Oxford eagle., 1918-04-04


Of writing bur testimony 10 their ex-
esiieut fighting was given By q wound
"a French captain who arrived in
Paris- -Entirely new In this war
fare" said be. the Americans worked
IKE the beat veterans"
Some o. Pershing's men. at least.
we're moved over TO the sector. left By
French troops -ho we're sent farther
west 20 stem the German advance in
their own sector near Toul they had
= rather lively week of II. for the Ger
man artillery shelled them conrinu-
eusly and seemed 70 be preparing fer
an Infantry attack The American
guns made effective response. and on
occasion drenched the enemy positions
with gas shells
There we're ineressiSg evidences dur
Ing the week that tie Italian front j.
- be the scene 81 another Teufon
drive Alrplane observer. reported
ihar lssvY re-tnforcenenis 10 the
Austrisn fOre-s were being brought W
daily from the Rouma nian front. to
gethsr with numerous new piece. Of
heavy artillery. IL the mountain sec
ton the artillery du.ls grew In In
tensity. and everything pointed toward
an early effort 70 break through 10 the
plains In that region. IL was supposed
the AusirianS believed the Italians
would be dispiriied by the German sue
ce>ses In France
The "mirscls gun with which the
Germans hsve been sheiling Paris
from a distance Of 7e miles turns out
70 be product - The Krupp works.
"a 10 proved ~ The kaiser's message
TO Doctor Krupp Won Bohlen und Hal
bach cOngratulatiag him on the sue
cess OF ihs new weapon. A German
ordnance authority saws these exfraor
dinary guns are merely being tested
on Paris and have heen built for the
purpose Of boinharding London.
Another considerable victory was
scored last week bt the British forces
Ia Aesop0iamis. the entire Turkish
army 10 the Hit area being captured
or destroyed In Palestine AIlenby's
men continued their advance beyond
the Jordan. approaching the Hediaz
railway on which they heavily bombed
troop transport trsinx.
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"A H.
the brutal plllsging Of the Germans
who have penetrated their country is
beginning to bear fruit. Troops Of the
Ckrainisn rsds ere cooperating with
We bolshevik forces and already
hsvs recsptured Odessa after q bloody
battle. in which naval forces tsok
part Before that The red guards and
armed civilians had rsfsken Kherson.
Nikolsysv and Znanenka from the
Tsutoss In some places the peasants
kills1 the German soldiers who were
taking away their foodstuffs. The
Ckrainisss we're sngsrsz by attempts
Of ths Germans to &c far beyond the
ssrns Of the peace treaty asd strip
me country Of its stores Of grain and
sueay. II is said . council Of German
ehcers decided 70 continue operations
IN Ukraine until the power Of the bol-
shsvih there had beso eliminated
Trotsky. speaking In Moscow. de-
siarsd Russia viii never be an en-
shaved country. though the soviet sov-
srnnsst 10 new weak and poor. He
said they would Introduce compulsory
military trimming FER the workmsn and
Dsaaxnts and create an army os 500
900 men within eight or tea weeks
The allies still stand ready to support
al elements within Russia which viii
eDpese the German Invasion
However. ~ Gilbert K. Chssterton
says. II 10 plain that the boishevsk
philosophy does not prevent a man
heu eghting; II sniy prevents him
from winning
Probably II was inevitable that pol-
tfics should enter into the debates ana
ds,ngs OF congress this year. bat n
has taksn q particularly unfortunate
turn owing to the senatorial election
IN wisconsin The president. because
Of his effort TO bring about the elec-
tion Of Mr.. Davies. is accused hv the
Republicans Of going cut Of his way
70 confuse psrtissashir with loyalty.
and for this he was attacked by sena-
tcr smoot and others. who assert the
Republicans have not sought 10 secure
party advantage from the war. sena-
tor Williams really started shis row
oy speech In which he charged th,t
rsvsiations Of the failure Of the air.
plane program and Of the backward
nsss Of shipbuildIng were poisoned
gas directed BY the Republicans
against the administration Tai. -.