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KAISER LEAVES
WEST COWARD
VITAL CHANGES 111
DRAFT IS URGED
LOYAL AMERICANS
MUST CONTRIBUTE
RESULTS OF GERMAN DRIVE TO APRIL 1
aim moors
HURRIED TO FRANCE
AT ACCELERATED RATE CONTEM
PLATED IN GOVERNMENT'S
SPEED-UP PROGRAM.
NO- OEtt'LS GIVEN OUT
American Forces to Be Brigaded With
British Troops to Hasten Ameri
can Participation.
Washington. Transportation of
American troops to France already
Is proceeding at the accelerated rate
contemplated by the speeding up
measures taken after the battle of
Picardy began. Acting Secretary
Crowell made this statement but
would give no details.
Following the conferences between
Secretary Baker and allied officials,
orders were given under which a
British official statement was issued
saying that American forces were to
be brigaded with British troops in
order to hasten American participa
tion in the war. Officials explained
that the process to be followed was
similar to that adopted in placing
tAmerican troops in the front line3
with the French for training.
It has been estimated that 30 days'
training of this character, with Amer
ican battalion units assigned with the
British organizations, will fit the
newcomers for active duty at the
front. All divisions now moved from
this side are composed of men who
have had several months of. prelimi
nary training and who need only.vflnaI
instruction to take their full share in
the fighting line.
The training. process will be quicker
with the British than with the French,
it is believed, because the language
difficulty does not exist. American
units will find every British veteran
an instructor, and there will be no
need for interpreters.
It was indicated that the new plans
call for a more extensive training
scheme with the British army than
has been the case with General
Pershing's original force. There
probably will be no attempt to set up
a purely American force within the
British ranks, as has been done with
the French.
The Americans are to be withdrawn
when trained and turned over to Gen
eral Pershing as a part of his army.
They will share fully with their Brit
ish comrades the battles on their
front and the belief here is that they
will not be withdrawn as long as
there is pressing need for their serv
ice with the British lines.
SAYS GERMAN OPINION
UNDER-ESTIMATED AMERICA
Washington. Word that American
reinforcements are moving to the sup
port of the allies in Picardy has re
vived argument in Germany over the
efficacy of the submarine and drawn
from Captain Persius .military crific
,of The Berliner Tageblatt, the com
ment that .after being persuaded to
under-estimate America, German opin
ion is undergoing a change.
An -official dispatch from Switzer
land, reviewing the latest discussion,
quotes Captain Persius as follows:
"We were at first a good deal per
suaded to under-estimate the partici
pation of America in the war. We
begin now to note a change of opin
ion. It is beyond a doubt that it
would be well to curb at the present
time these more or less fantastic va
garies of persons discussing the sub
marine war. We cannot for the mo
ment estimate when the United States
will have ready the millions of men
which her population will permit her
to raise, but it is certain that America
will In the very near future suceeed
tn amassing armies which will consti
tute a very valuable aid for our ene
mies." Captain Persius expressed without
great conviction the hope that; the
present offensive will attain a result
which will frustrate these plans.
DECISION IN 157,000,000
DUPONT SUIT DELAYED
Philadelphia, Pa. A decision of the
United States circuit court of appeals
In the $57,000,000 DuPont stock- suit
is delayed perhaps for a year as a
result of the refusal of th court to
order the case argued during this
month.
The litigation arose out of the ac
quisition by the DuPont Securities
company, formed by Pierre DuPont
and others, of the holdings of Co'.e
man DuPont in DyPont Powder Co.
HIS DREAMS OF AN OVERWHELM
ING AND COMPLETE VICTORY
ARE SHATTERED TO BITS.
FOCH BIDDING HIS TIME
Meeting Assaults with Powerful Re
sistance and Here and There
"Conforming" Lines.
The second phase of the great bat
tle along the Somme has died down.
It lasted less than three days, and
the fighting has resolved itself into
more or less isolated engagements, in
which the French and British allies
have more than held their own.
The attention of the Germans for
the present is mainly directed at the
lower end of the battle zone, which
apparently they are attempting to en
large for the purpose of getting elbow
room in which to move their vast
masses of troops.
Meanwhile, General Foch. the commander-in-chief
of the allies, is bid
ing his time, meeting the German as
saults with powerful resistance, and
here and there conforming his lines
to the necessities of the battle It is
confidently stated at Paris that Foch
will not be drawn into any false
move where each move--is rf such
vital importance but will strike with
his reserves at the moment chosen
by him.
There may be some significance in
the report that the German emperor,
after a conference on the western
front on Saturday with his chiefs, Von
Hindenburg and Ludendorff, intends
to proceed to Rumania. At the out
set of the great German offensive,
when it was sweeping the allied forces
before it, notwithstanding their tenn
cious resistance, Emperor William, it
was announced officially from Berlin,
was in supreme command. That an
nouncement was regarded at the time
as evidence that the emperor expect
ed a complete and decisive victory.
Since ' then, however, British and
French and American reinforcements
have come up.
West of Noyan a German detach
ment which had gained a fopthold in
the French lines was forced out by
a counter-attack. Another attack at
Grivesnes was repulsed, but the Ger
man efforts along the Oise to enlarge
their previous gains were continued j
in the sector between Chauny and
Barisis. Here the French commander
deemed it advisable to withdraw to
positions previously prepared, and
they are being held strongly.
GENERAL PERSHING SENDS
A STIMULATING MESSAGE
Washington. From headquarters of
the American expeditionary force in
France came a Liberty loan message
from General Tershing.
"Every dollar subscribed to the
Liberty loan is a dollar invested in
American manhood," cabled the gen
eral. "Every dollar subscribed as
.he result of self-denial means partner
ship in the hardships and risks of our
men in the trenches. Every dollar
subscribed will confirm the determina
tion of our people at home to stand by
its army to a victorious end. An over
whelming subscription to the third
Liberty loan will be a patriotic ex
pression of confidence In our ability
as a nation to maintain all that we
Hold dear in civilization."
Nearly 50 communities reported
they had exceeded their quotas in the
first day's work, and thereby had won
the right, along with 150 announced,
o fly the Liberty loan honor flag.
In a statement on behalf of the loan,
Secretary Lane said:
"The year of war has crystalised
the spirit of our peoples. We know
why we are fighting and to what eno.
From a standing start, we have in
me year made progress at which we
should not be discouraged. The pur
chase of Liberty bonds, is the one ef
fective way in which' 'most of us can
fight."
COUNTER-ATTACKS BY
BRITI8H SUCCESSFUL
London. Successful British couu-er-attacks
were launched against the
Germans in Aveluy wood, on- the west
side of the Ancre river north of Al
bert. The war office statement issued
says the British recaptured all their
'ormer positions. A German attack
jn the railroad lines opposite Albert
as repulsed and another Teuton as
sault south of Hebuterne was cori--letely
broken up by the fire of the
Iritish artillery.
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This map, prepared by the war department, shows th pros?
Overman drive la France from March 21, when it began, to April 1, wfetn tt
was stopped by the allies.
BRING UP HEAVIER GUNS
BRITISH AND FRENCH ADMIT
YIELDING SOME GAINS TO IN
VADING GERMANS.
Armenians Have Organized An Army
and Recaptured Erzerwin From
ths Turks, Says Report.
After several days of comparative
inactivity along the battle front in
Picardy, bitter fighting has been re
sumed along the western sector of the
salient in the lines of the entente al
lies. Attacks by the Germans against
the British and French are admitted
to have yielded, some gains to the in
vaders in the critical sectors just to
the east of the ctiy of Amiens.
The fighting, according to latest re
ports,' has been heaviest in the neigh
borhood of Hamel, where the British
were forced back slightly, and in the
triangle formed by the Rivers Luce
anad Avre, farther to the South, where
the French were forced to give ground.
Nothing i3 known as to the details
of the battles in these sectors, but the
fact that the Germans have been in a
degree successful would seem to indi
cate that they have succeeded in brnig
ing up some of their heaviest cannon
and new divisions with which to con
tinue their attempts' to 'capture.
Reports from the French and Brit
ish fronts have mentlnoed heavy rains
which would mean that the Germans
have been working under a severe
handicap in bringing up guns, ammuni
tion and supplies to the front. The
battlefield over which the allies have
retreated was left in a devastated con
dition, the roads and bridges being
mined in by the retreating forces. The
lull in the battle for the last few days
probably was caused by the inability
of the Teutons to , move their heavy
supply trains over these roads, togeth
er with the necessity of reorganizing
the shattered divisions which bore the
brunt of the fighting after they had
passed the first field of fire of their
heavier guns.
The British, since retaining Ayette,
south of Arras, have not resumed
their. offensive operations, so far as
reported by London, but the German
official statement says that four at
tacks by the entente forces against
the heights southwest of Moreuill were
repulsed with heavy losses. There
are no reports jof fight jng-eixept out
post encounters along ths French lines
on the Oise river.
VON KUEHLMANN SOOON TO
MAKE "IMPORTANT" SPEECH
Amsterdam. At an important con
ference held at German headquarters
between the emperor. Field Marshal
von Hindenburg, General von Duden
dorff and Dr: Richard F. von Kuehl
mann. the German foreign minister.
Count Czernin's speech was discussed
among other matters. It is understood
that von Kuehlmann will de'iver an
important speech at his earliest oppor
tunity. Count Czernin is expected at
eBrlin and at headquarters
STARTS PEACE OFFENSIVE
SAYS NEGOTIATIONS WITH AL
LIES RECENTLY WERE NEAR
POINT OF PEACE.
LPeace Move, Evidently Conceived In
Germany, Made Following Fail
ure of Big Offensive.
Washington. American government
officials and the entente embassies
saw another Teutonic peace offensive
in the reported speech of Count Czer
nin. the Austro-Hungarian foreign
minister, declaring that recently nero-
tiations were near between the Aus
trian and the allied governments.
The move, evidently cnnriveA in
Germany, they said, was made just as
it Became certain that the German
drive in the west had failed of its
purpose and was Intended to bring
discord among the allied powers.
The foreign minister's statement
that Premier Clemenceau, of France,
had advanced a suggestion of peace
discussions and his reference to Al
sace-Lorraine as a stumbling block.
it was declared here, were designed
to create the belief that the allies' de
sire to recover Alsace-Lorraine for
France is the only thing that stands
in the way of peace.
Amsterdam. Count Czernin, the
Austro-Hungarian foreign minister, ad
dresing a delegation from the Vienna
city council which waited on him In
connection with the burgomaster term
ed "the aggravated distress of the
population," which is closely connect
ed with the general political situation,
said: ,
"With the conclusion of peace with
Rumania the war in the east ended.
Before, however, turning to individual
peace treaties and discussing them in
detail, I would like to revert to the
declaration of the President of the
United States, in which he replied to
the speech delivered by me on Janu
ary 24.
"In many parts of the world Presi
dent Wilson's speech was interpreted
as an attempt to drive a wedge be
tween Vienna and Berlin. I do not
believe that, because I have too high
an opinion of the President of the
United States and his outlook' as a
statesman to believe him capable of
sucti -a' way of thinking. President'
Wilson is no more able to ascribe dis
honorable action to us than we to
him." .
GERMANS ARRESTED FOR
SELLING "GLASSED" CANDY
New York. After candy believed to
have contained particles of glass had
been sold to a sailor in Brooklyn to
day, the police and the federal au
thorities arrested Edward Waller, pro
prietor of the store, and his clerk.
Henry Willems. both Germans. Thoy j
were held aa enemy aliens, the federal j
authorities announced, pending a
chemical analysis of the candr. i
PROPOSAL WOULD PUT POOL
ROOM LOAFERS AND GAM
BLERS TO WORK.
BY A NEW CLASSIFICATION
Plan Submitted by Provost General
Crowdor's Office nad the De
partment of Labor.
Washington. Drastic modifications
of the draft classification lists which
would affect in one way or another ths
status of everyone of the millions of
registered men is proposed in a plan
submitted to President Wilson by of
cials of the provost marshal gensral's
office and the department of labor.
While the primary purpose of the new
program is the "purification" of the
second, third and fourth classes of
registrants who are not engaged in
any productive industry, attention also
would be given to lower sections of
Class 1 and the effect, its framers be
lieve would be to solve the nation's
labor problem and largely increase the
output of the necessities of life.
The proposal would utilize' the draft
machinery for putting industrial
slackers to work. Every registered
man who has been granted deferred
classification would-be given to under
stand that such deterrent is not a
legal right, but a privilege and that if
unfair advantage is taken of that
privilege, it will be summarily re
voked. It is proposed to make a most care
ful survey of the lower sections of
Class 1 and of other classes to iden
tify those men who are idlers or who
are gaining their living through un
desirable or "harmful" pursuits. Un
der the latter head, officials suggest
might be listed gamblers, bookmakers
for races, poolroom touts and others.
Formal notification would be served
upon these men that, unless within a
specified time they obtain employ
ment in some useful industry, they
would have their classified status
changed so as to send them into mili
tary service Immediately.
The plan is not designed to Inter
fere in the slightest with the so-called
non-essential indusrties. These
may be affected to some slight degree,
but officials say such injury would be
offset many times over by resulting
national good to be obtained from the
augmented labor supply and the great
ly increased production of essentials.
Administration officials who have
participated in the preparation of the
plan declare that the next step would
be to obtain authority for the indus
trial classification of the man power
o fthe country up to the age of 50
years.
GERMANS HURL MASSED
DIVISION AGAINST ALLIES
In a battle of utmost fury, the Ger
mans have been hurling massed .divi
sions against the British and French
lines from far north of Albert to a
short distance north of Montdidier.
Probably there has not been a more
sanguinary battle fought since the
beginning of the Teutonic offensive
March 21 than f this, which has for
its objective the driving of a wedge
between the British and French ar
mies, the cutting of the Paris-Amiens
rail road south of Amiens and the
capture of that city.
But, in spite of the power of the
attack and the desperateness of the
fighting, the entente allied legions
have stood firm over the most of their
front. At only two points have they
been forced to give ground, and these
seem, on the m p, to be only minor
successes when compared with the
sacrifice of lives which they have cost.
Just to the southwest of Albert, the
British have withdrawn a short dis
tance, and the French have given us
the village of Castel, west of Moreuil,
which has been the storm center of
the German assauls for the last few
days. At this point the Teutons are
within three miles of the Paris
Amiens road.
GERMANS TAKE BIT OF
TERRITORY FROM BRITISH
Hard fighting was proceeding north
and south of Albert as the result of a
heavy attack by the Germans on the
British lines along a front of 9.000
yards between Aveluy and Dernan
court. According to the latest re
ports, the Germans had succeeded in
getting a foothold on a small triangu
lar bit of territory. Just southwest of
Albert, which brought the attacking
troops close to the Albert-Amiens railway.
CRUSHING OF GERMANY CAN OS
ACCOMPLISHED ONLY BY OUR
FINANCIAL AID.
RESPOND TO LIBERTY LOAW
Appeal to All True Citizens to Help
Eliminate the Diseased Tree Lying
Across th Path of True Democ
racy. (By WINSTON CHURCHILL, Who
Recently Returned From ths War
Zone.)
Germany may be likened to a great
tree that has fallen across the patk
of democracy. The trunk Is being
chopped through by two axes, the mili
tary ax and the propagandist ax.
If the trunk Is to be severed and
the obstruction removed, neither ax
must be spared. Americans must coo
tribute willingly to help their allies,
to support their army and navy, which
will be the deciding military factor in
the struggle.
Our American president was the
first world statesman to make elear
that while a military victory Is es
sential, It Is not In Itself adequate.
The great significance of this war
lies not on the battle lines, but behind
them. It is a war for human liberty,
and that which restricts human
liberty, not only in the German em
pire, but also In America and England
and France and Italy and Russia
must be abolished. We are beginning
to perceive that the future progress
of democracy depends on national un
selfishness and International co-operation
scientifically conceived.
Issued World Proclamation.
In a series of masterly state papers
Mr. Wilson has announced to the world
that America enters the war unselfish
ly, and has defined the true Issue
for all the peoples of the earth ve
for those deluded portions of the Ger
man population which, because of a
false system of education, have hith
erto upheld the hands of the worst
enemies of liberty, the Junkers. Until
quite recently, . one of the most dis
quieting symptoms from the point of
view of the allies was a discontent
with, If not an actual opposition to, the
war of large elements among the work
ing classes of the allied peoples. In
Russia, where democracy was most
cruelly suppressed, where conditions
for the peasant and the workingman
were hardest, a revolution actually
took place a revolution that has
sounded the keynote of our times. The
world service which our president Is
doing Is that of enlisting the stlle
giance of those masses for the war.
He Is convincing them that it is their
war. And these are they upon whom
the evils of an outword economic sys
tem have pressed hardest, and who
hitherto have seen little hope that vic
tory over the Germans meant their
own deliverance. Mr. Wilson has Is
sued a world proclamation of emanci
pation from economic slavery.
Make Their Own Treaties.
He not only declares that powerful
nations shall cease to exploit little na
tions, but that powerful Individuals
shall cease to exploit their fellow men.
He declares that henceforth no wars
shall be fought for domination, and
that to this end secret treaties shall
be abolished- The peoples through
their representatives shall make their
own treaties. And just as national
democracy insures to the individual
the greatest amount of self-determination,
of self-realization, world democ
racy shall Insure self-determination to
the individual nations of the earth. In
order that each may be free to mal
Its own contribution to world democ
racy. Fighting for Oppressed.
This is the spirit in which America
has entered the war. We are fighting
for the oppressed everywhere. And
we are equally determined that the in
justice and inequalities that exist In
our own government, the false stand
ards of- worth, the materialism, the
luxury and waste shall be purged from
our midst. We shall seize this oppor
tunity to finish up the cleaning o( our
own household. To sustain our army
and navy In the struggle for such a
cause, to uphold our president, to aid
our allies who have fought so long and
so bravely, these are worthy of our
sacrifices. I am confident that the re
sponse of the American people to the
third Liberty loan will bo generous.
Bonds Feed the Boys.
Every farmer knows how his boys
like to au woiner s mea cnicnea
and apple dumplings and pumpkin pies
haven't a chance In the world when
the boys sit down at table. Lots of
farmers' boys are In France and the
farmer doesn't want them to go hun
gry over there. Liberty boy
roou tor mem. ?-