Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-01-10
Germans Take British Posts Driven Out-French
 Take Prisoners.
HOSPITAL SHIP IS
 SUNK OUT OF ZONE
Extend Submarine Z0ne-Peace Con. terence Again On-TeutOnS En-
 deayOr to Win Over t5krainians Snow flinders Operations.
Associated Press War summary.)

Bad weather continues 10 prevail on most of the major battle fronts 1 but nevertheless the artillery duela are proceeding, and at severa l points infantry attacks of small pro- | portions have been carried out. The l Germans, in one of these manauve~ g, i which apparently was more in the . nature of a raid than an attack by l large forces, entered British ad vance posts north of the Ypres-Stad- i ep railway, but later were forced ouf by counter attack. On tl.e famous l St. Nlihiel salient, southeast of Yer dun French troops nave raided Ger man positions on a mile front, de stroyed the positions and Ie eturned to their own lines with ITS prison CTS and some machine guns. The German war office admitted the French success in invading the Ger man positions, but said tie t'rs ach were elected from them i'll counter attack.
 Snow in Italy.
 On the Italian front a heavy snow is falling, and aside from heavy ar tillery duels from the Asiago plateau to the Piave river, and small patrol encounters, there has been no fight ing worthy of mention.
 Both the British and French news papers enthusiastically endorse President Wilson's statement of war aims, likewise it has met with the entire approval of the representa- lives of labor in Great Britain.
 Hospital Ship Sunk.
 The British hospital ship, Rewa. with wounded aborad, was sunk by submarine in the British channel last Friday night. The injured were saved, but there were three casual ties among the crew. The attack was made at II o'clock at night, al tho the ship was carrying all the hghts and markings of a, Hospital of mercy. The torpedo passed thru the ned cross painted on the side of the steamer.
 Extend Submarine Zone.
 Germany has extended her sub marine zone to include the waters around Cape Verde islands, Madiera and portion of those of French Sen esai, off the northwest coast of Af- iica. Thru these waters lay impor- lant trade routes from the Pacific ana Indian oceans, South Africa and south America, to Europe.
 Say Conference Again On.
 Accordlng to an Amsterdam dis palcn, which probably emanated from neflln' the Brest Litovsk peace con- terence asalln is in session, With Leon Trotzky, the Boisheviki foreign III munster and the German and Astro- n,ungarlan n foreign ministers, and the 1ufKish grand vizier, in attendance. III addition to their endeavor to nn.ralghten na out differences with the u:olsheVlkl, the Teutonic representa- ''...s .nes are declared to be negotiating M"h the Ukranians, in an endeavor 'o earn their good will
 Hospital Ship Sunk.
 London, Jan. 9.-The hospital shil ne ne~a was torpedoed and sunk in th' pilstoi channel on January while ol nef way from Gibraltar, it is announc eu oflcially, All the wounded were a"Neu' There were three casualties "nons the crew. The announcement continues:
 She was displaying all the light. "nn ".m markings required by The Hagu' .ouVeh,lon. She was not. and hat no no.' been within the so-called barred iune' is as delimited in the statemen Iaaed Io" ny the German governmen january l9, 1917."
 th ane torpedoed vessel probably wa re one l'rltlsh steamship Rewa. 7,3OS ton eho ehoss and 456 feet long. The Bristo tmanhel tasa. is an arm of the Atlantic ex "teadlng into the southwestern part o rea. son., Britain between Wales and th
 'u'n"estern countries of England