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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1918-06-13, Page 7FRESH GERMAN OFFENSIVE WAS CHECKED BY FRENCH New Drive on 18 -Mile Front Between Mont- didier and Ryon Attack Expected, anti Foe Gained Only to 2 1-2 Mile Depth in Places Perim, June 9. In connecilou with the new Germane offensive opening Me Morning between Moutdidier :and Noyon the point is made that the lateet attack it; on a front of only fifteen to eighteen miles, eaupartd with a front of ling miles for the first ottensive tide e ear, on Match 21, am( of twenty- five rake for the attack along the Aisne on May 27. Thes is nteapreted as eating a hopeful aspect, and is re• garded an an indication of diminution of the power of the attacking manse.). London, June 9. ---The armicie of Crown Prince Rupprecht of Harare: again are hitting the, allied line in a new offensive, with Paulo apparently thtir objective. Between elontdither and Noyon, over a trout of aboet twenty miles, preceded, as usual, by a beavy bombarement with shells oe ail calibreand with noxious gasee, the enemy' nitial manoeuvre evidently has in view the bentlinn back of ihe allied front toward the town of St. Just. on the northern wing. and to, wards the, railroad junction of Com- Piegee, on the southern flanicegening Markle the Oise River and driving sonthweet toward the nevelt capital.. - The French troops ure reinoting the Impact with their wonted valet. The Germans, on the right and in the centre, have been able to penetrate the line for distances ranging from two- thirds of a mile south of Montdidier to ratan% ely two and a half miles at Ressoninsurellatz in the centre. Thence to Noyon, however, the allied line is holding strongly. • It euccess should rest with the en- emy onathe new ibattleifront it possibly might .badly affect the stability ot the line of the defenders from the Oise to the Marne and comPel a tailing back westward, from the Oise to the region of tbe Marne northwest of Chateau Thierry in order tostraighten out the deep. salient - that. would then project eastward with the Soisoons seetor as its anex• •The allicd commanders were not taken unawares by the new nffensive. One the other hand. they nad antici- invited siuce the falleee of the army, of the German Crown Prince to gain its objectives between Soissons and the Marne, and thence on the southeam pat t of the, line running to Rheims. the German high command would dt. nem) another manoenvre to the north and preparation; accordingly were, made to withstand the shock. -The figbting Is of extremely san- guinary tha_ractee. and.wheihee it win be confined to the area at .present affected remains to bie seen. At last acenente it bad not sneead, north or Morddinier to the viiiage of Cantigny. 'which the .Americans.are NOT •A SURPRISE. French Army Headquartern June 9 --(Reuter Despatchi-The Cerman or- feneive, whieh ,cpenee this Morning on a twentyanelle front, was preceded by a heavy glas-shell Iniuthardmerit. The 'enemy gains have as yet beon cone:n- ett to our advanced zone, n Inch etas witnin the 'range of a destruetive fire 'from his Mineawertere Our principal line of reelatance untenthed, according to the latest reports. The enemy probably intends to turn to the Tight beeween Matz and tare Oise by an advance between Matz 'and Noyon, with the object of ob- taining a clear way protectiteg hl teighte in conjunctien .with a later move from the S-oissons-Chateau Thiene The attack has been no Surpriee, as it was made juat where antici- pated, and lettere, therefore, prepare-. Clone had been made to resist it in the best advantage. The use in toe official ceemuttnic.a.tien of the term "covering zone" 1.3 talten to show that the enemy as yet has gained zio advainage in the Lest poeetione. although the attacking side, after pieparatioh with expaosive shells and poisonc,us and 'ether gasee, can ineatiably emit upon malting game in the covering zone, BOMBED BRITISII • With the Britigh Army in France, June 9- 'NOW •: far the attack launched by the Germane this morning against... the , French be- tween Noyon and Montdidier hat: developed no conjunctive operation on the British front, though heavy bombardmento iast night..and early to -day against the British right gave promise for a time of a more extensive enemy ,offensive. 11 may be that fon the liniment the German high command is content with a contherly drive betiween Montdidier rind Noyon, ,wita. the, idea ,of. cap- turing Cbuipiegne with Ito inealwaye +and -straightening nut the ;Anent Which the enemy has driven into - the French (rent between Soissons and Rheims. It would be unsafe to predict at tine juncture that atiacks would not boll Up Iterate,' north, Certainly von 'Hindenburg has tor tI ecnaidera.ble iperbed bad his effectivut ready for &lee against part of the Britieh •aVhether the enemy will witn- (draw troops from the British front and make the preeent operations op - Visite Paris hie big gamble Mile time wIll toll . It ean only lie said 4hat to -day the Getman batt:e es still prepared for action alone the aritish 20110. The new German ue nault naturally Is being waiellial ehe lieeneet attention and .sclientuae by the elliee oa 1 nis trent, Added intermit for the Amerkein selthere Mining here is given by ilie fact that rantigny, whit 11 the Amerieau troops eaktured, 1 just Werth: of the right win; of tbe 4.'oeman storm trotps end likely to have time in col* 41, share Of the heavy hambard- anent itb whielt the eneney ntidel his new move. Latest reports laceiVed here nye theetifill, and it appeara Viola tlia' Itlietere that the Proneh are hoe], lug magnificently. Intense boinliard. merits developed at various points along the British front during the night.. The .forward area on the Brit- Ish right was heavily shelled from midnight to two o'clock. From One o cloelt to four the sector east of Lavie- vine, to the soutli-weht or Albert, was under a sevUre gas-s1i.41 bombardment, and between three and tour tine frentizone west of Albert wile pouuded hard- 'rite Arras sector al- ai wus put under a severe barrage last night and again curly this morning, The attack between Noyon ane niontdidier has been expected, and there seems a possibility that • the enemy would include e„ least the Brit- ish right in his new drive. The bom- bardment Presaged somethiug .of this sort to -day, and troops were at alert welting for any enemy advance that n.ight come PatilNell REPORTS. Paris, Jane 0. -In a new thrust th- rilled at the sector between alont- didier and Noyon the Germans have succeeded in gaining ground along a twentY-one-mile front to a depth or 41nnit two and halt nines at certain points, according to the War Orrice announcement to -night. The righting was very heavy and the French Ma fered a powerful resistance to the mul- tiplied efforts of the enemy and final- ly succeeded in checking the advance, Partieularly on the two wings. The official statement reads: Sunday (night) -"A new offensive begun this morning .by the German army developed with ustained" • vita twice on a front uf thirty-five kil- ometres (approximately 21.8 miles) be- tween Montdidier and the Oise. The enemy, in great force, multiplied his efforts to drive through our lines, Stubborn engagements stopped or ser- iously retarded the enemy thrust. "To the left the Germans did not succeed in crossing our covering zone and were strongly held by our troops on the line oy Rubescourt, Le Fretoy and Mortemer, which they reached. "On the centre the progress of the enemy was more appreciable.. Af- ter successive attacks, which were murderous for their tenons, the Ger- mans succeedea in taking toot in the villages ot Ressons-suraelate and Mar- cell, where our units of the first. lines continbed to offer defence foot bY foot. "On the right the enemy met with reeistance not less energetie, and de- spite his,repeoled 'efforts we held him on the front corhprising Belval, Can- nellanceurt and Ville." Sunday. tmorning)--"TheiaGerinans' began at :midnight a violent prepara- tory artillery fire from the region north 'of Montdidier as far as to the east of the Oise, the French batteries immediately intensifying tpheir fire in counter -preparation. "At 4.30 o'clock the German in- tantrn Made tie attack on the French positions between Montdidier and N9Yon. Our troops are resisting with ningnificent valor in the covering gine. The battle ie continuing. "Between' the Oise and Aisne the French this morning carried out local operation east of Haute-braye and gained ground, taling GO pris3ners. South oe the Gucci, the Fteneh im- proved their positions east of Chezv. The Germans, who succeeded at 10 o'clock lost night in penetrating the French lines near Vatly, we thrown out completely by a Pencil in -renter - attack. At the same hour the French captured Eioup Woode and ileis morn- ing the wood tenth of Buseeires. lil these operations, we took 200 1mi:ton- ere, including five officers. "West of Ithelins. after a spirited boinbardment, the Germans attacked lu the region of Vrigny. They suffered seams losses without obtaining any results, e "On the remainder of the front there is nothing to report. Saturday (night) --"There was quite lively artillery action in the neigh- borhood o! Hangard-en-Santerre be- tween the Oise and the Aisne, and south of the Aisne. We continued our progress in the regon of euilly-la- Potenie and Busseires, and penetrated the village of ieloup. "The enency tried to check -the ad- vance whit:. we made yesterday at 'Chun and Dammard, launching vio- lent counter-attacks in this region. Our troops broke down all the attacks of. the enemy, Who suftered heavy igeasisnes.s, We nave maintained ail oar "Calm prevailed everywhere else." GERMAN REPORT- SILENT. Berlin, June 0.-;-Amer1pan troops in an attack north-west of Chateau Tblerry were driven back with heavy lesges, according to the ,."ficial re. port froal general headquarters, and soMe prisoners were taken, • The oely teterence tn the new offensive is contained in the evening report, which merely statee that west of the Oise (tie Germane have eapepred the height of awl and 'adjoining enern)P lines. _ • BRITISH MAKE . USEFUL -GAIN. Straighten Out • Line at a Vital Point, By an -Attack 'West of VoOr- .mezeel,e, . • . , WIG" .British Army .in France, June 9. --British troops Saturday car- ried otit 11 Well planned attack weafe tf Voormezeele'lind capture dee strong position held by the enemy. The oporatien was 4 minor one, Lel• the do!. felleeir secured greatly Improved the Ailed. line In tills, sector, which has been the seen() Of con Mutat ilir Ras tend a:bunter threats since Voll„alindeliblirti benetriehie etre/Wire ha lalanderia. About . nett peinonere. Were taken. I•lio attack at five o'clock end WWI litleCeSalllly completed in a short 11010 The German artillery was active Last night between Oivenchy and the Ram{ and in the Givenchy sector tlie Germans attempted It raid which was sharply repulsed. During the night. the British conducted a raid of colloid., arable, size against the enemy trenches south of Beaumont-ilamel. The °Pere - tion was entirely succesful and thirty PrIS011ere were brougnt back. in Allis same sector the Gemini's essayed raid atter a heavy bombardment. but were thrown back. Local fighting has continued eas° of Dickehusch Lake, and at latest 'elms the Germans, by a Violent caw tack, appear to have regained the ground which was wrested from them Saturday morning on the eastern edee of Ridge Wood. Sunday afternoon report said:"Eng- lish troops carried out a enceessiul raid last niget south of Beaumont'. Hamel end captured thirty prisoners. A few prisoners were captured oleo by the French troops in a neighbor- ing sector north of Bailleul. Hostile raids were repulsed yesterday evening and during the night southeast and east of Arras and in the neighbornood of Givenchy-La-Bassee. "The Inutile artillery activity lets been above uortnel On the southern portion of our front from %inters- Brettoneux to Albert and also between Givenchy and Robecm Saturday night's report read: -We raided the enemy trenches Met night south of Arras and inflicted casuannes on his garrison, ' "Early this morning Feeneli treops carried out a succeesful Weer °Irma - prise east of Dickebusch Laie and took 400 prisoners. "We captured a few prisonnre in a successful raid, in the neig thoehood of Bunnell. Our patrols hinicted casualties on the enemy in the Stra- eeele sector, end captured a mainline gun." The official communication from Field Marshal Haig Sunday night merely *said: "There is nothing of inthreet tit re- port on the British trent." Locre Hospice, which the (termer s captured on Wednesday nignt, was re- taken by the French in their attack* Friday. They battled their way to this much -contested position and earn- Pietely re-established their original line. The French thus removed a more or less serious threat in the vil- lage of Locre, which itself is an 're- mnant defence for Mont Rouge and other hills lying immediately to tne west. The hospice lies only anoat 500 yards southeast of Locre and Is on rising ground, which is but slightly lower than the site of the village. g GERMAN SPIES GATHERED IN Five Americans, Two Teu- tons, Indicted in N. Y. Operations Most Sensational During War. New Yory Repot t. -Five American citi- zens and LW° SliOjects ot the euerman nniptror, one of them a woman, are named .as fenow-conspirators In two in- dictments teturneu by it Fedet al grand July here to -day. Investigators declared their operations the most sensational un- dertaken .by German intelligence agents ince the war began. - The indictments allege conspiracy to &anima treason and conspiracy co cunt- init bp:pmtge. The tusembiing and trans- mit:5ton of information relative 'to Ameri- ca's prosecution of the war; the &strut: - lion or American piers, dock and troOP tta isports )vith fire bombs; destruction of quicksilver mines hi this country to hfriiper the manufacture of munitions; assisting Germany in landing an armed expeditionary force in Ireland; fomenta- tion of a revolt in Ireland; raising of funds in thh; country with whieli to thi- nner these operations, and destruction of munitions factories .hi Great 13rita1n are charged as ratnifications of the In- tl igue. , The wording ef the Indictments, corn - 30 pages, intittiateS• that the con- spiracy may be of even broader scope. The princitAls named in the alleged - plots ate: JEREMIAH A. O'LlflARY, proMinent American Sinn Feiner, 11011' 9. fitgiti,,•e trout justice, on charges of 'Elspionage Act violations, for distribution ot alleged antl-drart literatute in the magazine, Buil, of which he was formerly editor. .-MADAMIU" MARIA R. DeV1CTORI- CA, Alias Baroness Von Nretschinan, it blonde -hailed German woman or striking appeal ance, and about 40 y_cirs of age. MAU., 340.1.11.(1411, who claims Swiss citizenship, but who Is alleged to have mime to this country from Germany un- der a .fteuclulent passport. • WHILAIM J.iionterStiet, of NeW 17'ork, aged 110, and tinder suszmnded sen- tence tor seditious "soap box" Jratory here in 'behalf or Sinn inteyests. Al,13111tT PAUL. FRICKE, a Mount Vernon I.'"., toy manufacturer, whose affairs ate now .being administered by Alien Alien Property Custodian Palmer. EMIL KIPPER, prominently identified with Sinn Fein activities In New York City, ' Rudolph 13inder and Hugo Schweitzer, both of whom died last year, are tne other two "citizen defendants" named in the indictments. The seven individuals listed are charg- ed with complicity in both coitspltacies., ALLIED AIRMEN AGAIN VICTORS Nineteen Enemy Planes, Downed On Friday. . Many Tons of Bombs On!, Foe -Bases. 1- -Landon, Janie 9. ---The official l'0- 001 on aerial operations issued thite ,enening,sayst . "Lew clouds hainpered Work en! Saturday, nut our airplanes inn stantly attacked the enemy behind; his linear with machine -gen fire. Out , squadrons, to -operating with Wei French, heaviiy bombed ard' laresnoye1s-Roye, nine tons being' dropped. "During the following night twoi tons were aropped en 4 ranivey 544 tion and dump east et Le Basate. "In the college et 24 hours nran hostile Machines hay.: been broughn! down and two othcrs disabled. on; .or ours is mi."Ainu." Saturday night's repart 011131 "Ire the air a good (10111 of observe -;:,tion' thin and photographic work wag, carried on bY us On June 7. Domb-: Ing; was active en both sides, • Wei dropped 23 tons of bombs ort rait-! Way junctions, airdromes and dumpsi beyond the German lines. nmellines were )rough6 .dewn. by our airmen. And seren were, driven out of ventral. We led three, ---•-"•••••-••••••• AWES MUST MAKE A DRIVE AGAINST HUNS Foch Says Offensive Only 00,n Win Decisiie Victory, SRN HIS tti N To Prepare a Bludgeon With Which to Smash the Foe. London, June 0,-(Reute1' Despatch). That battles can be won in the end only by the army which takesithe of- fensive is the eignifieant declaration matte be' General Focal, cerulean:ler-1u- eh1ef of the allies, in an important ar- tune contributed by hint to tne week- ly journal. The Field. In winch he arseusses the problem of Oa) soldier and the way to victory, -Modern warfare, to arrive at its end and to impose its will on the enemy," says General reel', "recog- nizes only onemeans-Clestruction of the enemy'a organized forces. "War -undertake:3 and prepares Ibis destruction by battle which brings about the overthrow of the adversery, dieorganizes 'his com- mand. destroy e Ms diselpline, and Imitates his units as far us their fighting power is concerned. "Our fleet axiom must be that completely to achieve its object, a battle Inuet net be purely tidal:- apglyaliat..2 stve. A purely detensive battle, even well conducted, does nee result in a victor and a vanquished. It is eune thni at nst bo beton over "From this it is. an 'obvious corol- lary that an offensive, whether started at the beginning of, an allion or whe- ther it follows the delensive, can only give results and In consequence must always be adopted at the finish. "To mahrtain .our position is not synonymous with being victorious, and even prepares for a defeat. "It we remain where we are and do not pass to the offensive to fix the direction of attack, to guard againet the plans of the enemy and prevent him from carrying out the same manoeuvre, we must undertake to carry on the sustain numberous combat, each with determined aim. -But since there remains no doubt that decisive., attacks is the very key- stone ot a battle, all other actions which make up a battle must be en- visaged, considered, organized, pp- vided with forces in the measure- in which they will prepare, facilitate and guarantee development of a de- clive attack characterieea by this masa, its surprise, its speed, and for which, in consequence, it is essential that there sball -be the maximum re- serve force possible of troops of man- oeuvres. The reserve -that is to say the prepared bludgeon -is organized and kept carefully instructed to exe- cute the single act of battle from which tbe results are expelled, name- ly, the decisive attack. "Reserves _ must, be husbanded with the most extreme parsimony so that the bludgeon may be strong enough to make the blow as violent as possible. 'Let loose at the finish, without any lurking idea of saving them, with a well -thought-out plan for winning tlie battle at a point chosen and determined, reserves are thrown in all together in an :union -liana:ming In violence and energy ail other phases of battle, an action with pro- per characieristic-surprise, mass and speed. All our forces really partici- cpartr3i e,,igtmt. either preparing it or by a "In thin our supreme aim, we must, noe be deceived by nppear- anees. Although theory fails when applied by feeblea-handi and when accessories obscurethe main prin- ciple, history and reason . show that in battle there is a single argu- ment which is worth while, namely, decisive attaek,._which is capable. of assuring the aesired result -the overthrew of the adversary." _*...4. U. S. REPRISALS AGAINST ENEMY Plain Waining. Issued as to • Her; Course. Great. Many Germans in ' the States." 'Washington Report -The State De- partnWlit has refused Germany'sde- inainis tor the release of Captain- Liept; Franz Rintelen in exchange for Siegfred Paul .London, a citizen of the Tanked States tinder arrest M Germany as a spy. Germany proposed the ex- ahange of Landon and Matelot ihreugh 'the Swiss Government, and threatened reprisals it the United States refused to make tile exchange. orreepergience .with the German Government made public by the State Department. shows London was con- demned to. death at Warsaw in 1917, aut, Ceraineted to ten years' imprison- inent. His wife, an Ameeican citi- 4n1 Wt14,31frhYviL141511114irdP lifrappears diet service., was with the Ruesian. teemye • . '1,18 State department has rerninded ilerenany that if ie contemplates re- priaal on Americans' in dernettnY for Rintelen's confinement "it 'Would be -ivied ler thetidtilian Governinent td aormider that if it acts On that prin- Opal it will inevitableiebe .unslerstoon to invite sitnilari reerdal raction on the pert of the 'United States with respect 'to' 'the, • great ninletber apt, Ger- tnan subjects itt thlit country,4 • flECOAD HOLdTgil‘i• O W.'s-, i41 Vilwii4ey, . .0,+0 tampion Oylyle. -Johanna,. a eix-montli-old. Hol- ktein holt. 411f,. mail nor • eleGnett• at the ktate hrre yesterday. Tile 1310' Ifickis record price Was i$13,00p, paid for the ca11"6- Inotheri. ;NUM IlohettSyliiia, 11 eear ago. Tee mother holds the world'. revoril With 04 pounds of butter and 1,00,10 '.0e 111R1, 1O11LL stor'91-019t period., , t, • • , • 1 Artier 'MIS A. C. fl.t14y Iireetiville, tenterio, and the burn., 11„.A.,kiNekt, of eM10111MS The girls: Who °carries hYpochotti- inaChirfe.., On the night et June aee tin, (Mac Meet expect to criund the rest ot flying was pos:tible," 1 her life litireilite;a groneb. '• • s • , • s 4 . V*. 11, • _ • .,•• Arm. GIRL GUIDE ARMF Eleven Thousard Strong Is Pledged to do Its Utmost For Food Production and Conservation, Says Lady Pellatt L.ADY PELLATT Chief Commizeioner of the Girl Guides of Canada. 4+ 44-44-4-4-4-44 $-+'+G-4'4-4--#-4-++4--8-9-84-4-44 4-+44-- a 4-4-* 44- 4-4-4-4+4-0 + • "Just as soon as war broke out the Girl Guides pledged them- selves to national service. They gave up all thought of working for themselves, and no matter what form ot war work presents itself they are ready! This will. go on until the war is over, and as the food shortage is one of the most serious. problems just now, they are concentrating their energies in this direction and are working heart and soul in the -interests of conservation and increased pro- duction." LADY PELLATT. 4-444-4 0 -4 -0444 -*4 -0 -0 -4.4 -44 -a -a4 --a-4-44- *4-4-0-44-4-0-4-44-4-4-1-4-4-4-4.4- +-a l -4 -+o - Good little sportswonien are the eleven thousand odd Girl Guides Of the Dominion who are tackling the fooa Inaiduction question as if full re- sponsibility tor its solution rested on their shoulders. Last year they roiled up their sleeves and went to work with all the energy and enthusiasm at the com- mand of the 'teen-age girl. They got results! This year they are going to de even bigger things. This is vouch- ed for by the leader of the Girl Guide movement in Canada, Lady Pellatt. Interviewed at nettsa, Loma," To- ronto, the Commissioner of the Guides spoke in no uncertain tones of .what she expelled would be accomplished by the girls this year. Already organ- ization is .under wan to pick fruit, to help the farmers' wives, or to do any- thing -as . behooves a Girl nitride - that means useful service. They have responded splendidly to the message sent outby the Chair- man of the Canada Fetid 'near& urg- ing them to de what they could to add to the, country's-. food supply, Ar- rangements have been made for two Toronto companies lo go out in Li id - say early this mouth, and all ever the Dominion thea have been lined up for "active service" on the land. Their war gardens are growing apace, for numbers of them took vacant lots early in the season and are working hard with hoe and rake. "I can vouch for the fact that the help given by these 11,000 Girl Guides is gaing to be of very material as- sistance this, year in adding to the country's food supply. Not only are they -going to pick fruit, but they in- tend to can as well. They are equally interested in the .conservation end, and one of the favorite courses is do- mestic science. So that they should be goad home.makers as well as farill- erettes by the time we are through with them! I hope to :see them tak- ing up dairying on an extensive scale yet." Lady Pellatt thinks that the pro- posal to have each Province work out its own schedule for voluntary ratiens is excellent. In her estimation it is time that something of the kind was '0311e, a.nd because of the abund- ance of certain food in some Provin- ces, and the absence of these same foods in others, she believes that the scheme suggested by Mr. Thomson Is the only practical one, "I'm glad the line has been drawn where cakes and candies are con- cerned," she declared, "We've been having too many luxuries altogether, and it won't hurt a scrap to go with- out them. We would be much health- ier with less meat and more fish, and We certainly can do with fewer sweets, "In fact, I think that, taking it all in all, the legislation of the rood Board has been very sane and wise. It has gone forward calmly and sys- tematically, taking up each problem as it arose, without hurying into dras- tic or IR -considered action." UNITED STATES FORCES EXPECT TO FACE NEXT GERMAN DRIVE Heavy Foe Movements 4 ------ From Metz to St. Mihiel ARABS RAIDili Salient. With the ,American Arniy in Frantic, 'Special Cable -:--(By the Associatea Press.) -Reports of recent heavy Ger- man train movements from the direc- tion of Metz toward thn SL Mihiel salient, have aroused discussion- in the American Expeditionary Force an to •Ivhether the enemy is planning an assault in the .Woevre. From a tactical point of view the ne,gabornood of St. Milne!, with its sharp salient, °frees a logicel place tor a German .attack, A drive.throutgit st, Mihiel to the southwest, it le con- sidered, might- have it triple object-, the menacing of Bar Le Due, the %j,•1 flanking onVeratin from the rear, and the elimination ot the salient, whicii has its apex at Verdun. For the moment, at least, perhape permanently, the Allies have stopped the enenly at the Marne. Many en- gagements of a tactical nature Mit V be expecteele even iinahe Germans de • eide• it la useless to continue theft' efforts along the Marne, and at, tempt to Mt the Allied llne at other planes, The position of the relieves! and the formation of the terrain Neal/West and north of liar De Luc offer tbe Germans an opportunity. Of course, what the inture lumls for the'Anierican forces around Miliiel 15 not known, but the salient there is being discussed a3 e possibility not 10 Pc lost sight Of, Anothcr place which is likely to $,ee more fighting is the sector around Montdidier," Whore American troops t eeen tly captured Cantigny. Another important point at 'Which American trobps ego' stationed is the territory around Chateau Thletry. It may be coneidered certein that, nhatever the future holds., the Amen -l- ean forces undotibtedly v:111 partici- pate in soiLie....Larg „floghtine., • DOPE. FIEND'S SUICIDE. Vancouver, B. C., Report.- Barney Mar- tin, a crook otorlyt c\VIpoitstit.spireeiTolutyailltgais,,twa r tizg: riers from Vancouver, yesterday' com- mitted suicide in hia cell, at the city JAIL A dope fiend, penniless aral Martin could not five the proes eel of AIX loosilln without hie rations of opium. ME IN EGYPT London Cable. ----An ofticial com- munication issued to -night says: "An Aral) ,column of Sheriff Feisal's army raided tife El Hasa and learafreh rail- way stations (Egypt), May 25. Both etations were temporarily occupied. The station buildings were wrecked and the permanent way very serlouely damaged oyer a length of 45 kilo- metres. - "One hundred aud twenty-five pen sorters, including three, officers, and four machine guns were captured." • ANOTHER VIeng. British Ship Torpedoed Off U. S. Coast. 'Washington Report. --Sinking of the Dritish steamship Harpathania one hun- dred miles off the Virginian Caocs at 9 o'clock yesterday by a German submar- ine, was announced to -night at the Navy Department. The entire crew was res- cued by the steamer rainier, whieh ar- rived. late to -day in Chesapeake Bay. The submarine used a torpedo. One member of the firitish crew was injur- ed, The Harpathania. was a freighter of :4,890 net tons. Au Attitude Port„nune G -Capt. OWen Mill the crew of the British steamer Hay-, palinode, tiopedood and sunk off the 'Vir- ginia Capes early yesterday morning, were landed here to -night by the steamer Palmer. They WPM. rescued at sea af- ter drifting for twenty-six hours in small boats. Cat:t. OW C41 PAM his ship sank .citilekly and that the crew barely had time to launch the life -boats. He was certain that It was a torpedo and not 0 111b11,tOat Strttelt the vcisel, Customs officials Who took charge of the crew would not pertnit the, Captain to discutm the sinking rurthee Captain R. It. Continuer% dna the crew of the sehoonee Ildwurd IL Baird, Jack.- ta New York, sunk by D. (bIrtrittli subtnarine 18 miles off Cape Charles, Tueeday menthe% nen. landed hero 0 - day. A. 'Cuban Port 'Juno btotimir ar- rivinghere t“ -day 00011111 -thatat 5 o'eloc., : Sunday afternoon El (113 8000 had 1111 ribt(9.1 tu about 33 Innen south of New Viol., SURPRISE OF SECOND BLOW DAMAGED ALLIES MUCH LESS Advance Less Than Former Thrust, Capture of Guns is Only One -Half Signs. Point to Another Rush Soon, on An- other Battle Sector London Cable. ---(via Iteuter's 01- Thierry to Dominus, but have appal,. Lawn. agency.) -11 is noteworthy that the cenuau Advance Is lesa than III the battle, of to o months ago. and the captine of guns lif only onahalf the captures GI: the el evious battle. The nanibee of prieonere claimed by the Cermans le rougbly abont the same, Teus, tiespite the enemy's great minim tage in ntentierie and strategic position, the surpriie of the second stroke was inech lees eamagong to the Wiled strength, which it is the enemy's OW object to 'Teak. Hence the wiernings now being 'li'en to the German public -that victory !.6 (ay attainable by slow stages. The Germans still hold the beIghte noetli of the Marne, from (Macau ently loot the 1MpOrtant spur running along the river towards Paris, from lflhl 204 to Gnarly -Sur -Marne. The Americans participated conepicuously in the Hill 204 success, while the Brit- ish distinguished Ahemseives by etip- turing Bligny, between the Marne and Rheims. The great extent of the front still leaves room to manoeuvre. Fresh Bur- prise's, and the fact that the Germans are not fortifying thereeelvep between the Aisne and Marne, indicates that they shortly contemplate another rush. With the allies barring the road to Amiens and Calais, it is thought not impossible that Von Ludendorff will deliver the. next stroke where he be- lieses he will find the allies the beset Prepared, such as in Lorraine. BRITISH DESTROYERS SAVED U.S. TRANSPORTS FROM THE U-BOATS FRENCH GAINS ABOilf KEMMEL London Calm—The French again have, operated successfully against Germans near. Locre, on the Kemmel ender, southwest of Ypres, according to the British official communication issued this evening. The communication says: "The French troops improved their line in the, neighborhood ot Locre early this morning by successful local attacks in whicn they captured a few prisoners, "A email party of our troops raided a German post in the Strazeele sector by daylight this morning and captured nine prisoners and a machine gun, We had no casualties. "Beyond artillery activity on both sides of the differm 1 sectors, there is nothing further to report from the British front," ' TOO MUCH CENSOR. Reichstag Members Allege Partiality, Too. + Twice Last Sunday Their Watchfulness Protected a I Convoy. Amsterdam, Cable.- Allegations that the German Censorship is grow- ing more etringent Were made at the opening eating of the Reichstag on Tuesday by Baron von Rechenberg, of tile Centrist 'party, and Deputy Bauer, a Socialist. Matters were growing continually worse, Deputy Bauer said, and the censorship increasingly had planed it- self in the service of the "lust for conquest," even meetings for equal suffrage being forbidden, although their aim coincided with Government The feeling among the people was becoming ever more exasperated, the Deputy added. He complained that, white the pacifists were harrassed, the annexationist politicians were encour- aged, and dedlared that thls poling of force at home would inevitably lead to a catastrophe. Secretary of .Interior Waliraf gave -- figures intended to prove the impar- tiality of the censorship, especially in the matter of newspaper prohibitions. He declared that after an examination of the demands made by the Reichstag. In regard to the censorship, the Gov- ernment would be unable to adopt them. HU MURDERED FORTY,BiliTISH London Cable—Th.e slow murder of British prisoners sent by the Ger- mans to work under fire on the Rus- sian ,front is related by a member of the Royal Navel Division who has murdered by their British sentries. They were taken from working parties at the end of the day, made to atuount on it block and then tied to a pole. The block afterwards was kicked away, leaving the men suspended with their feet a little off the ground. In this position they were kept for two and a half hours eaeh night for four- teen nights in intense cold. Forty men died under the treatment. •-••••-•-••••4•••••-••-••••.-- HUGE HUN LOSS IN LATER DAYS Paris Cable. -The allied press has been almost silent concerning the Ger- man losses in the new battle of the elarne, The correspondent learns from the Mallen: source thnt while the Ger- man lower were comparatively small at the beginning of the battle, be• tween-Bolpsons and Melilla the casual- ties inflicted upon the inifilders last week were enormous. It is not ex. aggetating to say that the Germans lost hal as many men in the battle of the Marne as they lost in the equal period of fighting in the terrific bat tleA in Picardy, between March 21 end 29. Cynieus-Yes, 1 have been engaged to ht least a dozen Ors. ways been unlucky at love, eli? Cyni- ens- -011, don't know. I've never Married Ann Of thelin •••••• London, Eng., Special Cable. -(De- layed) ---German submarines were foil- ed in their attempts against a convoy which included ships caruing Ameri- can troops and Amerlean Red Croats workers, according to Rev. Father Joseph Wareing, 'of Baltimore, one of the Red Cries* party, who arrived in London yesterday. The protecting destroyers got into action quickly on Iwo occasions last Sunday, but Rae. • Wareing, did not know whether any submarines had been sunk. To the Associated Press Rev, Ware- ing, who had a trying experience 2 -31 - lowing the torpedoing of the British steamer Laconia in February, 1917, "Soon after we reached the danger zone our convoy was attacked by German submarines, and for a moment e I thought I was in for an3ther ience of the same kind as I had on the Laconia. The exact number et the enemy U-boats was not determin- ed, but at least two were seen. "We had a lively escort of British deatreyers, however, and they were on the trail of the periscope like a flash. Fifteen depth charges were dropped into the nest of German sub- marines. • Whether avy U-boats were sunk I cannot say, for we were on a fast ship and enveloped in smoke, but I know we did not lose a single ship. Our convoy carried a large number cf American trops. "Whenthe first alarm was oundi ed for the passengers to go to their lifeboat stations I was in my state- room. earorci was passed around that enemy submarines had been sighted, I had no so3ner reached my station than depth charges began to explode, shaking .our ships. After a few min- utes we received the signal: 'The ene- my has been beaten off.' "Discipline on board was superb. The troops behaved as if a submarine attack was part of the every -day routine and there was not the slight- est flurry anywhere on board. • "Two hours later on the same aay while I was preparing for dinner an- other alarm was sounded and almost simultaneously the destroyers begun dropping depth charges. One landed within about 500 yards of our ship and gave it a good shaking. At no time during either attack did I see a periscope or the track of a torpedo." 1. STILL POURING IN. Entire U. S. Divisions Hold Points in Line. London, Cable -The correspondent of the Daily Mall with the American army in Franee shys: "Troops fresh from the II. S. eon- tinue to arrive :with regularity and hi numbers more than sufficient to Justi- fy renewed confidence in the ultimate triumph of the Entente. The Amer!. ' cans at this . moment are distributed over a very wide front indeed. "In some sectors entire Atnerican divisions from one unit holding a. der- tain extent cf line, which elsewhere they are brigaded 'with French and 13ritish regiments." REPRISALS BY BRITAIN Louden Cable. -(via Reuter's Oie 'awe Agency) -The Daily Ohrontele states that eoanter-ineasures have Leen taken respelling the treatment of flernean prisoners of war as a re- sult oreruetties to captured British soldier, These retaliatory measure are extremely mild In comparison. Per maniple, German prizoliers are deprived of minor comforts and plea. - sures, such he newspapers 0,nd band instruments, and aro required to at- tend parade frequently. The Ger- Mans cynically have decided to raise the point at the exchange oa pritiern ors confeeenee WItiell opens to -morrow at The Hague. SEMENOPP'S POWER WANES, London Cithle„-The activity of 11151 - Oral Semenoff as 5 militery fader aging the inolehevint is sear an oda rg:.orts from Harbin toil to shove mays a de- epatelt to the Dally Mali from toil Monday. As' despatch from rioning to the Asehl, of Tolii0. Says Neneral lieinenoff'n troops will shortly disband.