Show CAPTURE ArT H OF f DAMASCUS DAMA Constantinople Is 5 Final h 0 British h I l o ott in In Fa Far a East Two Armies to Unite By Byl J. J W. W fir T. T Mason Maso United Press War Expert NEW V YORK Sept Gen 23 Gen General eral Allenby Allenby's s 's remarkable advance through ugh the plains plain of Sharon to Nazareth Na Nazareth has covered d dy o er y r fifty miles in in two t days days' fighting which Is the record for the the present war The British are n nOw w within seven seventy five ty fi miles of ot Damascus Damascus Damas' Damas Damas Damas- cus the capture of ot which Is certain if it the present disintegration of or the Turkish forces continues Once at Damascus General Allenby can begin to make malte plans for uniting his o wn forces with the British army in Mesopotamia which is working its way northwestward along the Euphrates Eu Eu- This army has as its its' objective objective objective ob ob- ob- ob the capture of ot Aleppo wh where re rethe the Constantinople railway Joins the Bagdad and th the Damascus lines BRITISH SHOW SPEED From Fron Damascus General Allenby too will advance toward Aleppo It will well be possible for him to get In l touch h with the British Mesopotamian operations immediately at Damascus by hy the use of ot cavalry The Arabian desert which now separates General Allenby's forces from the Mes Mesopotamian po- po expedition loses lt Its i density north of ot Damascus permitting the two British armies to unite under a single s strategic direction for the approach approach approach ap ap- to Aleppo General Allenby is now less than miles from o Aleppo leppo and has covered covered covered cov cov- ered halt half the distance from Suez to that major Turkish railway center Continued on page C G. G CAPTURE OF Continued from page 1 1 1 The extraordinary speed of General Allenby's advance from Jaffa Jata to Nazareth last week indicates that the second half halt of or the th the Journey will be out o of all proportion to the first in rapidity o of accomplishment THEN CONSTANTINOPLE With British a armies in possession of ot Aleppo the nearby port o of Alex- Alex andretta will certainly be seized Thereafter a major campaign may be begun for tor tie tae capture o of Constantinople Constantino Constantino- through Asia Minor With Alex- Alex andretta in possession of ot the allies aUles troops could easily be landed there ready to move along the Aleppo railway railway railway rail rail- way leading across Asia Minor l into Constantinople The distance to be covered Is ts about miles mUes This sounds like a stupendous undertaking but with a a. demoralized Turkish army In opposition the possibility Uty lity o of success success suc suc- cess exists certainly the mere threat of so gigantic an accomplishment would work havoc with the morale of the pan-Germans pan G G. G O. O P. P MEETS TONIGHT To elect a chairman and secretary for each o of the five precincts for tor the Republican n county convention a meeting will be held at 8 o'clock to tonight tonight tonight to- to night at the city and county building Two county committeemen emen for tor each precinct will also be chosen I 1 r 1 I j |