Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-04-04
Big Guns of Both Sides Are
Roaring From the Somme to
the Disc in DueIs of Huge
Proportions, Is Report
INFANTRY OFFENSIVE
CANNOT BE DELAYED
Whether Rush Will Be First
Made by Allies or Germans
Is Unknowni More Activity
on italian Front,

| lsY MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wisUt
! Although the lighting along the en-
| tire front of the new Somme offens-
| i've remains slight. there still pre-
walls the feeling that battles on a
large scale will begin again soon,
with the allied troops after the re-
spite of several days, strongly array
ed in battle formation and eager to
test their strength against that Of
! the foe.
From the Somme to the Disc river,
lalong that portion of the battle line
which hulges out toward Amiens.
ALLY and Breteuil the big guns of
the opposing side have opened in
lduels of great proportions. and it
apparently is not unreasonable to as
sumo that either side at any moment
may take the offensive with their in
fantry in resumption of battle
which ranks among the greatest the
world has ever seen.
Little Change This Week.
Since the beginning OF the present
week there has been no marked
change in the alignment of the op-
posing sides from Arras southward
to Chauny, The fighting has lacked
the sanguinary character OF the pre-
vious days, owing in part, no doubt,
to the extremely bad weather Condi-
tons. Neither the Germans nor the
allies have been idle, however, for
daily there has been going on "A re-
enforcement of strategic positions
both in men and gun power for the
coming engagements upon which it is
conceded so much depends for the
victors.
In the vicinity of Lens artillery
duels of intensity have been revived
on some sectors and in Belgium at
various points reciprocal shelling con-
tinues. In both these regions, how
ever, the infantry has kept to the
trenches, except for patrols and re-
connoitering purposes. An American
sector has been heavily attacked with
gas.
Increased Activity i'm Italy.
In the Italian theater there still
is no indication of when the expect
ed big battle between the Italians
and the Teutonic allies will burst,
but daily there is increasing activity
all along the front.
Comparative quiet is reported from
other fronts.
The airmen of both sides have been
keeping up their intensive activity,
DOtnDlnB DUSlllOlS tiit iiN'i
searching out troop and transport
and engaging in aerial
combats. The French war office re-
ports more than thirteen tons of pro-
jectiles have been dropped on Ger
man railways and cantonments mt
Han, Chauny and Noyon and also
in the region of Roye in the Arras
front
The Germans last week did not
keep up their successful submarine
of the previous week, haV-
ing sunk only thirteen British mer-
chantment as against 2S during the
seven days In their opera
tions against the Italians three
steamers OF more than 1,5OO tons
and ten sailing ships were destroyed.
Czcrnin's Peace Speech.
The Austro- Hungarian foreign min
ister, Count Czernin, in an address
to the Vienna municipal council has
declared that Austria Hungary did
not intend to go begging for peace.
''but to enforce it by our moral right
and physical strength"