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Flanders. Then, as the month ends.
Pershing and Gouraud again.
Now bear in mind the dates.
LudendorH struck on March 81: he
was finally checked only on July LIS
and 10. Four months of effort pre-
eede the failure. Foch opened his
offensive on August s. and in the
last days of September Ludendorff
advises hts government to make
peace proposals; the government
waits few days more, until the de-
feat of October s; then it appeals TO
President Wilson. Events in other
fields have influenced the decision.
but two months after the opening
OF the Foch offensive its success is
no longer doubtful. AS the third
month closes France is all but free,
the Belgian coast is free.
German Methods DisfieabIe.
Look at it from the side Of the OBJ
stacIes: The four lines of defence;
the innumerable switch lines, the
rivers and the canals; an opposing
army which fights well even in de-
feat, still provided with all the mod
erm weapons of war. One of the
tragedies of this war lies in the fact
that German methods have been SO
despicable; that German courage,
endurance, military skill are forgot
ten In the horror and contempt at
German crimes. But this great
army, these unparalleled defences,
are all mastered in less than four
months: the war is won, for even
had there been no defeats in the
East the long succession of German
reverses would have brought Bull
garia and Turkey to the point of
surrender and Austria to the verge
OF revolution.
what NapoIeonic campaign cam
be hereafter reckoned to surpass
that of Foch as a merely military
achievement British, French, Amer
lean, italian, Belgian troops, all per-
fectly controlled by a single hand,
all used with exact ordination
all made to contribute to the utter
most of their possibilities, and--in
less than four months supreme
victory, the smashing OF the German
machine, the German army plucked
bodily from its vast defences and
flung out of France. On the miMs
tary side, had any drama ever 20
fine fifth act as this the fifth can~
paign OF the World WARP
And as the struggle ends, we In
America have a just right to recall
with pride that our own young army
has been the final reserve of civiliza-
ton bung on the decisive battle
field, still unready, but rising to
supreme heights, to unbelievable
achievement, to final success in the
face of obstacles which cannot even
yet be understood
Before the achievements, Of
French and British soldiers on the
same fields we shall forever stand
in awe and admiration The long
agony that preceded the dawn Of
victory was borne by them with q
steady courage and an unfailing
Hevotion which make ali praise seem
feeble and foolish.
But il we came late. we came ill
time. II Our contribution was small
! by comparison with that of France
Or Britain. II was the contribution
without which victory was irnpos
sible ans our soldiers who spent
their blood generouslv from 81
Miniel to Sedan played large ana
honorable role in the final success
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ALLIES WILL DO THEIR FULL
DUTY

IT is to be regretted, If the report
1 proves true, that the new German
government withheld from their peo-
pie the agreement, made as addenda
to the arInistice terms, that the al
lies would see that provisions were
sent to the starving people. This
agreement was made when It was
pointed out by the German commits
}gioners that if the greater part of
the railroad rolling stock was turned
over to the allies there would not
be sufficient left to transport food
from the country to urban popula-
tions and great hardshtps would re-
suit, and it was doubtless the lack
of information on this subject which
caused the cablegram to be sent from
the women of Germany to Mrs VIII
son and. Jane Adams.
There is every evidence that tho
allies have already started relief to
the hungry. not only Of Germany,
lbnt to the other countries where
food in scarce. and besides feeding
the civil population. win also supply
the German armies in Finland and
IEaasssia, who are to remain in those
countries until ordered home by the
allies.
In such matters the Humanitarian
impulses OF the allied nations is
strong, and at no time has it been
even intEmated there would be any
Sinking OF their duty to these suf-
fering peoples. This conduct is in
marked contrast to the policy pur-
sued by the central powers in the
tcountries they oVerran, and those
among us who are blatttng about the
duties we owe to the proletariat Of
Germany and the world at large are
but seeking to arouse hostility
against sane government and are I'M
doubtedly inspired by anything but
patriotic or humane impulses.
Any intimation that the principles
of the red flag contingent are better
than those of Wilson, Of George, or
Clemenceau is but the spirit Of So
cialism shouting through Bolshevik
megaphone.
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self. Moreover, an effort to extend
the dislocation by a thrust west OF
the Disc was promptly beaten down
IN June, and we had, first sign OF
the approach of dawn, a French
counter attack, brief, relatively in
considerable, but successful and the
promise of much good to come.
Again Ludendorff must rest, must
refit his army. 1t is July Is before
ne can attack again. He has been
one week less than four months on
the road to Paris. His hour has
passed, and one swift blow by Man
gin ends the German offensive; the
second Battle of the Marine closes
Of 1918.
Now comes the new method. First,
on July Is. the Mangin blow that
wins the Second Marine. Then the
kaWlinson thrust out in Artois, on
august and successive days, which
wins the Third Somme. The armies
all the way from the Vesle to the
Scarpe link up with each other and
In coordination strike, not a clossal
blow, but a series of blows. Sector
after sector of the German front
becomes dislocated, local collapse
becomes q general oscillation. BY
LtAo ailfSA detyS VI oGplGHlD6T. we GhF6
the whole German front from
Ypres right down to Rheims ia
movement, in movement backward.
By the last week in September the
German is back where he started
from six months before. It has taken
two months to put him back, start
ing from ground gained by him in
four months.
But there is no pause, like that
Of Ludendorff. On September 13 Per-
shing wins st. Mihiel. Two weeks
later he strikes again, this time to
the north, and Gauraud follows suit
on the other side of the Argonne.
Then King Albert and Plumer In
Belgium strike on September q and
%. On the latter day Horne and
Byng join in. Then Berthelot and
Mangin, then Rawlinson. with Byng
and Horne aiding him. Then
Debeney. Then King Albert, Plum
mer and Degoutte's French army in
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man line at the point where it touch
ed the Scheldt, while the Americans
drove through the second German
line between the Mouse and the
Argonne. The consequences of this
double disaster were patent The
whole line of the Scheldt could now
be held for only a. brief period OF
time, by making use of natural OBJ
stacles like the Mons canal which
enters the Scheldt between Journal
and yalenciennes; the whole second
line between the Disc and the Meuse
would have to be evacuated and the
Germans could only stand tenporar-
lily behind their third line from the
Sambre to the Meuse and thence
to Metz. They would have to quit
all of France, save a narrow belt
along the frontier, and they could
no longer use the Metz Mezleres-
Maubeuge railway.
All Industrial Districts Recovered.
To all practical purposes the deliY-
erance Of France, west of the Mouse,
was thus accomplished and the free
ing of Belgium west of the Scheldt
was achieved Valenciennes, which
fell on Saturday, November 2, was
the last French city OF any size to
remain in their hands. They had in
less than two months lost rather
more than 5000 square miles of
French territory and were bound to
lose another thousand square miles
in the next few days. Within their
new positions they would hold less
than 1000 square miles, as against
nearly 5000 occupied in July; they
had, too, lost all the industrial dis
tricts, together with all the con-
cities.
After the first days of November
the story is one of swift and relent-
less pursuit, pursuit by the British
down the valley Of the Sambre
Maubeuge and across the
Belgian frontier, until they stood
On the ground where Field Marshal
Sir John French opened the British
phase Of the war; pursuit to the
Belgium frontier in the center by the
French armies returning by the
,oads along which Lanzerac had. re-
,reated after the defeat of Charieroi,
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RUMANiA's POSITION TODAY.

Captain Vasile Stoica, president of
the Rumanian National League, sta.
toned at Washington, writes inter-
estingfy on Rumania's part in the
great war and how she suffered. We
of America, who have lost nothing
by invasion and spoilation, would
more readily be able to realize the
Ehardships of this little kingdom, If
the war had cost us by death 20 per
cent of our population, or 100000
men, that being Rumania's percent
age of loss, 100000 men having been
swept away.
The word Rumania," says Cap
tain Stoica, means today the great
est tragedy of the present war. The
little country on the Danube has lost
by war and disease 100000 people
in eighteen months. What impress.
sion would it make If America lost
12.000,0 900 of her citizens in one and a
half years? But Rumania, though
mercilessly betrayed, did not cease
fighting until completely surrounded
and overwhelmed by her enemies
Her entrance into the war, compelling
Germany to withdraw thirty -four
divisions, saved Verdun by relieving
the heroic French from the terrific
pressure.
HAristide BRAND, former Prime
Minister of France. declared last
january in the French parliament:
.If Rumania had not entered the war
we would not be sitting here in Parig
today Rumania's aim Is to liberate
the 100000 Rumanians Of Transyi.
vania, Banat, and Bucovina from the
cruel Hungarian and Austrian yoke
The provinces Of Pennsylvania
Banat, and Bohemia, rtghtfulIy a
part Of her territory upon the basic
principles Of nationality. are by force
alone held under the domination OF
Hungary. Rurnania wanted to free
fhs provinces Of Transylvania and
Banlt enslaved by the Uapshurg and
run arlan conspiracy In 1867. Ru>
mania wanted to redeem her stolen
proviace of Bucovina.
Wii1 the American nation, found
ia on liberty. permit the sacrifice Of
Rnnaania and of the Transylvanian
volunteer legtons to have been made
in vain, through failure to realize
those objects which accord 50 per
Ssc stb Americas sacred ideals Z"
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IL FocH COMES ovER.

The intimation that Marshal FNoch
win visit America when the cares
OF battle have been smoothed away
will give pleasure to everyone on
this side of the water. The military
genius the great generaIissino was
shown in bringing the war to a close
and the modesty of his bearing
throughout. have appealed to the
world and stamp him as one of the
really great leaders that all great
emergencies produce.
To us the three great figures OF
the war are F'och, Pershing and
Haig, and although Diaz Of Italy has
also achieved notable victory, that
front and his genius are not so in.
timately associated with the war
to many as the heroes on the French
battle line. However, should Marshal
Haig and General Diaz also pay
us a visit, their welcome will be all
that thankful people can give. OF
course we all know what will happen
when Pershing comes home.
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North Dakota s Roll of Honor

CNote:-rhe Forum is DESTROYS of compiling
@ men KILLED in action dying in the service at home abroad
notify The Immediately compiled viii be
re09Tds II any names have been omitted from the accom-
The LIST list from Oct 20 follows sas eliminated
Candidate Hiram Wiper Endern died at IT, c.
died at s. T. A. c. Grand
Forks. of influenza. Oct. rs.
Pte Reuben Hartman Turtle Lake
Jacob Camp Custer Mich
Sgt Frank A Arrong Of Grand Forks died
Brand oasdae Forks of pneumonia
of pneumonia Oct 81
% Au a @ IN of Bowman died at Camp Custer Mich Of
Armen Grafton died at Grand Forks of pneumonia Oct g.
Pte Frank p Desert Lrmoe died Grand Forks
Yang Camp Custer Mich pneumonia
Bg Louis Mazner HabeF died of wounds received action
Pie Pie Roland Jones Kramer died of disease in Oct
Pie Ar M Hovind carbury died
Pte Jesse Tedeann Jamestown died of wounds received
wymore Mno died wounds received in action Oct %
Marine Gunner Carl Grand Forks died Of deas Oct 80
P Pie HHmS Eonso died Lied, from wounds Nov
William Byers' Bradley. died Of wounds Nov T.
Pie Royal O. Gray. Brocket, killed in action, Nov. T.
S action a,'s Nov.
Sgt Jean H Pearl Mound died of wounds, Nov. 6.
R s H a2d Goen a I of s s Nov
Charles v. Hoop action.
Sgt Duncan w Balfour' Milton died of diease Nov s.
t,S''
Pie William Reynolds Grafton. died Of disease Nov. s.
Pte John Anderson Watord City, died at Camp Custer Mich Of in
Corp Elmer Bratenb killed action Sept a.
Pto Frank Townsend IaMoure killed in action Sept 20
Pte George eran Veslee died at TT Stevens oe Of
Pte Percy Carter Sheldon, died in France
Charles christanson Beleld died Of
P Anps CsFs5 Mn9 died sd Fanos oS
Pte John SCHNEIDER Tappan, died of wounds, Nov
Pie, Jocab Nagel Glen Unn died
Pte Emanuel Hodel Odessa died of disease, Nov g.
Corp D Clark, Rockford killed action Nov 10.
Pie Joseph Franek Ross died Of wounds Nov. 10.
Pie. John Hadeland, Rugby died
Pie Richard Carlson Derrick died of wounds Nov TO-
Pie. Willis Gallup. jamestown. died disease
Corp Breang, Devils killed
Pie l. Moure, killed action,
Pie. Boyd Eagleson. Milton died of wounds Nov. H.
Pie Otto e maberr Minor died Of wounds Nov IL
Pie. Frank J. Piper Ashley died Of disease Nov ii.
Pie. Guy v. Benoit Verona killed in action, Nov. II.
Pte Charles J. Hanlan, Portal killed in action Nov IL
Robert N Grafton killed in action, Nov.
Pie William G Blair Beifed killed in action Nov Il
. Pie sverre Eide Dagum killed in action, Nov ~
Pie Charles L Hartman Ross killed in action. Nov a.
Pie Rasmua R sfver Luyerne died Of accident Nov IS
Corp E p Carlton York died Of disease Nov 49,
Pie Harry W. L4adberg scranton killed in aetn. Nov "a
Pie H. Rosland E1oten killed in action, Nov. IS
Pie Floyd Fuller died at University Of North Dakota
Calf pneumonia
Pie John n Morton Page Bordeaux France wounds Oct "a
serg Russell Elmer Davis Grafton died France Of pyocardi
Arthur Stewart 1inot died in inauenza
Richard Newton sheldon died Camp Merritt ~ j. Of influenza
Fatters Grace influenza
Lieut. John oscar Field oure Miami Fla d petona
Pte Ernest Parker carlton. pneumonia sept
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movement compelled the retirement
Of the German out of all of his first
line between the Disc and the Aisne,
including st. Gobain forest and tie
city of Laon.
About the middle Of October, then,
the German position was this: His
first and second lines were gone be-
tween the Lys and the sea and his
third line was going rapidly as the
British were astride the Lys north
of Lille. This doomed one of the
two great anchorages Of his defence
system. He was now bound to re-
tire to his last line that Of the
Scheldt, all the way from the Dutch
frontier near Client to the point
where the EcaiT1on river falls into
the Scheldt, south of Valenciennes.
From this point he could still use
his third line between the Scheldt
and the Sambre canal East of the
Sambre canal he could use his sec
ond line all the way. So far his
switch lines had aided him in To-
Calling the disaster.
We had. then, in the third week of
October the rapid retreat of the Ger
mans behind the ScheIdt, with the
OF the cities of Lille, RoubaiX, Tour
Going, Douai. After this the line
tended to stabilize itself, with the
Americans still fighting. doggedIy to-
ward the second line between the
Mouse and the Argonne, Gouraud
held up west of the Americans and
south of the Aisne, Berthelot's army,
now commanded by Guillemat,
checked before the Sissone drainage
canal, Mangin's army unable to get
across the Serre, and Debeney s
army still halted on the west bank
OF the Disc.
TO the north the main British
forces-the armies of Rawlinson
Horne and ByI1g steadily fought
their way through the third German
line between the Scheldt and the
Sambre, getting clean through by the
beginning of the fourth week Of
Octobert They had now before them
only the fourth line, that starting
at the ScheIdt and crossing to the
Sambre by Valenciennes and Maui
beuge. At this moment Debeney
forced the Disc and pushed east
ward, driving the Germans out of
the region between the Disc and the
Serre But the effect of this thrust
was limited, again, by the switch
line stretching from the second
German position on the Serre to the
third line at Hirson.
Just before the end of October
then, we had this situation: From
the Dutch frontier right down to
Valenciennes the German was in
his last line. Between the Scheldt
and the samhre he held some ele-
ments of his third line; east of the
Sambre he held his third line. intact
to a. point Of irtercession with the
Serre switch line, which connected
him with his second line, which was
intact ali the way from the Serre to
Metz. 1t was moreover, essential
for him To hold this line as long as
possible. because it covered the
Metz Me4ieres- Naubeuge railroad,
tho only double track lateral line of
communication left to him and the
vital line TOR eYac1iatil1a material
land supplies, now that he was forcad
i to out Bel1iuu
fi But on Neveyai3er / the Canadians
operating with thn British First
arrYl, took Valennie5fnas, thus
lse.alzi5g through tho frurta Ger
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The sympathy of the community
goes out to Mrs. M. Hallett in the
death of her young son as result
Of being run down by an automobile
during the peace celebration Mon.
day. II was the only accident to mar
the pleasant recollection OF that hap
Ply day. Charles Hallett was bright
lad, good son, and a great help to
his widowed mother, who will suf-
fer double loss by his untimely
death.
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Many people seize every opportun,
ity that comes along-except the OPP
portunity to go to church. There
will be plenty of such opportunities
tomorrow. Seize one.
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In the resignation of Chief Justice

In the resignation Of Chief Justice
Andrew A. Bruce from the state SUI
preme court North Dakota will lose
an able, upright judge and splen-
did citizen. When he takes up his
new duties at the University of Min
nesota December first the well
wishes of the state bar, and all those
who know his personal worth, will
60 with him. He will be missed.
The club women of the state will
also miss the gracious personality
of Mrs. Bruce, who has been an &C
tive worker in all affairs Of benefit
and interest 10 womanhood, and
whose intellectually has lent luster
to Grand Forks, Bismarck and state
club life.
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It isaltogether probable-of course
that the ax-Kaiser was unaware
Of the proximity of Holland to
Spa when the latter town was Sc.
Iected as the place for him to re-
ceive the armiBtice terms. And-also
of course-he did not send his lug
gage to Switzerland as blind while
the royal train lay at Spa headed
for the Dutch haven. only a dozen
miles away! Had Wilhelm shown
a like foresight for his own welfare
in the summer of 1914 he would not
now be. an unlimited guest OF the
land OF windmills and wooden shoes
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well. All deserve well of their coun-
try. and OF the good folks at home
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4 .sl S Lopdra. 1S ottobre.
1 II correspondents del DAILY EXPRESS
panda da Amsterdam che il cancelliere
germanico, principe Massimll'apo' oge,
3venerdiD riferira' al Reichstag perche
III nome del Governo dellesercito tedes-
% siano accettati termini del Presidente
Wilson. Tale informazione e convaldaia
da tiirette notizie da Berlino.
II correspondents aggiunge che Ia
Germania dovra' arrehdersi allie condi-
yioni di arnnstizo che saranno inlposte
dal Generate Foch. Tale resa sareobe
questione di giorni, forse- di ore In
parecchie citta' della Germania continu-
sno lie rlvolte le. dimostrazioni IN
favore della pace. per- opera del sociaiisti
@ degli operai - o..
I Cp altro dispaccio da Amsterdam
Hnnunzia che rAmmiragliato tedesco ha
lhncieto un messaggio radio-telegrafco
drdinando tutti / sottomarini di
ritornare immediatamente allie loro basil
- 81 - Z q - y F rs '- '... d.
=. Roma, is ottobre.
: Circa lie operazioni al fronte di bat
taklia, IL Minstrel zella Guerra, mel
pomeriggio di ieri ha pubblicato due
conAnicati dai quail 81 rileva quanto
aPpressoi .a-'','
'Lungo tutto IL fronte la nostra ar
iiglieria ha effetttinto concentrations di
fuoco sulle linee nemiche. sullarea re-
trostante sopra trasporti lungo IL
Piave.
in un attacco CT sorpresa operate
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sull'Altipiano al Asiago nela reRione
al Monte Asolone. ventuno prigionieri
sono stati catturati dai nostri riparti di
fanteria.
Lunedi' notte un distaccamento di
truppe nemiche effettuo' un duplice attac-
co contro lie nostre posizioni a Monte
'orno, ma fu respinto non senza aver
subito perdite gravissime."
"Sullaltipiano di Asiago nostri riparti
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in ricosnizione sulla sinistra della Vale
ASA hanno respinto indietro posti
nvanzati nennici neila Vale Frenzela ed
hanno catturato una certa quautta di
fucili."
II giornale "LIdea Nazionale," ror-
gano nazionalista di Roma, in un suo
articolo, speclficando lie garanze che
rltalia dovra' esigere dallAustria mel
revento di un armistlzio. dice che nei
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circoli militari 81 ritiene assoiutamente
Indispensable la presa di possesso del
le duattro grandi fortezze imperiali al
Trento, Fransenfeste. Pola Cattaro.
lie prime due commandano lintiero
saliente nella Vale del Po. ira la Lom-
bardia ed IL Veneto. lie attire due basil
formidabili. sia per natura che per
opera artifciali, le allure fortifcate che
81 estendono da Monte Lovchen lungo II
llttOrale mOntenegrlnn
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