Evening star., 1918-05-18
THE WEEK
EpItOme of Events Ending May
1S, 1918.
ISSUES OF WAR.

| On the western front, the allies bet
tered their position by winning van
tage points from the enemy. who. eA-
cept for continued big gun fire. rested
| in supposed preparation for another
desperate drive. The first official re-
port of American activities at .he
front from American Army headquar-
tiers told of the destruction OF three
German airplanes over the Toul sec
tor. Captured Germans brought re-
port of Hindenburg's death. be
lieved ruse to deceive the German
people and remove from him the
odium of failure of the big drive.
The German long-range guns were
reported out of business for repairs.
made necessary by French art llery
fire and usage. British mounted
troops pursued Turkish forces twenty
miles into Mesopotamia. Italian
naval forces forced Pola harbor and
sunk an Austrian -battlcshir- Fig
ures were given by the French min
istry to demonstrate the decline o.
German U-boat success.
Concomitants of War.
Charles Z. Hughes accepted the
call of President Wilson to investi-
gate aircraft construction for the adj
ministration: sculptor Borg um sub
mitted evidence to the Senate. Con-
gress authoriz naturalization of
enemy aliens called to the colors OF
the United states: F.. W. Wurster-,
harth. Germar-born. had his natu ali
cation revoked By court: Count Min
otto was held as dangerous enemy
alien. Foreign Minister Ea!four de-
clared that Great Britain was not un-
wiling 20 listen to honest peace
propositions; German pence talk indi
Gated entire deoarture from the idea
of peace without indemnitins. or ac-
cession of territory. Germany de-
clared in response to t'ruguay's de-
of war as e istinG. The Finnish flag
vas formally raised in sign of
autonomy at Helsingfors: hostilities
with Russian troops continued. The
kaiser announced that an autonom-
Gus Lithcania would be expected to
share war burdens. presumably sup
plying fighting men. CiscaJcasia
proclaimed independence. The for
mer cZar and other Romanoffs We're
removed to Ekaterin5urG. Germany
was reported to have seized the for
mer dowager empress and the Grand
Dukes Nicholas and Alexander of
Russia. French courts condemned to
death. Duval of the Germanophile
newspaper. Bonnet Rouge. and gave
prison sentences to six accomplices.
NATIONAL.
A!rplane mail service was inaugu-
rated between Washington. Philadel-
phia and New York. Increase of raI,-
road passenger and freight rates was
proposed by the railroad administr.-
ton. Secretary McAdoo announced
estimated receipts of s4.095,6 900 in
internal revenues and customs by
kh Gpo,.
David A. Gates was appointed supe'
vising agent of revenue collectors.
Chicago teamsters went on strIlie.
the Rochester car strike was settled.
Among those who died during IT,.
week were: Frederick r. Hutton
versity, r. w. Speer. mayor of Den
Yer: Judge G. c. Kohlsa At of the fed
eral bench: William Mani. railroad
man: James Gordon Bennett, publish
er of the New York Herald.
FOREIGN.
The treaty of arbitration between
France and the United States was ex-
tended flve years. A federal scheme
of home rule. by which .he Units of
the United Kingdom should each have
their separate parliaments and be
represented in a general parliament,
was proposed as a settlement of the
Irish question. Maj. A. S. williams,
L. S. A.. was assigned to command
the gendarmerie of Haiti. Mexico
postponed imposition of the lax on oil
fields. Hsia Yu-ding was appointed
Chinese minister to brazil, new
post. Bolshevik troops were reported
invading China. The Prussian lower
house rejected equal suffrage. The
body of DIR. c. NJ. de Pena. late min
lister of Uruguay. was sent home Oh
an American battleship. Deposed
King Constantine of Greco. suffered
relapse. Among those who died dur
ing the week were: Baron Courtney
of Penwith. British Political tcono-
mist; Pastor Charles Wagner, author
Of The Simple Life Henry George
Percy, Duke of Northumberland