The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-19
WE EAkENIkG W|LHELN'S SURRENDER VETOED
United Press
War Summary
I ,5ssth day Of the war.

~'s~S Nv ~ sb'S "NS'S
front. Detachments are reported to
be approaching Aeitre, seven miles
southwest of Eecloo, and Deynze, the
same distance southwest of Ghent
Additional progress east of Lille has
brought the British within less than
eight miles of Journal. Tho Ger
mana are reported massina before
Valenciennes, which the allies are
approaching from the west and south.
From Douai to Laon--Brtish and
American troops have captured Was
slony, In their advance eastward from
LeCateau and Bohain toward HIr-
son, now only seventeen miles dis
tant. On tho Anglo-American right
flank, tho French have cleared the
Germans from tho west bank Of the
oIse canal and are almost In the
outskirts Of 0uise. To the south
ward, an additional advance Of moro
than three miles has been made be-
tween tho Oise and the Serre.
From Laon to Verdun-The French
have made new progress In the Aisne
valley, west Of Attiony. The Ameri-
cans and French continue their pres
sure In the Areonne-Meuse region.
From verdun to SwitzerIand-No
activity.
6alkans-The allies arc rapidly
overrunnin0 Serbia and are continu-
ing their Invasion Of Montenegro and
Albania. The Greeks are reported to
have completed their occupation Of
northeastern Greece.
Germany-The German reply to
President Wilson, according to best
available information from neutral
sources, will be an evasion, seeking
to proIona discussion.
Observation-Disclosures con.
firm the resignation of Baron Burian,
Austrian premier.
Terrifying Haste.
IIBy J. w. T. Mason, United Press
War Expertl
NEW YORK, Oct 19.-The begin
ming Of cold weather along the west
ern battle front and the progress Of
the Americans toward the Luxembourg
exit from France. are causing Won
Hindenburg to speed up his retire
ments at the risk Of losing control
over his fleeing troops.
The present rate Of abandonment
OF territory in Belgium and north
western France far exceeds the
loPloAly VI uhy RiSNAoao ACIio6l duO
movement since Won Hindenburg
started to withdraw his line to the
German frontier. 1t is exceedingly
dangerous for the Germans to move
backward so precipitately because Of
on a large scale developing into a
rout.
It is just such condition of ter
rifyfng haste against which Won Hin
denburg has been strategically work
ing since his methodical relinquish-
ment of Germany's conquered terri
tory began.
Nevertheless, there are growing
evidences that the days in the re-
firing movement for the purpose of
giving encouragement to the German
troops have been overdone. If snow
were to fall in France and Belgium
before the Germans got back to their
boundary, the difficulties of remov.
ing the artillery would be very great;
the infantry itself would have less.
ened degree of efficiency in rear
guard combat and the concealment
value Of machine gun positions in
the revealing whiteness OF the snow
would be much decreased.
While the approach of winter is
thus endangering Won Hindenburg's
strategy, the American progress to-
ward Stenay is exercising an even
more potent influence upon the
den rapidity of the German retire
ment. Not only would a successful
advance by General Pershing cut off
the German retreat by way of Lux
emburg, but also the constant vigor
Of the American assaults is compell-
ing Won Hindenburg to assemble
most of his active reserves behind
the twenty mile front from the Ar
gonne to east of the Meuse. This
means that whether or not the Amer
leans succeed in cutting the Luxem-
burg line Of communications, they are
forcing Won Hindenburg to use a far
greater proportion of his forces along
the ArgonneMeuse line than he can
legitimately afford. To find these
troops, he is compelled to weaken
his retreating front in western
France and Belgium. thus making 1t
increasingly possible for Marshal
Foch to break through there. Under
these highly dangerous conditions,
the Germans are compelled to risk
speeding their shuttle into run to
get back home in the quickest time
possible.