The Raymer enterprise., 1918-10-24

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German armies. Immense numbers Of
machine guns. with some artillery. con-
stItuted most Of the Hun resistance In
this region. Such counter-attacks By
Infantry as were made were rather
feeble and easily beaten OF.
The defense In general, however.
was powerful. and II Is evident that
the German command attaches great
Importance to holding back the Amer
leans MS much as possible In the Yer
dun region. Every foot gained here
by the allies weakens the hold Of the
Germans on the invaluable coal and
Iron fields Of the Briey basin northeast
Of Verdun. II looks as though the
Germans were rcconciled to retiring
from Belgium and France. but would
hang on to the Briey fields to the last
moment. Such course would be Jus
tifed by their greatly depleted storeA
Of material. They are running short
especially Of metal for guns and am
munition.
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In Italy, the Austrians have been
attempting very little Of late. proba.
bly, because they hope soon to be out
Of the war but In Albania and Serbia
the allies are keeping them on the
jump. Italians, Serbs, French. Brit
ish and Greeks all are taking whacks
at them. and at last reports they had
Teen driven far north Of NIsh. which
was captured by the Serbs. to whom
|! belongs. In Albania the Austrians
evacuated their great naval base Of
Durazxo. which had been largely de-
stroyed By naval raid the previous
week.
Little news came from General Al
lenby's army In Palestine, which prob
tbly was resting after Its gallant and
successful campaign against the Turks.
But word was received that Beirut.
the Turkish base on the Mediterrane.
an. had been captured, following which
Baalbek TrIpoli and HONS were o.
cupied.
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BolshevIk forces In eastern Russia
have been greatly strengthened Of late
and are reported to be pressing back
the Czecho-S Siovak troops there. The
latter have appealed for help from the
ollies, and It may be that troops from
the Siberian expedition have been sent
to their relief. Meantime the allied
forces In north Russia. including Q
considerable American contingent, are
fighting their way along both banln
Of the Dvina In the direction Of Welsh.
northeast Of voloeda. Their progress
has been di6icult, for the bolsheviki
have been making heavy attacks and
keeping the expedition under almost
constant bombardment. On the river
the enemy has gunboats. protected By
nine fields and small islands. and the
shells from these do considerable dam.
age. The allies. however are getting
along fairly well there and are conf.
dent and cheerful.
Lenine and Trotxky are reported to
have had a violent quarrel. the pre-.
mier having accused the foreign min
lister Of fostering a counterrevolution
Lenine again has been attacked by an
assassin. this time being shot In the
shoulder.
The Firms seem to BE- getting them.
selves into q peculiar position. First
they elected as their King Prince Fred.
erick Charles Of Hesse. brother-iD.law
Of the kaiser. whereupon France broke
of the semi-offlciai relations that had
existed with Finland. Next the Firms
formally requested Germany to with.
draw all her troops from their coun.
try. The substitution Of a monarchy
for republic was really the work Of
the Finnish diet, not Of the people,
and II may not stand.
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John D. Ryan. director Of the Amer.
lean air service, on his return from
Europe. made the welcome announce.
ment that unincation Of operation.
and to great extent Of production Of
aircraft. had been agreed upon by the
allies. He also told Of the splendid
work Of the American aviators and Of
the success and popularity Of tina
American De Haviland planes and the