St. John's Daily Star, 1918-04-10

              the st john's daily star yc^uheiv 3.00 per annum wednesday april 10 1918 probs n winds cloudy cool no 8a foe aims new blow against british line germans troops endeavor to pierce defences in sector of armentieres biitish premier expected to introduce irish home mule bill huns resume drive further northward f^ewal of foe offensive is reported as oc curring in armentieres sector e dto hand fighting occurs and british line holds firmly 1 tamed an incessant fire on all roads and railways news of the fighting is at present fragmentary but the fighting is still progressing between givenchy and j the laßassee road on the southern ! flank of the attack the enemy appar ! ently has occupied some of pur for ivvard positions principally east of the village of leplanin but on the left flank north of givenchy it is reported i that the line is holding well a fierce hand-to-hand struggle is ' developing between leplanin and fleurbair the portuguese front being heavily attacked east of the hamlet of petillion where the enemy has ap parently gained a footing £/___ the weather has cleared and the airmen are participating f the germans are heavily shelling tewns and villages near the fighting especialy bethune and esaires the germans are not having it all their own way at one point we arrested the assailants and took eighty prisoners the country in this sector is unfavorable for an offensive our defense forming a pretty deep network ■ » ■ the schooner valeria has reached halifax from harbor breton with ! iooo boxes smoked herring from the national.fish co i 3ndon april 9 via reuters ot : agency — telegraphing th british headquarters in this e\ening reuters corres 1 says the enemy has been us aiound south'of armen - veral days employing gasj ■ i trgely " i a similar outburst this germans at eight p'clock dvancing under cover of .:■■■. which limited the vision 1 hundred yards out patrols ies immediately opened fire i the iiis steps of our trenches \ manned with the utmost promp lilude ■ ' the bombardment had extended fror.ilaßi-.sse to fieurbaer taking in ; of he line held by the uese the extent of the infan ick is not yet certain owing to ■ snd communication with the line being interrupted by gun f i ' dvi airmen several days ago re abnormal activity of the en hind his line on this front i iemy troops were seen d also many mechanical id waggon trains were rmans in their shirt seen carrying ammuni ommunication trenches , oiiliy our gunners main-1 german agent is reprieved 8010 pasha given chance to make revelations to authorities earis april 8.-lshortly following the action of-^president poincare in refusing clemeiupy to 8010 pasha con victed of reason in acting as the agent of propaganda in france which caused the expectation that his execution would not be long delayed it was announced today that the military judicial authorities had granted 8010 a reprieve their action was based on the rep resentation of his attorney albert salles that the convicted man had revelations to make to the authorit ies finns tools of germans huns aid white guards in order to realise plans for dismemberment of russia aim to isolate central russia moscow april 9.—german assis ance of the government force in finland is parlj of a plan to gan control of northern russia and ci off the interior off european russr from the baltic to the arctic thi is the view of the finnish situatio of oscar tokoi former premier o finland and a commissioner for ths finnish rebel government made ir a statetment to the associated press m tokoi added that the german had reached a complete understand ing with the whije guards recen white guard actions in northern fin land he said had embittered the nor weghms and alarmed the species who fear that the white guards wil1 invade their territory bolshevik cause lost london april 9 with the arriv al of the germajns in finland,'the red guard cause is lost and the fal of helsingfors is expected in the near future says reuters correspondent of the post telegraphing monday the germans demand the disarm ament of the forces as well as of the warships in finnish waters before friday he reports and the russian commissioners agreed to comply the germans have distributed by air planes a proclamation declaring that any damage to the fleet or shipping in the ports or to land defences would be severely punished they likewise demand that the bolts and sights of the guns-on the ships and in the land batteries be loaded on barges and anchored in the put harbour of hel singfors off gustjafavard before ap ril 11th the crews of the russian ships are to return to russia with the ex ception that thirty men may be left ortttas-dsgadnoughts twenty on the cruisers five ortfa«««dj|stroyers and five on the submarines " ■"- -—» the germans base their demands on article six of the peace treaty a note attached to which allowed the russian fleet to remain in finland until the ice is melted the germans the correspondent adds detained fout members of the russian dele gation owing to the military consid i erations *-—. ■ german attack is anticipated foe artillery vuuwcutratet against british battlefront with the british army in france bjrthe a p april b.—lntense hos tile artillery work has been proceed ing at various points along the brit ish battlefrqnt throughout the night and this morning north of the river scarpe and south of the somme riyer german guns are conducting an unusually heavy bombardment such as hereto fore has indicated an impending at tack no infantry action however has been reported up to three o'clock thisf moi-niir ■ , •" airmen drop many bombs sprinkle explosives over foe troop concentrat ions and transports be hind the lines engage the enemy with machine guns london april 9.—tne official statement on aerial operations last night says the visibility was good through out yesterday a tremen.dous artillery duel continued to rage at various points along the new battlefront in the british zone particularly fierce was the gun fire below the somme where the germans are making such strenuous efforts to break through to the northwest and occupy amiens a german attack had seemed to be forecast by this great cannonade on sunday and several good targets were engaged by our low-flying ma chines whose pilots dropped ten tons of bombs and fired a great many ourids upon hostile troops and trans ports on the battlefront south of the somme the hostile aircraft were act j ye six enemy machines were wrought down in the air fighiing and [ line were driven down out of control i two were shot down by our anti-j ircraft guns four of our machines | ire missing during the night five and a half ' ons of bombs were dropped on the ouai railway station and on ba jaume ■ » « . caused scare at baltimore lot slag dumped into river ex plodes and shakes city baltimore md april b.—hot slag being dumped into the river at the sparrow point works of sic bethle hem steel company early today caused a terrific explosion which hook the lower part of the city and orought many persons living in the southern and eastern sections from their beds as at first it was thought there had been a serious accident and this feeling was heightened by the refusal of any information at the steel works when enquiries were made by telephone later chief of police " robb of sparrow point said that hot slag caused the explosion and that no accident of any kind had occurred at the steel plant the dumping of slag into the river is a nightly occurrence and it is generally accompanied by an ex plosion this time however the ex plosion was unusually heavy more time plea of hindenburg can't develop plans in hurry hun leader tells kaiser amsterdam april b.—kail rosner war correspondent of the lokal an zeiger of berlin says that field mar shall yon hindenburg in the course of a report to emperor william on march 2.lst the day the present bat tle began remarked we must wait a battle is a living thinlg we must allow time for every thing to mature our plan is devised on a great scale our work will be effective it requires only time yarnofhuns ' diluted lie premier clemenceau ex poses falsity of austrian claim that france ask ed for peace foe leader tries to hide confusion paris april 9.—the office of ptemier clemenceau lias issued ■ the following statement a diluted lie is still a lie count iczernin told a lie when he said that j sometime before the german offen ! sive began premier clemenceau caus ed him to be asked if he was ready to open negotiations and upon what basis as to the passage in the man uscript note bf count revertata when he says he acted for austria to obtain from france peace propos j als the text is authentic and count jcz^rnin has not dared to dispute it to hide his confusion he tries to maintain that the conversation was resumed at the request of clemen ceau unfortunately for him there is a fact which reduces his allegation to nothing namely that clemenceau was apprised of the matter on nov ember 18 1917 that is to say the day after he took over the ministry of war in a communication from i the intermediary dated november 10th and intended for his predecess or - for count czernin's contention to be true m clemenceau would have had to take the initiative in the ques tion if he was premier thus count czernin is categorically contradict ed by facts french troops cheerful and confident of victory sowiexs.offrance manifest highest~morale—french command using only barely sufficient troops to stay the onrush of the germans with the french army in " france april 7—tho twenty five divisions have been used up by the germans in the last four days in the effort to break through the french line and reach the railroad running south from amiens all at tacks have been checked by the won derful resistance of the french some of whom were thrown into the line as soon as they arrived on the battle field the germans are obtaining only insignificant results from their at tempts to advance compared with the numbei^bf troops engaged which is at least th*ee times more than the number of french defenders the cheerfulness and confidence with which the/french troops go into action is most remarkable they feel they are better than the enemy sorry america was brought in german papers admit provocation of u s to war was unwise amsterdam april b.—nearly all the german newspapers received here contain long articles devoted to the anniversary of the entry of the unit ed states into the war many journals indulge in specu lation regarding germany and some come to the conclusion that it was unwise to array the united states a gainst the fatherland huge casualties british lost 500,000 men on somme and french 240,000 at verdun new york april b.—james m beck former assistant united states attorney-general stated in an address here last night that he was violating no pledge in stating that the british casualties in the battle of the somme last year numbered 500,000 and that the french lost 240,000 men killed in verdun german papers admit england bid not provoke present war full publication in germ any of statement of for mer german ambassa dor at london saddling on germ an shoulders london april 10.—german pap ers containing the text of the ob servations which the former german foreign secretary herr yon jagow made in reply to the memorandum of prince lichnowsky wherein the former german ambassador to lon icjon blamed germany for causing the world war have now reached england yon jagow was presumab ly set forward to counteract the ef fect which the publication of the lichnowsky revelations in the vor waerts and other german papers had had in germany but in the course of his three column article m the deuts che allegemeine zeitung he confirms what is most material in them the london times points out that the eagerness with which he fastens on a few trifling errors in the memor andum serves to increase the insig nificance of his-admissions he bears out the assertion that in 1913 eng land was prepared to enter into a friendly agreement wsth germany she was ready to meet us he says and he adds i don't intend to.ad opt the theory now widespread a mong us that england was the origin ator of all the intrigues leading to the war on the contrary i believe in sir edward grey's love of peace and his genuine desire to arrive at an understanding with us but he had allowed rhimself to become too hope lessly entangled in the network of franco-russian policy • commenting on capt persius statement in the berlin tageblatt that an understanding ought to be easier now that we have heard from the two opposing sources from yon jagow and lichnowsky that england was not responsible for the war as hither has been believed in wide circles in germany the westminist er gazette says for some days past we have been waiting expectantly for this la observation for it is extreme ly unlikely that the publication of the lichnowsk'y memorandum would have been permitted at this moment and still more that yon jagow would former german foreign secretary yon jagow ad i i mits sir edward grey | worked hard for peace . and that england's at : titude was pacific , i substantially have confirmed lic'nnow ; i sky unless a powerful section of the . official wotw desired this inference to be drawn home rule for irish and conscription too lloyd george expected to announce to com mons today proposal for measure of self government for ireland british premier urges necessity for increased man-power ireland like st of kingdom must share in war sacrifices london april 10 several < of she morning newspapers say ; that there is reason to believe i thai premier lloyd george in : | unds to foreshadow in ills | < speech today ihe introduction . i shortly of a home rule meaxtfe i which would set up an irish parliament at dublin with c j safeguards for the protestant , minority and a compromise on | the much-discussed customs ( question according to one j pap;r the new biil also pro ] vides for an executive rcspon ; sih'p/to tae irish parliament ] bu vv'ilh no control over naval . army and foreign affairs , ' ondon april 9.—premier uoyd ] george announced in the house of i ommons this afternodo that the fi rish convention report had been j lid on the table premier llcyi eorge told the house of commons ■ jay'that when the battle on tire | omme commenced the total combat it strength of the german army oa he west front was approximately , qual to the total of the entente llies lloyd george said his m&n ower proposals would involve ex treme sacrifices by a part of the pop ilntion of great britain the cambrai battle he said was ' a very small event when compared to the recent battle anci until the strain had relaxed it would be difficult to find out exactly what had happened j in the course of his speech the british premier said we have now entered trie most > criiiod period of the war there w a lull in the storm but the hurricane is not yet over the fate of the em pire of europe and of liberty may depend upon the success with which ihe last german attack is resisted and countered the premier said the cabinet had token every step to hurry reinforce ments the number qi guns and prisoners taken had been exaggerat ed grossly by the germans the min istry of munitions the premier said had been ablei to replace the guns and there were substantial reserves left the cabinet was confident the army would be equal to the next en counter mr lltfyd george said the cabinet had decided to recall general gough who was in command of the fifth rarmy against which the germans made the principal gains until all the circumstances of his retirement were known however it would be unk.ir he said to censure him " w prepares big attack having gained an initial success mr lloyd george went on the en emy wc>s preparing a great attack and it would be a fatal error to un derestimate the gravity of the pros pect ; in view of the critical period sr.id the premier he proposed to sub mit to parliament today certain re commendations in order to assist the country and its allies to weather the s!or:n he regretted to say that these n ;>" ~'; involved extreme sacrifices on rh - pert of large classes of the population and nothing would justify them except the most extreme neces . i;y and the fact that the nation was for all which was essential and most sacred to the national life used great forces the germans attacked with 97 di vision approximately 1,160,000 men • the premier told the house they v-.c relying on the idea that the allie had no united command and exoecled to divide the french and british armies at one time of v ba'.tle ihe situation was critical tlr . ie broke through between ihe lirli-j a-id fifth armies the situ a ..: was retrieved by the magniii shows marked improvement position of allies grows more fav orable on french front washington april b.—every day finds the allies in a better position to resist with definite success the german offensive according to an official review today by the british military attachee here ihe french british and american reserves are pouring in daily to help check the german drive ■ m t—*t 40 are injured in train wreck two trains run into freight wreck on new york central road albany new york april b.—tht j empire state express which left nev york this morning for the west anc train number 16 east bound fron buffalo collided with a freight wrecl near amsterdam shortly after noon the easlbound train is reported u have overturned into the jvlohavs i river doctors and relief trains hay been ordered from nearby points forty injured new york april b.—about for i passengers were injured but noi i were killed in the wreck on the na j york central tailroad west of al ! sterdam this afternoon according t j a report received at the railroad j offices the report did not state whether any of the passengers would die brilliant work of cavalry opposing huns offensive i british horsemen played ! prominent part in suc re~sul resistance to orc hun drive reliev ing infantry of much o their heavy burden ' ptith the british armies in " x.e april 7.—no finer | cha-xt has been provided from the | story or the british defence since the german offensive began than that fur nicked by the cavalry never during t!ie present war had horsemen been i't.cn the chance which they had in ! this more or less open warfare and i iht-y mack the most of it they have i been here there and everywhere j filling in gaps strengthening the linej i and covering the retirement of the iinfantry they have been brilliant | and i key thoroughly enjoyed every i minute of it despite the gruelling en gagements the correspondent saw long lines of cavalry oh the road yesetrday they were battle-worn and plaint showed the mark of hard fighting more than one trooper led a riderless sets hun losses at 300,000 men u s officer's estimate of foe cas ualties in big drive with the merican armies in france april 8 an american of ficer who has iust returned from the battlefield in northern france where he has been virtually since the begin ning of the german offensive esti mates that thus far the germans have lost at least 300,000 men in killed wounded and missing this officer formerly was in the british army and is familiar with all the conditions of the struggle . ■ « turks occupy van constantinople april 9.—after violent fighting says an official state ment issued yesterday by the turkiih war office turkish troops have oc cupied the town of van on the bank of lake van in turkish armenia ■' ♦ » the steamers neptune and rangtrr will finish discharging their seals this aflcrngon ■ continued from page i 1 continued o.a pag a f continued on page 3 tcaeas we job cnw ■ ■ whin anmßu whm nrkv new art i 3raperies }' ■ f . ■ v pretty designs for | windows v quilt or 5 furniture coverings pi 27,34 and 36 inc|h wkle at 27 40c.&4j5c.yd.t ■ ———— —————— ——^^_^— art repps 4b irs®h wide i.l\q yard 1 1 quite an assortrr ent of i american 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