HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1918-09-26, Page 7TERRIFEC BLEW STRUCK AT
THE TURKS IN PAIESTINE
Allenby Smashes Entire Ile#ensive System
and Makes Enormous Advance.
Ottornan army of 24,000 May Be Gut Off-••
Big Capture of Booty.
A Louden special cable says: The -
Times this morning says that General
AllenbY's victory May lead to the des-
truction of the Turkish army in Pal-
estiee, which is the flower of the
whole Turkish army, Its retreat is
likely to be cut off. The whole Turk-
ish army scattered in Anatolia, Pales-
tine, the 'Caucasus and Persia is not
more than two hundred thousand. A
combined attack onTurkey eyfrom Pal-
estine and Mesopotamia might
fol-
low a decisive victory.
A SMAS'E•HING BLOW.
London cable: British, Austral-
ian, French, and Indian troops, under
General Allenby, have broken the
Turkish lines in Palestine on a front
of fifty miles, penetrating over nine-
teen miles at some points. Many thou-
sands of Turks, a large number ot
guns and vast quantities of material
nave; been taken, and the main Turk.
ish forces•'are being closely pursued.
Arabian troops co-operated east of the
River. Jordan, severing the Turkish
rail communications, and on the west
flanks naval units cleared the enemy
from„the coastal roads with their gun-
fire.
El.. lalugier, taken by the Attlee, is
the -junction of several roads, and its
capture will prevent the Turks from
escaping eastward. There are 18,000
Turks on the west and 6,000 on the
east. General Allenby now is behind.
the"ntain Turkish force west of the
Jordan, which will have difficulty in
extricating 'itself, especially as the
Arabs bave cut the Hedjas Railway,
east of Lake Tiberius.
The Allies completed the conquest
of southern 'Palestine by the campaign
of last fall, and are now seeking to
conquer and occupy the stretch of ter-
ritory between the Jordan and the
tIe it rrancan
which extendsIId9
from
Jaffa to a point near Acre, in the,
north. The chief town of this portion
of the country is Nablus. the ancient
Schech:em. The main line of the Allied
adya/ice le along the Jerusalem -Da -
mantis Railway and the highway.
The text of the official report fol-
lows:
"During the night of Sept. 19 (18?)
our troops commenced a general at-
tack on the front between the Jordan
and the sea. Mast of the Jerusalem -
Nablus road British and Indian troops
advanced successfully and intercepted
the 'Turkish road communications
loading southeast from Nablus.
"At 4.30 a.m. of the 19th the main
attact inwhich
Itanct
troops. par-
ticipated,
r-
ticipated, was launched after a sbarp
bombardment between Ratat and the
coast. Our infantry made rapid pro-
gress. overrunning the e,ntire
hostile
defensive system on this frontage by
8 a.m., and penetrating to,a maximum
depth of five miles before swinging
eastward.
"The latest available reports hide
cate the Tut Kerant Railway junction
was occupied by our infantry in the
course of the afternoon, while a bri-
gade of Australian. Light Horse reach-
ed the main Tut Keram Messudieh
Railway and the road in the vicinity
Of Anesta, cutting off large bodies of
the retreating enemy, with their guns
and transports.
"Meanwhile a strong cavalry force
of British, Indian and Australian
troops moving northward on the
coastal plain had seized the road june•
tion #tt Hudeira Lektera, nineteen
miles from the point of departure, by
mid-day.
"EaGt of the Jordan a strong de
tachnient of Arab troops of the King
of Hedjas, descending from the Turk•
ish reilwase junction at Berea„ severed
rail .communication leading north,
south and west from -the centre.
"Naval units co-operated with our
advanced troops in clearing the coastal
roads with their gunfire.
"The operaticna continue. BY 8 p.m.
of the 19th more than three thousand
prisoners had passed through our
corps. F;ages, and many more were,
reported as not having been counted:
Large quantities of material have
' been. taken,"
GERMAN PARTIES FRMY RESOLVED
UPON PARUAMETARY GOVERNMENT
Which Will Rule Independ-
' ent of Main Headquarters.
Amsterdam cable: The Govern-
ment crisis in Germany is approaching
a decisive stage, according to the
Leipzig Tageblatt, and a majority of
the parties are firmly resolved to form
a Parliament Government without de-
lay.. A Government which, in entire
Independehce of main headquarters,
will pursue a policy made necessary
by the seriousness of the hour.
The Socialists have declared their
readiness to enter the new Govern-
ment under the following conditions:
1—The abolition of certain para-
graphs in the constitution.
2—The entry of at least two or throe
Social Democrats in the Government,
and
Third; -The oceupation of one im-
portant political post, presumably the
Ministry of the Interior, by a Social-
ist, for which Frederieh Ebert, presi-
dent of the main committee of the
Reichstag and Vice -President of the
Social Democratic party, is the tore,
most candidate.
• MUST HAVE REFORM, .
Copenhagen cable: The German'
Socialist organ International Cones- •
pondenca publishes an article pointing
out the necessity for democratic re-
form to, suite the peoplein their re-
siseente to a war of conquest. The
e.;crewspaper says:
"The enemy will devote his prepon-
derance of power to gaining a victory.
Successful resistance is conceivable
only if an overwhelming majority of
all Germans regard the war as their
own intimate concern, upon which
their fate as a nation absolutely de-
pends. Such a feeling can only be
created, or reawakened, if the whole
nation regards Germany as its own
empire. Genuine Government by the
people, complete elimination of all
dynastic plans, a firm and binding
declaration that we are only defending
our 'ante-bellum possessions and 'fle-
etly an iron hand determination can
save Germany. There is no other
1vay+" '
POLICE DISSOLVE MEETING.
Copenbagen cable: A meeting of
the independent Socialists in the first
Berliii district was dissolved by the
police, according to the Berlin Vor-
evaerts, a copy of which has been re-
ceived here. Hugo Haase, seeder ot
the Social minority, was refused per-
mission to speak and the police ar-
rested Adolf Hoffmann, who was
chairman of the meeting,
a
CZECHOMSOVAKS
HARO PRESSED
Lack of Munitions Causes
Loss of Towns,
Anarchy and Murder Rife
in Petrograd.
ammunition for tine Czecho•Siovaks.
The Germans are reporting to be
concentrating considerable forces at
Kharkov and Bielogorod, with a view
to an advance on the Volga and to
prevent Gen. Alexleff's forces in the
Don Valley from joining hands with
the Czechs about Samara.
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Public Jilforgtatioii, offers a reaisr-
able group ot circulars, put to itus FRENti
Foos
a.an nett at Petrograd lest winter,
1a epl'lim to be Canteaease at docuntenn- Al
take flute the areas t:o of the (tong•
tor•t•,•p#onage •IBurean of the l ervnsk,
UovO,nment, suppteme,nted by smut
' irom the tiles of the same bureau be
fore the fall of the Czar. Some of �xe Feverishly ()
this matter lute been published Mean '�. Wltl�in Three Niles o '
r iously In France and in this country
Tho clrculard tell of German arrange-
ments ax months before the outbreak
Y Asfel. of teal' for the establishingnt of the .But ,�lj,re TI able• to Check
financial agencies in bordering nen Many'Qe iounteri9 Are Re-
'lei" tral countries, which later Eurntshed the r1VO.
is jlb,d,kav • tiro money for the operations of the pulsed.
+t�� Bolsheviktr of orders to German bank,::
�gt i to establish cease and secret relatiane With rite French- Aftny in France,
- c u�•aa� �•! 9n gertrao�t with American and Finnish banks; o Paris Cable. ---Tete French, con. Sunday, Selet, 22.—(BY the Associated
'.ip191itVl • Jlfrrertpe the launchingof revolutionary propa- tinningtheir attacks to -day, reached frees) ---General Aebeney s Crinins cone
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011 oporatji with agencies set up in those Tony were repulsed.
la�gdatMali'9" laic frQlen,/ i .0 Fr �,fr/ countriei for stirring up social unrest, The important Viten of Couteseaurt, fra#tt the xaad,
strikes an sentiment- against war •the Oise River
MANGPV'S GREAT 131. -GW, within thee enemy states, entirely In the bands of .the French, s the French draw nearer the (lin*
— r vho also occupied Castres, further to denburg line around St, .Quentin, the
a the arae in which the French under General Mangin have delivered eenEIDEMANN IN IT, Germans multiply their efforts to
the upper left hand corner of this map to h.he nerth•east.
in other slashing blow at the enemy. Coucy has been retaken and Fr resnes (a little t p to the right) occu- Tho name of Schcldemann, the Ger North east of Soisspns ibe Germans keep them. trod it.. North of the
ppled, thus giving the French a foothold In the forest of St. Gobain, wh ich is only three miles from St. Go- gran Socialist leader, already glen ire or -i- r•attaeking viciously against Somme they appear to be organizing
barn itself, possession of which would give the French command of the Laon plateau and would make the tinned as involved #n the dealings of i the alkIed f lrces Molding •strategic a defensive system On the line of
fa! lof Leon city Inevitable, Unit ed States troops are with this army. theevlklraPpearsman �atcachedtto onto ofthepositions which are threatening the Hi dsnburgiepos tions ar tallrona east of
• zt h ground along the Chemin Des
t onn n ha t Dames, which the enemy h hopes to
�( anti about -a mile from
1.1a,,,.L ferx . 1 . ....... d i i hree miles nom
1
St, Quentin, s gory # i x•
look will be given to female prison -
life, and the long-delayed ca -operation
of women with men in dealing with
offenders will be brought about.
Already further progress has been
first
At 'lesbtt 'women are
made,r
) �,
i to
n d and it s
nd� ctman
and ec n,. o ,
o
be hoped that the commission will
soon put Holloway Female Prison
under the caro of women. At Cork,
the Irish Prisons Board have separ-
ate management of the •women's side.
The time cannot be very far off wheels
the ea -operation of men and of women
will deal with all questions of prison
reform, and in the housekeeping sido
of prison administration, especially,
the tvorlc of trained women would ef-
fect many needed reforms.
Other steps are being taken to see
what can be done as regards the com-
mitment of young presons to prison;
various details of prison discipline
• both for officers and pt'isoners'; recep-
tion houses for unconvicted .persons,
and .the subsidizing of societies for
probation purposes under the Criminal
Justiee Administration Act of 1914,
section seven. The Home Secretary
has been approached with a view to
his readying a deputation upon these
matters, The need for homes in
each locality in which to house uncon-
victed prisoners in circumstances,
which would rove helpful and In the
care of per unconnected 'with ar-
restt becoming
tin s. 0 g very
'� o
or pro,
great, just as the demand is increas-
ing.for the caro of youthful offenders
on probation.
Probation work is still in its in-
' hasbeen made
•* tin b
but a beginning' int
in-
fancy, b g
Y,
and the future treatment of the child -
delinquent will certainly be based
upolt the assumption that he is in the
care of the state, his natural surround-
ings' having proved -unsatisfactory and
ineffectual, instead of being regarded
in any sense as criminal. It is very
desirable that the powers under the
b uld be put into force
act of 1914 s o
as soon as epossible and that more
available places should be ready for
the reception of young probationers,
for the system of probation is of un-
limited scope and it is in its very es-
sence a work of definite reconstruc-
tion. There is every reason to hope
: taken
that in large cities steps will be
to establish juvenile organization com-
mittees in every borough and borough
ward so that all philanthropic, educa-
tional, and probation workers can Iink
up their efforts. The Home Office is
to be congratulated upon its initiation
of such an excellent method of co-or-
dination.
is 7:
CONTRASTING 11OAT
ANARCHY IN PETROGRAD.
Stockholm Cable says—Numerous
refugees arrived to -day from Moscow
and Petrograd, having left Petrograd
on Sept, 13. They say that the Rus-
sian capital is entirety in the hands
of the Anarchists, and that condi-
tions are worse than ""`fiver before.
There is no police protection or any
other means to preserve order, and
Persons are openly murdered in the
streets or held up and robbed, and
there is no risk of punishment for the
criminals.
Armed gauge break into houses,
stealing and murdering in their search
for provisions, money and clothing,
Several of the refugees in this way
lost all their property, even their
clothes. •
0
The report that large sections of the
town have been burned, they say, is`
exaggerated. but very serious fires
have destroyed certain quarters, and
the conflagrations often spread quick-
ly. as there is no organized fire de••
partm.ent, but only volunteers are
available.
•L,at2don, Cable says The Cneeho
/Slovak forces in Buropean Belinda
are being herd pressed by the enenttya.
largely owing to the lack of munitions
and stare*, Within the last tent days
the Yiolsheviki, assisted by a consider.
able number of Germany, ltit,ve Wile,
ceetlyd in occupying Veldt, Sinibirsk
and l awn, The fall of Kneen appears
to have blain dull entirely try lack of
PENAL REORM
FOR BITN
Some Features of Official
-Committees Report.
More Control by Women----
P'obations.
London, England—(Special corres-
pondence of the Christian Science
Monitor) ---Some interesting proposals
have been made to the florae Secretary
during the last few months by the
committee of the Penal Reform
League, wbfch indicate that public
opinion is moving along more pro-
gressive lines and is showing a keen-
er interest In the intelligent treatment
tit prisoners of all kinds, both juvenile
and adult.
The first recommendation is that at
least two women should be added to
the prison commission, or that the
prison c!dmmissioners should appoint a
special committee of women to act as
directors of women's prisons and the
women's • portions of His Majesty's
prisons. Next in order come the pro-
posals that the governors of women's
prisons should lnvariably be women.
They recommend that steps be taken
to bring before all judges and magis-
trates the advisability of allowing re-
sponsible persons, especially women
interested in child welfare, to attend
juvenile courts, even if slot parties to
the case being tried, _They point out
that it is undesirable to ask wortion
to leave the court, when men uncon-
nected with the court or with the ease
ander trial are allowed to remain, and
aslt that where a Wotan ar a girl
le a party to a case or is called as a
witness, the presence of a woman to
stay by the side of such woman or
girl shall be secured.
Those improvements stem so ole-
msntery ended reasonable that their
aCCapt*noe cannot Meet with much
opposttiott. With the advent of fe•
Male suffrage en entirely fresh out.
Is the Feature of Fashions Just
Now.
Contrasting coats have been ,perceived
for some time hovering on the horizon,
and now the vogue has burst forth in a
range of materials that start with satin,
and end with toile ce soie, via crepe de
chine and tussore.
Since the disposition to express these
in bright colors the deduction to be
drawh in they will of necessity accom-
pany either dark sults--bittCk, navy blue
and brown—or else white and very deli-
cate neutral tones.
A further predilection with regard to
render "them rather
selects Is to n
these
They are
ob-
viously
d-
outline, Tl
c Y
ess or busy in u n
v1 Y
the eye,itoonded" to representainratword,,a retain
end tisleeveseare tamazinglytoward l�vhich
No two models appear to be alike in
this regard.
One of the most original. effects was
wrought with a trade bell -like sleeve that
was mounted at a very deep shoulder
line, the upper part crossed, into the set-
•
Other btino parting
lower 01108 show down sl the
at no
sleeves at all. •
New Styles of Corkscrew. '
A cork puller which Is designed espe-
cially for Particularly stubborn conks.
and where it is especially der'ired to per-
forin the extracting operation without
to thenbott a or veessel of cork recently
patented. The new implement consists
of a pair of aligned blades, pivotally
mounted. with inclining serrations, which
are inserted in the Cork in the usual
manner, and when the two handles cf
the -blade are grasped. the blades are
separated slightly, causing them t0 take
a firm hold on the cork, when the lat-
ter may be withdrawn completely,
erbs
East
g Hpinon to Hill 123, south of Iiotnon,
--� unauthenticated docultzento It is a
nae announcing t tote hundred and Lays as a temporary haven of refuge Sayy wood, td Dalton. Height, on the
fifty thousand kroner have been placed n the event of a forced retirement road from Ham to St, Quentin.
to the credit of a Russian sows- :rem the west and the south, Not•
paper, and asking that Vorwuerts (the vItise event
the strength of the yn This line Is being ins. held fortified
name of Sheldemaun's organ at Ber• against tanks; with mine fields, 611 the
o lin)be advised of what appear d in tlaughts, the French everywhere re• eastern elopes o f Meier heigl,ta are
q pulsed n Y
r t
the subsidized o al. i tl e
Jun i th P n
An appendix to the concluding in-
stalment is what purports to be a
transcript of a unique telegraphic con-
versation between Tchitcherin, now
Bolshpviki Foreign Minister at Petro-
gradFebruary, and
ba rltzkP , v t Brest -Litovsk,
last Fe ru ry, a et days before Trot
-
dry made his ntotortous "no peace—no
war" play, Tchitcherin Is quoted as
promising a separate peace by which
Russia would not cause a rupture with
the Allies, and saying that England
and America are playing up to us sep-
arately."
and thence through Hill 138, east of
astir
Loudon Cable --The Serbian troops east of Mon -
astir have advanced more than nine miles in one day,
'lessnils from the main highway
and are, now than eight � c h �, 3
connecting Prilop with the Vardar Diver.
A Serbian official statement received here•says that
a great number of prisoners have been captured, and
that the Allies have taken (lodyak, west of the' Cerna
River,and fifteen utiles southeast of Prilep.
• In their advance northward the Serbians have pass-
ed the line Krilyovo-Strigovo-1.)rogojai-Poloshko.
Soldiers who have been forced to enlist in the Bul-
garian army during the occupation. of southern Serbia
are throwing away their arms and joining the army of
lib el'atlon.
The official statement reads:
"Our lnuetatigabie troops continued
a north-
wardadvance andhave fou ht no
o
ward' in one day more than nine miles,
The infantry has Passed the ling 1
•Krynovo- Stirgovo- Urogojel•Polcchko.
The cavalry is north of this Line. More
than ten villages were liberated in
one day. In the bend of the Cerna we
have taken the village of tiodiyak.
Artillery continually bombards the re•
treating troops and infantry attack
them with machine gone.
"We have taken a great number of
prisoners, including iieutenant•colo•
nel. Several guns are • reported to
have, boon captured, but the number
has not been ascertained, owing to
tate speed of the advance.
"The population is welcoming the i
arrival of our troops with enthusiasm.
Tbo holders of now Serb:a, who had
been forced to enliet in. the Bulgarian
army, are throwing away their arms
and passing to our side."
Krynyovo is nine miles southwest
of Domirkapu, the nearest point on the
Vardar River and the sktt'i-.saloniki
Railroad from the advancing Serbian
line, Should the railroad be reached
here, the Bulgarians fighting the
British and Greens around Lake
Doiran would • be cut off from their
levee of supplies and reinforcements.
THE FRENCH REPORT.
Paris cable says: The War Office
report to -night says:
'Eastern Theatre, Sept. ]9,—In spite
of the vigorous resistance of the ene-
my, rear guards, the offensive be.
tween' the Cerna and Vardar Rivers
eonCrued to progress to -day Allied
cavalry hes readied the reg on of Poi-
oshko. Edelen forces have gained a
foothold on the left bank of the Cerna,
in the region of Dunye.
"Tile Serbians have succeeded in
t res in the di-
rection
their ro s
rc ntuaU t
a, p g
g
e e
tr
Son i hta where they
ofI o a
..n ,
reef nA
have traverr,ei particularly difficult
ground on the range of hills between
the Belashnitsa River and the Bosha+
va French and Greeks have taken
the village nt Tushin, and have gained
a foothcld on the town of Deena.
"Because of difficult communion-
tions over the vast, amount of ground
covered by the operation, it is not
neeeible as yet to estimate the num-
ber of prisoners taken, but it is knnwu
that ii,utll pitsoners and 80 cannon
have been captured.
"The offensive of the Greeks and
Br t1rh in the Lake Doiran region,
which bus been marked by furious
hattlee. ecntinites to progress, Vio-
lent counter-attacks have been made
in vain by Bulgarian forces."
By the very constitution of or na-
ture, moral evil is its own curse.--
Chalniers.
PLAED IAA
EFOKE C'HME
U. S. Submits Proofs That
Germany Prepared
Weeks Ahead.
BEAT B 1SH VIKl
German Socialist Leader
P,r'ty. to Russian
Negotiations.
thee
eta.
Likewise sou a the Aisne,
•egion of Courlandon, tate Germans en-
ieavored to beat back ,the French, but
tgain met with defeat, the French ar-
:iliery cutting the attacking waves
to pieces,
On. the Lorraine front 'there has
leen considerable mutual artillery
ihelffng, but no 11;ig infantry engage.
ments. A raid attempted by the Ger
!vans against General Pershing's men
sorter -west of Pont-.a1-Moussori carne
to naught,
The official reports follow.
Night—"We extended our gains
letwithstanding the enemy's stub-
born resistance and advanced be -
loud Contescourt, which is entirely in
aur hands. We also captured Castres.
We have reached the outskirts of
Benay.
"We broke all counter-attacks on
the plateau to the west of Joey (Sots -
sons sector) inflicting severe losses
7n The enemy, appreciably inereasing
aur advance and -capturing 100 prison.
ers."
Day—"In the region of St. Quentin
the French troops continued their
progress and have penetrated Con•
tescourt, which the enemy -is defend-
-ration. -
with desp0
:n
"North of the Aisne there was
heavy artillery activity, A strong Ger.
man counter-attack in the region of
v
was without result.
the Moisy Farm v
Our troops maintained Their posi-
tions completely and inflicted losses
on the att ckers.
"Along the Vesle front a German
attack north-east of Courlandon was
broken up by the French fire be-
fore the attackers reached the front
line.
"We have repulsed several German
raids in the Champagne and along
the Meuse."
INSTRUCTIONS TO BANKS.
Document No. r$4 is an instruction to
groups of German banks. It says:
The management of all German
banks which are transacting business
abroad and by agreement with the
Austro-Hungarian Government, the
"Osterreichische - kreditanstalt" Bank,
are hereby advised that the Imperial
Government has deemed it to be of"ex-
treme necessity to ask the manage-
ment of all institutions of .credit to
establish with all possible despatch
agencies in Luteo, Haparanda and
Verde, on the frontier of Finland, and
in Bergen and Amsterdam, The estab-
lishment of such agencies
for a more
effective observation of the financial
interests of shareholders of Russian,
French and- English concerns may be-
come
necessity under certain d
a gar tY
circum-
stances, which would alter the situa-
tion of the industrial and financial
market.
Moreover, the managements of
banking institutions are urged em-
phatically to make provisions for very
close and absolutely secret relations
being established with Finnish and
American banks. In this direction
the Ministry begs to recommend the
Swedish "nia-banken" in Stockholm,
the banking office of leurstenberg, the
commercial company "Waldemar Han-
sen" in Copenhagen, as a concern
which is maintaining (virulent) rela-
tions with Russia.
(Signature) N. 3,737.
OUTLINE OF PLOT.
"Appertaining to Division for For-
eign Operations."
Note—This is the outline` of the
basic financial structure begun in
February, 1914, five months before
war was launched, and still in opera-
tion. Notice the reappearance in sub-
sequent Lenine messages of towns
Luleo and Varde. Likewise the re-
ference to American banks. Olaf
Ashberg, one of the heads of the Nia-
Banken, came to Petrograd a eiionth
ago (January, 1918), and on the way
boasted that the N#a-Banken was
the Bolsheviks bank. He was over-
heard by one of our group. He se-
cured from Smoiny a permit for ex-
porting several hundred thousand gal-
lons of oil, opened at Hotel d'Europe
headquarter where both Mirbach and
Kaiserling, of German Commissions
have been entertained, negotiated with
State Bank, February 1, contract for
buying cash roubles and establishing
foreign credit for Russian Smolny, .Govern-
ment. Furstenburg, now at
using the name Ganetzky, is one of
the inner group, and is likely soon to
be placed in charge of the State Bank.
Ashberg is noel in Stockholm, but is
returning.
The material in this and all notes
is independent of documents and ac-
curate. inn
:Washington report says: Another
convincing link in tue, proor tuat
Germany wale prepared to start a
war of world conquest at ]east six
weeks before the excuse for it was
otiered by the assassination of the
Austrian noir-apparent at Sarajevo
eonctnuen the amazing series of u1s-
Ct..eures winch the .ninerloan Gov -
element has given to the public
tere ena sc lret hocument:1 brought
out el ttuesia.
Two authenticated documents are
included in tue final enapter of the
story which began a week ago with
evidence renioving any doubt that
may have existed that t11eRussian
r
l3o.:;h Vl 'O ad
is Government, •nment headed b
Lenine and Trotzky, is �a tool of the
Imperial German Government. One
of these id an original circular from
the German general staff. dated
June 9, 1914, directing t::at all in-
dustrial conce ns be notified to open
their secret instructions for indus-
trial mobilization. Another; dated
November 20, 1914, is from the Ger-
man naval general staff, and reveals
that within four months after hos-
tilities began in Europe "destruction
agents" were ordered to Canada and
the United States to hire anarchists
and escaped criminals for the bombe -
plots and work of terror which finally
it narj in drawing the United
Statee into the war.
dONEY FOR. BOLSIihVIKI.
In a'ldition to this authenticated
ceidence, Edgar Sisson, who obtained
the papers for the Committee on
' :u.u0.1, Jot1.1•NitV v, • •-• - +t...yLn . ti. J
VAST NET CL0SINCi iN ON RUSSIA
Allied,'Am°rtcan and t zecho-Siovsk forces arena -Mine from the north, rant a rid south have li°gun to close In on
the Solshevikt strongholds In Eu rope*n Russia and western Siberia 11 ke attends ef it fstr•flungnet, tenuous,
but unbreakable, Prom Pens* (1) in European nussla On the Volga, ao roes to Vladtvostodk (7) tete Ilne of
the trans -S berlaf railway t etbeen°leered and is now in *ntetiolelteviki control, following the cllpture of the
territory east of leaks iealk*l (g),The western Oxeoho-Sloveks Captured Verkhtcutiintk (2) and theft moved
tepidly eastward. Arrivin4 in the talks' reolon they operated In three eolunm*, the grain bur following p t o rl n ; 8eiin 1nsk(4),the third driving
railway, ai second crossing file lit °untain5 to the sou.h tend spin n�, sy
northward around the great lake and finally takini Kiekhtaa (!I). A union of the Oxtails on the Orion River,
(6) Wats followed by the vneupation of Chita and tilt final olearin3 of the railway, In the north, on Ate Mut.
nisei oeilet, the Allele -ere making good pro gross end their control of Kola and Ar'ehsngeI blot:he ll* Ruselsin
ANA)* l.tttofal to the German Servo ocoupyin4 Finb'tnd p44 menaces any army they may recruit there,
A City on a Hill.
There shall be go Night there!
Can we forgot that Day was loud with
war
And Peace came trembling with the
first white star?
There shall be no Tears there!
Tedrs flow for hapf lness too great to
bear,
Or lesser griefs that never know
despair.
There shall be no more Sea!
Shall jasper walls, uniting earth and
sky,
To island hearts afford security?
There shall be no more Pain!
Joy steps most buoyantly where pain
has trod;
What shall precede bliss in the courts
of God?
The streets therefore are gold:
We billet n new world on the abetter,
ell old,
And underfoot are dearer things than
gold.
There shall be no Death there:
We grow familiar with the slayer'*
knife;
Death has become less strange to u*
tban Life.
There eltnl be no more Stin!-
Master have pity1 shade thy clty'8
light;
The shadowed valley has impaired our
sight,
—Westminster Gazette.
MRS. BEGG'3 DEATH,
St. Catharines, June 24.—beater Inas le-
i -novo(' one 0f St. Catharines' rvidely-
ienotvn and popular young mothers. in
the person of Genevieve 33arbara, wife
of Meier George B. ]3eey,. who was
the battle of 1Ypresly A youn gtlson, born
a few days ago to Mr. and Mrs. Begy,
was named after Dol. 131rehall of the 4th
Battalion, who VAN killed at the Ypres
engagement, and t'I'h, (tad been an in•
timate friend of ittaior itchy.
" so itlrailt'll been to the city," said
one farmer to another. " (5h , yes:
'tl'hore did he atop?" "Why, he Said
!te stopped at nothlag,--xoukors
St*tesniadl.
a --
FRENCH TROOPS.
-SLEEP ON FEET
Use Bayonets -All Day, Hurl
Grenades All Night
And Gradually Win :Key to
St. Gobain.
With the French Army in France,
report: The progress of Gen. Man -
gin's army toward the western ex-
tremity of the .Chemin-des-Dames has
driven the enemy to violent reactions.
Five vigorous counter-attacks were
made during last night against the
mew French positions east of the
Mossy Farm, and north of Allemant. In
every one of these unsuccessful as-
saults the Germane losr. heavily.
The French troops have istcute 1
maintained all gains made in this re-
gion during the past feiv days, and, in
spite of intense artillery fire, have
succeeded in organizing their new
positions. There le now only about And E' " German Raids•
three-quarters of a toile of ground -
separating the French from the height
on which stands the ruins of tort Mat
mason, It is 111•)st difficult groun•l,
however, and excellently adapted to
the kind of defensive fighting the Ger-
mans are carrying on. It is hes ily
tir.,bered and the broken groun3, deer
ravines and steep slopes make it len
Possible for tanks, but furnish the
best possible positions for machine
guns, which the enemy has assembled
,n great numbers.
If is the plateau of Chavignon the
Germans are defending here so deeper.
ately. More than 430 of their dead
were picked tip over a space of a half -
mile long by •a quarter of a mile deep
during the recent fighting. The pos.
session of thds plateau, which is the
key to the positions north of the
Chemin-des-Dames, would con'pel the
enemy to abandon a part of the St,
Gobain Forest..
There can be n•) hurry in carrying
out the immense task Gen. Mangin's
sten have before them, but they al-
ready have pressed on much too close.
y to their goal to permit the Ger•
mans to remain indefinitely on the
defensive.
An example of the French Courage
and endurance occurred during the
fighting for 'a certain trench Which
had to be taken at any cost. French
soldiers, exhausted after heavy days
et fighting, spent the whole of the
succeeding night hurling more than
000 grenades. They actually slept on
their feet. Such exhausting wcrk
had not been seen since the battle of
Verdun.
utilized to shelter troap
s
,
which ap-
pear
=pear
to be quite•dense there, .A system
of communicating trenches bas been
lug to :permit tete' circulation of re-
inforcements and 'the bringing up of
supplies,
General Debeney's then are now in
contact with this line of resistance,
and they continue to advance, not-.
withstanding t estormidable fortifica-
!ions and the •nnergetc resistance ot
;he enemy's irifgntry. •
German forces ill this region, ac-
cording to evitie'rice worthy of credit,
le -not hesitate•to uoinmit acts of de-
secration in preparing .raps for
French soldiers; -A statue of Chtlst an
a cemetery was thrown to the ground
and +connected ,by •wird'to a detonating
device that caused the explosion of a
grenade when. a wittier tried to lift:
Ib,-'Theso p'ractices )pause great irria
tation among the French troop:, alta'
merely fortify :their determination to
Weak through the enemy lines. '
Sputh of the Somme the French have
. edvanced into'defence linoPar
. allel
to the Hindenbura, g iiosition by, reach-
ing a height northeast of Castres and'
the: line of ridges coiinectng 11rrillers
ane Cerizy and: tete spur:: that domin..
ates Mayot from the west .
The advance ef the first army into
the flat lands along the Oise after the
capture of Cadtres cis menacing the
enemy ling, alto•' was Toitdwed• by a
violent reaction of the -Gentians
against the Castres•,'•whfch proved of
no avail. Progress by the French
extended over •the, line further south,
after the occupation of Benay, Small
advances are -indicated in" reports.
Each one of them is the result of
serious fighting.
-Sexy Woods -was captured in a com-
bat typical of the operation around
St. Quentin. ' The thickets, slashed by
shells and twisted into an alntost,;im-
penetrable tangle, were saturated witn
gas,\The troops on both sides• were
obliged to wear masks and fought at
close range with grenade and bayonet.
The field grayof the Germane and the
horizon blue of the French unforms
loolred alike behind the- masks;, and
it was often impossible to diet#nguish
friends from foes. One French officer
who rushed upon an adversary threw
him down and pulled off his mask
to make sure he was dealing with a
German.
The, text of the official statement
Wetted at the War Office t,4 -night.
reads:
"South of St. Quentin we have en-
larged out Positions to the east of
Hinacourt and Lyfontaine. We have
reached the western oatsklrts of Ven:
dettil.
"North of the Alone three coumer-
attacka by the Germans were broken
to the north 'off Allamant, and we
have�iteld our_liness.curely. We have
gained ground east of Saney, and have
taken prisoners."
CANAD1AN GUNS
STILOM1NATE
FRENCH RFOPORT.
Night• ---French troops have made
progress east of Eseigny-LeGrande,
and the Moisy Farm, on the Picardy
front, south of St. Quentin. Artillery
activity continues in tate region of St.
Quentin and along the Aisne sector.
t •..t.
Life. -
"1dung Zen, there is nothing worse
than high ,iso de a lc'w salary," said the
wise gran who is always giving atdviee.
"Oh, Y don't know." replied the young
fnao who 'knew a thing Or twotrtitnself.
It s ne worse than a OW ifs a high
eatery."
"What's your objection to this mot.
to, 'Work or Pight;'? asked Mr. tart.
fel ty, 'iia too easy, unswer'ed Mr.
Dolan, "Nur* anal WRAy a the tittle 1
had to dp bath. "Washlustou Uttar.
r
Leave Prisoners.
Breach in He
ndy
s Line e a
Bad Blow.
With the Canadian Forces in
France, Sept, 23.—(By J. F. B. Live' -
••ay, Canadian Press correspondent.)—
Tee week on the Canadian front has
been one of aetive watchfulness• mark-
ed by continued pateols and raids on
both sides of the Canal du Nord,
which lends itself to this type of war-
fare. One post has been taken and
retaken no fewer than four times, and
the operations have netted a number
of pr:ooners and a machine gun, even
the German raids resulting in prison-
ers to us. Shelling has been continu-
ous, with gas predominating in the
German strafing. Aerial activity, both
by plane and balloom has been unin-
terrupted. Several German planes
and baboons have fallen to our pilots•
Y cstor day a German balloon was cut
loose by our artillery and drifted rap-
idly away at a great height. It le
confirmed that the tierman pilots are
usct.
Ouring paraartillhuery eshas dominated the
situation, frtquently neutralizing the
German batteries, and. causing many
tires, as well as destroying observe -
time points and bridges, of which there
aro many in this district. Thereto an
evident intention on the part of the
enemy to hold the east side of the
canal to the end, as one of the re-
maining strong lines in their possee-
SioThn.
e importance of the breach made
in the Irindonburg Una is commented
upon by a well-known Germancritic
as one of the disasters of the war,
and as. being ominously tignitheant. It
not only embarrasses a large part ot
the defensive front, but proves that
any line can bit taken. Therein lied
the hardest blow - to German canft-
Once, The result of the War is nbW a
matter of mets rather them of de•
feucce, and in thie case the Althea feel
no fear: In tins type of warfere iia;
rtulties are lig•tt, thrttigh tite e*t e
Ittentt le keen,
xhe rrtotala of the dntmy le ear.
• t*inly Wel grade, the Continued aa•
aaulta of the Aiiies staking thenar
selves 11411 ill every pot of the (tont,