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The sun., 1918-02-21
BARRAGE HALTS
RAID BY FOE ON
U. S. TRENCHES
Artillery Lays Down I'M
penetrable Fire as Ger
mans Attempt SOrtie.
THEIR LOSSES SEVERE
French Attack Over Wide
Front in Lorraine and Cap
ture 400 Prisoners.
Nv tie Associated Press.


WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE,
Feb. 20.--The Germans again attempted
raid against the American lines last
night. but the raiders were discovered
and the artillery. responding to rocket
signals. laid down heavy barrage al
most instantly. The Germans path back
to their line was marked by red lines.
During the night n machine gun bull
let killed an American private.
Enemy planes flew over the entire po-
sitlon repeatedly to-day. One American
machine in a dash over an enemy trench
sprayed 1t with machine gun bullets.
For several days the Germans have
been concentrating artillery OF various
calibres opposite the American positions.
They now have twice the number OF
guns as when the Americans first took
the sector and between 500 and l,OOO
shells are being fired at the American
positions. when at first there was
hardly $50.
American artillerymen continue their
practice of sending the enemy at least
two or three shells for one. Enemy ar
tillery during the last twenty-four hours
paid particular attention to towns and
battery positions, firing hundreds of
shells on them Three soldiers wounded
were the only casualties from the shell
fire.
American shells have been dropped on
enemy works and have cut the enemy
wire to pieces in many places.
Control OF the air in the American
sector belongs to the enemy. Any Of
ficer at the front will make this declara-
tion-all have made 1t. The control Is
obvious. German airplanes come and
go over the American lines almost a,
will.
The sun., 1918-02-21
HUMBERT LEFT NO
PAPERS IN OFFICE
Paris "yournal" Comments on
Police Inspecfors Visit.
Special Cable Despatch TO THE srN

C0pv1ghf, lSlb, ar rDhS feSerceo
PARIS, Feb 20.--Commenting upon
the arrest OF Senator Humbert. the
Journal, his former paper says:
M. Moisant. the police inspector.
visited the Journal Offices to ascertain
whether Senator Humbert left any
papers behind when he departed. NJ.
Mouthon. codirector with Senator Hum-
bert, who remained in the office. said
that Senator Humbert left the office of
the publication on December s and that
since that time he has occupied no part
Of the building and left behind no papers
whatever.
THE Police Commissioner retired af-
ter having registered this fact. In this
establishment. where Senator Humbert
held sway for twenty-four months, all
his former associates desire that full
light be thrown upon all actions affect
ing the conduct OF this paper This has
been irreproachable. and with respect
to the war 1t has been one of the most
patriotic Of the French press"
Chateau Mesnll Guillaumc.' where
Humbert was arrested in Normandy
formerly was the property OF a wealthy
American who is said to have spent
81. 200. 900 in its construction. When the
American died Senator Humbert bought
1t for u relatively small sum.
The sun., 1918-02-21
Town of Werder Passed in
Apparent Drive to
Reval.
RESISTANCE IS FEEBLE
Several Hundred Guns and
Much Rolling Stock
Captured.
ADVANCE FROM DVINSK
Divisions Beyond Lutsk Are
Moving on ROvnO-BlOw
to Rumania. .

BERLIN, Feb. 20-The forward move
ment Of the German troops eastward
into Russia continues. according to the
Official communication issued this eve
ming. The text Of the communication
says:
The forward movement continues In
the east German troops have en-
tered Esthonia. Werder has been
passed through in an easterly dircc-
tion.
1.-THE town Of Werder. Esthonia, 70
situated on the coast Of Bol Sound. 1t
Is probable that the forces landing there
came from Moon or Oesel Islands. which
lie of the Esthonian coast and which
for long time have been occupied by
the Germans. Werder Is about sixty
Ave miles southwest of the important
Gulf of Finland port. Reval.1
An earlier statement to-day reads:
On both sides Of the Riga -Petrograd
railway the Russian positions were
crossed an we advanced twenty
kilometers beyond the line which had
been our front Feeble resistance OH
the part of the enemy near 1nzeen.
north OF the railway. soon was broken.
Our divisions pushed on from Dvinsk
TO the northeast and to tho east
Between Dvinsk and Lutsk they
advanced on wide sectors. Divisions
which pressed forward beyond the
Lutsk are marching on Rovno.
Prisoners to the number Of $500.
several hundred guns and great
amount Of rolling stock fell into our
hands.
The sun., 1918-02-21
ALLIES LEADING
IN U-B0AT RACE
President Wilson's Chart of
Sinkings Shows Lowest De-
preston Passed.
NEWS CHEERS OFFICIALS
Upward Trend Will Prevent
Drastic Cutting OFF of I'M
ports and Exports.
NEWS CHEERS OFFICIALS


WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. - The United
States and her allies are forging ahead
IN the race with Germany's submarines.
The lowest point in the charted curve OF
the International shipping situation has
been reached and passed, and the chart
carefully kept by President Wilson and
the closest advisers show, It was learned
to-day from high official sources. that
the availability OF ships Is now on the in
crease.
The shipping situation was one OF the
principal topics OF discussion at the last
meeting OF the War Council as we'll as
Of the Cabinet. and the shipping chart
showed clearly that the point OF avail
ability of ships WAS on the rising curve. IL
was learned to-day.
The situation is due to improvement
OF handling vessels in the transatlantic
trade. particularly in military transport ::
through lowering Of the time lost in
loading and unloading at French ports
through increased submarine defence
and consequent lowering OF the ratio Of
sinkings; through acquisition of num-
bsr OF Dutch and other steamships for
allied trade and through increase In the
ratio OF construction to destruction.
Adlninist ration officials are greatly
heartened over this situation. The chart
which was carefully planned after con-
nIltation with all allied authorities
showed when Il was drawn that rhe
lowest depression probably would be
reached late In February or early In
March. This lowest depression, how
ever. was passed little moro than two
weeks ago and since then has been
sweeping upward.
officials charged with the conduct OF
! the war believe the rising curve will in
crease and that submarines will be
definitely placed out Of the equation SO
far as the military situation IL con-
cerned II there Is no further halt in
shipbuilding programmes Of the country
As n result. 1t was learned authorita-
lively that there will be no arbitrary
! cutting of Of imports or further drastic
action concerning the shipping situa-
! tion.
Leaders Of the allied Governments are
confident that they now have the upper
hand over iermanys submarine war
fare. Imports will be limited only or
tho basis OF particular ship sailings.
A further advance on the upward
curve Is anticipated as Il result Of the
action taken to-day by the ship contro
committee In Communicating steamships
under $500 tons deadweight to put then
in the coastwise and West Indies trade
with a view to stopping transatlantic
voyages by them as rate control meas
ure
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WEEKS U-BOAT TOLL
is BRITISH VESSELS
3 Other Merchantmen Were
Unsuccessfuily Attacked.

LONDON. Feb. 20.--British merchantmen
sunk by mine or submarine In the past
week numbered fifteen, according to the
Admiralty statement issued tonight. or
these. twelve were Of 800 tons or over
and three were under that tonnage. One
fishing craft also was sunk.
Eight vessels were unsuccessfully at
tackled.
The arrivals at ports in the United
Kingdom for the week numbered 2.322.
sailings. 2.3s3.
The sinkings for the last week show
q slight diminution from the previous
week. when nineteen merchantmen were
sunk. thirteen of 1900 tons or more
and six under that tonnage.
RoME,Feb. 20.--Italian shipping losses
during the week ended February 20
were two steamships Of more than 1900
tons and one sailing vessel Of more than
1000 tons.
The sun., 1918-02-21
Soldiers Give Praise :
to "Sun" Fund Donors
WRITING home from Wash
" ington in May, 1864, Walt

WRITING home from Wash
" ington in May. 1864, Walt
Whitman said:
dearest Mother-To-day I
have been in one of the worst
hospitals all the forenoon. It
contains about 1000. l have
given the men pipes and tobac-
co. am the only one who gives
them tobacco. Oh, how much
good it does some of them, but
the chaplains and most of the
doctors are down upon it."
Times have changed since
civil war days. Chaplains and
surgeons, as we'll as the army
commanders now recognize to-
bacco as a necessity. THE SUN
Tobacco Fund, supported by the
generous public. is meeting the
demand. Read about it on
page 4.
WARNING! THE SUN TO-
BACCO FUND has no connection
with any other fund, organiza-
ton or publication. 1t employs
no agents or solicitors.
The sun., 1918-02-21
TROTZKY YIELDS ANEW.
lie snd Lcnine Formally sian
Peace Acceptance.

LONDON. Feb 2o.---1he status Of the
so-called peace agreement reached be
tween rhe Bolshe,1k Government OF Rus
sia and the Germans and Austrians con-
tinues to he a matter "C grave speculA.
tion Dispatches from both berlin And
Petrograd tell Of intense excitement and
much dissatisfaction over the negoua-
tions.
Gen HOFFMAN. German military rep-
resentat i've at the BreN -l.itovsk confer
cnce, asked the Bolsheviki for a written
authorization OF the wireless peace
message sent yesterday to Berlin. He
dcna nded that tho Authorization bo de-
Nyered to she Teuton commander At
Dvinsk. N.ckola! Lenine and Leon
Trotzky are said 10 have signed this
document, which was supposed to-daS
to be on its way To the place desig-
mated
In tho meanwhile the message trnl
The sun., 1918-02-21
ANARCHY IN PETROGRAD
RObbcrics, Orgies and street Fir.
ing at Many Other Points.
Special Cable Despdsch to THE SvS from thA

Copvoohf. 1915; all riohts veserred
LONDON, Feb. 20.-A batch OF he.
lated Russian dispatches. sent from
February TO February IA. reached Lon
don tonight They bear. 10 a great eA-
tent. the stamp OF the Bolshevik officisi
press agent A Petrograd cablegran
tells OF the theft OF 100000 from q
newspaper on the Neva. A messenger
who carried the money was murdered,
and subsequently the two robbers were
killed
Outragcs. street firing ard drunken
orgies appear TO be common in many
parts OF the former empire.
The Gregorian calendar has been
abolished and the Julian substituted IN
a large part Of the country.
An interview given In Petrograd on
February s by Count Ka!serlin warns
the Russians not to count upon n revo-
luton in Germany and says that Ger
many is fighting TO keep order, while all
her enemies seem to be struggling in be-
half OF anarchy.
A group of Russian grand dukes and
du chesses II said to have pet'toned tha
Bolshevik authorities for permission to
have former Emperor Nicholas removed
| TO France They disclain any conspiracy
to restore the monarchy and say the
former sovereign will rclinquish aii
| rights TO the throne
The sun., 1918-02-21
FRENCH MAKE ATTACK.
They Capture Over 400 Men in
Lorraine sector.

PARIS. Feb. 2o.-French detachments
made a heavy attack on the Germans In
Lorraine to-day. entering the German
lines over a large front and capturing
more than 400 prisoners. according to
the War Office announcement tonight
The text of the statement reads:
In the Argonne we repulsed an at
tack at Four de Paris, and inflicted
apprec liable losses on the enemy.
In Lorraine. north OF Bumes and
east OF Moncel (northeast Of Nancy.
our detachments penetrated the DER
man lines deeply on large front.
This operation, brilliantly carried out.
enabled US to bring back prisoners,
the number Of which are known to eX-
ceed 400.
in the Vosges there was quite
marked artillery fighting in the region
Of La Fave.
In the absence of ofIicia! advices it is
presumed Gen. Pershing's men cooper
ated in the movement.
The sun., 1918-02-21
600 IN BRITAIN SIGN FOR DRAFT
Consul-General says All of Mill
tary Age Are Now Registered.

LONDON, Feb, Approximately 500
Americans resident in the United King
dom are subject to the draft under the
Anglo-American treaty, That number.
II was announced to-day by the Amer
lean Consul-Generpl, Robert T. skinner,
had registered since the draft scheme
went into effect, This means that vir-
tually all the Americans OF draft age in
the kingdom have signed up.
There are approximately 1900 Amer
lean citizens of both sexes and all ages
now resident II the United Kingdom,
The sun., 1918-02-21
BRITISH WIN IN AIR.
Della: of German Offensive Laid q
This by Gen. Maurice.

LONDON. Feb. Major-Gen. Fred
erick r. Maurice. Chief Director of Mil
itary Operations at the British War Of
flee, said to-day there had been no de-
velopments on the west front during the
past fortnight to indicate that the Ger
man offensive was neafe
One Of the most satisfactory features
Of the work of the two weeks In the
west had been the continued British
successes in the air. which had great
importance as the preliminary to any
battle. Gen. Maurice added that the
British air predominance harpered the
enemy tremendously in gaining informa-
ton which was required by him before
the commencement of any important
battle.
The sun., 1918-02-21
10 PLANES ATTACKED ENSIGN.
Germans shot Sturtevant Down,
They Claim, Says Sims.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2o.--Vice- Admiral
Sims advised the Navy Department to-
day that the American seaplane in which
Ensign Albert Dalton Sturtevant. l.. S.
N. r. f., was lost. is claimed by the
Germans to have been shot down in
flames, Ensign Sturtevant was second
pilot in the machine.
Apparently this machine was at
tackled by ten enemy planes" the des-
patch states.
The sun., 1918-02-21
SOCIALISTS PLAN STRIKE.
Arranged by Ger
man Iudenendents for March I.

LONDON. Feb. 20..-The German 1nde-
pendent Socialists are arranging for a
strike in the munitions
factories of the empire commencing
March !, according to information re-
ceiyed from Berlin and forwarded ny
the Amsterdam correspondent to the
Exchange Telegraph COMPANY
The sun., 1918-02-21
GERMANS INVADE EST4ONIA;
RUSH TOWARD PETROGRAD:
TAKE,2,5OO WAR PRISONERS
Pogroms in Russian
Cities Are Reported

STOCKHOLM, Feb. 2O.-Seri-
~ Gus outbreaks against the
Jews in various parts Of Russia
are described in reports received
by the Jewish Press Bureau
here.
Pogroms' are said to have oc-
Cured at Lublin, Rashkoff,
Tsherkoni, Tiraspol and Kornin.
The sun., 1918-02-21
SALVATION BUILDING
BURNS; TWO MISSING
Six Firemen OVercome at 18th
Street Blaze.

one man was burned to death. another
is missing and the lives of ll3 other
persons. forty-thres OF them women.
were imperilled early this morning when
fire destroyed the four story building Of
the Salvation Army training school, ad
Joining the army's main barracks build
ing in Fourteenth street, west OF Sixth
avenue.
The fire started in kitchen In the
womans section of the training school.
which consisted OF four old fashioned
dwellings which had been converted.
Most OF the sleeping army students
escaped without panic. The place was
empty In Ave minutes except for Win
fred Matthews OF Franklin. y. H.,
and Elmer Anderson of Boston. students
Matthews got to the street but went
back to see what had happened to WILL
lam Addy. his chum. He found Addy
and the latter got to the street safely
Nothing more was seen of Matthews. but
firemen found two bodies.
The fire swept quickly through the
old building and dense smoke overcame
six hremen. The fire was under control
at 2 o'clock this morning.
The sun., 1918-02-21

LONDON, Feb. 20.-Replying to a aues-
ton in the House Of Commons to-day
Andrew Bonar Law, the Government
spokesman. said II was much too soon
to assume that the Irish convention
would have no result.
The sun., 1918-02-21
40 Lost on Torpedoed Ship.

PARIS, Feb. 20.--One hundred and ten
persons perished when the steamship
Dives was torpedoed In the Mediterra-
mean on February I, according to an
official announcement. The attacking
submarine wan not seen,
The sun., 1918-02-21
BRITISH BAN ON
EASTERN PEACE
Will Not Recognize Any Plan
Involving Poland Before
Consulting Her.
AUSTRIA'S VIEW GIVEN
Premier Won Seydler Defends
Treaty With Ukraine in
Reichsrat.

LONDON. Feb. 2O.-The British Gov.
ernment has instructed its agent at kiev
to make the declaration that Great
Britain will not recognize any peace in
the east which involves Poland without
previous consultation with Poland.
The sun., 1918-02-21

DIR, Won Seydler here quoted President
Wilson's phrase that peoples and prov
inces must not be transferred from one
state OF authority to another merely as
pawns In a game. and continued:
Had we acted as the gentlemen OF
the Polish Club demand, we should not
only have failed to conclude peace with
Ukraine. but should have severed the
delicate threads which may perhaps
lead to a general peace. and the voices
raised In defence OF such policy would
have been drowned under a raging hur-
ricane of Indignation from All the Aus
trian races.
"In view of these various consdera-
tions. I must also emphatically reject
certain insinuations which have been
made concerning the relations between
Austria Hungary and Germany"
The Premier's speech was received
throughout with unusual demonstrations
OF approval. except from the Poles. who
however. remained cain, though showing
occasional signs of dissent
The sun., 1918-02-21

AMSTERDAM, Feb. o0.--The Austrian
Premier. DR. Won Seydler. speaking in
the Reichsrat to-day. entered into
long defence of the original treaty OF
peace with the Ukraine and announced
a subsequent treaty appointing a COM
mission to define the frontiers Of Ukraine
and Cholm.
The Petrograd Government he
said. has declared the state Of war be-
tween Russia and. Austria Hungary at
an end. and. so far as human judgment
can foresee. a state Of war will not
again arise between these two countries
Responding to German cries for help
from Esthonia and Livonia Germany
resolved TO march further into the in
| tarlor in order to save from certain
destruction those unhappy nationals liv.
| ing in those provinces In full accord
with our allies We decided not to par.
ticipate in this military action Our
| aim. therefore. remains what II was
before--to bring help as speedily as pos
, sible to the Austro-Hungarian nationals
still on Russian SOIL
| DR.. Won Seydler announced that co.
|
| Russia and that negotiations would be
resumed with the l.ctrograd Govern
ment for the exchange OF prisoners
Future Of Cholm.
! In explaining the appointment Of the
commission the Premier declared that
the future of Cholm would depend upon
race principles ara the desires Of the
population. Russia, he said. had de-
| manded for its territories the right OF all
peoples to self-deterni!natlon. even to the
| extent OF complete severance.
I'VE accepted this standpoint for the
| occupied territories" he continued. land
| all the negotiations at Brest-Litovsk
| were conducted on this basis. We recog-
nized this right for the peoples OF
Lithuania, Courland and Poland and nc
logical or moral ground could be dis
covered for depriving the Ukrainians OF
the right granted to other Russian
peoples.
'~rhe members OF the Polish Club can.
not deny the existence of large Ukrain.
ian population In Cholm and tina,
this nation has tho right to be heard
30 even further and say II was the
duty Of the Austro-liungarian Govern
ment to conclude peace with the Ukrain.
ians.
What was secured at Brest -I.hovsk
was peace for the people. and the Aus
tyo-IIungarian peoples would never have
understood II we had rejected this peace
or rejected the possibility of ob,ainins
wheat merely in order that Cholm in II,
entirety and Internationally should fal
to Poland. What would the empre's
reply have been II the Foreign Minister
had returned and admitted that he hat
spoiled the chances OF peace because h,
refused to the Ukrainian population o
Cholm the same right 10 be heard a. II
L hN hn lnlah r
The sun., 1918-02-21

Continued on Third Page.
Evening journal., 1918-01-07
by United press.)

WASHINGTON. Jan. ITO the unin-
formed It's just an unpretentious cut
stone residence. 10 reporters. those
fortunate enough TO have an entire, it's
the potential scene of a story i'm the
making. Entente statesmen pass II by
with an impatient shrug while Balkan
diplomats silently mutter a curse when
business leads their paths by the Bull
garian Legation.
Theoretically Dr.. Stephan Panarctof.
minister and DR.. George Pouilen still
are the representatives of King Ferdi-
nands nation in the American capital.
Actually. they are residing here as pri-
yate citizens.
Since war was declared, according &c
the Bulgar officials, not single line
has been sent TO or received from their
home government except through the
American state departments. So far
as knowing the condition OF affairs in
Sofia, they might as well be located on
Mars.
But that fact makes Bulgar presence
no less welcome in entente circles.
Though British, French and Russian
statesmen bow in recognition when the
Bulgar minister observes the weekly
calling day" at the state Department.
the Representatives of the Tcutonic
alliance are persons non graia at diplo-
matte social functions. And realizing
the anomaly of their position, they are
content lo remain "all dolled up with
no place 20 60,
How long this government will toler-
ate the Bulgarians is a much mOOted
question i'm congressional halls. Sena-
tor Lodge calls down Booseveltian
Evening journal., 1918-01-07
nv W. :. FORREST
.ed press STAR Correspondent

United Press Stan correspondent
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN THE
FIELD. Dec. '6.-,By MaiD-EVidcnce
that the German military authorities
are experiencing some difficulty In
sending their oonyslcscent troops back
10 the front Is contained i'm The note
book Of a German soldier
Explalninc that his battalion, leaving
Saarlouis. presumably the scene of a
troop depot for the front, waited at
the railroad station for reinforcements,
he said
In the afternoon our mon We're
ready. They awaited their comrades
Of the 18th company Of convalescents
who finally arrived. But what a spec
facle Ahead marched a squad of
guards TO the right and left Of each
rank marched two armed guards while
another squad marched in the rear TO
guard our brave soldiers in tleld grey
who. after That related by the news
papers in magnificent phrases. throw
themselves full Of JOY to the destruc-
tlon of our enemies, sustained by the
love Of the Falherlandl
"Our detachment Is finally ready The
music strikes "a march and the column
shakes Itself Tile guard are so numer-
GUS that there are two for every man.
Isn't il a scandal that our children I'm
field grey should be conducted TO the
war. to flRht and give their blood for
the Faiherland. like criminals TO the
hangman or worse siill. like cattle TO
the slaughter.
1T was not sufficient that these men
from the announcement of their plan
ned departure were prevented from en-
lerlng the town by armed guards placed
Evening journal., 1918-01-07
TheBulgarian Legation in War=TimeS

vituperation upon the "undesirables'
In the Senate while IN the lower cham
Der Representative Flood pleads for
the Presidents policy of "hands off.
State Department officials. usually
reicent, fail to see any cause for worry
over the presence of "a friend Of the
enemy" in the national capital.
We're too busy with Germany 60
bother. Anyway, we have nothing TO
do with Bulgaria" is Counsellor Polk's
laconic reply TO inquiries.
SO, despite the discontinue Of the
Serblans and the insistent demands OF
The Greeks and Roumanians that Uncle
Sam strike the ilrebrand Of the Bal
kans from his list Of guests, for yet a
little while, at least, Bulgarias Pseudo
representatives Will continue TO enjoy
American hospitality.