Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-05-05
Village Of Craonne, Forming
Salient in French Lines, Isl
Taken; Front Teuton
! Trenches Occupied,
CHINA SURE TO JOIN
ALLIES IN SHORT TIME
Great Unrest Manifest in Ger
many Over Failure of Chan
ceIIor to State Terms of
Peace,
,sy aors,na ,ouasA, srsc,A. LEASED WIRE,

MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEA6Go WiNCl
French troops in a new offensive
along the Aisne have captured the
village of Craonne and the first Ger
man line on a front of two and one
half miles northwest of Rheims.
Craonne is at the eastern end Of the
vauclerie plateau, the scene of much
desperate fighting recently. and its
possession by the Germans placed a
salient in the French line paralleling
the Chemin- -des- Dams and the Atsne
river. The French not only straight
ened out their line and gained n
strategic position for a further ad-
vance on the Vauclerie plateau, but
also took more than $50 prisoners.
Carry First Trenches.
Advancing northwest of Rheims on
a front of two and a half miles, the
French carried the first German line
and took 600 prisoners. Craonne Is
six miles northwest of Berry-Au- Bac
which Berlin gives as the western ex-
tremity of the French attacking line
northwest of Rheims. Berlin asserts
that the French attack was repulsed
between Berry-Au-Bac and Brimont,
about six miles north of Rheims.
Arras front from east of Vimy south
to Bullecourt have stopped for the
moment, while Field Marshal Haig's $
soldiers strengthen the positions taken
cn Thursday Both the ritish and
II, rna.e, p.tiently have been worn
ut py continuous attaekks and coun-
tt.i- attacks Of tho .ist two dass and tlle
Associated Press correspondent with
the British armies reports that while
the infantrymen rest the artilleries
continue their bombardments.
Berlin Admits Loss.
London reports the capture of more
than 800 prisoners in the attack on
the Arras front Thursday and early
Friday which resulted in the capture
of Fresnoy. and other sectors of the
German line. Berlin admits the loss
of Fresnoy, but says the British were
repulsed everywhere and that the
Germans took over 1000 prisoners.
From the other tattle fronts come
reports only Of scouting and recon
moi. ering rails and artillery duels eX-
cept for a Russian attack in the
Suchitza valley, Rumania, which, Ber-
lin says was repulsed.
Haiti and China are on the verge
of entering the worldwide alliance
3Hu1nSt IleSitchI Anu
guenave of Haiti has called on con-
aress to declare war against Germany
and commission has been appointed
to consider the question. A dispatch
from Pekirc, passed by the censor
after deletions, says that China's
entry into the war at an early date
seems inevitable.
Discomfort in Germany.
The war party is said to be gain
ing the ascendency over the protests
of the president anG senate that China
should not enter the war.
Discomfort has broken out in Ger
many over the governments silence
on Geruany's war aims. Many politi-
cal parties, widely separated as to
their views concerning Germany's
aims, arc demanding that the i'm
rerial chancellor make a statement
on the gpverrTA,i .'olicy. The
socialist prcraean6a for peace with
no indemnities and no annexations Is
said to have aroused great discussion
in German political circles and even
strong annexationsts have joined in
the campaign to force the govern
ment's hand.
Sixty-two British seamen, includ-
ing one officer, are believed to have
been drowned in the destruction of a
British destroyer by q mine.