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ties of the ease. The TING to call out
the best fighters is the emergency when
they are needed; it is the older men
who should be sent to the front last.
This is fundamental and obvious. We
do not think that congress when it
exercises its sober judgment will ae-
cept the irrational and peculiar eondi-
tons which the house military affairs
committee wants to graft upon the
draft amendment bill.
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day, ony nobody wasent home, so he
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HOW NICE
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New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
Argentina to Break
Relations, Is Belief
Buenos Ayres Observers Ex-
pect Rupture With Berlin
Before March Elections

BUENOS AYRES, Feb. 2.--President
Irigoyen had long conference to-day
with the Minister of War and the Min
lister of Foreign Relations in regard to
the sinking of the Argentine steamship
Ministro Irriendo.
1t was officially announced that no
reply had been received from the mill
tary attaches in Berlin and Vienna,
who have been recalled, but the ex-
tremely long conferences and the abso-
Lutte reserve of all officials concerned
leads to the belief in political circles
that the government has news which
compels grave deliberation. This opin-
ion, in fact, was generally in all the
government circles tonight.
1t is believed by persons who have
exceptional means of ascertaining the
trenG of political affairs that the Ar
gcntine government this time is plan
ming an actual breaking of relations
with Germany, but they believe that
the necessary preliminaries in the
Cabinet and in the Congress will oc-
cupy about a month. These observers
expect that rupture is certain to take
place before the Congressional elec-
tons in March.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
Germans Jail British
Fliers for Ten Years
Two Sentenced for Dropping
Leaflets; Reprisals Demanded

LONDON, Feb. 1.-Two captured
British airmen, the "Tageszeitung," Of
Berlin, says, have been sentenced by
German court martial to ten years
Imprisonment for dropping a hostile
proclamation in Germany, according
to Amsterdam advices.
Reprsals are demanded by "The
Daily Mail" The newspaper, which
features the story to the exclusion of
most other news, says:
The enemy is carrying out the
threat published after the report that
a million copies of President Wilson'S
declaration of peace terms would be
cropped from airplanes in Germany.
The Germans first began to drop
propaganda leaflets in the Allied lines
more than three years ago. The prac-
ece helped to wreck Russia and cause
the disastrous Italian retreat"
Il nc Daily Mail" wants the reprisals
70 take the form of putting German
ooncers and prisoners on the same ra-
Ilons and living conditions as British
prisoners undergo in Germany.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
Austrian Losses Enormous
Before Onslaught of Allies
Favoc Worked by Concentrated Fire of Italian British and
French Artlery Prisoners Reveal That Foes Forces
Are Below Former Standard of Efficiency

and when the church was blown I'm bo
was cut off from supplies of ammuni-
ton In that sector. In conseouence
all the enemy batteries around Foza
and several other points remained 81
lent "'"eu 81
The whole action disclosed unusual
decentralization. and confusion in the
enemy lines. While this was dme
chiefly to the artillery concentration,
1t also indicated that, owing to inter,
raj conditions, the enemy forces have
fallen far below their former standard
of efficiency. u
While convoy of prisoners was
beng taken to the rear an enemy air.
plane, flying low, sought to interrunt
It's progress. There were no anti-a;r-
craft guns around. but the machine
finally was brought down bv rifle
This was said to be rare instance of
the bringing down of an airplane bv a
rife. @"S oS d
Interrogation of prisoners gave con.
iilrmation of reports that the Germans
have moved troops from the Russian
to the French front during the period
OF the armistice. This was accom-
pllshed indirectly by granting leave to
the best troops OIL the Russian front.
The places of these men were filled
from the invalid class, and thew were
not taken back to that front.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
Pershing Reports
Two Killed on Day
Enemy Made Raid
Washington Assumes Men
Fell When Germans At
tackled Last Wednesday

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-Two Am eri-
can soldiers We're killed in action and
four others slightly wounded on Janu-
ary 80, the War Department was ad-
vised to-day by General Pershing.
Although no details were given, it is
assumed that these were the men who
fell when the Germans raided a sector
of the American trenches under cover
OF barrage fire early last Wednesday
morning.
The dead were Corporal Erwin March,
infantry, Slayton, Mimi, and Private
George A. Rauh, infantry, 713 Fourth
Avenue, New York.
The wounded were Privates John
Theron Parks, infantry, Obion, Tenn;
Raymond j. Gillette, infantry, Mnot,
N. D.; Clarence King, infantry, 2S47
Ambia Annex, Toledo, and Clarence A.
Larson, infantry. Tunbridge, N. D.
General Pershing also reported that
Private Herbert C. Minniear, medical
detachment of infantry, was slightly
wounded in action January 28, and
Harvey Dilley, infantry, slightly wound
ed January 81. Minniear's home is jim
Bluffton, Ind, and Dilleys in Cole
Harbor, N. D.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
Radio to Link Capital
With Army in France

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-Direct radio
communication between Washington
and American army headquarters in
France will be made possible this year
with the completion of the S2,250,0 900
radio station now being built in France
by the Navy Department, which has
charge of all radio communication At
the close of the war, under arrange
ments made, the station will be taken
over by the French government.
Available French stations are not of
sufficient power for transatlantic COM
munication, at least on the scale de-
sired by the United States AS a result
the cables have been crowded with gov
ernment messages day and night
1t is anticipated that the new station
will be finished in August, and by work
ing with the Arlington, Va, station, or
the new high power plant at Annapolis,
the radio system will relieve the cables.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
The Great War-1283d Dav
American Trenches Within
so Feet of Enemy's Line
Marshy Nature OF Ground Forces Men Keep Pumping
Out Water-Booming of Artillery Constants
Soldiers Now Used to 1t

cause the men in the line can sec what
is before them and there are no de-
ceptive shadows. Also, their eyes can
occasionally glance skyward as shrap-
mel breaks there With hollow sound
ing pop" Not infrequently during
the daytime q man looks skyward and
then quickly bends his head so that
his shrapnel helmet faces in the direc-
ton of the bursting shell.
Fog Hampers Aviators
During the past few days there has
been no aerial activity because of the
fog, but during the clcar days preced-
ing the bad weather the men in the
line witnessed many thrilling fights in
the air. German airplancs, coming
over at a considerable height on OBJ
servation trips, would be shelled Wig
orously as they came within range.
but they separate when the shrapnel
puffs begin to break among them. A
trail OF smoke from bursting shells
follows the enemy planes across the
sky until they arc out of range.
II the Germans, after ducking and
lodging shrapncl, get back of the
American lines, French airplanes climb
up after them, and every time the
Germans turn tail and retire
AT other times our men watch French
airplanes under the fire of German
ant'-aireraft batteries. The planes
dodge this way and that if flying low.
or continue straight on their course if
they are high in the air. Sometimes
,he shrapnel bursts close to the plane,
and If it is German machine every
man in the line forgets what he is
doing for the moment, hoping that a
piece of shrapnel will find its mark
and the enemy will dash to the ground.
On at least one occasion the men
have seen machine come down. 1t
fell within the German lines, but by
the way it tumbled from the sky there
was no mistaking what had happened
arose from one end of the line to the
other.
To-day the whole American position
is bathed in white. Fog has frozen to
trees, bushes, poles, wires and the
ground. In some places the ice coat
ing is nearly an inch thick
Men Are Well Fed
All the men apparently are we'll sat,
istied with the food. Two meals day
are always served and sometimes there
are three. For breakfast the men fre-
quently get large bowl of oatmeal as
the principal dish, while at dinner
there is peer OR some other meat and
vegetables. Supper sometimes brings
bacon, corned beef hash or canned
salmon. There is always good white
bread made from American flour, and
plenty of it.
The American regimental headquar-
ters just back of the line are established
In dugouts under the ruins of houses
long since knocked down by German
shells. 1t is never known when the
enemy may again take notion to
throw few shells into the town, so
the American commanders were deter
mined their headquarters should be
we'll protected.
Within certain radius Of the front
line every member of the American
force is now required to wear his gas
mask at an alert position and never to
be without his shrapnel helmet. These
were issued to-day to all clerks and
other employees for their protection
during air raids.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
Died Serving Their
Country Abroad

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.--Genera
Pershlng reported to the War Depart
ment to-day the following deaths:
Privatcs John Thomas, infantry, Read
ing, Pa, and Peter Trojan, Philadel-
phia, from gunshot wounds acci-
dentally inflicted.
From natural causes:
frlvate Alfred West, infantry; pneu-
monla, Barron, Wis.
Corporal Elmer II. Van Fleet. Signal
battalion; scarlet fever; 1852 Ep-
worth Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Private John Proctor, infantry; peri
'onitis; Jamaica, N. Y.
'rvate Emil A. Engstrom, engineers;
Pneumonia: McCloud, Cal.
lrlvate Harvey Nagels, Infantry; mea-
,, sizes; Orland, Cal.
rrivate William NJ. HASTE, engineers;
y pneumonia; Philadelphia, Pa.
frivate Manuel Monese, machine gun
battalion; pneumonia; Echo, Orc.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
New Priority Regulations
On War Materials Read,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-Regulations
under which manufacturers may obtain
priority in materials for war contracts
will be explained in Priority Circular
No. 3, which the War Industries Board
announced to-day is in the hands of
the government printer.
Under the new regulations priority
may be asked bv manufacturer or
government official. The manufacturer
can obtain preference in supplies for
war materials and the government can
obtain preference in manufacture if a
plant also is working on private con-
tracts.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
Papers in Germany
Double U-Boat Losses

LONDON, Feb. 2.--The German
newspapers claim that in the first year
Of the unrestricted submarine warfare
nine million tons of Allied and neutral
shipping were sunk and that only four
million tons have been built to offset
this.
AS showing how unreliable is the in
formation which the German authori-
tiec give out, the Associated Press is
authorized to state that the claim put
forward exaggerated the actual ton
mage lost by more than so per cent
The total net loss of the worlds ocean
going tonnage since the outbreak of
the war. including the losses by ma
rine risk as we'll as by enemy action,
and allowing for enemy tonnage capt
ured, amounts to less than three mill
lion, or per cent Of the tonnage avail
able at the outbreak of the war
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
u. S. Holding Trade
arley With Spain

MADRID, Feb. 1.--Marquis de Al
hucemas, the Spanish Premier, to-day
said he was we'll satisfied with the prog
ress of the negotiations between Spain
and the United States. The Uniteo
States is represented by Majors Bel
mont and Brown. Span's representa-
tives are Senor Urquijo, a banker;
Senor Garnica, Under Secretary of FIJI
nance, and Senor Pima, former Spanish
Minister at Washington. They have
been discussing commercial arrange
ments between the two countries.
The Premier praised the American
representatives., who left Madrid TO-DAY
for Paris. The American negotiations
are being conducted in accord with the
French Government.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
Holland Orders Halt in
Sailing of All Ships
Withdraws Permits, Fearing
u. S. May Hold Vessels,
Pending Agreement

AMSTERDAM, Feb. ALI permits
for the departure of steamers from
Dutch ports have been withdrawn by
the Netherlands government and new
ones will not be issued, according to
the "Telegraaf"
The action of the government, pre-
sumably, says the newspaper, is due
to the fear that Dutch ships going to
the United States will be held up until
negotiations between Germany and
Holland have been concluded.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Feb. g.
Negotiations have been completed be-
tween Dutch shipowners and the gov
ernment regarding conditions under
which grain ships now in American
ports will be exempted from requisi-
ton by the government. These vessels
will be free to sail in accordance with
the arrangement made Professionally
between the United States and Holland.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-Some of the
Dutch ships referred to in dispatch
from The Hague as exempted from re-
QUESTION already have been assigned
to go to Argentina to load corn for
B lgium relief and others will bring
wheat to the United States. The wheat
will be milled, and while the -four may
be exported the bran and cattle food
will be retained here.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
by The Associated Prcssl

ITALIAN ARMY HEADQUARTERS
Feb. 1.-The extent of the enemy losses
IN the fighting early this week is now
known to be larger even than the first
accounts indicated. An observer who
has arrived from the field of the fight
ing reports having seen and talked
with number of the captured officers
and men as they were brought back for
interrogation. They were a miserable
looking lot, he says, many of them
wearing Italian uniforms taken during
the invasion of the Friuli region.
All the prisoners agreed as to the
furious nature of the fighting and the
exceptionally heavy losses caused bv
the concentration of the fire of the
Italian, French and British batteries.
The trenches were levelled and the
links between the forward and rear
lines swept away, thus stopping all
communications and preventing the
officers from securing coordination in
the work Of the artillery and the in
fantry.
Survivors Hysterical
The few trenches remaining were
Uttered with dead and the survivors
were found for the most part on their
knees, hysterically crying or praying.
The 21st Rifle Division of the Aus
trian forces had 5000 men put out of
action, or about 70 per cent of ;ts
fighting force. Brigades of the 18th
and 9Th Austrian divisions had casual
ties amounting to approximately SO per
cent.
But the most terrific loss was in
ficted on the 160th Landsturm, which
of several thousand men in line has
only a few hundred left.
The magnitude Of such losses was
due to the triple artillery fire of the
Allies, maintained for forty consecu-
tive hours, often cross-hring from two
or three directions simultaneously.
An unusual feature of this artillery
action was the complete unity brought
about among the Italian, French and
British batteries. This was so marked
that one of the chiefs of the artillery
staff exclaimed: "At last we have
realized unity of command, right in
the face of the enemy fire"
Big Battery Wiped Out
AS an illustration. of the destructive
nature of the triple artillery fire it
may be recorded that an enemy bat
terry with four monster 24O-millimetre
guns was destroyed completely. The
enemy was using an old church as one
of his principal ammunition dcpots,
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03

man attack north 'of Passchendae,e
near Ypres, had been repulsed
Inc night bulletin told of daylight
raid by West Riding troops southeast
of Monchy-le-Preux, in which few
captlves were taken. The enemy net
ted two prisoners in an incursion into
the British lines northeast of Poe]ca-
pelle. The Germans tried another at
tack near the Ypres-S -Staden railway
north of Ypres. but were driven off.
Paris reported that prisoners had
been taken IN q raid north of Mort,er
Wood. A German advance in Courieres
v, " GOD, north of Verdun, broke down
Inc artillery was active southwest of
Epehy; in the Yres district, near Gov
rell, and on seceral sectors Of the