The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-04

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Not merely has the Dobrudja been TAX
en- from .Roumania, but Berlin and vi
emma, VINO have expressed themselves
piOusly as opposed to annexations, are
now insisting upon a rectifcatiOn or
frontier that will give to Austria all
the strategic mountain passes and
dominating heights, including the Iron
Gates of the Danube, along the west
ern frontier of ROumania.
This is precisely what Austria did
to Italy, when the boundary line was
delimited by treaty, and the fact that
Austria controlled every vantage point
along the Isonzo and in the Alps when
the war began UNNECESSARILY added TO
the difficulties of Cadornas campaign
ing.
Berlin is determinQl that ROumania
shall be placed in a helpless position at
the feet of Austria, covered by Aus
TRAN guns and rendered forever in
capable Of acting otherwise than the
central powers approve.
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Intense aerial activity on the part
| Of both the entente allies and the
| TeutOnic forces has developed. Sixty
German airplanes took part in raid
| on Paris, which resulted in heavy cas-
ualties, final figures showing at least
| 100 persons to have been killed and
| 70 wounded. Among the dead was an
American woman, Miss Winga Caro-
| lima Martin, who was a Y. M. c: A.
canteen worker. Miss Martin was one
of six persons killed in a hospital
which was struck by bomb. Among
| those killed were q large number OF
| women and children who were crushed
| to death ia panic at the entrance
| to subway station where hundreds
sought refuge from the enemy bombs.
However, while the Huns were boast
ing of this most Successful" raid, the
airmen of the. allies were not idle.
British aviators invaded Germany,
| making a daylight raid on Coblentz,
one of the important railroad centers
in western Germany, the. seat of big
military barracks and extensive mu-
nitions works. A ton of high explo-
sives was dropped on the city, starting
fires in many sections, This was the
third daylight raid on the enemy coun-
try in period of four days.
Behind the lines in Flanders and
France the British aviators are also
maintaining the effective work they
have been doing lately. The territory
from Lille south to Cambria has been
sown with bombs, railroad sidings and
ammunition dumps liz the region OF
Maubeuge, Valenciennes, Douai and
Cambria being attacked.
The enemy is getting all the worst
of the air fighting and his apparent
inability to check the British flyers or
to take the initiative himself in this
important sphere rather discounts his
loud boasts of readiness for a great
offensive. 1t is to be doubted If he
can venture any large-scale offensive
while the overhead fields of battles are
so thoroughly controlled by his OPP
ponents.
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Announcement that Secretary of
| War Baker had landed in France gave
| rise to all sorts of speculation AS to
the real purpose of his trip. At Wash
made that the secretary's visit to
France is for purely military purposes
| and has no diplomatic significance. AT
| the same time the view was expressed
| in some quarters that Mr.. Bakers trip
| might have some connection with the
| views of American commanders that
| the allies should undertake a deter
| mined offensive on the west front this
year instead of remaining on the de-
| fensive and awaiting the expected Of
| fensive of the German forces. The ire
mendOus growth of the American ex-
peditionary forces recently, with the
| promise that American troops will be
ready to take part in general often
sive this year, is expected to give the
views of the American high command
| great weight with the allied command
ers. Secretary Baker has announced
| that he expects to make thorough in
| spection of all the American forces
| abroad and to hold important confer
| ences with American military COM
manders. 1t is known that he has been
eager for several months to talk over
! with General Pershing the many prob
lens that have arisen in connection
with the war plans.
Secretary Baker arrived in Paris
| just in time to witness the pretentious
| air raid by German airplanes on the
French capital. In an interview given
| out in Paris after the raid, Mr.. Baker
said: "It was my first experience OF
f. the actualities of war and a revelation
of the methods inaugurated by an enc
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