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’ itude, fe hi oat day ee THE WEATHER GENERALLY’ FAIR- THE BIS CK TRIBUNE | LAST EDITION : | THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. No. 141, BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1918. \ PRICE FIVE CENTS. HUN 2,000 HEN CALLED FROM ~ NORTHDAKOTA Adjutant General Fraser Says N et Quota Will Move June 24-29 ASK 205 MEN FOR THE A. C. Call Issued by State Official for ’ All Registrants to Train Adjutant General Fraser today received notice from General Crowder that 2,000 men from North Dakota are called to the colors. The movement will start to Camp Dodge: June 24 and continue for a period of five days, General Fraser completed his compilation of county quotas this afternoon and reported that Bur- leigh wil send 47 men on this call; Grand Forks, 94; and Cass 142.. (County quotas were mailed a local gvuares this arcernoon. Under Provost Marshall Crowder's call for 24,764 draft registrants of grammar school education, Adjutant General Fraser today was directed to voluntarily induct not later than June 15 205 men for 8 three months’ course in carpentering, concrete ashi 674 drattsoye GERMANY PLANS "ARCTIC OCEAN London, June 1:—The pan-German scheme for world domination through @ “Mittel-Europa,’ upon which ‘the ‘kaiser put the soft pedal while he was feeling out the allies for pedcé;* has ‘bloomed-forth again in the minds of German’ statesmen. Rathiér ‘than having been modifiea, modified, the plan for a world empire FAIL TO CROSS MAR AMERICANS ARRIVING INBATTLE AREA EAGER EMPIRE FROM ARCTIC TO INDIA KAISER’S PISTOL POINTS AT THE HEART OF INDIA. This map shows how the pan-Ger- ~Man party plangthe domination of Europe. B's The white portion shows the terri- tory under -proposed German politica: conjrol, while ,the shaded’ portions indicato the territory that will ‘be add- ed to the economic “Pan-German em- pire” if it bei The plan inclydes the. perfection of two great railroad routes. The first runs from Hamburg to Bagdad and Egypt; the second from Kola Bay, on the Arctic ocean, ‘to India. has been extended until it now em- : school educa ‘braces a proposal for Teutonic control training schools, was issued today wy Provost ‘Marshal General Crowder. The men. will ‘be taken from 36 states. - 3 ‘THREE WISCONSIN CALLS. ‘Madison, Wis,, June 1.—Three calls for. Wisconsin: men under the draft were received by Governor: Phillips . Fader? atoBelott’ college: : The second call is for.515 men, with ics to report at Monsin Juhe. 15: The third call-is' for 1000 men:to be sent to Fort Riley, Kansas, June 24. 10,000 FROM MINNESOTA. ‘St. Paul, ‘Minn., June 1.—Adjutant General W. F. Rhinow today received; a call from Provost Marshal General Crowder for ten thousand ‘Minnesota draft registrants to entrain for Camp Grant, Rockford, Ill., during the five day period beginning June 24. Men are to be taken from Class 1 under draft tegulations. Men actually en- gaged in crop production are not to be called under ordinary conditions. ‘PAUL JEWELL BADLY HURT IN ACTION HAY 26 Mrs. Marshall H. Jewell Receives Offitial Announcenient of + Son’s Injury “Regret to inform you that it is .officially reported that Corp. Paul Jewell, field artillery, was severe- Iv wounded in action, May 26.— jutant general” joVe message, received to- day by Mrs, Marshal! H. Jewell, mother of the injured boy, lists among the casualties in the sec- ond German drive one of Bis- marck’s best known yourig men. Corp. Paul Jewell left college im- mediately after America’s declara- tion of war on Germany, to enlist with the Gopher Gunners of Min- nesota.. He went over with the Rainbow division, and has been in active service in France for, sev- eral monthe. ) Mrs. - Jewell hi tained any details to the full extent of son’s injuries. TO SPEAK AT HARMON Secretary of State Hal and Rev. W, J. Hutchinson of McCabe church left this afternoon for Harmon, where they will address a patriotic rally this evening. = not, yet ob- ——————————— q C7 *Iwo OF GERMANY’S | | NEWEST U-BOATS | | SUNK OFF GIBRALTAR. | i | i An Atlantic Port, June 1.—Two | |-of Germany’s newest and largest | | submarines of the cruiser class | were sunk May 17 and 18 near | | i | Gibraltar, according to passengers | who arrived here today on an Ital- | tan steamship. The U-bo were | sunk by allied destroyers and from | | cen of them prisoners were taken, | ! the passengers asserted. —— this mor a The Tae Bron 103 fren, with |. spuitids ics; to’ report on of the trade routes from the Arctic Ocean: to. the.Indian Ocean—trom Ko- la ae Bombay. bs Fourrecent: events -have influenced: the German ‘mind inthis amazing éx- tension of the “scheme ‘for world’ con- trol. They are; i 1. Signing’ of. the treaty with Aus- tria by which Emperor Karl's domains become a vassal: state of Germany. 2..° Conquest of Finland and the pro- German ‘campaign for the occupation: of Russian Karelia and the Murnian' railroad, running ‘from Kola’ Bay, ‘on! the Arctic ocean, to Petrograd. i 73.” Establishment of a republic ot [ Transcaucasia, which is in accord ns France's with the. German scheme, and the teeth and have reduced Belgium to a Turkish capture of Batum, principal State of permanent dependence: on port and rail center of Transcaucasia.: Germany, the rule of the central. pow: 4. Establishment of a pro-German ¢'s Will extend fr le Baltic: to. the governmeftt in* the Ukraine, giving Adriatic, and from, the: North Germany the port of Odessa and con. the Blatk sea. trol 6f the Black sea. “Even then, though’a formal péace The original plan for a “Mittel-Euro-, ™a¥ be concluded with England, it pa” embraced only a railroad from .cannot be a lasting one. it is much to Constantinople and More probable that England will risk “NO ROOM IN EUROPE FOR. ENGLAND AND GERMANY” rdi Jun greatest obstacle to the German pla for world empire, according tq the iMossische. Zeitung of. Berlin.’ »Com- menting the ‘pan-Germ: ira. Hamburg thence to, Egypt and Bagdad, giving the mad attempt to continue:the war the Teutons control of the trade of independently. Africa and Arabia. “The war against England. will be The new scheme adds to this a com.' decided in Egypt. and it will then be Prehensive ‘program for seizure of the Germany’s foremost tas’ to prepare allyail trade routes from the Arctic herself for thi tingency.. ‘England coast’ of Finland through Russia ana can only bé Conquered’ either: if*the Turkey to the heart of India. Central power pnite; the whole of Win Control of Balkans. ‘Europe it herjor if they extend The first plan, created in the brain their own-ipower. dver; Europe in a of Bismarck 50 years ago and, cred. Very high degree. i ited with being the primary cause of _ “The ¢ase now stands thus—either the world war, was to dominate the Germany, or jEngland must be pushed nations of central Europe by means of out of the ranks of the world powers. a trade route from Hamburg and ‘Ber- lin to Constantinople, thence to Bag: dad and the Suez Canal. This required the.control of the Bal- kan states, chiefly Bulgaria, Rumania ' have 8 and Turkey. This much Germany ac- !taly.” ; he Commpliehed early in the war. ease ee secondary route was to run fron: Berlin through Austria, touching Cra... necessary: ae the, Casplan ‘sea {0 cow and Lemberg, and traversing Ru. | XTasnovodsk. mania to Constantza, its principal port} With the exception of these two wa- {ter traverses, the Germans , would on the Black sea. : This too, has become a fact through bave an-all-rail route from Berlin to the subjection of Austria to a 25-year. India. The crossing of the Black Sea moight be avoided yy the construction compact. embracing economic. military . and political. control of the empire by Might ‘he, avoided by the constructiot of a railroad around it from Odessa Germany. British Halt Progress. to Tiflis. The conquest of Mesonotamia ana! At Krasnovodsk is the terminus of northern Egypt was all that remained an excellent railroad which the Kara- for the completion of the plan. But, Kun: desert. inthe southernmost part the! victories of General Maude's ar- of Asiatic Russia. and runs to Herat. mieg, in Mesopotamia closed, temnor- one of the chief cities of Afghanistan. arily. at least, the way to Bagdad, and known for years is “the gateway while the conquest of Palestine by the to India.” i British shuts the avenue of approach to Egypt. ‘At the time these hopes of the nan- Germans were being shattered in Asta Minor, their eyes were turned to new aspirations by the Russian revolution and the peace treaty of Brest-Litovsk. If they could not force their way to Bagdad. the pan-Germans saw the op- portunity to win their way to the orient through the utilization of their political victories in Russia. | - All-Rail to India. It was with this in mind that the Germans set up a dictatorship in TUkrainia and encouraged the people fn Transcaucasia to proclaim a republic “under German protection.” Thus the way was opened for a new route to India. ¥ It. would have three western term- inals — Odessa, Constantza, and Sebastopol, in the Crimea. From any of these ports the Germans could es- tablish a line of freight vesse*s crossing the lack sea to Batum, prin- cinal port of Transcaucasia. ‘From Batum a railroad runs across the narrow stretch of land ‘between them is to go to the wall will depend almost wholly on’ the spirit of sacri- fice of the German peopnle when we ettled accounts with France and active in Afghanistan indicates the prenerations the Huns are making for exnloitation of the country. From Herat the railroad extends to Kandehar. on the border of India. and crosses the houndary of Buluchistan for a short distance. but suficient to j tan Britian’s great colony of its limtt- less_resources Finland’s Part in Plan. It would .tequire only the building of a fe wmiles of railroad to connect this‘line with Khelat, capital of ‘Balu- chistan. The road is now under Erit- ish control. but‘to the German mind that is a mere detail. From Khelat ta Romvay through the sichest part of India, would be the final step in the greet plan of the panGermans. A glance at. the map will give a clear view of the pathway to India. The northern extremity of this great trade arterv, connecting the heart of develoned incidentally through the re- volt. of the Finns against Russian. rule. Germany, always on the alert to take advantage of ovportunities like There is,no room for both. Which of | rq ¥ The fact that German nfonaganda is Europe ‘with the heart of Asia,-was |; the Black and Caspian seds, touching | this, is d¥¥ing the Finns on to carry [i | the important city of Tiftis and ending | their watfate’nto Russian Karelia and YY at the Caspian port of Baku. At Raku | canture the new railroad running from another short water traverse will be!ePtrograd to the Murman coast. If the ‘Teutons succeed in’ control- ‘ling: Finland, Lapland and Kafelia, the menacealong their boundaries. in all probability will drag Sweden and Nor- way into the war. There is’little ques- tion, that.the Junker plan includes re- ducing the Scandinavian nationa to vassalage. : ‘ si'Thé German plan even takes;into ‘consideration as a side-idsue: the, con- trol ‘of the trans-Siberian railway from. Petrograd to Vladivostok. But the Japanese can be depended upon to thwart the Hun schemes in this direc- tion. Thus it can ibe seen that if the Ger- man lust for world power is gratified, the kaiser wil ibe able to ride on his own railroad from Kola to Bombay, in about the same time that is required to travel from New York to San Fran- cisco. I A nation of: 80,000,0°O people would rule over 125,000,000 pecple in the re- lationship of vassals —:omprising the Russigns, Magyars, Turks and Bulgars —and 100,000,000 or mora besides who are abject slaves, bearing the smost cruel yoke of the world has ever known. i In this lies the great peril of pan- Germanism.: If the allles.do. not de- stroy’ Germany, they must at least destroy PAN-Germany. before the world can be made safe for democ- cy. There is one way to do it—to slake the Germans’ thirst for conquest with the blood of their own soldiers. Revolution Will Help. But there are indications that with- in Pan-Germany itself lies the power of dissolution which may yet frustrate the kaiser’s plans. Not only from the soldiers of the allies will Germany meet opposition, but from the people they hope to enslave. ‘A-tremendously effective obstacle in their way lies in thé movement for a revolution in Austria and the estab- lishment of a Jugo-Slav nation by the numerous races now subject to Aus- trian rule. The most efective way to awaken the Germans from their dream, of course, 4s for the armies of the allies to smash the Boches so hard that they wil lose both the power and the in- clination to dream again of a ‘Mittel; Europa. And that’s what the United States Nis in the war for. More Than Inch Of Rain in Ten Dakota Points More than an inch of rain fell . inten North Dakota points Friday, “precipitation ranging from nothing at Williston, Pembina, Minot, Dick- inson and Bowbells, to two inches at Larimore.. At Bismarck .77 of an. inch was recorded; Napoleon had 1.11 inches, and Jaméstown 1.13. Only .11 of an inch fell at New England. $$ if I 1 SERIOUS DISTURBANCES < REPORTED IN AUSTRIA. | distu | tria-in official disoatches today | | from Switzerland. Forsigners, it | lis declared,sare not permitted to te 4! were placed in a hut. with Russiags || tunity to insult them. \|which the Americans are living. the ‘| Russian said. are damp, cold al LONDON PRESS CITES GRAVITY OF SITUATION) Confidence in American Help is Shown in Editorial Comment PRAISE YANKEE DEFENSE Second Battle of Marne Herald- ed as One of Great Stra- tegic Import * London, June 1—The gravity of the news from the westren front is emphasized in this morning's news- papers which comment anxiously on the situation although they express hopefulness as to, the final putcome. The Daily Telegraph sees: great pos- sibilites in the strategic situation, As- serting that the anxiety and stress of thes last few days are not diminishing it adds: “It'would appear that a second bat- tle of the Marne, of far greater in- tensity and weigMt than in 1914, is op- ening, but in totally different circum- ~taces. The difference, however, is ar much to the advantage of the allies as to the enemy.” : The Daily Express says: “Never since the outbreak of the war hee\the situation been:more: menacing or have the possibilities been graver; yet the country, remains ‘unperturbed, almost indifferent. This faith is not' based on reason.” Con{dqnca in, American, help is shown th the comment of'several news- papers. The Daily Mail enumerates the strong ‘points in favor of thé al- Hes; including “the rapid arrival’ of American troops, which will speedily restore the allies’ preponderance in numbers.” a Pity 4 ‘The Times “aleo. looke ta the-day when the. artival_of Americans will more) than reverse the present propor- tions. ie The American war power: is grow- ing fast,” it says, “the whole nation is behind the.army as it never ‘has heen behind any movement yet, and {t is.a nation of 100,000,000 free men who, have never known defeat. “Until, they join us in full force our, businéss is to hold on, When they so jolt? us, victory wilt be at our doors.” The Telegram finds “substantial en- couragement” in such facts as the Am- erican success at Cantigny, which it praises highly as an exhibition of a masterly method of fighting. It places reliance on the “formidable Amrican hosts now preparing to engage the enemy.” FOR FRAY CROWN PRINCE STRIKES WESTWARD 10 CUT OFF PARIS FROM THE NORTH With the French Army in France, June 1—At-: : tempts of the Germans to cross the river Marne have met with vigorous resistance and failed. The troops which’ made the effort retired from the river bank. London, June 1.—News of, the torpedoing of the American troop transport President Lincoln by a Ger- ’ man submarine while in the naval war zone yesterday reached London today. The ship was struck while re- turning home and sank in 30 minutes. Destroyets reached the scene in time to pick up the survivors. The vessel carried only her crew and a few convalescent sol- . diers ‘returning to the United States. No particulars as to casualties have been received. The Red Cross and the navy headquarters here have been notified, but it is not likely that any survivors - will be landed at ports in the United Kingdom. , The latest wireless advices say that the casualties were slight. (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) : s With the Frech Army in France, June 1.—American troops are reaching useful positions in the battle areas. These tioops dis- play the most ardent desire to share in the present, great bat- tle with their European comrades. ; Th enemy is increasing continually the number of troops’en- gaged in the battle. The German crown prince is now striking westward with all force, with the apparent ‘purpose of forcing the elimination of the Montdidier salient and ultimately pushing in below Amiens: to cut.off Paris from.the-north. So far his progress has been small. Between Soissons.and Chateau Thierry on the, Marne the haye been impetuously, counter attacking and at points has been forced ‘to give’ground. - HT Su This was notabiy the case immediately south of ‘Soissons. Fur- ther south the Germans had taken Chaudun. The Krench drove in-here, however,’and recaptured-the plaec. Ground also was won from ‘the Germans just below, near Vierzy. ei : Still: further south the German advance had progressed to a total-of something like four miles. Paris reports, however,. that new German attaekshere,-in-the region of Chouy arid Neuilly were broken’ up, the French maintaining their lines east of these towns. The Germans seemingly have made no attempts to cross the : Marne, and'they have not yet taken the important. railway junc- tion’ at Chateau Thierry. Elements of their advance, however, have spread out slightly further eastward along the worth’ bank of the river, ‘and. they are now occupying, this bank toy the dist- ance of approximately 12 miles in’ an airline between. Chateau Thierry and Verneuil.; ie set od. Quiet prevails on the British front, excapt, for artillery’ ‘Bre, ens teat eet notable east of Amiens and in the Albert region o the north. % FRENCH STAND FIRM After the retirement to the line through Blerancourt and Epagny, the French halted and in a series'of furious attacks and counter attacks have held the enemy forces. West of Soissons, too, the Germans have been repulsed with great, losses and for some 10 miles south of the town they have not advanced’ more A M E R | ¢ AN than several hundred yards in spite of assault after assault | against the French defense. Along the Ourcq the Germans gained PRISONERS ARE TREATED BADLY, Russian Prisoner Brings Word of Brutal Treatment to Moscow ROBBED OF THEIR SHOES “Moscow, Juune 1.—A Russian pris- oner who recently returned from Ger- many has made a statement at Mos- cow which is now available here, to the effect that he saw American pris- oners of war in a camp at Tuchel, West Prussia, and that they asked him to let it be known that they were be- ing treated brutally. The prisoners said they were hungry and penniless. When the Americans arrived at the camp, according to this account, the Germans removed all their clothes. They were particularly anxious to have the American’s shoes. They told the prisoners they should not wear ex- pensive clothing and shoes while work- ing and that their property would be taken care of until their return to America. The Russian said, however, that every one knows what that means. A consul, the Russian was ‘not. sure whether he was a Swiss or a Spaniard. | visited the camp, complaint was made | to him by the Americans and their clothers were returned, but as the con- sul seldom visited the-camp the Ger-| mans had the opportunity to practice! many injustices. { The Russian said that eight Ameri- cans who were captured several months ago reached the camp at mid- day and being very hungry, asked for, bread. They were told bread was di tributed only in the morning. They after being forced to stand in a square, where Germans were given an oppor: The huts in d-un- fit for habitation. Some of the Ameri- cans became ill. Two of them were near Oulchy-le-Chateau and threaten Chateau Thierry, an import- ant railway center on the Marne, 46 miles northeast of Paris. MAKE STAND ON MARNE In the center, where small enemy forces have advanced south- ward to the Marne, the French tactics in the past few days appar- ently have been to rtire until the line of the Marne, of heroic memory, could be reached. : ‘ Rheims still holds out, but little hope is entertained that it’s defenders will long withstand the German attacks. North of the city the Germans have advanced only a few miles since Monday. The line eastward through the Champaign to Verdun is not yet affected by the battle on the Aisne front. DISTANCE OF 25 MILES Since Monday the Germans have advanced southward from the Ailette across the Aisne and the Ourcq to an extreme depth of 25 miles and reached the Marne. Berlin claims the number of prisoners is now 45,000. Captures of war mAterial are said to include more than 400 guns and several thousand machine guns. Elsewhere on the western front, including the American sec- tors, there has been a decrease in activity. The Germans appar: ntly have given up for the moment their violent counter attacks against the new American positions at Cantigny. Aerial activity by British aviators is at a high pitch. Many tons of bombs have been dropped on military targets in the enemy area and 28 Ger- man airplanes and two balloons have been destroyed. MACEDOIAN FRONT ACTIVE. d : Greek troops in a brilliantly executed attack near Soiran, on the Macedonian front, have occupied enemy positions on a front of seven miles to a depth of more than one mile. More than 1,500 Bulgarian and German prisoners and much war material were taken. The Greek infantry was supported by French artillery. No further details, have come concerning the torpedoing of the American transport President Lincoln while returning to the United States from Europe. The attack was made by daylight and it is not believed there were many casualties. The President Lincoln was formerly a German liner and measured 18,000. tons. Hurling the weight of great numbers against the stubbornly resisting French defense north and south of Soissons the German crown prince has been unable to make progress on this vital sector , of the battle line from Noyon to Rheims. In the center German detachments have reached the Marne between Chateau Thierry and Dormans, while on the east the Franco-British line stands firm. é : BRITISH OFFICIAL STATEMENT | London, June 1—The German artillery was considerably more active this morning in the sectors of Villers-Bretonneaux, east of ieng,,and-H ne, north of A it is announced officially. ast of Villers-Breton-

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