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GENERAL NEWS N6TES OF THE DAY The fall of Lille to the allies takes from tlie Ger ¬ mans the last of their great bastions which for four years held nn the enemy defensive system from tlie North Sea to Switzerland Cambrai Laon arid St Quentiri have been given iip in the last few weeks and now Lille completes the list Lille or Lisle as tlie name of tlie town is otherwise spelled is the largest city of France gained by the Germans and one of thef great fortresses guarding the French frontier Tlie old fort and citadels how ¬ ever were built so many years ago that their worth in modern warfare is doubtful doubtfulFrom From Paris comes the information that the whole of the German army of General Von Arnim is in retreat from the North Sea to the region of Lille having been beaten back and overthrown by the allied attacks yesterday The retirement is assum ¬ ing the proportions of a Tout Seventeen divisions comprise the armyof Von Arnim ArnimAVitli AVitli more than 100 persons dead and thousands without shelter food or clothing as a result of the earthquake which shook the entire island last Friday the government of Porto Rico yesterday appealed to the United States and to the American Red Gross for assistance Property drfhingc in three cities and numerous towns particularly along the west coast totaled 4000000 4000000John John D Rockfelier Jr at a meeting in New York yesterday to set in motion the collection of 170500000 to care for tlie physical and moral wel ¬ fare of soldiers at the front and behind the lines declared to representatives of eastern units of tlie united war work campaign that the total amount collected would go far beyond the sum asked askedThere There will be no extension of the Liberty Loan subscription period past Saturday WgliC Secretary McAdoo stated emphatically yesterday Further ¬ more i iaid aid the secretary it will be necessary to have a fifth and perhaps a sixth loan regardless of the outcome of Germanys present peace negotia ¬ tions tionsMilitary Military observers in Paris believe that General Von Arnim will have extreme difficulty in extri ¬ cating himself from tlie position It is held that lie remained too long against all strategic and military laws when he was outflanked and virtually sur ¬ rounded roundedThe The German anny command according to a bul ¬ letin issued by the Rotterdam Courant has or ¬ dered its armies to cease devastating places unless absolutely compelled by military necessity necessityThe The municipal council of Bordeaux France has voted a subscription of 100000 francs toward a fund being raised to erect a memorial in honor of America at the mouth of the Garonne GaronneAt At a meeting of the Hungarian parliament a proclamation was read declaring Hungary an inde ¬ pendent nation says a Berlin dispatch to the Cen ¬ tral News Agency Admiral Keys of the British navy has landed in Ostend says an official statement from London Ostend is reported cleared of the enemy enemyIt It is considered that if the present rate of ad ¬ vance is sustained tlie Belgian coast should be free of the Germans within a few days daysFuel Fuel AdniiiistratorGarfield today lifted the ban on xasolineless Sundays effective at once onceUp Up to tlie present nearly 1000000 British lives liave been sacrificed in the war
