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nur of mm. FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE BOLSHEVIK!. Leader of Socialists Proclaims lie public and Organizes Committee of Workmen and Peasants. Paris, Nov. 9.?Herr Kurt Eisner, a Munich newspaper man, prominent in Socialist circles, is the leader of the revolution which has broken out in Bavarian capital, according to in formation received here. Some of the reports designate him as president of the Bavarian republic, which has been proclaimed, Eisner, the advices added, has organized a committee of workmen, soldiers and peasants sim ilar to the Russian soviet, in many respects. BAVARIAN TROOPS WITHDRAWN Prembier Tells German Government That His Soldiers are Needed at Home. Paris, Nov. 7.?There is reason to helieve, according to a Berne dis .patch to The Temps, that the pre mier of Bavaria has sent an urgent note to the German government t-> the effect that if an armistice is not ' concluded without delay, he will bo obliged officially to order the Bavar ian troops to return from the front. This action, it is 'added, would be taken owing to the fact that Bavaria is menaced on her southern frontier by allied forces and that the internal situation in Bavaria is unsatisfactory. PRICE FIXING TJNNECESSA11V. __________ i President Will he Advised by Com mittee on Cotton. Washington, Nov. 7.?Fixing of prices of raw cotton is unnecessary and -impracticable President Wilson will be told by the cotton investigat ing '.committee of the war industries board. This announcement was mad* tonight by Dr. . Thomas W. Page, chairman of the committee. The commitee's conclusion, Dr. Page said, was base*3 on the fact thai there is no prospect of a shortage ol cotton and the belief that the cotton distribution committee can secure a proportionate marketing of the lower as well as the higher grades cf col ton more effectively by other meth ods. Continuance of the wor this-committee is recommended. Lr. Page's statement was said tc embody the essential points of the re port which the committee will pre sent'soon to the president. It is said that.there would be no way of enforc ing a fixed price except through "the readiness of the government to pur chase" the entire cotton crop. This. ? the statement continued, would" involve the closing of cotton exchanges, while merchants, bank ers -and other intermediaries wouh. be seriously affected and many prbb ablyj put entirety out of business. Th? establishment at great cost of a gov ernment system of inspection am. certification also Would be necessary it was said, if price fixing were under take?. SUGAR WITH CEREALS. Food Administration Modifies Ruling Restaurants and hotels throughout the'State have been notified by th. food administration that, with the ? per cent, increase in the sugar ration which became effective November 1. that?-is, three pounds for each 9' meals served in place of two pound: for jthat number of meals, cereals o. fruit may be served to patrons, with sugar, provided not more than one teaspoonful of sugar is served with fruit or cereal, this in addition t sogar served for tea or coffee. Sine thie country was put on a sugar ratio: it has been impossible, until now. fo: hotels, restaurants and public eatin plaoes to serve cereals or fruit an?, coffee, all with sugar and at the on< mea^; and this has been very in con venieht to many patrons who hav< been accustomed to making theii breakfast on cereals or fruits, wit: coffee; but the ruling was accepte 'ungrumblingly as a general proposi tion, and when waiters have tob their patrons that only one teaspoon ful of sugar could be served?whicl wouid obviously leave none for eith er the coffee or the fruit or cereal it has been with a smile and a chang of the order that this has been hear( Now, however, the food administra tion says that the sugar supply is suf fielen to permit of half as much agai being used, which permits of on teaspoonful for coffee and one tea spoonful for fruit or cereal. Thl rule , can not be stretched; howevei to permit of sugar for l>oth fruit an? cereal at the one meal. One sma lump is the allowance for demitasse. High School Football. The Sumter High School footbal squad has been putting in some yer. har<jl practices and ail they need no is enough boys to scrimmage ever; day and they will need this har? work to defeat the Columbia lean next we*k. News comes from Coiuni bia that they have an exceedingly goo team this year and as good or be; ter than the one last year, it will b remembered that last year their tea:; played a good game and it was on! Sumter's '"pep" that won that gam< so Sumter will have to do some har? work to win the game this year. The beys are practicing, every -da at 3.30 and they are in a very g<><; condition, having fully recovered fron the -St. Mtathews game and those th; were sick are out and on the j? again. The next game in Sumter will b with Florence on Thanksgiving . Flor ence has had the* St?te" ch?mplonshi for the last two years and now tha Sumter is in good shape, the boys ar? willing to try for it. The admission that day will be 2f> and 50c. Ladie 20c. Game called at 3.30. Praise for Wilson. London. Nov. 7.? United praise j accorded by the London mornin newspapers today to President VVil son's note to Germany. Emphasis ii la id "generally/on the fact th; t th communication leaves the allies lib erty of action in connection with th question of freedom of the seas. GERMANS [j BEVOLT. uprising ix northwestern germany not attended by serious dis tlkbances. But it Has Spread to Hanover. Olden burg and Other Cities?Quiet in Sclileswi^r Today According ic Latest Reports. Copenhagen. Nov. 9.?The uprising in northwestern Germany, according to the only direct news from Ger many early today, was reported to hare spread to Hanover, Oldenburg and other cities. Generally the re volt is not attended by serious dis ; turbances. Reports from the Danish ; border town of Vamdrup say that ail I is quiet in Schleswig. I RAINBOWS WITH REGULARS. ! - Americans Cover Themselves With. Glory. i - i j With the American Army on thr j Sedan Front, Nov. 7, 10.30 P. M. (By j the Associated Press).?It was con | tingents of the noted Rainbow Di vision and of the First Division thai I made the final whirlwind dash into ! Sedan. It is now permissible to mention . the division which participated in the I famous drive that cleared that part ! of France west of the Meusc occu : pied by the' Americans. It was the ; Second Division which, operating ai the center made the strenuous push ; on the afternoon of the day the Ger i mans began to weakken and nressed J forward until it controlled the height [below Beaumont. This made possible j the shelling of the Mcziores-Mei: ! Railroad. j The Fifth Division (regulars J ? crossed the Meuse under machine gu: ! fire, aided by the Thirty-second Pi ! vision and covered themselves wi? : glory for four successive days, i Continuing its successes in th i Ar.^onne Forest, the Seventy-seventl (Division fouirht its stubborn way up ward alonjr Bohrgonrie Wood, in con junction with the Seventy-eighth. ] -_ I misuse red cross insignia ; With the American Army in j France, Oct. -~> (Correspondence o: [the Associated Press)?Misuse of th j Red Cross emblem by the German ?army is bringing bitter comment fron. American officers in position to knou what is being done. A lieutenant ii the medical corps and an infantry of j ficer assert that "a,ll the stories tob ? about German army's devilish and in [ human tactics a re true.*' Taught to respect the Red Cros: j flag, American troops were led in] many an ambuscade by Boche trick ! cry in the display of this insignia [ And what has incesed the American j tlje most is the fact that the Ger i mans refused to recognize the Re? ] Cross emblem at any time, j "?eforc going to the fron; 1 wa inclined to doubt some of the stprie J eing circulated about trie Ger i mans," said the medical officer, "bu j after one month in the front lines . can believe anything that is sab against them. They are so guilty c inhuman and barbarous acts them j selves that they refuse to respect th use Of the Red Cross by the allies Their use of the lied Cross insigni is one of the bigerest crimes the; ought to be made to answer for afte the war." One of the tricks used by the Boch was to plant a Red Cross flag in th tower of a church of a village in th path of the advancing Americans. Re specting it, the infantry would no" call for any concentration of artillery fire on these buildings. The American troops upon takin: one particular village advanced upo: a church, from which was displaye; a Red Cross Bag. without suspectin' any trick. When they wore withii short range, a murderous machin gun fire was poured into their rank from the windo'ws and towers of th church. When the Americans final'! ganied the interior. they found si machine guns, manned by a platoo of sturdy Boehes?not a sign of an hospital or dressing station. Need less to say no prisoners were taken. Sharks and Seagulls Follow Subs. On Board an American Destroyer i. French Waters, Sept. (Correspond ence of the Associated Press). Sharks and seagulls, the scavenger, of the sea have learned to follow i the wake of the submarines an watch and wait for the food likely t come from the wreckage of mer chant vessels destroyed by the Ge: man sea wolves. This fact has beer, observed by the commanders o American destroyers and is used .? a clue to hunt down the Hun at soa The presence of schools of shark and Uoc-ks of seagulls puts the saei of the American destroyers on th tip-toe of expectation when they.ar hunting for a periscope in the patl of American transports. One corn mander returning to port the o*hc day said: **We saw a good man} sharks and [locks of seagulls an these, you know; are a. pretty goqt sign of submarines." ?'Afcr several years of sinkings ?... submarines, the sharks and sea f?>\\ | nave formed the habit of following ii I the wake of submarines knowing tha food is likely to come from th" wreck ige. Whether it is cargo throw, overboard from the freighter o wreckage thrown up from the tor pedo explosion male es no difference the appearance of sharks and bird usually means that there are sub marines around." Ofliccrs Needed. Washington. Nov. 7.?Tin- war de partmeht announced that severa 'housaad men experienced in admin str;.-tion. production and engineerim are needed as officers to fill vacancie in various si .-iff corps of the army Older men who have been placed P p<"-;-:.')! oi- limited service classes <> [in deferred classification other than essential industries are wanted par 'icularly. Application should bo mad [ to local branches of the Milit?r: Training Camps Association. It may be hard to tell who is load ing the German armies, but we ??' know who is running the:.:. : (. Lou; otar. i LISI LINE Olli. CAPTURE OF MAUBEUGE SEV ERS GERMAN'S COM .MIN f. CATION. Gen. Pershing's F?rst Army Has Ad vanced Thirty Miles in Eight Days. Washington, Nov. 9.?The capture of Maubeuge by the British marks the definite severance of the last Ger man artery to that sector of the west front. This will make it im possible for the enemy to shift his forces to meet a new attack. General March stated today. German occupied ter ritory in France has been reduced from ten thousand to less than twenty-live hundred square miles. The first American army under Gen. Pershing has advanced thirty miles in the last eight days. WAR WORK MEETING. Negroes Will Hold Mass Meeting in intercut of War WTork Campaign. On Saturday, November I'Ith. at 12 o'clock noon, there will be a big coun ty, negro United War Work Cam paign patriotic mass meeting held in Sumter to be addressed by Dr. E. L Baskerville, State Negro Assock?o Executive Secretary of the Firs: United Wrar Work Campaign. At the meeting of the negro com mittees held yesterday to confer with county chairmen of' the negro divis ion A. C. Phelps and E. I. Heard on Dr. Enskerville delivered one of th< most eloquent and oommon-sens<. speeches ever delivered in Sumte: Iiis talk so impressed the white an "? colored eommitteernen present that it was unanimously resolved that h-. he invited to address a meeting Oi Sumter county colored citizens next Saturday. Dr. Baskerville is a ne gro of whom the colored race ma> well feel proud, and he gives to hi* race a lino of talk that is worth much to the negroes anW the whit' people of South Carolina and the en tire South, not only for the present but for the future. By request o the white chairman a section of th< opera House will be reserved foi white citizens. Rev. I. D. Davis and Rev. A. J. Ar drews. together with the ' chairmar and vice chairman of the ten town ship chairmen and four City of Sum ter ward ehairmen and vic^ chair men were appointed committee o' arrangements to advertise the mas meeting. It was also suggested an unanimously adopted that this com mittee provide for a special choir o several hundred colored men and wo men to sing during the meeting. Mr. F. .J. B?ker, War V. M. C. A secretary and district director f?"'1 Sumter, Lee and Clarendon counties was present, and delivered a very in teresting and patriotic talk to tie eommitteernen and committee worm-: present. Chairman A. C. Phelps. ir charge of the organization of th? ne^ro division of Sumter county als made a short but impressive speecl which inspired his hearers to get bus: and put Sumter county "over th top" in next week's campaign. Eight townships and wards wor< represented at yesterday's meeting out of fourteen, and the six othe: township ehairmen had previously reported and received instruction' and pledge cards. Of the eight townships and ware represented all but one reported or ganization of committee for work There will be a number of mos: ineetings at negro churches over th? county tomorrow to be addressed Iv white and negro speakers. UNITED WAR WORK. City of Sumter. Ward 3, S. J. McDon aid Chairman. District No. 1?Main Street?J. C Prioleau, Capt. District No. 2?Sumter St.?Mis M. E. Glover, Capt. District No. 3?Washington St.?M J. Frederick, Capt. District No. 4?Council St.?S. ,1 McDonald, Capt. District No. 5?Wright, Salem am Blanding Sts.?Mrs. Anna Boykin Capt. District No. 6?Purdy and Edward. St,?Mrs. C. A. Lawson, Capt. District No. 7?Walker Ave.?A. P Spears, Capt. District No. 8?N. W. R. R. Ave ? Prof. C. A. Lawson, Capt. District No. 9?West Liberty St.? Mrs. P. It. Spears, Capt. District No. 10?Bartlett St.?E. E Jones. Capt. District No. 11?Oakland Ave?R J vV. Westberry, Capt. District No. 12?Dingle St.?Mis lurrie Wilson, Capt. District No. 13?Bee and William: Sts.?A. R. Donnelly, Capt. District No. 14?Atlantic Ave. an; Hoyt Heights?S. P. Williams, Capt Every captain is asked to raise a least $200. as ?ve want to go over th: cop with our apportionment of $2, 000 from Ward Th?-ee. The worker of Ward Three are asked to mec t a R. W. Westberry's office at lo A. SI tfiarp next Saturday, November lGtf. and make complete reports. Pleas begin work at onc? . ' S. .J. McDonald, Chairman. J. C. Prioleau, Secretary. The world war is not yet ended but it is entering upon the final .-;tj.^'? Sven when the Huns surrender an submit to the terms dictated by Gen Foch. the war work will not be ove ir;d the services of the y. Mi C. A ?ind kindred organizations wil Iv needed for months to come. There fore every American should make generous contribution to the Unite* War Work fund as thank offerin that he fighting is over. Washington. Nov. 7.?Complete ?nd final liberation of the people:! o lie Eastern Mediterranenn count ir from the oppression of the Turks .in b?' establishment <>i governments de riving their authority from the rr> 'hoice of ih<- native populations ::r 'In- aims of France and Great Brit a in. The County Fair is less than two weeks off and those who have not pade arrangements to assist in mak ing it :i success by sending exhibits oiiouid do so at onca. GERMANS DRIVEN OUT OF MOST IMPORTANT F?1 111 JESS. Advance in Belgium Proceeds Rap idly?British Cross River Scheldt on a Wide Front. London. Nov. 9.?The British have j captured Maubeuge fortress, it was announced today. South of Mau beuge the British are pushing east-1 ward and are well beyond the Aves- j nes-Maubeuge road. ; In Flanders the British have cross- j ed the rives Scheldt on a wide front, j and have established themselves on; j the east bank. - AMERICANS CONTINUE ADVANCE ; i : ! ; In Face of Strong Enemy Fire Amor- I icans Make Progress Along the j Meuse Front. With Americans, Sedan Front Nov. j 9.?By The Associated Press.?The j American army east of the Meuse \ continued to advance today despite I strong enemy machine gun fire. They ; progressed both north and south of ' Danvillers, along the line of the j Meuse front from Sassey to Marlin- j : court last was marked by artillery j !and machine gun firing. FORWARD MARCH. French Resume Their Victorious i March This Morning. i Paris. Nov. 0.?The French this j morning? resumed t.hejr forward j march along the entire front, it i> I officially announced. I DRIVEN FROM HEIGHTS OI MEUSE. j Germans Lose Important Position to the Americans. Washington, /Nov. 9.?Wresting j j from the enemy of his last hold on t the heights east of the Meuse is re sported by Gen. Pershing in his Fri ; day evening communique. MAY SUSPEND DRAJ-T. i Gen. Crowder Calls Conference to Con sider Matter. >i Washington, Nov. 8.?Gen. Crowd ? I er called into conference today the' - heads of all sections of his office to ? j discuss the possible suspension of the ; i November draft calls, under which H more than three hundred thousand > I have been ordered to army camps. ! j Are You Planting More Wheat? Clems?n College, S. C., Nov. 7.? i To-aid in the promotion of the fa! i'ovd campaign the Agronomy Divis 1 ion of tin.- Extension Service make: ? some good suggestions on planting wheat in South Carolina, j Soiis for \\ heat?Wheat requires 'ja fertile soil, preferably a clay or a j clay loam. It will grow successful!: Ion the lighter sandy soils only when jh'-aviiy fertilized- The soil should De well drained and should not b< low and marshy. preparing the land?If the iand i: j to be plowed in preparation fo: ; wheat it should be plowed as carjb ? j as possible and medium deep. Lane I should not be piowed deep just be , j tore planting, as wheat needs a firm ! soil with a loose mulch on the sur I face. Much of the wheat will, of neces - i sity. be planted on corn and cotton I land. This can be done by using a j one-horse drill. It can also be don? ; by seeding broadcast and plowing ii. with a cultivator or spring-toothed harrow. Fertilizers for Wheat.?The best fertilizer for wheat which is availaba to the farmer at the present time P a mixture of equal parts of acu phosphate and cotton seed meal ap plied at the time of seeding and a; the rate of 400 to 500 pounds pet acre. It is advisable to top dres: wheat in March with 100 pounds o. nitrate of soda per acre if it is avail ? able. If the nitrate of soda is not available it will be profitable to toi dress with barn-yard manure earl\ in the spring. Time to Plant?^Anytime from th< middle of October to the first of De cember will be satisfactory, but th* sooner wheat is up after the firs killing frost the better it will be. Amount of Seed to Plant?Tht best rate of seeding is 4 to 6 peck: per acre. Best Varieties to Plant?Some o: the best varieties of wheat for Soutb Carolina are Red May. Fultz, Ful caster, Blue Stem (purple straw) and Leap's Prolific. Shock Was Too Severe. Once there was a woman who mov J ed into an apartment and found ev | crything swept and scrubbed and as clean as if she had done it herself The shock left her lying helpless or the floor, but soon she managed U drag herself to the telephone, where her strength fast ebbing away, sht gave central a number. Presently a voice came over the telephone. *3 just wanted to tell you." said the suf fering woman, "how thankful I an to find the apartment in such loveh condition. You are one in a million. ;ind I shall never forget?" There was a sudden clatter- a1 lb* other end of the line. The woman who had just moved out of tin- apart ment fell to the floor with .a crash tearing the telephone connection: from their fastenings. She had swooned, for though she bad clcane; apartments annually since her wed ding day. no succeeding tenant had j ever admitted it before. Th<n- mot in lite hospital three weeks later, in a. ward marked '"Quiet." Both recovered slowly anc whiled away the long hours gettin? acquainted. They became friends? ?<uch good friends, indeed, that thej have canceled their leases, broken ui housekeeping, and have moved thei; husbands off to a family hotel, in or der that they may be together for ever and forever.- -Kansas City Star Death of Mrs. R. A. Lapslcy. News was received today of th- i death in Afton. Ya.. of Mrs. r?. A j Lapsley. formerly Miss Meile Me j Cutchen, of Wisaeky. She was buried ! today at Bethel Church. August: ! ? ?ounty. Ya.. wh>efe her husband w:i J pastor ror msLny years. i We'll Not Break Faith. We'll not break faith with you who die: We'll hold the Torch .so high, so high, That you who sleep where poppies blow Between the Crosses, row on row, Will hear the shout and hear the cry, Of frienzied legions rushing by, To avenge the wrongs to your who lie In Flanders fields where poppies grow. And not until the Hun's undone And not until the victory's won, Will we send answer back to you, We have been true We have been true. ?Eliabeth Kerrison Ricker. Mrs. E. P. Ricker, Sumter, S. C. LIVE STOCK CONSERVATION. State Council of Defense Undertakes to Reduce Loss of. Live Stock. The less of livestock killed on rail road rights of way is excessive in the South, being double per mile the loss in the West and triple the loss in the Northeast. The annual drain in South Carolina runs approximately to $00, 000.00. In ordinary times this would be a matter between the individual stock owners and the railroads. Now, how ever, it is of national import, and forms no small part of our State's Food Conservation program. For whether ijeace comes in ' three months or twelve, America must con tinue to feed the world for anothet year at least. Furthermore, since the railroads have been taken over by [the government, payment of stock I losses must be paid by the govern ment, which of course, falls on the citizens. The South Carolina Council of De fense, aided by the Food Administra tion, with the cooperation of th*. railroads, has undertaken the import I ant task of cutting in half the inex cusably large losses in South Caro [in a. We ha\fe mailed to all stock claim I ants an appeal to shut their stock away fron: the railroad tracks. VV< I have also appointed special volunteei stpek agents at every railway towr and city in South Carolina. These j men will work under and with then I County Councils of Defense. Theii j endeavor will !><? to reduce as much ! as possible t he wastage in meat and leather, and to secure the passag? and enforcement of adequate stoc!< laws wherever needed. The representatives for your coun ty are given on the enclosed list Please back them up. You-s truly, Reed Smith, Executiv* Secretary Sumter County. State Farm?B. H. Boykin, Boykir Hagood?J. P. Harling. ; Horatio?C .T. Jackson. Dalzell?T. S. Stuckey. Dixie?W. M. Lcnoir. Horatio. J Cam den Juntcion?Fred A. Wood Sumter. Malta ~-Thos. S. Stone. Eastover. Sumter Junction?Ransom Good ?nan, Wedgefield, R. F. D. 1. Levi?7}. W. Alsbrook. Wedgefield R. F. D. 1. Manchester?Rev. G. C. Clark Wedgefield, R. F. D. 1. Tourney?M. R. Jackson. Wedgefield?H. M. McLaurin. Savannah?J. Singelton Moorr Sumter, R. F. D. Privateer?R. B. Furman. Tindal?H. D. Tindal. Progdon?J. T. Brogon. Sumter?H. A. Rhoades. Eilerbee?J. L. Irby, Boykin. j Rembert?J. L. G?lls. Borden?C. M. Emanuel. j Mannville Junction^?Geo. Mc Cutchen. Manville. Dalzell?R. L. Burkett. DuBose?R. E. DuBose. Oswego R. F. D. Brent?A. B. Stuckey. Oswego?W. D. McLeod. Mayesville?R. P. Mayes. Harvest Sweet Potatoes Properly Clemson College, Nov. 7.?Much has been said with reference to the time to dig sweet potatoes. A time honored custom is to wait until tin first killing frost. A great many peo ple think that the potatoes are no. matured until the vines have been killed by frost. Sweet potatoes shoulc, not be harvested until matured. A good way to tell when they are ready to harvest is to cut or break a few of the potatoes and lay the pieces aside for a few hours. If the cut or broken surface heals over without dis coloration the potatoes are 'ready tc harvest. The digging should be done if possible, when the weather is cleai and the soil dry. Various implements are used in harvesting sweet potatoes. Probabl> one of the best implements is th? plow with rolling colters on the bean to cut the vines and with rods at tached to the mold board to free tin potatoes from the soil and vines. Where no potato digger is available, a good plan is to bar off the rows with a small turn plow or similar implement, and then use the "end die buster" to turn out the potatoes If the ?'middle buster" is not avai lable, it is well to bar off tin- rows a^ indicated and then plow up the po tatoes with an ordinary turn plow being careful to keep the plow wel under the potatoes so as to redu? the cutting and bruising to the mini mum. No matter what implement is used or what method is followed the essential thing is to gel the po tatoes out of the ground with th? least possible injury, says Mr. F. L. darkey, of the Bureau of Markets. As the potatoes are picked up they should be placed in small heaps.! where they may be allowed to dry \ for a while. Sweet potatoes should never be thrown from one row to an other, thrown loose in the wagon, or put into bags. The reason why we have been rather careless in the hand'ing of sweei potatoes is that this commodity has been easily grown and tmtil reeeiitrh has been I??\v in price. Bui tie- time has ??<>?>; when the sweet p<>t:::o can .made .Hid should tie made one of the most useful food crops and one of til' j best money making crops for the Southern farmer. German efficiency has had a suffi-j :ieney.?Col u mbia 11 cc o r J. We Shall Not Sleep. In Fland'-rs fields the poppies blow Between the Crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks still bravely singing: fly, Scarce heard amidst the guns below; We are the dead. Short days ago we lived, felt dawn, Saw sunset glow. Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe, To you from falling hands we throw the Torch. Be yours to hold it high; If ye break faith with us who die, We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. (This beautiful lyric of the war was written by- Lieut. Col. Dr. John -Me Crae of Montreal, Canada, while the second battle of Ypres was in pro gress. The author's body now . liest buried in Flanders elds.) Driving the German Out oi France. The British and Canadian troops, with one gallant American division, were called upon to deliver the most considerable thrust, in a struggle"; which was actually raging from . the * Meuse to the Sea. They were not put in until the Belgian and Franeo ; American blows at the two endsjfaad put a severe strain upon German reserves. They were not called upon: to attack after an artillery prepara tion of the old sort, made to., the complete advertisement of the purpose to the enemy. They were put in at Foch's moment, the moment for which he had been preparing for days, and weeks. j And being put in at Foch's moment;. j they achieved what he had hoped for. They went in and on and through, they pushed forward their flanks as well as their centers. They, upset the equilibrium of the whole Ger man front west of Verdun. . Within the briefest time a crumbling of the Lorraine, Champagne and Flanders fronts became visible. Whatever the German might be aide to endure >.n Belgium, it was at once clear he was done for in France. Remember the French offensive in Champagne in j 10 15, the Anglo-French attack at the Somme in 101?;, Nivelle's try at the [Aisne and Haig's drive in Flanders j last year. After the initial advance' in each of these there came the fatal slowing down, the pause, the costly and useless effort to get on again. The same thing was true in both of Lu dendorff's opening successes this year, that against the British and the oth er against the French. He broke through, but he could not keep it up. By contrast Foch has kept it up. since July 18, and, as the Tommy would say, "he is still going strong:.,'> in fact, each of his major blows seems more effective than the last. Bach time he has sent his troops against a more difficult barrier, each, time the task has been far more terrible, yet each success seems a de*': gree more complete. A.nd this can mean but one thing, it can'only mean that the German army is breaking down under the strain. Foch is con quering not territory, not armies. He is conquering the German military system and, thanks to the British de* votion and perseverance and to the renewed strength, energy and effi ciency of their armies our allies have been able to avenge First Cambrai by a Third, which is a finer achieve ment than Walterloo and . Blenheim, roiled into one, and more thoroughly British into the bargain.?From "The War is Won?Mitteleuropa is Fin ished," by Frank H. Simonds,-in the American Review of Reviews for No vember. A Gigantic Work. It is now evident that the country must subscribe to the United War Work campaign very much more than was originally contemplated. The campaigxi will be conducted next week by the seven organizations vhich at President Wilson's request #ill work in unison. There are many individual needs which make it necessary to raise much more than the $170,500,000 fixed upon last spring. To begin with, instead, of the million Ameri can soldiers expected to be in Franpe by this time, there are more than double that number, and our mili tary leaders are preparing for a constantly increasing army. The expansion of the navy is not less impressive, and it is the desire of the organizations uniting in this campaign to help this arm of the ser vice as much, as any other. Unlike other wars, this one involves . vast numbers of the industrial classes, and more money is necessary to meet the needs of these millions of men and women overseas and at home related tr war industries. Millions of prisoners of war must j look solely to the United States for aid, and helpful facilities must be supplied to the armies of France, Belgium, Italy and Russia. The fact is accentuated that these needs will continue for at ieast a year after the conclusion of peace. It is said that it will require not less than a year's time to bring b?ck the American soldics to their homes. A!logo;.' '? it is evident that more?? much more -than the sum originally fixed will be needed to Enable the committees of the Young MoiV-s Chris ti.! n Association, the Knights if Co lumbus, the Jewish Welfare Beard, 'he Salvation Army and the otft^r united organizations to successfully carry out this gigantic programme. \ The Fnited War Work campaign must be made an unqualified success!?1 New York Herald. Accepts His Advice. Sufferer?"I have a terrible tooth ache and want something to cure it." Friend - 'Now. you don't need any medicine. ! had toothache yesterday, and l went home and my loving wfe kissed me and so consoled me that rhe.pain soon passed away. Why don't"you try the trick?" Sufferer?"\ think T will. Is your wife home now?"?Vancouver Daily Province. Next thing we know Germany wilt jo dry.?Seattle Post-IntelliFencer.