St. Louis Post-Dispatch
October 18, 1918

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LER we rm een = eee PRICE two CENTS AS AE —- — GERMANS OUT OF BRUGES AND ZEEBRUGGE: COAST CLEARED Enemy . — = = ete | FEDERALIZATION OF | | AUSTRIA-HUNGARY PROCLAIMED BY EMPEROR CHARLES Separate States for Separate Nationalities With Auton- in audhalineegeecnsene omous Government Local Affairs Decreed. “CONFORMS TO ACTS | OF ALLIED MONARCHS” “Does Not Mean We Are Al- ready Envisaging Union of Austrian-Polish Territories | With the Independent Pol- ish State.”’ Br the Aseoctated Fress. VIENNA, via Basel, 18.—Steps for the organization | federalized basis Iamperor | Switzerland, Oct. of Austria on a were proclaimed by Charles today. The plan include the union of Austrian Po-' land with “the independent Polish State)” the Emperor declarear’"The ety of Trieste and the Trieste re-: rion will be treated sepaartely “in' with the wishes of the| population.” a ann CENTRAL POWERS REPORTED QUITTING | SERBIA AND ALBANIA | does not.) conformity LONDON, Oct. 18.—The evacua- tion of the territory of Serbia, Al- | btania and Montenegro by forces of | the Central Powers has been begun, | according to a dispatch from Vienna | torwarded by the Amsterdam corre- | spondent of the Central News Agency. By the Agsociated Press. BASEL, Switzerland, Oct. 18.— Scenes of tumult prevailed at the meeting of the Hungarian Diet yes- lerday, during which demands for, made and it was an- nounced that Austria was ganized on a federal basis. was the» uproar that the presiding officer was obliged to adjourn the sitting. The disorder continued. however, the Deputies calling each other “blackguard, Uar, traitor, slave.” Dr. Alexander Wekerle, the Hun- garian Premier, said that the fed- eral states which will be formed in Austria will organize their economic and military policies on an auton-) Oomous and independent basis. He made an appeal for a united action oy all parties. Count Michael Karolyi, president of the Hungarian Independent party, who followed Dr.-Wekerle, demanded | that immediate peace negotiations be | degun without regard to the com- Munity of interests arising from the polley which has heretofore obtained, according to advices from Budapest. Tisza Assails Karolyi. Count Stephen Tisza, the Hungarian Premier. who on Wednes.- Cay had a narrow escape from a Would-be assassin, attacked Count Karolyi, yelling “You are Entente 4gents.”’ Martin Novassy, one of the mem- hers of the Diet, answered: ‘“We are. friends of the Iintente.” Great disorder ensued in the chan - ber, When the sitting was resumed after a brief postponement, a draft of the address to the King was read it said the result of the war had, been such as to place the throne ip Canger. It stated that Hungary Must have full autonomy. Hails Wilson's Principles. “Hungary feels herself to be ta full accord with the ideas spreading | “aroughout the werld’ along the lines f the noble principles of President Vilton’s ade sddress con- imue: i: “Hur gary trust dependen:, miunt ora. “uf age un tween nationatit: as peace were being or- So great former dress.” "Lhe Cori picte is iti- “ neral elec- lations }e-| in r 16 country Pe ee ene ee. ~ AS a Continued on Page %, ¢ ‘olamn ¢. | Other mustard greens, cabbage, turnips and . string beans. 'are declining in price rapidly, PROCLAMATION OF AUSTRIAN EMPEROR Decrees Confederate State of Autonomous Nationalities, Excluding Poland. VIENNA, Oct. 18, via Basel. Switzerland.—The Austrian En- peror has issued the following manifesto: “To my faithful Austrian Pco- ples: “Since I have throne I have tried to make it my duty to assure all my peo- ples the peace so ardently de- sired and to point the way to the Austrian peoples of a prosper- ous development unhampered by obstacles which brutal forces create against intellectual and economic prosperity. “The terrific struggles in world war have thus the work of peace The heavy sacrifices of the war should assure to us an honorable peace, on the threshold of which, by the help of God, we are to- day. “We must, therefore, under- take without delay the reorgan!- zation of our country on a neu- tral and therefore solid basis. Such a question demands that the desires of the Austrian peo ples be harmonized and realized. “lt a mdecided to accomplish this work with the free collabo- ration of my peoples in the spirit and principles which our allied monarchs have adopted in their offer of peace. “Austria must become, in con- formity with the will of its peo- ple, a confederate state in whieh each nationality shall form on the territory. which it occupies its own local autonomy. “This does not mean are already ef the Polish tria with the state. “The city of its surroundings formity with the population, be treated ascended the the far made impossible. heise we te rritories | of “AU \- independent Polish Trieste with all shal!, in con- desire of its separaie- dent Wilson's fit re Tv 7) (One of Pres) quirements ts an independent static of all Polish peoples whether now under German or Avatrian dominion. VEGETABLES SO PLENTIFUL HERE THAT PRICES TAKE DROP. Lettuce at Cents a Bashel—Apples Hereto- fore High Are Declining. An oversupply of green vegeta- ‘bles in the market here has brought | prices lower | dealers said today. , ing, /a bushel than for Spinach was scell- wholesale, at from 1 to 95 cents today, and lettuce going at from 19 to 15 cents a bushel. cheap vegetables were kale, | Berlin, -logne Volks Zeitng. ‘Hindenburg’s REICHSTAG’S onstration by BERLIN 10 OBJECT T0 TONE OF NOTE, BERNE LEARNS : Presence in Capital Is Believed to Fore- shadow Drafting of Reply to President. POLICY NOT YET DETERMINED New State of Affairs in Di- plomatic Discussions Rela- tive to Peace Created by Answer. the Associated Press AMSTERDAM, Oct. 1§ A Indepen- the German nter Den Linden, the Co- The crown sang dent Socialists in | toduy, is reported by ‘the “Marseillaise.’ crowd 'of affairs in (from ; man ' ployed by adds the GgGemonstrators § frot There the the The police, newspaper prevented the reaching the was a clash in which imperial palace some of were injured by police sabers. the Associated Pres: B ERNE, Thursday, ident rar! I ¢ ) x pres In nole diplomatik relative to peace, it is reported here German soures¢s, and the Ger- will make the tone em- reply, it is said, understood that the resid clearly ent was open to objections. There have been passionate dis- 'cussions of the DPresident's reply at Wholesale From 1 to 5. many years, | was;+* y liament ‘ed. Then | debate, bruit and potatoes also are plenti-| ful. Apples, which have been high, that commercial! year is about § per last year. the fact tion this greater than due to} produc- | cent) ‘ »other Good rains in September, and gen- | erally favorable weather during the ‘Jast few months, is given as the rea- ison for the large supply. EE meetings of all the groups of the + Reichstag, but no line of policy has been determined, although there ‘have been prolonged deliberations on the subject. The presence of Field Marshal] von Hindenburg in Kerlin is believed to foreshadow the drafting of the Ger- man reply to Wilson. Under the cir- cumstances it is unecesriain whether the Reichstag will meet tomorrow (i. riday). In any case, there will be no plenary mecting of before the reply is there will be a in which the Soci ably Friedrich Ebert, ot «he Social pe CGustave Noske, the Reichstag, wil) take part. ‘ermany'’s reply was expected be drawn up and dispatched \.-ashington last night. late advice® from semi-official news indicate that it certain in the note will seek forward- full-dress . lists, not- Vice pr party, talist men te iden "y a As mocraivc an:l ‘ee 2 T . , . . , per oO! according berlin Germans c;erman? tinue the paners in to con conversation. FOCH GIVES CREDIT TO BRITISH Reported to Have Said Their Drive Brought Peace Offer By the Associated Press. LONDON, via Montreal, Oct. 18.-- Marshal l’och a few days ago per- sonally told Field Marshal Haig that Hindenburg line that brought about the German peace offer, the London correspondent of the (—— In Next Sunday’s Post-Dispatch A Singing Army of 5,000,000 Strong—-Tho story of how vocal instruction is given at the training camps and what it has achieved in promoting morale and good _ feeling among our boys in the battle zone. An inspiring narrative. Problems of Restoring Peace Viewed From a Military Point of View—Why the al- lies will insist on putting the German Army in chains be fore they will talk to the German people. Where the Tide of War Turned Two photographs from an airplane of Chateau Thierry and Brezouches where the Americun forees halted the drive for Paris, strikingiy rep@duce. in the Rotogra yure Section. Order Your r Copy Today inot only in mil {also in Strong Anti-Wilson Tendency cated in Berlin Dispatches, AMSTERDAM, Oct. 18.---Dis patches from Berlin last night indi- eated a strong ar.ti-Wilson tendeney, itary quarters by: these which have fuvered | peac it was the British break through the ORIENT EXPRESS FROM BERLIN Manchester | ‘Guardian says he learns indirectly, ‘but in a most unquestionable way. Ifungariar A ee ee TO CONSTANTINOPLE, SUSPENDS lated Tress BERNE, Switz alilwat By eh, Aso erland. Chet 1; Administratior pubiic that the has inforn ae ' Orient | A’, The cuttine off of th press train, which Berlin to Constantinople, was neces. sary by the capture of Nish by the Serbieans last e Orian? Er. rA yr? from rnade We ek. MOTHER OF FOUR ENDS HER LIFE Alhambra (11.3 Woman's Youngest Child Is Light Weeks Old. Mrs. Lou Webhling, wife of Edward UH. ployed in the City, killed herself into a well bra. [1]. daughter: the feu! ire VeecKs old, survive. Th to Alhanibra frem » . Ur arity a, month dem- | the Par. | Indi- . GERMANY SUPPRESSES. ALLIES’ OFFICIAL DAILY STATEMENTS Switzerland Heard of Ontbreaks Among Soldiers and of Posters Abusing Former Military ba- vorites. the “ee n ae d Prees. vA RIC ict. 18.—Official state- ments one by the Entente War Of- fices no longer are publ many. Rumors that among here the Out- the reaching ure to there have bee ne the soldiers effect breaks front. Abusive placards concerning the Emperor, the Crown Prince, IT ield Marshal Hindenburg and Gen. Ludendortf have been posted in vari- us railroad stations in ofnterangina yon 10,000 PLANES WORTH 500, 000 TROOPS, BRITON CABLES U, S. Lord Sydenham Tells Major- General Kenly “We Can Bring Germany to Terms by Air Force.” Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. Srdenham, British authority on tifications, in a message here today by Major-General Kenly, Director of Military Aeronautics, Bays: “Impress upon-your-people. that 10,000 airplanes at this juncture are worth more than 500,000 troops on the ground and will not require near!y so much transport. We bring Germany to terms by air force, that is certain.” BURLESON, HERE, SAYS HE ter + | By ake EXPECTS GERMAN SURRENDER Postinaster-General Expresses ‘‘Per- sonal Belicf’ That Action Will Come Qaickly. Postmaster - General passing through this rm way from Texas to Washington, pressed his “persona! belicf”’ surrender Burteso: orning on his CX- that Germany would uncondi-: tionally. 4 ~) Paeser' © quickly,’ “They in the break.” Asked if peace, in his. opinion, would be accomplished without an invasion of Germany, he replied that that was a military | leaders of the allies to decide. “Speaking for myself again,” he said, “I think an invasion will take} place, in a sense, for the military. leaders are sure to demand posses-} sion of German cities to insure the payment of indemnities and the car- ‘ying out of other terms.” . + #7 matter for the PIANO IS GERMAN DEATH TRAP Linglish Officer t inies Hand Striking Chord on Instrument left in Cambrai. Ky the Associated Press. PARIS, Oct. 18.—The hand of an English officer at Cambrai was torn | off We o sday by one of the enemy’s interna raps, says 3 dispatch to/! the sot Seeing a piano aban- doned in the middle of a street, he struck a chord and an explosion fol- lowed which ripped off his hand. A's by. , grenade had been placed in connee- ion with the keys. MAJ. BURGHER ‘WELL’ ON OCT. 14 Officer of 138th Infantry’ Cables News to Wife. A ecabie, dated Oct. 14, stating | ‘Ayn safe and well,” was received | day from Maj. Emil purgner, rank- | ing medical officer of the 138th (St. Louis) Infantry. by Mrs. Burgher,! +11 Goodfellow avenue. The date of the after regirnent Argonne Medical cable Was sent the went through = the “tighting. lorest ished in Ger- | -Lord | for-' received . Can ; methods of , patched is ' State Emperor has announced to the For- Parlia- | ; many ill make i (Government : a ; Indicates ; lan agreerm i Ties to 'eonditions tor a ENEMY SEEMINGLY TRYING TO HASTEN DEMUGRATIZATION Efforts to Meet Demand for Humane Warfare Also In- dicated in Reports Reach- ing Washington. NO HINT OF WHEN REPLY WILL COME — Reform ernment Structure in Ger- many and Charles’ Auton- | omy Pledge. tated Presa Oct. Germany Bs the Asso: WASHINGTON, muitiply that and rae are hastening to rearrange their in- affairs and the ternal political v warfare, in meeting the requirements by President Wiison in Germany s peace proffer. There is no when the German answer but that one will be dis- | made more statements of Raron ian Foreign Minister, Foreign Affairs the Austrian Parliament. rollewing closely the radical | changes } ne German gz structure as recorded in cable patches from Amsterdam and terdam,. information came to Department that the Austrian indication will come, the Austr the eign Affairs Committee of ment his purpose to grant autonomy to the oppressed nationalities in the dual empire. The right to mous existence for these nationali- ties is one of the peace requirements laid down by President Wilson. Agitation Delays Reply. The announcement from Copenha- gen of the reading of a decree in the ne is re- is to Hungarian Parliament recognizi Hungary as a separate State garded as an earnest of what come to the other nationalities of the empire. It has been suggested the delay in dispatching the a-mistice may be accounted fer by the conviction by officials that events rapidly in Austria- would be are moving so Hungary that it wait the outcome of the present agitation there in order to adopt the reply to the new conditions. Baron Turian’s statement to the Foreign Affairs Committee the modifications necessary to realize the demand for a democrat and abdication of mili- tarv control was regarded as clearly indicating the Austrian purpose to do likewise. Events are moving tn the same direction in Turkey, where the Sultan ared for a rep- resentative (¢ so that the conclusio? that the whole program of constitutional form now under way is-the result ent between the three ai- the President's of hostili has decl rovernment is irresistible meet one of cessation i ties. UNSETTLED WEATHER TONIGHT, TOMORROW ; SHOWERS PROBABLE. THE TEMPERATURES. re . » te? b ae. 4 i. Ye: terday : low. 69 at 6 a. m. BUY AGAIN | Official fore- cast for St. Louis and vicinity: Unsettlied, weather tonight) and tomorrow: probably with showers. Not much change in temperature. —Un- tonight tomorrow: with Cooler Missouri- settled and probably showers. south portion > a LOnIR AL, show- Or and tomerrow in des and in east portions to- inorrow., Cooler rtion tonicht. The Wumanization of War. 1ent a position to a: é; demands re- the . 4 im? ét. é Baron Burian stater tha Germany will be in > sei, ‘ept ne i res] ,€ garding t! humanizat: be herne ou im 2 the art he age »* as appeal LO reports fron war »aAsurte . 4? vat de ranee at the Germ s are not looting — destroying private p erty as heretofore. If this 1s ronewee by the no ait of submarine at ‘ks on merchant shipping, offici ials he principal obstacies in justment will be ‘ BG. P| ¢ ay f an ad ‘+ > «€ e : nent of an pro; ound only in the arrange? armistice oo enting i] by {he State (i. Masaryk, Czecho-Slovak Nationa! ceived a cablegram today dem onstration and in Prague ly reports Department, Prof. Vhomas President of the stating the general has rreat trike proclaimed sete all over Bohemia and Mora- | were | via. -evolutionary meetings held throughout the Czech lands at. ‘which the now famous oath of April was repeated, pledging ev- 7s 6191338, ‘zecho-Slo- erything to vak independence. The message said, also, that the Czech Deputy. declared in on Oct. 2, that the Cze- not voluntarily the cause of (¢ wt i nek, Parliament cho- Slovaks have — ——- ——— Continued on Page 2, Colemn 1, * Movements’ Evi-' denced in Changes in Gov- ' 'according to the their | hope of. laid down | his reply to | certain by} Burian, the | before Committee of! overnmental!! dis- | Rot-, the! ‘ tinues on the whole front, autono- | wide ‘four ‘have captured a number of villages.” | gion President's | ireply to the Austrian appeal for an | of con | wise to} that Ger- constitutional | ic form of| iward | been the river and still ‘GERMANS IN NEW Council, re- ; BRITISH ENTER DOUAI AFTER TAKING LILLE Advance British Continue Between Sensee and Lys and Are Reported to Have Entered Turcoing. 4000 MEN TAKEN IN LE CATEAU ADVANCE Under Co-operation With the | French on the Right Fur.' ‘and Ostend, ther Progress Is Made in New Offensive. | By the Associated Presa. LONDON, Oct. 18.—Turcoing, a 5| ¢ ity six miles northeast of Lille, has | been entered by the British troops, ; Evening News. By the Associated Press. LONDON, Oct. 18. 4000 prisoners were I‘ield Marshal Haig’s forces yester- day in their offensive in the Bohain- | le-Cateau region, the British Office announced today. —More Lys River the Pritish are continuing their advance on the whole front. Haig’s forees north of captured a number of villages ‘crossed the Douai-Denain road. The text of the War nouncentent reads: “The prisoners reported in our op- erations yesterday on the Bohain and Le Cateau exceed 4000. We also captured a number of gun3 ‘Further north our advance con the Sensee Canal and the Lys River. | front north of Cambrai. astride the Douai-Denin road, miles southeast of Doual, are WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE, Thursday, Oct., 17, 10:30 ~—Considerable the British in the re- southwest of Douai, but this fighting died down some hours 4go In the! Lille area allied troops have reached Poncq. A new effected Pp. m. been met by r CTOSsi! south of Wevreghem. was little opposition north and : of Lille and the British raoved today. The fourth British army launched a powerful! attack form Le Chateau southward this morning. Amertcan contingents are participating in the fighting. KE irst reports indicate ex- cellent progress made everywhere against the desperately fis} mans, who are being driven the Oise. The Se'le crossed at St. Benin and the been captured. At last allies were well east of advane'n back to- station has reports the RETREAT BETWEEN OISE AND SERRE Pre = 18.—-The Br the Aesnciated PARIS, Oct. begun a new fsern : ~*% ’ retirement } have : , ment in t! fi al oo A ‘ betwee the d Serre Rivers, according to the of- ficial statement from the War Office today French advancing from Achery and Choigny, are in pursuit of the German rear guards. Anguilcourt has been occupied by the French. In the Argonne region the French troo Pps, have crossed the Aisne near Vouziers. | nz continues in the area west | Al| }- ight in of Grand Pre. The statement reads: “On the right bank of the Olse the enemy confined his reactions to artillery fire. Between the Oise and the Serr al. Debouching from Achery and Choigny toward the end of the night | the French troops pursued the Ger- man rear guard and occupied Angull- court. ‘West of Grand Pre the battle con- tinues with extreme stubbornness and | was extended this morning as far as Coatieved on Page > Cotamse 5. f ‘tle of ‘opened by Gen. Mangin’s victorious | > . , counter offensive on July 18. ' Tax} Wa>! man defense system castward to the Petween the Sensee Canal and tl. e| Office an- | south. | be : said that the prospects of the fu- donde to latest between | and | Gen | Sustain operations ; if er. t is opposition has|fromtier. It i '£1uUm will be | battle ‘¢ of the Lys has heen | There | outh ahead | | through iby the rt] lg (rere | ne Mew” | tween River has! ‘the | JEFFERSON CITY, McCord, executive officer | for the selective draft operation in, e, French pressure, continued | during the last few days, has obliged | the enemy to begin a new withdraw- | Belgium’s King and ) Queen Enter Ostend First Time Since 1914 PARIS, Thursday, HE Germans are abandon- [ine the Belgian coast and are seeking refuge behind outer cefenses of Antwerp. Ostend has been occupied by the British. Ring Albert of Queen Elizabeth this afternoon for since 1914. ~ ‘ > Ort. *F the Belgium and entered Ostend the first time WHOLE GERMAN LINE EASTWARD TO THE the BRITISH TAKE MEUSE IS IN PERIL Road to Brussels Declared to| Be Open; Taking of Ostend Opens Way to Troop Landings. By the Associated Press PARIS, Oct. 18.—Lille. three grea’ cities, Serre _—_——_ — ———— a LARGE PART OF COURTRAt Belgian Cavalry Pursuing the Retiring Enemy on Flan- ders Front in Effort to Cut Off Retreat to Ghent, and the Artillery Is Following Swiftly. ‘ALLIES ADVANCING ON Doual have | been delivered from the enemy. his | is the most glorious day for the allies _Since the battle of the Marne, and it | fittingly terminates a wonderful bat- | Two Movements in Progress three months, which was' Many cities have been The results But the The retaken. been splendid. Belgium is not all. victory in sritish south the Hunding line. The whole Ger- , Meuse is in peril. As the first result of the forcing 'of the Germans back | Tournai-Valen: ‘Tennes lit ° before defenses ture are even more important than | front of | the actual results attained, splendid | though they may be. The road to Brussels is open. Ac- advices, the French LDeigian armies are re pidly towards Bruges and Ghent “We have crossed the canal on a | The capture of Cstend makes it pos- We | sible to ithrow powerful forces against the ex- | and | land reinforcements and treme right of the German army strong enough to on the the French to the Dutch therefore reasonable to expect that its march across Bel- rapid and that King Al- bert will re-enter his capital earlier ihere as no longer 'front from ithan was hoped. moment the another direction At the very was won started in the son and Veérvins br Anglo-American and French forces. The object take the armies of the Crown Prince under shelter of the Ilunding line on the flank and them to an early retreat the Ardennes across the front lied right wine The way back to two bottle Ardennes——the one Liege and Dinant and the Montmedy and Verdun latter is already partiv blocked. While it may be admitted that the (Germans are fighting well and con- cucting their retreat with great skill. sober military opinion here is the great German military machine in danger of colla very listant date. ee oe we ee offensive was condemn toward (ermany le necks separated other be The mse ut no POPE FAVORS WILSON'S COURSE “Pins Faith on President to Make Quick and Durable Peace.” Hr the Assoctated Pres ROME, Oct. I8 “You may that the holy father is pinning faith entirely on Ir Wileon quick and ace, papal un said to corresponcen jaent + 5 dgurabie pm encre lat make a Mer. Corretti, der of state, Monday. “IIe ia making this end—-that Pres ident Wilson may not deviate from his present course and that nothing may interfere with his purpose and compe! a renewal cf war.” FURLOUGHS STOPPED Officers and Men tn Missouri Will Not Get Leaves for Present. | Spectal to the Post-Dispatch the pecial prayers to Oct. 18.- Gee, os we Missouri, received a telegram today | from Provost Marsha!l-Genera! Crowder suspending all furloughs of officers camps, posts not quarantined, as a precaullon | againet the spread of influenza. Exceptions under this order will ‘be made only cases of great weight and nobocessity. liberated | ‘and hundreds of square miles of ter- ' ritory than} captured by) /of Le Cateau have broken into the | German positions and now threaten have) to the Ghent-. during | og ‘ambral! yesterday’s fighting has been to oan and | the enemy's | have been able to reach them further | By the FRONT OF 31 MILES in Clearing Operations Against the Enemy in Flanders; Many Prisoners and Great Lot of Material Captured. Associated Press. LONDON, via 18.—Zeebruggee, Oct. port of Montrea!. the they | Bruges, and the second import- ‘ant German submarine base on Without exaggeration, it may | : ‘the Belgian coast, advancing | von Arnim’'s army is regard- | extended | landers | of Hir- | is to} of the powerful al- | between | that | i trv '=Zeecbrugge, has been oe- cupied by allied forces. Bruges, seven miles south of Zeebrugge, has been evacuated by the Germans, according to information received at the Bel- gian army headquarters. eee By the Associated Press. BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN FLANDERS, Oct. 18—Belgian infar- forces entered the city of Bruges today. IONDON, Oct. 18, 1 p. m.—Bél cian cavalry is pursuing the retreat- ing enemy on the Flanders frost today, with the object of cutting his retreat to Ghent. The artillery is following swiftly and carrying out a vizorous bombardment with the same object. Ths town of Blankenberghe, on the Welgian coast, southwest of was occupled by allied forees today. Some of the German garrison failed to get away from Ostend. The men were handed over to the allied forces by the civillan population. In the areas between Bruges and the sea large captures of Germans are not expected as the sector has beet | lightly held by the enemy. individual | and men in; and stations that are | , aides Belgian guna are now fring o~. lated Prees. HEADQUARTERS IN Oct. 17.—. Tt, the Agso BRITISH BELAsIUM, Thursday, Iseghm, southeast of Roulers, changed hands four times before the Cermans finally were expelled. The EPritish hold about a third of the new part of Courtral, embracing about 5900 inhabitants. The older and larger part is still tn the hands of the Germana, and it is believed some 36,000 persons, mostly women and children, are in the place. : Courtra!l was only slightly dam aged by shell fire. The British are all around it, eo that the enemy hold is precarious, ‘Ae reported by the Poet Diepatch yester- bich rurkge eouth and weet of Courtra!l te Dous!l esd luding Ldlie, Tourcoing Reebets. Léll wae evacuated yerterday apd Mritiab eiready bave entered the other tewas bamec.) Belgian Patrols Enter Bruges, Car- alry on Both Sides. By the Agsectated Press. WITH THE ALLIED ARMIES I¥ RELGIUM, Thursday, Cct. 17.—Betl- wiap patrols have entered Bruges and cavairy ts operating on both from gouth of the city. The allied infantry made rapid progress today ind pierced tr.to thr a ee ee ier | een ay ~"Condiaand en Peas & Goan Oe %. a }- i. - Pro. “ ad BOI ei gy, eater Bre