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TTILTOSr! C MOKDAy MOBmNG, MARCH 25, 1918 WHOLE KIJMBER 39,362 1 . entlw BRITONS. . A IPBR : ' ' " ' ' - - : r ..- .. ,. Emm THEIR WITHDRA WALS OF TROOPS MADE TO NEW BATTLE FRONT ACCORD WITH LONG MATURED STRATEGY jlasterly Retirement: of Main Army While Shock Troopa Slaughtered Foes, ' ALLIES ARE OPTIMISTIC Germany Claims Large Gains and Captures of Men, Guns and Much Materials. . BOASTFUL OF SUCCESSES More Than a Million Huns Have Been In : Action.! -; (Associatd Press . Summary) The withdrawal of the. British forces along the battle front in France -wras long ago planned in. the -event of the Germans attacking in' great force. This announcement comes from the British front through the j Associated Press correspondent, who describes the" oper ation of the British army as a masterly withdrawal, made possible by gallant shock troops in the front lines, who checked the advance of : the;;-Germans, while artillery, machine gun: and rifle fire worked appalling slaughter, among the masses of German Infantry as they were sent forward, thus enabling the main body of the British to fall back deliberately and without contusion. Main Army Conserved. ...-"" This army, it is declared, has been conserved and up to the present very iewcftunterrattacksJhaye . -been , made against the Germans. Where the Brit ish have stormed thel Germans newly acquired positions 1 they have driven them back. But each mile of advance makes the bringing up of supplies to the German artillery and infantry more and more difficult, and unquestionably the British strategy, as' demonstrated" since the beginning of the great at tack, is to let the enemy, so far as he may, wear himself ou against a power ful defense. j Both British and French forces, where their lines meet south of St. Quentin, are watching events with op timistic eyes. Sanguinary Struggle Goes On. On the battle line in France the Banguinary struggle still is going on, with the British troops on most Of the sectors apparently holding their own, hut with the Germans at salient points still pressing forward. . i The town of Chauny, southeast of St. Quentin, situated on the road to Com piegne, the gateway to Pris, has been occupied by the Germans and accord ing to the Berlin official communica tions, everywhere between the Somme and the Oise rivers the Germans are pressing their advantage, i Battle All Day Sunday. Throughout Sunday-along the entire 50-mile battle front the fighting never, ceased for a moment, and where Field Marshal Haig's men were .unable - to withstand the terrific onslaughts de livered by" greatly superior forces, ground was given, but always in order ly fashion. - " , TV ' ' -More Than Million Germans.? It now has been definitely ascertain ed that considerably more than a mil lion Germans have been brougb-t to the western front in an endeavor to crush the British army holding the line from the region of Arras to the south of St. Quentin, but It daily be comes increasingly evident - that the enemy in his drive has: met with op position not counted upon and been unable to realize to the full his objec tives. Germans Claim Peronne and Ham. In addition to Chauny, the Germans are claiming the capture of bothPe ronne and Ham, and to have increased the number of prisoners taken to more an 30,000, .in addition to 600 guns and large stores of war materials.": ' . Defeat Franco-Americans? , !t is claimed also by . the Germans that American and French s regiments which were brought up to reinforce the British have been defeated but no fur ther information other than this mere ttement has been vouchsafed. . :c Little Left to Bum. ., In their rptiremont a r-r-nrc i n ET to Ber- the British are burning towns and wages behind them. , This "statement, however, seemingly is capable - of ' ber mg received with reserve, as the Ger mans themselves in their famous .strategic" retirement left little stand ln? in the territory they evacuated, even denuding the country of trees. , Long Distance Gun Mysiery. v u Une of the mysteries of the offensive nich now has been solved "is that the shelling of Paris is being" v done :! by nge-ranere German crun.i This state ent is contained in the Berlin official communication and - a r Paris - dispatch Bdys that one of the guns has been la "ted near T.ann oHnu 7ft ' miles from the center of Paris. Throughout , Sun- Qay morninc an intrt thA mid-after on shells were dropped in Paris at intervals of from 12 to 20 minutes. Huns Proud and i BoastfuL Already the spirit of , ;boastfulness nich pervades the German army in mes of success is being strongly roan "ested. Field Marshal Von Hlnden Durg ha3 complimented the German emperor on the j "initial success" ;;and e latest German official , communica tion is loud in its' plaudits of the Ger man troops, declaring that; "the . at cking sp.rit of the Infantry could not ye been exceeded."" ' v : : A , J 1 . un the other battle fronts the fight Continued rare Eight) 1 Washington Views Attack . As a ''Desperate Ventu "By the Grace of God Wilhelm Tells Empress, He Has Won the Battle .Amsterdam, March - 24. "Well, your majesty, I think ,we may be well pleased with the Initial suc cess." ; - -Thus the Berlin Tageblatt quotes Field Marshal Von Hindenburg as saying ; to ; Emperor William when the field marshal received the first telegrams concerning the offensive on the. western front.' -. ; The. newspaper acres that the time for the offensive was fixed long ago and that it began at . exactly the time set for its commencement, even to the hour. i'i Another dispatch from Berlin, says the German empress : has received the following telegram from -- Em peror William: .: v , "I, am pleased to be able to tell you that; by the grace of God, the battle of Monchy, Cambrai, St. Quentin and La Fere has been won. The Lord; has gloriously aided.1 May he further help."' i. German -Claim 'That-Tney- Weref Has-'Not Been Confirmed 1y Any Reports to U. S. EAGER INTEREST IN NEWS President. Wilson, and -All , American Offlcials Intensely Absorbed in JR : ports of Battle Paris Gun Did Little Damage. Washington, March 24. No confir mation of German rpeorts that Ameri can troops have ..participated in the fight on the British front had reached the war deparmtent up to a late hour tonight. Major General March, act ing chief of staff, who remained at his office much of the day and night, said that no advices to the effect had been received. . ; -;t It was recalled that American rail way engineers, in training at the Brit ish front, were involved in the German counter-attack on, the 'Cambrai front some time ago, but there has been nothing to Indicate that any other than; engineer or other special units have been employed at any time with the British forces. ; , ', Officials : generally displayed ; the most eager -interest in every item 'Of news as to the German drive. : It was pointed out' that any ' information as to British or French operations must be made .public by the , officials of those , two countries. President Intensely Interested. " : Intense interest in press reports displayed- by President Wilson himself that official information r was meagre. The "Associated Press dispatches were transmitted to him during the even ing. ' I"-'-.' -U. -V .'.J'; - .!.;;;..;-;-: - The-, official British and German re ports were taken here as showing that afse.cond phase of the great battle had begun; and was continued . throughout the day with no decisive results- It was . evident that- the British second defensive system was , being severely testedby, German attacKs. vlt appear- ed, however, that the British line In general was ' still intact at the close of the day; " The announcement from Berlin that Paris had . been' bombarded by long range guns seemed to . settle any doubt there has been as to what trans pired .In the French capital yesterday and today. The ' range - of ; the ' new .weapon 76 miles exceeds' anything 'ever -dreamed of by ; ordnance experts here so, far . as known. . , - .' - Little Damage at Paris.' . ; Whatever !the Gefmans may . have -discovered "4n . the way of new explo sives or new' gun metal that permits the use of heavier charges of powder without destruction of the weapon it self, it is noted with satisfaction here that the" first , employment they hove given : theirs new war monster " has re suited in ho military ajivantag what ever. ' The damage of a whole battery of such guns similarly fired also would be - Insignificant ; ;;, If ; the! Germans counted -upon th,e terrorizing, f the populace, there . has been, not a line from? Paris to indicate rthat'they had attained success. . , . . v Left to his own choice,; a, citizen. of Paris probably would prefer the new gun to airplane bombs. It . is recalled .the Punkirk has been bombarded a number of times at tne range of twenty miles are more. Or dinary occupations continued and " the bombardment " without cessation' and no Important - damage . was .done- by the'German guns. - x 110 AMERICANS IN THE BIG FIGHTING . ' - v .. " .. " - . . ' -. ; - 4 . v V " ' ( - v -z y ' .' - Says It Proves the Germans Have Been Forced to Attempt : Gi-' gantic Feat of Arms. - ENEMY CASUALTIES HEAVY American Troops In Lorraine and v. . Toul Sectors Are Fonnd Do ing Their Share. FBENCH FRONT QUITE BUSY Weekly Official War Resume Gives American Viewpoint. ? . Washington, March. 24. The German offensive,., says . the war department's weekly . communique", issued today, proves : that the German militarists nave been forced to attempt a gigantic feat-of -arms. . ... - While the great attack has been able to make headway, no definite envelop ing r movement " has been outlined, the communication says, and it . would" be premature tQ express opiniops on - the tactical phases' with combat situa Uonr Jivevltably HChangihl in - a battle- of such "magnitude.-:'. f - ;',;'.y- ; 'r::'. '- Desoerate Military Venture; "The assault . launched - by " the Ger mans against the British rront has- re opened the fighting season in the west," says the communication. "This opera tion confirms to 'us; tnat tne German higher command, 'unable "to control the strategic, situation through ' political agencies, has been forced to engage in a desperate . military venture in order to. maintain its dominion over tne ped ples of - the central empires and force a victorious; peace by the fortune of arms. .': : - ' : .'The German attack began with a brief but overwhelming artillery bom bardment. ' V r "From Croisselles south to Vendeuil, a ; distance of 47 miles, the - Germans concentrated this preliminary barrage in which, a number or Austrian, bat teries participated . "The - German Infantry divisions thereupon advanced to the attack along the; flanks of the salient in- front, ot Cambrai. Furious fighting continues. While the Germans have .been able to make headway no definite enveloping movement is as yet outlined. "It would be premature to express an opinion regarding the tactical phases of the - operations now taking place. . We must .expect further changes in the combat situation, which are inevitable in a battle of such mag nitude.; ' v v? . -. ' ;-' : Wider Battlefront Possible. . - : "Enemy casualties have been exceed ingly heavy. The extension of the bat tle front is possible. "Prior to the German attack the al lied troops: were successful in a num ber of raids into the enemy lines, prov ing. their alertness and initiative. ' "Our own forqes in training In Lor raine are . still ' holding on . to the trenches - which : were - captured Mast week. In this region our artilleFy con tinues to batter the German lines and a number of scouting parties which have penetrated the eGrman positions report that " enemy works have been cossiderably damaged. , - .i "In our sector north of Toul our ar tillery has successfully bombarded enemy works "and billets behind their lines.- During - a raid one of : our -ua-trols reached the German ; second line and , returned -. without ; suffering any casualties: . In this area the enemy made a thrust against - the ' French forces-on our flank. Our; own forces became engaged. The-'Germans were driven off. Americans' Put Down Raid.. '. "A hostile raid was ? also attempted against our forces r: at another point. This operation '. was ' preceded by a strong barrage. Ourjnf antryrwelj sup ported by 5 artillery," was able ; to , stop the r attacking , column ' before., -our trenches - were j reached. Our .: troops raided hostile -works east of . Lunevllle. In the Laon area the enemy used a considerable .number - of . 'gas. shells, causing ;Only . slight casualties. .Gas bombardments were, noted, rn '.Lorraine. ."The French -front; has ' also: been ex tremely active. . -Large raiding opera-! tions were undertaken. :A "brisk French attack again st the ! hostile trenches in MaJancourt. wood resulted, in the, pene tration .Qf the, enemy line." Another very successful -sFrench raid was -conducted against .the adjacent -positions near: Cheppy wood. - American officers who r are training with French n units, participated J in these operations. ' : The Germans temporarilywere able to' - penetrate - the -;: French 'trenches. Hitherto, there has been no Indication of an extension of the' German "off e sive to the French: fronL, ' .'" Belgian Units" Enlarge. if.i fWe. also note . that . Belgian units have taken bver the important North Sea - segment of t the .western Z front, which has been held by the 'French.,.-' -i "Simultaneously with the; German of -' f enslve- operations in the west, we notp ' - jlContlaued, ba Page wo. , SWEEPING CLAIMS OF BY GERMAN QFFIGE Assert They Defeated Soth Brit- j ish and Franco-American Re- serve Troops With Losses. A FORMIDABLE SUCCESS Thirty Thousand , Prisoners and 600 Guns and Other "Enor- ! - ;mous Booty Claimed. Berlin, March .24.(Viav London, British Admiralty Per Wireless Press) The Germans have captured Peronne and Ham and.' defeated British, and American regiments brought ..up' , from the southwest- for a counter-attack on Chauny, according to the . war office statement today: 7-- &. ' ' ' v; The statement adds, thai, more "than 30,000 prisoners . have, been - captured and 600 guns have been taken-by " the Germans. ' - ' ' ' ; . " Victory in the , batUe which; has been raging near Monchy, Cambrai, St.. Quen tin and La Fere Is claimed Vby the . Ger mans.. The British Third .and Fourth armies and parts ; of Franco-American reserves ate. declared to have, been beat en with the heaviest .losses on the. line from Bapaume to Bouchavesne and be--hind the Somme between -Pronne and Ham, as well as at Chauny..; . The text of the communication follows: ... : ' - western, theatre The .battle near Monchy, Cambrai, St, Quentine and La Fere has been j won. -i,? : s . t ; ""The British Third andFoarth' arm4 les .and.j??rtions. :,ofrnj55Afirioa.a. icooi votj who ;oaa peenDrpignt - up were beaten and - on : the line . of Ba- paume-Bduchayesnes and behind the, Somme, . between Peronne and Ham as well as at Chauny, were repulsed with the heaviest of "losses. ' v " , "The army, of General Von Below (Otto) ' took by storni Monchy height and south thereof" carried forward the" attack in a, westerly direction beyond Vancourt and Menln. : It 'now is en gaged in a fight northwest of Bapaume for the third enemypositions. Strong British counter-attacks were repulsed. "The army of. General Von der Mar Wltz, following upon the heels of the vanquished army,' pressed ; forward , in close pursuit Friday', night ; as far ;as the third enemy position in the Equan court, Nurlu, - Templeux, ' La ; FOsse,' Bernes line, , ,- - . Von der Mar-Wits and Bulow Joln.- 'Earlv-vesterdav thev renewed their attack against the enemy and defeated him, In spite of his desperate defense and continual counter-attacks.s A junc tion with the left 'wing of the attaok of General Von Below was effected.' .';: "Between ' Manancourt and Peronne the troops of Generals -Von Kathen and Von Gotard have forced a crossing oyer the TortUle sector, and on . ha Somme battlefield - are; fighting around Bouchevesnes. Peronne - has fallen. Other divisions have pressed forward to' the south thereof as far . as 'the Somme. '; - : ' - : , "As early as Friday evening the army of General Von-Hutler, pressing close-, ly - f orward,s took :' by - storm the third enemy' position,' broke through It and compelled the enemy -to retire. "In ceaseless pursuit, the ' corps of General Von ,Luettwltz - and- Von Oet . tinge have reached the Somme. - English Reserves Defeated. "Ham fell' after : a desperate fight, into; the hands of our victorious troops. English .reserves," thrown against them In a' desperate i attack; sustained sany gulnary losses. ' , "' ,4: '"-'. . "The. coTps ,: of '.Generals . Von Hebern and Von Conte and the troops of Gen eral - Von Geyl, after . a : fierce : battle, crossed - the Crozat . canal, v : , ,r- . f "French," English and t American regi ments which Jtiad been. brought up from (Continued on Page Eight). - . . ' Pussy-Footed : Slip ilJp (on V- With the American Army in France, Saturday, March." 2i. (By the :j Associ ated - Press) Th e experiences : of. a pa-, trol'. of four - Americans -who, - after crawling, -nearly,' a !nlle,: .surprised a; German . listening' post . " and ' brought back .a prisoneri. were quite thrilling. The ' patrol ; was in-; command of a lieu tenant.. vThe lietitenantr jumped 'on the German, who .was . so deeply engrossed 4n his duties of listening thatihe . had not hard thb approach of the Ameri cans while" theotHe?sof ' the ;- patrol went into 'the post." ' '- ' ' . ;-' r ? -- . The lieutenant and the German broil ed, into a trench ftlled, with three feet of water.: A second Serman attempted.! to shoot, the lieutenant, but-an Ameri can drove his' bayonet through, him.; The patrol v brought .their prisoner back 'over the route they. had. taken to the post and when, he came to describe his capture, the .German sald ' wonder ingly: . "Tne first, thing I knew a big American was on top of my throat and I next' was being"; hauled ;: apross ."No Man's. Land." ;: : -; ' i.-'. -; The intelligence officers gleaned: from tfta- prisoner that his comrades in arms vfere clined to'xegarI the Am'erlcans VICTORY MADE FIGHTING SO FAR HAS GIVEN ALLIES LITTLE ANXIETY of British Commanders Has Been Deliberately Follow ed and Army Conserved. 50 1 : HUN DIVISIONS USED Officer Admits Offensive Is Last Act of Desperation On Part of . the Kaiser. ' , . ' ' . With the .British Army in France, March 24 (By The Associated Press).- The ' British and French, who co-operate at the junction of the two armies, were viewing, the trend of the German offensive, with -optimistic eyes this morning. Pard fighting was in prog ress f-bu'tthe latest ' reports showed little or.no change in the situation in favor -of 'the enemy while o nthe other hand the defenders haa pusned the at tacking : forces back after a bitter struggle -and were holding - strongly along' the whole new1 front to -which they had withdrawn. ' : ; - ; Continued Desperate FishtinK. Fighting of a most desperate, nature has -- been continuous since the . initial attack, but so far the British have used few troops other than - those which were;holding the front lines. ; These shock troops have been, making as gal lant a defense as was ever recorded in the .annals ;of the'-British army, and as a result - they,, have enabled; the main body ;of the forces to fall back deliber ately and'wlthout confuslon and. pCQU- Lp-aoUJUinahtehad,e- lone before the German onensive oe- - Hun Generals Prodigal of Lifey , The. Germans,, on. the other hand,;vbp' erating under the eyes of the ernperar and the crown prince, have been hurli Ing vast hordes into the fray with utter disregard for life and .have followed Into i- the. aban4oned positions getting' farther and farther away from t their supplies and landing their communica tions -increasingly difficult! V .-..- " . More than fifty .German divisions already have, been identified' by actual contact and many of, these men were simply given two days ir.on rations, and sent over the top into the frightful maelstrom, made by the allied, 'artillery, machine guns and rifles. The slaughter of the enemy Infantry as It advanced In close formation over the open has been" appalling. - - ; ; Loses No More Than Kxifeeted. ..:" . The British losses have been within the. bounds expected, due to the tactics of "the, commanders. .The allies have lost a. considerable, number of men in prisoners and a - "certain number- of" guns. But very few pieces of artillery have been taken by the Germans, since the first day. In fact, the whole' with drawal has been executed in a master ly, manner, - showing how thoroughly the" British had planned for the very events which have occurred. It is permitted to say now that the British never intended to try to hold the forward positions If the Germans attacked in' the force expected. -- ' ; v Worst - Yet to Come. ' '. There Is every reason to believe that harder fighting than has yet taken- place will develop -shortly. ; The Ger mans, In the British yiew, cannot now. hesitate In carrying on their attack, and it is a case of break through or admit' defeat.. In this circumstance- it is interesting to note a statement made yesterday by a German officer, a pris oner,. who declared thai the German bffensive was an act , of desperation, brought , on by the fact that' the fath erland, must have peace.. . ; ; .- j The hardest fighting yesterday oc curred east 'of Peronne and in the Bois de Genlis. The most important phase . (Continued on Page Two) ' Americans 'Listening 99 Huh as good soldiers who were fighting en thusiastically, as they entered the war later. - The . food supplied - the German soldiers was poor, he said, and their morale' was for the most part bad. His division came to this iront from Buko wina. - ' - . '' ';' ' : ' Airplanes,' with Americans at ; the guns,-: took , part in ; a - number - of ' en gagements today and numerous Ger man . machines " were - driven back f to their'.owi. llnps.';;";: T-7i',:7:i: ' WINB '-AMERICANS ' AB "GIVEN -DISTINGUISHED SERVICE f CROSS With the -American .'Army ir France, March ; 24. (By the Associated. Press) The- distinguished service cross - has been - awarded nine American ' soldiers, but .three -thus decoratedare dead- and the crosses, with; -appropriate - letters will be. forwarded to- the next of kin. v " -.The decorations have been conferred on Second Lieutenant A. W- Terrell, X Medical ; Sergeant Tbpmas . Peterson (dead); Privates' Herman, Genlpy' and Lenni ,Flllengem (both dead) and Ser geants VarnerrHall and James. HWest and-Corporals Edgar H. Freman, Amos Teske and Homer. Whlted, . all of . the same; infantry regiment. -. - v i Some of, these men had; already, been tConUnued On, fage Two) - . MONSTER DOmNOT DISMAY THE: Mrv ALLIES LOOKING TO HIM. iT-St GEpr..sm tfhese Subjects Will B the En- . grossmjj Topics,: Before , Con ; gress During the Week. MAY VETO THE WHEAT BILL President . May Threaten . to Veto Meas r .nre Unless Senate's Action Fixing; 1 Price at f 2.50 is eliminated. ? . .".Gen. Wood to Appear. - Washington!: March '21. Liberty lokn legislation and . the controversy over war machinery reorganization . are the engrossing topics before congress this .Announcement , tomorrow , by Secre tary McAdoo 'of the size and terms of the billions of. new war 'bonds is to be followed by house consideration of the bill, ; whose passage within; the fort night1 intervening before the new Lib erty loan sampaign." T .' The fight ; over; war , organization promises to open-In the senate. Sena tor Overman 6f North. Carolina, author of the measure -to give . the president wide powers '"for ' reorganization,, has given notice that he will call it up to morrow." , v . ' . - - -. . ' Determined, opposition- is expected from -several prdmineat democrats as well as ' republicans.. ' , a . . t . . ; , The senate military committee to morrow; will discuss the- attitude of members of the controversy and wheth er the war ; cabinet andf munitions di rectors bills shall; be. pressedi.. ' , Congress also this ' week expects to take" final, action on the bills authoris ing tbe . "warV finance .. corporation and sale of enemy.roperty, v , :-. : .The contest over increasing' the gov ernment guarantee fori wheat to .'$2.50 per bushel, also promises to be settlea this' week. The; .conferees will meet faced by reports thai President "'Wilson may task ;them to reject 'the ' senate wheat price" amendment under ; threat bf vetoing the-,bilL ... ' . : Work on, army; legislation is to be. resumed tomorrow in .the senate in further r- effort to clean .. p . pending measures. Interest centers, on the war department measures extending the se lective : draft .regulation to .men reach ing 21 years of age after June 5, ;1917. , - In a brief resumption' of the' senate military committee's war inquiry. Ma jor General Leonard Wood, who recent ly returned from the battlo front, i to appear this" week. We 4 i IS m -Vw-? If m AM ''li' t. '?' DOCGLA; shaig OVERMAN BILL AND THIRD LOAII CANNON Streets of French Capital Filled : With Animation and' Church-: es Crowded As Usual. ; r 1 PAPERS DISCUSS INVENTION - - . .- ' - . ' Parisians Astonished and Openly Admire Mechanical Feat But, . , Claim It Is French. V IT COSTS . $4,000 A SHOT Gun Located At Point 76 Miles ' From Paris City Hall. Paris, March 24. The German "mon ster cannon". - which " has r been " bom barding Paris has been located in the ; Forest of St.; Gobaln : , west of Laon -and exactly 122 kilometres (approxi mately. 76 miles) from the Paris city hall. The gun bombarded Paris dur ing the greater .'part of Sunday. , The day was ushered In by loud ex plosions from the . ten-inch shells' and immediately the alarpatto take .cover X was sounded. This occurred at 6:55 ' o'clock and many persons sought-she, ter, but greater numbers of them ap peared in the streets on thler,way-lo the churches," which ' were almost as , well filled as usual. - The women whd sell 'palm leaves on Palm Sundays did -their usual .business. ; - " . V1 ; 1 People ' Net Distracted. ' . " -At first shells began arriving at in tervals 1 pf twenty -minutes, and ' b a etontflbns seemed"7ro'uder thaif ot 1 Saturday Their- power to rdisturb the .eqUanimlty 'df the populace, however, . seemed , less, the; people . refusing to ; be distracted from their Sunday, hab Itfl. ." ; - , -:..-;' ?; ;. - ' ' ; - .-yrc. 4 : For the benefit of that portion of the populace .which had, been led to -believe " the Germans . " had - broken through; the' line and were bombard- ( ing Paris from' nearby ; positions, ; a semi-official .note ; was . Issued during the. day. They warned ; the v people . against believing 'pessimistic- reports. . ".The French front is v intact," ; said the note. ; "Any 'assertion to the con- . trary is a He." ;- - ,- .C Bombardment Ended at 1 O'clock.. The bombardment of the capital ended, around . one o'clock. :: , i Although during the earlier hours . of the bombardment , the shells arriv ed on .twenty: minute Intervals, later -In the: day , they : began arriving- every ; fifteen minutes,- and some of them ev en fell 12 minutes apart, ' i ' ..: "In military clrctes belief was ex pressed that the Germans were us ing, two long-distance guns. The Ma-, tin. says the position of one of the guns was established, in the St. Go- bain forest, .which .would place it fur ther south than - had been, believed. This position would be about 76 miles from -Paris. ;, - - v Streets Fnll of Life. - :, 'During: the f early .hours, traffic in ths streets of Paris was curtailed but be- -fore noon both.,' the subways and tram-- : ways began : running. , - In the . after noon both the Streets of the. city show ed great .animation. - During the dsy large numbers of persons . . unable . to : secure -means. of: transport . walked. As v Is usual - when .aircraft; .warnings-' are sounded; ' large numbers ; of ' the popu lace sought sought shelter, in subways and basements. . . ? . , - - The government has decided that in the future the - bombardment of 'Paris by long distance -guns shall not Inter- -rupt normal life but that; the. popula tion - shall be warned of. a bombard ment by distinctive means, differing from-rthe usual warnings sent out in air raids. - Drums will be beaten 'and the police -will sound -.whistles. ' The public services, - tralnsln the - subways, ' tramways and . automobile bus will continue to be operated -normally The new warning; is to be known as warn--ing No. 3.- It will ' mean tht any for- mation of crowds. In the streets is pro- hibitive and that . all: shelters, . except , the subway stations will be open. The end of a raid; will -be announced, as '. before by a: Bpeclal. trumpet 'call . and the ringing of church bells v - Frencn Capital Confident. ' ' . The comment . of the French .' press this morning was. divided-between the ' big gun; which is bombarding the city from back of the . German . lines? and the terrifflc ;attle raging on -the- Brit ish: front.' .The . tone of -comment ; on the bombardment was of astonishment at .its feasibility.' As to the battle, 'a, 1 favorable, ending. : of It -is confidently. v expected.' .'.' - -' -y : ; - ' l ' , . ..' , The newspapers, do not conceal their -admiration -rf or; the mechanical f eat 'Of the Germans . in constructing their weapon, but speak passionately of the useless barbarity of; the oombardment. ' .The Matin .says it. is cpnsoiing to . note . that the .number or , victims ' is small but -it asks, for reprisals on Ger- man cities. : '-:.: : , :' , . t ' Professor "Paul Painleve, former . premier and.-jresident -of .the Academy , of Sciences..! told the Excelsior - that by using: tungsten in .the fabrication -of the projectile, : tne. tungsten : shells -would be of about i half tbe diameter of steel. Shells; of an equal weight- and -' that therefore i the atmospheric Tesisr tance would .be less, this -accounting lor the extremely long range. ; He al so :: touched; upon the possibility of , s propeller .being - employed on . the pro jectile V:rt;'--i.-vfe? -: Alfred; CftPUsi ln.i the JFigaro points . (Continued on Page 2igJit). . i it 41 1 t Hi I,
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