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The evening world., 1918-04-02
CAN'T FIGHT OR Be JUROR
BECAUSE He is IN JAIL
SilberSiein Sends From TombS Cell
a Polite Note of Regrets
TO Justice Golf.

Michael Sllhorstcln OF No. % West
illth Stree, to-day sent his regrets
that hc would be unable TO serve as a
juror before Supreme Court Justice
Goff and likewise unable to obey the
call OF his country and become a
soldier. Slbcrstcin Is in The Tombs
awaiting sentence for primary frauds.
Hr sent this letter to Clerk william
Penney OF Justice Goffs Court:
"Tombs Prison, April ..
Dear Sir-lt will be impossible for
me to serve as a juror this mont
ms to the fact that I am now being
detained tn the Tombs. I hope His
Honor, Justice Golf. viii not hold me
In contempt OF court as ! am very will
ing to comply with the Courts request
but there are half a dozen Keepers hero
who like my society 20 well that they
won't let mo cave the building.
sincerely.
MICHAEL SILBERSTEIN.
\ few minutes later "a representative
from Exemption Board No. 1853 OF No.
li2 West llsth Street. demanded in
formation about Silberstcin. who had
been drafted and should rave been on
his way to Camp Upton.
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SOLDIER CATCHES MADMAN.
DIyeS Into Crrrk After Fugitive
From M~RtteRNHn.

Charles Peters was lolEcd IN a padded
cell in the Mattcawan Asylum FOR the
Criminal Insane yesterday. following his
escape and ~rccapture yesterday by y
soldier. who plunged into F,shkiIl Greek
and rescued him.
Peters got over the fence with the aid
Of AN iron bar with "A crook on the end
Of II. lie took refuge in a cave where
three men saw him hiding. Private
Niles Lynch. stationed ut Gr1yryille
Mills. went In to drag him out, but Peters
Put away and plunged into the creek.
The soldier divcd after him amt had a
struggle to keep the fugitive from drown
M hImsNlf.
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PREFER HUNGER TO H0oDOo.
Mrs. Buchnrd'S Thirteen Guests
FOOdIeSs TIL She

While Mrs. Charles r. Whitman and
twelve other luncheon guests were wait
ing for Mrs. Alline Buchard to rntIrn
TO her home ut No. 81 East 6ith street
and make their number fourteen instead
OF thirteen. Mrs. Buchard was appear
against Loui, Nation. "a walter. charged
with stealing her diamond studded mesh
bag.
Mrs. BuChard explained TO Magistrate
not sit down TO the table until she arr
rived. aud ne hurried the case. She
said the bag. valued at $500 and con-
tanning $3.50. had been stolen from her
on Feb. ~ I'm "A Fifth Avenue restaurant.
Nation pleaded guilty Of grand l0s-
ceny and was held In 81 900.
The evening world., 1918-04-02
EAprcss Messenger Charged with
$4,000 Theft,

SAN FRANCISCO. April 2-Louls
Beck, an Adams Express messenger,
was jailed here to-day for Pittsburgh
authorities, who charge him with theft
Of a package containing $N6. OOU. lie had
but $50 left when arrested here. de-
cluring some one had stolen the satchcl
containing the balance In Chicago.
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an ami:tble, we'll meaning and somewhat
Anglophile German, whom the English
apparently trusted. He knows intimate
ly the details Of the critical diplomatic
negotiations that preceded the entrance
of England into the war He left Eng
land discredited in Berlin and on his re-
turn, it is said, was snubbed because he
had told Berlin that in his opinion the
English would not fight
Prince Lichnowsky evidently knew of
the conference Of July 5. 1911, at which
the Kaiser and his military chiefs de-
clded to pursue course which they knew
would lead to war. The prince, accord
ing to his memorandum, was convinced
that as result Of that meeting war with
Russia was determined upon. When he
warned of the danger of all Europe, in
cluding England, being drawn in, Won
Jagow, German Foreign Minister, re-
piled: Germany must simply risk it,"
So the prince recently wrote his
version of things, with the following gen
eral conclusions under the heading, The
Question of Guilt" which The London
Times" reprinted from the Berlin 'Vor-
warts":
CAS- it appears from all official publca-
tions without the facts being controverted
by our own White Book, which, owing to it's
poverty and gaps, constitutes a grave self
accusation:
Il. We encouraged Count Bcrchtold to
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A~- Ss1@l sssE5 II 50
"The Battle OF the Triangies"

\ CURIOUS geometrcal effect to be
= = observed in the Battle of Picardv
suggests that the great struggle be called
The Battle Of the Triangles."
For example, the German drive for
Amien5 started on line from Arras to
La Fere, which forms the base of a
major triangle of which Amiens is the
apex. Then, in the north, Cambrai and
Monchy were similarly situated with re-
spect to Bapaume, which was the minor
objective of the German pincers In the
south, st. Quentin, La Fere and Ham
form another triangle from which the
great drive down the Disc originated.
Finally, in being DETECTED south of
Amiers, the German thrust at the end Of
two weeks had gained a stretch of terri
tory in the shape Of second great tri-
angle
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tlons, but was simply guilty of impru-
dence.
However, storm among the Junkers
caused more serious action. The extent
to which they were terrorized is show,,
says Mr.. Suydam, by the fact that the
Cologne "Volhszeitung," owned and pub
ilshed by the Pan-Germaa interests. re-
ports that the Prussian Minister of .Ius-
tlce is thinking of prosecuting the prince.
Then, too, the prince has resigned his
rank, and has written letter of contra
d!ction-evidently under duress. More
over, he may be expelled from the Prus-
sian Diet.
According to Mr.. Suydam, however
the prince probably will not be prosecut-
ed, for the government is now imnnged
upon the horns OF what he terms one
of the most difficult political dilemmas of
the entire war. To ignore the memoran-
DUN VIII, cn the one hand. leave the
prince unpunished and free to "develon
into dangerous opponent Of the yovern-
n9ent representing in his person all those
hitherto scattered elements in German
polltics that have doubted, but feared to
express suspicious of, the innocence of
the government in connection with the
forces Of hostilitics.' On the other hand,
TO prosecute the prince will "only con-
arm the impression that the revelations
are true"
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the Expeditionary Force in Franco
around 100000 men were imme-
diately pronounced ready to io;n
battle among the Allied army Of
man@uvre. At the same time other
American troops were sent to the front
line trenches, relieving further French
regiments for participation in the pres
ent battle. Thrilled by the prospect OF
battle, the men started on the wav IN
the great adventure" singing and eagor
to do their share.
In the United States plans for speed
ing up reinforcements to Pershing were
Immediately laid. The English are to
help furnish added ships, present tom
mage is to be used to it's fullest capacitv
and with the assistance of 100000 tons
of ships from the Japanese America
hopes to have 100000 men in France
by next Christmas
In addition, new increments of the
draft will be called out earlier than ex-
pected, with the possibility that the
100000 additional planned for may be
increased to double that number durinr
the present year. Men must be had. is
the cry from abroad; and America an
swers, pledging everything unstintedly.
though France calls out the class of 1919
ahead Of time and Britain plans to
raise ths age limit to fifty or over.
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French from Montdidier north to the
plain between the Avre and the Somme
Here on thirty-nile front the French,
assisted by scattering American contin-
gents and some British forces, held off
Il tremendous stroke to cut the vital
Paris railroad to Amiens However, the
thrust finally penetrated within four
miles of the railroad. and within about
ten miles of the city, both of which
speedily came under German shell fire.
BY days the battle proceeded some
what as follows: Eighth day: A fierce
battle over an eighty-mile front, with
great attack on Arras Ninth day: A
shift Of attack to the south. Tenth day:
Battle against the French around Mont
ddier most severe. Eleventh day: The
Allies strike back, the French particu-
larly making counter gains in the south.
Twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth days:
A gradual lull in the battle, rain, spo-
radio counter attacks and gains by the
Allies, followed by fresh German con-
centrations and every sign of an early
renewal of the German thrust for
Amiens in full force.
During this period the Germans in
creased their claims of prisoners capt
urcd to $4,000. together with LOO guns.
Probably one hundred German divisions
had so far been engaged. with losses
fully double those of the Allies. General
Cough, of the defeated Fifth British
Army, was superseded by General Raw
linson.
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Count Czerni17's Speech

A STRANGE note was added to the
chorus Of war during the week by
Count Czernln, Austro- Hungarian For
eign Minister. In a speech before the
Vienna Municipal Council he said that
just before the big offensive the Dual
Monarchy had been on the eve of peace
negotiations, but that the Entente had
held off. Hence, he said, the war must
be fought to conclusion on the battle
field.
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attack Serbia, although no German inter
est was involved and the danger Of world
war must have been known to us-whether
we knew the text Of the ultimatum is a
question OF complete ind. ference
In the days between July % and 80,
IVA, when Sazanotf emphatcally declared
that Russia could not tolerate an attack
on Serbia we rejected the British pyopo-
sais OF mediation. although Serbia, under
-USsian and British pressure, lad accept
ed almost the whole ultimatum, and al
though an agreement about the two points
IN question could easily have been reached
and Berchtold even ready to satisfy
himself with the Serbian reply.
5. On July so, when Berchtold wanted
TO give way, we, without Austria having
been attacked replied to Russia's mere
Mobilization by sending an ui.inaturn TO
st. Petersburg, and on July 81 we declared
way on the Russians, although tne Car
had pledged his word that as long as ne
EQUATIONS continued not a man should
march-so that We deliberately DESTROYED
the possibility os peaceful settlement.
In View O. these indisputable facts Il
IS not surprising that the whole world
outside of Germany attributes to US sole
guilt for the world war"
Apparently The German government
did not know quite how to act when the
memorandum became public Az first.
according to Mr.. Suydam, Vice Chancel-
lor Won Payer told the Reichstag that
the memorandum was intended merely
for the Lchnowsky family archives and
had no international signifcance": that
the prince doubtless had no bad inten-
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erxuomy ambassador 10 England Turns States Evidence

a RE internal conditions in the Cen
~ trail Powers such that the mill
tarists were forced to make the
big drive? This question has been raised
many times since the big drive for
Amiens started. Many critics have in
sisted that had Germany chosen to re-
main on the defensive while she consoli-
dated her gains in the East she might
have done much better than she appears
to have done so far
Now the speech Of Count Czernin be-
fore the Vienna City Council in reply to
President Wilson again raises the ques
tion: Why? In the very midst of the
greatest battle in history, when American
troops are being thrown into the battle
under the command of French general
issimo, Count Czernin, Germany's puppet,
begins to "talk peace" again. The two
circumstances raise a big "Why?"
If one chooses to believe that Ger
many's internal situation forced the
drive and then Count Czernin's speech,
INTERPRETATIONS Of the revelations made
by Prince Lichnowsky, former German
Ambassador to England, will readily fit
in with such theory. Writing from
London, Henry Suydam, special CORE
spondent of "The Brooklyn Eagle" says
that in the midst of the Battle Of Picardy
"the German government is engaged in
an equally desperate struggle to main
tain itself In power at home" The clab
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The United States will not even get the
credit earned by gallant Canadians, saws
one London dispatch, who fight as indie
pendent units with the British armv,
with commanding general whose only
superior is General Haig.
More than this, the British see in
Americas 5 action a final cementing of
Anglo-A American friendship through the
stress Of common danger and mutual
support. According to "The London
Globe, this action shows "thc right Eng
lish sporting spirit. Not every nation
would willingly consent to its forces be-
ing brigaded wit,l those Of other nations"
"The Westminster Gazette" adds: 1T
seals the unity Of the Allied forces in
France. Loans food
Red Cross President
Wilson none of these counts so
heavily with the masses, because there
are few families here or in France who
have not personal and intimate inter
est in the soldiers battling on the plains
Of Picar@y'
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crate structure Of deception that Ger
many engaged in a purely defensive war
he says, has been shaken to its founda-
tlons by the publication of the memoran-
dun Of Prince Lichnowsky, German Am
bassador to Great Britain at the time Of
the outbreak Of the war"
1t will be recalled that dispatch from
Stockholm on March II contained a sum
mary Of the former ambassadors memo
randum, taken from the "Politiken." the
organ of the Extreme Left of the Social
lists. This memorandum was written in
August, 1916, for the purpose Of ex-
planning and justifying to the princes
personal friends his position, which had
been assaled Only half a dozen tyDe-
written copies of the document we're
made, but one Of these, as the result of
betrayal Of the prince by a person to
whom it was given, reached the German
Foreign Office and caused a great scan
dal. Another copy was communicated
to certain members of the Minority So
calist party of Germany. How it got
across the German frontier to Stockholm
remains a mystery.
Briefly the Lichnowsky exposures so
far published have concerned two main
points-thc critical days just before Au-
gust 4, 1914, and the more remote nego-
tiations about the Berlin Bagdad rail
way. 1t appears that Lichnowssy was
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M urder by the Big Gun

THE telegraph cannon has con-
tinued its daily bombardment of
Paris. The crowning horror occurred
on Easter Sunday, when ffty-four per
sons, mostly women, were killed while at
prayer in Paris church Among these
victims and others were several Ameri-
can women.
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2llll:@.z:::2::: -:

i come,' SAID General Pershing, 10
say 70 you that the American people
would hold it great honor for our
uoops il they were engaged in the pres
sns battle. Infantry, artillery, aviation
AL that we have are yours To dispose
{" them as you will. Others are com
ing"
an sucn manner did America celebrate
me first anniversary week Of her en-
Trance into the war
The Response
w hen the French on the eleventh
day OF battle accepted this offer
me response was instant. From among
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Pershiny's Offer

THE first hint of the decision came
from London on the ninth day of
battle. A few hours later President
Wilson's message Of congratulation to
General Foch disclosed the accomplished
tact. On the same day General Perish
ing called en- General Foch and placed
al the generalissimo's disposal the whole
resources Of the American army for en-
ploymcnt in the Battle Of Pjcardy
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Progress OF tic Battle
I N THE meantime the Battle of Pi-
cardy proceeded with rapidly dimin-
ishing success for the Germans. After
tie first British counter attacks at the
end of the first week the battle grad
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ually slowed up, until on the fourteenth
day positive lul set in.
During the second week two main
effects were Observed. The first was
the Germans attempt to storm Arras-
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a costly failure. The second in a sense
more successful, was the continued drive
for Amiens. AS the British defence in
the north stifened, more and more Ger
man strength was thrown against the
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Of the contest. Sec
ond, General Foch
had been made gen
eralissimo of the
A lii e d arm i es.
Third, Gener raj
Pershing had placed
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Allied Reactions

THE French were naturally the first
to acknowledge Pershing's offer.
The offer, said "La Liberte" (Par;s)
was grand in its simplicity and of
moving beauty. In a few words. without
adornment, but in which vbrated an ac
cent Of chivalrous passion, General PERISH
ing made to France the offer of an en-
tire people
Take ALL he said. All is yours'
The honor Pershing claims is shared
by US, and it is with the sentiment of
real pride that our soldiers will greet
INTO their ranks those Of the new world
who come to them as brothers," Simi-
lar expressions echoed throughout the
French press.
In England
HE response of the English was no
less hearty, being richly seasoned bv
the fact that England herself commit
ting millions Of troops to another ma
tons leadership, could fully appreciate
the unqualified submission Of American
forces to the Allied generalissimo. Among
the army itself, moreover, the more prac
teal matters Of command and promotion
were quickly appreciated. American
troops will fill out British and French
units instead of going in separate forces.
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The Counts assertion that Premier
Clemenceau had inquired of Austria on
what terms she would conclude peace
was termed "a lie" by the French Pre-
mier
In the United States the speech is re-
garded as further proof of the Central
Powers duplicity and determination to
win world dominion by any means. BY
fair words Czernin lured the Allies on.
hoping to stir up dissensiors among the
allied peoples that would result in a ne
gotlated peace-a German peace.
Now. it appears, Czernn has at last
shown his true Junker colors. Italian
comment adds significant detail: that
Austrla-Hungary has always spoken of
peace before every new offensive against
Italy.
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his entire American forces at tie dis
posal of the French. This offer, which
was accepted, created most profound
impression in England and France, and
helped contribute to England's unques-
tioning acceptance of a French general
over British troops. Then, while Perish
ing's troops, singing, marched to relieve
French front line regiments and to take
their place in the battle, the United
States government was stirred to new
activity in rushing more troops to
France.
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In the East the British continue TO
make notable gains against the Turks
in Mesopotamia and in Palestine
Torn Russia
THE Russian situation shows little
change. The Germans continue to
advance, the invaded peoples feebly re-
sist, particularly around Odessa and
Erzerum, and the situation in Siberia
remains unsettled and vague
On Sea
EXAGGERATED estimates of what
America is going to do" in the
way of shipping are replaced by warn
ing from Chairman Hurley of the Ship
ping Board.
Although American yards in March
turned out more shipping than IN the
whole OF 1914 they nevertheless fell be-
hind their estimated quota
Otherwise the tonnage situation shows
slight improvement. The British lost
only six large and seven small ships dun
ing the week, tfe best record in six
weeks. Italy lost three large and ten
very small vessels. The 90 ,O0O-ton Celtic
makes port after being torpedoed.
The Menace of DisiOyalfy
y ARELY has week since America
entered the war shown wider
diversity of news related to those who
are in one way or another considered
unfriendy to the Allies cause For this
reason particular interest attaches itself
to preventive and punitive measures
under consideration.
In the Senate harsh penalties are
asked for disloyalty, including twenty
years in prison, fines as high as $4,000,
and death itself
Politics
pARTISAN politics is gradually COM
ing into its own. One centre of inter-
est this week was Wisconsin, where Con-
gresham Lenroot, Republican, is elected
to the Senate over Davies, Democrat,
despite the fact that President Wilson
backed the latter
Labor
EROM among several important devel-
opments in the field Of labor the
truce between capital and labor agreed
upon at Washington appears most nota-
bic, attracting comment even in Eng
land, where it is regarded as another
good sign Of Americas whole-hearted
dedication to the cause of the war.
FINANCE
ON THE first anniversary of Amer
ica's declaration of war the third
Liberty Loan campaign is launched under
auspicious circumstances for a total of
three billions, maturing in ten years a.
Az per cent. The war finance bill is
finally passed.
Daylight Saving
THE United States on Easter Day in-
aueurated daylight saving for the
first time and reacts approvingly.
~
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man attempt to reach
Amiens by separating the French and
British armies had failed, and a lull had
occurred before the anticipated renewal
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On Other BatfIefronfs

THE Italian front, which Secretary
Baker has been visiting. remains
under threat of great Austro- German
offensive. There is little to report from
the other sectors of the Western front.
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" ar's
| Panorama
American Troops, Singing Their Wav -
the Front Usher in Allied
Military Unity
Military Unity

7 THE end Of the second week
of the Battle of Picardy
three points stood out
sharply. First, the Ger
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Fruits of Allied Unity

EOR Americans, the prospect of ex-
tended participation in the great
Battle of Picardy is closely bound up
with the gradual development of Allied
military unity, which on the ninth day
Of the battle resulted in the announce
ment that General Foch was in complete
command. 1t will be recalled that from
the time that Colonel House went to
Europe it has been repeatedly asserted
that the United States was insisting
more and more upon Allied unity. Fol-
lowing the Italian disaster it appeared
for a moment that a French generals
s.no had been decided upon. Premier
Lloyd Georges sensational Paris speech
was so interpreted. but reaction in Eng
land, where sentiment was strong aganst
putting British troops under even so
carable 4 commander as the French could
offer, caused the Premier to hedge.
The Supreme War Council however,
early in 1918, showed by its deci-
sions that virtual unity Of military COM
mand had been realized. All Allied
forces were put under a general staff;
General Robertson was removed; and it
was whispered that General Foch was
already the unofficial generalissimo
Then the big battle started.
Realization that the German stroke
was directed first Of ali toward separat-
ing the French and British armies, and
the further fact shat the task Of closing
the critical breach fell more and more
upon French shoulders, together with
the extreme gravity Of the situation,
helped reconcile the British to the deci-
sion. II is also believed that the pres
ence Of Secretary Of War Baker in Paris
and London prior to the decision very
materially hasteneG such action.
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In the East the British continue TO
make notable gains against the Turks
in Mesopotamia and in Palestine.