The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-13
United Press
War Summary
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
1,441 dav Of the war

United Press Leased Wire Service.l
1,441 day Of the war.
Albanian front-French troops, on
the italian right, are continuing their
advance between the Tomorica river
and Lake Okhrida while the Italians
apparently have slowed Up their drive
to permit the French to draw abreast.
There is increasing activity along the
whole Balkan front.
Disc front-Striking between Disc
and Montdidier, the French advanced
more than quarter Of a mile west OF
Antf1eui.
Flanders front--AustraIian and Eng.
| iish troops took SO prisoners In Min
Tor operation between Marris and
|vieux-Berquin.
Lorraine front-Generai .Pershing
personally decorated officers and men
Of the New England division and con-
graduated the entire unit on the work
on it's front.
Great Britain-Rritish casualties
published In official lists during the
week, totaled 14,s74.
Germany-An Anr-erdam report
said that Vice Chancellor VonPayer
had resigned, contingent on Won Hint
yes attempt to carry out pan-German
policies.
Russia - "considerabIe" British
forces are reported to have been sent
to the Murman coast.
Deceivina German People.
CBy ]. w. T. Mason, United Press
War Expert]
NEW YORK, July 13.-Germany's
anticipated peace offensive has been
clumsily begun by Chancellor Won
Hertling. His purpose is to throw
| the initiative for making detailed Of
| fers for ending the war upon the al
lies, hoping thus to bury the princi-
pal allied demand that German mill
| tarism be crushed before a peace
/ treaty can be signed.
! Won Hertling interprets Americas
resolve that the German mllltarlsts
be made impotent, as meaning amer
| lea is determined upon the destruc-
ton of Germany. This is charac-
| teristic deceptive effort or German
craftsmanship. Won Hertling is seek
| ing to fool the German people INTO
consenting to further blood sacrlnceS
! for the Hohenzollern megaloman1acs,
who demand that the world snail
| bow to the divine right of kings.
The last hope of the kaiser 10 con-
tinue the destruction of German man
hood is that his subjects will fail TO
differentiate between the overthrow
| of Germany's war lords and the over
throw of Germany as a sovereign
state. Won Hertling has now peen
set to work to confuse the Germans
over this issue and to clear the
ground for new German cemeteries.
1t is difficult to believe the German
people can long be deceived by DC
spairing effort of the kaiser to anix
the selfish ambitions OF his btooa-
stained royal house upon Germany
| future. If he succeeds in doing tn's.
Germany will have no future. Won
HertIing's camoufiage means the kalS'
er's diplomats are now retiring 10 de-
fensiye positions. They are pefsgu's
the cruelty maltreated German peo-
ple to save their own tasknasters
from the punishement which an out
RACED world is preparing to 1nfiict.
Nothing. however, can prevent that
nunishment. Americas WondelId
nrogress in war preparations Is
guarantee that retribution shall De
!exacted before civilization is ltseit
crushed in the process. The hope OF
the militarists has vanished that their
own downfall could only be accom-
n,iehed bv the exhaustion of the DEM
lncratic nations. America has res.
cned the world from the possibility OF
tbat catastrophe. When the German
people realize this fact, peace and
the death of German militarism, VIII
mot be far distant
,r, o-oro da;1v DroductioQ OF