The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-03-23


OF Mr. Bnruch as chairman of tn,
board is indicated by the direction
the president that the ultimate de
| cision of all questions, except the de.
| termination Of prices, shall rest al
ways with the chairman, the other
members of the board acting in al
advisory and cooperative capacity.
Under this plan, the president seem
to have provided for the centraliza.
tion of power to an even greater de
gree than has been proposed by thos,
demanding some action of this kind.
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The death of John Redmond, the
Irish national leader, removes the
leading champion of home rule for Ire
land and one of the most striking fig.
ureS that English politics has pro
duced in the past quarter of a century,
For more than twenty-five years Red
mond had fought for home rule in Ire
land and during the greater part OF
that time, he was the recognized lead
err of Ireland's struggle for liberty"
His determined fight in parliament for
home rule earned for him the sobriquet
of stormy petrol of the house" Iii
| paying tribute to the memory of Red
mond in the house of commons, Sir
Edward Carson Ulster leader and
longtime opponent of Redmond, made
this significant statement: Indeed.
we We're not very far apart in our at
l tempts at a settlement of the Irish
[questi0n." Redmond was well-known
sssiin Tbs. united States, having visited
81 IS. fjls R..af harhnoflss Tadiiesf 7 y -.
N this country in 1908 and again in 1910.
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A In the case of General March, the
A new acting chief of staff, the idea of
Capitalization Of power is also to be
carried out 1t is announced that
General March will have full power
to reorganize the general staff with Il
view of giving it the highest efficiency
in its work Of directing the strictly
military end Of the war. He has been
given the power to select his own as
sistants. One of General March'S
first acts was to establish the "oper
door" policy. He arranged to see
newspaper correspondents once every
day and Indicated that he will endeav
J or to relax the censorship to such al
extent that Americans may learn more
about what their soldiers are doing
in France. The appointment Of Gen
eral March to this position has VOL
: wide approval as, In his work as chic
of all the American artillery forces II
e France, he has been in close toucl
! with General Pershing and is intimate
4 " familiar with all conditions abroad
+ Ia
e Speculation as to Germany's wei
]. advertised offensive on the wester
n front has continued, with opinion d
y vided as to whether such an offensiv
G really will be launched. In some qua
tiers it is believed that Germany is S
It fully occupied with developments
II Russia and is so intent upon accon
II plishing her designs in the east thu
8, she will not undertake an offensive
If the west but will be content to mail
d tain a defensive attitude. Those tai
S. ing this view believe that Germany
st idea is that q deadlock on the we
n front will force the allies to agree
Or a peace by negotiation and that und'
A. such circumstances she will be able
IL attain all her imperialistic designs
ie the east.
he On the other hand, further conce
ID tration of troops on the western fro
ne Is taken by some authorities as inc
ed eating that Germany really intends
IS launch a determined offensive
n France General Maurice, chief dire
tor of military operations at the Br
ish war office, declares that the enen
BY is now ready to strike on the weste
r. front at any moment suitable to
ne purpose He declares that the ALL
Vo remain superior In guns, rifles and a
us craft, but that the margin of adva
I'd tage in these particulars is stead
an diminishing and an equalization
at- strength is being approached.
lp- IA
oh More frequent and more pretentio
T. raids undertaken by both sides alo
81 the entire western front are regal
his ed as forerunners of an offensive. 7
at raids are, made to feel out the enen
led to find, If possible, the weak spots
to his lines The many German raids 6
ms. believed to have been made necesss
ta- by the air superiority of the all
ing along the greater part Of the weste
per front. Unable to gain the informant
ing they need through their airmen,
In Germans have been forced to res
Zor to raids in order to learn the strenl
krt- of the opposing forces at varit
Ids points on the front.