St. John's Daily Star, 1918-09-21

              INteurfoundland VOLUME IV. ($3.00 per Annum) «@^> SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 21, 1918. (PRICE: One Cent.) No. 206 NOTABLE VICTORIES FOR ALLIES IN ALL WAR THEATRES BULGARS SEVERELY BEATEN BY ENTENTE FORCES; BOLSHEVIKI ARE ALSO DEFEATED FRENCH AND BRITISH FORCES MAKE FURTHER SIGNAL GAINS IN DRIVE ON ST. QUENTIN RUMANIANS MAY REVOLT Signs of Unrest in Balkan Kingdom Cause T)eal of Worry to German Leaders.MACKENSEN SENT BACK TO RUMANIA AMSTERDAM, Sept.' 20th.—the North Gazette, the German semiofficial organ, reports that there is serious agitation in Jassy and the unocupiecd part of Roumania, in which the Queen is the prime mover, to renew the association of Roumania with the. entente. King Ferdinand, it is understood, is holding aloof, but under the i;ircumstances might yieid to the pressure. Go To Roumania London, Sept. 20—Dr. W. S. Solf, the erman secretary of state for the colonies, has been ordered to go to Bucharest, and General Mackenzen, who has been on leave, will return at once to Roumania, as the result of the anti-German outbreak in the country, according to an Amster dam despatch to The Daily Express. ADVANCE OF 12 MILES. London. Sept. 20—(Via Reuters Ottawa Agency)—The British 'B Palestine have advanced twelve miles on a sixteen mile front between the sea and the River Jordan, taking three thousand Turks prisoners. ■ ♦■—i— The Fogota left English Harbor West at 9. 25 a. m. yesterday.  ALLIES BEAT RED GUARDS Bolshevik Forces, Led By German Officers, Sustain Several Defeats in North Russia. ENEMY ARMORED SHIPS CAPTURED [ ONDON, Sept. 20.—The following official communication dealing with the operations in northern Russia was issued today: On the Dvina the largest of the enemy's armored steamers has been captured. On the Murmansk front there have been several encounters between Karelians and hostile patrols who crossed the frontier into Karelia from Finland. The Karelians have bemi uniformly successful in a severe defeat of German led forces. At Ukhtinskaya the enemy suffered heavily and was pursued while in disorderly retreat. Thousands of rifles and many boats were captured. « ■  Archbishop Gravely 111. St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 20.—The condition of John Ireland, Roman Catholic Archbishop of St. Paul, became increasingly grave this forenoon. His physicians hold only slight hopes for his recovery. ■ *m »  The Bethlem Steel Corporation has oiders on the books for more than $550,000,000. The total gross business for last year was $400,000,000 and for next year will exceed 500,--oooiooo. . 5,000 FOE TROOPS TAKEN BY SERBIANS Guns and Villages arc also Captured From Bulgars who are Forced to Burn Camps and Depots PARIS, Sept. 20.—The capture of several villages and Jive thousand pri siners is recorded in the Serbian official statement made public today. Continuing our advance, the statement says, we crossed the left bank of the Cerna River. The  emy burned his depots and camps. We have taken more than 5000 prisoners and captured ten additional gun>, mostly heavy pieces. Several villages have fallen into our hands. IMPORTANT POSITIONS ARE TAKEN BY FRENCH French Forces Continue Successful Development of Enveloping Movement at St. Quentin. GERMAN ATTACKS ARE BROKEN DOWN DARIS, Sept. 20—In the enveloping movement of St. Quentin from the south, the French have carried Essigny Le Grand, says the war office statement today. The Germans during the night made strong attacks against the new French positions north of Allemont, between the Ailette and the Aisne. The enemy was repulsed with heavy losses. The French have gained further ground northeast of Vailly in the direction of Chemin dcs Dames. A German attempt to cross the Vesle where American troops are in the line, was repulsed. French patrols penetrated ihe enemy lines northwest or Souain (in Champagne) and brought back prisoners. GAINS IN DOIRAN REGION BY ANGLO-GREEK TROOPS Allied Lines Advanced 200 Taken Fro CALONIKI, Thursday, Sept. 19.— On the morning of Sept. 19, British and Greek troops attacked .the enemy positions west and east of Lake Doiran. West of the lake and scuth of the town of Doiran the trench system was captured and our line was advanced about 2000 yards. Heavy jJulgarian counter-attacks regained part of the ground captured on our left, but on the centre and ) Yards and 700 Prisoners n Bulgars. right our positions were maintained. East of the lake aJter a night's advance we carried the enemy's outpost line. Up to the present more than 700 prisoners have been counted. The Greek troops fought with great gallantry. Four of our scouts engaged fourteen enemy machines and crashed two of them to the ground. One of our machines is missing. BRITISH BE A T TURKS; GET 3,000 PRISONERS General Allenby's Forces Score Notable Success in Palestine on Front of Sixteen Miles. BRITISH CLOSELY PURSUE MOSLEMS [ONDON, Sept; 20.—British forces in Palestine under command of Gen. Allenby attacked Turkish positions on a front of 16 miles. The British broke through the Turkish lines between Rafat and the sea and pushed forward for a distance of twelve miles. Three thousand were taken prisoners by Gen. Allenby's forces. The main Turkish forces in Palestine are now being closely pursued by the British, the cavalry pushed through the Turkish front and was advancing in the rear of the Turkish armies in the direction of Nablus. Another body of cavalry was advancing in a northeasterly direction towards Elafula and Desan to intercept the Turks to the north. On Wednesday General Allenby's right wing attacked west of the Jordan and occupied Elmugir. ADDRESSES MEN OF NFLD. Lord Northcliffe Visits Newfoundland's Forestry Companies, Now Working in Scotland. PRAISES WORK OF NFLD. IN WAR I ONDON, Sept. 20 (Canadian press despatch.)— Lord Northcliffe, addressing the Newfoundland Forestry companies engaged in wood cutting in Scotland, at Kenmore camp, yesterday urged them not to let the prevalent false optimism about submarines cause them to relax their timber getting efforts. He said every slick felled was a plank in the bridge of victory. Lord Northcliffe paid a high tribute to the war effort of this, the most purely British overseas community in the world. « o »  METZ SHELLED BY ALLIES Americans Are Bombarding Important German City Paris, Sept. 19—Metz is under the fire of the American cannon. An official communication relative to the bombardment is published in the newspapers of that city, according to a Berlin despatch. The announcement says the bombardment is only a concomitant phenomenon of the present battles west and southwest of Metz, and will cease when these battles come to a standstill. Henceforth each of the British dominions, as well as' India, will be permanently and continuously represented in the imperial war cabinet by a minister resident in London. THE BRAINS BEHIND THE VICTORY Here are Generalissimo Foch and General Per3hhig, snapped in their conference room—after the very .meeting, perhaps', in which the plans were laid for the great Yanko-French attack on the St. Mihiei sector. This attack was under the personal'supervision o£ Pershing, who acted with the full knowledge and consent ■of his supreme commander. Foch. HUN OFFER STILL OPEN Official Statement From j Vienna Says Central Powers Are Still Ready to Talk Peace. AWAIT OFFICIAL ENTENTE REPLY AMSTERDAM, Sept. 20.—Despite the apparent rejection of the belligerents to discuss the possibility of peace, that government's offer is still open, says an official statement received from Vienna today. The statement reads: "From reports received from abroad, the rejection of the Austro- Hungarian government's suggestion, that a preliminary discussion of the peace question be entered into, can hardly be longer doubted. The official reply to foreign minister Burian's note has not yet been received and therefore the reason which prompted the attitude of the entente governments cannot be discussed at present."Only from Secretary Balfour is an exhaustive discussion of our suggestion available. His arguments show how correctly Baron Burian's proposal judged the situation, and that only the adoption of -Baron Burian's lirre of thinking could master the confusion of mind everywhere prevailing until today. "The peace question as discussed by Secretary Balfour—and the same applies to the debates in the French and American senates—under pressure of big catch words and overmastering passion, can make no favorable progress, especially regarding Mr. Balfour's speech. It must be pointed out that it contains a series of rash conclusions concerning the attitude of the central powers toward concrete peace questions, which he coi'ld not have arrived at had he entered into a discussion in the spirit of Baron Burian's proposal. 'Only if discussed under condi dons free from the influence of passion can the peace question make progress which is in the interest of humanity. The Austro-Hungarian oovirnmenti ofJej- is still ODCUO. THE WAR SITUATION (By J. T. M.) THE loop is being drawn closer around St. Quentin dailjrs* The ! advance made by the Britisji at Essigny brings them slightly t(/a line slightly west of St. Quentin. It is six miles south of the city and places the allies astride the St. Quentin-La Fere railway, thus severing direct railway connection between the two cities. In that position they are still two miles from the Hindenburg line. North of St. Quentin in the Ephey- Lempire section they have penetrated the Hindenburg line, and are within four miles of LeCatelet. The Germans are putting up a very stubborn defence which appears to be stiffening greatly during the past few days. Balkan Activities. Events in the Balkans are beginning to bring that theatre of the war to the fore again. The allies have made rapid advance since the opening of their drive early in the week, and, according to the latest despatches to hand, have wrested from the Bulgars some strong positions in the centre of southern Siberia. Prilep is reported captured, and more than fifty towns and  in the same zone of the battle which the allies appear to have opened well, and are pushing wiih encouraging vigor. Taking Monaslir as our central point we will be able to illustrate the progress and position of the allied advance as they push northward between the Greek frontier and Uskub, which is about sixty-five miles north of the Macedonian border.Allies' Positions. When the drive opened the allied line stood about five miles north of Monastir, which is about ten miles north of the Greek frontier. Prilep is twenty miles north of Monastir, and is midway between the Albanian, frontier at Lake Ochrida, and the Bulgarian border, at Strumitza, the latter point being ten miles east of the Vardar river. The capture of this town shows an advance of 23 miles from their old line positions. It is on the main road, in fact the one and only road, between Monastir and Negotin on the Vardar. From Prilep the Toad swings easterly to the Vardar Valley railway which IS thirty miles rlutant. axxd 50 miles northeast of Monastir. From Prilep another road runs westerly, via Broda, thirty-eight miles noTth of Monastir, and forms a junction with a road from Monastir to Kichero, forty miles northwest. The latter road follows the valley of  Cerna river. Communications Lines. These roads are the only means of communication through that part of southern Serbia, which may be said to consist of hills, valleys and rivers from Uskub to the Greek frontier. At Prilep the allies are in a position to dominate these highays, and if the rate of progress of the first two days of the drive has been maintained they are probably now within striking distance of Broda, which would be the apex of a Wedge forty miles deep their starting point. There is nothing to hand to indicate the; progress their right and left flanks have made, but It is probable they have advanced proportionately with the centre, otherwise they would be creating a salient so deep as to be unsafe in the event of a counterattack by the enemy on either right or left. If their right has advanced to the same extent as their centre j Shey have pushed along the Vardar riWr railway at least to Davidovo, whwh would be fifteen miles north ( of the positions held by the British in the Lake Dorian sector, which would result in throwing the Bulgar lines back against the slopes of the Belasica Hills and break their contact entirely with the Vardar river railway south of Negotin. North and east of the Vardar river there are neither roads or railways in that sector, and the Bulgar's line of retreat from the Vardar Valley, if deprived of the Tailway by a northward advance of the allies in the direction of Strumitza, would be thru the Strumitza pass fifteen miles north of Lake Dorian. Maintain Contract. The Austrian forces in Albania maintain contact with the Bulga.s around Lake Ochrida, forty miles northwest of Monastir, crossing the southern foot hills of the Pindus Mountain range, which extends from the north end of Lake Ochrida, in a northerly direction, to Prisend, a distance of 65 miles. An advance of the allies left fjank in conjunction j with a. continuance of the drive i northwesterly from Prilep would push the Bulgars back against the Pindus Range, and offer the allies excellent chances of severing connection between the Bulgars* right and fhe Austrians* left wing positions on the Albanian border, as the retreat of the Bulgars from the head of Lake Ochrida would necessitate a quick withdrawal of the Austrian forces from the River Devol region where they have been holding up the Italian advance and counter-attacking with some success recently. It may be that the allies have contented themselves with holding firmly on both right and left positions on the Vardar and West Cerna, while thry drove deep into the centre of the Bulgar line. But it is scarcely probable that they have made an advance of approximately thirty miles in the centre on a twenty-five mile front. Such an advance would of itself necessitate a corresponding extension of the front and the widening out of both flanks to at least seventy-five miles, and we will probably hear of such a move there before long. It appears that the French and Serbs hold the centre, the British the east, and the Greek, French anJ Italians the west of the line, trte total length of which was a hundred and fifty miles before the drive started. — - ADVANCE OF OVER A MILE British Troops Make Splendid Progress at Le Catelet, in Region of St« Quentin. SCOTCH TROOPS ARE IN MOEUVRES I ONDON, Sept. 20.—British troops last night made further progress northwest of St. Quentin, capturing the strong point of Lallassise farm, opposite Le Catelet, says Field Marshal Haig's official statement today. Important gains were scoredt by the British in the Lempire-Epehy sector, the troops pushing into a depth of more than a mile. The town of Moeuvres, the important point on the Canal dv Nord, opposite Cambrai, which was taken by the Germans in a local counter-attack recently, was recaptured by the British. British Gain Near Laßassee. London, Sept. 20.—English troops carried out successful minor operations northwest of La Bassee this morning .advancing their line on a front of more than 2]/2 miles, as far the villages of Rue Dimatais and La Touepile. More man 100 prisoners were captured and a hostile counter-attack later in the day was beaten off Itt sharp fighting. Moeuvres Completely Captured London, Sept. 20 (official)— During the morning Scottish troops completed the capture of Moeuvres, overcoming the resistance of a party of the enemy who were still holding out in the village. This morning, after a heavy bombardment, the enemy delivered a strong local attack on our positions northwest of Hulluch. The attack was completely repulsed, and a number of prisoners were left in our hands. NOT ANXIOUS TO GO HOME. Germans in Switzerland Refuse Orders of Their Leaders. Berne, Switzerland, Sept. 20.— (Havas)—The German authorities »n Berlin have instructed all Germans discharged from the army and living in Switzerland to return to Germany for work in the rear of the fighting lines, especially in guarding prisoners.German subjects here show little inclination to respond to the call, and it is believed that 75 per cent, of the ten thousand Germans affected will refuse to return to Germany. 1 i  A Corsican fighting in the Italian aimies has received a hundred wounds. And can he still fight? asks The Quebec Telegraph. illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllltllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilKlllllllllll111! I Bowing's Always | 1 BOWRING'S 1 Goods r , I Cotton and HmA j I Will Wool I 1 Blankets Among | I Stand i I Also • I I The The Fancy | 1 T CANTON Df I Test Best. 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