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New-York tribune., 1918-06-10
London "Observer" Says
Americans Proved Their
Fibre in Fight on Ourcq
Outlines the Situation
Calls Campaign "Supreme
Play" of All German and
Allied Forces

LONDON, June 9.-The military sit
uaton on the Western front is summed
up as follows by "The Sunday OBJ
server:
Nothing gave more comfort to the
French than the splendid fighting, side
by side with them on the Ourcq, Of
the American battalions. They proved
mat the American people, reckoning
their numbers and fibre together, are
capable of becoming the greatest Mill
tary nation in the world.
by Tuesday the Germans had
reached their limit and had even been
driven back here and there. They had
tailed to reach Villers- Cotterets or the
lower course Of the Ourcq, and they
have since been securely held. Vii
lagos have changed hands again and
again, but final advantages in the last
Few days have been nearly always with
,he Allies, and in these reconquering
little actions British troops, as at
Bligny, near Rheims, have signalized
themselves with the rest.
"Ihe Germans can never have had
the least hope of getting to Paris as a
result of one battle. Their chief pur-
pose looking to the ultimately decisive
object Of the whole campaign was of
another kind. But after the first
couple Of days of a success, which
must have been beyond their expecta-
tons, they may we'll have hoped, and
they must still hope, to come near
enough to the capital to bring Paris
under the fire of their heavy guns.
-, AS they have not succeeded in this
they. are likely to turn their next at
tention elsewhere without by any
means giving up t.ae thought Of renew
ing the threat to Paris at later phase
OF these alternating movements. (This
was written before news of the new
German offensive movement was re-
ceived in London.)
We must not think too exclusively
OF Paris or of Amiens or of the Chan
mel ports any more than of Rheims or
Verdun Alternating operations on
any of these sectors may be equally
servlceable to the final purpose Of the
German plan. Chess has often been
compared with war, but it never Of
Tered a more exact and vivid analogy
than now. the campaign is the su-
preme play of all the German forces
against all the Allied forces"
New-York tribune., 1918-06-10
German Drive Drops
To ri Mile Front; ;
Report Cheers Paris

PARIS, June 9.-The official an
nouncement to-day that another phase
of the German offensive was opened
this morning between Montdidier and
Noyon was interpreted by the public
as having hopeful aspect.
The point was made that the latest
attack is on front of only about TWEEN
ty-one miles, compared with a front
Of fifty miles for the first offensive
this year, on March 21, and of twenty
five miles f"c the attack along the
Aisne on Ma 81. This is regarded as
an indcation Of dminution of the
power of the attacking masses.
The attack, it is said. has been no
surprise. as it was made just where
anticipated, and where, therefore.
preparations had been made to resist
it to the best advantage. The use in
the official communication of the term
Covering zone" is taken to show that
the enemy as yet has gained no advan
tage in the first portions, although the
attacking SIDE, after preparation with
explosive shells and poisonous and
other gasscs, can invariably count
upon making gains in the covering
New-York tribune., 1918-06-10
German Attack on
French Lines Fails
To Reach British
(Bv The Associated Preas)

WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, June e p. m.).-Thus far
the attack launched by the Germans
this morning against the French be-
tween Noyon and Montdidier has de-
veloped no conjunctive operation on
the British front, though heavy bonn
bardments last night and early to-day
against the British right gave promise
for time of a more extensive enemy
offensive.
1t may be that for the moment the
German High Command is content
with southerlv drive between Mont
didier and Noyon, with the idea OF
capturing Compiegne, with its rail
ways, and Strengthening out the
salient which the enemy has driven
into the French front between Sois-
sons and Rheims.
1t would be unsafe to predict at this
Juncture that attacks would not boil
up further north. Certainly Won
Hindenbnrg has for considerable
period had his effectives ready for a
drive against part of the British front
Whether the enemy will withdraw
troops from the British front and
make the present operations opposite
Paris his big gamble only time will
tell. 1t can only be said to-day the
German battle line is still prepared
Tor action along. the British zcne
Added interest for the American sol
diers training here is given in the
fact that Cantigny. which the Ameri-
can troops captured, is just north of
the right wing of the German storm
troops. Latest reports received here
are cheerful. 1t appears from the
meagre news that the French are hold
ing magnifcently.
Intense bombardment developed at
various points along the British front
during the night. The forward area
on the British right was heavily shelled
from midnight to O'Clock. From /
o'clock to the sector east of Lavie
vile, to the southwest of Albert, was
Under severe gas shell bombardment.
and between and 4 the front zone
west of Albert was pounded hard. The
Arras section also was put under a
severe barrage last night and again
early this morning.
The attack between Noyon and Mont
didier had been expected, and there
seemed possibility the enemy would
include at least the British right in his
new drive. The bombardment presaged
something Of this sort to day. and
troops were at Albert waiting for any
enemy advance that might come.
Ihe German artillery was active last
New-York tribune., 1918-06-10
Navy Now Routes
All Shipping Here
To Avoid U-Boats

Rear Admiral Nathaniel r. Usher.
who, IS commandant of the Third
Naval District, has had control of ship
ping in this port since the discovery
of hostile submarines, announced YES
terday as the result Of numerous in
quiries from agents and masters of
coastwise vessels, which were for
warded to him from Washington, that
all inquiries as to date of sailing and
route should be made Of the navy route
officer, Lieutenant J. S. Baylis, 28O
Broadway Admiral Usher's announce
ment follows:
"Now that the enemy submarines
have become active on the Atlantic
coast, the following steps have become
necessary for the protection of ship
ping at sea and in order that shipping
may be properly routed.
"The control of all shipping, coast
WIS, wise and overseas, for routing and
within the defensive sea areas and out
side Of harbors, has be1n assumed by
the Navy Department. This control
will be exercised locally by the COM
mandant of the Third Naval District.
Ship owners, agents and masters Of
vessels i'll the Third Naval District, in
cluding all ports from New London,
Conn, to Barnegat, N. j., desiring in
formation regarding the probable date
of sailing their vessels are advised to
see the navy route officer, Lieutenant
j. S. Baylis, $50 Broadway, room 303,
telephone Worth 5000, extension 44
Before leaving port, masters of ves-
sells must in all cases apply to the navy
routing officer for order and routing
instructions.
Vessels at sea should be prepared
to receive at any time radio instruc-
tions to put into the nearest port or
some port other than destination, for
orders.
"Orders to make port should be
promptly carried out and arrival re-
ported at once, with request for fur
ther orders and route instructions.
These requirements are entirely
outside of customs control and harbor
regulations in force under order of
the Secretary of the Treasury"
1t is stated by the naval authorities
that, despite the submarine activities.
coastwise traffic is we'll protected and
is again running under normal condi-
tions. 1t Is desired by the officials that
all information picked up by mariners
while en- route between ports be
promptly reported to the naval route
officer.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-10

ship was permitted to leave this mort
to-day. Vessels passing at sen Iikes
wise were warned to keep Il sharp
lookout for enemy submersibles and
for mines. gnu
Seaplancs from Cape May were more
than ordinarily active in the saarcb
Tor u-boats. One naya, dirieible bal.
loon added 30 the aerial forces d.
tending these waters was out on a
long reconnaissance flight this morn.
ing. 1t flew over Lewes ut a great
height and moved swiftly out to sea
evidently looking for ships in distress
one OF the seaplanes sent out yes
teroay developed engine trouble when
ABOUT one hundred miles off the Della
ware Capes and was forced to descend
Two men In the machine were taken
on by passing steamer. A short
time later the plane sank.
- On her arrival last night a United
states ship reported having sighted
Two derelict schooners off the jersey
coast. One Of them was being towed
ny an American patrol boat. The
steamer passed great quantities of
wreckage every few hours, members
OF the crew said
Masters of tugboats that have mt
into this port since the U-boat raids
negan are confident that the raiders
nave Hoatlng base in these waters
whlch probably is flying an American
nag ana Is effectually disguised. They
also .hink that one fleet of submarines
has been detailed to mine-laying ex-
clusively, and another feet. with
enough food to last through cruise
OF several months. intends to harass
commerce on this side of the Atlantic
throughout the summer.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-10
British i'm Conference
Merely Bow to Enemy

LONDON, June 9.-Describing the
meeting between the British and Ger
man delegates, held at The Hague to
arrange an exchange Of prisoners OF
war, Reuters correspondent at The
Hague says they did not shake hands
but merely bowed to each other.
A moment before, the Dutch Foreign
Minister had received the delegations
separately in adjoining rooms. He
then brought them face to face, deliv-
ering a speech in which he wished
success to their mission. MajorGenera
Friedrich replied for the Germans and
Sir George Cave. Home Secretary. OF
behalf of the British. Both thanked
Holland for what that conutry had
done for prisoners
New-York tribune., 1918-06-10
English Aircraft
Destroy 3 U-Boats
With Depth Bombs
Longer Hours of Daylight
Increase Effectiveness Of
War on Submarines

LONDON. June 9.-Accounts of the
destruction of the three enemy sub
marines by Bgtish aircraft were pub
lished yesterday. 1t Is explained thai
the longer hours OF daylight enable sea
planes, airships and kite balloons to as
sist materially in hunting down T.
boats. Summer conditions favor the
submarine hunters, whose incessan'
searching of the seas forces German
craft to seek deeper waters.
An observer in a British towing bal
loon sighted certain things which, to
his trained eye, Indicated the presence
of U-boat at a great depth Depth
charges were dropped, and the suo
marine was obliged to shift its position
The balloon continued on watch. anC
an hour later a submarine was oh
served to emerge long distance away
and start shclling a sailing vessel. The
balloon was towcd rapidly TO the spot
and in the mean time the U-boat was
forced to submerge by shots from thc
towing vessel Under the direction Of
the balloon observer the towing vessc
got over the track of the U-boat anc
dropped nine depth charges. A larg,
quantity of oil came to the surface
spreading gradually, until it covered al
area OF a square mile.
A British dirigible sighted a U-boa
attacking merchantmen. The diri
gible reached the spot just after the L
boat submerged and dropped a boml
three feet astern. A quantity of OF
came to the surface. The dirigibl.
dropped a second bomb, scoring direc-
hit and lifting the submarine to tn.
surface momentarily, after which il
disappeared in pool of OIL
A seaplane sighted a U-boat sub
merging and dropped bomb. which
the surface. The seaplane dropped :
second bomb into the centre of tht
ohurned water and great quantity o.
oil came to the surface The disturb
! ance continued for so long a time i,
was evident the submarine was NOR
tally wounded.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-10
Paris, if Attacked
BY Germans, Will Be
Defended to End

PARIS, tA June 9.-Deputies repre-
sentlng the departments of Seine-et-
Disc and Seine-et- Marne met here
yesterday to discuss measures to be
taken in the event that the capital is
menaced.
Deputy Leboucq informed his COL
leagues that Premier Clemenceau
sLa!et. s. before leaving Tor the front
that all possible measures were being
taken, and that if the city should be be
attacked, as appeared to him to be
unlikely, it would be "defended to the
end as General Gallieni decided lust
before the battle of the Marne in the
first summer of the war.
The appointment of the Committee
CT Defence to supervise the intrencj,- :
ments and works which rotect the
capital is the sequel to q report bv
N: Clemenceau in his capacity as
Minister of War. Paris is not ikelv
TO- be besieged, but the Germans With
il1teen-lnch guns may be able to sub
Ject 1T to an intensive bombardment if
they can come few miles closer, and
1T is necessary to be prepared for all
eventualities. @'''
New-York tribune., 1918-06-10
King George Answers
Mother, Returns Son

Especial Dispatch to The Tribune)
OTTAWA, June 9.-King George per.
sonally, just as regiment was leaving
an English port for France, picked g
seventeen-year-old Canadian boy out
CT the ranks and sent him home.
His mother, Mrs. A. E. Steward. OF
Saulte Ste. Marie, Ontario, had sent
two sons overseas and when her young
est, then aged sixteen, enlisted with
the 227th Battalion she sent letter
to Ottawa asking that he be sent home
rs he was under age. No attention
was paid to the request
Then she wrote twice to the King
with the result that the boy had the
honor at Shorncliffe camp of being told
to step out of the ranks and go home
as his family had already done thei,
share. He obeyed orders and is back
home. He is now seventeen, however
and says as soon as he is old enonoh
he will return to the trenches.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-10
Belfast Steamer, Hit
BY Torpedo, Is Saved

LONDON, June "a Belfast steam
ship, torpedoed by German subma-
rlne while bound from England, has
reached an Irish port, badly damaged.
Three tiremen were killed by the ex-
plosion Of the torpedo.
No fewer than four torpedoes were
discharged by the submarine. The yes
sci was man9uvred so adroitly, how
ever, that three of them missed their
mark. The attack was made at night
az daynreak the vessel was still afioat,
but we'll down by the head. The crew
which had abandoned ship, went hack
on board, although the forward deck
was awash, determined to take her to
port. ="
The men succeeded in getting the
disabled wireless plant into operation
again, and flashed an urgent cali for
New-York tribune., 1918-06-10

assistance. They were powerless, as
the ship was unmanageable, and would
have been easy prey for submarine II
one had been in the vicinity. Two tugs
came up and towed the steamship safely
The submarine, which was faster
than the steamship, ran ahead of her
in the darkness and lay in wait until
she came alongside. The explosion of
the torpedo, which was fred at close
range, tore a great hole in the star
hoard side. The steamship immediate
lv began to fill. The fiftyseven sur
living members of the crew took to
the boats.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-10
Best Possible Mail Ser,;..
Between u. S. and Ann,
Abroad Is Urged
Helps Keep Up Mora,,
Red Cross Official, Back r,,..
France, Pictures Value q
Cheerful Message.
Especial Dispatch to The Tr,t,.. !,

Especial Dispatch to The Trsbs..,
WASHINGTON, June s.-Ths {;
portance Of maintaining the best :,
sible mail service between the Iy,;,.,
States and American soldiers s.ss
in France is emphasized by s.asami .sss.'li
issued to-day by w. Frank persnr. pss.ass \
rector general OF Civilian Pal;as =
the Red Cross, in which he states 81 y
quent and cheerful letters from ban' ~
actually help to make soldiers less Ss' ~
ject to she'll shock" SUP
Mr.. Persons has Just returs.a i.
Washington after spending four ~
with the American eXpeditionarv fn..'
in France, studying conditions ,Ss;' ws;.
might affect the morale OF the Amas
con fighter. 4s''
He has been with the Am.,;,.
troops at reception camps, sunnlv -.
naval bases and concentration non. -
behind the line. He has oh.ern.
closely the men Of divisions hold,
sections of the front and studied n.
mately small groups of Amcrirs,
fighting side by side with British ,
French regiments in other sectors tn
American soldiers bileted In l;til
French hamlets seemed to intsrest HI
particularly because they must maj.
tain their morale under conditions n,
offer no suggestion of American life !
institutions.
"In order that such letters NAV
written" Mr.. Persons said to-niei
"the American people must see 10
that no family of a soldier lac.., {,
anything that will enable it to wi.
7 cheerfully. The Red Cross home d
vice section undertakes TO direct tb
task.
"Of the morale of our fighting me-
| heard only uniform approval throuc,
out France. They are maintaining II,
morale under conditions which. h
cause of loneliness. strangeness an
remoteness, do not in themselves Or
dispose to buoyancy of mind. II
English and the French military a
thorities are fully awake to the r.
mendous benefit to morale of maintai,
ing home interests and satisfying Il
homing instinct of their soldiers. tn,
therefore make a ten-day furlouc
every four months regular featu,
of their military system.
Cur soldiers cannot come home I,
such visits. Therefore, so far as;
possible to do so, we must take Il
American home to him. We must ke,
them constantly in touch with hon
life as we are living it from day 4
in city, town or rural district.
Every important in keepir a
American home living real
France are letters from home-.a
full letters giving complete news, pc.
sonal news, not worth iirH. pe-hap
in any newspaper, but of reai q,
TO every member of that part. :,
| family group. These letters must con
regularly and frequently, and leave i
gaps in home history. And this SER,
story of the home life should be illu.
trated with plenty of snapshots an
pictures. News ard frequent pictuy,
Of the children are peculiarly ID
portant.
"such home news keeps broths
father or uncle buoyed UP and in fr
fighting spirit It's absence may sen
him into battle worried, blue or moros
and in no mental shape to take care :
himself or do his full part in pro Ell
ing.his trench mates"
New-York tribune., 1918-06-10
Pershing Tells of
Attack S Repulsed
Near Chateau T hierry

WASHINGTON, June 9.--General
Pershing's communicate for Saturday,
delayed in transmission until tonight,
tells of unsuccessful hostile attacks
northwest of Chateau Thierry Friday
night, in which the enemy lost heavily
without reaching the American lines
at any point. The communique fol-
lows:
"Section A.-Northwest of Chateau
Thierry hostile attacks were made on
front Of two miles during the night
after artillery preparation. These
were repulsed with heavy losses to the
enemy and without reaching our lines
at any point.
"Thefe is nothing to report from the
other points occupied by our troops.
Section B-Nothing to report in
The Sanfinr, ,,
New-York tribune., 1918-06-10
Says U-Boat Raids
Have Awakened u. s,


That the recent submarine invasion
off the Atlantic coast has awakened
America to a realization of the war and
its responsibilities was the sentiment
voiced by Commander William T. Conn,
L. S. NJ, at dedication of a service
flag for the forty boys of the Washing
ton Square NJ. Z. Church who went
to fight under the colors.
During the past week the people
realized that we are really at war;" he
said. "What happened off the Jersey
coast short time ago is what has
been going on in England and France
fer three or four years.
II fail to understand why some of
the newspapers reported the COM
manders of the U-koats to be humane
Placing women and children in an open
beat 100 miles from land is not my
idea of humanity"
New-York tribune., 1918-06-10
Sinking Of Hospital
Ship Called "Wilful'

AMSTERDAM, June 9.-"The wilful
destruction" of the hospital ship Kon-
ingen Regentes, says the "Nieuwe
Courant," Of The Hague, occurred un-
der circumstances which virtually ex-
clude the possibility of mistake"
There cannot be a submarine COM
mander, it says, who does not know
for what purpose hospital ships again
and again have crossed the North Sea.
The paper points out further that the
German authorities always had said
a paddle boat was clearly recognizable
by submarines owing to the peculiar
sound it makes.
The paper makes it clear that in its
opinion the incident calls for speedv
action on the part of the German gov
ernment.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-10
Fliers Bomb Enemy.
Despite Cloud Handical
Nine Tons Dropped at Mes
and Fresnoy-les-Roye,
Saws Report

LONDON, June 9.-The official !
port on aerial operations issued I
evening says:
Low clouds hampered work on )
urday, but our airplanes constan
attacked the enemy behind his III
with machine gun fire. Our squadro
cooperating with the French, hesy
bombed Nesle and Fresnoy-les-Ro
nine tons being dropped.
During the following night two 70
were dropped on a railway station
dump east of La Bassee.
"ln the course of twenty-four ho1
four hostile machines have b
brought down and two others dissN'
None of ours is missing"
New-York tribune., 1918-06-10
Steamship in
Port After Run
With Lights Out

AN ATLANTIC PORT, June e.-An
American steamship, with 104 passcn-
gers, chiefly women, arrived here Co..
day from Caribbean ports. On Tuesdav
night a wireless message was received
and the skipper promptly ordered nlj
lights extinguished. Throughout tha
remainder of the journey no lights were
burned at night and smoking was pro-
The ships officers declined TO saw
what had been observed from the
bridge, but the passengers declared that
no u-ooats or war vessels of any sort
were sighted.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-10

night between GIvenchy and the Ro-
becq, and in the Givenchy sector the
Germans attempted raid, which was
sharply repulsed. During the night
the British conducted = raid of con-
siderable size against the enemy
trenches south of Beaumont-Hamei.
The operation was entirely successful
and thirty prisoners were brought
back. In this same sector the Germans
essayed raid after a heavy lombard
ment, but were thrown back.
Local fighting continued east OF
Dickebusch Lake, and at latest reports