14 PAGES YEAR 85: NO.. 208 x SOMETHING LIKE P HAS SEIZED GERMANS big PAGES 18 MC The Utterances of Their Emperor and Their Mili- tary and Political Leaders Show That the Teuton People Are Almost in a State of Demoralization. \ (Canadian Pre London, Sept. 7. 88 Despatch.) --Public interest to-day is. quite equally divided be- tween the unbroken advance of the' Allied armies and the apparent signs that the German people are in a state moralization. More editorial space is events than the retreat of the German a panic has seized the German populac tral sources, which have raised false h of nervous anxiety "bordering on de- being given here recently to future army. 'The belief that something like e is not based upon stories from neu- opes in the past, but upon utterances of leaders in the German mation and the appeals of Gorman newspapers to the public to keep its head, while they themselves admit the seriousness of the military situation. The Emperor's bold vein of assu rance, Chancellor Von Hertling's KINGSTON, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1918, THE €ITY OF CANALS NOW 'A CITY OF SANDBAGS franchise speech, General Linsingen's stringent order, and above all Field | Marshal von Hindenburg"s proclamation are cited as manifest efforts to] check the decay of the German spirit, which it is contended must exist to| have called them forth. and perhaps also the military chiefs, evidently are greatly disturbed by re-| The interest of military commentators, while not ignoring the | cent events. continued British progress, centres chiefly om %he important French suc. | cesses on the southern end of the line In short, it is declared that the German people, | of attack, AAS AAAI EAN AN ANN NN THE WORLD'S TIDINGS IN BRIEF FORM Tidings From All Over Told in a Pointed and Pithy Way. Five Americans have been deco- rated with British honors for con- spicuous gallantry in action. iC. W. Jeffreys, the Toronto artist, is at Niagara Camp to make sketch- es for the Canadian War Records Commission, London, Eng. Two thousand postal and Govern- ment telegraph employees at Buenos Ayres, Argentina, went on strike on Thursday, asking higher wages. Andrew Routledge of Lambeth, 78 years of age, was instantly kill- ed by the bursting of a fly wheel in a machine shop. The US. Sénate yesterday pasted the twelve-million-doilar emer- gency agricultural appropriation bill with its rider for national prohibi- tion from July 1st next until the UB. armies are demobilized after the war. oi' A onegagre plot at the Ottawa Ex Farm. has produced... 4 'bushels of oats this year, by far the record for odts in the Ottawa dis- triot, and the main oat field of the farm beat all past ylelds with an average of 77 bushels to the acre. © U8. Secretary of War Baker has ordered the chief of each bureau in his department to replace by De- cember 31st all physically fit men within the draft ages, who would be in class 1, by men physically dis- qualified for military service. CHICAGO WINS SECOND IN THE WORLD'S SERIES Defeated Boston by Score of 3 to 1 on Friday After noon. / Chicago, Sept. 7.-----Chicago Nation- als won the second game of the world's series from the Boston Am- erfcains yesterday afternoon, by a score of 3 to 1. Boston got six hits and Chicago seven, Bush and Ag- new were the battery for Boston and Tyler and Killifer for Chicago. Chi- cago scored their three runs in the second innings. Each team has now won a game, ~ BRITISH CASUALTIES Reported for the Past Week Were 20, (Canadian Press Despatch) -- London, Sept. 7.---iCasualties among British forces reported in the week ending to-day totalled 20,- 640 officers and men, compared with an aggregate of 14,484 report- ed in the ous week, divided as follows: Killed or died of wounds, 4,006; wounded or missing, 16,634. RN a ? NEER IS (Canadian' Press teh.) Sonar var ailing, Bgtacct ene 3 a killed, ngineer Berube and a number of mail clerks and others were injur- a Canadian Govern- left the ta 3 L$ * + » Kamaour- % . The engine urtle in the Less sbetaViea® + + + + * * * + * * * Freer bet +» ALLIES EVERYWHERE DRIVE THE GERMANS AHEAD. (Canadian Press Despatch.) London, Sept. 7.--All along the sixty-mile front from Ba- paume to the junction of the American and French lines near Rheims, the Allies are driving the enemy toward the Hinden- burg line. The British are now nine miles from St. Quentin. General Mangin's now within ten miles of Laon, * PEPE r Perr rere dekh dd hd Dd sede Bode dob bh be GERMANY SPEEDILY TO TASTE INVASION Such 1s Belief of Competent Judges Now Watching the Situation. Paris, Sept. 7.--{Beaten in the north by the British and Americans, beaten in the south by the French Land Americans, . the GCerpians. are. now in tull retreat on the front from Ypres to Rheims. Though he has Ween opposing the Allied advance by throwing in their way some of his divisions of rapidly depleting re- serves, Ludendorff las nowhere been able to stay the progress of the Allies. Indication is furnished of the small hope he-entertains of return- ing to positions Now overrun by the Allied forces, by the action of his troops th burning and destroying their vast supply depots and towns and villages on his march easfivard. Ham, Chauny, Tergner and La Fere are 'burning, and there are con- tinual explosions of enemy munition dumps. The ground over which our forces are advancing is strewn with debris of every nature. Ger- map corpses litter the fields, which are the scenes of sanguinary com- bats in whieh the Tommies, Poilus and Doughboys showed themselves superior to the Germans. Machine- guns are found by the thousands, abandoned by the retreating enemy, and engineering implements, brok- en-down enemy tanks and big guns have obstructed the roads over which the transports of the Allies must pass, J This proves that the enemy has been forced to retire before a deter- mined adversary, and has been so hampered by the swift advance of the Allies that he has not had time to carry out a methodical retreat. Competent jukiges now. believe that Germany will soon be made to experience the horrors of war in- vasion. Never since the beginning of the war has the French nation had such confident hopes as now. Paris is rapidly Tilling again. Those who went away for holidays are fast returning. Many who left in fear of a Ger- man advance on the capital" have come back, bringing with them effects which formerly they thought would be safer at a distance. NURSES IN QUANDARY. An Indefinite Leave Without Pay, But Also on ing sisters at the base hospital and its various 'annexes are. wondering the anomalous position of being "on remain serves be required." forces are #%| Reserve, Toronto, Sept. 7.--Thirty-one nurs- how long they are supposed to occupy indefinite leave without pay" and yet "on reserve should the re- "This decision of the headquarters of M.D. No. 2 to cut down expenses This is the way this beautiful Copyright. Am A, PA BRITISH PUSHING ON TO NESSIES S They Have Also Advanced Southeast And Northeast of, Peronne. FAENCH PUSHING AREA TO THE BEAST OF HAM AND OC- OUPY TOWN. Three Miles Beyond That Place-- Also Advance on the Front Be- tween the Somme and the Oise. {Canadian Press Despatch, London, Sept. 7.--British troops advancing last night on the frént ia. the south-east and north-east of Peronne captured the towns of Hancourt, Sorel-le<Grand and Metz- en4Couture. Fighting their way towards the left flank of the German positions along the Canal du Nord from Hav- rincourt © northward, the British penetrated the western part of Hatrincourt wood, taking prisoners as they progressed In Flanders the British are push- ing towards Messines, near the southern end of Messines ridge, and advanced their line last night a short distance In the direction of the town. The text of the statement reads: "Our troops: made further pro- gress yesterday evening and last night east and north-east of Per- onne "and have taken Hancourt, Sorel-le<Grand and Metz-en«Couture. North of the latter village we have penetrated the western portions of Havrincourt wood. We have taken a number of prisoners. North of La Bassee canal our patrols gained ground in the German positions about Canteleux and Violaines, "Further north we carried out a successful minor operation yester- day evening beiweep Hill 63 and Wul¥erghem, as a result of which we captured fifty prisoners and ad- vanced our line a short distance in the direction. of Messines. "Tergimmar, three miles west of La Fere, has been captured by French troops. "North "of Ailette, ' the French have made further advance, winning the entire lower forest of Coucy. North of .the Vesle, where the Am- erican troops have been advancing, there is no change in the situation." French Drive East of Ham. «Canadian Press Despatch) Paris, Sept. 7,--On the front he- tween the Somme and the Oise, the French continued to press forward last night, overcoming 'the resist. ance of the German rear guard. Pushing east of Ham, French troops 'have occupied the towns of Dury and Ollezy, more than three miles beyond Ham. \ The official statement says: Be- edifice looked to the British soldiers AA AA AA AA ANA ANNAN ANNAN NN Aisne are ours. There is no change north of the Vesle" French Make Good Progress. {Canadian Press Correspondence) London; Sept. 7 (1 p.m.).-- The French have advanced on a 20-mile front to an average depth of two miles and at some places to a depth of four miles. They occupied Terg- Tergnier without oppesition. The French troops Mso reached the for- est of Coucy apd are now on a big stretch of entirely new ground. British Advanea Rapid. London, Sept. '7.--British pro- gress on practically the whole battle front from Havrineeurt wood to the river Aisnd continued 'this morning with rather greater rapidity -than had been expected. - The British~line, starting at Hav- rincourt wood, of which the British occupy practically one half, runs through Metz-en<Courture and Fins, then by Lieramont, Longavesnes, Tincourt<Bouely, Hancourt and Ter- try to Lanchy, where it joins the French Yines. Be fi ; GERMA E WARNED | THAT MORE IS COMING Inspired Writers Tell Them to Expect Attacks at Other Points. Amsterdam, Sept, 7.--Among the reasons for the withdrawal from the ground west of Cambrai, inspired writers in the German newspapers carefully , avoid mentioning the en- emy's pressure. They are permitted pto attribute the German retreat only to the fact that, owing to continual fighting, their positions had become debris, and further, to the fact that the supply problem had become very difficult, because, as one correspon- dent says, "We only had at our dis- posal the Cambrai-8t. Quentin rail- way line." The retirément is painted as a very clever mode of escaping these difficulties. The public is informed that things will now be much better, especially as regards the supply pro- blem. There is obviously, however, uneasiness regarding the enemy's plans, The public is warned to expect as development of the offensive at other points, such as the Verdun, Meuse and Moselle districts, but is exhorted not to lose heart, because the enemy can never do anything more than "merely gain-ground which no longer is of strategical value." GENERALS IN TEAM PLAY ---- French Commanders Work Into Each Others' Hands. . With the French Army, Sept. 7.-- Gens. Debeney, Herbert, Mangin and Berthelot are working the French attack like a quartette of clever in- ternational three-quarters in a foot- ball match, dodging to this side and that, slipping, feinting, forging straight ahead, according to the tac- tics adopted by the other side, but always playing into each others' hands, and always advancing. les- terday they: again gained valiable ground, and got the defense badly ttéd up. Try as they might--and they didn't always try---*the Germans were always being forced back. The pace ig beginning to tell, and they seem to be losing heart as well as Theodore, Sask., Edward Beatty, wife of Chief Ranger and sailors in Italy. magnificent marble steps and the staircase compietely. hidden with sandbags.--British Official + Photograph. won Kuehbmann " Note the a HUN POLTICAL POT SIMMERING Crown Prince's Language Much Stronger Than That of Kuchimann. SER AD HS PRINCE AGREE WITH REGARD TO THE ALLIES. Willie Says it is Undesirable That Germany's Enemies Should he Aunihilated -- Papa Declares Otherwise. Amsterdam, DO NOT T~"*"Why did German the Sept. (former Foreign Secretary) #9 when go far the language?' asks the Berlin Vor- waerts,/the German Socialist organ, in commenting on the Crown Prince's interview published in the Budapest Az Est. o Tha Vorwaerts compares Crown Prince's statement .that it is undesirable that Gerriany's enemies should be annihilated, with Em- peror William's speech on "June 16th, in which, alluding to the con- flict of philosophies, he said one of the two must be absolutely overcome The newspaper con- cludes by saying that words such as were used by Dr. von Kuehlmana "to-day become much cheaper and correspondingly ineffective," Emperor William's speech of June 16th was delivered at German mdin headquarters on the occasion of the anniversary of his ascension to the throne. He said the war was not a matter of strategic campaign but a struggle of two world views. were wrestling with each as a8 the two which other. "Either German principles of right, freedom; 'honor and morajity must be upheld." he said, "or Anglo- Saxon principles, with their idol: atry of Mammon, must be victori- ous." . RC Red Eagle for Kuehlmann. Amsterdam, Sept. 7.--The Reich- sanzeiger of Berlin announces that Emperor William has conferred the Order of the Red Eagle of the First Class on Doctor Richard von Kuehl- mann, the German former Secretary of Poreign Affairs. GEN. MAURICE WARNS 'AGAINST OVER-OPTIMISM Big Developments May Be Looked For After British Take Doual. ' London, Sept. 7.--"It is well to take a conservative view of our re- cent victories," Major-General Mau- rice says, writing in The Chronicle. "We bave not yet'turned tae » ain north and south séction of the Hin- deénburg line, which begins east of speeen which caused his fall did vot | Crown Prince's | {Diaries and Letters Declare i LAST EDITION THE LOSS OF KEMMEL | ANNOYING GERMANY | People Feel Bitter Disappoint ment Over the Evacuation of Stronghold. ! Amsterdam, Sept. T.--Apparently | it has not been possible to hide from { the German people the bitter disap- | pointment among the German mili- | tary authorities over the evacuation {of Kemmel, one of (he strategit i strongholds south-west of Ypres. The | Lokal Anzeiger's military correspon- | dent says that-the evacuation was | effected "with a heavy heart," and {adds that the sole comfort surround- {ing the withdrawal was that it was | voluntary and that™st served a tactical | purpose affecting the whole army on | the west front, "which does not hes!- tate at sacrificing a mere place when a purpose is to be attained." More outspoken is Koester, mill- | tary writer in the Berlin Vorwaerts, {who is completely at a loss to under- i stand why "the proud Kemmel bas- | tion" was surrendered. This writer | says the future alone will' tell what | purpose this manoeuvre served. | He concludes, however, that from | the fact that two American divisions | had been seen on that part of the | front, some enemy coup had been { planned, which now had been cleverly | frustrated without casualties. | | |76 P.€. OF GRAIN CUT | IN SOUTH MANITOBA |About 40 P.C. in Other Parts | --Threshing Well Under Way---Wheat Fine. ENEMY LOSSES ARE 1200000 Since They Began Their reat Offense on March 21st. AND THEIR MORALE HAS BEEN VERY LOW. An Improvement in the Enemy's Morale is Expected When Dis. organization Factors Are Remov- ed. At French Army Headquarters, Sept. 7.--4Since March 21 the Ger- mans have fought 550 divisionsl engagements so that it is reasonable to debit them with gross casualties over that period of 1,200,000 men. It is true that 60. per cent, of these will recover from their wounds and be back in the fighting line within two or three months, but the per manent loss remains in the neigh- borhood of 500,000. Next' spring there is every reason to believe that the Americans alone will be numeri= cally as strong as the whole Ger ' The Manitoba | { Department of Agriculture issued {yesterday an exhaustive resume of {vrop conditions in the Province, in! {which it was stated that at least "8 | per cent. of the grain is cut in south- ern Manitoba. North of the Riding Mountains and in the Swan River Valley only about 40 per cent. is cut. though some points are a de:l deal further ahead than others Only one or two places report frost prior to Sunday night, but Wednesday morning telegrams from several representative points. indicate ¢ few degrees of frost, averaging about four degrees. { The average grain is plump, and the thrashing, which is well under way in some districts, is producing some splendid specimens of wheat The yield for the Province estimat- ed from returns sent in to the de- parjgment, is as follows Wheat, 17% bushels to the acre; oats, 40 bushels to the acre; barley, 301% bushels 16 the acre; flax, 11% bus- hels to the acre. GERMAN SOLDIERS KNOW GAME IS UP | Winnipeg, Sept. 7. Théy Cannot Last Under «Constant Blows, With the British Armies on the Canal du Nord, Sept. 7.---Long peri- ods of fighting without the slightest respite, the annihilation of whole for- mations and the thorough hammering they have received have served to fix the idea of saving themselves fore- most in the minds of the German troops, Every prisoner.in his com- ments on the great battle seems to bear this out. Almost every diary and every letter taken from Germans killed shows -that the enemy troops on the western front have suffered from the long-continued fighting as never before, "A typical excerpt from an unposted letter says: "We are in mortal danger every day. We cannot last much longer, We cannot hope for further suc- cesses. Our enemy is superior in numbers and everything else. Vie tory is now out of the question." Many letters end with the words, "Poor Germany." ¢ TO POLE BY SUBMARINE. Preferable to Tirphane for Dash, | Says Steffansson. i Dawson, Y.T, Sept.:7.-~Explorer Steffansson left Dawson last night for Vancouver and Esquimalt to re- port to the paval commander at Lhe latter place regarding the last five years of the Canadian Government expedition to the north. He will also follow this report with one to the Ministry at Ottawa. Stefans- son declares that the submarine is preferable to the airplane for a dash to the North Pole and for genera: Arctic exploration, and better equip- ped to carry supplies. Courses could be found, said the explorer, from one-half mile to a mile deep, and even deeper, under the ice, that could be traversed to the Pole in a submarine. : LIEUT. LEMIEUX DIES OF WOUNDS man army. Meanwhile though vies tory Is certain the end is not yer The Germans are retreating but cleverly and they still have reserves to throw in. The German high com- mand intends to fall back and short- en the line, thereby economizing men, and fight a defensive war to the last limit. Why Enemy Losses High, London, Sept. 7.--The light loss- es of the Allled troops and the large number of German prisoners taken by them in the present offensive are | attributed to. the temporary lower ing of the fighting power of the \ German army as the result of be- ing "overfought," and certain dis organization due to the general re- treat under constant heavy pres- sure. Military experts expect an im- provement in the enemy's morals when these factors are removed. Viewing the western front as a whole, military experts express Lhe belief that the German high com= mand has Rept the gituation tn hand, but to do so it has made demands on the troops which cannot con- tinue indefinitely without dangerous risks. Although the Germans gen- erally have maintained their front during their hasty withdrawal, they have lost an enormous amount of material, and doubtless have suffer- od a severe weakening in their morale and power of resistance. Thousands of Germans are being used in reconstruction work when every rifle is needed on the front lines, the military observers say. KAISER MAY RISK HIS FLEET, en New Powers. Amsterdam, Sept. 7.----News in yes«. terday"s papers that the chief of the German Admiralty staff has had pow ers conferred on him, by which his control over the fleet is widened, may indicate that the Kaiser contemplates calling on the German navy to redress at sea the lost balance of the land war. It issignificant that a Capt. Lewetzow, is being ta active service, wherein he is said to have distinguished himself, in order to assume the post as chief of the new naval staff attached to main headquarters. The Amerjean transport Mount Vernon, homeward bound, was tor- pedoed by an enemy submarice 200 miles from the French coast, but managed to make land, = French cavalry' passed through Chauny Friday morning, and are now advancing toward Terganier, four and a half miles north-east, : British troops are reported to advanced astride the ? Quentin line on a front' of twelve miles to a depth of three miles, The American line on the Aisne front was extended Friday Sioa) Revillon and then south-easterly to a line held by the French, sn The capture of by the French makes ihe | positions on the Chemis-Des practically untenable. WAR TIDINGS. The French have captured Chief of German Admiralty Staff Give ~~ © Beatty, of Beaver Hills, Forest Re- serve, dled last night from the effects and reoecupied all their + along the whole front to t ! the Alsne river. k by putting a number of the nurses out of positions with practically no 'notice is a piece of rank injustice and ingratitude on thé part of headquar- ters," said one nursing sister at the i wii aT some Ean oth a So h us on a . months ago, when our services were m | needed, and "now we are struck: | | the strength indefinitely. A number | of the girls have just ro their leave a thinking tions were Bove m, tween the Somme and the. Oise French troops continued to make progress during the entire night, overcoming local resistance and forcing back the enemy rear guards.' Moeuvres, and we shail pet Lave| done this effectively until we zet across the Sensee canal and take Douai. With this achieved, we may ook for fu 'big developments. ? take it us probable that immediate plans from Press Despa : . Washingion: Sept. FT Sanutaey ture of beer in the United States will be | after Dec. 1st as a" war | have aA A A TEN Hance: hay Germany and. the entire man pul at Ges