The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, March 21, 1918, Image 3
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SAWS MAKF PFArF AMERICAN Bl’ILT PLANES
UAL! (I iH/UlL iLAllLL SOON TO PROTECT TROOPS
RUSSIA BOWS TO THE HUNS
ACCEPTING HARD TERMS
iend reply to .wilson
Alrcruft l*i«»Knun l> Sixty Dayti
•» t* M • •
hind—Republican l*r«i>es VlWkly
ronforwces.
, Americap-butlt battle planes will
be ip France by July in sufflcent
quantities to assure adequate air pro
tection of the sectors held by Amer
ican troops. This statement rests on
the highest authority and was made
with full recognization of all failures
and disappointments that have hanr-
pered the development of the air
program.
Figures of the aviation situation
as well as facts and figures on every
other branch of the government’s war
preparations were laid before vir
tually the full membership of the
House military committee as they
were disclosed to the Senate com
mittee. Acting Secretary Crowell
again presided at the session at the
War Department, where the new pol
icy of taking Congress directly into
the confidence* of the executive
branches of the government was
launched. ,
The comment of - Representative
Kahn, of California, ranking Repub
lican member of the House commit
tee, expressed the sentiment of the
House members on' the new policy.
He said it means team-work by the
NO PEACE IN SIGHT
CENTRAL POWERS COMPLETED
IN HANDS OF JUNKERS
; • f—4r-^ • ■ •
RIOT OFmiTARISM
Attitude of Entente Rased l'i>on
Changed Tone of Gorman and Aus
trians, Who Fall Behind Military
lieaders. After Seeing Victory in
the Fast—Hihdenburg and liuden-
dorff Expect Decision.
No (ierman peace offer, no Ger
man |>eace hint has reached the
I'nited States. Had it ben received
it would have been spurned. Pan-
Germanism, militarism/ami auto-
tpcracy, the forces against which the
United States. Had it been received
. riot of triumph in Berlin. Their at
titude toward Russia and Kouma-
nia make a peace, at this time less
possible at any time since the war
cloud broke in 1014.
ed the* lamentable events which
mafked the beglnnllv* of the autumn
of 1914.
Vlt is to he. noted that perman
opinion does not realize the exact
extent of the success obtained in the
east because the people are looking'
today towards the west. Hlndenburg
said. regarding this:
fi ‘Things are * always the same,
people never appreciate at their Just
value the results^already obtained.'
“With the insolence of a fteeman
trooper, the commander of The Ger
man armies, who, since the battle
of the Marne, has met with defeat
in every eh counter with the French,
said:'‘France has dug her own grave.
She is -entirely under the rule of
England.’ ,
“Ludendorff added: ‘We can now
pass to the offensive in the west. If
this offensive is made it will be very
severe. It must be taken into ac
count that the enemy has at his
disposal a strong reserve of many di
visions and that it possesses a fine
network or railways for transporting
reserves at a point where they, are
considered necessary. We are full of
confidence" and we remain persuad
ed that the fight in which we are
to engage Svill end happily for us.’
“Ludendorff said it was of inesti
mable value to Germany to possess
such » general as Hindenburg. The
marshal interrupted him and observ-
! ed: ‘What is essential is the good mo-
rethmann-hollwegasked; |l|C«U fiFRIIAN ARMY
FOR TWO FRENCH FORTS 11 «LH!HA1! /MUM
Lenine Receives Ovations—Bolshe-
vikl Leaders Make Peace With
War in Their Hearts—To Use Un
just Peace as a Weapon Against
Bourgeois Nations, Especially Aus-
. i , ...
tria-Hungary.
Russia has bowed to the central
empires.. The hard terms of the
peace treaty submitted by the Ger
mans' at Brest-Litovsk have been
* .*•
agreed to ^y the all Russian congress
of soviets, in session at Moscow, in
spite of the opposition of an impor
tant element of th& Russian people.
There was a faction, however, that
registered its disapproval of the trea
ty, but the presence of Nikolai Len-
ine, the Bolshevik! premier, proba
bly, united his followers and ena
bled them to roll up a large majori
ty in favor of accepting the provis
ions of the German peace treaty.
President Wilson’s message of
sympathy to the Russian people was
received with marked applause when
It was read at the opening session
of the All-Russian C’ongress of Sov-
l!d‘pt..i r S%.wC*o”of JppTw-u'loIr i K.hnpredlrtH th.t | iy~m, ir ,. 'th.n half ofthe d ' 0 '«*t.‘.JTh , jyl<nowth.lon th. R«u.l«n moblllotion but lUo to
* r *»‘ re»ult» could be looked for | Mpect.d to utlcnd the Coq*™** were •'•IJ ^ Kr»n< c The RuMO-Prcnch •HI-1 Cta»mp»«** end Verdun r.elon.
from now on if the weekly confer- reported as voting also caKed com- * democracies of the tnre h|uJ mfcoWB by the whlle^rbrecht** started in the Stml*
legislative committees ment. * * 1 ^""i*** 1 * ■
Former Imperial Chancellor Admits
Truth of Instructions IMsclosed by
i '' *. /. • -
' Fnuich Premier.
' ' i.
In an interview published in The
Neuste Nachrichten of Berlin.Dr. von
Bethniann-weg admits the Truth of
the statement made recently by Step
hen Pinchon, French foreign minis
ter, respecting Germany’s attitude to
wards France at the time of the out
break of the war. i
(M. Pichon said that on July .31,
19H, Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg.
then German chancellor, Instructed
Qaron von Schoen, then German am
bassador at Paris, to demand that
France, if she desired to remain neu
tral in the war between Russia and
Germany, should hand over to Ger
many, as a guarantee of neutrality,
the fortress of Tout and Verdun to
be occupied until after the war.)
Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg says:
“The Russian general mobilization
furnished .indisputable proof that
those factors which wielded power
in Russia over the head of the em
peror desired war in all ctrcum
stances. My instructions to Baron
TEUTON TRENCH SEIZE#
The resolution reads:
von Schoen on July 31, 1914, have
Officials in Washington'dfo not I rate ot.-th^. German soldier’s. It is: been brought to light. But what
confess to know to what extent Ger- them that we owe our victory, j bave these instructions to do with
many plans to use her. forces in | I am convinced that this morale is Russian mobilization and the attitude
whole government on the enormous i policing the provinces Russia is com- j found throughout all Germany.’ ’’ j n f prance? Russian regiments were
problems Jhat face It. The figures re- pelled to. relinquish, or how muci The dispatch concludes with the on the march before these instruc
vealed to the committee; the imme-J farther German troops may penetrate, following French comment: * I tlons were written. The French gov
diate current demands of the war Russia itself. They were deep’y In-. “Thus do those express themselves emment simply declared It would do
program and the progress being made J terested in a dispatch from Moscow * Hr * at present moment the what the interests of France demand
in meeting them, he added, made it (which said the Russian factions were J'f® 1 **®* ( * B of th ° German nation, ed, • ’1 v i ou -i v h „._._ n th*
Hear that the country wa. still un.- deilarln g freely that peece will be Beneath apparent confidence their ' 0 n. could .erlou.ly doubt that I m/n/wn p r | n 7, and0^andIK,Ve
wakened to the enormity of the un- j temporary. The fact that only slight- *^ds can we had not only to fight against the | Albrecht of Wurtternburg The
i o * w.i.—a. Crown Prince's included the AUne.
FRESH TROOPS FACE AMERICAN
TRENCHES IN FRANCE
American Troops t’ontlnae Ttioir Ac-
4 ^ *
tlvity and Snipers Mre So Accur-
a «
ately That German Soldiers Soon
(‘ease Looking Over the Trenches
—Artillery Is Active.
Interesting possibilities are sug
gested by the revelation in Satur- <
day’s German official statement
that a new German group has been
created on the front in Not them
France. It is under command of Gen.
von Gallwitz, an officer previously
prominent in the Russian and Ser
bian campaigns, and apparently
transferred to the western front last
year and put in command of the Ver
dun sector Included within the front
occupied by the German Crown
Prince’s army group.
The German statement is so word
ed that the boundtries of the dis
trict under Gen. von Gallwltz’s com
mand can not be determined even ap
proximately. That part of the front
running east and southeast to the
Swiss border from about the vicinity
of Laoo on the Aisn# front had pre-
The All-Russian Congress of So- 1 ences with the legisla
vlets expresses Its appreciation to
the people of America and first of
Jill to the laboring and exploited
isses In the United States for the
ment. I ""H’’ attitude adopted by both countries I hie) region and extended to the end
are continued. The attitude of the American Oov- . ' * , . during decades that any war would 0 f the line The new von Gallwitz
It disclosed to the committee mem- ernment towards any Uerm&n move ^ »." la,er * n ^ f° r on two fronts and groun Is indicate,i as resting hetwi
b«r» that th* itUIIoo program li f»r| tovaid . ,. uer.. pe.c. «h. «• TXr* Un.„ p.b-1 iZVr'olTXZT Tj" A^h,
short of what had been hoped for.
pense of Russia la dtreetly in
ivlet republic la Ivlag through
most difficult trials.
“Tb# Russian Government uses
the occasion of the message from
President Wilson to etproaa to all
peoples who are dvlag and suffer
ing from the borroru of Ibis tm-
gerfullstlc war lit warm svmpaiby
and firm ronvtrfIsa that (be bap-
py lime la bear when Ibe laboring
masses in ill Bourgeois countries
will throw off the mnltaltet yoke
and establish a BoHalisi stale of
■nrlsty which tat the only one cap
able nf aasartag a permanent and
Inst pence as well as
and well being nf alt wbn loll 4
*Our front In the east Is now
taken any ip-
preelsble part nf Albrecht's sector It
I follows that of Ibe Americans In Ibe
• I aywlf VM MX is Ik* •Hcbtaat I facto* BonbwMl of Tool, al
doubt regarding this stale of affairs I AB <| probably those on tbs lias of
when tbs Instructions were seal tolLuaesllls are facing Ibe troops un
it a rog von Acboea. but pre* laaly
furthermore our enemies* own pub-
— II l-J — —. i ^ — — ( 7* »T V-Ilcatlons regarding the events of July I groans
•*afe sent by President Wilson Figures e*tfmatlng that deficiency In with the expression of Lord Robert ln lh s 1 ** No k " _ 1tl4. also testify that Rassla her- ifVoa Gallwlti has
o th* Uongrestt of fU,vlets la tht. percentage that have been quoted. | rscl, la tbs House of Uomuous. The general said the eaomv was wqLI^V"* France, a. Lriitahl" 2!" of aiw
when the Ruislan Rorlalisl | however, were shown to be wrong (that, even If such a proposal came rom# lo ottnru and would find uor-
The actual delay can be figured only f roIB Germany It would not be con • ,l< * ,h * ! ■ 0,
In point of time The airplane pro- ,idered Inclined to make pe.re he aould have
ductlon program Is sixty days behind War Itepartment officials are not ,0
what had been hoi»eii for by the most convinced that the German* are
sanguine officials The, foreign con- ready t» undertake . big offensive on
tract* which eas to have provided m* wsoUm frost despite advance
ths laitlal fighting equipment for notice* sent out from Germanr
Gen Pershing's air forces are still \\ hate%er Germany • program how
further behind There is every pros r *#r. America and the Allies. It was
pert however, that tome of the de- reiterated, are la the aar to w|a
lay will be made up and their stand against premature
Bvoa should the sixty days’ Inal pence Is as atmag as It baa boon I***"*. **!.* ** m9 99f0 gooply engaged In Ibo Irbn^&nSLm Mrtae la whteh
lime staad and eve. tbongb I be re ^y lime i. ibe past ^ Knot fall npo.
should be no deliveries on ibe Bam- Tbl* is as arc urate reflection of •*•*****••?• - ** banal- j ~| g 0 not need to point out In wbnl I need let I
bean coat met a Oen Perablng will re-, admlaletratloa seatimeai made svaiV J* stand InglU readiaess an our # drspemie position we show Id have I wg # , ^,
cetse a coastdeiable aumber of Amer #Wp ,* Wasblagton h * was tb# std# in tb# greatest abwadaacc ^eea placed In sorb a contingency I ^.
wan bnllt planes by July Estimates r „ mm +nt with which certain eg.* If tbe enemy wlsbee to attack only a nenimllty which wae aorurely fnr tbe effart
men material, aerial foce*. laali*.
evervtbiag ia fact. <
rd l« staadiag is
side ia the greatest
If the sue my wl*l
• f 'hr i mr required to get n r..m r*rpi» from the German press ef re- new M him 4# an He will find a*
The congress le being held la the p - ed battle plane frem ibe factnry , r# nt dale were made available ' 'ready If tbe enemy does net want
splendid banquet ball nf ibe N«.biii ^ m ibe Untied States in ibe Imat have | B odd Mien |n tbe eipr«--- <>aa nf bmee be wilt have to fight and Ibis
If Club, where former emnemrs of- been placed at ninety days. Tb# War ,be German prsea offiriala paint to fight will, nf mane be Ibe mam
ten were entertained Soldiers anil- Department la new concent ml lag Na f mr more slenifFaat detcirp tremendnns nf Ibe whale war. with
ts of arihtal Germaa *.-4 . aid we will nbtnl. a German
nf tba
ia the
»♦• farmed a maloniy offarts nf red nr lag that period with
deicssies pcesent M bright pmaperis »f ratting H In half
Speeding up efforts are belag di
rected also at even other
in Ibr aircraft program
it ml
ore sad pea*<
of the 1.144
Beardloff chairman nf tba
esamtlve rammltte# nf tb# congress
presided Tbe Bnlsbevibl member
somber Tit and there am thirty
eight Snrinl RsvnBHIanieta nf tbe
left Premier Ionise made tbe prin*
npaI seeerb bad received g grant eea*
lion He reviewed the bieterv nf Ibe
revetnttna sad smpbaetred tbe hares ’ *
site nf signing • aagre treaty M
Trhitrberta tbe a<Hac fr»r**lga mle
lstar reed the pence terms It was
derided that pence should be raneld
pence, net a doubtful
TO FMRT FOR CHARLESTON
JOFFRE SEES BAKER
1 la ibe last feu ueebs
|l ua* roust ('semis It Is point*
ed oat. ubo made lb# peace through
ubicb Rumsala uaa t broil led The
man eio apparently came closer to
, edmilMSg (be possibility of a Just
peace ibaa any other st*t *maa
promptly tamed around and made
ubat has bees rbafactertted as tbe
most ruthless application of German
pouer ubicb has yet been seen
# ^ _ Ryan ibe moderate llbemls oj tier- mwmm
Marshal Joffre called an Becre- many have been carried nngy by tbe be bad given blmeelf fur ibe dam-
Baber Monday aad tbe ear re- •mrreua of the German arm. accord- iiu. nf b>e trip In Trenton * to
doa through rs<ev
irated aniHury fire
in %i
Bess tor Ttllmaa wga buck In ble
aft tee at Washington Batarday bnv-, *
lag returned anwner than the limit
afford us prater i American ti
aa went unlity. I ^nor bare
I would alan Hbu to remind the I mg
|BbSmssm*. fUOJ
tit BMIkar tor* al ff***•#!** 10*rm,M 1* ,l
for France a neutmlity not in any I mid. and
Posy connected wiih tbe unfulfilled I Th« ti
taatructlons We sipreealy declared Ld ollb earn
that dnrlnmtlnn nf Fmneea neat ml I TkH t bough g small
|Nf HUf m >—>>*«■ Mrart —***,,*,. m*r%a tka StM
feyjfggBtBgjgBd^jr^gggig^gg^W—lMi gjpgMB Ir ^g MM
RAIDS CAUSE PANK (—fj-*-**.
ground than
The German* made only
tempts to retake the poe
•o At
tn
.>4 Bfi*r Itoi i.rr lai*r r««r**4 Ik* «»ll •< >k*|Ug o UUranu* r**rk!M Ik* Sal* •fe*«r'ik*~bUbiim *1 kto HIt* 1
^ |h# c#|fc .! ^ ,. rfc . lr
f the capita! fmm Fetm-jamrshar. headquarter* The aerre-
ibe election nf g new MB-1 tnry nlan efailed Get Tanhae li
gHtn ggmmlftee. BHgg, Ametimn representative on tbe
j anpreme war roanctl at Versailles.
•• r ooi yet nnd etparted to see President. Poin
care this e«anlng
Mr, Baker * party leaves for a
seaport town from which a
rill be made along
removal
emd and
tml e»ec ntlve committee
‘Peer* with Ibe rent ml pouers Is
ratified but our real
bonus
With this slngaa tbe bolshevik 1st
government, emerging from tbe All*
Rnseian euviet r eagre m etpenger i trig gf i
then ever because H pat through the {.* lines «>f comm unice lion t# tbe
mtlflcatlon bv an overwhelming vote j Adierireu headquarters
it
Report* from Germany say that
■ panics have been brought about by
- k.B-k. , * ' tBw Brit lab aerial attacks nn German | By the
oik party, wblrb wan on Inclined far man nf tbe neest committee nn hie, towns At UoMcati. gcvordlng tn
a peace tbrugb understanding where side of the capital, be oould try to (Usui dlspatcbou. there wem
the pope made bis last plea Is re- k#og m the naval appropriation Mil g| on (breaks nf Dm In Ibe
ported to have gone aver almost t# j anything far tbe Charleston yard j era portion nf Me town end i
,hr Mtent of half Ha membersk p to,that came over fmm lb# House, nnd altion factory was blow, na Tb#l'°
•kal k* ...14 ■■4*rtak* I. *Bt Ik* r.ll.., “ PHte.r. ... ••«
Charlestoa dock la tke bill whether a gala badly damaged Swiss travelers
provisioa for the 4e-foot eban-
satpora bars bona vary
both tact oca Boat of Lane
enemy snipers were aUaomd
ns On tbe Tool front
talking and eenn sing
rae boned within tbe enemy
Beveml times tbe
eel tn wnrb after momentous sesalon
ontllngtne Jbe mmpnlgn of Russia*
tbe Imperialists
Rvea tbe voice of Bcboidemaaa.
tbe anriallat leader, baa ant been
raised convincingly against tbe an
nexations and armgmnma nf tb# Rua-
wbat tbe
In a talk wttk newspaper rorres- «u n and Rumaalaa peace terms
^ pobdeata Mr. Baker said be was im-1 The Pan-Germans and officials nn-
Bii4lk*«orl4._*roJ*Urt«l pr*Mrf with tk* ror4l»litr °l th* r*- p*n op*alv bo«.l (kal tkro,(k tk* r y- ' ta.-pr^:
l enino* asserts, baa only begun to , | a n 0 n a exladng between tbe French ^
ael went (Nro .c u or not
The Senator does not fancy mak
ing tb# provision for tbe dock adgm
lately dependent, aa tbe House naval
flpbt ‘ land Americana, which bad mnalfast-
Thls too was tbe keynote of the ^ itself In several ways since bis
resolution adopted by tbe congress In arrival
• on*e to President Wilson's men- 9*9
1 While voicing Russia’s appre-j
Ion the reply summons the mss-
of America and of all other coun- j
tries to loin the Russian proletariat
TROOPS TO QUELL RIOTINO
triumph of tba German armies In | vision for tbe channel
the east It has been possible to aban
don the peace resolution which tbe
relrhstag passed last July AUSTRIANS ACTIVE
According to news received in Am- AI/3I WAnj AW I If C
sterdam. Field Marshal von Hlndea- •
burg has stated in an Interview In Rhm I p Italian Pneitiou—Another
Berlin that the Entente had shown
report that In tbn principal Rhine of tb# I
cities many bosses sad apartments number
•re vacant, numbers of persons mov
wing to Teutrsl Germany and Bwitser-
land. They any opinion la growing
against continuation of German air
raids
PLACES THE BLAME
■. .. ■ _ ... ^, an unresponsive attitude toward Oer-
1n a vast social unheaval to rid the. Between I. \\. H. and (ftizens of many’s peace intentions and that the
universe of imperialism.
Everyone tn that greet SMsem-
hlage In the historic hall of the no
bility who enst his vote for peace
did so with war to the knife tn his
heart: a different sort off war from
that fought on the various hat tie-
fields today, hut war just yio
same—perhaps more .deadly and.
more decisive.
Out of every speech, from that of
Kt. Maries. Idaho.
Maj. Gen. Arthur Murray, com
manding the Western Army Depart
ment, announces that he had order
ed troops dispatched to St. Maries.
Idaho, where rioting was reported
between citizens and members of the
I. W. W. Gen. Murray declined to
say how many troops were being sent
or from what point.
great German / offensive therefore
must go on.
In well informed neutral quarters
recently the Associated Press corre
spondent w as-told that the Germans
were prepared to lose 300,000 men in
an offensive operation.
The Verdun offensive of the Ger
mans. in which they failed to break
the French line, has been estimated
in conservative quarters as having
cost them something like 500.000
Nikolai Lenine down to that of the vengeance as soon as she is ready, men.
humblest bolshevlst agitator, rang ( With fair means or foul the bol- An officiul dispatch from France
an undying determination to avenge ( sheviki propose to spread over the says:
the shame that Russia was today' Teutonic lands the seed of revolt. “Before making their last trip to i
-forced to accept unconditionally. But ( Austria-Hungary is to he the imme-I Berlin Hindenburg and Ludendorff j
to the outsideWorld. both Russia’s [ diate and special field for bolshe-! made certain statements to the news-i
OffeuiMlve Expected
The Austrians report that Italian
positions on Mount Pasubio, In the
mountainous sections of the Italian
battle line, have been blown up and
that Austrian forces have occupied
the ground Mount Pasubio is east of
Lake Garda and on the left side of a
deep salient in the Italian line. The
attack on the positions on the left
bank of the Bacchiglione river may
indicate the approach of a serious
blow at the Italians there in the hope
of opening a way into the Bacchi
glione valley and turning the flank
FlMicittaa IjHklier aad < ondurt<»r
Meredith Taaised Wreck
That Flagman Harry Lockller. of
passenger trqln 19, was primarily re
sponsible and that Conductor J. O.
Meredith, of the same train, was sec
ondarily responsible for the disas
trous wreck at Frost, a small station
on the Southern Railway six and
one-half miles west of Columbia, on
February 25, when thirteen persons
lost their lives and two score of oth
ers were injured In a collision of
Southern Railway passenger trains,
w‘as the unanimous decision of the
members of the South Carolina Rail
of the Italian armies guarding thejroad Commission, delivered late Sat-
lower Piave.
x
enemies and friends, the vital thing
is this,- that Russia—the great mass
of the Ruslan people saturated with
class war w fanaticism-—considers
overv countrv in the world except
"herself ruled by “imperialists,’' every
people on the fare of the globe ‘ex
ploited” and dreams of and will
henceforth work for an archarehistic
world upheaval.
Lenine epitomized this feeling
which has become a national obsces-
sion in this war-racked Russian land
when he declared in his speech be
fore the-soviet:
“Our only friend is the proleta
riat of all countries.*’
One thing seemed absolutely cer
tain. Russia considers this a make
shift peace, a respite enabling her
to recuperate, and will wreak her
attached to
GERMANS ADVANCING
vist preachings and propaganda. paper correspondents
Here,., .indeed, lies the indirect i great headquarters. *—
meaning of surrenders vote: It is a “This interview probablv had a ..... . , ... ..
surrender only in phrasd. but in fact double purpose—that of encouraging! 0 11 * 0 ‘ l/A a }i
and effect it is a declaration of war. public opinion and of bringing pres- Torts of Russia
a w r ar w’hich could not even be be-; sure to bear upon the adversary by i ..
the usual Germanic bluff.What is! The Germans have occupied Nok-
outstanciing in the declarations—-of olayev, in addition to/Odessa, ac-
the two generals, swollen with pride ; cording to a Reuter dispatch from
and childish vanity, is that the Ger- Petrograd.
man Government is more than ever Nikolayev, which lies about 4 0
urday afternoon.
SERBIA UNDAUNTED
Continues to Fight Its Foes In Spite
.v of liossrs.
gun while the Teuton armies were
sweeping through Russia. The peace
now finally ratified Russia proposes
to use as her sharpest weapon:
Immediately after the taking of
the vote Lenine went Into consulta
tion with his chief advisers and de
liberated regarding the future. First
and foremost on the bolshevlst pro
gram is a thorough-going reconstruc
tion. The authors of Russia’s chaos
have been converted to the truth that
chaos has struck Russia the body
blow. Through order and reo.rganiza--
tion they mean to revive her.
before in the hands of thf military miles northwest of Khersen, on the
caste, brutal, narrow and insolent.
“Discussing the events in the east
Hindenburg declared:
“The chain w’hich w’as to bind us
is from henceforth broken. We can
now employ all our forces in' the
west, It is ..absolutely necessary for
us to procure security to our fron
tiers so that we shall not see repeat-
Bug River, oijk the estuary of the
Dnieper, has occupied a prominent
place In the naval defense of Russia.
It has a great navy yard and Is the
seat of a military governor who is
commander of the Black Sea fleet.
The approaches to the city
strongly fortified. Its population
numbers about lOO.OfiO. r
The peace treaties that have been
signed by Russia and Rumania have
not caused any change in Serbia’s
attitude, M. Grultsch, Serbia’s diplo
matic representative here, has in
formed a Swiss interviewer.
All the rumors in regard to a sep
arate peace on the part of Serbia
are unfounded, he declared. Al
though Serbia had lost in the war
and during the occupation about 1.-
000,000 of her inhabitants, added
are M. Grultsch, there were still the
men and the will to perservere In
Serbia*! former course.
rifle weal la tke
ad After several of their
ere kit tke
At oae place aa Aaiericaa sea try
saw a figure sllaklag through tke
dark Beta Tke naa halted whea
challenged and was found to ba a
German prisoner who had escaped
and was trying to get back to his
own lines. Tbs German waa turn
ed over to the French antkorttlea.
Tbe place where the German waa
captured was not far from where
an American one-pounder waa basy
firing on a large nest of enemy snip
ers. who had been annoying our
lines. After several shots the Ger
mans withdrew.
The American artillery in the Toul
sector again battered the German
lines and observation posts and caus
ed an explosion probably of an am
munition dump. Hundreds of shells
were sent into three new German
trenches where weapons resembling
gas projectors had been erected. The
visibility was poor, but many air
planes were up.
It is beHeved certain that the Ger
mans have permanently .abandoned
trenches to the northeast of Badon-
villers. near Lunevllle. The enemy
is no# hurling quantities of large
shells, some of twelve inches, at our
positions there.
: WANT 4,000 BOYS
South (’arohna Is Asked to Furnish
Fanner’s R♦‘serve
Quotas of boys which each state
is to furnish in the campaign to en
list a boys’ working reserve of 2:><>.-
000 for the farmers, was announced
by the department of labor Sunday
night. It includes:
Georgia, Alabama and Virginia.
S.Ouu each; North Carolina and Ar
kansas, 7,000 each, South Carolina.
4.000; Florida, 2.500; Ketucky, 9,-
500; Oklahoma. 11,000, and Tkxas.
25.000, #
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