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title STJMTER WATCHMAN, Estab Consolidated Aug. 2,1 BATTLE fiOES OH. GERMANS IN THE FIELD NOT AL LOWED TO REST. Along Whole Battle Line in France British, French and American .^pops Make Further Gains and Reclaim Numerous Towns and Vil lages. Deserted by all her former allies; her great military machine in the process of destruction by the on sloughts of the entente allied armies, her dream of. world domination rude ly dissipated, Germany begs for a ces sation of hostilities notwithstanding the hard terms she knows she must pay. Scarcely had the decision of the supreme war council at Versailles With regard to a cessation of hostili ties with Germany been made public than .Germany was speeding emissar ies to Foch to learn what the com mander in chief's terms are to be. These representatives of Germany were reported by unofficial London to have reached the allied line. Meantime in France and Flanders the enemy forces are being given no rest. Along the whole battle line in France the British, French and American troops have made further material gains and reclaimed nu merous towns and villages. Thou sands more of Germans have been taken prisoner on all the sectors un der attack: Generally the enemy forces are in slow retreat, but never theless at some points they are offer ing sharp resistance, particularly against the Americans in the Meuse River region and the French in the old Argonne sector. The latest gains of the British on the western side of the battle front have been productive of the capture at. several towns of great importance, the gaining of more territory * east bf the Scheldt Canal where the Ca nadians are on the attack and in the taking of several railway junctions ol high strategic value. Along the Meuse the Americans continue steadily to push forward and at" last accounts were almost at the gates of Sedan, dominating point on the German line of communication to the. east. Both 'east and west of the' river the Germans have mater ially stiffened their resistance against the men from overseas, using large j numbers of machine guns and gas in j great quantities in an endeavor toi impede their progress. To the west of the American sec- ? tdr the - Germans near Rethel are j jrioTding a bridgehead to protect their, retiring armies east and west. In do- I tag so, however, they are forming; a dangerous salient in which capture is likely should the French break i through. Numerous additional cross- ! ings of the Aisne have been made: by the French. Altogether the sit-1 uateion of the German army is a crit- i real one. ~ COUNT ON POLLOCK. _^_ i Believe New Senator From South: Carolina and Gay of Louisiana Will' ; Support Suffrage Amendment, - Washington, Nov. 6.?With changes! in: the senate membership made by yesterday's elections, women suffra-i gists believe there is hope for adop- ? tl?'n of the suffrage constitutional amendment, which was defeated by j the senate October 1, last, by two j votes. Of the new senators taking their seats immediately, two?Gay of j L"?ui3iana succeeding Guion and Pol- j lock of South Carolina succeeding. Bo-net, are counted on to support the j resolution their predecessors opoos- j ed. Possibly after election change of sentiment by; other senators also| is hoped for by suffrage workers j These favoring the resolution be-1 iieve further senate changes in the] new congress are certain to develop! the requisite two-thirds vote. DIED FOR THE CAUSE. Jas. D. Evans, of Bishopville, Killed in Action. Bishopville, Nov. 5.?County Su pervisor C. T. Evans has received the: following telegram from Adjt. Gen.! Harris, of the war department: "Deeply regret to inform you that Private James D. Evans is officially j reported as having been killod in ac- > tion on September 30." He was in 110th infantry. He was 23 years old and was a son of the! late J. D. Evans, of-Spring Hill, a| grandson of H. H. Evans, Sr., and a : nephew of County Supervisor C. T. j Evans, of this place. He leaves two i brothers, H. H. Evans, Jr.. of Spring Hill, and Ramon Evans, who is njwj in. the United States navy, and two sisters. Mrs. Ida May James, of Rem ini. and Mrs. Lena Myers, of Hagood. j He was a great favorite of oA ur.cie, Mr. C. T. Evans. Just before he was to depart from Camp Sevier for France he left the camp wihout a pass and came to see his uncle, say ing then, that he would rather be punished than to go to France with out telling Mr. Evans good-bye. HUNS BREAK WITH RUSSIA. Demand Withdrawal of Russian Dip lomats'in Germany. Amsterdam, Nov. 6.?Germany has' demanded the withdrawal of all Rus sian representtaives in Germany, a Berlin dispatch today announce:-. The German representtaives in Russia, :t is added, have been recalled. An official report from Berlin say?: "The Russian diplomatic represen tatives will leave Berlin early today by special train for Russia." The discovery of Russian revolu tionary propaganda pamphlets, printed in German, in the baggage of a courier of the Russian embassy at Berlin, is probably the cause of the breaking off of diplomatic relations between Germany and the Russian j Soviet government. i?ed April, 1850. "Be Just a 881. SI the Finn mmm. \ CAPTURE OF DUX ACCOMPLISH-! ED IX BRILLLAXT ACTIOX. Americans Used Grappling Iron to j Scale Bare Walls of Canal and Wen ' a Great Victory. - I With the American Forces on the (Sedan front, Nov. 6.?4.30 p. m.? j j (By the Associated Press).?Ameri-i I can forces this afternoon were fighting ; ' within sight of Sedan, famous for the j I great battle fought in the Franco- j j German war in IS70. i From the hills in the region ol I Chemery and Maisoncelle, where the' ' Americans, according to last accounts,! I were advancing despite stubborn re-! ; sistance, the buildings are in plain \ view, being about six miles away. - j The crossing of the river Meuse i i and the capture of the town of Dun : j by the Americans, when its full de-j j tails are known, will rank as one oi j i the most gallant features of the en-1 ! tire operations northwest of Verdun. I I The troops who accomplished it will i i be entitled to rank as heroes, for j their work in militarily crossing the. i : stream was a strategic move of un- j j usual daring. i The crossing involved .the forcing! j of a way over the 160-foot river, a] j half-mile-wide stretch of mud and a j j 60-foot canal in the face of a fright- j ] ful enemy fire. It also involved swim-! I ming by those who knew how and j j the pulling of others over with ropes. I Grappling irons were used to scale j the sheer walls of the canal, along! whi h machine gunners had beer: j posted, under the fire of scores oi I batteries from the hills adjoining, j The order to cross the canal came ! at mid-afternoon Monday. The troops j received their grim instructions un j der sun which was shining for the j first time in days. The men knew al i most as well as their commanders the I difficulty of the task and realized how well nigh impossible its accom ; plishment would be. Yet they never j doubted or hesitated. { The orders were to send over one ! brigade' first, and if it failed to send I j another and others, one after the | ?? oth?r, if it became necessary. It wa:! j with dash that the Americans tackled J I the problem. Theoretically they had j ' the choice of crossing anywhere for! j five miles. Actually they were lim- ! ; ited to one point, where two-thirds j I of a mile of. mud .lay between the riv er itself, and the canal that roughly | parallels the river. ; The Germans were too firmly en j trenched at all other points. They \ had not protected themselves with j trenches here only because they nev- j er dreamed that the Americans would j be so daring as to try to negotiate the \ passage. This was a short distance j north of Brieulles. All the swimmers of the first bri- j gade were first singled out and put: in the van. It was intended to at-1 tack in this way on the theory that ! the swimmers were less likely to be j hit by the Germans owing to the i fact that they would be nearly sub-! merged. On the other hand they j could carry with them ropes and oth- ' er paraphernalia for assisting non- j swimmers across. The building of pontoon bridge? j was put. off until at least some Amer lean elements had crossed the river. >, Notwithstanding some losses and j the fact that the swimmers could not| defend themselves. many of them I reached the east bank of the river with lines which were drawn taut J across the stream. Others floated cr>! rafts and collapsible canvas boats.; These men had less success than the swimmers, because 'they we're bette? I marks for the enemy's rifles and th? ? boats could easily be sunk by bul" .si even if their occupants were net . ?t. I Close to where the swimmer.* i crossed the engineers began to throw: 'over pontoon bridges and a tiny foot j bridge. The pontoons were destroy-! ed by the enemy, but the bridge re- j mained intact and added materially j to the constantly increasing numbers: of men arriving on the west bank of; the river. Soon after dark the firs^ j bridge was across the first barrier and' more men were ready to make th? , journey. The second phase of the perilous; undertaking then began?the cross- j ing of the kilometre of mud stretch- J ing between the river and the canal, which though it was under a tremeh-: dous enemy fire, was not held by in- i fanntry. The Americans stumble'.":. across the mud through the wither- j ing fire. Their feet sank into the mud and soon the pace of the men j was slowed down to a laborious walk.] Nevertheless they got through, even if the task caused some depletion in j their numbers. ? The next phase constituted the j crossing of the narrower but deeper canal with its sheer sides and with j the Germans almost at the very top of the eastern edge. The swimmers j again got into action and plunged! through notwithstanding the enemy fire and scrambled to the top. Here1 the men divided their attention in; driving off the enemy, and helpingi non-swimmers across by the same; method used at the river. Tvoi bridges finally were laid by the en-i gineers, greatly facilitating crossings..; These two bridges withstood attempts j of the enemy to destroy th<-m and; contributed largely to the sp^ed in getting the American troops over. When the swimmers reached the j odffe of the canal they could not iar.'l : without the aid of grappling hooks, which had to be caught on to the top of the wall edging the canal soi that the swimmers could pull thorn-: selves up by means of ropes. It would have been a hard enough task for men undisturbed by the enemy's guns, but its accomplishment was al-J most inconceivably difficult under! the violent enemy fire. In their retreat east of the Mensej the Germans, according to reports, reaching American headquarters are) destroying property and cutting down, od Fear not?Let an the endi Thon Ah JMTER, S. 0., SAT?RD. HIIHS LOSE 6HEHT. SEND WIRELESS MESSAGE TO BELGIAN COMMANDER. They Will Withdraw From City and! Bog That Allies Do Not Fire on Su- I burbs. Giving Another Evidence oil Tbeir Cowardice. On Battle Front, Belgium, Tues day Night, Nov. 6.?Wireless dis-j patches were received this afternoon! at the headquarters of General; Beaurians from the Germans saying; they had decided to abandon Ghent j and asking the Belgians not to lire on j the suburbs of the town where the! white flag had been raised. American troops from Ohio undo: Gen. Farnsworth, played - Treat parij in the relief of the city . j an attack on Eecke Canal, which was taken by storm yesterday. KEEPING HUNS ON TIDE RUN. i_ French Front is a Busy Place Today With Whole Froce Chasing Ger mans. Paris, Nov. 7.?Along the entire [French front the pursuit of the re I tiring Germans was taken up agair. ! this morning, it was officially an nounced. The French cavalry ha gone into action on the right and it pushing in the direction o' the Meuse. AT BELGIAN BORDER. British are Pushing Germans Out of France North of Valenciennes. < London, Nov. 7.?The British arc continuing their progress along the Franco-Belgian battle line North east of Valenciennes they have reach jed the outskirts of Quievrain Crespin I close to the Belgian border, it is of ! ficially announced. ! M?i?iSJ?KE SE???. [VITALLY IMPORTANT POSITIO> ON MEUSE OCCUPIED. i Gen. Pershing's Army Has Cut Ger \ j man Communications Between Met: 1 and Armies in Belgium and North ern France. With Americans on Sedan Front, j Nov. 7, 1.45?The Americans toda? entered that part of Sedan that lier on the west bank of the Meuse. Th? bridge over which the retreating ene i my fled has been destroyed and th river valley flooded. The ? principal German lateral line of communication between the fort -ess of Metz and Northern France and Belgium are now either cut c: unavailable for the enemy's use Since November 1st the American j have taken six thousand prisoner. I and liberated two thousand civilians PERSHING REI?ORTS GAINS. Important Advances on Both Sides o The Meuse. Washington, Nov. 7.?Importan advances by the American first arm: yesterday on both sides of the Meus* are reported by Gen. ?Pershing. Wes of the river German positions were taken but onl> after a bitter struggle RETREATING ON 75-MILE FRON* Allies in Pursuit Cross Franco-Bel sian Frontier?Moratal Forest T:?. ken London, Nov. 5 (By the Associate Press).?The Germans are retreatinr on a 75-mile front from the rive Scheldt to the river Aisne. In the face of the German retrea the situation changes so rapidly, hou* by hour that it is impossible to giv a definite idea of the allied advance Roughly, the allies have crossed thr Franco-Belgian frontier between Va enciermes and Bavay, which is eigh miles west of the fortress of Mau berge. The allies are within tw miles of Bavay. They have captured the Mormal forest except the easterr edge. Then the line runs from Mareiilet to the western edge of Nouvron for est, two miles east of Guise, tw< miles south of Marie and along th\ Serre front to Clermont river and then in a straight line to Chateau P- -cien. Owing to the bad weather e al lied pursuit has lost touch with the enemy's main body. French troops have crossed the Ar dennes canal on both sides of Leches ne and have advanced for a distanc j of about a mile. The A nericans have forced th-: j bridge head south of Dun, on the riv-1 er Meuse, but have not yet occupied ! Dun. -?-_? SEIZE GERMAN NAVY. Sensational Report of Revolution at j Kiel, German Naval Base. London, Nov. 7.?The entire Ger-i man navy and a part of Schleswig:: i are in the hands of revolutionist? ac cording to reports received at Copen-; ha gen from Keil and transmitted by j the Exchange Telegraph. j trees along the roadways. Amor!-] can aviators, reported today that] the highway from Steriay northward! to Olizy-sur-Chiers is blocked every! few yards by trees across the road.; The destruction begins just beyond Stenay and extends northeast and north for ten miles. The plight of. the retreating Germans on the entire; western frc t. is critical. The Germans it is believed hav.-: used all their reserves on the fron: opposite the Americans, the last en emy division in reserve on this see tor having been thrown back in des perate efforts to stem the American; advance. ns't at be thy Country'*. Thy tiod'o I ?.Y, NOVEMBER 9, 19] PREMATURE PE?0E NEWS. REPORT CIRCULATED THAT GER MANS HAD SIGNED AR MISTICE. Officials in Washington Have Receiv ed No News That Terms Have Been Presented to German Envoys. Washington, Nov. 7.?Navy cable censors reported today that an un official message had come through from abroad announcing that the. Germans had signed the armistice terms delivered by Gen. Foch. No authority is given for the statement. Neither the American government nor any of the allied embassies or war missions had been advised even that Gen. Foch had presented the ar mitsice terms. It was assumed, how ever, that the German envoys had been conducted through the French lines sometime during the day. UNDER WHITE FLAG. German Peace Envoys Will Reach Headquarters Tonight. By thp Associated Press. Paris, Nov. 7, 3.35 P. M.?Four German officers, bearing white flags, it is announced officially, probably will arrive at the headquarters oi Marshall Foch Thursday night. ARMISTICE NOT SIGNED. Official Statement Authorized by Sec retary Lansing. By the Associated Press. Washington, Nov. 7.?It was offi cially announced here at 2.15 this af ternoon that the Germans had not signed the armistice terms. Secretary of State Lansing author ized the statement that the Germar armistice delegation would not be received by Marshall Foch until " o'<?Iock this afternoon. CM HUNS MAKE STAND ? LINE OF MEUSE SEEMS IMPOS SIBLE. Believed That Germans Will be Un able to Resist There for Extender. Period. With the French Forces on th Aisne Front, Nov. 6, 2.30 P. M. (B> the Associated Press).?The retrea. of the Germans on the eastern win... of the French battle front continue*. all along the line today except a Rethel. There the Germans an holding a bridgehead to protec :heir retirement towards Mezieres. developments in the past 43 horn seem to have made it impossible fo. ihe Germans to utilize the line of the Meuse, except for temporary resist ance here and there to ease their re treat to another position. With the .\feuse turned by General Pershing'. forces, the only solid line upon whici". the Germans can fall back is th Rhine. The resistance of the enemy a' Rethel while French trops hav-. formed on a long front from the Ar dennes Canal to La Cassinc on th. oast and along the Ecly-Seraincout i Road to the west has created anothe* pocket which is seriously menaced o:; both sides. The French artillery is now able tc command the important railroad junction at Amagne-Lucquy from where the Mezieres line branches ofi' French patrols maintained contact with the rear guards of the enemy during the night and advance wa resumed at dawn all along the line. . A passage of the River Aisne wa forced between Attigny and Rethe: while further west a foothold wa: gained on the north bank of the rive at Barby. A French engineering- corps work ing under fire of the enemy artillerj is throwing more bridges across the Aisne and the Ardennes Canal. CONVICTS ON WAR ftrORK. West Virginia Has Plan to Utilize In mates orf Prisons. Charleston. W. Va., Nov. 6.?It is likely that West Virginia will be one of the first States to uti:ize her id] convicts on essential war labor. At: nouncement has been made by Chas M. Browne, labor supervisor for the railroad administration, that ma; prisoners in Moundsville state peni tentiary probably will be put on traci< and other construction work .beirr done by and for the government, per mission to take convicts from their cells for this purpose having beer; granted by the Statt board of pub lic works. There has been much agi tation favorable to putting convicted prisoners on work which is lagging because of insufficient men to per form it. FOCH TO RECEIVE DELEGATES. Notifies German Commander Hou Delegates Shall Proceed. London. Nov. 7.?Marshal- Foc^ has notified the German high com - mand that if Germany's armistic^ delegation wishes to meet him it shall advance to the French lines along the) Chima3r, Founnies, Lacapelle and! Guise roads. From the French our-j posts the plenipotentiaries will be conducted to the place decided upon < for the interview. j RIOTS TS HAMBURG. - Huns Pra<*t:oe Frightfulness Amongst: Thonisclves. London. Nov. 7.?The Wolf Bureau of Berlin announci-s that all wot1-, had stopped .it Hamburg owin~ ;o n slriko, and that undisciplined acts] rind outrages were taking place. Sim-j ilar occurrences are reported at j Luebeck. Mid Tnrtfc's." THE TRUE L8 j SEID WOULD PARLEY. I ARMISTICE TERMS SOON IN HANDS OF GERMANS. Several Days May Elapse Before De cision as to Acceptance or Rejection is Made Known?Delegates Will, Deliver Conditions to General Staff, j I Washington, Nov. 6.?Armistice; i terms prepared for Germany by the | I supreme war council soon will be in: ; the hands c1 German emissaries now j I on their way from Berlin to the wes- j j tern front, but the time that must j j elapse before there is a decision as to j ) their acceptance or rejection probab ly will depend largely upon the pow- j I er with which the German delegation j has been clothed. There is nothing here to indicate! just what authority has been con-1 f erred upon these representatives of the German government. The offi cial announcement from Berlin via j London today said. "A German dele gation to conclude an armistice and take up peace negotiations has left | for the western front," but the lan guage employed may or may not be significant. J Officials here have assumed thai the German representatives after se curing the terms from Marshal Foch will transmit them by telegraph or convey them personally to the Ger man high command in the field for i\ is understood to be the purpose in the present case, as was done with Aus tria, Bulgaria, Turkey, to deal with the armistice as purely a military is sue between the military commands. Should this procedure be followed, it is regarded here as probable thai several days may elapse while the German general staff, now nominal ly at least, subordinate to the civil government, can consider the con diticns laid down and reach a decis ion. There can be no argument a~ to the terms, no matter how harsh they may appear to the Germans The only course left to Germany ir to accept or reject them. Meantime Marshal Foch is expected to continue the pressure on the Teutonic armies which now threatens their safety along a 200 mile front. No announcement has yet beer made when the terms of the armis cice will be made public. Their pub lication very probably will be delay ed until Germany has reached a de I cision with regard to their accept [ ance or rejection. SMITH LEADS IN NEW YORK. Democrat Seem to Have Defetacd Whitman for Governor os? New York. New York, Nov. 6.?Alfred E Smith, Democratic candidate fc< governor, maintained a lead of 12,Ol)', over Governor Whitman, his Repub lican opponent, in the race for gov ernor, late tonight with only 51 dis tricts missing out of the total of 7, 2SO in the State. The districts lack ing were in remote rural sections u; j .State and although they are nor I mally Republican, it seemed improb : able that they could wipe out Smith'. ] advantage. The vote stood: Smith 987,242; Whitman 974.873. While Governor Whitman spent the day in conference with Repub lican leaders, Smith went to Syra cuse with several attorneys and ad visers to discuss the situation witl State Chairman Kellogg. It was evi dent both party organizations wen preparing x'or emergencies. It seemed probable tonight tha*' even if Smith maintained his smal j lead on the face of the unofficial re ; turns the Republicans would -nor I concede the defeat of Governor Whitman until after the ballots had been officially canvassed. The Democrats in this city profess ed confidence that their candidate'. advantage would not be materialiy reduced but asserted that even if it was cut to a smaller figure he would ; have pulled through by the soldier j vote. The Republicans conceded the de I feat of Lieut. Gov. Edward Schoeneck j of Syracuse, who sought reelection. ADMITS AMERICAN SUCCESS. I Berlin Reports Pcrshing's Men Cross- j ing the Meuse. j j Berlin, v ia London, Nov. 6.?Ameri- j I can troops yesterday advanced across j the river Meuse south of Dun, under j ! a violent protective fire and pene- j trated the woods and heights on the I ? east bank of the river between Mili> j and Vilosnes, the German general i j staff announced today, j The Germans, the statement added. I have been withdrawn from the front-, i j betwee-i the Scheldt and the Oise, and I between the Oise and the Meuse. i The statement adds that between* j the Sr heldt and the Oise the Germans j [ have withdrawn and that Allied j j troops yesterday in their attacks on ; j that front stormed positions which; j had been evacuated. The allied line j i Tuesday evening was west of B.ivay j I along the eastern edge of the Mormal; [forest, east of Landrecies and east ofj i Guise. i I - I SENATE IN DOUBT. Republicans arc Not Yet Sure of Sen- j ate Control. Washington. Nov. 7.?Control of! the senate is still in doubt this morn ing on the face of the returns from j three States where the contests con tinue close. In the house the Repub-' Mean majority was increased when three seats from South Dakota were conceded to them. Three seats are still in doubt, in South Dakota. New Mexico and Montana. The standin?: of the house without these three seat is: Republicans 236: Democrats 19"?. In the senate without th ? doubful seats from Michigan. New Mexico and Idaho the standing is: i Republicans 47; Democrats, 46. ; SOCTBBON. EnaiHahed fans, >*??? VoLXLVII. No. 26. BB?T?LiTY IN BELGIUM. CIVILIAN POPULATION SHELLED WITH GAS. Heartrending Scenes Have Occur red?People Having No Means of Defense Against Gas. Washington, Nov. 6.?German forces in their retreat from Belgium are bombarding defenseless towns, using especially gas shells, and de vastating the countryside, according to an eye witness account made public today by the Belgian legation. "The Belgian government has been informed," said the statement, "by a reliable ey*e witness who follows closely the operations at the "Belgian front, that at the very moment that the German government has ah j nounced her protest against inhumane acts and while Germany offers to j stop aerial bombardments in the in [ terior of the civil population of the i occupied territory the Germans have bombarded the villages and towrur which they were obliged to abandon during their retreat; they have used especially gas shells for this purpose. "Indescribably heartrending scenes have occurred, the unfortunate pop ulation having no gas masks or means I of protection against these s death spreading fumes. A Belgian soldier entering Wyng heme, his home town, found his wife dying and his little daughter dead, j victims of the poison gas, and his home a heap of ruins. The cowxtry all around Ghent., the rich and *beah tiful cultivated fields and pastures, the picturesque villages of Hans B?ke Langheim, Nevele, Laethem, Saint Martin and Tronchiennes present a horrible sight of devastation and. havoc. Not a church was spared from destruction. "Amongst the civilian population hiding in the cellars there have .been a great many deaths from gas?27 In ihe village of Kansbeke alone. A por tion of the population who had- fled from their homes during the fighting and bombardment found on their - return mere ruins and debris?trees had been cut down, houses ransack ed, furniture smashed to pieces, fields devastated. "From these facts, one may apr preciate how hypocritical are the hu manitarian preparations and pro testations of the' German govern ment." The legation also made public a captured order of a Bavarian division, commander as further evidence that the Germans are robbing and loot ing Belgium. The order says: "Regretable as'is the situation of the Belgian populace the question, of supplies for our troops, heavily .en gaged at the front, must remain >?or us of paramount importance. Fox? reason the last draft horse, the lasts^ I vehicle must be requisitioned and f used to the greatest advantage. Com manders of the various omits and men must take into account that the at titude of the population towards us has been completely modified. Since the situation has been altered one must not expect to find in the Bel gians the same docility that has char- ; i acterized them through the past I years of our warfare. They must be [ considered strictly as the population of an enemy state with which we are at war. Therefore, it is particularly forbidden to assist the civilian popu lation in any way; military interests alone should be considered. The I products of the country must be utilized solely in our own interest." I SUBMERGED PONTOON BRIDGES. Germans Devise New Scheme to CJross Rivers and Escape Capture. London, Oct. 25 (Correspondence) ?In their retreats across the rivers In France, says the Dajily Express the Germans saved a number of their men by a new kind of pontoon. This does not rest on the surface of the water but is sufficiently submerg ed to enable men to walk across with out being floated off. This precaution j exposes the troops far less to fire ef I fects than if they walked across in I full view in the ordinary way. - i SPANISH CABINET RESIGNS. King Alfonso Has Trouble in Keep ing Men on the Job. j Madrid, Nov. 7.?After a long ses I si on of the chamber today Premier Maura went to King Alfonso to sub mit the resignation of the entire cab inet. REVOLT IN HAMBURG. BSoody Fighting Going on in Streets Today. Copenhagen, Nov. 6.?A revolt has broken out in Hamburg, and violent fighting is in progress in the streets of the city when the correspondent of the Politiken at Hamburg sent the dispatch. ? CURZON GOES TO FRANCE. Member of British War Council Leaves London on Official Business. London. Nov. 6.?Earl Curzon, a member of the British war council, nas gone to the continent on official business. NAVY TO BE REPRESENTED. Lord Weymess Will Take Part in The Armistice Negotiations. London. Nov. 7.?It is officially an nounced that Sir Roslyn Weymess, first sea lord of the admiralty will be the British naval representative at the armistice negotiations. > Word From Br'er Williams. When you think you istat de end oT de road, don't riing up bekaze you find dar's one mo' river ter cross. Dat's a big compliment from Providence ter de grit an' git dar what's in you.?* Atlanta Constitution.