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THK S?MTER W ATCHMAN, Estab i Consolidated Aug. 2, Ii giS^L?SUTIIIfl. j , ALLIED WORLD STUDYING HUN * DEFENSIVE SYSTEM, i Positions to Which Enemy is Expect-j iesfl to Retire Win Increase Number of Men Available for Resistance on! Greatly Shortened Frontr?Matter i of Tremendous Importance to Fo-j tare Operations of Armies Under j Fc?ch-?-Three Main Branches toj **ficee" Constituting New Lines. .I ? . j New York, Oct 20.?Events of the1 p?st three months, involving the ebb ? tide of invasion in France and Bel-j ginm, have emphasized the import- j ante of the German defensive systems! Mrijieh have been prepared by the foe for* ? "*just the emergency which now .^?.t^'&Dronts him. The allied world is j studying the war maps to determine! hoW far the present German retire- j ment may be expected to continue and what the entente armies may ex pect when they reach the front where, the Germans will stand at bay. j The German defensive lines resem-j ole a tree with three main branches.; The trunk of this "tree" has its roots j at the Swiss frontier and continues north as far as Metz, ? where it divides ih*o two branches. The westerly ; branch runs to the northwest as far j as the Meuse River, where it sepa-| rates, one "limb" crossing the Meuse; and running westward, after which it' seeps- to the north on a long curve. J Tfie other fellows the Meuse down as i far as Namur, whence it runs toj Brussels and Antwerp and thence to, the Dutch frontier. The branch which crosses the Meuse | is the first that must be broken by! the allies. In fact, recent British: and Belgian victories in Belgian Flcn- j <|ers seem to have rendered a large \ part of this ?ine untenable as a per- i manent defensive position. ' This line crosses the Meuse at Dun. j gees- through the Argonne forest and j then follows the Aisne River as far| as Rethel, where it turns north and; passes near Guise" and Soiesmes. It j dontinues northward past Valen-j cienn'es and reaches the Scheldt at COrtde: It runs along the Scheldt past: Tburhai and Ghent, where it turns to! the eastward and reaches Antwerp. This-is the "Hunding line." - The second line, known as the "L^ne of the Meuse," is established | On Sie east bank of the Meuse River j northward from Dun. It passes Sedan ap-d Mezieres and enters Belgium just: tdvfche southwest of Dinant. At Na ra?r .it leaves the river and runs to ! Brussels/-' continuing oh to Antwerp, j Where it joins-the "Hunding line," j arid continues oh the" Dutch frontier, j T"The third- lire is the original de-l fense'zotie^ along the German frontier.; South of Metz It is centered around iio^'Pl permanent forts about Strass runs over the high and; A^ftsapitous hills on-the Vosges Moun tains- and is several miles deep. V ?t Metz the Germans have con .Structed -28 great frots which , are so located as to command all approaches and, at the same time, capable of con centrating their fire on any one fort which happens to be entered by the allies, i . Northwest of Metz is the great iron field of Briey. The importance of this iron deposit has compelled the Ger mans to convert the. whole country there into a veritable fortress. This line runs along the boundary between Fiance and Germany, bending to the northeast until it reache sthe Luxem burg line. If this belt should be pierced the Germans may fall back to the Saar bruecken and Kaiserslautern regions, interspersed by rivers and high wood ed hills, which lend themselves admir ably, to defense operations East of Luxemberg it is reported the Germans have devoted a great deal of time and labor to the con struction of permanent fortifications. The country along the Belgian fron tier between Luxemberg and Holland is dominated by Coblenz, which Mar shal Foch considers the key to Ger many. In this area is Bonn, a for tress of the first class, and Cologne, which is protected by ? broad belt of entrenchments and a series of strong holds running along the western side of the Rhine until that river i passes into Holland. Should the three lines mentioned be broken, or if the allies should break through between Metz and the Swiss frontier, the Germans would be com pelled to fall back into Germany proper or to the south, to cross the Rhine. This historic river is really the western moat of the Teutonic cas tle Its whole eastern bank is strong ly fortified and would be capable of a-.protracted defense. This line of re sistance begins at Lahr and runs down the Rhine through Offenburg, Ras tatt, where American prisoners of war are quartered; Karlsruhe, Mann heim, Darmstadt, Widesbaden, Ben dorf, Kalk, Densbuig and Wesel. -In - their retirement from their \ present positions the Germans will; be able to shorten their lines mater-; ially and thus increase the number of men avadable for assistance along their new fronts. The Hunding Line; is about 70 miles shorter than the Hindenburg system, which is now but a memory. The line of the Meuse; would shorten the front by 20 miles j mere, which the Germans, if they, should retire to their own frontier, j would be able to still shorten by 35 ? miles. ? j This shortening of the line will be j of tremendous importance in future i operations by the allies. It would make up to a large degree for the | heavy losses inflicted upon the Ger- j mans during the campaign of the i past summer and give them manpow- j er that would be a formidable bar- i rier to an allied advance. The Meuse, the Aisne and the ? Scheldt rivers and the canals in Bel- j gium in the vicinity of Brussels and J Antwerp will also be valuable adjuncts < kked April, ?840. "B* tagt ma 881. SU ALLIES H illS. ANGLO-BELGIAN ARMIES FORCE GERMANS TO RETIRE TO WARD GHENT. I Success Apparently Means Turning of, Valenciennes Line and Endangers German Forces Northward to Flan-1 ders and Southward to Oise Canal, i Necessitating Retreat. With the Allies' Armies in France! and Belgium, Oct. 20, 5 P. M. (By; the Associated Press).?The British' army continued its attack today in! conjunction with the Belgians to thej north. The combined forces fought! their way to the east of Staceghem j and reached Vichite, lying northeast! of Courtrai and are still pushing on! rapidly. The Anglo-Belgians are also north east of Deerlyck, Spruete and Stratte. The Third army in its attack, had j captured by early afternon nearly 1, 000 prisoners. While the Belgians, French and! British were driving the Germans! rapidly to the east in the direction of Ghent, which is being approached both from the west and the southwest, the British Third army attacking at 2 o'clock this morning smashed its way eastward to the south of Valen ciennes. The success of this opera tion, which this evening seems as sured, means the turning of the Valen- j ciennes line and endangers all the I German forces northward to Flan- j ders and southward to the Oise canal, behind which the Germans have be ,gun to retreat from other Eritish forces and the Americans. This thrust will serve to upset th? known German plan of trying to hold | the line east of Scheldt to which the j i enemy is hastily retiring from what once was the Lille salient. Beports from the battle line in i Flar ders indicate that Ghent will soon I be recovered. Already the allied guns are ham : mering the Germans on nil sides; I cyclist and cavalry patrols are sweep i ing ahead in front of the infantry, j drawing closer and closer. The Germans were driven out of the ! northwest coast in Flanders much i sooner than they expected, for cap i tured orders show that they intended 'to hold the line of Zeebrugge-Bruges | Theilt, but were unable to resi ' the ! terrific allies' pressure. Thousa* is of civilians have been liberated by the i Belgians and French and masses of 1 booty, which the Germans had no j time to carry away, fell into their ! hands. ' h It is considered quite possible that I the Germans will try to make several I successive stands in Belgium and one I line of resistance undoubtedly will ] Comprise Antewrp, Brussels and Na j mur, on which much work is being j done. At the same time it is worth I noting that the Germans are laboring : frantically in the preparation of a de i fensive line on their own frontier, es j pecially in the neighborhood of Aix-la . Chapelle and Liege. ! The operation ol the Third Army j was characterized by most severe ; fighting for the Germans realized the j importance of trying to delay the Brit ? ish there. Regardless of the enemy I resistance, however, the British gain ! ed the high ground to the east of i the line from which they were ad ? vancing against a perfect storm of I Machine gun bullets fired from ad I vantageous positions. The machine guns were cleared out with great j rapidity and great numbers of Ger ] mans were killed. The fighting was ! especially fierce' in the neighborhood i of St Python, where many barri ! cades had been hastily erected. 1 South of Le .Cateau the British and j Americans are continuing their suc I cesses of the past two days. American ; patrols, pushing out from the Mazing ; hien area, have reached the banks of j the Oise canal. . ! The German artillery in this region has been quite .active, and many towns, including Bazuel, have been heavily shelled. There were civilians in some i of those towns, ?o that their speedv i removal was . necessary, the. Germans disregarding their presence entirely. North of Courtrai the British Sec ! ond Army is across the Lys River at 1 several places and making good pro i gress, while the First Army has ! crossed the Seile River near Haspres ! and Saulzoir, and continued driving j the enemy. From in front of Denain this army ; is pushing on frontally for Valen I ciennes, a movement which is in co ? operation with the Third Army's at ' tack southward. ! Obviously the Germans intended to ; defend the east bank of the Scheldt, i for they trenched and wired it. But there are strong indications that the j enemy has little faith in his ability to j hold the line long, for all the bridges j are ready for speedy demolition. A ' few fires are still visible at Tournai : and the surrounding country, show j ing that the enemy is burning his J stores. The Germans are also strip ping the country of everything imagL inable and are burning what tb have been unable to remove. Cattle taken from the peasants are being driven eastward and the farm ers' haystacks have been burned. In Turcoing. where there were! thousands of civilians, scenes occur- j red similar to those at Lille, the cit-j izens exhibiting intense joy at their liberation. j The Germans are plainly showing! their intentions by removing and de- 1 stroying machinery of cotton mill' and similar industrial works; they ap-i parently have the idea of stifling; French competition in the future. In : the looting of private houses theyj to the conduct of defensive fighting by the Germans. With the develoD ments of the tanks as an offensive weapon, a river as a first defense line adds tremendously to the strength of a position. kJ Fe*r not?Bet ?n the ends Thon Aim MTER, S. C, WEDNESJ VICTORY DRAWS HEAR. GERMAN FORCES FAIL ON EV-i] ERY BATTLE FRONT. Focb's Soldiers Advance Thirty Miles | ] Over Thirty-six Mile Front?Ameri cans Occupy Rejet, Mowing Down Wave After W:ave of Enemy Ma chine Gunners.?Russian Front Sees Thonsand Bolshcviki Killed?Peace Note Handed Swiss Minister. Victory crowns the allied arms on - ; every battle front. Northern Belgium !. is being rapidly cleared of she enemy i 3 by British and Belgian forces. Bel-! < gians have occupied Zeebrugge and I Heyst; have crossed the Ghent-Bruges: j canal and on the left have reached the h Dutch frontier, where 15,000 Ger- >? mans, cut off from their retreat by! ? the advance northward from Eechloo. i are reported to have withdrawn into I Holland, where they were interned. 1 Ghent, it is predicted from British j headquarters, will fall at an early j date,, and the French by a swift! stroke along an extended line have put their forces within two miles of j Tournal. Thielt is in the hands of the French, despite stubborn enemy resistance, as well as the high ground round about. British Retake Solesmes. British troops have crossed the j Seile River, have reconquered Soles ! mjs and have had hard fighting not only in the section around that town ! but at St. Python, to the east. Here j i the British have captured more than} j 2,000 prisoners. Since the beginning of the opera tions in Flanders the allies have j made an advance of more than 30 I miles over a 36-mile front, clearing j ! all of western Flanders as well as th< i coast of the enemy. Fighting desper ately to hold their positions to the north and south of Le Cateau, the ; Germans on a front of 40 miles have j massed nearly half a million men. j Their line is vital to the Germans, but is just as vital to the-success of the allied arms, which are steadily pushing the enemy back .and break ing through at strategical points, j The British third army is smashing 1 its way forward to the south of Vaien. I ciennes. Success so far has attended this, effort and the turning of. this lire will prove a source of. great danger to vast masses of German troops holding the territory to the north and south. _ The American forces, operating in conjunction with . the British north [ of. Wassigny have advanced to the Satrnbre-Oise canal. They occupied Rejet, east of St. Soupletvat the point of the bayonet. Wave ?"?after wave ot { machine gunners faced the Ameri> j Cans who inflicted enormous losses on ] them. West - of the Meuse-, Ameri can activity was confined to the. con solidation of positions captured from I the Germans. 1 On the front in Russia a. severe de !feat"with the loss of 1,000..men.killed i has been inflicted on the Bolsheviki in j j the Yekaterinburg district by Czecho I Slovak* and Siberian forces. Three ar- j mored trains with 11 locom' 'es,' and 60 machine guns were captured, by' the allied troops. Germany's reply to President Wil son has been handed to the Swiss minister at Berlin for transmission to the United States, according to unoffi cial advices reaching Amsterdam from j Germaii sources. In reply Germany expresses a willingness to evacuate i Belgian soil, but believes such a I withdrawal would necesarily take several months. It is added that the j German government is prepared pro ! visionlly to abandon its u-boat cam ! paign. A Madrid dispatch says that j Germany has officially notified the (Spanish government that-the German i admiralty has recalled all subma I riaes to their bases. I TWO GENERALS PROMOTED. 1 Generals Liggett and Bollard Become Lieutenant Generals. j Washington, Oct. 21.?Major Gen f erals Hunter Liggett and Rober Bul {lard were nominated by President i Wilson today to be lieutenant gener j als. ; i"^ ? I i have displayed their customary fond j ness for such things as clocks, silver I ware, family ornaments. Even cruci fixes have been taken from the homes! I of the poorer classes. i The Germans have carried off vir jtually the entire male population of! j the districts which they evacuate.:! i capable of doing any work. All the j captured prisoners say that peace is I expected any day. The Germans behaved the same in j Ostend as elsewhere. The German! j commandant who was cordially hated I j by the civilians imposed fines for the j smallest offenses, such as being out of I I bed after & o'clock at night. Twenty-1 [ six million francs were extorted from j j the inhabitants in fines and forced j i^Ievies. During the G rman o'ecupa-! Nm all the bathing machines were j I used for the storage of explosives and j j civilians were compelled to work inj j the submarine repair shops, i It is 4pow established that the dry! ; dock was completely smashed by; i British boSttbs and shells on the <>cca- i ' sion of theVaids. The rusty remains j I of the gallant Vindictive ere visible in exactly theVsrme position as the! vessel was sunk try the British navy, j the Germans bein^ tunable to move k | A typical letter ofVvhat is happen ing in Germany is nmoV" ed document-. It was days ago by 3 German pri> brother-in-law on the battle f?o! describes a scene at a railways ?on the arrival of a troop trato Russia. Officers were stone< maltreated nnrl attempts w< to shoot them because the m< required to entrain for th< i 08$ rt >t be tby Country'* Tay God's mi DAY, OCTOBER 23, 191 Mi REPLY SENT. ! LOND0K HAS REPORT OF CON- S TENTS OF NOTE. Brief Outline Does Not Indicate That < Peace is Brought Any Nearer by Latest Communication from Ger many. London, Oct. 21.?The German re- . ply to President Wilson'?' note, which was received today, says that Ger many hopes the United States will approve no demand which will be ir reconcilable with the honor of the German people and with opening the way to a peace of justice. Germany j has despatched orders to submarine commanders precluding torpedoing] passenger ships. She protests against references by President Wilson to il legal and inhuman acts and denial is made that the German navy purpose ly destroyed life boats with passeng ers. The government proposes that facts can be cleared before a neu tral commission, and suggests to President Wilson that opportunity be aranged for fixing the details of the evacuation of occupied territories. Announcement is made of funda mental changse in German constitu tion, providing for representation of the people in the decision concerning war or peace. It is said the present German government has been form ed in complete accordance therewith. Germany claims sanction of internat ional law for carrying out destruction of property during retreats, and says her troops are under strict instruc tions to spare private property and cure for the population to the best of their ability. No future German gov ernment will, be able to take or hold office unless it possesses the confi dence of the majority of the reichtsag, the note announces. Germany agreed to conditions that the armistice should be left to the military, advisers and that the actual standard of power in the field should form the basis of the arrangements. AMERICANS ON THE WING. - 4 _ Great Raid Made Behind German Lines?Seventeen Hun Machines Shot Down. ; 'With the Americans Northwest of Verdun, Sunday, Oct. 20.?By The Associated Press.?In' the all-Ameri can bombing expedition behind the German lines Friday, 17' German ma-? chines were downed. M?st of the victories have been confirmed offi cially. . Not one American machine was lost, m?kihg the day stand ord in the history of American aviation. During the expedition the American met and vanquished several enemy formations of thirty-five to forty planes, each. IN FIERCE FIGHTING. Americans Locked in Desperate Strug gle With Huns on Mease Front. With Americans Northwest of Ver dun, Oct. 21 (Noon)?Fierce fighting took place today in the Bois de Rappes, at the western end of th American line. In the face of ter rible machine gun fire the Americans were compelled to fall back. Later they counterattacked and regained that part of the wood which had been lost. QUIET ON FRENCH FRONT. No Infantry lighting Reported Sun day?Artillery Active. Paris, Oct. 21.?There was no in fantry fighting of moment on the French front last night, according to the official statement, which reports only artillery activity between the Serre and Aisne. BRITISH CAPTURE 3,000 HUNS. Victory Won North of Le Catcau on Sunday. London, Oct. 21.?The British cap tured more than 3,000 prisoners yes terday in their operations north of Le Cateau, when the Seller river was crossed on a wide front, it is officially announced. In the Valenciennes region the Brit ish are.approaching St. Amand, six miles northwest of Valenciennes. North of Tournai they pushed forward to the line of the Scheldt River. BOLL WEEVIL IN S. C. I Has Added More Territory to Infested Area. Clemson College, Oct. 20.?The cot ton boll weevil continues his migra tion in this State. Recent investiga tions show that the weevil has added more South Carolina teritory to the infested area. The weevil line now runs as fol lows: Ellenton to Ehrhardt, to Um mers, to Walterboro. to the mouth of the Edisto river. This means that the weevil is now found in Beaufort Hampton. Colleton. Jasper. Bamberg, and Barnwell counties?"and still a goin'." Jasper and Hampton counties have gotten an idea, of the weevil damage ihis fall. County Agent Z. D. Robert son of Hampton county, reports in r. letter of October 11. that the wee vil damage in his county is serious ir: the extreme, and that all forms and squares have been punctured: that r.dult weevils ran be found by the handful. County Agent W. H. Rumff of Jas county writes as follows: "I am fields with 100 per cent in ttion now in different parts of >unty. The adult weevils can by the hundreds. Tt is pos Lnd every stage of the wee dds. The infestation looks id year infestation, It is tat Trmtt^t.* THE TRUE .8. reply to mm. SUBJECT NATIONALITIES MUST BE MADE FREE NATIONS. Conditions Which Central Powers Must Meet to End War Again Plain ly Stated. - ? Washington, Oct. 19.?On the eve, apparently, of the coming <$: the peace note from Germany, President Wil son has rejected the plea of Austria Hungary for an armistice and peace negotiations and in doing so has made! j clearer the conditions which the Cen- j ^ tral Powers must meet to end the |. war. ! j In a note written yesterday and' made public soon after it was ^ell on the way to Vienna today, the pres ident in effect says there can be nc talk of peace with the Austro-Hun garian government except upon the basis of complete liberty for Czecho- j ? Slovaks and other subject nationali- |; ties as free members of the family of1 nations. He refuses to entertain the, Austro-Hungarian suggestion for this reason, without discussing the mili tary questions dealt with in the re ply to Germany. The Vienna government asked for negotiations on the basis of the pres ident's announced program of peace, mentioning the speech of January 8, last, in which the president said the peoples of Austria-Hungary should be i accorded the freest opportunity forj autonomous development. , The reply! says this is impossible; that thej Czecho-Siovaks national council has been recognized as a defacto belliger ent government, the justice of the na tionalistic aspirations of the Jugo Slovak has been recognized and mere autonomy no longer can be accepted This declaration, which - may be .far reaching in its effect upon Austria Hungary where long enslaved peo ples . apparently are nearly ready to sweep away the hated Dual Monarchy and the Hapsburg dynasty, clears up what some critics of the president's policy have pointed to as a source of endless controversy in his program of peace. It comes one day after the proclamation of. Emperor Charles fed erating the. Austrian States in a des perate effort to 'save his government at home and at the same time prepare the way..for peace. ' ? Though not mentioned by .name, the Poles, .Rumanians and .. members ;o? other distinct; races held, uhder Aus trian domination, come .within the protection . .of. self-determination - to which . America .and the-: allies.-are committed.. The Austrian;;Pol,es. trafit to join an independent Poland? the Austrian-Rumanians -ioj?g for reunion with Rumania, and there, is no doubt here that their hopes, wrill.be fulfilled when ? the: peace ^conference is - held. - The text of President Wilson's note in reply to Austria-Hungary follows: "Sir:. I have the honor .to acknowl edge the receipt of your. note.of the seventh, instant in which you transmit a communication of . the Imperial and Royal Government of Austria Hun gary to the president. I am now in structed by the president to. request you to be good , enough through your government to cipnvey to the imperial and Royal gov&rnment, the follow ing reply: \ ? " 'The president deems it his duty to say to the Aus6rp-Hungarian gov ernment that he cannot entertain the present suggestions of that govern menc because of certain events of ut most importance Avhich, occurring since the delivery^f his address ol the 8th of January last, has neces satfly altered the ^attitude and re sponsibility of the government of th< United States. Among\the fourteer terms of peace which ttfie presidem formulated at that time occurred th< following: \ 14 'The peoples of Austria^Hungan whose place among the nations we wish to see safeguarded and lassured should be accorded the freest^P^fir tunity of autonomous developments. " 'Since that sentence was written and uttered to the congress of the United States the government of the United States has recognized that a state of belligerency exists between the Czecho-Siovaks and the Austro Hungarian Empires and that the Czecho-Slovak council is a defacto belligerent government clothed with proper authority to direct the mili tary and political affairs of the Czecho-Siovaks. "It has also recognized in the full est manner the justice of the nation alistic aspirations of the Jugo-SIo vaks for freedom. " 'The president is, therefore, . no longer at liberty to accept the mere 'autonomy' of these peoples as a basis of peace but is obliged to. insist that they, and not Fie. shall be the judges of what action on the part of the j Austro-Hungarian government will j satisfy the aspirations and their con [ ceptions of their rights and destiny as [members of the family of nations.' j "Accept, sir, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. (Signed) "Robert Lansing." Beyond press dispatches from Swit zerland saying the new German note would be despatched tonight, the State Department had no intimation whatever of the time or the nature of the German response to the presi dent. Officials heard without comment of the report that Germany would ac cept President Wilson's condition? "generally" with a reservation that submarine warfare must, continue t the end of the war. About the State department this was regarded as an indication that the Berlin govern ment, without conceding the surren der that it has been told must pre cede an armistice, would seek to con tinue diplomatic discussions in the hope of eventually weakening the po sition of her enemies and winning the earnestly desired peace. It was reiterated that only a com ?OCTHRON, VoLXLVH. No. 20. 4TH LOIN OVERSUBS?BIBEO. 5IG SUM SUBSCRIBED ON LAST DAY?NOT KNOWN HOW FAR GOAL EXCEEDED. ndications Are That Individual Sab* scribers Will Exceed 20,000,000 and Break All Liberty Loan Records. Washington, Oct. 19.?Over-sub icription of the fourth liberty loan ieemed assured tonight when . the. hree weeks' campaign closed. Whfle^ official reports were lacking, it ap-. jeared that again the American pep pie have given to their government :iot only what was asked, but more ;han was asked, in order that the tvar against' Germany and her ? allies may be carried to a successful con clusion. : ? : . How. far the total will run above the six-billion-dollar goal officials sv-ould not attempt to estimate tonight, [t all depends, they said, on whether big financial interests at the last mo ment filed the big lump sum subscrip tions expected of them and whether the number of smaller subscripti?hs by individuals is found to meet ex pectations. New subscriptions entered the last day and those made effective by pay ment of the 10 per cent installment probably will amount to a billion-and a half dollars for the entire nation,. it -was said. Before business opened this morning $4,599,718,450 bad^been^ reported to federal reserve banks: For the next five days banks in ev ery city and town will be busy add ing up subscriptions. Reports and payments then must be made to fed-. eral reserve banks, which are expected to take at least five days more to re port to the treasury. > Indications are that the number pt individaul subscribers will far exceed 20.000,000 and break all records; - of distribution of war bonds for either this nation or any other. . \ . . The honor roll of bond buyers ?^fll : include many who have not. partici pated in the first, second or third, lib erty loans, officials said. It will bear the names of subjects of other gov ernments, neutral and beUigerent, throughout the world. Germans in erned in camps in this country, and others whose sympathy is not with their native land, will be mrollecL-V . ? A large part: of the six billion ^ dol lars will be paid over to government account by banks through whom sub script ions were arranged by indivifl- - uais. The individual subscribers. then will take ten -months in which to- ^p-^ pay the banks .on the installmentj)hxn^ for the. bond Iqans.' Bonds w^be*^., iivered when the last t>aymenHhas ?been. made. The transaction repre sents the ? most' extensive W5hciue ?'{-?lr? popular lending and . borrowing, throufh banks ythat the countr?;fl?* ever seen. , ' . %f{: i According to official figures' aval. able. tonight at the treasury only the St. Louis and Minneapolis disWcto.had exceeded their quotas. Unofficial're ports credited several other districts with having passed'the 100 . per. cent, mark late today or early tonight, however. . TO BOYCOTT GERMAN GOODS. German-Owned Factories in S witzer? land to be Regulated. '- - _ Washington, Oct. 21.?Regulations intended to prevent German owned firms with factories in Switzerland from exporting their product under^ the guise of Swiss goods after, the" war, have been- adopted by Swiss chambers of commerce in connection , with the establishment of a new nat 1 j ional trade mark for all Swiss exports, ti The regulations provide that tise of the trade mark be confined to firms two-thirds of whose capital is Swiss and to goods that actually are made in Switzerland exclusively by the Swiss. It is known that many firms operating in the country which are 1 ^ostensibly Swiss, have been establish ed by German capila.1, or acquired frota their original owners by Ger manSmanufacturers, in order that an appare?ly neutral outlet might be-se cured foV German-made goods in the post-war pseriod. The president of the Geneva s?*amber of Commerce is quoted in advites received here a* stating that corxtrol of these will not be easy, bu$ thatSttje Chamber is alive to the probability^^ improper use of the trade mark and^Swiss manufac turers are being asked^te bring cases of this kind to official noliA HOLLAND INTERNS Gl Kaiser's Troojps Cut Off xby Belgians in Retreat from Eedoo. London, Oct. 20.?Fifteen thousand retreating German soldiers have been interned in Holland after being cut ofPby Belgian troops moving north ward from Eecloo, according to re ports from the frontier reaching Am sterdam and transmitted by the Ex change Telegraph Company. Belgian soldiers took charge of the Dutch-Belgian border last night and were received enthusiastically by the populace. pie:e acceptance would satisfy the United St?tes and the allies and that an effort by the Germans to evade the issue probably would cause the president promptly to refuse to con tinue the correspondence. In the report that the new note J would contain a defense of subma j rine warfare as a retaliatory measure the prospect was seen of an attempt to reopen this whole question?the jthe question which brought the United j States into the war. Such an attempt would be regarded here simply as another evidence of the failure of the j Germans to understand or to acknowl j edge the basis of the American ob 1 ject?on to their kind of warfare,