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a Ra (Atsoci (Associated Press).—Bruges, Turcoing and Roubaix have been| emptied of all civilians and the Germans have removed their military establishments from those cities. ' All submarines have been hastily removed from the U boat base at Ostend and it would appear from information that German naval bases all along the Belgian coast are either being moved or are being made ready for instant removal, probably in the rear of the German mine tiglds in the North Sea. Four new, but tired, German divisions have appeared in the Flanders battle. All the prisoners captured complain bitterly that they are being compelled to continite fighting steadily without rest. Many of them have been continuously retreating or fighting since Aug. 8. A large number recently captured admitted that they had packed fieir kits ready to surrender when they believed they were to be attacked, FRENCH KEEP CONTACT WITH ENEMY PARIS, Oct. 17.—French troops maintained vontact with the Ger- « mans last night on the whole front between the Oise and the Serre Rivers, « the War Oftice announced to-day. ALLIED ADVANCE IN FLANDERS CHANGES WHOLE WESTERN LINE Enemy Probably Will Have to Retire to Ant- werp-Namur-Metz Front. PARIS, Oct. 17.—The fate of the German defenses along the Bel- gian coast and in the great Lille industrial area has been sealed by the continued advance of the Allied Armies under King Albert on the thirty- mile front in Flanders. The significance of the evacuation of the Belgian coastline is far greater than the gain of Flanders territory with its many] ‘ airdromes and submarine bases. |The extreme right wing of the German defenses in the west have been wrenched away from the protecting sea. Henceforth the immense line which has been buttressed by the sea on one end aud by the Swiss frontier on the other, forcing the Allies always to attack frontally, can be outflanked It is believed here that the Allied attack In Flanders did not surprise the Germans, but the rapidity of the advance did. The enemy is now powerless to retrieve the situation. The operations in Flanders are bound to have a vital effect on the whole western line. While the British attack across the Lys will bring about the evacuation of the Lille salient, the march of the Belgians on Ghent will have a marked influence on the general retreat in the west, to which the Germans are trrevocably condemned by the Flanders advance. ;' Gen. Ludendorff would be obliged to seek to re-establish his fast) crumbling front far in the rear of the present operations. The Lite. | Mézieres line will be out of the question, as it wil! be outflanked, and Ladendorft probably will have to defend the German frontier on the line Antwerp-Namur-Metz. To reach this line, however, he will have to retreat swiftly on o wide front. Such @ manoeuyre, it is belleved here, would be most perilous with Marshal Fooh hammering unrelentingly on the re- treating armies. In any case the German commander has to preserve at all costs the Ardenne pivot. That is why the Germans are offering such determined resistance to the French north of Vouziers and to the Americans on both sides of the Meuse. The enemy might give way on other parts of the line with Bittle stragetic loss, but tc fall in defending the Ardenne pict would mean disaster. HAIG ADVANCES IN NEW ATTACK ON BOHAIN-LE CATEAU FRONT Strikes on Ten-Mile Line Along Selle River, Northeast of Cambrai. LONDON, Oct. 17.—Field Marshal Haig's forces this morning began an attack on the ten-mile Bobain-Le Cateau front, along the Selle River northeast of Cambrai. Satisfactory progress was reported by the British commander in his official statement. |The Germans have been counter-attacking to the north of here and in a strong local thrust at Haussy, in the region south of Valenciennes, pressed the British back in the western edge of the village. |The attack begun between Bohain and Le Cateau had resulted this afternoon in an advance of two miles, battle front despatches reported, LATEST OFFICIAL REPORTS BRITISH. LONDON, Oct. 17.—The War OMce statement to-day reads: Belgian Front. “On the 16th instant, despite the Belgian, British and French troops continued thelr attacks tween Dixmude and the Lys River, “Brilliant assaults over a front of thirty-one miles enabled them to ad- vance an average depth of over three and” a half miles, The Belgians crossed the Yser River north of Dix- mu@e and occupied Schooreck The British crossed the Lys, pushing be- yond Menin to a depth of several kilometres on the right bank *Thourout was captured by the Bel- gians. Lichtervelde apd Ardoye were taken by the French, while the Brit- ish captured Menin, According to the latest report, British troops have en tered Courtrai ‘Twenty villages were delivered from the enemy No figures are as yet available regarding captured pris- Sosserse where fighting still is taking place. “We progressed during the night southwest of Lille, A few prisoners wore taken. “At 6.20 o'clock this morning we attacked on the Bohain-Le Cateau front. Our troops are reported to be making satisfactory progress.” FRENCH. PARIS, Oct. 17.—'The statement to-day reads: “During the night we maintained contact on the entire front of the Oise | ¢ and the Serre. There was somewhat | pronounced machine gun and artillery | activity.” storm, be- War Oftce AMERICAN. WASHINGTON, Oct, — 17.-Gen Pershing’s communique for Wednes- day reads “Tho first American Army continued its attack to-day, To the east of tho Meuse we advanced in the Bois de la Grand Montagne and hold the summit, | t To the west of the i ‘ 4 ? * FLANDERS, Oct It took away resolution ment permitting the Meuse our troups| power to insist rmany. The Germans must| DENIES REQUEST F FOR PAPER. LATEST CHANGES IN THE BATTLE LINE Ce re ey seb epeees OO OO4 444 AMons VALENCIENNES, THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1918 CA VALR r PASSES THROU GH INFANTRY TO PURS UE FLEEING FOE 4 + 8OOH LENINE AGAIN SHOT; 4 ! | GERMAN SOLDIERS 6406 Member of ‘Thformation Bureau! ; BULLET IN SHONLDEA Soviet Altempts to Kill Bol- A shevik Premier. AMSTERDAM, Oct, 17. — Another attempt has been made upon the life of Nikolai Lenine, the Bolshevik Pre= mier, according to the Leipzig Abend- zeitung und General Anzeiger’s Kiet correspondent, Lenine received a bullet in the shoulder from a revolver in the hands of M. Dvanitzke of the Information MUTINY AND FIRE ON OTHER TROOPS ails Officers Unable To Force Men Into Trenches—Many Flee Trains and Desert. eoams a Bureau of the Soviet. Dvanitzke WITH THE ALLIED ARMIES IN | was arrested. BELGIUM, Wednesday, Oct. 16 (As- bo apc re ed Albania | | sociated Press.)—German army com: | M*NSR* Neen ROME, Oct, 17.—Italian troops adt- vancing in Albania on Monday ov- cupied Tirana, seventeen miles north. | west of Eibasan, the Itallan War Otfice ) announced to-day, manders seem to be having a more difficult time than ever before in sup- | pressing mutinies and revolutionary outbreaks. Information has been re- ceived of several outbreaks, one after ® | another, among men on their way to | 3] the front from leave or from recruit- | ® ling depots | %] In some of these disturbances 2 | mutinous troops have fired on forces | y | sent to compel them to cohtinue on | ® | their way. It would seem that no} * train arrives at the front from the | 1 German interior. without losing a 3 |iarge number of soldiers by deser- + tion. | » An order signed by a German War | Minister who has since been relieved | of his portfolio, calls the attention of | all to these disturbances and orders that no soldiers be permitted to have | ball ammunition in their possession while travelling. 1t also provides for | closed railway carriages in which the | are to be locked as virtual | | om- men “Energetic non-commissioned {| cers must be placed in charge,” the us. “It is essential that no any time be permitted to feel Among our shirts there are just as many different AND WITH MORE PRESSURE WILL BREAK, SAYS LANSING Warns Nation That the War Is Not Over, and That Fourth Liberty Loan Must SHINGTON, and she will Be a Success. Oct. 17 break,” “Gern many is bending. More pressure says Secretary Lansing in a statement to-day, warning ihe Nation Uiat the war is not over aud that | the Fourth Liberty Loan must be a success at a time when every dollar as well as every man and every gun counts more than ever before. “Our men in France are driving forward, doubling its efforts to send men and munitions overseas,” continued “rhe Secretary Lansing. better. “The war is not battles ai over. fail to do our part here at home, pressure on the retreating Germans is the only certain way to win. To do this the Government must have all the money it needs.” we are asked to loan it now. The “We are asked to loan money; Fourth Liberty Loan will put new armies in France; men with munitions; it will destroy every hope of the Imperial Ger- its troops and its followers; it will make victory Every man counts, every gun counts, and every dollar counts man Government, sure, more to-day than eve it needs. Loan it to y r before. The our country, I MEN AND BOYS OF LILLE TAKEN AWAY BY GERMANS | tween 15 and 60, Reported Enemy Removed All Be: | Leaving Only Women BRITISH 17 (Un that WITH THE understood all the is yvomen 1 ARMIES IN nited Press.) | the German men and boys in Lille between fifteen and sixty, lea ing only the FRANCE TO INSIST UPON REPARATION. jermans Must Be Repetition of Cri So Punished | mes Will | Be Impossible. PARIS, Oct, 17,—The ate yesterday unanimously proposed actively in co by Government French Sen- | passed a} the Govern- to | operation for | mmitted by the Pichon, the Foreign Minis- er, declared he should have more] on the j claims} S anUANAeA An AAA naie @| againat C ita and sect have advan ed on and hold the Cot 4 punished sufficiently to prevent French Front. de Enatillon, They are south of the! gorever the possible recurrence of HAt hoon yesterday the enemy deo | 20! dee Loxes and at nightfall were| such crimes av the world recently has| : ana sbemy S&)Aghting in Champigneulies and| witnessed. The Senate voted the Mo eee a aon local counter Grand Pre. eign Minister's speech be posted ai at Haussy, It was ace ri th country. ong ie 0! 0! j over ec hé@avy shelling, We were mn Al ed rs Font of bse Second tq the western edve of the village, |A™MY the day was quiet, During the 1 night enemy jalds were repulsed.” HELD FOR JEWEL ROBBERY. = a 7 ; After Couple's Vinit to Store ITALIAN, | Marautae 1 ROME, Oct, 17.—The official state- | A man who deseribed himac ment from the Italian War Office to- Levine, twenty-nine, of No day on operations in Northern Italy Street held for the Grand Jury by reads Magistrate Barlow in Yorkville Court ——and a food wOn the Asiago Plateau our recon. (t27ca%:. Levine was arrestod this 4 ) a the vrai sat PON | morning by Detective Casarsa that fits these noitring parties on the left of the i. ; Borg saving times According to G, Van de Borght, a saving timcs— Axsa valley drove back enemy ad- aulesman for Cartier's, jewellers, at vanced posts in the Frengela valley, No. 6&3 Fifth Avenue, Levine drove to e| apturing riffes."* Cartier's tn an automobile on Oct, s . —_—— And entered the store avcompanied by a young woman. He a javana Arrested, chain with @ dia 17.—Cuban Secret arrested elxht rn Needs Nggsugar. marquise ring This is no time to slacken effort or to | for newsprint | our Government is re- re going well, but they must go To keep up and to increase the it will supply our Government must have the money do your part to win the war.” i} GERMANS OFFICIALLY ALIBI FOR GASUALTIES TO FRENCH REFUGEES Blames British and Says America Overlooks “Militarye Necessity” for Barbarous Deeds, ERLIN, via London, Oct. 11.— B The War Office communica- tion to-day says: The Town of Denain (five and 4 half miles southwest of Val- enciennes), which is filled with French refugees, Hes under the continuous fire of the heavy Eng- lish artillery, Yesterday the enemy shelled the welfare centre of Liesse (eight miles from Laon), which had been carefully spared by us during the war, ‘The sem|-official North German Gazette says The American note reproaches the Gerinan conduct of the war with inhuman practices, The re- proach is unjustified, and at least overlooks the military necessities, under pressure of which the Ger- man supreme command acts.” Industries Heard Refuses ntted War Work Campatan Plea, WASHIN ON, Oct. 17.—Chairman Baruch of the ‘ar Industries Board to-day declined to grant @ request of John D. Rockefeller, jr, for priority Paper with which to publish an eight-page supplement in |New York papers concerning the United War Work campaign. and Red Cross campaigns d have b iene | War Pigeon Flies Mile a Minute, | BOSTON, Get, 17. Mercury, cham. |pion carrier pixeon at Camp Devens, | took message yesterday’ afternoon from bi to the camp, a distance of v missing. “The ring has not been recov: ered, | thirty-six miles, in thirty-five minutes, The fight inaugurated a regular oj GERMANY IS NOW BENDING |SHOULD KAISER ABDIGATE GERMAN PRESS HINTS; HE MUST DO SO IN FAVOR OF THE CROWN PRINCE Germany Bound to Accept Him as Its Sovereign Unless Consti- tution Is Changed. F the Kaiser abdicates he must Jo so in favor of the Crown Prince and Germany {s bound to accept him as its Sovereign un- les the Constitution Is first changed, Under the Constitution adopted in 1871, the King of Prussia auto- matically becomes the Emperor of Germany. Article 53 of the Prussian State Constitution says: “The crown is, according to the laws of the Royal House, heredit- ary in the male line, succession passing to the first born and in agnatic succession thereon.” Prof. Arndt in his explanation of the German Constitution says: "The office of Emperor is in- herent to the Prussian Crown and for that reason the Regent recog- nized by Prussia is entitled to ex- ercise the right of Emperor with- out recognition on the part of the Federal Council or the Reichstag. “Further, the Emperor has no in- fluence if in Prussia the right of succession to the crown is changed. CLOSING STOCK K QUOTATIONS. ‘With net changes from previous clove, Allin. Am, Mr. Rockefeller had arranged for | New York papers to publish such aj! | Supplement Sunday, Oct. 10. Similar |s requests in connection with the Lib Vite Carine ‘chim op Westingiove aM 45, rier pigeon service between Boston a the camp. Wintern Ua. Tel. , Walve Overiand ‘02. 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