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WEATHER. The Daily News: Now Leading Them All in North CarollnaGeaerally Fair , Today Satarday. North Carolina. VOL. XIX. NO. 83 GREENSBORO. N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11, 1918 PRICE FIVE CENTS LE GATEAU HAS BEEN CAPTURED BY THE FORCES OF MARSHAL HAIG GREENSBORO DAILY NEWS MEN OF ONCE FORMIDABLE GERMAN ARMY HOLDING HINDENBURG LINE ARE IN RETREAT WITH THEIR BACKS AS TARGETS FOR ALLIES FOE i Nowhere Is Enemy Attempting To Make a Stand MANY TOWNS CAPTURED So Fast Is the German Retreat That Allies Afoot Lost Con ? tact With Them IS OVER A 35 MILE FRONT La Cgtea, the Imports t Junction Point 13 Miles Southeast of Cam bral Shown Point of Deepest Penetration by Allies. (Br AooditeO Press.) The men of the once formidable Ger man armies holding the Hindenburg lino from north of Cambrai to fit. Quentin are facing eastward, defeated and in re treat. Their backs are the targets for the British, American and French troops, who bitterly fought them, step by step, tut of supposedly impregnable defenses, and now are harrying them across the cpen country toward the German bor iler. Nowhere is the enemy attempting to stand in force. True, the German border U yet a lonr distance away; but the past two days o chase have materially do;reasd 1 lie wdth of the an a separating the in vaders from their own Rhine line British Master of Le Cateau. Le Cateau, the Important junction point 13 miles south east of Cambrai, represented Thursday night the point of deepest penetration by the allied troops. The British were the masters of it. All alone: the front, however, the British, American and French have been steadily pressing; forward their Infantry forfces, taking numerous towns and villages, while far in ad vance of them the hoof-beats of the cavalry horses Intermingled with the roars of the .whippet tanks and the staccato barking of the machine guns insure the moving forts. So fast has been the retreat of the enemy that at various points the allied forces afoot lost contact with him. The retreat, which Is over a front of about 35 miles, from the south of Doual to the region eaBt of St. Quentin, has left In the hands of the alliesln addition to the towns taken, "valuable 1 lines of communication and strategic j positions of high Importance and driven In a wedge that Beemlngly will force the Germans everywhere from the North sea to the vicinity of Ver dun to fall back. Southeast of Doual, one of the remaining strong points In J the German line In the north, the Brit ish are standing In Etrun, 12 miles southwest of Valenciennes, the pivotal point in The enemy a known next de ftmse line and 10 miles to the south the city Is outflanked at Solesmes. Frrnrh and American Press Forward. Meantime, the French and American armies on that part of the line running from northwest of Rheima to the Meuse river are still pressing forward In the converging movement with the armies In the west and gradually are forming the entire war theater Into a huge sack. The Americana continue slowly to advance up the eastern aide of the Meuse, while west of the river, in Junction with the operation.! of the French, they have all but .obliterated the great Argonne forest as an enemy defense position. To the wont of the forest in the Alsne valley and still farther westward, the French also have made further gains. Throughout this entire region the Germans still are offering stubborn resistance, mainly with machine guns, realizing the Im portance of holding ba;l; their foes white their amies In Belgium bnd farther South make good their retro grade movement. Allied Maneuvers Light nlng-Mke. Both In the Macedonia theater and tn Palestine the allied forces are pressing the enemy hard. Albania la fast being cleared of the Austro-Hrfn-garjan troops, while in Serbia the enemy Is nearlng Nish. harassed by the Serbians. At last accounts Gen eral Allenby was still driving the Ottoman troops northward in Pales tine. So lightning-like are the maneuvers of the allied armies on the various bat tie fronts from the North sea to Ver dun, In Macedonia and In Palestine that except to the war expert and his military maps constantly before him It Is almost Impossible to visualize the situation and realise the swift strides the allies are making In defeating the common enemy. In France and Bel gium In three weeks five Important cities which had been In German hands for four years, have been recaptured. Dlxmude, Armentleres, Lens, Cambrai and St. Quentin are now in allied hands, while Lille, Doual and Valen ciennes seemingly are all but captured. Serbia shortly is to be fully reclaimed, and the Turks soon will know the Holy land no more. AN AMAZING NTOHY TOI.D OF STAND OK -LOST BATTALION" With the American Forces North rest of Verdun. Wednesday, Oct 9. (By Associated Press.) The brightest spot In the heroic and amaslng story of the now famous "lost battalion" which belonged to the 77th division, as iet untold, was the climax to the fourth day of the troops' beleaguere- . ment In the Argonne forest. When the men were long foodlesa (Continued on Page Two) British Forces Ten Miles East Cambrai London, Oct. 10. Le Ca teau has been captured by the British, Field Marshal Haig announced in his re port tonight. The British have ad vanced rapidly along the whole battle front. They now hold the line of the Selle river from St. Souplet to Solesmes, which repre sents an advance of about 10 miles east of Cambrai. T ON MAGE TO FRANCE Feared There Has Been Heavy Loss of Life As Result U-Boat Attack ONLY 20 SURVIVORS LAND (By Anortited PresO An Atlantic Port, Oct. 10 The American steamship Ticonderoga, a vessel of 8,130 tons, has been torpedoed and sunk on her way to France, prob ably .with a heavy loss of life. Twenty survivor of the ship, wounded or suf fering from exposure; were brought here today by a British vessel to which they were transferred by another ves sel which picked them up. There were 250 men aboard the Ti conderoga, an American steamship of 6,130 tone, and all but the 20 who ar rived here today are believed to be have perished: The survivors got away in he only boat which was not demolished by the shell fire from the submarine, they said. Seventeen of the men who reached port were mem bers of a detachment of soldiers de tailed to ctfre for horses which were being transported. The Ticonderoga was attacked, pre sumably on October 2. when she fell behind her convoy because of engine trouble. According to the Btory 06 the surviv ors, the submarine was not sighted un til she had sent a torpedo crashing into the aide ox the ship. The torpedo did not strike a vital spot, however, and the captain crowded on full steam In an effort to escape, at the same time ordering the gun crews into action against the submarine, which appeared about a mile on. "Our gun crews dl not fire more than Ave or six shots," one of the sur vivors said. "The forward gun was shot away almost at once. The after gun and Its crew was done for almost as quickly. Then the men went to the boats, but it was no use, as the flying shrapnel was spraying the decks and! men fell in scores, either killed or badly wounded." Another survivor declared that all of the eight lifeboats, with the exception ! or one. were riddled with shrapnel be fore they could be launched. A num ber of men who tried to get Into the eighth boat were killed by shrapnel aa they clambered over the side of the vessel, he said. "Finally." this survivor continued, "one of our men, In desperation, swam close to the submarine and hailed an ! officer, asking him in God's name to 1 stop firing. "The lieutenant who answered him did so with a loaded revolver, saying that If he did not swim back he would shoot him. I "When our boat had only 20 men in It, we were ordered alongside the sub marine and made to tie up while the shelling of the dead and dying on the sinking ship continued. "The leader of our boat was asked some questions which he refused to an ewsr and suddenly the submarine sub merged, and only the parting of the rope with which we were tied pre vented our going down with it." One of the survivors said the subma rine was of the cruiser type and had the largest guns he ever had seen on a submarine. One of Hie engineer offi cers, he said, whose room was pierced by a sheW from the submarine, de clared that the shell was an eight-Inch projectile. Heretofore only six-inch guns have been reported on subma rines. The survivors, who were adrift for four days before, they were picked up, said that a raft with five wounded men on U had put off from the Ticonderoga and that they had attempted to tow it with them but that It broke away dur ing the night and disappeared. DUBLIN MAIl'bOAT IS SUNK BY A SUBMARINE Four Hundred Persons Perish When Vessel Is Torpedoed Near the Coast of Ireland. London, Oct. 10. The Dublin miiil boat Lelnster has been torpedoed, ac cording to the Exchange Telegraph company. The steamer was making a trip from Dublin to Holy Head. Four hundred persons perished In th torpedoing of the Lelnster, according to a report which has not yet been confirmed. The reported torpedoing of the Lelnster on her regular voyage from Dublin to Holy Head, would indicate that the German U-boats have again succeeded In getting Into St. George's channel. Nothing haa been reported of U-boat operation In that water Cor a long time, and It was reported that ex traordinary precautions had been taken with respect to this channel, as well as the English channel. The gross ton nage of the Lelnster Is 2.66. Her owners are the City of Dublin Steam Packer, company. She was built in Birkenhead to 189.j LO-AMERI MAY FORESHADOW THE OF Drive At Upper Rhine Valley Unofficially Reported GERMANS IN GREAT PERIL Possibility of a Crushing and. Immediate Military Victory j for Allied Armies i ALLIES PUSH FIERCELY ON Americans Within 18 Miles of Great Railway Behind German Lines If They Reach It Will Cut German Front In Half. I By As0ftati Prm ) 0 Washington. Oct. 10. The smashing victory nf the A neln-American forces nnrth nf ft i Onontin v he nav i n ir the way for early Invasion of Germany itself. Reports of the striking of a wholly new enterprise, directed at the upper Rhine valley, have come from unofficial quarters In France and they follow repeated reports from Switzer land that the 'civil populations of the Rhine valley towns were being re moved by the German authorities. Some officers here regard these re ports as highly significant. ,They give them particular weight because it now appears certain that the enemy will be forced far back all along the front in northern France and Belgium within the next few days. While the constant hammering la kept up In the north to pin the German armies there. It might be possible, It was said, to deliver a new stroke on the Alsace-Lorraine front that might swiftly develop Into an Invasion of Germany Itself by way of the Rhine valley. The wholly unexpected extent of the German collapse between St. Quentin and Cambrai, however, may upset any plans for a drive to the Rhine Mar shal Foch may have planned. As the enemy stands today, with a. great gap torn In the center of the lines that were already struggling to extricate themselves and get back to a short er front, there is even the possibility of a crushing and Immediate military victory for the allies. May Destroy Whole Army Group. Should the French to the south or the British to the north also succeed in breaking through before the Ger mans complete an extensive retire ment the capture or destruction of a whole enemy army group might be realized. In the rplnion of observers here the situation today has almost limitless possibilities and Marshal Foch Is virtually certain to concentrate ev ery ounce of power at his command In an effort to execute a final coup. For this reason It does not appear likely that tho Rhine drive plans If there are such plana, will develop until the situation clears in the north. Should the Gorman armies escape the tiplo trap between Verdun and the North sea, however, and establish a tine on the Meuse front, many officers are confident that the center of attack will swing suddenly to a drive Into Oer many Itself by the shortest route, the Rhine valley. For the moment attention Is concen trated on the startling forward .rush of the Anglo-American forces which have broken through the great Ht. Quentin -Cambrai defensive aone. To the south it la known that the enemy is straining every effort to hold up the French along the Suippe river. All but one of the 24 good Oertnan di visions on this front, it has been re ported, are now in the front line. Should the French reach and pass the Aisne, as they threaten to do, the en emy forces in the Laon pocket appar ently would be in desperate straits. Other Grim Threats. Still farther east to the Meuse and beyond French and American forces are striking fiercely ahead, carrying an even wiUer menace, and to the north of Lille Belgian French and British troops have driveji forward another grim threat. To no part of the line apparently can the hard pressed center turn for reinforcements and relief on a scale that would more than delay the advance at any point. Thespear-head of the British ad vance was reported at Le Chateau to day. That would mean that the Anglo-1 American efforts has forged ahead un til the northern end of the great rail way system behind the Germans Is only 15 miles dfbtant. This lateral trunk line passes through Valenciennes, Av esnes and Hlrson, reaches the Meuse at Charlevllle and rune thence through Sod an and on to the southeast. General March, chief of staff. Indicat ed last Saturday that tho cutting of this greatest sngle communication system of the enemy was the main ob jective of the American thrust west of the Meuse. The Americans are within let's than 18 miles of the road now at a point nearly 100 mllea in an rlr line from the point where the Brit ish threaten It in the north. Tt may be a race to cut the road, but the stra tegic effort would be different in each case. Should 'this line be broken by the Americans now moving forward on both sides of tho Meuse, It would cut the German western front In half Such a move might be considered vitally necessary to the launching of a blow at tho Rhine valley. The German t roopa In the north could offer llttl nerp 11 inni laicrni ran ny em inai has stood like a wall behind the whole 1 German front In France be lost to thera. i TERRIBLY UPSETS AND STUNS BERLIN PEOPLE They Realized Quadruple Alli ance Was Done for STOCK MARKET IN PANIC Germans Realize That Victory Is Impossible Now and Dread Allied Vengeance REVOLUTION NOT LIKELY Soctaltata Dcmorrala and Worklncmea Germana Before Anything Elael Food DIlTlenKlea Great, But People Hbm Stood Worn. (Special Cable to Greensboro News.) (H. f. LEAROY.) (Copjrrlfht. IMS, to Public Ledi Company.) London, Oct. n0. Under the head ing. "Last Week's Panic In Berlin Eye Witness Account Prince Maxi milian as a Decoy," the Times Thurs day prints the following instructive Interview obtained by its Hague cor respondent: The Hague. Tuesday, Oct. 8. "When the Berlinera learned that Bulgaria had deserted them they could hardly believe the news and were terribly up- waa said" to me today by a neu- I tral just arrived from Berlin, which he I " t Friday night. -Only the day before billB had been posted on the public notice boards announcing a Bul garian victory, so when the public read that Bulgaria had asked for an armistice with the entente In view of peace negotiations. It was like a bolt from the blue. Although they had not realized at once the full signifi cance of this step, they understood enough to know the bottom had been knocked out of the quadruple alliance. Hatred toward Bulgaria was expressed in the strongest terms of the German vocabulary, which la particularly rich In expressions of abuse. The feeling indeed was exactly the same as when Waly Joined the ranks of Germany's enemies. Large crowds assembled on the streets, reading discussing the news and on Unter den Linden people congregated In auch numbers that the police had to keep moving them on all the way between the royal caatle and the Brandenburg gate. Troops also were sent to guard the Bulgarian legation, where thetr services were not reaulred. The crowds continued to throng the principal thoroughfares all week "I discussed the situation with many Germans whoee opinions, as usual. were colored by various political con victions. Some said Bulgaria did right and the best thing Germany could do would be to imttate her course. Oth ers, cursing Bulgaria roundly, declared the only thing to do was to go on fighting. There is no question that for perhaps the first time the Ger mans became really seriously alarmed. This alarm reflected itself on the stock exchange, where a panic occurred from the effects of which It has not yet re covered. People began to fear Ger many might lose the war after all and declared the entente's intention was to leave her so weak that she would be unable longer to be a danger to England, France and America. They also said the minimum demands that England would make would be that Germany must lose colonies and return Alsace-Lorraine to France and that both together would suffice to para lyze Germany's supply of raw ma terials and cripple her Industries and production, while enormous financial burdens, imposed by war on the em pire would effectually prevent recov ery from its disastrous effects., "One man, a thorough-going Social Democrat said Germany would cer tainly have concluded peace before long and that she had better do it to day than tomorrow, for If she con tinued she would still be paying off her debts a couple of centuries hence. Others, filled with a patriotic fever, asked whether Germany was to get nothing for her enormous sacrifices. She had offered up her sous In count less numbers and manured Europe with her blood, spent the accumulated resources of decades like water .and was she now to be told all this was in vain?. Was she, after scaling the top most heights of military glory, to be plunged in the abyss of ignominy with no prospect of ever getting out of it again? To this the answer was that the longer the war went on, the worse It would be for Germany. "The situation became so acute as a result of Bulgaria's action that a large number of south Berlin workers be longing at Wilmerdorf, Treptow, Jo- hannistal and Adlerahof, In all about 26,000, called a meeting, which was held last Tuesday, attended by 15,000 or 16.000 people. This meeting passed resolution requiring the new chan cellor to immediately take a peace step, (Continued on Pas. Five) SIX NORTH CAROLINIANS LISTED IN CASUALTIES H. Lynch, of. Morgan ton, and W. Odom. of St. Paul. Reported Killed In Action. Washington, 'Oct. 10. The following casualties from North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia are reported by the commanding general of the Amer ican expeditionary forces; Killed In action: A. H. LYNCH. Morganton, N. C; W. J. ODOM, St. Paul. N. C. Died of wounds; R. J. HBNSLEY, Nealsvllle, N. C. Died of disease: A. V. Drake, New soms, Va.; J. W. V. Smith, Union, S. C; R. W. Davis. Troy. S. C; William Pat terson, Fort Mill, S. C. : J. L. Railings, Jefferson, S. C; J- J. Foater, Branard, Va. Severely wounded : L M. Oalnes, Richmond. Va. ; Neal Baker, Eulonia, R. C. : Walter Wright. Norfolk. Va: W. F. BUTLKR. Magnetic Ci'y, N. C; L. H. COOK. Red Springs, N. C; Ollle Bodie. Aiken, S. C; Mason Lucas. Tern broke. Va. Missing to action: J. W. MOORE. Wllliamston, N. C Prisoner: P. V. Boyd. Alton. Va. Killed In action, prevlnusly reported missing: PRIVATE HAYMORE WEST MORELAND, Thomasvllle. S. C Wounded severely, previously re- ported missing: Corporal Benjamin T- Meeka. Pelzer. 8. C; Charles B. Fen- ton. Roslyn, Va. With 350 Machines Participating Allies Launch a Great Air Offensive in France By Associated PrfM. Washington, Oct. 10. Word of (he first great American air raid against the German ramp north of Verdun sen! n thrill through war department officials today, although no official report hnd been received to furnlah details of the exploit. Ho far ai rould be learned. howeTer, the participation of 350 machines In this one enterprise marks It as the greatest air offensive yet under taken on the western front tn point of the air forcea employed. IV o record conld be discovered here to night showing either allied or Ger man bombing raids on anything like a almllar scale. No official comment eould he ob tained pending the receipt of form al advtees. There Is every reason to suppose however, that a consid erable portion of the bombing planes used were Ie Havlland day bombers, built In the t nlted States and equipped with liberty motors. Shipments of these machines to France have now reached consider able proportions and recent per formance reporta from France have been encouraging. The liRKUBfrr of the account of the raid permitted to pass hr the American military censor la taken here to Indicate that the operation was a Joint enterprise, with French nnd posnlblj British aces aiding In the protection of the Amerlenns. PRESIDENT EARNESTLY NEEDS UNITED SUPPORT OF PEOPLE There Is No Concealment in Executive Quarters of the Disappoint ment Felt by President Over Attitude of Republican Leaders. Washington Feels Germany Will in Reply Give Mr. Wilson Material for An Emphatic Rejection. Daily Nei Bureau and TfWrapb Offi-a The Riga Building (By UMd Wire) By DAVID LAWRENCE.) (Copjrlibt, 1918, by New York Uwilng Pott ) Washington, Oct. 10 The critical nature of the moments through which the United States government is pass ing today cannot be exaggerated. Nor when the situation is properly under stood will any true American cavil or quibble over words but be concerned over the' tremedous moves being made by the enemy to slacken the speed of the allied war machine, and the forces that are at work in some ftf the allied countries to confuse entente counsels and becloud the real issues of the war. These are days when everything that is known in Washington isn't printed. These are days when the President of the United States must forego the pleasure of hlp-hip-hurray answers of defllance to the enemy Itself whose depredations entitle her to no polite ness or courtesy these are days Indeed when the greatest diplomatic game In worlds history is being played. The President Is the best Informed man in the United States on what is happening inside of Germany and Aus tria as well as in the allied countries. If ever there was need of a united nation behind him. It is in these critical hours. Support given the military measures heretofore adopted was un animous and powerful. He requires today the help of a united people so that nowhere in Europe shall It be sup posed that his hand In America Is weak, that he cannot control the forces under his command. New Phase of the War A new phase of the war has arrived. The political moves are on a parity with the military moves and will grow even more important as peace Is brought near by military victory. But as has often happened in history, a war can be won or lost at the peace table aa welt as on the battlefield. Presiden t Wilson has announced 1 4 terms of peace based upon the Idealism and traditional unselfishness of the American people. He means to stick by those terms. He means to suffer no modification of them by friend orfoe. He speaks for the liberal forces of the world. That is why he must be able to speak for a united nation. There is no concealment In executive quarters of the disappointment felt by the President and his associates at the attitude assumed by Senator Lodge, the Republican leader In the senate, and Representative Fees, of Ohio, the chair man of the Republican congressional campaign committee, who, within a few hours after Mr. Wilson dispatched his message of inquiry to Germany ex pressed their dissent. Just why the two Republican leaders should Jointly express discordant notes at this time ia something which the President and his colleagues do not understand. They do not charge that Messrs. Lodge and Fess are playing politics on (he eve of a congressional campaign, for It would be bad politics. No time for Criticism Indeed, the Democrats have all along claimed that the Republican leaders were not sincere In their support of the President and thnt it thus annnared in critical mnmAnla TVia nmnrrati If' they were disposed to view the actions of Messrs. Lodge and Fess aa political, could make an issue of Just such ex pressions but while I have heard talk of this sort, I aleo have learned that there Is no disposition to engage in a political quarrel at this time with the Republican minority. It Is a true statement, however, that more than one member of the government haa expressed a fear that those Republicans throughout the country who are en gaged actively In the congressional campaign may take their cue from the words of Senator Lodge and Repre sentative Fess and attempt to spread the same criticism of the President's message In their communities. The note itself has been sent. No good can come by ex post facto criticism. Both the senator from Massachusetts and the representative from Ohio went on record before Mr. Wilson sent his message to Germany, saying exactly how they would deal with the situation. If Mr. Wilson's tactics prove subse quently to have been unwise, the statements made heretofore by Messrs. Lodge and Fess will stand them in good stead and the opportunity for added criticism will be theirs. There fa no doubt that the liberty loan campaign is sagging. Not many people In the government believe it la , The reference to Wl trfplanea as In cluded n this great nlr fleet found no explanation here. If they were operated by American pilots, they are French built mnrhlnen and no details of the equipment obtained abroad by Tien era I Pembina; have been released for publication. The fact that only 2 ton of bomba were dropped by such n force truck some air service officers as surprising. The ordinary bomb capacity of n fleet of the kind de scribed for auch a short trip prob ably would be 10 tlmea that weight of explolvea. It was an Id. The most algnlflcnnt feature of the Brat great American raid, out side of Its possible place In the great stratcfttc game that Is belnjr played on the western front, la the foet that It Indicates that the I nlted States now haa taken Its full place be nlde the allien In the air an well mm on land and sea. The bomb Ins; squadrons which made up this air fleet prohablj represent the flrnt definite American unit of major Im portance In the Independent air forcea which are being built up by the entente powers. The British and French government now offi cially describe their bombing op erations an the work of thin Inde pendent air force. What la vacant Is that the navy of the air In to be expanded until no part of Germany ehnll be anfe from the rain of bombs. due to peace talk, for if thin were the last loan called for, no security would be a better investment In our chaotic economic condition than a liberty bond. The people need to be stimulated to un derstand the importance of holding tight while the diplomatic moves are being made. The feeling In Washing ton is that Germany will In her reply to America give Mr. Wilson the mate rial for an emphatic rejection. There Is to be no por longed debate. Mr. Wilson had to use forbearanoe in hie message so as to prevent the German people, socialists, liberals and ell, from being deluded into an enthusias tic support of Prince Maximilian, the new chancellor. There Is no doubt here that he la tho creature of the kaisf-i, but as he came Into office on a platform of peace, on Mr. Wilson's own terms, as the Germans would hae later boasted. It was necessary for the President to meet tho move by a cun ning exposure of the trickery, an ex posure not simply for the benefit of the entente world but for the benefit of the masses in Germany who might think that their leaders, being engaged in an honorable peace, should be strongly supported. The President realizes full well that many things may contribute to an apathrtic interest in the liberty lomi and other measures of war. He will (Continued on Page Five) ILL IN WAR STAMPS Total Sales in This State in Sep tember $2,241,851.82; Total for Year $11,954,481.19 MISS SMALL VOLUNTEERS DMt Bureau mil Tflmaph Offlra The Klttt Bui Mini (By Uul Wirt) Washington, Oct. 10. Senator Sim mons expects an early decision by the war department regarding the sug gested use of secondary schools for military training. Th ipnlor senator recently presented to I he department the advantages of limited military training In the secondary srhools and suggested that there were a number of North Carolina I nut I tut ions which would offer (heir facilities to the gov ernment. The department has the mat ter under consideration and has noti fied Senator Simmons that a ruling would be forthcoming shortly. Miss Mary Belle Small, daughter of Representative John H. Small, of Washington, today enlisted with the local chapter of t he Red Croas as a volunteer nurse to aid in fighting the influenza epidemic In the national ranlfnl Tt ( llmnJ that u r. at least 20.000 cases of Influenza, mild I and serious. In the capital today and there In a lamentabel shortage of nurses. Miss Small attended h Red Cross training school for nurses soon after war was declared and later at tended a girls' military training camp. The urgent call for nurses from t he District of Columbia authorities caus ed her to offer her services today. Mrs. Stuart Gall, a daughter of Rep resentative Small, Is visiting her hus band's family in Pennsylvania. Major Oall Is on duty in France. Mr. and Mrs. J. f. Hutchinson, of Mount Holly, have been called to Washington because of the Illness of their daughter. Miss Mary Hutchinson. Miss Hutchinson recently cams' to the capital on a visit and while here made tentative arrangements to enter upon war work with one of the depart ments. She fell a victim to the Influ enza epidemic, but her condition' so far is not regarded as dangerous'. Frank A. Hampton, chief clerk to the senate finance committee, has re turned from a brief visit to Philadel phia. Reports published by the treasury department show that the war savings and thrift stamps sales in North Caro lina for the month of August amounted to $2,241.85112. Total shIps of stamps in North Carolina up to September 1 reached a total of f 1 1. &M.481. 19 ; totals of surrounding states are approxi mately as follows: Virginia. $.07,000; South Carolina, I4.S61.00O; Georgia, J7.H3.000; Tennes see, $ia,m,ooo. WILL NOT PEACE IF WRITTEN IN ANGERJAYS LANSING Secretary of State Speaks At Auburn Seminary JUSTICE MUST BE GUIDE But Authors of "Frightful Wrong Committed Should Not Be Forgotten" TRIUMPHANT HOUR NEAR There Tn o Time to Be Lost If This Nation la to Be Made Ready to Rnter With Right Spirit Vpon Tank of Readjustment. ! (By AnwtatM trm.) Auburn, N. Y , Oct. 10. If another j world war Is to he prevented, etrlct I Justice and the common good must be I the underlying motives of those who are chargri with the responsibility of drafting the peace treaty after Prus sian mil It art i Is crushed. Secretary of State Lansing said tontght In aa address here. He u speaking at the celebrat ion of the hundredth anni versary of the founding of Auburn Theological seminary. While stern Justice must be temper ed with mercy, the secretary said when the time comes to balance the account, the authors of the "frightful wrongs committed against mankind should not be forgoiter.." He urged, however, that the American people discriminate between the ignorant and the intelli gent, between the responsible and the irrosponaible. between the master and the serf. "The principles upon which a gen eral peace will be made between the warring n at Ions," said Mr. Lansing, "have been clearly stated by President Wilson. These principles of Justice must guide those charged with the negotiation of t he great treaty of peace, and must find expression In that a momentous document which will lay the foundation for a world trans formed. "Thought ful men must know that the peace which is to come will not be a lasting peace If Its terms are written In anger or of revenge rather than the desire for strict Justice and the com mon good Is the underlying motive of those who are charged with the grave responsibility of drafting the greatest treaty which the world has ever known. "I think that It Is sufficient In these days of toil and struggle, while the beast controlling the peoples of the central powers Is still at large, to as sert that t he peace which will come when the world Is safe will be a peace found on Justice and righteousness. Let us not forget that, while stern Jus tice without mercy is un-Christlan, mercy which destroys justice Is equally un -Christ (an. When t he time cornea lo balance t he account and It seems to be drawing near as the vassals of Germany seek refuge from the day ot wrath the authors of the frightful wrongs commit ted against mankind should not be forgotten. Ought Not herUli PlltlriN lfnte. "The period of read J ust men t and restoration .which will follow the die. organizHtion and destruction caused by ino wHr. win tax human wisdom to t he uttermost. In a conflict so uni versal as to involve tho whole earth, new fmpulHes of huntnn action have been set in motion, noi only in the political, industrial c"nimercia I spheres but In the structure of society Hnd In the spiritual life of "-nllnd. Many of Hie fundamental principles of the presenl social order will he threatened; some will be changed; some discarded: while novel and possll.ly extravagant and dangerouH doctrines will Hnd earn est and honest advocates. With all this we must reckon. "The American people ought not, sfter the war in won, cherish a plttlea hate for all those who have nerved tho military Mtciatea of central Europe. We should disc rim Inn t e between the ignorant and the Intelligent, between the responsible and the irresponsible, between the master and the serf. ' The pew era born iu blood and flie on the hail la fields nf Kui ope must ho a christian r In teniity and not alone in name. The yea -a to come must be years of fraternity nnd -..mmon pur pose. International Injustice must cease. All men must be free from the oppression of arbtt rary power. I'n reasoniriK Hash h;ifrein and. class tyrannies must come to an end. Society must be organized on principles of Justice and libert.r The world must he ruled by the di-inmant will to do thai which is right. "There is no time to he lost If thla nation Is to be made ready to enter with the right spirit and the right principles upon the 'jink of readjust ment and reconstruction. There is no time to be lost because the day Is draw ing near when the spirit ot "liberty will stand triumphant above the spirit of militarism nf which the central empire are possessed. The hour nf triumph is drawing near. The day of the war Iprds Is almost over. "To those noble Americans, our friends and brothers, to those who have made the supreme sacrifice and to those who have dedyated their lives to the cause of thfr country, to the brave men nf the allied nations who have so gallantly died that liberty might live, we owe a debt which Imposes on us the obligation of making certain that their,service and sacrifice have not been In vain. They fought ar.d are fighting for a better world, tt Ilea with us to do our part to make It better." KOl'BTKKH PLAKK BHOI tiHT DOWN HY AMKHK A FLYER4 Washington, Oct. 10. fourteen enemy airplanes and three enemy bal loons were brought down by American aviators operating with the British forces during the period from August 25 tn September S, it was announced tonight by the war department. The achievements were noted in a sum mary of British royal air force com muniques Just received by the depart ment. 70.000WH, Varka fltolea. Berlin, via Base). Switzerland, Ooa, 10 A postal sack containing 70,000, 000 marks of securities and treasury bonds addressed by the postofftce to the Imperial chateau was stole? the dai before yesterday
Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, N.C.)
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