The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 25, 1918, Page 4

: , fy y rm i THE BISMARCK:'TRIBUNE, Gatered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Secor ans Matter, IsSUHD EVERY DAY G@EORGE D. MANN ee bd G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY, Special Foreign Representative. NEW YOR, iifth Ave. Bldg.; CHICAGO, Marquotte Bldg.; | * POSTON, 8 Winter St.; DETROKT, Kresge Bldg. ; | MINNEAPOLIS, 810 Lumbor Exchange. | MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. Wbe Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news credited to {t or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news pub- shed herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein | are also reserved. MEMBER AUDIT BURHAU OF CIRCULATION. SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE, Dally, Morning and Sunday by Carrier, per month ....§ . Dally, Morning, Kvening and Sunday ty Carrie: per month . Dally, Evening Dally, Evening and Sunday, per month .... ‘ Morning or Kvening by Mail in North Dakota, one “6 J eaeeeene Morning or © one year .. Bunday in Combination wi mall, ONG YOUP on nsec THY STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER. (Established 1873) Hditor A i BO ONG cent + ha a ss THE DRIVE THE BEGINNI Ay It is greatly to be hoped that, at he de y cisive drive on the western front is on. This is ig an awlal thing to say, when the fearful sacrifice of lives is considered. But every day of delay has ir meant sacrifice of human lives, and there is no q possibility of a settlement save through slaughter. w For nearly four years the foreign world has tt been developing hatred and studying means of uy gratifying that hatred through bloodshed. For a Atl Omrce naps been turned to slaughter of human beings and even the little children in the schools are learning to hate. You cannot sow hate in the heart of a young nation or a young person and reap other than a harvest of tares and thistles. With many more months of this bloody war business, in our armies, camps, factories, stores, schools and homes, we are going to have on our hands the mighty task of preventing ourselves from becoming a nation in- clined to throat-cutting on easy provocation. Heaven forbid that our national ideals of justice, equality and liberty ever be at the mercy of hate! However, there’s one satisfactory feature about this drive. There’s no question as to what it’s about. It he beginning of the decision as to whether civilization shall live and thrive or be- come the harlot slave of brutal autocrac, Do you remember how, in the first year of the war, ail the statesmen, diplomats and theorists were confused as to what the war was about? Even the men in the ranks weren't at all certain as to why they were killing each other. Who started the war? For what? How the partisans and the editors wrestled with those questions! Why, for two years and more, even intelligent America did not realize what the issue was! Von Hindenberg declares he'll drive through to Paris though it cost him a million of his men. He thereby discloses not only the beast that’s in autocracy, but also the enormity of that autoc- racy’s design from the beginning. Today, there is no particle of doubt. because this or that beligerent can get this or that territorial trade advantage. salutes the Stars and Stripes as knows that he is the soldier of all humanity. drive go on! What this starving, bleeding world needs is an end of war. It is ready to pay the inevitable cost of the beginning of the end. Come on, ye Teuton barbarians! Your purpose is known, and ye shall meet your match. God reigns and the love of liberty and justice. still lives in the hearts of men. NO TIME FOR PESSIMISM Paris. Compicgne, the gateway to the French capital is threatened, and the German occupancy of certain vantage points indicates the terrific pressure upon the Allies’ lines. military strategy dictated. Allies are br { for an offensive, but wil! choo... their own time and place. it is prematurc at this time to say that anything decisive hac only : |spare none of his divisions as long as there seems | ‘go that when the time comes for the offensive, it !children and decrepit—it is doubtless a huge suc- ast, the de-| cess. year, the thought of peace-loving America has | Today, no soldier or sailor fights or dies because Belgium was outraged, or ; The Hun has a asailec che British chiefly and the line has yielded beeit kalhed DW tM GROMatw.” Tho gueat offensive OUTNUM qi aren arett few thousand prisoners ‘héré or there may look disastrous to the layman, but it should be re-| membered in the famous battles of the Marne and | Somme, the Teutons lost many men and vast) stores of supplies. | That the British have been able to ward off} an enveloping movement is hopeful. Just what the casualties have been no one probably knows, but it is safe to conjecture that Emperor William will is put in its, earliest stage, "v° ¢! a possibility of shattering the British fighting ma- chine by the pressure of superior numbers, At this writing the French lines have not been engaged to any extent. What the maneuvers of the imperial war council contemplate, time only will divulge. One point seems well established and that is that the sons of America, Briton and France are acquitting themselves like men. American engineers are facilitating the movement of troops may be as effective as possible. "There is more occasion now for cool heads and} brave hearts at home. Nothing has transpired to! indicate that the retrograde movement of the) British has affected the strong defensive lines to the north. Germany’s reported “super gun” may turn out to be one of the myths of the war. Its effective- ness has nowhere been demonstrated. As an in- strument to terrorize noncombatants—women, Something more than the meagre dis- patches must be forthcoming before the long range gun can be accepted seriously as an impor- tant factor. Nothing has been disclosed yet by which to measure its importance as an effective munition of war. | Under the eye of the military autocrats, the flower of Germany’s army is being hurled against the British lines with an utter disregard for life. his may be a measure of the desperate straights in which the military party finds itself. | The triumph of democracy may be nearer at ‘hand than the news of today conveys. Harder fighting is ahead. i WOMEN AS WAR AIDES Women’s sphere in all kinds of war activities is constantly broadening. There is not a drive of importance but they are found on the firing line doing a fine and courageous duty. Their service is no popular hysteria. Of all the stay-at-homes, there is nothing hysteric about the patriotic devo- tion of the women whether her energies are ad- dressed to Red Cross work, Liberty Loan drives or Thrift Stamp sales. Battles could not be fought or won without them. The spirit of France has been sustained by their cool valor and quiet devotion. As some one has said: i “They teach men how to fight and how to die, making it easy to fight and sweet to die.” Those promoting the sale of the Third Liberty Loan have recognized the importance of organiz- ing the women. Under the leadership of Mrs. McAdoo, the women of America are going to play a large part in making the loan a success. Mrs. \C. L. Young is taking hold of the work vigorously for this county and after the inspiration of the addresses given in the state by Mrs. C. A. Sever- BISMARCK EVENING TRIBUNE RED Fa EE poss ALLIED UNIT: PEDE HUN ADVANCE AND GUARD REAR ae ™ (Continued From Page One ) with the La Fere group. The battle raged continuously in ° the lowlands of the Oise. _ At Veneuil, a group of British held out until 4 o’clock Friday afternoon. A little further north the Germans stormed Urvillers, and Essigny. Just west of St. Quentin, the British were forced to fall back, but they clung to the Holnon wood, northwest of the ‘city. AMERICAN ENGINEERS AGAIN SCORE American engineers have again been in the throes of fierce conflicts, in which they have done excellent work in transportation. BRITISH COUNTER ATTACKING London, March 25.—The British this morning were counter-attacking between Nesle and Ham, Reuter’s cor- respondent at British headquarters reports. The French also were in action. GERMANS MAKING STAND Berlin, March 25.—The Germans are now standing to the north of the Somme, in the middle of the former Somme battlefield, says today’s official statement. Bapaume was captured in night fighting. On the battle line in France the sanguinary struggle still is going on with the British troops on most sectors apparently hold- ing their own, but with the Germans at salient points still press- ing forward. The town of Chauny, southwest of St. Quentin, situated on the road to Compiegne, the gateway to Paris, has been occupied by the Germans and according to the Berlin official com- munications everywhere between the Somme and the Oise rivers the Germans are pressing their advantage. Throughout Sunday along the entire fifty-mile battle front the fighting never ceased and where Field Marshal Haig’s men were unable to withstand the terrific onslaughts delivered by greatly superior forces, ground was given, but always in orderly fashion. It now has been definitely ascertained that considerably more than a million Germans have been brought to the western front | in an endeavor to crush the British army holding the line from! the region of Arras to the south of St. Quentin, but it daily be- comes increasingly evident that the enemy in his drive has met with opposition not counted upon and been unable to realize to the full his objectives. In addition to Chauny, the Germans are claiming the capture of both Peronne and Ham and to have increased the number of pris- oners taken to more than 30,000, in addition to 600 guns and large stores of war materials. . It is claimed also by the Germans that American and. French regiments which were brought up to reinforce the British have ‘been defeated, but no further information than this mere’ state- ment has been vouchsafed. In their retirement, according to Berlin, the British are burning towns and villages behind them. This sttaement, however, seemingly is capable of being received with reserve, as the Germans themselvs, in thir famous “strategic” | | retirement left little standing in the territory they evacuated, even denuding the country of trees. One of the mysteries of the offen- sive which now has been solved is that the shelling of Paris is being done by a long range German gun. This statement is contained in the Berlin official communication, and a Paris; |dispatch says that one of the guns has been located near Laon, labout 76 miles from the center of: Paris. Throughout Sunday morning and into the'mid-afternoon shells were dropped in Paris | ‘at intervals of from twelve to twenty minutes. VON HINDENBURG BOASTFUL | Already the spirit of boastfulness which pervades the German army in times of success is being strongly manifested. Field Mar- {tion is loud in its plaudits of the German troops, declaring that ance, the women of North Dakota are thoroughly aroused to the grave importance of the task before them. | The spirit of woman arises readily alike to The cry that it is) peril and duty; the greater the crisis, the more capitalism’s war is dumb in the presence of the] sublime the sacrifice. America is emerging today crushing truth. The American soldier in France| from the first shock uf the great drive, more de- is emblem, but] termined than ever. The pressure of the Hun may force back for a period the stalwart lines of democ- And so, though the cost must be heavy, let the| racy, but these legions enlisted against the forces of autocracy must and will triumph. In these dark hours of the titanic struggle, the responsibilities settle more firmly upon the women of the nation and their participation in the various activities deserves the heartiest commendation. Women, real, true and good, heeding not the perils of the field are taking some of the brutality out of war, just as at home they are deserting time wasting and vainglorious propaganda for sincere Germany has thrown a million picked troops | ind eftective service. upon the British forces guarding the highways to The financial problems of the war are as vital is the purely humanitarian aspects which long since have enlisted the sympathies and energies siberty Loan. Mrs. Severance’s trip through North Dakota as done much to inspire the women to fresh en- teavor in this highly important field of wa: . tance, of the American women. An important task con-! ronts the women of Burleigh county in the Third! -suugegecuyngvecevueanngnuuaneenggeececgoUeeeee cae eageeUaaaeeecaueeaeenuoseagacaaennd anesnenveeseauusnonegseveveneegsoceveconananeocsanencacouaseesecuasececeeassnieony the “attacking spirit of the infantry could not have been excecded.” 1 On the other battle fronts the fighting activity continues comparatively slight, except for reciprocal bombardments and trench raiding operations. Along the Aisne front and in Cham- pagne the artillery duels between the French and the Germans have been somewhat violent. The Americans on their sectors, iespecially northwest of Toul, are daily keeping up their artillery i} | | i ‘practice, with visibly good results against the German positions! jin front of them and.now and then carrying out successful raids. | In the Italian theatre the snow on the ground and the freshets | ‘in the valleys continue to hinder the operations on a large scale, | ‘but from the preparatory artillery activity and the skirmishes | i that are being carried out, it becomes increasingly evident that this theatre shortly is to be the scene of a sanguinary encouner. WITHDRAWAL PLANNED ON The withdrawal of the British forces along the battle front in | France was long ago planned in the event of the Germans attacking iin great force. This announcement comes from the British front | through the Associated Press correspondent, who describes the | operation of the British army as a masterly withdrawal, made pos- “racial Hat aacthrey i ore-nent formance wil out contusion. FEAR COUNTER ATTACKS : This army, it is declared, has conserved, and up to the present very few counter attacks have been made against the Germans. Where the British have stormed the Germans’ newly acquired ‘| positions they have driven them back. But.each mile of advance makes the bringing up of supplies to the German artillery and infantry more and more difficult, and unquestionably the British strategy, as demonstrated since the beginning of the great attack, is to let the enemy, so far as he may, wear himself out against a powerful defence. Both British and French forces, where their lines meet south of St. Quentin, are watching events with optimistic eyes. _ SITUATION MORE OPTIMISTIC The British and French, who cooperate at the junction of the two armies, were viewing the trend of the German offensive, with | optimistic eyes this morning. Hard fighting was in progress, but the latest reports showed little or no change in the situation in favor of the enemy since yesterday, while on the other hand the defndrs had pushd the attacking forces back after a bitter struggle and were holding strongly along the whole new front to which they had withdrawn. . Fighting of a most desperate nature has been continuous since the initial attack, but so far the British have used few troops other than those which were holding the front lines, These shock troops have been making as gallant a defence as was ever recorded in the annals of the British army, and as a result they have enabled the main body of the forces to fall back deliberately and without confusion and occupy positions which had been prepared long be- fore the German offensive began. VAST HORDES The Germans, on the other hand, operating under the eyes of the emperor and the crown prince, have been hurling vast hordes into the fray with utter disregard for life and have followed into the abandoned positions getting farther and farther away from pee supplies and finding their communications increasingly dit- icult. More than fifty German divisions already have been identified by actual contact, and many of these men were simply given two days’ iron ratifications and sent over the top into the frightful maelstrom made by the allied artillery, machine guns and rifles, The slaughter of the enemy infantry as it advanced in close for- mation over the open has been appalling. The British losses have been within the bounds expected, due to the tactics of the commanders. The allies have lost a consider- able number of men in prisoners and a certain number of guns. But very few pieces of artillery have been taken by the Germans since the first day. In fact, the whole withdrawal has been exe- cuted in a masterly manner, showing how thoroughly the British had planned for the very events which have occurred. It is permitted to say now what some have known for a long time, namely that the British never intended to try to hold the forward positions in this region if the Germans attacked in the HARDER FIGHTING TO COME There is every reason to believe that harder fighting than has yet taken place will develop shortly. The Germans, in the British view, cannot now hesitate in carrying on their attack, and ‘it is a case of break through or admit defeat. In this circumstance it is interesting to note a statement made yesterday by a German offi- cer, a prisoner who declared that the German offensive was an act of desperation brought on by the fact that the fatherland must have peace. However, the British take such assertions at their face value and are proceeding accordingly. ; The hardest fighting yesterday occurred east of Peronne and in the Boise De Genlis. The most important. phase of the battle occurred in the latter neighborhood. During the morning the Ger- mhans had pushed southward toward Ham and had succeeded in ' force expected. shal Von Hindenburg has complimented the German emperor on A A . 4 ‘the “initial success,” and the latest German official communica- \ getting pectin arene Points in the defences to which the The British organized a counter attack and hurled themselves agairist the Germans with such ferocity that the enemy was forced to give way, and the situation was restored. This was one of the very few counter attacks as yet attemtped by the British. Last night was fairly quiet along the battle front, but this morning the British again surged forward against the Germans to the southeast of Ham, while the enemy continued his assaults in the neighborhood of Mory, southwest of Croiselles. LTT $875 buys a Studebaker Six Seven- Passenger, run only about 4,000 miles. Yours for quick sale only $875. ‘PHONE 141° | sible by gallant shock troops in the front lines, who checked the advance of the Germans, while artillery, machine gun and rifle fire worked appalling slaughter among the masses of German in- i= | | TUTE 1 ie deta base camps and at the front, where a | center may be a hay loft or in some part of a ruined chateau or even in a tent. Troops going into and com- ing out of the trenches are being sup- THE “WEATHER For twenty-four —> hours ending at | tained a regular schedule of moving} is limited, amps behind the lines, where conditions permit of more elaborate entertainment, there is being mail but in the JOHNSON’S Popular Priced Store “Bismarck’s Fastest Growing Store”t noon, March 25, Temperature at 7 a. m. .. Temperature at noon . ‘Highest yesterday .. Lowest yosterday . Lowest last night . Precipitation .,. » Highest wind velocity ......... 22-8 ‘ Forecast. . | For North. Dakota: Generally fair tonight and Tuesday; cooler Tuesday; 35 plied free with hot drinks. ; Picture shows, theatrical v9) The scope of the work at the front ments and sports. entertai REAL NEWS SERVICE The Tribune again has demonstrated its ability to give the Slope REAL LIVE NEWS. The Tribune's leased Asso- ciated Press leased wire and its corps of special writers have brought to the Slope country in the last three days authentic and detailed war news 12 to 14 hours in advance of any other fresh winds. " Lowest | | Newspaper serving this territory. The Tribune’s Saturday Tomporatures | afternoon edition bringing the first authoritative advice naan ut that the big drive was on had covered Bismarck and the St. Paul a entire Slope region many hours before any other news- Winnipeg a || Paper carrying even a line of these developments could reach Helena ... . 40 |, this section. Chicago .. | The Tribune’s leased wire busily clicked off new devel- i Switt Current . Kansas City .... 046 ORRIS W, ROBERTS. | Meteorologist. | | ARMY Y.M.C. A. | NOW OPERATES | ALONG FRONT | Paris, March 25. (By the Associat-| ed Press.)—The American army Y M. CG. 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