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New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
Swiss Courts Punish
German Terrorists
Consular Agent Indirectly Allied
With Prince Max One
of the Cuiprits

ZURICH, Switze rlaad, Oct. 2l. 1Rrif-
lsh Wireless Service ).-Linot Androi. =
deserter from the Italian army. and
Rudolf Engelemann, German Coun-
sular agent, have been found guilty IN
the Swiss courts of having in their
possession bombs. internal machine
and revolutionary pamphlets for use
in Italy. Engelemann was sentenced
to two and half years Imprisonment,
to pay fine of 5000 francs and ex-
pulsion from Switzerland for life.
Androi received twenty months il
prison, fine eft 1900 francs and ex-
pulsion.
It was brought out 81 the Sriat shat
the Italian had conducted An ostensible
green grocers shop in Zurich. The
shop, however. was Headquarters for
the Terrorist section" OF the German
Foreign Office. Bombs, revolvers and
pamphlets found in the shop were
traced to Engelemann's bureau in The
German Consulate al Zurich. The revc-
iuticnary pamphlets found in the shop
were printed at the Office of s'La Paix''
in Berlin. 'La Paix'' is a pacifist organ
directed by Herr Erzberger, the Ger
man Centrist leader and recently sp-
pointed Minister Without Portfolio in
the Cabinet of Prince Macmillan.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
Allies Drive Huns
East From CourtrQi
To Holland Border

WITH THE ALLIED ARMIES in
BELGluM AND FRANCE, Oct. 2l (By
The Associated Press) iii q. m.)-Jn
heavy fighting which proceeded
throughout the night and continued
to-day in a heavy rain, the Germans
everywhere were driven still further
eastward. In Belgium the Allies arc
three miles from Eecloo. and in the
whole vast stretch between Courtrai
and the Dutch border the British,
French and Bclgians are pushing the
Germans before them. closing in toward
Ghent from which they are now less
than seven miles.
In the centre Of the battle area the
british are on the west bank of the
Scheldt for more than ten miles north
Of Journal. in front of which city the
Germans are resisting stubbornly Will,
machine guns. Frontally the British
have reached positions less than four
miles from Valenciennes. Northwest
of Nalencienes they have entered the
graf Vicoigne Raismes forest
The Germans here and there in
Belgium have held out strongly in
enormous concrete forts from which
the guns had been removed. These
forts were used by German machine
gunners, and in some cases it rekured
shells from heavy guns to crack them.
More prisoners have been captured the
third army taking over $500 Yesterday
alone,
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
Franklin Roosevelt
Tells of Trip Abroad
People Have No Conception OF
Wonderful Work Over
seas, He Saws

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.--Franklin
D. Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary OF
the Navy. returned to his desk to-day
Tor the first time since his recent visit
to France. He was stricken aboard
snip with Spanish influenza, which de-
veloped into pneumonia.
Mr.. Roosevelt spoke with enthus,-
asm OF what he saw abroad. which
included every American naval ac-
tlvity except the Adriatic base.
"The outstanding feature to me-
he said, "is that the American people
have no conception Of the great scope
of American naval activities in Eu
ropean waters. The popular idea
seems to be that this is confined to
convoy work, with some sub-chaser
operations"
Mr.. Roosevelt described the tremen
dous preparations which had been
made for the construction OF the
Northern Atlantic mine barrage. the
laying across the entire breadth Of
Scotland of pipe line to convey oil
TO tie naval units and the construc
ton and operation on the coast of
France of more than twenty naval
aviation stations These stations
have been so efficient, he said, that
tor the past six months no ALI, d yes
sci has been sunk along this coast
within a zone of fifty miles outward.
OF the American bait 'eship division
operating with the British grand
fleet, he said Admiral Beatty, the
BRUSH commander, reports it as eff
nclent unit as any in his entire
force.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22

their attacks launched between LIE
Cateau and the Disc on October II
and 1s. Between Sommaing and
Vertain his attacks were held up
by our defensive fire on the heights
west Of the lowlands of the Haspries.
On both sides of Solesmes the en-
emy, advancing beyond our front
lines, was brought to standstill.
On both sides of lie Cateau we
nlalntalned our positions on general
after hard and 1uctuating fighting.
Here the 44th Brandenburg reserve
division especially distinguished it.
self owing to the stubborrness of
our infantry. Effectively supported
BY the artillery, the enemy attack
whoch was delivered with large
cffectives i'll men and material. has
thus failed on the whole OF the front
OF twenty kilometres (i21a miles,.
with the exception Of limited local
gains of ground.
North of the Serrc fresh enemy at
Jacks were repulsed. On both sides
OF the LaonMarle road we made
counter attack and cleared such
parts of our lines as were still in
the hands Of the enemy. and also
repulsed strong counter attacks.
fc the west Of the Aisne East
Prussian battalions and the 231st
Reserve Infantry Regiment also re-
captured their positions by a counter
attack and repulsed enemy attacks.
To the east of Vouziers the enemy
attempted by means of continue
tion OF his attacks to extend the
local successes. which he obtained on
October 10. His attacks failed, owing
chiefly to a counter attack by the
4l1th Infantry Regiment and the
stubborn defence of the Seventy
Company of the oath Ravarian IN
fantry Regiment. To the east of
Bantheville partial attacks delivered
by Americans were repulsed.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
Rcro~ts cf Co~r,,on
STAMPEDE Must Be
aiken Cautiously
BY ". S. Smith
BY w. S. Smith
Especial Cable to The 7'ribune)

Copcri"Nt. lHl%. by New YORK 'r'hr't nc
AMSTERDAM, October 21.-Rumors
yesterday that several thousand Ger
mans have come over the frontier into
Holland remain without confirmation,
and It Is likely that similar reports
to- day viii prove as baseless. One Of
these states that the enemy rear
guards in Flanders had been shut up
between Leopold Canal and the from
tier snd the British troops we e barr
ing the roads out 1t was also said
that Il hundred men had already
crossed into Holland. and it was
thought likely that the whole thou
sand would follow.
All this n'ust be regarded with the
utmost caution. Correspondents of
Dutch papers do their brst to describe
tho passage of the Kaser's ret~eatinr
army. which, however, they do not see,
but only hear through envelopine.
mists the rumble CT wheels. the shout
ing OF orders, and an occasional cry.
On Saturday evening the German flag
that the enemy was digging trenches
there. The Begian and British were
said to be advancing cautiously
Frontier guards state the enemy
have left mines tm-d to explode
forty-eght hours after their depart
urc. The cutting of the electric cable
q dramatic ipcident, is described by
4 "lelegraaf' correspondent as fol-
lows:
1.-TWO F'emings came down to the
frontier and gazed across into their
cwn country. They burned with the
desire to get over, but the live wire
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
Ostend Belgians, Joy Frenzied,
Garry King on Their Shoulders
>oers Given Wonderful Reception by Released Subjects
When They Enter Town Evacuated by Enemy
Desolation Forgotten in General Happiness

LONDON, Oct. 2l.--~The men. women
ana children of Ostend were so over
'oyed when the King and ueen Of Bel
s'om landed there Thursday that many
~ them heartily kissed the rulers of
,,.e liberated town. Kink Albert and
Vice~Admiral Keyes, OF the British
navy says the Dover correspondent Of
Inc DAILY Mail" were carried 20 the
town hall on the shoulders of men i,
me , iarse crowd which greeted the Kinr
nau Iueen at the landing. All ordi,
nsfy bonds .oi restraint were Tossed ~
me e., happy delimium of the occasion -
me Queer walked to the citv b.1,
,,rin ,,rin rounded by a great crowd Of chill
Bruges Also overjoyed
eei;Dssd Sqsndt .hosu Of hapPinsss a at Bruses
operation OF the two cities. Dnr;ntr
me- rns occupation of Rruges by the Gers ,ns
mans the people there we're not sl-
lowed lowe, to receive news from the 'V, outnr t,'
world or from thir friends inside M c'tbo tbo
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
BRITISH
LONDON (N;yht,

hoNDON (Night. - During the
night and early morning there was
sharp lighting for possession OF the
village of Amerval, which we capt
ured during our uttacs' yesterday.
determined attacks to regain the vii
lage were repulsed.
Early this morning the enemy
made an unsuccessful attempt to
drive in our advanced troops in the
neighborhood of the Cambria r -Bavai v,ai
road. We secured a few prisoners.
East and north of Denain our prog
ress has continued in the face of
considerable e opposition.
we are less than two miles from
Valenciennes and have reached the
general line La Centinelle-S st. Amand-
Rongy-Taintignies. We hold the west
bank Of the Schedt at and several
miles moth Of Pont-a-C Chin, northwest
OF Journal.
LONDON AY.-The number OF
prisoners captured by us in the oper-
atoon yesterday north of LIE Cateau
now exceeds 5000. The enemy 20
s'flons along the River Selle were
OF great natural strength and were
held with resolution.
The attack was launched by Eng
lish, Scottish and Welsh divisions
at 2 O'Clock in the morning under
most unfavorable weather conditions.
a. continuous rain rendering the adj
vance extremely difficult. The fight
ing was heavy throughout the day,
the enemy oTeriig strong resistance
IN The villages and along the line OF
the railway. In overcoming this
resistance great assistance was rem
dered at certain points by tanks.
which despite the flooded state Of the
river, succeeded in passing to the
cast bank at an early hour.
AS soon rs the line OF the river
was secured number of bridges
were rapidly constructed under
heavy fire from the hostile artillery
and machine guns, enabling our guns
TO push forward close behind the al
Vanclng infantry and to afford them
effective support at short range.
LONDON, Oct. 20.--The advance Of
the army groups on Flanders under
command Of King Albert, continued
throughout to-day. After vainly try
ing to arrest our progress towards
the western bank of the Lys, along
the Deynze Canal and near
the Dutch frontier, the Germans have
been forced to withdraw over the
whole front.
The Belgian army has established
itself along the canal It's left flank
is on the Dutch frontier and the
army has occupied the important
centres Of Aeltre, Adeghem, Bellem
and ursel (about ten miles west OF
Chent).
French forces have thrown the en-
enly reareuards back over the Lys
and. Notwithstanding floods brought
about by the Germans. have crossed
the river and established brodse-
heads. One of these is between
Grarmene and Peteghem and an
other IS east OF Oyghen.
lhe second British army, in spite
OF strong. resistance and the diff
culties arising from destroyed COM
munications has crossed the Ly along
the whole OF its front and advanced
It's right flank to the western out
sAorts of Peco. in the valley Of the
Escaut. The line row runs west Of
Pcca and through st. Leger, Dottie-
nies, Rollegheni. Vichte, DeelycA and
Driesch.
Since October ii the second army
has captured e,209 prisoners and 1853
guns.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22

Tor an arnistice which. while secur-
ing the evacuation Of France and
Belgium, will guarantee the present
actual standard of power" of both
armies in the field. That was the
exact purpose the German General
Staff had in view in originally seek
ing cessation of hostilities. It
would save Germany from the losses
inevitable through a continuance Of
the present retreat and would restore
the General Staff's prestige with the
German public by enabling Luden-
dortf and Iiindenburg to deliver
what is left of their armies safely on
German soil. 1t would also cover
up the great faults of strategy for
which the German field forces are
now paying the penalty.
The Germans must continue the
evacuation of France and Gelgium
whether they get an armistice or not.
1t could be folly to compensate them
for doing what they are obliged to do
without compensation. The German
military clique is not yet ready to
admit defeat. 1t still controls the
government in Berlin and it still
aims at solidifying German resist
ance by means OF specious proposals
OF peace with HONOR" which the
Allies do not itnend to accept.
The military situation on the West
front does not Justify the German de-
mand for a negotiated peace, which
will have the "fonor" of her military
leaders. Germany has lost the war.
She must recognize that inescapable
fact. When she talks about "honor"
she talks about something she lost
long ago, and which no peace terms
can ever give her back.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
Ro,ba!x and Tu~coine.
PiUaged By Enemy,
Welcome Deliueycys

WITH THE BRITISH ARMY TX
FRANCE, Oct. 20 (By The Associated
Pless) ).-Roubaix and Turcoing to-day
celebrated their deliverance from the
enemy. and it was like an American
Christmas, New Years Eve and Fourth
OF July all rolled into one Tears
OF Joy lntermngled with shouts Of
laughter while the population sang
and danced and waved flags.
The two cities went completely wild
with emotional JOY. There were kisses,
mugs and handshakes for every Brit
iSh soldier. On their windows house
wives had pasttd pictures of French
and British military celebrities torn
from magazines.
The Germans were piqued at being
forced to leave the towns. and the[
went to extreme lengths to detile. de-
stroy and steal. In Roubaix the Ger
mans cut fine leather seats from
chairs, ripped pictures from their
framts and even took the cloth Gov
erings Of mattresses Apparently
they went through the fine ola homes
OF the city with tho idea of seeing
how much they could wreak the in
teriors.
Douai. in its waste ard desolut on
is sad sight. Moving pictures OF tho
city should be taken so that the vor'"
could see for itself sights VIII ch c.
not be described.
The streets ore flied with fugn;tu
and articles of all kinds. 1t might be
said that in Douai all the insane asy-
'ums had been onened and that mad
men in their fury had toknn delight
i'll destroying everything. hTe material
losses are inca'cu able.
The stained e'ase windows in the
Church of s.. Peter have been smashed
ard the GREAT or~an has baen broken
up. Religious ornaments wcr" fNurd
eca tered about the floor of the church.
The city hall. whore tho German COM
war dant had his orarters vos nil
la~ed and sacked. Most of the pnint-
;n~s in the museum wore taken away.
but fortunately the belfrv was undam-
coed
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
AMERICAN

W WASHlNGION). - West OF the
Meuse our troops have continued
their pressure on the enemy. East
OF Bantheville in the course OF local
lighting in the Bois Des Rappes they
captured over 100 prisoners On the
entire front north OF Nerdun there
has been heavy artillery and ma
chine gun fire. Severe counter at
tacks have been thrown back with
heavy losses to the enemy.
During the heavy fighting of the
past week north of Verdun, we have
drawn from other parts of the west
ern front a constantly increasing
number Of German divisions which
are bitterly contesting every foot
against our strong attacks in order
to secure the retreat Of the German
army, the position of which has been
compromised by the attacks from the
south and west.
BERLIN. DAy)--On both side Of
Deynze the enemy has obtained a
firm foo ing on the west bank of the
Lys. Detachments which had sd-
vanced across the river to the south
Of the town were for the most part
soldiers remained on he east bank.
East of Courtrai the enemy has
advanced beyond Deerlyok and Swe-
veghem. On the heights west and
southwest of Vichte we brought his
attacks to a s'andstill North of the
Scheldt we repulsed the enemy be-
fore our lines. North of Tourna the
enemy has reached the Scheldt.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
Taught German to Belgians

WITH THE ALLIED ARMIES IN
BELGIUM, Sunday, Oct. 20 (By The
Associated Press). Before leaving
Ostend the Germans scuttled a large
mail boat alongside the old British
warship Nindictive, which was sunk
in the channel there last May. They
thus made doubly sure that the chan
mel will be blocked for long time.
Inspection Of the city shows that
British shells did terrific damage to
enemy military and naval establish
ments. but did not harm the residen-
tlal or business sections to any ex-
tent.
The only money to be found in Os-
tend and other liberated Belgian cities
is German. Many Of the smaller chill
dren, especially in Ostend, use Ger
man as their own language. The enc
my apparently went out Of his way to
teach his tongue to these children.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
Continued from Page (,

ran from Waaisonek along the Bel
iegnam salient and thence past War
CONG and Bailleul to the west Of
Journal.
10 the north the Belgian and French
troops mad an excellent day Of sus-
famed progress. Here and there the
"ermans were pressed into tight places
ana are fighting vigorously to extri-
cate themselves.
The town of Swcveghem, three miles
eaSc OF Courtrai, was penetrated by
soldiers OF the Second Army, ONLY after
hard conflict
The French got across the Lvs
R,ver at Oyghem and advanced toward
Waereg hem. They also established
themselves cas-. Of the river between
Petegem and Grammene.
me attack OF the First and Third
Armies Sunday was quite SUCCESSFUL,
Ihere was much hard fighting at first
north OF lie Cateau, but gradually the
br'tlsh, together with the Americans,
who fought sp'endidly, broke doww the
enemy resistance. In the region Of
oenain the British advance continued,
while on the Solesmes- Valencienncs
line there has been continuous and
heavy fighting, with the British max
ing good progress cast sf Solesmes
nc enemy Is making every use of
the sunken roads in this district to
contest the British advance At Marou
the British employed number Of the
Germ"n's own guns 10 assist in driv-
ing HIM out of his position
In FLANDERS the British captured
quite a fe'' field guns yesterday. In
cluded in the number were three COM
p'ete batteries, one Of which was har-
messed ur and ready to move off This
was surrounded by smart tactics on
the part of a BODY OF cyclists,
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22

German lines unless the news was
handled by the German officers. The
correspondent OF "The Mail" writes:
when The only American woman left
IN Bruges was tod of the deeds of
Americans in France she cried with
happiness: oh, if had only known
that!''
Bruges was fined enormous sums on
various occasions, the correspondent
says, and everything made OF metal
was taken away. The city was
searched four times for copper. The
works at Rruges were robbed OF every
scrap OF machinery.
Paid Only for Food
Tho Germans paid tor nothing ex-
cept food and drink, and then only in
paper money. The town itself is in
tact and ths old belfry and ihc front
OF the Hotel d'Ville are uninjured.
Most OF the pictures remain in the gal
lery, AMI Bruges seems to be as rest
fuI rs III the old days, except that all
the bridges are gone. German mines
c. mp.eted tLc work done by British
torrpedoes which were launched at the
submarine ba at Bruges
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
Allies Bring Up Heavy
Guns to Shatter New
Defences of Foe
Capture of ; Cities
Is Expected Soon
French Thought Likely to
Attack in Direction
Of Maubege
By Arthur S. Draper
Especial Ccbis TO The TribaAe)
I f..r,,.ri rhi ms N.s York T,rihiir,N Inc

{Copyrigbi. lSlS- NCS tQ-k Tribune Inc-l
LONDON. Oct 21.--From the Dutch
border at Eede to the Argonne the
Gerrnnns now are behind series of
water defences broken only by few
short stretches. This 2O0-mile water
line is formed BY canals in Belgium
nd the Scheldt- Harpies. Disc, Seryc
and Aisne rivers The Bedgians are
i've and half miles from Ghent and
me British. less than two from Tour
rai and two from Nalencicnes.
This water line is likely TO be broken
soon. as the French have established
h,idgeheads across the Lys, but ten
niles TO the east the Germans have
Schedit Never before hav the Ger
mans depended so largly upon water
Tor defence, which emphasizes the i'm
portsnce OF the tanks
In the last twenty-fo hours prog
ress has been much slower in FLANDERS
md France 1t was thought that the
etreat from Journal and Denain would
re rapid The capture of Ghent, Tour
aai and possibly Valencienes should be
eported shortly. No startling develop
nents is expected for several days, as
me Allied advance mas been so swift
that the main bodies of their armies
have been unable to maintain the pace.
FROM St Oledmes along the Sambre
Canal to Sissonne the British and
French are engaged in violent strug-
ele. The most promising possibility
# an early future attack is in the di-
ection OF Maubewge across a hilly
country which is not affected by the
Acavy rains which now are retarding
operations in most sections.
The Crown Prince fashioned the
Hunding line after the Siegfried line
and its many dugouts and concrete
enplocements furnish stiff obstacles to
nc French
Gouraud is biting INTO the .enemy's
oosjtjon east Of VoTxiers, but here the
advance also is slow as it is on the
american front. where mud and rain
sre Notherinf- the douDhbOVS.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
in
Argonne Take
2 Strongholds
Continued from page I

1and; Lieutenant Wicr Cook, Muncie
VA VA lAfutenars sumner Sewall, Bath
Me; Lieutenant Lowell Harding Wash.
lnston; Lieutenant w. Z. Gou'ding
New York Lieutenant Clinton Jones
san francisco; Lieutenant Reminrton
vernon, New York; Lieutenant Di1.in.
son Este. Philadelphia, and Lieutenant
Charles Dolive, Chicago, one each.
LleuteEants Wright and Harding got
another enemy machine between them
while Captain Charles Biddle. of An.
aalusla, Pann., Lieutenant William A.
Stovall, of Stovall, Miss, and Lieuten-
ant Walter Evers, Of Columbus. Ohio
brought down another.
Americans Fly at Night
On the opening day OF the Meuse-
Argonne offensive American aviators
rought down nineteen German ma
hines, but sixteen American airplanes
we're either lost or damaged. On Fri
cay only ono American machine was
forced to land. That was the one
niloted by Lieutenant McDermott. and
he landed near Breulles. His machine
was brought in Saturday by infantry
men.
American aviators by inauguratine
night patrols along the Meuse have at
'racted much attention among the air
men OF other nations. Under the pres
mt plan the air forces are always sub
'ect to call from the front. whare
observers or listeners report by wire
when the motor Of German airplane
is heard approaching the American
mes.
AS soon as one of these reports is
acelved the American searchlights be-
gin sweeping the sky. The American
light patrols arrive at the same time.
n event the German machine is located
y the ray of searchlght the Ameri-
san machines attack until the enemy
downed or makes his escape.
On Friday night, when the system
Vas inaugurated, five aviators started
:neking any German machine that
night be about. When an American
esarchlight picks up an American ma
nlne prearranged signal is given,
a'imlnstins danger that the American
mlght W5 y shot down by his own men.
dromes are brilliantly lighted so that
they may return without trouble.