THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5. 1917.
IIOUSANDS ARE
SLAIN IN GREAT
RUSH BY ENGLISH
-British Casualties 120,000 in
First Advance of Byng; Teu
tons Lose 200,000 in Last
Days of Fighting.
BY FRANK W. GETTY.
eteff Cerrespondent New York Tribune.
(Special Cable to The Bee.)
London, Dec. 4. With German
osses reported to be the heaviest in
lie history of the war and British
pros mowing down -the enemy's ser
ried ranks like reapers with a scythe,
righting southwest of Cambrai con
tinued vesterdav with unabated fury.
The Germans continue to make fruit
Jess thrusti at the British lines with an
attacking force estimated at 200,000.
The greatest confusion exists as to
;he whereabouts of the present line
because the German and British com
muniques conflict hopelessly on a
number of different points. Field
Marshal Haig today makes no men
tion of several places at which, the
Germans claimed successes several
days ago a .d which the British com
mander never acain referred to.
Estimate of Gains.
The Br'tisl. estimates, however,
limit the enemy gajn to a strip of
six square miles on the southern face
of the salient and discount all Ger
man gains which are claimed along
the Bapaume-Cambrai road where
there is a discrepancy of nearly a
mile between the two opposing
rlatma.
j The battle of Cambrai, which be-
sh with a rtnnr1rHia ' Krififin trir.
tory on November 20 aujl ' saw the
famous Hindenburg line crumble and
smash before the . ghostly British
tanks, has nowentered its bloodiest
stage. ' : r '
The British 'victory did not end
when ByngV troops earned a rest
after their mighty drive of more than
five miles over a 10-mile front. The
British victory was halted only tem
porarily when General Byng reached
a 'point three miles from Cambrai.
What was a brilliant military blow on
a front apparently made impenetrable
by many weeks of German defensive
work, has now reached a point where
each day's fighting renders the ini
tial British victory stiJJ more con
vincing. Death Trap of Cambrai. '
For the German high command has
been forced to counter attack with
v:t l - i t I i
imiiciiu unuicanicu ui lurte aim umy
the correspondent who has seen the
German crown prince hurl waves of
troops into certain death at Verdun
can appreciate what the new death
trap of Cambrai means on the termin
ation of the 'war? ;
It cannot be emphasized too strong
ly that a "military decision -on any
front by ay belligerent ii highly im
probable -at the' present time.,. Even
the proud German high command
today saw the threat truth and. Gen-,
eral Ludendorff is not a man to hesi-.
tate to predict victory, especially after
the German drive in Italy. What
General Ludendorff and every mili
tary critic in Germany and the en
tente countries know is that the war
will be won by the power which in?
flicts the heaviest casualties on the
enemy. ,
Allied leaders who recognize that
the war will be won by killing Ger-;
mans and-not )y any sweeping ad
vance on the west front hail the
bloody conflict now raging near Cam
brai as one of t..e few conflicts des
tined to have an important bearing on
the termination of the war.
Observers at the British headquar
ters in the Cambrai region arc em
phatic in declayng the present Ger
man counter attack to be , the most
' exhaustive movement ever started by
the German high ' command on the
west front. Frince Rupprecht in a des
perate attempt to regain the. ground
lost in a single day to Byng's men,
has for the last four days been hurl
ing masses of picked German troops
against the terrific British fire. Strat
egy has been thrown to the winds and
the Teuton method of advancing in
aolid formation has again come into
.vogue. ,' . . -i J t
Go to -Certain Death.
The result K. a German casualty
list that must be beyond all compari
son, even with Verdun, where the
German crown prince earned the
never ending hatred of the German
people whose sons were sent to cer
tain death against an immoveable
wall of fire. ' .
From figures supplied by the cor
respondents ' who saw the , Cambrai
battlefield strewn with masses of
German dead, it is estimated that the
Teuton losses are approximately
double those of their N enemy .The
British losses last' week were a little
more than 120,000, of which possibly
100,000 fell in an offensive which
swept more than five miles through
the Hindenburg line. Conservative
estimates, therefore, of the German
casualties in the last few days' fight
ing at Cambrai, would place the num
ber at 200,000. ? '
The conclusion to be drawn from
this, leaving aside the tremendous
effect on the people of -Germany, is
that the allies by standing still and
defending their position on the west
front, are going forward in their
work of winning the war by killing
Germans. ' ,'' .
Germany's second battle of Veroun
is netting them almost as insignifi
cant gains as the first historic con
flict ' : '
: v . Germany Seeks Decision.
Washington, Dec. 3. An effort by
the Germans to bring on a decisive en
gagement on the western front is sug
gested in the department's review
of military operations for the week
ending December 1, issued tonight
by Secretary Baker.
"It seems that a decision is, being
ought by the enemy, who realize that
he cannot endure for a much longer
period the .strait) of trench warfare
imposed . by the allies in the west,"
fays the review. , ')...
, "This, explains the effort of the
central powers in massing considera
ble forces in order to invade Italy
a concentration of troops made possi
ble by tie internal situation in Rus
sia, This offensive was undertaken to
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(Br Asaorlated Prese.) ' ' '.'
Amsterdam, Dec. 4. General von Ludendorff, right hand
man of Field Marshal' von Hindenburg,. is quoted by a corres
pondent of the Vienna Neue Freie Presse as making the predic
tion recently, at German headquarters, that the war will not
end in a draw, but be decided in favor of the central powers.
ARMISTICE DIFFICULT. O
The correspondent, says the Vienna
dispatch, obtained this expression
from Von Ludendorff in conversa
tions with him during a visit to head
quarters, where he also talked with
Von Hindenburg.
"It appears the Russians are the
first to be inclined for peace," Gen
eral von Ludendorff said. "I will not
say that I regard the Bolsheviki
manifestations as a peace offer," he
continued. "There must be a secure
government for this purpose, one
which possesses power to enforce in
ternally and externally the results
of the negotiations with, us. Of
course we can conclude an armistice
with Russia at any time, as soon as
we have the assurance that it will be
maintained. A general armistice,
however, will be difficult to achieve."
Retreat a Small Matter.
Regarding the situation on the
western front, Field Marshal von
Hindenburg said the successful em
ployment of the German policy of
clastic defense continued and, that
when occassionally sections of mo
rasses or smoke-blackened debris
were left to their opponents for the
purpose of saving human material,
it was 6f no importance. Occasion
al local rebuffs must be taken into
accounts as an inevitable consequence
of carrying through great offensives
at other points.
Regarding the supreme war coun
cil of the allies, the field marshal
said with a smile: "Such institutions
are always a sign of incapacity and
helplessness. When they are at their
wit s end, a war council is . estab
lished." Firm on Alsace Question.
General von Ludendorff ' said that
for Germany there was no .question
as to- Alsace-Lorraine. He', thought
a decisive blow, against France per
haps would yet succeed, although
nowadays, when national strength
fights national strength,, a single blow
could, hardly decide the war..
The general said, however, that if
was not to be doubted a single mo
ment who would be the victor.
Field Marshal '.von Hindenbilrg
ironically; referred, to "the American,
advertising methods," adding;
"It is' .certain 'that the United
States is making efforts, to create a
big army and the war is an 6ppQ,
tune pretext for this,' as in peace
times the difficulties would be too
great to -do it. Japan, too, -woid.
not have looked on witli indifference.
Afraid to Send. Army. ,
"tt Americans will hardly 4send
their newly created r army to Europe
at' once,, as by doing so, their own
c6uotry would ' be rendered helpless
in case japan sliQuld show a sudden
inclination ;:.to' square up accounts
wilh America. .' el
"Moreover the transportation ques
tion would offer difficulties not less
than supplies.-- ' German U-b'oaU
would be a further obstacle. v It cer
tainly may be easy to build thousi
ands of airplanes; as 'America has
announced, but it is difficult to equip
them, but wherever they may appear,
the .Germans will not be wanting."
Asked whether the western Euro
pean powers, without , the.- prospect
of America's assistance, would not
in the meantime have been forced to
conclude peace, General von 'Luden
dorff said: - ' ,
i , U-Boat War Right. '
"Since the U-boat war g'ave Ameri
ca a pretext to enter tl war, this
question is tantamount to' the ques
tion as to whether the , U-boat war
was the i right policy. Regarding
this, my conviction: is unchanged.
The U-boat war is right. It has ac
complished what we expected. It
was not a question of starving Eng
land within a few months, but of
making her inclined toward peace.
The supreme army command intend
ed by means of the submarine war
to cause not so much . special, but
general' effects, and especially as -regards
Ejigland-to cut off' her -very
important supplies of coal pit prftps.
"How effective the campaign has
been in .this respect is proyeh by the
report of the chief -of the. German
field railways, that the allied troops
in Italy need no other supplies than
coal. The scarcity of. British ton
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With reference to the operations
in Italy, Von Hindenburg said:
Praises Austrian Troops.
"The Austro-Hungarian army com
mand, with' which we have co-operated
excellently, and its troops have
stood the test splendidly. The Ger
man and Austro-Hungarian troops
fought bravely and overcame all ob
stacles. Their views and their
achievements are excellent."
General von Ludendorff, speaking
on the same aspect of the war, said:
"Nothing definite can be said re
garding our final aim in Italy. At
any rate Triest is out of danger;
the front has been shortened' by one
half and the enemy has lost hundreds
of thousands of prisoners and half
of its artillery and material. More
over, with the advancing season, the
climatic difficulties will increase, es
pecially in the mountains. On the
whole, every offensive must have a
somewhat long interruption or end."
Von Hindenburg in concluding his
interview said:
"If for .some time yet, we main
tain our strength and exercise pa
tience, we . shall'carry it to a good
end."
AUSTRALIA GIVES
FARMS TO MEN
FROM WAR FRONT
San Deigo, Cay., Dec. 4. -Assertion
that the United States must immedi
ately recognize the necessity of repat
riation measures for returned soldiers
and start preparing for their rehabili
tation upon the return from the Eu
ropean battles, was made today by
Crawford Vaughn, former Australian
premier, addressing San Diego Dusi
nes men at a luncheon. . .
The former premier is in the
United States for a nation-wide
speaking tour, under the auspices of
the United States government, for
the purpose of bringing about closer
and friendlier relations between capi
tal and labor for the government's
war program. ' . '
. "Business men and employers must
aid in repatriation preparations more
than anybody else, lie said. f'As a
part of our program 'of repatriation
work, jin Australia, .our government
is giving to each returned soldier
who wants it, a good farm. Special
training is given to him before lie
takes over hia farming work. His
first crops are Jaid . for him, and he
is provided with -eight head of cattle.
In addition, Tie is advanted tip to
$2,000 by the government to finance
his first few years of farming Opera
tions." "The laboring , class of Australia
is wholeheartedly; behind the war
against Germany and has contributed
300,000 men . to the allied .ranks," he
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Supervises Foreign Exchange.
Washington, Dec. 4. -Frederick I.
Kent, vice president of the Bankers'
Trust company of New York, has
been appointed by the federal reserve
board to have charge of investigating,
supervising and authorizing foreign
exchange transactious.-a duty recently
delegated to the board under the trad
ing with the' enemy act
Shellcasedf First U.S.
Shell Fired is Wilson's
.' Washington, Dec. 4. The shell
case which held the first shot fired
by American' artillerymen on the,
western front was presented to
President Wilson today by the
party of congressmen who recently
made an unofficial visit to the bat
tle fields. They also conveyed
greetings from King' Albert and
.President Poincare. ,
Each member of the party has a
shell case from the first bombard
ment. The first one was saved for;
President Wilson, the second for
; General Pershing, the third for Gen-i
eral Sibert, and those fired after the
first three were distributed among
thepartjr;
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ica's Friendliness to Slavs
and Armistice on Front Con
tradict Each Other.
(By AuMciated Press.)
Petrograd, Dec. 4. The text of the
note which Major M. C. Kerth, the
military attache, sent to General Du
khonin under instructions from Am
bassador Francis, protesting on the
part of the United states against the
negotiations for an armistice between
Russia and Germany, follows.
- "In accordance with instructions
from my government, given by the
American ambassador at Petrograd,
I have the honor to inform you that
owing to the carrying, on of a war by
the United States in alliance with
Russia, which has as its basis the
struggle of democracy against au
tocracy, my government decidely and
energetically protests against any
separate armistice which may be
made by Russia.
"I rcauest vour excellency to give
a written acknowledgment of the re
ceipt of this declaration."
"Inexplicable," Says Trotzky.
Leon Trotzky, the Bolsheviki for
eign minister, has issued a warning
with reference to American and
French communications to General
Dukhonin, whom the new govern
ment recently deposed a commander-in-chief
of the armies. He says:
"Major Kcrth's action is still more
inexplicable, since the head of the
American war mission (Lieutenant
Colonel Judson), made quite another
declaration, that Americans do not
desire to interfere with the settle
ment of any Russian problems what
sover. It is to be hoped that Major
Kerth and others will take note of
these words and will be guided by
them."
Basis of Trotzky's Complaint.
"In addition to fny letter of No
vember 25 regarding an extract of
newspaper reports from America,
my letter must not be construed as
meaning that my government has de
clared itself in favor of the success
in Russia of any political party or
any part of the population.
"Americans feel the greatest sym
pathy with the whole Russian nation
in the complicated circumstances in
which' the Russian nation is at pres
ent and does not wish to interfere
with .anything but to help in the
settlement of any Russian problems
whatsoever.
Sympathies With Russians.
"Their sympathies spread to all
classes of the Russian nation. Their
representatives here are now inform
ed that l.o influential part of the Rus
sian population desires an immedi
ate separate peace of armistice and
there is no doubt that Russia is
quite right, in the situation in which
she now is, to raise the question of
a general peace.
"There are no reasons, therefore,
why the relations of the allies to
Russia or to any influential part of
the population of Russia should not
rest on the most friendly basis.
"I wish to use this opportunity, in
order to express to your excellency
the assurance of my deep respect. 1
, .. "W. JUDSON."
Drop in Meat and Milk
Prices Due, Says Hoover
New York, Dec. 4. Lower prices
in meat, milk and other commodities
as a result of the enormous crop of
corn which, it is expected, will be dis.
tributed throughout the country by
January IS, was forecasted by Federal
Food - Administrator Hoover in. a
statement tonight. - He' declared that
this extraordinary crop is "the certain
economic remedy for high prices."' 1
Mr. Hoover attended several con
ferences here today, at which the food
situation was . discussed with federal
and state, officials. Plans to appoint
food administrators- in every city and
county in New York state were form
ulated at one of these meetings.
Nebraska Agricultural Wins
Prizes at Big Live Stock Show
Chicago, Dec. 4. Nebraska Agri
cultural college has won several fine
prizes so far with its exhibits- at the
International Live Stock exposition.
Bonnie had won first in fat Galloway
steer class. Other animals took first
and second prizes in fat Galloway
steer or heifers under 1 year classes,
and first prize in a herd of three
owned by one exhibitor. '
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COAL NOR TRACKS
Priority of Transportation
Given to no Particular Industry
Directly; Cannot Determine
What Non-Essentials Are.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 4. Curtailment
of non-essential industries to save
fuel and transportation will be ac
complished for the present, at least,
almost wholly by indirection. This
was made clear today in official quar
ters where it was indicated there
probably will be no direct denial of
either fuel or transportation to any
industries.
The best plan, it has been decided,
is to bgin at the .op of the list and
assure coal and rail movement to the
essentials. Fuel Administrator Gar
field already has sent to the coal pro
ducers a preferred list of consumers
as a guide in filling orders and at his
request the railroads arc giving pref
erence to coal shipments.
Would Act Deliberately.
The committee on priority of trans
portation, of which Robert S. Lovett
is chairman, is disposed to go at the
problem of denying rail movement
to non-essentials very deliberately.
It is likely that no general priority
order giving preferential movement
to certain commodities will be issued,
at least to.- a time. Members of the
committtee think the railroads
through their pooling best can handle
the situation themselves. They are
of the opinion that further priority
orders only will hamper operation of
the roads in the most efficient man
ner.
Dr. Garfield has requested an order
of the committee giving right of
way to coal over general freight. The
demand drew from the food admin
istration immemdiate protest declar
ing that nothing should move ahead
of foodstuffs. The railroads, too, ob
jected, and the result was that an
order prepared by the committee
never was put out.
It ;t should be decided later tqat
TO THE PUBLIC
For the niftmnation of those who my (fcstre to taw w of tbe ccodi
tioaa facing the telephone industry of the coantry aft this time, thai
foBowing st&tement is issued by the Nebrub. Teleid.ODe Company:
The policy adopted by the Bell Telephone Sytem when war was
declared was to serve the government first Since then the govern
ment's requests for oar trained men and f or, telephone service and
equipment have had precedence over ail etherl
. ; " ' Hv v': rv jvv..;K; -e - '
At an expense in the aggregate, , hundreds of tiioosands of
dollars comprehensive telephone systems have been provided for the
tnining camps and cantonments. Bridges, grain elevators and other
daces being guarded have been srrpplied with special telephone lines.
Between coimnissary depots, military headqisarters and mobilisation
posts, special lilies of cm
An enormous amount of telephone equipment is being sent abroad
to build and maintain lines of communication between the army units
on and behind the firing lines on the European battteftelds.
The Bell System has organized and famished fourteen complete
berttalions of telephone men for service as signal corps units with thtJ
armies in the field. A great number of our men have also gone with
the national guard or other branches of the country's military forces.
The draft, also, is taking many of our men. These trained employees
cannot be readily replaced.
. The telephone operators of the Bed System'aho, are "doing tneir
bit" by making every effort to help give prompt and dependable serv
ice. These girls realize the tremendous dependenoe the government, in
this crisis, places on rapid telephone communication. These loyal
and efficient young women deserve great credit for the splendid work
they have done in handling the heavy telephone traffic the last few
months.
As a result of the war it is very difficult to get enough trained
men to build new lines to handle promptly the steadily increasing
long distance business in some parts of our territory. Our local service
in some localities is -also suffering on account of the present conditions.
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In addition to the government's use of our system, increased
business activity, incident to the war, has placed further demands upon
our telephone facilities. The cost of telephone materials, too, has prac
tically doubled in two years.
As the war goes on the government's requirements for trained
telephone men, for service and for equipment are increasing constantlj;
The present business activity is also likely to continue.
Woman Anarchist Gets
Ten Years in Prison
Seattle, Wash., Dec. 4. Miss
Louise Olivereau, self-declared an
archist, convicted last week on six
counts of an indictment charging
violation of the espionage laws, was
sentenced today to 10 years jn the
state prison at Canyon City,,Colo,
by Judge Jeremiah Neterer in the
federal court. She accepted the sen.
tence without comment. She was
charged with having mailed circu--lars
to men of military age, advis
ing them not to register. '
it is necessary to begin at the bot
tom and declares 'some industries
non-essential the committee on pri
ority holds that the fuel administra
tion is in better position to curtail
them through its control over coal
than is the committee with its super
vision over freight movement.
The chief reason for dealing with
the subject in the manner adopted,
officials admit, is because of the diff
iculty in determining, what are the
non-essentials. 1
Both the fuel administrator and the
committee on priority have powers
about equal in dealing with non
essentials. If, however, they do not
use the powers it will be left largely
to the railroads to decide what shall
be moved and thus the railrdbds
might be called on to exercise powers
of discrimination.
August Phillips is New
Minister From Holland
Washington, Dec. 4. August Phil
lips, named to succeed Chevalier W.
L. F. C. Van Rappard as Netherlands
minister to this country, has been
pronounced acceptable to the United
States and .will arrive here in January.
Mr. Van Rappard will leave for Hol
land as soon as his successor arrives.
He will be entrusted with important
duties in the ministry of foreign af
fairs at The Hague.
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Jew 8 Abandon Ancient
Stronghold of Race
Amsterdam, Dec. 4. The Jewish
correspondence 'bureau at ,The
Hague, says it is reported by the
Budapest press 'that all Jews have
been forced to leave Jerusalem.
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