Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-10-17

'ge she'll rs seen exploding in the
the drive fin which the Belgfsns drove
srating north OF Reims.
with the French at Laucon. East of
the Meuse also the Americans were
going forward. and, ut the time of
writing. these movements. as well as
those all along the line, were still pro-
crossing.
These operations in France were
steadiiy crushing the great German
salient whose apex was near Laon,
and the French We're maintaining a
continuous pressure on both sides OF
that city, They also were compelling
the further retirement of the Huns
who still remained sonti, of the Asne.
between Neufchatel and vouzieres.
The American air service on the
front of the First army clearly dem
onstrateh its superiority during the
week. Huge aggregatlons OF bombing
planes continually flew over the en-
emy front lines, communications. back
areas and troop concentrations, doing
incalculablc damage, while the pur-
suit planes kept the air clear Of Hun
machines.
The Serbian army kept up the unre-
uniting pursuit of the Austrians In
Serbia as the Bulgarians withdrew
from that country. or surrendered, ac-
,cording to their agreement. Before
the end OF the week the Serbs were
quite close to Nlsh and moving ahead
steadily. To their west, in Albania,
tho allied troops made considerable
, progress Tie Italians tUok Elbassan
after crushing determined resistance
by the Austrians, and then continued
their advance northward.
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| The occupation Of Beirut by French
| marines only accentuated the troubles
Of Turkey. The cabinet resigned, af-
i ter peace note was said to have been
started on it's way to President Will
son, and Tewflh Pasha. it was report
cd, would be the new grand vlzier. His
| sympathies are rather with tlle allies.
and there Is little doubt the sultan
himself would be mighty glad to get
out Of the war ON the best terms OBJ
talnable. London was convinced Tur-
key had notified Germany it intended
to make peace and that the kaiser
tried to stave this off by the proposal
OF the chancellor
Austria Hungary was In II condition
almost of panic and was nervously
awaiting the outcome Of Prince Max's
effort. Reports from Vienna said the
ministerial council had decided to in
| troduce national autonomy I'm order
to make President Wilson'S stipulation
an accomplished fact.' Among the
PEOPLE Of the empire the movement to
proclaim the separation of Hungary
ana Austria was making great head.
way. r Meanwhile the Bohemian lead
ers were comforting and preparing to
declare the independence of their
country and its separation from Aus
triaHungary, and, knowing the dan
gers of such action, made their wills
and settled their personal affairs.
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Boris. who has succeeded to the
throne of Bulgaria on the abdicatiOn
of his father, Ferdinand. adheres to
the terms Of the surrender made by
l:is armies, and has ordered Germany
and Austria to quit his country with.
in month. Already the rail connec
ton between Vienna and Constantine
pie seems to be effectually broken.
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Three more victories" by the mur
derous German U-boats are to be re
corded. The Irish mail boat Leinster
the Japanese liner Hirano and thu
American cargo steamship Ticonderog,
were torpedoed. The total loss of lif,
was estimated ct more than 900. II
the case of the Ticonderoga about Oh
were killed, most of them by shrapne
fire after the boat had ceased to resist
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One painful result OF tile German
peace offensive was the decided slow
ing up Of the campaign for the fourth
Liberty loan. Presumably because
many short-sighted people though
peace was at hand and the money
would not be needed, subscriptions tt
the $6,OOO,OOO,0OO loan were distress
lngly slow in coming in. All the agen
!. cies engaged in the campaign re
doubled their efforts and the American
public was loudly warned that th,
Fun peace talk must be disregardet
and the money must be raised. Uncl,
Sam needs those six billions and h,
will get them, and he will need ant
will get much more. in all probability
before peace is declared and the arm
ips are disbanded. If the people re
fuse to lend the government all tn,
money It needs. at a good rate of in
terest, 1t has other ways of gettinl
funds. and It will adopt them.