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ASKS FOR -.ARMISTICE
ENTENTE.H.ALLIES....iSTAND... FIRM;
The Corne ( Beast Draws in Its Claws and,Olters the Entente
Its Bloodstained Paw --Attempting the White flag Trick
Berlin' invites America, Which is a Belligerent, CO Play
the Roll Of Mediator, as If It Were Outside the Alliance.
Tex of Germany's Ne to Wilson
Amsterdam, Oct, 6. --The ttext of the note form -salad tby the Imperiati
German Chaneelltor Paince Maximilian, 'to Pr'essiclent Willts..on, through the
Swiss Government, follows.: -
"The Germara.Governmenlarequests the President of Ithe United States
to take in hand tho restoration of peace, acqualilt all the belligerent states
of this request, and invite !them to send plentpottantiarie.s doe the purpose
c1P-enintEr negotiations,
"It aCcelPits 'theaprogramme set forth by the Prevalent of •Obe United
States n his anezage to Congress .ota. January 8, and in his later pro-
neuncements, especial:y •his spa -sell ct ScateinUer 27, as a basis for pc,:tae,
negotiations,
"With ,a view to avoiding further lslc.c:ctshed, the Getman Gbvernmeitt
reque,aa the immediate ceitaloSion of an armistice on land and sea, and in
the air."
It is announced that Turkey will take a similar 'step.
A similar note has been addreased to-Bresident Wilson by tb.e Aixstre-
ritgaritan Go -venial e
e Have Got Them"
Parisa0e5. 6,--All'the Balis etaircheotwete 'fined toeverfiovvhig today.
Saint GurVatis .Chitrelf, whieh watii•clarnacsed by .the ehVJl from the, tio-ag-
range .gun on (Local Friliay, hats been isffictiteinitly repaired to Perrnit itS
to lee opeasicto-day, :and woltithipPes, flecked thither to •the shrine
Where :Once women, and children prityin,g far '1 :Frances 11..heatii:cut \''V'ere
sa'erificed. :But it it was prayers feetthe 'dead 'that were sung .ist St. Ges--
Vais on Good Fidelity, it 'was To Deaths and hosannas of. Victory that floated
to the beavens to -day.
As Parties esnetsgedifrora the 'elutrahes it overflowed upon the cheerful
boulevards or soughttemporary allatle in cafes, bathed in 'sunshine, and
everyWhere one heard no longer (he familiar •and hopeful cry Of "We shal
get them," but the satisfied and contentedexclamation, "We 'hove got
thera."
FRANCE SNEERS FRENCH SMASH
AT PEACE OFFER
Armistice Impossible at Point
!. the Aliles N6W Are.
. Paris, Oct. (i -Unconditional surrea-
der characterizes the general coniA
troop§ in, the regiOn ef St, Quentin
ment in Paris on the demand for
HINDENBURG LINE
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I:Ertl:NG }113N LINES.
Th Preach official photograph sh ows a huge French gun in action
the :Lorraine front: This is the type of, gun that is being used against
the .fortresses. that are 'guarding the 'city of ittletz.
LEADING MARKETS BRITISH SEIZE
MINERAL AREA
Brea da tu ffs
Toronto, Oat, 8.--Maniteba wh eat -
No. 1 Northerri, $2.2414; No. 2 North- _sat-
ei-n, $2.2114; No. 2 NorthetM, $2.1.7% YAII.Iti.ble Prize Taken From Ger-
No. 4 wheat, $2.11%, in 5501.'0 1'911' maty by .British Expedition.
William, not including tax. • • •
blanitoba oats -No, 2 C. W., 84c; A despatch fetal!. L00(1011, says:
laTo."C.W.„ 80 'Zee; • extra NO. I feed, Seizure by a British expeditloa of Ger-
SOM ; No. 1 TOO-, 78'4e, in store mart mining prOperty kiad other de-
-William.
velopment plants in Spitiberg•en, in -
American Corne-No. 3 yellow, kiln , . .
dried, nominal; No. 4 yellow," kiln (:e'lt1,)10`111,1i,,e-A31,,)Igt.11:11TKI"iklis,esssu,IFilt'vtittiltiattirile:'111,55.
dried, nenainal.
Ontaria eaLs, neW crop -No. 2 white tin:W.110D that the werk of developing
76 to IF:ic.; No. 3 white, 75 to 77c, unmeneoly rich iron and cota-deposM.
according to freights outside. is propeeding. It is said they •Wili
0 '" • -h . 2 Vi . o tile greatest importance to Great
ear let $9 81- No a sesiniat.32.22, Britain and the allies, The expeditibn
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Zi SIS 'sto v e MOittreal.
BRITISH TAKE MANY TOWNS,
NUMEROUS GUNS AND 5,000 PRISONERS
Ilindenbtirg Line DefenSes :Smashed Between ,3t, Quentin and,
Cambrai,Haig% Troops Have 'Reached Outskirts.
. of Moht Brehaih.
A despatch froin, the "British Army had made a. dive for cover from the
on the St. Quentiti Sector says ---The hurricane of BritiSh
Biitish troops smashed a large and ,As the infantry •seivifled ground, ,the
vi,M1 eection of the Hindenburg line British 'guns were constantly moved
P4 Thursday between St. Quentin whet up poeitions from which they could
datebral. They have ,ocienpied rtrany continue Perunding the 'Germans.
additio.nal towns and villages and .The roads in the general di -rection
6,000 .prisoners and numerous gems east of Gouy are, reported full of
have been taken. transports and mon, and some bocBee
The bwttle was restuitea at 6 o'clock of troops have reabc.;ed points leaSt
in the 'morning and coatiarted thronglia five Miles in the rear. , NO new Ger-
(vat She day- English 'and Australian man troops appeared in the battle
divisions driving dee,p into the ene- here, although the enemy certainlY
zny defences. The ground over' must have known that the p6aition
ivhicii the Si'itish troops -fought their' was bound to be attac.ked.
way against the ineVitable swarms of This is 4 sign that cannot be ignor-
machine guns eeis littered with (Ler; ed and one in which the British ceM-
man dead, manders find coesiderable satiefaction.
'rho adtenee has zeaelied a depth of Among the towns captured on this
about five, miles its, apex, and. it: battlefront were Gony, , Le Catelet;
follows that the principal HindenbUrg. Barnicourt, Sequchart, Wianceurt and
defences 'here have been shattered.' A; Beaareyoie,
few h•ours may see the British all the In the terrain immediately behind
waty on the other side of the' great The EfinclenItOrg •••trerfl., air recormais-
erm an defensive system, I aa nee has found no .Fri e r system
The Australian troops are fighting o trenches or w ire entanglements,
beyond the Beau re-voir line, at 'Wien- and the enemy is hol•diag , only light -
court, La Motto Farm; and Lormisseto ly wide stretches of eountry, Etn:
in the St. Quentin sector, - The Brit-, dication of a precipitate gekrWaY•
ish treepa have reached the eutsbirtsi The number .of our prisoners will ex -
of Mont Biel:Jill), thus the Hindenburg , reed the earliest estimate.
syste,ra has been d elm tely passed. : • [ley include -Men from mare .than
The. Australians and English were 40 battalions of 20 different regiments
iirsisted. by large numbers of tanks; of 10 different divisions, which Were
which carried out their tasks with the, hurriedly brought together to present
etiatomary efficiency. kind. of an 'obstacle to thee.attacle-
Sonic few or the tanks were man- j British. Desplle the deaperate
tied by Americans v11,6 had been at- mien -1'y counter-attacks on eer,tain per,
. .
taohed to British tank:- units. I tons of the Bribrai raent., he has steen
Report* from aviators say that the yielding. under the British onsianglei
tanke have rapidly over the. ard is being followed Closely by
country, materially helping the in- :British and other Allied troop.
L'antry to clear out the Ger.rnans wholover a large ai•ea.
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- to Spit sheieeen eaded a few niontlis ago ee re 1
Peas --No. 2, nominal.
13arley-Alalting, now crop, $1.08 gSACI, i OWNS ..1 TEUTON FORCES
„,„i,„. the protection of the British
Cross Crozat Canal After Occu-, 50 $l3. 1,1.1,1:;;;;Its 8A11;thlti:11:ent'i',11 ek.Spliloatcteldr,01,‘0,11,8 .11111:
I, ..,
pying St. Quentin. Rye -No, 2, Naminal. eoinnibruler, 'est lie was subsoci.itly BEING EVACUATED LEAVE ALBANIA
in France says: Gen. Debeney's clu'alitY $11 • 30; Toronto. ' '
A despatch from ehe''Peelich avmy Maultoba floux-Old (Top. war colibuilligese.d to leave to. take up other •
_
:
Peace sent by the Central Powers to on Wednesdaybegan to smash
President, Wilson. It is felt here
that Germany and her allies: have. not
through the lines of the Hindenburg
position over the entire front of that
l'xny.
.
Those Imes evexe 234 miles deep in
some places and were supported by
several strongly organized woods.
They were defended by machine gun
gone far enough m their request to
the President for an armistice, and
that although they have stated that
they are willing ko talk peace on
President Wilson's 'plans, they have
not shown submission such as was
forced upon Bulgaria.
The Paris newspapers are unani-
mous in their demand for complete
victory,. The present peace move is
sneered at. A demand is made for
the entire subinissiou of Germany and
that the Germans be disarmed.
"Germany wishes to stop' the war
at the moment she is going to be
beaten; and knows it," says Figaro.
"Let us suppose the proposition is
accepted. Immediately in Germany
there would he a delirium of joy. The
people are electrified and the Kaiser
has retaken them into his hands. The
humiliation of having demanded
peace would disappear rapidly.
THE DOG"
IS NOW YEIIING
There Will Be No Peace Until
Germany Tenders Her Sword.
New tork, Oct. 6. -In unequivoc-
able and forceful terms, the peace
proposals of Prince Maximilian are
rejected unanimously by the press of
the United States. From all sections
of the country -from Maine to Cali-
fornia, the nation's newspapers voice
the demand that no peace terms shall
be considered by the allied flatirons,
until Germa-ny proffers her sword to
the allied commander-in-chief in
token of unconditional surrender.
BRITISH FAVOR ItELYRISALS.
London, Oct. 4. -The Germans' de-
liberate destruction of historic French
towns, with their irreplaceable artistic
treasures, for which no species of
zrzilitary excuse Is passible, is kindling
a feeling of fiercely bitter resentment
both here and in France, and a general
demand is made not only for repara-
tion, Nat for the exemplary punish-
rnen.t of those responsible, The burn -
kg of Roulers shows that the foe in-
tends to take a mean revenge on
Belgium, in latlitition to all the pre -
Ceiling abominations committed there,
This evaselson destruction is believed
'to be a part of a set policy on She
part of the e4erman militarist auto-
craciy, with the hope, of arousing such,
a bitter feeling holzWeen their people
and those at the Entente that all I
hops ts of peace would be athandonea.
100 I'liRSONS PIERISII
`
IN SHELL PLANT FIRE
e Peril Amboy, N.J., Oct. 4. -Tho
great shell loading plant of T. A.
Gillespie at Morgan, N.J., one of
the largest plants of its kind in the
`United States, was destroyed by lire,
followiag a series of terrific explo-
eions, .
About six thousand persons, many
af them women, are empleyed in the
Vadrat, which covers aoveral, thou-
Aorefl. The deryth list, reached
sections which proved unable to check
Gen. Debeney's advance.
A breach made in the Hindenburg
line east of Le Tronquoy was widened
to the outskirts of Lesdins. Further
north the Fr 'la troops
tion with British fbrces took several
small pieces of timbeie land in the
face of vigorous resistance,
Thewest bank of the Crozat Canal
north-east of St. Quentin is now in
French hands as far as Lesdins. Gen.
DeberiesT's men have occupied Omissy.
A footing also has been gained on the
east bank of the canal at Morcourt,
the western part of the town being
in French lands.
With St. Quentin and the suburb of
Isle in his bands, Gen. Debertey has
ntade further gains to the south. ob-
taining a foothold in the enemy's
trenches west of Neuville St. Amend
n alit) 01.11.'2 la fill.a.:i0,, 01(1010P Ins sue,,,,,,,, To Nv 8 Ts, „,
$10.75, hi bags, Montreal and Toronto, returned CoTi".;;;d01.1, ha's e.' Wejal'sa'a7elalo.
prompt shipment. .--
thusiastie description 'of the vast min-
Millfe Cd -Car lo ts, delivered Mont-
eral weal h which has hitherto' been
real Evel g,h ts , hags -included : B ea it, '
' $36.40per ton; shorts, $41.40 plr ton.
14e1:1)11.. t1(.1-Iie.'11).endialtio aS11•1"1:11111Stila 1.enxdtenNt Nor.
Hay --No. I, $20 per ton; mixed, BrItls , , , .
$18 to $ LS per ton, track Toronto, track! wicTai'litr inauexpedition, 3N'i
Straw --Car tots, $9 to 8 r. ;ones said,
-9.• CM,
Toro:rte. I took a large number er miners, au '
--- . ,lenormeus mrantity of. mining 'material, '
Country Prodieee-Wholesale' land supplies EnitriCient for three years;
Eggs -No. 1 storage, 40 to 506; ' and %Nark is now going on on a lame
selected, storage, 52 to 53e; carbons, scale. Capt, Wild, Vsho"taws with
new'kid, 57 to 58e. - Shackleton in the Antarctic, is in
a Butter--Cteamery, solids, 47 to 0, (4010.101,s. Mi-. Jones says
4 e, Go, liesh made, 48 to o0e; choice
dairy prints, 4the expedition met with considerable4 to 45c; ordinary dairy ,
prints, 38 "SQ 40e; baiter's', 36 to 38c.
0 eomaiaitt ins ( kat grade) 32 to , counters with, .eight German submar-
34c. •
, itrill:C.ullies and danger, including en-
.
Cheese -New, large, 2314 to 24c; / Spitzbersten is an archipelago in the
b'rilliS', 28% th 241/se; sitring-Inrane• ' Arc,tic, Ocean., discovered in 1533 by
large, 25% to 213e; twins, 26 to 26aftc., si„..eeage esinsegee,
wtirlo becalale)(1?aritt
Beans -Canadian, prime, bushel, 1 , ,
il a ad_ , Or eenland, suPPosing it
$6 . 50 to $7' . 50. Foreign,
picked, bustlei , $6.75 to $7. . or the western continent. In 1591 it
to $5 „per dezen; 12 oza $3,50 to $4
Comb Honey-Ohoice, 16 oz., $4.50 `tssw-aos xv;iislittenh(ml. be51,1,2,1;:thrtioirtl•slricatnetul dfelTteoliabsel
per dozen; seconds anddark condi, the original discoverers, and called it!
$2.50 to $2.75; bulk, 25 to 26c peril. Spitzbergan, or sharp mountains, from /
Maple syrup -In 5 -galas -tins, $3.25. the many- shavp pointed and roidey I
, Inhabitants of Twenty Villages Italians'Occup3r Beat -Capture
Sent to Bavaria-Upriqing Prisoners and Much War
Feared by Germans. Material.
A despatch from Lontron ears:
Austrian troops have been withdrawn
from Albania, the Austrian War Of -
Provist ions -Wholes al e
--- n ta ins. Witil wh icha15 abou ads. /
A despatch from London says; An
Green meats ---Out of pickle, lc less •••- carrultE K,AzA.N11 official statement on Palestine (meta -
the French after a violent struggle.
/ lions says;
A despatch from Geneva saye:
German military authenities have be-
gun to remove the inhabitants of Al-
sace, according to the Demoerate, in
expectation of. a Franco-A.mericen at-
tack. on the frontier.
The Inhabitants of twenty villages
including Ferrette, Gotitavon and
'Winkel already have been SCId% to
Bavaria. Some of the villagers have
escaped across the Swiss frontier.
Fear of disorder is rampant
throughiut Alsace-Lorraine, no
only among the civilians, but also
among the military !forces. Food
is scarce and little is available.
The German authorities in Alsaco-
Lorraine, the Democrate adds, are
F.fraid of a general uprising in those
riravincos when the allies cross the
frontier.
ALLENBY CONT ES
fiee announces. Beret has been taketi
by the allies.
The Austrian statement says:
"We havo withdrawn our divisions
, froFa Albania. This•was rendered ne-
cessary by events on the 'Bulgarian
front
"Beret fell into the hands of the
enemy without a fight."
Itahan troops in Albania began an
energetic advance on Tuesday in 'the
sector between the Adriatie and
°sum. The Italian columns in the
evening had occupied the yillage of
Fieri and the line of the Semeni from
Sterbasi to tha. Metall bridge and
several heights.
The Austro-Hungarian forces re-
treated rapidly, barning their depots
The Italians oecupied Beret On Wed-
nesday. They have captured a num-
Tanympm ber of prisoners and a large quan-
tity of war material.
and ltancourt. Several .lines of trench, Barrelled Meats -Pickled, pork, $481 ---
aU were conquered in that region by mess pork, $47. . • • CTFCITO-SI A,T" TROOPS
• than smoked. • , . •
Smoked ineats.-Rolla 112 to 33c
120 000 PRISONERS hams, medium. 38 to 30c; heaVv30
to 31o; cooked hams, 53 to 54c; backs,
,
5 - • plain, 46 to 47e; backs, .boneless, 50
IN P1ENTY DATTe. to 52c. Breakfast bacon, 42 to 44c.
Cobta,ge rolls, 35 to 36c.
• Dry Salted Meats --Long clears, in
• tons, 30c; in cases, 30%c; clear belies,
;
Allies Have Taken 3,669 ,i 28 to 281/2c;fat backs, 25c,
and 23,000 Machine Guns.
Lard -Pure, tierces, 8014 to 31c;
tubs, 304, to 3114c; pails, 31 to 31%c•
A despatch from paris says: Dar_ 3'rants,, 32 to 32%c: Shortening, -tierces'
ing the period from Sept. 10 to Sept. .2614 to 26$4c; 1-16. prints, 27-6 2714e:
30 the 'allied armies in France and
Belgium have captured 2,844 officers Montxeal Markets
and 120,192 men; 1,600 ,cannon and Montreal Oct. 8. -Oats -No. 2 C.
' 51/2 to 26c;' tabs, 26 56 261:e: pails
more than 6,000 machine guns, ac-
cording to an official statement is-
sued here to -night.
Since julv 15 and up till Sept. 30,
! the allies have captured 5,518 offi-
cers, 248,494 men, 3,60 cannon,
more than 23,000 machine guns and
hundreds of mine throwers, the State-
ment says.
WHEAT PRICES FIXED .
FOR ONTARIO AND QUEBEC
A despatch from Winnipeg says:
The Board of Grain Supervisors has
ordered that the price of No..2 Quebec
1,vhat shall be $2.26 per bushel, basis
In'store, 'Montreal. This cancels a
former order. To arrive at the price
at shipping point it is necessary to
deduct one cent a bushel to cover the
cost of putting the wheat in store at
Montreal, and deduct local freight
charges, based Zin shortest through
;intlea.ge to Montreal, whether it pas-
ses over one or more railways in
transit, plus whatever fraction of
cent a bushel may arise when deduct-
ing ,the local freight rate from the
fixed price. It is provided that eastern
flour millers may pay 0 lic(;nsed track
buyer or licensed commission mereh-
ant a maximum.' of one cent a buShel
for beying wheat for them, but no
other remuneration shall be allowed to
them or any other class of handlers.
Another order makes the price of
°Atari° No, 2 wheat $2.26 a bushel,
cancelling the peevions order, with
the ganio regUlations tO arrive at
the price at the shipping point as in
the case No. 2 Quebec wheat.
W., 84c; No. 3 C.W., 801/4c; extra No.
1 feed, 8014c; No. 1 feed. 78:1/4,c; No. 2
feed,- 751/ac. ,Barley -No. 3 C.W.,
$1 . 0516 ; No. 4 C.W,, $1 . 00-14 ; re-
jected arid feed, 95e. Flax -No. 1 N.
WO., $3.88. (These, finest easternts,
2214 to 23c. Butter, choicest cream.!
ery, 48 to 4834e. Eggs, No. 1 stock, 58
to •60c. Potatoes per bag car lots
A des. Iteh from Stockholm says:
Petrograd despatches of Sept. Wan-
noune0 that 'the Czecho-Slovalcs cap-
tured Kazan, which the BoiShevik re-
prrtcd a fortnight ago thattjhey had
taken, and show that the Lettish
'troops fighting. for the )3oishcviki
are abandoning the Red cause.
The Lettish troopa were the last
really well organized force the Bol-
; slicviki had. They numbered about
17,000, of which nearly 10,000 were
! bola in the vicinity of Moscow to
/ protect the Bolshevik leaders. Ever
.i.nce the Czech movement began on
/ the Volga the Letts have objected
to fighting there, because they did
; not, .regard the Czechs as enemies,
and furthermore objected to the dis-
organized, umnilitary style of fight-
ing the .i-lolshevilt. officers outlined.
The Lettish solcticrs P.f ter the Tall of
TCazan suvrendered to the Czeehst
$2.50. Dressed by, abattoir killed,
RO HMANTA. WILL SOON
COME INTO WAR AGAIN
Washington, .0et. Vasile
$28.50. Lard, ,pure, wood pails, 20
lbs, net, 3134 to.83c.
Live Stqc11: Markets
Torontbo, Oct. 8.'-Extrii choice heavy
steers, $14.25 to $15.00; choice 'heavy
steers, $18.50 to $14.00; butchers'
cattle, .choice, $12,00 to $12.75; do.
good, $10.50 to $11.00; domm
ediu,
$9.75 to $10.75; do. common, $8.00
to $8.50; butehers' choice,
$10.00 to $10.50; do. medium bulls,
$9.50 to $9.85; do, rough btolls, $7.25
to $8.25; butchers' cows, choice,
$10,25 to $10.50; do. good, $9.85 to
$9.50; do. medium, $7.76 to $8.25;
o. cotmnon, $7.25 to $t .75; stockers,
8,00 to $10.50; feeilel-s, $10.50 to
311.15; canners and cutters, $5.50 .to
$6.75; miliker‘s, goo'd to ch.oice, $90.00
to $160.00; do. com. and lined. $65.00
to $76,00; springers, $90.00 to $160.00;
light ewes, $18.00 to $14.00; Yearl-
ings, $15.00 to $15.50; spring lambs,
$16.00 to $16.50; calves, good to
choice, $14:00 to $17.50; hogs, tfed
and WaitereCiy $39.25 to $19.60; de,
'Weighed off cars, $19.50 to
solltivEseint$t11.!5, 0eb, S. -Choice' heavy'
steers, $13.50 to $14,00; choice but-
cher steolss, $12.50 to $13.00; liewer
grades, $8.00 to $12.00; chioiee heavy
bums, $10 25; lower grades, $7 ei
st •
L0-001 hogs, $17.50 to $19,0 Pew
10,00, Butcher cows, $7•5 to
mt.; lambs, 16e per n,
Stolea, former attache of the Rou-
manian Legation here, and president
of the Roumanian National League
bf America, said to -day that Rou-
mania soon will be basic in the war
on the side of the allies.
Southern, Ronmania still is in the
hands of German troops, but Capt.
Stoicn said these easily could be
Cleared out by the, allies and the
Roumanian army organized.
CANADA IS SAVING
MILLIONS IN FLOUR
A despatchafrorn Ottawa says; It ta
announced that conservation measures
and v.oluntary saying In the homes
have reduced Canadian comiuniption
of dour ,from 800,000 to 600,000 bar-
rels per month, as compared with pre-
war consumption. ThiS Means a sav-
trig at the rate of 2,400,000 barrels per
year, Or, counting the saving by length,
enec1 extraction of Milling, of 2,640,000
barn,* per year, This is equivalent
to a SeV1116( et rtekrly 12,000,000 bushels
of wheat,
A WARNING.
The 5e5of the statement reads. Paris Oot 4 --The F-enoh Govern-
ment has issued a solemn warning to
Germany and her allies that the de-
tetreat will be punished inexorablr.
peoVict who share in She crimes wit:
bear the oonsequences with the auth-
ors, and that those who order the de;
vase:action will be held responsible
mora y, penally and pecuniarily."
It is added that Frence is now dis•
cussing with her allies the steps pc
"On Wednesday Australian mount-
ed troops operating an the vicinity
of Kubbat-el-Asafir, 17 miles north-
! east ot Damascus, charged and cap -
j tired an ,enemy column, securing 1,-
1 500 prisoners, two sams and forty
;machine guns
t 'Enemy airdrome and railway es-
tabbAracrits Rayak were heavily
bazrzbed from the air."
Rayak is on the railroad line be-
tweet-, Damascus and Beirut, 30 miles
northwest of the former place
vaatation of territory from which the3
The warning says: "The Germar
be taken.
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LOANS AND BRITISH SWEEP
THROUGH FLANDERS FERENC FOE
British Occupy Lens and ..krmentieres-Gen. Plurner's Army is
Only Seven Miles From Lille -Germans Apply
Torch as They Retreat.
A despatch 5'rOM1 London says i -The
Germans have fallen back three miles
in their retreat along the Lens -Armen-
tieres line. Both Leas and Armen-
tieres 'were evacuated Wed.nesclay
night.
The Germans, who were gradually
being 1•efit in a salient, began a re -
on practically all the Armen-
tieres sector and appear 'to be in full
flight. The British troops have en-
tered anti are now passing through
Lens.
Autiors Ridge, south of Atmantieres,
has been taken, and the British are
ealst Of tgetre, latdlicatliona aro not
wanting that the Germans, have been
forced to begin 0110 '0:f great.
est retreats. Gen. Pluatber'Js army is
repeated to be only two mnt1eu from.
TI -100111g; 7% miles north-east isf
The troops co-opera,ting• With the
Belgians have taken villages neat
Milers after hard street lighting.
They have forced the aertnene web
back and Are gill going, Tile Ger-
111,11Z11 most get out of rt;11e ag*
cst oaaS far as 081)end', E he tid•
vianee here continues as it MVO 01'611,
Sd.gil of doing.
A- Belgian leasmorelel oar heo succeed-
ed in entering Routers and has return;
' ea safely to its own lines, according
to She Belgian official communteation
t•
, to -night.
As the Germans retreat in the Ar-
t
inenteres seettor they 01.0 applying
' the torch :whenever they h.avo the
time, and the.ir :retreat is markedby
great explosions as ammunition stores
are desk -eyed. It is known thS the
Germans are becoming so short of am -
inanition that many of the higher of-
ficers are alarmed, hitt in the ret'reat
the destruction of dumps has been ab-
sointely neceasitated.
The country behind the Germau
lines is ablaze virtually every -where.
From prisoners comes the informa-
tion that the Germans are malting
hurried preparations to evacuate the
Dune country of Belgium, along the
sea coast, Dugouts aro being blown
cp theee.
There is eaery iadication,
ing to authoritative naval sources, of
an early- abandonment by the Ger-
mans of the entire Flanders coast.
The Geniuses ere already removing/
their guns. The Belgian coast hast,
been under a heavy bombatdmout.
Cor the past two days.
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