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with degree of success Whether this
success was due purely to the effect
iveness of the method or whether
other causes combined to force the
lished
English retreat remains to be estab-
Had the method met with the same
complete success on the western front
that it did at Riga, it is hard to imag-
inc to what extremes the Allies might
not have been driven.
But having failed to meet with com
plete success, it developed at once its
greatest inherent weakness, that of
opening to resolute enemy great solid
masses and columns of human beings
to be raked to the extreme degree by
rife, machine gun and artillery fire.
Frances poilus were not slow to
take advantage of the opening and as a
result not only does the German Of
fensive stand checked today, but Won
Hutier's method stands doomed, and
with it not only Ludendorffis colossal
strategic plans, but Germany's last
hope of converting France, England,
Italy and Belgium into a second Rus
STA.
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Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

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company and half of machine guns
and half company of engineers.
Then last, but most original of all in
conception of their use, came the tanks.
Almost without exception, these were
tanks which had previously been taken
from the English in other offensives
and repaired until they were again fit
for use.
But where both the English and the
French have used their tanks for lead
ing an assault, and especially for
smashing down the barbed-wire en-
tanglements for the infantry to pass
through, Won Hutier's method was for
the tanks to bring up the rear and
complete the cleaning up process Of
any points of resistance that might
have escaped the troops especially
charged with that task.
This is the method with which Won
Hutier forcer the Russian front at
Riga, and with which, fresh from that
triumph, he undertook to force the
western front.
Certain it is tina. in the first few
roCrs of it's application against the
English front at ST. Csuentin it met
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new GERMAN PLAN
Of ATTACK FAILS
BY HENRY WOOD

toHAteu IreSS SCaH correspondent
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES
April SO,-(By Mail Gen. Won HUI
tiers new method of assault" con-
shutting the latest product and the
latest hope Of Prussian militarism, has
pust met its Waterloo at the hands
OF the stolid French poilus on the La
Fere-Amiens front.
Successful to an astounding degree
in the capture of Riga, this new meth
cd applied on the western front has
cost the German armies to date half
million men, has shattered Luden-
dorffs Kolossal conception of crush
ing the English army and marching
on Paris, and has wrested from Ger
many her last dream and hope of a
successful termination of the war or
the western front.
Although Won Hutie's "new method
OF assault" was known in its general
lines to the Allied commands as a re-
suit of its first try-out at Riga, it is
only since the its application on the
French front that all of it's details have
ecome known. It's collapse is all the
more humiliating owing to the fact
that General Won Hutier was called
from the Riga front to command him
self the troops, that, applying his
method, were to smash through the
English front at st. Quentin and then
march down the valley of the Disc on
Paris.
1t is known in fact that it was large
ly on the confidence that had been
aroused in this method that the con-
sent of the Imperial government was
obtained for the big Ludendorff stratg-
ic plans of a western front offensive.
Won Hutier's new method differed
in one great fundamental respect from
its immediate predecessors with the
German Imperial command, in that the
Germans, having early in the war
established the dogma that the onl'
way to crush the enemy's lines war
by heavy artillery, came back on Won
Hutier's recommendation to the at
tainment of this end by massed attacks
of human beings
Beginning with this change in the
fundamental idea, Won iIutier then
grouped about his plan ali of the vari-
Gus methods and means of arfare tina
the present great conflict has develop
ed from English tanks to German flame
throwers. welding them into a whole
which we and the German sta ffbecame
convinced would constitute an abso-
lutely irresistible crushing force for
any antagonist against whom it might
be directed. The first experiment at
Piga seemed to demonstrate that Won
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fIntier was right, but the second one
on the French front developed that
the French poilu is Fighter
The detailed application of Won HUI
tiers method both at Riga and on the
western front in the region of Saint
Quentin was as follows Forst fall,
the troops to participate in the attack
were drilled and rehearsed for months
in advance in the part they were to
play until each was letter perfect.
When the hour set for the attack ar
rived the German artillery began a
short preparation. In order to avoid
losing the benefit of surprise attack
by the old time artillery preparat
of several days, Won Hutier planned
by an astounding concentration of
guns to accomplish in a few hours
the previous work of days.
In addition this artillery preparation
extended to an extreme depth to the
rear, demolisbing the second and third
lines at the same time as the first.
To prevent the enemy's guns from
intervening and silencing the German
batteries, gas shells eyre showered
all over the enemy's artillery lines
rendering t impossible for the gun
ners for several hours to serve their
pieces.
The assaulting troops which We're
kept concentrated in the rear until the
moment of attack, were then hurried
up under cover Of the night and Of t
short artillery preparation.
At the hour fixed for the attack the
infantry leaped forward in dense ma
es Each division had two regime
in the attacking line and one regime
in reserve. All of the forces avail
able were thrown into the fight, re
CARELESS of loss, for the purpose of
completely crushing the enemy at the
very first onslaught, the infantry pro-
crossing in three and four waves at
very short intervals behind each other
er.
~, IF %11n- - n
tive, reflemen, machine gun men, and
portable machine gun marksmen inn
mediately opened barrage of bullets
between 1900 and 1000 yards in ad
vance Under cover of this curtain
of steel, the second wave of infantry
passing over the first one gained
secondw objective and there in turn
opening barrage of rifle and machine
gun fire at another 1000 yards in az
vance was passed by the third wave
which attaining the third objective,
opened its machine gun barrage, and
so On ad infnitum.
Nothing as allowed to interfere W
the progress of these waves, of assault.
When they encountered machine gun
nests, or centers of resistance thai
failed to be wiped out they were mere
ly left behind to be taken care by
troops especially designed, equipped
and trained for that purpose. These
were armed largely with grenades,
liquid flame jets and trench mortras
Every point where a few men were
still holding out with a machine gun or
a few rifles and grenades was attack
ed in turn by superior numbers ana
forced to give in.
Each wave of assault as it passed
forward was accompanied by con-
tingent of very light artillery, consist
ing principally of trench mortars
mounted on wheels and baby cannon
similar to the Frenchs famous "Tren-
ttsep" or 81 calibre.
In addition to this light artillery
eevry three battalions likewise was
accompanied by battery of the Ger
man II field guns, a supplementary
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A British airship and British sea-
planes were also detailed
The sixth battle squadron weighed
anchor at 1920 am. on the day of the
great surrender. All about it in the
Firth, ships talk punctured the cold
night with silent, peppery dots of
white. Its running lights were burn
ing for the first time since 1T left the
states. The wars gonna be over in
about ten minutes now"
1t passed down the Firth. keeping
station on that triangle of running
lights which was the New York, and
talking internationally to the flagship
in soft rapid clack Of searchlight
shutters. Fidra Gap light blinked
white at it. b!inked gravely and went
out. blinked and went out again as it
threaded the mine fields. May Island
was abeam by GAO. 1t was still dark
and the moon was high.
BY 1880 the night was thinning to a
cold gray. The New York was mon
strous shape 600 yards ahead. The
Wyoming was mOnstrOus shape 600
yards astern. The Arkansas and
Florida were out of sight, stll asteru.
There had been gale warning the
night before aud at bedtime the ba :
iometer had been dropping like -
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fed the fleet that the Germans could
make only ten knots. Some speed"
1t was 9:3O when the Texas foretop
reported "a German battle cruiser off
the starboard bow, sir" The captain
sent to the cabin for his silhouettes
in order to identify 1t. and the range
went down to the turrets at oEce:
Eight thousand yards" In one of
the forward turrets an officer snort
ed: "Oh. within range" and sighed
for morris chair to make himself
comfortable.
1t was the British light cruiser
acting as guide ship to the German
battle cruisers and battleships which
first appeared through the thin mist
that silvered the horizon High over
1t was it's balloon, the observer OBJ
serving things tho like Of which had
never been observed before.
Astern of the gudcship appeared
the German battle cruiser Seydlitz.
Every eye was fixed on 1t. Astern
of 1T. the Moltlse. DerfIlinger linden
burg and Won der Tam followed In
meek silence. No signals were ex-
changed No ensigns were dipped
you couldn't XIX them into n fight"
Astern OF the battle cruisers came
the hattleshlps. their flagship, the
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Texas, as he glanced about the snowy
decks-the decks which We're home to
him-"suppose we were ordered to
hand over the Texas to the Huns"
Had the German battle cruisers, APP
preaching the grand fleet over the
horizon on November 81, suddenly
turned treacherous and moved
turret. there is no doubt that
every British and American officer
would have accorded them an atom of
eleventh hour respect.
Against this possibility the grand
fleet was prepared. Not that the
grand fleet expected treachery. 1t
is merely the habit of fleets to be
prepared.
The fleet moved out of the Firth of
Forth at twelve knots. but every boil
err was fired up ready to go to full
speed. They went out at general quar-
tiers with guns trained fore and aft
and unloaded, but with the correct
range and detection kept on the
sights and in the turrets the cages up
and oaded. ready for ramming home.
They went out with battle flags fly
ing and the ships in that state OF
nervous suspense in which you fire
first and tell the bridge about it after
ward.
The operation orders, circulated to
the feet beforehand, stipulated that
eight fiotillas of destroyers, consist
ing Of about 100 vessels. would pro-
coed to sea ahead of the fleet as a
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The Excuse.

< ENATOR OWEN was talking about
the Germans. ~
"The Germans" he said, "obeyed too
well. They obeyed anything and any
body--a mad kaiser, an idiot crown
prince. Their obedience was too COW.
like. 1t was too stupid.
"A typical young German recruit
was strolling down Inter den Linden,
smoking his pipe, when general
passed. The young soldier gave tho
general respectful glance. but did
not salute. Accordingly the general
held him up.
'Donnerwetter! Why didn't you-sas
lutte. swine-dog"
'"The soldier looked at the general
reproachfully.
But. general he said, my ser.
geaht has taught me never to salute
with pipe in my mouth"
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Rodman, U. S. NJ, and the U. S. S.
Texas, Arkansas. Florida and Wyo-
ming. Eleven months of grilling watch
fulness in the Firth of Forth had won
for them the privilege of participate
ing in the receipt of the German sur
render. They have played a. good part
in the work of the grand fleet. but 1t
must not be forgotten that November
81 was primarily a British day. The
Americans had waited eleven months
for the Germans to come out; the
British had waited fifty-one months.
The American personnel in the grand
fleet numbers 1900, the British num-
bers 100000. The American tonnage
is $4,000. the British is 100000.
Ships kept the same station going
out as they did coming back. the first
light cruiser sQuadrt ms leading the
northern column going out and the
fourth light cruiser squadron leading
it coming back. In addition to the
destroyer screen which was flung out
far in advance of the grand fleet and
the repeating ships which were
formed between the two columns Of
the feet. three British light cruisers
flying the blue ensign. were designat-
ed as guide ships to the Germans. one
of them towing balloon to take sta
ton ahead of the German battle cruis-
ers and battleships. a second ahead of
the German light cruisers, and the
third ahead of the German destroyers.
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lookout screen. Behind them the
grand fleet was to proceed in two
columns about six miles apart, with
five repeating ships taking specified
positions between the columns. At the
rendezvous. about fifty miles east of
May Island, the German ships were
to be led toward the firth down the
avenue between the two columns.
Under this scheme there would be
three miles between each column Of
the grand feet and the column Of
German ships-enough distance to
make ramming impossible and torpe-
doing practically impossible.
The northern column was to consist
of the first and sixth light cruiser
squadrons, the first cruiser squadron,
the fifth, sixth and second battle
squadrons, II. M. s. Queen Elizabeth,
the flagship of the fleet; II. M. $. Lion
and the first battle cruiser squadron
and the fourth light cruiser squadron.
OF these squadrons the sixth battle
squadron is the American squadron.
1t consists of the L. S. s. New York,
flying the flag of Rear Admiral Hugh
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Nothing Doing.

A PROPOS of the attempts that are
continually being made to as.
sassinate the bolshevlk leaders OF
Russia, Ring Lardner. the humorist,
said:
charlotte Corday stabbed Marat
in his bath. Dora Kaplan wasn't SO
successful with Lenin. She did her
best. but. Of course. TO catch bot
shevik in bathtub is an utter i'm
possibility"
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stone. But in the thin gray of the
waning night the fiagship's destroyer
was as motionless as 1T it We're riding
"a frogpond. Forward on deck. you
could hear the purr Of the paravanes,
rugged from each bow as an antidote
to mines.
Colors came at 8, just as colors
comes in every navy on every sea the
world over except at Plymouth. where
for some unaccountable reason colors
comes at 81. BY 8 the rendezvous
had been reached. The Germans were
late. The squadrons inverted and
steamed east for a spell, inverted
again and steamed west. inverted
still again and steamed east, STAMP
ing our feet" Ahead and astern were
long lines of monstrous ships The
southern column, six miles away, was
-cloaked in the mist.
At 8:45 the destroyer screen picked
up the Germans and in a moment
the wireless had notified every bridge
in the fleet. The Texas went to gem
eral quarters at Once and ran UP Its
battle flags, the Stars and Stripes at
the fore and main. Officers and men
off watch gathered at the slarboard
rail.
Shortly afterward the wireless noti-
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kalSer Frederlch der Crosse, uyln0
rear admiral's flag and white flag.
A fishing trawler nudged through
the column of British ships to take
closer look at the long line of
German battleships which followed.
-
X j:
At 10 o'clock the grand feet ins
verified course and began moving with
the Germans, pounding along at ten
knots toward the Firth. Abeam OF
the American battleships were the
German battleships Kaiser. kaiserln
and KronprInz. At II the sun had
broken through and the battleships
were bathed In color--the steel-gray
of the ships, the blue of the sea, the
dazzling white Of the feather at the
stem. the glittering necktie of a sig
nal hoist and the battle flags at the
fore and main, standing out stiff as
boards in droning wind. 1t was
"Beatty weather." when every pros
pect pleaseth and only Huns offend.
. me silent procession kept up until
3 O'Clock, when the Germans reached
their specified anchorage ground in
Largo bay. and the Americans held
on >for their anchorages higher up
the firth. near the great cantilever
railroad bridge. 1t was 3:35 when
w Mo- ohShotSu' w llu IuC SlTdIVS
of Rule. Britannia" floating across
the waters from nearby British ships
and It's own band beginning to tune
un be'ow i'm the wardroom country.
The captain said he was glad 1t was
over. He was glad 1t had ended as 1t
had. I'D rather take my crew back
home than leave half of them at the
bottom OF the North sea-" he said.
He wondered. however what the Navy
would do now that the war was over.
He remembered that he had felt the
same way after the Spanish war.
Among his officers there was great
deal OF curiosity about what the pre-
liminary inspection of the German
ships would reveal. Later in the day
the things that the preliminary In
spcetion parties had found aboard the
Germans became noised about. q
At sunset the German ships had
hauled down their flags on order and
each British ship had, become respon-
sible for German ship Each sent
across to it's captive party consist
ing of the captain. the chief engineer,
the gunnery and torpedo officers and
that the condition of the German ships
was as foul as their behavior had been:
discipline In the crews was complete
~ absent. the men smoking cigarettes
In the presence Of their officers and
many of them wearing red arm;ets
und arbeiter-soldiers and workersJ.
and giving instructions to tho officers.
Cigarette stubs lay about the desks,
and In many places the top flooring
bad been worn through. AS for
the condition OF the engine rooms,
one British chief handed it down as
his considered opinion that 1t was a
wonder the Germans had been able to
make ten knots. Let's turn away
from this libel on navies and think OF
other things. I'd
Now that the late kaiser's death.
defying navy has surrendered. Ger
many Is no longer power on the sea.
There are now only two great navies
in the world. When demobilization Is
completed they will face each other
across the Atlantic-the British navy
and the United States Navy.
Copyright, 1918, by Edward Marsi,all.l
+
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Sou11ess SHIPS Manned
by Longshor e n, e n.
The Out1aw Among,
Nav;es - The False
Doctrine That Fright
fu1ness Pays Is Ex-
bosed-On the Amer;-
can Ships at the Sur-
render. 4

Kaiser Frederick der Crosse. flying a
rear admirars flag and white flag.
a fishing trawler nudged through
the column of British ships to take
closer look at the long line of
German battleships which followed.
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United States Battle
F. ships on Hand When
/; Huns Turned Over
| Their Fleet to the
A1Ies-Ger,,an Navv
| a Stencil in the Nos
| tr'7s of Seamen-The
Great Humiliation.
BY CLAIR PRICE.

special Correspondence Of The Star.
U. $. S. TEXAS, SIXTH BATTLE
SQUADRON, GRAND FLEET. IN
THE FIRTH OF FORTH.
YEA power Is the slow growth of
generations. Naves are not
~ made by riveting steel plates
into hatt1eShins dllmninp
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ihGu hap ~ Europe ,tu:Iy show
not IL S.n"lr country IN which the fIi-
ture does nol hold threat uf serious
diiiiruitieS AMI "n!y :Llall part which
Is moi rapidly approach inI tie famine
pcini. With Ihc exception Of :hr
tkrhine Only lhCSe tpuuirieS which
lave maintained mnrinr commerce
have suiiicipml food supplies 10 meet
actual needs un;.i ucNI harvest, ana
even i'll The Ukrainc.' with stores acclI-
muiaich "n the farms, there is famine
In the large crntrr% of population
Belgium and northern France. as
we'll as Serbia. appear on The hunger
EEIn distinct from lie rest of Europe
because they stand in different rpia-
tion from The other naiinnS io ;lIp pcO-
pie of the United %:aicS AInrriC;i has
for four years maintained the small
war rationS of .iclgium and northern
France and is already nIakiilg special
efforts 10 care for their Increased
affcr-tiIr war needs Wliith. with those
OF Serhia, must I've included in this
plan, are urgent in the extreme and
must have ilHmedi:ltc relief.
The gratitude of tie Belgian nation
for the help America has extended 10
her during The war constitutes ;he
strongest appeal for us to continue our
work there. The noment the German
armies Withdrew from her soil and size
was established once more in her own
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seat of government the little nation $
first thought was TO express her graft
tude to the Commission for Relief in
Belgium for preserving the lives of
millions of her citizens.
Germany, on the other hand, need
not figure in such : map for Ameri-
cans because there is no present indi-
cation that We shall be called on at all
To take thought for the food needs of
Germany. Germany probably can care
for her own food problem if she is
given access to shipping and is enabled
to distribute food to the cities with
dense populations, which are the trOu-
BILE cCntcrS.
England, France, the Netherlands
and Portugal, all uf which have been
maintained from American supplies,
have sufficient food 10 meet immediate
needs, but their future presents seri-
Gus difficulties. The same is true of
Spain and The northern neutral coun-
Sweden and Denmark
whose ports have been open and who
have been able 20 draw to some degree
upon foreign supplies.
Most of Russia is already in the
throCS Of famine. and 10000, 900 people
there are beyond HE possibility of
help. Bcfofc another spring thou
sands of them inevitably must die.
This applies rs well to Poland aHi.
practically throughout the Baltic re-
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giOnS, with conditions most serious In
Finland.
Bohemia, Serbia, ROumania and
Montenegro have already reached the
famine point and are suffering he avy
toll of death The Armenian popula-
ton is falling each week as hunger
takes its toll, and in Greece, Albania
and Roumania so serious are the food
shortages that famine is near. Al
though starvation is not yet imminent,
Italy, Switzerland, bulgaria. and Tur-
key are in the thrOes of serious strin
gehcieS.
In order TO fulfill Americas pledge
in world relief we will have to export
every ton of food which can be han
died through our ports This means al
the very least a minimum of 20. .0o0, ,OOG
tons compared with 6OO0.0O0 tons pre-
war exports and 11.S20,OO0 tons ex.
ported last year, when we were bound
by the ties of war To the European
allies.
If we fail to tighten the black Spo'S
on the hunger map or if we allow any
portions to become darker the very
peace for which we fought and bled
will be threatened Revolt and anarchy
follow famine. Should this
Europe a repetition Of the Russian de
barlc and our fight for world peace
will have been in vain.