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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23
Russians Welcome
Political Prisoners
Maria Spiridonovo Carried on
Shoulders Of Crowd

London, March pa Petrograd dis
patch 20 Reuters says that political
prisoners released from the Hertchinsk
prison. in Siberia, have arrived at
Chita, where they were welcomed by
military bands. Among the prisoners
was Maria Spiridonovo. who was car
ried through the streets on the shout
ders of the crowd.
Maria Spiridonovo. the daughter Of q
Russian general. shot and Killed ChieI
of Police Luzhenoffsky. Of Tambov, in
1906. She was sentenced to death, but
the sentence was committed TO twenty
wears Imprisonment. While in jail she
was tortured by two police officers, who
for eleven hours kicked her back and
forth across her cell, tore her hair ana
burned her flesh with lighted cigarettes.
Roth of her torturers were afterward
murdered.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23

reach their new line If they have not
done so already-they will say to the
French: See what has happened 10
your country; do you want to stop now
or have us evacuate the rest OF your
lands in the same way?
! asked General Maurice If he pc
lieved the Germans would halt on the
Hindenburg line. He said he thought
they would attempt to stand on that
front, though it wasn't at all certain
Fires in Arrss Region
From Lille TO Arras," he said,
there have been big fires and expio-
sions recently behind the German lines,
lust as there were before they evacu-
ated the Somme sector. II they do not
stop along the Cambrai-Laon line 1t Is
probable they will defend the Lille
Valenciennes- Charleville-Meus posi-
ton. which will carry them well out
OF France and along the Belgian from
tier.
But heavy fighting is developing on
the TANKS of the present movement,
showing the Germans have the support
of their guns there and that they are
not going to abandon the HindenburS
lire without exacting heavy TOLL
General Maurice showed me series
OF aeroplane photographs taken soon
after the withdrawal started. Some OF
these show how fires were deliberately
etarted in various parts Of the evacu-
ated villages, far beyond the reach OF
TIE British guns. Others show great
mine craters at the crossroads through
ont the abandoned districts.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23
Reports of Belgian
Misbehavior Denied
British Official Refutes Stories Of
Refugees Laziness

London, March % Replying to re-
ports published in the United States
that Belgian refugees here were lazy
and vicious, Baron Rhondda, President
OF the Local Government Board to-day
said:
81 would consider 1t extremely un-
just and unfair" he said, that that
sort of reprobation should be directed
against the Belgian refugees in Eng
land can only say that more than
200, 900 Belgians, settling in a country
new to them in habits and language
arriving here upset after the scenes OF
massacre and incendiarism they had
witnessed and naturally inclined to
depression as the result of their
tedious exile, have behaved wonder
fully we'll under such abnormal cir
cumstances.
According to official statistics. il
appears that the great majority OF
persons capable OF being employed are
working and largely maintaining them
selves and their families, and IL is safe
TO say that at least so per cent of such
persons are employed at the present.
time.
1.-THE committee appointed last sum.
mer, under the Craftsmanship OF the
late Duke of Norfolk, 70 inquire into
the Belgian situation reported:
1--WE should like to take this oppor-
tunity of paying our tribute to the
courage and dignity with which the
Belgian refugees, with fewer excep-
tions than might have been expected.
have conducted themselves in this
country in the sad circumstances Of
their exile"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23
u. S. inquiries Again
About Lost Consuls
Does Not Know Whereabouts
of Four Officials Last Re-
ported Held in Munich

Washington, March 22.-slarm over
the fate of four American consuls or
dercd from Germany to Turkey on the
severance of relations, and last report
ed held at Munich, has caused the State
Department to inquire about them
again through the Spanish Ambassador.
An inquiry was first sent about two
weeks ago.
The consuls were ordered trans
ferred to Turkish posts 10 relieve
others almost broken down from over
work. After some delay Germany de-
clared they were being held until the
United States assured the uninterrupt.
ed voyage of former German Consul
Mueller, at Atlanta, from Havana to
Ecuador. This difficulty disposed OF,
Turkey demanded that the consuls DO
accredited under new exequaturs.
This the United States refused and
Turkey withdrew the request. IL then
developed that Germany would not al
low the consuls TO go until u was
learned if they were personally accept
able 20 Turkey Beyond this the in
formation Of the department does not
go. and officials are at loss to know
where the men are or what has been
the actual cause OF so much trouble.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23

were leaving. At Rouy it was stated
By scores OF persons that the inhat
itants of this village and of several
other villages had been gathered 1T
Rouy-le- Petit and told 70 remain IN
certain houses a certain number OF
hours while the Germans got away.
While they were so herded together,
they declared, the Germans had sent
two hundred shells into the village,
killing several persons. The funerals
in progress in the village to-day lent
color to the story. People in other
villages also assert that they heard
this firing and thought battle was in
progress.
BOYS Carried Away
1t was pitiful TO motor to-day through
villages far from the firing line and
untouched by any shells. and yet were
in absolute ruins. Active steps are
being taken 10 relieve the people.
About the only persons seen are old
men, women and children. Boys who
had attained the age of sixteen years
or more since the German occupation,
and men who were considered over the
military age by the French, were taken
off by the Germans for work behind
AHtll llhGcs fldii. Va lHtNt itNNh IVY y
and old men had been compelled 10
work in the German trenches, where
they met many Belgians and Russians.
II was asserted that one of the reasons
for the wholesale deportation of Bel
gians was the necessity for construct
ing the new positions to which the Ger
mans have fallen back.
The amount of work involved in saw
ing down fruit trees is almost meal
culable, and everywhere the destruc-
ton seems to have been carried out
within the last few days. The German
assertion that some trees were de
stroyed TO block the roads was belied
in many places. where trees deliber-
ately cut down fell away from the road
way. In any event, the clearing of the
roads Of fallen trees was a matter of
few minutes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23
Germans Stand on St. Quentin Line
And Launch Counter Attacks
German Retreat and Strategy

miles more of French territory, but it
would not give up territory Of great
military value and it would permit the
shortening and Strengthening Of the
German line. 1t seems the thing to
expect.
AS to a further retreat, a retreat
from the whole Of the Lille-St. Quentin
Laon line to some line nearer the from
tier, or perhaps along the frontier, this
must remain a riddle for some days.
No one knows exactly that the Lille
st. Quentin line is the true Hin
denburg line, although it has been de-
scribed as such. But all military OBJ
servers know that the Germans had a
second line at these points, and this
second line would give them temporary
protection and hating place, even il
they had determined to go back TO the
frontier.
What we must now look 10 is, first, a
probable withdrawal between Cambria
and Lille, with a stand and possible
counter offensive between Cambria and
tension of the whole retreat to the
have now accomplished with complete
success the first phase of their scheme.
They have escaped from the Bapaume
and Noyon salients, they have short
ened and Strengthened their line from
the Aisne to the Scarpe and a retreat
from the Scarpe to the Lys, in front
of Cambria and Lille, should be a minor
affair by comparison.
Upset Allied Plans
What the German semi official state
ments say about the strategy in falling
back and avoiding the blow which the
Allies had prepared during the winter
months is exactly true. Even if the
Germans stand on their present line it
will take several months for the British
and the French to get their communica-
tons and their transport in the shape
these were in when the Allies began the
battle of the Somme. Thus the Germans
have postponed the shock for at least
two months.
What the Germans say about attack
ing remains entirely predetermined.
They would naturally claim that they
had retired with the purpose of regain
ing the initiative, which is exactly what
Joffre did in falling back to the Marine
and then counter attacking. But this is
a problem for the future. The Germans
made wonderful retreat, completely
successful so far as we can judge; they
have paralyzed for the time being the
great Allied offensive, and they have
not sacrificed any territory which is of
material military advantage. On the
other hand, the moral effect of their re-
treat will be great and will be the
greater if they do not make some sue
cessful attack in France or elsewhere
before very long.
But it is necessary to recall once
more that while il is clear that the
Germans have halted for the moment
and NAV have halted permanently, this
is not sure. and that another week may
or may not see the resumption of the
retreat to the frontier.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23
Raider Moewe
Reaches Germany;
Took II Ships
Voltaire Among Twenty.
two Steamers Captured,
Berlin Says

Berlin. March 22.-The German aux
Germany from a second cruise in the
Atlantic ocean, on which she captured
twenty-seven ships, aggregating 1884,
100 tons, it was announced to-day by
the German Admiralty. The statement
says:
"The ship captured twenty-five
steamers and five sailing vessels. They
included twenty-one hostile steamers,
of which eight were armed and five II
the service Of the British Admiralt.',
as we'll as four hostile sailing ships.
among those taken were the Vol
taire. carrying a 12-centimetre gun;
the Norwegian steamer HallbjoerG
1857 tons. and the Mount Temple"
The foregoing official statement Is
the first definite declaration as to the
identity of the German raider that
sank ship after ship in the South At
lantic last December and January and
sent to Germany on the steamer var
rowdale 469 prisoners. comprising the
crews of eight vessels. and incl udinG
many Americans. who were released
from German prison camps only two
weeks ago.
The Moewe returned to Germany. al
ter her first cruise, on March 3, 1916
with 1893 prisoners and 100000 marks
in gold taken from fifteen vessels
captured and destroyed or informed.
The exploits of the Moewe hrst came
TO the notice of the world when the
British steamship Appam came INTO
Newport News in charge of prize
crew. Scores of British and french
warships have searched the seas Tor
two years to end the Moewe's activ-
tiles, but she has again succeeded II;
dndninN fhen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23

deepens, the political motive underly-
ing Germany's systematic destruction
Of property becomes more significant.
When the first reports of the devasta-
ton of the evacuated territory were
received, it was suggested in these dis
matches that Germany hoped thereby to
terrorize the French into a cry for peace
as soon as the Hindenburg line had
been reached and it became necessary
for the Allies 10 begin a new and te-
dious offensive movement To-Day
Brigadier General Maurice told me ne
thought the e was a great deal TO TINS
theory. -
"Such wholesale destruction with ao-
solute ruthlessness," he declared: rs
unjust.fed by any military necesslties'
7, NAV be that when the Germans reach
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23
40, 900 Portuguese Aid
Allies on West Front

More than 10000 Portuguese sol
diers are aiding the Allies on the
western front, according to John h.
Mills. of this city. who returned yes
terdsy on the French liner Espagne
from Bordeaux.
mot only have the Portuguese af {,
forded substantial help in Africa
said Mr.. Mills. "but they have done
more than their share IN supplying
men and munitions for the campaign
on the Western front. There IS ,. no
country more loyal to the Allied d
cause than Portugal. nor is there any
country so greatly misjudged; IT rs Is
the belief among many that Portugal
bss only done her part grudginsly,, at
Great Britain's behest. but IN realty
she has willingly given the blood o., J,
her men TO the cause Of CIVILIZATION.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23
Too Early for Peace
Union, Says Ribot
Democratic Progress Must
Come Before u. S. Idea
Is Realized

Paris, March 22.-Premier Ribot, in
replying to inquiries and comments
upon the new ministerial dec laration
made in the Chamber of Deputies yes
terday, said, in abiding TO peace, that
"it is too early to say what this
peace should be.
when the United States makes a
generous appeal for the constitution
of a society Of nations we say that
this is a great idea; that this is an
idea which has future, but to realize
it all nations called to enter into this
society must have attained some de-
gree Of liberal and democratic evolu-
ton"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23
MYSTERIOUS Armed Ship
of Madeira Islands

Havana, March 22.-The crew of the
Spanish steamship Angel B. Perez, ar
irving this morning from Valencia, re-
ported that large merchant vessel
with one gun at her stern, without
name and flying no flag. approached
their ship rapidly near the Madeira
Islands. After a close scrutiny she de-
parted without signalling.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23
BY FRANK II. SIMONDS

Unless all signs fail. the Germans
have reached their new line of defences
between Cambria and Laon. As early
as Tuesday the French had arrived
within three miles of La Fere and
four of st. Quentin. Since then they
have made no appreciate progress,
save in strengthening their front.
South Of the Disc they have pushed
forward slowly toward Laon. but are
not yet quite up to what must be
their selected position on this end OF
the line. North of St. Quentin the
British have advanced until their
front now prolongs the French to a
point of intersection with the old
positions before Arras. Substantially
the whole front is now a straight line
running from Arras to the Aisne, east
of scissors.
We now face two problems. one i'm
mediate and the other eventual. We
have to discover, first. whether the
Germans mean now to straighten their
line north of Cambria. thus making
their whole front a straight line from
Laon TO Lille. or whether they mean
to stay in their old positions between
Arras and Lille. We have also to
consider whether the stay in the line
that has been taken up, the line we
have come to call the Hindenburg line,
is TO be permanent or temporary.
Arras Retreat Likely
Reports from the British front yes
terday. mentioned in Mr.. Diapers
7 III q
withdrawal from before Arras. This
is the logical step. As it stood yes
terday the German line. after coming
straight up from the Aisne and pass
ing before Laon, La Fere and st.
Quentin, to the outskirts of Cambria,
made a sharp bend TO the west as far
as Arras, and then along the old front
curved back to the forts of Lille. Here
is a salient that might become dan
gerous; hence the expectation that we
shall soon have news of the evacua-
ton of Lens and La Bassee and the
retirement to the front before Lille
and Douai, and thence to Cambria.
Following regular military procedure
the Germans would naturally draw
back first on one flank and then on
the other. They have now completed
the withdrawal on the left or southern
flank from Cambria to Laon. In the
natural order of things, they would halt
now and even counter attack on this
flank, while they drew back on the right
or northern flank. and all signs point
to such an operation now. And such
counter attacks are suggested by the
latest French official report. which
speaks of "a number Of attempts to
draw out the French from the east
bank Of the st. Quentin Canal
Would Lose Coal Mines.
A withdrawal on this northern flank
would give the French the coal mines OF
Lens. the most important in France,
but doubtless these have been wrecked.
1t would surrender, perhaps, 500 square
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23
China to Send Germans
Home by Way of u. S.

Washington. March 22.-China il ar
ranging TO send the dismissed German
diplomatic and consular officials in that
country back to Germany by way Of
the United States, and has secured the
consent Of the State Department TO
their passage across the continent
under safe conduct.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23
100 Standard Mercantile
Ships Ordered by Britain

London, March 22.-The government
has arranged for the construction Of
100 standard mercantile ships in three
sizes of $4,000, 5000 and 5000 tons,
respectively, according to a statement
made in the House of Commons to-
day
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23
.,b and British Advance
,ar Overcoming Strong
Resistance
.,ton Cavalry Now
cichting on New Front
lin Declares Trench War
t,,. Ended and Predicts
Real Battle
o. ARTHUR 5. DRAPER


m, cable 70 The lribuht-l
uarcb 22.-While the French
~. British forces in France made
liable progress to-day along the
s.oro Arras TO the Aisne, 1t is
:, from all reports that the Ger
40 now standing on the St
ala Fere line. From the region
|. Quentin to the Disc the French
cred marked resistance and
me 70 press forward only after
nd engagements.
~ Of Tergnier Nivelle's troops
..,.5 their positions east of the st.
-, Canal, driving the enemy from
- important defensive positions.
= = Scissors they occupied several
-. in the face of strong opposi-
r.l,ot attempts by the Germans to
:. Ne French from the east bank OF
!. ouentin Canal broke down be-
= Sarrage of machine-gun fire,
-.norts Between the Laon road
a. Aisne the Germans delivered
:. strong attacks against the new
|,,,. line. but without making any
,,,sOn on 1t.
,..,b Of the river French artillery
|.s,s.s the enemy's columns and in
H. severe losses on them. French
-, succeeded in forcing a crossing
!, Aillette River at several points.
suOvstorms Impede British
,,,nl Haig reports that 1.-THE en-
= assistance is increasing along our
IL, iront from west of St. Quentin
,.-,b OF Arras," adding that heavy
storms were hampering the Brit
I!vsnee.
- German official reports are sig
|s,,t There is no mention OF
.-.r retirement in either of them
| = nrly statement speaks of clashes
nan advanced detachments," while
s,'sht report states that only minor
-ar.nents between the SOmme and
l;ne' took place.
tspsteh from Berlin by way OF
serbian states that some critics IN
.-,,y believe trench warfare is over
~, section Of the West front. The
Ia, German cavalry are now in
4 With British and French mounted
rs indicates, according to this re-
h lat great events are taking place
Z rs. real battle is in prospect.
h sSoateh concludes with the state
BE-. lat the use of cavalry at the
,sx. time on the scene Of the Ger
n E.hdrawal will be extensive, "be-
a.s ,sither side is now protected by
WEES"
Escuate $50 Square Miles
. 70 Yesterday the Germans had
1ai.sd $50 square miles Of French
-sy. according 10 Paris estimates.
3 rss includes 366 towns and viii
~ The Germans still hold nine
" IS much territory in France as
49, \
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23
Kaiser's Cousin Lost
In Airplane Raid
Prince Friedrich Karl Is Miss
ing-Aviator Mann
schott Killed

Berlin. March % (by wireless to say
e).-Announcemen is made that an
airplanc piloted by Prince Friedrich
Karl, cousin of Emperor William, hat
not returned from a raid over the lines
between Arras and Peronne.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23

MARI, "A COUSIN VI LinpNiOi w Aiboihi hNN
not returned from a raid over the lines
between Arras and Peronne.
London, March 22.-Another of Ger
many's best military aviators, Fritz
Mannschott. has been killed in an air
fight on the Western front, according
to a Berlin dispatch.
Prince Friedrich Karl and his broth
err. Prince Friedrich Sigismund, sons
of Prince Friedrich Leopold Of Prus-
STA, joined the German flying corps in
January. Prince Friedrich Karl was
twenty-three years old.
Prince Karl was known as the finest
cavalier of the German princes. Al
the Olympic Games at Stockholm he
won prizes against the most expert
enced army riders of the world.
The death in active service of eight
German princes has been reported
previously
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23
Eacuate $50 Square Miles

EEacuate So Square Miles
{, 70 Yesterday the Germans had
1si:sd $50 square miles of French
-sy, according TO Paris estimates.
~ area includes 366 towns and vii
~ The Germans still hold nine
" As much territory in France as
p Ave evacuated.
i tie desert Of Picardy widens and
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1917-09-22
z NASZEJ SCENY.

Ma scion nowy zapoWiada sif
szereg przedstawieh nowych i do
brych. o lie nan dotad wiadomc
- ma poczatek ujrzymy: Moliera
.Swietoszka", ktory przedstawio-
ny bedzic ma dock6d Akademii
SIS. Nazaretanek w dniu 7go paz-
dziernika, w sail Sw. Stanis1awa
Kosth. Ma doch6d Kollegium Sw
Stanislawa bedzie dana narodowa
komedya kraszewskiego, pit.
,,Radziwiii- Panic Kochanku', a
przedstawienie to odbedzie sic d,
Ego grudnia. w tydzieh potem
na doch6d Domu Starcow Pol
skich W Avondale dana bedzie
komedya Al. hr. Freddy, pit. Pan
Geldhab." To przedstawienie mai
wazniejsze ma najblizsze miesia-
&c - w ciagu tego czasu jednak
ma bye ponadto powt6rzona
,,Zemsta" Fredry i pare Sztuk Z
zesziorocznego repertoaru, a wre-
sZcie ma dochod Polskiego Klubu
Prasowego ma bye dana w MEDIA
lekiej ~przysz}o5ci znakomita ko-
medya Gogoia ,Rewizor &c..
Piotrogrodu' (oryginalny tytu,
brzmi ,Rewizor z Petersburga'')
w przygotowaniu ma poczatek
roku p~rzyszlego Schillera ,,Dzie'
wica Orleanska", Gutzkowa u
riel Akosta', oraz bajeczna ko,
medya chihska Schillera (tloma,
genie k. w. pod tytuIem ,,Turan'
Got"
. przedstawieniach tych szcze,
g6iy blizsze doniesiemy w swoim
c~zasie, dis dodamy tylko, x
przygotowujq sic one wszystki,
pod kierownictwcm p. Karol;
Wachtla. redaktora ,Dziennik;
Chicagoskiego."
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1917-09-22
~ZABURZENIA ULICZNE w
SAN FRANCISCO.
San Fransico, Cal, %. wrzes-'

San Fransico, CAL, %. wrzes--
MIA. - w ciagu dnia wczoraJ SEE
60 przyszio tn Z powodu strajku
tramwajowego dwukrotnie do "a
burzen ulicznych.
Grenada ziozona Z okolo 40
acknowledgement rekrut6w do
armii konskrypcyjncj uderzyla ma
unicruchomiony Z pOWodu straJ-
XII konduktor0W W0z tramWajo--
wy / obrzucila so kamicniami,
wybijajqc okna. Wczwano poll
eye, ktora awanturnik0w arcszto-
wala i doprowadzi}a pred kapi-
tana Daniela O'Brien.
IVY chlopcy" p~owtedzial
kapitan - "zaczynacie walke "a
demokracye absolutnie zawczes--
ME. Poczekajcie, az staniccie wo-
bee Niemc6w, zanim dacie upust
swoim uczuciom."
Pc tel reprymendzie wypusz--
czono wszystkich ma wolnosc.
w drugim wypadku zlozona Z
kilkuset ludzi grenada strajkie--
row i symipatyk6w strajkujQcych
robotnik6w acknowledgement ma
padia r6wniez ma tramwaj, obrzu-
cajqc go kamieniami. Jedna kobie-
ia otrzymala lckkq rane, jeden
strajkier zostal dotkliwie pobity,
a trzech Iudzi odprowadzono do
aresztow policyjnych,