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New-York tribune., 1918-06-04
Paris Confidently
Expects Foch to
Open Offensive

PARIS, June 3.-An Allied offensive
maneuvre is predicted by "Le Matin'
and the Petit Parisien." They express
the conviction that Generals Foch and
Petain, who proved themselves good
offensive men in subordinate commands,
will display the same qualities in the
supreme commands of the Allied and
the French armies.
All the newspapers, according to a
Havas Agency review, believe the equi
librium seems to have been reestab-
lished on all points of the front and
that the fluctuations are growing less
in extent.
The German assaults are still furious
and violent. while the French resist
ance is fierce and energetic, with nu-
merous strong counter-attacks.
A lengthy statement on the general
military situation, the state of the
present operations and the utilization
of the interAllied forces was made
this morning before the Army Com
dence was expressed by several mem
bers of the commission at the end OF
the meeting.
The session of the army committee is
always held behind closed doors, but
"Liberte" says Premier Clemenceau
gave detailed information with regard
to British and American effectives It
is expected the demand for interpclla-
tions on the military situation, of
which notice has been given, will now
be Withdrawn or postponed.
Further patches of refugees from the
newly invaded district of France
reached Paris yesterday and to-day
They were received and cared for at
the American canteen.
Jules PANS. Minister Of the Interior
to-day visited thes various war relief
organizations, including the American
Red Cross, and thanked their officials
for the charitable work they are doing
Bouresches. in the vicinity of which
village French troops last night broke
up violent German attack, is about
two and one-half miles west of Cha
teau-Thierry, on the north side of the
river Marine. Troops of the German
Crown Prince launched strong columns
in the direction of Meaux, twenty
seven miles northeast Of Paris, on
each side of the road between Chateau
Thierry and the French capital.
One column followed the north bank
of the Marine, making for Charly and
La Ferte-sous-J ouarre Another col
umn went to the north of the highroad
pushing in the direction of the river
Ourcq. Both advances were broken by
the French
New-York tribune., 1918-06-04
President of Panama
Republic Is Dead
DR.. Ramon Valdez Thought
to Have Been Victim
of Apoplexx

PANAMA., June 3.-Dr. Ramon Val
dez, President of the Republic of Pana-
ma, died to-day. The cause of death
has not been made public. DR.. Valdez
was apparently in good health just prior
to mis- death, and it is thought that
probably he was stricken with apo
plexy.
First Designate DR.. Giro Urriola will
succeed to the Office of President.
DR.. Valdez, who in 1912 was Pana-
man Minister to the United States,
was elected to the Presidency Of Pana-
ma in 1915. He had previously held
the Offices of Second Vice President
and Minister Of Government and JUS
tice.
On April Z. 1917, President Valdez
signed a proclamation committing
Panama unreservedly to the assistance
of the United States in. the defence of
the canal, and at the same time he can
celled the exequaturs of all German
consuls in Panama.
The proclamation was issued after
President Valdez had sent message
to President Wilson indorsing the
American action in declaring a state of
war with GERMANY.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-04
Is New Workers Win
Army Commissions
SPECIAL Dispatch to The Tribune

WASHINGTON, June 3.-Fifteen
residents of New York were to-day
commissioned by the War Department
es Reserve Corps and National Army
officers, as follows:
Paul Arnold Degener. A West Seventy
fourth Street, second lieutenant, non-fying
lection. Signal Reserve Corps.
/. Ursinus z. Erhard. 263 West 139th Street
Richard W. Fulton. 247 Mount Hope Place
Herbert Hawley, 66 Wildwood Road. Larch-
nont: James II. Hansen. Greenport, Long
Island; Samuel B. Phelps, 2431 Creston
Avenue. The Bronx, and Attio Ricciardi,
l9s West Tenth Street. second lieutenants,
svlauon section, Signal Reserve Corps.
Lucian K. McCollom. l49 East Sixty-sec-
crd Street. captain; Patrick J Fitzgibbons.
METROPOLITAN Hospital. BlackNve'rs Island
Walter Y. Fleming, 29S West Eleventh
Street Stephen j. Splitter 1921 Topping
AverMe and Max Weiss. 800 Kelly Street
hrst aieutenants, Medical Reserve Corps.
Beanett 4. Feldman. COL West 13sth
Street first lieutenant. Dental Reserve
Corps
George w welch, sos Leonard Street
srooklyn; Harry A. Rame. port of en-
barkation. first lieutenants; Lewis H. Shaw
no2 Dean Street. Brooklyn. second lieu
tenant. Ouartermaster's Corps. National
Army
New-York tribune., 1918-06-04
King George Bars Youth
In the Royal Household

LONDON, June 3.-King George has
put into effect a rule doing away with
all men up to thirty-fve years Of age
in the royal households. The King
previously had released more than $50
men from the royal households for
military service, of whom ffty-fve
have been killed and seventy-five
wounded
The places of the men who are now
to be withdrawn from the royal house
holds will be largely filled by women.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-04
British Scientists
To Dig i'm Palestine

LONDON, June 3.-For purposes of
scientific research and archaeological
study in Palestine and Mesopotamia
after the war, number of prominent
British scientists have organized a COM
mittee to found "school of archaol-
ogy" at Jerusalem. The members in
clude Sir Frederick G. Kenyon, presi-
dent of the British Academy; the Verv
Reverend Sir George Adam Smith, prin-
cipal of Aberdeen University; the Arch
bishop of Canterbury, Viscount Bryce
and the Reverend Professor Hermann
Gollancz, professor of Hebrew. Univer-
slty College, London.
Two gifts of $4,000 each have already
been received.
The school will devote itself to ex
cavations and surveys on notable his
torical sites, and the workers will be
drawn from all parts of the British
Empire and the United States. The
work heretofore done by the Palestine
Exploration Fund Will henceforth be
conducted in cooperation with the new
institution, and further funds for ex-
cavations will be made available from
the funds of the British Academy.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-04
British Fliers Shower
Bombs on Enemy Lines
nays Airmen, in Addition to
Raids, Down Eight Ger
man planes

LYNDON. June 3.--The official re-
aeropanes ionshe eared
Sss.,S good deal of observation for the
Es.Hry and took many photographs.
kssesn tons of bombs were dropped
-, Wr airplanes and heavy machine
ssunre ssu ~nre from the air was directed
"Srsa great variety of targets.
sgnt German machines were de-
Se, Sesysd IN air fighting and fourteen
81 edns.oraven down out of control. Three
An1t A1t machines are missing
Cas- sunday night we bombed lie
nis.Hp, st. Quentin and Valenciennes
&y stations and dropped eight tons
@ssxsos, AL our night-fying ma
sass stuyned.p
New-York tribune., 1918-06-04
Allies "Destruction"
Nearer, German View
Ludendorff Closer to Goal,
Says Semi Official Berlin
Message
By George F. Steward
Especial Cable TO The Tribune)

ROTTERDAM, June 3-"Events In
the West" says a German semi-offcial
message, "have brought the German
army leadership nearer its gosl-the
destruction Of the enemy's fighting
forces and fighting means"
1t is believed in circles here usually
we'll informed on German plans that
such is really Ludendorff's aim. The
German press is singularly uninforma-
tive about the whole business. 1t is
clear that orders have been given not
to write a word which might give
clew as to the further course Of the
campaign.
All the newspapers are insisting that
operations are following the course pre-
destined before the initial step. The
"Berliner Tageblatt" says that the plan
Of the battle is great new mannuvre
The whole effort, it is thought, will
have missed its mark unless it achieves
the rolling up of large section of the
Allied front. The anticipation is that
the enemy's immediate idea is to halt
on the Marne and try a concentric
movement directly westward
New-York tribune., 1918-06-04

When the gray infantry came for
ward they overwhelmed the thin Brit
ish lines about Craonne by the weight
OF superior numbers. Despite the ex-
tremely difficult conditions the British
fought with all that splendid courage
which has made them famous in the
past.
Rifemen and trench mortar workers
remained at their posts firing furiously
untll the enemy was right upon them,
when the defenders retired Systematic
cally, after having destroyed tae NOR
tars. The field artillerymen fought to
the last with revolvers, when it was no
longer possible to work their guns
ihe German airmen had been con-
spicuous by their absence along this
part OF the front prior to the attack
but as soon as the attack started fortv
or fifty hostile planes appeared over
the Craonne sector and began bombing
and machine cunning.
Inc Germans attacked in great
strength to the east and west of
Craonne, and in very short time
reached the bridge over the Aisne at
Many; Consequently, when some of
the British troops retired from
Craonne they found the enemy already
at the bridge and some groups were
compelled to surrender.
Gunner Wins Fame
Near Maizy occurred an incident
which won for a gunner of the 5Oth
Division lasting fame. A small con-
voy of British and French transport
was retiring to this place, but
found three or four hundred Ger
mans holding the bridge across the
canal, which runs on the north side of
the river. The convoy was compelled
to surrender. This gunner, however,
made bolt for the canal, dragging
with him comrade who belonged to
his own battery. Leaving the man,
who was wounded, on the bank, the
gunner swan the canal and brought
back a boat. Into the boat he took his
comrade, together with thirty-seven
lnfantrymen who had managed to
escape.
With the big boatload he started to
row back, but the Germans rushed
down to the bank and started a fusil-
5e, ade OF pistol fire, which raked the
little craft from stem to stern. The
gunner got his boat to the further
shore, but twenty-five of the infantry
men had been killed in the passage.
Only small strip of land protected
with barbed wire divides the canal
from the Aisne River. The party
landed, and the gunner dragged his
wounded comfade through the wire tc
the river. There was no boat OF
bridge here, but the gunner waded
across, frequently up to his neck ir
the water, and carried his friend tc
the further bank. There was a little
wood nearby, and here they foun5
refugt until the gunner turned ths
wounded man over to a field ambu-
lance.
Many refugees trying to escape
westward were turned back by the
Germans
New-York tribune., 1918-06-04
-Four Killed, Many Hurt
In Raid on Karlsruhe

AMSTERDAM, June 3.-Four per-
sons were killed, six seriously wounded
and many slightly injured when ten
British machines attacked the open
town of Karlsruhe, capital of Baden,
at 8 o'clock Saturday morning, accord
ing to the "Weser Zetuns." of Bre-
men. Two of the British airmen were
shot down, it is declared
The British War Office statement on
aerial operations issued Saturday
night reported raid on the station
and workshops at Karlsruhe. The
statement said that one of the ma
chimes engaged in the raid had failed
to return
New-York tribune., 1918-06-04
By C. w. Gilbert

WASHINGTON, June Still No
vember." 1t is the real expectation of
the Allies that Germany will keep on
delivering powerful blows upon the
west front until cold weather. And
the best hope of the Allies is that they
Will be able to stop each successive
blow as it comes, just as they stoppe d
the blow at Amiens, the blow at the
Channel ports and just as they appear
to have stopped the present blow upon
the Marnc.
This is the real expectation of those
IN authority, who view the prospect of
the future coolly and without illusions.
lhey acknowledge to themselves that
tnere may be elements of weakness in
the Central Powers which are not
known to the Allies. They acknowl
edge. too, that under pressure the send
ing OF Americans to France NAV still
De speeded up, and that thus the bal
ance may be restored sooner than now
seems. probable, and that 1919 NAV be
something better for the Allies than a
year OF waiting and deadlock.
These are the incalculable elements.
The calculable elements lead to the
conclusion which | have already stated
namely, that June, July, August Sep
tember and October of this year will
oe oe repetitions of April and May, with
the Allies fighting desperately to hold
on the superior might of Germany, and
mat y Novem Der, December, January and
feoruary Will be months of rest, dur
ing which this country will have an
opportunity at least to make the do.
fence of the Allies irresistible, and
that thereafter the advantage viii
slowly swing to the Allies. so as to
make victory possible in 1920.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-04
German Officer
Admits Big Losses
And Predicts More

AMSTERDAM, June 3.-The semi
official "Norddeutsche Allgemeine lei
tung," of Berlin, publishes letter
from German colonel at the front
in which the officer urges the public
to bear their losses with patience and
confidence.
"Our success" writes the officer re-
ferring to the German offensive,
naturally has cost much and will cor
tinue to cost much more blood That
some units have suffered very heavy
losses no one will deny
"In judging the price paid for our
successes it is only a question of cam
pairing the total losses to the number
of troops in action, and in this respect
we certainly may trust in the favor
able reports of the army command"
New-York tribune., 1918-06-04

has not been very marked, and their
advances have been more in the
nature of local movements.
Every Foot Hard Fought
During the last forty-eight
hours, too, the resistance has been
OF severe and Furnishing nature. All
the advances have been met by the
hardest fighting, and, beyond the
local actions referred to, checked
by the Allies.
THE situation cannot yet be said
to have reached a position of sta
bllity, but the evidence suggests
that the first impulse of the often
sive, which has carried the Germans
forward SO far, is coming to an end,
and that they must now enter upon
the phase of the fighting in which
the full cost will have to be paid for
every mile of progress.
I'm the advances on the Somme
and the Lys the speed of the attacks
was checker and the great offensive
movements forced to expend them
selves in expensive and, on the
whole, useless local encounters as
the Allied reserves came more and
more into action and the Germans
advanced further and further from
their lines of supply. The same con-
ditions probably hold good in the
present case, and the Germans are
meeting the reorganized strength of
the Allies at the time when their
first momentum is diminishing.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-04
zrmy's New Armored En-
zine Defes Mud, bitches,
Trees and Hills
paker and March
Witness Tests
Production Rapid and En-.
tire American Artillery
Will Be Motorized

WASHINGTON, June 3.-The latest
.-oduction Of the Army Ordnance
snreau. fve-ton armored artillery
s,setor for hauling field guns, was dem
hsstrated here to-day with Secretary
s.ker, General March, Chief of Staff,
sd many foreign officers present.
Hooked to II inch field howitzer,
ee machine ran over the rough muddy
mound Of Rock Greek Park, which re-
sptly baked the British tank Britain
ta. It went through bitches and holes
sthout stop, cut down trees and
.limbed over the fallen trunks, dragging
lie guns behind it,; climbed 45-degree
hu. where the mud was a foot deep
i. 8 result Of recent rains, and wound
tp the performance by rafting down a
baved avenue at twelve mile gait,
k:thout leaving a mark on the paving.
Assures Rapid Gun Movement
The whole load, including the gun
md tractor, was approximately 10000
bounds.
officers who saw the demonstration
Ire convinced that no shell-torn terri
tory will stop the rapid movement of
American field guns when they are
sent to support infantry advances.
Moreover. the machines are shrapnel-
proof and can be disabled only by a
direct shell hit. Secretary Baker and
General March rode in the tractor as
It dragged the gun about the broken
ground Later they putfed up and down
lill beside it. obviously pleased with
tie machines powers.
In the British, French and German
armies only the guns above inches
sre motorized. Heretofore it has not
been found practicable to put tractors
On the lighter weapons, because they
must leave the roads.
To Motorize All Z. S. Artillery
Ills proposed now to equip all Amer
ican batteries above 3-inch light guns
up to 6-inch with tractors. They are
in production, and the present month
viii see substantial number delivered
for shipment abroad. Meanwhile, a
smaller type is being worked out for
the inch, or "75's," with the prospect
that ali American artillery will be mo-
tor drawn eventually. Besides an enor-
nous saving in forage, every battery
motorized saves horses, which are killed
by the thousands going into action.
The perfecting of the tractor, which
is short, easily handled machine on
caterpillar creepers, depended upon
turning out an engine that would func-
ton efficiently at a sharp angle. The
engine used viii work at slant of 70
degrees. 1t can climb in and out, of
shell holes, and a special device fur
nishes soft ground grip that can be
removed for operation on a road.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-04

the Germans after brief engagement
About $50 prisoners were taken, in
cluding three officers.
A little further to the north, in the
region Of Merris, the British carried
out second local attack, and here
also improved their lines. Just west
OF Merris storming troops forced back
the Germans from a desirable stretch
Of high ground and occupied 1.-The
enemy's trenches. The British casual
ties were slight.
The British during the night carried
out several successful raids. and also
repulsed an enemy raiding party south
of Villers- s-Bretonneux
The German artillery bombarded the
section south of the Scarpe with q
heavy fire, and also turned their guns
on Villers- Bretonneux.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-04
War Balloon Makes
Round Trip Unaided

LONDON, June 3.-The remarkable
developments which have taken place
in military balooning since the out
break of the war are shown by the feat
of a military balloon at an airdrcme
near London. The balloon, after hav-
ing made an outward journey of ten
miles in two hours, was piloted back
to its starting point of manoeuvring
in the varying air currents found at
different attitudes.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-04
5000 College Men Start
Training at Plattsbure

PLATTSBURG, N. Y, June 3.-The
5000 college men, enrolled for a
monta's training at the Reserve Of
fcers' camp here, were assigned to-day
to their companies and began drilling.
More than 100 men who have reached
twenty-one since last June registered
at camp for the draft and their cards
were sent to their local exemption
boards.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-04
Allies Confident
Thrusts Can Be Blocked

IT. IS only to say that the responsible
heads n OF the Allies are confident that
II germany can repeat all this sum-
mer' so they too can repeat, that they
VIII be able to stop each German
.nrust as 1t comes, probably after loss
OF ground, but always short of yield
is believed here in Washington that
New-York tribune., 1918-06-04
German Drive Brought to Halt;
French Recapture Another Town
Continued from page l

Bodies Of picked troops would find
their way through thinly held por-
tions of the line and then would
open fire on the Allied troops from
the rear. This feature of the often
sive is now giving way in most
places to attacks in massed forma-
ton. The enemy has found it i'm
possible to carry out the first
man@uvre since the Allied troops
have received reinforcements.
In the centre of the battle line,
from Vermeuil to Rheims, the Ger
mans are still making the most vio-
lent efforts to go forward, and the
fighting continued all yesterday to
the south of Ville-en-Tardenois,
with give and take results.
The position at Rheims, which
had become grave when La Pom
relle fort was momentarily rushed
by the Germans, is somewhat i'm
proved, although the enemy is hold
ing three sides Of the city.
The Allied troops feel that the
enemy has reached the virtual end
Of his rush. The ground is now
given up only when the Allied COM
manders consider it useless to hold
it, and when combats occur they are
fought on a much more equal basis
than heretofore.
Never Lost Confidence
The troops have never lost conf
cence, even in the most serious mo-
ments of their retirement, in their
ability to prevent a breach in the
line, and now, with British and
French reinforcements arriving rap
idly, the morale of the Allied armies
is higher than ever.
The principal object Of the enemy
appears to be to make such progress
westward as is possible before he is
compelled to accept battle on a
grand scale.
Throughout Sunday a series of
attacks and counter attacks brought
into action large bodies of troops
all about the villages, forming a
sort of line along the borders of
the Forest of Villers- Cotterets. The
possession of these villages is of the
utmost Importance for future devel-
opments.
Thrust Westward
Villers- -Cotterets, town on line
between Compiegene and Chateau
Thierry, for the moment appears to
attract the German masses more
than any other place on the western
side of the Champagne salient. The
town came under slight lombard
ment yesterday, while La Ferte Mi
lon, south of Villers-C Cotterets, and
the birthplace of Racine, the French
tragic poet, also was shelled.
The Germans on Saturday exc
cuted a daring advance toward Neu-
illy-St. Front, and yesterday, finding
themselves in a salient there, tried
to widen their gains.
Two German divisions joined in
the attack on the villages of
Troesnes, Faverolles, Corey and
Longpont, but they met strong op-
position, which is increasing every
where as the Entente Allied reserves
come into line.
The fighting was obstinate and in
cessant for many hours in the streets
and houses of the villages. The
Germans for a time held a footing
in Corey and Troesnes, but both
these towns were retaken in most
determined counter attacks. Long
ront and Faverolles changed hands
repeatedly. Faverolles eventually
fell before the overwhelming Ger
man assault,
New-York tribune., 1918-06-04
British Capture
Tluo Fortified Farms
On Flanders Front
fBy The Associated Pres

WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE. June 3.-In their local opera
tons last night on the northern side
of the Flanders salient the British
wrested two fortified farms in the
neighborhood Of Vieux Berouin from
New-York tribune., 1918-06-04
Foes Advantage
In Numbers Passes;
Allies Line Steadies

LONDON, June 3.-"To-night's s
report is the most hopeful since the
beginning Of the battle. For the
first time since last Monday it can
be said that the enemy gained no
ground during the day." says Reu-
ter's correspondent with French
headquarters in France.
"On his westward-fa facing front in
the direction Of Paris, where attack
and counter attack followed with
quick succession until late in the af-
ternoon, the German gains were at
least counterbalanced by French
gains.
"In the centre the enemy has ex-
tended his front along the north
bank of the Marne, which is still
bounded by the towns of Chateau
Thierry, which was evacuated some
days ago, and Verneuil."
Resume Mass Attacks
The same correspondent, tele-
graphing Sunday at midnight, said
"Until to-day it was only possible
to hold the enemy from hour to
hour. The enemy's numbers enabled
him to maneuvre and go round OBJ
stacles in his path, but his numeri-
cal advantage vanishes from day to
day, and we have now arrived at
the stage where the formation of a
continuous line forces the Germans
to attempt massed attack against
strongly held positions instead Of
turning them"
The military correspondent of the
British wireless service writes as
follows concerning the operations on
the Western front:
"The Germans still show their
greatest pressure on the western
flank of the Aisne salient, their eff
forts yesterday being again on the
front between Scissors and Chateau
Thierry. Their progress, however,