The Mena weekly star., 1916-06-01
GERMANS KEEP
 UP THEIR GAINS
Positions Extended From Haudre- mont Quarry and Across Ravine- French Report Situation Virtu-
 ally Unchanged--Hol Debate.

Berlin, May 26.-German troops have continued successfully their attacks on the east bank of the Mouse, extending their positions to the west of Haudremont quarry and crossing the Douaumont ravine. the war office announced Friday. South of Fort Douaumont the French were driven back farther. The Germans captured an additional six hundred prisoners and i2 machine guns.
 French Report No Change.
 London, May Violent fighting continues on the Verdun front. but according to the afternoon bulletin of the French war office, it has re- suited in no changes.
 The French have regained some of the ground lost Thursday between Haudremont wood and the Thiau- mont farm east of the Mouse, says the official statement. while west of that stream a German attack on Deadman's Hill was stopped by the French barrier fire.
 The Austrian drive into Italian territory apparently is not proceed ing with anything like it's initial ve- locity.
 Indications that some military move of importance is impending in the Balkans are contained in dis . patches from Greece which report exceptional activity in Saloniki. The entente powers have had a force supposedly of notable strength massed there for some time.
 Action to Avoid Complications.
 Christiana, May 26.-The Norweg- ian American line has decided to have all it's steamships which sail between America and Norway enter kirkwall voluntarily for inspection of their mails in order to avoid com plications arising from attempts to evade the British authorities. by taking the more northerly course.
 The company has purchase a steamship of 1900 tons to bring American coal to Norway for it's vessels, so that they will be less dependent on English bunkers
 The steamship Bereensfiord. which sailed from New York May l3, for Bergen. has arrived safely by way of Kirkwall. where all it's mail was detained by the British author ities.
 U. $. Plays Role in Debate.
 Berlin, May 26.-The United States played a leading role Thursday in the censorship debate in the Reichs- tag. Two of the principal speakers. Deputy 0ertel. conservative and Deputy Hirsch national liberal. se- verely criticised the government for measures which they alleee were adopted to suppress criticism of the United States in the newspapers and to put brakes on the agitation for a more vigorous submarine cam paign.
 Oertel, who is editor of the Deutsche Tages Beitune, attacked the authorities for their attempt to suppress the gigantic petition got up by Prof. Schaefer of Berlin Univer- sity, against Germany yielding to the demands of the United States. He also attacked the government for the censorship exercised over edi- torial comment on the American note.
 Foreign Minister von Jagaw. in reply. declared emphatically that both the military and political au- thorities had agreed that negotia- tions with America must not be impeded by press comment.
 Hirsch resumed the floor after Minister von Jagow had concluded, He reiterated the complaints made by Deputy Oertel, and alluding to the possibility of American media tion. declared it would he impossi- hle to accept the good offices of an "ostensible neutral who soiled it's hands with blood by using it's best efforts to prolong the war"
 Hirseh concluded by asserting that all parties. both of the right and left are in accord in their criticism of the political censorship.