St. John's Daily Star, 1918-08-02

              The St. John's Daily Star  Newfoundland VOLUME IV. ($3.00 per Annum) FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1918. (PRICE: One Cent.) No. 168 OFFENSIVE OF AIDES IS RENEWED IN AISNE-MARNE SALIENT Good Progress By British, French and Americans ALLIES' GAINS GRAVELY IMPERIL RETREATING GERMANS CREDIT VOTE OF 3 BILLION It Vote of Credit in )ry of British Empire :d For By Chancellor _chequer, Bonar Law S TO ALLIES )TAL £1,332,000,000 !. August I—ln asking for of credit of £700,000.000 ouse of commons, Andrew w, the chancellor of the exsaid thai the largeness of nt was not due to increased re but to the fact that paras about to adjourn. He _ said, that not more than ! vote would be necessary ! end of the fiscal year. Hie d t> the. largest in the hise country. It 15 intended for thg on ol thc war untilthe :tobrr. lourrt that had been loaned a was £568.000.000, thc ■ states, while to France, .000 and lent to Italy 000. and, lo Belgium, d smaller nations £119,000, ■ nar L? at in 1916; tain Had agreed to give lo 1 exchequer a monthly  • :.e Italian ex-j A similar contribution, the r added, made by America be, a'fn woircrl help. The" terest charged. Mr. Bona.x, . was five per cent, which was below the rate which trie government was. paying. Analyzing the expenditure under the various heads, the chancellor explained that the increase of £8,000,- COO in the army expenditure was due to the fact that the strength of the .army was greater than at the time the budget estimate was framed. Regarding loans to the allies, and tbe dominions, Mr. Bonar Law said thc debt due Great Britain at the end ot the last fiscal year was 1,332,--000,000 from allies and 193,000,--000 from the dominions, while the d-bt due from the allies now, he addcJ. had reached a total of 1.402,--000. and from the dominions 2,008,--,^00,000.The chancellor said the expenditure on thc army showed an increase oi £8,000.000 over the estimates. Loans to the allies and the dominions had been less than the estimates by £22,700,000. ' FIGHTS ON ITALIAN FRONT Enemy Advance Post Surprised and 14 Prisoners Captured Rome, Au. I.—At a few points en the front, local fighting activity has been brisker. In the Ledro valley a large enemy patrol was driven back and a few of the men were taken prisoners. On Monte Corno enemy parties were repulsed. On Monte Asolone in a brilliant laid, an enemy advance post was surprised and fourteen prisoners were taken. Three hostile machines were brought down. * m» *  The Ox-dent and Beatrice have returned to WesJeyville from the Straits. The former has 300 qtls. and the latter 100 quintals. EDITORS ON WEST FRONT Canadian Journalists Make Tour of Inspection of British Lines On Front in France. EXPERIENCE WAS WONDERFUL ONE lONDON, Aug. 1 (via Reuters Ottawa Agency)— Noll, ng left a deeper impression on the Canadian editors at present visiting the mother country than their trip to the western front. This was a wonderful experience. The visit was splendidly organized by the imperial government and the ministry of information and the Canadians in France from General Currie downwardsC laid themselves out to give the journalists a tremendous welcome. Their impressions hastily gathered are without exception enthusiastic. "There is more optimism among our forces than anywhere else. While our men'are eager to get back to the homeland they are determined not to return till the job is properly finished. I was never prouder of Canada than when I met Canada's fighting men at the front." This was how W. A. Buchanan, M. P. of Lethbridge, summed up the situation, and was what pretty well ran through the thoughts of every member of the party. - Hon. Frank Caroell of Quebec, remarked: "A Canadian cannot go through the fighting line to the front trenches as we have without being impressed, wonderfully impressed, at the efficiency of the organization, the unbounded esprit de corps, and the universal courage and bravery of our fellows in arms, all of which has made us prouder than ever of the country of our birth." Wonderful Organization. Noel Chasse, of Quebec, was impressed with the organization of the Canadians, which he thought could not be excelled and also in the fine spirit which imbued the men. "I have never met a healthier and happier lot of boys," declared J. S. Douglas of Toronto, who also remarked that Canada was fortunate in having men of such splendid spirit and courage. Rest assured this spirit will carry them through to victory as in the past," he added. W. C. Givens, of Kingston, was also struck not alone by the spirit of the men but by their amazing cheerfulness and their abiding conviction that the Boche will ultimately be overcome. Mr. R. Jennings, of Edmonton, said that the day with the Edmonton battalion was naturally his most thnl iing experience, but even this did not overshadow his great admiration for all.other branches of the service. He added that the devotion and skill of the officers and the spirit and efficiencyADVANCE TWO MILES ON A TEN MILE FRONT Fresh Gains Are Made By Entente Troops in Aisne- Marne Salient, Says Official Report. - » 600 PRISONERS TAKEN FROM FOE DARIS, Aug. I.—ln an advance of about two miles on the Aisne- Marne front today the allied troops reached Cramoiselle and Cramaille on the southwestern part of the salient, capturing 600 prisoners, according to the war office announcement tonight. Attacked On Ten-Mile Front. London, Aug. I.—The allies today delivered a new stroke over a tenmile front between Buzancy, about four miles south of Soissons to Scringes to north of Fere-en-Tardenois.The result was a considerable advance and the wiping out of the elbow in the lines at Oulchy le Chateau, according to advices to The Evening Standard this afternoon, • "AMERIKA WON'T FIGHT" TOOK 34,000 PRISONERS FROM RETREATING HUNS Week's Captures in Allies' Offensive—Six Hundred Prisoners Taken in Local Operation. ALLIES OCCUPY MORE POSITIONS DARIS, Aug. 1 .—Cierges and Meuniere wood have been occupied by the allies, and the village of Romigny, noTth of the Dormans- Rheims road, was taken. From July 15th to July 31st the prisoners captured by the allies numbered 33,400. North of the Ourcq our troops in conjunction with tbe British units drove the enemy from positions to which he had been energetically clinging in the region of Plessier Hulleu and the Tiver. We captured the height north o( Grand Rozoy, and passed beyond the village of Beugneux and reached Cramoiselle and Cramaille, realizing at this point an advance of abou three kilometres. Six hundred pn. oners remained in our hands. Further south we occupied CieTge. and Meuniere wood. North of th. Dormans-Rheims road we conquere. after a stubborn engagement th_ village of Romigny, taking about 100 prisoners. The total number of German prisoners taken on the Marne battlefront and in the Champagne during the period between July 15, the date of the beginning of the German offensive and July 31, is 33,400, of whom 674 were officers. ALLIED TROOPS WERE REPULSED Teutons Claim Repulse of Allies' Attacks East of Fere en Tardenois Berlin, via London, Aug. I.—The allied troops attacking east of Fere en Tardenois on Wednesday afternoon, were repulsed and driven back to their original positions, according to tbe German official communication issued today. The text of the communication follows: East of Fere en Tardenois the French repeatedly launched partial attacks in the afternoon. We threw the enemy bade into his lines of depart re by a counter attae'v. On the rest of the front there was w<:Mery fire of varying strength and minor field engagements. . mm . A 50 year old resident of Bay Roberts who indecently assaulted a little child- was sent to jail for six months, on Wednesday. EXPRESS REGRET OVER MURDER Ukrainian Government Laments The Killing of Yon Eichorn Amsterdam, Aug. I.—The murder of Field Marshal yon Eichorn, who with his aide. Captain yon Bressler, was assassinated on Tuesday at Kiev, was effected with great boldness, the Berlin Vossische Zeitung says. Tbe dis rict in wbich the Field Marshal redded and in wbich the murder took olact is only a short distance from the Casino and wa6 guarded by German .entries. After the assassination. The Vosssche Zeitung continues, Gen. Skoropdski, the Hetman of the Ukraine, <_nt to the spot and made arrangements for proper attention to the Field larshal and his aide. Later the Hetnan visited the German minister and expressed his sincere regret over the crime. A manifesto which he issued declares the indignation of the Ukrainian • government at the murder, and laments that a great friend of the Ukrainian independence had fallen by the hand of tbe enemy. There is evidence, the newspaper adds} that an attempt on the life of the Hetman also had been planned. 1 » • Vote of Confidence Passed Paris, Aug. I.—(Havas Agency)— Premier Clemenceau's government today was given a vote of confidence in the chamber of deputies, the ballot standing 312 to 164. The vote of con fidence was asked on the question of an amendment providing for the call' ing up of the 1920 class of recruits. » m. »  Sub. Menace Overcome Washington, Aug. I.—The theory cf the submarine as a determining factor in the war Has exploded, secret ary Daniels declared today after read ing the boast of the German emperor 'hat submarines are tenaciously at- Ucking and fighting the vital forces which are streaming overseas. Mr. Daniels pointed out that not a single transport carrying troops to Europe had been sunk.  Gt. Britain's War Effort Empire's Army Total Seven Million Men, Five Million in Field Washington, Aug. I—Lord Curzon, member of the British war cabinet, gave figures Monday night in a speech, portions of which have been received by wireless, which show the extent of the British war efforts in man-power. Lord Curzon said that Great Britain had given no fewer than 7.000.000 men, and that 5,000,000 Britons were today fighting in foreign theatres of war. Allowing for casualties, and presuming these figures to include the navy, they are taken as demonstrating the fact that the only troops in England today are men on leave and men in depots either of the supply services or undergoing the reorganisation of units. Increase in Sub. Destruction. London, Aug. I.—Andrew Bonar Law, government spokesman in the house of commons, stated in the lower house today that German submarines were being sunk at a far greater rate than heretofore. THE WAR SITUATION  (By J. T. M.) I AST night's cables show that the allies driving force on the west .ide of the salient southwest of Soissons, is still vigorous enough to penetrate the German defence and drive them from the strongest positions they have had under their control since the retreat began. The ten mile front south of Buzancy, which is about five miles southwest of Soissons, would leach to the north of Fere en Tardenois, and embrace a line of ridges, some of which reach 200 feet high. According to the area described by the despatches to hand the Germans have been dislodged from these strong positions and thrown back toward Nampteuil, Maast and Branges, beyond the Crive river. Along this area thc German line bent slightly westward in the vicinity of Grand Rozoy. While they held that sector the allies advance eastward on either side was difficult because of the advantage which the enemy possessed by his position on the higher ground. The advance which the allies are re ported to have made there is therefore very important. The reported advanceadvance in that sector would throw the enemy's line back to within about fivT miles of Fismes, to the northeast ol Grand Rozoy, and reverse the formation of the line on that section between Fere en Tardenois and Buzancy, giving the allied troops a good position from which to carry out their Banking movement against Soissons from the southwest, which is apparently essential to any important advance against the German left. Cierges, mentioned in last night's cables, is about fifteen miles south of Fismes, midway between Fere en Tardenois and Vilel-en Tardenois, and is now the bottom of the almost U-shaped loop, five miles deep, the points of which would be Buzancy on the west, and Bauleuse on the east side of the salient, these points being approximately eighteen miles apart. Every kilometre advance made by the allies on either the west or east side of this loop now bringes the German forces within it in the most precarious situation in which any of the enemy troops have been caught since they extricated themselves from h/v low Fere en Tardenois, and the adjacent forests. TEUTONS MEET FRESH DEFEAT Allies Drive Germans From Further Strong Positions in the Aisne - Marne Salient. -j SERIOUS PLIGHT OF ENEMY FORCES Germans Fight Stubbornly But Have to Give Ground before Determined Allied Assaults. LONDON, Aug. 2.—After a short period of relative calm on the Soissons-Rheims salient, the central and western sections of the battlefront again have been the scenes of mighty struggles. On both sectors the allied forces have achieved notable gains of ground, which, observed on the war maps seemingly place the German armies in front of them in \ precarious position. In battles extending from the region immediately south of Soissons to the northwest of Fere-en-Tardenois and southwest of the last named town, over the upper portion of the left branch of the 'V salient running ten miles eastward from Nesles to Ville en Tardenois, and with Steemme as its southern base, French, American and British troops have pushed back the armies of the German crown prince. f Strategical Gains. Northwest of Fere the entire elbow of the line where it turned eastward along the northern bank of the Ourcq has been blotted out, giving the allies much better ■ ground over which towork iri further outflanking Soissons on the southeast, and for pressing on towards Fismes in conjunction with the troops, particularly the American;, now holding strategic points north and northeast of Fere. In this fighting the allied troops drove odt the Germans who had been tenaciously holding positions between Piesslere Huleu and the river and took the. high ground north of Grand Rozoy, pressed on past the village of Beugneux and arrived before the villages of Cramoiselle and Oramaille. The general advance was about two miles, and six hundred Germans were made prisoners. The most important gain, however, was on the upper western point of the *V" southeast of-Fere. Here the village of Cierges and the Menuiere wood were taken, a manoeuvre which places the Germans in a seemingly precarious plight, for from -the wood and the village the allied guns will be able to rake the Germans if they should endeavor to make the:-* way towards nozthward, their only avenue of escape, by an enf.admg fire. Front Is Reduced Through the capture of the Meunicre wood the width of the v from thc fringes of the forest of Hootigny on rhe east has been cut down relatively for miles. As has been the case during the past week the Germans contested stubbornly the the advance of the allied troops, but all to no avail. Since the battle of" the Marne began on July 15, the allied troops have taken more than 34,000 prisoners. Just what part the American troops played in Thursday's battle has not yet been unfolded, but they doubtless everywhere on the center of the bat-1 tlefront were in the thickest of the fray. Between Scringes and Cierges respectively northeast and southeast of Fere, they are known to have made goodly gains over a four-mile front and to have pushed further beyond Sergy and reached within a mile and a half of the village of Chamery. On the British front in France and Flanders the bad weather has ceased, and the hot sun is fast drying up the muddy ground. The Germans are bombarding heaviiy various positions held by Field Marshal Haig's men, who in turn are answering the fire of the enemy's guns and keeping up with much success their annoying raids into the German lines. ■ i  Only two camps are now standing at Hodge Water. The wet weather o Hate has driven the others home. Reason For Optimism Battle of Marne Not Yet Over But Is Going On Well London, Aug. I.—No man should boast until the battle is over, but all men who know are pleased at the way it is going. Premier Lloyd George thus commented in addressing a dep utation of two hundred members of ihe national union of manufacturers whom he met yesterday for a discuss icn of after-the-war commercial prob lems. We must, necessarily, in whatever policy we proclaim, said the premier, keep in touch and be in complete accord first with our allies. There Is a good deal of discussion about a league of nations.. I am certainly one of those who believe in it, but there are two leagues of nations already in existence—the British empire and the great alliance against the central powers. Referring to the Paris resolutions, he said: Up to the present time America has expressed no opinion upon them, and it is vitally important that the policy of America and that of this country should be in completeagreement—on economic as well as other problems. An agreement among the allies means that the economic fate of the world will be in the hands of the great allied powers, federated together at present. DESTROYED 37 BRITISH PLANE. Berlin Claims Destruction of Number Of Aeroplanes H Berlin, Aug. I.—ln engagements northeast of Perthes in eastern Champagne, the enemy, after strong artillery preparations, endeavored to recapture a point of support which was wrested from him on July 30th. He was repulsed with losses. We carried out successful attacks south of Mont Fichte! and in the Argonne forest. The enemy lost on the front yesterday twenty-five airplanes in air fighting, and five from gunfire from the ground. Further, a British squadron of six big battle planes on its way to raid Saarb'iicken was destroyed by six of our machines before it was able to drop its bombs. We shot down another British battleplane out of the second and following squadron. ■ mm *  If thc weather is fine tonight the C.C.C. Band will give a concert in Victoria Park. 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