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;1- '-.TV.' -.v-V THE WEATHER CoMPLETfe" SERVICE . ; 7 '? oPyTHE:--:.'. ? Associated v Press Fa ir, colder ; Saturday, preceded by i rain m uuiiuwoi. iiuruga, jgunwy fair wanner in Interior. : v 7 ; . , VOL. K. On SATTODAY MORNING, MAECU 2, 1018 ; -- v TUX tfi; p W 4piHP! I IIP Wm wrP fax fey - !Qimimmm&$ mm Enemy Uses Every Weapon at His Command in Attack' iif Sa-, . lient Nortlv of oul I AMERICANS LOSE 'HEAVILY Many Killed and Wounded, One of the Killed Being a 193.7 West Point Captain : . "'.'.-.- . ENEMY PREPABED 3 'WEEKS Americans, HoweverWere Beady for Quick Action With the American Army, in France, Marcn 1 (By the Associ ited Press) American troops re pulsed a strong German attack this morning in the salient north of Toul. There were many Amer ican casualties, ime of .the killed king a captain who was gradu ated from West Point in 1917. ' - The raid was a complete fajlnre.. three German prisoners remaining in American hands. The ground in front of the American trenches was strewn with German dead. A driving . wet snow was falling this morning when the .Germans opened fire on the American sal ient with every weapon at their command. Seventy-sevens,- heavy shells and gas shells fell' in a per fect whirlwind on the American trenches for half an hour. " " ' Woods Cot to . Piece. At the same time enemy- shells in great numbers were dropping1 on the American, battery positions.. The '. Ger mans, evidently thinking? the". Anier'i cans in this section having: -had one taste of gas a few days .ago, '-would fear it now, let loose great quantities of poisonous gas, but the men put, on their masks and only a "few ' were af fected by it. So intense was the flre that the woods hack of the salient were cut to pieces. Enemy Expected Bl Hani. At 6 o'clock the barrage fire lifted on the trenches on the right of the salient ana Germans numbering 240 came sweeping- forward under rtm tection of their fire. They came for ward annarent.lv intcntmr n. t-. . bis haul and jump into what Was left i me trenches but instead of thfc asy time anticipated, they . foundhe Americans all ready for battle. Fierce -au-to-nana fighting began. : ' ' Americans Were Waiting. 1 Une caDtain ralliarl (t,. J v. nnes and machine oima 'a-nA through the American wire entangle- , ;V 10 Ao AIan's Land and .there a-ned for the P.nemv whAm rlZ -to be driven out by his com- s m. the trenches. tr whwk was rii-ht , . A ne enemy started back through the DnnL anglementa- The Americans ? fa,.m a deadly flre butJ unfortun the 1 caPtain was' killed i during - -feiil.. MA IS thA fin m&mKa I killed 3 at W est Point to ' be hVUnn CSM on tie Rum e the Americans were in front shpii . , c c"-angiemenxs ana -in I ,UeU holes. Still ficrfo- ween:nmerx-can barrage fire - began man J J? N? Man's Land, catching barraV 'nerican-- methods. The inS Sfept back ad forth,,, inak- the f - pusjioiB damage yh " "a m lrenciieB. t. back 1 enemy had; been" driven of ten Lae positions, the bodies the iL rman sWiers were, found in offlcerencan trenches. i Two German W ruele , entangled In the wire h'e ririv- L B were in-Bight.-Eight tna r 1 e through.the snow-storm The ground .was litter with I of ex , : -CL"y nana grenades boxes sad rU-es for destroying - dugouts lm nn y Dmbs which - they opportunity to use., ,'.;."V n Pnaiar T t '. nowever, to drop, in ere ' '"us in two dugouts -.Whloh "-ins W"-V, ye1 by fle, but no.Amefi- 1 in thm..T v. n lPtu hnbtfii' ny Priners,: whjch is I. LiUi. in Pro . ; . ire: - - v iuo - uciiuauo there 'o , v not, more - r man PoV Possibly from 'aHsten- post. Of th. .t. s " , i U1y vo. v D ""oems many prop I 1 buried- digging, for. them " 0?eetiing and others may -umei or. . - . . , ;: ' Twr,-Valaw Information: iV ;1 and ti maiPrIsnersT were .wound lcept frr oth,er aken was unhurt re hi t welt on one of his hands Nrioo. wff. struck by - a , youne ftt af.r !fr wben he' -showed J'om tLCapt.nte- ' V. ' rrv . pn80nrs the American Continued on Page Twa).-? v , 7 . " "'. Be sperate Proposes That Prince ' - William of Prussia be ' y .j Given Rumanian Thrpne Liondon, March l.--The peace terms submitted to. King Ferdinand of Rumania by Count Cernin, the . Auatro-Hungariah foreigm': minis ter, included the . king's abdication in favor of his brother. Prince Wil liam,' or the takte : of a referen dum .-in Rumania 'regarding ;hls eucoeesor; according' to a Berlin distpatoh. transmitted by the . Ex change Telegraph correspondent alt Amsterdam todays . ' - . ' King Ferdinand of Rumania, .a prince .;of the bouse of Hoienzol lerni was denounced as . a renegade byhis brother; Prince William of HobenzoUern, in December, 1916, wh&n the invasion of Rumania by the central powers was under . way and Prince "Williamr who is a gen eral ' of -Prussian , -imfantry, was , in., command of -a . part of , the invad-f ing force. Prince William became a j pretender to the throne - of -Rumania at that time, issuing a proc lamation at Craiova declaring, hjlm-- 'self, to Jbe the rightful - heir to"the Rumanian throne. , v - -7 j t Prince William is, 51 years old. He renounced aU rights of sucoes sion to the Rumania throria in 188,' whea. 'his vuncle, Prince Charles, was -elected hereditary ruler of that country by its peoples . His ' second wfe, whom he married in . 115, was Princess -Adelgonde of Bavaria. He has a daughter and two-sons, both i the f latter belng f Prussian in- fantry '' officers. . . I A IWTH Expenditures -for February, the Shortest Month, Slightly Be v low Two Preceding N . GENERAL FUND SWELLED Total Cuk Asaets of the Gorernmen Tfeeterday f 4j&2rl,438 Still IUs- 1 lyiss; Mainly Upn Borrowing V- - for Revenue. Washington, March -1, The money cost ."of .the war to th'e United States still is running near a billion dollars a moniih. Despite official forecasts of , steadily increasing expenditures from i month to- month,- theT govern ment's; outlay . in February,, according to . a a treasury statement . issued today, was " slightly 'less than ln- either Jan- uary . or Lfecemoer and would nave been approximately the " same if the month;' had been as long' as , other months. " - : i'. " .' f ;- '." - Expenditures amounted to $1,022,- LS78.608 of which two-thirds -was for ordinary; war expenses - and 5325,000, 000 was ' In loans to ; allied ,; govern ments.' :." ' " , V' . . I -:r : The net ballance in . the general fund was swelled' today to $1,073,000 above sthe -billion- dollar mark for the first ' time since - the' middle of December, by the inflow, of $252,000,000 from sale of certificates of indebtedness of ;the current ; $500,000,000 block j which will close TTuesday. , More than four-fifths 6f this huge government working fund was distrlbute'4 throughout", the ; -country in depositary banks, so that there was no ' big accumulation of idle dol lars in; the treasury. 4 The total" cash assets of the govern ment today were "$4,027,919, 438, which! Included' $2,401,135,506 gold,' $491,673, 559 silver .and the 'balance of -the firen eralfund. , " 7T " .X t ' V For revenue, the government still: is; relying' mainly;, .on borro wings through the ; liberty-, loans and certificates . of indebtedness, as , the war. tax; . dollars have not as yet ."begun to roll in from income , and excess profits taxes. Pay ments of these are - due "June 415. In eftect, however, about $1425 J)0i),frOd of these taxes already have t been - paid through . the - purchtse of ' certificates wfileh -will ' be" received . laterin .pay ment of taxes, but receipto from this source are listed' under! "'the y. public debt rather than , under., internal ; rev enueV v-S: ' - . - ::: " . : v- . : " ; Actual' receipts" f rpm.lnternal r rev enue -since July 1, the beginning ; of; the fiscal year, have been about 5Z0i OOO.OfO, ; and it is estimated that the to tal ''receipts1' up to nextJuiy;-"yill7pe $3,400,000,000.' .Customs and v misce laneous "revenne -have -.swelled the ' toA tal ordinary receipts this ' . year - Yo $7!68,677',000 - and -receipts' from' liberty loans, 'leertiflcates, war savijig. arid,: oth er pubH6 debt sources xhave; been $9; 8 11, 6 $ 8,0 00, making the - government's total rec eipts kin eightimonths - $ 10, 583, Is Rep vised IVAR COSTING ONE if. : .. : i conunuea ua rage iwgjf.. J , an .A. rtcans v . Enemjr; Casnalties Were Heavy, .. While the Americans Also c Bost a Number of Men ; HUN POSITIONS DEMOLISHED Pershing 's : Artillerymen Taking "; Revenge -for Gas Attack . .Earlyinthe Week" , Berlin claims PRisbNERs ..v One North Carolinian Dead and Another Wounded - - (Associated Press Summary.) j -American troops .in a desperate hand-to-nand battle : have repulsed a heavy.; Qferman attack on - the salient north of TouL There were a num-ber of Americans killed and .wounded, in eluding some officers. One v of the dead was ; a captain i who had been graduated- from Wes Point last year. The Germans suffered, heavily, leav ing ten dead in" the American ; trenches while the ground In front was strewn with: th bodies: of :; the enemyL-JThxe Cerman prisoners remained lnN the hands .. of the Americans. ''( ' ; ;' .In the -same sector the American ar tillery has .been taking revenge for the, German gas attack early in the week and .German positions have been demoiished ' by the storm of shells sent over by Gen Pershing's men. In -addition to fighting in the Toul sector !he Americans have been active Just noilhy of the Chemin des Dames where they have taken part in repuls ing a German attack. . A j German official ' statement says that ten - Americans were taken pris oner in the latter sector. 1 The fi gat ing in which the Americana partici pated ,was near the village of Chav ignon. It baa been known for ..some timeT that : Americans,; probably mem bers pf one of. the national guard di visions taken, to France some time ago, were v along the famous Chemin des Dames sector ; but the German statement'; reveals their location more ,exactly than anything as yet received from the fighting-If ront. y - A few more Americans have been taken .to field hospitals near Toul suf fering; from the effects of gas poison ing. These men "were 'not i the "trenches when the German" gas at tack vas" launched, but ventured into the danger J zone without gas ; masks and were, overcome ; by . the ' fumes wliich had settled into sheH. holes and low places. N S9 far as known the gas casualties number six - dead and about 80 overcome. Of the' latter only one case ' is Considered to be grave. GASTOXIA, If. C , SOLDIER - - ; -1 1 KILLED ACCIDENTAMx Washington, March 5; 1, General Pershing reported to the war - depart ment, today that Corporal Hyman Roesen, infantry, of 1 Chicago, and Private "Clarence Mooney, infantry, of Gastonla, N. - C, were accidentally killed " February-' t7." No- details were given.- '. , S,J- :- -- LIEUT. X-C "WEMYSS, OP -- j-: ' TARJJOKO, JT. CV WOUNDED Washington, March 1. Private Har ry Taylor of- Springfield O.; yerely.--wounded ' and Second Liieut. James C. ;Wemyss, of Tarboro, -N. -. C, and 23 men.; were slightly wounded In action. "February 26,- the -war department-was advised today by - General PersWng.'; C The message ; gave no de tails, but "it; is not "believed, the men were -vtctlmis of "the-v' German gas at tack "that dayt as - In previous casualty reports General -Pershing- indicated the men killed' or. injured; by gas.. - BERLIN AWJTQijJICES 7THR - ' .,: ..- CAPTURE': OP io AMERICANS v . Berlin, .- via : London March 1. Ten Americans have been-captured by .the Germans - near . Chavignon - of the French front, v army I headquarters . an nounced . today. i:;.;;:., .;: ja"--, :'.A"- few French , prisoners also; were takeh '. from ;' the", hostile s trenches ' by the German .storming-, v troops A" that Chavignon Is in ; the western sector Of the Alsne front north of: the wes terly end of - the . Chemin V des Dames, a mile and a. half northwest of ' Parg-ny-Filain.. : . V ' v v.; V "' ' ;-.-: .'4 ' : ' American; troops $eere known : to ibe in; the front lines in the Chemin -des Dumes region but the Official German announcement ' locates them' more ex actly, than the ' previous Reference f to theirpresence; in this' sector ' contained in- t"h-dlatiatcbes 'ihat haVe'donia tram f theVAmertcah;; correspondents - in :rance 'or arora ipxxer - sources. f :;f rf- . ',: -.PrentJey - B'ewster Deader 1 ' 'i. - Wtaigary, - Canada, ';. March . 1. Harlan C: 'Brewster, ' premier of . .British Co- -lumibia,:died heer. tonight. :.$ -I'l'U- By Ante IBM: TO SIGN TREATY Coincident Wtljtixnatiim : ; the Germans Have Ecnew-:'; 0 ed Their Advance ;- NEGOTIATIONS BROKEN OFF? Bolshevik Delegates Order ; That I : Train Upder Heavy Guard be Sent to Meet Them . : : . (Associated 'JPressi ptujnary.);. ,N ' fAit- ultimatum has - been; handed . to the'Russian Bolshevik; government by the German commander ; on the " eastr ern f r pnt"ho iha given the .Russians three days In'-which, to sign the" peace treaty demanded " by the Teutons. ' Co incident with""j.this demand, the ; Ger man advance into Russja has been re- sumed. . ; r ' ' ;' . .': ; ' 1 Y There are apparently- three - columns of Germans advancing . ito Russia. One Ms near .Ltlga, midway betwin Pskov and Petrograd; one'jis said to be at Polotsk, midway i between . : Pinsk and Vitenek, and', the Mother- is at Se bezh, 80 miles-: eaat . of . Dvinsk. ". An officials report' says that the German troops . had -reached the right bank ; of the Dnieper, river north of Kiev -. ; ', Reports by -wajr -of London : say . that the : Russian ; troops, are.f destroying railroad: property , and burning . .stores as they .re'tire.before .the.GermansT.At no point vis . there .serious fighting; re ported, -but the advance-of - the, Ted tons -is said to be Cautious- i., :;;:. ;' ;- It was -ajjnounced In a dispatch., that Aufltrian..t.coops have begun to-V. ad- Lvanc.iftt& menf, ir isstatea, is m response to an appeal f rom.tJkrainia, probably due to the operations of the Boishevikl there Dr. Von . Seydier, the. -Austrian premier, said last week'. that-. Austria was not , participating in ; the invasion of Russia, : adding that Austria Is at peace with Ukrania. GERMANS ; MAY HATE BROKEN r ;-; OFF THE NEGOTIATIONS London, March ..2-A message re4 ceived by. theBplsheviki government in Petrograd ! fromBrest-Litovsk , dat ed "Friday, ordering"a train under mil itary guard- to 'meet the. Russian dele gates at r Toroshaets. .. was considered by the government as probably -'signifying that the7 peace negotiations - have been broken "off, ; according- to a- wire less communication; received here "from Petrograd. ' tonight. .' The - wireless oommunicatioh -. follows: ! ; - ' " "To all -the '.councils;;.-. The follo-wling message- was'- received - Friday ' from Brest-Litovsk: " ' ' - ' " -' i ' - ""To the ' Council of ' Commissaries, Petrograd: Send us- a train : to -Toro-shaets' near Psk'ov,"; escorted by ' sulfi- ci ently large s;f orces. -; ; Communicate' 1 1 w . 1 1 - 11. . , 1 wun iu?enno - uoutci inns liio Body guard. , ' . " P'": '-' :' -' " ' (Signed) V ! ' ' ; 1 "KARSHAN.' . "This message.- most probably signi fies . that . the peace negotiations have been broken off ., by . the Germane. . We must .be ready; for "an" immediate Ger man advance, on Petrograd 'and - onfall fronts, , It is necessary r thsfc, all the measures for. defense be takerf. ; i r . - (Signed) , ; " . ' . rNJNEi .-. ' Petrograd, March ': 1. The ' : occupa tion of Rostov-on-Don by '.the Boishe vikl after a sanguinary battle and. the forced .retreat of , the troops' of Gen Kaledi'nes, and Gen.' Korniloff; is re ported by' the semi-official news 'agen cy; today. - - -' ' ' --'" ' c t 1 - ' Il'JO FACE COURT- " '. --ry' "v; ; i ' Treatment . Accorded Private Who v ' Died is Investigated C ! - -V : Inetlgatlttg ; Officer Dleloaes , Tha ;. Condition rat Cwmjf . Donlpban r I T' fJ Were Notwiaf ' Shot ' of ;" ''' - " . ;''..''. ;'-'- ;'';;:' t ' Ieplorable.v A . '- - Washington, - March! -1. Investiga tion of the ' treatment - of Private Al bert -Hestwood, . Of Liberal,; Kan., wno dl ed -; of spi nal tneningi tls a -; Camp Doniphan," Oklanoma, has( resulted in Secretary Baker ordering . the trial by Jjmara1:: t nelly, , medical corps, Ur S. An ,of Ney9 r York city, and First lieutenant Wal 1 1 If 1 1 All 111111111 wniun OFfIC ERS WILLS; .; v .-": W;',; ' 'v ter H. Earkpatrtck medical ; corps, na tional ' giiard, of ' Haven," Kansas. : . . It - was announced - tonight- that Ma jor ' Cdnnelly, who . was In charge of the base hospital while Hestwood was a' patient-Aid .-"been t held .responsible by the -inrvestlgating officer 'for con ditions at .the. ..hospital eharaoterized as Jnothing short; of deplorable.!'' I4eut. Klrkpatrick -was the'' first "medical "Offi cer to examine private , Hestwood :and is charged with having sent the sol dier to 'the , hospital ; without5;; making known 'the "fact that he suspected "spin al meningitis. 'V v '.-'- v 'T w : ; Major 'General v W. M. Wright,',' com ' :CContinued n-Pajc' Eight- " -1' ' . ' . . ' - AMERICA AND WQimDEm) .Washington,: Marot 1. Indications npwpoint to an agreement between the entente) powers .and America to confide to Jfapan alone thetask of taktng sijon. treasures as may be necessary to com bat German - aggression and. influence in 'Siberia and to -protect the military stores at Vladivostok, i No- fiina conclu sion has .been "reached, however, and it was, said in high official quarttr3 to night th.at;rCohditions were changing so rapidly and so -many; new factors we r.e entering into the problem that it would be Z unsafe to predict1 overnight, what the issue- might be." V ; '' ;- ' "Cabinet Dicuses Problem. ;; Exchanges are proceeding rapidly between : the entente' governments and Washington and the," matter, wag con sidered -at today's cabinet meeting. It is : understood that the state depart ment, is r being, slowly but steadily "in fluenced vto accept the ; view ;Wbi6h seems to obtain in Great -Britain, and France and possibly in Italy.s ;That is Start? . 'on First ' Anniversary of America 's. Entry Into War. : r -; i May Last Four Weeks ' AMOUNT NOT DETERMINED T Nevr r LegUlation Neceaaary . -Before ;IIan;Oas( Be Completed mnd TWs 1 ' ; Will Exceed f30VOO6,O06 -S ; i; Washington, Maroh 1. On April 6 the; first' ;Anniversary .of ' the - United States' 'entry "Into the war, the third iiberty loanwill 'open. There win' be a campaign of three or four weekst ,In announcingHhe date tonight. Sec retary JMcAdoo said the amount of the loan, the; interest' rate and Other fea tures.' sudh as ;convernbllity - of ( bonds of previous issues; inaturity and terms of - payment, are yet , to . be determined and that "new legislation will be neces sary- before plans 'can be completed., ;' ... The fact that the; amount of the loam is dependent on furtner'iegislatipn in dicates i that -4t will i be far - more than 3,500,90Q,000, the remainder; of.au thoriiedv but- unissued., bonds,; and ; the fact . that .certificates' of indebtedness now .'being, sold' in anticipation of the loan bear 4--1- -2 per cent, interest af fords some : indication of the Interest rate.; . ' ' y ) . " '".". t: ; . .', .How Jarge'5 the. loan shall be depends largely,' howeveron- the: fate of v the pending, war finance ; cm carrying, an appropriation' of a half billion dollars and action on the railroad bill with its appropriation'of a similar' amount. y' ' ;" Althoygh . Mr. McAdoo made no 'spe cific announcement it s now taken for granted'' in" official ' circled thatj there will be but. one more loan before June 30, the' end of the fiscal year. ; ' The v statement concerning the v date of the campaign was made at this time, Secretary - McAdoo explained, , to-; ' grve every community time to prpare .for - a big bond sale f and he strongly advo cated, popular demonstrations of patri otism on the day of the opening of the loan and.' second. year of war." .. ;,-. . ; ' Popular DemoiurtratioH Urged. : ) After Stating the -date of the cam paign i opening :" the ' secretary: c'bntin u6d: ;; ;' - ;.. '.; s V' '.-' ' "April 6 will forever be a consecrat ed " day -rln American ' history ' 'and ; it seems peculiarly'" appropriate that the opening of .the second year of our-participation in this war ; for the honpr and rights, of i America and the free dom of - the world should be celebrat ed with a nation-wide drive ' for an other liberty .loan,-;:;---"- r v - rhe-1 canrpaign should begin ' wlthf' great "'demonstrations 'qf patriotism in every. city, ..town and -hamlet, in - the country , that; will truly f express l the spirit;. of aroused: America. -. On 'this date ,revery . American should . pledge anew 'to his government the full meas ure, of "his resources ' and resolve - to make ;every required ' sacrifice' in the same .'"fervent , spirit V.that- impels., ourj gaiianv sons, in, ine crencnes. oi Tance "and." on e the waters of the Atlantic" to shed . theirblood in- America's, secred cause. .; ?.-'.i.W'-.v..'?'f v, 'The I campaign', fnl .lt' u probability will last 'three or four' weeks and an nouncement." of ; tue opening date ' is made at'; thls.'time . in . accordance with ;n; promise ;to make 'public . all mat ters connecten wjtn tne loan as soon as ,"determlnd.-1 earnestly, hope' that be;jielI :-in .all .parts ; of the country. The; treasury department will'endeav Or ,to.;make. the observance of the an niversary of the declaration of war. as memorable ' as', was' the , patriotic'.. ob servance '..during the second liberty ,he loan already" has ; started - actively."1' Posters hav4 'been", preparedy v-pujblicit .- . plans drawn,, and -local -. organizational re aligfied. ' Even more important, .non essential securities ' have ; been I kept off '..'the ' investment market - througftL r volntary ""coroperafion; i of -business ana nnanciai: interest' wun the federal reserve "board's, capital , Issues commit NEXT LIBERTY LOAN OPENS ON APRIL 6 loan campaign ot liberty day on :t 4th. day' qf October,; 1917' r. :.; Campaign v, work for- the-third -., tee. . ' . -rr : ALLIES MA Y jAPmfMdM that a single power with an efficient army ; and navy within easy- reach, of Siberia'' .and not . otherwise employed and - acting :,in : conformity with a gen eral "'agreement, mfentJ? be ; ostter , able to deal with the situation" than 'any in-, ternational force such "as" was' at' first contemplated. ; ' " - . ' , ;; ; - ' Envoys at Vologda.' ' '"' ;' In the. meantime 'Vologda, a city , of 60,000 people, 3J5 miles eas,t of Petro grad,' apparently, is. to. be the American diplomatic headquarters in Russia un til the. situation In 'that' country clears. The .commltee ' on ' public information was "advised by Its- representative in Petrograd today that ; " Ambassador Francis and - his - staff, " the Ameridan consulate, the military mission and the Red Cross representatives left the cap- Ital for Vologda by - railroad on - the night : of -February :27.' : No word from the ambassador ' has ''reached the state department since his message- saying he was preparing - to- leave, but it is no w assumed Hhat he intends to remain In Russia at a safe; distance from the '' (Continued, on "Page Two)' ' OF STAFF ARRIVES Numerous Ranges .'in Personnel olf the Office Expected to be ;, ',;. Made by1 Gen. March : f . BIDDLE MA33;TO FRANCE -. - . Gen.' Marcb Indicates ; Qt ' Desire ' o '"$t .MsTUluj, Regarding ties ' Abroad. . Washington," March - -; l.Numerous changes tn th-ftPeiorjnel of- the gen eral staff s of . the; army " are expected to follow-, the -.arrivai . h'ere. of Major General Peyton' C. ' March, who landed at an Atlantic port toay, returning fyom France : tov' assume" nis duties as actingr chief t xst k staff. . Officers here have . no knowledge . ' of plans Gen. March may -have made in' this regard, but it has been assume that he will draw to his - aid men,1 in "whom he has special confidence i ' . ; - Biddle .5iar ,G Abroad.1 - It . is' understood ", that one of - the firs't ' acts " of the . new .chief will be. to name a successor - for. Major ; General John , Biddle, assistant , chief . of . staff and . who ,hS8' been acting ' as ."head of that body, since General, ;BHss was as signed to ' tfie supreme - war, council in Europe. -.There " are ...indication . that Gexeral . Biddle. has already 'been se lected for an - Important." cpmmand . in Hurope and' it is known that he Twould prefei ' dutyV abroad-X- - --'Pe?: -' 4 Re-organization of, the ."general , staff recently effected .is." now-in 'operation. It has been: stated "officially, that the general officers" recently, assigned to duty as directors of he' flve major dN j. visions' of the- staff " are - holding : their positions ; ' temporarily This action was taken, in order'to; permit-General March ; to name his own '.assistants in carrying, out the task qf co-ordination of,, the purely military- side- of,, "the army, --A .. ,:v", : 'lr -v CrX l: Deal With C Broader Problems.. z. " Each of these directors .is .- an assis tant, to, the . chief of staff with power to act in the name of the secretary: or of the chief of . staff in matters .per taining to - his - own particular . field. By this means ' an Organization .. has been, built up. for General. March in sufth avway that he will be able to de vote his 'own- time almost wholly, to "th 5 broader ,-, problems f the depart ment, leaving detail work! to his as sistants' and y quickly familiarizing himself ;with v conditions.' - throughout the ' army.'; ' .- !" .'-'. ; .-. , ; .-. General March . brings-", to the head of the general .staff : Intimate personal knowledge of ; conditions .: in ' France. He . has discussed every phase of the 'relationship between the war depart ment . and -the expeditionary ' "forces with ; General i Pershing and'. It :; is an ticipated.' Jthat ' Complete -harmohyl of action j and .purpose . wllt.,prevall on both - -sides of the water under his direction.. i.;I;,-.:f.4;:tT i'f p. ' ";," : - r: i . Wastts" Censorship "Relaxed. -. , The .remarks made by General March today on , his arrival indicating his de sire . for- a less rigorous r censorship as to activities ; of ' American .'troops , In France caused some commentambng army -officers .here.-, ";'-.-;.'4.;:.;v y-rj' ' A majorityof them agree - that .'much more could' be told-with safety as : to the doings abroad- than . has - been, the nmctle un to. thin - tlm Ifiaw.t.m. Baker . has taken the , position,"' howev er that 0 all information as tov , the movements of - General 'v Pershing's forces - must. oome through that- offi cer's: cenJrv;V.fr'?.-if-r-j-i.- - " HI! there has been.' any misunder standing as to i. censorship'-. , , between General . Pershing" and the department, General March probably will be able te .clear ..it. up' quickly.',.-; ' C- ;. ; V. . Some OiBeei;Dinbd;-:: ' r; The discussion pf the .. new .' chi ef s probable attitude as to : the t censorship brought out .the' fact": that some offi cers have . been a little ; disturbed tat M - . " . KfhS. tfcl V i the nature of the Information the cen- Bon nuivau . xiauv oeen..permittlng : to rnma' throusrh. - nart.lrnilnrlv. am. - -i,A recent gas ' attack upon . tne : American k fuonnnuea on-Jr'aera tzt . . NEW ACTING CHIEF (Continued on Page 'Eihf ). ONLY r'-y? Document 'Establishes Cermanyfa : - - - :-- :';'- ' -. ' i. - .. Intention to ; Force : That - Country, to Fight r. x. EEVEALED BY- M. PINCHON American and Japanese Ambassa-; v ny 's Sinister Motives - in : ' Alsace-Lorraine r Paris, March 1. -Two historic docu ments, one ' showing 'the ' German gov ernment's determination to force Vwar upon France "and the. . other .. setting forth the reasons -which Induced Ger many to .take Alsace-Lorraine,' were OA DECISIDfJ niade public today by Stephens Pidhon, i the French- foreign minister. - The min-" ister - was speaking Cat . the Sorbonne " upon the anniversary -of the protest made by representatives of i the nation- ai assembly of Alsace-Lorraine against .' "-,' annexation to Germany. . . s - '-' . Most Cowardly Complicity. : - i a I will establish by documents' said - -' M. FIchon, " "that the day the Germans . " deliberately .rendered . inevitable - the' Lmost ; frightful; of wars they - tried , to .. dishonor-, us... by . the . most . cowardly ; .: complicity in the ambush into which ( 1 ' they drew JEurope.-":I will" establish- It -, In -the revelation -of a "document", that , ; ' the German chancellor" preserved care- T ! fully, and you, will. sea why, in the most .' ; profound t mystery of . the most'' secret : archlves. ; , ''., l..;.''5';, v - ': :'J :; .;v ; ' ' "We -have, known only recently' of its '- authenticity and it defies any sort; of . . attempt" to .disprove' lt - It t- bears- the- -sighature : - of Bethmann-Hollwegg and ; ' the date July Sl -1314. ;, On , that date .' .ViOh Schoenn . (German ambassador to ' .' ; France) , was charged by a telegram state of . danger of '.war with Russia ... and to ask us to remain neutral, giving' us 18; hours to" reply. . ' . .'"',' ;, ' ... v Demanded -Surrender of Fortresses. - - "4 - "What was unknown! until today was . that the., telegram of.-, the German ; rT; chancellor ; containing- these Instruc-.? ' tions germinated with ' these words: s ;" . "'If thfr-French government declares' ' it will Vemain ; neutral your1, excellency -will e good enough to declare that we ; must as - a . guarantee , of its neutrality, require . the handing over' of the fort--. resses1' qfVTour.!and. Verdun; that we ' will occupy .them and- restore them af-,; , ter the end of :the war with Russia. A V reply, to this; last question must reach.- v here before ' Saturday afternoon . at -i" o'cclock-- - - , Is'v t: -. - . '; ; . . v;-. . ' " ' . X - " Sialster Dnpllctty.' ' ' , " "That"; said M. Pichon Vis how Ger- many - wanted - peace at the moment when she declared i war. ; That Is how . sincere she was-in pretending' that we -obliged her 'to-take up arms.Xor ;herV defense.- That is the price she ixfend'-; " ed to make us pay for our baseness' If ' 1,( we had bad-the infamy -'to '.repudiate our - signature " as i Prussia renudlated - . I hers by tearing ' up the' , treaty that '. guaranteed - tne neutrality; of Belgium. -5 Hollweggs False7 Statements. : ,.' . : "Our mortal enemy in ; the war ;of -1871, Vohmoltke, declared'.on the treaty of Frankfort "'added M. PIchon taking . up the question -of Alsace-liorralne,. "that it would require no less - than 160 ' years . to - wean .-the heart of her lost v provinces 'from' France." .h-x0".r. M.Pichon contrasted the German ae ceptance 'thenjthat the 'provinces were : V '"(Continue-on-Page XUglttK -- THREE NEGROES ARE LYH0. Ill LOUISIANA 1 t-i ' Follows Troubl in Which White VrToiasvd. ffrofwert-Kmed!; T ;,-'1.4..::v-i-- ?-X;;';i - - J-" '".'-' Lynching Oeeurred in: Isolated 8eetIo : ' . of Rich land Pariah Snnday Flgbt. . "tear 'Respited Over Alleged ; T : :il .l; "- -;,: s Stealing of. Hogs;-. :;; . : - i j,V Rayville, ,? La.- Marcn- 1. Three . ne-''. groes, whose names were givei as Jim - -Lewis, Jim Jfones V and Will. ; Powell, were lynched by: a, mob of white', men pear Delhi, La.,: In an Jsolated, section of Richland ' parish, Tuesday.- The" triple ' lynching, is rsald to -be the-outgrowth . trouble j.. between whites and negroes near Delhi Sunday wnen -a wiyte farm- ; ' ; , er and a negro Were killed. - ' VJ - "''' The ; report of -the lynchings -as re-'. .. . ."-';' ceived 'from: Delhi stated that two of ; ". " the negroes 1 were jhanged by th3 mob. ' ' and the , third iwas.vshot and killed: as . '-f-'-t. be attempted to escape. . rvW :":,?,f :;-7v -ii" The lighting between : white farmers - ; .: and r negroes ''occurred Monday when ' ;' ' several , negroes,; ' including 'Bolivar v' ; '-' Jones, were accused of stealing 'hogs''.;.'1 in that sectibn. In: the exchange . of ?; shots, E. p. 'Ferguson, .white, and Jones: v ' . were killed.' .-J''.-" ..'',--.-y -5 -y -- Xiater if . was . reported the1 farmers - '; : ' started "ou "to round up the " negroes ; who-had been aqcusea as leaders of the ; v " trouble. " - -'f &'.'-yr,!' J"'- 7 i a. i - i - v i m i - :i '- i t I ' : '! jt:.- i' I ' it m I l; i: mi t .vi:---"
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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