Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-04-07
HERE AND THERE
WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF
PARAGRAPHS
War News.

All of the lower forest of Coucy has
fallen into the hands of the French to-
gether with the villages of Petit Ba-
risis, Verueuil and Coucy-la-Ville, ac-
cording to an official statement issued
by the French war office. This impor-
tant territory lies to the south of La
Fere and west of Laon- The French
advance has now reached the western
outskirts of the forest of st. Cobrain
and the upper forest of Coucy..
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Apparently a renewal of fighting in
Rumania is indicated by the German
official communication, which says the
Russians have been prevented from
carrying out an attack south of the
Trotus valley.
Though strongly opposed by the
Germans, the French troops have &C.
cupied the town of Fo1embray and La
Feuil.ee south of the Coucy Forest,
says an official statement issued by the
French war office. Progress also has
been made by the French north of
scissors in the neighborhood of
Vregny.
The British attacked and captured
the village of Lagnicourt, according to
an official report from British head
quarters in France. North of the Ba-
paume-Cambrai road thirty prisoners
and a machine gun was taken.
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Another important advance has been
made by the French in their move
ment against the strongly defended
town of st. Quentin, the war office re-
porting that the position embracing
Castres and Essigny-Le-Grand, extend
ing over front of about two and
half miles, has been taken. Heavy
fighting has been in progress in v1ri-
Gus sectors, and the French report
large German losses.
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German rear guards engaged with
hostile forces near Beaumetz and
Boisel and east. of the CroZat Canal on
the front in Northern France have
fallen back according to orders after
inflicting losses, German army head
quarters announced.
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The French forces operating to the
northeast of the ST. Quentin Canal
have pushed back the Germans be-
tween one and a quarter and two and
ditional ground on the heights north
east of Tergnier overlooking the Disc
valley, according to a French official
communication.
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Encounters between British patrols
and German detachments have oc-
CURED along the general line from
Beaurains to Etreillers, an official
communication from British head
quarters in France says. South of
Arras and near the center of the line
German counter attacks, the state
ment adds, were driven off and the
British positions were maintained.
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Washington.
War preparations by the govern
ment recently included calling into
the federal service of a score of addi-
tional guard regiments for police serv-
ice in the Western and Middle IVES
tern states, and an order for the i'm
mediate recruiting of the marine corps
to full war strength of 1900 men.
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The farmers of America have been
appealed to by Secretary Houston to
join in agricultural preparedness meas
ures so that the country may not be
handicapped by food shortage in it's
efforts to meet the international crisis.
Elimination of waste, conservation of
surplus and attainment of maximum
crop returns were outlined as impera-
tive steps for strengthening agricul-
tural resources.
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Accusing Germany of regarding
treaties as mere scraps of paper, the
United States governments recent
note regarding reconstruction of the
1899 treaty informed Germany that
further engagements" would be use
less.
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The State Department announced re-
Gently that DR.. Orestes Ferrara, leader
of a Cuban revolutionary junta with
headquarters in New York, had been
notified that his activities in the
United States were obnoxious.
American national banks have set a
new high record for resources, again
revealing the United States as incom-
parably the richest nation in the
world, according to a report recently
announced by Comptroller Williams
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Domestic.
A national advertising advisory
board, headed by Herbert s. Houston.
president of the Associated Adver,tis-