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THE SUN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1916.
Independent, self-governing Ireland,
which In turn Is to aid tho Germans
Indirectly by keeping targe contingents
of llrltlsh Government I loops from the
western front,
Ono of tho first question to be raised
In the House of Con-mom this Bfternoon
with regard to Sir Hoger Casement was
whether he would be shot forthwith.
Premier Asqulth' s answer was:
"That question should not be asked."
Tho long smouldering spark of the
well laid jlot, It Is believed, was fanned
Into flam" Immediately utter the llrltlsh
Government announced officially j ester
day tho arrest of Sir Honor Casement.
It was not stated whether Sir Itogcr was
taken front the Get man auxiliary, which
was manned by a strong forvo of sailors
'' and loaded with large stores of nritis and
ammunition, or whether he was arrested
After he hail actually stopped upon Irish
oil. The statement merely said that
he ami several others wero captured
"while, attempting to land arms."
It Is announced officially that Sir
Roger Casement was brought to Iondon
on Sunday for trial. The announcement
says:
"Sir Kogcr Casement, who was ar
rested In connection with an abortive
attempt to land arms In Ireland from
a, German Vessel, was brought to Iaiii
don on Sunday morning. He was met
t Huston by officers from m t1and
Yard, and Is now detained In mllliar,
custody. It Is understood evldenco of
his proceedings In Germany since tho
outbreak of the war will bo produced at
his trial."
"REVOLT LONGBREWING.
Ian Felnera Activity In KTldem-i-for
Months.
While there have been no serious out
breaks In Ireland since the war began,
the present revolt !u the Irish capital Is
the upshot of sedltlonary agitation whlc'i
has been brewing for many months.
The crux of thn situation lu Ireland Is
that a large element of the xpulatlon.
led principally by the Sinn Fei'ncrs, the.
ultra-radical party, "refuses to Unlit
England's battles." a certain Icadcis
have put II from time to time. This at
titude has been strengthened more and
more during recent months as general
compuUlon threatened to he extended to
Ireland.
A large number of Irishmen, under the
leadership of John ttedmoud. have been
loyal to the llrltlsh Government through
out the war and have even been Inclined
to accept compulsion lu the event that It
la realised that It Is tho only means to
insure tho Allies' victory. The number
of recruits from Ireland who voluntarily
enlisted In .the llrltlsh nrmy up to Janu
ary 8 last numbered 118,277 men.
The antl-Urltlsh faction, however, and
particularly tho Sinn Fclncrs. are said
to have been agitating a revolt to be
prune at the psychological moment,
that Is, before compulsion had been In
troduced and white It was still time to
establish a "free' Ireland.
Tile outbreak of the war put un ab
rupt stop to the home, rule tight, but the
radicals, usslsted In sonic measure b
German money and funds raised In the
I'nlted States. Kept up their propaganda,
which ha& now culminated In the Dublin
mbeUlon. An nrganUcd eampjlgn was
carried on for months In the smith and
west of tho Island. The llrltlsh Gov
ernment has been lenient toward this
Citation. Time and again, men were
Indicted and tried lu Dublin for edl
ttonary propaganda, but always were
acquitted amid applause.
The attitude of the Irish radicals to
ward Britain was strikingly Illustrated
when a committee In Cork on March 17
last rejected an offer of several com
panies of Irish soldiers as participants
In the St. Patrick's Day celebration, vl .1
the following reply :
"The British r.rmy Is In hostile occu
pation of Ireland. It would be as n.b
surd for Belgians to Invito a contingent
from the German army to participate
In a Belgian national celebration."
On March 22 last thicc policemen wpis
wounded In Tulliunorc, a. town atout
sixty miles west f Dublin, when Sinn
Keln rioters tired at them. A police
sergeant was seriously wounded by the
fire of the rioters d a county lnsiector
and district Inspector were slightly In
jured. Apart from this and other minor
outbreaks, little was reiortd lu cairie
despatches front London to Indicate
eedltkm on a large scale.
' GERM ANTSll AND SEEN.
Ieadnn Paper Irlab Moat lit
In Touch With Berlin.
London, April 15. Commenting on
the arrest of Sir Hoger Casement, the
Poll Unit Giuettv bays that Germany
before trying to land arms and ammuni
tion In Ireland "'must have been satis
tied of the existence of agents In that
country who were prepared to receive
and use them In her Interests'" and that
"there must have been uctlvo co:i jniinl.
cation Iwtween Irish traitors ami their
confederates In Berlin, despite all ex
isting precautions of censorship and
supervision."
The paper adds that step should be
taken to obtain a full explanation of
"the connection, If there Ik any, between
the two striking phenomena presented
by a force devoid of arms undergoing
military training In Ireland and a cargo
of arms from our enemiea seeking a
landlrux place In that country."
17. S. WORKS ON PLOT.
DepartBteat of Justice la Looking
Into Irish Activities.
Washinuton, April 2";. -'Phi Depart
ment of Justice Is Invebligating alleged
German connections made by italn
elements of antl-Krltlsh IrL-h lu this
country. It was learned to-day,
John Dovoy, editor of the (trl(e-4ier-Icon,
was called before a New York
Grand Jury early ui April. As tno rec
ognized head of tho Claina-Gacl In this
country,, blgnlflcaitcc was attached to his
presence. Nothing has been told of the
nature of Devoy' testimony.
That certain Irish Americans hail en
gaged In propaganda designed to embroil
this country with Great Britain, besides
coloring American sentiment In favor of
Germany, was the hellef of the Depart
ment. Devoy had been under Investiga
tion. It was said, before he nn u wit
ness. The United States Government does
not consider that a Casement protest
meeting of Irishmen In New York would
be a violation of neutrality and will not
interfere In any way with thn holding of
such a meeting.
The Federal Government has nothing
to do with such a meeting ordinarily,
which Is entirely a matter for the local
authorities to handle. No permit Is re
quired for Indoor or outdoor meetings,
and the only step that could be taken
would be the detailing to tho meeting nf
police, with orders to suppress any vio
lation of law in either act or speech,
NEW DOGMA BY THE POPE. .
Assumption nf Virgin to He Pro
claimed After the War,
f pedal Cable Pnpotch to Tut Sr
Home, April 25. The vtnnulfi ,Vn
flonnlr says that tho I'opo has confided
n Toinlmnl priest that h ha decided
after tho war to proclaim a new doginu
ef the Arsumptlou of the Virgin.
Trior to U5t the teaching nf the
ItnmacuUtc conception of the Blessed
' Virgin was the pious belief and duelrlnii
f the Church. et was never dunned as
Ml article of r.iltli or a dogma nam the
year 1154. Also, the doetllne id thn
Infallibility of the I'opo was iilwajs held
by the Church, and yet It was not detined
aa a dogma or leaching of the Hiurch
until the year 1871 at tho Vatican
Council.
v The Assumption or the Blessed Virgin
nt heaven haf alivajs been held and
- ' believed hs a doctrine and teaching
- of the rhurch, but II ) never yet been
forinally detlneil as a donna of the
ChV'?b,
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counters between the soldiers and police and the Insurrectionists
took place. The photograph is taken from the O'Conncll Bridge. To
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BRITAIN SETS LIMIT
TO BAR COMPULSION
r00,000 Must Volunteer in
I i Weeks, Antiotmees
Premier Asquith.
SKCRKT SKSSIOX IS HELD
.'ptnal Vablr PrtpntcK in Tat Srv.
Ivondon, April 2,"i. Unless DO.OOl) re
cruits come forward within the next four
weeks and 15,000 more offer themselves
each week for the next ten week fol
lowing there will be general compulsion
In Kngland, Premier Asqulth stated to
day at the secret esalou of Parliament.
This stutement was made In reply to
the clamor of the opponents of the Gov
ernment for a statement of the attitude
of the Cabinet in regard to compulsion.
The Government Is loath to put a
measure of compulsion In force If It la
possible to get voluntary enlistment.
I .Much criticism has been launched at
Premier Aqulth for his attitude In re
Jgard to compulsion, and the disagree
ment or tne memnrr ui
weclt threatened to retult In resignations,
t
Method nf Reeroltlnar.
The oMIclnl press bureau after the
secret session Issued the following state
ment :
At tho secret session Premier As
HUlth statei that tho recruiting up to
date had fa. i short of tho require
incnts necessary for our proper mili
tary t (Torts.
The. Government was determined
upon three proposals: First, the pro
longation to the end of the war of the
service of time expired men; second,
to empower the military transfer of
territorials to any unit In which the.y
arc needed, and third, to render
exempted men liable to service Imme
diately on the expiration of the cr
tlllcato of exemption.
With a view to ultimate addition to
tins forces the Government proposes
the cons-riptlon of youths under IS
on August IB as they reach the age
of 1.
Mr. Asqulth also stated:
1. That tho Government, recognlx
Ing that tho necessary number will
not be available for service In tho
time required under the present ar
rangements, agree to an Immediate ef
fort to obtain men by voluntary en
listment of the unattested and mar
ried. J. If on May 27, 50,000 of these
men havo not been secured by direct
enlistment. Parliament wtll forthwith
bo asked for compulsory iowers.
3, If lu any week after May 2", 15,
000 have not dliectly enlisted, the same
course will hu taken. Tim surplus of
one week will be carried over to tho
next.
4. Arrangements two and three hold
good until 200,000 unattested men
have been obtained. In tho meantlmo
Urn Government will constantly re
view thn iwsltlon.
I'nder Uiu scheme the main ground
alleged for tho relraio of the attested
married men disappears.
I'lc in I cr Asqulth stated the particu
lars: of the scheme to enable men to
meet their ctvll liabilities us follows:
1. Applies! to all single and mniried
men who havo Joined since August t,
l'j 1 1, or who will Join.
2. The assistance Includes rent,
mortgage Interest, the payment of In
stalments on contracts like the pur
chase, of premise.-), businesses or furni
ture, laxtn, rates, Insurances, school
fees.
11, It is not contemplated that thn
assistance to Individuals shall exceed
int (520) yearly.
Tho nitmbcrs debating Included frilr
Kdward Carson, Kir John tflmon, An
drew Bunar Law, John Dillon and
Winston Spencer Churchill.
The session adjourned until Wednes
day, when tlu'ie will be another secret
sosloii,
Ciowds of men ant women assembled
to seo tha Minister and Members of
Parliament enter the secret session, the
llrst slnco tho beginning of the war,
Kery Member of Parliament who
could possibly attend was in Ins seat,
for the conscription question Is ono of
the most serious subjects of all tho gratu
wur questions tonslilered by Parliament,
Visitors Admitted I'.nrly.
Spectators and press cirreiitidenls
were permitted to enter the House of
Commons until the question period was
over. Owing to the unusual seertt ses.
clou that was to follow only peilunctory
attention was paid by the mcmbeis to
the questions, except the ntutviiien of
Augustine Blrrcll, CliJef Secretaty for
Inland, concerning the. revolutionary
outbreak in Dublin,
At the close of the question period Pre
mier Asqulth observed thn ancient cus
tom of taking notice that strangers wci
picsenl III the House, Thi. question was
then put that strangers be ordered from
thn House. As this question may not be
Jdelitcil or amended, it was Immediately
SCENE OF THE FIGHTING IN DUBLIN.
thoroughfare, whore desperate cm
voted on and carrlid and the vliltora
filed out.
I In the House of Lords there wa no
ceremony of any sort, notlco merely bc
, Ing given that none but peers mliat
enter tnc cnnniDer.
LONDON PRESS CAUSTIC.
Secret Session Criticised t Tories
and Radicals.
fpenit CaMr ltptch foTnr Sr
I.ONPOM, April 25. The political fer
ment lu England, of which the recent at
tack by the lltilly S'rus on Mr l.loyd
Georgo was symptomatic, continues to
crop out In the ncwspapeis In varlou
forms.
Frederick G. Kellaway. Liberal Mem
ber for Bedford borough, who Is prl
vato secretary to Dr. Christopher Ad
dison, Parliamentary Under Secrttary
for Munitions, iind who thus can be de-1
scribed as the secretary of Mr. l.loyd
George's secretary. wTltea to the press
ii long defence of Mr. Lloyd George, de
scribing him as the real leader of the '
nation and the savior of the Liberal '
Varty and of the country.
The letter Is condemned In some quar-,
ters s foolish and mlschlexous. The
Unity nrniihlc, which l nmong the pa
pers that condemn the letter, anilines
that Mr. Lloyd Gemge gave it his ap
proval. In other quartets the ecrct session
and Saturday's Order In Council for
bidding unauthorised reports of Cabinet
doings are strongly criticised by both
Tories and Btdlcals. The Itadlcal lolly
.Wtra expresses the fear that these meas
ure will create more difficulties than
they - move. Tho Tory Joriilii;; I'ont
suggests that the Government wants se.
rreey "to prevent the people from sug
gesting that It does not know what to
do"
The pnll;i Mntl devotes a column to
contending that the prohibition of re
ports of Cabinet meetings N a public
danger and to trouncing the Gi em
inent. Altogether, foreigner reading the
Iondon papers to-day would be likely
to Infer 1 jit tile cotllitri wiim keethltit- '
with discontent nml disunion anil that
the successful prosecution of tho wat,
notwithstanding thn big headlines, was
really u secondary matter.
GERMAN DEBT PLAN OUTLINED.
Cniianllriatlnu Is Kiplnlnril h Fi
nance Minister l.rntac.
Bkri.in, via Iondon, April 25. The
Overseas News Agency quotes Dr. Au-1
gut Lentre, :he Prii'sUiu Minister of
Finance, its saying that the moM 1m. '
portant taak after the war win be the !
consolidation of all tho floating debts
contracted during the war. Tho agency
aaye t
"Dr. Lentze aald that after the war
current expenses must be covered by
current Income. Of the Income of the
Prussian State, he said, to per cent, was
derived from thn railroads, forests anil
other property and 10 per cent, from di
rect taxation, which must bn left un
touched by the Federal authorities.
"Dr. lamtze declared that thn present
organization of Industry And llnancn
would enable Germany to Miiiict the
itraln of the wur for uri lndel'tn pe
riod, as virtually no payments jor war
purposes are made, to foreign countries."
WILSON SPURS ON RED CROSS.
Wires Knrnnraarrmrnt for Hin.olNl
Hnrohneiit In Clt.
The committee which will direct the
efforts of the American Bed Cross to
enroll 100,000 new members: In tho
metropolitan district by Memorial Day
met last night at the Union league
Club and formulated plans. A teloitram
from President Wilson appenllrur to the
citizens of this district to Join the Bed'
Ctoss was read by Howard Prosser,
chairman of tho executive committee In
charge of the campaign. The President
said:
"Pleeise express to the citizens of
New York's iretropolltan district my
confidence In the success of their move
ment to enroll 100,000 members for the
American Bed Cioss, It Is both a
patriotic and humane service that Is
rendered hy every citizen who becomes
a member. A large, well organized and
cfllelcnt Bed Cross Is essential."
Tho committee plans to apportion the
various boroughs and cities In the metro
politan district on the basis of popula
tion and mako strenuous efforts to en
roll 100,000 members In tho time al
lowed. It Is expected that through the
plan of organization every church mem
ber, club member, factory e.r.ployee,
every employee In tho city service and
every member of any other gioup thai
ran be brouslit Into ropoeratlon with the
campaign committee will have oppor
tunity to Join before the campaign Is
tlnWied.
WAR BREAD NOW IN HOLLAND.
Dlmculty In (icttliiB American
Wheat Causes (he Change.
Sntclal t'atilt Dfnpuieh la Tas Sin,
Uinpon, April 25, An agency ties
patch from Amsterdam says that owing
to the dllttculty lu getting American
wheat In consequence of thn recent losses
of Dutch ships the baker of Holland
have been ordered to make war bread.
This bread waa to bo sold for the
first time In Holland to-day.
the left, indicated by the arrow, is the post office, which was captured
by the rebels and recaptured by the Government troops. In the centre
is the O'Conncll monument, and back of it the Nelson column.
D BOATS, SHIPS AND
ZEPPELINS IN RAID
t'ortfiiiNrd from First fagr.
casualties of the raid were approximately j
twenty-live dead and wounded. It Is
generally believed that the enemy ships
did not escapn damage," j
RAID HURTS ONLY ONE. j
Tbnl's the Itr-mlt nf Zeppelins' j
Visit on llnicllsh Coast.' i
I.ONDON, April 25. Only one man Is!
known to have bten Injure! by bombs
dropped by the Zeppelins which rallied
the Norfolk and Suffolk coasts last 1
liteht
The .cppelitiK dropped about seventy i
bomhw. Only two of tho four or Ilvo .
Xrppellns taking part In the raid nt-1
tempted to make their way Inland, It Is,
oltlclally stated.
The British press bureau Issued the
following statement concerning the raid:
l.ast night's raid over the Norfolk
and SuTolk roasts appeans to havo
teen carried out by four or live Zep
pelins, only two of which made a
serious attempt to penetrate Inland.
About seventy bombs appear to have
been dropjed. One man It reported
seriously Injure-; No further details
of casualties am now available.
SUEZ CAMP DESTROYED.
Iluartcr at Unntln Miclled hr Brit
ish Airmen.
Ui.voo:.', April 25. The hostile camp
at Quatla, within twenty-five miles of the
Suez Canal, was destroyed to-day by an
air attack by eight British arropl-ines
according to an olllclal announcement
made to-day.
The aviators reported that after the
destruction of tho camp the hostile
troops started to withdraw.
The capture by hostile forces of Quatla.
which was held by a small British force,
was reported officially yesterday. The
attack of the avlato's mentioned to-day
Is evidently a swift lepiisil by the Brit
Isn foros which are guarding the Suez
Canal. Tho olllclal annjiinccment c
terday slid that a licet lie force of 3,0ou
in n had taken the town, while at the
same ttme a force of 5 On men attacked
Uueldar, but wetu defeated owing to the
at rival of British iienforcemcnts.
That so large a hostile force Is so near
tho Suez Canal is a surprise. It Is
probable that the men are hostile tribes
men and not Turkish forces.
RUSSIANS 80 MILES FROM XUT.
V not her Army Is Approaching Ban
dad, sia) a a Wireless.
lsnoN. April 25. A wireless des
patch recelvtd hero from Borne states
that a llusslan force h now within ninety
miles of Kut-fl-Amara. It Is also stated
that another Busslan army Is approach
ing Bagdad.
The Husslan army mentioned as ap
proaching Kut-el-Aniara Is probably the
Itussian force which captured the Per
sian city of Kermaiishah In February
last. Kermaiishah Ik only 150 miles
from Knt-el-Amara, but Is separated
from It hy mountain barriers which
would present a very dltllcult problem
fo" an army to cross.
The force which Is said to bn np
pronchlng Bagdad might bn advnnclng
from Bltlls, In Armenia, by way of thn
valley of the Tigris. Bltlls Is 250 miles
from Bagdad.
TIGRIS FLOODS HALT TURKS.
British Killed In Fluht With Hand
Grenades.
Constantinople, April 25, The fol
lowing oftlclul statement was Issued last
night by tho Turkish War Office:
On tho Irak front owing to tho rising
of the waters of the Tlgrlsatsnmc points
we were unable to pursue thn enemy
who were defeated on Saturday, The
eneiiij yefteiday Ineffectively bom
barded our positions near Felahle,
Soino of our troops attacked soldiers
of thn enemy armed with hand gre
nades who approached our positions
near Bellseu, on the right bank of tho
Tigris, and killed them with grenades.
Near Kut-e-Amarii sonio of the In
habitants swam acre's the river nnd
took refuge among us.
llrltlsh on the TlKrla Itcpurt Xome
Progress.
,S;icc((i Cable llttpatcl In Tits He.
IaimioN, A Ml II 20. The War Ofllcc
staled to-day that the British lino run
ning southeast from Belt Alecsa had
been prolonged. The stutement is as fol
lows: ,
There were no Important develop
ments In Mesopotamia to-day. On the
right bank we still hold a line running
southeast from Bell Alcena, which wo
prolonged this morning tn tho south
ward, driving In the enemy's advanced
pickets. On the left bank we hold the
same line facing the flsnnayot peti
CHURCHMEN MEET TO
FURTHER WORLD PEACE
Six Humlreil Atlvoentes of ln
ternatioiuil Friendship"
nl Garden City.
Gaiim.n Citt. I.. I.. April 25.- About
KOo advocate of "International friend
ship" gathered here to-nlcht In thn Gar
den City Hotel to attend the opening
session of the conference of thn World
Alliance of the Churches Interest ed In
friendship. The conference held under
the auav' es of the American branch of
the U id's Ullance. Includes among tho
delegates prominent clergymen and lay
men from all parts of the country.
"The Church and the New interna
tionalism" was the general themo to
night. Tho Itev. Or. .1 B Kemensnyder.
chairman of thn committee of peace and
arbitration of tho federal councils of
the Churrh nf Christ In America, pre
sided. The devotional exercise wero
conducted by the Bev. Or. .1 Boss Stev
enson of Princeton Theological Semi
nary. Other speakers were the Itev.
Dr. Washington Gladden. W H. p.
Faunce. I. I... president of Brown Uni
versity, ami .lohn ft. Mott, general sec
retary of the World's Student Chris
tlan Federation.
Beports to be submitted to-morrow
morning will set forth the efforts and
Investigations of prominent clergymen
and laymen who have reu'nlly returned
from the war stricken sections of Ihi
rope. Bishop David II. Grter will pre
side and thn subject of the morning
session will be "The World Task of thu
Church, a Practical Programme."
The Rev. Dr. t F Woelfklu. pastor
of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church,
Manhattan, will conduct tho devotional
services. "Thn Task In the I'nlted
States" will bo described by the Bev.
Dr. Sidney F Gullek and "Thn Task nf
Kurope," hy the Bev. I)r. Frederick
Lynch Other speakers to-morrow will include :
Prof llrnj.'tmln F Itattln. who will re
port on his tour nf Kurnpe In behalf of
the Wot Id Alliance; the itev Chnibn S.
McFarlnnd. general secretary nf the
federal council, who will rilseii- tils
v'lt to the churchei of Holland, Switzer
land, German), France and Great
Britain, and the Bev Dr William p.
Merrill, pastor of the Brick Presby
terian Church. Manhattan, and chairman
of the American branch of the World
Alliance.
"The Church and the Otlent.il Prob
lem" will be discussed by tho Bev Dr.
Peter Alnslee, pastor f the Christian
Temple, Baltimore.
Bishop Luther B. WINnn of the Metho
dist UpNeijpal Church will preside to
morrow night The general theme will
be "The Church and International Gov
ernment." SEEKS QUAKER AID IN WAR.
IVrcj Mdcn. M. P., Here lit Tell nf
Friends tntftincc WorU.
"The United States In Its Belgian
charity Is represented by one of the
most effective organizations In the his
tory of broad philanthropy, but that
does no't mean that the cltlens of
the I'nlted Slates may cease supplying
the wherewithal for the organization to
work, There are 3,500,000 iersons In
Belgium homeless, penniless and without
hope except for tho charity of the
people of the world."
' Percy Allien, member of the llrltlsh
Parliament, for thirty years engaged
lu settlement and charitable work and
hero on a humanitarian mission, nun's
thn forrgolng declaration yeeterda,
Iln Is to remain In tho United s'tates
for n month, making addresses In many
of the rltles of the Kast anil middle
West.
Principally Mr. Alden comes In tho In
terest of tint Friends Ambulance Unit,
which also needs money.
"When men like the Friends ndvimro
the plea that the) have 'conscientious
sciuples' against military service. It Is
the policy to Hid something else for
them to do," said Mr, Alden. "The
Friends Ambulance Unit Is one '
considering their cruples and t.i using
them, This service was organlztd In
October, 1014, with forty-live men
and now has tiOu men anil fifty women.
It has one hospital In Unglaud, another
nt Dunkirk, still another at Popcrlnghe,
a i Mpltul ship, three hospital trains
anil floating ImipltulK near Vpres, Its
ambulances have already cared for
tlti.iiOO wontled, mid Its hospital trains
transported 50,000 more. Itn expenses
uro J 15,000 a month."
SPAIN ABSOLVES BRITAIN.
llrnlrn llelnu t'ruetl lit Seise Ger
man Mhlpa In Spanish Purls,
Sprcial Ctiltte Petpalrh lo Tils Sis,
Maphip, April 24,' via London, April
25. Premier llomanoneH emphatically
denied to-day recent statements appear
Ing in the Spanish press to thn effect
that Great Britain had urged Spain to
confiscate the German steamships In
Spanish porls and to suspend navigation
through the Utrmlts of Gibraltar.
FRENCH WIN WOOD
IN AISNE ATTACK
They Also Brinpr pown Four
Aeroplanes and Repulse
Germans in Lorraine.
LATTER USE LIQUID FIRE
Special Cable Detpateh to Tnr. 8cs.
I'Anis, April 25. The day was marked
by a French offensive north of tho Alsne,
where a small wood south of the Bols
Buttes was captured, and hy a strong
German attack at Chspclotte, southeast
of Badonvlllcrs, In Lorraine. This nt
tack was repulsed.
There was no Infantry action of Im
portance In the Verdun district to-day
following the failure of a determined
German attack last night In the sector
of Le Mort Itoiume, on the west bank
of the Meuse.
The action In the Bols Buttes, which
Is In the region where the battle line
takes a sharp turn to the southeast close
to Khelms. apparently was. for the pur
pose of recovering some of the positions
lost to thn Germans through a surprise
attack some weeks ago.
Germans1 Temporary "access.
The German attack In Ixrralne was
inadn this morning on a salient formed
by the French line. The assault gained
a momentary success at certain points
of the French defences, the Germans
gaining a foothold only to be driven out
by counter ntticks this afternoon, the
Germans In the contested positions suf
fering beally
A mine was exploded by thn Germans
at lllll 25 In the Argonne, to the north
of the Courto Chaus?", but the French
artillery prevented tha Germans from
occupying thn crater and the French
seized nnd organised the southern edge
of thn excavation.
The German bombardment was very
heavy In the course of the day at Hill
.104. and on thn villages of Ksnca and
Cumleres. on tho west baak of the
Meuse. French guns destroyed a soc
tion of German trench some fifty meters
In length near the Fbur de Paris, in tho
Argonne.
Marked activity on the part of the
Frendi aviators Is noted In the official
communlqufl to-night. Four German
machines were brought down, one near
Vuuquols, another In the Argonne. at the
Cote du Polvre, on tho esst bank of the
Meuse: a third In the Bols cle Forges,
on thn west bank of the river, and a
fourth neir lluttonchatel. northeast of
at. Mihlcl.
French Gain .North of Alinr.
The official communique Issued by the
French War Office to-night follow?:
North of the Alsne, after artillery
preparation, our troops captured this
morning a small wood t-outh of the
Bols Buttes.
In thn Argonne the te of our heavy
bntterles destroyed a German post and
some fifty meters of enemy trench In
the sector of Lo Four de Paris. At
lllll 2S& the Germans exploded a mine,
our lire curtain prevented the enemy
from occupying the crater, the south
ern edge of which we organised.
West of thn Meuse there wns an In
tense bombardment at lllll 304 and In
the regions of UtsneH und Cumleres.
I!ast nf the Meuse the day was rel
atively calm.
In the Woevre thn bombardment was
very violent In the sector or Moulaln
vllle. There was no Infantry action
In the course of the day. On of our
long range guns bombarded effectively
thn railway station at Ileudicourt.
In Iirralne. southeast of Badnu
vlllers, the Germans after an Intetun
bombardment directed toward noon n
strong attack on the salient which Is
formed by our lino at Chapelette. The
attack was completely repulsed. Somo
fractions of the enemy forces whlih
had gained a foothold in our trenches
In the northeast part of the salient
were driven out In the course of the
afternoon and In part annihilated by
our tire. We made about fifteen pris
oners, of whom one was an olHccr.
Four German Plane Knot llonit,
Aviation: Near Vauquids, an
enemy aeroplane, which was compelled
to laud within Its own lines after a
combat was destro.ved by our cannon.
In tho region of Verdun one of our
reconnoitring aeroplanes brought
down a German aeroplane, which fell
at the Cote tin Polvie, fifty meters
from our trenches.
A third enein machine brought
down by one of our pilots fell In the
Bols de Forges.
Finally, a Fokker aeroplane, fired on
with a mitrailleuse by one of our avi
ators, fell vertically lu the region of
Hattonchatel.
On the night, of April 24-25 one of
our dirigibles dropped ten bombs of
155 millimeters each and six bombs of
220 millimeters each on the railway
station at Conllans.
Mqnld Fire Fall..
Three separate .ibsanlls were made by
the Germans last night on the new
French positions nt Lc Mort Homme
after n violent preparatory fire from
their artillery. When the tlrst and sec
ond of these assaults had failed com
pletely, tho Germans brought flamlig
liquids to bear on tho French trenches,
but the German waves were stopped
by the French barrier fire and rifle fire
and the attacking troops wero forced
to give up tho attempts. They lost
heavily In the assaults.
Six bombs were dropped on Dunkirk
this morning, causing the denth of one
woman anil Injuring three men,
The afternoon communique was ss fol
lows: To the west of tho lllver Meuse yes
terday evenlrsj German forces, after ,t
violent bombardment, attacked op sev
eral different occasions our new posi
tions In the region of Dead Man lllll,
Tho first two assaults having failed
completely thn enemy started their
third attack with the employment of
flaming liquids, Checked by our cur
tains of lire nnd tho fire of our In
fantry the Germans were compelled to
return to their lines after having suf
fered Important losses.
There has been great activity on the
part of the artillery lu the region of
Avocourt, Some time during the night
the. enemy endeavored, hut without
success, to occupy our advanced posts
of tho Avocourt redoubt,
To the east of the Blver Meuse tlicte
has been a fairly spirited bombard
ment on our first und second lines,
In the Forest of Apremont there has
been fighting with hand grenades, lu
lairralnn wo ha dispersed a strong
reconnoitring patty of the enemy,
which wan endeavoring to occupy ono
of our smaller positions to the east of
Neuvllle.
This morning a German neroplaint
threw clown six liombs on Dunkirk,
(inn woman was killed and three men
were wounded. Tho material damages
c ro Insignificant.
DANE'S VIEW OF VERDUN.
German Victory or a llevnlt at
Home, Declares a Visitor.
CiticArto, April 25. "Germany facing
starvation, Is staking her all on the bat
tle of Verdun. Failure to win will mn
revolt on the part of the people and the I
ending of the war no matter what the
cost. Therefore the blood of Teutonic I
legions Is beltfg poured out like water In
the struggles nround Dead Man lllll and
other critical points, while the people
behind remain In Ignorance of the losses
una feel that victory Is nearing.'
ThlH Is tho view of the Bev. Anton
Bast, pastor of the Jerusalem Church nt
Copenhagen, Denmark, and editor of the
Iitghthouxr. His church Is tho largest
Methodist Institution In Denmark.
Dr. Hast was In Chlcaca to-day on his
way' to attend thn general conference of
tho Methodist Church, which will meet
next month at Saratoga Springs, N. T.
"Tho Danish people feel n great sor
row for the German masses because of
conditions In the empire," he said. "Re
portu have reached me, for Instance, that
tho average weight of the school chil
dren has fallen off four or five pounds
because of underfeeding. Germany has
maintained herself largely hy Imports
from neutral countries, principally Den
mark And Sweden. Now their surplus Is
virtually alt gone and thn Inhabitants are
subsisting on imports from America.
"Germany has msnsgen to maintain
herself onlv hv har marvellous powers
of organisation and utilisation ,of every
thing possible for food. Now, with many
of her resources cut off, I shudder to
think of her future. For that reason
principally we feel the war's outcome Is
staked on Verdun."
FRENCH ATTACK FAILS.
Germans Claim Ilrpalar of tiaemr
.Near Dead Man lllll.
Hkrlin, vis London. April The
French attempted an attack against the
German positions east of Doad Man Hill
(I.e Mort Homme) Inst night. The at
tack was made In waves, but broke down
under the German rifle fire.
The text of tho official statement Is as
follows:
Western front There has been very
lively activity by tho artillery and
aviators on both sides.
West of tho Mouse hand grenade at
tacks developed during the night north
east of Avocourt.
An attack delivered In several waves
against our trenches enst of Dead Man
lllll broke down under our Infantry
fire.
BRITISH WIN IN AIR.
Stt Cnmhata Take Plartt aad Tsro
German Machines fall.
Special Cable Deipatak to Tan Son.
Lonooh, April 25. The following re
port from British headepiartera In France
was Issued to-night by the Official Press
Bureau :
The enemy sprang minca near FrU
court and Couehez without Inflicting
uny casualties.
We bombarded the enemy's positions
north of the Somme.
Them was nrtlllery activity between
Souchez and the l-a Bassee Canal nnd
also In the Armentlcres sector, where
our guns shelled the railway stations
at Comlnes and Wnrneton.
Yesterday there was considerable
aerial activity. There were twenty
nine combats. On of iur reconnais
sances was persistently attacked. All
the attacks were driven off and two
hostile machines were seen to fall In
sldo the German lines. All our ma
chines returned safely,
WILSON ASKS BUSINESS AID.
t.'rarn Cooperation In .Making In-
ventory of .Nation's Itraoarces.
An open letter from President Wilson
arklng the business men of the country
to lend their cooperation to the Commit
tee on Industrial Preparedness of the
Naval Consulting Board, which Is mak
ing an Inventory of the country's re
sources for national defence, was made
public esterday. The letter Is as fol
lows: "I bespoak your cordial cooperation In
thn patriotic, service undertaken by the
engineers and chemists of this country
under thn direction of the Industrial Pre
paredness Committee of the Naval Con
sulting Board of thn I'nlted States.
"The confidential Industrial Inventory
you are asked to supply Is Intended for
the exclusive benefit of tho War and
Navy departments and will be used In
organising the Industrial resources for
the public service in national defence.
"At my request the American Society
of Civil Ktiglueers. the American Insti
tute of Mining Bnginerrs, thn American
Society of Mechanical Knglncers. the
American Institute of I'lectrlcal Faigl
neers and thn American Chemical Society
ate gratuitously assisting the Naval Con
sulting Board In the work of collecting
these data, and I confidently ask your
earnest supjort in the Interest of the
people and Government of the United
.States."
Grrmnn Air Bald at Nalonlra.
Paris, April 25 A German air squad
ron has made another raid on the allied
camp at Silonlca, according to a I lava?
despatch from Salonlca. Although the
German aviators tlew In all directions
oter the camp dropping liombs little
damage was done, It Is said. Them has
recently been nn other military activity
on the Greek front.
Chinese AVI re Service Improved.
Thn Commercial Cable Company made
the following announcement yesterday:
"Chinese telegraphs to northern and
western provinces interrupted by ty.
phoon have been restored. Telegraph
service with provinces of Kwangsl,
Kwelchow, Yunnan and Kwatigtung, In
cluding Canton, remains suspended "
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"PICKED TROOPS" IX T
rAlttt, April 2S. A second eon'ir.gsM
of Itussian troops was lvli ,t
Marseilles this morning. The n. t..
tachment arrived last Thursday
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shore of the harbor and iheertd ,v ,i
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The Russian troops massed on i .
decks cheered enthusliiMleal v i rep!
to the hearty greeting of the Pre j.
Gen. Mlnlssler, the Governor e M,-.
selllrat, and his staff ulllcers a'i ,.t
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regiment of Hussars was the e.wul ,'
honor for thn Busslati detachms t
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landed on a quay which had been ecari
of merc.handiso and marched 'irnjj,
the streets of tho city tn Camp M a:.,
amid tho prolonged cheers , , ,
thuslusm of the Inhabitants T i j
slans will remain at Camp Mirai,. Vi
which was occupied for two I . - . t
llrst detachment, until they btjin ih.
Journey to the north of Fi since
The llrst detachment Is no v it . .
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United .States, It is the intent, on o t
Allies to put 280,000 Buislan lr-yp,
the western front, clnce It s muds
easier to equip them in l'i,m o thar t.i
transport the supplier to Bus, .a
AUSTRIAN REPORT "FALSE,"
Italy Drnlra Bombardment nf Tri
este Proper by Arrnplnnra.
Washington, April 2.V- -The following
statement was made public at tho lu.
Ian 'Cmbassy to-night:
"A recent ofMclal Austrn-lluiiciiian
war report states that on the ;lst m-t
seven Italian aeroplanes dropped tn
llvo bombs on the city 'f T.-.s'r. j
nine civilians, of whom live were ih
dren, und adds that 'by Una atUit,
Italy has forfeited every right to hat
her towns spared.'
"Iteports coming to tho ltal.an U.ir
Ofllco have established th.V the p i',.r
aviators carefully avoided tin. , it
nroner. which Is Inhabited moti'v .
'Italians, and that sixty b 'u 1
twenty-tlvo bombs were dropprn er 'V
shipyards of thn Austrian l.loy.i, wine
are hltuated to the south of Trie tc .c i
where there Is a base for hydiplar.
If civilians and children happened 1
In the vicinity of thesn shlpari- x
were consequently Injured, the Pal a
aviators can hardly bo held respo isi',
for such an unfortunate occurrrn.
"As to the assertion that by thin r.i l
Italy has forfeited every right to hac
towns spared, It Is only ton we't k r
that ever since the war began if
Hungarian aeroplanes haxe r l .
defended Italian towns, while tin 'm
never made attempts against n . u
or fortllied positions where tho w .
have been exposed to the fit o ft"
Italian artillery.
'The Italian people have wltnesse
raids of the enemy with sorrow and i. .
nltled calm, I hey arc catisllcd to r
that In the fortnight from -March
April 12 twelve enemy aeroplane '
brought down by the Itallsn at ,i
against the three brought down ' '
Austrian In eleven months."
Artillery Actions nn Italian I ronl.
Special Cable Tlripntrn to Tnr
Home, April 25. The otllclal huh ft
Issued by the Italian War Oil! -
follows :
Artillery actions were ci""- '
tense tn the upper Cordevole v I
Monte San Mlchcle zone T'u '
other Imisirtant event t repo
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Bights Committee a meeting w
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Hall In memory of the dead of
tunla. This date Is tho anniw
the sinking of the liner.
Major Ccoree Haven Pui-n
dent of the committee, w I'l ai'
speakers will Include the li. I:
II. McKIm of Washington. Ptof I"' "
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