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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-28
Special Gable 70 Evsnins Public Ledger

Special Gable 70 Everins Public Ledes'
CopV+fohf. 1918. bv NeW Yovk Times Co
Bfisssh HesdeuesterA IN Macedonia, Oct
20.
The serbian prisoners Of war camp on
the outskirts Of soma is terrible evidence
OF that hatred between Buiear and Serb
which runs like poison through the whole
syqem OF tho Balkans. Within sight OF
the main road to Radonir is a muddy
compound about three acres In extent
surrounded by barbed wire. IN this pen
are 100000 Serblans OF all ages. together
with 600 Greek civilians carried OF from
Seres and Drama. A similar body Of
Russians and detachment OF French
were lodged In a few white.washed mud
huts which the compound contains.
The great majority of the Serbians
have lain out in the open day and night,
In wind and rain, summer and winter :
many of them for three whole years OF
captivity had not blankets or protection
of any kind. Their food is one pound OF
dark bread daily, Their so.called soup,
which they were preparing while was
there, is just a caldron Of hot water with
a dozen maize pods In 1t. For drinking
and washing water in this enclosure
there In solitary trickle from one small
tap. Thirsty men wait two hours to get
near II. The latrine IL an open hole with
the earth befouled all round Il. and at
night men sleep on the bare ground close
to ite edge. Ten Serbians had died dur
Ing the night before I went there.
One cannot but most bitterly reproach
the Bulgarian Government with brutal
lack Of elementary humanity In leaving
these wretched creatures. for many Of
them. reduced below the level Of human
ity, are utterly without medical atten-
tion or care of any kind. They have been
just left to live or die a. best they might.
When man could not longer stand. his
friends carried him into one Of the little
huts. that are alive with vermin. There
he lay until he died, and next morning a
bread cart carried his body away. Three
fresh bodies were on the ground when I
reached the camp
I was taken to see a little earth
noored cabin which. with grim irony.
Ia called the hospital. There were five
Serbians In II. four just frames Of skin
and bone, too weak even to turn their
heads: the fifth man. Of sturdier build,
lay stretched on his back on the bare
floor. his eyes glazed and fxed. his
breath coming In quick spasms; flies
we're crawling over his face and UP his
nostrils and into the corners Of his
saliva-dripping mouth. He looked as
II he had but few more hours Of SUI.
fering to live.
Does no one come to do ANYTHING
FOR these people? Have you never seen
Bulgarian medical officer here?" I
asked.
Never" was the empathic reply of
Serbian and Greek prisoners, who spoke
In French. They showed me CHASTITY,
emaciated figures lying about in the
corners of cots in the pound, with faces
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-28
HUNGARY WITHOUT CABINET
[arolyi Tries to Form Ministry
Il Demobilization Urged I
= R~ the lssn~;ns.1 pro..
BY the Associated Pres

London. Oct. 2S.-According to the
letest dispatches received from Amster.
lam and Zurich, no solution of the Hun.
anan cabinet crisis has yet been
,1eAched. 1t is believed that Count Ka-
.4oIyi is trying to form a ministry, but
~ meeting with great opposition from
The SIavs and that dissolution OF Par
4}AmeRt Ia not unlikely.
4 1t 10 reported that Count Tisxa, former
1renier. has expressed the conviction
that the conclusion of a separate peace
'betwesR the Entente and the different
naktAnaEste< in Austria Hungaria Is
Guly.A question of time
4 The Austrian war minister. speaking
~ an army council of the Austrian del.
eqationn.s decla red the acceptance OF
+ Eresldent Wilson $ fourteen points had
sFOved Austria's readiness to reconstruct
1he monarchy in spirit of conciliation
Ind TRUE democracy. He urgently ap-
&4eaied 10 The delegates to assist the
1sny administration in the demobilixa-
laAter dispatches announce that order
~ bQeg restored In Fiume. The revolt
4 o4tenty y-ninth Regiment is said to
4 SD hWrendeYed without bloodshed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-28
Supreme Sham Of Resist.
ance Seen in Present
Desperate Fighting
DISASTER THREATENED
French Armies Force Aban.
donment of Hunding Line
by Clever Maneuvering
BY WALTER DURANTY
Special Gable to Ercning Public Ledge,

/ Copvi0ht. 1918. bV Nc1r York Times Co.
with the French Armies, Oct, 2s.
The great battle begun on the 24th by
| the armies Of Debeney. Mangn and
| Gullaumat against the German center
| continues to rage with unahatea fury.
! IT is impossible to overestimate the
| importance of the fact that. while the
air is filled with talk of an armistice
and peace, the Germans are fighting
with the utmost desperation.
Their motive is obvious: First. TO
prevent the rolling up Of their tanks.
and the colossal disaster that would re-
suit from the rupture of their center !:
second. TO impress on the Allies that the
German army Is still "A force to he recl-
oned with and to create a current Of
opinion favorable to peace negotiations,
II is at once A supreme sham of resist
ance and the final attempt Z" hin"
Allies and their own population into the
belief that the German military situa-
tion is not vet hopeless
Thus Counter-attacks in which cngi-
neers. staff orderlies. labor battalions.
and every available man have been
hurled during the last forty-eight hours
against Guiliaumat's forces. which on
the 25th had pierced to a depth of
two kilometers beyond the Hunding line
on the twelve kilometer front between
the river Serre and Chateau-Porcien.
The French refused to abandon foot
Of ground. but their progress was for
the moment checked. and Sunday morn
ing's news announced a terrific lombard
ment OF the French advanced lines be-
fore dawn. followed by more unsuccess-
ful counter-attacks.
On Guillaumats left the struggle was
hardly less bitter. but Mangin forced
the passage OF the Serre east of Crecy.
On his right, he is meeting counter -at-
tacks of the same violence as those di-
rected against Gu'llaumat. On the left
Mangin's operations are similarly In.
| fiuenced by the operations of the neigh
| boelng army under Dcbeney. which is
reaIing the fruits Of it's hard fighting
Saturday.
1.-THE moment Of cabling learn that
! the Germans are retreating on the whole
twelve-mile front of the First Army
(Debeney's) whose advance guards oc-
cupied Jouquequise farm and Bertaigne-
mont wood, hve kilometers nearer Guise
than the furthest point reached Saturday
night The German withdrawal extends
to Mangin's left. which has crossed the
Serrc near Assis and occupied enemy
trenches without much opposition.
Debeney's advance holds out a dam
gerous threat to the German forces east
ward, which will be compelled to retreat
by the danger Of development.
Once more Foch has outmaneuvered
the enemy. who must abandon the Humid
ing Stellung. the last and most formid-
able bastion of the center line The
consequences may be OF the greatest
moment.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-28
DISSOLVE EMPIRE
IS HARDEN'SP PLAN
Editor Says Germans Can't
Afford Such a ''Super.
huous Luxury
PEACE. HOPES In WILSON
Special Gable to Erening Public Ledgey
nrs


Copenhagen, Oct %.
Tho Berlin correspondent Of the Bcr-
lingske 'Tdende published an interview
with Macmillan Harden. in the course
OF which the editor of Die Zukunft says:
We must dissolve the confederation OF
the German States. II is too expensive.
Our debt is 200. 900. 100000 marks, Our
grandchildren will be born only to
work it off A superfluous luxury like
the empire we cannot afford"
When asked about the fate of the
German colonies, he said: "If no boy
cot. is allowed. ! think 1t all the same
whether VIC get our gum or nuts from
others or from our own colonies"
Speaking of Presiden. Wilson. he
said: HE Is something! Just think of
common professor with the world g
fate In his hands! Isn't that a grand
thought? But it should be a man OF
thought who makes peace-not one born
to the purple. but a man who has Gre
atcd his ideals himself. On August 80
wrote to the high command: In the
fall you will have to turn to Wilson y
In reply to the question, How do you
think the League of Nations will be
formed?" he answered: =.
Eventually the secular power Of the
papacy can be established in Rome"
Speaking of the submarine war, he
said: II hope Won Tirpitz will be put
on trial as soon as possible. There
must be limits for what human beings
can do to one another.
AS to Belgium, the war started on our
part with a piece of trickery; so I have
never gloried in our military victories
which were the fruits of dishonor. But
today treaties are no longer scraps OF
paper
| About Russia: Won kuehlmann and
| Czernin are responsible for the fact
that the world now considers us conf
dence men the first problem after peace
| ought to be to establish order in Rus
| sia."
Finally. when asked for his opinion
of the Hohenzollerns, Harden said:
II have always had uneasy present
iments concerning the ruler who on
his accession thirty years ago said: I
will lead you into glorious days We
know the glorious days now. Wilhelm
has changed into 'filmhell' and Germany
into poor moving picture theatre.
Now we are sitting on the ruins of the
policies OF these last thirty years"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-28
ReAT. GREET WILSON TERMS
sspital Wild With Joy When An.
e swer to Germany Arrives
By the Associated Pyess

~ Ansterdsm. Oct. 2s.-Scenes OF indes-
ibaole enthusiasm occurred at Agram,
.apital Of croatia-Slavoinia. when Pres
ENent Wilsohs reply to Austria was
made public. Immediately the whole
lily. which Is the Slav headquarters,
Las benaeged and the delighted citizens
2r1ded the streets. venting their joy.
xyxnere was indiscriminate handshaliing
ana congratulations.
Ss This news Is contained in a special
I aispatch from Agram to the weser Zei-
sune of Rremen. dated October %.
4 IN the evening, the dispatch adds, 90, =
~ persons assembled before the build
NJ wnefe the Slav National Council
y les eltttng. The president of the coun.
II declared that the council was firmly
4e4olge4 unswervingly to concentrating
NJ enorts. upon creating an independent
&tate Of Serbs. Croatians and Slovanes
me crowd outside solemnly swore to
setand by the councils decision.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-28
lVDUllFF OUT,
|CTORY FOR MAX
ace Proposals, Not War
Losses, Caused Action,
Maurice Believes
END OF "BITTER.E .ENDER"
German People Will Take
Z Action When Armistice
Terms Are Made Known
~ MAJOR GEN. SIR F. B. MAURICE

~ MAJOR GEN. SIR +. B. MAURICE
n Former Director Of Operations of the
~ British Army.
4 Specisl Cable 10 Epcning Public Ledge
Copmioht, fsis, bv No,o York Tincs Co.
London, oct. %.
If the view which I have express
ID for some time past, that the con
tin,rance of the war depends mainl!
upon the outcome of the struggle
which has been going on INSIDE Ger
!. n,any Is correct, then the resignation
Z of I.udcndorf is very significant
& IT is almost certain it was the aues-
Y tlOn OF peace proposals rather than
that Of the conduct Of the war "h'ch
brought the resignation about Tor II
Ludendorff has for the last two years
been the handspring OF the Germans
strategy, Hindenburg has been inc
Z kaiskrse responsible military adviser,
and Hindenburg remains. 1t is there
1 fore almost inconceivable that Luden-
I Aorff's disappearance is due solely or
sven mainly to the military failures
Yof the enemy's high command.
Hindenburg has declared in order
10 hearten the German armies his ap-
proval Of Germany's peace proposals,
but II has been reported for some time
I past that Ludendorf has not been in
agreement with his chief on this mat
ter, and that he insisted that Ger.
many was in no immediate danger OF
seomplete military defeat. He Is, in
K fact, a asbitter-ender.
M Ludehdorff is the representative of
the mentality and training of the
modern German general staff, which
has lpng dominated Germany. The
sbaaics pFinciple of the German general
star has always been that. once the
&uesticn of policy has been threshed
i6ut by the STAFF and decided by its
chief, there can be but one general
,ltaR opinion upon a question. namely,
That which has been authoritatively,
approved.
z Ludendorff's resignation. therefore,
eeems to me to indicate that the Ger
'Aan nsgeneral staff has been forced to
accept the policy represented by Ger
@QAny's peace notes. and to that eX-
.eent II represents a victory for Prince
Max and his adherents. g,
This, Of course, does not mean that
ne German Government is yet pre-.
4ared to accept such terms Of arnlis-
e1ce ~ the Allies decide to impose, but
II 10 an important step in that direc-
0n, for 1t must mean that the inter.
nAl condition of Germany and the
plight OF her allies is such that Hin
GepburgS extreme policy has been
4ellnitely abandoned.
The moral effect Of Ludendorff's
yestSnatt0n upon Germany must be
1eonsiderAbie,N for he throughout the
kEAr has been n.Hindenburg's brain.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-28
U-B0ATS FLY WHITE FLAGS
German Submarines, Southbound,
Believed Recalled From Stations

Christians, Oct. 2S.--Crews OF vessels
arriving at Stavanger from Karmo
Island report that several German SUBJ
marines. flying white flag at their
masthead, passed the island Saturday
bound south, according to the Morgen-
biadet
The submarines are believed to have
been returning home from their stations.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-28
Kaiser to Be ShOrn
of Al Var Po,Uers

hluSteTOAUl, oCJs 20.
The Socialist Norwaerts (Berlin)
prints the proposed text OF the
reform bill. which includes the fol.
lowing provisions:
E rFirst. War can only be declared
with the sanction Of the Reichstag
and the Bundesrat.
Second The Chancellor can only
remain in power while he possesses
the confidence Of the Reichstag.
Third. The Chancellor will be
responsible for the political actions
of the Kaiser and the Chancellor
and ministry will be responsible for
their tenure of office to the Reichs-
tag and Bundesrat.
Fourth. The appointment, pro.
motion and dismissal Of officers of
the army and navy can only be CT
fective by the signature Of the
Chancellor The Minister Of War
will be held responsible for the
same by the Reichstag."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-28
BALLOON SPECIALIST GETS
THREE; FAILS TO RETURN
lieutenant Luke Drops Note Look Out for Balloons in Flames
Z He Starts After Observation-Disclosures Gets
: * -. Tmenfy.6 first Plane
By EDWIN L. JAMES

Columbus. O., foremost American. ace,
brought down a Fokker behind the
American lines yesterday, giving him a
score Of twenty-one,
Lieutenant Frank Luke. Jr, Of Phoe-
nix, Ariz.. with record Of fourteen
balloons and four German planes. Ia
m 'ssing. He made specially of getting
boche sausages at dusk. often shooting
incendiary bullets into them after they
had been hauled to the ground. On
September 20, Lieutenant Luke dropped
note to an American observer saying
Look out for balloons in flames" A
few minutes later three In a row came
down burning. The aviator did not re-
turn.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-28
Mans RoPE FOR CHANGE
~ Peoples Took Decades fol
DSvelopment, Says Press

& oeasdam. Oct. 2s. The Nord
1366ht Allgemeine Zeitung. in an ar
~ Qo1hmentine on the peace note OF
i1Hoit Wilson. says:
&hs German people are in the midst
1Co4oying secure new system, the
Sfn1Gtal Importance of which Presi-
Nixon recognizes. Other peoples
T4ouiPsd decades of stormy devel-
10 ~ this task. II Ia impossible
~ the questions of such impor-
- Aopsndence upon an armistice.
u 6lor6f6se assume that President
those care above all is human
ing all his influence to reach
1VIsFSeult In the negotiations with
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-28

Camp Near Sofa Has 10000 Prisoners Who Are Left Die
Without Attcneion Scaniiy Fed and Without
Shelter
NJ warn PRICE.

skin was stretched tight like the mask
Of an Egyptian mummy. They had
been out there In the open day and night
In all the heavy rain OF the previous
fortnight.
The state Of rags and Nth OF those
who arc still on their feet could be no
worse. These are plain facts about the
Serbian prisoners confined within half
hours walk Of the Bulgarian war
ministry.
No sooner was the missrAble condi-
tion Of these Serbian prisoners known
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-28

Praises British Artillery Aid in
Reply to Commentator
R~ sh> I..cr:~s~H pe>se

LeNaoa, Oct 2s..In reply TO Field
Marshal Hatgs high commendation of
the American Twenty-seventh and Thir-
tieth Divisions for their gallant services
Army, Major General George w. Read
has sent the following message to Field
Marshal Haig.
ond Corps will always remember with
great pride your generous commenda-
tion. We are under the greatest obliea-
tions to all the British units attached to
cially that Of the Royal Artillery, which
insured at all times the success Of our
operations"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-28
BOCHES MUTILATE AMERICAN
Brave Captain Wipes Out Ma
chine Gun Nest

With the Americans Northwest Of ves-
dun. Oct. 2S-(Ry !. n. S.).--Thao brav-
cry Of Captain Robert Hayes. Of Dor
chester, Mass. saved the lives of many
men in the American advance In the
Houppy Forest. Suspecting a boche
trap ne entered the ravine and prowled
around until he came right on ton of
German machine-gun position. The
Germans cut loose. but the American at
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-28
: NEAR RACUJEVATz
German Troops InAict
ppsities on Population
~ ~ United Pres

4 0cf 1e.-Serbian troops have
~ ssIghts south Of the impor-
~ * KyaGujsvats. the French
~ odotefn communicate an
fooay. The Austro-Germa M
70 % the station and depot In
- have innictsd atrocities
- have reached the heights
Gu3ssais," the ststehsnt
1870 nnllSx AAa,f roachen
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-28
Special Gable to Evening Public Ledger

Special Cable to Epenins Public Ledger
Copyright. 1918. by Nev York Tt'nes Co.
With the American Army Northwest Of
yerdun, Oct. IS.
series of German counter attacks
beginning Sunday morning north of Ver-
dun gained nothing with the exception
of driving our advanced elements back
from Grand-carre farm. north of Ban
theville. where we had reached the
Freya stellung, German attacks north
of Grandpre and east Of the Meuse broke
down.
Lieutenant Eddie" Rickenbacher, Of
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-28
SAXON MINISTRY RESIGNS
Reichstag Approves Bill Revising Gov
ernment Of Alsace.L Lorraine

An,sterdasn. Oct. ga dispatch from
Berlin says the Reichsta1 on Friday
Ing the law relating TO the government
OF Alsace- Lorraine.
The Springdale news., 1918-05-24

guage of poetry is not found in finer expression for the purpose than in the lines of Shakespeare we have quoted. Let us know the German as the wretched. bloody and usurping boar God knows he has spoiled enough summer fields and fruitful vines; has swilled enough of the warm blood of innocent peoples. We have courageous friends who call up on us; we know we can have no per petual peace without this one bloody trial of sharp war.
 If we are to be the support and stay of our courageous friends until We ourselves can make sharp war, we must rally to the quick and sufficient support of the war If we are not sufficiently interested as yet, let us commit to memory the lines of King Richard. With these in remembrance we shall continue the daily urge to do our best in the fight for world free dom
The Springdale news., 1918-05-24
PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE AMEHD-
 MENT.
Proposed ConxtItut'onaI AmendAAnt
 No. IS.

Providing credit of State may be loaned and indebtedness incurred 10 an amount not exceeding two per cent or the assessed valuation of property in State for the purpose of providing funds to be loaned upon the security of farm lands within the State or max ing farm loans: providing Governor Secretary of State and State Land Com missioner shall constitute State Land Board having authority to sell bonds
 in name of State, place money in state Treasury and loan money to bona nde purchasers of ia rIn lands in Arkansas and prescribing manner in which such loans shall be made and repaid; dele gating to the Legislature the authority to provide for carrying out administer ing and safeguarding the provirions or this amendment. providing all provis- ions of the Constitution Of Arkansss in conflict with this amendment are repealed,
The Springdale news., 1918-05-24
FOR AMENDMENT NO. 1S. AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 1S.
Be It Resolved by the House of Rep veseutatives and the Senate Of the State of Arkansak, the Majority of Both Houses Agreeing TheretOi

That the following is hereby pro posed as an amendment to the Consu- tuition of the State of Arkansas, ana the same being submitted to the elec- tors of the State for approval CT re- 1ection at the next general elecloh for Senators and Representatives. 1T a majority of the electors voting al such election adopt such amendment. inc same shall become a part Of the Con stitution of the State of Arkansas, to- wit:
 Section l. Notwithstan the i'm itation contained in Section of Arti- cle I6 of the Constitution. the credit of the State may be loaned and in- debtedness incurred to an amount not exceeding two per cent of the assess ed valuation of all the property in the State for the purpose Of providing funds to be loaned upon the security of farm lands within the State, subject to the limitations herein contained.
 Sec. I. The Governor, Secretary or State and State Land Commissioner shall constitute the State Land Board, which board is hereby authorized and directed to issue and sell or pledge bonds in the name Of the State, to DC known as 'Arkansaf Farm Credit
The Springdale news., 1918-05-24

his next stop was at Newport Jack got there. Thence to Pine Bluff, Lit lie Rock. Conway. Russellville, and elsewhere. for ten days. but over they went ahead of his train. The Stato was lover, the second in the Union the whole St Louis District. was over, except Tennessee. Wonder why he didn't go where they were having hard struggle. To abandon the trip was disappointing, to continue fl, ab surd. But this band played on, and the Senator called aloud to the people to discharge duty they had already performed before he arrived.
 I don't know who was responsible for this trip. l only know that tho ever may have formally invited him, those who are familiar with his politl- cal methods can readily see the Italian qand of the Senator himself behind it all have no patience with such methods l made a few Liberty Loan speeches in the beginning of the drive in those counties whose chair men reqGested il on the ground that rly services were needed. but not dollar of my expenses has that sacred fund ever paid Il represents the sacrifices, self-denial and patriotism of my people-the men in the fields, the laborers al their toi1-the women and children iH the homes prefer
The Springdale news., 1918-05-24
Deserves a Gold
 Medal For This
Cincinnati Authority Tells How to Dry Up Any Corn or Callus So
 it Lifts Right Of.

You corn-pestered men and women need suffer no longer. Wear the shoes that nearly killed you before. says this Cincinnati authority, be- calse few drops of freezone applied directly on tender. aching corn stops sorness at once and soon the corn loosens so it can be lifted out root and all, without a bit of pain.
 A quarter of an ounce of free2one costs very little at any drug store, but is sufficient to take off every hard or soft corn or calius. This should be tried, as it is inexpensive
 It is a pleasant vegetable liquid irritate the surrounding tissue or skin.
 If your wife wears high heels she will be glad to know of this.