Show NEWS NE WS REVIEW BE VIEW OF THE GREAT WAR Germany Admittedly Defeated Is Now Squirming to Prevent Prevent Prevent Pre Pre- Pre Pre- vent Utter Disaster GREAT CIVIL UPHEAVAL ON Austria and Turkey Ready to Quit Quit Quit- Huns Forced by Allies Begin General General General Gen Gen- eral Retreat From Belgium Belgium- Still Resisting Fiercely in Champagne By EDWARD W W. PICKARD Squirming dod dodging ln walling the German impel ial government seemed last week weel to lo he be on its last 11 leg Thick rind fn fast t came the rumors of unconditional surrender er and of the abdication tion of the kaiser and thou though h th these e were there unconfirmed or contradicted u as its fast rust as they thes came canine out enough h authentic nu- nu news through h the veil of secrecy tt tj show that things c were in tr n fl de f state te In Germany It Its It peace pEnce trap traps s w s sprung harmlessly h hy by I President VI 1 Wilson son on when then In reply to I what at nt first t glance ance looked d tOj acceptance of his Ills terms pe h CO find that f on on considered erell and would he be lint the allies Ilme would OU not listen at itt nil all while the Huns Huns' occupied allied territory terri terri- tory and continued to perpetrate outrages out out- ru rages s on Om laud land and spa sea Any persons nho ho may luny have llave had doubts concerning cue Jhc fir firmness ss of the presidents president's will wilt and nna purpose w were re Joyfully reassured ren urell and the rhe answer r created ll consternation in n r The German Ir press s 's admitted that It was a n great reat blow illow to their rising mopes of peace pence and the ruling minds I of the empire h began tn to try to find I ome other way of escape from the thee vV e situation As n a preliminary some come democratizing amendments to I time Hie con constitution were adopted or proposed proposed pro pro- posed posed notably on one taking from the time I emperor the rl right ht to declare war Tile The i I power of th the Wt was sapped ll to- to I Cf with whim that of their war lord There was Indeed evidence that a n civil upheaval of extraordinary x 1 r proportions proportions pro pro- portions was h beginning which even en nore lore than thun the tIll great In t military r reverses re s rs bring on a n debacle for German Germany r The Ih governments JO th the fi fighting forces the civilian peoples of all the al aI allied al- al lied 1111 nations mad mail mail- it absolutely plain Mint Germany could not obtain the I peace without humiliation which It I N bt s spiking seeking Nowhere among them is I found any sentiment nt of pity for either the lime brutal soldiery that has hns ravished the earth or the people who lio have supported supported sup Slip ported and n rejoiced jocell over OWl the Inhumanity inanity manity of the time armed forces Time The demand de le- mand for exact justice Is universal outside the lands of the offenders It would not he be in the least surprising Iri If the pr prediction made In these columns many months a ago o were ere fulfilled namely namely name name- ly that one of the till con conditions of peace pence u IU ill III be he that Ger Germany surrender the kal kaiser el and oth other Instigators nod and perpetrators perpetrators per per- of frightfulness for personal personal punishment p With ith this sprit prevail pre ing int among the Ule now a allies t nhit chance has funs Germany for 1 peace nee without humiliation The fhe abdication of the kaiser which titter ilter r nil all would he be but hut Incidental was tans considered and it ft was uns reported hint he intended to step down In favor furor of Trines Prince Will William I 1 Frederick oldest t ton son of they th ho erot crown rown n prince who lio Is only tv elv en years vears old fa- fa President Wilson delayed 11 hl his reply to the pence peace proposals of Austria Hun Austria gary nry and Turkey probably in order that lint the truth about their hopeless situation sit sit- nation might soak foal into luto their minds nod reports showed the they were real In lag Ing the tIie facts and beginning to net act rue ae- forlInI The break up of the dual ln became more bore imminent the Hungarians openly declaring their Intention In In- lention to separate from Austria the l t oles Croats and anti Bohemians boldly com coming In ing out for independence The govern go made despairing plans to mold hold Hi lii empire mph together In time the form of a n I nn tn- lI d of the various I i 0 I l tint not PIm sett sr rn to tn Interest Ip t I iv no u 1 io to hate l suffered so se hm luu e 1 domination B Baron iiron on under 1 1 1 Austrian Iun J Burlan Burman adm admitting the time central I S Ittel-S levers ers II no longer had a n chance chonce of 1 c n a mill military y decision plastered President nt I Wilson with flattery declaring hut hl his humanitarian policies were ft ly l by y Hun Austria ry m S It t was taken talen fo for r granted that Tur p pr- pr leadership of or zet I ke key kev un under er the len I Pasha the Hie new grand vizier us about rend ready to make a separate pence peace In Tn the effort to fo hold her la In n line lino th the e eGerman German Black sea sen fleet Heet was st sent n p tp to to I Constantinople and the government z nt was warned rne that the Ole first step tow breaking awa rimy away from the alliance with h Germany Germans would be lIe the Hie signal fora I of oC HI time the city db Despite ii the c presence ence of the CO 0 O In m n- n ber bel a revolution broke out In Constantinople Con Con Con- against the Young TO Turks s hose whose po power por r had not been een holly broken l by the time change In ca cabinet e eh Jn h Pa fy rl which has hns peen been frankly looking for n a chance to get Into the war u again ln may 11 have e the opportunity very ery soon Already the time Inhabitants of the the northern part of the country In Inthe Ins In the province of Moldavia have e rie Jr Ii in armed revolt re against the German forces force of occupation r On the western battle front Iii Meat event p of the week was th th smashing mn drive of the allies umes In la Flan i hers ders rs II by In a few days R the Bel Bel- glan seaports held by vy time the Huns Thins eer practically ys t re l IU p n r rc J. J n i I al almost 1 1 t frontier This drive lie drive mostly h by the British and amid Belgians was h directed toward Bruges I and Ghent In Tim quick fluid succession nor ers lendelede and other towns torn were captured Wednesday nl lt the time British h occupied d I gild and on Thursday time the city It of Lille Was ns taken Inken h by them diem The nel Belgians h n took and moved gloved ahead rapidly to D Bruges which the they occupied with little At the time same time the tIle British h were Mere entering Oste Ostend d and n a I f few w tours later Inter King Albert and Queen Elizabeth were wele In that famous l which for years had been n one of fU e thief U boat U bases hasp of the Zee Zee rugge L-rugge also it was said wn was 1 lf clog l 1 evacuated e as fast as ns po possible Germans In th the strip of Ie e- e tween Bruges es rind the Holland Bonier f were f efforts to to betout get bet ct out of the time b neck There w Wl only one practicable road for t them l n and find that wa was under und r the f constant fire from flom the Bl Belgian batteries t t. t Having given up imp Lille 1111 which th ther the ther did II 1 not t I destroy 1 according I to tone I ne neV r f I. I 2 tiers ders from rota the army command the h lions were next forced to g get t oit of and the process of out the time salient proceeded It appeared likely the Germans would continue centime their retirement until dies were on the lint Antwerp l le Itz This of or cO sours course meant a tremendous retreat on hn a n ve w verj tE wide front and would not be lie easy c ns of accomplishment while Marshal I Foch a 1 was unrelentingly hammering them In n every sector From the time co cote tc te La Lu Gateau Cateau the withdrawal was ime In Ing carried on so rapidly that ut at at this I i writing no ad adequate lunte guess gues could ve b made as to Its full extent The Time abat of the nel Belgian coast by t the t hurts Huns meant that allied commerce freed In gr great at part from the U-b U boat U-boat t peril and that air raids on England o f could no longer loner bo he carried out With tease case ln e. e The Time allies captured vast stone and many heu heavy guns uns In nel Belgium lum J r Having forced the lions out of or Inon and La here Fere the Ire French ch maintain ed II a n steady y pressure preSS on nn both sides of c the waning salient there ther making tl nt was continuous though h not rap hc because of the time increased tl resistance ett th the enemy As As' As time the Hue f refuge was approached In the rN region 2 of Rethel an nn important G German rail a way nay supply station on the AlfonC Aisne It Jt 1 b came apparent t that the Huns Intended to lo tr try to hold that line for a limb From almost t to Verdun th French fought and American 1 continuously driving Ing the time I back hack across the Grand I Pr Pre re road rand and up both hoth sides s of time the e. e I rh Time The Yankees tool took Grand Gland Pro Pre on time the northern hank bank of the Alre Aire r north noth I of the thC Argonne AI onn for forest t. t tut th III through 11 I they had rou fought ht lr wa way sn o bravely mill and n l The place though h buta huta hut but a n small I Is of fir gront grent tr him IK th tho a of the tle railways uy feeding a u large part of the tin the I G German armies Immense numbers of machine guns with some artillery constituted constituted con con- most of or the Hun resistance In this region Such counter counter attacks s by by- Infantry as ns were made ninde were rather feeble le anti and easily bea beaten ten off The defense In general however p was powerful and It is ey evident ent that the German command attaches great reat Importance to holding hack back the Amer Amer- leans as much as fiS possible In the Verdun Ver- Ver V Ver r- r dun region Eer Every foot gained anell here by hy the allies weakens the hold of the Germans on the Invaluable coal conI and andton iron fin ton fields of the time Brley Briey basin northeast of If f Verdun It looks as mis s' s though the Germans were f reconciled to retiring from H Belgium and France but would hang on to the Brley Briey fields to the last lust l moment Such a n course would he bo Justified Jus jus- h hy by their greatly re depleted stores of or material They are running short hort especially of metal for guns and ad am- am to In Ital Italy the Austrians Taus have been een attempting very little of or late Inte proba hl bly because the they hope soon to be out of the war but hut in Albania and Serbia the allies are keeping them on theU the U jump romp Italians Serbs French British Brit Brit- ish ish and find Greeks nil all are arc taking whacks at It them and at la last t reports they had teen driven dlen far north of NIsh which kwas captured by the Ser Serbs s t to whom horn hornI V. V I belongs In Ail Albania the Austrians evacuated their great naval lla basic base of ot which had been largely destroyed destroyed de de- shoe h by a u naval nn raid the previous A l' l Jl i- i Little news came from General AI- AI Jonby's s army In Palestine which bl was resting after atter Its gallant and nce successful srul campaign against the Turks TUrk Rut nut word was received recel that Beirut time the Turkish base hase on the Mediterranean an had h been cn captured following which Tripoli and Horns were oc oc- Pa- Pa Bolshevik forces In n eastern nn Russia sll have been heen greatly strengthened of late are reported to be le pressing lack back the Slovak Czecho-Slovak troops there The litter hitter have lOye appealed Il for help from the miles fillies and It mn may be he that troops troop from th the Siberian expedition have been heen sent ent to tc their relief relict Meantime th the allied forces fores In north Russia Including a considerable American conti contingent gent are arc arel l fighting their wn way along alon hotel both hanks banks of or the In the direction of Welk northeast of Volo Their progress his has been heen difficult for the time lId have been making heavy r attacks and klc keeping the expedition X li lion under n almost Constant bombardment On the time river the th enemy has gunboats protected by nine fields and snap small Islands nn and the shells hells from these do considerable damage dam stain n age e. e The allies however are getting I along alon fairly well there and are confident conn lent dent and cheerful t Lenine and amid Trotsky arc are reported ll to lingo had a n violent quarrel the time premier pre pre- filler mier having accused the forel foreign n minister min lain ister of fostering n coo a-coo counter n I If Lenine again line has been attacked h by nn an ns assassin ns ln th this s time being shot In the time I 1 shoulder r to rime Finns seem to be getting Ihl them them- es Into n a peculiar Ilo position First t they tile elected as ns their Kin King fanI Prince Frederick Fred Fred- erick crick I Charles of Hesse law brother ol om the kaiser whereupon France broVo o ol off the semi official relations that had existed with Finland X Next the time Finns formally requested tell Germany ny to wit withdraw with with- h- h dray draw nil her troops troop from their coun try The fhe substitution of n a monarchy for for or a n republic was r remit really the work worl of ot time Finnish h diet not of the lime people timid Inti d it mn may not stand 1 John D. D Ryan nn director of the time then A n men can cin nit air lc service on his return from front made the welcome announce announce- that hint unification of operation to toI a I great rent extent of production of hat had been agreed upon by hy the time nIles 1 He lie also told of or the splendid aviators and of or MI of the American lIP he success and popularity of or the De Do planes the tho motors Another cheerful 1 of news liens concerning aeronautics say ft dl cir by hy ll j. A. A Cu Cushman this h being that hint the allies had I out nut a n t practically perfected tt telephone 11 device which will trill I tl airmen to tn n fly on over r I hr German lines anti territory In Inv im- I m ence o n t all nIl the planes dUr i iN N ht y the Ow voice of th the commander Tints This I tot I X f tents tent's will sweep veep the Huns from 1 aril put our out I ih- ih r- r q I t if l t their h clr r I |