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Evening star., 1918-04-18
BeIgians Halt Enemy
After AII-Day Battle
in the User Reqion

By the Associated Press.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE. April IS. II a.m.-The Ger
mans brought up fresh divisions for
the hard thrusts which they made yes
terday. Although the British were un-
able to hold Wytschaete and Meteren.
which they had retaken by a brilliant
counter attack. they beat on the
enemy elsewhere. The British MAIN
tanned their line throughout the night.
A renewed heavy bombardment of
the British front between La Bassee
canal. at Givenchy. and the Nieppe
forest suggests the Germans contem-
plate another heavy drive in this
regian in the hope Of taking Bethune
and creating a new salient.
All the areas back Of this section Of
the front were spIipkled with gas
shells throughout last night. At
o'clock this morning the bombardment
was nearly of drumfire intensity be-
tween LOGON and RobecQ. where the
enemy has tried repeatedly to advance
his line to the canal.
An effort made by the fourth German
army, which holds the enemy's right
of the allies from the coast was ex-
tended yesterday to the User region,
held by the Belgians. At $3.50 o'clock
in the morning after an all night bom-
bardment the Germans attacked on a
front of four miles between Lange-
marck and Kippe.
The Germans gained footing in the
Belgian advance position, but they were
thrown out after a fight lasting near
by all day. The Belgians took 900
prisoners. including many oficers be-
longing to seven different regiments
which represented one Bavarian, two
Prussian and one marine infantry die
visions.
Evening star., 1918-04-18
MR.. BECKHAM FOR ACTION.
Deplores Lengthy Debate on Meas
ures Delaying War Program.

Senator Beckham of Kentucky, de-
claring that Congress is aiding the
enemy in failing to give the President
power he seeks under the overman CO.
ordination bill, urged the passage Of
that measure without further delay.
Senator Beckham deplored lengthy
which, he declared, has only delayed
the war program. Ninety-fve per cent
of the American people, he said. favor
placing in the Presidents hands the
powers the bill proposes.
The people, Senator Beckham said,
were becoming intolerant Of delay, in
Congress and elsewhere, In measures
necessity to exert the country's power
to the utmost In winning the war.
This. he said, has been evidenced by
recent mob violence against German
gympAthixere.
Evening star., 1918-04-18
SCHWAb IS WILLING TO
QUIT STEEL CONNECTION
Necessity for Such an Act Not
Thought Necessary by Officials
Of Fleet Corporation.

Charles M. Schwab has told the ship.
ping board that he Is willing to re-
sign his Bethlehem steel connections
If necessary to undertake the work OF
director general of the Emergency
Fleet Corporation.
Officials of the board do not believe
it will be necessary. They point out
that he will have nothing to do with
letting contracts, and that in addition
virtually every yard in the United
States already has all the contracts II
can fulfill until 1920. The yards which
Mr. Schwab controls are engaged al
most exclusively on work for th'
Navy. ..- ss,.-s &.
Gen. Julian S. Carr Of North Caro-.
lima. resigned today as >an assistant
to Food Administrator. Hoover fol
food conservation in the south. He
will take up immediately the duties Of
chairman Of committee appointed by
the Southern Commercial Congress te
stimulate work in southern shipyards.
Gen. Carr and DR.. Clarence J. Owens
secretary Of the congress. will leave
next week to hold public meetings In
every southern port where ships are
being built, to arouse citizens. yard
owners and workers to the urgency OF
the need for ships.
Later the committee will undertake
the recruiting of labor and the expe-
diting of timber cutting II shortage
threatens to delay the work in any
yard.
Decision to establish a new govern
ment shipyard at Wilmington. N. C..
with six ways for building steel YES
sells, was announced today by the ship
ping board. The Carolina Shipbuilding
Company, subsidiary of the George A.
Fuller Company of New York, has been
awarded the contract for the yard and
for eighteen ships Of $500 tons each to
be constructed before the end of 1919
This yard is in addition to that au-
thorized at Wilmington for building
concrete ships.
The ships will be of the Isherwood
type. having speed Of eleven knots.
A new record for merchant ship
building is announced in the contest
between yards for pre-eminence in
turning out such vessels. The Skin
ner & Eddy Shipbuilding Company of
Seattle has delivered to the shipping
in 109 days from the time the keel was
laid, eighty-one days ahead Of the date
set in the contract.
In prewar times twelve to eighteen
months were required for the delivery
Of such a craft The best previous rec
was 113 days. made by the Columbia
River Shipbuilding Company of Wash
ington state. in building the S,800-ton
Canoga.
Evening star., 1918-04-18
GERMAN PURPOSE
TO ANNEX LIBERIA
AT END OF THE WAR.

Cablegram to The Evening star
and the Chicago Daily News.
Copyright, 1918.
AMSTERDAM, Holland, April
17.-It is asserted here that
one of the terms which Ger.
man extremists proclaim they
must impose on America at the
close of the war will be the
annexation to Germany of liz
IBERIA. The matter was broached
in memorandum presented by a
number Of colonial experts, i'm
Guiding DR.. Alfred thinner.
man, former foreign secretary;
Carl Peters and others, to DR..
Soh, colonial secretary. The
last named replied sympathet-
ically, but pointed out the great
difficulties in the way of such
an enterprise. The sending Of q
submarine to Liberia recently
is supposed to have had some
relation to this pau-d German
wish.
Evening star., 1918-04-18
sCHWAB ON WAY HERE.
Leaves New York and Has Not Yet
Selected His Aids.

NEW YORK. April 1s.-Charles NJ.
Schwab left here today for Washington
to assume his new duties as director
general of the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration. He said he had not yet de-
cfded whom he would select as his aids
and pleaded for a spirit Of praise and
not one of fault-fnding." Concerning
the shipping problem. 'It is fearful
job I have taken," he said. "and must
be expanded by encouragement. /
think the work Of Mr.. Hurley and Mr..
Piez has been wonderful to date Peo-
pie ought not to find fault with them.
but encourage them
Evening star., 1918-04-18
ITALIANS SUCCESSFUL ~
IN MINOR CLASHES

ROME, April 1s.-'In the Arsa val
ley" says today's official statement. "a
detachment of our troops attacked the
hostile advanced post of Val Morbia,
put the garrison to flight destroyed
the entrenchments and brought back a
few prisoners.
Enemy patrols were driven back in
the region of Corno del Signori by our
effective fire. There was q similar
happening on the Asiago plateau after
an encounter with French party.
"There was increased artillery action
in the Lagarina valley, In the Posina-
Astico sector, on the Asiago plateau
and between Fossalta and Caposile.
yesterday we brought down nve enc
smy airplanes. The British shot down
eleven and compelled another TO land"
Evening star., 1918-04-18
HUNS Do NOT DARE
R|SKASEAF|GHT
British Draw That Conclusion
as Result of Operations in
the Cattegat.
GRAND FLEET NOT HIDING

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. April 1s.-The British ma
val success against German mine
sweepers in the Cattegat recently. says
the Daily Telegraph. is sufficient an
swer to the Germans, who say that the
British grand fleet is in hiding. Con-
trasting the British fleet in the Catte-
gat with the German raids in the straits
of Dover, the Daily Telegraph points
out that while the Germans in their
bases on the Belgian coast are only
twenty miles from the straits. the ex-
ploit in the Cattegat was a carefully
planned operation conducted moro than
500 miles from the nearest point on
the British coast.
such a sweep" It adds. "can be made
only by a power in real control OF the
sea confronted by an enemy who Will
not risk protecting his small craft,
suspecting that such Intervention
might be the prelude to q general ac-
tion, which he desires to avoid.
Kept Forces in Hiding.
The Germans had large naval forces
near the scene on this particular Mon
day. They did not send them out. but.
on the contrary. permitted ten trawl-
ers to be destroyed virtually under
their very eyes,.
The newspaper then discusses the
theory that the Germans might be
inviting naval action near their mine
fields and coast defenses and says that
all such suggestions have no founda-
tion among those who have knowledge
of naval conditions.
The enemy. it says. has gained little
new strength for use in the North
sea by the Baltic situation. while Brit
ish superiority has been increased
since the battle Of Jutland. by the
and the entire naval strength of the
United States would be available II
necessary. Moreover. IL the German
naval forces were to be employed ad-
vantageously as the right wing of the
German army they should have been
thrown in before and not during or
after the opening OF the battle in
France.
Purpose Of Naval Battles.
'If a naval BATTLE" it continues.
could by any possibility have been
decided in Germany's favor. she would
have been saved the necessity Of press
ing forward her army and would have
spared hundreds and thousands of cas-
ualties which, on her own confession,
she could not afford.
"A battle on the sea is fought simply
to gain the right to use the seas for
military or economic purposes. The
Germans have wanted to attain that
end for three years and eight months
and II they had not done SO while
the odds against them were less heavy
than they are today. the reason is on
the surface.
still we can dismiss from our minds
all unsupported rumors. The watch
by the sea was never maintained more
efficiently or more effectively than the
grand fleet is maintaining it at this
moment"
Evening star., 1918-04-18

ments attempted to advance last night
near Corbeny, on the Aisne front. To-
days official statement says the at
tack was broken UP by French flre. =
The statement follows:
I'm the region of Corbeny the French
caught under their fire and dispersed
. strong German detachment which at
tempted to approach the French lines
after artillery preparation.
The Germans undertook several raids
In the Champagne and on tho right
bank OF the Meuse, especially to the
east OF Caurteres wood and near Dam
loup. All the enemy's efforts were re-
pulsed and prisoners remained In our
hands.
Northwest Of Roize, In Lorraine, we
succeeded in several incursions into the
German lines and took a certain num-
ber OF prisoners"
Heavy Artillery Action.
PARIS. April 1.-THE text Of the
night statement reads:
There were no infantry actions dur
ing the course of the day. The enemy
siolently bombarded our first lines and
several villages in the region. north OF
Montdidier. Our batteries eficaciously
counter-shelled the enemy artillery and
carried out concentrations Of IRE on
the German positions.
ION April Is and 16 four German air
planes were brought down. 1t is con-
f1rmed that two additional enemy ma
chimes were destroyed April IL.
Belgian communications: This morn
Ing the Germans attacked in force our
system Of advanced posts between LIE
Blanckaert pond and the Ypres rail-
road and succeeded in securing a foot
hold in a number Of our positions, but
energetic counter attacks by our troops
drove them out, About 900 prisoners
remain in our hands"
Evening star., 1918-04-18
AMERICANS SHOW METAL
BATTLING BESIDE FRENCH
All Fight With Such Dash and Courage That
1t Is Difficult to Pick Out One
for Special Mention.

By the
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Wednesday,
April of units who participated in the several days
fighting week. with the French the Apremont
sector finding difficult pick who especially
distinguished themselves in the operations One commander said
acted like hero and hard choose the
deserving
popular with the soldiers this
des Vaes Roman Catholic ef New Bedford Mass
living with the unofficial capacity, he having
to France representative of Knights
Evening star., 1918-04-18
BRITAIN announces
CABINET CHANGES
Earl of Derby Succeeds Lord
Bertie-TWo Other Ap-
pointments Made.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 1S.-Of1cial announce
ment was made today that the Earl of
Derby has been appointed ambassador
extraordinary and plenipotentiary on
a special mission to France. in success
sion to Lord Berthe.
Viscount Miner becomes secretary
for war and ]. Austen Chamberlain a
member of the war cabinet.
Evening star., 1918-04-18
German Onrush Stayed Since Yester-
day, Despite Many Powerful
Attacks at Various Points.
MIGHTY COMMANDMENT STARTS
BETWEEN LOGON AND ROBECQ
Teutons Cramped on Souther Side Of Wedge-Haig Again
Lose. Meteren and Wyt.chaete- -Petaiin's Forces
Halt Attack at Corbeny on Aisne Front

By
OTTAWA, April 1s-The French are heavily in action
on the northern area says Reuter- dispatch from
London today.
Undmned in intensity the great battle Flanders and south
goes Having retired east of the
Bh putting up desperate resistance to the Ger
enacng Ypes and Hazebouk the important supply base
southwest French troops have come to Field Marshal as
and fighting side by side with the British IN semmng
the enemy tide east of Hazebrouck.
Field Marshal Hig today reports his line on the Lys battle
front standing intact last night it existed yesterday morning
ground having the battling of yesterday despite the
heavy German attacks throughout the entire period
me IN front of the strong British
dominated by KENNEL H the northern portion OF this
'front.' turning their attention to the southwestery
sector of the battlefield
heavy bombardment of British positions here between
Robecq reported in progress this morning
enemy finding himself cramped the souherly side of
wedge he has pushed the British lines and the
eve Of IN effort widen it out here
Evening star., 1918-04-18
Briton Acknowledges Aid.

When the British general H L. Null
lers, commanding a cavalry division, re-
celved from his superior congratulations
and thanks for the work of his command
in beating off the enemy he forwarded the
following letter to the commander of one
of the American engineering units:
"As a United States engineering bat
TALON was fighting with the first cav
airy division in the. line ON March 80
the army commanders congratulatory
message applies to them equally with
the. units Of tho first cavalry division.
It has been brought to my notice that
the men under your command fought
most gallantly alongside the British
cavalry am most grateful to you
and the unit under your command for
the invaluable assistance you gave us
on March 80, 1918. Please convey my
thanks and congratulations to all
The reports Of the gallant conduct
Of the Americans on the British front
have caused Gen. Pershing to send the
following letter to the engineering COM
mander:
'4The commander-in-chief has noted
with great. satisfaction the fne con-
duct Of the oficers ami mon Of your
regiment during the recent German
offensive, - testified by British army
coMmandor0."
Evening star., 1918-04-18
British Give Details Of
Brave Fight by American
Engineers in Great Crisis

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
| FRANCE. April 1S.-Reports from Brit
ish commanders which have just been
received at American Army headquar-
ters give the first definite information
large numbers were among the forces
| hastily assembled from all branches Of
| the services by Maj Gen. Carey for
! his improvised army which filled the
/ gap in the line made by the Germans
| at the opening of their offensive last
| month.
| The American engineers were at work
| constructing and operating field rail-
! ways and building bridges.
Three companies Of an engineering
regiment were caught In the early bonn
| bardment and ordered to fall back. To
| one OF The American companies, which
had been consolidated with the British
Royal Engineers, was delegated the
task of guaranteeing the destruction Of
decided to abandon.
This detachment destroyed all the
material, made rapid retreat, caught
up with the larger group. and immedi.
ately resumed work. laying out
trenches. These operations lasted from
March % to 81.
AS the German attack became more
! intense the engineers were Joined by
tSOohSs oIuCLAASS anu railway men dS d
part Of Gen. Carey's forces. The COM
| mandfng officer Of an Americans regt-'
ment took charge of an infantry sub
! sector and directed the operation of his
troops for one week, until the emerg-
ency passed at that point. To this off,
Ger, Gen. Rawlinson, commanding the
British army engaged in that sector,
sent the following letter:
1.-THE army commander wishes to re-
cord officially his appreciation of the
excellent work your regiment has done
in assisting the British army to resist
the enemy's powerful offensive dur
ing the last ten days, 1 fully realize
that it has been largely due to your
assistance that the enemy has been.
checked and rely on YOU to assist us
still further during the few days which
are still to come before shall be able
to relieve you in the line.
II consider your work In the line to be
greatly enhanced by the fact that for six
weeks previous. to taking your place in the
front line your men had been working at
such high pressure. erecting heavy bridges
on the Somme. My, best congratulations
and warm thanks to ALL
''RAWLINSON
Evening star., 1918-04-18

When the attacks be86ns Father 0es
Wales, Drawing the dangers oe shell
and machine gun fire. went to the
casualty clearing station near the front
line to administer to the wounded He
assisted in dressing the injuries of the
soldiers and gave each man word OF
cheer. He handed out cigarettes to
the men who smoked.
Hes as game as they make them,
and every inch a soldier" said
doughboy, while other soldiers spoke
of the inspiration furnished by the
priest.
Young Banker Is Game.
Another popular man is young
banker of Springfield, Mass, who was
pressed into service as a stretcher
bearer. He was the smallest man In
the outfit, and after several trips be-
came SO exhausted he was unable to
hold the stretcher. He refused to give
up and had his companions tie the
stretcher to his wrists with rope, SO
as to enable him to hold the stretcher
on the Journey from the front line to
the dressing station.
Twice in twenty-four hours an Ameri-
can company has assisted French troops
in a neighboring sector to regain
mans. The company was led by cap
tain, who took his troops over the top
In the face of the most violent machine
gun and artillery fire. Each time he
succeeded in driving out the enemy and
inhicting heavy casualties. and then
strengthening the positions
Wanted Grenades Used.
A most pathetic story from the Amer
who was wounded fatally after fighting
for four hours. A piece Of shrapnel
struck him in the head He had a
grenade in each hand. Giving them to
his companion, he said: II guess I'm
DONE Please write to my mother and
tell her how it happened. But here
take these grenades and for Gods sake
don't waste them!"
The corporal fell In a faint and died
in q hospital the next day without re-
gaining consciousness.
At one point on this sector there was
g. space Of only fifteen yards between
the opposing trenches. A day before
an attack the Germans threw a note
into the American trench. 1t read:
ssWhat are you? Canadians or Ausr
Come over and find out" was the
reply thrown back by. an American
soldier.
The infantrymen who related the in
cident added: II guess they know who
we are now, and they will not be likely
to forget it for some time"
Private in Heroic Role.
One lieutenant In a listening post
with a small party Of men was cut of
from the remainder of the platoon in
Friday's attack. He tried to send up
rockets to signal an American barrage,
but the rockets failed to work. "A
private then volunteered to run back
with the message. He passed through
three lines Of barrage fire without
being harmed and delivered the mes
sage. The American gunners laid
the lieutenant and his party from the
hands Of a superior force Of the enemy,
which was headed in their direction.
American troops operating on the
Lorraine sector have taken over con-
troll of no mans land Patrollfng
parties are making almost nightly
visits up to th8German wire entangle-
ments without encountering any re-
sistance.
A lieutenant and q party of twelve
have made q dveshour exploring trip.
penetrating to the German third line.
and making maps Of machine gun and
snipers, posts and strong points with.
out being seen BY the ensmy.
Evening star., 1918-04-18

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~ ~ - s-.
Hethuns, An Important railway capeef.
ana q Robsca are wtfnins -
Lnj0A . 3nnction point on the railway
fxoa HaHhunA 70 Hasebrouck-
- r-sts.,, h.vS- ham holding this
eeeese st tne -ront q stfonsis e..
- tha. norfhwesterly edge Of the
-n1.% -n.r.s thnv hava held M the
l ~ ny .Snswce fmrther TO-
L.ssHrS,.rE - Vas indicated
49, 4, ~ rsnni.s Of fresh German
~s,A.sSSt - thn Msrrt. aector.
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'eso1AS ens s 49,
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= eA 11''AA : ~
n 1,au,a Y,e& unIikely that the entente
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,:Fsss ssn ,ssn pIpoS1 sxs,ao ao ssthnne shs % and
- ON % POINT wnere tney can coinpe,
8,., ,,S,,tH ~ ~ ~ %s,ere IT 1hs dnn,inatine
VImy ridge % tho German objective.
Whsther: indeed. this be the larger Ger
Ms.A ssssicssy..,t r. the ene,,,v 5sernonstra-
tien On the Locon-Robecq line. however.
vim be followed nth close attention. in
upon the great struggle on the Somme
front to the south. where the hrm hold
g fhs British on the AIas region and the
Ane soufn to Aner. mas neio up inc
Fighting for KENNEL Hill.
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STS G~r..n. an.r.a h.. .,v,-
A1,t ~ th ptsh 0pHhsh a.,tia Z o1in. th.
seuthwestern mart Of the TWs hattie
the niEht The bombardment Was still
plosross II oa"n tooas.
Text Of omcial Report.
ina Abatement reads:
has oeen NO Shahs on 'ne
British front during the night.
s~fhs hostile artillery has shown
..t,v;t, =, ~. .o,,.,.-n nort,.n
scsis.s oh ene soo'nein or.ioh
ef the Lys battle front from Givenchy
to east OF Robecq. A heavy lombard
ana Robecq was still continuing at
0AWn.
Local attacks were repulsed by our
sector. e' =
More detailed accounts of the fight
fng Of yesterday on the forest Of
lneppe-wytsehaete front establish the
81 II < Kemmei hiii the 'ss German in
~ po,nt pressed L back % our s line s1i9htiy. % y.
Evening star., 1918-04-18

tion post sighted German field kitchen
coming up to the enemy. He gave his
battery its position and the kitchen was
destroyed with three shots.
Evening star., 1918-04-18
Sketch Of Alfred Miner.

Alfred Milner-First viscount Miner
has been a member of the British
war cabinet without portfolio since De-
cember 10. 1916. The Earl Of Derby has
been at the head of the. war office since
the Lloyd George cabinet took office in
December. 1916. Previously he had been
director Of army recruiting and air
minister.
Announcement was made some time ago
that Lord BERTHE was about to leave his
post in Paris. where he has been am
bassador since 1905. Lord BERTHE, who
was raised to the peerage in 1915. en-
tered the foreign Office in 1863, and was
formerly British ambassador to Italy
He is seventy-four years old.
Viscount Miner has had a prominent
career in British politics, and was Brit
ish high commissioner for South Africa
previous to 1905. and from 1902 to 1905
he was governor of the TransvaaI and
the Orange river colonies. He was born
in 1854.
Evening star., 1918-04-18
Mr.. Chamberlain, Prominent Figure.

Mr.. Chamberlain. the eldest son Of Jo-
seph Chamberlain, has been a prominent
figure in public life for a score of years.
His last previous post was secretary for
India, which he resigned last July after
being censured by the commission which
Investigated the disastrous first cam
paign of the British in Mesopotamia-
Mr.. Chamberlain. who, as secretary for
India. was largely responsible for the
arrangement for the compaign, admitted
in the house of commons that serious
errors had been made. particularly in
regard to the hospital service