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New-York tribune., 1918-03-28
Germany Gives Up
Rumanian Grain
Relinquishes Claim to Aid Aus
tria in Solving Food
Problem

Admission that Germany had to re-
nounce part of her claim to the Ru-
manian grain supplies, because Austria
was struggling Intellectually with 4
difficult food situation, was made by
DR.. Gustav Stresemann, the National
Liberal leader, during the debate in
the Reichstag on the Ukrainian peace
treaty, according to German news
papers of February 81 received here.
eve know that Austria,' said DR..
Stresemann, "is in 81 difficult position
regarding the problem of food, and we
have, therefore, not insisted obstinately
upon the seven-twelfths of the Ru-
manian crop we were entitled to. We
also acquiesced in the sending of large
supplies of flour to Vienna.
"But the Austrian government must
see to it that everything there is not
set upside down, and that newspapers
in Trieste should not be allowed to
write that the shortage of food sup
plies was the result of Germany hav-
ing claimed the entire Rumanian crop.
The peace with Ukrainia is the first
link in the chain which is to bring peace
to the nations of the world"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-28
Japa5, and China
Discuss J Joint
Action in Siberia

SAN FRANCISCO, March II
Lieutenant General Aoki, of the Japan
csc army who is one Of the milltarv
advisers 10 the Chinese government
has had lengthy conference with
General Feng, the President of the
Chlnese republic, over the question Of
lnterVention IN Siberia by the Japan
csc and Chinese forces, accordjnr 10
cable dispatches from Toxic to a Inn.
ancHe paper here r
Aithough no official announcements.
ol the details of the conference hns
Decn made, it is understood thAt Con9
eral Aokl, who is supposed to know
more OF the Chinese and Siberian NIL
,y ,ary situation than any other man in
me Japanese army, went over thn an
1'fe question Of Joint action Lv tho
japanese pa and Chinese army in Sibcr,'n''
ne same dispatches state that thn i'',
Ioh IIoho,tions ~ III Siberia are going from
pad to worse every day. Japancse ''m ,rn
rushing out Of Siberia. Neither iifo Hfo
nor nor property is safe Those nman's o,lo
.ne Japanese colonists who c,nna1 s
fchch the border quickly are cothe,i",.
themselves at various points ''ul'"s imtn
.narge BODY to rcpel the attacks ~ ~"
bolshcvik rioters. N"e VI inc
New-York tribune., 1918-03-28
German Invaders' Tyranny
Causes Revolfs ia Ukraine
T.Stof Correspondence

WASHINGTON, March 27.-An Off
cial dispatch from Zurich received here
to- day, quoting dispatch from Wen
ma, states that the German troops sent
to the Ukraine to "liberate' the popu-
lation of that country are acting III
such a manner toward the inhabitants
in many regions that the latter have
rcsorted to arms and sanguinary en-
counters have taken place. The cable
continues:
"These revolts were primarily caused
by the pan-Germans. who had proceed
cd to requsition wheat, taking posses
sion of all the existing stocks.
"Thc Germans have suppressed the
uprising by shooting the peasants, un-
der the preteXt that Tic latter held
Bolshcvist opinions.
"The quantity of wheat seized is in
significant. but the Klisers troops have
incurred the fierce hatred of the Ukrai-
nian populations"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-28
Trotzky Promises
An Army of 300, 900
IRy The Associated Press !

MOSCOW, March 23.-Speaking at
one of the many meetings arranged
yesterday ain defence of the father
land" Trotzky said:
"Thc soviet authorities temporarily
in Moscow are virtually camping. We
left Petrograd to show that even the
capture OF that city does not mean
death for the soviet republic. We
seized power and vii not let go, but
we are now weak and poor. We have no
bread, no army. no transportation, but
swear we want to live and will be
strong and that Russia will never be
an cnslaved country.
ave will introduce compulsory mill
tary training for the workmen and
peasants and will create an army Of
900 men within eight or ten weeks,
and around it the rest of Russia will
organize.''
New-York tribune., 1918-03-28
Gun Bombardi11g
Paris Being Tested
To Attack London
German General Declares
Cannon Was Intended to
"Strafe" England

LONDON, March 81. Lieutenant
General Won Rohne, German author
ity on ordnance, says in the "Vossische
Zeitung," of Berlin, that the lombard
ment of Paris is merely in the nature
Of trial for guns which are really
intended to lombard London, says an
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Co.
penhagen. He adds:
at is a waste of time for citizens of
Paris to ascend the Eiffel Tower in
an effort to catch a glimpse of the can
non. Only airmen, at a height of 1900
metres, will be able to observe them"
(London is about 1875 miles from the
nearest point on the front.)
PARIS, March 27-The calibre of
the shells being fired into Paris by the
German long-range gun is S8 inches
and the length of the she'll is 20 inches,
"L'Homme Libre," Premier Clemen-
ceau's newspaper, states. The she'll
weighs 200 pounds and contains less
than twenty pounds Of explosives
The shell is provided with a fuse
protected by threaded stopper and
has diaphragm inside which divides
the she'll into two compartments of un-
equal size. Two holes in the diaphragm
afford communication between the two
pockets. These facts are accented as
an explanation of the two explosions
which on occasion have followed in
a. lex succession and which led to the
belief that two guns were firing.
II the Germans believed that by
lnauguratil. their bombardment of
Paris at t moment of their Of
fensive they would bring panic or add
to the anxiety of the people they have
shown themselves poor psychologists
orce more. The bombardment has act
cd rather as counterirritant to the
nerves of Parisians, serving to divert
a. ention from the grave events on the
front so close to the capital.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-28
German Socialists
Plot Revolution

go .3pies OF a proclamation recently is-
Saea sue Dy the Socialists of Germany cali.
..k on nose who sympathizcd with
tnem and their ideas TO revolt aya;r,s.
the German war lords have been 'le' re-
ceiYed in this country. They var,
smuggled through by the way Of sw;,1'
cTIand, it was SAID "''"-
The purpose Of the posters is 10 noove
the German people TO revolution
Iney declare the people are being mis-.
ied by the government. that conditiona
are nothing like as favorable an the
government reports would make them
and that the soldiers are merely bcinp
led forth 10 the slaughter.
n separate pcGce with Russia" reads
fne folder, "increascs the fury Of tho
war on the other fronts. and conse-
augntly increases the slaughter. The
sufcrings Of the German people arc
not abated. II ia merely BY the setting
~ 81 q peoples republic in Germany.
~ and for the working class. that a
general peace can be achieved"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-28
War Against Turkey
May Be Declared
By the Caucassz.

LONDON. March 27.-There is a
strong movement in progress in the
Caucasus for declaration of war
against Turkey, says an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Moscow dated
Saturday.
Leading members of the Caucasus
Diet arc quoted as declaring the Ma
tiona!ists will never agree to the pass
ing OF Caucasian districts into the
hands Of the Turks.
A Reuter- dispatch from Pctrograd
reports that the tribes of the Che
chenes, on the north slope of the
Caucasus, where they number about
100000, have risen under Russian Of
tlccrs against the Soviet authorities
in the Caucasus
The entry Of the Turks into the
port Of Trebzond was marked bv
atrocities against Greeks and Ar
mcnlans. Greeks who have arrived in
Athens from the Black Sea report. ac-
cordlng to an Exchange Telegraph dis
Ratch from the Greek capital. The
Turks also pillagcd the town and
caused much property destruction.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-28

sky, Count Won Hatzfeldt- Wildcnburg,
then German Minister to Great Britain,
had signed a secret agreement with the
British government dividing the Portu-
guese colonies in Africa into economic
spheres of interest between Germany
and Great Britain. insurng the in
Violabilty and independence of the
Portuguese Kingdom and declaring the
intention of supporting Portugal finan-
cially and economically. The agree
ment, therefore, he points out, did not
clash with the old Anglo Portuguese
treaty, dating from the sixteenth CEN
tury Nevertheless. at the instigation
of the Marquis de Several, Portuguese
Minister to Great Britain, new Anglo
Portuguese treaty, the so-called Wind
sor treaty. was signed in 1899 rein
forcing the old treaty, the prince sets
forth.
Tho Anglo German negotiations
which began before Prince Lichnow-
sky's arrival. we're intended to obtain
the revision and Improvement of the
treaty in 1898. and. thanks to the ac-
commodating attitude of the British
government, Prince Lichnowsky says
he was able to give the new treaty a
form conforming to German wishes
end interests.
"Sir Edward Grey" continues Prince
Lichnowsky "wished to show US good
will, and also in the main to further
our colonial development. while Great
Britain also wished to lead the Ger
man development of power from the
North Sea and Western Europe to the
Atlantic and Africa. we do not
grudge Germany her colonial develop
ment,' a member of the Cabinet said
to me-"
Prince Lichnowsky goes on to say
that the treaty was practically in read
ness in 1913. but that "new difficulties
arose to prevent it's signing, and only
year later, shortly before the out
break of the war, could | receive au-
thority to conclude the treaty. 1t was,
however," he adds, never signed
"Sir Edward Grey would only sign
it on condition that the treaty be pub
lshed, together with the 1898 and 1899
treaties. England has no secret
treaties. and it was contrary to the ex-
listing principles to keep the treaty Sc
cret Sir Edward could therefore con-
clude no treaty without publishing it.,
but the German Foreign Office, where
my successes in London had created in
,reasing dstrust. stated that the pub
icaton would ieopardize German in
,erests in the colonies, where, more
over, the Portuguese would give us no
more concessions. The treaty, which
offered US exceptional advantages, con-
sequently fell through. This was an
oth
New-York tribune., 1918-03-28
Japan to Prepare
For German Air Raids
Will Build 1000 Craft to Repel
Attacks From Siberia

By a japanese Correspondent
The japanese army has formulated a
dehnIte plan to build 1000 airplares in
the fiscal year 19lS-19 and has sought
the consent Of the Imperial Diet. ac
ccrding to the osaka Agaki." which
mas Just reached this city
The immediate cause of the move
was the possibility of Germany sue
ceeding in establishing aircraft bases
IN Siberia along the Pacific seaboard,
Let US suppose" Major Onokichi
isobe is reported to have said in an
interview, that Germany is able 70
establish base at point as near tn
our sr country as Harbin, for example,
lre enemy craft could make Janan in
ABOUT seven or eight hours. Germany
mad about 1000 aircraft on the Russian
front Suppose the Teutons were to
decide TO threaten the Far East thronob
RUSSIA All that is necessary for orr
psoPie 10 Go ls to recall what Germany
mas mas done to London and Paris through
the air route" '"ioosh
MAJOR isobe and Major Sawavanao;
ar arc about to organize a company for
re me manufacture of aircraft in Janan.
IN. ne company is to start with can
nsal o, 300 900 yen and it intends to
import motors from the United States
New-York tribune., 1918-03-28
u. S. May Send Railroad
Mission Back to Russia
T,Sf0T C0r3.cSD0pdence7

WASHINGTON, March 27-Thc Boil
shevik governments request that the
United States permit the return of
John f. Stevens and the other mcm-
bers of the American Railroad Com
mission to Russia to resume work on
the trans Siberian railway, had not
been received by the State Department
to-day, but it was considered probable
in view Of President Wilson'S assur-
ancos to Russia. and of Ambassador
Francis's statements, that it would be
complied with.
Resumption Of work on railroads, it
was believed. would BE wholly in line
with President Wilson's declared in
tentions respecting the assistance of
this country is willing to give to the
Russian people.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-28
Trofzky Noav Seeks
Union With Allies.
Paris PoDer Saws

PARIS. March 27.-Thc statement
that Leon Trotzky has approached d
the Entente with a proposal, manifest
ing q desire to orranizc military re-
sistance to the Germans, with the
eventual support of French military
missions, appears to-day in the "Petit
Parisien."
":There can be no better way of de-
finlng the attitude of the Entente in
.his matter" the newspaper saws. chan
by saying again that the Allies have
been and continue to be willing to
support all elements in Russia which
desire to oppose the German invasion.
ouch, we believe, are the intentions Of
ment."
me engagements entered into by
me imperial Russian government arc
SYN existent and its Obligations bind
lhe new state or states which now
represent or shall in future represent
RUSSIA the British and French gov
e:rhfnehts declare in joint declara-
''om ,r, made public here too day.
=. ne declaratlon in effect sets forth
.'n .na' inc imperial Russian government,
"hen IL made its engagements, incon-
'cs'aoly represented Russia, and def
hitely bound her. No authority which
commands or will command affairs in
Russia, it is declared can repudatc
such engagements without funda-
mentally shaking International law.
otherwlsc. 1t is pointed out, security
IN relations between states will 70
longer exist and the credit Of States
would be ruined politically and Gnnn-
tciaiiy; No principle is better cstab-
Iishcd. 1t is set forth. than that n
nation Is responsible for its govern
mcnt's acts without a change of gov
ernment affecting it's obligations.
Hence kussia's obligations continue
20 pc binding upon tho new state or
states representing her now or in tho
time to come.
p me present official status of M
New-York tribune., 1918-03-28
Ex-Czar Nicholas
To Leave Siberia
Bolshevik Government to Re-
move Him to the Ural
Region

LONDON, March 27.-The Bolshevik
government has decided to transfer
Nicholas Romanoff, the former EN-
peror, and his family from Tobolsk to
the Ural region, according to an an
nouncement in Petrograd newspapers ps
transmitted in a Reuter- Dispatch IL
was decided to take this action in view
of the possibilities of complications in
the Far East
After his abdication last March, the
former Emperor and his family were
imprisoned at Tsarskoe-Selo. Last Au.
gust they were taken to Tobolsk, 81
IBERIA.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-28
Fourteen Americans
Escape From Finland

STOCKHOLM, March 27.-Fourteen
Americans who had been marooned at
Bjoerncborg, Finland, are now safe at
kristianstad after an adventurous
journey by sleigh through the islands
off the Finnish coast.
The party includes Commander w.
S. Cros ey, naval attache Of the
American Embassy to Russia; Edward
Sisson, photographer, and Messrs.
Smith and Stein
New-York tribune., 1918-03-28
Bomb,ardmenf of Paris
Continues, Say Germans

BERLIN, March 27 Via London) =
The Germans have not halted their
long-range bombardment of Paris. ac-
cording to an official statement from
general headquarters yesterday. Tie
announcement says:
we continued the bombardment of
the fortress of Paris"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-28
Bolsheuiki Plos7 to Compel
Military Instruction

LONDON, March PA new law pro-
viding for general compulsory military
instruction will be published by the
an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Moscow says. The instruction will be
given in the schools, factories and
country districts
New-York tribune., 1918-03-28

resigned as Foreign Minister early
this month. After the removal of the
government TO Moscow he was said to
be in control of the situation at Petro-
grad. as head of the Military Revolu-
tionary Committee
New-York tribune., 1918-03-28
Kornilof Forces Trapped
By Bolshev;k;. Is Pep0rt

LONDON, March. 27.-The forces of
General korniloff have been surround
ed by Bolshevik troops. according to a
Reuter- dispatch from Petrograd.
The Council of Commissioners al
Moscow has announced the complete
rout of the remnants Of the Korniloff
forces which were operating in the
Kuban district, in Ciscaucasia, says an
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Moscow. Several detachments with
drew to the mountains, where they
were cut off.
General Kornilotf the former Rus
sian commander in chief, allied himself
with the Don Cossacks against the Boil
shevlki, and has been operating be-
tween Moscow and Ro,tov Several
times he has been reported defeatc d
and near capture, but always ma.aged
TO clude the government troops.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-28
Geyn1on-Swedish Red Cross
Mission Seized; Spy Chorge

LONDON, March 27.-Members of
the German Swedish Red Cross Com
mission have been arrested at Simbirsk.
in the Volga region, charged with
espionage, a Reuter- dispatch from
Petrograd, filed on Monday, reports.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-28

r. me present official status of M
lro'zKy has not been made clear. lie
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-02-13
BRILLIANT BRITISH
DASH IN PALESTINE

London. Jan. 2S.- tCorrespon-
dence of the Associated Press)-
How British cavalry charged and
captured three Turkish batteries and
thus opened the way to Jerusalem. is
told in a letter from British Of
ficer.
1T was the first time the brigade
had used their swords" he says.
when charge sounded think
every man went stark mad. Guns
we're belching their shells at us in
one sheet of flame. and bullets by
thousands swept past, but not one
man seemed to get hit as on We
went, with drawn swords flashing in
the sun. in long straight line,
horses going. like mad and everyone
shouting like fury Now we couia
see some of our pals falling, yet
straight at the guns we charged. AS
we came up with the first line of pro-
tecting infantry the enemy put up
their hands as they. stood in the
trenches. SO we Jumped them and
were charging at the second line
when the first line thought better OF
their surrender and fired at us from
behind. Their artillery and machine
guns kept firing at us up to the mo-
ment we reached them with the
sword. 1t seems marvellous that
any of us escaped alive. but though
our ranks were thinned we took the
positions. and all the guns and am
munition."
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-02-13
SPRINGFIELD HONORS
MARTYRED PRESIDENT

Springfield, Ills Feb. i3.A-Canada
and ireland joined with the United
States yesterday In paying homage to
the memory of Abraham Lincoln.
born 109 years ago. Expressions Of
the worlds tribute centered In
Springfield, the home and burial
place OF the emancipation.
Justice William Renwlck Riddell,
of the supreme court of Ontario. and
T. +. O'Connor, lfish nationalist
leader, we're the principal speakers
at last nights patriotic meeting.
School children OF the city Joined in
singing patriotic songs at q great
gathering during the day.
Addison G. Proctor, OF st. Joseph,
Mich. said to be the only living dele
gate to the Wigwam convention
which nominated Lincoln for presi-
dent in 1860 told OF the historic
convention.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-02-13
SCHOOLS OBSERVE
u|NCOLN'S BIRTHDAY

Tuesday, February ~. being Lin
coins birthday, the grade schools
Joined in patriotic exercises at the
Presbyterian church at 1880 p. m,
Professor Incl presiding.
Mrs. w. w. Candy gave a very In
teresting talk on the work Of the
Junior Red Cross. Glen Howard OF
the Riverside school gave Lncoln's S
address at Gettysburg and Rev. l.,
Myron Boozer spoke on the life OF
Lincoln. The meeting opened with
the singing Of America and closed
with The Star Spangled Banner.
The Junior High" joined with the
high school at their building the
same day. A selection by the high
school orchestra opened the program,
followed by a reading by Bertha Cal
houn. Rev. Melville T. Wire gave
a patriotic address, which was fol-
lowed by the singing OF The Star
Spangled Banner and selection by
the orchestra. The students we're
then dismissed to their own schools.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-02-13
KLAMATH RAILROAD
NEAR COMPLETION

Klamath Falls. Feb. IA very
short gap. less than 200 feet. now
lays between the end OF the rails
over which the train on the munich
pal railroad is hauling dirt from the
Pine Grove district, seven miles east.
and the point where the dedication
exercises we're held here on the third
Of July last.
The all over which the train Is
now running is not yet completed.
and will not be for the next two or
three weeks. according to the Stra-
horn engineers, but work is going
ahead as fast as possible with a gang
OF over thirty men. and the ding
dong OF the engine has pleasant
sound to those who made such a
strenuous effort to get the road un-
der way last year.
The fine weather this winter has
enabled the workers to go ahead
more rapidly than was anticipated.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-02-13
i.5,O,OOO GERMAN PIiIsONEI
WILL 49, RELEASED. BrT WILL
M uNOIMavIzED
WOULD SPREAD RUSSIAN IDEAS
Encctives of Troops on Eastern
Lines Have Already IIecn sent "a
the Western Front

Washington. Feb. i3.--Russia's
complete withdrawal from the war Is
freely commented on. but II Is I'm
possible TO estimate at this time the
effect on combatants.
The fact that 1900. 900 German
prisoners viii be freed to return to
Germany Is regarded with no alarm
At all. Military men say they could
not quickly be re-organized into ef-
hcIent military units. The general
opinion here II that Germany would
be more interested In keeping the
prisoners In Russia rather than risk
having them carry BolshevikI doe
trine back to Germany.
The it7 Austro- German and Bull
gar divisions on the Russian front
which win entirely be released by a
separate peace. are regarded as al
ready having been stripped OF their
electives which have been trans
ferred to the western front. Military
experts say In addition that Germany
would be obliged to keep some OF
these i47 divisions In the vast con-
quered territory for garrison pur-
poses.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-02-13
DOLO PASHA'S TRIAL
DRAWING TO A CLOSE

Paris. Feb. 13.--All the evidence,
Testimony and speeches BY witnesses
In the case OF Bolo Pasha, who is on
trial for treason. and apparently all
the other affairs" now under in
vestigation before the French court
were concluded at yesterdays ses-
sion and today will open the argu-
ments OF the prosecutor. He will
ask that the sentence OF death be
imposed upon Bol0.
The trial was resumed yesterday
with NJ. Doyen. an expert accountant,
again on the stand to refute charges
made by Monsignor Bolo. brother of
defendant. that Doyen had dishonor-
ed himself by falsifying portion of
his original report on Bolo's activ-
tiles. The witness spoke with great
reserve and moderation. declaring
merely that he took exception ito
the form In which these criticisms
were presented by man who
strangely abuses the moral authority
conferred on him by the cloth he
wear" NJ. Doyen then explained in
detail the portions OF his report
which the prisoners brother had
challenged. After NJ. Doyen had tes-
titled. Monsignor Bolo again took
the stand and reiterated his attacks
OF Monday especially the authentic
ity Of the kilograms Of Count Won
Bernstorff, former German ambassa-
dor to the United States, which he
insisted should be produced rather
than to rely on American state de-
partment documents.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-02-13
100000 BRITISH TO
Be DRAFTED IN US

New York. Feb. i3.--The conven-
tion between the British recruiting
mission aud the United States draft
authorities under which II Is expect
ed 100000 British subjects In this
country will be subject TO service In
the British army has been agreed up
on. II was announced today by Major
Mitchell Innes, legal adviser to the
British recruiting mission. The
agreement only awaits ratification by
the senate and the signatures Of
President Wilson and King George
to become effective. All subjects be-
tween the ages Of 20 and II are H.
able to call.