Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-10
|NIY HEAVY GUN DUElS
 ON LINE TO THE SOUTH
rench Withdraw Slightly to Straigkt ep Lines-May ConScript in Ire Iand-Lenine ResentS Japan pse InyaSi0ns--A AmericanS
 Play Gallant Part.
Associated Press War Summary)

Associated Press War Summary) As had been anticipated the Ger hans have switched the center of their bain operations from the Amiens sec Spr and are hammoring the British |nG Portuguese hard over a front of bout II miles, running from Diven- jhy and Labasse to the vicinity of Armantierres. The attack was pre- |eded by 6 terrific bombardment ali Ilong the line, and the country side |or miles around trembled under the |oncussion of the big guns. At some |oints the enemy was able to penetrate Idvanced clements of the British line.
 Meanwhile all along the greater part If the old line south of Arras ex-
 femely violent artillery duels were D progress, but the infantry of both
 ides kept to their trenches except |or isolated attacks of no great impor- |ance
 Near the Courcy forest and Courcy 5 Chateau the French have made a light retirement to positions previous Y prepared. the maneuver apparent N being in the nature of line straight hing. So we'll was the operation cov- |r,d by the French guns that the Ger fans suffered extremely heavy cas- |alites.
 Details of the part played by Amer fan railway engineers in the opening |tages of the boattle south of Arras fhow that dropping their tools and |aking up arms. they fought side by (lde with Canadian engineers and in- |heted casualties by the thousands on lhe Germans as they advanced in close 
 May Conscript in Ireland. heallzlne the extremely critical sit fa1lon from the standpoint of man Power' David Lloyd George the Brit Fh prlme minister has informed the ouse of commons in speech that it
 vas impossible any longer to exclude |reiand from the provisions of the con (ernpuon act, and that the age for fllltary service will be raised to 50 ears and in certain specified cases | might be increased to 55. The Pfemler declared that a bill would be |lllfooueed in parliament giving Ire |alu measure of self government. peVefal Of the Nationalist members in- [efrupted the premier during his Ppeech @ and declared that conscription Foulo Ta not be permitted in Ireland.
 lhefe Is still no indication of the l, gar approach of the expected big bat k;u k;u on the Italian front, altho the ar- neiy engagements at various points tae. ae lncreaslng in intensity. We'll di- fhe fbo'ea shots from the Italian guns in t%t |'st, Aslage basin have worked havoc I,Sa It.a austrian ammunition depots, and ,so ;no. started fires inside the enemy turkish official communication Ean Earo9nces ; 1e the capture by the Turks of nd HI Finland the Germans are prepa1- Gisnatoh$k lis st sake e Helsingfors, according to (aaa' (paa'ches 1 from Petrograd. They al msuA t nave demanded the disarma-
 on' nna: ol the force in Finland and of |It IGsslan ;s m Warships in Finnish waters.
 res ID t sald that the Russian commission
 ,a,a, ss nave agreed to comply With the |1eTman m demands. '" '''N Nlad;vr iaa.ndlng of Japanese troops at frictiou fiooS,ok Is apparently causing Eiki on,,o between the Russian Bolshe- i anois' n government and Japan. Nikolai Speech .. 'he ne bolsheviki premier, in a sia M nossit, at Moscow asserted that Rus lon Trs.olV Tsnn'o would have to declare war of tbo bpI,, Ga as result of the landing
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