The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, August 23, 1917, Image 7

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WILSON THINKING MAY FORCE GERMAN REVOLL- TION^V» PEACE OFFER • AUTOCRACY AGAINST IT » Military GovooumMit of HindenburK •nd laidendorff Will Not Have Pontiffa- Peace—If Allie* Accept It, Proving Tlieir Liberalism,' Ger man People Will Overthrow Their Belligerent Government—Wilson in Seclusion—-vSure to Decide for Liberalism. Just what reply the. United States, will make to the Pope’s peace pro posals remains a matter of specula tion. One thing is certain: this gov ernment will make a separate reply, distinct from that of her allies. Divergent views as to President Wilson’s intentions continue to cir culate. The Philadelphia Public ledger insists that a “flat rejection’* is no longer considered, and that the president is going to utilize the Pon tiff's message an a lever for world lib* ralism. The New York Times points out that the response of the United fAfates creates more Interest at tie German ml% than (hey 4H Itary aata#%»a>l In tha aaty t wn Bimini revolution, whir* has akaa cronad on which the liharals and taken place since th# pmsldnaUn conaemtlvan meet The Ithsenls are early effort! to rlanr the interna y aaiagoeiMlr to Gee» tlonal atmosphere, has had a t re men maa aaiarrary as are the tlvcw. They want drmorrory In Gee* man) quite as •larerely as do the roa«rrvattvra. They recognise quite dona liberal!!tng effect npon Euro pens thought. In England and France an well an In Garni any. It Is sufficient only to point to the as fully that the war can never really sudden change wrought In the am end and security be eafabllahed for' tude of the Hrltish government to- the future until Germany has become ward the Stockholm conference and ^ t jj e Henderson episode by Kerensky’s final utterance to show the tremen- in t >f the Entente Sptn ted to 1ns >ati< democratised. - Hut the point they make Is that a liberal acceptance of the principles of the Pope’s proposal on the part of the Allied democracies would show the larger •vision toward the attain ment of that very object which tjie whole democratic world ardently de sires. ^ It is unthinkable that the pres ent German government will ac cent the Pope’s unqualified propos al. A government dominated by a, Hindenburg and a Ludendorff does not dream of withdrawing , from military conquests on every | frontier, particularly when those conquests Aire fairly secure until next summer and when the war spirit of the nation is on the top of a wave. ■■ , question of Poland can never be set- There is simply no argument, it is ^j e( j jjy conference. How then are inconceivable. German autocracy they t0 be settled? The obvious un does not think in those terms. It 1 8 w*er is that they will never be set- will refuse the Popes proposal or at- ned in any other way than by con tempt to modify it out of its in- ference unless the war is to continue tended-form. 'forever, and that the present is as But it will- not refuse them until good a time as any for the confer- the burden of refusal has been placed to iu<L-in upon it,* until the onus has been thrown on Germany. It will wait and see what the Allies do.’ If the Allied democracies refuse the |»ro- posal. then Germany can accept it safely, and the whole diplomatic vtc- doua leverage which Russia exerts upon European politics. . Last, but not least, there is the actual dependence of the Allies upon America for the maintenance of the war. Both American power‘and pres tige are at their height to-day on the field of International politics. With Russia as certain backer', there is no reason why America can not take the initiative out of the 'Pope’s hands and establish a liberal policy for the Allied democracies. As for the arguments of those who claim that the Pope’s proposal should be flatly rejected, they are easier to say than to support. One hears it asserted, for instance, that the ques<- tion of Alsace-Lorraine can never be settled by conference, or that the THE RARIAST WEEK NANNING PIHTESTC ALLIED LOCAL PUSHES FIX WAY for Offensive BIG FIGHT EXPECTED .f do' U* t r % it her hands W hat- Icnux radiation ther** for German) will he nfall of world liber German government will people null a shrug of m and lell them I ' Now >al lhe Entente wants to «» I »'«e! nf idenn ptwrtpMntwd w s mowwngo <rowtinwe* eii ~ m W hwwgMi eee peupohif hnifcg *49 fiMsetv as f • lory will re e%«*r chance may h«i%e b lost In the alum The turn to its the shotilde you tee do The liberals any tlkat the Allleu already have accompllsked quite |ea»*uah mi this aort mi week They I point to the fast that in Fart lament in Lnndeh I theral jontnai* and even andee the hand regrad «#rvd • pendent ft M hvtng admitted npenty that the few# jtmmnry aitnnde mi ICanRmd daring * loin agglt dhpn nd iBn Inmonn pnuudn I mag and gd Agmadm ggg tie a men I sMkse then tn tae aaatvee ed the ftewi igha» a heagh mmmmmm. go oi gpogg VVS I — - - _ m. . I Uwseee-e ieee*-s •* Vee iso let*Ohfcl II senhknv n m h n efevuea tMas nedee ^ IgMlBB C mt^pr tg %ftih § * fctP MOW MMMl •• ng^ % Its gig i , ai - If America und the European allies were to refuse the Papal proposal | they would very soon find them selves side by side with Germany on the Issue, both groups denouncing the proposal as emanating from the opposite ramp. Germany branding It as an English pence. England brnn I Ing It ns n German pence, and so on • ——g aped nr le. surely, for Ihe • undid mind Signs of this outcome are , nlmndy nppnmnt• the liritlah press la not hesitating to htrand the Pope s proposal as a German effort, whit l the German preea. at reported tbmngh < op^ahagen. In rolling »t another English *rwk Shnll • ’** id Hhamllsm aga*n tell between two T^ry el owls * Them la reevy indNation that the imm > * tg awteg that oar a. New Voik Times Military Export Says Thrust* In Region of Ypre* And liens Bring Important Posi tions In Possession of Allies-— Looks for Big Effort Boon. In September, 1915, the first of fensive of the Allies in the west was launched, ttfe British in combina tion with the French driving against that section of the line in Artois be tween* Givenchy and Neuville tSL Vaast, north of Arras. The main objective on this front was the City of L^ns, the cenfre of the coal min ing iihiustry of France. This posi tion was defended by two strong nat ural positions, the ridge of Vimy, on the south, and Hill 70, on the north. In the south the French were checked before Vimy Ridge could be taken, partly through the German defensive measures and partly through, the necessity of shifting troops to' the north to aid the Brit ish. The Hrltish were checked for sev eral reasons. In the first piuc«< their artillery preparation, until then the most violent that the war had seen, was not sufficiently thorough and did not destroy the barb-wire en tanglements In the second place, the chalk pita of llnllnrb. along the rand from l^ens to La Hasaee. and the slag heaps from tbs coal mine* had bsea Individually and collscttvs* ly fortified nntll they prssmtsd a part art neat of machine gsas..which np tn that lima uses almost tbs un disputed masters mi ths fluid Pseud than, with a firs from tbrsu dirsvtiuns. dif*«t«d frwm yo«tiwav The British artillery has been throwing g volume nf shall grsater thau aaythlug the war has yat wit- neased The local objective lu each rasa has been literally deluged la steal, ao that It U Impossible for any thing to be left alive whan the In fantry moves forward. The reeult has been that. |o each case, the in fantry has ranched Its objective with much smsller loss than that suffer ed by the defense. Of course, the German artillery Is busy at the same time as the British. When the British infantry begins its advance the German , barrage also begins. But It is also true that the British artillery is far superior to the German in numbers and in abil ity and is much more effective. It Is noticeable, too, that the points selected by the British are, in each case, of considerable local im portance and bear a direct relation to the maintenance by the Germans of certain Important points in their line. The British are, therefore, gaining the mastery in two ways. The first is attrition; they are kill ing more Germans than the German* kill of thc*m in every fight. The sec ond is, that they are acquiring pos session, one aft€»r the other, of all the important points dominating the present German* lines. From . the Alsne to the sea all of these points have been taken. The time, there fore, for a general offensive on s larger scale than anything hitherto attempted has almost come. 9 . The other most important feature of the week's fighting was the llrit- *lsh Krenrh ’attack between Ypres and Dtxmud* This attack followed the usual artillery preparation and, combined with the former offensive on the same front, has practically re moved the curve which jutted Into the British tinea hat wean these two P«».n»» The Hina now are practical I ly straight from IHimud# ta Armea tier *a This Intern movement which waa lu a measure at ftaaai. sarrwmful- - like all at ita pngsreuaaru this year daea nef paaaaaa the rharartanatim at a general satigemeat It waa while it lass ad Bel II waa OPPOSES PORTO RICANS AND NEOROES AT COLUMBIA BUT THEY ARE 4 I » „ v* a •he waa eUi he wwm f •» * ♦ M • eew / >■ Aii hen heJd hash Dam *04 !• uati! the fe*«« »f 'keif attach waa fepeat TV» Jmi it t n tea a hated meuaeni m the snhAdle at the fig ha mg. hwt N a as tahaa hy a dtvSsAsm whwh lad ed«aw**d tea he pwad ms swpgwataau aassa aa the PPM* amtf late amg waa Psmag sa te* W'S «* «a*e t««e«f frees aawvh is * s*w Tie tawa ohmiMg lhew apih aha gaoMhomo Lams mrnmmma thpghte Ml OeaMa aaamaasaa the pMteuasam mm auMpsamnd as «*«<%•« aaeg the spetegi tSI, lahaa Rter • awedhew* ashewmheg aa Seshee • «a the aaa is hshsag % vasv *M*P afsoa aate l tem iHMHr ggpMb 104 * ah lh S ps*»- *«W gp>»e» ghe te*»w»4a» e« e* mm* News at Wanhington la Hiai North ern Citie* Do Not Want Hicas Sou them Uitie* May Ask Removal of ('amp* If Colored Soldiers Be Trained W ith White*. Strong protest against the training of negro and Puerto Rican troops at Camp Jackson was lodged Saturday night with Newton D. Baker, secre tary of war, by Governor Manning. The governor also addressed a tele gram to the members of the South Carolina delegation in congress urg ing their co-operation to prevent the mobilization of the blacks at the Co lumbia cantonment. Governor Manning sent the follow ing telegram to the secretary of war: “I protest with all my power against mobilization of Puerto Ricans and negroes of North Carolina. South Carolina and Florida st Camp Jack- son at Columbia. It is essential that negroes and Puerto Ricans should not be mobilised at same camp with htte*. I wish to protest In person to you Tuesday morning, aest.’* Gov Manning also addressed the following telegram to ths members of i osgress from Bouth ( sroliaa “Newspapers report that IP.Mh troops from Puerto KAco. hesldee all negroes drafted from North lb4 Hoeih < sroliae and Florida will ho mohtltsod at ramp Jarhaoa at Co- 1 n. • rr..babl) l*we«to Kleaa troops •rv romp"~d Urge p tg msle aad whiles a* I ted togotlee H Ho fkghvmg ewmttamui*mFwNI eeckas * Is tel* to peaoagne ties rises I eee two slkssttese sa **fld THo I Mug ed thweo 9m the leggtel smauf lewd rhw pawaweesoo mi Iho *wwel do I peed* «e tie wrewdd gBMHdBHh Mi dHI jump ed turns t sm* is a mans am I pummat patet ta *De bmMm Ideadmfg hme mnahsms o os a *sm | tewi lose He Osomna am** ha adds I ha maflaamm thsmfesokeso sm tie «sm* laMD tmamdsewads daflhrmBp ^%a Isesui aoudadamv s* ties tisv awadd t«m e • < i ed Mi <• i ♦ * *4 Iskw Mmmsso ead a i wmo tee *o a lid Ms aoshp o tho sueo elo MSS ISS UdS I pfeSl i owsd o fi da • *oo ef msMwa* w» fuMdl Mas nm ussy depoad mm les* wMete % , - . a.i* m •9 as the eyew «d Ida * is • fee** ts fttos M* hssi •s ***#««* twwpMNSeslflw Kssa «M teef Mat amoeam twss *y ha* swesUiftwd Sesse* to toil the shahwa of •emsoewsdisas defy say smo So pyweo lias 4M aos suaa* tswua the twsi mam *waduewasa dkdk*dommhi Msae f»«mi that «oateeea*w m as* ear. Md the* was II mi Bho yes* igmiaat ««*#sseet TWy donds ed >woS sg *wy r—*1' e amwemwo aswiaaM p**v f * - r- . - I Che ihe psvasdpdse ed a 1^ s* a tame Hue *1*0* I •Bat eeea * a pagohol «Vae#w 4U«*maey aeew aes ia *oeaa Ida amauai is pham las Mo amod mewsmao hs eeaewse taossowy*' *-aya*a* eNh Uhoew! yw* ■ * t sagM tee soaad Da4*dmmt. dss sssae 1 agHMi m«BM ^Wo awehi sssei ho smsad team *m ndBl psm ed tie tae leaame ad hsdMteapaids sieh dagmMe- tel lie siase a* of peisa loevse as *ss*Si»isa t*wm the «eaae ths ssah ass efteed ta eoateas dash paeeety as hateas aad ateMPiaitei VARTHSnmS feM te,!** te ia has «i TV v**!* 4»forr»oul seuows^^d MTAMteVHi MUr*HSPYWPMMn aaswer la the Fop» * rropcoei It Md ao< aaa oaaee low *-»«>ft rate aa east might he etported hut it i* ywaeoaahle to eappoeo that It will lot ho gl«ea for a week or more There will have lo he some inter change of thought with the govern* ments of the European allies, as It Is to be presumed that these govern* ments are more anxious to learn America’s mind on the question than America is to learn theirs. In the meanwhile Liberals assert this announcement of the state de partment’s to be of extreme signifi cance and a distinct victory for their policy. A Liberal answer, as they analyze the Allied situation, would of necessity have to be made by America independently. That she is to speak independently presages the whole program. Conservative arguments, opposed to any acceptance of the Pope’s pro posal, follow the general line of ar guments made in opposition to send ing Socialist representatives to Stockholm or of arguments made, in favor of a dismemberment of Aus tria-Hungary. It is easy to recog nize the reactionary tenor. The Conservatives say that the I*o|>e has laid down no basis for a lasting peace, and that he lias pro posed nothing hut a return to the status quo ante helium. They say that the Pope has offered impossi ble terms, but neither France nor Germany would submit Alsace Ixir- raine to negotiations and that the whole proposal is merely a German trick to get the Allies into a confer ence and break down the w»r spirit, whereupon she would refuse the terms and nothing could be done. TYfec main argument «»f the cihi#^- vutivm, however, renters around the Mlthlrwewr**, law IvMieaa /owl rad- ftma* bnatulHjf nf the f«erwMMi mill- >1 iwry gs*ver» 1 usv that pairs n With such u y * * Is laih'tg there I Md Vhil vhu usr the Oarssau * %' - Ths mawrvutiwr» •was this **y »* * w#w wuwssmw by mm m hs hsMSs ♦ gum utetMi s4*j Mp tes Mg Ihwauf te i tem* Thr fsYlfes n waver be mhfa wusaut. that tiara r trust of S*rl*r mmm g* n mtt pmp te MBiftetete hmgM m hntef l tiM thsry mm MMMHteMBtetete MMUMte m tew UfSW • few • ia tew W4W ♦sw*** * I te •hw fawwaa trwsw mi 1 la Mtetei TMy teMasiMtel saep* lu* B sawvwlteun ts Aasauiiw is was IS Ml lu*wpe IMA Mitlquil Is Mlsf l g*u*w • asp**w«u awf so torts to lot f of M* t/Si MiHquM go |osf the j asusa ho, loo. would rouss hwMfea with a fkau te has aof Lat uwyhoff I 9'* lei *a;te«f! toy whwtVVUf ha lihau The talkers are Ml the real iruitoru Goof aloays rossas of talk- j lag. rwartiou aid eouater-rwartlow are always goof The roul traitor never haa a word to say. The iJhrrul* ptWoi <»«t ihol If the INifo* ho* |»riqM«M*l noihlng hot a re turn t«i the Mato* qiwi. theo who! *l**u» hi* *uicge*tt«»u ft*r a limit al ion of armament* ami ohal ahoot hi* *ugMe*tion for a league of nali«»o« and a nuirgaxii/nthiu of inlernatitmal morality and law? These proposl-1 lions were not on the boards in ante helium days. The Liberals feel that Russia is the crux of the situation. If the Russian republic were to fall, the cause of democracy would be set back a, jjeneration. There is no blinking this fact. What German autocracy most fears is the Russian republic. With that out of the way, the situation would be tremendously apd vitally changed. From all this the Liberals feel that the only solution of., the tangle is for the Altted democracies to show a favorable disposition toward the Pope’s proposal. They have all con fidence that this policy will be adopted by President Wilson and carried through. They rely upon his inherent liberalism, which has never failed to disclose itself In a crisis of world peace. ‘ • It. is plain to he seen that in fid- lowing such a course the president divergent views and interests regard will be likely to antagonize tempor arily the Allied governments in .Europe with the exception of Russia. It Is fair to assume that the Russian republicans wjll respond sympatheti cally to any act of the president’s along the lines of world liberalism. * With England. France and Italy, however. It Is well to faro the fart Imamfmt* mrnmmmmrnmm mi a ••if 1*4 tefteNmo mi tM I’tetef MBlteP il tteMD* Pte mm trolls ta* votpii of loasowo* iv*tig |lo ooat is OMtotbs os* vie oAfort if a rowferewro Mow fay betwoew Pec rotary Ifeaoiels aof rep reseotailvbo of or more ship oof eogtoe bo l If era ’If we got whot wo wool/* the sec retory Mid. “the United litotes wftf have more destroyers thao any other power. They are the on# thing o su>*morlne feora ** The secretary Indicated that oil the destroyers the builders could pro duce would le* ordered. Every effort of th* department will be laid upon speed'ng up the large number of contracts now pending. Every aspect of shipbuilding that bears upon destroyer production was toqen up at the conference. There is no shortage of material k or plant devices, hut difficulty is experience in obtaining light power engines, boilers and reduction gear. TAKE VARIOUS VIEWS 9mm • • ■ •mus mm psvwwaiq^tc fesemit ***** teowoM ^ tM « o I tea O sitofsso mmm OMM tew swte* *f *M I www* tPtte tew*sw m mm mm ten Om Mtete gtelWWgte tel MiteMl Met mmm% mi Mx* !• MOi tell Bw of teet liMwwg 000 tesM 9m too# ■ • * *44>w*! «M» mmm<9 •• Iws* **■** tei «wsm suit mi imvtete *#0*0001 #%«*■% teste Via*# ftew#«wf isil—m MM fo oasl WM#iil Ite •■#4*0 0*e*o owf efte*t •l ww* te**## «M •«••*% ’t O fl**te tete MM teosawo slafiteg wls*l te iteMA l teMPvtete* mm ptetete MsifMtof Austria for Pea4*o ’ Rut Bulgaria Want* Pica Rejected. The German foreign office is not yet ready to announce the govern ment’s standpoint on the pope’s peace proposals and an answer prob ably will -be delayed considerably while the four central powers are endeavoring to reconcile somewhat .« I ha I th# caor It #itr#m#1y lioblo to b* different A situation might woo lly arts# ooalogou* to thol cteolof by tho pfw*id*ot s note of loot #tot*r to iho worrlog pww#rs. rotting for o| staistennt of tefteo of both groups of MMMMMs. te whirl M wm first' mteooMrstorrf awf mtofstegof teM { wtihio 0 tew woatea woo fmmgraLawi | aa 0 wo#if h><■»*»,*0 RMopt opow oI tite mt swMmm gf tM mmi Il hi wteMMoMo Mooso* teM | teo 1* tetete of teo imois oowM M MteiMM te 0* Mte teteMMte WM wiMtelwnmwMMte JMM*te mmi I teoa Mi untew woo OM VM# Mg* ogwl MM owtMWteo* Ms* o MteteM WBg| Ml of OM ing peace. Tt is evident that'Austria-Hningary will throw its full weight in favor of an affirmative answer to the Pope’s welcome proposal Just as Bul garia. which recently, has been mani festing extreme sensitiveness upon Austria-German discussion of the fu ture of Macedonia, will flatly and vehemently oppose any occoptonce of returo of occupied area* TAKE RICH SPOILS * - M tel oMB Mtefi 1W* ftefteM WMMl ' *« a 9mf e» *1*9' Mow BwMteooo wwf b WMMMMB of MwgpwwteBi BwteHte te tew h.~«teMte OHM owm* il •ttef vftewsn wof wute M MWM hwi WfeWttetel *WM bi MO gM • * <+- ♦* * *m*k • • *•• *>•> ni g.#***! f««4S t/NS* *0 la • W* Wsse «f Mil !• m»*s w«#vo mi I aoi "la* l II mmm #ww Of ta# psvHmwr* MosMetMoosMi *w Hot wMw vM tefowsff tenwilf Mfl lie isewsWr* wo «wo*mmIhw nws o*et WWtM IM Ml <msfl Mf Oowo fWO*ef wwf IM #0 owl I#tog awhwete •swsWafl M<m** mi tlsfeM we#o twa#o tM MvifesW Ww## pMsawg lo IM #w*t sf life# u*4Mt ew*te#tf IsHfeWos mi Lswo. tlfewsMIh seunowMi is tM north This attack olhrl ows swllrotv •WitnnafolL awf. a* lot a* • • at# abto lo j*fs* saiief all M sot owl lo wr* cwtepllal. U, Ihooih te Itarlf wot of great importawre ter,, after all. ohal flff#r#wre can it asah# obelhef l^eos falls or not !na*mnch as it is t*nly one ptiini In a very long battl# line* worthy of romment in con nrrtion with the series of similar •mashes which th# British troops hav# mad# this year Nowhere has there been a sustained offensive, no where an effort to take this or that village. On th# contrary, ther# has been a series of blows delivered on widely separated sections of the bat tle front with no one objective com mon to all. • The first blow that was struck while the Germans were in retreat was arrinst Vimy Ridge. That nqw belongs to history and was. as we know, a complete success. After a period of quiet, another fell, this time in the north against a suppos edly impregnable position south of Ypres, the Messihes-Wytscha^te Ridge. This was followed by the blow in the north against the Pilken Kidge, and now we have witnessed the drive against the Lens defenses bn the north. One may well ask what the object of the.^e widely separated moves can be? One thing we must realizes— the British ami French propose to drive the German* from their pres ent lines ami make their entire force recoil/from France and Belgium. This is the one great objective to ward which till engagements even tually lead. They know, moreover, that they have the power to driv^ Germany out'. It Is merely a ques tion of how to do it with a minimum loss to rhemselVei*. In a senso, it is s question of eco nomics. Is it worth an expenditure of this many men or that many, to rtccompliah a given object* Can the given object be accomplished with the prb# set or is the price too low* If It will require mor# men than the esClmo*#. then the objective. * ill ««)oe of whlrb Fas been filed is be fold* crock In n military aviso Certe-nty if a given positM* is • nrtk IPO.Ml men. ther# can be ne M tes*y rwfeMsso why a hail tefttiste sMnhf ia eapoiMd te m ii||fi •Mte* I teM m If * te t ebeo gg euerl a ten §0immmmmm9* p#%*o *m esuM M Mi s elMM teM te**a*A TV* gwoaA OhAih ‘urn m turnm teOMt teashtes vhoMteote te M*U V» OSSOuMBlMh teste •agort Mte ••*< hsn*i huonog il Mf M «*•• v* »4*a*w ps a Mi* ei asnss * • ee tesoMis <•«•#*#w* *so ei tee Pwteteo *wsoM mm feord ee MMrtetee Utes OM M XoMO fOwUi Ml MMh pool 01 fiu* ee teoo* teo sm of oeoib TM te* ef Phtefte, te* MBte* J pte. mmmit ipaso Os M a teltete gfl •M •eooasol eooMfvqaMHHM 1* teo OoetMM te Idten And IM tevteote o#o ha* oteswi saa teteas teote teoaeo m«mchs pot iM teftetete iso te pm M*teM mi tetetef tfte* tetete •ss * •• «Omm* #<s#«ie4 • Wfete teeu 4*Msaa###s if te Poppeoi. too ttetesdi •oaf if ttoatei M* pro oimlMM Pm m* temp#* Mate teoar patetestea om* tea *fpptetepppp tehtete *Mf h*so p ft tern eftfoap af tea soteatry ho ths SOUS ha tew. * is only 01 teo poete teal no ftp* hiph pvotea* of oqial oM4o*e Moel mi Ihlo tete fa* teM MttM Potete whan IM# Mai Mteoi psAi* so teai tho dashooeo so M toootu* M te* otea* ohen oB of teo I kftgh gfwM* oast ft* Ypeoa w«ll M te Hnurnm hoods VMM M«wto o il he srwop ot* 00* frost doogec tl tM pomes* roo ■•■■■ otertte os Mop TM woo ther, M fte true. So* hoop ogoiast oaytbiag roosai- hllag a eoetolaed offense TM Brit* teh. Moreover, needed rortala eleva tions before they coaid he consider ed full) prepored for each a move ment They Hava the elevatioas now. practically all of them. aad. If eea- sonnbl# weather contloues. this front may yet prove the deciding factor In the retention by the Germans of the northern element of the famous von Hindenburg line. IteflP Mte Ml hit sjaa M teaMa* agfi I r te Iho ITALIANS AHACK Start Rig Offeiaivo as Peace Move Ia DiwuHseid. Heavy fighting is in progress on the Italian front. The Italian war office announced Sunday that a gen eral offensive had been inaugurated by the Italians on a 37*mlle front from the region of Tolmino to a point near the Adriatic. . The Italian official statement of Sunday did not* mention the attack, but press dis patches from Home Monday speak of the new Italian advance and say the situation for Austria is grave. The Italians in their offensive»son the Isonzo front, begun Sunday, have crossed the Isonzo river and already have taken 7,500 prisoners, it was officially announced by the war de partment Monday. KEEP SOLDIERS HOME uaMM mi IM ftortwn ha Ai IPS* te III Owned ii laewa 41 fw Ii Ai MdlvteM M* | Mte Prior I# thftu 11 ihol Mitten vtacod ite naltertltea ihn M art te prurtlruhte to mmmi nog dter* to lh# South ki#f smofti who proiewiod tetag Uongraate Mm J Nkholls of Bportaaharg |t€Mfek tho matter up with____ Baber aad convlncod him that ordara to this effect should te chaagod. Whether or not the negrooa go to Greenville, the fact that they are be ing sent to Alabama ts proof that tha war department Is sending them South and that having decided to place them In Alabama they may place thepi in Greenville and other Southern cities. |Northern camp sites are said not to desire the presence, of the negroes any more than those in the South and that efforts to place them In the for mer locations have resulted in fail ure. rimtor Gore Hewdlng BIG EXPLOSION Dor lari ag that tte wanted (a “con serve Iho manpower for tte Unltad Kates aad fir Ite AI Boa.’* isaatnc Cora af Ohlahoma. suite lo gmrnf tte war rwvetoio bill pMattetei ihai aw af tea I; aai.aoo ao# tec toted •boll ho hi ootel Amerteoo *0 oooaaMO a*MMl tbobf tea loteo teo •sumo#? ai teal Millions Lost in Canadian Munitions Plant Disaster. The great plant at Rigaud. Que., of Curtis and Harvey, Ltd., explo sive manufacturers, was wrecked by a series of explosions and buried be neath the ruins of the factory build ing are an unknown number of dead. Several thousand men and women workers are employed In the factory. Tiie number killed had been placed at about two hundred and fifty hut later indications were that there were comparatively few casualties. A relief train went from MontraoJ at noon taking doctors and auraea bat owing to tte fierce heat they were unable to approach March of ite ratae for hod lee boo art heeo poarthle os tte shot lore* rvmooote of tte halMta** *<111 mere biaftiag TM lose hi Ite vaJoe of haiMiog* aa* •mvk wm roach vote Dote ite mte Tte tout sophateM teM eamaod Ip |M *«4#W4«3«i mi (M to* VJtoeey te Mi atoms os*