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NO MEDIATION U.S. WILL IEHISE AN OFFER OF EUROPEAN NEUTRAL III. 19T SUNK; TWENTY OF CREW HOWN •Nation arming itself If-—- WiishlnKton Hear Ue|H>rt Tluit Euro- • * - . |>ean Neutral MiKht Offer Me<lUt- 4lon to Prevent War With Ger many—-No Chance l/iiless Gernmna Cui*b Sub War Immediately—War Plana are Kushe<l. , Word that an European neutral might offer mediation to prevent open war between the United States and Germany has come to the ad ministration without causing sur prise or in any way affecting the gov ernment’s plans* for meeting the sit uation forced by submarine ruth lessness. Such a proposal is regarded as nothing more than another scheme fostered by Germany with the hope of confusing the issue and possibly dividing sentiment in this country while the destruction of American lives and ships on the high seas con tinue. At the state department officials would neither deny nor confirm that the government already had been ap proached on this subject, although it was admitted that some such move was not unexpec ted. * It was emphatir cally stated that no suggestion of mediation or discussion would be considered unless it was accompani ed by abandonment of illegal a»- ftaults on American shipping, a course to which there Is no reason for believing * the imperial govern ment Is giving a thought: The feeling in all quarters is that * United States has with infinite lence and forbearance done every- ng possible wfth honor to avoid virtual state of war now existing tough German aggression So long aa this aggression continues, officials as* there la nothing to be done but nthipt measures of defense and no basis exists for discussion * * Muring the ten days that must elapoe before Uong*e*» a*ee ruble* tn response to his rnll. President tRTtl* son a ill give close personal atten tion to the preparations going for- ward throngh the war and navy de partments He ana in twwch with b*»th of the departments (*ne af libs dalles he performed .see the signing of a formal procla- mat»oa suspending the eight hoar Inn as applied tn plants engaged **o naval ot»rh a slap a at hoc I red by Unwgreea as a part af the general plans fee speeding op osnatrarthsn ge-refer* Hater ns chairman of the rwwnrtl af national defense roll ed the *eoo«t! and its ad**sor* cam* mtttee of Heads ef great indwatrtnl iam ■ m« to meet in Washington Hat W9de> tw disease Hew mnch mere need la nereaanry tn pet the ewnniry Hi a state of ede isate preparedness fen defense The rennet! already Has aerem pltshed aenderfal res alts lenard the moHittsatmn «f alt the oat ten's re aearvee and these will he savveyed at Hstardar • meeting Ham eel Gem ppes as chairman of the ^eanrtls committee on lah—r issued la* its * fions tn a large pamher of woehmen. employ era and sc Is ntftsts te arrept meaihrrship on the committee and p«trwd its Ar«t meeting on April • > Additional efferta to stimalate re rr alt ins ter t he nnty aere tannehe I daring the day The reai*t»nas- to the fe* rail tag sreatce daring the last fes m«*ntha has been the hesl on record, hat He» retary Itaniels is determined to All np promptt* to the fall author ti*d strength of * I '••*** men Word a as reserved that every ahtphaildlAg plant • apahle *»f build- lag destroyers a«>uM he represented at the •lepartment Saturday* nhett a great numbef of building orders will The department plans to build to the full rapacity of the yards, and tf ** number of destroyers to be or- '^■btcd cun he determined only when ^^Bt capacity is known. A standard boat, the thirty-five knot ves sel. designed last year, will be order ed to hakten construction The newly created compensation board of the navy will discuss de tails of the destroyer orders with the builders and determine the steps to he taken. The hoard also will hold its first conference Saturday w'ith the huilderiii recently % awarded contracts for battle,cruisers. * # The department is receiving an encouraging number of communica tions from former sailors saying they .w ill present themselvea for sorvic# in > the event of war. * * Most of thesfr* men have not enter ed any branch of the naval reserve because they have married and do not want to - be called to the colors for any but an actual w’ar emergency. The only army order given out was the recall of. the Twonty-secoiid Infantry from the border, assigned to Governor’s Island, N. Y. . The regiment is destined to be' used in connection with spring train- Hiuatdanl fHI Tanker llru«rny«xl Wltft- out Wanting—Hhip I narmed. Ha* IVfrtdeum Cargo. American Consul Muhin at Amster dam cabled the atate department Thursday night that the Amertcp.n simmer Heahlton. Sunk by a subma rine Wednesday, of Terschelling. Holland, was torpedoed without w'arntng and that twenty of the crew' were drowned. The consul's dis patch follows: “Standard Oil ship Healdton, from Philadelphia, for Rotterdam, cargo oil, torpedoed without warning 8.15 evening of 21st, twenty-five miles north of Terschelling, Holland. Twenty of crew drowned. One died of injuries. Others (taken) to North torpedoing. More details to follow.” „The sinking of the Healdton adds another grave chapter to the story of war waged against American ship ping by Germany to be laid before Congress by President Wilsdn at. the special sesison he has called for April 2. It can cause no immediate change in the situation. Since the destruc tion of three American ships last Sat urday and Sunday administration of ficials have considered that a state of war existed, and it is to meet this situation that Congress lias been summoned to authorize steps beyond the arming of merchantmen. The Healdton was unarmed, hav ing left port before the president au thorized the navy to furnish guns and gunners to merchantmen. Her fate serves to heighten the profound interest with which the government and the public await, the time when an American vessel pre- pared and ready to send a shell Into a hostile submarine on sight will en ter the war zone. f AATME REAULATHNS ' FIR TIE AMERICAN PIES Kulm A crept rd bjr the tl*ra of the KMuctpul t # Aannclatlotifi. WHAT DOES IT MEAN MERMAN RETMEAT IN TME VEST TOLD BY EACH CAPITAL HOW WAR WILL START llu«tlhtk'« r«»mmenre llrfore Itorla- ralhui Hc*q*lte Hogue Rule. Although The Hague conventions of 1017, to which both tba United }i(ate» and Germany are signatories, declare that hostllltlea shall not be gin without formal notice to belllg erents as well as ncuirmio. II Is rr* ngaiaed that The Hague treaties have been so openly disregarded during the war In Europe that no com pit- sure with them may he etperted a It h any ronAdeUee. The pforedewte of history show that the great ma|oftty of the world • conflicts have been begun before for mal declarations ef t>ar uere made According to sutborlttea on tutor national low a condition of oar arose# in throo noyu: 1 A decftoratiou of oar S A proclamation nr maatfeota dot I* ring that a state of war ex lets 1 Through the rommtsoOon of Hostile acta of force One authority oh internalhsool law dewrthing nays in uhtrh Hootihtieu I may begin ntthoot formal declare | Hon uayu * Arts of fare# by oat of reprisals or dprtng a part Ac block ade or durtng an inter vent Ion might bo fhrethty rostrlsd haetitltiee breaking out in thni way "* OPPOSES ARMER SNIPS H«41ood to Hot •Isety Anns* Marlows to ’Regulations for thu guidance of tha press of the United States In handling news In the present emer gency, framed by* officials of the state, war and navy departments and accepted by representatives of the principal press associations, were made public Saturday. The regula tions are as follows: . “In view of the desire of the press of the country to retrain from the publication of information harmful to the public interest, and with the intention of securing thQ. maximum publicity, with the least Injury, there- tof the following regulations are hereby issued for its guidance, w ; hich it Is earnestly requested to be close ly observed: “Regulations: “1. No information, reporta or rumors should be published which tend to disclose the military and naval policies of the government of the United States. This regulation is directed against the publication of any news or comment which might reveal the strategic disposition or operation of armies or their sub-divi-/ siojjs, or the fleet or its sub-divi- slons: any measures which might be adopted in consonance with the de partment of State for the furtherance of American defense, and, in general, any plans for the use Of the army and navy during the existence of a national emergency. ”2. No information, reports, or rumors should be published which tend to disclose: “(a> Movement or employment of armies and their sub-divisions; fleets and their sub-divlaions. “tbi. Movements of vessels of the navy or their arrival at or departurw from any port **lr) Departure ’of men hant ves sels should not be mentioned ^and it Is desired that the name of the port of arrival be omitted • **ldr Assignment or movement, a bet her as groups or individuals, of officers and men of the military and naval establish moats • **tm Transportalloo of malls, sup plies or munitloao «f i Ittformsttottofatts dralttjy^ tawav'Aw 71# TSol iHnftHw. or ora mattuf*rturer transport ok distnbu ttoa at Implettmats of war • **igi Uawrettirottott of military or •a«y supplies or lor at ion of verb supplies *^IH| AMI* It lea la or abs»m arse ttgla. fort i Ac at tons ar tpl poets aaval mnausittea. nary yard* naval boons and radio stat lews **A 9*nMlrttilna of gay soaps dm gram* nr Ago res ttHkrH la any oat might seem ef ml!More nr naval Vttltttt 0 No moving p*v*t ucoo should displayed wHlrH g«e of OMHtgry or naval tola# Aay daaHtfwi matter attnuld submitted to «Ho aotbonaed reg aegtetlve of I He dofttfllMm ed a Ha aHalf give an immediate man theron# and hoop tHo ingniry made atrtrtly rmaAdeHtml **• If lu »s luoutsd that no mine mathmi reports of rosoars attrthtH mg g peltry !• the go uy a men i in any mtemattawaJ atiuttiigH^ hoi go tfewsetaod Hy tHo peoutdotM •* a mom Her of the vahtHet Ho puHlwHod witH »ot Aral ronauMlag the departmeHt W state BRIDPH TROOPS JOYOUS A dtspefeh to Neuter mm puny from AHsedgm SOi I W ing camp work and a regiment also will be sCYit to the central depart- for thnt imrpnKp. The Twenty-second has been un- (ler canvas practically continually since early in 1911, when it was call ed out for border service. Measures to speed up the con struction of aeroplanes were discuss ed at a meeting of leading manufac turers with the executive committee of the national advisory committee for aeronautics, t*' . Tire conference named four mem bers of the national advisory com mittee and three representatives of the Aircraft Manufacturing Associa tion to consult on construction and standardizing-types. -•The probable needs of the army ^Bf navy for the next two or throe were gone over carefully, to- TFtber with the quest loo of appor tioning orders to thooo fgrtortea boot . equipped for qngntNy gad of mobiltslnd tHo osoory in aircraft i Tetrc soya It to oHd»f»f*ad that tHo ImtHl •oyeramrut ba» lotimotod tHat it *a o« *4 prepared to alio a armnl A saeft pan mrrrHantmea In liutvH Hnrt>**ra A« rordmg lo the % tea In well in (••VUveil elfrle* * He Mutcli f* pi* to r*-t«rewntatlona avlaisui wut of the Mr»tt*l| Meamer D*vin'*eaa lleltta rase a-ativf^i* it*ry lrum tbr Kn- trUte »tandp**IM ** The steamer l*fiurea» Melita af- fiv*t! at the lltiok «*f Holland Man b au but grme»l. uaa ordered to depart forthwith, according to a lu»n- don dispatch, quoting the Mutch naval department aa authority. The steamer sailed but returned next morning and was (•ermitted to dis embark a sick prisoner and take on drinking water. A later dispatch from l*ond6n said the Itrltish govern- men would InsMt on defensively arm ed ships being permitted to enter Mutch ports. AM1T TME ARMY? LINING UP SKILLED LABOR Ulvil Service t'oiiiYiiis*don EnliMs Aid of CAovernnient. The, civil bcrvicc cximmission. whose agencies reach into every cor ner of the United State.!, has enlist ed .to aid the federal government in lining up the country’s skilled work men for public service in the interna tional emergency. In addition to in structing its 2,000 local boards of possible for work in navy yards, ar senals gnd other government plants, the commission has opened a waiting list of eligibles who might be called Mekr-v THO* «f Avttxttto* t«» Ho lloo4y If HwyoHoA Mrgardlag tka activities of Ibv oaf goponmsoi. ttorerfaev Hake* baa mods ibis siatrment to lb* t*« • •|>o p^ mvo: tlf fourse rtrrybody kaowa that the international sttuaitea ta tense The war departpN*nt. Ii\r every «tk ! er deportment of the governmont, la bnsy wtiH a *tg|r ill KmI Wllbout Ml- mpt on tlie part of the *1* part ment or anybody else to deter- n Ine wha’ that preparation la for, except to pat our naval strength in a sli.Re of etf.rlenoy •‘UverybiM’y realizes that this Is a sort of unnatural situation Wa are mak t:k preparations and buying sup plies and all that sort of thing and yet tt .» policy of the country la still to he determin'd hy the legislative body, lust what mill happen Is to be detenu :’ed by the president and Uongress. •‘All that you can say of the war department is that it is pressing ahead al! purchases of everything that will be needed to equip an army, if the army is to be called upon<” Movement Given Trench Veterans a "Wonderful Joy" n* They Sweep l*n<t Scores of Village*-—dterlin ■ u ■ • Declares Strategy Dictated Retreat and Instruction of Property is to Harass Enemy. J • ■ . *» - The ;retreat of the German army along UrWtde front is the source of much speculation. Bel w is the ac counts’ of the British and German war offices: - ^ —_—, — This story comes from the British headquarter* 4n France: The pursuit of the Germans by the British troops continues and at places shArp fighting ensued Tues day.'^ This was particularly true of the neighborhood of Uroinilles (north east. of St. Leger), which is still •ompanies. The armies have been in such lose touch at other places that field, fighting tactics have been employed, the men firing from skirmish lines. Wherever the British troops pene trate territory formerly held by the Germans, they encounter the saiqe conditions of destruction and devas tation as in Bapaume and Ueronne. Only a few villages have escaped, the Germans in these Instances hav ing been compeMd lo leave before their plana to lay waste could be carried oul. The use of cavalry by the British and French seems to have taken the Germans by surprise, upsetting some of iHelr calculations In one village supper, which bad been told oul. maa abandoned. !p- gathef with much ammunition, and m other places aemly-opened boles of high explosive* were found with oklrh the .Germans had planned to lealroy Hie villages before leaving MMMHntoManMwtoHmwmmnwMmsnmnannHRmMWMMmMuwMMMnnsMw- ^ ^wm TWel l Hr x tarn* VtorwMHtont rt»ora«Veeta4lr «*f 4< moots of (He • railing Into the fedaral aorvleo of fourtaen regiments of tHo Natlonsl Guard for polics protection purposes was announced Sunday by tho war department. * Tho Second Virginia Regiment was Included In tho call and A and B companies of tho £tr*t Georgia Regiment will not be mus tered out. , The department Issued this state ment: “Many states have deemed It ad-, visable to call out. the National Guard for police purposes of protec tion. As the necessity for such steps arises from issues which are more national than local, it has been deemed advisable by the preeldeht to call into federal service for the above mentioned purposes the fol lowing organizations of the National Guard: t “Massachusetts Second and Ninth regiments; Pennsylvania First and Third regiments; Maryland Fourth Regiment; District of Columbia First separate battalion; Virginia Second regiment; Vermont-Ckimpany B, First regiment; Connecticut First Regiment; New York Second and Seventy-first regiments; New-Jersey First and Fifth regiments; Delaware First battalion. First regiment. “The following organizations In the federal service will not be mustered out: Thir teenth Pennsylvania, A and R Com panies of the First Georgia.” C ♦ tnarnuii ARMER CONVICTS SWT ROWN IN FNRT VTTM FOSSE * • • * CHAPTER FULL OF RLIOI 'V RAIDER SLIPS HOME (•crmaii Urul»cr Mocwc (ictM After Second Urulite. Rack •lor •Ho km *"vH. AN by I Hr rrrThe Entente Allies in case of war between the United States and Germany are under considera tion informally by the Federal Re serve Board and other government officials. - Two courses are said to have been presented, one, the placing of u^n- eral credits} to. Entente govorpments ip this country by ^Individual banks to a greater extent as heretofore; the ofcher, official action ■'by 4 the Unit ed States government in placing n large sum at the disposal of the En tente. O' Should the latter course be adopt ed. It Is thought probable that tho government would raise the sum de sired by a bond issue to be dealgnsb- ed for tHmt purpose, the proceeds to be loaned as seeded to France and Greet Britain and tn Ho still In tk# m*? not Ho| April t UNCLE SAM CALLS HALT Uialmn Revolutionist Must Stop Work in New York. Tiie state department announced Sunday night Dr. Orestes Ferrara, leader of a Cuban revolutionary junta, with headquarters in New York, had hern informed that liis sc- tivities in the Unimt STTTtes were nb- noxtous to the government and that Pr, Ff'rrfirn hnH agrnod t» atnp- far ther agitation. The revolutionist junta, spread reports through Cuba that the United States was about to intervene during the recent uprising there.* Murch has been spending the winter here. CALL FOR VOLUTEERS TcnncwiMW Solon Expect* Request for Soldier** From UitUcn**. A call for volunteer* to form ad srmy of one million men will follow tbs convening of tho special oe*»ton of Concrete on April ?. In the. opin ion of Honator-oloct K D MeKollar, foflier member of the Honse null- tar? effairs eommitti Ho said Ha ts horovor a bwitdiog wee ope rod M wee A rot veadefod Altby a THo or der* atoo dtoowad IH# eaeonsHMac of HMH *o «Ho aetcHHevHeed of an woOs for the porposo of roatassiaaHag ta# eetet Tito dootrartloa of finN tfooo how epporoatly rotors VHo aolira bolt of ovoMtotod tot filer y o*oo tHooo rliagloa lo wolto ooro olrtppod off I* oao a hoodooed poaltloa a tors* btork rat ooo looad Hailed to ee arrtgbi Hoord A rap ooo oa No Hoad oad e f-gar eae us its steosH A RrttSaH oHaorvaitoa pattf oork tag f cpf M d oa iMaroeHorH bod a rat Hot rtrtnag oxportoaro TW pa tfal aoa attacked otifc mocklao g«e Are Hy tbroo Oraiaa airploaoa wHirb owoopod vary too Hot failed to Hit any mess bet of tw party l*viaoHrra roreatly «taken aproor eat^|«r|) bewildered wton ledd of (He extoni of IW ttormoa rviifoseoai TWy • sold they ibongHt tt e grval ioke n ton t Hoy a rot Henrd of M. *te* a*pp»—|t noa atdrl? for IW t*n»p«a*r of sotting tbr HritiaH drop er and dreprr into tW mad nf tW Somme U Ik*ii It ram# to abnodoolag poet lion* that bad bom foru'««l nltk >eara «*f labor, tboro ana mncH do- t^ertuan guna that formerly boomed along the Somme aoom to ha*e boon utterly anallowrd sp. There i*, no longer doubt that tbo main German forree had already In atalh'd tl»em»elvea oa s lino befort Uambrla and St. Quentin, but flrot^ rould be aeon beyt/hd (hta line* as If tho rotreat had noi yot boon carried out to tho full limit. In the meantime, the picture be hind the British lines is one of great est activity. Movement has given the army wonderful j©y. Berlin wireless to Tuckerton: The German evacuation of Bapqume. Roye,,Noyon and Peronne is but part of a great' strategic undertaking which promises to revolutionize war- fare on the entire westorn front and constitute one of the most decisive moves in the war. Just as a month ago the Germans evacuated an important sector on the Ancre but kept the fact secret for a week w'bile the British bombarded empty trenches, so the report show’s 1917-on any front The sector, in cluding the evacuated cities, virtual ly covers the great Somme battle front. > ' . The German auxiliary cruiser Moewe has returned into a borne port of the navy from a second cruise In the Atlantic ocean. It waa announced by the German admiralty. Tba Moewe. according to the statement, raptured twenty two steamships and fl*e soiling ships, aggregating 123. I §it tons grooa "The German auxiliary cruiser Moewe has returned Into a Home port of tk* navy from a oarond cruise id the Atlantic Ocean, whore ato stayed f«*r •everal ntontha under com of Burgrave and Uonttt tro4 TW ship raptured lVfHtl*iHt end A*e ■alilnc tawaola tallb a greae tannaco of-121,loo TW? included loeoty one knelt to ateaoM* of wHlrH eight ooro armed, and A«o to tW oorvica of tW HcftloH admin ty. aa well aa leer Hostile sol I tag skips Among tW « moo la captured Hy tW Meeoe ooro IW YoHolro. on Keg lMb otoomor of Ml! tone groan, lo toltoo* carrying a toofi* gaatlntoiot cow t W Vocoogtoo of so mot HoHH tovg af I.As! tone gfwoo. and tw ■mmi WNMfeAk Mk Kh-onilnent Politician * of Alabama Who Wo* Facing Death Hen ten ce - for Mimler of His Itlvnl^nt the Polls Is KiUed While Lending a Dash for liberty. • - v • . ^ • - ■ The final chapter in what 1a be-/ leved to be Alabama’s most sensa tional murder case was written Tuesday night when David D. Over ton, former official of Huntsville, under a sentence of death for the murder of Judge W. T. Lawler, his political rival, last summer, was shot and killed by a posse of deputy sher iffs near .Birmingham. Overton met death In a fight in which he and six companions engaged after they had escaped from the Jefferson county jail early Tuesday. Tony Malino, another fugitive. member of the escaped band, was . mortally wounded. Four of Over- tons companions fled when the fight with the deputies began •“and are be ing pursued by the posse. None of the deputies were Injured. Malino was under a death sentence . for'the murder of a peddler in Bir mingham several months ago and l^*them had been Indicted on a charge of forgery. The aeven pris oner - fled from Birmingham about t o’clock aftet overpowering two war dens and n turnkey. They wore heav ily nrmed Thoroughfares In every direction out of Birmingham were eoarcked and late In the evening the police wero Informed by a negro that tW prisoner* were la* Aiding bock of Owoaton College This collage to ottkla |AA yard* of tW bom# of Solicitor Joseph H Tate, who tool fall rapraaeotod tW •tat# la tW proaarntton of Overton Fifty shots wore Arad In IW bot tle. which ohs In a weeded told bock of IW col toga, la IW *amudonh Ton HIrmIngham, guided Hy a negro In- former onrmnHdod tW aacnpod men. and soon waao joined Hy etodooiA from tvoaoion •«»! •*• Thai tod Hi a chone after Overton*e mmpookwm ohm tw Mag Wgi (Henon. owned with a rtOo. tW Are of IW officer* atone al Artog tw Aral eh«L II nan toAd wue >nood by Holton end end «W tvto opnoronftf Avogho ko a MANNINi FOR WAR mm On* H I togioo Tuaadvy on Hm oar HnrA kn rofumAOn from Ww York Ho win A roller at IW White Hvoon end sow As* mottos HoAet end I mo tola Al i W H HMe I loose the governor vmd W Hod oppfevod tW tonrvo of Rtwo- blent Wltoon. Hot Ikol ’ IW people are hoo cinnwWHg for war * nod iWt W tlW geverwer * wwv etth them **| Wte boon for paoco notII ro- tewtly,*’ *o 4 tie* kfanning "but IW exposure of the Germee«pio< to Mb- volte Moabro sod Jopon m oar recent German •ubmnnne nrtivtttoa Wte ron tine ed mo that tW Unto for Oct too Wa cawao. *1 am not for Wlf way msaanr* ■ I believe our navy ahenld ro aparnta vttb llpr navtoa of tW Allton tn ox- terminating •vbmartnea I think (bat Uongreo* abonld W railed together Jnet a* quickly ne poaelble an that n«greaoA*o nrtion can W token TW people of tw nation. I think, wITI aland solidly behind tW provident In any forward steps W may take ** n ti SINKS BATTLESHIP Sub send* Frmafi Warship to Hot- tnm. Hays RcrUn. Berlin reports: A German subma rine. commanded by Lieuf. Capt. Mo- raht, March 19, in tlje Western Med iterranean, tank a large French bat tleship of the Danton clasa protected by destroyers. “The battleship was running a zig zag course. Immediately after being hit she listed heavily and capsized V5l Jnittulea later, ^ Warships of the Denton class dis place 18,028 tons- The complement consists of 681 officers and men. IW jaR yard There IW? ad Warden l<*m Lo vender Overton, armed ettk n and Malino with n moor. An tender into tw jail kitchen i hta keys TW fegttlvea ll coaded to IW street, and Mocks away gel in A small kilo A negro teamster wW stood neer tW mock Ine told IW police W Word the driver any: "Hurry up* Hurry up* File to quick* ** # * • TW curtatu* were cloeed and tW automobile drove away. When the ocas of thn jail doll vary had spread posses were formed In nearly every town within fifty ml leu of Birmingham In Hantavlllo Htl- zenl organised n band to search for. Overton and bin companions In tba event he should go In thnt direction. Reward* were offered by the city and state, and circulars were sent broad cast giving desoriptlona of thn fugi tives. “With the fronts as long qs th^y are in this war.” said a high German inijitary authorTtyT^and Kith, the enormous amount of enemy territory held hy our troops, there is no par ticular military significance attached to any especial section of the enemy territhry. Therefore we can give up a portion of the western front, se cure for our troops that freedom pf movement needed and end trench warfare. . -• “The giving up of this portion of our front puts an end to all their finely laid spring offensive plans. Ever sitfre November hundreds of thousands of men have been nt work bwHdlifg trenches, munition depots, railroads and cable lines to prepare for tbo bigreat spring offensive of tbo way Nov nl oho blow nil that to gooo for nothing “In tW (non of our withdrawn! nil this to uootoov Four months oork worth. They must make entirely new ones to cope with the situation. "It is most important to remember .that the new positions we are taking of Mip back of the old froht are built with tbo aid of every possible device developed by two and a half years of warfare. The old positions w'ere the result of rfiFT^reaTfing off oT the un- JYlany poriiorm of our ponitlona were held only with tire greatest difficul ty/;... The trenches were difficult to maintain and the artillery observa tion points, so important in this kind of warfare, were few. “The new positions are laid out in the best possible locations with the finest of ohservatlqn points and deep concrete shelters for the battery positions. While the enemy to com ing up to them he will be ip tho greatest possible difficulties Tf.moelf move to forcing - ' a’great destruction of a beautiful part of France Yet the d*-*tmction to not so great aa tho devastation infltctod by tho British and tW French on tk# Romms bat tlefield When tbo Entente refused our petco proposal It took . tW ro- aponslkitlty of Uto dostmrtion upon itaMf It to a oaf monowra Wn or* rnmpetlnd to tok# tt to ca/ry owl A military plan to moot tw Mg often- uOvo too biowto Wd ptonwod CALLS MORE TROOPS Twenty Additional Regiments Order- «1 Out Monday. Twenty additional complete infan try regiments and five additional sep arate battalions oL National Tluard troops have been ordered into the federal service for the protection of property in the event of possible in ternal disorder. The troops have been"called but in eighteen western ami muldle western states not in cluded in the list of similar orders made public Sunday. The war department will not dis close the specific industries or other points to be guarded, and’ news papers will be asked not to publish information they may have on this point. • FATALLY SHOT BY NEGRO Moo From Itangor. Maine, Slain in IT. E. J. Murch. oft Bangor. Maine., was shot and killed nt Jacksonville Fla.. Tuesday aad tW police are koldlag Georg# | to fcs*i * Wn W