The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-05-04
.ERIN SONS URGED
TO join With 7. R.
SHOULD RAJ.
LII To FLAG FOR DUTY IN
TRENCHES.
LOOK FOR SUBMARINES
Sir Alfred Yarrow Offers 800 To
Any One Sighting U-boat on
L.. >. shore.

London, April 3O.-Sight a Ger
man submarine from an American
ship within twenty-four miles of tht
American coast, and if you are al
American citizen and one of the frs
three to do so, Sir Alfred Yarrow, tnt
Great Britain ship builder, will pa!
you s1OO.
Some time ago he made such ar
offer to Englishmen on English ship,
and he has gladly paid a dozen re
wards. Yesterday morning l wired
asking if he would extend the Offer
to Americans. lie telegraphs an en-.
/ thusiastic assent.
Sir Alfred has found that the re
ward stimulates to watchfulnoss and
I that a reward for sighting a sub.
marine is better than a reward ior
/ sinking one, because it is difficult to
determine whether a disappearing
submarine sinks voluntarily after J,
has been fired upon. Sailors ar
naturally careless OF their own safe
ty, and it is hard to make them
watchful.
a submarine sighted in good tins
rarely hits a ship which can dodge.
and an armed vessel not taken I'M
awares can fight effectively.
British Gun-POwder Supreme.
An authoritive military expert
says, in reviewing the weeks fight
ing, that three features of Interest
stand out in regard to the battles OF
Arras: British superiority in gun
powder, British recovery of air do
mination, and the hard fighting by
the Germans in open warfare, which
is using up reserves intended for 4
blow at Italy or Russia.
The German guns are literally
swamped by the weight of the Brit
ish fire. This is due to the increase
in the British guns, not to any de-
crease in the number OF German guns
II was shown by the capture of 100
guns on Vimy Ridge that the Hun
still has plenty.
1t is due also TO the existence OF
The British air observation, result
ing from the great air battles of the
past week, in which the British, even
at heavy cost. attained their object
of driving the. Germans from the air.
All the German Gun positions,
though cunningly hidden. were de-
tected miles behind their front and
smothered by the British fire.
Teutons Forced from Trenches.
The enemy has now been forced
from his trenches TO fight open bat
ties to gain time for the completion
of the Rindenberg line. His reserves
have been flung III recklessly and
used up rapidly. The British losses
have been gratifyingly small. So
far, every objective set by Field
Marshal Haig has been gained at a.
smaller cost than was expected. This
is due 20 gun superiority, enabling
him TO save life and reap the banc-
tit Of two years of giant organization
and manufacture In Great Britain
and America.
no sensational advance may be cX-
peeled for some time. Cen. Maurice
director Of military operations, says:
eve must beat them in the open now
They are in front OF their new line,
and forced to stand and fight. 1t
will take work, but there is no doubt
OF the result"
Italy and Russia are relieved for
the time. and altogether if the Brit
ish decsively win the Arras battle.
IN any case, the attack is much
weakened by the German loss Of u
strategic reserve.
In MesOpOtamia the capture Of Sa-
mara il important. II is the terminus
| of the }agdad branch Of the Bagdad
Railway. The quality OF the rolling
stock and material indicated demon
alization among the Turks, who were
unable 10 destroy or remove IT,
Allies Sweep Onward,
The country IS now cleared for a
wide stretch Of sixty miles north of
Bagdad. ana the Junction with the
/ Russians at Kasrichirin assured q
! continued sweep north toward Mosul,
the greatest Turkish base in Asia
Minor.
The campaign in Palestine is also
going we'll. This new advance near
GAIA promises further progress to-
ward Jsffa and Jerusalem, and the
elimination of Turkey from the Holy
Land.
The week has been comparatively
quiet on the French front. from Sois-
sons 10 Auberiye, but the activity ol
the guns indicates preparations for a
new blow, probably in the direction
OF Crasonne aud OF the t9dics' read
atop the ridge cOmmandinp t.la pain