NUMBER 240 VOLUME tfl LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1918 CUT THE SERBIANS CUT BULGARIAN LINES . p SOCIALISTS DON'T WANT U. S. COULD HAVE PUT French Advance South PLACfi IN HUN CABINET AUSTRIA OUT OF WAR Serbs Have Advanced 40 Copenhagen, Sept. 22.—Viee- New York, Sept. 22.—If the Chancellor von Payer of Germany United States had been able to received various party leaders send more men to Italy, Austria on Saturday, according to the WOULD RALLY ARMY could have been put out of the of St. Quentin and That Tageblatt of Berlin, the discus­ Miles in Seven Days; Cut sion with the leaders, who called war last summer, declared Judge separately, being confidential. Ben Lindsay, of Denver, who des­ The Vorwaerts, the Socialist cribed In an address here tonight organ of Berlin, says: TO FIGHT GERMANY Stronghold Is In Danger his recent visit to the front. The Uskub Railway Line "The Tageblatt learns thdt Im­ I— . -•_ :——. / perial Chancellor von Hertllng is Asserting that "nearly 1,000,- ' — . —- J opposed to having Socialists *in Ready to Fight on Allied Side 000 sons of Britain have 'gone PARIS, Sept. 23—French troops yesterday and last his cabinet. If this is correct, Whenever Entente Asks west' for ever, he declared that If LONDON, Sept. 23.—(4.00 p.m.)—Twenty-five thous* there Is complete unanimity be­ we dg our share as fully as Bri­ night made notable progress in their drive for the encircle­ tween him and our party. Possi­ Aid in East and Turkish prisoners and 260 guns have been counted up bility of participation in Von tain we will not stop until we ment of St. Quentin. They pushed in'far on the south and Hertling's government has, so far have put. in 15,000,000 men," to yesterday afternoon, according to Gen. Allenbys official as we are aware, never been re­ Paris, Sept.. 22.—Queen Marie of captured the village and fort of Vendeuil, close to the Oise, quested by the Socialists. Rumania is looking forward hopefully statement issued today by the war office. for that time to come when the Ru­ nine miles southeast of St. Quentin, today's war office an­ manian army can again take the field The war office announcement says that the 7th and 8th nouncement says. against the German oppressors of her Turkish armies have virtually ceased'to exist. The entire little country; It. is known that she NO DEFEATISTS NOW From Vendeuil, the French pushed on to''the river. North will rally her army whenever the time transport of these !wo armies were captured by the British* ANOTJeBLOW 10 seems favorable and the entente allies of La Fontaine, they penetrated the wood in the direction request it. ; LONDON, Sept. 22.—Gen. Allenby's forces in Palestine^ The queen is thoroughly English in IN ALLOCAMPS of Hinacourt. her thoughts and actions. She can­ have taken 18,000 Turkish prisoners and have captured 12Q LONDON, Sept. 23.—German troops late yesterday counter-attacked GERMAN HOPES not rest content under the domina­ guns. This .means the virtual annihilation of the Ottoman in the vicinity of Gillemont farm on the front between Cambrai and St. tion of Germany. ' American Mission Among ' Al­ Quentin to the west of Lecatelet. Field Marshal Ha'ig's statement today "You can tell the American people, lied Nations Tells of Change forces in this region. The British losses are surprisingly light, announces the repulse of the enemy with heavy losses. Czecho-SIovaks, Jugo-Slavs. and whose ,sympathy and support I value so highly," said the queen, in a re­ in Sentiment considering the importance of the advance. Germans Resist Drive mans penetrated the British line at Poles Forming Strong cent message forwarded here, "that With the French Army in France, one point at Bertbacourt, during an the desire "of -my soldiers to renew attack. The position was re-establish­ Combination Bept. 22.—(By the Associated Press) the' combat is- still strong. I hope An Atlantic Port, Sept. -Re­ SERBS CLOSE TO RAILWAY ed by a counter attack. —Gen. Debeny's troops continued to that with the' success of the allies ports of the rapid wane of defeatist Progress^ Around Lens WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.—Serbian troops, pressing the advance toward the La Fere road, that desire may yet ripen into action sentiment among the allied nations On the front-between Arras and Washington, Sept. 22.—Leaders of south of St. Quentin today. They and result finally in the- complete vic­ were brought hack by member.i of reached Lanbay, the Le Moulin farms Lens, there was a continuation of the the Czecho-SIovaks, .the Jugo-Slavs Bulgarians and Germans in central Macedonia, advanced tory for all the nations of the en­ the American Socialist mission who and the Vendeuil fore>t, which is onfy advance movement in the region of and the Poles in Washington, tente.. .. arrived here today on a British lir.er more than 20 kilometres Friday and are now within four 1,000 yards frorn the road and about Gavrelle. Southeast of that village during the last two weeks, hare after a visit to Great Britain, France a mile from the Oise.river. jSnglish troops made progress on a agreed upon a program of the "Rumania, the free people of the anet; Italy. miles of the Uskub-Saloniki railroad, the,mam artery for the As the French draw nearer the front of three:Siiafters of a mile. aims of the oppressed peoples in United States..>may be assured, will H Indenture? line,-around St. Quentin, The -text bt the statement reads: Austria-Hungary which has been laid never remain'-Hie' vassal of Germany. Members of the mission are: A. M. supply of the Austro^e1rniar>and. Bulgarian forces opposing the 'Germans increase their efforts to "Successful minor operations were before President Wilson." Creation of She desires to play an honorable and Simons, Milwaukee; Charles Edward keep theni from it. -North of «• the .carried, out by-^urttoops yesterday a new central body of the central active part in the great struggle which Russell, New York; Louis Koplen, the British and French armies oh the Serbian right. Somme .they. appear to be organizing and during the night at several points. European groups which will protect the allies are waging for the reign of Girard, Kans., and Alexander How­ a < defensive system on the line of In the afternoon English troops cap the interests of all of them was fore­ rbjjht and law and for the liberation ard, Pittsburg. In a joint statement -O Serbs Cut Railway Lirie3. heights which runs -parallel to the tured a German strong point,.,in the casted by the announcement today of of the smaller nations. It Is my fer­ they declared that growing faith in the LI London. Sept. 23.—Serbian troops Hindenburg positions from east of neighborhood of Ronssoy-Bony road, the result of the conference. vent wish that an opportunity to again sincerity of America's democratic have cut the main railway, line be­ " Hplnon to Hill 123 south of Holnon which had held out stubbornly all President Wilson was assured that participate in the war may soon be war aims, as enunciated by President tween Usakab and Saloniki and are arid thence through Hill 13S, east of day. taking 80 prisoners. not- only had the oppressed national­ given her. Wilson, is chiefly responsible for the on the western bank of the Vardar Savy wood to Dallon height, on the "Later in the afternoon a hostile ities within Austria-Hungary several­ "Germany for the moment has the stiffening of the allied morale. river, according to!the Serbian official road from Ham to St. Quentin. This counter-attack from the direction of ly reached agreements for the forming statement of Sunday. country under its heel, but a people "We came here almost direct from line is being feverishly fortified Gillemont farm was repulsed with of their own national aims,' but also West, of tlie Vardar, the Serbia-is descended from the Romans and Spar­ the meeting of, the British Trades against tanks with mine fields. heavy loss by our rifle and machine had agreed to uphold the president have cut the. railway line to Prilep, tans and inheriting all the traits of Unions Congress," they stated." "The The eastern slopes of these heights gun fire. and the American people in winning WELL KEPT HERE "which is the main line of German com­ courage and 'independence of their war resolution, which had been placed are utilized to shelter troops which "During the night other English the war. munication in this region. ancient forbears, w,ill never wiljingly upon the agenda two months before, appear to be Quite dense there. A sys­ troops made progress in the direction The president .was told that Ger­ become the servants of the master of Serbian infantry units are now in of Tombois farm, after several hours' with every prospect of adoption, de­ tem of communicating trenches has many realizing that unity of these Potsdam. We need the helping hand Toronto Also Reports a Great the mountainous regions and have ad­ hard fighting and farther north cap­ manded immediate peace negotia­ been dug to permit the collection of peoples would be a blow to Teutonic of America and our pj.her allies to free vanced 2,5 miles in one day. The num­ tured a group of strongly held trenches tions. When tlie congress met, al­ Saving, But Montrealers reinforcements End the bringing up power and aspirations, set her propa­ us from our present position. Let not ber of prisoners and the amount of and strong points on the spur north­ though the delegates were the same of supplies.