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Not less clear is the fact that the Ger
mans have chosen to make their supreme
effort against the British. THE day.. long
forecast by William II. has arrived, al
though it is the British army, not the
navy, which bears the brunt of the attack.
And the Germans have attacked the Brit
ish because the British are their great
enemy. If the French were attacked and
main and Britain would be forced to con-
tinue the war, if only to save her empire:
But il the British army shall be defeated
and driven back to the coast, France can
hardly escape making a separate peace.
since she will be unable to bear the full
weight of victorious German armies and
American help cannot be material for a
year
Duplicate Former Campaign.
Hating the British most, believing
them the real remaining obstacle to a
victorious German peace, the Germans
have also attacked Haig because they
believe that it will be easier to smash
the British than the French, il the
trench warfare can be ended and the
struggle transformed to war in the
open, a war of Vancouver, like the
campaign from Mons to the Marne. In
German military calculation. the Brit
ish army will prove an easier victim
than the French, since it is made up
Of non-professional soldiers, offfcered
largely by civilians, not soldiers by
career. if old-fashinoed warfare be re-
stored.
AS to the actual battle aspect of the
German offensive. it is to be noted first
that the artillery preparation was
short. but of unprecedented intensity.
recalling the Verdun offensive of two
years ago. At the Somme and In
Flanders the artillery. duel lasted
weeks, but. thanks to captured Rus
sian and Italian artillery and to the
aid of German and Austrian guns re-
leased from the eastern front, the Ger
mans have been able to intensity the
fire and shorten the duration of artil-
lery preparation.
Shift Their Activities.
After their artillery preparation on a
front of some fifty miles between the
Scarpe and the Oise-that is, between
Arras and st. Quentin-the Germans
three days ago began their infantry at
tacks, not evenly along the line. but at
various widely separated points. On
the first day their main effort was di-
rected at British Positions on either
side Of the Cambria i-Bapaume- Amiens
road. not far from the scene of the re-
cent battle of Cambria, and extending
to the ground of the battle of Arras.
BY Friday their activities had shifted
to the other end of the operative front
before st; Quentin and along the St
Quentin -Noyon-Paris road.
It would seem. therefore, that the
Germans are again seeking to employ
their favorite stategy of a double turn
ing movement. In other words. they
are endeavoring to break through the
British line at two widely separated
points. isolating the British troops be-
tween the two breaks. enveloping them
the whole front. This they did with
great success in Poland in 1915, in
Rumania in 1885, and in Italy last
autumn.
Details Of Gains Made.
I. Following this plan, the Germans
have made material but indicative
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Names of two Washington men were
included in list issued last night by
the committee on pnblic information of
Americans interned in prison camps in
Germany, furnished to the State Depart
ment through the Spanish embassy in
Berlin and the Spanish legation in
Bern.
They are Walter Trout and Frederick
| Stone. Mrs. Emma Paul of 1903 35th
street northwest, sister of Trout. de-
clared last night that she had received
| a post card from the Red Cross in jan
uary. 1917. informing her of the cap
ture of her brother, and that in April.
1917. she received another post card
| telling Of his removal from one Ger
man camp to another.
| Since that date she had heard nothing
, of her brother. Trout, who is about
| forty-eight years old. was born in vir-
, ginia, but had spent great part Of his
| life in Washington. His wife. Mrs. Lii
| lie Trout. is living at the Bruen Home
frederick Stone is the other local
emergency address was given as Mr..
Stone, 724 4th street
List of Prisoners.
The list OF prisoners giving the Dis
trict Of Columbia, Maryland and vir-
Market charless Anderson, Carroll
Charles Bobart. Harry Mason, Walter
Mason. John Miller. ]. Louis Mitchell.
Joseph Oconnor. Mike Holland. Robert
h Smith. Thomas Wheatley. Edward
Martin and John Lopo. all Of Baltimore.
Md.
Thomas witt Ballon. Norfolk. Va;
Oscar Cleveland Byrd. Roanoke. Va:
Frederick w. Carter. Newport News.
Va: Thomas Moore, Norfolk. Va: Ber-
nard Rogers. Ceres. Va; Clifford Lee
Godsie. Appomattox, Va; Lewis Frank
lin Hanbury. Norfolk. Va: Henry
Hendrey. Norfolk. Va: Thomas H. Nc
Carthy. Richmond, Va: William W.
Smith. Harpers Ferry. w. Va; Howard
w. Williams, Richmond. Va; Albert w.
Saptee, Dunbarton. Va, and John
Brown. Hampton. Va.
One Killed While Fleeing.
The list Of 200 Americans now pris-
oners in German camps records the
death of Charles Hemphill. shot while
attempting to escape in September.
1917, and the death of Andrew Camp
bell Murtroy. an aviator. brought down
near Pargny September 80, 1917.
The only American oficer in the list
is Lieut.. Harold Willis Of Newton,
Mass. an aviator captured at verdun
August 1S, 1917. He is interned at
Camp Gutersloh- Evidently Willis was
an officer in French escadrille.
The list reported by the royal Prus-
sian war ministry. and transmitted by
the German government to the State
Department through the Spanish en-
bassy in Berlin and the Spanish lega-
tion in Berne, contains the names OF
American troops captured in trench
raids. crews Of captured ships and SUR
vivors Of captured ships.
The list also includes the names OF
American engineers caught in the Ger
man turning movement At Cambrai
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Haig,s Troops Take Up New Positions.
Firm on Northern Portion of Front
Great Gdllantry ShOUr.
Massed Teuton Formations Cut to Pieces
English Casualties Also Heauy---AHied
Confidence mistaken.

By
Asaulting line the SOUTH the Germans nave
their forward approximately twenty
miles length depth of four hve miles west
reached Ham, of ST. Quentin distance
miles the British lines they stood before the
inception Teuonic offensive Thursday
claim that the forces of the central empires are
fighting line northwest of Bapaume Peronne and Ham has not
been British official dispatches but the British
ports show that
peciay Quentin, where Field Marshal Hag his forces
have up positions and heavily engaged with the
enemy.
According official dispatch "a considerable part of
army has been beaten but this not borne out by
facts so That 2 900 have possibly been captured
by may considered result of the slow
of the line This number how
ever is yery small Haig
the fray.
The frightful combat continued all day Saturday.
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Iona Distance Cannon .BOmbarding
Capital Located IL Kil0meters
BeuOnd the French Front
Pieces of Shells Show Rifing Marks--American
Army Officers Are Dumfounded
By Ordnance Feat.

he Asspiaed Press
PARIS March 25-Accoding the latest reports the long
distance which bombarded Paris this afternoon firing
from distance of 2O ometers approximately 4 miles, and
located about twelve komeers beyond the French 'front.'
The announcement Paris being bombarded first
made officially this afternoon
Measures for attacking the enemy under
execution
Pieces shells examination found to bear fng
which they had been dropped but had been
fired from gum This apparently left mystery than
the of the gun and by what method it being
Grated.
thing which the thoughts of the officials the
municipal laboratory the possibility that being
regularity bombs fell every twenty
s s FL zls.-&slsAes
LONDON March 25Reutes Paris correspondent reports
bombarded with long guns
this morning He wires that shells of 240 meters have fallen
capital intervals of quarter of hour causing casualties
of about ten killed and fifteen injured.
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Gu,1fre is Veritable He'll;
ExplOsiOnsQre Continuous

Arras. says that they never before
have seen anything to approach the
awful gunnre OF the present conflict.
The expression 'drumfire fntensitys'
loses it's Significance in this instance,
for there Is not even an infinitesmai
space between the explosions as the
thousands OF guns of all calibers work
to their fullest capacity.
/. The British air service has been
doing valuable work with its machine
'@s aaA&nst - as-eaxanaiag.eaanG
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gains on the north along the Bapaume
road. Croisilles, Lagincourt, Boursiers,
Doignes. mentioned in the official re-
ports of Friday, are all in this region.
On the other hand. they have made
more considerable gains about St
Quentin. and material retirement Of
the British along the Noyon road is
disclosed in Haig's Saturday report. The
two German thrusts may be compared
to the application Of pair of pincers,
and the German aim is to crush all the
British line between the upper jaw of
the pineers on the Bapaume road and
the lower on the Noyon road.
But the real question which is now
raised is not a question of the relative
or actual success of the Germans in
breaking one. two or even three lines
of British defenses or taking-a number
Of ruined villages: it is whether the
British have provided a sufficient num-
Der of positions, one behind the other
to enable them to break the weight OF
the first German thrust.
On this depends the fate of the allied
campaign of 1918 Because the French
failed to make this provision at Verdun
they nearly lost that. town: a similar
Russian failure led to the disaster OF
the Isonzo had exactly the same cause.
On the other hand German foresight in
Champagne. 9:ts at the somme and in
any but local profit
transportation Difficulties.
Haig's report of German success
about st. Quentin and British retreat
over the devastated country to their
next line raises the whole question
squarely. The Germans devastated the
country with an eye to possible later
offensives. They destroyed every viii
lage and wood that might give the
enemy cover or material to improvise a
defence under pressure. All depends
now upon the prepared lines behind,
Of which Haig speaks The Germans
ehe en w III be Se1nn hanacanpea by
guns to face the new position and Of
Transporting their munitions.
Thus. II the British have foreseen the
present emergency they will presently
be in their new lines and the Germans
will be compelled to pause while their
heavy artillery is getting up.
Suen an interlude marked the battle
OF Arras after the first British rush
over the vimy ridge to the plain. Such
a pause has been a familiar circum.
stance in adj great offensives.
If British Are Caught Mapping.
On the other hand. if the British have
been caught mapping. If they have not
prepared lines, as the Germans did
before the Somme; II their main sys-
TENS have been penetrated. then diff
fcult and dangerous days must be ex-
pected. Then Haig will have to coun-
ter attack while new lines are con-
structed. Just as Petain had to counter
attack on the Douaumont plateau at
Verdun. just as the Germans them
selves counter attacked at once at
Cambrai while they were preparing
their main counter thrust which did
not come for nearly week after the
first British success.
We are then clearly at the decisive mo-
meht Of the first phase Of the great
German offensive. All depends now upon
British forethought and British success
In retiring upon carefully prepared lines.
Continued On Second P1Es.5 = : :
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Ey the Associated Press.
! BRITnfH ARMY HEADQUARTERS
N FRANCE. March 23.-The visibility
became *excellent late yesterday. and
the Whole battle front waS turned into
Vegetable hell with the artillery
action as the unprecedented concentra-
stration Of guns on both sides cut loose
their freignt OF. death
Mem who fought through the great
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FATE OF ALLIES NOW DEPENDS
UPON NUMBER OF POSITIONS
Must Break Weight Of First leern1sn slhrust
World Power or Downfall" Basis ...@s
of Teuton Effort.
BY FRANK H. s1MoNDs.

The of the past foyeigh hours demonstrate clearly that
Peardy the great offensive The Germans
plainly seeking solution of the problem Of the world
battlefield and endeavong the of their
their great Mtteleuropa ehe by military
victory Napoleon Moscow therefore,
campaign equal magnitude of the Ger
many fighting Bernhard forecast for world down.
fall"
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Trying to Drive Wedge.

Trying to Drive Wedge.
The great German offensive has de-
yeloped as its salient feature an ap-
parent desperate effort to break into
the southwest of St Quentin. drive a
wedge between the British and the
French and push on across the Somme
canal in the general direction OF Com
piegne and Paris.
In the st. Quentin region late yes
terday the Germans forced their way
through the defensive system and COM
PEELED British retreat to prepared po-
sftions within the area devastated by
the Germans in their retreat in the
spring of 1917.
A supreme effort by the Germans te
cut the line in this region is forecas
in the dispatches. They have put cav
airy in the field to follow up the in
fantry and evidently intend to throw
the Uhlans into the fray when the in
fantry columns open the breach the
German high command is counting
upon.
British Holding in North.
Farther north the British lines, while
they have drawn back. are holding well
in their new positions. The maximum
British retrogression there seems to
nave been about four miles. at Mory
which has changed hands several times
Reports that the French have become
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WEATHER.

Partly cloudy today; tomorrow, fair
little change in temperature.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ending at 10 pm. last night: Highest,
e5, at pm yesterday; lowest, A. at
am yesterday.
Full report on page 9.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-24

Following this plan, the Germans
have made nateeial but indicative
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Tue Associated Pres 10 exclusively entitled 70
the use Ter republication Of all news dispatches
credited to II or net otherwise credited IN this
paper asd also the local news published herein
Al rights Of publication Of special
atsDatchea herein sre also reserved.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-08-24
"FELLERs" wERE ALL RIGHT.

The King and Queen of England
we're visiting the Eagle y N G. A
hw H France where a large number
OF soldiers were enjoying the usual
~ advantages There Was more or
less fnrmaiity about the event until a
newly arrived Texas douFhboy came h.
Who's the little guy with the lady go
h. asked
They told him
"You don't say so'a Before any
body knew what was happening the
big Texan Ind Wgrmed bis Ray through
the crowd AID VAS gripping TIE hand
ct the King o. England. Ia the wolf
known Texas drawl
King George. a. is
my name want 70 shake hands with
you, and tell Won that since We got
over here and got acquainted with you
r,Ilers We think you sre an right"
The King seemed to- enjoy the Incl
dent very much
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-08-24
THE Rgo TRIANGLE

The red triangle ON your boys letter
means more to him than l0st free
stationery and a place TO write II
means chocolate and coffee ia the front
tire trenches, cakes and candy back
Of the line. and in camp books. enter
tammeut athletic equipment and mo.
ties but more than alL II means The
friendship Of big kindly men. anxious
to- keep him In good health and good
humor 10 protect him from vice. and
return him 10 you a manly man clear
of oyr and conscience man of whom
youH bee proud, and who Will be a
better son. a better husband. 8 better
citizen and q better man for his con
tact Wtth the y
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-08-24
TO SAVE FUEL

Turn % the Gan" aud Turn OF that
electric light when you're through are
the new war conservation calls
They are part Of the 4 $ Fuel Ad
mlnistration' campaign in cities So
educate the people 10 the fuel situation
Tightlrss nights mean a blk saving in
fuel. bat conservation officials say a
Tremendous saving can De effected ti
every housewife and all others III
hotels. factories. stores. shops and the
Ike heed the Turn Of the fan" aud
light idoas
Fuel Administrator O'kelley of Louis
iena has arranged fof distribution Of
"Ruru Wood and Save Goa" pamphlets
TO patriotic Louisiana farmers aad
others Of rural communities The
pamphlets are free aud can be- had by
writing to the { s Fuel AdmIaIstra.
tion. Publicity Department col Canal
Benk Annex. New Orleans
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-08-24
AVOID TRAVELLING.

Mr. McAdoo. director general Of
railroads. makes this request:
Among the many patriotic duties Of
The American public at this TING Is
the duty 10 refrain from travelling IN.
necessarily Every man woman and
child wbo eau avoid using passenger
trains az this time should 80 SO Not
oAlg Vill they ltberate essential trans
portattDu faCIlItia Whiah are neees.
saty for war purposes but they .lll
rar" money which they can invest In
Liberty Bonds and thereby help them,
selves as veil a. their country and
The fewer who 'rayeI The more ample
tho passenger train service will be.
/ may add that cousiStet sly With
IA" paramount demands of the var.
every possible effort is being made by
the Railroad Adniuislr. los To supply
TIE largest possible amount ~ com.
Portable and prompt passenger train
service
W q MeADOO
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-08-24

FOR SALE Cleaned brick Ia carload
lois 81 per thousand Less than car
lead sic per thousand Fire brick five
cents each ST fair grounds Bayou
sara. In. WEST FELfCIANA nEyEIs
OpMENT co. INC, n T.. Crump. See
FOR RENT Plantation four hun.
bred acres open hand Ia West Fclict
ana Parish. la Good location. good
soil cash rent Must be- In position la
secure rent For particulars address
For Rent care True Democrat
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-08-24

The Census Bureau reports that the
freight carried on the Mississippi river
and ts tributaries vas 4olsa,427 tons
IN 1915. as compared TO 2Ts56.64l tons
In 1906. an Increase Of i2.3i2.fsG tons.
or 49, per cent Il is evident there.
fore. that the pendulum had already
begun 80 swing the other way and nov
that unele Sam himself has taken hold
and begun TO push, the future Of water
transportation Ia The United states
looks brighter than II has for many
wears
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-08-24

There ir e report tn the datly press
uf u man. Hhu having made q certain
clalm az lu hIs course Ia the past aud
having had that claim Il EprUycd could
uot face the future but took his own
life. nut the lion Lmhcl f. Hail more
caIlnus although be- made Louisiana
the most ineffective governor ot fe.
cent years. ealmly eomes forward and
asks 20 be rewarded with a seat in
the United States Senate
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FoR SALE

One spI"ndidly bred Young horse
solid black, six years old Ills dam
was Belle Huge" hy Victor TIN.
go" cen. his sire Sir Blaisc'
t2.12 l2I A Huo driver and would
saddle with a little handling WIN
sell az a reasonable price Write or
telephone Il. + SWlRE.
Baton Rouge, la
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THE sP4RRoNs T+AT KILLED
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gH this sud9elmenl against 'Hr 'N.
governor Is set out Ih af'5I
Ab1 d.d The Good Government
League pass because ITS 'h"s.
ga and elected tradtI. ""frfo"'
Hail "4s utterly "'lh"'l' 'h's'
qualities 1l leadership lhaI Keep
an Organization together he dis
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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-08-24
j q PERKINS
HUpMORli.E AGENT
NOTICE

The HeFeford Cattle Co. offers 70,
sale grade Hereford Cattle. registered
Durec Jersey Hogs, and Angora Goats
Prices reasonable Address 81. Fran.
elsyilla, La laI2-lstf)
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Professional Workers.

Women who stand high In the medical pro-
fession are leaving their homes and practice ~
join the ranks Of uniformed workers
Every one OF these women arc specialists le
different branches Of medicine and surgery u
Among them are women dentists and America
has the distinction OF having the first women
dentists at work in the war zones.
These women belong 20 the American Wom-
ems Hospitals an association that has been or
ganized along the lines OF the Scottish Women
and the British Medical Women They we're
organized by the war service committee of the
Medical Women's National Association and come
from all parts OF the United States 20 sail for
France. On two hours notice Dr. Helen Wood
ruffe OF Los Angeles packed her bag and started
for France
Dr. Rosalie Slaughter Morton chairman OF
the American Womeu's Hospitals. has done note
worthy work in Macedonia and Serbia
Miss Elizabeth Branagan. an inspector Of th,
street cleaning department IN New York cftt
wears a uniform OF khaki in her work She r5.s
TO her credit the cleaning mp of some of fb.
worst districts Last year q set of women uDd..-
her tutelage donned street cleaning uniforms
and at her direction have learned % work /,
such a way that they can take tile places of the
men in this department when OBJ. Haras.Itv
arises.