The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-27
Won Hindenburg Foiled Aft
er Bloodiestl Battle
Since Verdun
INTERNAL STORM
THREATENS DISASTER
Danger Of Strike on May ]
Realized by German
Junker Press

The desperate efforts of the Ger
mans to drive the British from cap
tured heights of the Arras front have
failed after four days OF the D1ttereSt
fighting that the world has ever seen
since the bloody days of Verdun: Tens
of thousands OF Germans were hurled
forward again and again, only to re-
ferno caused by the British fire.
Military critics expect that the at
tacks will be resumed IL the German
man power can stand the awful drain.
They base this expectation on the great
strategical importance of the blood
soaked heights which the British have
wrested from their foes. These hills
crown the great plain of Douai, ana
their unmolested retention by General
Haig spells almost certain doom TO the
Wotan line, the last protecting barrier
before Douai and Cambrai.
Internal Storm Brewing.
In the lulI OF the great battle the
murmur of the rising currents or dis"
content which are seeping through
Europe can be heard more plainly. Inc
political and economic storm Wnicn
has been brewing in Germany appar-
entity has not been averted by the
hastv measures of the government.
The meager items which elude the
censor throw some light on the sit
uation. Not merely are the Berlin
papers showing increased nervousness
tover the threatened general strike on
Nav /, but it appears that the recent
strike has not been so definitely and
satisfactorily settled as has been as
serted In official circles.
The Lokal Anzeiger, staunch organ
of the junkers, admits that some OF
the strikers are still out and an OIL
fetal report to the Washington state
department speaks of 250.OOO laDorers
in Berlin having quit work
nation in Germany is indicated by the
action of Chancellor Won Bethmann-
Hollweg who has appealed to the
various German governments TO pun
ish strikers with the greatest possible
severity. This follows on the heels
of an announcement from Berlin that
large numbers Of men previously e1-
empt from military service are TO De
sent into the field. This announcement
has added signifcance from the fact
that one Of the principal demands or
the Berlin strike leaders was that none
of their members should be punished
hv being drafted into @se Arn1y.
Spain Nearing Break,
IN the meantime interest has Deen
nIlicl<ened in the situation in Spain
~ 4 statement by the new premier,
MARQUIS Prieto, asserting that neu-
trality was impossible where the e,nonor
n,sEinferests Of q country were at stake.
Gcrmany's answer 70 SPANS latest
note is expected within q few Gays
and may decide the question Wnetner
Rerlin. - TO Ifumherthe last remain-
.irlR EFsat neutral amcng her enemies.
i ~. hishs note stated plainly that,
NY persisted lu her. present
rn,i. must not De surprised II
snaiu cted to defend her national in
1erests.
General Haig's report today shows
advances for his troops in two OF the
most important sectors of the 'front.'.
On the two and one-half mile nne pc.
tween Roeux. and Gavrelle, important
positions have been captured driving
still further the wedge into the Ger
man line toward Douai. Likewise In
the Monchy- Guemappe region near
the Arras Cambrai road similar telling
Inroads have been made in the German
defense system,