Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-07
American Troops Hold
Still Another Place
on French Front
RUMANIA MAKES PEACE
Balkan Country to. Cede
Province of Dobrudja
to Enemy.
GERMANS IN WEST INCREASE

Russians Evacuating petro-
grad; Bolsheviki May
Proclaim Holy War.
HEADQUARTERS AMERICAN
TROOPS IN FRANCE. March a.
American troops on stiiI anosiscf'
place on tho French front have i<ren
rnided by Gcrnsps who were re-
pulsed with Ic--c-. This is the slrrt
tlpne permission 4. given 10 mcntsoss
this engasement. The Rmcrksn
forces entered the hattie limo IL I
certain place IN lorraine. Tho
French commander congratulated
the Americans on their bchssior.
Tho foregoing ls confirmation ~
the French official statement a
March 5. which said that GerwAa
attack ON trenches held by Anserie~n
for~s IN Iorninc on tho nixht N
Marh 4 was rppulsod.
Preliminary rcacc Treaty II sluneA.
AMSTERDAM. March s.s--A prs-
llminary peace treaty bAfweeu Rw@
mania and the central powers was
signed Yesterday evening, says a dis
pGch from Bucharest. IIndsr the
terms OF the preliminary peace
asreentsnt Rumanla cedcs the pfpv-
inoe OF Dobrudja a. far a. the Dan.
ube TO tho central uowers, NM
mania also undertakes 20 furthar
the transport OF Teutonlc tfoops
,hru Moldasia and nessArabla TO
Following are the tsrms Of the pre-.
limlnary treaty;
.."l.--Rumania cedes 10 the central
aiiisd powers Dobruija as far az
.ii-rhs powers Of ,bs .apadrupIs
alliance wfIi provide and maintain d
trade route for Rumahia hy way of
Constanxa 10 the Black sea
IIi--The frontier reetlficatioos
demanded BY Austria- Hungary on
the frontier between. Austria. Hu,,-
gary and Rumania are accented -
principle BY Runnania,
"1v--Hkewisc eooriomic measufos
corresponding 70 the situation srs
conloeded IN principle.
"v--The humanisn govsYnment
undertakes TO demobiline imme1f-
ately at least eight divisions of fks
Rumanlnn army Control OF the DE-
mobilization win be undertaken
Jointly by the upper command of
Field Marshal von Markcnseu'n
army group and OF tho RumaniAn
chief army command As soon ~
peace II restored between Russia
and Rumania the remsining parts pf
the Humanian army nlso will be do
mobillzed insofar as they ARE not re-
CURED for security service on the
Russo RnmaDpn frontier.
"vi--Ths Aumanian troops are
to eyacuate Immediately the terri
tory OF the Austro- II un "a rian mon
archy occupied by them.
"VIf--The Rumanian government
undertakes 10 support with all its
strength the transport of troopa Of
the central powers thru Moi,iavfa
and Bessarabia 20 Odessa.
RumAnH undertakes i'm
mediately TO dismiss the officers OF
the powers who are al war with the
.duAdrupie alliance still IN the Ru-
mnnlan service The safe conduct
OF these Officers Is assured by the
quadrupie alliance. This treaty e--
ters into operation Immediately"
GERMANS ADDING TO
STRENGTH IN WEST
LONDON. March 0. -. The Ger.
mans are sim adding 20 the nun,.
ber OF their divisions on the western
front. Gen. v. IL Maurice, chief d.
rector Of military operations M the
war office declared in his weekly
talk with the Associated Press 10.
day The Germans now have l6 d.
visions more than the allies In tha
west, he said, hut this should not
mean that they were superior In
strength, ms the allied divisions were
numerically larger.
General Maurice said the entent.
forces still held the superiority in
rifles, guns and aircraft. but that
this superiority was diminishing.
II have said heretofore that a Ger-
man OFFENSIVE was not Immediately
likely because the Germans requirsd
time 10 prepare new troops" said
General Maurice, but these major
preparations are now more or lees
complete and Tie enemy can attack
whenever he completes his lonsl
preparations.
~ iH now TO these local prepara-
uonH that we must look for indlca-
tonS NJ an approaching attack,
These indicatioRa are not always
easy TO t.nuEc, We have now reached
a stage when you cannot prophesy.
II the enemy wishes "a attack thors
IL nothing 10 prevent.
AMERICANS HOLDING
EIGHT MILES TRENCHES
WASHINGTON, March 6--Amer-
lean troops now are holding over
eight miles OF trenches on the hattle
front m Trance. II WAS learned to-
day clthuuEh in an airline their
ironiissr la only about four and A
half miles This frontage IL liable "a
oSJchsinn az any time TO the regular
trench allotment for an army eosps,
lftogularity ~ the trench lines "
. responsible for their eight miles OF
length They are laid out 40 that
thanking fire may be obtained along
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