The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 23, 1918, Image 1
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
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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,