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New-York tribune., 1918-03-25

organized the attack The English are
defending themselves bravely, but the
British command was not equal to the
attack, which, although doubtless fore
seen, probably was not expected so
early"
The Berlin "Lokal- -Anzeigcr,' COM
mentlng on the offensive, recalls Chan
cellol Won Hertlings remark, four
weeks ago, that the Allies should con-
slider what they were doing. The time
of waiting, it adds, has now passed
The statesmen retire again from the
foreground and the generals draw the
sword on the worlds stage to enforce
peace, it declares, adding:
Owe concluded peace in the East and
now turn with the full weight of cur
concentrated national strength against
the Western powers"
= Lieutenant General Baron Armand
Won Ardenne, the military expert of
the Berlin "Tageblatt," writes in that
newspaper that the news of the Of
fensive came like "the first lightning
flash on a sultry night. 49,. Every
one says to himself, Let what must
come come sOOn'"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-25

faith and courage at home match the
tenaclty and obstinacy of those Eng
lishmen, Scotsmen. Welshmen and
Irishmen upholding all the fine traits
Characteristic of the best British tradi-
tions.
straight line drawn from Arras
southeast to Ham approximates the
enemy position on Sunday morning,
which means that the Germans are
back on the high ground they left un
der pressure just a year ago. The
but is a iderable distance yet from
a strategcal victory.
The armies have suffered heavily,
being forced to make deep with
drawal measuring fifteen miles at one
point. but they are still intact; the
lines stretched with the elasticity Of a
rubber band but were never broken.
The French are cooperating with the
British at the junction Of their lines
vest of st; Quentin; Apparently the
Germans planned a turning movement
with Ham as it's pivot, Paris being the
ultimate objective, the immediate OBJ
iective being the rolling up Of the Brit
ish army.
The terrain east and south OF Per-
onne is crossed by little streams and
canals, and is hardly better than a
marsh, therefore Offering fairly good
defensive system. Haig's Sunday
morning report indicates that he has
already repulsed several violent attacks
at this point. Should the enemy sue
ceed in penetrating these positions
that city. Amiens. scissors and Rheims
would be embarrassed.
Foe Outmarches Supplies
BY their rapid retirement, costly as
it may prove in the loss of men and
guns, the British have succeeded in put
ting the enemy at a disadvantage, for
he has outmarched his railways and
ammunition supplies. There is con-
sequent pause now; it is question
whether the Germans will open the on
slaught elsewhere or persist in the
present sector
To date the Germans have followed
textbook tactics, introducing no new
engine Of war, unless the sensational
shelling of Paris be considered part
Of the present operation. In Picardy
the big features Of the thrust were the
intensity and range of the lombard
ment and the lavish expenditure Of gas
shells.
Whether the Germans have dupli-
Gates of the Paris gun on the Picardy
front or merely naval guns it is i'm
period of the war have such distant
points Of the British back area been
shelled as in the last four days. Towns
and villages ordinarily immune from
everything except aerial attacks have
suffered from shell fire
Effect of Paris Gun
The Paris gun probably was used at
this moment in the hope Of demoralizing
the Parisians and dcceiving them into
believing the German army close upon
Paris. In the popular mind it shares
the interest in the course of the battle
because it opens an entirely new field
A battery of these guns in Flanders
might shell the southeast coast of
England. Some weeks back l told of
a new German gas which was tried at
Ypres and Lens in great quantities
These gas shells were used in the pres
cnt offensive, their fire being directed
New-York tribune., 1918-03-25
Official Statements
Continued from page l

exered their The attacking the
exceeded
of
dtions.
balloons
a rain incessan
Of
acv
genents havec contin inued.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-25
Battles Details
Sho1v Fine Work
By the British

OTTAWA, March 24.-"The enemv is
now throwing his last ounce of weight
and resource into the STRUGGLED" saws
despatch to-day from correspon-
dent at British Headquarters in France
TO the Ottawa agency of Reuters
lLlmted). Upon the course of the
immediate future hangs the issue Of
the war. captured airmen stated;
i ms offensive is the result of despera-
ton. We must have peace quickly
row
"Our troops throughout the 23d and
24th were very hard pressed by the
endless enrolling legions, through
whose weary ranks fresh divisions
were beng continually poured.
Ihe magnificent defence which the
slowly retiring British line has made
thus far may assuredlv constitute one
OF the greatest epochs in history.
Il ilnd at the headquarters to-day
unbroken serenity. confidence and sat
lsfactlon with the general change in
position during Saturday afternoon.
IN the region of Ia mthings temporar-
lly looked ugly when the enemy out
hanked us and his cavalry poured out
IN order to eXten dan enveIoping move
ment. But vigorous counter attacks
drove the enemy back and restored our
position.
"W hen reading German claims. re-
member the extent of the battlefront.
the enemy's unforgettablc concentra-
ton of guns, which is the greatest ever
collected~-a vast hetacomb marking the
wage OF his advance with the French
troops on our right, after the lengthy
rest, are at the top of their dashinc
morale. "
Yesterday there was heroic Gphtinr
in the centre Of the battlefront. where
our machine gunners q number of times
mad to cease killing through sheer ex
haustlon. Never have the British
New-York tribune., 1918-03-25
Nerv York, Tense
And Anxious, Eagerly
Scans War 'Exfras"

New York stood up yesterday under
the heaviest burden of anxiety that has
been hers since she endured the three
days suspense of the Battle of Gettvs
burg
Injured to the excitement and en-.
thuslasm inspired by former war news.
the city learned all over again the grim
lesson of waiting and dreading dis
aster. 1t displayed it's anxiety in a
score of different ways; none of them
spectacular, but all significant of Tho
load that was pressing on the sn;r;ts
of its citizens.
Meyer before did New Workers. re.
sponu so quickly to the hoarse shouts
" ,he extra sellers. Several Now
I;o' oIn evening papers, usually not pub.
l'Sneo on Sunday, got out edition after
edition all day long as the news news oS sitea tha
greatest battle in history drbbled '';r ;n
'[nrougn the cables. The men who
naWhed the papers through the streets
'olu OUT over and over again.
Papers Eagerly Scanned
wen rushed from their houses baro.
headed to buy. Others walked aJono
reading as they went, and stumbled anJ ~,
pumped into each other, oblivions N of
everything but the one question tho
cry r asked a million times yestcrdav. NV
r rave they broken through ?"
from morning to night a swarm Of
men and women hung about the - hnj ~
@ letln boards discussing the battle in .
otn ubaen tongues Little else was talked
Suout. There was none of the usual
fuMurs tho"aSs. relaSatlon la and gayety. The
slaughtered in Europe and Of Dvlns ,,,,as
nung in the balance supersedod ovons. wna'
thing else. e" every
=, apart pal from what was at stake two
talngs seemed uppermost in nAe, fha y, Two so
ol %, New ' ,Y:orkers-the great u run ''t.as thas
Vas she!ling Paris from a hit6srto @'a' ma
l"s, lheard-of distance and the torr;to 90 uf,
.o9oes tnat the battle was costing 1T II
New-York tribune., 1918-03-25
By Ralph Block

WASHINGTON, March 24.-Will a
figure of speech win for Germany what
her arms cannot conquer?
German newspapers declare with
amazing frankness that now is the de-
cisive moment For Germany it is all
or nothing, greater crown or ashes.
English newspapers say Germany is
playing her last card. stalking every
thing on one throw.
1t is an intriguing metaphor. 1t
catches the imagination easily and calls
seductively to the inclination of war
wearied peoples to surrender patience
and fortitude to the hope of an imme-
diate decision.
AS 1t is seductive, Washington opn-
ion finds it dangerous. German prop
aganda itself could not have thrown
out to the susceptible opinion of a
waiting world more dangerous gen
erallzation, more destructive of the
tnal Allied will to victory.
Leads to Relaxation
1t Is generalization built on hope,
on fatigue, on strain, on horror. Mill
tary men and political observers alike
IN Washington agree that it is insidi-
gigantic battle in France into an i'm
mediate decision of tho war one way
or the other, with relaxation of
American effort as the inevitable cor
olary.
Victory for Germany in France. a
drive to Paris and the Channel ports
would put France out of the war. 1t
would lead dangerously close to Brit
lsh submission to German terms. and
would put up to America the sudden
question of fighting alone or making a
peace in order tc prepare for Ger
many's attack or the Monroe Doctrine
in South America.
Defeat for Germany in the next ten
days might lead to new German peace
terms or to revolution in the Ger
man army, with a sudden disntegra-
ton of the German Empire These
are possibilities
But they are only possibilities, pro-
Jectcd largely by the imagination.
Washington does not believe in Ger
New-York tribune., 1918-03-25
Whether Foe Succeeds or Fails,
Task Of America Is Doubled
In Defeat to Retrieve; in Victory to Secure It-"Ger
rnany's Last Card Ubiquitous Metaphor, and People
Must Not Be Deceived Into Pausing to Watch

man revolution any longer, either in
civilian or military ranks. Germany
has been enslaved by discipline and
weakened by hunger.
/ 1t Germany comes to the point of
openly inviting the Allies to a discus
sion of peace terms, how much will
Germany have to concede in the pre-
liminary negotiations, Immediately
after so gigantic defeat, to make her
invitation effective? Nobody believes
in Washington that defeat will make
Germany abject. ready to accept the
sentence of Allied Judgment for her
many crimes. Pressure from within
may make Germany conciliatory But
it will not make her beg for peace
Russia is vast pawn in her hands.
Mite europa is almost reality. Her
fleet, bottled up though it may be. is
an unknown quantity. The submarine
IS still sharp weapon, gnawing slowly
into the life of England The Italian
front still remains to be tried.
Allies Must Not Wayer
IT Germany loses the great offensive
she is doomed by defeat-but only if
England and France and the United
States show an unbroken fighting
spirit.
Defeated, even broken in morale by
defeat, Germany may still be able to
hSASHSh oiiu piCocUC the same DrOO-
lem to the Allies that the Western
front has presented for more than
three years.
1t is this that predisposes military
and political observers alike in Wash
ngton to hold America to her prom
lSeS.
The burden cannot be unloaded
Whatever the result of the battle now,
Americas problems ere increased. not
lessened. Still fresh from years of
fruitful peace, vigorous, powerful, il
Will still be up to America to tear
world empire from the thrusting Ger
man hand.
Americas Critical Hour
This is Americas critical hour as
much as Germany's, member of Con-
gress said to-day. Fear of an America
that is stern, unbending. fierce to exact
tenfold punishment from the maefac
tor who has transgressed the worlds
laws so nightly, may bring Germany
to peace terms at once.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-25
Canadians Launch
Great Gas Attack
Along Wide Front
by Canadian Press

CANADlAN HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE. March 21.-Whie German
and British troops were struggling far
to the south in the opening clash of
the spring campaign, the greatest pro-
Jcctor gas bombardment of the war
was carried out by the Canadians to-
night against enemy positions between
Lens and Hill 70.
At II o'clock signal rocket was sent
Sp. moment later over 5000 drums
of lethel gas, simultaneously released
from projectors, were hurled into en-
emy territory from the outskirts of
Lens to Cite st. Auguste and Bos de
Dix-Huit. From his front lines and
the poisonous clouds back upon the
enemy's dugouts, supports, reserves
and assembly areas. The whole front
was lit by enemy flares, which could
he seen through the heavy mist, while
the enemy's gas alarm and cries of dis
trcss could be heard from the hostile
trenches
Nine minutes later the Canadian
field artillery, supported by heavy guns
and trench mortars, opened up with a
slow bombardment, increasing in vo-
lence, until forty minutes later the
enemy positions were swept with a
snort, intensive, creeping barrage,
which raked his forward and rear areas
With high explosives.
Caught by the gas without a mo-
ment's warning and caught again as
they were emerging from their shell
ters by guntire, the Germans casual
ties must have been very heavy, for
the effectiveness of smaller gas opera
tons had been emphatically proved by
the evidence of prisoners, and to.
nights bombardment' was three times
greater than anything of its kind ever
attempted by the Canadians on the
Western front, and much greater than
anything ever launched by the Ger
mans.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-25
u. S. Must Save Day,
Says British Primate

PHILADELPHIA, March 2;-Dc-
scribing France ;ts worn to the bone,
italy standing at bay, Russia dissolved
INTO the element from which it was
created, and the civilized world facing
.nc greatest crisis in its history, the
Most Rev. Cosmo Gordon Lang Arch
bishop Of York. in an address here TO-
daF made an appeal for united Enc
liiSsh,-speakinR people az the only pos
siDle nope for ending the war with
dccisiVe victory. The time has come.
he declared, when the people of the
united States must save the situation.
,o helerr'ng to the situation on the
western front. the Archbishop snid.
Iherc is nothing in the hcadljnea
81 the papers which should distress us
The British line must give, but in qIy.
.pg ii takes the frjqhtful toll the Ger
mans can III afford To pay. II viii give
again and again, but ii viii not break
New-York tribune., 1918-03-25
Germans Success
Falls Short of
Their Objectiues

LONDON, March 24.-Copies of the
German plan of offensive taken from
prisoners, according to Reuters cor
respondent at British Headquarters,
show that the enemy's detectives were
as follows:
First day, average penetration
along the whole front of attack,
kilometres; second day, II kilo-
metres, and on the third day, beyond
which the scheme does not appear
to be carried, 90 kilometres.
The success attained thus far falls
much short of these objectives, the dis
patch states.
The correspondent reports that
among the captured machine guns are
some that were identified as having
been used in the Balkans last year.
The Germans made attempts on Fri
day night to cross the Somme by means
Of four bridges. The attempts, how
ever, were detected and frustrated with
loss by the British artillery fire. the
message states.
All the roads in the rear of the Ger
man advance, the dispatch continues,
are blocked by columns of troops, guns
and transport vehicles, furnishing tar
gets upon which the British artillery
is making deadly play. Rough esti-
mates of the casualties inflicted vary
between 80 and so per cent of all the
enemy divisions SO far identified
Il give these figures for what they
are WORTH the correspondent adds.
They probably are based mainly upon
sfatements made hv nrisnnorc ;,
New-York tribune., 1918-03-25
Britain Feels
Battle Brings
Decisive Hour
By Arthur S. Draper

LONDON, March 24.-ln hundreds Of
thousands Of British homes and in all
parts Of the empire Palm Sunday was
one of keenest anxiety, while the whole
allied world focuses its attention on
the colossal struggle or the devas-
tated plains of Picardy. watching hope
fully and confidently Haig's heroic ef-
fort to stem The tide of German hordes.
British women are praying not only for
the success of their army, but also the
safety Of their men.
The fate Of Britain and the Allied
cause swings in the balance, but the
New-York tribune., 1918-03-25
81 German Divisions.
Or 1,164,OOO Men,
Attacking British

WASHINGTON, March "a. Violent
tighting between the British and Ger
mans was continued at 2:3O o'clock this
morning between Croisilles and Terg-
nier. an official dispatch from Paris
to-day announced. The Germans are
using ninety-seven divisions of troops
and their losses are heavy. The British
resistance is declared to be efficient.
The dispatch says:
March "a, 2:3O a. m.lThe German
offensive is continuing between Crois-
illes and Tergnier with violent fighting
IN which the Germans are said to have
used ninety-seyen divisions. The Eng
lish resistance is very efficient in every
tning and the German losses are very
heavy. The fighting line is brought
back 20 about six or seven Kilometres
behind the third line. Confidence re-
mains complete
LoNDoN, -rch 24.-Describing the
great struggle in France, the Havas
correspondent says:
The British retired in good order
cecing ground foot by foot, to strong
POSITIONS prepared months ago
In the later stages Of the battle
hinety-seven German divisions were
Engaged. Thus the German command
concentrated against the British front
aa'i OF the forces at their disposal on
me whole Western front"
nased on $4,000 men to German
"'''sion' the number of Germans an
gagged, according to the Havas CORE.
epo"deh'' was approximately I,le4 600.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-25
battle Is Going
As Master Planned.
Says Berlin Press

LONDON, March 24.-The Berlin
'ossischc Zeitung's" war corrcspond-
sht' teiegraphing from the nnighbor.
h"od of the Oise. is quoted by the Cen.
''a' Sews correspondenf at Amzterdam
M saying:
All Of our movements have taken
p'ase wi'h miraculous ezactitude, ac-
eofaInz ~ the plans Of the master vho
New-York tribune., 1918-03-25

The line A indicates the the
ndenbug line the of
the front when the Germans
desperate battle Bapaume
gle along line through Conbes has
Iaig W River had been
fighting
taken
Chauny (6), which of the
bombardng Anv ~
in the Cobain North Bapaume giving
slowly but Wancourt and IIenin have been
New-York tribune., 1918-03-25

armies so superbly met such an over
whelming test.
''lncluded are the South African con.
tingents and the Newfoundland bat
talon, both OF which have been hgh'1
ing magniiicently. IA
"The fourth day Of the offensive has|
failed TO bring any surprises. although
the long range guns arc doing tneif
utmost day and night
New-York tribune., 1918-03-25
Italian Front
ITALIAN

ROME. March 24-rhcrc have been
slight artillery actions and activity by our
rec9nnoitring parties along the whole front.
A French patrol captured n few prisoners NJ
Monte Tomba. ''
FOR other official statements see dctn;lcd
stories Of the G0hting ''"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-25

largely against the British batteries,
the gunners Of which were forced to
New-York tribune., 1918-03-25
Official Statements
West
FRENCH

PARIS. March 2l (NIGHT) There was
Intermittent artillery activity north of the
ohemin des Danes Artillery engagements.
fomeurnes violent. occurred in Champagne
bank of the Meusc, between Cauriercs Wooo
and Bezonvnux and at Hartmanrswcilerkonf
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-01-03
DON'T Be A DULL MAN.
And Don't Have to Say II Didn't
Think" or III Didn't Realize"

Think or II Didn't Realize"
THE dull man is a bad man." says
Arnold Bennett in the Woman's Home
Companion. You may say that the
dull man sins by want Of thought rath-
er than with intention. unconscious
~ rather than consciously. Perhaps.
But that does not lessen the evil he
causes. If get out Of an automobile
and carelessiy bang the door Of it be-
hind me and catch your finger in the
door you having remained in the carr
and leave it caught there your agony
won't he less acute because l, through
not looking behind me either before or
after | banged the door, am unaware
CT it. Nor will your resentment against
me lie any the less either.
"Simply to say I never realized ia
not an entirely satisfactory excuse.
People ought to realize. The habit OF
not realizing grows faster than almost
any other habit. and it is very comfort
able. and it saves lot of trouble-to
oneself. But it is to be condemned.
Yet If man is absolutely dull, IL
he is utterly without imagination, how
can he realize. how can he put himself
in the other mans place? Is he not to
he pitied instead Of mathematical?
LAS to that, will tell you some
thing: There is no such person as the
absolutely dull man. the man abso-
lutal- without ina rinatiOn Eyarv-
body has some gift Of imagination:
everybody can succeed in putting him.
self. to a certain extent. in the other
mans place. And few people, if any,
perform this feat as often or as COM
pletely as they might DO"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-01-03
OUR SENSE OF MoTi0N.
And an Explanation Of Some Railway
Train Decisions

And an Explanation Of Some Railway
Train Decisions.
When you sit in moving train look.
ing out Of tue window it appears as
though the fields. the telegraph poles
and everything else outside were NOV
ing instead Of you. This is because our
only ideas Of motion are arrived ut by
comparison. The fact that neither you
nor the seats Of tie car nor any other
part Of the inside Of the car is chang
ing its position leads you to the delu-
sion that the things outside the car are
moving.
II you were to pull down all the cur
tains and the train were making no
noise at all you would not think that
anything was moving, says the Book
Of Wonders. 1t would appear as
though you were motionless just as
everything in the car appears so
When you turn then to the window
and lift the curtain you carry in the
back of your mind the idea Of being at
rest. and that is what makes it appear
as though the fields and everything
outside were moving iE an opposite d.
rectiOn.
This is particularly noticeable wher
You are, in train in a station, with
another train on the next track. There
is sense of motion if one Of the
trains only is moving, and you feel that
it is the other train. because you are
surrounded by objects in the car which
are at rest. If the delusion happens to
lie turned the other way it will appear
as though you are moving and the
other is still.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-01-03
SEATTLE ALMOST
ISOLATED FROM
REST OF NATION

Seattle, Dec. 31.-As the result of
Hoods throughout western Washing
ton Seattle tonight had no railrosd
connection with the outside world
except by way of Portland. East
pound mail was from "a to 48 hours
late, and there had been no mail from
vancouver, B. c., and points north
Oh beillngham, since last Friday.
win more warm winds and heavy
rams forecast for the Seattle dis
trlct, the worst of the flood is vet to-
come, according to George Salisbury.
section director of the United Statss
weather bureau.
railroad service to the north and
east was paralyzed, with reports Of
damaged roadbeds from many points
Ll!tie progress can be made with re-
PAIR work until the weather moder-
ates and floods subside.
II was predicted that the storms
tomorrow nigh be the heaviest in
me history of fthis section. The
M!lWaukee and Northern Pacific
bridges over the Kakima river are n
such shape that there viii be no
S StanasSeontlnental service direct from
oeattie tor at least a week. In the
meantime all he traffic must 90 nv
way way OF the Columbia river. Cana
Juan faclflc service was being main
T 1alnea by boats between here and
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-01-03
new YEARS DANCE
VERY ENJOYABLE

The dance given New Years Eve
in the Armory by the Knights of
Pythias, to benefit the Red Cross was
surely great success. The crowd
was not immense, but a very select
one, and all thoroughly enjoyed the
evening.
When the new year 1918 was usher
ed in by the city whistles, church
bells, ETC., the musicians addel to
the welcome, by footing on their var
ious instruments at great length.
The first dance after this was Aud
Lang Syne, and the dancing contin-
ued until about 1880. Delicious punch
was served. Mrs. Clark Won Prag
played the piano and several mem
bers of the city band played vio-
lin, flute, drums, etc. After the ex-
penses we're all paid the K. P's. turn
ed over $50 to the Red Cross.