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New-York tribune., 1918-03-30
With drawal Before German
Advance Made According
to Prearranged Plan
Army Morale Praised
Senators Told All Shortages
of Equipment Have Been
Remedied

WASHINGTON, March 29.-The
British withdrawal before the German
advance was made according to pre-
arranged plans and is "all over now
Major General J Franklin Bell to-day
told the Senate Military Committee.
He said the Allies have known of the
German preparations for the present
drive since soon after they were begun
and made active preparations to face it.
General Bell recently returned from
the battlefront
General Bell was called by the Senate
Military Committee to inform the
members regarding conditions on the
battlehe.ds. He said the German gen
erals recently We're quoted as saying
two months preparations were neces-
s2ry for the present drive.
I don't doubt bat that It might have
taken longor," he declared
There has been an impression. he
added, that the Allies were partly iC-
norant Of German plans, but that he de-
II ii, declaring he was informed conf
dentlaily OF the Allies preparations to
face the Germans when he was there,
and declared the British withdrawal
was according to a prearranged plan.
But should that go into the record ?'
asked Chairman Chamberlain.
That's al right; it's all over now"
said the general.
General Bell explained some Of the
scientific means used by a modern army
to detect guntlre and gave assurance
that General Pershing was doing every
thing in the way OF establishing schools
back OF the American lines. in order to
train his men IN the use OF such
methods.
That the most advanced trenches arc
never held in times of a serious attack
was explained by General Bell, who
said they are used principally for look
out purposes.
Genera. Bell said that so far as he
knew Pershing's command is fully
equipped
u Jhink there has been some misap-
prehenslon concerning certain equip
ment," he said. AT the beginning OF our
entrance into the wa the French gov
ernment agreed to furnish certain field
artillery. and since then they have
furnished certain other equipment by
agreement"
There was shortage Of horses at
first. and later there was a need for
motor trucks, Major General Bell said,
but the shortages nave been met.
The highest praise of the American
morale IN France was given by General
Bell. The closer to the front line
trenches the greater is the morale. he
said. adding that the only pessimism
he heard whilc 1t the front came from
none -combatant military men back of
the front line trenches and from few
civilians, some of them newspaper men.
General Bell said age is an impor-
tant factor in efficiency, and that in his
judgment the average man begirs-t to
deteriorate in military efficiency after
he passes fifty. He pronounced the
German General Staff as the "ablest
the world has ever seen" but modified
this 10 "one Of the ablest' He de-
clared Won HindenburG. Won Mackensen
and LudendorH are exceptions to the
general rule.
"Thereforc Germany. By virtue of
the possession of one OF the ablest and
best trained general staffs in the world,
IS able to profit By retaining the ex-
perience of some the old but able gen
erals" he declared
New-York tribune., 1918-03-30

"that was responsible. Unknown to
me, the foreman had used less scatIold-
ing than is customary to buoy up
roof. lis idea was to minimize the
work of clearing away, and SO save
time. Also, too many men were per-
mittcd on the roof at once-agaln for
The sake of spccd.'
The accident, however, does not OBJ
achievement. On February 20 he
new environments were needed for
Uncle Sana's present and prospective
sailors. Lieutenant Brown, who is a
practical builder, persuaded the Navy
Department 10 so into the contracting
business itself.
lie went into the labor market and
obtained carpenters, roofers, plumbers,
electricians ard steamfittcrs, and put
them on the government payroll He
built two eawmiils on the Pelham Bav
promises. standardized processes, and
to-day, scarcely more than a month
after his first ledger was opened.
eighty completed structures stand on
the Pelham hillside
The exhibition yesterday frankly was
an effort for a record. The average
time for the erection of one Of these
buildings is about four hours When
they are finished they are permanent
structures, with electric lights, steam
heat and running water.
By the middle OF July Lieutenant
Brown expects to have accommodations
ready Tor $1,000 men, including off
GERS quarters, Y. NJ. G. A. huts. q base
New-York tribune., 1918-03-30
Germans Launch
OFensiue 800 Miles
South of Moscosv

LONDON. March 29.-The beginning
by the Germans or Wednesday of an
offensive in the direction Of kursk,
500 miles south of Moscow, is reported
in Petrograd newspapers, according to
a Reuter- dispatch. German advance
guards are reported to have been seen
twelve miles from the town.
The Ukrainian government has pro-
hibited the use of the Russian lam
guage.
The Caucasus Diet, after proclaiming
the independence of the country, has
approved the basis of a separate peace
agreement with Turkey, Reuters Pet
rograd correspondent reports. The
agreement is said to provide autonomy
for Armenia and the tabl!shment
OF the frontiers as they were before
the war.
The sinking by mine in the harbor
Of Reval. in the Gulf Of Finland, of the
Russian cruiser Admiral Makaroff is
reported in Petrograd dispatch to
Copenhagen. as forwarded by the Ex-
change Telegraph Company.
The Admiral Makarof was laid down
IN 1905. She was 442 feet long and
displaced 7,775 tons. She was armed
with two Sinch, eight 6-inch and TWEEN
ty-two 3-inch guns and two torpedo
tubes. Her complement was 56S men.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-30
Rules for Appointment
OF Russian Army Chiefs
Proclaimed BY Trotzky
BY Tho Associated Press

MOSCOW. March 28.-Rules govern
ing the appointment of the command
ing personnel of the new Russian
army have been promulgated by Leon
Trotzky.
They provide that commanders of the
units of brigade or larger size shall
be appointed by the War Ministry with
the consent Of the War Council. Bat
talon company commanders and non
commissioned officers are to be selected
from lists of cligibles who have either
been trained in military schools or
have shown their ability in war tao
tics. Non commissioned officers are to
be dismissed if they prove incompe-
tent after six weeks of service.
1t is reported by the Bolshevik
organ, "lzvestia," that the Germans
are attempting through neutrals to
buy up Russian cotton in Khiva and
fcrghana, Russian Turkestan, and else
where in the transcaspian and trans
caucasian regions. Apparently as a
preventive measure the Soviet Council
New-York tribune., 1918-03-30
u. S. Red Cross Sends
900, 900 to Britain

WASHINGTON, March 28--In trans
mltt'ng check for $1,000 900, from the
American to the British Red Cross this
week, William Endicott, American Red
cross commissioner 70 Great Britain,
SUD INC AMERICAN Red Cross felt it a
privilege "to alleviate so far as noss;.
PIE inc suffering caused by the great
battle now raging in France"
we rohliZc," said MIR. Endicott's
messagc, made public here tonight
nov, little it is in our power to lessen
the horrors of war, but we feel 1t a
privilege to aid by this contribution in
the care Of the wounded who hnye 90
galantly fought for the cause which ia
now ours as we'll as yours. and to ale
vi"te as FAR ns possible the suffering
caused by the grent battle now raging
IN France; May we, therefore, ask that
Sosnt Sou uso tn,514noney 4,, for the purchase Of
and wounded" "'S>
New-York tribune., 1918-03-30
Allies Send Guns
To Anti Bolshevik
Army in Manchuria
Japanese, French and Brit
ish Artillery Forwarded
to Gen. Semenof
fBy The Associated Press]

PEkING, March 23.-Japanesc, French
and British field guns have been for
warded TO General SemenoH. the anti
Bolshevik leader whose troops hav,
been opposing the Bolshcvik forces IL
Manchuria. The Japanese General Ma
kajima has arrived (place not given
General Semenotf. it is announced,
has agreed 20 serve under General
Plcshkotf, who has been appointed by
Lieutenant General Horvath, military
commander at lIarhin. as chief OF all
the Russian forces in Siberia and Man
churia. General PlcshkoA' is the leader
of the Ussu,i Cossacks and formerly
commanded the lst Siberian Army
COrns
New-York tribune., 1918-03-30
81 Hurt, z Badly,
AS Navy Exhibit:
Structure Falls
Overenthusiasm Caused the
Accident, Lieut.. Brown,
in Charge, Says

Two workmen we're badly injured
and fifty others bruised and shaken
Up when construction exhibition at
the Pelham Bay Naval Training Station
yesterday suddenly collapsed.
The exhibition had been staged espe-
cially to show just what the Navy De-
partment can do in the way Of fancy
building when it cares to extend itself.
Forty-ive minutes was the period stip
ulated for the completion OF an entire
barracks, and up to the moment of the
accident the squad CT hundred and
fifty workers had been ahead OF schcd-
ulc.
They had constructed the skeleton of
4 building in exactly seven minutes
Ten minutes after the first hammer
blow rang out the inner flooring had
been laid and the rafters were being
swung aloft. Five minutes more and
nc siding was being nailed into place,
ridge pole slipped into its groove
Yerhead and the long, yellow boards
u the roofing started on their upward
journey.
Another five minutes and the roof
as three-q quarters complete with nine
!, men, perched along it's growing sur
ace, pounding away like nine hundred
emons. On the side foremen beamed
clightedly at one another. Moving
icture machines ground frantical!y.
recording the unprecedented achieve
ment. Lieutenant Commander Eliot C.
Brown, in charge of the work. patrolled
the outskirts. And then, just twenty
two minutes after the starting whistle
had blown, a crash, like the tearing of
some mighty fabric sounded through
the drum Of hammer blows.
Two Severely Hart
Beams, rafters, ridge pole and roof
ing panks came splintcring down in q
thunderous, disheveled heap. Two
men, while the sides of the Structure
slowly bellied out and hung shivering
in the air, went down amid the wreck
age.
\ few minutes later they were dug
out unconscious and taken to the ma
val station hospital. Later, it was said
they will recover.
OF the other men, fifty sustained
cats and bruises; but, owing chiefly to
the Tact that their fall was from a
one story building, their cases are not
auiiclently serious to call for much
more than iodine and a little rest.
Ut was over-enthusiasm," said Lieu
tenant Commander Brown afterward,
New-York tribune., 1918-03-30
23 New York Men
Get Commissions
Nine Promotions ON Recon-
mendation Of Persh;ng
Also Announced
[StaG Co1vcspoadenccl

WASHINGTON, March 29.-Commis-
sons in the Officers Reserve Corps
were issued to-day by the War Depart
mcnt to the following New Workers.:
Walter G. Thomas. l3J East 1nirty-erhth tn
Street, first lieutenant, Aviation Section, Sig
nal Corps.
Frank nibb, Camp Upton, first lieutenant.
Corps of Interpreters. National Army.
Page " Il. Stires, 3 West Fiftv-third
Street; captain; Henry c. Hawk, jr.. Ameri-
Quartcrmaater Corps. National Army
Irwin y. Toner, 81 Church Street, second
lieutenant. Engineer Reserve Corps
Edward 4. johnson, 25i5 Seventh Avenue
captain Railway Transportation Corps. Ma
John Joseph Finn. 1905 Eighty-ffth Street,
brooklyn, chaplain.
Commissions as second licutenants
IN the Coast Artillery Reserve Corps
were issued to-day to the following
New Workers:
Hunter Van B. Berg. "a Gramercy Park
10; Iohn ); Burnett. 5S Hooper Street Brock
ninth Street; John w. Dreyer "a Elliot
Avenue, Maspeth Long Island; Henry c.
Engel, 2199 Pond Place: Bryant r. Cilmour.
2o4 Stratford Road, Brooklyn; Arthur E.
Gr"noerg, 349 Icnox Road. Brooklyn; james
Hirsehmann, 376 st. Nicholas Avenue; Ju-
lirs c. iio'lcrth. White Plains; Aloi; I
Nelly. Wilson Park, Tarrytown; Leslie X.
MURRAY. ~ PARCEL street. Einnur,t, Long
l,land, O.car II. Os walt and Robert l..
0sswalt 42o kosciusko Street, Brouslyn:
n, har,ey j. Raymond, S73 Clinton Street,
Hfooilya; Alfred A. keidcnbaoh. Fresh Pond
road, Glen Cove. Long Island, and Francis
{. o. Thomas, % RAdford Street. Yonkers.
Members of the eXpedtonary forces
who received commissions on recon-
mendation of General Pcrshing includ-
cd the following:
>, William p. l.. Sinclair, second lieutenant
EnFlaeer Reserve Corps; George A. Thornr
CAPTAIN. Cuartermnster Corps: uayford
reirce, 1irst lieutenant. Interpreter Corps
lie IIiieutenants, Interpreter Corps: Homer w
,',d W;rd second lieutenant, Engineer Corns
wi!l'am n,, m l.. Quiillan. first lieutenant, Rail
% roa" ~, i,ransportation Corps; Hugh Galaher
Nallroad fermentation Corps 7'
New-York tribune., 1918-03-30
French Class Of 1919
Will Be Summoned
Socialist Deputy Attacks War
Policy and Urges
Disarmament

PARIS, March 29.-Thc soldiers Of
the class of 1919 are to be called to
the colors at IN carly date, to he fixed
by the Ministry of War. This was de-
cided by vote Of the Chamber Of
Deputies this afternoon. 1t is known
that the Ministry of War has decrecd
that the recruits shall report April 10.
The Chamber voted 400 against Z on .t
law demanding that the date of the
calling Of the class be advanced
NJ. Ratlin-Dugens, Socialist, IN oppos
ing the bill, violently attacked the wan
policy of the government, lie sad
that he and his friends, Alexandra
Blanc and NJ. Brizon, would vote
against the measure.
Ralfin-Dugens read a long paper on
the subject Of disarmament. which
brought forth sarcastic remarks ans
laughter from the Deputies.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-30

at Tashkent, capital of Turkestan, has
ordered the condscation of all cotton.
Germany has protested again to the
Boishevik government against the
declaration last week of David r.
Francis the American Ambassador, that
Russia will become a German province
if it submits to the peace terms Of the
Central Powers. According TO the
German contention. this was a violation
OF the peace treaty. The government
replied that the Ambassadors state
telegram which he addressed to the
All -Eussian Congress at Moscow which
ratified the peace treaty.
Germany sent the protest after the
Russian Foreign Office had addressed
protest against occupation of Odessa
by the Germans and Austrians, and
also against shipment by the Germans
of arms to Finland after the signing Of
the peace treaty.
The Foreign Office has asked Ger
many to state definitely what it con-
siders the boundaries of the Ukraine
Republic. Some Germanophiles even
insist Ukraine touches the Caspian
Sea.
The members of the French and
Italian embassies and the Serbian Le-
SetNIOHp uttN liiE HuNIcSNSO III idNtH (,
their way out of Finland. returned yes
terday to Petrograd. They departed
Immediately for Voogda.
LONDON, March 28.--An Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Moscow says
Germany has addressed note to the
Council Of Russian National Commits
sioners asking its attitude toward
President Wilson's proposals to assist
Russia to continue the war. In reply
the commissioners merely sent s. copy
Of the cabiegram dispatched to Mr.
Wilson by the Moscow conference.
In his message to the All-Russian
Congress Mr.. Wilson said that although
the United States at present was un-
able to render the direct aid it would
wish to extend, it would avail itself of
every opportunity to obtain for Rus.
sia complete sovereignty and independ
ence in her own affairs
New-York tribune., 1918-03-30
Page Heads Mission
10 the Italian Front
Former Representative Lens, of
Ohio, Tours Pave Line
During Cannonade
tBy Tho Associated Press,


ITALIAN ARMY HEADQUARTERS,
March Is Ambassador Page has ar
rived here from Rome and with Gen
eral Swift and other members of the
American military mission visited Gen
eral Oiaz at headquarters. where they
were entertained at lunch by the
Italian commander and his staff.
Former Representative Lens, of Ohio,
and Major Edward Toner also have ar
rived on q visit to the front. Major
Tcner is understood to be representing
the Governor of Indiana,
James Davis, of Pittsburgh, chairman
of the American Moose War Relief,
also has arrived. He and Mr. Lens and
Major Toner We're conducted along the
Piave and mountain fronts at time
when a spirited cannonading was pro-
ceedine
New-York tribune., 1918-03-30
Paris Envoy Coming Home

PARIS, March 2o.-Charlcs w. We
ditz. commercial attachc ut the Amcri
can Embassy, has sailed from French
port for the United States, With re-
port on the commercial situation be-
tween France and America. lie goes
IA representative Of the Franco Amcri-
can Society for the Adoption of Frcncb
Towns, and also carries with him thn
Official certificates OF American avi-
ators who have died for France.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-30
italian Diplomatists
At Petrograd Arrange to
Depart for Vologda

STOCKHOLM, March 29.-The Ital-
ian Embassy at Petrograd is going to
reaching Ira Nelson Morris. the Ameri-
can Minister to Sweden. The French
Embassy, which has been in Finland
for several days, is reported to be re-
turning TO Petrograd and planning to
leave Russia by way of the northern
route.
Advices from Petrograd tell Of FAM
inc and pcstilcncc there.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-30
Taft S Son Mentioned
For Army Promotion
Proved Himself to Have Quail
hcations for Commission.
Says Report
BY TIE Assoclatea Press

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, March 29.-Sergeant Major
Charles p. Taft. son of former Presi-
dent William II. Taft, has been recon-
nended through the regular military
channels for promotion to a commits
stoned officer.
Sergeant Major Taft, who has been
at the front Tor some time is said to
have proved himself an efficient nom
commissioned officer and TO have quail
f.catlons for a commission.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-30
Jersey Boy in Navy Drowned

- WAsHINGTON. March 2a.--.Iobn
Parker Hawthorne, OF l22 Hague Street
Jersey City, seaman Of the naval re-.
serve, teii overheard from the L. $ $
Kutoma March 26 and was drowned the
navy department to-day announced
his body was not recovered.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-30

Official announcement was made by
the Russian government Wednesday
that Odessa had been recaptured by the
Bolsheviki after a desperate battle for
three days. Odessa is the most impor-
tant Russian port on the Black Sea.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-30
Official Denial Made
I'm Vienna OF Report of
PecgDture OF Odessa

AMSTERDAM, March 29.--Denial
that the Bolshcviki have retakcn the
Black Seat port Of Odessa is made
officially in Vienna 1t is said the city
is sill occupied by the Austro- Ger
mans.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-05-10

From the foregoing 1t is seen that
the only question to be voted on is
whether or not to take the money
which Carnegie will give, or to re-
fuse 1t. The county will be out
nothing, to speak of, II 1t is accepted
and will be ahead new building,
while II It is rejected 1t will get
nothing. There is nothing to lose,
and everything to gain.
It Is argued in some cases that
the amount will not build a good
enough building and that this is a
poor time to build when labor and
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-05-10

We get equal suffrage in Prussia,
then we have lost the war; We de-
mand more liberty"
He urges peace without aggran-
direment or indemnity. for Ger
many's own good.
"You can take away territory
from state" he told his hearers,
"but you can't compel It to exchange
goods with you. A dictated peace
according to the Fatherland model
would make the entente alliance per-
manent. Then the whole world
would stand in arms against us, and
we should have to meet the expense
Of ever-increasing armaments In
volving annually some 100000
900 marks. Even now our air SER
vice Is costing us more than our en-
tire army did in peace time. A war
indemnity is not to be thought Of"
He would give up the conquered
strip OF France. iron ore and all.
The value Of the ore that lies In
the provinces of Briey and Longwy
has been estimated by experts" he
says. "and It amounts to as much as
we spend In 25 days Of war" Surely
nothing to hold out for! As for
Germany's colonies, all she ever get
out OF them in a year would only
pay Germany's war expenditure for
one day from eight in the morning
til six at night.
Not word OF morality, honesty
and decency toward the outside
world, you observe. His morals are
merely utilitarian. He wants Ger
many to stop fighting and behave
herself to prevent her own des,rue
tion. But it's something to tell Ger
mans even such material truths as
those. They can grasp them, when
they couldn't grasp ideas Of abstract
honor.
He's doing what we'd do II we had
a chance.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-05-10
Butts AND IFS

It was recognized in the civil war
that the most harmful propaganda
could not easily be reached by the
department OF justice. It was Of the
elusive type that passes current In
the daily speech of the disloyal or
half-loyal who come short of open
treason or sedition.
Regarding such people. and those
who tolerate them. Abraham Lincoln
said:
The man who stands by and says
nothing when the peril Of his gov
ernment is discussed cannot be mis-.
understood. II not hindered he is
sure to help the enemy; much more
II he talks ambiguously-talks for
his country with butts and ifs and
'ands.'"
The most effective weapon for the
suppression Of dangerous propagan-
da is the calm, persistent pressure
Of public sentiment, applied by pa
triotic friends, neighbors and ac-
quaintances. This sentiment should
tolerate no butts" and "ifs" regard
ing the nations ideals and war aims,
no sneaking championship Of the
enemy, no equivocal patriotism.
Every loyal American should con-
duct himself, at all times, as a re-
sponsible representative Of the gov
ernment, and condemn any disloyal
or dubious word he hears.
Those whose sympathies are not
with America need not be persecuted,
but they should be obliged to keep
their mouths shut.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-05-10

materials are 80 high. The Courier
agrees with all OF these statements.
but feels that something Is better
than nothing. Moreover. tho con-
tractors have agreed to build a re.
spectacle building. one OF the type
which the library board approves,
and which will be perfectly satisfac-
tory for the time being. The amount
available should be double si2.b00.
but the county would not feel justi-
ned In raising that amount now, and
individual donations are not forth
coming.
SO think those who have the In
terest Of the library at heart and
have made II a close study, II will be
better TO build now than 10 walt.
When the proposed quarters become
inadequate Il will be easily possible
TO build an addition. such as other
towns In the state have done and
win do. without In any way iEter-
fering with the design or beauty Of
the original structure.
Vote yes for the acceptance OF the
Carnegie offer. place Josephine coun-
~ In the list Of communities boast
Ing Of respectable library building.
assist prosperity here to the extent
Of the amount that viii be spent an
make yourself proud Of the added
prestige II Will give the county. as
well as the pleasure which each resi-
dent will get from the actual use Of
the institution.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-05-10
FRENCH AVIATOR BRINGS
DOWN HIS aiTH GERMAN

Paris. May i0.-Within Ave min
utes Tuesday. sub-Lieutenant Nun
geser. leading French aviator. shot
down his s3d and 34th German ma
chimes and damaged another which
undoubtedly will be placed to his
credit On Sunday he knocked out
two other enemy nirplanes which
have not yet been officially recorded
Sub-Lieutenant Nungeser during
three years OF air fighting has been
wounded ~ times and has served on
SO bombing expeditions.
French aviation has suffered n
great loss In the death within n few
days OF three aces who among them
had accounted for more thnn ~
Germans. Lieutenant Chaput, with
IS Germans TO his credit. was killed
Tuesday. while sub-Lleutenant De.
meeuldre, winner OF f3 victories.
was killed In the region OF the Som
me yesterday. Captain HIeffre met
death while directing an infantry at.
tack from very low altitude. He
was struck by a machine gun bullet
fired from the ground.