Show S 1 1 c IA S 41 P V 1 Remarkable I-Remarkable photograph of th the th big German U-boat U which attacked and stopped the steamship New Amsterdam Amsterdam Am Am- off ofT the Norway coast American 2 American military bands passing In review at the of the renaming of the Avenue du Trocadero Paris the Avenue du President Wilson 3 BrItIsh 3 British soldiers soldIers' from India repairing New street one of the principal thoroughfares of Bagdad S NEWS HEWS REVIEW OF THE GREAT WAR Germanys Germany's Strongest Bases i in in Are Occupied bythe by bythe the Allied Armies NOYON TAKEN BY FRENCH British Advancing Along the Cross Hindenburg Line Line Desperate Desperate Resistance of the Huns Is Unavailing Un Un- availing availing American American ManPower ManPower ManPower Man- Man Power Bill Passed By EDWARD W. W PICKARD Bullecourt Bray Hebe- Hebe court Chaulnes Nesle Roye No Noyon on ChavIgny one Chavigny-one one ne after another another another an an- other the German strongholds In Pie Pic ardy all Iowa down the Ine from Arras to te SoIssons fell feU Into the hands of the allies allies allies al al- al- al lies last week The redoubtable Hindenburg lIla Hin- denburg line was broken through at various points and so menaced at others that It was In a fair way to become become become be be- come untenable even before the retreating retreating retreating re- re re re- treating Huns Hans could reach It East of Arras the British had turned Its right flank and the French passing through Nesle threatened It farther south I Astride the and the Somme Field Marshal Halg's HaIgs armies moved d steadily If slowly toward the east never never never nev nev- er giving the enemy an Instants Instant's rest relentlessly pushing him back In the direction of CambraI Peronne and St. St Quentin In the midst of furious raInstorms rainstorms rain raIn- storms the British fought unceasingly unceasing unceasing- ly and tirelessly to overcome the desperate desperate desperate des des- resistance put up by the Ger Ger- mans The battle developed and aid sp spread ead day by day until It became one of the greatest conflicts of the war In these regions as elsewhere the Germans sought to stem the advance mainly by Innumerable machine gurs The crews of these left to fight w while Ile the main bodies of the troops continued continued continued contin contin- their retirement did fight and and to io o othe the death The Hun Infantry In many cases showed the greatest reluctance reluctance- to attack sometimes flatly refusing to obey the orders of their commanders commanders' By the end of the week the British had Peronne und under nader r their guns and tI the Huns were falling back to the river crossings crossIng there and at Brie Farther north Bapaume was taken on Thursday Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day and HaIgs HaIg's forces had pushed far beyond It on the Having crossed the HIndenburg line they were threatenIng threatening threatening threat threat- ening the support line Une Perhaps the most Important effect effect ef ef- ef- ef feet of their advance along the was that It menaced the group of converging converging converging con con- verging railway lines t that are vital to the enemy In handling men from the Belgian DelgIa and northwestern French fronts During the week the British took something like prisoners and more than guns S le leThe The severest blow to the Germans was was was' the capture of of Noyon on on Thursday Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day by the French troops of General Humbert The city which had been practically enveloped for f i a week ek or more was was powerfully defended by fly y th Germans who had count counted d on milking It the pivot of their line line to to the north norU Its southern and western outskirts were full of strongly entrenched ma gun chine-gun positions The French were vere not to b be denied however Noyon Isn Is Isn isa n n a g great geat eat highway Q center and lis Its taking opens the way for the French to drive the Germans Germane back to the St St. forest La Fere and maybe St. St QuentIn Quen tin The Intervening terrain Is such that the enemy nemy could scarcely ly hope td to tomake make a stand tand there The three French armies under Humbert Debeney and Mangin gave a splendid display of teamwork In their advances on both sides of the Olse Oise Mangin's men crossed the river and took MorlIncourt while Humbert was outflanking Noyon from the west and south and the Huns had the choice of retreating or being captured On the left the First army occupied l Quesnoy wood a strongly fortified pos tion which the enemy tried hard bard to hold point bec because uso It lb Isa Isn dominating S On Tuesday the French had ca cap cap- Hove Hove- one of f the Important Ger Ger- man bases bases but as the enemy In departIng departing departing de de- de- de parting left It full of mustard gas It could not be utilized by the French However they didn't need It It for they pushed ahead so relentlessly that the next neit day they passed through Nesle and on Thursday they were near Ham only 12 miles from St. St Quentin In their retreat there the Huns lost three complete complete trains which proved they were in something of a hurry This drive on Ham made a big salient in the German lI lines s and rendered rendered rendered ren ren- dered the enemy's situation along the entire front more desperate than ever a South of the Olse Oise General M ngIn made use of some American units in his attacks on the salient north of SoIssons He was vas aiming at the heights at the western end of the Chemin des Dames and the decided progress he made Imperiled the German German German Ger Ger- man positions both to the e east st and to the west At JuvIgny on on the too the Americans came Into action helping the French to repulse heavy i attacks Along the Vesle the Americans had some severe fighting during the week They attacked Bazoches gained a foothold there and clung to It but at atthe atthe atthe the same time the Huns attacked F mette in force and compelled the Yankees to fall back The enemy however was not permitted to cross the river This little reverse was not considered by General PershIng to be beof beof beof of especial Importance fa- fa Over In Germany the effects of Marshal Marshal Marshal Mar Mar- Fochs Foch's successes became more apparent daily The press and certain emissaries of HIndenburg and Luden- Luden dorff endeavored to explain away the German defeats or to minimize them but the murmurs of the people grew louder Their confidence In final vIctory victory vic vie tory Is waning rapidly despite the pan-German pan organs which violently prod the faint Dispatches from neutral sources Indicate that Berun Berlin Berlin Ber Ber- lin un will soon launch another peace offensIve offensive offensive of of- offering to give up Belgium m mand and rind northern France It is against Just such an Illusory proposition that the wise men o of the al allies Ies are warnIng warning warn warn- ing the people Nothing would suit Germany better just now than a peace on such a basIs but nothing should or will suit the allied nations except a peace dictated by themselves after the military po power er of the Hun has been utterly broken The peace pence of compromise leaving Germany the power pow pow- er to make make a a anew new and more terrible war in future Is sure to receive the support of the influences In the country that are c controlled ed by the insidious German propaganda and it is against this that America Ani rica must especially guard Itself Spain's threat to seize interned German German German Ger Ger- man shipping to compensate fo for Spanish losses by submarine warfare warfare- had its us effect In Iii Berlin for though the German government did not yield entirely It m made de it plain that It wanted wanted wanted want want- ed no no more countries added to to the list of Its enemies While the discussion was going on however another Spanish Span Span- ish vessel was was torpedoed and the situation situation sit sit- became yet more crItIc critical l. l Pa- Pa Indirect advices from Hun Austria gary emphasize the desperate internal internal inter Intel nal condition of that empire The Bohemians Bohemians Bo Bo- appear to be on the edge of organized revolt and they would rec rec receive re re- c lve Ive the support of the Slovaks AustrIa Austria Austria Aus Aus- tria and Hungary are In a perpetual quarrel The former has now forbidden forbidden forbidden forbid forbid- den the export of pharmaceutical supplies supplies supplies sup sup- plies to Hungary and the latter has retaliated by ordering that Its food supplies shall go only to Hungary and the army 1 a- a After a a slight lIght set-back set the cause of the allies In Siberia and Russia prop er made good progress during the week At first the forced the allies ames on the front to retire but re came up IncludIng including ing lag Japanese and American troops and the satisfactory conditions were wre re established In quick order The Thebold Thebold bold attempt of General Horvath self- self styled dI dictator of Siberia to execute a coup and gain co control of ot all the Russian military forces In the far East was blocked by hy the allies wh whose e representatives at Vladivostok Informed In hi- formed General Horvath's emissary that the allied nations would countenance no gov government not In accord ac accord accord ac ac- cord with the wishes of the people Meanwhile the allied d expedition was strengthened by the Arrival of more Americans and Italy announced it would send a regiment there The Japanese forces took control of the theMan Manchurian Man hurlan border bo der China having h vIng withdrawn withdrawn withdrawn with with- drawn her objections The Japanese I engaged the near Dauria I and General bolshevik anti leader of Cossacks crossed the Siberian an border and captured station In the Country of the North the fighting of late has been in favor of the Russo-allied Russo troops The bolshevik vik river flotilla which caused them some trouble has been dispersed and the Red guards have surrendered the town of south of Arch Archangel Archangel ngel n- n gel the last place of any size held by them in fn the region J v News New from the far East Is likely to be rather ither scanty in the future for Its dissemination has has been taken In charge by the Japanese and they nr ire are notoriously mouthed close concerning military ary operations operatIon S S t Reports from Albania have not be been m very satisfactory lately The Ians I ans came back hard at the Franco Franco- Italian f forces and compelled them to retire somewhat retaking the town of Berat Later in the week the allies jie- jie de defeated defeated de- de the AustrIans In two battles On the Italian front there was riot not nota riota a great great deal doing but the allies allies' made several everal successful raids and repulsed all enemy nemy attacks American airmen In Italy raided the big Austrian naval base at Pola on the Adriatic S Q Both house and senate passed tie the t e power man-power bill making the draft age limits eighteen to forty-five forty Inclusive Each body Inserted its own amendments amendments amendments amend amend- ments but hut most of these went by the board in the conference The most important of these was the senate strike anti-strike clause The ahe house c conferees con conferees con con- n- n led by Dent pent absolutely refused refuted to accept this and rather than risk delay the senate conferees consented consent d to sacrifice the amendment One new provision in the measure which will be welcomed by all officers Is that the the government shall furnish uniforms and equipment to officers at cost a- a I Continuing Its efforts to clear up the muddied muddled aircraft production situation o and at atthe the same same time evading the demand de demand de- de mand for the creation of ofa a separate department of aeronautics the adminIstratIon administration ad ad- ml ministration made John D. D Ryan an i assistant secretary of war and director of the air service In starting on his hla new new work Mr Ryan made no boasts or promises of wh what the he would accomplish but b t said he hoped order would soon be established In the airplane branch and that quantity production of military planes would be The flie De Haviland Improved improved Im im- proved to meet all objections he said are are now b being Ing turned out rapidly a and orders for the Liberty 12 motor have been Increased from 22 to Our allies like these engines so well that we cannot keep up with their demands demands demands de de- de- de mands for them First Assistant Secretary of War Benedict Crowell has been made director director di dl- rector of munitions and given the power power pow pow- er er to keep our forces supplied with all l the munitions th they y require ss to The long-expected long shortage of ot gasoline gasoline gaso gaso- line Is developing and consequently the fuel administration last week r requested re re- quested that for the present all automobiles automobiles automobiles auto auto- mobiles motorboats and motorcycles used for pleasure be not used on Sundays Sundays Stin- Stin Sun Sun- days in all states east of the MississippI Mississippi Mississippi sippi river As the gasoline is needed for tor war purposes all aU patriotic owners of ot cars accepted the request as a com corn mand S to Members of congress who have been pacifists and war anti obstructionists have been having a n hard time to the thereat great reat satisfaction of all aU true patriots The list of those turned down by their constituents already includes Senator Vardaman of Mississippi and Representatives Lundeen of Minnesota l Dillon Dil- Dil lon Ion on of South Dakota Woods of t Iowa McLemore of Texas Crosser Grosser and Gordon Gorlon Gor Got lon don of Ohio S Shackelford and lIam ln of Missouri 1 Keho ho of Florida and Sloan of Nebraska Last week Cole Blea Blease e pacifist candidate for for forthe the senate senate In Iq South Carolina was defeated and Henry Ford failed faIle 1 to get the lean lican nomination In Michigan though the he Democrats did accept him |