TITH MORXIXG . OIIEGOXIAX, 3IOXDAT, MARCTI 11, 1D1S.
BDSCHE
Anne
SLAVS HELD FUTILE
Washington Regards German
Advance in Russia Vain At
tempt to Gain Relief.
WEST FRONT MAIN MENACE
TTar Prpartmrct Point Out That
Despite Atl Teutons Say, AVar'a
Center of Gratify Is la France,
Where Lniento la Strong.
WAP tTTNTlTOV. Mirth 19. Oar
manr'a advanca In Russia la described
by the War Department's weekly mili
tary review tonight aa another futile
attempt on the part of the Germans to
shift the center of gravity of the war.
which still remains on ths west front,
where the Teutons facs ths French,
British. Italian. Belgian and ever
growing American forces. There, the
review says, lie the key positions of
the war. American troops now occu
py trenches at four separate points and.
as was recently disclosed, in ths princi
pal sector their front Is four and
half miles loos'.
They have been constantly engaged.
ths department says, and the scope of
their activities is being constantly ex
tended. Nothing Is found In the situation ta
Indicate that ths Hermans have aban
doned their plans for a great offensive
In ths west, and It says the allies,
while assuming an alert defensive, are
content to let the enemy break him
self against their Impregnable line.
Aerial Activity Great.
Intense air activity during the week
Is noted, with the statement that Sit
enemjr aircraft were brought down on
ins western front alone, while the
ailics lost only If machines on all
fronts during the asms period. Th
enemy loes on all fronts is placed
i;t.
The review, la part, follows:
"In spite of the fact that IIO.OO
square miles of Itueslan territory hav
been Invaded during ths past three
weeks snd ths enemy now Is swseptn
forward Into ths heart of Russia an
as reached a point within miles
of the capital, nevertheless ths center
of gravity of ths war remains In th
weet.
"The Qermans hsvs for ths last three
and a halt years dons all In their power
to upset the center of gravity and
shift It eastward. This explains ths
successive blows struck In Russia and
later la ths Italian theater.
Ograelve la Kiaeeved.
"Notwithstanding ths diversion of
the minor campaigns. In Mesopotamia.
I'aieettne and the Balkan front, the
key positions of ths war ara Francs
and Klaeders.
"Here the strategic situation remains
relatively constant.
"Ths enemy Is completing ths ra
distribution of avallabls forces
"There are some new units flowing
into tna lines la tho nature of replace
ments.
"Nothing In ths situation should lead
us to estimate that ths Germans hsvs
abandoned their plans of a major of
fenslve la ths weet.
"Considering ths tactics. 's.os.
tlons. vi know that the enemy has de
veloped principal axes of activity, th
one pivoung on rcneims. the other In
Aisacs la frunt or Neuvills. The allies,
whlls assuming an alert defenalvs. ars
resting content with allowing the
enemy break the strength of his as
suits against their Impregnable line
"The morale of ths French and Brit
!so forces never has been better.
Aasertraaa Kslead Activity.
Tjur own force havs been constantly
encased. The scrips of their activities
I being dally extended. The number
or our detachments In ths line Is In
creaeicg. We now havs troops In the
trtacliat st tour separata points. We
now hukl IS miles of ths battle front
in our principal sector.
"Our patrols are continuously out on
scouting missions, keeping In citee
contact with the snemy.
"In our Tout sector ths Germans ara
carrying on extensive preparations,
conttnuinr to bring up frssh units and
accumulating material, apparently with
a view 10 undertaking mors extensive
operations.
"During the past seven-day period
the Qermans conducted no less than I
hard-driven raids along ths French
front. The greater part of these wsrs
repulsed without difficulty.
-Along the British front ths British
continue o hold the Initiative snd drovs
forward a series of successful minor
raids along ths Tpree salient, as well as
at many points southward.
Haas Raid rrewaemt.
"Ths Germans made raids Into ths
Brlti-h lines at a large number of
points.
"Along ths whols sector hostile raid.
Ing Is increasing and during two suc
cesses nights ths Germans undertook
no Use than 1 operations which wsrs
mora than mere raids.
"In the Italian theater heavy snow In
ins mountain area has prevented fur
thr operations.
oi inaicats that the snemy
(mumjum using ttte offensive In
ins mountain area, poaalbly In an ef
rort to ri'bouch throuch ths Vs
Ufirlni Into the plain. We may look
ror increased activity In this theater.
which will develop spontaneously when
preparations are devsioped and Condi-
none more favorable.
ta in meantime Italy has recov
erea rrom tne campaign of last Au
tumn.-
THIS SORT OF TRAINING IS MAKING JAPANESE TROOPS FIT FOR
WORK IN SIBERIA.
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TltEXm DRILL IS XIPPOT.
The Siberian situation as an outgrowth of ths Russian debacle Is now In
ths forefront of the world's news. All eyes are centered on Japan, for the I
next move la up to her. . It Is believed that Japan has her army ready to in
vade fiber la to safeguard allied Interests. Japan has reached an agreement
with China and will most likely co-operata with her In any military action In
Siberia.
This photograph shows some of the troops who may bs used by Japan In
Siberia. They are Infantrymen In a practice trench along the slope of the I
bin waiting an attack by the cavalry.
DISTRUST IS VOICED
Section of British Press Op
poses Japan in Siberia.
PROBLEM IS DIFFICULT
The Nation Declares That, With
Ilola Powerless, Nipponese
Seek to Despoil Slavs In East
a Has Germany In West.
doing all that can ba done.
"Also, let them write to their boys
over here cheerful letters, hopeful let
ters, not letters filled with gloom. The
boys here are a brave lot and it Is for
their friends in America to keep them
so. Obey orders and work and write."
Miss Spencer, havlnir just made el
three-months' tour of Inspection along!
thw French front, visited every camp
of the American forces snd found the
men In the highest spirits.
"Everybody has his shoulder to the
wheel," she said, "and they are doing
wonderful work. But our boys have
plenty, while ths French have less than
any others, and alncs they have for
mora than three yesrs stood between
us and the German hordes, the least
wo can do for them la not to forget
tham In tbla hour of their extreme
need."
Speaking again of the American
forces, she continued:
"The keynote of the positive success
of the American troops Is their spirit I
of humility and willingness to learn
from those who understand."
LI3ERTY TRUCKS RUSHED
Mncty factories Tnrnlnx Onl New
Vehicle In Record Time.
WAJtinXGTOV. March 19 Reports
reeelved tlatufiar by llnsauler-Oen-ral
l'r B Haker. head of the War
j-eprtmm s motor transport division.
snow tnat lectori' ara working to
capacity cm ths standardised parts for
e Libert? truck and that the entire
vtrtem, wi Bats Been completed
eror auiai J.
five hundred of the type x trucks
atui delivered this month. ! In
April. Jje in May. :- la Juno and
13 remainaer in July.
GASOLINE CAUSES" DEATH
fpotane Insurance Man Asphyxiated
la Ills Garage.
SPOKANE, WmH, March H Dick
In see llall, an Insurance man of this
city, died from asphyxiation here te
(ay a few mlsutea after a neighbor
d discovered aim unconscious la his
g arage.
The butMIng was closed and the en
gine of his automobile waa running
aaa he aa found.
LONDON'. March 10 Sharply con
treating views on Japan's Intervention
In Siberia are taken In the weekly re
views printed In the leading newspa
pers. The Spectator says:
One question that matters la wheth
er Japan, by her action can or cannot
help us more easily to defeat Germany
The dislike of the proposed action of
Jspaa Is based upon varying degrees
of mistrust. So fsr as we know, there
e no reason whatever for this distrust
f It Is seriously meant that every Jap
anese soldier should have a policeman
to accompany him and keep the Japa
nese realistic ddeaa under proper con
roL all we can say la that the Anglo
apanese alliance must have bssn a
mistake from the beginning."
Dasuter la Foresee.
The Spectator points out the possl
blllty of Germany selling, stores along
he trans-Siberian railroad and In
ladlvostok, and says that Germany si-
waya acts -quickly and unless Japan
cts quickly she may be too late. Japan
as always kept her obligations, says
the Spectator, and so far as concerns
ealousy between her and the Cnlted
tates. It la a thing of the past with
the Istter. The newspsper continues:
"Japan, we hope, la about to enter
nto full military alliance with the rest
us to save or lose everything for
ths whole world."
The Nation says:
"The decision, which may be one of
the moat momentous the world can
take In our generation, seems to have
been made without even so much as
a pretense of public debate. It argues:
"The plain fact la that Russia Is pow
erless, and Imperialistic Japan seeks to
despoil her In the Hast aa Germany has
despoiled In the West."
Reasons Are Cited.
The Nation contlnuea that the reac
tionary press of France and the Impe
rialistic press of Kngland made no se
cret of their wish to punish and. If
poeslble, overthrow the llolshevtkL
Trie newspaper concludes: -
"We are committed to political In
tervention In Russia with an Asiatic
army aa our mandatory agent and with
ultimate tragic political consequences
to ourselves In India and Australia.'
But It thinks It Is Inconceivable that
the labor party will support the policy
and finds hope In ths fact that Japa
nese opinion la divided concerning the
step.
3000 SOLDIERS TO SING
CAMP LEWIS MEX MEET TODAT FOR
MC.HIC LESSON.
WOMEN ASKED TO OBEY
GENERAL FEltSt-IIStl BEGS FOR
WORK WHICH WILL DO GOOD.
Letters Filled Witts Gleans ef Ne Geed
to aaldlera la France Fellewlag
Orders, as Mrs De, Advised.
NEW TORK. March 10. A message
from Ueneral John J. Pershing, urging
the women of the t'nlted States not to
"try to work haphazard, but do what
they are told." waa brought to this
country by Miss Carita Spencer, ap
pointed chairman of the fond for
France fund by Justin Godart. French
under Secretary of State for Medical
Service and head of the French Service
de Santa.
"Let the women of America, like the
men, obey orders from ths people over
here." said General Terahlng's aratg.
"These people know what Is wanted
and what la to be done. Let the women
not try to work baphatard. but do
what they are told, and they will be
I'arle Saaa Prepares Flgatlag Men te
Go late Battle Agalaat Han With
Song en Their Lips.
CAMP LEWIS. Tacoma. Wash.. March
lO.-e-Three thousand men. taken from
several regiments, will gather In the
Liberty Theater tomorrow for the big
gest singing festival yet staged at
Camp Lewis. For 30 minutes to three-
quarters of an hour the men In uniform
will forget about tne drills and digging
trenches while they fill the big build-
ng with the rousing marchlnsr sones
orougnt to camp by Robert Lloyd,
camp singing Instructor.
Teaching the men to slug has met
with great favor among the men at
camp. Mr. Lloyd Started last week
with an audience gathered at the the
ater to see a movie show and then
various organisations were asslcned to
singing practice during the morning
hours for the remainder of the week.
There Is no classical music in the
repertoire for the soldiers. The songs
have a anappy rhyme and the music
is of the sort that makes a man want to
keep time with his feet. Mr. Lloyd
uses nothing but his voice and a pocket
tuning whistle and manages to have
the audience singing the words with
him after running over the air once or
twice. The first day he taught the
men three songs In 20 minutes and as
hey left the building they made the
building reverberate with the newly-
learned songs and the tramp of hun
dreds of feet keeping time.
The singing Instruction has been
given the approval of Major-Ueneral
II. A. Greene, who Issued Instructions
ordering the men to report for singing
practice aa a part of the routine of
preparing to meet the enemy overseas.
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SPANISH CABINET RESIGNS
King Alfonso Summons Heads of All
Political Tartles.
MADRID. March 10. King Alfonso
today accepted the resignation of the
entire Cabinet beaded by Marquis
Alhucemas. The King has summoned
to the palace the heads of the different
political parties. Antonio Maura, the
conservative leader: ex-Tremier Ed
oarao Imlo; Count Romanones, the lib
eral leader: Juan de la Cierva. Minister
of Y ar, and the Duka of Alba.
High Prteea for Crala Sacks Are Found
to Be Due to Cost of Purchase
la Calcutta. India.
HUNS DROP MORE BOMBS
Cnntlno1 rrom rimt Pace )
ehlnea arose. New arrangements for
sheltering the people and other pre
cautions worked well and the authori
ties ars generally satisfied that the
effects of the raid were reduced to the
lowest degree possible.
The American Red Cross mobilized
10S men at the first warning and en
cars sped off to points where bombs
had fallen.
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SAX FRANCISCO, March 10. Farm
ers throughout the Western atatea will
be allowed 9 cents a bushel, or approx
imately 20 cents each for bags of sacked
wheat for the new crop of ISIS, It was
announced yesterday bjr R. A. Lewln,
second vice-president of the Grain Cor
poration of the United States food ad
ministration and sone agent for Cali
fornia. Nevada and Arizona. The new
price amounts to an Increase of about
II cents a bag over Allowance for the
1)17 crop and will assure the farmer
an adequate return on the price he has
to pay for new bags. It was said.
There has been agitation over the
high prices being asked for bags for
the new crop. A full Investigation was
held last week In Washington before
the War Trade Board and the evidence
went to" show the present high prices
are due to the high prices demanded
for bags In Calcutta and not to any
speculation on the part of the bag men
here.
While no definite allowance Is set for
barley. It la known that the value of
the second-hand bags Is added to the
bulk value of the barley, and Indirectly
the farmer will get back Just about the
same proportion of the cost of his bags
when he sells his barley. Many farm
ers. It was said, do not realise this, but
feel that they have to stand the entire
expense of sacking grain.
PATROL WORSTS GERMANS
Cont1nied From First Pace.)
Ing well-aimed bullets on certain points
of the line. After daylight the post
still continued working: from shell
holes with periscopes. American
snipers tried to silence ths enemy from
their line, but were unsuccessful.
A sniping patrol was then organized
by the Americans and went out In
broad daylight. The result of this ex
pedition has not been reported.
Today was the warmest In many
weeks. During last night and today
the Germans dropped phosgene shells
on several of the American battery po
sitions and mustard shells in the rear
of the line. Three gas alarms were
given on the front within a few hours.
Owing to the Quickness of the Ameri
cans In adjusting their gas masks the
shells did no damage.
On one end of the line the enemy
laid down a barrage, after having con
centrated a rather heavy bombardment.
The American artillery put up a coun
ter barrage as a precaution against a
raid, but no raid developed.
While this was going on the enemy
dropped a score of gas shells on a town
directly In the rear, but the noxious
did no damage. On the other end of
the line the gunners laid a barrage on
the enemy line. All along the front the
American artillerists shelled the Ger
man front and second line and com
munication trenches.
Aerial Activity Increases.
Better weather conditions brought In
creased aerial activity. One or two
aerial encounters were reported, but
they had no definite results. The Amer
i.n anti-aircraft guns fired on numer
out enemy planes, but they were well
out of range. American artillery ob
servers today flew over the lines in
planes of the French squadron. All
these machines returned safely.
I.OSCON. March 10. The following
official communication was Issued by
the War Office:
"Successful raids were carried out by
us last night northwest of St. Quentin
and southwest of Cambral. Several of
the enemy were killed and a few pris
oners were captured by us.
Artillery Cornea to Life.
"Hostile artillery has been active In
the Armentieres section east of Wyts
chaete and In the neighborhood of the
Menia road. .
"Early this morning, under the cover
of a heavy bombardment a hostile raid
ing party attacked our positions east
of Armentieres. A few of our men are
missing.
"Another attempted enemy raid east
of Passchendaele wax. repulsed by ma
chine gun fire.
The hostile artillery has shown a
marked Increase In activity on the front
and the back areas from La Bassee
Canal to Ypres."
NEW STEEL SHIP DISABLED
Germans Believed to Have Tampered
With Sacramento's Engine.
HONXiULTJ, T. H., March 1. Bullet
shaped pieces of steel found near the
opening of a cylinder In the engine
room of the steamer Sacramento,
which was towed Into this port a few
days ago in a disabled condition, have
added color to the already grave sus
picions among shipping men that de
liberate plans had been made by Ger
man agents to destroy the vessel on
her maiden voyage. Because of the
peculiar shape and. size of the pieces of
steel round It is believed that the steel
was shot Into the cylinder with an air-
riveting pump just before the engines
were installed in Seattle.
The Sacramento was the first big
eteel ship launched for the Emergency
Fleet Corporation in a Seattle ship
yard and was towed In by the Lurline,
which found the Sacramento In a dis
abled condition 600 miles from the
Islands on the San Francisco-Honolulu
route. A survey Is being made by
Lloyd's agent here to determine the
truth of the story told by the engine
room crew that the engine had been
tampered with while being installed.
Strong and practically fireproof ar
tificial sandstone has been made in
the Philippines from beach sand and
volcanic tufa.
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PARIS, March 10. German attacks
failed In the Bois Le Pretre, Relllon and
Letricourt sectors, according to the of
ficial statement issued by the War Of
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