RED OLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF
IN BHFfEHE
Such Must Be Plan of Victorious
Army, Says Foch.
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1 German tnnk put out of commission and captured by the nlllos during Hie Mmne offensive. J2 I'tutlnt'
American wounded on board n liospltttl train In Frnnce. 3 American Mtllor proudly escorting German U-bont
prisoner along the deck of n destroyer.
NEWS REVIEW OF
THE PAST WEEK
Germans Pufch South Between
Montdidicr and Noyon But
Again Are Checked.
BLOODIEST FIGHTS OF WAR
lAmerlcans Drive Huns Out of ffelleau
Wood False Statements 6y Prus
sian Minister of War Gallant
Exploit of Italian Tor
pedo Boats.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
Aiming at Comptcgno und Estrco St.
Denis, with the ovldent Intention of
forcing tho French out of the Noyon
salient, the nrmles of Crown Prince
Ruprecht of Bavaria, under the Imme
diate command of General von Ilutlcr,
started a great drive southward be
tween Montdidicr and Noyon on Sun
day. The result was the most desper
ate and bloodiest fighting of the entire
war, for tho French resisted fiercely
and slaughtered the enemy in tremen
dous numbers. By sheor weight the
Germans were able to push forward
down the valley of the Matz for several
miles, making their greatest advance
to the southwest, but by Tuesday they
were brought utmost to a standstill.
Then General Foch struck back with
force and on the west side of the ene
my salient drove the Iiuns to the east,
retaking Courcclles, Lo Fretoy, Mery,
Belloy wood and other strong posi
tions and reaching tho edge of St.
Maur. The defense of Courcelles, Im
portant because of Its commanding
heights, wus especially heroic, the Ger
mans trying by every means to gain
and hold the village, in vain.
On the cast of the salient the Ger
mans, by tremendous efforts, wore
able to forco their way past Rlbecourt,
and by Tuesduy they had reached tho
OIso at Machemont and Ilethaucourt,
the latter village being the scene of
especiully sanguinary lighting. This
so threatened the French troops in tho
thin wedge extending toward Noyon
that In the night they were quietly
withdrawn without the knowledge of
tho enemy, and the line, thus bhort
oned and straightened, thereafter was
held. In this move the Carlcpont for
est was abandoned and the new Hue
extended through Bullly, Tracy lc Vul
and Nampccl.
With tho west Jaw of the pincers
thus pushed down the Matz, the Ger
mans tried to shove the other Jaw in
from tho cast, between Solssons and
the Marne, but there they apparently
were almost unsuccessful, for the
French guvo ground only slightly on
the plateau west of the villages of 'Cut
ry and Dommlers and repulsed attacks
against St. Pierre Alglo and Ambleuy.
At Haute Bray, north of Solssons, the
Huns met n smashing defeat.
Further to the boutli, In tho region
of Chuteau Thierry, the Americans
md French continued their good work
at tho previous week. Each day Per
shing's men struck ut the foe hard and
by the end of tho week they hnd
scored considerable advances, tho
most valuable gain being tho taking
of Bcllcau wood, which had been full
of machine gun nests. In the Cllgnon
valley, Just north of this, the Germans
used up flvo divisions In futile us
isaults on tho American positions. The
French In this region occupied Mont
court and part of Bussiarcs.
In tho latter part of the week tho In
domitable French struck heavy blows
at tho Germans on tho eastern wing
of the new front and drove them back
across the. Matz with severe losses.
Between tho Alsno and tho Vlllers-Cot-tercts
forest the enemy made some
progress, but southwest of Solssons his
'attack was broken.
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Tho outstanding fact In last week's
.lighting Is that tho Germans suffered
enormous losses, In return for which
they gained ground that Is compara
tively unimportant. Certainly at tho
beginning of tho week thero was a feel
ing of nervousness among the allies
the civilians, not tho soldiers but this
quickly disappeared and was replaced
by tho former confidence In tho ability
of the allied armies to resist the ham
mer strokes of the Hun fighting ma
chine. The German authorities cannot
deny their severe losses in this offen
sive, and, with General von Stein, Prus
sian minister of war, as their mouth
piece, havo striven to reassure the
people by a series of falsehoods con
coming the allies. First they Issued
the statement that the Americans !n
the buttles about Chateau Thierry and
In Hellonu wood had been defeated and
practically wiped out, though at the
very time those sumo dashing marines
were driving the enemy further and
further to the west and north. Then
Von Stein, addressing the relehstag,
asserted that Foch'fi reserves no longer
exist, having been thrown Into the
fight, together with the available
Americans, In vain counter-attacks
nfter tho crown prince's advance had
come to a halt on the Marne. The en
tente, he added, Is beginning to admit
heavy defeat and Is comforting Its peo
ple with having the help of America.
The German press adds that the sub
marine rold In American waters stop
"red tho sending of our troops to
Frnnce.
The public may rest assured that all
of these statements are absolute lies,
easily refuted did space permit. They
probably are necessary because of the
growing distress of the German people
over their losses and their distrust of
their leaders.
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Tho nllled aviators gained new lau
rels during the battlo of last week, de
stroying several scores of German
planes, bombing their trenches and
munition stations and raking their
troops nnd transports with machine
gun tire from low altitudes. In this
the American aviators played un In
creasingly Important part, as well as
doing fine work on their own especial
sector north of Toul.
Not yet ready to start their new
drive In Italy, tho Austrlans continued
to concentrate great masses of troops
there. The point of nttnek wns not
revealed, but the Italians kept them
busy with big raids. On Monday the
Italian nnval forces performed n nota
ble exploit. Two torpedo boats raid
ed nn Austrian naval base near the
Dalmatian Islands, making their way
among tho enemy vessels nnd torpedo
lug one big battleship, which sank
with a loss of more than 80 lives. An
other bnttleship was damaged, and the
little, vessels then returned to their
base In safety. It is said tho Italians
have built u "sea tnnk," long and nar
row, which can cut Its way through the
steel netting with which the Austrian
ports nro protected. Possibly this was
used In the Dnlmatlan raid.
Having, ts they believe, completely
subdued Russia nnd most of Ukrntnln,
and having made a friend of Flnlnnd,
the Germans nre reported to be trans
porting rapidly to tho west front all
their troops except small detachments
left to keep order. But all of tho Rus
sians are not crushed, for now tho cen
tral committee of the constitutional
democrats, who were ousted by the
bolshovlkl, have appealed to America
and tho entente powers to send nn In
ternational nrmy to Russia to combat
the Germans. Tho commltteo urged
that tho aid bo sent by way of Siberia
bo that It might first co-operate with
General Somonoff, who Is still fighting
on the Manchurian border, nnd then
with the Cossack chiefs. Tho mntter
was seriously considered, but In Wash
ington It was nnnouueed thnt Presi
dent Wilson did not think tho time
was rlpo for such action. lie probably
tins detlnlte plnns In this regard, but
they hove not been revealed to tho
public. Japan Is preparing n declara
tion defining her nttltudc toward Rus
sia. If an nllled army Is sent Into
Slberin, It probably will consist main
ly of Japanese and Chinese troops. In
deed, It Is said Japan would object to
the presence of contingents from the
western nntlons as a reflection on her
honor.
Fighting their way westward through
Russia and Siberia as did tho little
band of Belgians who recently passed
through tho United States, somo 15,000
Czccho-Slovak troops nro striving to
reach the Pacific coast. Tho bolshevik
authorities have ordered them disarm
ed, nud thoy are having almost con
tinuous bnttles with the soviet forces,
tho graduating class of
the United States Military academy,
Secretary of War Baker on Wednesday
snld that more than n million American
men would soon be In service In
Frnnce. A day or so bet o he stated
that more than 700,000 had disembark
ed on French soil. An English corre
spondent at the front asserts that the
American army Is prepared, If neces
sary, to make a greater sacrifice than
that Involved In lite brigading of Amer
ican troops with the British and
French. This cryptic statement may
mean that If the plans of the allies de
mand It the Yankee troops will be sent
to the fighting front almost Immediate
ly on arrival In France, without unit
ing for the preliminary training they
have been receiving back of the lines.
So far only a few of the Americans
have been used In the real fighting, and
In operations relatively small. As the
contllct has changed Its character, be
coming more open, It may be the Amer
icans are considered fit to tnke part
nfter their training In this country.
Important probabilities con
cerning tho National army came to the
fore last week: Representative Kahn
said the war department Intends to nsk
congress uLthc winter session to amend
the draft Taw to Include all men be
tween the nges of eighteen nnd forty
nine. Provost Mnrshnl General Crow
der decided to recommend the exemp
tion of professional ball pluycrs until
tho end of tho season. Director Gen
eral McAdoo asked tho exemption of
all railroad men, nnd the coal mine op
erators asked the same for miners.
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The comparative failure of the Ger
man drives so far, the splendid resist
ance made by the French and British
and the excellent showing made by
the Americans must not lead the
American people Into a dangerous com
placency and n feeling that "It Is all
over but the shouting." Those who
know the truth realize thnt tho war
Is far from ended may laBt four or
flvo years longer, Indeed nnd that
the future holds for us tremendous
sacrifices. We must put Into Its suc
cessful prosecution every ounce of
energy wo possess, even aB do our
fighting men on the other side of the
ocean. There Is no doubt thnt tho war
will bo won finally by the forces of
righteousness, but until It is won noth
ing else matters much but tho winning
of It, for if It were not won, nothing
else would mntter at all. The people
of Great Britain and of France real
ized this long ngo, und the people of
America must rcnlizo It soon. It can
not be too strongly urged upon them
thnt the man power of tho central
nations is still tremendous and that
they are still determined' by every
means to force their will upon the rest
of the world. The British nnd French
troops, battered and wearied, doubt
less can hold the lines until the au
tumn, but they look to our millions to
achieve the victory, and this they can
do only If thoy ar given evory pos
sible support by those who stay at
home. This will bo given with a will
If only the people fully recognlzo the
seriousness of the situation and the
urgency of the demands on them.
Owing to tho fuct thnt tho German
nubmurlno rnldera sank a number of
vessels laden with sugar from Cuba
nnd to tho interruption in tho traffic
with the island caused by those opera
tions, Food Administrator Hoover has
asked that further restrictions bo
placed on tho solo and uso of sugnr
for a time. He also asks the pcoplo
to place themselves on a limited beef
nllowanco until September 1 next in
order thnt tho needs of the soldiers
and civilians in Frnnce, Great Britain
and Italy may bo supplied..
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Two great conventions opened In the
United States last week, nnd each did
Its part In urging the carrying on of
tho wur to victory. Tho first was that
of tho Amcrlcuu Federation of Labor,
to which President Wilson sent n mes
sngo making It clear that tho workers
had it In their power to bring victory
or defeat. President Gompers' nddress
wns a thundering deflnnco of t-- Uun,
and during tho week thero were devel
opments that showed tho great major
ity of tho delegates would not coun
tenance anything that savored of dls
loyulty or oven of undue pacifism.
In Chicago hundreds of tho most
eminent physicians nnd surgeons of
tho country, togethor with somo fa
mous ones from abroad, asKombled for
the meeting of tho American Medical
association. Tho address, tho discus
slons and the work of thoso men wore
almost wholly related to tho war, and,
the words of tho leaders were hearten'
log In tho extreme.
Allied Generalissimo Declares Well Or
ganized Reserves, Dcllvcrlnn Blud
neon Blow at Proper Time nnd
Place Will Destroy tho
Enemy.
Loud -i. -victory can bo won In tho
fiul oii'v by the army that lakes tho
DlTonsh und success In thin depends
dii husl , mUiij; nmj instructing tho re
serves. declares General Foch In
the we. v Journal, tho Field.
"Moii. mi warfare, to arrive tit Its
end un I t.i impose it will on the en
emy," i iii-inl Foch says, "recognizes
tnily din' menus destruction of tho
cjieinj- "igaulzed forced.
"Win undertakes and prepares this
(lestruii .it by battle, which brings
about tin overthrow of the adversary,
disorganizes his command, destroys his
dlsclplitit-, and nullities his units as
far us iiioir fighting power Is con
cerned No Victory In Defense.
"Our tirst axiom must be that to
achieve lis object it battlo must not bo
purely "Intensive. A purely defensive
battle, een well conducted, does not
result In a victor and a vanquished. It
Is slmpi a gamo that must be begun
over iiguiii.
"From this It Is an obvious corollary
that an iiil'enslve, whether started ut
tho beginning of an action or whether
it follow, the defensive, can only glvo
results, nnil, in consequence, must ul
wnys be adopted at the finish.
"To maintain our position In not
Bynon.Miiuiis with being victorious nnd
even prepares for a defeat. If wo re
main where wo are und do not pass to
the offensive to fix the direction of nt
tnek, to guard against tho plans of tho
enemy, nud prevent him from carrying
out the same maneuver, we must un
dertake to carry on and sustain numer
ous combats, each with determined
aim.
All Depends on Reserve.
"But since there remains no doubt
that decisive attack Is tho very key
stone of a battle, all other actions
which make up it battlo must bo en
visaged, considered, organized, pro
vided with forces in the mensuro in
which they will prepare, facilitate, nnd
guarantee development of a decisive
attack characterized by Its mass, Us
surprise, Its speed, und for which, in
consequence, It Is essential that there
shall bo the maximum rcservo force
possible of troops of maneuver.
"The reserve thut is to say, tho
prepared bludgeon Is organized and
kept carefully Instructed to cxecuto
the single net of battle from which re
sults are expected namely, tho de
cisive attack.
Surprise, Mass and 8peed.
"Reserves must be husbanded with
(the most extremo pnrsimony so that
tho bludgeon may bo strong enough to
make the blow as violent ns possible.
Let looso at the finish, without any
lurking Idea of saving them, with n
well thought out plan for winning tho
battlo at a point chosen nnd deter
mined, reserves nro thrown In all to
gether In nn nctlon surpassing In vio
lence nnd energy nil other phases of
battle, nn action with proper charac
teristics surprise, mass, und speed.
All our forces really participate, either
by preparing It or by carrying It out.
"In this, our supremo aim, wo must
not ho deceived by appearances. Al
though theory falls when applied by
foeblo hands nnd when accessories ob
scure tho main principle, history nnd
reason show us thnt In battlo thero Is
n single argument which Is worth whllo
namely, declslvo nttnek, which la
alone cnpablo of assuring tho desired
result tho overthrow of tho adver
sary." Inverted Point of View.
Tlicro wob n rush of wind, a cloud of
dust, nnd tho car rushed on, leaving
tho old gcntlcmnn sprawling In tho
roadway. Ho picked himself up and
dashed up. to u policeman, yelling ex
citedly :
"That motorcnr knocked mo down I"
Tho policeman took out a business
like notebook nnd snld:
"Did you notlco tho number, sir?"
"Yes," said tho Injured ouo. "It
was number GO."
Just then nnother policeman, who
had seen tho nccldent, camo hurrying
up and said:
"No, nol The numbor'a 1)0. This
gentleman was standing on his head
when ho noticed it 1"
Work That Will Pass.
S-nuo young people nro satisfied If
they are doing work that will "paBS."
They aro conscious of Its defects, but
If theso nro passed over without n
challenge, they feel that thoy havo
done well enough. Thnt Is a mlstnke.
Wo cannot bo perfect, but wo should
not bo satisfied with Imperfections.
Set your Btttndnrd at tho highest. See
that nothing passes you that does not
represent your best. Girls' Compan
ion. Made Him Devout Christian.
Gen. Lew Wnlluco said that before
writing "Ben nur" ho had no fixed re
ligious convictions, but as tho story
grew and tho Christ llguro assumed
reality his whole life wus affected by
It und when tho work was completed
ho found himself for the first tlmo In
his llfo a devout Christian,
Slightly Mixed.
Mrs. Mix rhero was a tlmo when
A-ou minded what I said, but now it's
uko water on n uuckb duck in at ono
ear and out at the otliw,
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