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The Washington times., 1918-11-30

Ohio. Cincinnati. Amor CunnIugbam.
Okla, Lexington, William ID. Burnett.
Ore, Weston, Robert Braeken.
0reg.. Portland, Albert W. TindaIe.
"a, Phtladelphia, samuel n. SteeyeF.
Pa Montgomery, JudsOu Strong.
"a, Do! iestowD, John J. Moerman.
"a, DiusburE, Parker W. Weaver.
Ia, Hanover, Ralph T.. Weller.
Pa Philadelphia, Michael J. IGoonan.
X J., Warren, Albert ,. simmons.
= u Coward, sam J. Lee.
: q, Owings, Robert Z. Hill.
:. D.. Redheld. William Clay KIseT,
SNeden: biektng, Otto A. Anderson
Tenn, HIlham, Ben CunnInRham,
Ienn., EtOwah. VIII =. Franre.
rex, Lorenzo, Luther T. Mcknight,
ntah, salt Lake City. Earl y. Crow,
Va, chatham, Charles ID. Boswell.
wash, Mount Vernon. All Mason.
WASH, Clarkaton, William II, RSmey.
The sun., 1918-08-06
OFFICIAL WAR REPORTS.

LONDON. Aug sFoowing fight
France an Fanders
FRENCH (NIcHT)on the whole of the vese the situa
ton is without change
On the north bank of the
tween light elements and posts of the enemy
The day calm everywhere else.
FRENCH DAY)-There nothing Of Importance from
the battle 'front.' Small French detacments which rossed Vese
are meeting with German resistance everywhere.
GERMAN (DAY)n Flanders Albert onboth sides
Of the Somme attacks by the have been repulsed
North Of Montdidier withdrew the west
bank Of the Are River Dom Brook behind these sectors with
out action the part of the enemy
We captured minor enterprises souheso Of Mont
dider
artillery activity
been successful fod south of Condo and Of
Rheims After wardng off partial attacks guards
with withdrew the north Of the Vee before
strong attack on Fsmes.
West of the Mosee and the middle and Vosgs
attacks repuled In the Sundgau captured prisoners
raids
BRITISH (NlChT)W have pushed forward slightly
during the Pacaut Wood least Of Robecq and five miles
northwest of Bethnne).
Hostile artillery active in the sector south Of Ypres
BRITISH (DAY)-Ws prisoners night
in the neighborhood Of Melville Vtaa southeast Of Aas
The enemys artillery active last night opposite La
activity north Behune diff
points between Hazebrouck and Ypres.
The sun., 1918-08-06
BULGARIA SAID TO
SEEK PEACE OFFER
Entente Suspicious of NsW
MoUes by King Ferdinand.
Special ca6ie Despatch to The Sun.
COpyrioht. 1918; al rights reserved

LONDON. Aug. 5.-The mysterious
movements of King Ferdipand of Bull
garia have given rise 10 much conjecture
in diplomatic circles concerning the pos
sibility of new peace offensive by the
Teutonic alliance.
The Athens newspaper Hesfir opens uD
fresh possibilities by suggesting that
Ferdinands purpose Is more concerned
with getting favorable terms in his dis
pute with Turkey than with obtaining a
general peace. II Is said also that ne
has been influenced to take action by
the growing determination OF Turkey
under her now ruler TO resist energeti-
cally Bulgaria's territorial ambitions
1t became known here to-day that two
prominent Bulgarian statesmen have
been in Switzerland for some time with
the purpose OF attempting to arrange a
conferences with representatives of the
Allies. and 1t In said they have init
mated that Bulgaria Is willing and anx-
ious to drop out OF the war provided she
can have assurances OF allied support
for part ~ least. OF her territorial am
billions.
1t is doubted here that Bulgaria Is
really honest in such intentions, IL they
exist. but It Is nevertheless regarded as
likely that Ferdinand sees Germany's
doom approaching as the result OF
American participation and that he Is
trying TO Jockey himself into position to
drive the most favorable bargain pos
sible.
The sun., 1918-08-06
SCISSORS DEFEAT
MAY COST FOE DEAR
Foch Likely to Drive Lines to
Disc Front.

WASHINGTON. Aug. s.-Tho situation
about scissors. where the French have
pushed well out to the northeast Of that
city after crossing the Aisne. Is full OF
interesting possibilities to observers here.
1t may be that the purpose Of this move
ment Is to gain such a position in the
rear Of the Aisne line as to force the
enemy to abandon that naturally strong
defensive position without q pitched
battle.
The drive from Scissors Is headed in
such a direction that II may be TIE be-
ginning Of a far more ambitious project
by Gen. Foch. 1t might we'll foreshadow,
officers said. extension OF the battle
front northward IN an effort to carry the
allied lines up to the Disc front, which
would be one way of attempting to dupli-
cate in the Picardy theatre what has
happened in the Asne-Marne salient.
With his lines secure along the A,sne
1t was argued that Gen. Foch might
Immediately employ the large forces ne
has concentrated on that front by shift
ing the whole battle front to the left in
an effort to outhank the enemy standing
before Amiens. This was the manoeuvre
officers here hoped for every day while
the Germans were driving toward
Amiens last March.
The supreme commander has demon
strated that ne has the best OF his OPP
ponent IN available reserves and in ar
tillery. His reserves. released by the
fiattening out OF the Aisne-Ma-ne salient
and the reduction OF the line In that
theatre from seventy four miles to
about forty are already in place for a
rapid shift to the region between Sois-
sons and the Disc.
Under the most conservative estimates
here at least thirty-ffve German divi-
sions OF the Crown Princes army
tnearly 100000 mem have been roughly
handled in the withdrawal from the
Marine Their Losses In men and guns
probably have crippled these troops TO
such an extent that 1t will take weeks
to rent them for offensive operations
and even for defensive work they could
not be highly effective for some time.
The sun., 1918-08-06

that Rupprecht 10 In no position to start
an Immediate drive. and there Is q gen.
eral feeling that his retirement from po-
sitlons opposite the British means that
he Is going further back to stronger po-
sitions in order to be fortified against a
possible allied offensive in the north.
Allies Have Confidence.
s. The Allies feel safe. therefore, as far
ss Rupprecht 10 concerned. and rs for
the German Crown Prince. he win be
exceedingly lucky II his defensive tao
tics continue to hold out against the de-
termined rush Of the French and Amsri-
cans, who continue to press him with
the greatest seal
American patrols have crossed the
vesle. and the Preach have established
two strong bridseheads on the river. All
the way from the east Of SCISSORS to
Rheims the Germans have redouhled
their eRorts to retard the pursuing
French and Americans They have been
aidsd during the last two days by heavy
rains. which fillsd the vesle to overflow
ing. making It impossible for the Allies
70 get their artiaeIy across the river in
force.
and Americana are across the river and
are in contact with the enemy at many
places. The best soldiers in the German
army have been delegated to stop the
advance Of the Allies. These include the
Prussian Guards and the Bayarians,
who everywhere are fighting to the
death In an effort TO halt the victorious
Allies
1t has been established that the Ger
man Crown Prince employed eighty
seven divisions in his disastrous drive
toward the Marne. forty divisions
$4,000 men) in the Champagne and
forty-seven divisions (63S.e00 men) be-
tween the Aisne and the Marine. OF
these various allied military experts
estimate that from three TO four hun
dred thousand have been put out OF &C.
tion. including 10000 taken prisoner.
Now that the Germans lines have been
greatly shortened the Crown Prince will
be able to defend his positions with less
men. probably ten less divisions but
against this advantage the Allies have
the satisfaction Of knowing that prac-
tically all Of tho more than million
Germans used in the great drive have
been completely exhausted by their
efforts, and that II will be some time
before they constitute military force
equal in effectiveness to the ono with
which the Germans started their often
sive Of July Is. ......
In addition to the men killed. wounded
and taken prisoner the Germans lost
immense stores of war supplies. More
than 500 guns have been captured by
tho French army under Gen Mangin
alone. This army also took an equal
number Of trench mortara More than
million and a half Of shells OF the II
millimeter variety have been counted up
to the present time and the number In
grasses each day.
In addition to the greet stores Of sup
plies captured by the Allies the Ger
mans were compelled to burn immense
stores Of all kinds. aggregatfne several
times the amount lost to the Allies
through capture.
The sun., 1918-08-06
HUNT SPIES IN FIRE PROBE.
Camp Meade Oncers Inyestignts
Double Condagration.
Special DespdIch 10 The Sf.N

CAMP MEADE. Nd. Aug 5-An iuyes-
tigation has been ordered by the au-
thorities at this cantonment to deter
mine whether or not German spies NJ
dis'oyal citizens had anything - 10
with the two fires which were discovered
simultaneously early yesterday morn
Ing In the hay sheds In the section Q.
the camp near the ordnance depot and
the remount station.
While none Of the officials VII, ds-
cuss the case other than admit tina 't"
damage from the hre will reach relry
$4,000, beyond doubt they are n..,rd
TO believe that the blaze was ~ '. "'-
diary origin. 1t is known, too, ina.
they have issued instructions that sew
enort be made TO run down the .a.ra-
diaries
one of the high officers of the amp
called before him a number Of soldiers
who are said to have been IN ~" CIV.
ity of the sheds when the flames were
discovered, These men are not SUSPECTS.
but loyal soldiers who were merely ASKED
II they had seen anything Ereccdru- 'he
discovery OF the fire that would tend
to make them suspicious.
IL In said that one man who Wa IN
duty near the sheds reported ,ht' ."
smeilsd coal oil shortly after tn u,as"
had made Roadway, The she'd are
about 100 feet apart
The sun., 1918-08-06
AIM
is TOLD BY EMBASSY
Intends to Raise Army to
Fight Germany and Build
a Unified Russia.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.-The Russian
Embassy further declares that 1t has re-
ceived definite information concerning
the programme and intentions of the va
rious political groups in Siberia which
without bloodshed or violence have sue
ceeded the Sovets. who dispersed before
the advance OF the Czecho-Slovak troops.
The political group In Nladivostok
known az the Siberian Temporary Gov
eminent" Is closely affiliated with. and
In fact is part OF the group at Omsk,
where Gen. Horvath originally had his
headquarters. 1t Is declared that this
United siberian Government" as 1t Is
now designated, was elected January
20. 1Sl6.by the members of regional 81!
berian duma. that It has transferred Its
centre temporarily to Vladivostok. a sec
ton remaining at Omsk to conduct mill
tary operations.
II was reported to-day. from this Omsk
section that through the combined ef-
forts OF the Czecho-Slovacs, the follow
ing cities. mostly In western Siberia,
have been liberated from the Bolsbevik
control; Marlinsk, Novo Nicoiaievsk,
Tomsk, Marine, Tobolsk. Barnaoul.
Semipa -L.atinsk, Carcaralinsk, Atch-
insk and Crasnoiarsk
The aims OF tho new temporary gov
eminent of Siberia" as expressed by the
Russian Embassy. are very ambitious.
consisting of the creation Of Russian
army. we'll disciplined, In order to re-
establish in cooperation with the Allies
q battle front against Germany"
All OF the old treaties are to be recog-
nlzed up to the Bolshevik uprising, the
Bolshevik laws are to be repealed, and
representative national assembly
The sun., 1918-08-06
JusSERAND LAUDs YANKEES.
says French and American VIII
Fight Until Victory IL Won.

BosroN. Aug. 5,--The sons OF the
United States and of France will not lay
down their arms before the fght Is won
for good, the French Ambassador, ]. j.
Jusserand. said in letter to-day to
Gov. Mccall. The Ambassador acknowl-
edged resolution passed by the Legis-
lature regarding the Croix de Guerre
given TO soldiers from this State The res
oiution. he said, was received by Presi-
dent Poincare with particular gratifica-
ton. The Ambassador added:
The sentiments expressed In IL are
not less than the military qualities dis
played by your soldiers, worthy OF the
Commonwealth which gave years ago
the battle signal for independence. It's
sons and the sons of France are now
engaged In a definite struggle with
tyranny. Neither will lay down their
arms before the fight Is won for good in
all the sense of the word. May that day
be not long delayed but. delayed or not,
our countries are sure to see It,"
The sun., 1918-08-06
CHURCHILL GIVES
HIS VIEW OF PEACE
Victory First, Then End of
German Militarism, He Says.

LONDON, Aug. 5.-Winston Spencer
Churchill, British Minister OF Munitions.
In a letter defining his ideas as to the
conditions upon which the Germans can
secure peace, says they are two in num-
Der.
A decisive victory for the Allies on
the battlefield Ia the first condition. Mr.,
Churchill believes. and the second Is
that of their own free will the German
people must break with their military
masters The letter says In part.
Two separate conditions are required
OF the German people. First, they must
be decisively beaten on the field by tn ,
armies OF the Allies. This should he
an Indispensable preliminary to a ces-
sation Of hostilities. Second, they should
by their own free and spontaneous ac-
ton, by an act OF INSTRUMENTATION,
make a definite break with the system
which has led them to SO many fearful
and monstrouS crimes.
Not I'll then should they be allowed
to take their place in the league OF ma
lions and be received into the brother
hood of mankind. Only In thss way can
the horrors and calamities OF the present
time come to an end. once and for all"
The sun., 1918-08-06
RETREAT ON ANCRE
FORCED BY BRITISH
Continued from First PoQe.

ing. and from the destruction they
wrought II Is a wonder the whole marsh
was not choked long ago. I have seer
photographs Of that horrible bridge OF
death taken at various periods. showing
how the passage had been shattered and
repaired. shattered and repaired, over
and over again.
German prisoners again and again
told us OF their terrors OF that passage.
Letters written home by German sol
ders said that their front line on the
west side of the river was a haven Of
rest compared to that passage.
Only Cellars InhabitabIe.
So II has been all along on this
stretch of the front villages in enemy
hands. like Aveluy, which a few months
ago had reaf houses. have been almost
obliterated by our fire. Albert itself is
uninhabitable except in the deepest
cellars. In fact there has been no part
Of the front held by the enemy except
at frightful cost, with shells dropping
constantly from guns and airplanes The
enemy has not been ablc' to maintain
regular camps except in deep caverns.
The three months in which the Ger
mans chung to their positions have been
one uninterrupted hell and the cost In
men and material has beeen enormous
The retirement began Thursday night,
at almost the same hour that Yorkshire
troops had planned 4 raid. These men
went over just as the Germans were
concentrating In their preparation 10
leave. The Yanks killed a good many
OF these and captured sixteen prisoners,
of whom nine were not ordinary infan-
try, but pioneers who had been sent for
ward to blow up the dugouts and other
military works.
Marks Passing of CRISIS.
As soon as the infantry left many
minor explosions were heard, and then
our troops began to work forward.
The Germans may fall back still fur
Their or they may be satisfied with hav-
ing got free of the marshes that were
such a torture TO them. The essential
fact sticks out. however. that the re-
tirement is confession that they could
not hold in the summer what they had
captured In the spring
The withdrawal covers only a small
section OF the British front. but II 10 a
section which at one time looked critical
II Is noteworthy also that the retirement
should come just at this moment, 10
give point to the Field Marshars order
OF the day, which says: The crisis has
passed"
One tragic detail OF the British sd-
vance near Dernancourt was the dis
covery, in No Mans Land. of the bodies
OF two British nurses and three British
soldiers All evidently had been killed
by shell FIRE. The nurses undoubtedly
decided to remain with their patients to
the last moment
The sun., 1918-08-06
|'HOLD FAST BRITISH
PREMIER'S MESSAGE
Lloyd Georges Letter to En-
pire Read at Same Hour
Throughout Britain.
EFFECT Is DRAMATIC
Given Sealed to Managers Of
Theatres, Movie Houses and
Concert Rooms.

I LONDON. Aug 5.-"Hold fast" was the
keynote of messageto the British EN-
pire issued by Premier David Lloyd
George and promulgated in a dramatic
way throughout the Kingdom at Q o'clock
tonight. The message was read to the
audiences m all theatres. concert rooms
and other places where people were as
sembled. including the motion picture
houses.
Sealed copies Of the message had
been Distributed to the managers Of all
these places. with the request that they
| open and read It at Q o'clock. The mes
sage follows:
The message which I send TO the
| people Of the British Empire on the
fourth anniversary Of their entry into
| tho war Is: Hold fast!'
We are in this war for no selfish
ends. We are In II to recover freedom
for the nations which have been brutally
attacked and despoiied. and to prove
that no people, however powerful, can
surrender itself to the lawless ambitions
| OF militarfsm without meeting retribu-
ton. swift. certain and disastrous, at the
hands Of the free nations Of the world
To stop short OF victory for this cause
would be to compromise the future OF
mankind.
ct say. Hold fast " because our pros
poets OF victory have never been 80
bright as they are to-day. Six months
ago the rulers Of Germany deliberately
rejected the Just and reasonable settle
ment proposed by the Alliea Throwing
aside the last mask Of moderation, they
petitioned Russia. enslsved Rumania
and attempted to seize supreme power
by overthrowing the ALLIES In a final and
desperate attack Thanks to the in
vtncible bravery Of all, the allied armies
II is now evident 10 an that this dream
OF universal conquest. for the sake OF
which they wantonly prolonged the war
can never be fulfilled.
But the battle IL not yet won. The
great autocracy OF Prussia will still en-
deavor. by violence or guile, to avoid
defeat and 30 give milrarism a new
lease of life. We cannot seek to escape
the horrors Of var for ourselves by lay
ing them UP for our children. Having
set our hands to the task. we must see
II through till just and lasting settle
ment IL achieved.
In no other way can We endure a
world set free from war.
Hold fast
LLOYD GEORGE"
The sun., 1918-08-06

tonic thoroughnees. carefully painted
and prominently displayed stgnboa rds.
containing information OF everything
and everybody. and evidencing the ex-
pectation that the Germans would re-
main In possession.
During the last period of our advance
we must have been costing the Germans
about six thousand signposts daily.
Although we are practically along
the vesle. we are not actually there at
all points The enemy Is making real
resistance between Fismes and Rheims,
treating the butte Of hills between the
Ardre and the Vesle as the outwork Of
his positions northward Of the Vesle.
from which he doubtless intends. II
only temporarily. to oppose our
progresa
This country between the rivers Is as
diMcult as any our advance has en-
countered. and doubtless there will be
some sharp fighting before tho Rheims
half OF the river Is actually in our
hands
Undoubtedly the ground ahead offers
great opportunity of defiance. The long.
level ridge between the rivers, which Is
seldom more than 500 feet high. could
scarcely have been better contrived for
defensive purposes"
The sun., 1918-08-06

and bomb tshowers. Their aviators are
busy using machine guns against our
troops and the enemy resistance every
whore Is very stiH.
Between Muizon and Rheims. where
We are firmly established on the south
bank, there has been very hard fighting.
There was a hot encounter at the
vautes Farm. close to Muizon. for the
passage Of the river. After its capture
the Germans sent across two detach-
ments In an attempt to retake tho farm.
Both attachments were repulsed after q
severe fight.
Tho artillery is very active on both
sides Of this region. B."
West OF Bra'sne the enemy stub
borniy resisted our passage Of the river
opposite La Grange farm. on the north
bank Of the stream.
ION the Avte River. In the Montdidier
section. the French have occurred the
whole Of the line OF wooded hills over
booking the steep river valley from
Breaches to Mesnil-St Georges II Is
reported that there is fighting in Hargi-
court. on the LETT bank OF the river.
where the Germans hold the railroad
station. The enemy Is stiil in Morisel' %
Reuters correspondent at British
headquarters in France in a telegram
Sesoo -Shtey A8ae ~ wv " SHoSh S1y o
The ebbing Of the German morale
resulting from recent events has been
noticeably FASTENED by the great influx
of American troops. In this particular
regard the German high command -
paying the penalty OF ooncealment and
Misrepresentation.
The appearance In the battle line Of
powerful American forces and the strik-
Ing proof OF their splendid fighting quail
ity give the lie direct to all German Of
ncial bombast which no explaining can
minimize. Moreover II proves the flu
tility OF all the tan talk about the sue
GERS OF the German submarine warfare.
District is rife in the enemy ranks,
and under such conditions the tendency
Is to exaggerate their misfortunes. They
discredit Ludendorffs statements and
3cem gloomily conscious that Germany is
suffering defeat and that the truth is
being concealed from them"
The sun., 1918-08-06
LONDON SPECULATES
ON TEUTON TACTICS
Press Believes Foe Seeks to
Gain Stronger De-
fenSive Positions.

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LONDON, Aug 5.-The London eve
ming newspapers In commenting on the
German withdrawals on the western
g.. 49,.
''''' "ie 'ei' as " ""'' ''''
mean. The Evening STANDARD gays:
whether we are TO see a new ex-
pression OF German tactics in order "a
e'o'io''''Ae e"ee'''es' "he'he' '"e re-
treats Will be repeated on other parts
Of the front. or whether they are the
besinninp NJ vas. falling hack NOVA
'heh' similar 10 tna' Oh March. i'l q
are questions the future soon will tell"
The Evening Ne,ps understands ICON,
siderable Importance attaches to the
German retirement behind the Ancre on
both sides Of Albert Our troops appear
to have crossed the Ancre. but how far
they have progressed Ia not yet clear.
The Germans are still retreating, and II
Is limited that the withdrawal OF the Hun
forces as far az the Somme Is not out
Of the question.
What the enemy higher command lie