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O. . Dickinson, !'-ir; & XWC'i, ATTORNEYS-AT-LA IV v; m, N ."i C i. r-' 3 in t' o C ' '. i r j 13 RUSSIA HAS SIGNED GERMANY'S TREATY COUNTRY HAS LOST CONSIDER ABLY BY THE DELAY IN ' SIGNING.. . : NOT SIGN AT FIRST Turkey Is Beneficiary of Chang Made In Terms Germany Claims 65,000 Rum Ian Recently Captured. Russia has bowed to the Teutonic allies. The bolshevik! commissioners sent to Brest-Utevsk have signed the treaty of peace presented br the Qer- l mass, according to as official state ment from Berlin, which says that military moTements In Great Russia have ceased. . ; It was reported on February 23 by the bolahevlki commissioners that they were about to sign the treaty. This report was telegraphed to Lenlne ad Trtosky after the delegates sent to Brest-Litovsk had met the German-emissaries.- There is little in formation arallable as to the details .of the meeting between the peace del egations, but the bolahevlki say they realised that any further delay would mean more onerous conditions and they would sign the treaty without farther discussions. Russia kit by the delay that en sued when Trotsky announced that the war so far as Russia was con cerned, had ended, but refused to sign the formal treaty. In the inter val between the breaking up of the Drst Brest-LJtovsk meeting and the one held lately, the central powers added materially to the demands which were outlined when the now famous "Hoffman line" was drawn by the commander of th German forces oh the eastern front Turkey Benefits. ' Turkey was the beneficiary of these change In th peace terma. The new demands Included that Russia relin quish the regions of Batoum, Kara and Karaband ' (Karabagh) to th Turks. , Thea regions are In Trans caucasia and' mark a considerable ad dition to the sultan's dominions is that aectlon of th world. The doo trine of the right of peoples to self determination was the pretext upon which the new terms were added to tho treaty. It is probable that th bolahevlki delegation acceded to the new demands.. " SECURE GERMAN LAN OF ATTACK OTHER INFORMATION. Each Maohln Placement and Dugout ' Indicated n Map. -' . With American Army in France A nlnn of attack, Including a map of the American : positions, ' ; indicating every dugout, which was removed from the body of a Prussian captain which led to the recent assault upon the sec tor northwest of Toul, shows how com pletely the Germans , prepare their raids if, In fact, this was but a sim ple raid not having as its ultimate ob ject the retention of a portion of the salient. ; : r; v-i ' v r;f;:.- . The map goes into such detail aa to Bhow every machine placement, every trench and every depression in the ground within the American lines.- At the bottom there, is simply a line drawn, labelled "our front line. Along this line are five shaded portions, each marked "nest?. j :'-,Vr ', Four . rehearsals : were heldtor the attack and the troops who made It were '-specially picked ' from hew ar rivals of fresh troops in the sector. They were told that the Americans were in frent of them. ' '.;6vV, Out From. Their Nests. ' After the artillery had nearly level ed the American position, the Ger mans Started out - from . their hests, each of which contained to infantry men, one ; lieutenant and three ' pio neers, to precede the Infantry and live to follow it The two groups upon the American extram right. went areuad this flank aad the group upon th extreme left carried out a similar movement there. THE MEATLESS MEAL ' -; .IS NOW SUSPENDED ';'i ,' rt&s 1 l" "'. .-' '"J . - Waalnrto a. Temporary auspeaslon of the meatless meal and of the spe cial restrictions against thj use -Of pork en Saturday . was announced by the food administration as readjust ment et its; food , conaerration pro gram. - Increased jneat production and the hecessity for, "Still greater ' saving in wheat, it was declared, snake th change advisable. ' Th suspension Is for n Indefinite period, aad probably will Uat three months or longer. . FRESH MASS ARES ARCE ' ' " REPORTED IN ARMENIA '' London, 'r-' Th Copenhagen corre spondent, of the Exchange Telegraph company ears Information has been received that : Turkish soldiers have cnminlltf ' new massacree in th dls t.Mct of A. ra which has been de ported by le Russians. HJliaar I'rsn'.lnr, edilor of the Social' .Tn S ,;,itfi, Lis t(irraphed to C man t " t 5!!rtis to wnli r ; Ic t-i )'-e r j " NEW RUSSIAN INVASION BY GERMANS 6RCSIAUN AUSTRIAHUN3ARY w The dotted line skwwi th sppracusMts bmadary f tkV territory Oer ssaay was reported to hav demanded In th ptaa prapa 1 ad to Kaaaia at th Brest-Litovak cenferenc. 1 Where the northern adv c was atade by the Germans a crow th Dvlna river la th eecvpatle f Of ask. t Where th southern German adranc was began la th caparlaa of th Russian fortress town of Lotak. S Later repwta frc Berlin stated that the Oer- aaans were advancing eat th RaeaUa so Mtax. This front la approximately BEBMANS REFUSE ARMISTICE ERMANY ARMY MOVING ON PETROGRAD IS ONLY EIGHT HOURS AWAY. Amsrloan Ambaasader Planned to Join "Chinese and Japanese Diplomats in Departure. Washington. Ths stats department was advised by Ambassador Francis that tha German army was., only, eight hours' march from Petrograd and that he was preparing to leave the Russian capital with his staff. This message, which was sent by way of Peking;, said Mr. Francis would Join ths Chinese and Japanese liplc mats, also preparing to leave. It did not refer to plans of the European diplomats. ' 1 St was taken for granted at the department that the ambassador has abandoned an idea of following the Lenlne-Trotsky authorities to a tem porary capital and that the route chosen is that over the Trans-Siberian railroad Into China. -i'.y : No Instructions have been sent by th state department to Mr. Francis who, in all his negotiations with the de facto government in Petrograd has used his own Judgment. ', :-; An abandonment of Russia will be construed by officials her as an in dication that the ambassador' regards th situation of the bolshevik! govern ment was practically hopeless. Fear was expressed that with the occupa tion of Petrograd by th Germana and the removal to Moscow or any ther point of th blshevikl headquar ters anarchy would become even more evident throughout th country. , : Realising the possibility of such a condition soma concern Is felt for th safety -of the: ambassador and - th Americans who will accompany . him en the long trip across Siberia. . ATANDS BEFORE FINAL DECI SION "LONGING FOR PEACE' Cithar' Conclude : Peace or Continue (., - Conquest i The German imperial : chancellor again has told, the reichstag that a general peace Is possible of discus-j slon on the basis of th four esentlal ' principles laid down sometime ago by President Wilson in an address to Congress. 1 Almost in the same breath, however," the usual qualifications were enffclned amid his utterances, leaving the suspicion that .the central powers, If they 'are deslrlous of pea, I still hav their old ideals of a victorious; peace to the for. ' " 1 ' I , Condltonal upon ' the acceptanc even of the principles of President; Wilson was th declaration by Chan cellor von Hertllng that they must not Only be proposed by the president, but actually recognised by alt states and peoples, i' In addition, there was no court of arbitration in which Germany could place her trust,' he said. -The old accusation that ' Great ' Britain's war alms are Imperialistic was reiter ated by the chancellor. SAYS. THEY. DESTROYED ; .LAST CHANCE FOR PEACE Washington. Senators who partici pated in the filibuster which resulted in the defeat of th armed ship bill last session, were assailed by Senator Swan son, of Virginia, In a speech a. having destroyed "the last chance for peace" between the United States and Csrrcs-r. Tf this action, Germany wm ci-svlR.-fd, h said, that we did r t f i c-srr" t- f' -"d o-t y xs V3W - 'Are, I i front stonf th eatire iin from Riga 400 am as long. WILL NOT RUSSIA VIOLENT MEASURES BY GER MANY WOULD BRINQ NO GREAT 8URRI8E. Further Evidence of firowtng 8traln In Relatione Given la Dispatohes. From Frare. " Washington. Further evidence of the, growing strain JirelaUons between- t?ermaBr'na- i-uitila' over the refusal of the latter to partiotpate in the renewed attack upon Russia la given in an official dispatch received here from France. ' It quotes the Aus trian premier aa formally reiterating on February ti that Austria-Hungary will take no part in military action against Russia or Rumania, and will not aend her troops Into Ukraine. The dispatch follows: "Charles 1 paid a visit to William tl the 22nd of February.- Ludeadorff was present at the Interview. II we are to Judge from the tone of the in terview it must have been lacking in cordiality. There seems to be little doubt but what a serious conflict has broken out during the week between th courts of Vienna and Berlin and which Germany is determined to set tle if need be by violent measures. - "The situation of the dual monarchy is such that the Vienna government in order to avert a catastrophe has been obliged to distinguish by means of public declarations its own policy, from that of Germany. The report that at the conference of February 14 Hertllng and Ludenorff had decided to pay no attention to the Russian demobilisation and to prepare to- be gin the conflict on the east front, caused a great stir throughout Aus tria. , It was not simply the dissenting nationalities, the Csechs, the Slov enes, er th Poles, who do not desire to fight any more bat it is the mass ef the population of German origin wh refuse to sacrifice themselves any longer to assure the triumph of Prussian imperialism. ' ' . ; "An official note of the ' 15th had announced that Austria for her part would continue to consider the war aa terminated with Russia and would abstain from taking hart in the oper ations planned by the German com mand; A aeeond note of th lSth re peated, the same statement. When asked to glV further particulaia at the sitting of the chamber on th lid th Austrian premier formally stated: "Th words uttered by different deputies have proved that th explan ation which has teen famished up te present by me have .net' been aaffl ciently explicit. I repeat, therefore that Anstrla Hungary will participate in no way In th military action which Is new being- carried en by Gemasy against Russia. - I repeat that there is no question of having our troops penetrate into Ukraine with whom w ar at peaca. I repeat that th armis tice eists between Austria-Hungary, and Rumania and, that we are only considering entering aa early as pos sible 'into peace conversations with this country. . ...... AUSTRIAN ATTEMPT8 TO ENLIST AT CAMP SEVIER ' Greenville, S. C.Armand DeRiv and, an Austrian citizen, was taken into custody by United States Mar shal C. J. Lyon, after tie bad tried ,' to enlist in the army, a-1 Is being held ! until Instructions are i - !ved as to . his disposition. DeE! 1 has been; playing in the orchestra 1 1 one ct the : shows at Carpp Sev - f r the fist f-w A c- r.Vrn ' fa ; i F ATTACK AMERICANS BUT ARE REPULSED WITH SOME LOSSES TO THE AT TACKERS. IE BUNS EFFECTIVE The Americans Suffered No Casual ties, But Five French Soldiers Were Wouruied. With the Amerloan Army In Franc A strong German attack following a heavy barrage flrse against ths American trenches to the Chemln-Des-Dames sector was repulsed with losses to the attackers.- The well placed American machine guns sent streams of bullets Into the advancing enemy aad as the German barrage fire lifted the American artillery, quickly laid down a curtain of Ore, th Germans retiring without a single prisoner. There were no American casualties. Five French soldiers were wounded during the fighting. , The Americans stayed in their dug outs until the proper time, when they Jumped to the guns and fought ilk veterans. One officer and one man were killed and two were wounded by enemy shell fire. One American soldier was "gassed.' The Germana made a gas attack also In this sector, firing SO projectiles of high per cent gas and 20 high explosive shells. One American soldier is dead and eight are suffering from the effects of poisonous gas, so far aa reported, but It is probable that more casualties will develop, as in the Toul sector. There waa another attack, but the number of casualties to the American troops in this sector since they be came engaged cannot be determined All the killed and wounded in these operations are from the Nw England States. . BRYAN "HOWLED" DOWN BY CANADIAN TROOPS What About the LualUnlarT ouUd .: , In Choru. . Toronto. William Jennings Bryan was refused a hearing when he ap peared at Massey hall here to address a prohibition meeting under the aus- pleas of the dominion alliance. Returned soldle-s caused the dis turbance by shouting various epithets. "What about the Lusitaniar' they also demanded in chorus. ' . Tha flrat dinturhanra tama nafnra :, Mr. Bryan's entry, when the chairman told the audience they were to be honored by listening to ths fraternal i delegate of the Anti-Saloon league of I America, "one of the foremost citizens 1 of our ally." When Mr. Bryan came In, pandemonium broke Iooss. Moat of the audience stood, waved hand kerchiefs and cheered him, but the I aaawerlng hoots from the gallery ont i lasted the cheers. : i , ' I for five minutes Mr. Bryan tried vainly to make himself heard. The interruption kept right on and the in-terruptei-s sang "Rule Britannia" and "God Save the King." , . Enthusiastic prohibitionists who ( Wished te hear Mr. Bryan, hurled j across the hall counter-calls of "put them out," and "Where's your fair ., playr The chairman was heard to I'say something about ejecting the ta j terrupters. He was greeted with cries J ef "Who's going to do It?" , . , Mt. Bryan took his seat. ! . John H. Roberts, of Montreal, made ! an attempt to speak, but was told to . "get the khaki on." . Then a man of the army medical ,' corps dressed in uniform was hoisted ; en the platform. ' - - "Boys, they are fighting for free , doss at the front; they are also fight ing for freedom of thought Why should we interrupt the meeting T" he appealed to the gallery. - The appeal waa in vain. "God Save the King" waa sung again and the soldiers in the gallery shouted "Take Bryan out,, and well walk out. Wall let any man speak, bat not a' pro German." V POSTERS IDEA THAT AMERI- . : . : ICA IS HOT IN EARNEST , New York. "Th German press Is carefully and adroitly continuing to foster the idea among the German people that America is not really In earnest about the war," declared Dr. A. N. Davis in discussing the situation In Berlin aa he left it Just over a month ago. : Dr.' Davis, formerly v of Pinna, Ohio, la th American dentist who lived in the German capital far 15 years and numbered Emperor Wil liam among his patients. . SPANISH CABINET HAS RESIGNED; NO SURPRISE GERMAN DRGES Madrid. The cabinet has resigned. The retirement of the government was expected in view of the outcome of the general elections. Furthermore the ministry was divided on the ques tion of the policy to fc pursued toward Germany in consequence of t'. recent torpedoing of several 8panit'i steam sh'r. IV "s c-'-" a is ' ' "' ! - f ' ' ' 1 ! - THIRD LIBERTY LOHRIL 6 ON FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES ENTRY INTO THE WAR. FOB THREE OR FOUR WEEKS Hew Large The Loan Will Be Depende Upon Fat of War Flnano Bill In Congreaa. Waahtngotn. On April 6. th first anniversary of the United States' en try into the war, th third liberty loan will open. Ther will be a cam paign of three or four weeks. In announcing the date, Secretary McAdoo said the amount of the loan the Interest rate and other features such aa coflvertabllity of bonda of pre vious iasues, maturity and terms of payment, are yet to be determined, and that new legislation will be nec essary before plans can be completed. The fact that the amount of the loan is dependent on further legisla tion Indicates that it will be far more than $3,600,000,000, the remainder of authorized hut unissued bonds, and the fact that certificates of indebted ness now being sold in anticipation of loan bear 4 1-2 per cent interest, af fords some indication of th Interest rate. How large the loan shall be depends largely, however, on the fata of the pending war finance bill carrying an appropriation of a, half-billion dollars and action on the railroad bill, with its appropriation of a similar amount. Although Mr. McAdoo made no spe cific announcement, it is now taken for granted In official circles that ther will be but on more loan be fore June 30, the end of the fiscal year. The statement concerning the date of the campaign was mad at- this time. Secretary McAdoo explained to give every community time to prepare for the hig bond sale, and he strongly advocated popular demonstrations of patriotism on the day of the opening of the loan and second year of war. - After starting the date of the cam paign. openlng,w the-, secrets it con: tinned: . . . . - v ' . " "April will forever be a consecra ted day in American history, and it seems peculiarly appropriate that the opening of the second year of our par ticipation in this war for the. honor and rights of America and the free dom of the world should be celebrated with a nation-wide drive for another liberty loan. "The camalgn should begin with great demonstrations of patriotism in every city, town and hamlet in the country that will truly express the spirit of aroused America." MAY LEAVE TA8K TO THE JAPANE8E ALONE Te Take Steps to Combat German . AggreaaioA In 81beria. v , Washington. Indications now point to aa agreement between the entente pewers and - America to , confide . to Japan alone the task of taking such measures as may be necessary to com bat German aggression and influence in Siberia and to protect the military stores at Vladivostok. No final con clusion has been reached, however, and it was said In high offlolal quar ters that condition were channglng so rapidly and so many new factors were entering into the problem that it would be unsafe te predict' overnight what the issue might be. . . Exchanges are proceeding rapidly between the entente governments and Washington and the matter was con sidered at a cabinet meeting. It is understood that the state department Is being slowly hut steadily Influenced to accept the view which seems to obtain in Great Britain and Franc and possibly in Italy. That is that a single power with an efficient army and navy within easy reach of Siberia and not otherwise employed, and act ing in conformity with a general agreement might he better able to deal with the situation than any Inter national force, such as was at first contemplated. GENERAL BIDDLE MAY ; BE 8ENT ABROAD Washington. 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