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THE MORNING OREGONIAX, TUESDAY. JUNE 11, 1918. " WILSOII DECLARES WHERE. THE GERMAN FORCES PRESSED FORWARD MONDAY AT FEARFUL COST IN FACE OF . f STIFF RESISTANCE, THE STORE THAT UNDERSELLS BECAUSE IT SELLS FOR CASH' FAITH 111 MEXICO President Says America Is Champion of Nations With iv out Strong Military. COMMON GUARANTEE PLEA s&Zty'Sto- ,T . " 1 GHENT f i(vk ) ,- f.aSasJee ( j Executive Expresses Friendship for Mexican Peace in Stirring Ad dress; Trust Mus Be I'ore- . runner - of Peace. HAVANA, June 10. President Wil son, in his address to the Mexican newspaper editors in Washington last Friday, expressed sincere friendship for Mexico. His address, which is printed in the morning: papers, follows in part: "I hare -never known & group of men who were more welcome than you, be cause it has been one of my distresses during my presidency that the Mexi can people did not more thoroughly understand the attitude of the United States toward Mexico. I think I can assure you that that attitude is one of sincere friendship. "The policy of my administration toward Mexico was in every point based upon the principle that the in ternational settlement of the affairs of Mexico was none of our business; that we had no right to interfere with or dictate to Mexico in any particular with regard to her own affairs. When we sent troops into Mexico our sin cere desire was nothing else than to assist you to get rid of a man who was making the settlement of your affairs for the time being impossible. German Influence Deplored. "We had no desire to use our troops for any other purpose, and I was in hopes that by assisting in that way and thereupon immediately withdraw ing. I might give substantial truth of assurance that I had given your -Government through President Carranza. "At the present time it distresses me to learn that certain influences which I assume to be German in their origin, are trying to make a wrong impression throughout Mexico as to the purpose of the United States and to give an absolutely untrue account of things that happened. "We are the champions of those na tions which have not had the military standing which would enable them to compete with the strongest nations in the world, and I look forward with pride to the time which I hope will come when we can give substantial evi dence, not only that we do not want anything out of this war, but that we would not accept anything out of it; that it is absolutely a case of disin terested action. America la Bis Brother. "And if you will watch the attitude of our people you will see that nothing etirs them so deeply as the assurance that this war, so far as we are con cerned, is for an idealistic object. "Some time ago I proposed a sort of pan-American agreement. I had per ceived that one of the difficulties of our past relationships with Latin America was this': 'The ' famous Mon roe Doctrine was adopted without your consent and without the consent of any of the Central American or South American states. We said: "We are going to be your big brother whether you want us to be or not.' "We did not ask whether it was agreeable to you that we should be your big brother. We eald we are going to be. Now that all is very well, as far as protecting you from aggres sion from the other side of the water -was concerned, but there was nothing in it that protected you from aggres sion from us, and 1 have repeatedly seen an uneasy feeling on the part of representatives of the states of Central and South America that our eelf-ap-fiolnted protection might fee for our own benefit and our own Interests and not for the interests of our neighbors. So I have said: Trust to Bring Peace. " 'Let us have a common guarantee that all of us will sign a declaration of political independence and territorial Integrity. Let us agree that if any of us, the United States included, violates the political independence or terri torial integrity of any of the others, all the others will jump on her." Now that is the kind of agreement that will have to be the foundation of the future life of the nations of the world, gen tlemen. "The whole family of nations will have to guarantee to each nation that no nation shall violate its political In dependence or its territorial integrity. That is the basis the only conceivable basis for the future peace of the world and I must admit that I was anxious to have the states of the two continents of America show the way to the rest of the world as to how to make a basis for peace. "Peace can only come by trust. If you can once get a situation of trust then you have got a situation of per manent peace. Therefore, everyone of us owes it as a patriotic duty to his own country to plant the seed 3 of trust and of confidence, instead of the seeds of suspicion and a variety of interest." COF(T COLLARS combine smartness and comfort. Quality is added, when the name of Earl& Wilsom is found on them. CAR I. Or WILSON fAbsolutely Removes Indigestion.'Druggists 'refund moneyIiliiLfails.c! Heavy Black I.lne Bepreaents Battle Front. Light Parallel Linen From Mon tdldier to Noyon Show Battle Front on Sunday. Trlanele Between Montdldler, No on and Kron-nr-Mol Is Territory Won From Allies by Germans. frlARINES HIT AGAIN Germans Forced Back 2-3 of Mile in New Smash. ATTACK MADE IN WOODS French Give Ground 'in Center to Huns, but Wings Hold Firm and the' Only Loss Is a Few Villages. (Continued From First Pag.) visions in his attacking line. Behind this line his reserves are ready to re place shattered divisions. We must reckon on a prolonged and desperate struggle, and may have to meet the shocks of Von Hindenburg's disposable reserves before the enemy breaks off. "Further losses of ground need not discourage us. The enemy, instead of sweeping on victoriously, as in the first days of the Aisne battle, is ad vancing painfully, yard by yard, pay ing the full price for every step. His main objective for the moment is toward the Oise, with the object of turning the salient we hold in his line, with its apex at Pont l'Eveque, on the Oise, which comprises Carlepont and Ourscamp forest, in an angle in the bend of the river." BERLIN, via London, June 10. The German War Office, in its official communication today, claims the cap ture of 8000 prisoners and some guns in the new offensive in France. WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN FRANCE, June 10. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Fighting in this war probably never has been more severe than that going on today in the great battle of French and German armies between Montdidier and Noyon. Enemy in Predicament. The Germans, attacking on ground where the entente allies were ready to receive the shock, have found them selves thrown into a slaughter-house, whence most of them never will make an exit. When the German infantry began coming over in the densest masses they encountered immediately an ex tremely hot fire from both machine guns and artillery, which mowed them down. Ever "since, as fresh waves en tered the conflict, they were subjected to similar punishment. Retirement Is Prearranged. The German progress must not be taken to mean that the German forces have overcome the defenders, who in tended from the beginning to retire to their actual lines of combat as soon as the action developed. Some idea of the determined nature of the fighting may be gathered from the struggle on each wing. The vil lage of Couxcelles changed hands nu merous times, and when this dispatch was sent was in the possession of the allies. ' At tho other end of the line Mont Renaud was still making a mag' nificent defense, and last reports showed that Le Plemont was yet in allied hands.- The center, about Ressons-sur-Matz, where the Germans made their most obstinate effort and formed a pocket tending southeastward, is the only part of the line against which the Germans have been able to report a real gain. Their intention is to try to reach the banks of the Oise and threaten the allied salient which ex tends to the vicinity" of Noyon. The Germans knew when they opened the attack that their task would be difficult. Therefore, they sent into the fray, only chosen di visions, which had been specially trained for the assault. It is estimated that they engraped approximately 20 divisions on the front line for the first shock, while behind these, ready to take the place of the exhausted di visions, there probably were a similar number, perhaps even. greater. i PARIS. June 10. "it was a perfectly satisfactory day," said Premier Clemenceau last night. In these words the French leader accurately summed up the prevailing Impression. i Five Divisions I'ncU 1 p. Latest advices from the battle fr.ont show that, on the whole,- the enemy clearly suffered a check in the -day's operations. The enemy gained a slight advantage In the center on a front of three and three-quarters miles, about a fourth of the entire line of attack. On the wings he was stopped with such losses that five divisions have been put out of commission, or about one third of the divisions identified up to the present as having taken part in the attack. This was done without the French reserves being called on. The Germans had to bring up their troops at the last moment in order to avoid giving alarm to the allies. As the columns arrived they were com pelled, to deploy from the column of march into the line of attack. This operation, which takes some hours, ex poses the men to an unpleasant artil lery fire, unless" the element of surprise Is preserved. The German attacking troops, com ing out to envelop the heights 'of Bocages and Rlqueborg, dominating the Matz Valley, offered a splendid target to the French gunners. The enemy had to throw in division after division he- fore he was able to drive his way for ward to Ressons-sur-Matz and MareuiJ along the Royo road, which was swept by rench lire. Two Routes Offered. Ressons-sur-Matz is a central posi tion from which the enemy can direct attacks southward to Kstrees-St. Denis or southeast to Compiegne. He is be ing strongly counter attacked, how ever, and will only be able to develop his advantage at heavy cost. If at all. Henry Bidou, military critic, says: "Let us be wary at the beginning of an . important offensive of forming Judgments, but without prejudging the future, it Is difficult not to be satisfied with the first day." The fe-ellng, which fairly represents the general sentiment, is expressed by L'Oeuvre In the caption: "This time we have not been sur prised," but perhaps the boches will be." WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE, June 10. A considerable lo cal improvement of the British line Just to the south of the Somme was affected last night through a slight advance carried out in the neighbor hood of Bouzencourt. Otherwise, the night was generally quiet and the situ tion unchanged. PARIS, June 10. The new German attack on the front between Montdidier and Noyon continued last night with undiminished violence, the War Office reports. On the P'rench left wing furi ous German attacks made time after time were broken by the French fire. In the center the enemy, bringing up reinforcements, made further progress, reaching the southern part of Cuvllly vood and Ressons-sur-Uatz. Americans Make Progrens. French and American troops con tinuing their attacks la the region of Brussiares on the Marine front gained more ground and took, prisoners. On the French right wing along the front of the new attack bitter fighting continues. The French took more than 600 prisoners In various engagements. Prisoners report unanimously that the losses of the Germans thus far in the battle which began yesterday morning hav been extremely beavy. , . TEUTONS PAY PRICE Gains in New Smash Fail to Bring Results Expected. ALLIED HEADS CONFIDENT Desperate Onslaughts Bid Fair to Continue for Some Days, but I-.ntcnt Resistance Is AVaxing Stronger. (By tlia Asoclatd Trmm.t WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IV FRANCE. June 10. Evcrv font hn enemy advances now brings him fur- tner into territory whlcn Is thoroughly wen known to the allies and prepared ior aeieme. Tliererora his task be comes momentarily mor3 difficult. T.he allies staffs arc prepared to meet every eventuality and display the incsi periect confidence In the out come. fBy the Associated rri WITH THE FRENCH ARMY TV FRANCE. June 10. At the conclusion of the first 24 hours of the new battle between Montdidier and th Oise the Impression gained is that the power ful German smash has not brought the enemy the result he expected. The allies' line is bent in the center quite insignificantly and the resistance the French are opposing on the actual position of the combat appears to be ett lcaclous. Assaults to Continue. Extreme violence was the dominant note of the battle on th first day and desperate assaults with huge masses of troops seem likely to continue, at least for some days. V ith the concentration of troops such as the Germans had been enabled to bring into lino at the point chosen for the attack, it was physically Im possible for the defenders to resist In their advanced positions. "" When the masses of German Infantry came over, the entente allied troops spread lightly in the forward works fell back coolly, fighting yard by yard, to the actual line of resistance. They held back the enemy Just sufficiently to make him show his strength and to permit the main body of defenders to make the proper dispositions to meet him. French Recede at Itossons. Only at. one ' point was the real French line forced to recede and that was In the neighborhood of Ressons-sur-Matz. . : After the German Infantry had started, four hours of the most in tense fighting had brought them only partly across the allied advance zone They were battered thoroughly by the allied artillery, whose target was so plain that the enemy's losses must have been frightful with very little to com pensate him for his sacrifices. WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN FRANCE, Sunday, June 9. (By thn As sociated Press.) Notwithstanding the great forces the Germans threw Into the line today, when they opened their offensive between Montdidier and the Oise, they did not achieve any consld erable advance. Time after time increasingly dense waves of infantry attempted to pierce the allied defenses. Southwest of Noyon, however, they could not pro duce any effect on the determined troops holding the front lines. 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The al lied guns replied Immediately with a fire of terrlflo intensity in order to hinder the movements st the enemy troops getting ready to advance. When the infantry attack finally came It did not effect such a wide front as the artillery preparation. In the center of the attacking front. where the allied line was weakest ow ing to terrain conditions, the Germans were able to reach Ressons-sur-Matz and Mareuil. Throughout the day. however, every foot of territory was contested bitterly and the line maintained perfect cohe- PEOPLES 1H LAST DAY ' EMPEY OVER &SKkssMst9MalMai TOMORROW ALICE JOYCE The BUSINESS of LIFE' by Robert W. Chambers ONEHALF Most in Value The Best in sion desplt all the efforts of the Ger mans to pierce it. The slight progress the Germans made cost them dearly. The allied left flank held Just as sol idly as the right and the German ad vance was limited to the occupation of a few trenches without affecting the strength of the positions. 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