Show ann Q 7 A it I 1 geranan tank put oui aih of 0 commission and captured by the allies luring during the marne mann offensive 2 putting american wounded on abard a hospital train in france 3 american sailor proudly escorting german U boat prisoner along the deck of a destroyer NEWS REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK germans push south between montdidier Mont didier and noyon boyon but again are checked BLOODIEST FIGHTS OF WAR americans drive huns out of belleau wood false statements by prussian minister of war gallant exploit of italian torpedo boats by EDWARD W PICKARD aiming at and estree st dents denis with the evident intention of forcing the french out of tile the noyon boyon salient the armies of crown prince of bavaria under the immediate command of general von hutler started a great drive southward between and noyon boyon on sunday the result was the most desperate and blood bloodiest iest fighting of the entire war for the french resisted fiercely and slaughtered the enemy in tremendous numbers num berj bera by sheer weight the germans were able to push forward down the valley of the matz for several miles making their greatest advance to tile the southwest but by tuesday they were brought almost to a standstill then general foch struck back with force and on tile the west side of the enemy salient drove the huns to the east cast re taking courcelles le frenoy mery belloy wood and other strong positions and reaching the edge of st maur the defense of courcelles important because of its commanding heights was especially heroic the germans trying by every means meang to gain and hold the village in vain on tile the cast of the salient the germans by tremendous efforts were able to force their way past Ribe court and by tuesday they had readied reached the at Mach machemont emont and bethancourt the latter village being the scene of especially sanguinary fighting tills so BO threatened the french troops in ili the thin wedge extending toward boyon noyon that in the night they were quietly withdrawn without the knowledge of the enemy and the line thus shortened and straightened thereafter was held in tills this move tile carlepont Car lepont forest was abandoned and the new line extended through bailly tracy le val and nampcel with the west jaw of the pincers thus pushed down the matz the germans tried to shoe the other jaw in from the east cast between soissons Sols sons and the marne but there they apparently were ivere almost unsuccessful for the french gave ground only slightly on the plateau west of the villages of cutry and Domm lers and repulsed attacks against st pierre algle and Amb ambleny leny itt at haute bray north of soissons Sols sons the nuns huns met a smashing defeat pai a further to the south in the region of chateau thierry the americans find and french continued their good work of the previous week each day clay per sil lugs med struck at the foe hard and by tile the end ead of the week they had scored considerable advances advance the most valuable gain being the taking of belleau wood which had boon been full of machine gun nests in the caignon clignon valley ralley jut north of this the germans used up fie divisions dINI in futile assaults on the alie Allieri american call positions the french in this till region occupied mont ourt anil and part of bussieres bussiares Bus Buss lares in ili the latter part of the week the indomitable donil table french struck heavy blows at the germans on the eastern wing of the new front and dhove them back across the tac matz with severe losses between the ainne aisne and the N ille s cot co t perets forea fore A the enemy made some progress but southwest of Sols Soi sona sOus ills hla attack was broken fe Z the outstanding fact in last weeks fighting is that the germans suffered enormous losses in return for which they gained ground that Is comparatively unimportant certainly at t the beginning of the week there was a 11 feel ing of nervousness among tile the allies the civilians not the soldiers soldier but this quickly disappeared and was replaced by the fornier former confidence in tile the ability of the allme armies to resist the liam ham mer strokes of the hun fighting machine the german authorities cannot deny their severe losses in this offensive and with general yon von stein prussian minister of 0 war as their mouthpiece have striven to reassure the people by a series of falsehoods concerning the allies first they issued the statement that tile the americans in the battles about chateau thierry and in belleau wood had been defeated and practically wiped out though at the very time those same dashing marines were driving the enemy further and further to the west and north then von stein addressing the reichstag asserted that V fochs ochs reserves no longer exist emst having been thrown into the fight together with the available americans in vain counter attacks afta the crown princes advance had come to a halt on the marne the entente he added Is beginning to admit heavy defeat and Is comforting its people with having the help of america the german press adds that the submarine raid in american waters stopped the sending of our troops to F france rance the public may rest assured that all of these statements are absolute lies easily refuted did space permit they probably are necessary because of the growing distress of the german people over their losses and their distrust of their leaders IBS the allied aviators gained new laurels during the battle of last week destroying ying several scores of german planes bombing their trenches and stations and raking their troops and transports with machine macli lne gun fire from low altitudes in this the american aviators played 1 un an increasingly crea singly important part as well as doing fine work on their own especial sector north of toul ta EZ not yet ready to start their new drive in italy the austrians Aust lans rians continued to concentrate great masses of troops there the point of attack was not revealed but the italians kept them busy with big raids on monday the italian naval forces performed a notable exploit two torpedo boats raided an austrian naval base near the dalmatian islands making their way among the enemy vessels and torpedoing one big battleship which sank with a loss of more than SO lives another battleship was damaged and the little vessels then returned to their base in ili safety it Is said the italians have built a sea tank long and narrow which can cut its way through the steel netting with which the austrian ports are protected possibly this was used in the dalmatian raid fa Z having as they believe completely subdued russia and most of and having made a friend of finland tile the Gern germans inns are to be transporting rapidly to the west front till all their troops except small detachments left to keep order but albot the russians inn are not crushed for now the central committee of the constitutional democrats who wore were ousted by the have appealed to america and the entente powers to send an international ter national army to russia to combat tile the Geral germans fins the committee urged that the aid he be sent cent by way of siberia so that it might first co operate cooperate with general So who is still fighting on tile manchurian Manc hurlan border and then with the cossack chiefs the matter was seriously considered but in washington it was announced that dent wilson did not think the time was ripe for such action lie he probably lias has definite plans in this regard but they have not been revealed to the public japan Is preparing a declaration defining ning her attitude toward russia if an allied army Is sent into siberia it probably will consist conist mainly of japanese anil and chinese troops indeed it is said japan would object to tile the presence of contingents from tile western nations a as a rel reflection lection on her lionor honor fighting their way westward through russia and siberia as did tile the little band of belgians who recently passed through the united states some cacelli cloval troops alq striving to reach the he pacific coast the bolshevik authorities s have hato ordered them disarmed and they are having almost continuous battles with tile the soviet forces pa addressing the class of the united states military academy secretary of war wa r baker on aday said that more than a wil million lionA merican american men would soon be in service in france A day or so before he stated that more than had disembark ed on F rench french soil an english correspondent spon dent at the front asserts that the american army Is prepared if necessary to make a greater sacrifice than that involved in the brigading of american troops with the british and french this cryptic statement may mean that if the plans of the allies demand it the yankee troops will be sent to the fighting front almost immediately on arrival in france without walting waiting for the preliminary training they have been receiving back of the lines so far only a few ol 01 atthe the americans have been used in the rear real fighting and in operations relatively small As the conflict has changed its character becoming more open it may be the americans are considered fit to take part after their training in this country ft several important probabilities concerning the national army came to the fore last week representative kahn said the war department intends to ask congress at the winter session to amend tile the draft law to include all men between the ages of eighteen and forty nine provost marshal general crowder decided to recommend the exemption of professional ball players until the end of the season director gen eral McAdoo asked the exemption of nt all railroad men and the coal mine 0 qa p craters asked the same for miners te ft the comparative failure of the german drives so far the splendid resistance made by the french and british and the excellent showing made b by y the americans must not lead the american people into a dangerous complacency ency and a feeling that it Is till all over but the shouting those who know the truth realize that the war Is far from ended may last four or five years longer indeed and that the future holds for us tremendous sacrifices we must put into its successful prosecution every ounce of energy we possess even as do our fighting men on the other side of the ocean there is no doubt that the war will be won finally by the forces of righteousness but until it Is won nothing else matters much but the winning of it for if it were not won nothing else would matter at all the people of great britain and of france realized this long ago and the people of Ani america erlea must realize it soon it cannot be too strongly urged upon them that tile alie man power of the central nations Is still tremendous and that they ae aro still determined by every means to force their will upon the rest of the world the british and french troops battered and wearied doubtless can hold the lines until the autumn but they look to our millions to achieve the N bictory ic tory and tills this they can do only it if they are given every possible support by those who stay tit at home tills this will be given with a will if only the people fully recognize the seriousness of the situation and the urgency of the demands on them owing to the fact that the german submarine raiders sank a number of vessels laden with sugar from cuba and to the interruption in the traffic with the island caused by those operations food adin administrator Int hoover has asked that further restrictions bo be placed on the sale and use of sugar for a time he also asks the people to place themselves on a limited beef allowance until september 1 next in order that the needs of the soldiers and civilians in ili france great britain and italy may bo be supplied PM pa two great conventions opened in the united states last week and each did its part in urging the carrying on of the war to victory the first was that of the american federation of labor to which president wilson sent a message making it clear that the workers find it in their power to bring victory or detent defeat president Goin pers address was a thundering de defiance flance of the huns and the week there were devel that showed the great majority of the delegates would not countenance jiDy anything thing that savored of disloyalty or even of undue pacifism in ili chicago hundreds hundred of tile most eminent physicians and surgeons of the country together with some famous ones from abroad assembled for the meeting of the american medical association the address q the discussions and the work of these men were almost wholly related to the war and the words of the leaders were heartening in tho extreme piano not necessity A berlin musical instrument dealer was prosecuted by the authorities for selling at noo a n reno voted secondhand second hand for which he paid only the charge was that he had committed usury in connection with an article of dally daily necessity 11 the courts refused to agree with the official view that pianos phillos were a necessity tor for the soothing of war nerves and said that the tradesman had a right to sell sel I 1 a plane piano like and other luxury for whatever he ha could get bet for it IL |