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PERSHING TELLS HOW YANKS WON THE WORLD WAR Splendid Tribute to American Fighting Forces Paid By Commander a 0 A GIGANTIC UNDERTAKING United States Went In at Time When Cause of Allies Was Darkest le Wi ngton, De é eneral Ver- shing, in bis special repurt to Seeret Baker, on the operations of the Amer can army in France ys in eect, al though not in terms that the Amer y won th anhoating years Germany s ieneral Pt ferring to (he tically all her otfensi Meusse- Argonne batt! that nade if] dun erowned with sue impossible for the enemy to matatain lines were held on f had withsteod eev the struggle until 191! we wo Americ M engaged and de mao divisions, representing 25. perc of the cnemy’s entire dlyisional: strength on the western front. Of the enetny divisions, 20 had been drawn from the French front and oue from the British front. Of the American divisions 12 had at various tt dur- Ing: this perlod (Sept. 26 to Nov. 1] 1918) been engied on other fronts than | ourown, The first army had suffered a loss of about 117,000, in killed and wounded ; it had captured 26,000 pris- the he port mun part could fore: nation of R gainst the western front which might terminate the war. chers, §47 cannon, 3,000 machine guns and large quantities of material.” The Armistice Appeal. With the etal the ver Is and 0 Amerlean army hts dominating Sedan, the re- 1, and the German line of com- juny definitely sundered “ree ognizing that nothing but ce: hostillties could save his arn complete disaster, he appe: fl ! immediate armistice (Noy. 6).” e S General Pershing s report follows 1n e growth forces from the date of his de- with a smal) staff, May 1917, until tt uumbe {000,000 men, tion, every conf gene reache fon 0 fur an of the Americar 28. ed more th nee with (he The document, cotuprishys a parnal pt ef about with the Allies, Gen months ending German subuarines 1, 1 the destruction of 1.000 fons af allied shijy ‘In the 5 "The arne, 100 divided into three se German «© now the complete piges, or maton. 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Jos Breslow, Ta, ing! ion but throughout the armies , as well.” | Within eve month of his arrival, General Pershing recommended deti- Itely that 1,000,000 men should. be i France before May, 1918, it being evi- deut that “a force of one million is the smallest unit which in modern war wil! be a compicte, well-balanced and inde, pendent fighting erganization.” | Plans for the future the recommendation added should be based on three thues this force.” The general was equally specific in choosing the ground for American op- eratlons, He i “Our mission was offensive. and. it ing the enemy Where a definite wili- tary decision could be gained. While the Allied Armies had endeavored to order to guard the Channel ports, were committed to operations in. Flanders and the French to the portion of the front protecting Parls. Both lacked BISMARCK. DAILY. TRIBUNE \ t shipments except (infaftry. and) ma diine gun, anits.”” © General) Foch who Was Dow inade gendragissimo: estimat- ed that 100° American divisions, would be necessarly for allied victory. © General Pershing at this time was recommending |that his troops be used Yo swash the Marne pecket into! which ans had thrust themselves. say$: “The Marne salient was inherently weak and offered an opportunity for a edanter offenslye that was obvious. If slvessful, such an operation swonld at- d immediate relief tothe Allled de- fenso, would remove the threat against Pyris,. and free the Parls-Naney Ratl- road.” But, more important’ than aU else, it would restore the morale of the Allies and remeve the profound de- pression and fear then existing. Up io ts time our units had been put in here and there at critical points 93 amergency troops to stop the territic Fiero n. vanee. Tn every. trlag Whether ov the: defensive: or offensive. clyes: equal to As early as they had proved thet any. troops in) Europe. June 28 and again on bon, I had very stro: f our best divisions he concentrated un der Ainerican command jf possible, for use as a_ striking force: against the Marné salient. Although the prevail- ing view among the Allies was that American un suitable only for fd that. at al) events y Could be used to better adv: the defensi the. Was accepted in principle. and my. mate of ‘their offensive fighting, quali- ties was scon. put to the test.” LICENSE BUREAU QUT; NO SHERIFF TO TAKE PLACE Governor. Announces ‘That Im- portant Department Is treops to operate elsewhere on a large Seale. The Metz Region, “To the east the great fortified dis- trict east of Verdun and around Metz menaced central France, protected the most exposed portion of the. German i lMne of communications, that between Metz and Sedan, ang covered ‘the Briey iron region, from which the enemy ob- tained the greater part of the iron quired. for munitions and materi The coal fields east of Metz were'also covered .by these same defenses, A deep advance cast of. Metz, or the cap ture of the Briey region, by. threaten- ing the inaysion of rich German terri tory in the Moselle Valley andthe Saar: Basin, thus curtailing Ler supply of coal or-iron, would have a decisive et: fect. in foreing a withdrawal of Ger- man treops from. tiorthern . Franee. Tho military and economic. situation of the enemy, therefore, indicated Lo- raine as the ficld promisine the most. fruitful results for the employment of our ,armnies,” American arms drew first blood. the report shows, ut Passchendaele: Ridge. Noy. 6-10.:1917, when the 1th engl: neers joined the Fritish in a successful attack which was part of a general ep- eration designed “to hinder the Ger- Tuan conquest of Russla and to prevent. if po le, anvattack on Italy, or ia the near east.” ‘ Collapse of Russia. So afterward, lowerer, came the co!- lapse of Russia aud the Italian debacle at poretto, with the result that the enemy's legions began to gather thickly in France. (Allied commanders viewed the situation with frank apprehenston, General Pershing'’s report iudicates, and the pressyre for un accelerate. movement of American divislous was felt from all sides. At the same tim: came the suggestion that American units be brignded with French and British in order that no time be wast- In this connection, the ‘lusion was that, although the morale of the German people and of the armies was better than it had been for two years, only an vntoward combination of cireumstances could give the enemy a decisive yietory be. fore American support ss reeommend- cd could be made effective, provided the Aili "of i However, ituation might arise of our allies for the defensive, but which would neces:@‘ate the temporary use of ull American troops in the units relinquishment of our firm purpose to nothing in the situation justified the relinquishment of our firm;puropse to: form our own Army under our own ag. “While the Germans were practicins for open warfare and concentrating their most aggressive personnel “in shock divisions, the training of the Al- Mes was still limited to trench war- fare. As our troops were being trained for open warfare, there was every rea- Son why we could not allow them to be scattered among our Allies, even by di- visions, much less as replacements, ex: cept. by pressure of. sheer necessity. Any sort of permauent amalgamation would irrevocably “commit Ameri -| min de ‘Just Suspended” That’ operations are suspended in the departinent of the attorney-gener- al’s. office hitherto in. charge of licens- ing amusement, places in the state, is the opinion voiced by Governor Lynn J. Frazier. ‘The executive made this terday that he would not approve any, “| bUls of this department incurred: after | December’ 21, Governor Frazier, declared he con sidered the licensing department's ac- tivities in suspension until such timc as a state sheril is appointed: to. take over the functions. He said -this: ap- pointment: might , be. expected. slvortly. NEWLY CREATED OFFICE “The office of state sheriff creat ed by an-act of the recent special lez- islative.assembly;, which also enacted a law. transferring amusement licensing from the. attorney-géneral’s ollice to the newly created: official, These two actions :were taken without carrying an emergency clause to make them ef- fective immediately. -AvbIll passed: the closing .dyy of. the session” provided that all acts enacted by special legisla- tive assemblies be. effective within tea lars after adjouroment and a petition has sinee heen filed with the sceretary of state {o refer the measure to a voly of the people, JARY, OF ASSISTANT. CUT rernor Frazier ald he -had no pater to make relative to claims that. this petition for referendum would stay operation of the blanket law pro- viding effectivencss’ for special legisla- tion, Tn ‘addition. 1o lis announcement 1 arding the dicensing department. yes- terday. the governor declared he als) would not approve vouchers for the salaries of more than two assistants to the attorney-genera) afaer Decewher 21... This date marked: the end of ten days * following..adjournment. of the spec ession. Among the assembly's actions was 1 eof 4 bill, without the emergency. Cause, reducing the attorney-general’s assistauts from five to tivo, vernor Wrazte ion yesterday represented the fir public to enforce the sey n's laws the bh sions for Bis announcement was at a. meeting of the state audit- ing board with its personnel the sine as before the special session measure substituting the commi: of insurance for the state auditor, According to reports of the meeting. Secretary of State Hall declared he would protest against putting the new laws into immediate effect and State Anditor Carl R. Kositzky repeatedly levelled personalities’ at the executive HEAVY INFANT MORTALITY TO RESULT FORM H.C. OF L. Winnipeg, Man., Dec. 30.—Heavy in- fant mortality in Canada and a gen- eral depreciation of the physical well- being of virtually the whole Canadian population. is predicted by the Canad- ian Board of Commerce, investigating Didn't Relish Two Years of Starvation “IT haye delayed writing to see If my {rellef was permanent; can say that, Iam feeling tine. Three ‘doc- tors: told me I had ulcers of the stomach and no medicines would help me, but your Mayr's Wonderful Rem: edy “has done ,s0. 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Unless thero is a change of policy and milk and milk products are mado, plentiful and brought within the reach of the poor- est people there is bound. to be a heavy infant mortality of a general deprecia- tion, of the «physical: well being of practically the whole Canadian pop- ulation. Nettleton ———— — AND 6 { 5 for men who care Fashion Park Clothiers L— the “profit-sharing, sweat the machin- ery and not the man plan in industry,” $ promised to establish the six-hour day for workers in ‘his factory in Win- nipeg, and factories in other cities in Canada and the United States provid-} ed that no opposition to the move de- yelops in Labor’ Unions. The plan would cntail no: reduction in pay. “L propose to introduce a six-hour day with two shifts among workers | Lord Leverhulme {8 strongly communism, Silk Hose. bh peanut oh causes of the high cost of living. A fortunes to the hands of the’ Allies. Morcover It was obvious that the lack of homogeneity would render thes mixed divisions difficult to maneuver and almost certain to break up under stress of defeat, with the consequent mutual recrimination. Again. there was no doubt that the realization by the German people that’ independent American divisions. corps, or armies were in the field with determined pur- pose would be a scvere blow to German morale and prestige.” Genera] Pershing had refused utterly army, acting under its own flag. but. consented, because of the existing ewergency, to lend the combat divisions at hand to help. stem the German of- fensive of 1918 which, the allled war council: foresaw “may very quickly place the allied armies in a serious situation.” The German rush deyéloped as ex- ected. the report shows, but the enemy's success was far greater than had been feared. St Amiens, the British were driven in on a 40-kilo weter front; between the, Oise and Berry-au-Bac, the French lost 0 kilo- meters o “8 35-kllometer front in 4 days. And immediately the Germans utilized the Marne “as a ‘defensive flank and the advance was directed to- ward Paris.” -“PKs-gravity of the situation,” the report says, led to the famous orders for holding up all supply and troop to drop his plan for a single American | statement was issued at a general ses- sion of the board, declaring that milk and milk products must be made more Ser Lae dee ta comsection aie Rasoe Hoty On Shaver Hate’ Toate, will bartea "tos ‘treatment, WILDROOT For sale here under a money-back guarantee JOSEPH BRESLOW. Ags Reason | tandard Oil Super’ . 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