The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 3, 1918, Page 3

= a | a a rs ve ve MACKENSEN USES HIS FAMOUS DOU- BLE WEDGE TO TRAP FRENCH: ARMY ‘PINCER STRATEGY” AIMS NO.REACH THE MARNE AND FLANK-ALLIED FOR- -- 0" CESIN PICARDY. 3: Paris is facing the gravest danger of; capture by the German it had been in’ since their sweep to the Shane in 1914, As the Hindenburg offensive continues, it becorhes more and more evident that the German strategy’ is: bent on reaching the’ French capital, _ eSB Se CN oy asts ._1t is extremely untikely that the Huns can reach their objective. Even. if the advance brings the Germar¥ hordés to the very out- skirts of the city, the allies have sufficient reserves of three aymiés—Freich, British and American—to hold ‘thé foe as they da on the Somme. The defense of Paris are’ the ‘strongest in ‘fance, we 4 ii But“it will require’ all. the able generaiship of’ the allied high éommand to stem the German’ onrush before it:becomes.a real menace to the city. ~ eats «ve Bwo Great Wedges m Line The. German strategy is'now plain. It seeks ‘to drive a wedge into the allied line im the Ohamjagne equal in extent to thdt gfeat salient driven into it in’ Picardy.’ To make this great triangular dent, the Gernians' have devoted: te Heaviet attacks: to the center’ of the liné amd to the region about jssons. ; ; He aif they. can’ reach the Marne before General Foch: caly stop them, and €x- tend their advance southward and: westward, as far ds the city ofMeailx, 25 ee ined Paris, the advance wilt equal that in Picdrdy—perhaps excéed it “Thus two great wedges wilt be sledge-harsmered into the French’ line— the familiar pinver strategy of General Mackefisen that Won. bims many victor- fes:in Galicia and Russia. 4 3 Between these two wedges would lie a great equilateral triangel of terri- i tory held by the allies, ech’ side about 50 miles fong. Its western side would Yéach from: Montdidiér to Meaux; its northern from Montdidier to Coucy-lée- Chateau; just north of Soissons, and its eastern from Coucy to Meaux. The triange would inchudle im its area the big railway center’ of Com- piegne, known’ as “the gate to Paris,” and Villers-Cotterets. ) Faced by German. armies on: wo sides of this trianglé, the French would be forced back to’ its western. base in order to escape being trapped and slaughtered. Their line would: then extend-from Montdfier to Compiegne, to Villers-Cotterets, and thence. to Meaux. Ate Jey (3 Verdum Hallway Threatened , 3 This great retreat would place the allies on an excellent Hie’ of. defense Before Paris—on the ground which; saw the furious hghtaig of the Battle: of} the Marne in 1914. a To rectify the front toward the cast the allies would te compelled to withdraw to the Marne on a line extending from Meaux to Chalons. . This line would protect. the Paris-Verdun railway. ‘he German stratesy is aimed .at cutting this line to prevent Foch from bringing up his reserves and supplies, i \ as In: prosecuting this plan the Germans have succeeded so far in capturing Soissons and reaching.the Marne at a point southeast of the city. To drive in the northern wing of the triange, they have attacked between Coucy-le-Chateau aiid’ Noyon,' apparently: with tthe intention of a flank attack on the French in Picardy. ae s \. To succ this German strategy requirés Von Hindenburg to keep up his. hammerim€ blows incessantly. It he stopse for a minute hé puts his line. inydanger ofa flank attack by the French on either his right or his left wing.. é " +) General Foch’s, chief strategy has been to, give up ground, and save lives, while that of the Germans has been just the opposite, To the casual observer it would seem that the allies’ efforts should be devoted to stemming the Ger- man.rush on Paris at all costs. As a matter of fact, the foregoing indicates that far better strategy is to fall back to the new line before Paris, consolidate the Picardy and Champagne’ fronts, and make. final, stan@ for victory. 3 é : _ Will Consolidate Two Fronts Re ‘ =» Therefore a further rétréat of the allied armies mus tbe looked “upon as inevitable. But it must be taken into consideration that(the Germans gain ground: by, fighting every.foot of the way and suffering enormous losses. In comparison with the number of men engaged, it willbe fourid when the figures pre, Yeceivéd that the Téutdmic losses yu be evefy bit as heavy as they were uring thé>March drive. 1): st : : 4 feo The alliés, on the other hand, will lose heavily in munitions. and supplies, ‘put will conserve their than-power. Wo eles : > Tt ia Wkely"that the: German ylan contemplates. the union of the forces of Von Below, Von-Hutier.and Von Boehm, who are in command in the Cham- pagnéj: with those of Von Der Marwitz, Von Quast and Von Arnim, in Picardy and Flanders, for'a great joint drive at Paris and the channel ports. Therein Hes the greatest danger for the French and British. If the Ger- maps succeed ig breaking through either on-thé Somme or on the Marne, it will take another Battle of the Marne to turn the. tide. Unity to Ald Allies =* The probability that: the drive to: the-Marne is merey preparatory to a eater offensive in: Picardy’ is still a likelyone. If this turns out to be the Fran plan, it- will prevént General_FocR from sending reinforcements to Champagne from the Amiens front. If the German drive assumes such pro- portions-thatthis becomes necessary, we may look for-an immedidte resump- tion. of the’ advance in Picardy. 0. ¢ ; _ sqOte fact tha khould be kept in mind is:that the allies.cap far better afford to.givé ground:along the Marne, where miles-of territory ts behind them, than, they: coulal.dmithé! Somme, with\only the sea: to fall hack upon, This is an’ important consideration in the allfed councils of war. fos ‘ “. ‘The unity’ of comnignhd that;has een achieved by the allies since the .be- iginning of the March‘ drive will have jit» effect in the present offensiye, .The Picardy. dri fensive.. Ali the dine, on th jady, however, the Germans have been stopped at both ends of ‘Aisne, while in the center th. Frnch apparently pla N Gernian Carry Submarine Warfare to ~- Amertean Coast In Hope of Cutting Off . ys Mevement of Transports to Allied Ports From Page One)” (Continu 2 U-BOAT GAVE CHASE. ~~ : ae Just before the explosion occurred an American. steamship ‘appeared in the offing and the U-boat, immediately gave chase. CAPTURE RUMORED: A rumor has’ reached the office of the third naval district, here that a submarine operating off the coast! has been captured ,by a. United States warship. It is said that the submarine is be- ‘ing towed to this port. There is no confirmation of the rumor as One steamship, one schooner and two or three other_vessels have been sunk off the Jersey coast by German submarine. The ships weré-attacked some time during the night, according to information which was received here, details were not. immedt- afély available. \ ; New York, June 3.—One of the ships sunk was the Edward H. Cole, a sailing vessel, ‘ / It was asserted in shipping circles that it was possible that. as man. as six additional’ vessels, were destroyed, nof. including those known to/have been: sunk. The port authorities barred the departure of outgoing ships this -“forenoon. . ~ 4 ! I¢ ig présumed here that the submarine or subniarines arg now being dealt with by Ameri¢an destroyers. : feicises of the presence of German submarines off*the Ameri- can coast have been current for the past two weeks, thé reports tell- * nig of one or more having been sighted in southern waters. The attack upon American shipping almost at thé very entrance of New York harbor is taken to mean that.Germany af leas tinaug- urated-a submarine campaign to’ break up transport of troops to » France. ; ‘ ‘ OFF NANTUCKET /..Chatham, Mass., June 3.—A report is current on thé cape that a ship has been torpedoed oft Nantucket, shoals. No official con- firmation of the report is obtainable. The-submarines undoubtedly were lobking for American trans- . ports. Having been checked by the American destroyed flotilla in the war office, the German ‘admiralty apparently has concluded to carry {he submarine warfare to the shores of Amerisa in hope of stopping the flow of troops which will turn the balance against the , central powers on the western battlefront. Information received at the maritime exchange heer indicated ag man yas fifteen vessels have been sunk. oe Within the last week a South Anferican ship arriving here brought reports of the presence of two German submarines in the vicinity of Bermuda. ‘The reports that fifteen vessels had been sunk comes:to indicate the presence of a number of submarines and that the enemy has inaugurated an attack in force. in ‘Although there’have been frequent tumors of submarines hav- g crossed: the: Atlantic since, America entered the war none has actually before attacked American shipping on this side of the At- was not .appréctably checked’ until the eighth day of the of-|’ to make |. BISMARCK DAILY TRIBU: THREE Mie z es yet i This 'r ‘able photograph of the ruined city of Rheims | was taken from ah airplane, and is one of the latest to arrive in this country: In:the center stands the famous cathedral which for i three years has ben a target for German shells. ‘Evidence of the German ruthlessness is shown once beautiful Gothic structure has been completely demolished : shattered, cuins. ‘ The fall of Rheims would be one and more chapter. of the supreme story of German frightfulness. f The famous French city has been under constant bombardment since 1914 and German cavalry patrols were in the city during-the first.great rusk into France, but never has it ‘been ta- ken by the foe, Rheims’ chief interest lies in its great cathedral, the fmest in France. ‘Phis beautiful structure, one of the niost’ ‘pérféct ‘speciments. of ancient «Gothic architecture. in the world, is now a mere shell. a The Gérmans’ have deliberately picked it out‘as a target for their big: gest guns, until its roof has been com: pletels torn away, its walls have beer teenth century. Within its wall Charles VI many centuries. Jeanne d’Arc crowned dral. + blow:-to the French, people. |, i But the blow. is one of sentimen capture of. Rheims means nothing. It is a city of ruins. manufacturing town, a great center o! lantic. In-October 1916 the German submarine U-53 after visiting Newport, R. [., lay inwait for British shipping off Nantucket light- ship and got six victims. . i -NO WORD RECEIVED Washington, June’ 3.—Naval officials said that up to the time Associated ‘Press dispdtches telling of the destruction of American mation of the presence of many raiders’in home waters. Two, submarines attacked the Edward H. Cole according to the commander of the vessel, Captain Newcomb. - zi THREE REPORTED : Washington} June 3.—Thé navy department announced that it received an official report that three American schooners. had been sunk off the coast by enemy submarines, * ; a “ALARM SENT OUT _ Barnegat, N. J., June 3.—Word has been passed along the At- lantie coast to be on the watch for crews of ships sunk: by submar- ines. All of the government lifeguard stations have been “ecommuni- cated with’ but up to 12-0’clock no disaster had been reported. At this station nothing had been heard of the reported’ sink- ing of ‘ships by enemy submarines. mi BOSTON PORT CLOSED Boston, June 3.—The port of Boston was closed at noon today... Nafragansétt: Bay ad been closed earlier and every , precaution / ! against the appearance of German U-boats ‘on.the New England was taken. Xx ‘ , < NAVY STATEMENT A navy department statement announeing the sinkings says: “The navy department’ has been informed that three American schooners have been sunk off this coast by enemy submarines, “The steamship Bristol, arriving at New York, this morning, reported thatthe four masted schooner Edward H-Colé was sunk by submarines at 6:30 p..m., Sunday,/ifty miles southeast of Barnegat, cay ft rt. wa The Bristol reported that she encountered a subinarine 38 miles off Barnegat at’4:20 p. m. Sunday and that two submarines were operating in that locality. j “The steamship Grecian reports that the schooner JacolY Haskell was sunk by gun fire By a German submarine in. the same general vicinity at noon. The er@v were rescued. “Tt was also reported that the Isabella in the Willey was shell- ed by submarines. J “Captain Neweomb, of the Cole, stated that his vgssel was at- tacked. by a German submarine which boarded him, took away’ his papers and placed bombs on board. The Cautain and crew took to the boats. Captain Newcomb stated that the submarine which at- tacked him was about 200‘feet long and carried two. guns, one for- ward and one aft and a smaller guh amidships.” He states that he saw distinegly one other submarine beside the one which attacked him. The second submarine, being in the near vicinity, submerged with her periscope showing. NO-FEAR FOR TRANSPORTS. The challenge; officials said. will be met with measures which have driven sybmarines to cover in the war zone, and the steady flow of American: transports to France would be guarded with the same effective protection which has carried them through the infested waters of the British Isles and France with a remark- ably low loss of life. : y Washington, June 3.—RBeside the Edward IT. Cole, the names of two other sunk ships have been reported to the navy. They are the schooner Jacob S. Haskell and the Isabella D_ Willey. The crew of the Edward H. Cole was picked up by an American auxiliary naval vessel, brought to an Atlantic port last ajght, and thence sent here by train. They were taken in charge by naval of- ficials, fl New York, June 3.—The last Captain Newcomb saw of ‘the steamer she was making off at full speed. by the fact that the roof of the ed until little remains but The cathedral was Duilt in the thir- It was the scene of the coronation of French kings for The city and the old cathedral figure almost as prominently in French his: tory as Paris and. Notre Dame cathe: Therefore. its capture would ‘bea only. From a military standpoint the Once it was a woolen manufactures, [ut it is doult- ey. ‘ shipping off the New Jersey coast by German submarines were re- ' ‘ceived.in Washington, the navy department hadgo positive infor- N. J., and that the Bristol rescued the crew and brought them to -RHEIMS—A SHATTERED CITY. ' ags‘have those of al] of the houses in the vicinity. if the’ Germans capture Rheims in their headlong advance | +. they will gain nothing but a city of ruinéd homes. Of the civ- once ocupied it only a few hundred remain- ilian population whi shells. ful if even its factories wil be of any) use. Rheims is built on the site of the ancient Roman capital of the tribe of | Remi. Under the rule of the Franks | it was a city of much importance, and | :| first acquired a religious. in St | through having been the’ scene of paptism of Clovis, and his chief. o} cers by the Bishop Saist Remy in 405 A.D. =a In the eighth century it became the seat of an archbishopric. and from 1179, when Philip Augustus t| crowned. there, it was the place thé coronation of the kings of France down to Char x. The city s f| the Napoleonic pied by the Germans d severely durin rs, and was occt!- in the war of lantic port. The Haftie Dunn, a three m ship from Cuba today said that oufgoing vessels from Ma NEW closed today to all outgoing vesse Philadelphia, June 3.—Orders To Close Ports. Philadelphia, June 3.—Orders. is- sued by the navy department to close the port here to all sailings after ibe: ing in effect several hours, were can- celled this afternoon, Spies Suspagted. . Washington, Jute 3.—It is believed that the widespread rumors of Ger- man, submarines) near the American coast, prevalent for the last three weeks, were the work of German sy ‘pathizers or spies who had advance knowledge of the raid and spread the reports: to demoralize shipping and possibly retard transport service. last week, living in their cellars, These have now evacuated the city. OOOO OOOO rene ereecttaae pursued by the submarine but esc: 35 feet wide and 45 deep, her tonnage for, Maine in 1884. ‘The Samuel W. Hathaway a four master schooner was built at Brewer, Masé,, in: 1902. 4 s HAVANA PORT CLOSED ; about 45 miles. The por onthe, Are, ‘An Atlantic Port, June 3.—Passenger on an incoming ‘stéatn- ably. int fear of submarines had kept the port of Havana closed to all 20 to May 25. ‘ (ORK PORT CLOSED Washington, June 3.—Seeretary Daniels’ ordered the port of New York closed to outgoing ships with certain restrictions, further orders. The nature of the restrictions was not made publie. iy \ SIGHT U-BOAT , Norfolk, Va., June 3—The port of Norfolk-Newport News was U-boat was sighted off the capes today. day to prevent any vessel from leaving the port of Philadelphia. This condition is effective until further notice. up wireless appeals for helf from two American tank steamers which) wér being attacked: off the New: + TES -- CONFINED 70 ~WESSEL'S CREW Washington, Juné S—Alh thqse. wee were passengers and alt the ‘inn army officers: and incn the tri rae port Pregident, Lincoli’ were i ter she Had’ been torpedoed last week. | This conffies. the: loss. off ité td tHe. créw of the ship: a None, of, the. survivors were’ sé¢rious ly injured. ‘The transport way attack- ed at 5.53 a. m, May 31. > 'Thrée tor péedads wére discWarged, sinking the ship in 18 minutes. Thy s ; wes not sighted, until, after th “ doés were shot. + deh American destroyers » returaing to: port with. survivors ‘sighted 4 ‘euby marine at noon om Saturday and at tacked it. TPhe'despatches to thé navy départmént do not réport the result. Magazine Writer Is Under Arrest Philadelphia, June 3.— Charged with inciting to: riot and. making sedtfious: speeches, John Reed, a inagazihté writ ter, who describés himself as the un- official Bolshevik consul to New York, was held in $5,000 ‘bail here today. Reed was arrested: late last night: while speaking at a. street corner af ter the police had prevented a meet- saved af- ing in @ hall. SS ! FHE WEATHER I North Dakota: Probably. unsttfed tonight. ‘Tuesday partly cloudy. Montana: Genérally fair tonight and Tuesday; cooler, tonight in east and south portions. Probably trost in exposed places. 3 : * f WAR BULLETINS 1 |) Moscow, Wednesday, May.29,—-For- eign Minister Tchitchérin has prot fed to France against the further rei tion of Russian troops on the French- front. ,The protest declares that Rus:, sian. neutrality makeg it. impérative that Russian soldiers ‘be imniediately removed from Fyance: , 5 2 and defying the Hun 1870. Its cathedral, - however, was! never harmed until this war of mod- ern barbarity. In his bogk on Rheims Cardinal Lu- con has written. the city’s sad story, in immortal words: “The cathédral of, Rheims is the tuary of the.baptism of Clovis, the of Jéanné d’Are and the’ con: 1 6t kings of France. The tion isan unprofitadle svonsed the indigna- » world. k rise f-om her ruins? A. division or more, of . Ruasjan: troops have:been.in France since 1916. The Russians, however, never took t very active part in the fighting and havé not. been’ mentioned in’ officiét reports ¥écently. Voie "Paris; June 3—The bombardment of . the Paris region by the Germaty long: rang canton was-resumed today... fo y sears will render. her:degrer | JaPpanate lates. pile mt tha, never to the French people, to ali b a yee yi i + eT et toate veligions. men and to all lover*of that joe monary pera eine -ia-aietetl whic his great and beautiful: taraine the Gernian menace in Siberia. Notes. exchanged’ between. the. two countfies om March; 25, were. made. pub.. Ne today by the foreign, office. : ‘Moscow, Wednesday, May. 29.—Thé: section of the Mourmans coast: which Russia is preparing to cedé fo Fiu- land is small, stretching from the town of Kitcatunturf* north to the “Arctic: ocean and east to the' rivers; Pechengs and Tutovka. The greatest: width, uped by taking refuge in the At. ooner, was 145 feet long, She was Thomaston ted s tic which. thé treaty, gives ~ is’ about 70, niles ‘on 0 3 the only icé free: port Russeyy ppt , |Sesses. - ‘ Seiates | Amsterdant, June $—Four pereors, were killéd, six serlousty wounded add many slightly injured when’ ten Brit ish machines attacked the open town’ of Karlsruhe at 9 o'clock Saturday 'morning; according to. the Weser Zel- ‘tung, of Etemen. Two of the Brit 'atrmen were shot down, it is' decls the Cuban government, prestim- until 1s. Rumors were current that a A . The Britis/war office statem were issued here at 10 a. m., to- [aerial . operations issued~_ Si rdey night reported a raid on thie station and worksops' at Karlsrihe. The 4 ‘ment said that one of the. machines, em one im the raid had failed: to. re- can vessels had been sunk off the|turn, }New England coast. WANT TO B FEAR ‘CREW OF 11 IS LOST, Washington; June 3.—Canadiga. rail. New York, June 3—The A, H: Ball| ways today asked permission of: the Steamship company agents here for] tnterstate commerce commission’ to the schooner Jacob M. Haskell, one |raisé rates on ‘business’ done’ on thet of the victims of German submarines; [lines within the United States'to” the: fear that the crew of 11 has. been | level provided iby Director. General; Mc-: lost, ‘The Haskell was bound from|Adoo under the recent rate orders for Norfolk to Portland, Me, and was}American railroads. | ian probably in the vicinity of the Rd-|. Canadian Northern seeks to .concel Ward EH. Cole, officials of the Ife /its excursion rates to and trom, Ntag- said, 'Nathing has been heard from{ra Falls on its lines within New: ¥ork the crew. land toraise to three cents a mile {ts : —— 3 passengér fates: from Mintesota apd TANK STEAMERS APPEAL, Michigan running to Detroit, Sautt Ste An ftlantic Port, Jutie 3.—iA Lvitish' (Marie, Duluth and between Vat Cow GOST RATES: NONE, OFF NEW ENGLAND COAS{ Naval authorities . announced at 3 o’clock this afternoon, that no Ameri- t ive began. march on Paris in 1914. The map allied line reac! from Montdidier This map shows the great dent that was forced in the allied line between Soissons great German drive from Monday to saturday. The heavy linc is the prefent battle front; The Vent line at the gxXtreme left shows the farthest point reached by steamship which came into port at full] ver, British Columbia: and Pacific speed today reported having picked! coast cities in the United, States, . ,and Rheims in the the dotted line shows the original front before the’ present, offens: the Germans Tu their tes grapfiically what the Germans are trying to do. Thev seek to force a wedge into the from the Aisne to the Marne, ) ‘he Marne at Epernay. This will give tho Germans the city of Compiegne, known as forcing the French and Sritish fo fall back on the whole front “the gate ta Paris,” and Villers. Cotterets, the He ots . s 5 } The auxiliary vessel carrying the Edward H. Cole’s crew was {two chief railway and supply centers that lie between Soissons and Paris, 38 SR ee if ; 1 CORA. BOM OF CNG TEKST FOpprte ” they. were sinking: .. i; fa