The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-03-28


lea is still unrepresented-ano tneIe
is reason to believe that it VIII ueclue
tn take the offensive without WaltllS
for the Germans to strike, as was lntl-
mated in these columns some "eehS
ago. It is believed that the couhcll mas
at its disposal an immense army nlauo
I'M of reserves of the various allleu
forces. and some wise observers tlllnh
the first great attack VIII De nhdu0 III
Ita1v. though there will be enough 40
ing in France and Belgium to keep the
Germans busy and uncertain. Intense
activity by both the Germans anu
French in the Verdun region, and GER
tain movements in the American Sec
tion toward Metz indicate coming op-
erations of magnitude on those parIS
of the line. The French made some re-
markably swift and successful raids
DESTROYING enemy blOckhouses anu
shelters that had taken three years TO
construct.
g.
On the Toul front the Americans
were subjected to continuous shelllhS
and the enemy also sent over alrpIahes
that dropped large rubber Dalls nlleu
with liquified mustard gas-a new
form of attack. The American artll-
| lery maintained it's record for accurate
! fire driving the enemy from SeVeraI
strong Dositions and at times attacking
the Germans heavily with gas shells.
| Secretary Baker in the course OF HIS
visit to General Pershing's forces was
/ under fire in the front line trenches
and one big shell exploded close TO MS
automobile, but he escaped INJURY
On Tuesday General Pershing ap-
proved the awarding Of the first OF the
new American military crosses TOT
bravery. the recipients being Lieut..
John O. Green and Sergts. Wllllam
Norton and Patrick Walsh. All OF
them previously had been decorated
with the French war cross.
-
In Russia, despite the acceptance OF
the peace treaty by the bOlsheVlKl' tue
German armies have been steadllv
pressing forward, occupying town a1ter
town in the south, moving up toward
Moscow and also approaching SO close
TO PetrOgrad that the seizure OF the
canital city was said to be matter OF
DAYS or hours. All the allied diplomats
left Petrograd, most of them retiring
to Vologda, $50 miles east. American
Ambassador Francis from there issued
an address to the Russian people
warning them that if they submitted
to the peace imposed by the centrd
MOVERS Russia eventually would be-
7 come a German province, and pledglnE
the support of the American govern
ment to any government in Russia ina
2 would resist the German penetration
: Mr.. Francis acted without specific in
: structions from Washington, but hi
S utterances received the full apprOva
t of the administration.
The bOlshevik government has Deel
d hurried1y moving to Moscow. Irotzk.
g is there and says he will act as minis
f ter of war if there is to be more hght
ing. The new volunteer army is beln
organized rapidly, with renewed dis
d cipline, and the press and people, a
It ready somewhat disillusioned, cry GU
l. against the predatory ruthlessness Q
q the Germans. The Transcaucas1an as
q sembly at Tifiis refused to ratify tn
peace treaty and demanded immedlat
s war on Germany. The attitude OF a
n the allies toward the bOlshevik sovie
L. is becoming more sympathetic, but tn
y hope of effective resistance is rathe
u faint.
The hand of the conQueror fall
% more and more heavily on ROuman1'
J. which is now required to give up to tn
D. central powers not only all of her oW
IS war munitions, but also those left
T. Roumania by the allies. If she y1elC
y to this demand the representatives
IL the allies will leave Jassy.
% The supreme war council of the q
% lies at Versailles issued a statemel
y denouncing Germany's political crim
. against Russia and ROumania and r
u fusing to recognize the peace treati
- with them. eve are fighting, and mes
to continue fighting, in order to fms
~ once for all with this policy of plu
:, der" said the council. In reply Cha
~ cellor Won Hertling asserted German
~ had no intention of rObbing or dishO
- oring Russia and accused the allies
hypocrisy, untruthfulness and brut;
ity.
at 81
as There was no material change in t
to situation in the far East, but the OPT
es sition to Japan's plan to occupy Via
ne vostok seemed to increase because
err the persistent distrust of the island e