Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-29


fnal settlement must be bass,
essential justice. 'ased q
Peoples and provinces ara
De hartered about like chatts,. -"
Every territorial settieusu.
De for the benefit and in the !, nus
OF the populations concernsS 'sfss
All weil-defned national
lions shall be met with ths aspHa'
satisfaction consistent wiz eeaos,
ure peace. 'He Il
Pope Benedict, in a rastor,, =.
issued at Easter. made ano,s. .e't'
peal for concord among the q 4
Of the world. but it brought f, yvSps
tangible results. At the Pon.,s
hest. prayers for peace vera ~.
IN Catholic churches throushon. =
world on st. Peters dav, .Jnrs :,
In April there came rav,,s
from Paris that Emperor cha-,.
Austria had written letters "a n.
Sixtus of Bourbon. a RELATE.
these communications the ans..
monarch conceded the clair
France tc Alsace and Lorrain. :,
limited that peace overt"res wor,ss
welcomed.
AS the result of this, cour. g., \
min. the Austrian Foreign Minis,
was removed from office.
The most recent addresses on e.,
subject of peace have been deliv.,.
in the German Reichstag, one by r.
Richard Won Kuehlmann. the for.,.,
minister. and the other by Imrer,.
Chancellor Won Hertling. The +,
mer's sensational admission tina, y,
sword by itself could not bring ns.,
resulted in his resignation. and w.,
Hertling's address voiced the SEE,
ment that as long as the Allies Wa,
intent upon destroying Gerln,,, ;,
the war must go on.
The Enemy offensives
Last winter it became know, "a.
the Germans were massing force, a.
the Western front. Reports c,,,
that large units were training bel
the lines and that new and M 4
terrible engines Of war than had ~,
known before were to be used /, !.
German effort TO break the An.
lines, crush their armies and f.r I,
them to make peace. The drive ",
we'll advertised and even the m.
where it was to be launched ~
known with comparative certair,
On the morning Of March q. 81
Germans began their attack ~
the vicinity of Arras, on the NO.,
10 La Fere, on the south, and cent?.
ing their heavier columns against IA.
British forces, under General Gop,t
at st. Quentin
Staggering before the impact 4
the blow, the British army fell h,s3
rapidly. For eight days the Gern,g
poured through the old Allied lr4
an effort to crush the British A..
drive a wedge between them and /.
French. who were holding the Yrs
to the south. Then came a period ,
reaction and the Germans came "A,
stop. They had driven ahead tcr 4
miles. along a front extending res,
than 80 miles before they xel
halted -
Hardly had their legions t,en ~
before Amiens than a new offensie
was begun in Flanders, on AprA !
1t swept the British back thrcgd
Armentieres. but did not break tAsf
lines. The British. with the Freah
who We're rushed up TO the ffo4
stopped the Germans after they hi
reached the hills southwest OF YprA
There, on April ., the Germans 81
fered n terrible defeat that hsNt
their offensive in that quarter.
Foeh in Supreme Command
In the midst of the drive in !
sector toward Amiens the Allied n
tons took a vitality important ste
They named General Ferdinand 10
hero of the first battle Of the Mar,
generalissimo of the Allied forces
the Western front, which lncmd
all the line in Italy as we'll az
France. Even the Thurman coassk
northern Russia, has been held II
under his command.
After period Of quiet, the II
mans attacked once more. this I.
on the Aisne river. and IN seven Z
they reached the Marine at Chat
Thierry, making q penetration
about 2S miles. Al the Marine
were checked and the impetus o
blow was broken.
With hardly days pause foi
crganiza ton Of their forces, the
mans again attacked. choosing !
sector between Montdidier and
on, on the southern side Of the :
ent driven into the Allied line
ing the March offensive. as the
of their onslaught. This Offer
IAN for five days and vas sto
north Of Compiesne after Id
which were described as unpl
dented had heen inflicted upon 4
Germans.
From June Il until July Is
Germans were engaged in shl
their forces and then they
struck. This time the line Of at
was from Chateau Thierry eastV
around 10 the north Of Rheims u
then down the Nesle river 10 Pf
and from that village eastwar1
Massiges. This attack at the
of the year developed into on
the most ambitious Of the GeicJ
strokes. r.
German forces crossed the M
over a wide front, but we're lac.
TO make ground against Anehcsi
troops near Chateau ThierrY a.,
could not advance rapidly faNsl
east. They did, however force aseE.l
on the north side Of the Marie az.
between that stream and the nDu,
tain OF Rheims. 1t appeared -
time that thew might reach Epe1pN