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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY Organization of the First American field army in France is progressing so rapidly that General March told members of the senate military committee yes ¬ terday nearly 95 per cent of the American troops brigaded with Jhe British and French have been withdrawn and are being assembled at a point he did not designate This accounts for the small number of Americans engaged in the present for ¬ ward movement of the allies Because of the gradual withdrawal of American troops which have been brigaded with French and British forces the senators said they were told only one division the Thirtysecond is now engaged in the present battle The situation on the western front General March said is more satisfactory than it has been in months Good progress is being made he said and the outlook is bright At no point along the front where the present battle is raging arc the allies more than twelve miles from the Hindenburg line while upon the upper part this line has been pierced by the British troops troopsGeneral General demoralization of the German population and widespread and growing dissatisfaction in the German army accompanied by mutiny and deser ¬ tions are described in a dispatch to the London Daily Telegraph from its Rotterdam correspondent under date of Thursday The correspondent says that information reaching him is so sensational as to inspire skepticism but declares that he has re ¬ ceived corroboratiqn from authoritative sources which establishes the authenticity of the information be ¬ yond a doubt doubtNewspaper Newspaper display advertising will be relied on more than ever to sell bonds during the fourth Lib ¬ erty Loan campaign which opens September 28 In full page and part page advertisements designed by trained advertising men the story of Liberty Bonds will be borne home to newspaper readers The cam ¬ paign will be to advertise the war as much as to sell bonds bondsBolshevik Bolshevik authorities at Moscow have been warned by the allied powers through the ministers of Hol ¬ land Denmark Switzerland and Norway that they will be held personally responsible for the safety of allied consular officers and missions now detained in Russia
