The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, November 22, 1917, Image 6
•CHANGE DRAFT RULE
ALL DISCHARGES AND EXEMP
TIONS ARE WITHDRAWN
TO RE-CLASSIFY MEN
^ Set* Forth I'lanM to Oovorn
RegalAtlonn of Draft Law-*—^very
Man Not In SorvW-Munt FUR Out
QurmlJonnairc — Anawoni ^WIII
CJaiutify Them for Scm-vIc© Call#*.
I’rovoftt Marshal General Knoch
Crowder has taken the most radical
Mtcp yet made in revlHion of the
draft regulations.
An entire new net of regulations
was made public, comprising a book
let of more than 100 pages. They
will govern the selection of every
man calltMl to the colors in the fu-
tarc. Thousands of copies are being
.sent to all local and district boards
in the country.
Certain of the regulations go into
effect on November 20. Others, not
ably those which govern the process
of selection and classification, will
oot become effective until December
-i:». when the local boards will be
gin sending out questionnaires to
lhr* registered men.
•‘The new regulation*,” says a
Haiement by Gen. Crowder, **not
only repent all preceding regula-
iJons. hut cancel all exemptions
.tad dlarhanre* which have been
granUMl by local hoard* under the
• prvwent system. They will restore
t-*ery man to his original statu*
md tlie local l»oar<l* will semi a
qumthinnaire to every man who Is
•m* In the
IMsirlblng the new scheme and
*ttmm.iiaaing the new regulations
C.m Crowder said:
•Tb* completion by aach regla-
t/sot of the Questionnaire la the first
great stage of the new system and
ihr dirricultles which will attend It
sto fully recognised. To meet them
fhU office has begun the mobllisa
**oa of the legal taleat of the roun
try to eaable every oae who eeeha It
* in receive aid la the preparatloa of
hi* questionnaire
The rotapletion of the question
ra re by the registrant will not re
quire as much worh as did the
pie claim for dependency uadei
system la It the reglstraat
•• she a full statemeat of all the farts
. .**1 which he will reply to aoctire
inferred claaelflealloa aad upoi
- s »eh u»e local board will be ei
- led to tit ble dase
* If the registrant I* a farmer m
rn tiled la aay eaterpiiee which Is
• eseary to the public latereet. hs
•..uet state the fhets la miaete do
I «il. hut so shlllfufty has tho gnus
i -naalre hosa designed that every
enavar Is aatldpated aad regal
ocly ta rare lastsares more thaadvo
«ff three words
1>n# of the aoleworthy festuree
of (he nee regulations Is the ap
leoaimeat of an officer of the re-
•errs corps of (he Cnlted Ht.'les as
sn ssslstsat to the sdjataat general
of each state This officer will also
»*» the disbursing officer, and the
fteas, tsl affairs of the selective »er
vice system will thus be brought (Bio
intimate touch with the provost mar-
sJi.il general • office
••IJoder part 4. which deals with
rlasaifirst!oa rules and principles,
there are clearly laid down the varl*
• 'tis rule# which will govern district
*r.d local boards In the classification
of registrants ''
‘ The group of registrants within
the jurisdiction of each local board
4« taken as the unit to be classified
IWthin oerb rises the order of lie.
toAlty Is rirCrrntlnod by the drawing
u lib h has hither!.i a*«Ugned to esrry
muui an order of avallablllt) ft»r mili
tary M-rvice relative to ail men not
.M-nnaneetJ, or tiunptvrai'iJy evempt-
«-d «ic dUchargeil.
The effect of classification in
c’ass one is to render every man so
< tanaifted liable to military service In
the order determined by the nation
al drawing. The effect of classifica
tion in class two is to grant a tem
porary discharge from draft, cffec-
tive until class one in the jurisdic
tion of the same local board is ex
hausted The effect of classification
in class three is to grant a temporary
.Hscharge from draft, effective until
• lasses one and two, in the jurisdic
tion of the same local board, are ex-
t austed and similarly class four be
• nines .liable only when classes one.
tand three are exhausted. The
• •ffoct of classification in class five is
to grant exemption or discharge
II <>m draft.’*
The .si\t4M'n-pag<* questionnaire
compiled by Provost Marshal Gen
eral (Towder’s draft expert* has
Iwuut formally mmle public. It
asks i IK questions, dtMigmsl to
disclose a man's whole life. ^ Oh
the answers each of the
imui who must reply to these
questions give, will depend their
selection for military service.
One of the most important fea
ture® of the questionnaire is th£ fact
t Mat it contains for the first time of-
tirtally the exact classifications, the
. xuet nature of the five groups in
which registered men will be divid
ed. These were given uncfficially
a dinner in honor of Secretary of
War Baker and Gen Crowder in New
York, but have been widely revised
M’d greatly changed since then. As
»'i.ide public, they follow’:
Class 1.
« a) Single men without dependent
r ! a lives.
. fb) Man led man, with or with-
• ' it children, or father of mother-
\> * children who has habitually fail-
• ; to support his family.
• cl Married man dependent on
v Te for support
• d) Married man. with or with-
t. il children; or father of moiberleuu
• ' ildrea; man not usefully
family sapper ted by Income
pendent of Mi labor.
(e) Unskilled farm laborer.
(f) Unskilled industrial laborer.
•Registrant by or In res poet of
whom no deferred classification Is
claimed or made.
APPEALS TO LABOR
Registrant who falls to submit t WILSON ASKS THAT COUNTRY'S
questionnaire and in respoct of \
deferred classification^ is j WORK BE PUSHED ,
v
claimed or made.
All registrants not Included In any
other division in this schedule.
WAR MUST FIRST BE WON
or father of motherless children, ^
where such wife or such motherless
children are not mainly dependent
upon his labor for support for ^ne
reanon that there are other reason
ably certain sources of adequate sup
port (excluding earnings or possible
earnings from the labor of the wife),
available, and that the removal of
the registrant will not deprive such
dependents of support.
(b) Married man without chil
dren, whose wife, although the reg
istrant is engaged in a useful occu
pation, is not mainly dependent upon
his labor for support, fqr the reason
that the wife Is skilled in some spe
cial class of work which she is phy
sically able to perform and in which
she is employed, or In which there la
an immediate opening for her under
conditions that will enable her to
President Opposes Negotiations IahiJo
ing to End of Htrifo Until Victory
la Won—Says Teutons Will Win if
Peace Is Now Made—Ha* Bent a
•' •/ v . • » • ■ V. 'A '' • •
Great Ijover of Peace Abroad to
U'iad Out How to End tho War
With Victory.
The text of the pre^i-ent's. speech
before thfe American Federation of
Uibor follows:
“Mr. President, Delegates of the
American Federation of Labor,
Ladies and Gentlemen: I esteem it
a great privilege and a real honor
to be thus admitted to your public
support herself decently and with-, counc ^ a - ^ Tien your executive com-
out suffering any hardship. i mittee paid me the compliment of in-
(c) Necessary skilled farm labor- 'Ding me here I gladly accepted the
er in necessary agricultural enter- 1 t “ vltat | on b ©CAUse it seems to me
Necessary skilled industrial our bistory, is the time for common
en-
j *
prise.
(d)
laborer in necessary industrial
terprise.
riass HI. •
(a) Man with dependent children
(not his own), but toward whom he
stands in relation of parent.
; that this, above all other times in
counsel for the drawing not only of
I the energies but of the minds of the
, nation together. 1 thought that It
' was a welcome opportunity for dis
closing to you some of the thoughts
that have been gathering in my
mind during the last momentous
Cb) Man with dependent, aged or months.
infirm parents. | "j introduced to you- as the
(c) Man with dependent helpless p res |^ en ( 0 f the United States and
brothera or staters. i yet I would be pleased If you would
County or ■—telpal officer. 1 pu t the thought of the office Into
(el Highly trained fireman or
policeman, at least three years in
service of munlcInalHy.
ifi Necessary fusion house clerk.
<g) Necessary employee of Unit
ed States In transmission of the
malls.
(b> NoetMnry artlfleor or work-
Mi Un!to4 Stains armor* or an
il I) Necessary enployee In service
of United States
ij» Necessary assistant, assorts to
or hired manager of necessary agri-
cult nml enterprise. - —
lk) Necessary highly specialised
ter ha lea I or mechanical esperi of
necessary industrial enterprise.
ll) Neceaanry assistant or associ
ate manager of neoeanary Industrial
enterprise
IV.
• Ife or children
the background and regard me as
one of your fellow cltlsens who has
come here to speak, not the words
of authority, but the words ol coun
sel. the words which men should
■peak to one another, who wish to
be frank la a moment more critical
perhaps than the history of the world
has ever yet known A moment when
It Is every man’s duty to forget him
self, to fo r ge< bis own Interests, to
remind ourselves Juet how this war
rrme about and Just what It la for
fill himself with the nobility of *
great national and world conception,
sad net apon n new platform ele
vated above (he ordinary affairs of
elevated to. where men have
views of the long destiny of maa-
hM.
•*l think that In order to realise
jnst what thta moment of council In
It la very desirable that we should
** 1 await (he verdict of history Aad
legislative, ex ere (he thing that needs to he ei plained
live, er Judicial of tho Ugitod Hates fee why Germany started the w«r
or of MUM, territory, or District gtlMwwiH Wit tho wmMm ol
Columbia
• b( K’-Kuisr or duly ordained*
minister of religion
In the world
as any
tef
ItlT.
who on
preparing for
May II. I
ilalutry in
nstion
enviable
haa ever
Id)
la military or naval
service of the United Staten.
(e) Allen enemy. **
if) Keeideat alien Caot an ene
my) who claims esempUoe.
Ig) Pent— locoUy and perms
neatly physically or mentally nnfit
for military sendee.
<h) Person morally nnfit to be n
soldier of the United Mateo.
(I) Licensed .pilot actually
ployad ta (be ..malt »• bl.
Members of well recognised reli
gious sect or organisation, organised
snd existing on May II. 1917. whose
then ealstlng creed or principles for
bid Its members to participate in
In any form, and whose r
convictions are against war or par
ticipation therein. *
Seven days are allowed regis
trants after receipt of the queetion-
ralre to fill It out and return It to
the local board. Officials" believe
that classification by the boards will
be a routine process, requiring lit
tle time. *
Heel available estimate* indi
cate that the flrnt of the five
rloaues into which all draft regis
trant* are to be divided will con
tain more than 2,000,000 men,
subject for duty with the color-*
l»cforo any man in any other class
will he culled up. — L -:—■ ■ -—-r
It Is regarded ns practically cer
tain that ('ongresK will take up the
question of extending the draft law
to cover men who have attained the
age of twenty-one since it was enact
ed. Should that be done and provi
sion be made for the registration
thereafter of every man as he reach-
ed that age. it is probable that per
haps 000,000 would he added to
class one automatically by next
March. In that event, no present
plans for the army would reach the
men in class two.
Officials have already considered
the possibility that Congress will de
ride to take in these additional
young men. Some fair system by
which they may be registered, classi-
fied and assigned to placea will be
devised. New regulations to be puev
lished shortly probably. will set a
way in which this can be done.
The questionnaire automath:«l-
ly' revoke* all exempthm* under
the first draft. Any man falli.iz
to return it with questions an
swered within fteten days after it*
rec«*ipt, is subject to a year's p Is
on sentence.
Especially numerous are the ques
tions asked of mag who claim
emptlon because of de^ndents. The
man muat give Urn data, place ..nd
jby whbm bn wan married;
of income; how much ht
wife
world stood nl ad
of her wonderful intellec
tual and material achievements, aad
all the Intellectual men of the world
went to school to her. Aa a univer
sity man, I have been surrounded by
men trained In Germany; men who
resorted to Germany, bees nee
here else could they get such
thorough and searching training,
ularly In the principles of
and the principles that un-
derly modern material achievement
Her men ol acience had made her
pa the most compe
tent Industries In the world, and the
in Germany.* was
of good workmanship and
of material. She had access to all
the markets of the world and every
other man who traded In those mar
kets feared Germany because of her
effective and almost Irresistible
competition. She had a place in the
sun. Why was she not satisfied?
What more did shie want? . There
was nothing the world of peace that
she did not already have and have
In abundance.
"We boast of the extraordinary
pace of American advancement. We
show with pride the statistics of the
increase of our industries and of the
population of our cities. Well, those
statistics did not match the recent
statistics of Germany. Her old cities
took on youth, grew faster than any
American cities ever grew; her old
industries opened their eyes and saw
a new world and went out for its
conquest, and yet the authorifes of
Germany were not satisfied. Yon
have one part of the answer to the
question why she was not satisfied
in her methods of competition. There
is no important industry in Germany
upon which the government has not
laid its hands to direct It and, when
necessity arises, control it.
"You have only to ask any, man
whom you meet who is familiar with
the conditions that prevailed before
the war in the matter, of interna
tional competition, to find out the
timates she needs to Uve comfort
ably; whether*she ever worked;
when and 'where; hoy much she
made, what her earnings during the
last twelve months were; whether
they live with the parents of ei-.her.
and.Jf they rent a home.-who their
landlord is and how much they pay
for rent.
Each man must give all his occu
pations a*nd how majry hours a day
he has put in at each for the last
eight years.
To assist In this work the coqnci!
of national defense at the requ?»t of
Provott Marshal General Crowder
called upon all state councils of de
fense to aid local boards in ihei'
preliminarr* classification Five to
fifteen workers for periods of from
three days to two weeks will be
by each board, according to
of the district
.methods of competition which the
‘German manufacturers and expert#
used under the patronage sup
port of the government of Germany.
You will find that they were the
same sorts of competition that we
have tried to prevent by law within
our own borders. If they could not
sell their goods cheaper than we
could sell ours, at a profit to them
selves, they could get a subsidy from
the government which made it-pos
sible to sell them cheaper anyhow
!p.nd the conditions pfr competition
were thus controlled in large meas
ure by the German government it
self. But that did not satisfy the
German government.
"All the whole there was lying be
hind i^s thought, in its dreams of
the future, a political control which
would enable it in the long run to
dominate the labor and the industry
of the world. They were not con
tent with successes by superior
achievement; they wanted success by.
autocracy. I suppose very few of
you have thought much about the
Berlin-to-Bagdad railway.
"The Berlin-to-Bagdad railway
was constructed in order to run the
threat of force down the flank of
the industrial undertakings of half
dozen other countries, so that when
German competition came in it
would not be resisted too far—be
cause there was always the possibil
ity of getting German armies into
the heart of that country quicker
than any other armies could be got
there. Back at the map of iBurope
now. Germany, ill thrusting- upon
us again and again the^dfecusshm of
peace, talks about what?.Talks about
Belgium, talks about northern
France, talks about Alsace-Lorraine.
Well, those are deeply interesting
subjects to us and to them, but they
are not talking about the heart of
the matter. *
"Take the map and look at it.
Germany ha* ab*olute control of
Austria-Hungary, practical control
of the Balkan Staten, control of
Turkey, control of Asia Minor. 1
aaw a map in'which the whole
thing wn* printed In appropriate *
black the other day. nmj the black
atreirhed all the way from Ham
burg to Bagdad—Cltr bulk of (Ger
man pouer lunertml Into the heart
of the world. **
"If It ran keep that, nhe
kept all that her d * a nnt* contem
plated when the war hrgaa. If
»he can keep that, her ptmer ran 1
dtatuft) the world aa long mi *br
keep* It—alwat* provided, for I
feel hound to put IhU provision
In, always provided the present In-
flamer* that matml the German
government continue In control It.
"I believe that the spirit of free
dom can get Into tbo hearts of Ger
mans snd find ns fine a welcome
there as It can find la any other
hearts Hut the spirit of freedom
does not suit the plane of tho Pun-
Oermass Rower can not he used
with eoar*u:r..ttJ force sgataet free
people#
If it it used by free people
"You know how many Intimations
cams to us from on# o( tho ooatrsl |
powers that It Is man anxious for
pours than the chief central power,
and you know that It moans that
tho people la that control power
know that If the war ends as It
stands, they will la effect themne
he vnasals of Oormssy. note
standing that their populations
compounded with alt tho peoph
that purl of the world, sad note
standing tbs fart that they do
Uriah In thoir pride and propur si
of nationality to bo absorbed
dominated
"Germany Is determined that
political power of tbo world
belong to her. There have been su
ambitions before. They have
In pari realised. Hat never before
have those ambitions been based
upon so exact and precise end scien
tific a plan of domination.
"May I not any that It Is am axing
to me that any group of people
should be so 111 informed as to sup
pose. aa some groups In Russia ap
parently suppose, that any reforms
planned in the Interest of the people
can live *ln the presence of s Ger
many powerful enough to undermine
or overthrow them by Intrigue or
force.
"Any body of free men that com
pound with the present German gov
ernment is compounding for Its own
destruction. But that is not the whole
story. Any man In America, or any
where else, who supposes that the
free Industry and enterprise of the
world can continue if the Pan-Ger
man plan is achieved and German
power fastened upon the world is as
fatuous as the dreamers of Russia.
purpose to do, see that thu condltlons-
of labor are not rendered more oner
ous by the* war—but also that we
shall see to* It that the instrumen
talities by which the conditions of
labor are Improved are not blocked
or checked. That we must do.
"That has been the matter about
which T havw taken pleasure in con
ferring from, time to time with your
president, Mr.- Gompers. And, if I
may be permitted to do so, I want to
express my admiration of bis patri
otic Courage, his large vision and his
statesmanlike sense of what is to be
done* I like to lay my mind along
side of a mind that knows how to
pull in harness. -The horses that
kick over the traces will have to be
put in a corral. * .
"Now to 'stand together’ means
that nobody must interi-upt the pro-*
cession of our energy, if the inter
ruption can possibly be avoided with
out the absolute invasion of freedom.
To put it concretely, that means this:
Nobody has a right to stop the pro
cesses of labor until all the methods
of conciliation and settlement have
been exhausted; and I might as well
say right here that I am not talking
to you alone. You sometimes stop
the courses of l&bpr, but there are
others who do the same, and I be
lieve that I am speaking of my own
experience of others when I say that
you are more reasonable in a large
number of cases than the capitalists.
"I am not saying things to them
personally yet, because I haven’t had
a chance. But they have to be said,
not in any spirit of criticism. But
in order to clear the atmosphere and
come down to business, everybody on
both sides has got to transact busi
ness and the settlement is never im
possible when both sides want to
the square and right thing. More
over, a settlement is always hard to
avoid when the parties can be
brought face te face.
"I can differ with a man much
more radically when he Isn’t in the
room than I can when be is In the
room, because then .the awkward
thing is that he can come back at me
and answer what I say. It Is always
dangerous for a man to have the
floor entirety to himself, and there
fore we most insist in every instance
that the parties come Into each oth
er’s presence and there discuss the
Issues between them
• "Hirrcforr. vm c«»an*H to )*•«
Is (lit*: .IjtC u* shorn oarsrtves
Ai—rrirans by shoeing that we do
not want to gu i»ff in se|anrntr
•amf we neimtni by imp*elves, ho4
that we want to r*»-o|M a eate with
all other classes anal all other
■r*a|Mi la a common ewteryrtse
which Is tv Release the %fdrtl* of
the world from bondage.
BAKER’S STATEMENT
CALL DRIVE AillNST ITALY
POLITICAL OFFENSIVE
DOUBTS RUSSIAN AID
»ntd be silling to set that up
final teat of an American
the manning of democracy
very much distressed.
Secretary of War in Hi* Weekly Re
view ('ommento on Gain* by BriL
l*h and French—Enemy Definite
ly on Defensive in the Went—
Italian and Russian^ Situation are
.... I-
Doubtful.
The effect of Germany’s "politi
cal offensives" against itussia ami
Italy, upon the task ahead of the
Allies is recognized In Secretary
Baker’s weekly review of military
operations issred Thesday by the war
department.
"The close interrelation of events;
on all fronts can not too frequently
be emphasized," says the review.
"The political situation in Russia
made it possible for the enemy to
detach important contingents in the
east which were speedily transported
to the Italian front.
"It is not unlikely that before ini-.
Dating their powerful drive against
the Italian forces, the enemy made
painstaking and systematic attempts
to undermine the morale of the Ital
ian troops, with a view tp breaking
down thetr resisting power.
"This carefully planned political
offensive conducted preparatory to
their military offensive reveal* clear
ly the present methods of the Ger
mans
"Surveying the broader
the European situation to-day w#
find that the enemy in the east i
confining his efforts to political pneJ
paganda Along the Italian sector,
he ha* recently made deeperate at
tempts lo secure a decision by means
of a political-milltar> girlve
"In th* west, while attempting to
aap-tbe fighting strength of the bel
ligerent peoples, the enemy ba* now
been compelled to act on the defi*n-
slve, snd I* bring slowly, but snrelv
driven bark. It sbenld be borne in
mfnd. however, thaf the further dis
integration of the Russian force*
will mean that the Germpne will be
eble to thin out their line along tbl*
front s blrb will thus aetomatirallv
il
"I wt
as the
That ta
I have
IMP faitoe «itDean* bp aaroa things|
that have happened recently The)
mob spirit la displaying Itself here
and there la this country I have
sympathy with what some mea are
(fee
Ith-
are
l of
aot
Mrit
and
the
t ha (
we i
ran i
our
mea
have
they
' are
not
thin
g whl
rb w
"What I am opposed to is not
the feeling of the pacifist* hut
their stupidity. My heart is with
them, hut my mind ha* a con
tempt for them. 1 want peace,
hut 1 know how to get it, and they
do not.
"You will notice that I sent a
friend of mine. Colonel House, to
Europe, who is a* great a lover
of peace as any man in the
world: hut I did not send him on
a. peace mission; I sent him to
take part in a conference as to
how tlie war was to lie won, and
he knows, as I know, that that is
thi* way to get |>eaoe, if you want
it for more than a few minutes.
"4H of this is a preface to the
conference that I referred to with
regard to what we are going to do.
If we are true friends of freedom-
cur own or anybody else’s—we wjll
see that the power of this country
and the productivity of this country
is raised to its absolute -maximum
and that absolutely nobody is allow
ed to stand in the way of it.
"When I say that nobody is allow
ed to stand in the way, I don’t mean
that they shall be prevented by the
power of the goverpment but by the
power of the American spirit. Our
duty, if we are.to do this great thing
and show America to be what we be
lieve her- to be. the greatest hope
and energy in the world,-then must
be tp stand together night and day
until the Job is finished.
"While we are all fighting for
freedom we muat see. among other
thioga. that labor la free; and that
a number' of Intereating
».!t means not only that
*a)iag. but I hate no sympathy with
tbe mea that tabs tbeir punlabmowt
Into tbeir own bands aad I want te
uaf’to every man tube does Join such
s mob that I de aot recognise blm
ar worthy of tbe free Institutions <>f
tbe United dtotee • • • And so I
• ant to niter my earnest protest
against any manifestation of tbo
aplrtt of laurleuaneau anywhere or In
any cause
"Why. geatlemen. look what It
means: Wo claim to be tbs great
est democratic people In the world,
and democracy means, first of all.
govern ourselves. If
not self-control then
rapablu of that great
u call democratic gov
ernment. A man who takes tbe law
into bis hands In not tbe right man
to co-operste la any form of or de
velopment of taw and Institution
"And acme of the proceasos by
which tbe struggle between capital
and labor la carried oa are pro-
ceeses that come very near to taking
the law Into your own hands. I do
not mean for a moment to compare
them with what I have Jnat been
speaking of. but I want you to see
that they are mere gradation* -of the
manifestations of the unwillingness
to co-operate and the fundamental
lesson of the whole situation is that
we must not only take common coun
sel, but that we must yield to and
obey common counsel.
"Not all of the instrumentalities
for this are at hand. I am hopeful
that in the very near future new in
strumentalities may be organized by
which we can see to it that various
things that .are now going on shall
not go on. There are various pr -
cesses of the dilution of labor and
the unnecessary substitution of
labor and bidding in distant markets
and unfairly upsetting the whole
competition of labor, which ought
not to go on—I mean now on the
part of employers—and we might In
terject into this some instrumentality
of co-operation by which the fair
thing may be done all around. 1 am
hopeful that some such instrumen
talities may be devised, but whether
they are or not* we must use those
that we have and upon every occa
sion where it is necessary to have
such an instrumentality originated
upon that occasion, if necessary.
"And so. my fellow citizens, the
reason that I came away from Wash
ington is that I sometimes get lonely
down there. There are so many peo
ple in Washington who know things
that are not so, and there are so few
people, in Washington who know
anything about what the people of
the United States are thinking about.
I have to come away to get remind
ed of the rest of the country; I have
.to come away and ttilk to men who
are up against, the real thing and
say to them, ‘I am with you . if yqu
are with me.’ And the only t'st of
being with me is not think about me
pqraolKAllJ at all. but merely to.think
oi me as the expression for the time
being of the pdwer and dignity and
hope of the United States."
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(he AIM# Hera tbo retreat of the
enemy sat)c|paled last aaak waa car
ried oat Tbo praaoare of tb# Freer a
offensive reached a climax vbea they
were enabled to enfilade tbe Oermea
line* along tbe creel of the Cbemia-
deo-Deme*
"For the pa*t lbeep year* tlie
prenrace of the rwnmj oa thi«
ritlae had brea a **mrre of anxiety
to the FVcach. To itt*ludge theta
a a* a prtarlpal objertlte of the
repealed offm»Ue* •dace l*»t
April. Tlie *ardea farced evaraa-
(!**•» of unmi 40 *qaaee mile* of
the muM important tnmla ta ltd*
•ertor of Hie aewtera front ha*
beea the tangible renolt achieved.
‘Tbe importance of Ibis aacceaa-
ful French advance mnat not ba over
looked It mean* more than n mere
gain of* no many equare ml lee of ter
ritory. it means the penetration of
the powerfully fortified Siegfried
line, hitherto considered by the ene
my impregnable, and pusher, back
his main defensive positions to vrtt
in five miles of the fortress of Lao
the British and the French were able
the major objective.
"In the sector where a small de
tachment of our troops had taken
up their places in the trenches as a
part of their training, tbe enemy (a*
is customary in trench warfare when
laken places in front line trenches),
for reconnaissance purposes, execut
ed a well planned raid and succeed
ed in temporarily penetrating
short segment of the line held by our
forces, inflicting a few casualties and
taking prisoners.
"A unit of our artillery, also in
the course of its training, came in
contact with the enemy and acquitted
itself very creditably in this first en
counter.
"In Italy, the situation is develop
ing as normally as can bo expected
under the circumstances
"The Italian retreat, 4 somewhat
confused in its earlier stages, has be
come more orderly, and the retire
ment during the week continued un
interrupted.
’ The line of the Tagliamento river
was held by the Italians long enough
to insure the safe retirement of
large bodies of trobps. This line has
now been abandoned and the enemy,
penetrating the Venetian plain, has
reached Livenza.
"The Italians are continuing their
efforts to detain the \advancing Aus-
tro-German forces.
“Along the eastern front no opera
tions of military importance took
place.
"The enemy, instead of attacking,
has renewed his efforts to fraternize
with the Russians. * Owing to the
involved political situation and the
fresh outbreaks of the extremists
elements, it is probable that these
may have marked influence on th
genera) strategy of the war. whi
we must be prepared to meet."
Economy in the use of food and
* i •
coal will make the problem easier.
Both of these things are necessary. I a brilliant
one to keep tke human machine go
ing and tbe other to Insure economic
' Daly seems to be bolding her river
lines very well. Let a# hope that
the Allies will turn the disaster Into
ust do what we have declared our|
life
victory. They ought to
be able to (lo Ibis uBless tbe t'rr,
powers are merit stronger in
re-
•oureee than we think they are