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FRENCH ARE
SUCCESSFUL
IN ATTACKS
Troops of Enemy Are Dispers
ed,, Prisoners Are Brought
in and Four Aeroplanes Are
Shot Down
GERMANS LAY CLAIM
TO RECENT GAINS
Berlin Statement Says English
Machine Gun Nests Are
; Cleared
TARIS, April 16.qorman long
range guns continue their bombard
ment of Tarts. ,
rARIS, April ID: The statement
Issued by the war orf ice tonight re
port only artillery . engagements
along the front.
It reads:
"There were artillery enagage
ments of great -violence In the reg
ion of Ilangard-en-Santerre. Our
batteries successfully dispersed bod
ies of enemy troops In the approach
es of Demuln and Laon. Two suc
cessful raids, one at Four1 de Paris,
and the other at Col du Donhomrae,
were carried out "and prisoners
brought back. , The cannonade was
Intermittent on the rest of the front
but became quite lively, In the sector
of Avocourt.
'"During April 13 and 14 four
enemy airplanes were shot down. Our
bombing machines dropped 3000
kilograms of projectiles upon enemy
establishments and convoys In the
region of Montd idler.
"EASTERN THEATER, April 14.
, There wer.e quite lively artillery
engagements near St. IUvIna, the
Cerna Bend and In the Monastlr
sector. - Our artillery carried out a
heavy and effective tlre upon the
.enemy batteries. Twenty British av
iators bombarded an airdrome at Ru-
. bovo in the Vardar valley yesterday.
!'lt Is confirmed that -two fnemy pur
suit machines; we.ro shot down. Brit
ish aviators today bombarded the
depot at Kakara, 12 kilometers
southwest of Heres.causlng the de
railment of a train."
BERLIN, via . London, April 15
The erenlni statement from gen-J
, "There were local engagements on
the Lys-Wulvergbem. battlefield and
the enemy's, lines northeast of Wnl-J
. - ' mm l
yergnem were tan en uy storm."
German troops., supported by naval
detachments, have -entered Helslng
forsi capital of Finland. This an
nouncement Is made by general head
quarters. - a
The communication reads as fol
lows: "On . the Lys battlefield hand-to-fcand:
fighting frequently developed.
, "Southwest of Neinre Egllse, as
well as between BalHeul and Merrls
English" machine gun nests were
cleared and their occupants made
prisoners. ! V.ncmy counter-attacks
launched from Ballleul and north
west of Betbuno broke down with
heavy? Iohhcs. . '
"On the battlefield on both sides
of the Rommo the aitillery duels re
mained within moderate limits, the
weather being rainy.
. Eastern theater After vigor
ous encounter with armed bands,
our troops which landed In Finland,
supported by a . detachment' of our
naval forces, entered Hellslngfors."
I)Nr)N April IS. Ballleul and
Wulverghem-were the .central po'n'
f the heavy' flrhtlng tmlay between
the HrMlnh and Germans In Flanders,
while the Herman artillery displayed
Increawd activity In the sector be
tween Glvenchy and Uobecq, accord
ing to th Report from Field Ma r
nl Halg'sl headquarters tonight.
Th report says: . , ,
, 'TiKhtlng iecurred 1hs afternoon
In the neighborhood "of llalllenl and
Wulverghem and Is continuing on
Ue remainder of the Lys battlef ront
.there In nothing particular to report.
"The hostile artillery has hown
scUvity certain sectors, particu
larly between Grvenchr and .Kobecq,
Bodies of German Infantry moving
'ong Ta P.axfiee-EKtaires road wern
ffeetlvIy'encaged by our artillery.
"On the other part of the HrltlBh
front there was no. important incl
dent." jv
ROM:, April ir,. hTe official
"atetnent Ihsihm! by the war. office
tonight rtl' i 7
' "Slight and. .desultory artillery ac
tions developed today along the
front. ?n the 1.01"' basin one of
"r patrols a tracked a machine gurf
.rmidacement. destroyed Its garrison
nd rapt tiied the gun. One rf nnr
reconnoitring parties took a few
prlsbners In the Ornlc. valley. On
the Aslap: plateau we repulsed ene
wv patrols with hand grenades.
,orth of f 'orti-llazzo we dispersed
t'rong hos tile detachments.-
AMERICAN SOLDIERS NOT DECEIVED
Young Italian Gets Two Prisoners and Asks for Match;
Get Another One First," Says Officer He Does It
ttlTH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN! FRANCE. April li The Ger
man attack ORainst the American
positions on the right bank of the
Meutte, north of St. Mihlel, yester
day was made by force of 400 picked
troops who were recently brought
here from the flliaalan frnn A1.
though .the Americans were outnuni-
uerea more man two to one, they
completely repulsed the e'nemy. driv
Ing hlm back to his own trenches.
The; known enemy casualties include
sixty-four dead, many wounded and
eleven prisoners, besides a -.ber
of wounded who were dragged back
to the Germna lines by their eom
to the German lines by their corn-
THOROUGH SEARCH MADE FOR SHIP
Unremitting Hunt to Be Made by 'American and French
Boats Until Cyclops Mystery Is Solved Satisfactorily
WASHINGTON. April 15. Unre
mitting search of trade routes will
be carried on by American and
French naval and merchant vessels
until every possible hope of finding
some trace of the missing navy col
lier Cyclops has been exhausted.
Secretary Daniels has ordered ad
ditional fast scouts detailed for this
service. - .
Although today passed without a
report, strengthening the slightest
degree the hope still felt by Mr.
Daniels and several of his chief as
sistants, these officials refused to be
ll vc-g that the grbat 19,000 ton col
lier and the 293 lives she carried
could have been wiped out without
leaving a trace. Ordes have gone
out, therefore, for the searching , ves
sels to "quarter" every rod of1 the
route covered by the Cyclops and to
visit everyone of the scores of island
which dot that portion of the sea.
Every Isolated bay will be entered
and every beach scrnltnized.
, No Theory Plaiwible.
Naval officials confessed that no
theory yet advanced to explain the
disappearance of the Cyclops fiom
March 4, when she left Barbadoes
BOND SALES BIGGER THAN FIGURED
Numerous Subscriptions of Small Amounts Go to Make
Total, and Banks, Are Holding Back' Until Later Date
WASHINGTON, April 15. The
ration has raised Its pk'dgii of lib
erty loan dollars to' $ft9l,il,s00.
This, the total at the clon ot busi
reas Saturday. Is .$ll$.0tt0-,0o more
than had been reported to the treas
ury !efore today.
A large proportion of the sum rep
resents subscriptions by individuals
for comparatively small amounts.
Many messages to headquarters to
day said banks In some districts are
withholding their pleds until late
In the campaign; when they' can de
termine better what they will ned
to fill orders of customers. By the
banks, the Item of interest on Initial
payments also is considered more
closely than by Individuals and this
Is one of the factors causing them to
told back) their subscriptions.
The situation Is censidered encour
aging, slnco It Indicates a big n'-m-brr
of subscribers and better distri
bution of the,coiin$rys financial war
burden.
From the Minneapolis district to
lay. where tho .campalgi ban Just
opened,- come reports that farmers
were buying liberally, and that com
munities with large German popula
Military Funeral Planned"
' for Benjamin McClelland
- As a tribute to young Benjamin
McClelland, a Salni soldier who died
Friday night at Camp Harry Jones,
Douglas, Arl4, the city council meet
ing waa adjourned last night. The
boy's father, James McClelland, 205
North Twenty-first: street. Is a coun
cilman. ! ..
Accompanied by a military escort,
the body la n route to Salem. It
left Arlsoha, Sunday night. It will
probably take until the end df the
week boore the body reaches Salem.
A miliary funeral will take place
under tlw? auspices -ot the Itlgdon
company.
Ganong Is Appointed to
Succeed Theodore Wilcox
i T'ORTIANIV April 1S.-J. W. (la
nong, manager of th? Tortland Flour
ing mills, was today appoints oy
Food Administrator Herbert noorer
it. he chairman of the North racifi-:
milling division, succeeding. the !at"
Theodore It. Wilcox. Mr. Ganong
cccepted th appointment and took
charge of the office at once.
V; 1 .
Utterances Are Seditious,
He is Sentenced to Prison
HELENA Mont., April IS. John
Rjuek of Winston, aaetl CO. formerly
a'rraldent of Milwaukee, Wis., today
was sentenced from three to six years
In prison at Townsend by Judge John
A. Matthews, on a sedition charge.
Ruck said ho hoped the Germans
would sink every ship America sends
to Europe.
deceive the Americans by appearlne
In front of the trenches and speak
ing French and English, and also by
yelling "gas." The deception,', how
ever, was soon discovered and cost
the enemy dearly. The American cas
ualties were comparatively llaht.
Numerous stories- of Individual
bravery poured into tW headquarters
today.
A young Italian, born In a Penn
sylvania coal mining town, killed
one German and captured three. He
saw eight Germans walking 1n a
communication trench ahead of
him and although alone, he shot and
(Continued os page S) ;
It was offlcialy stated tonight that
that waa the eVt Indian port from
whkh she salle4--secii)ed plausible
in the face of tb facts.
While It was trie that one engine
was out of commission, enough pow
er remained to drive the big ship ten
knots an hour. Enemy agents might
have gained control in a midnight
mutiny, but even In Biich a well- nigh
Impossible etent, lack of coal would
have prevented an attempt to start
on a trans-Atlantic voyage. !
No Hurricane; Ueportrri. "
, The possibility that a sudden hur
ricane, not Infrequent in thoso wa
ters, might have first disabled and
then engulfed the collier was ad
mitted, but again It was pointed out
that some evidence of the disaster
must have been left In flis case.
Moreover, there har been.no report
of a hurricane. i
As to a rerort that'a member of
the crew had" written relatives j In
Baltimore regarding an explosion! on
the Cyclops several weeks ago, it was
Stated at the navy department that
nothing. of the sort hadbeen report
ed by Lieutenant Commander G. W.
Worley; commanding the collier. I -
tions Jidd shown particularly good
records in the first day's r&nvass; ,
SitbHcriptlons for other dlstrie's
show New York leading in total sub
scriptions and St. Louis In percent
age of the qiota already raised. The
San Francisco district ranks seventh
with 17 per cent of- Its quota sub
scribed. Mount Angel Irlsed. j
A campaign plan used effectively
In the Minneapolis district today was
to have local committers determine
in a general way what individual
were able to subscribe and to notify
I hem what was expected. . 1
. Tacoma, Wash., sent word that It
had subscribed Its full quota at noon
Saturday without counting aay
pledges by banks, and by Saturday
night had oversubscribed 20 per cent.
One person In every five had sub
scribed. 1
Mount Angel. Oregon, R0 per cent
of whose " iopiilatlon Is German r
Austrian born, won an honor flag to
day. . ' I
Thousands of loan circulars were
distributed over Washington today
by Italian, British and American air
men. '
Do the Boys Like Their
Home Paper "Over .
There?" Salem Man
Says They Do
"Somewhere In Fiance" the
boys are enjoying their horn
paper Just the same as they
used" to In Salem before the
war began. The editor of The
Statesman has Just received a
letter from Corporal Andrew
M. Vincent, which' leaves no
doubt as to at least one man's
appreciation of news from this
city. Corporal Vincent is with
the headquarters company of
the . lC'nd Infantry of Hie
Avnefiean exiwditionary force.
His note is as follows:
"Just a line to let you know
how much jourprtper Is enjoyed
by the, Salem loys 'over here.'
Just like a breeze on a sum
mer's day you know how that
: Is. There arc several boys here .
In the -headquarters company,
and thVy all look out for the
old Statesman."
Big Fire at Toronto Is I
Still Burning Early Today
TtmONTO. Ont.. April 1 B. Firct
which broke out late last night .on
the loading platform or the llarriw
abattoir plant at the t'nion 8tork
yards. West Toronto, at 2 o'clock
this morning was still burning. The
damage at tbat hmtrwas estimated
at $1,000. 000. The cooling rooms,
with meats and other foodsturfs
Stored in them valued at about 12,
000,000, were threatened.
HUNS DELAY
IN ATTACK
ON SECTOR
Area About Arrewage Is Full
of German Dead Who Fell
in Hard Fighting in Four
Fierce Attacks
ONSLAUGHT ON TOWN
OF B AILLEUL EXPECTED
Allied Position Is Declared to
... Be Growing Better Con
tinually WITH TUB BRITf.SIl ARMY IN
FRANCE, April 1 S. ( Afternoon)
Another attack on the unhappy town
of Ballleul appea red to be boiling up
today, following upon! the recapture
ot Neuve Kglise by the Germans last
rlght. Hard fighting was proceod
Ing this morning In the Ballleul sec
tor, but up to the fifing of. this dis
patch ( 2 p. m. the enemy had not
begun the big onslaught which was
expected.
The loss orNeiive Kgllse certainly
made the situation for Ballleul no
brighter, but the allied position, on
the whole, has been growing better
with the passing of time.
The. British were still pivoting on
VVytscaete and last night, when the
pressure at Ncuve Esltse became toj
great, they swung their line to the
northwest, thereby eliminating the
salient which bulged out around that
place.
German Soldiers Slaughtered.
The Brjtlsh yesterday recaptured
Arrewage, Just east of, the Nlepp
forest. The whole area is reported
full of German dead who fell in the
hard fighting. South of here at Cor
net Malo east of St. Florlsthe Ger
mans yesterday delivered four fierce
attacks. All were "repulaed witti
heavy losses to the attacking troops.
The fighting here has been contin
uous and the British are holding Cor
net Malo with machine guns trained
from house windows. These rapid
flrers have done great execution In
the enemy's ranks. At one time th-
enemy got a foothold In the baiulcl,
but machine gunners got In on the
advancing troops and smashed them
badly. ;
The importance which the Ger
.tians attach to Ballleul had added
confirmation on Saturday night when
troona were sent into the attack u.ih
ordera that thfy must capture the
Aieieren-uailleul highway at "ail
costs. They paid In advance, but did
not get what they were after. Here
again the machine guns- reaped a
harvest.
The trend of operations in the
northern battle may be seen from the
cumber of troops the Germans have
been using since the opening of the
struggle.- On April 9, when tlje at
tack begun they were using 1 1 di
visions In the line. On April 10 this
was Increased to 13: on! Anril 11
.and 12 to 20: April 13 to 21 and 20;
onq April ii 10 zs oiaer, divisions
being held In reserve ,
From' the southern iattlefield
comes word that German officers of
the 24th reserve division. ' captured
at Hangard wood April 13, stated
that the casualties of the German
forces engaged on this. front averaged
r0 per cent since theattack began.
In addition the enemjr suffered'much
f-cm transport trouble and shortage
df food and ammunition. ,Thls wus
partly due to the great number of
borsiS killed andthe bad t-ondltlon
of tho rest. '
Date for Shasta Case
Is Set at Washington
' . i
The hearing of the case of Ihe pub
lic service commission of Washing
ton agatnstrthc Alabama & Vleksburg
Railroad company, et al., known as
the Shasta arbitrary case, will take
place at the office of the- Interstate
commerce- commission In Washing
ton. I. C, May 4. This Information
was received by Ihe Oregon commis
sion yesterday from George , It. Mc
Ginty, secretary of the. interstatn
commerce commission. The,Oregon
commission Is an Intervenor; In the
case.
Eastern Washington Has
Not Reached Half Quota
' SPOKANE. April 4, ,Totalillberty
loan subscriplions of $.2O.20o of a
quota or $8,000,000 wero reported
officially from the eastern Washing
ton district to headquarters here to
night. Subscriptions from this city
totalled $1,235,050. of a ouota bf $5.-
r&oo.ooo -
While hls'traln was held here. Ma
nor General E. B. Swlnton. chief of
staff, of Ixrd Reading. British min
ister to the United Htatea, addressed
a street' meeting and a theater
crowd here tonight la the Interest
oi tno iiucriy loaa.
TEXAS CITIES
DRY FOR GOOD
Liquor Sales Prohibited With
in Ten Mile's of Any Army
Encampment
i DALLAS, Texas. April IS. The
saloons In practically all Texas clUe
or more than 5000 population closed
their doors for good at 9:30 o'clock
tonight, the result of a lew enacted
at the last special session of the leg
islature prohibiting the sale of 11
nuor within ten miles of any army
camp.
Attorney General Looney put a
final dash on the hopes ofthe opti
mists when he Interpreted the law
c mean any place where an airplane
lands or where any military work is
being done was a military camp with
in the meaning of the bill.
Brunton of WaUaJVaUa
Endorsed for Congress
TASCO. Wash., AprH IS. Dele
gates selected by Republican county
central committees in seven of the
twelve counties In the fourth Wash
ington congressional district, meet
ing here today, endorsed E. I,. Brun
ton of Walla Walla as candidate for
the Republican nomination for con
gressman from this district. W. I..
La Follette Is the lncnm!ent.
Of the twenty-nine votes In th
convention, Mr. Brunton was given
fifteen, and State Senator E. V. Kuy
kendall of Pomerey was given four
teen. Representation was on tho
basis of the Republican vote for pres.
Ident in the last election.
Endeavor Workers to
Convene at Hubbard
At a meeting of .Christian Endeav
or workers last night plans were dd
cusxed for the coming Marlon county
convention, which is to be held at
Hubbard May 3, 4 and 3. A program
has been mapped out for a three
days session, and among the speak
er will be Levi Pennington, of Pa
cific college, and Miss Helen Orr, of
Portland.. Marlon county has about
twenty-five societies comprising-
COO members, and it is expected that
pot less than 100 delegates will be
present at the convention. Further
detail? of the program will be given
later.
Four Deaths Caused
By Tornado in Texas
DALLAS, Texas. April 15. The
tornado that struck several north
Texas counties Sunday night demol
ishing homes and outhouses and
crippling wire ronimunlcatlons, caus
ed at least four deaths, reports to
night show. Many persons were be
lieved to have been injured but. poor
wire service made it Impossible to
obtain accurate figures or the extent
of the damage.
The heaviest damage occurred In
Wise and Denton counties, accord
ing to reports. At Roanoke. Wine
county, Bud King was kiMSd and his
father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. J.
K. King, were seriously injured. Sev
eral other homes also were destroy
ed there. A negro woman also was
killed In Wise county.
Iu Grayson county, near Sherman,
a Mrs. Jones was killed when aifarm
house was demolished and Mrs. .
L. Shannon was killed when her
borne was wrecked at Bellevuc, Clay
county.
Missoula County Passes
Its Liberty Bond Quota
MISSOULA. MONT.. April IS.
Missoula county reported a $200,000
over-subscription of Its liberty loan
quota at noon today, three hours af
ter the opening or the third, cam
paign. Employes or the Northern Pa
cific had subscribed $200,000 worth
of bonds. Reports to F. 8. Lnsk of
Missoula, district chairman, said that
Mineral county also had exceeded Its
allotment during the day.
Seaman Is Acquitted, But
Judge Orders His Re-Arrest
NEW YORK, April 15. When a
jury In the Brooklyn federal court
late today returned a verdict of not
guilty in the case of Oscar Andes
son, a Swedish seaman accused of
violating the trading with tho enemy
act. Judge Chalfield, "ho was pre
siding, announced that he had order
ed that Anderson be re-arrested and
charged with unlawfully bringing a
letter Into the- countiy outside the
regular malls.
According tt federal athorlties,
Anderson admits that a letter was
given him before the vessel on which
he worked, the Bergensfjord, depart
ed from Chrlstlania, Norway, in Feb
ruary, and that In accordance with
Instructions, he mailed the missive
upon arrival here.
SILVERTON MAN
DEAD IN FRANCE
OTTAWA, ONT., April. 15.
The name of O. R. Dwyer, Silver
ton, Ore., appears Jn tonight's Ca
nadian list as doad.
PORTLAND MAN. :
STILL MISSING
Two Missionaries Released by
Bandits, but Kyle Still
Gone
! PEKIN. Wednesday, April 10.
Miss Kathrriae Schmidt and Mrs."
Stanley M. Dixon. American mission
aries', formerly of Springfield, S. D..
who were captured by bandits April
8. have been released. The where
abouts of George A. Kyle of Portland,
Or., who was captured by the) out
laws March II, has for the last tn
days been unknown.
The foregoing dispatch from Pe.
kin confirms advices to Washington,
April 13. that the two missionaries
bad been released.
Motor Registration Shown
in State Grows Rapidly
.
The 1918 registrations In the mo
tor vehicle department of Secretary
of state Olcott's office yesterday
passed the entire total ot motor ve
hicle registrations for the year 1917.
whch was 48 tZZ. On April 23.
1 VI 7, the total registrations for ihe
year l"5l" passed the total for tho
entire year 1910, which was 33.917.
This Is evidence that either a greater
number of motor vehicles .are being
purchased by the residents of this
state or tbey are registering their
care more promptly.
Andes Spanned First Time
By Pilot In An Aeroplane
BUENOS AIRES. April 13; Lien
tenant Cendelarla of the Argentine
army, today crossed the Andes -by
airplane from Zapala. Argentine, to
Curico, Chile, a distance or ISO kilo
meters. The machine crossed, the
mountains at an altitude ot 3200
meters.
This is the first recorded crossing
of the Andes by airplane. On June
24. 1916. a balloon, onerateri bv Can-
tain Zuloaga and Engineer Bradley,
crossed the Andes from Santiago.
Chile, u Uspallata, Argentina.
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No Assurance Given of
Vladivostok Withdrawal
LONDON ' Anrll 15. Lord Tlobert
Cecils m I n I f nt hlnolrail a n w a t-
Ing a question In the house of com
mons today, said:
"No ssurance has been given tbat
the British and Japanese troops will
be withdrawn from Vladivostok as
soon as order Is restored, but It Is
hoped that the Incident will soon be
closed.
Letters May Be Sent to
U, 5. Men Held Prisoners
NEW YORK. April 15. The At
lantic division of the American Red
Cross announced here today that It
naa oeen granted by the German
war trade board an exclusive blan
ket authorization for the tending of
food, letters and money through the
American Red Cross to American and
allied soldiers 'In, German prison
camps. . . .
Two ten-pound parcels a week may
be sent from Berne to American pris
oners. The parcels may. contain two
heavy loavea of bread a weelc, to
bacco and soap. Special parcels for
invalids may be sent when necessary.
. Because of the overcrowded condi
tion of the mails; however, the Red
Cross advises that parcel be not
sent to allied prisoners, but that mon
ey he mailed to the bureau of allied
prisoners relief, which will arrange
for the purchase and forwarding ot
food and tobacco.
Candidates Invited to
k Give Talks at Mehama
At a picnic to be given in Mehama
grove on May 11, all Republican and
Democratic candidates for. office are
Invited to speak at the afternoon pro
gram. Among those who have al
ready consented to speak are County
Judge W. M. Bushey. Lv J, Adams.,
who is a candidate for county judge
against Mr. "Bushey, and Walter L.
Tooze, who Is not a candidate for dT
flce. Ed. Taylor mho was in yester
dsy from Mehama announced the
plans for the occasion.
OREGON MAY BE
FIRST IN UNION
Woodburn' Is One of Two
Towns in State Yet Short
of Quota
i
PORTLAND. ORE.. April 15.
(Special to The Statesman) Oregon
still Mrts fair to be the first state In
the union with all towns over the
'top in the third liberty loan cam
paign in addition to the honor of b-
Ing.the first state In the union to
overstibxeribo its quota. Only two
town, are holding back and they are
very nearly up to their quotas.
Woodburn. Marion county, lacks but
2- per cent and Oakland. Douglas
county, 18 per cent of reaching their
allotments. With Oregon so near
the eovetM goal feeling runs high
all over the state and scores of tele
grams are blog sent to the delin
quents by other towns urging them
on to vlctorr.
'
KEY POINT i
OF BRITISH
I DANGER
Haig's Forces May Center At
tack to Drive Gera2Ln:
From Neave Eglise YiTicrc
BIoodrFijHt Took Place
MESS INES RIDGE IS
NEWGOALOFHUKS
German Troops Enter Hcl
singfors, Finnish Capital
Americans Firm
(OFFICIAL SUMMARY)
Seven .days after the Germans
launched their gigantic ' assault
against the lrltisj lines between
Lens and Ypres, the momentum or
their attack has been broken and the
waves of the Teutonic forces are re
rolling before the rock of the British
defense. While the Germane have
made gains of ground and Jiave
driven a wedge into the allied-lines
to a considerable depth, they seem
to have failed in their attempt to
break through or lake important
railroad Junctions. ,
Daring the Isst day there have
been bitterly fought engagements la
four places, all on the northern side
or the salient to the south, of Tpres.
Seven assaults against the British
trenches at Mcrville. near the apex
of the triangular dent InMhe British
line have, been burled back by the
British. .Neuve Egllse. on the 'ex
treme southwestern, spar of Ies
slnes ridge, has been taken by the
Germans after a straggle which will
go Into history s one of the greatest
of the past week. . '
The British, however..' have not
retired far and it is possible that
they will at once organise a counter
attack to force tho Germans out of
the town, which, however, if held,
might be a "kicking off" polat for
an attack which might outflank and
make untenable Messlaes ridge, the
key to the British positions about
Ypres.
. Orrnun Method Ineffective!.
"Ballleul and Wulverghem between
Neuve Egllse and Mervllle. have
been the scenes of hard fighting, but
except for Neuve Egllse, on the
northern tide of the salient, have
stood firm. On the southern side
of the salient, according to Berlin.
fierce struggles have been fought.
It has been the German -plan of
campaign since March 21, when the
great offensive started, to strike
hard at some particular sector, and
if that blow was parrlM. to tarn
powerfully against some new point.
This procedure probably will follow
in the next few days, by a new as
sault somewhere south of Arras. An
attack north of Ypres is hardly pos
sible, for the low lands of Belgium
are as yet too water-logged to per
mit active operations. An attack on
lArras would entail the hnrllnr of
I AA ' I . Vim. ' A m. IVa
iiwym kkiui w tiny ' iiuroi w
Labyrinth and other formidable mili
tary works protecting that city.
Flnnl-h Capital Entered.
It may be tbat the savage fighting
reported at IIangard-en-8anterre,
south of Albert, knd on the. center of
the line fsclng Amiens, may mark
the beginning of a new attempt to
sweep westward toward Amiens.
German troops have entered Hel-
slngfors. the Finnish capital. - It was
reported last week that the Russltn
warships which have been there had
made their escape and. reached
Kronstadt, the great Russian naval
base
Amerlmn forces ar Tool are i
stsnding firm before heavy attacks '
by the Germans end have held their
lines Intact in spite or all the weight
of men and metal the enemy has
loosed against them. The Germans
have lost heavily.
The constant German attacks In
this sector ma have some bearing
on the development of the German
offensive campaign and much Inter
est In the situation throughout the
region held by General ' Pershing's
men Is evidenced by the. allied
leaders.
ACCUSATION IS -BRANDED
LOW
"My Cannon in West Is Out
Last Reply' Says Charles
to William 1
BASEL. Switzerland. April 13.
Emperor Charles of Austria has se.it -the
fellowin? teles-ram to Emperor -William
of Germany, according to
advlcen fron Vienna:
'Tlemenceau's accusations axaln.t,
me! are so. lof that I have no Inten-
rtlon longer to discuss this affair
with France.. My cannon in tho west
is our last reply. ,
"In ralthful friendship.
(Signed) "Charlti."