Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-03-15
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ABOUT THE WAR

on the Nerdun front.
Troops and supplies for Pershing's
forces now are moving to France on
schedule time.
American troops are now holding
over eight miles of trenches on the
battle front Of France.
Eighteen British merchantmen were
sunk by mine or submarine in the
week ending March 8.
London reports a raid attempted by
the enemy east Of Epehy, under cover
of a heavy artillery barrage, complete
ly repulsed.
The war office that for
the first week Of March British casu-
alties were 3,343, the lowest Of any
week for several months.
Rome reports reciprocal firing ac-
tivity and effective work by Italian
airships. Also that a British aviator
brought down a hostile machine.
Eleven persons were killed and
fcrty-six others were injured in We'd
nesday nights airplane raid on Lon
don, according to the latest reports.
Narva, 100 miles southwest Of Pet
trograd, has been captured by the Ger
mans and the enemy is reported to be
continuing his advance on Petrograd.
The American steamship Armenia.
formerly a German m%erchantnian, lies
beached and badly damaged on the
British coast after being torpedoed by
a German submarine.
I'VE have acquired a direct free
route via Russia to Persia and Afghan.
%istan." says a dispatch from the Wolff
bureau, the German semi-official
agency, received at The Hague.
Forty-three American soldiers had
been killed in action in France at the
end OF March 2, while 252 had been
wounded and thirty-five captured or
missing, according to Washington Val
Department information.
Premier ~Clemenceau, who spent a
day on the American front northwest
OF Toul, decorated two ~lleutenants,
two sergeants and two privates with
the crolx de guerre with the palm for
heroism which they displayed in the
recent German raid.
Serious fighting has taken place on
the Ypres-Dixmud sector OF the Brit
ish front, according to the official
statement issued by the British war
office in London. A German attack
on a front Of more than a mile com
PEELED some OF the British advance
posts to fall back, but later a counter
attack re-established the British line.
A preliminary peace treaty between
Rumanla INT the Central Powers was
signed March 5, says a dispatch from
Bucharest. Under the terms of the
preliminary peace agreement. Ruma-
MIA cedes the province OF Dobrudja as
far as the Danube to the central pow.
ers. Rumania also undertakes to fur
Their the transport Of Teutonic troops
through Moldavia and Bessarabia to
Odessa.
WESTERN
Governor Hunt announced the call
ing Of a special session of the Ari-
roma Legislature at a date to be later
fixed, probably in June.
THE one real business Of the ma.
ton is to win the war now-every-
thing else is merely chores " VIII
M. Hays, chairman OF the Republican
National committee. declared In Chi
cago.
Three slices of bread a day without
butter and coffee is the ration allowed
TO each person in Norway. according
10 Il. Ludwig, a prominent business
man OF the country. who was in Den
yer for a few days.
Tom and John Powers and Tom Sis,
son, who killed Sheriff r. F. Mcbride,
Undersherin M. r. Kempton and
Deputy Sheriff ID. X. WOoten OF era
ham county, Feb. 10, were caught by
soldiers OF a cavalry regiment, 80
miles south Of Nachita, only a short
distance from the international boun-
dairy, according to word received at
Douglas, Ariz.
WASHINGTON
Designating May Z as an interna.
tional memorial day for those losing
their lives In the war against Prus-
sian autOcracy was proposed II a reso-
luton introduced by Senator Poindex-
ter Of Washington. The resolution
proposes to invite the allies to fix the
same date.
More than $4,000. 900, 900 worth OF
insurance has been written on the
lives Of American soldiers. sailors and
nurses by the war risk insurance bu.
reau. Secretary McAdoo announced.
A substantial American army al.
ready is IN the trenches on the west
ern front, and Secretary Baker has in
dlcated that there may be at least
100000 troops In France during 1918.
The interest date on loans to allies
has been raised from AZ per cent to
5 per cent. as a result OF the recent
increase in the rate on certificates Of