The evening world. Newspaper, March 25, 1918, Page 2

s BRITISH TROOPS IN { fighting around Ham, below which point the French have taken over part of the British front. Ham is far below Peronne and tle points Where the Germans were forced back across the Somme.} There seems small doubt but that the German attacking troops are Wog-weary, fighting under great strain; but this is mentioned merely a5 an Interesting sidelight and not for the purpose of sounding a note of optimism. Harder fighting than has yet occurred undoubtedly will follow. The British have been fighting with traditional stubbornness and at many points they have held the Germans back time after time although themselves greatly outnumbered. Throughout the night there was fierce fighting north of Bapaume, along the Bapaume-Arras Road, but except that Mory again changed hands the defenders held their line gallantly. NEARLY ONE GERMAN DIVISION “TO MILE IN ST. QUENTIN BATTLE Overwhelmingly Outnumbered the British in Their First Onslaughts in Drive—Car- ried High Ground Right at Start. WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE, March 24 (Associated Press).—The main thrust on the British right flank by the Germans ‘Thursday morning was south of St. Quentin, and the enemy used a division for every 2,000 yards of the front, there being approximately oné German division against every British battalion, The purpose of the attack “here was to capture Urvillers and Essigny-le-Grand and thereby acquire high ground for a further advance, This was accomplished. It is now possible to give more details of the early stages of this and other fights. . On the extreme right of the British Army the enemy crossed the Kivir Oise at two places. One body of troops came out of La Fere and swung north, while another army crossed at Moy and turned south to form a junction with the La Fere group. Throughout the day the battle raged in the lowlands about the Oise. P At Vendeuil, a group of British held out until @ #elock Friday after- noon. A little further north the Germans stormed Urvillers and Essigny. Just west of St. Quentin the British were forced to fall back, but through- out the day they clung to the Holnon Wood, a little northwest of the city. South of St. Quentin a number of strong British redoubts made gallant defense, and it was nightfall before the last of them, with their machine gunners, had been reduced. The end of the first day found the British behind the St. Quentin Canal. Friday morning the enemy renewed his assault with increasing vigor, and after desperate fighting in the region of La Fere succeeded in getting across to the British side. Further north the British also withdrew from the Holnon Wood. The Germans then drove at Ham, which had been cleared of civilians, sand Saturday morning, after obtaining a crossing of the canal, drove “gouthward into the British positions. > In the other main theatre of operations—between Arras and Ba- , paume—the Germans made their first drive against the high ground be- tween the Cojel and Sensee Rivers. The German preliminary bombard- ment was terrific, and their infantry outnumbered the British eight to Qne in some cases. Early the Germans attacked southward into Bullecourt and the Brit- ish withdrew to a line covering Vaulx-Vrancourt, Morchies and Baumetz «Yes Cambrai. The hottest and most disputed point was Mory, which the Germans occupied only yesterday. During Friday the Germans overran St. Leger, Vaulx-Vrancourt and Henin. One company of machine gunners on Henin Hill held up the ‘German advance for a long time, doing deadly execution in the densely dormed ranks. © = The Germans have been bringing up artillery in the most able man- sher behind their shock troops and have been making full use of this arm as the advanee continued. saccomnrmeelinneoateds BRITISH WITH 27 DIVISIONS HOLDING 97 OF THE GERMANS Haig Believed to Be Keeping Back Great Force Until He Is Ready for an Offensive to Offset the German Advance. WASHINGTON, March 25.—Field Marshal Haig is holding the great German drive of ninety-seven divisions with only twenty-seven ivisions of troops, it was stated by British military men here to-day. i According to the British strategy, it is believed here, Haig will not h up greater concentrated forces until he is ready to assume the offen- ive at the break in the German onrush. During a retirement it ts not ell to overconcentrate ten, it is pointed out. ERMANS AND AUSTRIANS MASSING MEN AND GUNS | FOR BIG ITALIAN DRIVE! sive on the Italian front. Ger- | many has sent fresh contingents of machine gunners to the Italian front, together with several aerial squadrons. Reports from Innsbruck, Aus- trla, say Gens, Boroevic and Con- rad have just returned to the headquarters of the supreme Command after an inspection of the Trentino positions, REPORT ROUMANIA READY TO SIGN PEACE TREATY Rome Sees Indications of Fierce Of fensive, Expected to Follow Onslaugiit in West. man offensive in Ltaly as ASHINGTON, Marob ®oon as natural conditions permit jer- is forecast in official despatches from Rome to-day which say | :, 7 “Per Austrian divisions continue to ar- | German Foreign Office Says All German Terms Have Been Agreed To, AMSTERDAM, March manian-German peace slened rive without interruption and are taking up positions 6n the front Austro-German artillery ts re- ceiving reinforments dally, the (& despatches say, while new avia- tion camps and additional ammu- : nition deposits are observed to be under construction & & The opinion prevails in military e man offensive will break with ex- treme %.—The Ru- treaty will be ay or to-morrow, according atch published by Ottice to-day, ‘The h » Rumanian delegates epted all the terms proposed by y ee 3 t had w Ger circles at Rome that the Ger- Supreme Court cens From April THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, MAROH 25, 1918 ‘The shaded portions on the above map show where the heaviest fight- THRILLING EXPLOITS AT MANY P9OIN ‘ Where Greatest Battle. of All History Is Raging; Point at Which Monster Gun Is Reported Located. Pele CATELET 4 ROISEL Re ing is taking place around Bapaume land Peronne. The counter attack LEGRAND mentioned in to-day’s press report is marked by an arrow. HOLLAND TO REFUSE ALLIES’ OFFER OF GRAM Cabinet Decides Not to Accept Proffer in Exchange for Ships. LONDON, March 26,—Tho Dutch Cabi- net 1s said to have decided Sunday to send the Allied powers a formal refusal of thelr offer of grain in return for Dutch ships, a despateh from The Hague to the Daily Mail says, (The original compact for the use of Dutch ships by Great Britain and the United States called for the plac- ing at the disposal of Holland of 100,000 tons of foodstuffs. Dutch ships were to carry the food.) WASHINGTON, March 25.—Holland’s reported decision to refuse grain sup- plies offered by the United States in ri turn for Dutch ships just taken ov will not cause the American or the Brit- lah Governments, it was declared here to-day, to change the plan of action agreed on. The grain will bo made available to the Dutch and they ean have it by sending ships for it. The Dutch ships here and in English ports will be put into use, August Phillips, the Netherlands Min- ister, had an engagement with President Wilson to-day, and was expected to pre- sent @ memorandum from his Govern- ment setting fofth that it cannot accept the arrangements. — GERMAN SHIP U, S, SEIZED I$ SUNK BY SUBMARINE Chattahoochee Sent Down English Coast—Crew of 78 Off Rescued LONDON, March The Admir alty announces that the American Steamship Chattahoochee, 5,088 t net, has been sunk by a German sub: marine off tha English coast. & crew of 78 was landed safely, The er states that the submarine fired umber of torpedoes, of which four 1 a struck the ves! The Chattahoocher was f Hamburg-American Liner was one of the vessels sei; United States when (h tered the war. Sh ountry Was built in 1911 Jat Belfast and was 470 {eet long, with @ 58 foot beam. The Chattahoocher left an American port last on Jan with @ cargo for London, Advices received by the United were that cargo elgn waters | States Shipping Board here j she arrived safely, discha and was being used | in connection with of the American Ary sel was commanded Lawe. When she lef armed, 1 her re. ‘The ves- by Cap. RC U, . ENGINEERS AID BRITISH ARMIES ON BG BATTLE RON (Continued from First Page.) tity of bombs. Some were of a new varlety which explode In mid-air with a bluish red flash and give off a cloud of mustard gas. Being heavi than the air, the mustard gas quickly descended toward some of our battery positions and @ road. After the machine disappeared the German gas shell bombardment be- gan, Another enemy airplane hov- ered over the town while the bom- bardment with gas was in progress. The weather was especially suitable to-day for aerial work and the Ger- mana took advantage of It. On one portion of the sector fourteen enemy Airplanes crossed between noon and 6 o'clock in the evening, while four friendly ones were over the American line in the same period, One group of seven enemy machines, apparently on a bombing expedition, was discovered at midnight and driven off by the rapid fire of American anti-aircraft guns. An American patrol has brought in quantities of valuable papers from the bodies of five Germans killed in & sbell hole by American artillery fire a few days ago. Among the papers taken from an elderly soldier was a letter crom his daughter in Berlin, saying: “We are being told now that peace will surely come in July or August, Everybody was highly elated when the news of the Russian peace was received." NEW LIBERTY LOAN TERMS TO BE GIVEN OUT T0-DA McAdoo Confers With Kitchen and Treasury Advisers Preparatory to Announcement WASHINGTON, March 25.—The third Liberty Loan was discussed to-day at 4 conference between Secretary McAdoo, Chairman Kitchin of the House Ways and Means Committee; Assistant Secre- tary. Leftingwell of the Treasury and other 1 Mi pl ah Armed Men Get Money and Jewels. Five armed men entered the saloon mann, at Bloomfield Ave- of Morris Bi and I irth Street Newark, shortly > h 1 to 15, When the Buro ar broke re midnight lust night and held violence in two great ac- WASHINGTON, March 25,—The Su-| the vessel Was enkased in the Pacit proprieter ang tie wits, badly bea : tlons— namely, on the Franco- |preme Court will recess {rom April 1 to! trade and Was self-interned by her cap-|mann of $580 ash and a $800 dies E British tront, followed by an im- | APT 18 and no seasion will be held tain at Manila, ‘The Ghattahoocher is| mond stud. and $400 diamond ri 7 lowad bia - nl ’ will be ye mond " 0 diamond. ring March 29 because it is Good Vriday, the third of the seized German ships to }ratrolman, John Brown chased the map Mediate Austro ye offen- ‘Chief Justice White announced to-day, ; be sunk by submarines. in the darkness, firing his revolver, BAKER RECEIVED BY KING; IN CONFERENCE FOR HOUR Secretary Hurries Away Before Luncheon to Meet Lloyd George and Earl of Derby. LONDON, March 26. — Secretary Baker was presented to Kink George at Buckingham Palace to-day by Am- Dassador Page. The Secretary re- mained an hour with the King, dis- cussing America’s effort in Europe. Mr. and Mrs, Page remaineed for luncheon with the King and Queen, but Mr. Baker had to hurry away to call on Premier Lloyd George at 12.30 o'clock. Later he gave luncheon to the members of his staff and to Vice Ad- miral Sims and Major Gen. Biddle. ‘The Secretary spent the remainder of the day at the War Office in conference with the Earl of Derby, Secretary of State for War, and other British miti- tary offict KAISER PUTS GOLD RAYS ON HINDENBURG'S CROSS New Decoration Also Conferred on Ludendorf at the German Main Headquarters. AMSTERDAM, March 25.—Emperor William at German main headquar- ters on Sunday, according to an offi- cial announcement at Berlin, conferred the Iron Cross with gold rays on Field Marsha! von Hindenburg, and the Grand Cross of the Order of the Iron Cross on Gen, von Ludendorf. The Emperor also gave various dec- rations to departmental chiefs, along with igned photograph with the date of the battle, March 21-23, GERMANS TAKE REPRISAL ON FIVE AMERICAN FIRMS One Berlin Concern and Four With German Branches Are “Trusteed.” AMSTERDAM, March 25,—The German Gazette, the semi-offolal Ger- man Government organ, announces ‘at “reprisal” the following American ms have been placed under compul- sory trusteeships e Borefeldt & Co, of Berlin, the Woolworth Company of New Wolf & Co, of Boston, But ler Bros, of Philadelphia and the 8. 8 Kresge Company of Detroit, all having branches at Sonneberg, Saxe-Meiningen. ENGLAND EXPECTS SHELLING, w Learn What New Gun Cam Do. LONDON, March 25,—The Times ad- vises the British people to take seriously range gun which has bom rth ‘Times Says | "We may ‘be quite certain that our inviolate shores will soon learn what the new gun can do, \ GOOD OMEN SEEN BY THE BRITISH IN THRD DAY REPORT Manchester Guardian Optimis- tic Over Decrease in Num- ber of Prisoners. LONDON, March %.—The Man- chester Guardian says a significant feature of the situation on the battle- front is that after three days’ fighting the enemy claims only 5,000 prisoners more than after the second day, which |means that the British withdrawal | after the rupture of the front wast of St Quentin was mado in excellent order. The newspaper regards this as @ good omen for the future. ’ ‘The Daily Chronicle sayé: | “Assuming that the German losses are at least 150,000, the enemy has ‘gustained a reverse, for he has not jobtained @ strategical success di- rectly conducing to a decision, while he has lost 8 or 10 per cent. of his effectiveness without similarly lower- ing the efficiency of the Allies. “This matter is of the greatest tm- portance, for Germany at present is at the critical moment when the man ‘power pendulum is swinging in favor lof the Allies, No weakness at the | Anglo-French junction has yet been disclosed and the task before the en- emy in the next days of the battle is |More formidable than that already accomplished.” | /The ultimate object of this rapid and intent enemy advance is clearly ‘the great strategic point of Amiens,” says the Times, “and, though it 1s still remote, the situation is suffi- Jetently serious to warrant a con- ‘templation of this catastrophe. The fall of Amiens might have three- fold consequences: It would bring the enemy to a point from which to threaten our northern line, it would assist them to strike at the channel ports and {t would endanger serious- ly the safety of Paris.” ‘That Great Britain failed tomake a greater concentration of men on the western front is deplored by the Morning Post, which urges that con- scription be put into effect in Ireland to fill the gap. “This great battle," it says, “teaches # us all the vital nature-of the western front. It ts here that the war is be- ing dectded. What would we give now for all those glorious legions we have sent to the ends of the earth at the behest of our amateurs in strategy? Even the dazzling glories of Jeru- salem fade into insignificance in the light of this conflict on the Somme. “We have all along urged that the western is the decisive front. The skill of our Generals and the steadi- ness of our men are now barely en- abling our armies to hold their own against this tremendous assault which our commanders had fore- seen. The most urgent néed is for men upon the western front. They must be got if our army and our country are to be saved. And to get them, one measure above all others is needful. “We must apply the National Ser- vice Act to Ireland. ‘hen we do that, our Government will rest its further claims upon this country upon a rock of justice as well as ot necessity.” The Standard say! “It is some advan’ have the cold truth. ere can be no more illusion about clean peace. The whole German nation now scents its prey, and plund is solid behind Kaiserism. Even the most deluded must now see What a victory of mill- tarism would mean.” * CAIRO 1S GIVEN WARNING | OF POSSIBLE AIR RAIDS German Airship Reported Observed Over the Coast—Lights Ordered Turned Low. LONDON, March 25.—The inhabitants of Cairo, Egypt, were informed officially last ‘Thursday, according to a Reuter despatch, that @ hostile airship had been observed over the coast. The public |was warned of the posstbility of air rajds ‘and ordered to observe the necessary |lighting regulations. @ at least to ‘The Turkish Hines in Palestine are the nearest enemy ppints to Cairo and |they are 320 miles northeast. An en-| emy alrship might also come across the| | Mediterranean Sea from the southern | Jcoast of Asia Minor. The distance by} | that route would be 460 miles one way, JA German alrahip recently attucked | Naples, Italy, after @ trip of 300 miles) the Austrian, coast along the Ad-) tement issued In Athens ys that on Thursday of Saturda: Jon Zepelins passed over the Island \Crete, travelling in @ northerly direc- | ton elt ; DED. ANNA _REJAUNIER. CAMPBELL FUNERAL @6th St, Tues-| REJAUNIE! Services at CHURCH, Broadway, day, 11 A, Me FERDINAND CHRISTIAN Services at CAMPBELL FUNERAL CHURCH, Broadway, 66th at., ater. STORY OF BATTLE AS IT WAS SEEN BY GERMAN EYE Austro-Hungarian Guns Helped to Prepare Way for First Day’s Onslaught. GERMAN OCCUPATION OF PETROGRAD NEAR; AMERICANS HAVE LEFT U. S. Consul Predicted Entry Within 24 Hours in Despatch of March 20, WASHINGTON, March 26.—Ger- man occupation of Petrograd within twenty-four hours was predicted by American Consul Tredwell in a de- patch that reached the State Depart- ment to-day, dated March 20. Virtually, all Americans have left the city, the despatch said. The Consul reported from Moscow after returning from a trip to Petro- grad. The Commissary of the city, he said, had told him that he ex-| Pectea the establishment of German control within a.day. Another consular telegram from Moscow confirmed the re Patriarch of Russia refu tion the German peace atrongly condemned it ENEMY PROPERTY SALE MEASURE THRONGS SENATE Conference Report on Deficiency Bill—Also Provides for Purchase of Hoboken Piers. WASHINGTON, March 25.—The con- ference report on $1,160,0000,000 urgent deficlency appropriation bill. including riders authorizing sale of all enem: property in this country and purchase by the Government of Ger- man wharves and docks at Hoboken, N, J., was adopted to-day by the Sen- ate, 60 to 1, and sent to the House. ator Frelinghuysen of New Jersey alone opposed the enemy property lea- Islation, declaring it removed the Ho- boken piers from local taxation and that the allen property custodian’s powers might be abused to the injury of American stockholders in German corporations. AMSTERDAM, Sunday, March %4— Describing the first day of the battle on the western front, 'the correspon- dent of the Vossische Zeitung says that the British artillery was held with “uncanny precision.” “The British strewed their shells without system over the wide zone of attack,” he says. “Our guns, sup- | ported by cannon and howitzers of our Austria-Hungarian allies, had cleared the way for the infantry. The German storming troops swung over the ramparts punctual to the minute which had been fixed weeks ago and made a great push into the enemy territory on the same ground over which the yon Hindenburg retreat took place @ year ago. “The attack westward now went forward with the old elan and offen- sive spirit of 1914, Our battalions stormed over the ground and broke the gnemy resistance along the entire line. It is declared unanimously that the British fought bravely, but their leadership was not equal to tho mighty blow. By evening the British front had been pushed back on the whole broad battlefleld. “A thick mist during the morning hours considerably disturbed our operations, Curtains of mist gath- ther go thickly that the men serving the fleld artillery, which advanced immediately behind the infantry, could hardly thelr horses, ‘The batteries had to take their new ob- jectives under fire without direct ob- servation, and the infantry laborious- ly had to win positions and sectors in the fog and without any methodical artillery preparation.” COPENHAGEN, Mach 25.—"The present German offensive is only a link in the great offensive,” Gen. Auffenberg of the Austrian Armies, declared in an interview published in the newspaper Azujsag to-day. “It will be a long time before the final result is reached.” pebadh aes Ace NEW YORKER ON DEATH LIST. Killea sanc- treaty and MAN STABBED TO DEATH, see treet Killing at Noon An argument, the flash of a knife and @ dead man is all the police have to work on in the murder of Antonio de Sidi, twenty-seven, No. 24 Forsythe Street, at noon to-day, According to witnesses, Sidi and an- other man were walking along Forsythe Street In front of Sidi's home, arguing in-a loud tone. Some one saw a knife drawn and then one of the men ran, disappearing in a house at No. 20 Forsythe Street. Sidi tried to follow | but fell to the sidewalk and died before | the arrival of an ambul ——— TIMBER BILL IS PASSED. Senate Votes to Authorize Seizure by Wilson, WASHINGTON, March 25.—The War Department bill empowering the Presi- dent to requisition timber and lumber to conduct logging operations for the| A. Sherwood, Island Falls, Me, Army, the Navy and the Emergency | Wounded—C, Kush, Newton, Ill; R, Fleet Corporation was passed by the | Yelle, Holyoke, Mass,; C, Lambert, in, OTTAWA, Ont., March 25,—The Ca- nadian casualty list, includes the fol- lowing names of Americans: Killed—J, D, McInnes, New York, F, fenare torday and how goes tothe! ("4 nied--W, 8, Hicks, Atlanta, Gas Hf. ator J, Theodore, Cleveland, 0.; V, Li, Pearce, og ora, its adoption the bill was amend-|Grand Rapids, Mich; D, McKenale, y Senator Frelinghuysen of New n removing hiwm= Jersey to provide that | Pigteburgn: fo FOV iat Tn rem Hed—J. E, Spencer, Brighton, Mass, from forests the forestry I!l—G, Hf, Sprackling, Brookport, N.Y. observed to reduce chanc: Prosumed to have died—J, ©. Handle; r oul wi amended also to enable Chicago, Ill; G. W. Thompson, Niagar nt to take timber from Palla, N Ind. a Hin ia Y.; H. 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