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New-York tribune., 1918-11-10

themselves, where it was lodged by the con
stieution after the founders of the nation
had Won The dearly bought privilege OF self
governnent BY force Of arms.
"In most of the other civilized nations -
the world, such vote as has been recorded
would be regarded as an expression OF lack
of confidence in the government
"In this case, it is unquestionably an ex-
preston of lack Of confidence in the Demo
cratic party, but with respect to the Prcsi-
dent, it is not so much lack of confidence
as a mandate to recognize that he eocg not
by himself constitute the entire government
Of the United States, and reminder that
even the President is the servant and not
The master of the people
"With prussianism doomed to certal. dc
feat in Germany, and autocracy on is iast
legs in every quarter, thie prompt defeat o.
incipient autocrecy in America is Of tre-
nlendous national importance and sjyni;i-
csnce."
Ex-President Taft. writing in "The
Philadelphia Public Ledger" DISCUSSES
the new Congress:
$50 re are going TO have a Republicsn
Congress and Democratic Executive when
We FIX the terms Of peace and Guriny tae
period Of reconstruction. let Us hove that
che Iray be q period Of vsc amity ID
cooperation between the two co0rdiza.cd
branches Of the government engaged in
settling the serious questions which are 20
present Themselves for solution. The peo-
pie viii hold the Republican maiori,;es 20
strict accountability for the gay in which
they use their power. Should they dcvelop
obstructive tactics while the President i
attempting 20 carry out policy in the
interest OF the country and the world, :hc
party will be made 20 oufFer for it IN .hc
next election. Should they disclose will
ingness to cooperate with the President and
restrain partisan desire and effort. the Ie.,-
isias;on which s adopted will have tie
weight and force OF It's bipartisan or:cip
and viii have the sanction OF solid rub;c
opinion
The Springfield Republican" regrets
that "the American people have unmis-
takably failed to perform the supreme
political duty Of the hour" in not heed
ing the Presidents appeal. AS it is
The fact cannot fail to be noted by tn.
Allied statesmen in the peace congress. and
the Presidents influence with them is liable
20 be correspondingly impaired Imperial
istic forces IN thc Entente countries win
probably gain strength, also, bccause Mr..
Ni,soa aas rot scored a clean cut eicct,oa
Victory IN America.
The elections are doubly unfortunate bc
csuse, after all, there is good reason to
believe that the country ia reality fa7o.r
the President's peace programme which II.
Republican leaders have ssssiled Our or,u
Interpretation OF this election results "a shx,
The country IL Wilson, bat net Democratic. y
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Wilson's electionecring appeal struck per-
haps the shabbiest note that has yet been
struck in this war. Its proscriptivc animus
was an afront to the American spirit Of
fair play and tolerant common sense
"Thc voters have answered that appeal
as it deserved to be answered. They have
divided according TO their natural inclina-
tons, altogether regardless OF the Presi-
dents argument that his prestige would be
shattered and his leadership impaired by
the election of an opposition Congress. In
most Of the states in which he nterfcrcd
with epistolary and other Endorsements OF
candidates for the Senate those candidates
were defeated.
"Tuesday's election puts the nation into
the war in new ard brcadcr sense. What
ever conclusions as to his own "unembar-
rassed spoSesmaaship the President may
still draw from the result his own af-
fair The result speaks for itself. 1t is
the deliberate judgmen. OF the American
people, and as such there is no need to
fear that it will not be fntelligently inter
preted in every capital, on the other side
Of the water"
In q more philosophical vein The
New York Evening Post" comments:
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short comment is welcome. 'The Sun does
not intend 10 enlarge much upon the obvi-
Gus. The response OF President Wilson's
fellow count:ymen 20 his partisan appeal
Of October 2operhaps the most glaring
tactical blunder in career Of exceeding
political adroitness-was swift. unmistak-
able and terrific in its impact upon his per-
sonal ambitions.
"He asked in the name Of the flag for
partisan control Of the representatives Of
the people. The flag smote him, emote him
not as President but as partisan leader"
"A rubber stamp Congress" s"-the
phrase is from The Boston Transcript"
is what tho President wanted What
he got The Transcript" describcs
"Presidont Wilson has his answer from
the people Of tho. United States Who live
outside tho State OF Massachusetts,; they
delivered 1t personally at the polls last
Tuesday. They resented bis attempt TO
make support Of him and his rubber stamp
candidates a test Of loyalty to the nation.
They resented his raconTening Of politics in
violation OF his assurance last May. They
resented his reflection upon more than half
the people OF tha United States because
their representatives in Congress throuei,
their pro-Nar policy bad not infrequently
New-York tribune., 1918-11-10

"What We saw on Tuesday was simply
the American citizen resuNling business at
the old political stand. He resented orders
how 10 vote, just as he used to. lie let
loose his repressed grumbling, and vented
his cherished dislilses. 1t was only the
sort Of thing we have been long accus-
toned to in this country. A party in power
always provokes ennltics. a President.
after two years Of his term, usually finds
that he has disappointed his friends and
inhamed his enemies. Hence the general
rule that in the Congressional elections
midway between Presidential elections the
party majority in the House either shrinks
or disappears. 1t would have been the
most natural thing in the world to expect
This now had it not been for the war Bl.
the war was really got out OF the way be-
forc the election. The temporary dam was
broken and the waters left free to flow.
And the inevitable result Was that the
Democratic party suffered defeat
1t was Woodrow Wilson, party lead
er, rather than President Wilson, who
was rebuked, thinks "Thc New York
Sur" from which we quote:
After great fight ana q great victory
for the safety o. democracy in America
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TT orseshoe of Heights
Il IL Rules Meuse ValIev

This position is a horseshoe Of heights,
wooded on the north side and bare on
the south, possession Of which gives COM
plete observation Of the whole Meuse
Valley beyond Stenay. corresponds in
this region to the famous little hill Of
Cuvelet, the capture Of which by the
French last September led to the relief
of Rheims and the general enemy re-
treat to Vouziers.
The position above Dun is now sharp
ly gripped by the Americans, though not
yet taken by them. Another advance of
1000 yards up hill from Clery and 1000
yards northeast of Andevanne and the
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whole position would be as good as
taken. No one can say it will be taken,
but what is more important is that the
threat to it will compel the Germans to
sacrifice yet another mass Of men which
they cannot afford to lose.
With the Americans already at Ande-
vanne and Clery you may be certain the
most peremptory orders went out OH Fri
day night for reinforccments from the
north and west; that the commanders on
the north and west, along the middle
Aisne and the upper Disc and Scheldt,
reported that they could not spare the
men; that the commanders of the broken
units resting behind the lines reported
their Units were unfit to take up the
task, and that none the less these units
had to so.
This process of fatigue is one that
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come into conflict with him and the pacifist
members OF his Administration. They die
approved OF his inordinate desire for more
power for the next two years than any
President has ever been willing to accept.
They desired the abdcation OF absolutism
overseas; they did not desire the abdica-
ton Of popular government at home They
preferred the government that Washington
set up and Lincoln saved to the govern
ment of the uncontrolled will Of one man,
even the man in the White House. They
demanded an unconditional surrender and
dictated peace abroad; they were not
willing to submit to an unconditional SUI
render OF dictated election at home"
A Republican President is forecast by
the Congressional elections in "rhe
Boston Herald:
For the first time since 1908, when TAFT
swept the country over Bryan, we have
elected Republican House Of Representa-
tives. This is doubly significant at this
time. Did you ever know the party that
carried the House in the mid-ter1n elections,
to lose the Presidency at the next time
Ies, you have, but SO rarely and under cir
cumstances 80 readily explaining the cxcep-
sion az to make the rule exceedingly i'm
p-esaiyc.'
''1he Philadelphia Press sees injury
to the President s party in his tactics:
''lt wouid have been a great misfortune
Il tie Proa;dents appeal TO bis country1ncn
to rally to the support OF the Democratic
party had been successful. The precedent
which he undertook to establish is q vicious
one. He tells his fellow countrymen that
he is their servant and so in a sense he
is the greatest OF our public servants, but
he was never chosen to be a party boss.
which is role that he aspires to fill He
was no. elected b. Congress, is not respon-
sinie 20 Congress, and does not resign if
ne nleasures he recommends are not ap-
p,oVei By Congress. He IS obscssed by the
B~it:s. parliamentary system and would
e-efaft i on orc oTn scheme OF govern
n.eat far as he csa bu. Il does not
work. If he is, indeed his pa1ty's leader, it
is clear that he led it to defeat IN last Tues
days election"
Likewise, .'The Philadelphia North
American" thinks the people have wisely
spoken to safeguard their liberties:
"rhe result, in normal tiraea, could not
be construed as a sweeping Republican VIC
tory. AZ t,lia time. following demand
from the Fres.den. that the public support
aonc but Democrats, SO as 70 assure hin
OF uno6st-ucted power 10 determine all war
aad peace issues he p!cases, the Repuh-
lean victory must be construed as showing
the determination OF the public to prevent
such autoeratic exercise Of power az the
President had announced, and an equal de-
termination to preserve the real power OF
government IA tho hands Of tie psorls
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cannot be seen on the map and, there
iore, escapes the public eye But it is
the one the enemy most breads, for every
such exceptional demand brings hin.
nearer to the breaking point
The Italian victory may also be mis-
understood if read exclusively in the
light Of the political situation. If the
political breakup of the Austro-Hun-
garian Empire is the cause, it is also
the effect of what is going On in the
field. There was no practical disso.
luton of the Austro- Hungarian army
during the first week of the fighting
The two halves of that force, though
now completely separated, were still in
tact.
Il is true the military success was due
TO two causes. One was the necessity
the enemy was under OF Withdrawing
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troops in order to rcpress insurrection
and watch his now open frontier on the
Danube. The other was the surprise
effected especially by the Tenth Italian
Army, supported by the British contin-
gent under the command Of Lord Cavan,
when on the night Of October 25 the
large gravel banks which stand in the
broad bed Of the Middle piave at it's
issue from the mountains were secretly
seized and a small, but efficient bridge
head was consolidated on the further
side.
We know What followed. At dawn
tie Eighth Italian Army forced the
flooded river and broke the first Aus
trian line on the further bank 1t was
the iirst main day action. TIE rest came
rapidIy. October IS the Tenth Army
reached the little Montriano River and
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lind Will Come Through
~ German Exhaustion

We must guard against expecting an
immediate strateeical result from the
opening Of the Davaran and Saxon
frontiers by the breakdown of the Aus
trian monarchy. These frontiers look
on the map not only vulnerable by their
length, but as though they opened to
attack the most politically vital places or
Dresden, Munich and Berlin itself. But
that is only on the map. To reach them,
even with all the roads and railways
freely at our disposal. which they are
far from being, would be very lengthy
piece Of organization, matter Of
months. The end will come before that
long before, and it will come through
the present exhaustion Of the German
armies in the west
No divisions there ROW get their full
fortnieht's rest and many not week
No divisions establishment reaches the
average. but is rather less than half The
old reduced establishment, and the strain
for materials is even more severe
Meanwhile, the political situation behind
the German armies is Of gravity which
we can guess, but cannot measure.
Since writing the above news has come
that the Americans on November 9 capt
ured Buzancy and Villers. The Dun
position will now fan
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Assault Made by Pershing's Containing Wing
OH the Meuse Determined Allied Sue
cesses to the North
Special Cahle Dispatch to The Tribune
Copyright, 1918, New York Tribune Inc.

advanced full days march, which
threatened to enyelop all the enemy aae
to the south on the Lower piave. That
0ne had to retire precipitsteiy and its
doing 50 shook the whole Austrian or
ganiaation cn the right. The next day
the enemy showed the last piece OF eifec-
tive resistance on Monte Grappa. On The
morrow he broke down, and with the
loss Of Monte Grappa the enemy forces
could no longer maintain unity. Monte
Cosen, west Of Feltre, was under the
Italian fire and the enemy army in the
hills was definitely and finally separa' cd
from the plains.
The former could and did retreat
nortlward by the Alpine valleys. but the
army in the plains was now at the mercy
Of the Allied pursuit, acting without ear
, Of interruption behind it and virtually
engaged in a separate operation against
a foe nov half of his original strength.
For the original large army was now
divided into two smaller armies, each
doomed to precipitate retirement and
which ever was pursued TO the heaviest
losses, even if it remained in being.
In this case pursuit followed the
army cut off on the Venetian plains. 1t
reached Livenza by Thursday night and
by Friday had already counted $4,000
prisoners and 1900 guns captured.
At this point it is necessary to consult
the map in order to see what happened,
how the enemy's army was thus cut in
two portions. The general maps are
sufficient
On such a map you see that to the
north of Monte Grappa is the town of
Feltre. Now, this town Of Feltre is the
very point Of the utmost Importance. AS
the map shows there is a road running
from the railhead at Feltre to the hills
westward and so to the Trentino by way
OF the Val Suzan. North of this point
there is no way by which single
wheeled vehicle can cross the tangle of
high mountains until you come to the
great Dolomite road, five days march
away.
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% hiring Up the heayies, Thursday morn
ing, the enemy rotreatinS from the Pis1H
was 4 scparate body from the enemy re
treating beyond the Asiago back into the
Alps.
The TWO other incidents of tic advance
10 Audenardc and the capture of Valen-
ciennes can be told more briefly The
former is important because it brings
the northern French army right up
against the water line of the Scheldt by
a sudden advance of seven miles. II is
not 4 movement OF decisive effect fer IT
does not show whether the water lire
can he forced Immediately or not, but il
prepares such Il passage. II followed on
an enemy retreat in which no very great
number OF prisoners but probably a very
considerable quantity Of material WAS
taken.
The capture of Valenciennes, on the
other hand, forced action. The enemy
did not retire at his own moment. He
was compelled to retire by the action OF
the preceding days which reached the
railway south of the town and outfianked
the whole place
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is adjourned"
Such was the declaration

Such was the declaration
Of President Wilson in his adj
dress to a joint session of
congress on May q, when he ap-
pealed for revenue to carry on the war.
Politics is reconvened," summed up
Ills message of October 25, in which he
called for the election of Democratic
Congress.
Well vote as We please" was the
reply from the polls late November s.
That uliasc from the White House
Vas boomerang. 1t, more than any
'nlng else, sent voters to their balloting
eesermined to exercise that Independent
Judgment which is theirs as Americans.
Party Manager Wilson had over
played his hand He had stalsed all
and lost. He bad gone out of his way
70 invite what amounts to vote of
s0nfdence, and failed to get it.
The editor of "The Abilene (kan.)
Reflector voiced the feeling of the ma
IONS majority when he wrote:
When things at Washington get so
mat the President thinks only Demo-
Gratis are patriots it is time to make a
change"
And Kansas elected straight Repub-
'ean ticket, gaining one Senator and
hve Representatives.
IN the adjoining state, Nebraska, the
~puoiicans made clean sweep of the
congressional candidates. "The Ne
ssaska State Journal" OF Lincoln, COM
aeats:
ohe OF the regrettabie consequences OF
.Ss Residents plunge into politics is the
'''aeatson it gives for his critics to go
n into the mud with him. They have
:" .asitated TO accept his challenge. The
'sSa't Is lot calculated to raise the pres
~ q america either at home or abroad
ano yet the enemies Of America--if
Nas femain-can get scant satisfaction
~ ol the election Of unconditional
''rfshder" Republicans.
1Fen "fhc New York World" regard.
Z as the Presidents personal organ,
ougnt the patriotic veneer to the un-
1aa appeal insufficient to cover up the
ssanship within. And when the
slarsd:
: = the sSth Congress. and not the
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belion and Italian Surprise Led to Austrian Debacle
Diaz's Attack Drove Wedge Between Teuton
Armies on the Piaye and or
Asiago Fronts
Author elements of tho Great War; Brtans Distinguished
Military Critic
BY HILAIRE. BELLOC

units continually, aid in his present
state OF exhaustion he cannot CO this
without gravely weakening other parts
OF the line.
The action ON this sector, therefore,
determines all the successes to the north
10 helped the French to go forward at
Audenarde and the British to pass Va
lenciennes, and when to more pressure
an actual advance is added it summons
the enemy strength in such amounts that
it may lead to break elsewhere.
On November / the combined French
and American attack achieved serious
advance, Of which the American part
was the more important and must first
be described.
The American First Army here stands
on line about fifteen miles long, going
nearly due east and west from in front
Of Buzancy to the belt of woods along
the upper Aisne, which is the last woods
north of the Argonne forests. 1t is the
American right, next to the Meuse,
which gives the enemy the most concern.
Every yard Of advance here is an in
creased menace to his communications.
Therefore, it was here that his resist
ance to last Fridays American attack
was the most desperate. So the advance
from above Brieulles to Clery Grand
was not more than from 1900 to 5000
yards, while further east the maximum
progress was so per cent greater.
But this slight advance was neverthe-
less full of meaning for the reason that
there lies overlooking the Meuse from
Clery-le-G Grand and Anderanne a posi-
tion of the greatest Importance to all
this region. 1t has no name, but may be
called the position Of Dun, though it does
not include that little town, which is
below it and on the other side of the
river.
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LONDON, Tuesday, Nov. 5.


r THE moment Of writing there
are four points of strategical
~ interest. They are khe French
= advance on Audenarde, the
canadian passage of Valenciennes, the
r,erch- American advance of the "con-
4aining wing" upon the Meuse, and the
oreat victory of Italy in the Second
Rattle of the Piave. Of these the last
!, the most important, but both because
!, ;s liable to misinterpretation and be-
,.use It particularly concerns American
rsaders, will begin with the affairs of
he Containing wing"
eynlained last week the function OF
4b;s wing and why slight progress there
~ even no progress at all, but mere
maintenance Of pressure, was of vital
;r,nortance to the whole front. 1t is
bore that the American First Army
stands nearer by far than any other
,roons to the narrow track railway COM
munjcation by which all the German
,roons between the Disc and the Melsc
ara supplied. 1t is matter of life and
aeath to the German line to prevent this
,ailway getting under the range Of fire
snvyhere west Of Montm&dy.
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4 ction in This Sector
n A Determining Factor

The nearest point on the railway,
Rroueuves. about five miles west of
aIontmedy, is at range Of $4,000 yards
from the most advanced American posts
at Clery-le-Grand, or, say, $4,000 yards
from the nearest American heavies. At
such range all the country through
which the railway runs can be searched
by long range fire, but Of course, at
such distance as not to interrupt CON-
niunications.
The experience of this war has shown
that q line is hardly put out of use until
the most advanced posts Of attack are
within 5000 yards and the heavies be-
hind them are, say, 5000 or 5000 yards
away. Even at such ranges the Haze
hrouck railways were precariously used
by the Allies during the Lys offensive Of
he Germans last April.
But though the railway is still safe,
any Allied advance down the Meuse Val
ley toward il is so much the more peril
GUS to the whole German position. Every
thing is done, therefore, on the German
side to keep this part of the front, the
belt in front of Montmedy, secure. The
enemy is compelled, even, in order to
heck the Allied advance, to put in fresh
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1euton Forces Split
L. by Italian Advance

Through Feltre, along the road sup
plemented since the war by u light rail
way, all the communications between the
armies Of the enemy in the plain and the
continuation Of the line in the hills had
to pass. When. therefore, Feltre came
under close range fire on Wednesday
evening, or. allowing for the time needed
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-02
T 90 Many Fires Near
War Plants, So Italy
Interns More Aliens

Rome Italy, March 2.-FolloWing a
number Of fires of incendiary origin
and accidents of similar nature around
industrial plants working on war
orders the military authorities have
revoked all the permits under which
alien enemies were residing in coast
town or in Industrial districts. The
holders Of these permits have all been
interned in localities where they can
be effectivly watched, not only by
the police but by the population as
well
According to statistics furnished by
the police the number of alien enemies
OF both sexes still residing in Italy,
Notwithstanding the fact that a state
Of war exists with their respective
countries, was over 5000. Of these
1850 were Germans. n Bulgarians and
500 Turks.
Of the German residents in Italy
2454 were women, mostly governesses
and companions, living with wealthy
families Although the police have
not been able to fasten on them a
single concrete crime, yet they have
all been sent to out Of the way small
towns, where their lives will be any
thing but pleasant
OF the remaining German male resi-
dents, 100 were Alsatians. and they
have been permitted to remain where
they were and retain their jobs, only
when the nearest French consul had
furnishd them with 2 special certifi-
cate showing that, though of German
nationality, they were French at
leart The Armenians also have not
been molested.