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The sun., 1918-03-23
ASOUITH PLEADS FOR
HARMONY IN IRELAND
Says Interests of Allied Cause
Call for Ii.

l.oNDo%, March e2-."These are crit
ical nloments In the fortunes OF Ireland" :"
said former Premier Asquith in an ad-
dress to-day. I'VE hear disouietinR re-
ports. but one thing is most urgent not
only In The interests Of Britain. Ireland
and the British Empire bu, in the inter-
ests Of the allied cause and the future
OF the world--.reconciliation In Ireland
II refuse TO believe that at this STU
preme moment British and Irish states
manship is 80 bankrupt that it cannot
find an honorable solution"
II the war should last another year.
said Mr., .'squith. III" national debt
would he $4,000. .0O0, 900. This could b.
met only by industrial expansion.
The former Premier declared strongly
for the continuation OF free trade. Re
garding state control Of Industries, he
said our experience has not been
altogether happy under n cohort of
controllers" lie believed Great Britain
could not maintain competition against
the world under that system.
The sun., 1918-03-23
SEIZED OFF MAZATLAN.
Agassis F6rmerly Was Owned bS
Unlver.ity Of California.

A PACIFIC PORT, March o2.-With
what is declared to be captured Ger
man raider in tow. a United states
cruiser Is expected to reach this port
next Sunday or Monday. according to
Information given out to-day by naval
officers here
Wireless messages from the comman-
der OF the cruiser said the captured YES
sci is the Alexander Agassiz. for several
years in the service OF a biological In
stitute at la Jolla, Cal. The capture
was made last Tuesday off Mazatlan,
Mexico.
The ASassiZ. according to the war
ships messages. carries an all German
crew and had been outhtted for service
as raider on Pacific commerce. No de-
tails regarding the number OF men
aboard or the names Of the commanding
officers have been received.
ficials. has been source OF much
trouble for some time. and has been un-
der suspicion since last clearing from
San Diego. January %, 1917.
The vessel was sold to the Pacihc
Trading Company, three Of the princi-
pals OF which are said to be NJ. Lochren.
william Taylor and II. Wheeler OF San
Francisco, none of whom Is implicated
in any way with the raiding plot. The
sale was conducted through the comp
troller Of the University Of California.
the former owner OF the craft.
According to shipping records. the
Agassiz registers ~ tons, Is 81 feet in
length. has twin screw engines. ketch
rig and was built In San Diego in 1907.
The sun., 1918-03-23
US. CRUISER In
PACIFIC SEXES
GERMAN RAIDER
Captures Forty Ton Motor
Boat Outfittcd for Mis-
chief in West Mexico.
IS BEING TAKEN TO PORT
All Tcuton Crew, Flags and
Rifles Aboard Agassiz,
Troublesome Craft.

WASHINGTON. March ga sixty foot
motorboat. the Agassix. which sailed
from Mexican port with Germans.
German flags. rifles and pistols on board
has been seized Mt sea by an American
warship and taken to a Pacific port for
investigation TO determine whether she
was starting on commerce rading
cruise. The Navy Department tonight
issued this statement:
The Navy Department announced
tonight that a sinai, American vessel.
the Agassiz. which sailed from a west
Mexican port, where she had been
fitted out under circumstances which
led the naval authorities to believe
that she might be used an an enemy
raider. has been seized at sea and
taken to a Pacific port for investiga-
ton There We're found aboard sew
eral Germans, German flags. rifles and
pistols. ( When seized she had no
ships papers and a number OF articles
were seen to be thrown overheard.
The Agassiz is gas propelled boat
about sixty feet long. and 30 far as
present Information indicates carried
no mounted guns.
Flew German Navy FLAG.
According to advices received here the
Agassiz was captured fifteen miles of
Mazatlan. Mexico. at II o'clock last
Tuesday. These late reports said the
Agassiz. flying the flag OF the Imperial
German Navy. was heavily armed and
carried a crew Of Ave. II did not at
tempt to engage its captor when over.
hauled.
The Agassiz was not large enough to
be used extensively as a raider. Fed
eral officials say. however. that il was
the evident intention OF the German crew
to capture a Pacific Mall boat running
to Panama, outfit 1t with heavier guns
than could be mounted on the Agassiz.
. recruit full crew from pro-Germans
now living at west coast Mexican ports
and then start out on a reign of terror.
The Agassz. while lying at berth
near the Mexican customs wharf at
Mazstlan. was suddenly changed from
American to Mexican registry.
Federal secret service men have been
| watching the movements OF the alleged
conspirators for many months. They
obtained an inkling OF the ringleader !.
intention regarding the Agassiz and per-
mitted him to proceed with his plans un-
I'll they thought 1t was time for an
American warship to check further &C.
tivitics OF the raider. it was said.
The sun., 1918-03-23
Prisoners Do Their
"Bit" for the Fund

DEEPLY impressive was a con-
tribution of $170.16 which
came to THE SUN Tobacco
Fund yesterday from inmates of
the Clinton prison at Dannemora,
N. Y. The gift was purely volun-
tary and the amount was made
up of savings from each pris-
oner's meagre pittance of cent
and a half a day.
"This is our Bit" wrote the
spokesman. "Modest as it is, it
is given with unselfish sincerity"
If the unfortunates behind
prison walls are so keenly alive
to the situation, what about US
who are in the full enjoyment of
our liberty?
ARE VIZ DOING OUR FULL
PART?
WARNING! THE SUN TO-
BACCO FUND has no connection
with any other fund, organiza-
ton or publication. H. employs
no agents or solicitors. See
page s.
The sun., 1918-03-23
POPE ASKS PEACE
IN EASTER PRAYER
Message to America Wishes
for End of Hatred.

ROME, March GA plea FOR lasting
peace is made by Pope Benedict in his
Easter message TO the United States,
which he sends through the Associated
Press The Holy Fathers message says
"The first message of the risen Saviour
to his disciples after suffering the tor
ture OF Passion Week was Peace be unto
YOU Never. has the world for which
He sacrificed himself needed so poign-
antly that message OF peace as to-day.
"On this solemn occasion no better
wish can be made to the country so dear
to our hearts than that the Divine Re-
deemer may grant realization OF the
desire of all that is, healing OF the
existing hatred and the concludinr OF a
lasting peace based on the foundations
OF Justice, fear OF God and love OF hu-
manity, giving to the world a new or
ganization OF peoples and nations united
under the agis Of true religion in aspir-
ing to a nobler. purer and kinder civill-
cation.
eft Is thus we desire to fulfil our Mas
ter's last Injunction to His apostles: Go
ye into all the world and preach the Cos
pei to every creature.
The sun., 1918-03-23
FRAUD
PLOT CHARGED
= Enemy Aliens and n Natural
iZcd American Arrested
Gauges Defective.

PHILADELPHIA. March 80 Two enemy
aliens and one na,uralIzed American
werc arrested to-day on tho charge of
conspiracy to defraud the Government
by furnishing defective gauges FOR tor
rcdoes used on American warshirs.
The men under arrcs, are Fritz Bieret
assistant to tn" general manager OF tho
United states Gauge Company Of Sellers
vile. Pa. William Hendricks. general
foreman, and George Schubert. foreman,
\ fourth man will, he placed under ar
rest tomorrow.
United states Commissioner Howard
NJ. Long liz holding the men in $1,000
bail each sid he made the bond high
because he assumed there might be
something even more serious in the case
An affidavit, sworn to by n Govern
mcnt agent. says the company is en-
gagged in manufacturing gauges for the
United States Government, II WAS set
forth that the gauges are subjected to
an endurance test for the purpose OF de-
termining whether they complied with
the requirements of the Government con-
tract. These tests consisted in submit
ting the gauges 10 high pressure for a
period OF approximately six hours.
II is charged that the accused men in
stalled secret taps and pumps to the
gauges, with the result that the test was
defeated. This was done. according to
Government agents. at such times when
Federal inspectors were not watching
the tests.
Tho defeat Of tho tests left some gauges.
which are used TO measure the air pros
sure OF torpedoes. defective, according
to Government agents. Whether any
Of the defective gauges are now on tor
pedoes on board warships. Government
officers could not say.
The arrests were made at Selersvllc.
which Is about thirty miles north of
Philadelphia, by Agent r. NJ. Sackett.
acting under the instruction of William
]. McCarron, in charge OF the Military
Intelligence Bureau Plant Protection
Division OF tho War Department.
Sackctt was assisted by deputy mar
shals
The accused mcn will have further
hearing next Tuesday. Bcret got bail,
but Hendricks and Schubert, UP to a
late hour tonight were unable to furnish
bond. Hendricks and another man
named SchwiNdt furnished the bail for
Rieret,
According to Government agents there
are at least twenty enemy aliens st!l'
employed at the United States Gauge
Company. which has about 400 workers
The sun., 1918-03-23
SUMMER EXCURSIONS
TO RUN DESPITE WAR
Seaside Trains viii Not Be
Curtailed, McAdoo Says.
Special Despatch TO THr srv.

WASHINGTON, March 80 2--Passenscr
excursion facilities to resorts on tine At
lantic coast will not be curtailed by Di-
rector-General McAdoo this summer un-
less in the interests of actual war needs
or in relieving freight congestion. A
statement to this effect was made by
Mr.. McAdOo to-day. II indicated his
policy in all parts OF the country.
"War is gloomy business at best" he
said. land there is no reason why It
should be felt more keenly by restricting
summer amuscments unless there is un-
questionable need that It he done"
Commercial organizations and bds,-
ness interests in several OF the summer
resort cities on the New Jersey coast
had filed anxious inquiries with Mr. Nc
Adoo.
The sun., 1918-03-23
Haig Rcgains Positions
Lost Thursday. but Yields
at Some Other Points.
KAISER AT THE FRONT
Total Of 1.21O.OOO Men En-
gaged-LOsse> Thursday
Put at 10000.
ENEMY CAPTURES 10000
Fifty Mile Front Strcwn With
German Dcad-Battle Great
est Near Cambrai.
ENEMY CAPTURES 5000
ny PERRY ROBINSON.

Special Cable Despotch 10 THE SrS from 30
london Tines
Copyright. 1918; oil rights reserved
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE.
March oo.-The attack on the Flcs-
queres salient west OF Cambria Is a
total failure. In the south. below st.
Quentin. one British division beat Off
six German divisions From Chcrisy 10
Norcu.l. north and south c' Croisillcs
OIL the north side ot the Flesauicrcs
salient the Germans. who had nine
divisions (about 100000 menD on q
front Of seven miles. advanced 5000
yards. suffering terribly. Before
Cherisy the Germans had eight di-
visions on front of Sax miles against
two of ours.
The great battle has hardly Yet be-
gun. over the whole front our line. il
withdrawn in places, holds absolutely
Arm: there is not the smallest sign OF
a break through In some sectors
where the first line was held against
the enemy the defenders later were
withdrawn 10 conform to the rest OF
the line.
The sun., 1918-03-23
AIRMEN AID IN
CHECKING DRIVE
Flying Low They Fire Thous-
ands of Rounds Into At
tacking Germans.
DOWN % ENEMY CRAFT
Only Three British Machines
Lost in Day Of Dcsper-
ate Fighting.

LONDON, March o2.--Br.t.sh aircraft
during the fighting along the front in
France Thursday aided materially the
infantry forces below. killing or wound
ing many Germans with their machine
guns while f,ying at low attitudes. ac-
cording to a British official communica-
ton issued tonight dealing with avia-
ton.
In addition British aircraft bombed
important military positions behind the
line and aviators accounted for numer-
uus German airmen in battles in the
air The text Of the communication fol-
ioNs:
The mist over the whole front
Thursday morning cleared locally
later. but at most places the weather
was unsuitable for low nyins. Tao
cnemys attacking troops and reen-
forCcments on the battle front o.
fered excellent targets to the pilots OF
our low flying machines. which poured
many thousands OF rounds into them,
causing iuuumerablc casualties.
our bombing machines also at
tackled these targets. in addition to
bombing important railway stations on
the battle front. more than 100 bombs
being dropped.
great deal Of lighting occurred at
low attitudes. IN which sixteen hos
tile machines were downed and six
driven down out OF control. 4 hos
tile balloon was destroyed by one OF
oar pilots one Of the enemy's' low
ny..S airpianes was shot down in our
lines 10y infantry. Three Of our ma
chimes are missing.
During the night night flying squad
rouS in the southern area of the front
we're unable TO leave the ground owing
to the mist. In the northern area.
where the weather was clear. our
airplanes dropped 3h tons of bbinbs
on the dockyards at Brugcs and 3'a
tons Of bombs on rest billcts north
west Of Tourna. All OF our machines
returned.
The sun., 1918-03-23

All the country from 81. Quentin to
Cambrai is admirably designed for CON
cealing either guns or troops. and the
concentration of both Is intense. Before
l left the front he was using aga inst the
British British shells from British how
tiers. which had been sent to the Rus
slams only few months earlier. Some
Italian guns and ammunition and some
new Austrian heavy guns have beer
added TO the full complement. OF krupp's
rs and o9s. We know. too, that each
infantry division Is now equipped with
man handled fame throwers. prepared
according TO the advice Of Gen. Won
Armin. who commanded IN the Somme
battle. and whose list Of recommended
tiors I saw soon after II wa "aptured.
Every arm Of the army Is provided
with ".smok. cmittcrs. The infantry
carry smoke bombs, the trerch mor,ars
as We'll az the field artillery fire smoke
shells aud the Gunners. for concealmeut
purposes. surround themselves when
they fire with "smudges" o: smoke maxi
ing stoves.
Chance TO Win Local Success.
Considering The onenness OF the allied
position and the difficulty OF building
trench fo-tifcations under observation
from long prepared position, the Ger
man will have failed badly II he does not
win a local success. hut very short
advance would rob him OF all his advan-
iageS; and II seems to me highly un-
likely that he mediates a deep drive in
the 81. Quentin neighborhood, and north
of IL. where the British salient sticks out
toward Cambria. Il only because he
would be brought up sharp by the old
Somme battlefield.
The very sight or neighborhood OF
that would depress the heart OF the av-
erage German soldier half way to his
boots The attack may have three other
motives: to nip off the little British sa-
-lient. to anticipate an allied offensive
and Cambria is a 'ganglionic nerve CEN
tre' Of the German organization-or
just TO provide an eXpectant public at
homo with a paper victory.
1t may be a blind TO cover an on
slaught elsewhere: but wherever he at
tacks the enemy's losses will be huge
Even in the last counter attack against
Gen. Byng, though i was generally sue
cessful, one battal:on--abont 500 men,
OF Yorkshire troops counted over COO
dead Germans in front OF their trench
The truth Is that the German is re-
turning 20 his earlier tactics and begin
Ming once again 10 attack in mass, as he
has not done since the days OF the first
battle Of NprnS ble of two last COM
ments I heard before crossing the At
lanti" WAS from = machine gunner who
fought with Ryng Never dl man
have such beautiful targets" he said
I'VE we're tired of killing" Such targets
seem to have been repeated IN Wcdnes-
days attack.
The sun., 1918-03-23
WORLDS GREATEST BATTLE HOURLY GROWS IN INTENSITY;
ENTIRE BRITISH LINE HOLDS FIRM THOUGH NEWLY PIERCED
GERMAN LOSSES APPALLMG 100000 EMPLOYED IN ATTACK
British Filler Downs
) Four Enemy Machines
By PERRY ROBINSON.

Special Gable Despdtch TO TuE SuS from
the London Times.
Copyright. 1915; all rights reSerred
british HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE, March 2O.-One
of the British flying machines re-
Gently was in an extraordinary
gallant performance. 1t was not
a fighting machine. as they are
reckoned now, although of the
type used in fighting eighteen
months ago. Now it is en-
ployed chiefly for observation,
photography and like purposes.
This machine, with two occu-
pants, was attacked by a patrol
of enemy scouts of apparently
eight machines. which swooped
down at it one after another in
succession. The pilot and OBJ
server of the British airplane
then shot down four of the
enemy machines and the British
plane was still aflsat, although it
was riddled with bullets and both
its occupants had been hit. Tat
tered and limping. somehow it
got home. When the pilot
landed he found the observer
dead in his seat.
The sun., 1918-03-23
BRITISH LINE HOLDS
AFTER NEW ATTACKS

LONDON. March 2c.--The great Ger-
man drive against the British continued
to-day along nearly the whole nifty mile
battlefront from above Cambrai. ex-
tending down below st. Quentin. over
this long stretch the Germans made at
tack after attack in great force. hut the
British. as a whole. held firm: the Ger
mans made gains here and there but tho
British counter attacks are now prompt
and effective. Practically all the ground
captured by the kaisers troofs ye~te'-
dag waS regained to-day and part OF
that lost to-day Was recovered
The night report from Berlin asserts
that 1900 British prisoners were taken
yesterday, together with zoo machine
guns Gen. HaiS reports tonight that
the British losses have been cons sidcrahle
but not out of proportiSn To the MA a2ni-
tude of the battle, while the German
losses must of necessity have been much
heavier, as every little advance scored
by them was made at the cost OF great
sacrifices.
The military critic of the Dniiy Skctch
asserts that the German los rs olI Thurs
day were $4,000. those Of tn, British
'css than half of that uuabcr. These
figures are the best availa bic at this
time and are generally reg,,rdcd a cu,-
scrvatire.
Germans lac Fort! Divisions.
Core spondents at the front report
that forty German divisions. n minimum
Of about 5oo,0o men. are engaged in the
attack. The British have a larger force,
50 tha, the men engaged in this battls
rumber more than 600 .n00. probably
nearer 1,250,000. In its cItsnt and in
the feroctty of the lighting, this ha,tls
has never been eGua'lcd on this OF a:y
other front, and II was preceded by the
greatest concentration of artillery in tho
worlds history.
According to the correspondents the
British Withdrawals, where they were
necessary, were carried oft in good or
der from advanced positions. which, in
the nature OF the hghting OF these DAYS
II had been expected wou,d he given up
These generally believed to have been
lightly held.
II had been intimated that tho Ger
mans would r"port tho capture Of sew
eral villages. but the British dispatches
gave no hint Of their names. saving only
that II was iuadvisable 20 indicate tho
present British line. because this would
be giving information TO the enemy
The sun., 1918-03-23

LONDON. March 23,-A despatch to
the Exchange Telegraph from Amster-
dam says the city OF Brussels. Belgium,
has been fned 100000 marks $500
, 000) for a recent demonstration by anti
| Flemish agitators.
The sun., 1918-03-23

The German attack. whether Il is the
interesting point on the western front and
is accompanied by every known form OF
frghtfulness. including the tank. Before
! left France at the end OF 1917 I saw
the new British anti-tank guns already
in position on tho road to Cambria.
Venomous and handy things they are.
like the German gun. OF (which picked
up fragments on the stricken field OF
Messnes. They resemble field gun,
but the wheels are lower and the gun
can swivel round completely so as 10
fire in any direction.
Their presence there may be taken as
evdenc. of allied preparedness for
whatever might come. But in spite of
this II tho Germans seek Il local success
for the consumption of their populace
they have probably picked the best
place. though it is the very worst for
real or strategic victory. know the
whole of the battlefield from the great
tunnels under the IIindenburg line to the
fatteued orchards and uprooted villages
behind II. and, further back, that quag-
miro qualified by tombstones where the
battle of the SorIme was fought
IT you look At the panorama from an
airpianc or sausage balloon you see on
the allied side a nid" and sngularly
open stretch of country. II was DELHI
cratc.y shorn of every bit of shelter by
the Germans during their retreat last
spring. They justified the brutal work
by saying tha. they needed a "glacis"
or smooth slope in front OF their "im-
pregnable" IIindenburg line. Well We
took one section uf that line at the bat
tic Of Arras on April and Gen. Byng
another large section---some Of II after
ward recovered by the German coun-
ter attack-as tho end OF November.
bodies Blocked German Tunnel.
And very quaint and cunning line
It is just behind the front trench Is
deep tunnel-I walked UP long stretch
OF it---approached by many abrupt
staircases. Tho tunnel was actually
blocked during one OF our attacks by
German bodies thrown or fallen down
these oubliettes.
We know that the enemy fuslng
French civilian slave labor and Russian
soldier prisoners) has vastly ncrea sed
the tunnel space all along the line still
in his possession. and could probably
hide y. lcaSt 10000 men underground.
The British army recently concealed
more than this on the eve of one h'g
attack and II i. the habit OF the German
to keep his soldiers. as well as his slave
labor bsttalious, continually digging
day and night. This means that he may
have unlimited reserves. perhaps 10000.
snug underground. ready at moments
notice ~ act either as supports or as
storm troops.
The sun., 1918-03-23
Relieve British VIII Hold.

Army men. however, are confid'n,
that the Germans. despite their unp-H-
cedented preparations, will not succeed
in breaking through the British lin" 10
an extent where either of these inal"f
objectives can be pressed.
The new British line s being kept Sc
crct by Sir Douglas IIaig. but the an
nouncemcnt that the British by brill
liant counter attack have driven the
Germans out oF noznes give an en-
couraging indication that the British
lin" has not been bent back to any great
extent Do!Enics. which Is on the cam
brai -Bapaume road. is only three miles
from the battle line Of last winter.
There is n distinct impression IN mill
tarv circles here that the Germans Will
attempt to sustain .their offensive per-
hans for weeks and consequently the
drain on the man power OF the attack
ing forces will he an all important fac
tor. So far no reports have come from
Gen. Pershing indicating whether or not
the American sectors are feeling the
weight OF the renewed German offensive
When asked to-day as to the effect the
drive might have on the plans OF Cen
Pershlng's forces. Major-Gcn. March
said he fully realized that the country
was keenly interested and concerned In
this particular phase OF the fighting. but
in tho absence of official Information
from Gen. Pcrshing, he felt it unwise TO
speculate or attempt to make prcdic-
tions He promised to make public any
Information received from Gen. Per-
shing which could properly be given out.
The sun., 1918-03-23

Tie Kaiser, with Field Marshal ,pr
HindeEburg and Zen. vNr I.udendOrff
per 'ua,ly are directing the Dive. sr
cordlng 10 reliable rcpu! J. These a''
the three men who are the guiding mind.
The sun., 1918-03-23
NEW GUNS READY TO SMASH
TANKS NOW USED BY FOES
w. Beach Thomas Pictures Vividly Preparations and
Terrain in Present Drive-British Munitions Sent
to Russia Now Being Used Against Allies
BY W. BEACH THOMAS.


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