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The Big Sandy news., 1918-01-25
YARN FOR RED CROSS

Those wanting yarn 10 kit sweet.
ers, helmets or mufiiers for soldiers can
get II by calling at headquarters IN
Louisa. yarn for socks is expected 20
arrive any day
The Big Sandy news., 1918-01-25

Mrs. il. r. Alexander has as her
guest her niece. Miss Frances Lasley.
of Seattle. Wash. Miss Lasley mas been
in Gallipolis Ohio. several months Wis
iting relatives.
The Big Sandy news., 1918-01-25
" 4 vAucHAN PREsIDEs.

A Sunday School Efficiency Confer
ence was held Tuesday and "Wednesday
at Grayson W. ]. Vaughan, state nsld
worker was In charge.
The Big Sandy news., 1918-01-25

The Ladies' Aid Society OF the NJ. e.
Church met "Wednesday afternoon with
Mrs. ] A. Abbott.
Evening star., 1918-10-20
FEAR DUMPING METHODS
WHEN THE WAR CLOSES
Chilean Business Men Petition Gov
ernment to Take Measures to
Protect Industries.

SANTIAGO, Chile, September 20
correspondence of the Associa ted
Press).-Chilean business men are
much concerned over the prospects Of
a commercial war in South America
at the conclusion of the present con-
flict and have petitioned the natioral
government to adopt pro.er-i-e r:eas-
ures which will prevent dumping
in Chilean markets
The petition was made by the Ca
mara Industrial de Chile. which cor
responds to industries rs chambers
of commerce DO to commerce. The
"camara" asserts in its petition that
Chilean manufacturers VIII have to
use high priced labor and imported
raw materials and will be unable to
compete against "dul1pinS hiethGds
which had begun to be a monaco to
Chilean industries even before the
WI o,arn,er inforrs Tho 1ov.rn.
ment that the coming commercial war
will be carried on by the big manu-
featuring nations w fixing export
prices so low that even sftcr freight
and expenses are paid the goods can
be sold in Chile an3 other South
American republics ii: what they cost
to manufacture, while h;,,h prices at
home will compensate f"r the loss.
Such methods. asserts liz" chamber.
will ruin Chilean industries.
The chamber has sIgge.;t..i that the
government adop- me meth"i which
It says has been trid in Cannda and
New Zealand, whereby 2 surtaS above
normal tariff duties IL impose o', I'll
goods based on the 3iifercncc between
the price quoted for tue imported
goods and the sale prise % the same
goods in the country of origin.
The suggestion OF the Chilean cham
ber is receiving Widespread rewsra-
per comment in all the other South
American republics. where it is he
ing urged that the example be fol-
low ed.
Evening star., 1918-10-20
BELGIANs NEED CLOTHING.
Fifth Winter of War Faces Greater
Demand for Relief.

HAvRE. September 20 Correspond
ence of the Associated Press)--The
| fifth winter of WI will bring greater
demands than eveS for civilian relier
| in Belgium, according to a statement
of Lieut.. Col Ernest p. Bicknell.
American Red Cross commissioner for
Belgium, in which he announced that
the commission has supplied more
than 100000 worth Of clothing to
Belgian refugees in the last nine
| months.
There are more Belgian refugees
| in France now than at any time dur
ing the war" Col. Bickneli said.
Prices are higher. rent is higher
and large numbers Of people who. for
the first year or two retained their
yigor. are tired. prematurety old, dis
couraged. sometimes almost helpless
There is probably no piece Of sery-
ice that the American Red Cross can
render to Belgian people which VIII
help more ediciently thSu 20 HAciss
tt-n, In properly e1sthiAS sS&r
as.veLs
Evening star., 1918-10-20
PAPERS FOLLOW MEN
ALMOST TO TRENCHES
Central Libraries in Fifty Camps
With. Many Branches in Huts
and Hostess Houses.

PARIS, October l (by maiD Paris
papers published in English-and
there are several-follow the Aneri-
can soldiers to their training camps
back of the battle line. in France, to
their billets in little villages in the
north, and even up in the front lines.
Books and magazines go almost up to
the trenches. and sometimes the SOL
diers tuck a magazine in their packs
when they go in.
The American Library Association
supplies the books, and the two "Ys"-
the Young Mems and the Young Wom-
ems Christian associations-the Ma
tIonal Catholic War Council and
knights of Columbus, the Jewish We'll
fare Board and the Salvation Army
distribute and care for the books.
Libraries in Fifty Camps.
The library association has central
libraries in. more than fifty large
Army camps in this country, but it
could not possibly serve all the SOL
diers and sailors were it not for the
branch libraries maintained in the
huts and hostage houses of the other
welfare agencies and in hospitals and
Red Cross houses.
Perhaps the most valuable task Of
the Library Association and the well
fare agencies through which it dis
tributes its books is the supplying
of educational text books The de-
mand for French language books.
dictionaries and maps is. very great,
and necessitates, in some cases, the
placing of an order for several thou
sand copies of single book
Evening star., 1918-10-20

tors peace escaped him. We must act
with this knowledge in mind: we must
demand immediate guarantees which
will prevent a resumption of the con-
test under conditions favorable to
Germany next spring. Above all else.
we must in our armistice translate
our victory in positive terms.
These terms are the surrender of
Alsace-Lorraine and Italia Irredenta,
the temporary occupation of the left
bank of the. Rhine from Holland to
Switzerland and the prompt demobili-
zation of the German army and navy.
Evening star., 1918-10-20
Britons Rush Like Shadows.

The Britons. threading their way
among the searclHights and bursting
shrapnel at a great height, rush like
shadows over the very rooftops Of
the town and fling down destruction
while the arches and machine guns
spread harmless canopy of missiles
over their heads.
Perhaps in no other part of the
theater Of war has the comparative
helplessnesS of armed land folk
against armed air folk been proved So
strikingly as at Mannheim. In spite OF
the thickness of the perils that en-
compass the bombers they come on
with few casualties and often none
There is one record of a years bomb
ing operations by the British against
a place on the western front in which
no Briton was wounded and no Brit
ish machine lost.
I have just heard of fight on the
Italian. front, in which one British
fighting plane, after a long chase in
company with a brilliant Italian air
man, outpaced his companion and
overlook nine AlbatroSs scouts man
ned by Austrians. Single-hande he
fought the squadron. destroying four
machines and scattering the others.
Three of the Austrian machines fell on
their backs and the fourth was tele-
scoped after a nose dive. One Austrian
pilot escaped in a parachute after his
plane had turned turtle and could not
be righted. The Briton rejoined his
Italian companion uninjured! I know
of no alright in the war more extra
ordinary than this. and its details are
precisely as given.
Evening star., 1918-10-20
Army Men Are Studying.

Our Army men are studying a wide
range Of subjects. including trigo-
nometry, science, algebra and his
tory. Then there are orders for ele-
mentary readers and copybooks. An
effort is made to supply any books
ordered. no matter what the subject
may be.
1t is eviden. that there is a Won
derful opportunity for the French
to set before the men of our Armv
the facts Of interest concerning
French customs. geography, indus-
tries and history.
The entire aim of the libraries is to
cheer, uplift, entertain. educate and
do ali that is possible to keep the mo-
rale of the men in the Army UP to
the highest standard.
Evening star., 1918-10-20

all claims once advanced by Germany
| and still pressed. last January, when
Mr.. Wilson made his momentous
! declaration.
How About Restoring Francep
But the/President supplemented this
demand for evacuation by claim for
reparation in the sense of restoration
| SO far as Belgium is concerned. Here,
| too, no debate is conceivable, and
! there is revealed in the~German press
! a full recognition that Belgium must
| be Unidentified. But what of France:
When the President spoke there had
been no such recurrence of destruction
and violence as has now turned north
! ern France into a cinder heap. Ger
| tainly there must be an indemnity for
all this. and the Presidents words in
dicate his belief that wanton damage
should be paid for.
We may, then, place at one side as
beyond debate the two principles OF
evacuation of occupied territory and
indemnification for wanton injury OF
all sorts. whether the territory be Bel
gian, Italian or French. We may ac-
cept as fundamental facts in discuss
ing peace the determination of Mr..
Wilson, speaking for this country. TO
compel the Germans to make restltu-
tion of stolen territory and restoration
in the case of property and wealth
either stolen and removed from Ger
many or laid in ashes by German ter
ribleneSS."
But the application of this principle
goes little further and is expressed
in the demand for the "righting of
the wrong done to France and the
cession to Italy of her unredeemed
provinces and cities. Now, I do not
purpose in this place to discuss again
the question of Alsace-Lorraine or
that of Trieste and the Trentino. If
Germany and Austria are not pre-
pared to evacuate Metz and Strass-
burg, Trieste and Trent as a condi-
it is inconceivable that there should
be any armistice.
If Germany is not prepared to COM
ply with the irreducible minimum
which I have Indicated, not one Of
the western European nations will
not believe that Mr.. Wilson will be-
come the proponent of any armistice.
I do not think that there is any more
reservation in his declarations with
respect of Alsace-Lorraine than OF
the Italian Irredenta. I do not be-
lieye that there is an American who
can read into the Presidents demand
for the "righting of the wrong done
France in 1871" any other meaning
than that what was then stolen shall
now be returned.
Russia, Austria, Balkans.
We have. in addition. to reconsider
the Presidents demands as to Russia,
Austria and the Balkans. Here he is
plainly moved by the same underly-
ing notion. He means that the va
rious nationalities shall be assured
the right to live their own lives in
accordance with their own customs,
faith, language. But since January.
1918. there have been many changes
in the east and south of Europe,
largely the resulA of the Russian
revolution and the German actions
expressed in the treaties of Brest-
I,itovsk and Bucharest. We have
ourselves subscribed to the freedom
Evening star., 1918-10-20
Future of Turkey.

AS to Turkey. we in America have
no legal right to enter into any dis
cussion of the Turkish and Bulgar
questions. because we have not made
war upon either. But the solutions
to be expected are simple and logical.
We may expect to see Bulgaria get
back her Thracian province, north
of the Enos-Midia line, won in the
first Balkan war and lost in the Sec
ond; we may expect to see her re-
Evening star., 1918-10-20
Allied Armies Seal Enemy''s
Doom in Greatest Week
of the War.
FLANDERS DRIVE PLACES
FOE IN GRAVE DANGER
Whole Right Flank Being Turned
Under Foch's Fierce Blows.
ANTWERP LINE IS NEXT
.alenciennes Positions Cannot Be
HeldzFrench Score Glorious
Successes at Laou and in
Champagne.

ric of the nation has been deeply
dyed another color.
There still is every reason to be-
Neve that changes proposed in the
trick the people as well as the out
side world. AS has been pertinently
pointed out-the United States. the
greatest democracy in the world, the
fountainhead of successful republican
government and liberal institutions,
cannot be tricked by any camouflage
reform. The whole new system must
be deeply rooted before this country
can give credence to any moves of the
present regime.
It is unquestionably true that Pres
ldent Wilson through his utterances
has famed the spark of revolt which
has been kept from glowing through
general fear of the military might of
the imperial regime. Though there
were many isolated outbreaks in past
years, everywhere throughout Ger
many the peoples evidently are be-
coming awakened to the fact that
the kaiser and his cohorts, rather
than serving the best interests of the
nation. are in fact the chief obstacles
toward the achievement of a just
peace. one which is keenly desired by
all German peoples because of the ter
rlhcly rigorous living conditions, gen.
eneral poverty and distress from dis
ease occaSloHed by undernouriShment
There is no question but that the
German people desire peace. They
hunger for it. and the day the war is
proclaimed ended probably will he
the happiest in the history of the
Teuton.
Everywhere throughout Germany
he workmen are holding parades in
the interests of peace. In several
cities where the military authorities
have sought to break up peace meet
inSs and demonstrations there have
been riots. Even in Berlin cherished
statues, Of the Hohenzollerns have
been torn down. Bolder spirits in the
public prints have demanded openly
that the kaiser sacrifice himself in
the interests of the nation, it being
pertinently pointed out that the peo-
pies have done the major portion of
the sacrificing up to date. These de-
mands led to subsequent rumors that
the kaiser indeed had abdicated, but
these are not substantiated, and the
chances are that they will not he
until the militarists of Germany have
given up all hope of controlline the
situation either at home or upon the
1t is but natural in the present situ-
Evening star., 1918-10-20
Allies to Impose
Rigorous Terms

Germany pay and pay, in the name of
military necessity, in adequate man.
ner for the foul outrages that have
and France, not to speak of lesser ma
tionS.
Everywhere sentiment prevails that
Germany should be forced to rebuild
ruined France and Belgium, replace
the stolen art treasures and Industrial
machinery, restore patterns and trade
secrets and compensate manufacture
ers and wofkmen for the damage that
has been wrought There can be no
half measures. In addition to the in
IDENTITIES which must be asked to i'm
press Germans of present and future
generations of the evil effects OF war.
it is even suggested that Germany be
forced to utilize her labor in the busi-
ness Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the
hundreds of thousands of prisoners
that are now within allied lines.
Everywhere it is realized that Ger
many must be actually pinched if
Germany is impressed. and there is no
sentiment whatever in Great Britain
and France to permit Germany to es-
cape the full reckoning in any re-
spect whatever. These countries,
which have felt the chief burden Of
the war. from an allied standpoint,
know Germany as no other nation
knows the Teuton. They know the
enemy character, and for this rea-
son, possibly. their voice will figure
largest when it comes to the impose
tion Of punishment on the enemy
when the armies have ceased to
struggle and when Germany has COM
sturdy power of entente nations.
Evening star., 1918-10-20

mand is a serious one if it wishes to
continue the war west of the Rhine.
Field Marshal Foch's alternating
blows indicate that Ludendorf will
not be permitted to mako any sort
Of orderly retirement, and should the
allies constantly keep in contact with
him they may be able to break up all
remaining defensive lines between
present positions and the German
frontier before the Germans can or
hand Of the allies.
= ::
initiate prolonged negotiations with
d e n
Germany Strives Wilson on the
to Discuss" Peace. question OF
some means or other, obtain an ar
mlstice highly favorable to the read
Justment of the German military sit
uatlon, the German government with
In the past ten days made a second
attempt to hoodwink the American
executive by announcing acceptance
OF all points which Mr.. Wilson deems
powers.
But again Germany accented the
Wilsonian principles as bases Of ne
Eotfntion and this during the past
week led to an answer from Wash
inston winch eventually is destined
10 work far reaching results in Ger
many. A
The President insisted that there
must be no autocratic government to
upset any works of peace, that there
NUS. nus oe guarantees of German sin
hn H.
Imistice as long as German armies con-
tlnued their dastardly and Infamous
operations in violation of interna tom
al laws and ideals of civilization, The
Presldent i.Ies made it plain that: the
power which set the world aflame
and has led to the destruction of mil
lions Of lives knows no honor and
cannot be trusted. Germany must
set her house in order and along mod
be any dealing whatsoever and even not
then until there has beer complete and
full capitulation.
The Presidents reply has been re-
celved with rejoicing in all allied
countries. which for moment feared
the American executive might be led
into prolonged diplomatic parIeying
with the enemy. President Wilson
has placed the whole matter in the
realm of the military and if Germany
allied military command. This reply
was desired by nine-tenths, if not
all. of the peoples arrayed against
Germany. A crushed Germany is the
only thing that will insure the well
being and future destinies of the
world. and this is realized. If Ger
many has hoped to stir strife between
the allies she has SO far failed, az all
entente powers are standing strongly
behind the President and will contin-
II G hn
in the direction of peace by force. the
only procedure that Germany can or
ever will understand
Evening star., 1918-10-20
Storm Bfews
Within Germany,

has set in motion a train of events
which may lead to a revolution SO
sweeping in character that there can
be no question whatever that the peo-
pie are to dictate the future des-
tinies Of the nation and that the
territoristic policies Of the kaiser
school have for once and all been
relegated to limbo.
During the past week tho German
government as at present constituted
apparently moved in the direction Of
constitutional changes that will limit
the war and peace making powers
OF the emperor, whoever he Is to be.
The question of equal franchise like
wise is treated favorably in the pro-
posed changes. Everywhere the voice
Of the reichstag is to be heard in
greater force, it Is said. On it's face
1T evidently is apparent the German
Governmnt intends to reform But
one f9ct which ] pointed out last
week wish = 6SGeae. Tie pres
eAt 0o10 nD~sAe0e 0toD b IN
the hands Of the kaiser and win sor-
tinue 30 until The whoIe uoIit.r=I> :sh :
Evening star., 1918-10-20
MANNHEIM A Mark
FOR ALLIED BOMBS
CeaseIess Night Raids Give
Germans Hard Problem
They Cannot Solve.
BIG WAR.PLANTS IN PERIL
BY EDWARD PRICE BELL.

AMI Il
Cablexfnm to The Sunday Star and
7 LONDON, October 19-Germany has
made herculean efforts to solve the
problem of Mannheim and has fafled-
Night bombing continues to make life
in that city almost uncomfortable. Its
great chemical and munition works
are vital to the Hindenburg armies.
1t cannot escape. Its huge buildings
cannot be moved and the British air
fnen know their position exactly. They
are defended unsuccessfully by every
anti-aircraft weapon yet developed.
Continual bombing of the fiercest
sort causes the workers to threaten
to strike and fills the mass OF the
population with terror. Even il the
workers do not strike they are again
and again driven from their post OF
duty, their rest is disturbed and their
working capacity reduced.
Nothing Halts Bombers.
Peace at any price is becoming in
Mannheim Z: cry that appallS the au-
thorities. Anti-aircraft guns surround
that on a clear night the sky is over
cast with the smoke of bursting
shells. Kite balloons ring the place
around and the cables holding these
are connected with electrified wires
in the hope Of destroying the enemy.
Machine guns are mounted wherever
there is any prospect of~their firing
effectively. Searchlights sweep the,
skies nightly. None of these devices.
nor all of item put together, suffice
to protect Mannheim. British bomb
ers come droning through the dark
ness one after another across the
lines along the silver ribbon of the
Rhine.
Sometimes there is a false warning
and all night long the populace
awaits the thunder of bombs without
an bombs falling. These warnings
have caused the people to hear en-
emy machines among the stars when
no enemy machine is anywhere near.
Sometimes no warning is given when
the Britons do come and in such cases
the inhabitants get their first warn
ing from the red flashes of bombs
on the munition plants. followed by
deafening roars.
Evening star., 1918-10-20
Austria Falls Into Seven Parts.

Finally, t he Polish-speaking re-
gions of Galicia will naturally go to
that Poland which Mr. Wilson has al
ready outlined as including all indis-
putably Polish lands. What remains
the Ruthenian portion of Galicia
could most properly be assigned to
the Ukraine, to which it belongs
racially and 1inguisticaliy. Roughly
speaking, then, Austria falls into
seven parts. four constituting inde-
pendent states, three being united to
the Italian, Rumanian and Polish
states. which adjoin. A modified So
luton. which extended no further
than the session of the Irredenta to
Italy, the Polish districts to Poland.
the Rumanian regions to Rumania,
the Serb provinces of Bosnia and
Herzegovina to Serbia, is the only
alternative, but it seems hardly an
alternative after the recognition all
the allied states have given to the
Czecho-Slovaks, and several of them
to the Jugo-SlavS.
Evening star., 1918-10-20
French 0verrun
Former Foe Pivot.

carly IN tho week. These two great
POINTS the very pivot of the entire
German defensive scheme in the west
before the Germans gave way be-
tween Cambrai and ST. Quentin, now
aro safely in the hands Of the French.
who continue to press eastward, ma
ter4aDy assisting in the menace whi ch
has been brought to bear against the
Germans on the line OF the Aisne.
In the Champagne region Gen. Gou-
raud and his valiant armies, after a
months fighting, are within touching
distance OF Rethel. and the fall of
this point on the northern banks of
the Aisne is within reach. This is
particularly true in view of the
north of thes 4Arsonne and to the
Meuse- The French have crossed the
Aisne in the region of Vouziers,
which was the hub of the German de-
fensive system in this region, while
the Americans have completed the
adyanced on both banks of the
Meuse To the west of tho river the
american line is well above Cunel and
Romagno. and to the east the Amer
icans have strong positions in the vi
sInfty of Sivrey and Magenta farm
The Americans have been forced to
indulge in some Of the stiffeSt fight
ing of the war in their forward sweep.
in view Of the fact that the Germans
realizd that if the Americans and
French continue their tearing away
of the kriemhild line the Germans
WIN be forced to fall back on their
third line from Stenay to Sedan. a
contingency not desired by the Ger
ycac command in view of the fact
o9L Such cuocasS would imperil the
10ESA German left flank.
VIM tha last Of their main post
uonA held sincD 1914. gone and with
armies generally - retrograds move
lAAnk uso egCliSsa oS tho German com-