Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-28
COPENHAGEN HEARS
GRAND DUKE ALEXIS
. IS NAMED EMPEROR
Franco-British Forces Save
Ypres Sector by Stone i
Wall Defense. I
WITHSTAND ALL-DAY ATTACK
AT VOORMEZEELE AND LOCRE-
Next Few Days Should Deter,
mine Whether Allied /
Lines Can Hold.
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OUTLOOK NOT ENCOURAGING
Germans No Nearer Amiens, DespiteA
Wednesdays Big Drive
on Somme Front. =
-TLooK NOT ENCOURAGING
tBy Associated Pr.~1

10y ASSooiated Press. t<a,tIb
4 dispatch from Copenhagen 70 tia
exchange Telegraph says It Is reported
there that counter-revolution haa
broken ont in Petrograd. It reporta
that. while no kilograms have besu
received from Petrograd for scyeraf
days there are rumors from Finland
that there Is serious riotfnr at thu
capital and that the rumor is persiat4
ent at the capital that Grand Duke
Alexis Nikolaievitch has been procIaim.
cd Emperor and that Grand Duke
Michael Alexandrovitch is the real lead.
er in Russian affairs
The Stockholm Aftonbladet says thar
dehnite reports have been received
from Abo, Finland. that Grand Duke
Alexis Nikolaievitch, son of the for.
mer Emperor OF Russia, has been proa
claimed Emperor. with Grand Duke
Michael AleSandrovitch as regent.
When Emperor Nicholas abdicated
the Russian throne at midnight March
10, 1917, he also renounced succession
to the crown OF his son, Grand Duke
Alexis. I'm favor or Grand Duke Michael
Grand Duke Michael himself abdicated. 4
thus bringing the Romanoff dynasty to Il
an elfd Where the proclamation re.
fcrred to in the foregoing report vas
issued is not apparent from the CopensA-
hagen dispatch. -t"--
ALLIED DEFENSE
HOLDS UT GERMANS
BY one OF those back to- o-the-waIps
stands for which they have been IA.
nous in this war, the Franco British
forces have saved the situation In tho
lpres sector from turning into an i'm.
mediate big success for the Germans
after tho loss by the allied forces OF
the dominating peak OF KENNEL. -
Had the enemy been slle at once
TO develop his success in the Kemmel
sector as he attempted to do, tho reA
suit probably would have been diss
astrous TO the allied troops in tho
lpres salient The British, however.
held firm against the attacks. which
lasted all DAY yesterday in the neigh.
horhood OF voormezeele. two miles
south OF Ypres, and the French wcro
equally firm in defending the line In
the sector or Locrc, west of Kemmal.
protected by the heights of Mont Rougs
ana Schcrpenberg.
Thus the enemy was brought TO a
standstil for the time being and sat.
urday morning did not bring with id
the resumption of his infantry attacks.
lie was assumed to he preparing for
renewal OF the assault. however.
while the Anglo French forces wetA
establishing themselves more firmly
for the defense of the hill positions
lying hack OF Mount Kimmcl. at which
it is expected General Won Arnim, com.
manding tie German army in tho
fprcs sector, will next strike. yf
The next day or two probably will
decide whether the allied command will
attempt 10 cling to YprcS and tho
salient which cucirclcs IL in tho face
OF threat to the Immediate rear of tho i,
Nprcs positions British withdrawal
from the salient has been predicted hS
many of the military observers, al4
though the British War Onice has de-
clared such Il move was not necessarily
forced by the loss Of Mount Kemmcl.
The military situation In Fland.rs,
rs a whole. does not seem to be Z.
particularly happy ono from the al
lied viewpoint. The scheme Of tho
entente high command, however, II Ia
pointed out does not appear tc be par-
ticulariy regardful of the map. except
where vital positions arc threatened.
and confidence is expressed in the abil-
ity of tho allies under their united
leadership TO keen the situation Well
within their grasp on the northern.
as well as the southern. battle front.
SOITIt OF SOMME
ALLIES HOLD FfRAv
In the south, indeed. below tho
Sommc. new evidence has been given
Of the strength of the allied position
through the continued progress the
British have bcen able to make be<
tween Niilcrs- Bretorneux and Hans
gard and the success OF the French in
again forcing their way into Hangard
village and possessing themselves oc
other valuable ground in this regloits
The Gcrmans. the week closed.
were virtually no nearer their ob-t IS
jcctivc--Am icns--ihun they were ta-
fore their smashing attack OF Wednea- Z
day between thc Sommr and the Avre.
while several more OF their divisiop.g
have been badly smashed in tho lights