rela-
tives and friends as much as $780,
100000 a year. Their influence is
potent.
When l left Vienna last year. every
thinking man and woman was weary
of the conflict and was praying that it
might speedily end. The Ltnnarchy
was then perilously near to the ind
of its resources"
The Washington herald., 1918-10-21

the violation of international law,
from Louvain down to Lille. 1t will
-unquestionably figure in the peace
terms.
The French government is in pos
session of German army orders Gre
ating systematic plunder bands,
which. though responsible to the
quartermaster, are permitted to take
a certain proportion of the loot back
to their homes, for their families.
In the smoky sunset on the Place
de la Concorde, have seen hun
dreds of Lilies homeless civilians
gather around the symbolic statue of
Lille. draped in flags and flowers.
Men and women were crying hys-
terically; tears of grief mingled with
tears of joy over the liberation of
their town.
/ saw an aged man, with a prophets
beard, mounting the pedestal of the
statue. lift his clenched fists like a
modern Isaiah, and, with flaming
eyes, shout heavenwards: God hear
our oath. The destroyers of our
hearths and homes shall pay in
blood and tears for our sufferings."
The Washington herald., 1918-10-21
ATTACK WINS SOLESMES:
HAIG WITHIN Z MILES OF TOURNA]
Germans Wrecking
Antwerp Stores
Before Leaving

London, Oct. e0.-The Germans
are evacuating Antwerp, the Daily
Express learns from its Belgian
frontier correspondent.
Antwerp's warehouses are be-
ing stripped. Thirty-fipe subma-
rines are being shipped overland
from the Flanders coast to Kiel
or Wilhelmshaven Airplanes are
being sent to Duesseldorff lin the
Rhine province).
p The correspondent says the
whole Flanders coast from Ostend
20 the Dutch border is being
shelled and resembles a wall Of
flames.
The Germans are blowing up the
famous Solvay poison gas factory
and enormous quantities OF am
munition which they are forced to
leave behind.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-21
German Answer to Wilson
Note Expected Late
Today.
REVISE U-BOAT CLAIM
Amsterdam Reports Berlin
Message Handed to Swiss
Minister.

Paris, Oct. 2O-In foreign office
circles here the German reply to
President Wilson is not expected until
late today or possibly Monday. It
Is anticipated. however. that the con-
tents will be Of a conciliatory nature,
assuring continuance of the peace
discussion A well informed authority
made the following forecast today:
/ Germany will deny the atrocfty
charges and support the denial by
quoting the texts of German army
orders.
:. She will claim the Kaiser already
has been deprived of his arbitrary
powers.
J. She will warn the allies against
demanding her complete capitulation,
the situation not yet being desperate.
T. She might propose a plebescite
for Alsace-LOrraIne.
May Attempt stand.
While the Germans evidently in
tend trying to hold the Meuse- Brus-
sels-Antwery line, with the alter
native of shortening it against the
Dutch frontier. high allied military
circles are optimistic because the
German war material shows a de-
crease Of quality. owing to the short
age of raw materials.
Some military experts believe Ger
many might hold on her shorter line
until spring, but in higher circles
great faith is placed in the present
allied maneuvers
The Washington herald., 1918-10-21
ThIeIt Cleaned Up.

ThIeIt Cleaned Up.
London. Oct 2O-CompIeton Of tho
capture OF Thielt. the important rail-
road town seventeen miles west Of
Client. by French troops. is an
nounced by the Belgian war once.
Progressing eastwards. tho French
reached Grammene, Gothem and
Wielsbeke (west OF the Courtrsl-
Deynze lineD
British troops advanced to near7y
four miles east OF CoUrtrai. toward
the Scheldt
Berlin. via London. Oct. H.-"Brl-
ges. Thielt. and Kortrik have been
evacuated by us" says a war once
announcement issued today.
In the region OF Vouzieres thu
enemy established himself on the
heights on the east bank OF the
Aisne."
With the American First ARMY,
Oct 20.-Pushing northward amid
drlZzllng rain in all-day fghtins.
we nibbled on the Bois de Rappes
and BOis Clsibechene. west of
Bantheville today. while other
American elements, through the
fiercest hghting. progressed slightly
northwest Of Bantheville in the
thick woods in that region, nearly
reaching the next German line Of
defense, the strong "Freya" posi-
ton.
1t is reported a single American
platoon cleaned up Clairebechne
wood, which has a triangular shape.
and whose position on a slope IA
especially difRcult. The platoon
emerged on the northern side this
afternoon.
Thus We have driven the Ger,
mans back everywhere along q
Smile front from the woods form
ing the outer defenses Of the
"Freyastellung." We must now
cross fiat, open plain. for sew
eral hundred meters, swept by the
enemy machine gunners.
on our left flank there was in
fantry fighting OF the severest
kind all day long in the Bois des
Loges. The Germans counter at
tackled repeatedly. We made no
fresh progress, but firmly held
our positions.
A captured German army order
shows the enemy units are fn-
structed to hold here to the def
The order emphasizes the impt<
ance OF preventing the Americana
from breaking through on this
! front while the allies are advan nc
ing in the north.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-21
Alien Enemy Admits Sabotage.

Hammond. Ind, Oct. 20-Angry,
he said. because he was only earning
$50 week. Joseph Keller, an Aus
trian and an alien enemy, put emery
dust in the oil cups of valuable ma
chinery in a munitions plant where
he was employed here. He was
caught nthe act today. He pleaded
guilty to sabotage. but denied do
ing 1t because the United States was
at war.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-21

Conformation Among CZechs.
What effect President Wilson's re.
fusal to discuss an armistice with
Emperor Karl will have in Austria,
l cannot say" said Mr.. Penfield, but
l can easily piCture the CONSERVATION
in the Czech cities of Prague ami
Brunn and throughout the Trieste
district and Dalmatia, all of which is
pro-Italian in sympathy, language
and blood.
when the news dispatches tell us
that Hungary is on the point of de-
claring its independence l am at a
loss to understand what is meant
for the land of the Magyars is already
in the fullest sense an independent
and sovereign state. Whether inde-
pendence means changing from a
kingdom to a republic, 1 know not.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-21
May Ignore Reply.

Despite all advance reports that
Germany's latest note Is on its way
to the United States. it had not been
received by either the State Depart
rrnnt or the Swiss Legation last
right. Frederick Oederlin, the Swiss
charge dafaires. remained at his Of
fee throughout the day. however,
IN expectat ton of It.
Germany may be surprised. it was
said yesterday. to learn that the
present note. which she appears to
consider a reply" Is not taken In
.he same light BY officials here. They
recall that the Presidents message,
which disposed Of he initial German
peace plea and Prince Max's reply
10 the Presidents note of inquiry,
was decision and as such forbade
further discussion. Later, through
his Eote 20 Austria Saturday. the
President again showed his dfsinclina-
ton to enter into parieys with either
efrtAe Central Powers.
Tie outstanding subject OF conjec-
t1re yesterday WIS the Holland dis
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO
The Washington herald., 1918-10-21
Hindenburg Directs Navy.

London, Oct 2o.-German papers say
the new navy head, Admiral Scheer,
will get his orders, under a reorgan-
ization, direct from Hindenburg's s
great headquarters" For that pur-
pose there is a new staff of naval
warfare direction" headed by Captain
Won Levetzow. who conducted the
German landing at Oesel when the
Germans invaded Russia from the
sea-
The Washington herald., 1918-10-21
INFLUENZA ON
WANE IN D. c.
Death Toll Decreased to s.
in Washington on
Sunday.

The number Of deaths from infiu-
enza reported by the Department Of
Public Health last night was the
smallest since October 10, when a
deaths were reported as the result Of
the ravages of the disease.
Fifty-five deaths were reported for
the "a hours ending at 9 O'Clock last
night. This was Il less than the IS
charged against the preceding q
hours. The total number of new
cases reported at headquarters at 4
O'Clock yesterday afternoon was 705,
as compared with 1,l21 new cases re-
ported during the preceding 24-hou-
period.
While health officials do not wish
tn be too sanguine about the health
situation of the city, they do admit.
however, that the reports Of the last
two days show a hopeful decrease Of
deaths. The fact that the death rate
has not been creeping higher and
higher, but has remained at point
Of equilibrium and then dropped with
great suddenness. the health officers
believe points to the mystery OF the
epidemic.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-21
F. 6. Penfiie[d Endorses
Reply to Austrian Plea

Atlantic City Oct 2oPresident Wilson's reply Austrian
plea armiste endorsed today
Courand Penfield Ambassador Hungary
autonomy of according Pcnfied
ubterfuge and would be of but
of the empire because they would remain
sovereignty of the Emperor without imperial