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KUD V AjQ U V, K JS JtUtABKA, CHIEF J 1 !i I I i i :j a I'd -7 S HST 'U J ta3 J I "Mt5; V)' -s: rf t. .uti.. a av.ii &22&i&0H&X&. i Uiltihli kuiiucIs oiiuratlug eujmtioii giuiH Hint Imvo boon turned ot thu tluelnj; unuiny la FIuntltTH. 2 AiniTlcnn troops "on their wuy to Herlln," passing n nlBtipost that mark tlio border between France and Alsnco. 3 ZnHtitlns Homo of the small balloons used by the nllles to send truth-teillnt: iiroimsnntln over the Huu lines. NEWS REVIEW OF r I HE MICH I ffftil Germany, Admittedly Defeated, 4 is wow Squirming to Pre ta? vent Utter Disaster. GREAT CIVIL UPHEAVAL ON Austria and Turkey Reedy to Quit Huns, Forced by Allies, Begin Gen eral Retreat From Belgium Still Resisting Fiercely In Champagne. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Squirming, dodRhiR, walling, the German ltnperlnl government seemed last week to be on Its last leg. Thick rnnu insi enmo uie rumors or uncon ditional surrender and of the abdica tion of the knlper, and though these were unconfirmed or contradicted as fast as they came out, enourh au thentic news seeped through the veil of secrecy to show that things wore In n desperate state In Oormnny. Its penco trap was sprung harmlessly by President Wilson when, In reply to v.hnt nt first dance looked like full rcceptnnce. of his terms, he told the government flatly that only absolute capitulation would be considered ami thnt the allies would not listen nt all while the nuns occupied allied terri tory nnd continued to perpetrnte out rnges on land nnd sen. Any persons jl wno mny nave nart iinums concerning JJl the Amine,? of the president's will nnd M I ! purposes wore Joyfully reassured, and r la . . iYtn ,natiii- nfnnlAil nnnefnnnttnn In Berlin. The Oermnn press adm'tted thnt It wns a grent blow to their rising hopes of peace, nnd the ruling minds of the empire began to try to find some other way of escape from the tfespernte situation. As n preliminary, Bome democratizing amendments to the constitution were adopted or pro posed, notably one taking from the emperor the right to declare war. The power of the Junkers wns sapped, to gether with thnt of their war lord. There wns, Indeed, evidence that n civil upheaval of extraordinary pro portions wns beginning which, even more than the grent military reverses, would bring on n debacle for Germany. ta The governments, the fighting forces nnd the civilian peoples of nil the nl lied nntlons made It absolutely plain thnt Germnny couldjiot nhtnln the "ppco wlthni't humiliation" which It seeking. Nowhere among them Is fourTd any sentiment of pity for either '3! I the brutnl soldiery that has ravished I the earth or the people who have sup pi portedv nnd rejoiced over the Inliu- jft mnnlty of the armed forces. The de ,Vrl mnnd for exact Justice Is imlversnl outside the lands of the offenders. It would not bo In the least surprising if the prediction made In these columns mnny months ngo were fulfilled, nnme ly, thnt one of the conditions of pence wtll be that Germany surrender the kaiser nnd other Instlgntnrs nnd per petrators of frlghtfulness for personnl punishment. With this sprit prevail;, Ing among the now victorious nllles, what chance has Germany for pence without humiliation? The abdication of the knlser, which after nil would ho but Incidental, wns considered likely, nnd It wns reported that he Intended to step down In favor of Prince Wllltnm Frederick, oldest son of the crown prince, who Is only twelve years old, Prcsldent Wilson delayed his reply to the pence proposals of Austrla-ITun-gnry and Turkoy, probably In order that the truth about their hopeless sit uation might sonic Into their minds, fnnd reports showed they were realis ing the facts and beginning to net ac cordingly. Tho break-up of the dual kingdom .became more imminent, the Hungarians openly declaring their In tention to separnto from Austria, tho Poles, Croats nnd Bohemians boldlycotn j, "'njf out for Independence, The govern isJ tnent made despairing plans to hold V -the empire together In the form of a WW. confederation of the various nationali ties, but this did not seem to Interest ths ooples who have suffered so lone , 'l-holo by' , $f ' t rtMlfrn Newipiptr tlnlontj V A n Nirrn nwinnrr iinmr :a ... y Wrnflwaa: ,fl , fff.Wr '. aft M, -V tft ri.fec yt',i under Austrian domlnntlon. Huron liurlnn, admitting the central powers no longer had u chnnce of nehluvlng u military decision, p'nstered President Wilson with ilnttery, declaring that his humanitarian policies were fully accepted by Austria-Hungary. lH It wns taken for grnntod that Tur key, under the leadership of Iazet Pasha, tho new grand vizier, was about ready to make n separate peace. In the effort to hold her In line, the German Hlack sea fleet was sent to Constantinople and the government wns warned that the first step toward breaking uuny from the alllnnce with Germnny would be the signal for a hmnhnrdment of the city. Despite the presence of the wunhlps, 110 in num ber, a revolution broke out In Con stantinople against the Young Turks, whose power had not been wholly broken by tho change In cabinet. t 5S Roumanln, which has been frnnkly looking for n chance to get Into tho wnr again, may have the opportunity very soon. Already the inhabitants of the northern pnrt of the country. In the province of Moldavia, have risen in armed revolt against the Austro Germnn forces of occupation, On tho western buttle front the grent event of the week was the smashing drive of the nllles in Flan ders by which In n few days the Bel gian seaports held by the Huns were practically cut off and the Germnns were forced bnck rapidly almost to tho Dutch" frontier. This drive, made mostly by the British nnd Belgians, wns directed townrd Bruges and Ghent. In quick succession Holders, Menln, Lendelede nnd other towns were captured; Wednesday night the British occupied Courtral, and on Thursday the city of Lille wns taken by them. The Belgians took Thourout, nnd moved ahead rapidly to Bruges, which they occupied with little oppo sition. At the same time the British were entering Ostend, nnd n few hours Inter King Albert and Queen Elizabeth were In that famous town which for years had been one of the chief U-boat bases of the Huns, fcee Irugge, also, It was said, was being evneuatod ns fast as possible, nnd the Gi rmtms In the strip of Belgium be tween Bruges and tho Holland border were making strenuous efforts to get out of the bottle neck. There wns only one practicable road for them, and thnt was under tho constant fire f i om the Belgian batteries. Having given up Lille, which they did not destroy, nccordlng to new or ders from tho army commnnd, the Huns were next forced to get out of DounI, and the process of flattening out the salient proceeded merrily. It appeared likely tho Germnns would continue their retirement until they were on the line Antwerp-Nnmur-ezteres-Motz. This, of course, meant n tremendous retrcnt on a very wldo front nnd would not be nt nil easy of accomplishment while Murshnl Foch wns unrcleutlngly hammering nt them In every sector. From the const tc La Cnteau the withdrawal was be ing carried on so rapidly that at this writing no ndequnto guess could be made ns to Its full extent. The nbnn donment of the Belgian const by the Huns menut that nllled commerce was freed In prent pnrt from the U-bont peril nnd thnt air raids on Bnglnnd could no longer be carried out with ease. The allies captured vast stores and many heavy guns In Belgium. Having forced the Huns out of Lnon and Ln- Fere, the French maintained a stendy pressure on both sides of tho waning salient there, making progress that was continuous, though not rapid because of the Increased resistance of tho enemy. As tho Hundlng Hue of refugo was approached, In tho region of Ruthel, an Important German rail way supply station on the Alsne, It be came apparent thnt tho Huns Intended to try to hold that line for n time. From Rethel nlmost to Verdun the French nnd American nrmles fought continuously, driving the Germans back across tho Grand Pro-Vouzlcres road and up both sides of the Meuse. Tho Yankees took Grand Pro, on tho northern hank of tho Alro river north of the Argonno forest, through which they had fought their way so bravely and doggedly. The place, though but a small village, la of great strategic Importance, being tho Junction of tho railways feeding a large part of the l TCV.v' KSMBTOVSS-tfHSEJ "fc." - - MVw T. . German armies. Immense numbers of machine guns, with some artillery, con stituted most of the Hun resistance In this region. Such counter-attacks by Infantry ns were made were rnther feeble and easily beaten off. The defenso In general, however, wns powerful, and It Is evident that the German commnnd attaches great Importance to holding back tho Amer leans as much as possible In the Ver dun region. Hvery foot gained here by the allies weakens the bold of tho Germans on the Invaluable coal nnd Iron fields of tho Brley bnsln northeast of Verdun. It looks ns though tho Germans were reconciled to retiring from Belgium nnd France, but would hang on to the Briey fields to the Inst moment. Such n course would, be Jus tified by their greatly depleted stores of material. Thoy are running short especially of metal for guns nnd am munition. rU In Itnly, the Austrlans have been nttemptlng very little of Into, proba bly because they hope soon to be out of the war; but In Albnnln nnd Serbia the nllles nre keeping them on the jump. Italians, Sorbs, French, Brit ish nnd Greeks nil are taking whacks nt them, and at last reports they had teen driven far north of Nlsh, which way captured by the Serbs, to whom It belongs. In Albania the Austrlans evacuated their grent nnvnl base of Durnz7o, which had been Inrgely de stroyed by a nuvnl raid the previous reek. ! Little news came from General Al lrnby's army In Palestine, which prob idtly was resting after Its gallant nnd successful cnmpnlgn against tho Turks. But word was received that Beirut, the Turkish bnsc on tho Mediterrane an, had been captured, following which Bnnlbek Tripoli and Horns were oc cupied. js Bolshevik forces ln eastern Itussln hnve been greatly strengthened of lnte nnd are reported to be pressing bnck the Ozecho-Slovak troops there. Tho li.ttcr have appealed for help from tho nllles, and It may bo thnt troops from Ihe Siberian expedition hnve been sent to nielr reller. Menntlme the nllled forces In north Russln, Including n considerable American contingent, nre lighting their way along both .banks of thu Dvlnn In the direction of Welsk, northeast of Vologda. Their progress has been dllllcult, for the bolshevlkl bnvo been making heavy attacks and keeping tho expedition under almost constant bombardment. On tho river the enemy hns gunbonts, protected by nine Melds nnd smnll Islands, and the shells from these do considerable dam- age. The allies, however nro getting nlong fairly well there and nre confi dent nnd cheerful. Lenlno and Trotsky nre reported to hnve had a violent qunrrel, the pre mier having accused the foreign min ister of fostering n counter-revolution. Lenlne again has been attacked by an assassin, this time being sfiot in tho shoulder. - Tho Finns seem to be getting them selves Into a peculiar position. First they elected ns their King Prince Fred, erlck Charles of Hesse, brother-in-law ol the kaiser, whereupon France brokf off tho seml-ofllclnl relations thnt hat' existed with Finland. Next the Finn formally requested Germnny to with draw all her troons from tiioir mmi. try. The substitution of a monarchy for a republic was renlly the work of the Finnish diet, not of tho people, nnd It may not stand. John D. Ryan, director of the Amer ican air Bcrvlce, on his return from Europe, made the welcomo announce ment thnt unification of operation, nnd to a great extent of production of aircraft, had been agreed upon by thu allies.. lie also told of the splendid work of tho Amnrlcnn nvlntors and of tho success and popularity of the American Do nnvlland planes nnd the Liberty motors. Another cheerful piece of news concerning neronnutlcs was disclosed by MaJ. A. Cushmon nice, this being that the allies hnd worked out n practically perfected wireless telophono device which will ennblo the nllled airmen to fly over tho Germnn lines and territory In Im mense fleets, nil the planes directed by tho volcovof tho commander. This he says, will sweop tho Iluns from tho sky and entirely put out tho eyes of their artillery. ,! WPIOVED UTOOIM INTMNATIOHil SMrSnjTO lesson (By nmv. i n. fitzwatkii, d. d., Teacher of English Ulble In tli Moody Bible Initltutn ot Chicago.) (Copyright, 191S, Western Nowspapor Union.) LESSON FOR 'NOVEMBER 3 APPETITE AND GREED. LESSON TEXT GpiipMh 2fi:27-34. GOLDEN THXT-Kvory man (but strtv. eth for tlip mastery Is temperate In all (binKS. N they do It (o obttiln a cor ruptible cr- in, bu( w an Incorruptible 1 Corlnthln ;;. nr.VOTli SAL ni3ADtNa-Uomnn 14: 1323 ADD1TN N U, MATl.MAL FOn TKACHKP" I Corinthians 8:1-18; 10:33-33; Hebrews 1 D-17. 1. Boys With a Difference (v. 27). Esau nn ' .Incnb were In decided con trast. 'I i y differed In nppearnnco j nnd dlspn- Mon. Esau was a cunning hunter, n mi of the field. Jacob vn n plain m 'i dwelling In tents. They wero bom dint way. Every child born Into the wirld possesses n peculiar bent whlc wo call Individuality. No two nro exactly alike, even twins like j Esau nnd .lacob. Tho wise parent, I tho wideawake teacher, tho educator, ' seeks dllicently to discover thnt pe- cullnr ImiMdunllty, and to give It di rection acrordlng to the laws of Its own being This bent Is the bnsls of character. Neither Esnu nor .Tncob Is nn Idcnl personality. Both nro selfish. IT. Parental Favoritism (v. 28). Isnoc Mod Esnu because ho did eat of his xenlson. He ought to hnve loved Win because ho waB his son, but It is ii sad commentnry upon n fa ther that ids love for his son hnd such u sordid lmsls as that of his stomach. Isaac, however, was like many today whose loe Is secured through their ap petites. Rebecca loved Jacob, though wo nre not told why. Perhaps It was becnuso of his cunning. In this re spect he was like his mother, who practiced craftiness to a finish on her husband, neverness Is n bond which stronglr binds together many people. i Many hold tho respect of their friends becnuso of their shrewdness, Irrespec tive of their moral qualities. Parents should treat their children alike. To fihow partlnllty Is both unwise nnd unjust. Even when children possess pecullnr qualities which call forth pa rentnl nffectlon, It should never bo mudo manifest that preference 1b mnde. III. A Birthright Sold (vv. 2034). 1. Esau's profanity (Heb. 12:10-17). Ho sold his birthright for n bowl of pottnge. The birthright was tho right of being nt tho head of tho patri archal family, n position of honor nnd Influence, as well ns being the Inherit or of a double portion of tho father's estate. This being a gift of God Rhnuld not bo despised. lie enme from hunting physically exhausted. In this i moment of distress, he thought only of thnt which promised immediate Bnt lsfactlon. TTe wns willing to relin quish all claim upon the future, If only his present desire could bo grati fied. A profane person 1b one who for the enjoyment of tho present will j forfeit nil clnlm upon the future. Ho 5 would gladly guln both worlds, but peeing thnt mess of potlngo he lets go ' of the future for the present. Swenr- I i. i.. .... ..ii.. I..... i it i mi; m l'lo.iiuui, mu not mo wo-u com mon. To be under the sway of appe tite Is to bo profane. What profan ity about us I For a moment's sin ful pleasure men and women nro throwing nwny Innocence, hnpplness, nnd their souls eternally. This Is most serious, for acts are Irrevocable. 2. Jacob's cunning. It wns right that Jacob should bnvo the birthright, for It was according to God's plan which had been pronounced (v. 211), but his scheme to get It Is to be condemned. Ho took advantage of his brother's weakness to drive n sharp bargain. The same thing Is practiced when un dfr the force of necessity unlnwful In terest Is exacted, or property Is bought under price because one Is obliged to sell. To get rich nt the expense of anoth er Is to practice Jacob's sin. Modern competitive business methods to n de cided extent nre of this type. Let each one ask: "is my name Jacob?" The end never Justifies the means. God finld Hint tho elder should servo tho younger. It wan his plan Unit Jacob should bo nt tho head, but God was nble to bring his own plans to pass. Ho did not need the scheming of Ja cob and his mother to further his plans. To do evil thnt good may como Is always wrong. Understanding trie) Bible. I believe thnt tho Bible Is to be un derstood In tho plain nnd obvious meaning of Its passages; for I cannot persuade myself that n book Intended for the Instruction nnd conversion of the whole world should cover Its true meaning ln any such mystery nnd doubt that nono but critics nnd philos ophers can discover It Daniel Web Btcr. Public Good. There never was found In any ngo of tho world, either religion or law that did so highly exalt tho public good us tho Blblo. Bucon. With Christ's Aid. With tho power of Christ perfected ln my wenkness, I nm equal to every temptation, competent for every duty, equipped for every struggle, tho mns ter of every fear. W. L. Watklnson. Theory Is n vino from which facts nro sometimes gathered. IN SOME HURRY TO EXPLAIN Negro Not Unnaturally Alarmed at What He Thought Was Error of the Death Angel. A southern man of whom we read In Everybody's tells of n balloon nncen fllon mndo from Charleston one hot summer afternoon. A thunderstorm enmo up. The balloonist, nmld buckots of rnln, tho roar of thunder and the flush of lightning, wns blown about like n thistledown. On toward mid night ho found himself over a plnntn tUm and threw out his nnchor a grap nel ot the end of a long rope. It happened thnt a negro hud died In one of the huts or this plantation. Tho funeral was to take place In the morn ing. A dozen friends or the deceased sat In the soft summer night before the hut telling elitist stories. Suddenly In the darkness above them they heard .strange noises n flapping as of great wings, menacing cries. And they saw dimly u formless black shape. All but one man ran. This one mini, us he cowered on his stool, had tho 111 luck to be seized by the grapnel. The grapnel going tit a great pace whirled him up for four or flvo feet in the air nnd Jerked him along at the rate of in miles or so an hour. "Oh. mussa,"' he yelled, squirming and kicking in that stiange Might, "I's not do one I I's not de cawpsel Henry's In de house (lull I In de house dab I" Then He Could Retire. Bob "Hard workln' wife yuh got there, Bill." Bill "Yes; I wish I hnd u couple more llko her." Natural Affinity. "Girls take quite nnturally to farm ing, I see," "Of course, they do; Isn't It tho nrt of husbandry?" The Reason. "Newrlch makes lots of bulls." "No wonder ; everybody's giving him wrong steers." Only Professional. "How nre you getting on with tho knlfe-swnllowor an n boarder?" "Ho bus n very sharp nppetlte." A Question. "A man becomes what he eats." "Docs he feel Rheeplsh after eating spring lamb?" Maybe If the world wasn't entitled to your best efforts you wouldn't have been put here. If you hnve pnsscd tho winter In telligently, your farm Implements will show It ln the spring. Don't mistake n gout mnnd for n food expert. There are gnrlmgo cans, too. Oar ptnpto, hffidiche, bad breath by taklnt Miy Apple, Aloe, Jalap rolled Into a tiny augar pill called Doctor I'lrrcVa I'lfimnt 1'elleli. Adr. Hard to tell. A skinny mnn may not belong to the "bone-dry" party. "We arc all comrades ln a grent enterprise." Woodrow Wilson. Bed Cross Ball Blue, made in America thereforo (he best, delights the housewife. All good grocers. Adv. Expediency is nn understudy of Reason and .often badly trained. When you give up an Ideal bo Huro you set up another In Its place. 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