The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-09-18
HUN Peace FfFLER
LATlY REJECTED
Allies ScOrn Austria's Feeler and
Continue Pounding Huns
FIGHTING IN MACEDONIA
First and Second Line Bulgarian Po-
sitions Captured Over Ten
Mile Sector
FIGHTING IN MACEDONIA

The United States has turned it's
back on the Austro- Hungarian peace
proposals, Secretary Lansing, by au-
thorization of President Wilson, an
nounces that the United States "can
and will entertain no proposal for a
conference upon a matter concerning
which it has made its position and
purpose SO plain"
The British Secretary of Foreign
Affairs. Mr.. Balfour, has also stated.
though unofficially, that he was ut
terly unable to see that such con-
ference as proposed by Austria could
have the desired end. adding at is in
credible that anything can come of
this proposal"
While the German newspapers com
ment on the proposal as If Germany
had no part in it, the Vienna news
papers declare emphatically that all
OF Austria'S allies had been informed
OF Austria's intention, though the -ac-
ton itself was Austria -Hungary's
own.
Fighting in Macedonia
Meanwhile, in the various thcaters
"i the war the fighting is going on
:teadily and with added impetus in
.IaccGonia, where the reconstructed
SERBIAN army, cooperating with
t'rench forces. have formed three
strongly fortified positions and occu
lied Vetrenik, Dobropolje and Sekal,
considered the most important of the
Macedonian front.
Farther east on the Doiran- -Vardar
front the first and second line Bull
various positions have been captured
l,y the Allies ever ten-mile section.
This successful operation. according
to Mr.. Balfonr, who announced it If
a reception OF the Greek delegation
~ London. Is "thc prelude to an i'm
portant offensive bringing greater
triumphs in which the British and
Greek troops would take an equal an,!
glorious part"
French Gains
French troops, in their advance To-
ward the e~Chemin De- Danes have
gained twothir;s of mile on a two
and Il half nile front northeast and
east cf Sancy, where they captured
an additiona COO prisoners.
Americans ard German patrols arr
dolnv the ma,or part OF the work on
the Lorraine trcnt, but there are re.
ports Of POSSIBLE great attack by
ono side or the other in the Vosges
IN that mountainous territory the ar
tlllefy lire has developed great in
tensity and hostile airplancs have
been unusually active.
Many Airplare Battles
All reports indicated remarkable
increase in the work Of the airplanes
all along the fronts. The Germans
who quite recently appeared to lack
adequate air forces, have now sent
augmented forces into the air and
there have been numerous engage
ments. AS an illustration of the sever
ity of the fighting the British air
men on Sunday accounted for thirty
seven German planes, while they
themselves reported sixteen missing.
Poles to Aid Czechs
While the CZecho- Slovaks have been
courageously and successfully carry
ing on the war against the Bolshc-
wiki, steps have been taken looking
to the organization Of a Polish divi-
sion, under Polish officers, to wage
the fight in Siberia westward to their
fatherland as integral units in the
American army. 1t is estimated that
100000 trained men can be made
available at once in the regions of
Harbin, NihOlsk and Vladivostoh.
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