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. si t- .Jt v ' 7 - 4. - i-i J, 1 A Ho'ml eWspapeT Published in 4he Interest of thejPeopiertod for Hoiiesiy in, . Governmental Afiairs. 1 if Vol. X No. 40 SalisburV, N. O., Wednesday EPTEMBER. 1914. WM, H . STfcWART, EDITOTl '! 5 . PV- IS- vAv, Sie Yabatb AiTics to Farmers Oli'siti aop, Arraage fo Live at Home and Prtpire Te b is good F x Neit Year. Bradford K iapp, . special agent iu charge ol (he farmers' co-operative demcQstr&tioD work, under date of Sttpkeail.er 10th, seuds oat the following timely sagestions to th389 lnterasted: To farmers arid baemesi men in cotton territory : Iu every emergency a plan of action is a great help. The prices of food product are high and there is every iodicaMon that thy. will remain so cutiug tne next year. The war in "Europe das dia turbid production abroad and has interfered with couaumpu n and with markets and financial condi tions in this ocautry. This Stato of affairs, familiar to every oue, makes it imperative tbat every farmers and every comcjQu ty ibould plan for next year's won accordingly. - The Dqpaitment suggests to the cotton farmers the following lm portaUt things to consider for the next year: 1 A Home Grden for eyorf family. Tne borne garden is onel of th most important means oi cutting down expusej and pr. -ducing tae living of the faiuily cu the farm. Set aside a gooO'rih piece of land near the house for this purpose. Prepare it with oare and apply m mure liberally. Secure from your county agent, your agricultural college or tht U S . Department of Agricult ure, directions for the making of a garden, not only in the summer bat early and late in he year. Proper attention to the gardei will give the farmer wholesome food daring a large portion of the year. Gat in touoh with the Girls' Canning Olub Work and arrange to can the vegetables and for win ter use, 2. Produce all the corn for your own nie. Get good seed corn and follow the instructions of your county agent in xaieing a good crop next year. Figure how many hofhels you will reed for your own use and some th sell, and put your acreage in accordingly. You . will fiesiLcarjri.ler the.. feeding- -of your livestock and your family, and a reasonable surplus. 8. Produce your own hay and forage crops. If you can obtain seed at a reasonable price sow " crimson or burr clover, vetch, or tome other winter legume. If nn. able to do this put in oats or rye this fall, peas or beans in the spring, or use sorghum, kafir com, milo maize or seme other crop adapted to your cimata and soil. Consult your oouoty agent, your agricultural college or the U.S. Department of Agriculture. 4. Produce euough chickens and hogs to make your own meat. As a rule our southern farmers have too few chickens. Pay lomo at tention to them. With a little work they can be produced cheap ly, and enough of them will eav the necessity for purchasing meat. Eveiy family should plan to raise a few head of hogs and the crops necessary to teed tnem ine 3 enti ty agent will help you with plans in this direction. 8ave your brood bows and hens and .pullets. Yop cannot afford to sell any breeding stock. Market a part of your corn crop and your peas and pea nuts through hogs and chickens. Do not be tempted to sell heifers or cows; breed them to good beef fcvDe bulls and grow your own meat. 5. Out down your . fertilizer bills by saving all manure and b planting cover crops, especially , winter legumes, if the seed can be obtained. Bay fertilizers for text year carefully. Purchase cnly hiah trade materials of the kind you need. Some kinds of fertiliz ing materials may be high priced. Do not use that Rind unlest you know ycur land retires it. Crops turned under add fertility to the oil and save fertilizer bills. Landlords should see that their tenants follow instructions and grow as much as possible of their annnlies. as suggested above. NtXt year is the important year for ai faxmers iu the cotton territory to make up their minds to "Live a Hnma" as nearlv as nossible. Ev ery dollar saved on advances wil be sj much gained at the end o the ver: evarv dollar borrowed nn Advances has to be paid back out of the cotton crop. 6. Plant less acreage in cotton Why? Because food products wil remain high and cotton1 will prf bablv remain low if the war lasts Do not run any canoes. Follow a sa'e Dlan. You will need the axtra acrPB to produce the food rope. It is estimated that be tveen tbr e and four million bales ot cotton will have to be carried vr out of too present crop. A formal acreage in cotton next vur. and no increase in .food ropa, will ceitainly mean high priced food 8ndbw"piiced cotton. Yen cannot afford to be compell ed to purchase fgh-priced pro ducts out of a very narrow margin of profit in the cotton orop. Escnomy.in raising what cotton is planted ie-of Supreme import ance. The .best economy ia in good farming and living at home. To bankers aud- merchants , we would say that w)th their ooop eration mach'oall be done to make our own supp irs lor next year. In many oouutiea id boll weevil territory banker merchants and. (atmers have united to sustain credit. Iu ' such cases farmers have agreed to produce home sup plies and do good farming "and bttnkerrand merchants have lim Ued advances by insistiug that the farmer must reduce the acre age in cotton to make way for the necessary; food props A little of that same oo-operation will help the whole "oottbja territory next year . Will our bankers and mer chants be oo-cperatorB? ' The same general principles ap ply to the tobaoco" crop. Make your plans- now tqt meet the situa tion. Diversification nd the pro duction of home supplies is the only safe plan to follow. Suggestions and instructions on all of tae subjects mentioned in this Utter may be had on applica tion to your county .agent, your Agricultural college, or the U. S. Department of Agriculture. ViTid pen PicmrsiC BijBaltle iiFrw London, Sept. 20. 9:45 p.m. A correspondent of the times iends the' following dispatch "be hind the British lines," dated September 19th : . "The great .battle draws to a close. Exnaustion rather than shct and shell, has "wrought a ter rible peace along the. river banks a peaoe which my expirencei of the last few days lead me to be lieve may be the herald of viotory. That, at least, is how I read, the situation. "I have seen oar troops and the Frenoh go. into battle these last days not as worn and weary men, but as conquerors, l naye teen them ' rethrn wounded frora this valley of death witn the conquer ing spirit fanned to fieroe fury. "The soene of the river at night as magnifioant and apailiug. The whole valley was swept with a blaze of searchlights from dark ness until dawn. "Here and there a flash reveal ed the bursting cf a shell. Over all rolled the perpetual thunder of the guns, a fierce and thrilling accompaniment. "An iicessaut ram. too, flooded the great river, miking the work of the engineers a vertiable talk of Hesolues. "This was a battle to the last ounce of strength, in which man and horse poured out their whole tves in a few frenzied moments Day and night the combat raged without intermission, ebbing aod flowing like the tide, seething like cauldron and into the hell fctrong men went down, it waB a brave sight to see them go, gaily and iight heartily. to return per baps in a few hours broken for life or it may be never to return at all, for the loss was terrible. An American and Neice Suffered Mint Indignities. Pans, Sept. 18. :ez p. m. Trying experinces befell Major Edwin Jacob Stivers, U S. A , retired and his neice, Miss Stivers, who were caught in the track battle at the village of Vaumoise, about 45 miles northeast of Paris. American Ambassador Myron T. Herrick learned yesterday of the maKr's situation and sent an army officer attached to the Em bassy in an automobile to bring hi in with bis nieoe to Paris. Ma j r Stivers, who is in his eightieth year, was found broken in health He said the British troopi bad been in the village on August 80 aud 81 and the Germans from September 1 to 10. There had been a good deal of shooting aroaud his pottage. He painted a small American nig on a piece of board which he nailed to the cottage and this usually was re spected. Miss Stivers, however wa9 nude to do all kinds of work tor the (ieripan soldiers such as living them at table, making ta and wearing their horses. Bilious? Constipated?? . King's New Life Pills will Dr. cure you, cause a healthy flow of Bile and rids your Stomaoh and Bowels of waste and fermenting body poisous. They are a Tonic to your Stomach and Liver and tone the genjral system. First dose will care yon of that depress ed, dizzy, biMous and constipated condition. 25o. all Druggist, nut iir;;wftrt:iirH Slarte&V JUauUa it tie- llittea f It.L4t0;miot;rt in .krth- Pdpe. Pius'X seems to have been ( a pietists a simple-minded, inof fensive old man. submissively in the.bands.of the Jesuit secretary. Benedict is to be a pohtioian and he told the conolave so before the election was announced At least the A"ooiated Presx dispatches to the St Louis Globe Democrat of Sept. 6. 1914 so announces him. The statement is certainly signifi- cant and discloses the mental at- titude of the new pope to interna- tional politics. Having disposed of the negative Pios X, and push- ed the "black pope" into silence, the Jesuit has chosen a snpremelfefl,s m prosecueiou m 4our hour when politicial Rome can show its hand by its new pope and command peace and - cause the winds and, waves of passion to cease and wars of tnmalt to belre,al 1Q immediate icaddAi, and still. Here is the dispateh : Rome, fieot. 4 Tfc w rUtd here today thai in conversations before his election. Pope Benedict XV repeatedly expressed his belief 1 in the necessity that the pontiff should intervene with an "appeal for peace, not in a barely evangel- ioal form, bat in precise diplo matic action. "The pope," he is quoted as saying, "mast actually plaee him sslf amidst the . oombatants in stead of keeping away and preach mg peaoe and conoord from a dis tance. it It is asserted that he expressed these ideas in the conolave. Te pope, acoording to an nouncement made here today, will hold a reception for the diplomatic envoys in Some on Monday, Sep tember i. While the words of the new pope are settling down into your sonsoi ousness. just remember that juvt preceding the outbreak of war in Europe, Pius X . and the Jesuits had just completed a ooncordat with Servia making the Roman Catholic religion a state chureh, put the teaching of Servian chil dren into the hands of the papacy and made Servia agree to aupport two Roman seeav -Of course, anti- papal 8ervia' wai mad; When the people fouud'themeelves tied op with Rome they assassinated the prinoe and his wife. That was the lighted match thrown into the combustible war preparations and the explosion followed. But some times man can start things which they can't stop. Can Benediot XV stop it? What intrigues the Jesuit has accomplished, how he has fostered and promoted national jealousies, piled up the kindling wood in every nation and let fire to it, will sometime be made known, and when that hour comes the "great deoiever of nations" will be oast out. Her flsh will be burned with Aire. St. John says, "With .hoii 'th. ; n.h.iJ visv7uwu sunn vusbsj kivsiw unuj ivu i v I . ,, no more at all. Whenever the nations Mt i l :iL n iu- j- thn tharr tit ttnH ha ' peace and not till then. There is more troubln ahead for Europe, for Benediot XV is a politician Lt Amerioa take notice, and watoh the increased activities of the armed papists ready to stait war in this country. Disarm the traitors 1 If they are patriots as they say they are, they don't need guns I The Menaoe. . Hypocrisy on Eihifiitlen. The Knights of Uolumcus say that Italy had no right to appoint ex-Mayor Nathan to represent the well and Mr. MoCabe were in the Italian nation at the world's fair, rear seat while Mr. Craig had just But bad as that is, it is r.ot so bad taken the wheel from James Hunt as for the Nits Kolumbo to want er, the colored obauffeur, who had to take away the king of Italy and taken his seat in the foot. Mr substitute the pope with temporal Craig was sitting by his brother. power. What right nave Amen- can Roman Catholics to insist up- on the pope ruling Rome, when the Italian Catholics by a vote of ten to one approved of United. Italy and hailed Emmanuel as king? If the Knights of Columbus butt into Italian affairs, why do you think they are loyal when they ask Amerioa to submit to the papal yoke? Temporal power in Italy means temporal power in Amerioa. That is what they mean when they say, "Make Amerioa Roman Catholic" Are we going to encourage tnm in this idea by voting shem into of fice and giving them seats in the senate and eongross? Temporal power means force, means army and navy. Are yon ready to give these up into the hands of Rome that claims an armed force in Amerioa of 850.000 Nites of Mob and Murder, Hibernian rifles , For esters, etob Holy pretensions in the mouth and swords in the bands is hypocricy on exhibition. The Menaoe. A Quiff. There are some things whioh I nnderstaod ..'and Upon whioh I would like; ormation. ariflrffonn man Catbolio chorchj Fbr in stance it is, universally Jdnsidered a breach of the ptoprieties) amounting to an lnamlt to the community, for unrelated adult unmarried men and women to live togetner in separate aomicnesand brthemselves. And thta witbput efla open appearance of grossness or immorality. v v - - wenerauy speaxmg ior an un married man and woman:, to unr dertake to live together, worilorbe invite the tongue of blander, nd if persisted in woalg probably For an unmarried Protestant minister to try to live ov nimseit with an unmarried and:Jidii-relat' ed woman as "hoasekeeper-wguld tne Sol preacher beiog bcked out of bis churon and draatased out of town, to say the leaif; Not a iown 01 neighbojhood injthe Uoit- 8(1 ae? wonia P P 8U011 worxa smgie weex. xe-ii over fche oountiy aS nearly ery place "9t Inre l ttomaiyanouo church, a priest is living, alone with his 'housekeeper.' Is? , If such a course and fi is con sidered outrageous and tldspicable foe a Protestant minister, 'why is it allowable in a Catbolio. priest, and why should public rtehtiment and theoourts allow in the olergy Pf nf e. feha W1Q would not, and does not, toleratein the laity or the man outside the church? In other words why does public sentiment l and .the courts allow the priest tbCdo that for whioh an ordinary man would be Pnt in ju? I th? PW1 the common propneti3s:bf life? Is he above the courts anq but of reaoh? As the Catholic church! resents criticism it shonld try a general honsecleaniog and begin With the priesthood. Has it the moral stamina for the work?-B G. Smith in The Menace. --'! . The tragedy of the right angle tarn on the Statesville road, 10 miles north of Charlotte, Sunday night wherein John M. Craig and Mibs Christine Maxwell, two well known young people of the city were killed and David J . Craig of Statesville and W. H. MoCabe, Jr., and the oolored obauffeur, James Hunter, better known as "Fingers," were seriously but not fatally injured when Mr. Craig's nigh powered sevenpaaaenger motor car overturned, was the talk of the oity and this entire section of the State yesterday. The news of the distressing aooi- dent, when carried in the early - - tionof The Observer yesterday , j j srvawr ir t nniaflv oniL an a hvnaH ari many were the expressions of sor- J , . . , Xi r row ana regrei neara. it is saie to say tnat tnere was not a more popular young man in the city than Mr. Craig and with those who were acquainted with Bliss Max well in Salisbury, Winston-Salem, Statesville, Blowing Rock and Charlotte, she was universally be loved. Cuch being the case, it oan readily be seen just how in tense was the interest and concern manifested on the part of the pub lio generally. The details of the accident as disclosed early ysiterday morning made it all the more wonderfel than any of the five escaped. The car bad the top up and Miss Max Having just taken the- wheel, it is thought that Mr. Craig failed to take aooount of the road until it was too late. Thit he put on his brake when he realized bis posi tion is certain but the momentum was such that nothing oould keep the machine from the telegraph post standing just on the outer edge of the turn . This seasoned pole was broken in two as though it were palp and the oar tamed turtle, orashed Mr. Craig and Miss Maxwell as it hurled through the air. The doctors who arrived on the scene a few minutes after the accident declare that neither knew what struck them for they were killed almost instantaneous ly. That Mr. McCabe escaped as lightly as he did was nothing short of marvelous and likewise David Csaig, although the latter was fearfully bruised. Despondency Is often oaused by indigestion tnd constipation, and quioklyH disappears when Chamberlain's Tablets are taken . For Sale by All Dealers. do - not I - . I -' :. ' - Wi Fibtlee Bat Little Sons Although Desperate Efforts Have Uitts the Allies Proceed Slowly. Oa the battle front, Sept. 18 XByway-of Paris; 5:80. p. m. The gigantic battle or, more prop- rly, battles, odntinue day and night along the entire front from Nov on to the frontier. The fight ing does not consist of sustained and -combined . movement but in reality of several combats . pro ceeding inoessantly at the strong est points of the Germans defend ing line along the river Aisne. Each encounter, however, in fluences the evecnt ion of the gen eral idea of the commander-in-chief of the allied armies. At tacks and counter attacks follow . one another in rapid succession every hoar of the twenty-four. During the night of September 15rl6 'the Germans attempted a formidable movement in the west ern sphere, but were met by the French' and British with couarg" that'was marvelous against over whelming odds. . The Germans returned to,; the attack no fewer than 10 tijnes with remarkable tenacity aod intrepidity but where unable,to break through the firm bone presented by the allies' in fantry. The fight just . before daybreak was the most violent of all. The Germans appeared to throw in th charge all that remained of then enegry bat were rolled back with enormous loss is. Before retiring behind their big guns they sacrific ed many of their number, display ing resolution which approached desperation. A vigorous counter attack from the allies ensued, during which a small extent of ground was gained. List night was relatively calm along the front, but today the fighting became more furious than evt r. - JJunng tne darkness op-1 eratious are rendered difficult owing to the reluotance of the i opposing commanders to use searchlights, -rwhioh might expose tneir positions. . ' Af terr th is stage of th fight Wat concluded the German's appeared to retire about seven miles. Dur ing the oombat the adversaries in many instances came hand-to band dashes and the bayonet was extensively used. The carnage was terrifying but the troops of both armies appear to have been hardened to suoh scenes and fought with great ccolness. The allies aviators apparently discovered today the plaoementi of big German gnus, notwith standing the oleverness with whioh they are hidden beneath an earthen covering strewn with the branches of trees. The allies ar tillery opened a concentrated fire on a certain portion of the line and the heavy German artillery shortly afterward lapsed into silence at that spot, although it is not known whether they were rendered impotent or merely were effecting a change of position. It is impossible to learn from any portion of the line what is ocouring at other places, but an inclination to recede slightly seemed evident on the German side, although they offered the most obstinate resistance and fought as though made of iron. The allies at the same time dog gedly pursued the small advantage th6y gained and kept at the heels of their reluctantly retireing foe. At a point where the bulk of the British troops formed part of the allies' line the fighting was furious yesterday and today and some of the most famous EogliBh Scottish and Irish regiments, in eluding the Guards and Highland era, sunered severely . They per formed the task set for them un flinohingly, advancing' and oc cupying some of the advanced German positions, but at terrible cost. Behind the fighting line along the Aioy-Puisseux road still lie many of the dead who fell in the fighting of September 5. Labor ers engaged in the task of inter ment declare that although they had buried great numbers, more than a thousand bodies stil awaited removal from the batte- field. Reports differ as to the prog ress of the great battle in North em France between the allied British and French armies and Germany. Some indicate that there is extremely heavy fighting wnue otners ten ot great masses of troops lying in flooded trench ea, many of them utterly exhaust ed. At some points, at least, fierce engagements have been fought with the tide flowing first in one direction and then in the other The allies have won a position here and the Germans have gained one there . Bat all reports, offi oial and. otherwise, agree that there is " 'much fighting yet to Joe done before any material advan tage can be claimed by either side. The British in the trenches say : 1 We are slowly . beating them back." The Frenoh official statement declares that though furiously counterattacked by superior forces and obliged to yield to some ground this was regained aimcst immediately. Berlin offi cially announces that the Franco. British, forces have been obliged to take thlefensive in entrenoh ed positions and that therefor the result of the German attacks are slow, interesting informa tion has been given out bv the British Admirahty regarding Brit ish successes and misfortunes in various waters. The British merohant cruiser Carmania has sunk a German merohat cruiser, supposed to be either the Cap Trafalgar, or the Berlin, off the coast of South Amerioa. but the German cruiser Koenigsburg has disabled the British, cruiser Pe gasus, while the latter was over hauling her machinery in Zaui- bar harbor, killing 25 men and wounding more than three times bat number and the German cruiser Eudeu has sunk six Brit- h merchant steamers in the Bay f Bengal. Iu lighting around Rheims the natter, of greatsst interest has been the destruction ot the fam ous oathedral, one of the most noted structures in the world, dating back to the Thirteenth Century, which is reported to have first , been pierced bv manv German shells and then to have bqrst into flumes . Against this destruction of the cathedral the Frenoh Government has decided x to Bend through di plomatic channels a Drotest to all the powers. v There has been a review .off the sland of Halker, by the Sultan. of the Turkish fleet, inoludins the former German cruisers, Breslau . and Goeben. after whioh the warships prooeeded to Con stantinople for coal . Italy, according to reports from Rome has more than a half mill on J man nndflr arm. Learned a lielhod.' The Brish apparently have earned something from the Jap anese attaoks on Port Arthur. They make a rush forward' and when the fire becomes too heavv or them to make a further ad- yanoe they again dig trenches for themselves and remain there until another opportunity offers for them to gain a few more yards. lhe Germans have had most of their artillery at work, but the French are bringing up more and bigger guns. This kind of fight ing with both sides in Btrong posi tions may go on for dayB yet, but sooDer or later one side must find the continual fall of shells and the disconcerting infantry attacks too muoh for them, and, leaving a Btrong rear guard, will draw back for a breathing spell. m l i . a l i i ine Dattie resemDies in many particulars that of the Sha-Ho in 1934, where the Japanese and Rus sians with muoh more time to do it, establish positions with each thought to be impregnable. Shells and infantry attacks. however, finally compelled the Russians to withdraw with losses that at that time were without preoedent. With all the hard, long nghtmg behind them the Germans again are making attacks toward Verdun, while the Allies are making frontal attaoks on the "l i i vjwriuau rigus ana once more are attempting to outflank it Jules Vedrines. the noted Frenoh aviator, was oredited with a cour ageous fight in midair with a Ger man aviator wnom ne brought to earth. Germany was daringly re cocnoitering the position of the Allies when Vedrines ascended Moving swiftly upward until be was above the German, Vedrines gave cbase and as he skimmed along fusilladed the air scout with his automatio gun. The German machine was rid dled and the aviator killed, both collapsing to the ground 15 min utes after Vedrines took the air, Vedrines has accomplished a simi lar feat once before. These incidents, however, are important only for their influence in encouraging. the Allied troops, and do not affect the result of the great battle whioh already has lasted a week and promises to continue for many davk longer. Military experts here believe the longer the battle endures the batter it will be for the Allied armies, who thus will be able to press "'strong forces to plaoes where they will be need ed along the front London, Sept. 20. 9:25 p. m. A dispatch to The Times from Paris says : "The public was reassured by a . RinliDI Circus is Anno Worta's Greatest Shows and Spectacle "Solosoa aad the Queen of Shaba" on Wir Official information confirms the announcement -that oa Mon day, October 5th, Ringling Broth er's circus will give two perform ances in Charlotte. Many new features have been added thiB year, the most notable of whioh is the spectacle "Solo mon and the Queen of Sheba!" This colossal production is pre sented with a oast of 1,250 people a ballet of 800 -dancing girls, 785 horses, 32 camels and a trainload of soenry, costumes and proper ties on the biggest stage in the world. Following the speotaole a oir cub program of unsnal brlllianov will be presented, including an array of foreign and American acts new to the circus world. The menagerie contains 1,003 wild animals, 41 elephants, five giraffes and a "baby soo." The circus is transported on 89 doable length cars. Special arrange ments have been made by the rail roads to accommodate the crowds that will visit the cirous from the city and the surrounding country. Mm House of forsMi) Costs About $60,000.- Raleigh, Sept . 20. At a con gregational meeting of thevohuroh of the Good Sheperd this morn ing there was a final and compre hensive statement of the building operations of the church, that have brought about the praotical completion of the splendid new house of worship - built of Rowan granite and with interior finished decidely the handsomest in this part of the country. The state ment showed that the church has cost about $60,000 and that' there ha. been paid out in the building operations $51,389. . v Po-Do-Lax BsjUsnes Pimples. Bad Blood, Pimples, Headaches, stipation, etc., come from Indi gestion. Take Po-Do-Lax, the pleasant and absolutely sure Laxa tive, and yon won't suffer from a deranged Stomaoh or other trou bles. It will tone up the Liver and purify the blood. Use it regularly and you will stay well, have clear complexion and steady nerves . Get a oUo. bottle today. Money back if not satisfied. All Druggists. the announcement that the fury of the battle had been somewhat diminished along the whole line, as this denoted fatigue on the part of the Germans. The enemy made extraordinary . preparations well in advance for their retire ment on their chosen lineB, their engineers having worked at the trenohes for 10 days before the opening of the battle. But the Frenoh entrenchment also is re markable. At one point near Soisaons the French concealed 120 guns of 75 milimeters whioh open ed fire simultaneously with tre mendous force. The feat of which attracted most attention was the construction by the French of many of pontoon bridges aoross the Aisne, which were several times destroyed by the German artillery fire. Despite this the French got over 20,000 Zouaves, who oharged the German lines al most before the enemy was aware of their presence. "Whatever the result of the bat tle, it cannot be final in the sense of a defeat of the Anglo-Fenoh re sistance, for the Allies would re tire under the forts, where a third battU would be fought. "If the Germans lose. Frenoh territory will be free from inva sion. If the Allies do not score a definite success, they will bring up fresh troops and strike again. The impression exists that the Al lies are manuvering and that the principal offensive is taking plaoe along their left wing. Recent of ficial communications indicate progress in that direction. "In abandoning Siossons the enemy have only two roads to the North. Craonne, which the French hold, is a fine strategic Lposition, the town being ona plateau above the plains where Caesar resisted the Belgians and Napoleon gained a great viotory. "The salient feature of the struggle is the immense strength of the German position between Rheims and the forest of Argonne, where their fortifications from a sort of Chinese wall. Strategists deolare te themper of the Germans evedently have changed for they now protect themselves elaborate ly from the vizor of tha ffnannh J attack," U V to rt : i L.;t A' i 'iv3.'.
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