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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-02
BRITISH CLOSING
IN ON ST. QUENTIN
Also Swinging Line Forward at
Various Points in Straight
ening-Out Movement.
FRENCH KEEP UP OFFENSIVE
capture Several German Trench
Systems and Organize Points
Of Support.
FRENCH KEEP UP OFFENSIVE
Bv Associated Press

Tho British forces in France arc
i""r Of st Quentin. considered one oi
the German .tronrholdS. Also TO tho
northwest OF tho town they arc swing
ing their line forward at various points
IN Strengthening out movement tina,
ia making good strides eastward.
Meanwhile the French forces under
General Nivellc are kccpinr up their
offensive 10 tho south and sou.hcas,
o' 81 quentin. and again have made
good progress no,th and south Of tho
Aiictte River. They have captured
several German trench systems and
organized points of support east %;
Ntuviil"- "-surMargivai. iuGicting heavy
casualties on the Germans and driving
ihom back TO the outskirts Of VauNail-
Ion and LaffauX
west OF ST. Quentin the British have
thrust their line through the village
Of Savy and tho wood Of Savy. aud now
are resting only three miles from ST
quentin. Near Savy. the Germans re-
sisted tenaciously. but finally were
beaten of. losing heavily I'm Killed and
wounded. To tho north Of this region
nc villages OF Nendclics on the ST
Ruentin-croisillcs Road and Enchy
aud pciztcre. on the i,oiScl -Cambrai
Road. have been taken Icy Field Mar
shall lIaig's forces
BERiIN ADMITS GERMAN
LINE ~ FORCED BAtI>
The German War Office admits tha,
Ia.
one and one-uuartcr 10 two miles. was
forced 10 give way before the British,
In the region bounded by The paronne-
''ouzcaucourt Road. and the Cmignou
Rrook but says tho British suffered
heavy losses.
>r.!llcry dueis and small operations
carried out by raiding parties continue
on the remainder Of the front in
France and Belgium. The artillery ac-
,ivity is especially severe on the Bel.
rian front and in champagne
Comparative quiet prevails on the
'front.' in Russia and Galicia Near kir-
ltbnba. in the Southeastern Car
pa,hians. Austrian troops in repeated
attacks broke into Russian trenches
but later were elected in "a counter.
attack. y Tcuton;" allied attack south
OF the JacohenN-Nal Putua Road. on
the Houmaninn front, was put down by
tho Russian artillery. and an airshin
was set on fre by Russian airplancs
aud Eunftrc near Odobechti.
The London War Once rcports tho
Illustration by ;he British Of a Turkish
attempt 10 envelop the British near
Del,awsh. thirty-hvc miles north OF
RaGdad, and says ~. Turks there now
arc ia full retreat. Turkish attacks on
the Caucasus front near Alma. which
lies 10 the northeas, Of Erz.ngan, have
been put down by the Russians
Heavy Austrian attacks that are dc
ciarcd 10 have mel r"ith failure are
reported by Rome having taken
place in the Gorilla Sc ctor OF the Aus
ro-tta!iau theatcr Violent artillery
activity still continues east OF Gorilla
and on the Carso front
There has been no change in the
situation in Macedonia
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-02
4,474 RECRUITS IN MARCH
Net Gain In Navy for Month Ia 3,62S
Against 2.0S6 In Feb
fRy Annotated rress.l

WASHINGTON. April IA total of
4,474 men were recruited for the navy
during March, and the net gain for
the month was 3,62S, against 2.0S6
last month. The strength of the navy
now is 62,661 men.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-02
RRITISU DRIVE FORWARD
CLOSE TO ST. QUENTIN
lRy Associated Press.l

tS Associated Fress.J
LONDON, April i.--lleavy fighting
'ool place to-day west OF 81. Quentin.
rcsul,ing In the capture by the British
Of the village Of Savy. Later British
troops attacked Savy wood about a
mile from the village and only three
miles from st. Quentin. and occupied
that position.
The Official report from British head :
quarters in France. which records
these successes, announces also the
capture by the Eritish of Nendelles.
lying further north, and Epchy and
Peiziere. 10 the southeast OF Heudi-
court.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-02
.PAC|F|sTS TO INVADE
WASHINGTON TO-DAY
VIII Attempt to Dissuade Congress
From Taking Action That Will
Lead to War.
THOUSANDS OPPOSE vIEws
Both Factions Expect to Storm Capt.
tol Hill and Endcavor to Present
Views to Senators and Representa-
tives-Flags Flying in Capital.

WASHiNGTON. April L. -Paciiists.
inarshaled by the E.rnersency Peace
Federation. viii invade Washington to-
morrow for the purpose OF attempting
20 dissuade Congress from taking any
action that would lead 20 opon hostil-
iiy between the United States and Ger
many. Leaders of tn. movement al
ready here said Tonight that a, least
1000 persons would assist them
y, the same time host OF "Pilcrims
Of Patriotism" headed by citizens
comm.uce. viii arrive from New York.
for the expressed purpose OF coun-
teracting the activities OF the pacinsts
and the pcacc-at-any-price propa :
eauda."
Special trains are expected TO bring
thousands of them from New York
Philadelphia, Baltimore. Chicago, syria
cuse. Ruhalo and other cities
Eoth factions. according TO their
plans tonight. viii storm Capitol Hill.
and cndeavor to present their views TO
Senators and Representatives, Mem
hcrs OF Congress to-day had an init
nation OF what is in store for them
when they received hundreds of tcle-
grams. some demanding that peace not
be disturbed and others insisting that
the htloi OF tEc country he maintained
by definite action. The White House
also was literally flooded with thous-
ands Of message from both sides.
POLICE FORBID PARADES
BN EITHER FACTION
The police have forbidden paradcs
by either faction. and the DELEGATIONS
VIII be obliged to proceed to the Capi-
iot from their respective headquarters
as individual pedestrians.
y, o'clock tomorrow Tho peace
champions will hold a meeting at Con-
vcntion Hall, at which petitions rcso-
lutions and plans Of action will he
developed. Tomorrow night there will
hc mass-meeting. for which. ii was
learned Tonight. tho pacihst leaders
had some difficulty in obtaining a hall
The antipacitists probably also will hold
a mass-mcctinc in another section of
The city. They have expressed their
determination TO remain in Washing
ton until Congress decides {" take
some definite action
Washington itself is in the grip Of
4 wave of patriotism. In response to
appeals published in the newspapers
NY tho Board of Trade. tho Chamber
Of Commerce. Merchants Associations
and other organizations flags are ny-
ing all over tho city, and the buildings
are decorated with red white and blue
banners. flags and strcamers Inde
pcndcnce Day in Washington seldom
sees Il greater display Of the national
Colors.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-02
All QuIet In Spain.

MAipNiD ID, March 81 (via Paris. April
D.--Dispatches received I'm the capital
to-day from NIL parts Of Spain say
the situation generally is quiet.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-02
OKLAHOMA CITIZENS
INDORSE WILSON'S COURSE
iBy Associated Prcss.I

BY Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA, April -
Resolutions were adopted at a pa
triotic mass-meeting here to-day in
dorsing the course pursued by Prcsi-
Continued on Second PaGc.O
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-02
COFFIN EMPTIED AND
FILLED WITH Firth

We visited a number Of cities and
about fifty villages said Senator
Cheron. "Everywhcrc it is pillage and
cemetery we found a statue Of pcacc.
II is true that in the same cemetery
tomb was violated. Il coffin opened
and cmpticd OF its remains and filled
with Nth
At chauny the Germans DESTROYED
everything by lire and explosions.
There remained nothing OF this city
Germans concentrated the inhabitants
of a certain number Of localities and
then bomhardcd the suburb. making a
number OF victims. For these crimes
there must hc triple punishment-that
OF international law. penal law and
the victory OF 'civilixation
no one to-day would think Of max
transaction would be treason The
hatred against Germany to-day is tho
most holy OF duties"
Minister Niviani. in the name Of the
government. associated himself with
the conclusions Of Senator Chcron.
saying:
Thefts. inccndiarism and assassina
international honor but are crimes of
common law which must be The OBJ
jcct' OF cnforccmcnt They are derived
from the mediocre psychology of the
Germans
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-02
MAIN HEtDQI ARTERS
NOW At I\RE:UINACH

The German main headquarters. ac-
I"rdinG TO reports received. here, now
| ~ established At krcuzuach on The
ishinc; the general staff hcadquar.cr
Al Charlevi!le and Mezieres twin
French towns where Emperor Will
iiam's military capita was located for
almost two years until Won Hindcr-
hurs's appointment 10 the chief com
mand, having been abandoned shortly
before thu Soinme retirement
This change III headquarters pcr-
haps. may throw some light on Won
liindenburg's plans, as the new choice.
while centrally located as regards the
whole western front. Is better s!tu;.t-
Cd for control OF the operations aIou:
the southern sector of that front than
was the former site.
ON the surface there arc Indication :
that the purpose of the Somrne retire.
ment appears TO bc developing. no; as
| scheme for bringing on a great open
Held engagement at that particular
part OF The front. but 10 avoid tho
impending onslaught by the mighty
array OF Anglo French artillery mass
I'd on that section, and to delay a
renewal OF an Anglo-Frepch offensive
by the time required to advance the
big guns TO the new line.
Recent references 10 the retirement
received here or expressed by Gcrma n
military critics turn on the ability Of
the new line to resist tho battcring
OF the entente offensive. and the Tcu-
ton commanders are said no longer to
be concerned with the possibility OF a
great battle in the region between AZ:
ras and the Aisne. because tho dc =
s,ruction OF roa,is and communica-
tions has rendered it UNIT for bat
4 Gald
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SENATE SHOWS WRATH
OVER GERMAN SAvAGERY
Votes Resolution Denouncing to Civ
ilizcd World Devastation OF
Northern France.
ID EN- \ Nd FOR PUNISHMENT
Determined 10 Continue War Until
German Imperialism and Mill
tariSm Arc Crushed-The Hague
Conventions But Scraps OF Paper
DEMA Nd FOR PUNISHMENT

PARIS. April 1.-The senate yestcr-
day showed its wrath at the dcvaSta-
tions in Northern France by voting a
resolution dcnouncinc TO the civilized
world the acts of tho Germans and
demanding that the authors be
punished, and resolving TO continue
the war until German Imperialism and
miii,arism are definitely crushed The
resolution was prepared by Senator
Henri Chcron. member OF the com
mittec that visited the evacuated
region OF the Sommc after the recent
retreat His speech on the resolution
as we'll as one by Rene Viviani. Min
lister of Justice. brought repeated and
prolonged applause. and the Senate
voted that the two addresses he posted
in all public places in France.
Senator Chcron said that Germany
as a signatory to The i.ague convcn-
tions. gave guarantee against the
abuse of person or property. This had
been treated as simple scrap OF pa
per. he said, and IL would he necessary
TO 70 back ages to find such acts Of
saraGcry and devastation as the com
mittce found in Northern France.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-02
MUsTERING MEN on VERY
VERGE OF AGE LIMIT

For some time the German authori-
tics. in grand combinE out Of men
earlier pronounced unh, for service
have been mastering men on the very.
verge }, the age limit. bu; UP To the
present they have announced tina, the
necessity has not yet arisen for lcSis-
l.,iion raising the age limit to sixty
Ave. a. has been done in Austria
hungary.
The Workings Of the labor-service
releasing for service at the front every,
available man behind the lines capable
OF carrying a rife, so that the next
Two or three months should sec the
Gcruiat armies AT their maximum size.
simultaneously with this draining to
the dreEs OF human reservoirs of sol
der material. Germanys industrial
mobilization also is approaching Il
climax y scheme for converting every
available factory and employing every
available machine on war work and
manning them with labor obtained un-
der the laborservicc law is contcm
plated. The output of cannon muni-
tons. therefore. should soon reach its
maximum
The secret OF Field Marshal Won
iiindenburg' plan OF employing the
army so rc-enforced and supplied 10
its maximum extend in tho 1917 cam
paisn still is we'll kept. 1t is unccr-
tain whether the offensive will be di.
rccied in the east or i'll the west and
The Germans strategic reserve at last
accounts had not begun TO move in
either direction.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-02
Prepares for Supreme Ef-
fort With Which Hin
denburg Expects to End
War This Year.
iHy Associated Press l

COrENiiAGEN, April fvia Lon
donJ.-tiermany. according to informa-
tion reaching here from Berlin. now
is gathering 10 the colors every avail
abl" man for Il supreme military effort
10 bring tho war 10 victorious con-
cinsion in this Years cainpaign-a goal
which Field Marshal Won Ifindcnburr
and his advisers consider by no means
impossible OF attainment
Without altering formally the law
Of military service. the German au-
tnrritics hay" ia practice extended the
period OF service beyond the forty-nfth
year. and are retaining with the
coiors. and in many instances for fight
ing duty with active units in the front
line, i.andsturm men who have passed
this age
The policy Of the German War Dc
partmcnt. AS stated In the Rcichstag
this we.;s by military representa-
tive. is to withdraw those mon over
forty-dve from the front line after
they have done six months Of duty
there. but military exigcncics compel
tho holding of tbcse ovcr-age men for
service in the 3o-calcd "etape" or
region behind tho actual fighting front
The sun., 1917-08-25
How the Law Progresses.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr: J.
Brewster Roe states that a moratorium
Is unconstitutional under the Federal
cause 1t is an ex post facto legislation
and impairs the obligation Of contracts.
The United States Supreme Court and
our several State highest courts are
continually lesislating. by making de-
cisions that widen and narrow the sew
eral Constitutions. II they didn't there
would not be the present progress in
law.
Retroactive legislation has repeatedly
been passed and held constitutional by
our highest courts.
The legislative suspension Of rights
for enforcement OF legal remedies under
contracts has always been held constitu-
tional and as not impairlng the obliga.
tion of a contract.
The United States on April s. 1917.
declared itself at war with Germany.
and from that date had even the right
to impair the obligation Of any contract
and is doing SO: whether the several
States have an equal right may be q
moot question.
Mr.. Roe needn't worry. the proposed
mortgage moratorium will become law
and be declared constitutional by the
highest State court and by the Supreme
Court Of the United States
j. BLEEcKER MILLER.
NEW YORK, August "a.
The sun., 1917-08-25
Snubb1nE La Toilette.

Mr.. LA TOILETTE should possess to-
day very clear idea of the disesteem
In which he is held by his Senatorial
colleagues. That body Is at the mo-
ment clearly dominated by a desire to
impose upon great incomes and what
are called swollen profits an increas-
ing share Of the financial burden of
the war. Last Wednesday, moved by
a stirring speech from Senator HIRAM
JOHNSON, the Senate adopted the So
called Lenroot amendments to the
report OF the Finance Committee by
which about S67. 10000 Is added to
the revenue to be produced by taxes
upon incomes-the added sum being
derived by surtaxes upon incomes of
more than 100000. An additional
amendment offered by Senator PETER
GoELEr GERRY-a name that suggests
no personal aversion to the pOssessors
of great accumulated wealth--put es-
pecially heavy taxes upon incomes ex.
ceeding $5OO,00O each, which In the
committee report had been taxed al
no greater a percentage than those OF
more modest proportions.
The Senate had thus shown Its fixed
determination to cOnscript wealth as
well as manhood when the La Fol
lette amendments of similar import
came up on Thursday. 1t is quite
true that much OF what Ia FoLLErrl
sought had been accomplished by tn,
The sun., 1917-08-25
TEACHING GERMAN.
Reply to the Scholar who Argued for
the Retention Of the Language.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-ST: IN
reply TO your correspondent Richard
Brooke, OF Portland, ore, 1t may he said
that no nation on earth but Germany
has haC to the fullest extent, and with
the uneQualled advantages OF the mother
tongue, the GLORIOUS messages of
Luther, Gutenberg, Goethe, Kant, Schil-
ler and Beethoven" and the unHs tched
treasures "of research and Of crittc-sm"
to which he so feelIngly refers,
Notwithstanding this heritase--if not
because OF 1.-THE German nation stands
before the world to-day the embodiment
OF educated barbarism and cultivated
brutality. Everything that ever was
written In the German language is
fatally discredited by the infamous ac-
tivties Of the German nation OF this
present--her scholars no less than her
superbcstial armies. There was not a
single saving word in 1t all to hold her
back from the unspeakable degrade ton
In which she now stands, and stands
proudly.
The world can lose nothing of slight
est value in blotting out forever even
the memory OF everything which has in
any degree contributed to the evolution
Of this degenerate and despicable peo-
pie, There are other languages enough
to hold the great truths of moment to
the human race. We know now, IL not
before. that the German thought and
language never held any of them
RICHARD FERRs.
New YORK, August es.
The sun., 1917-08-25

shall be well or badly disciplined, and
attacks on civilians by soldiers are
not to be tolerated at a time when
opportunities for collusion between
them are more numerous than they
have ever been before.
But before the negro soldiers ars
condemned we should learn what
conditions surrounded them at Camp
Logan. and whether the State and
municipal authorities used their best
efforts from the beginning to elimi-
nate causes of Ill feeling. The whole
policy Of assigning negro troops to
communities where strong predis.
position opposed to them exists calls
for examination. We do not say that
black troops should be kept out Of the
South; there may be excellent reasons
for sending them to intOlerant and
suspicious settlements. II there are,
these should be made clear; common
sense recommends that all unneces-
sary friction be avoided In the assign
ment Of troops. and that local condi.
tions Ms well as bureaucratic routine
be considered.
Meantime let II be remembered that
negroes have won good regulations
as soldiers; that white men in every
army In the world are likely to break
loose and commit outrages; and that
the kind Of treatment given to en-.
listed men by the civilians among
whom they serve has n great influence
on their behavior.
The sun., 1917-08-25
MR.. MURPHY,S PLAN.
he Longs to Save Something From
the Wreck Of Tammany.

To THE EDITOR or THE SrN-ST: II
Hearst is substituted by Tammany for
Hylan it will be merely for the reason
that, scenting possible defeat at the
polls with either at the head Of their
ticket. the Hall will make desperate
effort to elect the remainder of the city
ticket anc borough tickets in order to
get possession of majority OF votes in
the Board of Estimate and Apportion-
ment.
II will even extend to Il fusion agree
ment between Tammany and Hearst to
cover the candidates OF Assembly anG
.Aldermanic candidates.
In that event Mr.. Hearst would he
the loser. for. as in the State campaign
OF 1900. the powers that be on Four
teenth street would save their hiGcs TO
some extent II not wholly.
Self-preservation is the first law with
Mr.. Murphy and his clans. and they viii
resort to that measure even at the eX-
pense OF skinning Mr., Hearst alive by
trading votes. DOUBTFUL VOTER.
NEW YORK, August "a
The sun., 1917-08-25
The sullivan Clubs Withdrawal
FFem Tsmmany Hall.

The Bowery, renouncing MURPHf
and all bis pomps and nominations,
has In mind the dear dead days when
the vote Of the lower East Side was
more substantially recognized by Four.
teenth Street. 1t seems particularly to
grieve because the nomination for the
office Of Sheriff, the fattest lawful
prize within the gift Of New York, has
gone elsewhere. 1t remembers that Big
TIM nominated ERLANGER for the Of
flee and that later on CHRIsTY SULLI-
VAN had the opportunity to win but
couldn't. julius HAMBURGER, hailing
from a Sullivan district. was elected
Sheriff two years after CHRIsTY's de-
feat. FOLEY and AL SMITH were &C.
ceptable nominees to the Sullivanites
and both were winners at the polls.
II SMITH, who lives In FoLEY's dis
trict, had been nominated for Mayor
AS the rank and file expected-the
East Side would not have felt en-
titled to the Shrievalty nomination /;
but the fact that SMITH was put
up by MURPHY for President of the
Board Of Aldermen does not cheer the
Tammany privates. They like SMITH,
but they believe he Is going into bat
lie on field where identification tags
will come In handy. Hence the gen.
eral unrest on the BOwery and the
kicks at MURPHY with shoes that
never sank "two inches into velvet
carpets"
1t is true that the Sullivans proper
are now few in number. Big TIN
Little TIM and FLoRRIE passed with
tragic rapidity from a political stage
upon which they had been the most
picturesque actors. When TIMOTHY
p. SULLIVAN died the real fire of the
clan was out. Big TIN still held that
fetichistic power which youth spen,
with the people had won for him, but
II was nothing that could be trans
mitted to another. Where TIMOTHY
d. controlled eight Assembly districts
PADDY controls one. But the power
lost by the Sulllvans has not beer
absorbed by MURPHY, and that II
why the city-and particularly Judge
HYLAN-is treated to the spectacle OF
the Bowery rising up to say that thu
Democracy Of New York must bt
purged from Murphyism by reflect
ing an Independent Mayor.