The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-15
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MEET DEATHAS
FIRST PREY TO
HUNS INTRIGUE
Frenchman Falls Victim to Plots
Whose Tentacles Invaded
America
FIGHTING GROWING VIOLENT
Activities on Battlefront Fore
shadows Important General
Movement.
FIGHTING GROWING VIOLENT
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Movement.
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Paul Bolo Pasha must face the
firing squad. The first man OF
the cotcrie Of French and other
propagandists favorable to Ger
many, who by their Vaccinations
sought to disrupt the soldiers and
populace of France and bring
about a separate peace between
the republic and the Teutonlc al
lies, has been sentenced to death
by a French court martial.
Through lavish expenditure of
German money, Bolo aided in a
conspiracy, which in some instance
es met with success, to corrupt
leaders and to subsidize the
French press into expression Of
the idea that Germany was invinc-
ible at arms and that France
should take. time by the forelock
and cease her military activities
against her enemies in. order to
save herself from ultimate van
punishment.
Extended to United States
The tenacles OF the conspiracy
reached even to the United States.
Here money was transferred to Bolo
through the intermediary Of Count
Won Bernstorff, the German ambassa.
dor to this country, and 1t was main
ly upon evidence of the operations
Of Polo and several Of his followers in
the United States that Bolo was con-
.victed. y
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been blighted as a result of the con-
spiracy and several additional per-
sons are under arrest and doubtless
soon will be courtmartialed. Notable
among these men Is Joseph Caillaux,
a former prime minister Of the repub-
lie.
On the Battle Front
On the battle front in France the
fighting activity between the French
and British and the Germans has as.
sumed somewhat violent proportions
on at least two sectors, with the fore
Of Field Marshal Haig and General
Petain the aggressors. Probably the
heaviest encounter was in the Cham:
payne region, where, aided by Ameri-
can batteries, which gave the French
very effective support" the French
have captured and organized German
trenches southwest Of the Butte Du
Mesnil. The German official com
munication admits the loss Of this
ground. ".E .a
North Of Lens the famous coal min
ing region the British and Germans
again have met in sharp encounter,
but no details of it have yet come
through. The artillery activity con.
tinues heavy on numerous sectors
from Flanders to the Swiss border.
Americans Engaged. ~
The mention of American artillery
is being engaged with the French
against the Germans In the Cham.
payne is the first indication that the
United States forces were in the bat
tie, iine elsewhere than east, Of St.
Mihiel which.is miles distant from the
Champagne front. The presumption
is that the American 'artillerists are
in training with the French prepar'
atory to Joining their comrades In
their own sector. i Sf7'"a
Unofficial dispatches still indicate
that In German and Austrian official
circles there is very considerable dis
trust of the Bolsheviki leaders in Rus.
STA and that preparations even are, In
the, making for stemming a surprise
maneuver on the. east front. NOne Ba-
variah, newspaper asserts that the En-
al conference between the Bolsheviki
and German and Austrian peace dele.
gates' at Brest+Litovsk ended In a VIC
lent rupture which bore all the seeds
Of a.7future conflict -r sg4
Austria Desires Peace
Ia d manifesto to his subjects deal
ing with the. peace effected with the
Ukraine, the Austrian emperor reiter-
ates his desire for an early general
peace. tae
In common with my hard tried pea
ples,"s said the emperor, Il trust that
after the first conclusion Of peace
which is so. gratifying an event for US,
general peace soon will be granted
suffering humanity"
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