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New-York tribune., 1918-03-11
Sergt. c. H. Peck, Jr.,
Dies in France
He Was Member of Roosevelt
Hospital Unit Headed by
His Father

Charles Howard Peck. jr.. sergeant
IN the Roosevelt Hospital Unit in
rance and son of Dr.. Charles Howard
feck' head of the unit, died at the unit
headquarters in France las. THURSDAY
OF pneumonia. Word of his death came
rom Washington last night.
Dr. Peek, the sergeant's father. was
'chici surgeon at Roosevelt Hospital
previous to his departure for France.
and mas recently been made assistant
"'rector of general surgery OF the
american expeditionarT force.
Young Peck was graduated last yoar
rom the Hill School at Pottstown.
'cnn.. and was to have entered Yale.
pnt WAen the Roosevelt Hospital Jnj-
was pelng organized he enlisted. He
vas closely associated with his father
ana m assisted him in operations in the
unit hospital.
=. The Peck home is a 80 West Ejftjet h
street. The young mans mother re-
NAMED in this country. A Younger
brother is a student in the Hill School
Sergeant Peck is the second mcn,ho =
the unit lost since it reached France.
Sergeant Charles S. Hartman. Of
bridgeport, Conn, died of pneumonia
about two months ago.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-11
British Drive Back
Foe on Men;n Road
With Heavy Losses
IBy The Associated Prcssl !


WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, Saturday, March (delayed).
Hard fighting was proceeding this
morning along front of more than
5000 yards, running southeast from
Poelderhoek, astride the Menin road,
whore the Germans last night attacked
and succeeded in occupying some ad-
vanced posts. The Germans advanced
at o'clock after heavy bombardment.
The British infantry, assisted by the
artillery, offered strenuous resistance
and repclled the enemy everywhere, cN-
cepting at some points along a sector
of approximately two miles.
The British this morning were coun'
ter attacking, vigorously. The Gcrman
attack was the second delivered ycster-
day against the British, the other as
sault being along 2,000yard front
south Of Houtholst Wood. Here the
enemy attacked at 4 o'clock in tho
morning, and after hard fighting occu-
pied six advance posts. At mid-forc-
noon the British counter assaulted so
violently that the Germans fled and
were driven 300 yards behind the orig
inal enemy post. All British positions
were reestablished. The German cas-
ualtics were heavy, much in excess OF
those suffered by the British.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-11
Germany Expects
To Gain Little by
Offensive in West
staff Correspondence
L,lA.il,1no Cahla Gcryiccl


COPENHAGEN, March 10.-German
politicians do not expect results from
the offensive planned en- the Western
front. Neither is anything decisive cx.
pected by the soldiers. Germany only
hopes to get mpcnsations in Russia.
That will be her sphere in the future.
Germany also expects TO bring poll
tical and economic influences to bear
also in Turkey and the Balkans and
the small states to be formed within
what was once the Russian Empire. A
military union with Poland will be oh
tanned if possible by Germany, and by
Austria with the Ukraine.
That is the general policy now of
Gcrmany's political generals. who at
the same time will seek to create ami
mositics between these small subject
or vassal states. This decision to fol-
low the Bsmarckian policy explains
the ccsson Of Cholm to ukrainia, of
Dobrudja to Bulgaria. and Of Bessa.
rabia, with its partially Ukrainian
population, to Rumania.
The appeal Of the Russian Boshcviki
appears to have had upon the German
prolotariat precisely the opposite Of the
effect for which 'frotzky hoped. The
Germans are dsgustcd by the Boil
shcvik policy of terrorism for defence
less follow Russians and abicct sur
render to alien foes While still nh'" 10
fight. Herr Ilaasc, " radical leader,
recently remarked that but for the
Russian Rolshcviki many political
changes would already come to pass III
Germany.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-11
By Arthur S. Draper
[1rihI,na Cahlc Sarrina1

tAitouiio NaDic Servlcel
LONDON, March 10.--Thc uncertain
ty which shrouds the military opera
tons and covers political mannuvres is
not dlsadvantageous. In this period of
uncertainty there is tcnscness about
the war which is common to every ath-
lete on the eve of an important compc-
tltlon. The very fact that the war is
apparently motionless exaggerates the
feeling that momentous developments
are at hand
No matter which way one looks, he
sees possibilities of great changes
which are likely to put a new COM
plcxion on the worlds future.
The coming week holds much in
store. The following events loom
large:
/. In Lloyd Georges defence in Par
Lament tomorrow the charge is sure
to be made that certain of his minis
ters are enjoying a special privilege in
using their newspapers to further gov
ernmcnt aims.
2. The debate in the Rechstag and
the Moscow conference on Tuesday on
the RuSSo-German peace treaty.
3. Bonar Laws speech in Parliament
on Wednesday, when, it is expected,
he will declare the governments atti-
tude on an economic boycott after the
war.
Military Outlook Promising
The military outlook is no less prom
ising because the weather is becoming
exceptionally mild and favorable to Of
fensive operations on big scale. The
British government is being seriously
attacked to-day not only by the Mod
crate and Liberal press, but in Con-
Post" 'The Globe" "The Saturday Re-
view" "The Spectator" aud in the
Labor journals. 1t is hoped that the
present week will clear the political
atmosphere and permit the country to
concentrate on the war as a whole.
For several weeks the opposition has
been satisfied to conduct series of
fanking moves, and political observers
say that the time is almost at hand
when decisive test of strength is
necessary.
When the peace treaty comes be-
fore the Reichstag it is probable we
shall learn that not all Germany
shares the Kaiser's enthusiasm over
Socialists and even some of the Lib
erals arc far from satisfied with the
German JOY ride. The "Bcrliner Tage
blatt" and the "Frankfurter Zeitung"
contain enough expressions of radical
opinion to show that opposition to the
peace treaty is not confined alone to
the Socialist "Vorwaerts."
The conservative saturday Review"
puts it thus:
"a peace signed by the Bolsheviki
and/the two emperors is. as they well
know, pot worth the paper it is writ
ten on. The Kaiser may wave his
sword and thank God and Count Won
Hertlng for their cooperation, but no
reasonably informed person imagines
that such peace can last. They talk
of q lasting, universal peace. Why
New-York tribune., 1918-03-11

ratlons was that we left the navy alb
solutely unprovided with vessels Of the
trawler type. When war came the
Admiralty had to depend upon the gen
erosity of trawler owners to keep the
fleets protected. So it is not too much
70 say that we owe the trawler own
ers and men very large debt. 1t
would be impossible to reward them
adequately. because if one attempted
to bestow decorations and medals I
don't suppose anybody in the trawler
service would go undecorated"
In an address at the Hull Exchange
Lord Jellicoe said, in part:
C-Boats Surprise
The submarine was sprung upon tho
British navy-at any rate the new
methods and morals Of the submarine
as surprise. l remember that Lord
Fisher wrote a memorandum in 1911, in
which he expressed the opinion that if
the Germans were to go to war with
Great Britain they would use sub
marines against merchant ships. That
memorandum went TO the Board of Ad-
miralty after had Joined it as Second
Sea Lord, and there was nobody in a
responsible position who agreed that
the German navy would really do such
4 thing as Lord Fisher predicted.
swell. Lord Fisher was right. as in
many cases, and the navy was unprc-
pared TO deal with the submariuc in
that particular direction. But even if
the words of Lord Fisher had been be-
lievcd. there was no time to Introduce
measures which would have ofFectuallv
stopped the submarine from getting out,
and that is the only way to deal with
them. There is no royal road to the
saving of your merchant ships from tho
submarine once tho latter has got out
Of its harbor. The only royal road is
to block him in, and that is an impos-
siblc operation.
But the british navy was faced with
its task, and it did its best. 1t is a SUI
pcrhuman task, because the submarine
is craft which can go under water
for twcnty-four hours and tic under
water for fotty-cight hours, and you
don't know where she is
New-York tribune., 1918-03-11
Infantry Attacks East of
Ypres Cease After Three
Days of Vain Effort
Artillery Fire Heavy
Belgians Drive Enemy From
Trenches They Had En-
tered Near KipPc

LONDON, March German forces
on the Flanders front, having failed to
make any gains in three days of heavy
infantry fighting cast of Yprcs, at
tempted no attacks yesterday content
ing themselves with artillery lombard
mcnc and two trench raids. The Brit
ish official statement indicates Haig's
men were likewise active in scouting
manmuvrca.
The heaviest big gun fire from the
German side was directed against the
British line from La Bassec Canal to
Yprcs, being described iii the official
report as marked increase in activ-
ity." Heavy firing is also reported in
schacse and in the neIghborhood Of the
Mcnin road, wnerc u; The fighting OF
yesterday the Germans were thrown
back with heavy losses.
The British War Office admits that
several men are missing after sur
prise raid in the carly morning east OF
Armentieres, made under cover of n
heavy German bombardment. On the
other hand, the British carried out sue
cessful raids northwest of St. Quentin
and southwest Of Cambria, killing sew
cral of the enemy and capturing others.
The Paris War Office reports heavy
artillery action on the right bank Of
the Meusc and in the Nosges. The Bel
gan Army Headquarters bulletin an
nounces that the last of the enemy has
been driven from the advanced Belgian
trenches in the vicinity of Kippe, where
he had succeeded in gaining foothod
March 7.
A raid on the first line trenches Of
the Germans was. successfully carried
out by Belgian troops, the foes. cas-
ualtics in killed and prisoners being
reported considerable.
Though the fighting to-day was not
heavy. nervous activity is apparent
over the whole front, which leads OBJ
servers to believe that a drive in force
either by the enemy or the Allies will
begin soon.
The official bulletin from Berlin in
dicates that both the British and the
French arc on the aggressive, and
continue their thrusting tactics. Near
the eastern end Of the front the Ger
mans admit that their positions were
penetrated between Ancewilcr and
Badonviller, but declare the line was
restored by a counter thrust.
The statement adds that in the last
two days twenty-eight Allied airplanes
and captive balloon have been
downcd. The Boelkc chasing squadron
Is said to have accounted for its 200th
adyersary
New-York tribune., 1918-03-11
Nlomentous Events in War
Near, Is Belief in Britain
Developments This Week May Put New Complexion on
Worlds Future; Political Atmosphere in England
May Be Cleared; Germans and Russians
to Debate Treaty
Russia alone provides material for a
hundred years war
Treaty Will &c Hatihcd

Russia alone provides material for q
hundred years war.
Treaty Will Be Eatificd
But whatever opposition develops in
tho Reichstag, it will hardly proven
Immediate ratification Of the treaty
The militarists have brought home the
spoils. but it wouldn't be human nature
to expect them to be spurncd. Ger
man labor will protest and ask when
the war is going to cad, but its voice
will be feeble at this moment
At Moscow there will oe a different
gathering. Probably every delegate
viii be opposed to the treaty but they
viii be torn between their desire TO
obtain the immediate blessings of
peace and their indignation at the hu-
initiation hcapcd unon them By The
enemy.
1t is impossible to forecast the de-
cislon OF the congress, but it is likely
that it will turn down the treaty and
face the military consequences.
AS a military partner Russia is neg
ligiblc, but as an ally she is worth
much. President Wilson'S strength of
character and his faith and courage
have influenced the opinion of the
European Allies tremendously, and have
"Thc Manchester Guardian" says, "we
may have reason in this as in so much
else to thank God for President vii.
SON"
The question Of economic policy, al
though overshadowed by the more con-
crete developments of the day, is really
the most vital issue Of the war. Those
who are discouraged by the appearance
OF the war map, who draw up peace
terms on a sliding scale, would derive
considerable encouragement by looking
at the situation from the cncmy's view,
point.
Unsatisfactory for Enemy
It will be far from satisfactory
war for the enemy it, after the cessa-
ton 5,! of hostilities for the present, the
Allies league against her. If she elects
for milltarism and conquest in pref
erence to economic relations with the
rest of the world, then she's got a
whole lot more fighting ahead of her
President Wilson has declared him.
self plainly on this question, and so
has AsQuith. 1t remains for the gov
ernment to state its position. Lord
Robert Cecil has already done so, and
there is no divergence between his
views and those Of the President.
Germany is ready and can launch an
offensive on the West at any time 1t
is needless to say that the Allies ere
also ready. Germany, according to the
latest reports, has more divisions in the
West than the Allies, and her concen-
tration of guns is the greatest of any
time in the war.
But it is not at all certain that Ger
many will hit first. Obvious difficulties
arise whenever an attempt is made to
discuss Allied plans, but it may be said
that forces of this size are not likely
to sit still. waiting for the other man
to get in the first punch. A year ago
Hindcnburg was moving back from the
Somme; two years back Verdun was
wthstanding a terrible assault This
year the offensive operations are long
delayed.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-11
Navy May Adopt Plan
For Unsinkable Ships
tStof Corresnondencel

,sASHlNGTON, March 10.-secre-
~ Daniels this week Will receive
,.sm ms board OF naval experts
yof, OF their inspection &c the un-
,mssoie ,sn; ship Lucia, which underwent
,sseus tests in Atlantic waters last
II the naval ezoerts declare
h.. eesss warrant adoption Of the
;-pyahee box scheme to make vessels
smane ss.u to submarine attacks the
~ T. ma may equip some Of its craft with
s.e .se navy's board Of experts was
aasd ..1sasd by Rear Admiral A. g. Winter
49, ssss Every branch OF the depart
s,X vas represented on the board,
vii, viii ssiiied .ed engineers and constructors
t,i.. cooperate with Chairman Winter
ss ,s.. early this- week in completing
rtp'', On their tests.
thssa LIcia was not torpedocd in
a m;..ts 1ests ny the naval experts, but
:. ,nute study If the technical phases
teysss. sse craft waa made. Admiral Win
ssas',@r's a. board Will report fully on
sor,s sseYIsaoiiity Of applying 10 trans
ss,s:.ha s ana supply shios the unsuitable
''''aicss on the Lucia.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-11
Official Statements
West
BRITISH

LONDON, March 10 lDAY) successful
raids were carried out by us last night
northwest of st. Quentin and southwest of
Cambria Several of the enemy were killed
and few prisoners captured by us.
Hostile artillery has been active in the
Armcnticres sector. cast of Wytschactc and
in the ncighborhood of the Mcn,n road
(N1GI1T) Early this morning, under the
cover OF heavy bombardmcnt, hostile
raiding party attacked our posts east Of
Ar.nenticrcs. A few Of our men are miss
ing.
Another attempted enemy raid east Of
Paschendaec ropuscd by rnachinc-;yun
fire.
The hostile artillery has shown ? marked
increase in activity on the front and the
back areas from La Bassec Canal to Ypres.
FRENCH
PARIS. Saturday, March 9.~-Thcrc were
artillery actions on the right bank, of the
Mcuse and in the VosEcs. On March 8 two
German nirplanes were brought down.
FRENCH
PARIS March 10 DAY.. The French
troops rcpulscd surprise attacks south of
Bcthcny and on the right bank Of the Meuse.
In the Vosges the Germans suffered losses
and left prisoners in our hands. A French
DatrOI penetrated lnc German inc cast OF
Auberivc, and in the region Of Badonvilcrs
our artillery carried out destructive fires and
took pr soncrs.
GERMAN
BERLIN. via London. March 10 (DAY).-
Army Group of Crown Prince Rupprccht--
British rcconnoitring thrusts continue. Strong
dctachmcnts pressed forward south Of
Monchy. They were repuscd and prisoners
taken. In the evening the firing duels rc-
vived many times.
Army Group of the German Crown Prince
! North of Rheims storming troops pressed
into the enemy trenches and brought back
prisoners. There increased fighting ac-
tivity on both sides of the Ornes.
Army Group of Grand Duke Albrccht- -
Northwest and west OF Blamont there was
lively French firing activity in tho evening
After artillery prcpnration lasting several
hours. strong enemy dctachmcnts attnclcd in
The afternoon between Ancewilcr and Badon
viIlcr and penetrated in plnccs our foremost
trenches. Az result OF our counter thrust
the enemy Withdrew to the positions Of de-
pnrturc.
WuertcmbcrP gtorming troorg, Nnssau
Tandwrbr and flame throvcrs captured in
their advance into the French positions south
west Of Mariirci Que officer and thrty y-sx
;ncf.
In the lat fwo days twcntY-cight enemy
,,jrp1nncs and orc captive balloon have been
shot down. The Boelkc Chasing cchcon
brought down ito .0oth opponent
New-York tribune., 1918-03-11
British Capture
Town 80 Miles
West of Bagdad
Occupy Hit, on Euphrates,
Without Opposition;
Turks Retreat

LONDON, March 10.-Brltish official
communications issued to-day say the
British have occupied Hit, eighty miles
west Of Bagdad on the Euphrates River
in Mesopotamia, and in Palestine nave
made a general advance on both sides
of the Jerusalem -Nablus road on front
Of thirteen miles to an average depth Oh
from two to three miles. The COM
munication with regard to Mesopotamia
says:
saturday morning we occupied Hit,
on the Euphrates, without opposition.
The Turks retired seven miles upstream
from Hit toward Sahilyah."
With regard to Palestine the com
munication says
early Saturday morning our troops
or the west of the Jordan valley con-
tinued the general advance northward
and crossed the Wady Ell Aujeh with
slight opposition and attacked the
Turkish position at Khel Beiyudatt Ably
Tellul, on the high ground, five miles
west of the Jordan. The position was
strongly held, but was captured by 8
o'clock in the afternoon.
"On either side of the Jerusalem
Nablus road an advance was made on a
front Of thirteen miles to an average
depth Of two or three miles. On the east
we captured Kefr Makcl-Telahur and
Sclwad. The enemy made several at
tempts to rctake Tclahur. Our troops
on the west of the Nablus road reached
the ,inc Of Burr j-Dardawil, Alta Raajul
and Dcirez Sudan with little opposi-
ton"
Hit. on the Euphrates, is eighty miles
west Of Bagdad and has population
of 5000. The Simultaneous advance by
General Marshall in Mesopotamia ana
General Allenby in Palestine shows that
the British commanders mean to press
forward as far as possible before Ger
many can come to the aid Of Turkey.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-11
British Naval Airplanes
Bomb German Billefs

LONDON, March 10.--British naval
aircraft yesterday bombed bllets and
railways at st. Pierre Capellc, max
ing direct hits on sheds and starting
fire, says an official statement to-
day. Soldiers in motors were fired
upon with machine guns.
On their return the British machines
were attacked, but one enemy plane
was brought down in flames, and all
the British returned safely.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-11
Luxburg Gets Permit
To Sail for Sweden

BUE%OS AYRES. March 1o.-Thc
British government has issued SAFE
conduct for Count Won Luxburg, the
former German Ambassador to ArScn-
tina, To sail for Sweden. lie will sail
shortly on the steamer Valparaiso. A
aafe conduct for "A medical attendant to
accompany Count Won Luzbusg was re-
fused, although such step had been
ornmendcd because Of the former
arnba8sadDrg mental condition.
A dizpatch from Bucnoa hyrcs mnrch
2 said the Argentine government hnd
reaunztcd the Britirh Minister to OBJ
tain safe CONDUCT for von Luzbnrg'
The diepatch added tha, IL var under .
stood the American Embaeey ~ould not
object TO yon Luxbura being permitted
tc sail.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-11
British Were Not Prepared
to Deal With Submarines,
He Reveals
Surprised by U-Boats
Merchant Ships at First Pro-
tccted Battle Craft
While Coaling
Corrospondence o, The Associated Press

Correspondence o. The Associated Press
HULL, England. Feb. 9.-How seri-
ously the German submarine might
have crippled the British navy in the
early days of the Wei, when there was
not single British naval harbor pro-
tectcd from submarine attack, was told
this week by Lord 1cllicoc. formerly
First Sea Lord of the Admiralty, ir a
speech at the annual meeting of the
Hull Sailors Orphanacc here.
"Thc work OF the fleet was a GOOD
deal more arddous IN the carly days of
the war than it has been sincc.o said
Lord JeIlicoc. 'In tncsc days there
were no bases protected from subma-
rine attack, and the fleet was hunted
from pillar to post TO find srcur;tv tc
New-York tribune., 1918-03-11
Maura May Form Cabinet
Conservative Leader Expected
to Act After Alhucemas
Declined

MADRID, March 9.-King Alfonso to-
day accepted the resignation of the
entire Cabinet, headed by Marquis
Alhucemas.
The King has summoned to the pal
ace the heads of the different political
parties, Antonio Maura, the Conscrva-
live leader; cxPremier Eduardo Dato,
Count Romanones, the Liberal leader;
Juan dc la Cierva, the Minister Of War,
and the Duke OF Alba.
During the day the Marquis Alhucc-
mas declined to form a new ministry.
The probable solution Of the question
is that Seiior Maura will arrange a
new Cabinet.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-11
Sefmany Defers Payment
loM0 CorrespomdenccI
;, ,II,'tol'le !, fsble atryieej

Epf,f,u ,, iIrhaiee IN rsb.e aery,eej
aesa,dd,.hhoLA, March 1o.IGcrmanv.
s,r;.ng 10 newspapers of recent datc
eheet hese, has adopted thn tg.oc
ieaat,, nls'ein OF paying for the don.
shInn;ypnas o. her C-boats on nnutraI
se,sg se.pp'ng The chcchs 10 bc - isa,al ',n"''a' ~
tsrs a e,ensation eannof he nsa,n w. ,na"eh 10
~ Yeas ffoya dst~ ." e@s"e" 0F'''
tysn ls,ya4o noes 4.'. rot admit that all, ar
gre "zps,ln. s1 "'amoer @ of neutral ships,
ssat. b., gti~s a. y"rrY'ktv without wnr'
sse adse,s.. zen IN ghose eases in which
A<taaI s.s,. oaimaEes I'm, for torDedo,nus. no
New-York tribune., 1918-03-11

carry out the necessary operations of
coaling. Some Of the coaling opera
tions were performed under very excit-
ing conditions, the base being open to
any submarine that cared to come in.
"ff the Germans knew it, they never
had the pluck to try It. If they had
done so they might have reaped a rich
harvest. But We always had to be think
ing of the possibility of such attack.
and whenever l was inside base
apent many anxious moments and some
very amusing moments-amusing to
look back upon, | mean, but not anus
ing at the time. There were constant
scares of submarines, and we knew that
if submarine got inside the harbor it
might sink a battleship with each of the
ten or twelve torpedocs it carried Put
yourself in such position and you
may be able to appreciate the anxiety
that was felt Whenever a signal was
given that submarine had been sight
cd near by.
Merchant Ships Protectors
"As usual IN times OF anxiety. we
called upon the merchant marine. and
an arrangement was made that if q
submarine GOT inside base. merchant
ships should place themselves along
side until the warships could get un-
der way: Then if the torpedocs
we're fred the merchant ships would
receive chem instead Of the battle
ships.
That was the arrangement. The mer-
chant marine. as usual, did exactly
what they were asked. Scores OF small
craft dashed about the harbor at full
speed to keep the submarine under
water. and if they saw it to endeavor
to ram It. 1t was extraordinary. hav-
ing regard TO the conditions Of sea and
weather. hat many collisions did not
occur. The skill with which the whole
programme was carried out time after
time was great testimony to the
seamansnjp Of those in charge of the
trawlers and bigger ships
The British grand feet could not
exist without trawlers. One of the
omissions in our pre-war naval prepa-