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, iii',iin li'.i ! liii.;' -! - i .1 U ii li'.'u! In I ' !,: i .-, Illl'l Hill li" I i I ' ' (ill i illll-il I I IK .1 li !!(", ill Hitlilll lt.HS. f-.-. V A m m mm VOL.7 hlkin, N. C, Thursday, April 11, 1918 I 1 Ji JUCHTE0U3. TRIUMPHANT FORCE TO THE UTMOST "WITHOUT STINT OR LIMIT," IS AMERICA'S ANSWER Haiti more, Md , April 0. Pres ident Wilson, Rt a groat Liberty loan celebration here tonight, gave America's answer to tho German drive on the western - , battle front; to the renewed prop aganda f o r a G e r m an m ad e peace ; to all protwi.sal.s to end the war before Germany i s awakened from her dream of world dotnin ion. The President's answer was: "Force, force to tin utmost, force without stint or limit, the righteous and triumphant force which shall make right the law of the world and cast every hellish dominion down in the dust." President Wilson's acceptance of Germany's challenge that the issue between the central powers and her enemies bo settled by force brought 1 5.0 k ' ersons cheering to their feet. At the conclusion of the Presi dent' address subscriptions were ojened for Liberty bonds. The Savings Hank of Baltimore immediately took one million dol lars worth. Other large amounts were subscribed. A few hours before the Presi dent spoke lie had reviewed a di vision of citizen soldiers, called enly a few months ago from the pursuits of peace, no.v trans formed into fighting men to car ry tho ideals of America to the battlefields of Kuroi-; at the mo ment a million moreof their kind were all over the l ux! celebrat ing the opening of the third Lib erty loan; while tho President was speaking tho orders for mo bllizing the first of the great army of a second million were going out to the country. Those were some of the phy sical fads which lurked his words, when, after reviewing brie .y the e idenre that Ger many seeks a German-made jh"4co for h'r world dominion, he declared: "I accept the challenge. I know that you accept it, All the world shall know ,nu accept it. It nliait ti)oar hi the utter sac rifice ami self forgctfulncss with which we shall give all that we love and all that we have to re tleetn the world and maU it lit fur free men like oursclul to live in. This now is the meaning of what we do. It everything that we sty, my fellow countrymen, everything that we henceforth plan and accomplish, ring true to this raspome till the majesty and might of our concerted iwer shall Ell the thought and utterly defeat tho force of those who f.out and misprize what we. hold dear. "Germany has once more said that forr alone shall decide whether justice ami peace Khali reign in the affairs of nun; whether rijjit as Ameiica con ceives it or dominion as she con ceives it shall determine the des tinies of mankind. . . There, is then-lore but one teHine from us; force to the utmost, force without stint or j-h-s-j-m-;-:-;-:h-h-k-:-:-k-h-: j- Leader ol Opposition t to Lemne and Trotsky y , TihoiniilT. Ii-itili-r tf Hn mii IfiiiiM-rst In ih !tinlmi r.n.iimfni fsiilily. Hi U hiid nf Ihc fnr-i- m irfnod In 111 rill lif I.rlillil nnl Trvuky. 1 - n -j f limit, the righteous force which shall make right the law of tho world, and cast every selfish do minion in the dust." Warning anew that a triumph of arms for Germany moans ruin for all the ideals America has won and live for, the President reiterated ho was willing to dis cuss at any time a fair, just and honest peace sincerely proposed, "a peace in which the strong and weak shall fare alike." "Hut the answers," said he, "when I projwise such a peace, came from the German com manders in Russia and 1 cannot mistake the meaning of the an swer. "They are enjoying in Russia," the President declared, "a cheap triumph in which no brave or gallant nation can long take pride. A great people, helpless by their own act, lies for the time at their meicy. Their fair professions are forgotten. They nowhere set up justice, hut everywhere i in ose their power and exploit everything for their own use and aggrandisement; and the peoples of completed provinces are in vited to bo free under their do minion. "Are we not justiliel in be lieving that they would do the same thing at their western front if they were not there face to fare with armies whom their ct. unt ies divisions cannot overcome?" The house hee red for several m in li ten when the President aroe to sKak and it was some minutes before he could viake himself heard. Former Governor Philipps I. Goldslrough, intioducilig the PrcniJeiit, declared that out of the war would come a new world, dedicated to liberty. Mr. Golds borough, a republican, said that all parties in tho country must rally behind tho executive. When tie President declared that In accepted Germany 'schal leuge and that force must decide tho issue the audience arose to its feet ami cheered for several iiiinuU-s. The President's audience was plainly with him in hir- denuncia tion of Germany's military mas ters. It applauded" his declara tion thai he is ready at any timo to discuss a just ace sincerely prtiosed. The President's declaration that nothing is proosed for Ger many but justice was warmly ap- lauded as was his statement that Germany's course in Russia is a cheap triumph. 180.000 TO BE SINT TO CAMPS. Washington, April U. Appmx- luulely l),U)U men will be sent to tiitiuing cau.ps duri.ig the She day pvriod begiumng April -ti under orders sent to Stale gov ernors Uslay by Provost Marshal General Cruwder for mobilisa tion of the April call for the ce roid draft. This is three times tho number it was ordinarily planned to call and is nearly twice the monthly quota as based on the calling of NXi.(HI) men over a eiiod uf nine months. Calling out of the increased number was made necessary by the decision of President Wilson to respond w ithout delay to the nerd of Franco and Great Hritain for reinforcements in lh givat battlo in IVardy. Vacancies in national army divisions resulting from the withdrawal of men to complete national gusrd and i eg ular army units and for the for (nation of ccial technical units asked by General Pershing, will bo made good by the April draft Those divisionsfarthest advanced In training are to receive first at tent ion iu order that the maxi mum number of complete units may be sent abroad soon. Failure of Congress to pass the amendment to the selective set, which would permit the fixation of state quotas on the number of men in class one, necessitated temporary adhoreneo to tho old system. Ijocal boards have been oOicial ly advised, however; that they are to Ignore 'quotas" for tho time being snd to simply continuo call AMERICAN TROOPS IN FRANCE IN THEIR "PARLOR CAR," AND ADVANCING THROUGH ENEMY'S BARBED WIRE 3 u J i : t , 1 rfi;-, s i : -r t A - - -IV .V' A r ! ' ' - (' , -if-- . : - ' IM , III i WlwiMi Imi - Mil III IMI mm,l- l - him,', ,,, , . .. .. , 'J Ih-m- I'lminwi .'U'lit fniin f I AiiiiTicuu h-tir In Frnnr utiow, ibov, "pnrl'T i-nr." nml, l lnvv, n ii-ihi Inm-ni dinning ii a rconnal(tanre thruugh CESMANS ATTrMfT RAID ON AMERI CAN POSITION'S BUT TAIL COMPLETELY With the American Army in Franco. April IV (P.v Iho .s-n elated Press, I - The Gcnnans at teinpted a raid this nornin: on the American positions iinrth westifToul, after a vi.l'-iit ar tillery preparation. Tl.ey were driven off by tie; American ar tillery and machine gun lire and suffered comparatively heavy iMsualtic. leaving two prisoners in the hands of the Americans, From the German Hint uf view, tho raid was , complete fadure, as not a single Aincrii an was captured. As soon as the German bar rage tire lifted the Aincrictiioul s)sls thei-nemy inf mtry ad vancing and called fora counter barrage, which fell within two minutes just in front of the one my. The Germans scattered as tho American infantrymen came from their underground shelters and began pouring n achlne and automatic gun liie into their ranks. An Amerii an ci i Hiral in a lis tening isist saw a big German sergeant wearing toe Iron cross passing close by. lie tepod out and hit him with his ul'.e and then throttled I i ii i an. I htviied tiiii into one of the American trendies. Annlher Gei man was captured in 'No Man s land" by corporal whoso squad covered the German while the corisiral advanced and demanded his sur render. The German threw up his hands and veiled "Kamma rad " The American general com manding the troop in this sector has personally congratulated the ,t,,erie,iu ciptorsar.il has prom- i-:d to icw.trd the::'. Pr tlieir ?0-l headed courage in the face of the enemy's tire. The prisoners t!Ued freely and divulged ennsidet able valua ble information. General Pershing arrived at the headquarters ul the front as the prisoners were brought in. ingup men until they have ob tained the number they haveeen instructed to forward. When a basis forcstabtishing statequotas has Is-cn found, due credit against future increments will bo given for those already railed. Among tho men to bo t ailed will bo approximately llt't,7iHJ whites and ::1,7P0 negroes, Penn sylvania leads with 10,W; Ohio is second with 10,'U):!, and New York third .with 10,171. Virginia Is asked for 1,005; North Carolina for .0.i4; South Carolina for l.'.KVJ; and Tennessee for 1,751. . 1 t V jotiV'-i&W' MORE THAN 130 WARSHIPS BUSY Cleveland. (., April H A great tleet of American warships, num bering n. ore than 1T0 vessels, and including, in addition to the far famed destroyers, battle ships, cruisers, submarines, gun boats, coast guard cutters, con verted yachts, lugs nnd ether auxiliaries, is operating in the war zone. Manning this fleet, and the many small submarine chasers, whidi are nut reckoned in the total, nnd doing duty on air pa trol and at the supply stations ashore, are liri.txtl oflhcrs and men, half the navy's imrsonnel when the nation entered the war just a year ago. These hi t he r to c t re f u ! ly g u a 'd el facts were disclosed here to day by Secretary Daniels in ar. address at a celebration marking the opening of the third Idls'rty loan campaign. Mr. Pai.iels said that w hile he was not nt li berty to tell the toll the licet has taken of German submarines, the nation i-oaM "rest assured that our forces have Inlhcted tell ing losses upm the enemy. "As an instance of naval acliv ily," said the secretary, "I may cie the work of one detachment of destroyers for a i month h iio.1: Total miles steamed in war area. m,M).UX;ubin,li inrs at tacked, M; single vessels ecni t ed 717; convoys escorted, st,; to toal number of days nt sea, I'.iidO 'The navy has furnished every ai l Hissibl. that the countries aligned with us in the war have nsjuosted or suggested, and has worked in the cl isest ni nitra tion with them lur fort es have played an imsi lant part in the w ar against the submprines, and l.uve Hided uutcriaHy in the marked reduction in sinkings of merchantmen, as compared with the number sunk iu the rorro ponding period a year ago, ami in the no less noUMe increase in the number if siibmai ins destroy ed." Under Vice Admiral Sims, who is in supreme cominan I of all the American naval forces in tho war tone, nro four rear admirals with station in KurojM. said the sec retary, they are Henry It. Wil son, iu France; Albeit T. Nib- lack, In tho south; Hugh Rodman, in command of battleships, and Herbert O. Dunn, on siscialduty 'The navy has nude a record of which we may well be proud, declared Mr. Daniels. "Hut much more must be done. Ours has been a modest accomplish inent in comparison with tho tiel.ioveuiee ts of our allies, but our contribution has been con slderablo and Is rapidly Incroaa log." -r m r i - V -5 V- - 1 J- :i i 5 . X Vuin-ti r our .iMn-r i-i- m i ! r the rnnnv't iMri- lr- i-iiinnr1'1- UNBEATEN ARMIES ARE MORE IM PORTANT THAN TOWNS, SAYS ornciAL. Paris, April 7. Attempts by the Germans to make gains against the French troops in tho region of llangard l-'.n S.interie Sunday were blocked, according to the ollii ial communication is sued tonight. Tho French ar tillery tk under its lire German troops at various points north of Montdidier. A strong attack by the Geniiun in the region d Hill UN, iu the Verdun sec tor, was put do.v ii. Paris, April 7. --The Get man attack yesterday on the left bank of the river Uise between Chauny and liarisis is taken by some military critics as indicating that the enemy, tinding himself cr.uiis'd in the salient his oiYen sive lias created toward Mont dtdier Hiid Ainieiis, is seeking more e'lsov r.snn, as without it he wid l-e unablo to deploy his masses In llindc nhurg st le. The retirement of the French to ssilioiis prepared In advance causes no uneasu.es, ,... I "Peop'e should not R:w the,,,. selves to he uypnotlil ly the of- I'.citil bulletins," said a high tHi- cia! w hose advice seem to have bwn accepted, "in a battle like this," he added, ''bulletin show ing more or less imio tai.t ad values and retreats are simply geographical summaries which cenvej little meaning exrrnt to those who are directing the oper ations. "People ask: 'Will the I Inches get Amiens?' "My reply Is inuhaps they will If General Fish ran smash more Gerinsn divisions by letting them in Usaa by keeping them out. Lnteaten armies are more Important than are town. "Germany's gains Us,k hko a fat juicy jMar to the newspaper reader, but the kaiser know sluw hollow it Is st Urn core. "General LudenJorff is Iting fenced with and hustled, not by our main forces, but by little more than our covering troops, and if it is no tunc for bragging and over contidence neither is it Uio time for nervousness over little fluctuation hi the battle fronts." ' General Foeh, it now Isgener ally understood, will not be drawn by the Germans toil will hold his reserves for tho moment chosen by him. "Wail a bit. Wait a bit. Thus tho entente allied supreme commander replies with n char actei islie sweep of his arm when asked shout tho future. General Foch'siahn deliberation Is com pared with the bring of Mtr shsl JofTre before and during the battle of the Maruo and this con tributes do little to confidence in his battle pianos. AMBITIOl'3 PLANS OF GERMAN HIGH COMMAND UPSET Wnshlnglon, April 7. French and British tenacity has unset the ambitious plans of the Ger man high command for the battle of Picardy, nay tho war depart ment's weekly military review tonight, nnd now tho enemy, de tenu' ed to gain somo sort of success at any cost, is throwing fresh forces into the buttle in an en'ort to hceure limited object ives. Hot ause of this, the situa tion is expected to remain un certain fur some timo to come. Genei al improvements in the stralegie jmsition of the allies is noted, and the review declares that under General Ft h tho al lied military machine, is working smoothly mid ediciently in stem ming the Gormen assault. There is no mention w hatever of the American troops reported hurrying to the front to join the British and French. "At the opening of tho third week of the German offensive, we find that the enemy is still short of attaining his principal object ives,'' says the review in part. "It is now evident that the German high command conic m plated overwhelming the British at the outset, between the Oi.se and the Sctisee and driving a wedge into the Franco British forces. "The enemy fully expected to achieve a decision in -the hold in the course of one great battle. The success of this plan depend ed on being able to obtain a break through of the British front and advance so rapidly that neither the French nor the Brit ish reserves could come up in time to close the breach iu the line. "F.videnco of pi isoners tend to confirm that the enemy Iioms to gain the lino nf the Snmme by the evening of the lirst day of the offensive. As a matter of fact it took the Germans ten days to cover the ground they exis cted to overrun within 4 hours. "The Get man high command is now throwing fii-sh forces in to battle iu an effort to si cure some of its more limited object ives. "The German olfonsive has not sis'iit itself and owing to the tie termination displayed by the en emy to gain some sort nf a sue cos at no nutter what tost, the situation will continue uncertain for some time lo, come. Howev er, the general strategic ni.d tac tical Misilion of the allies is Is- coining more lavoraoie. rierce all! fighting rontinues and hostile units have penetrated westward to w itliin liui miles of tho main line of the Paris Amiens railway. "Allied forces are massed to check the invaders in this area. Tho French have exlendad their lines northward, which will rna hie the British to secure greater W-HtH! H-KX-; Major Moynahan Amoig the Wounded in France I llllllllHtllll IIIHI H i ,:n""s: II !knl) v I'liti.l. il In rcrut iii'.ri!i llt fr.i.i, l!ic Am-r1nn f..n'r In I'miir la M'. Tltrt-o d r J MnriintiHit, a a nmlnrnt nltii-t-r ft f !. .'I I uliUnw SUI) nl"ilh tcglau nl f thf N Vork .Natlmial l.nnr.l. T M'ADOO WILL 0P1.N THIRD LOAN DRIVE IN RICHMOND. Kiehmond, Va., April (1. While airplanes soared over, the city dropping paper bombs advertis ing the liberty loan, whistles shrieked the nnnounceinent and tratlic on tho streets halted, mo torihen sounding their gongs awoke Richmond Saturday to tho fact that the liberty loan drive will begin here Monday with an address by Secretary Mc.Adoo, who will arrive nt noon from Washington. He will be accord ed a reception at the Hotel Jeffer son and at 8:15 will deliver tho address in the city iinditorium. Richmond's campaign to sell $0,0(10.000 apportioned will then bounder way. Bankers in charge of the campaign declare already inquiries indicate the loan will bo oversubscribed. CERMAN PAPERS COMMENT CN U. S. WAR ANNIVERSARY Amsterdam, April ti. Nearly all the Germnn newspapers re ceived hero contain long articles devoted to the anniversary of the entry d the United States into the war. The Tacglisi he Kundsrhnu says Germany lost her chance to keep the United States out when she "failed to prevent President WiUon's reelection because of his niiti - German leanings." "But," h.iy s the newspaper, "it i well to remember that Mr. Wilbon will soon coine forward with another peaco proo.sition." The Kreuz Keitung says: "The U-boat was a useful pre text for America to enter the war and we supplied it. It en abled President Wilson effectual ly to conceal his true war mo tives. We thoroughly misread American sentiment." The Berliner Tagcblatt refus es to believe American help can bring victory to the entente. Continuing, it says: 'America economic assistance now has passed its zenith. The seizures of German, . Austin Hungarian. Dutch and Swcedish shipping aggregating i.OOO.OOO tons, con stitute the entente's last reserves which in three months probably will be disHised of by our U- boats. Then the entente w ill be faced with tho final question whether new construction can keep pace w ith the losses by U boats." depth ttf conscription 'There has been relatively less activity north of the Snmme tho tho German have made a num ber of serious attempt to encir cle Arras, "Allied aircraft has been par ticularly active throughout the week, not only in maintaining su periority in the air and keeping the skies clear of hostile craft, but more especially in bombing enemy dumps, convoys, trains a n d railheads British csca drilles did line work in dispers ing German units going into ac tion with machine guns. "A number of American trans port sections have taken an act ive part In the battle and the Am erican aviation service Is co oper ating with tho British. "Our own forces engaged have been relatively busy. Under tho cover of a heavy barrage, the ene my raided one of our outposts iu tho Wnevro area and tho increase of artillery activity is noted in thi section. "Our troop units have taken up a new position in tho line Rnd are occupying well prepared en trenchments along tho Mcuso hill south of Verdun. "In the Italian theatre thero has been sn increase In hostile activity. "Reports continue to !o re ceived Indicating that tho enemy contemplates launching an oflen sive thrust The Austrian arm ies with the exception of a few units operating in the Ukraine ot in tho western area, nre now in tho Italian theatre. It is jws sible that tho enemy w ill Initiate an offensive. "In the taskru Ihcalro vail ous local conflicts took place "