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A r A . .-, -. ...... ... .,,.. ,.! ...i W M ; a M M i. 3 c"iiavi:n s f .;vicg rtAO A CAHOLiriA- HOr.E NEWSPAPER, COfiSTRUCTIVE, CIEA.'J. CELIABLE "VHEiJ YOU SEE IT l?J THE OEnVLI IT'S SO." FOUNDED .1869 CHARLOTTE, N. WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 16, 1918. PRICE FIVi C Ml . Mil ILL iWi IDA" mm mm: in GEUTl POWERS iT C10TIG Reports a R each. Washin g ton Through Unofficial Sources. HINDENBURG .FOR .PEACE Internal Political Conditions Ex pected to Determine Next Step in Peace Move. Washington. Oct tl.- Internal po litical conditions In Germany and possibly- In "Austria-Hungary-as-weU-as the military situation on the western front are expected to determine the nature and time of the German reply to President Wilson's communication of yesterday definitely closing the door to peace negotiations with German autocracy. The President's note prob ably already has reached "Berlin through the Swiss foreign office. . Rnnrti ronVhlnr 1 Waahlnrton to- day through official sources by way o( n antral AnnntrlM ; Itott. Only indicate iha .Tdi.niw nt almnat hnntlf! condl tlons in the central powers, but also said that it t was Field Marshal von Hlndenburg himself whd was respon sible for the German government ac cepting the President's peace terms and peeking an immediate armistice. lit was said that at ft recent.meetlng of the military leader and the heads of the parties In the relehstag. Von Hlndenburg boldly declared that Ger many must have peace at once on the best terms she could get., He said the 'armies no longer had the necessary munitions and materials to continue the struggle, nor was there any source of supply so far as he was aware. tn the light of this situation, the field marshal said he felt the time had rente to try first tor an: armistice and then for peace and he urged that this could be put In the light of a conces sion to the demands of the socialists and pacificist to Germany. Prince Maximilian.1 the chancellor. Is report- .A .a ! itrnnrl Annoaed such a course, dreading af mctto agaMst .the junker element oy uie socialists, but Imperial approval was given Von Hlndenburg' plan and the request for .peace followed.- 3 A....'. No indication has heen given as to when replies will be made by Presi dent Wilson to the Austrian and. Turk ish appeals for peace. It is under stood that therf is no ground for the Apprehension,!. whlcb ha! -rlsen In Austria that the President would re fuse the reply, . to- Premier Burlan's actef of the Austrian government. .- It was said that this might well figure in s final peace proposal, but would not operate to prevent the consideration of an armistice which Austria seeks. 527 LIVES COST AS RESULT. OF DISASTER ' TO TRANSPORT OTRANTO One American Officer and 356 American Soldiers Included - Among, the Dead, Checked ' Figures Show. . s . l " Islay Scotland, Sunday, Oct. 18.- (By the Associated Press) According to figures compiled here today and, checked with army records, the total loss of life as a result of the disaster to the transport Otranto Is 521 ( -These figures represent one Ameri can officer. Second Lieut. Berate H: Coman, of Robinson. 111.. 85 Amevl ran troops, i4 of the Otranto's offi cers and crew jand six members of the crew of a French Ashing boat , UP: ' t (tonight 268 .bodies had been recovered. ' Only two were found to day as the. result of a change in the wind, whichnow Is blowing strongly off shore and; according 4o seafaring men, tnav sweep the bodies far out to sea.' The two bodies found today were of an American soldier and a chief petty officer of the Otranto. NORTH T CAROLINA . NEVER FAILS North Carolina has never failed, from Moore's Ofck to Cambria. It men have fought bravely for Xlhcrtr, its women liave made noble sanrlflce, and its boys have put' Liberty above life tlte boys ' are not failing now. They will be watching on the 19th, when the bond " imnie campaign ends, to see If the people at home have failed them. They are cov ered with mad and glory..' At home we sleep In comfortable beds and do not eat our meals to the music of shrieking sheljs. The least we can do for the men fighting our battle Is to sup ply them - with all .they need.. This costs billions. ( The t bond Issue now asked Is surely needed. If It Is not subscribed, there must be resort to lncreawd taxation, v We have conscripted ineik There Is the same right ; to, conscript moneyr-f Bat It Is- not - necessary.-. The duty of erery man who Ims as mmii as S50 is to buy bonds. The duty of men who have thous ands Is to buy until they feel the pinch. , . t The prevalence of Influenza re tards public1 meetings and canvassing. Bat It does not just fy failure upon any one's part to take. his shntv. It should -make every man his own canvasser. , I know tltere wlI bo no relaxa tion of effort on tlio part of North Carolinians nntll ear money has gone over the top . as our boys preceda It. , . osrrnrs dakiels. AMERICANS ADVANCE AND WIDEN ' BREACH IN IE KRIE1ILDE LINE Go Forward in Face of. Most Stubborn Resistance Conceivable, In? ' v eluding Literally Hundreds of Machine Gun Nests eluge of Gas Masks Adjusted Str.on ans to Fight for Hours With Their Gas Masks Adjused- Str.on g Defenses Penetrated. With the American Army North west of Verdun. Oct. 15, 1:80 p. m. (By the Associated Press).- In the face of the most stubborn resistance conceivable, including literally hun dreds of machine gun nests, the Americans advanced again today and widened the breach in the Krlemhilde line. " t . The Germans 'heavily shelled the center and left center of the American tine ana desperate counter-attacks were' carried out. -These counter-attacks tailed,, . . The Americans, who captured Hill 299 and penetrated, the strong wire defenses between Landres-Et-8t Georges and St Georges, have passed 8t JUVln. -f".-.' -.v.'-;.;"...:.-.,"-- f The American gains ; in general were accomplished ' through . pursu ance of the strategic policy of sur rounding the objectives rather than storming 1 them, The machine gun filled woods and heights lying In the path of the American advance were taken' for the most part by -going around them on the left and right ahd Joining forces again on the north side an dclearlng up the areas thus encircled. The day's fighting began early when the center moved forward and en- I Newspaper Comment Generally ; '.v-. Favorable in Tone. - OnejPaper Regrets That,.Wilson Did Not Refer to Punishment ForrAtrocities. London,' Oct 16. The London eve ning newspaper comment on Presi dent 'Wilson's reply to Germany is generally . Javorable in tone. The Standard, under the heading "The right note," says that the note "has removed' certain false Impression! which were possible In regard to his three questions to Germany." The newspaper regrets that President Wilson did not refer, to 'punishment for U-boat crimes and the burning of towns. ' ; . , The Pall Mall Gazette says that President Wilson's reply "reaches his highest standards of point and promptness," and adds that the dec larations he made "have been made before,' but never In such a drastic setting or with such securities for their being read and adjusted." The Globe finds there is no am biguity about President Wilson's stern reply and Is "afraid the Germans will not like the manner in which Presi dent Wilson received their request." "Foch, Haig and Pershing," the newspaper asserts, "will determine in concert. the guarantees they must Mve In hand before granting a ces sation or hostilities." The Westminster Gazette gives first place to President Wilson's demand for the 'destructi6n of every arbitrary power," " '! . The Manchester Guardian says that Germany has surrendered, and though much remains to be denned and set tled, that great central fact stands established, which means a speedy end of the- war. The newspaper consid ers i President Wilson not likely to ac cept the chancellor's reply as to the exact meaning of the German note and ys the problem would be Vastly eased bv the kaiser's abdication. " , On the question of ah armistice, The Guardian thinks, Jhe immediate and vital question for President Wil son to consider In consultation with the allies, and especially ; In consul tation with Marshal Foch. is the na ture of the security to be exacted for the withdrawal of the hostile arm les and ''that the nemy v does not utilize the interval to build afresh his means of resistance or attack, and suggests the temporary occupation of Essen, as the best security against a piling up of munitions the evacuation of the whole of Alsace-Lorraine and the surrender of the German Uihoat fleet QUARTER MILLION REFUGEES LEAVING : BELGIAN 1 TOWNS Washington, Oct IB.- A quarter of a million refugees are making their way from - Lille, - Roubaix and other Belgian towns near the front lines -to the Dutch frontier hi an endeavor to escape into Holland. Messages re ceived today by Chairman Hoover; of the commission for relief n Belgium, said arrangements had been'Tnade for food, clothing and shelter upon their arrival at the frontier. ' ' , " WANTS NO STATEMENT OF TERMS BEFORE ARMISTICE London. Oct. 15, (4 p. m. My The ABsoclatcd . , Press) -Andrew Bonar Isw, goTcnrment - Spokesmen In the bouNM of commons, nude the - an nouWicment in parliament today that It wf bid he vcrv unwise for any of the alllo J governments to make ny state merft oit the terms likely o be ira- pom tUfipon trmany before armls tlcq.iwas granted. - circled the difficult position at - Hill 288, from which a machine gun fire, estimated as coming from at least 200 truns concealed In the adjacent woods, was poured Into the Ameri cans. The patrols pushed forward despite the enemy opposition into the Bantheville woods. v . Hill 288 was taken early notwith standing a withering machine gun fire and a deluge of gas shells which com pelled the Americans to fight for hours with their gas masks adjusted. They also encountered vast Quantities of wire which had not been ; suffi ciently cut by the artillery, and faced an enfilading fire from both sides. A big fight ensued for the strategic Cotrde' Chatillon,- which- co mtnands the terrain northward and which was attacked : by the encircling method, the Americans taking the Tuillerles farm to the northeast. This farm was taken under artillery fire by both the Germans and Americans late this af ternoon, and for a time remained No-Man's-Land. ' - ' -i The American advance at this point involved the capture of Le Mansard farm and filtration through the wire guarding the Sommerance-Landres road. The opposition against the right (Continued from page 1.) FLU' . SUBSIDING Reaches Epidemic Proportions In About Every State. Disease Ha Spread Rapidly and : Death Toll Has Been High y ' In Most Parts of Nation. Washington, Oct. 15. Spanish In fluenza now haa reached epidemic proportions in practically every, state in the country and in only three has irbeen"reported as stationary-with some improvement in the situation in Massachusetts. In spite of all ef forts by federal, state and local . au thorities, the disease has spread rap idly and the death toll has been high in most' parts of the nation. ..... In army camps the epidemic is sub siding, a further decrease In the num ber of new cases being noted today at the office of the surgeon general of the army. The total of cases re ported was 8,498, a decrease of 773 from yesterday; " Pneumonia: cases were 1.118 against 2,823 the day be fore, but the number of deaths in creased, being 888 against 718 yes terday. ', "i-. In war-crowded District of Columbia-, the epidemic continues , unabat ed. As a further precautionary meas ure, the treasury and interior depart ments Issued orders that no new em ployes of those departments ' be brought to Washington until further notice. Similar action is expected by other government departments, which ; -4111 J. J Jl M . . viiii r in utett oi aaamonai neip, MUST REBUILD FRENCH AND BELGIAN CITIES ' e ' y'y-y,u Australian Premier Says Ger , many Must Replace Stolen Machinery and Patterns. Paris Monday, Oct 14-"Germany with defeat threatening to hecome a headlong rout " now whines about peace' said William M Hughes, pre mier of Australia, at a luncheon given today by Stephen Pichon, the foreign minister, at which all the members of the French cabinet were present. "Endeavoring to induce - President Wilson to Intercede for her." Pre mier Hughes continued, "Germany evades the plain,. blunt,, questions of the President hoping to gain time to extricate herself from her fatal po sition" and to save the kaiser and the German kings and princes in the last stronghold of kings and 'military des potism." . -'After pointing out that Germany is the best equipped European country to enter on peace, the premier said; "She must- rebuild the ruined French -and Belgian cities, replace the stolen machinery, restore the pat terns and trade secrets and compen sate the manufacturers and work men. Until then we cannot and wil not admit her to the family of na tions nor give her a share of, our raw materials." , EIGrjTGERMAN I FRONT ' LINE DIVISIONS BROKEN . . British Headquarters In France, Oct - lS.-(Reuter)-!-Since Sunday morning - eight of the German front line divisions in Flanders have been flung back broken and confused, while probably' all or most of the divisions held In reserve behind them receiv ed a heavy gruel lnlg., This apparent ly has not been a battle of limited ob jectives, but rather a drive, and where towns resisted at all. strongly the line has pushed on, closing again beyond and leaving clearing up parties to fin ish the work. GAMPS IRI FIGURE rJDTYET REAGHED BY LIDERTY LOAfl Situation is Very Disappointing to U. S. Officials. OUTLOOK DECLARED GRAVE Wilson's Rejection of German Proposals Expected to In ; spire Enthusiasm. . ' ; Washington, Oct', 15 Only $158, 000,000 of new Liberty loan subscrip tions trickled In today, according to reports from the whole nation gath ered by the treasury, and raised the total for the loan so far to 42,954, 870,600, still short of f 3.000,000,000, the "half-way figure." In view of the ; expectation that fruits of Liberty day celebrations last Saturday ' would be fully reflected in today's reports, treasury officials de clared the outlook grave. - ' t "Those In charge of the Liberty loan campaign made no concealment of the fact that the situation was very disappointing," said the official review of the loan's progress. "With only four days of the loan period remain ing the country now faces the task ot raising in excess of 33,000,000.000, or more than $700,000,000 a day." Early morning messages to head quarters stimulated ' hope, not borne out by tonight's figures, that Presi dent Wilson's rejection of the Ger man proposal for an immediate arm istice would create a wave of enthu siasm which would . sweep a multi tude of subscriptions on its crest. To morrow's figures will be watched carefully for evidence pf this situa tion reported in scores of telegrams from field workers. -n-: Richmond district, ! $185,233,000 subscriptions; 4 8 per cent of. It quota. Mllll MftVliMyNIAHAIlt 12,966,000;. REGISTERED . FOR SERVICE SEPT. 12 Scattering; figures Expected to Bring Grand Total Up to Thir teen Million or More. 7" , L.Wftshington,S:Octsrzl5Final re turns from all states show that 12, 986,594 men registered for ? military service September 12. This was 187, 836 in excess of the estimate of 778,758, made by experts in the office J or rrovoBi Marsnai uenerai urowaer, based on projections from census fig ures.. s . V j . ' . The total announced today does not Inctude registrations received by mall)uat0n ln the stale today showed tm hy local boards after September 13 ; provement Ip nearly all sections, ac- were" aWt SPS? cunTv" ffi 1 Tfl- 1?".:!?" ullA St ..?..! e, wiif h. . "51!?", ,ciuai 5??" wtU be With the flgrres complied today, the total number of men who have been registered in the reservoir of the selective service system since the Uni ted States, entered the war,; Including those registered June 5, 1917, June 6 and August 24 and September 12, is 23,450,021. . ;: ; ITALIANS : PENETRATE THE CITY OF DURAZZO Rome,'. Oct.; 15. Italian forces In Albania after storming the Austro Hungarian positions on the heights In front of Duraszo penetrated the city yesterday ! morning, taking prisoners and capturing war material, the Ital ian-war office announced today. t ; BRITAIN TO DEMAND OF i " TURKEY FULL SURRENDER , London, Oct IS. -Great Britain's reply to Turkey, ;The Evening News says It understands, will be a demand for . unconditional surrender. The Turks will be required to negotiate an armistice with lienernl Allcnby, com mander of the British forces In Pal estine in Syria. , , Fair today and probably v Thurs- ... i i fl .s ..v. 'v-: ;,,;;r To furnish1 food, provide powder, supply ships and transport troops- buy Liberty bonds. ' .L J0-J0 SAYS. HUfl CQOmiiQ iffTAGHES GREATEST IMP0RTAI1GE TO Order Tells Soldiers That Fate of Nation Perhaps Depends Upon Defense of Verdun Front. t With ' the American Forces North west of Verdun, Oct. 15. (By the Associated-Press) How great is the Importance attached by the Germans to holding .back the Americans Is shown In a recent order of General von Der MarwlU, commander-in-chief of the fifth army. "It Is on the unconquerable resistance- of the Verdun front" reads the order, "that depends the fate of a great part of the western front per haps even of our nation.3 The father land 5must , rest assured that, every commander and every man realises the greatness'of his mission and that he will do his duty to the very end. v "if they do this the enemy's attack will, as heretofore, break against -ur firm will to hold." - . i. With the American army already across the' Krlemhilde , Stellung. it might be expected that the Germans will fall back rapidly to their third line of defense from Btenay to Se dan, but becase of the vital necessi ty of preventing the . allies from cut ting the lines of communication be fore the greater part of the German forces are able to extricate them selves, it Is assumed that .they will increase rather than decrease their When the British forced their way through the second defenses near Cambrai, It is pointed out the Ger mans rapidly fell back to their third defenses but the strategical reasons for their continued resistance in the open at that part of the sector is not to be compared to those In front. of the Americans. ' ? Added evidence has been secured that instead of reducing his opposi tion, the German commander Is con tinuing to bring up fresh divisions and to throw them in after those already broken by the Americans. General Von Der MarwlU explained to his command In his order that the Americans, were about to attack on the vertwn, rront "to try to pusn.io ward Longuyorc' '?':a'l!'...li,,r-;f "The object "of this attack." the orderTContmued, "lete-tit"the';Xen-4 guyon-Sedan line, the' most Important artery of the 'west , Moreover, it . is the. enemy'p Intention to render It Impossible for ud to exploit the Biiey basin on which depends in Targe part our steel productions." -- ' e:; INFLUENZA SITUATION i IN NORTH CAROLINA . SHOWING IMPROVEMENT Major Stiles at Raleigh to Help Dr. W. S. Rankin More Doc tors Are Assigned to State. 7 BTR B. WILSON. n11p-h Opt IK. Tha ivifluenxa X W hE1 by th .-wd ? health. -There ; were, consiaeraoiy less cans ior assisianoe an TI:a, Dlace wer i0"l lease doctors and nurses for other communltltes. , ; Malor Charles W. BUles, represent- Ins the nubile health service, arrived to assist Dr. W. S. Rankin, state health officer. Major Stiles has been in per sonal charge of the situation at Wil mington since the appearance of the epidemic, that city having been the worst affected place In the state, " Five additional doctors were fur nished today by the public health ser vice and-Assigned for duty. There are still , about 15 places in the state urgently in need of doctors and about twice as many in need of nurses. ' The general Improvement in .the state as a whole is believed by officers of the state-board of health to have resulted from the general response be ing made by. the people themselves through local organization, to com bat the-disease.,.'. i'xVc'hPH The state .board of . health Is today again calling attention to - the fact that there is an unusually large num ber of cageS of pneumonia following the Influenza of the present epidemic and, the fatality from this pneumonia Is very high, in many communities be ing as high as 0 per cent Also the proportion of pneumonia, cases among doctors ana nurses nas ueen greater than among the lay- population, und the number of deaths ln the profes sion has been proportionately greater.. jgecause or mese iacis ine siaie board of health Is calling attention to the nature of the pneumonia, following the present type of Influenza and. again emphasizes the necessity of Using pre ventive measures; It Is highly lm portent that doctors; nurses and other attendants' upon the sick should take special precautons in order to keep free of the Influenza and-the pneu monia Which Is , so -liable to follow, Also great care should be i exercised to prevent, the spread of pneumonia from those 111 of 'ie disease to pa tients suffering o g from Influenza, . ; WILSON'S REPLY PLEASES . SOLDIERS AT THE FRONT Greeted Unanimously by Ameri - cans as Document of Supreme ' Statesmanship. . With the American Army North west of Verdun,; Oct. ; 15. President Wilson's answer to the Germans was greeted . unanimously ; by the men 'as a document of supreme ; statesman ship, completely fllllng the bill and Imposing on the Germans the humil iation and abnegation absolutely nec essary. It served., however, to in crease the doubts whether the enemy will In last analysis back, down corn' pletely and to steel" every one to fight on Indefinitely and; impose upon Ger many absolute defeat.--" - Euran forces itj fi;:ge :i DHIUirJc" THE ENEL1Y BEFORE TIIEL1 BRITISH CASUALTIES FOR -.a PAST WEEK NUMBER 35,710 London, Oct. 15. British casualties reported for the week ending today hum bored 85,710, divided ae foUowee: Killed or died of wounds, t (Doers, 552; men. ,37. - 1 Wounded or missing, officers, 1,741; men, 28480. Over 10,000 Prisoners Taken In New Offensive. " Advanced Allied Troops Signal They Are Six Miles Inside r German Positions. Havre, Oct, 15. The French and a Belgian troops In Flanders have cap- many positions in north Belgium from tared 7,000 Germans and taken 80 the Lys river to the sea, including his guns, according to Jhe official com-; submarine- and other bases, along the munlcatlon Issued by the Belgian war' coast, while to the south the Lille office tonight i Belgian and French salient gradually Is being enmeshed cavalry Is advancing on Lichtcrvelde, jand doubtless soon will receive atten., between Thourout and Boulers, hav- j Uort from the pincers, which are be Ing crossed .the railroad. The Court- Ing oiled for the task of reclaiming rat-Ingclmunstcr : railway line has this Important tract of territory as far been reached hy the French and Brit- as Valenciennes for France. '. ,.i -Ish. -v . -,.' I ' Franco-Americans Gaining., s : i a 1 Meanwhile the: French ahd Amerl- With the Allied Forces Vn Belgium, Oct.-15. (By lTh Associated Press)'- British, Franch and Belgian troops lnlfrom the Champagne region lA.thg . their offensive begun yesterday In- BeW glum, have captured mors than 1,0,000 prisohers and havs taken .more than 1 AO ,vtina, t-r ' : ( -" , Advanced allied ! troops have , sig nalled that they are from, six to seven tniles inside the German positions. . Heavy rains fell in Flanders throug but the night tending to turn the bat tlefields Into seas of mud. The low hanging clouds -show - no signs of clearing. A continuation of the steady downpour would undoubtedly result 4n slowing m thebattle. :.The Belgian iom ot Thourout was captured by the allies. Thourout was an Important strategic position and a vital transportation center. Uppn it hinged a large, part of the German transportation system. ? ' . 4 Thii nsrhtin continued throughout the night and; at various places ( veTes snce was encountered, but 3; .: V. British. French ' ISSSltU region the battH may . t.wld " almost as ww""'V1VmsaB. Ln th.!aalt .fia;!t ArEfflft i this sort of sticky ground the allied troops. It hln But while hampers even more me enn.y to move nis i""m; heavy flr"0-, 4mlr!d grounuoi am -,,'"" Vnn roe ueigmn-r lK""2rnJ?lZ .V, " 1 Pre they have effected -further cross Forest, a team from the Noolk sh P- ' About 100 Oer-" Bone to Thourout fmhe Corte- re mad prtoon,r , thJt marck road to Helle. to L"bosch, to flhtlnJr ........ , , x DrWvwegan, to GJts., to Oitsbergto j 4. Iq Flanoer tnft British have taken J Beveran, to Zuldhoek.j J". the Important raHway center of Me-Roulers-Lys 'cwial H.WvSSU' i ' . Ttoonrout' . has"., lallen. ; and the Boschmolens and the allied foices in . TnouroutiColirtra vTrallroad has' al-, the outskirts, of, Lendeieae. . ,, 1 most been won. Numerous towns have 1 ' ..' . , . ..!-r ..cm ; I been recaptured by the allied forces REGULAR HARVEST TANtN Und Urge numbers ot prisoners have t Drai Dl I IMrD'Ct TROOPS 1 been taken; Many guns also . have , - BY GEN. PLUMtK o !KUUr;ofaUtin 1nto;th hwldg of tne alu!t , ' The capture of Thourout completely British Headquarters in Flanders, outflanks the'Oerman submarine base bet 15 (By the Associated Press). at Ostend and brings the allied troops General Plumer's troops pushing for. ; within JO i miles of Bruges, whence the ward in Belgium have captured J2t , railroad line runs northward, td Zee- nrlsoners. tnciuaing is o;r. wui, unij.. , iW-wv.,wo.-h. taken more than 60 guns and a on the North sea. ; v i regular harvest of mortars and ma chine guns. ( SERBIANS ADVANCING T TT NORTHWARD ; FROM NISH L' r " i . ' ' ' v Washington, Oct.'. IS. Advancing northward from Nlsh.i Serbian troops on a wide front : have captured the height dominating both bank of the southern Morava, taking 44 field guns, a Serbian official statement received here today said. In the capture of Nlsh a large amount of War mate rial was seized, 5 Serbian detachments operating in the Kriva Palanka region report, the statement says, that contrary to the stipulations of the . armistice, v the fourth Bulgarian division carried .off into Bulgaria - approximately J.700 sheep, 4.000 horses. 1,100 oxen, 1,020 mule and 1.500 wagons. The. state ment says a Bulgarian captain order ed the storehouse of grain at Strazeln to be burned and the cattle belonging to the population taken to Bulgaria. - CANADA DEMANDS ONLY , , . V- COMPLETE SURRENDER - Toronto, tnt Oct. 16. The uncon ditional surrender of Germany 'or such occupations ot that country . as will insure the carrying but ot allied peace terms are , the - only ( Conditions en which Canada is, wlUlng ; to end the war, Newton Wesley RO well.' presi dent of th privy council 6f Canada, declared in an address here today. ; "Canada sent her men across jh sea to l?elp save liberty and democ racy and she will not call thera back until the object for which they went over has been accomplished,? -'.Mr. Rowel) said. . -. ' - J . ., Germans Fighting With Despera tion to Hold Them Back". FRENCH AND AMERICANS ADVANCING IN THE SOUTH British Have Taken Important : Railway Center of Menin. . TH0UR0UT Alio CAPTURED Italian Forces " in Albania Have Occupied the- Austrian Naval 7 Base of Durazzo. - , BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. , ' The entente forces in' Belgium and France continue successfully to drive the enemy before them. 'In Belgian Flanders the advance la somewhat rapid but on all the "sectors fat France the Germans are fighting with desper ation to bold back their foea. The great wedge that Is being drir-. en by the Belgian, British and French ' m i h .1 . 1 .... tesnie fcrr the enon f , can forces are struggling Valiantly forward in 'l their ' drive northward ' country over which tht3ermans must . effect a retirement te their own bor- ( der in the event; of V final .debacle.-. As fnslve began, the Germans ars vigor ously defending their positions, using innumerable machine gun deter ments In endeavors' to hold their ground.- Particularly vicious are vn t counter-thrusts that the Americans are being compelled to sustain : et and west of the Meuse, where the en tire enemy front Is threatened with : Immediate1 collapse should General Llggetmnen"craahLthrough'the lint -r. for material gains. ' v -.' '-; Nevertheless, both the Americans and the French are demanding that their arms be served, and on various , sectors they are meeting with suc cess, lit the Romange sector further gains have been made by the Ameri- . ! "W K rawnme un nrw nu wic HBiurat ' nUngl'em'ent VhTchd to" be' nw' j tutted . Bad weather has fallen over the sector, and the airmen havs been unkble to give their ueual brUlUnt as- ! " the maneuvers. French Nrartnft Metlera. vTn the west the JYench sre slowlv elortns; In upon Relthel on their way to MezieresT being only two miles I distant from the town. West of Grand Renorts are to the effect that the ,' Germans are withdrawing what Is left : of their forces in the north, both naval and military. " ' i in Aioama ine naiiana nave occu pied the Austrian naval base of Dur azzo on the -Adriatic; while In Serbia the allied forces are. continuing to press the enemy troops; north of Nlsh. GRAND PRE-V0UZIER3 U -ROAD JN FR Pari. Ot 15. Tl AD JN FRENCH HAfiDO . The French troops north of Laon and in the Champagne have mads further v important ad vances against the Germans, accord ing to the official commutation Is sued tonight. The Gran d i i e-Vou-sleres road in Champagne vf-t of Grand Pre is now In the nan 'i of t. French, Eight hundred prl - a v., ore Uken In the day's flghtir r. OCCUPATION CF CUT ' ) : ADMITTED CY . t -, . " a 7'--,,: ' Vienna (via London),'0( t, " -'. occupation of Durazzo by t . a i is admitted in the ofHci .1 r t Issued by the war office .tor t. i The statement says: '. ' Durazzo4 has ' beu e ' ' 3 occupied by -the Jfa? ! "The (movements it . Serbia are rrocr- portant contact v i. ZErr:u:i c:i:d . u? CY.r-: sir fos'co t . . alr'w :
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