Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-01
CBy The Associated Press9


 Turkey is cut of the war. and Ger mduys remaining ally. AustrIa Hun ry, badly defeated on the field of sttle. her battle line rent in twain alu with chaos reignns inside her borders. Is pleading for dn armistice. Thus lar her opportunities have re- cciNcd no better answer than tle re- doubling Of the efforts of the allies to rush utterly her warriors.
 The equalization of Turkey is be- ueyed to have been an unconditional one. The victories Of the allied forces oyer the Austro- HUngarians threaten fo send what remains Of the enemy armies reeling back to their border line shattered and completely vanquished.
 More than fifty thousand prisoners have been taken by the Italian. Brit ish. French. American and Czecho Slovak forces. and everywhere, from the mountaia region to the plains of Nenetia- the enemy is being sorely tried. In the mountains. where stiff resistance had been offered 70 keep the i.e from entering the back Goor Of Austria, the enemy's front is cracking under the violence of the attacks and .a.u1rtant strategic positions are be- iaS lost
 To The east Of the Piave the allies A northeast Of Belluno. immediately twenty miles rom their original point oI departure. and severed connection between the armies in the north and rtcsc on the Venetian plains.
 oyer the plains leading toward the Austrian frontier al the Isonzo river the invaders everywhere are in full cht. with the allied troops pressing them hard Here tlse debacie seems 10 he complete. The enemy in his fiaht is leaving behind him large numbers of guns and great quantities lf wur stores as he endeavors to reach Tho passages over the Tagliamento rivcF lr seems not improbable that Cu he plains and in the region east and west of BellunO large numbers of the enemy are destined to be captured.
 on The western battle front there is -ul little fighting of a violent char acfer but the intensive operations of inc airmep seem 10 presage an early rsturn Of battles of major importance I1 Belgium both the British and Bel gian troops have made slight gains while the French on the southern part of the line in France have advanced their line and taken prisoners Aside from reciprocal artillery duels and continued aerial raids by the Ameri cans and Germans, the American sec- tors east and west of the Mouse have been comparatively quiet.
 In the Serbian theater the Austro- Hungarian eastern army mas succeed cd in out-distancinE the Serbians and reaching their home territory across sne Danube. Tn Mesopotamia the Tur- kish army which for so long held ur fnp British in their attempts to pro- .ced up the Tigris river. but which lately has been suffering severe de- fcats. has surrendered in it's entirety Co the British commander
 Through the defectioa Of Turkey tho u.iEht Of the Teutonic. allies becomes I critical one, The gateway 10 the rastern boundaries of Germany anl fluuGRry is opened by way of tho DardaneIles and the Bosphorus, ant doubtless shortly allied fleets will in wade the Black Sea and begin opera lions In this heretofore unattainabl, region. Such warships as the Ger. mans have afioat in the Black Sea, in cluding the Russian Black sea fleet viii provide no barrier 10 the might! floating fornSssas the entente can i'm pose against tStem.
 Shattered little Rumania by the col lapse of Turkey again is likely sool tn be inside the entente fold and aid ing in the operations against the na tinna which crushed her. Likewis The armistice which lets Turkey ou of the war is a menace to the enem, in Russia and is likely to prove of tn greatest value in duicakenfng a returl of normal conditions in that country