The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 1, 1918, Page 1

Cseses papal NORTH DAKOTA, Tu TUSS OAL ocoueR 1, 1918. PRICE FIVE ‘CENTS. ~ PEACE ~ CONVENTION SIGNED WITH BULGARIA PURELY MILITARY; MAY DEPOSE FERDINAND Balkan State Ceases to'Be B to ‘Be Belligerent Under) Terms of Armistice—Continues in in Force Un- til Peace Conference. ; TURKEY WANTS ARMISTICE London, Oct., 1—Bulgaria during the conference at Saloniki indicated she is not averse to attacking Turkey. Bulgaria explained, however, that she could only attack militarily in this connection-in co-operation with the allies. Feelers have been put out by Turkey for an armistice, the Evening Telegram says it understands. While these tenders have been semi-official, no notice will be taken of Turkey’s offer until embodied in-a formal message, the same paper states. PEACE DEMONSTRATION London, Oct. 1—A peace demonstration took place jn Berlin Saturday according to news received here today. The cheering crowds assembled in front of the Bulgarian legation in the German capital. / The rioters got the upper hand of the authorities and committed excesses. A number of statutes in Ms squares were destroyed. N a London, (Monday) Sept. 20.—The sanvention with Bulgaria “AUSTRIA HUNGARY J “ie oa OW al Q RUMANIA NG HUN LINE | weceewow ween eens THE EGG OF THE BALKANS UNITED STATES MUST UNSCRAMBLE IT GALaTzo 2 ORAS | Wilson to Decide Problem | | BY “A. E. GELDHOF. | (War Editor of The Newspaper Enter-| | prise Association.) Washington, D. C., Oct. 1—If the al! |lies tal\peace with Bulgaria, the old/ ~| Balkan problem, one of the indirect; , by the concert of nations. | The United States, despite { the peculiar position of being asked to | i { WHAT BULGARIA WANTS—Ths ; Rumania, Serbia and Greece claimed ; tionality. the world war to wet, it back. Now sh alliés for peace. She lost this territory in the Balkan war of jcentury .has dripped trouble over Bue rope. {_ And the Balkan egg is so thoroughly | scrambled that we're going to have aj lovely job on our hands. ‘ It“will be almost entirely an Ameri-; can job, for this reason: the United: States is the only one of the allied, nations that has not declared war on, Bulgaria, and therefore the only one that can successfully negotiate with her. There is little’ doubt that President Wilson with hi foresight had this in mind kept the sword we drew many and Austria from garia. shaded portion shows the sections of by Bulgaria\on the grounds of na- | Jers jand entered c’s tired of trying and is asking the shrewd | vhen he ast Ger- iking Bul-! DRAWINGFOR of Bulgarian. Boundaries | | causes of the war, will'be ripped wide | | open again-for a defivite serlement the! {Washingtonian policy of “hands off | {in foreign matters, will be placed inj {unscramble the egg which for nearly a! ‘DEMONSTRATIONS IN N BERLIN’ B, ST. QUENTIN AND ~ LAONSERIOUSLY MENACED; CAMBRATIS IN FLAMES [British Forging Iron Ring About Important De- fenses of Germany — Onslaught Against -Lines.on Vesle is Resumed. a KAISER’S DESPERATE APPEAL London, Oct. 1—Emperor William in ‘a message to the Fatherland party is quoted in an Amsterdam dispatch as saying: “f have the confident hope that the whole German ! people in these most serious times will resolutely gather 2 | ie i around me and give their blood and wealth until the last | breath for the defense of the Fatherland against the shamless enemy plans.” “Such unanimous resolve to exist will and must with God’s help succeed in breaking the enemy’s will to war and secure for the Fatherland the peace it is worthy of among the people of the world.” (By Associated Press) | French, British and Belgian troops continue their smashes | against the ‘Hindenburg defenses further increasing the peril from | Verdun to the North Sea. ~The important sebastians of Lille, St. Quentin and Laon are becoming more seriously menaced to the* Germans. Cambrai having been set'on fire today by the Germans. Field | Marshal Haig’s forces were pushing ahead north, west, and south- JOWA AND signed yesterday was purely a, military arrangement which was! entered into on behalf of the aHies by the French and other mili-| tary commanders. No political details are dealt with.and the @ ques. | Wilson’s Propvlem. Hero is the problem he now has] to face: | west. EXTENDING IRON RING The British were extending the iron ring about that important tions of boundaries and other details are left to. the peace” com- | missioners. There is much discussion in the British press as to the dis position of'King Férdinand, and it has been suggested that he be deposed, The question of who shall be Bulgaria’s ruler it is’point- ed out, is a question for the Bulgarian people to decide, if such a question arises in Bulgaria. Thus it is pointed out the allies have given a practical demonstration to ‘the self definition of peoples at. the first opportunity. 5 Bulgaria not only ceases to be an enemy but ceases to be a belligerent by the terms of the armistice which.continues in force until the peace conference has concluded its deliberations: ; : « PANIC-AN BEREIN ‘ _,. There is the greatest excitement in Germany over. the defec- tion: of Bulgaria. judging from special dispatches received here from Holland. On Saturday the excitement amounted to a panic. According to somé reports the panic particularly affected the Ber-. lin boards where war. stocks slumped violently. Panic also struck parliament and newspaper circles and public officials. The alarm brought forth. the sinstant demand | that . “something be done.” F. POSTPON! E DICTATORSHIP A dispatch to the Daily | Mail from The Hague says the de-} mand is for somebody possessing the-confidence of Germany and}! the allies to replace the mili ty obligarchy but opinions clash who this vague personality might All reports indicate a ‘lecided’ cleavage between the junker and conservative classes, and the class represented by the socialists and | radicals, who on this occasion have:the support of.some centrists } and even nafional liberals: , * Emperor William’s belated anxiety for the people to co-oper- ate in the government evidently wlil be distasteful ta the junkers. on of whose foremost newspapers Ueclares that a dictatorship is} the only possible move. / COMPLETE SURRENDER _ London, Oct. I—With Bulgaria out of the way through the armistice ¢onvention signed Sunday involving her complete mili- tary surrender, interest in the Near Eastern situation is being -cellor of Exchequer in his Guild Hall speech yesterday made a re- mark referring to the defeat of the Turkish Palestine army at Gen- ral Allenby’s hands, adding “something more is going to folow.” Later, he said also cryptically on the control of Bulgaria. In that there is sofnething in connection with Turkey. which I cannot say but which we can think.” . “_. TURKEY MAY FOLLOW , Mr. Bonar Law’s words were almost drowne \ by lead. “there was deep satisfaction in London over the. day’ 's excite-| ment _The keynote of the newspaper-comment is a warning to the | peoplé-not to think the war, is ended. The German army, it jis} pointed out, is yet a great army and as yet. undefeated. There is! laxation of efforts should not take place. According to.Vienna messages, Emperor Charles is to issue al manifesto to the people tomorrow, and it is felt that this must be an utterance of historic importance. WASHBURN BOY, [SPECIAL COURSES STAR ATHLETE, PLANNED TO AID DIES INACTION AMERICANIZATION MeLedn County-Seat Saddened| ,,\°2200"%, N’ D- Ort, 1—In com: ‘ 7 formance with-a request from the bu-' by News of Death of Carl reau Of naturalization.-rhe W&shburn | : high school this winter will offer} £ special night school cmrses to all focused on Turkey. It is noted that Andrew Bonar Law, the Chan-! . cheering. | The impression created was that Turkey would follow ulgaria | stern work ahead. the commentatoys generally agree, and any re-| SOUTH DAKOTA FIRST IN LIST | ~Chicago, Oct. 1—Two states in the | miadte west, Iowa and South Dakota; subscribed their allotment in the | 12 first three days, and it was stated t day there would be a large oversub-| scription before the close of the cam- | paign. Iowa has sold $148,934 in bonds, with mary counties vet to be heard jfrom. Iowa's quota was $147,000,000. The quota ,of 381,000,000 for South Da- kota, was officially reported to have been subs¢ribed. In this city /tabula- tions showed only $15,000,000 subscrib- ed, but this sum was said to repre- 1, Bulgaria at a peace conference! with the allies would uot, of course,} | be in a position to dictate terms, but it could make requests. ‘These re-| | quests’ would be for the annexation of} territory taken from her by Greece, DRAFT COMPLETE: Washington, Oct. 1,—Drawing order | numbers for 13,000,000 draft regis- trants was completed at-S: o'clock this| morning, hours ahead of schedule. The| Jast numer taken from the bow! was; Officers and énlisted men of the army speeded un the drawing more rapidiy-than in previous lotteries, Pro- teh: | ed the proceeding from start to finish. “There was only one accident in the entire drawing,” ,. sia . General Crowder, “and that occurred on the last number, when the. paper slipped from ‘the. capsule, but was fotMd in the bowl. For a moment we thought we were short one-number,” said Gen- war of 1913, the grounds of nationality. This ter- ritory, includes the Dobrudja, now a part of ‘Ruma Macedonia, now a part of Greece, and almost half of Serbia. Czar Ferdin-| jand will insist that he is entitled to} territorial compensation for quittmg: the back door cf Austria 2. Serbia and Gre will interpose strenuous objections to giving uf’ any of the territory for which they fought the Turks and | Sent only .ene-half of the money actu- | ally paid in for bonds. | HELPS TO SELL BONDS. | ! Washington, Oct. 1—Success of the | Amerjcan-and allied troops in France, are reflected in the Fourth Liberty | loan as new reports are showing many communities which last ; jnight at the close, of the third day of, the campaign had subsscribed a i greater sum than the total pledged. BUY W. 5. 8.——— SS’ WEDDING | PRINC E (BF Newspaper Enterprise Ass'n.) London, Oct. 1.—Reports say Lux- emburg is all riled up about the en- gagement.of Crown Prince Rup- vrecht and, the sister of the Grand Duchess of Luxemburg. There is talk lof action ‘by parliament to render the marriage imposeible. PARRA ara WILHEL MTS 7 | LDAY AND” . NIGHT NURSERY. | (SOMETIMES) } | i i | | { received | RILES LUXEMBURGERS || Knudtson Washburn, N. D.. Qat: 1—The whole of Washburn and vicinity is saddened /oy the news received ‘hv-his mother * Saturday, that «Carl Kutidtson was killed in’ Francefon_Seut, 12. After coming from Norway ag a'smail boy, ‘Carl spent his growiti vears on a farm/near Washburn 4nd attending. “the sthool htre) He was graduated with -honors from the school early last spring to respoud to the call of his country. He was‘ one of. the . best athletes in McLean county. \ Memorial exercises will_be held at/| the Methodist church next Sunday evening. The home enard. of which Carl was a sargeant when ue left, will attend in uniform. people of foreign’ birth. who wish ‘to! improve themselves in Wnelish work/ and American citizenshiv. This exten-} sion’ work is made poasthle by finan-| cial aid offered hv tha state. The} _ state council of defence it is saida soon is to inaugurate a aren to promoté this work. — BUY W. §. 5. Sete Penirisn GENERAL SAYS f WAR’LL_-END IN YEAR. (By ‘Newspaper Enterprise Ass'n.) | {* London, Oct. 1.—Lieut Gen. Sir Hi 1{ John Maxwell in a recent speech | | at: York, predicted that the end of |} the-war would come within a year. | | “Once the German nation cracks, | | it will crack utterly.” he said. i pie MEE Race Ss Se Boe ATEN \ “ALLIES” STOMACH J, ACHE, 19'S) ‘A concen! Nous later the Bulgars to win. Th el fhold that the disputed territory is 5 | much Serbian and Greek in population and national characteristics as it is WILD BRIGADE” WILL Bulgarian, which t SHOOT THE- KAISER. i] to being the fact. | iene || a> President Wilsdh has made (By Newspaper Enterprise Ass'n.) -|! clear his staad on the Balkan prob- | _ London, Oct. 1—This will intro- |ilem in the following pronouncement, | duce America’s “Fighting Wild Bri- |ithe eleventh in the series of four- | gade.” Great tales come from |, teen Am@rican war aims he announced | | France about their exploits., They |; last January: are composed of Wisconsin and |} Michigan guard troops. largely || s made up of university students..One | story tells how they left everything,! | but weapons behind in ‘order to | fight more efficiently, and for nine | | days fought on three meals_and a | | few lunches. They have a march- | | ing song which starts: , éral Crowder. BUY W. 5, via and Montenegro} ted; occupied terri- Serbia accorded free s to,the sea, and the; relations of the several Balkan states nother determined by friendly along historically establish- i and international guarantees of the | “The kafsed has no chance; |! political and economic independence | We'll shoot him in the pants.” | and territorial integrity of the several} : —— (Continued on Page Three ) i “h * PAREGORIC FOR THREE Serdia and Rumania after the Balkan} which Bulgaria claims on! Levergies, east of a point running north and south through St. slice of northern | the war und opening the allies’ path to; ce naturally. ; omes pretty close! ed_lines of allegiance and nationality, ! |point.. Between St. Quentin and Cambrai the British are fighting | their way across the Scheldt canal at several points having taken |Vendhuil on the canal west of Le Catelet, and midway between | Cambrai and St. Quentin: Northeast of St. Quentin the British have taken the town of Quentin. DRIVE IN WEDGE ! The wedge driven in between the fortress of Lille and the Ger- {man submarine base on the Belgian coast is being widened rapidly. |The Belgians are encircling Rulers rapidly. Further south the British menace Menin, a junction point on the same-railroad and are along the Lys;river. west of. Menin for a - 9 tance of five miles. The forces under King Albertof Belgium are on open ground, and are ocercoming heavy counter attacks by the enemy. It would seem that the railroad forming and within the | triangle of Lille, Ghent. and Brugges would’soon be lost to the 5! Grmans, bringing about the evacuation of Ostend and Beebrugge. | ONSLAUGHT RESUMED General Bertholet resumed Tuesday morning his onslaught qi against the German lines between the Vesle and tite Aisne in the region west of Rheims. The French here are marching toward the eastern end of the Chemin Des Dames, and the open country north of Rheims, by which the pivot point of Laon can be outflanked. STEADY PRESSURE | From the Suippe to the Meuse the French and Americans | maintain, their strong steady pressure against the German forces i defending the important communication line running east to Metz jfrom the Laon-St. Quentin region. West of the Argonne, the | French are pressing up the valley of the Aisne. CAPTURE 13,000 PRISONERS Since Sept. 26th the French have captured more than 13, 000 prisoners and in excess of 300 guns on this sector. East of the | Argonne the Americans continue to maintain and improve ‘their | bositi ions in the face of strong German resistance. n the last ten days the western battlefront has seen great lehanges as the allies have forced their way through the Hinden- ‘burg line. From Nieuport the allied line ran to Dizmude south- west to Roulers south and west:to near Armienteres, which is vir- | tually surrounded and thence on to near La Bassee. Thence, it runs | south through the western outskirts of Lens to Cavrelle where it ' swings southeast to Blecourt, three miles north of Cambrai. FIGHTING FOR CANAL Sa i With the American Army in St. Quentin Sector, (Monday) | Sept. 30—American forces fighting on the Hindenburg line south ‘of Gouy have been heavily engaged all day and tonight the opera- | tions continue. Near the north and south portals of the tunnell ~ | through which the canal runs the fighting Has been most vigorous. "Thousands of Germans were poured into the struggle and have been heavily engaged. The St. Quentin canal cutoff runs for more than five kilomet- lers under a mountain. The canal was held by large forces of {Germans who were on electrically lighted barges. This section - | probably is one of the strongest parts of the entire Hindenburg | system. and the Americans found it literally lined with tunnels, ‘cutoffs and galleries which required much mopping up. Before | they were silence, the enemy replied with massed machine guns | with great vigor. PUSHING AHEAD IN FRANCE A : Paris. Oct. 1—French troops this morning were again pushing | ahead between the Aisne and the Vesle. French attacks on the o ; Champagne front are continuing, with an important advance scored N y lin the Aisne valley The French have taken mroe than 15,000 | prisohers between Suppe and the Argonne since Septembr 16. and | have taken many guns of heavy calibre. | 25 Airplanes Destroyed Paris, (Monday) Sept. 30—Twenty-five German airplanes ‘were destroyed by French aviators today. Bombing squadrons | d¥opped 26 tons of bombs on convoys dnd.concentration points be- ‘hind the enemy front. / NEAR DAMASCUS | Pari ‘is, Oct. 1—General Allenby’s troops are now a1: 2 miles” from Damascus and.French cavalry is advancing on Beyroeuth, ac- ~ | cording to Marshal Houtin of the Echo de Paris | LINES OF RETREAT With the American Army Northiof Verdun, Oct. 1—Although the Germans are giving every evidence that they intend to hold ‘ | h .,, to their present line instead of retreating, they have overlooked no ‘detail which would facilitate retreat should it become necssary. Thir troops:consist in part of dissolving regiments. The enemy is overlooking no chances, as is indicated by the | following general order: “All lines of retreat must be accurately ascertained by all com- | Panies, and wherever possible platoon commanders should go ‘back . (Continted on Page Four.)