The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-29
United Press
War Summary

1,427th day of the war; 101st day Of
the big offensive.
Marne front-French repuIsed a des-
perate German attempt to retake the
positions west of Scissors captured
from the enemy yesterday.
Picardy front-The French war Of
flee reported successful American
raid northwest of Montdidier in the
Cantigny region in which forty Ger
man prisoners were taken.
Lorraine front-French toops took
prisoners in a raid in Apremont for
est, on the left flank of s,s American
! Toui sector.
italian front-Latest official reports
showed comparatively minor engage
ments in mountain region.
Great Britain-British casualty lists
for the week showed total of 80, 178.
rrance-The Germans made their
thErd air raid on Paris in three days
ar,v,nd midnight. No casualties re-
porlj d.
Germany-GeneraI Won Liehert, in
an interview declared that another
surprise blow against the allies is i'm
ninent. He admitted that the Aus
trian offensive was painful fail
ure."
Germany Is preparing for military
Intervention in Russia to "restore or
der' according to the German press.
Neutrality-suspicious. reports
said the general strike IN Buda Pest
has ended.
Russia-The murder of the former
czar is confirmed by the German en-
bassy at Moscow, according to
Stockholm dispatch.
II I-
rorized Petrograd and hundreds of
persons dying daily from hunger.
Cannot Surprise Foch.
by J. w. T. Mason, United Press
War EXpert1
NEW YORK, June 29.-No new Of
fensive with which Won HindenburS
may seek to satisfy his blood mania
can now take General Foch unawares.
There is one area, however, where
General Foch may be prepared to
see the allied front widened, rather
than utilize his reserves for the de-
fense of the line as now existing.
This is the sector east of Rheims.
The long salient which Hindenburg
created when he pushed southwark to
the Marne, separates the French front
east of Rheims from direct touch with
the rest of the western battle line.
Hindenburg is able to use his own re-
serves for sudden operations between
Rheims and Verdun, because he is on
the inside of the circle. General FOch S
reserves, however, are on the outside,
and can get 10 the Rheims-Verdun
area only by making a long journey
around the MaTne salient.
To guarantee the Rheims-Verdun
front against danger of a sudden Ger
man blow, General F'och would have
to move his reserves into that sector
But. if this were done, the defenses Of
Paris and the channel ports would be
weakened. Won Hindenburg might
then try again for the channel of Paris
with General Foch's reserves far
away on the eastern side Of the
Narne salient. It is not probable that
General Foch will risk being caught
in such a trap. For this reason, the
Rheims-Verdun line may prove
tempting bait for Won Hindenburg.
The American sector along the Lor-
raine front is nearby. Won linden
burg NAV reason that General Foch
would have to draw upon the Ameri-
cans to defend the Rheims-Verdun
front. thus interfering with the allies
plans to reserve General Pershings
army as far as possible for its forth
coming major offensive
But. General Foch has demonstrated
that he is capable of avoiding this
pitfalI. If Won Hindenburg wishes to
extend his front east of Rheims in ex-
change for a further slaughtering OF
German nlan-power, General Foch may
well give his approval to the plan.
Operations east of Rheims would still