The Sunday Oregonian., June 03, 1917, Section One, Page 3, Image 3

THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JUXE 3, 1917.
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GERMAN ATTACKS
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IN 10 DAYS FAIL
Wave After Wave of Men Sent
to Slaughter in Front of
French Positions.
SOME FORCES ANNIHILATED
Footing Gained Several Times on
Advantageous Points Previously
liost Xcar Moronvlllicrs.
, Bayonet Fighting Fierce.
PARIS, June 2. Sixteen times since
May 20 the Germans have attacked the
positions taken from them on that day
by the French at Mount Carnillet and
the Heights of the Teton and the
Casque, south of Moronvilliers, in the
Champagne. All the efforts have been
characterized by the greatest obstinacy,
the assaulting- waves retiring only when
their ranks were so thinned by French
three-inch shells and rrutchine-gun fire
that they could no longer hold them.
The most violent of these attacks was
one upon the Casque and the Teton,
which are the most advantageous obser
vation points in this sector, command
ing a view of the entire Moronvilliers
region. The fighting went on all day.
The first column of troops that ad
vanced was decimated by the French
fire. The second, after suffering losses,
got into some of the advanced trenches
on the Teton. The three-inch rifles and
machine guns of the French quickly
decimated this attacking force and
bayonets accounted for what were left.
At nightfall two more columns re
turned to the attack. Both were broken
up before they reached the French
trenches.
Four columns were sent in quick suc
cession against the Teton and the
Casque on the night of May 30. They
came on stubbornly in spite of heavy
punishment by the French guns until
some fractions got to the French
trenches, where furious hand-to-hand
fighting occurred. The French bayonets
drove the Germans back each time, ex
cept at one point, where they held on
until morning, when they were driven
out. The parapets of the French
trenches and the barbed-wire entangle
ments were thick with German dead
after this futile effort.
FRENCH POSITIONS CAPTURED
Germans Report Advance on 1000-
Yard Front.
BERLIN, via London. June 2. French
positions over a front of about 1000
yards northeast of Soissons were cap
tured by the Germans in a surprise at
tack yesterday, the "War Office an
nounces. The statement says Portu
guese soldiers were taken prisoners by
the Germans on the western front.
The artillery duel in the Wytschaete
bend on the Belgian frontier, which
became violent Thursday, increased in
Intensity yesterday, the statement adds.
During the month of May. the offi
cial announcement says, the Germans
captured on- the western front 12.500
rank and file and 237 officers, includ
ing one General. They also took three
heavy guns, 211- machine guns. 434
quick loaders and 18 minethrowers.
The German report contains the first
official announcement that Portuguese
troops were participating in the fight
ing on the western front, although
American correspondents reported the
arrival of Portuguese forces last Jan
uary. PARIS. June 2. Lively cannonading
in the region of the Chemin-des-Dames
is reported in the official statement
issued by the French War Office this
morning. The statement says that a
few feeble German attacks were re
pulsed during the night.
LONDON, June 2. Vimy and Bulle
court, two of the most important po
sitions taken by- the British in the
battle of Arras, were under heavy
German fire last night, the War Office
announces.
TROOPS THANKED BY KAISER
Messages Speak of Victories at Ar
ras and on Alsnc.
BERLIN, . via London. June 2. The
German Emperor has "sent the follow
ing telegram to the Crown Prince in
France:
"On my visit to the front I only had
an opportunity to address deputation
of the armies, which under your com
mand have in the last two months
frustrated the great French attempts
to break through on the Aisne and in
the Champagne. 1 charge' you to ex
press the thanks of myself and the
fatherland to all the leaders and troops
who, in these difficult weeks, exerted
all their energies and ability and risked
their blood and lives, and by whose
Iron determination the enemy's as
saults were shattered.
"The German fatherland is proud of
its brave sons and full of confidence
that fighting will bring new victories."
The Emperor has telegraphed the
Crown Prince of Bavaria as follows:
"On the battlefield of Arras .the
troops from all parts of Germany under
your command have in the fierce bat
tles of the last two months brought
England's warlike intentions at this
point to naught. Iron determination
and firm will to victory spoke from the
eyes of those whom I saw on my visit.
A similar feeling fills the entire army.
"With me, the German fatherland
thanks its sons for their loyal devo
tion to our great German cause. Make
it known to all the leaders and troops
that my thanks are coupled with confi
dence that with God's help they will
be victorious also in the fighting in
the future."
JAPAN NOT ALARMED
American War Activities Are
Watched With Interest. "
EDITOR VOICES GODSPEED
Assurance Felt That United States
Will Emerge Contented, Strong
and More Trustworthy . and
Fraternal Than Ever.
TOKIO. May 2. (Correspondence of
the Associated Press.) The enthusiasm
with which the United States is pre
paring for active participation in the
European war is attracting keen atten
tion in Japan. America's decision to
send the Root mission to Russia is also
causing much interest and speculation
and several newspapers have criticised
their own government for indifference
towards the situation in Russia and
suggest Japan should dispatch an en
voy to offer all assistance that may be
necessary.
The American military measures are
commented upon at length by the semi
official Japanese Times, which says:
"If the great war now raging has
taught anything, it has convinced the
world that a country with a toy arma
ment can never be anything but a temp
tation to an unscrupulous and aggres
sive foe.
"There was a time when a word from
an American General or Admiral or
publicist calling for augmented arma
ment set many people by the ear. That
was the time when proposals of the
kind were almost Invariably accom
panied by unveiled references to Japan
as a power most likely to come into
collision with America. We can today
look back with something like amuse
ment to those references to us as part
ly due to German machinations."
The newspaper concludes:
"Happily the American Army and
Navy expansionist no longer finds any
need for falling back on ihe Japanese
Invasion legend, while we on our part
can, with perfect equanimity, indeed
with genuine sympathy, look upon the
frenzied effort to amplify the defense
of America. On the other hand, Japan
can also add new forces to her navy
without exciting suspicions in America.
Both America and Japan should thank
Germany for this. We only voiSs the
sentiment of all well-informed Japa
nese when we say we wish Godspeed to
American preparedness as long as the
war lasts, assured that we shall find in
strong America after the war a well
contented America that can be more
trusted and fraternixed with than ever."
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CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to thank the many friends
who were so kind to us all In our late
bereavement , and for the many floral
offerings and sympathy.
Adv. F. B. and F. H. Hoenel.
WOMEN SENT BY RUSSIA
Number in Diplomatic Mission Is
Without Precedent.
WASHINGTON. June 2. The Russian
extraordinary mission, headed by Pro
fessor Boris Bakhmeteff. now on its
way to Washington from Petrograd.
numbers 38 persons of both sexes. In
fact, the number of women included in
the mission Is without precedent in dip
lomatic history. All branches of the
Russian government are represented,
and there also are members of the
press and news services.
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