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WEATHER FORECAST. . -
Fair to-day ,and to-morrow; moderate
northwest to north winds,
Highest temperature yesterday, 43; lowest, 35.
Detailed weather, report! on laat page. f
IT SHINES FOR ALL .
VOL. LXXXV. NO. 183.
NEW YORK, "SATURDAY, MARCH' 1918.gpg''. " s p"""? 0Wd pmhumhp A.aooiotion.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
WHIRLWIND RAID REPULSED;
DEAD FOES STREW GROUND;
"MANY" AMERICANS KILLED
ARMY SURGEONS
TO BE TRIED BY
COURT-MARTIAL
LENINE REPORTS
BREAK IN PEACE
NEGOTIATIONS
JAPAN MAY GET FREE HAND
IN PROTECTION OF SIBERIA;
CABINET DISCUSSES MO VE
Gmit Storm' of Shells and
Clouds of Gas Precede
Biggest Attack Yet.
WEST POINT HERO SLAIN
Ten Teutons Killed in Our
Trenches nnd Three Taken
Prisoners, 2 AVoundcd.
Ifj the Attodateil 1'ieft. !
Willi THE AMRRICAN AllMT IX FllANCE, I
M.irch 1 American troops repulsed a j
strong .,erman auacK mis morning in
the salient north of Toul. There were
many American casualties, one of the
killed being a Captain who was gradu
ated from 'West Point In 191.
The raid was a complete failure, three
German prisoners remaining- In Amer
ican hands. The ground In front of. the
American trenches was strewn with
tJerman dead.
A driving wet snow was falling this
morning when the Hermans opened fire
on Ihc American salient with every
weapon at their command. Seventy
sevens, heavy shells and gas shells fell
In a perfect whirlwind on our trenches
for half an hour. At the same time
other enemy .hell In great numbers
were dropping on the American battery
positions.
Tho Germans, evidently thinking that
pie Americans In this section, having
had one taste of gas a few days ago.
touM fear It now. let loose great quan
tities nf poisonous gas, but the men put
i.ii their masks, and only a few were
.-iffected by It. So Intense was the fire
'!-at the woods back of the salient were
shot to pieces.
'.'4n Haider In Attaok.
U o'clock the barrage fire lifted on
the trendies- to the right of the salient
and Germans, numbering 240, came
sweeping forward under the protection
ot their fire. They came forward ap
parently Intending to make a big haul,
nnd jumped Into what was left of the
trenches, but there, instead of the casv
uirif anticipated, found the Americans
ill ready for bittle. Fierce hind to
h. .,r.(l lighting began.
Ore Amerlcvi Captain ralllel r.itn.
ith. rifles a-n machine guns anl went
f-mufh the American wire cn'e.i.slc-
i. vnts Into No Man's Land and '.hen
Malted for the enemy, whom he expected
to lx- driven out by his comrades in the
tr-jichcs.
He was l ight, far soon groups of tlie
memy started back through the wire en
tanglements. The Americans poured In
t deadly fire, but unfortunately the Cap.
Uln was Killed- during tho tight. He is
the (lrt member of the 1917 class at
Wen Point to be killed.
Will!'1 the Americans were In front of i
the wire entanglements and In shell
holef. still fighting desperately, the
American barrage Are began sweeping
Man's Land, catching many running
Prussians who had enough of American
method?, Trie barrage swept back and
'o.-th. making- suro of doing all possible
Minqe to tho foe.
When the enemy had been driven
hnk cut of the positions the bodies
'it ten German soldiers were found In
' American trenches. Two German
ftlicers were entangled In the wire and
many bodies were In sight. Eight wero
t Mhle through the snowstorm at one
point
Littered "With t'nased Bombs.
The ground was littered with enemy
land grenades; boxes or explosives for
ilcstrojing dugouts and Incendiary
be.nbs which they had no opportunity
to ue.
The enemy managed, hen ever, to drop
Inrtndiary bombs in two dugouts which
nere 'k."tmved by fire, but no-Americans
were In lhm.
If the Germans captured any pris
ererj.. v. inch It Is doubtful, there were
rot niori- than two or three, possibly
from a listening post. .Of the mUwlng
many were probably burled. Digging
for them is now proceeding and others
may be accounted for.
Two Gi t man prisoners were wounded
r.d the other taken was unhurt except
for a welt on one of his hands where
h was strip k by a young American
oMiir when lie showed fight after cap
ture From the prisoners the American
oarers have obtained much Valuable In
formation. One. said:
I did not have n chance to do any
" ii. c before an American Jumped on to
and grabbed mo by the throat."
The lir-rmatis had been preparing for
rnnl for three weeks and belonged to
the Seventy-eighth Reserve Division of
llanotcr The prisoners had Russian
"ins in their possession and came Into
Re trenches opposite us Just before the
Americans took over this sector.
The Americans lost many killed and
wound. il, ncludlng officers. The Ameri
'an displayed the greatest, personal
fourage, bravery and energy throughout
the enKiKenipnt and outfought the sur-rrl-il
enemy from tho instant contact
va established.
Tim n Alan la Shelled.
' uil.iir itie bombardment a town bc
lind the mericau line was heavily
the ilerl anil there were mint, casualties,
Str.H ouiers were Issued to-day to all
'inks u the American aector of the bat
1 front near Toul regarding gas precau
tions Tn men wt-ri) told that they muet
swp their masks alid respirators within
Hiti-k r'a.li r.t nil times, and were
arned thut the slightest delay In get
w.g them on mk-ht mean death.
A few mora additional gas cases de-
v eloped to. day unions the men who
manv hnltrn !,fi. fS uI.aIId Iv-
Ploded went tu work In the gabsod area,
hero the fumes. like Water, remained
In shell holes and. other depressions In
In earth TIuik far rlx mon have died
'"im inn effects of German sas shells
and mo. than eighty are In hospitals
"iffertnit from poisoning. Most of the
fJ'es in,, (,nght and only otm man Is re
lorted to i grave condition.
bwiit retribution has fallen upon the
jWrnati batteries which this week bom
tarded the American trenches northwest
Toul w th gas shells. American heavy
artillery concentrated Its fire on the
German lulnenwerfer butteriea for half
fn hour Thursday and obliterated aha
Pillion.
Many direct lilts with high explosive
hells were made by the American gun
Timbers were thrown high Inhe
t oiilintied tnt Second Pttgtr-
American Lines Held Intact After Fight
Says French Report Praising Bravery
PjJ'S, Starch i. In its otBcia! reports of fighting the French War
Omce pays particular attention to-day to the part played by .the
American troops' in repulsing the Vermans. The statement follow:
Night During: the day the artillery fire was of Rxeat intensity
in the region north and northwest of Rheims and also in Champagne,
especially in the region of the Monts, near Tahure, and on both sides
of the Suippes.
Southwest of the Dutte du Mesnil, after having been pushed
back by our counter attacks at points where they had entered our
positions this morning-, the enemy came back with new forces. After
several fruitless attempt?, whieft cost him heavy losses, he succeeded
in (raining- a footing- again in a part of the position we conquered
February 13. "
On the right bank of the MeuseTmd in the Woevre the enemy
violently bombarded our first lines on the Beaumont and Bois le
Chaume fronts, as well as in the Seicheprey region, where a strong
surprise attack by the enemy was repulsed and gave us a few
prisoners.
On two of the points attacked by the enemy during the course
of last night andio-day Germans specialized in raids came in con
tact with some elements of American infantry. Our allies main
tained their lines intact everywhere and inflicted heavy losses on the
enemy, and in addition took prisoners from him at each of these
points.
Day In the region east of Cnavignon (the Berlin Way Office
reports ten Americans taken prisoner here) at 8 o'clock last night
the Germans, after a heavy bombardment, hurled two columns
agamst the French lines. A violent bombardment followed, termi
nating to the advantage of the French. The Germans were thrown
back after having suffered heavy losses. Prisoners remained in the
hands of the French.
THIRD LIBERTY
MH ON APRIL 6
,
i
Campaign Begins on Annivcr-i
sary of America's Entry
Into tho World War.
DETIAILS NOT YET BEADY J
McAdoo Expects Nationwide
Patriotic Celebrations
Will Mark Event.
Sptcitl De$patck to Tnc St.v
WAiHlNOTov, March 1. The third .
.iDerty Loan campaign will be opened 1
on April 6. the anniversary of the I
declaration of war on Gerniany by the
United States. Official announcement of
tho date was made by Secretary McAdoo I
to-night.' Terms and conditions, the in
terest rate and other details arc de-1
pendent on further legislation by Con
gress, and will be announced at a future
date.
Under existing legislation the Issue of
somewhat more than $3,000,000,000 Is
authorized In addition to the amount of
subscriptions accepted on the first and
second loans. This is under the original
authorization. Necessary legislation for
the forthcoming loan will be passed In
Congress In time for fixing it upon a
definite basis.
The date of the launching of the cam
paign was announced Immediately after
tho decision had been reached so as to
give the fullest possible time for p-ep-aration
for the loan by bankers' "om
tnittees, four minute men and othrr
local boosters In every community in tho
United States. The Liberty Loan bu
reau of the Treasury is ready and wait
ing for the gong.
Posters Already Distributed.
Posters announcing the loan have
been printed nnd are ready for general
distribution. Thousands of them have
gone to central distributing points. Tho
loan machinery has been reorganized
and tightened up in many rpots to in
creus efficiency on the basis of experi
ence, gained in the first two Issues.
In view of the fact that loan subscrip
tions will begin April 6 it Is probable
that there will not bo more than two
additional Issues of Treasury certificates
of Indebtedness .of the biweekly series
being floated at 4 per cent. Interest,
About 500,000,000 or tneso certltlcates
have been subscribed by banks and sub
scriptions nro being received on a second
Issue of tho samo amount.
It Is believed by Administration offi
cial!) tlrat the economic and business
situation which was upset by the coal
and transportation difficulties In one of
the most severe winters- in history will
be adjusted and that tho country will
bo In a position to absorb a heavy bond
issue.
In addition hope is expressed that the
railroad bill, the war finance corporation
bill and other similar measures will be
out of tho way, so that the nation can
give enthusiastic cooperation to the loan.
Many communities have been planning
patriotic celebrations of the war anni
versary dato and Secretary McAdoo is
confident that these meetings will be
converted Into loan rallies. They are
counted upon to give a fine send off
to the third campaign.
The statement announcing the date of
the campaign was made at this time,
Secretary McAdoo explained, to give
every community time to prepare for
the big bond sale, and he strongly ad
vocated popular demonstrations on the
day ot the opening of tho loan and the
second year of tho war.
After matin the date of the cam
paign openlny the Secretary continued:
"The amount, terms and conditions of
the loan have not yet been decided, but
tho features ore dependent on further
legislation. I expect to ask tho Congress
a: an early dato to grant the necessary,
additional authority. Of course the
opening dato of the campaign Is some
what dependent upon the new legisla
tion, but It l.t hoped and believed that
the matter can bo considered and de
tet milled In ample time to begin the
canulgn on the date suggested. April
8 wBI forever be a consecrated day In
Amejlcan history, and It seems peculiarly
appropriate that the opening of the sec
ond year of our participation In this
war for the honor and rights of America
nnd freedom of the world should be ceie
brated with a nation wide drive for an
other Liberty Loan.
"The campaign should begin with
$1,002,878,608
FEB; WAR COST
- '
.
American Expenditures Lower
Than in January
in December.
or
$32.'i, 000,000 TO ALLIES
Total Cash Assets of the Fed
eral Treasury Arc Now
1,027,919,548.
Was it i nqton', March 1. The money
ccst of the war to the Unlttd States etlll
1;1 running near a billion dollars a month,
Desplto official forecasts f steadily
Increasing1 expenditures from month to
month, the government's outlay In Feb-
ruary. nccordlng to a Treasury statement
itnued to-day, war, slightly leas than In
either January or December, and would
have been approximately "the same If
the month had been as long an other
nonths. .
Expenditures amounted to 1 1,002,878.-
CGS. of which two-thirds, or ti65,400,0OO,
teas for ordinary Bar expenses, and
J225.000.000 was In loans t'Aalllrd Gov
ernments. Corresponding expenditures
were $1,090,000,000 In January, $1,105,
000.000 In December and $952,000,000 In
November.
.-Set lis lance 1 ,073,fl0,000. fac" lie r(,I,l,rt continues, "practically
every' complaint made by Private Hest
Tho net balance in the general fund I wood's father was found by the Inspector
was Hweweu 10-tiay 10 l,u4,uuu,0tv,
nDOve me pillion uouar marx lor the !
first time since the middle of December,
oy the Inflow of $252,000,000 from sale I
of certificates of Indebtedness of the I
current $500,000,000 block, which will ,
close next Tuesday. .More than fcur-1
firths of this huge Government working '
fund was distributed throughout the I
country in depositary banks, so that
there was no big accumulation of idle
dollars in the Treasury.
Tlie total cash assets of the Gotern
mcnt to-day wpto $1,027,919,348, which
included $2J01, 13a,r.0S gold, $4911673,
59 silver and the balance of the general
tund. '
For revenue the Government still Is i
relying mainly on borrowings through 1
tho Liberty loans and certificates of ,
nnu villi nil's ut
Indebtedness,
nu II, r. M.ne , v Inll.
have not yet begun to roll in from
income and excess profits taxes, ray-'
ments or tnese are uuo June 13. Jn
effect, however, about $1,
these taxes already lutv
through the purchase
tUiich will be received
ment of taxes, but rece
source, are listed under the
rather than under Internal revenue.
Actual receipts from Internal revenue
since last July 1. the beginning of the,
fiscal year, have been about $520,000,
000, and It Is estimated that the total
receipts up to next July 1 will be
$3,400,000,000.
Customs and miscellaneous revenue
!&2f "Imunlcable disease the body was wrapped
this Jear to $768,677,000, and receipts
from Liberty loans, certificates, war
Savings and other public debt sources
have been $9,811,668,0001, making the
Government's total receipts in eight
months $10,583,684,000. Tho war sav
ings movement has brought In $75,
000,000 In the three months It has been
under way. '-
Total disbursements In tho eight
months have been $10,647,709,000, n
little more than receipts. Of this huge
sum $3,811,556,000 has gone for internal
expense, most of which was caused by
the war, $3,466,329,000 in actual pay
ments to the Allies, $14,, "00, 000 for pur
chase of farm loan bonds and most of
tho balance for redeeming emporary
certificates of Indebtedness issued In an
ticipation of Liberty Loan campaigns.
Harrow Boll for Nest Loan.
The bulk of tho funds now needed for
Federal loans to farmers, about $11,000,
000 a month, is being supplied front the
Treasury fund of $100,(100,000 set aside
for the purpose, rather than through
private sale of farm loan bonds. This
Is .due mainly. It Is said, to the desire
of Treasury officials to avoid as, much
activity as possible In Hut Investment
market before the third Liberty Loan.
It Is for tlie tame reason that sale
of non-essential private securities Is
being discouraged, particularly during
this month, .Immediately preceding the
loan campaign.
Col. noosevelt Gains Steadily.
Both morning and afternoon bulletins
Issued at Roosevelt Hospital yesterday
reported a continued Improvement I if the
condition of Cul. Theodore Roosevelt.
Maj. Connelly and Lt. Kirk.
Patrick Held for Neglect 1
in Hestwood Case.
CHAMBERLAIN IS UPHELD
Senator's Expose of Camp
Doniphan Conditions Con- ,
firmed by Way Dep't.
.iptrlal Papatci tu Tin: Si'
Wasiiinhtov, March 1. The teiiuel
to Senator1 Chamberlain's defence In the
Senate against 1'repldent .Wilson's de
nunciation of his efforts for army re
forms developed to-day when the War
Department permitted, the report of an
orricer' of the Inspector Oeneral's De
partment to be made public.
Senator Chamberlain in 'his speech In
the Senate read a letter written by the
father of Private Albert Hestwood,
charging that the appalling conditions
existing at. the hospital at Camp Doni
phan, Oklahoma, were partly responsible
for the death of his son. The reort
of the officer who made the Inspection j
stated that the condition complained
of did exist at that time and that all
of the complaints made by the soldier's
father were true,
The flr.st result of the chatge made
by the Oregon Senator will be the
court-martial of Major Philip B. Con-
nelly, Medjcjl Corps. 1 . S, A., of Newt,,., ,..,,.,... after .nKUry battle
I York city, and First Lieut. Walter H.
i Klrkpatrlck: Medical Corps, National I
Ouard. of Haven. Kan. Major Connelly
was the medical omeer In charge of the
hospital at the camp at tho time ot
i-nvaie iiesiwoous nines anil ueain.
Lieut, klrkpatrlck l the first medical
ofilcer who examined Hestwood. it Is
cnargeu mat re sent linn to ine Hos
pital without making lt known that he
suspected spinal meningitis.
linker Anka for 'Report.
T.ie Secretary of War In ordering the I
court-martial has instructed Major-Geu.
W. M. Wright, commanding that dlvl-
1 Rlon, to make a report and has asked I
'for a report from the former division
commander llrlg.-(icn. L. O. Bern,-.
A' digest of the report of the officer j
who Inspected the hosvital fully bear
out the complaint voiced by Senator '
Chamberlain. The .Senator cald at the
time that his Information was derived
from the 'father of youpg Heatwood.
The InvestlgatlonJ disclosed," the -re-
pott
savs. "inat nrior 10 i ne uaie oi -
Prlvaff Htstwood s death (December 2K)
ami for a" considerable period thereafter ,
conditions In the hospital were nothing
fliort of deplorable ; In fact, the condl-
tloiis cited by rrivate iiesiwooa s lamer
in nis leiu-r oi January is to ttenry .i.
Alien were found .to be substantially
correct."
Major Connelly, who was then In
charge of the hospital. Is held to have
been responsible for the existence of
these conditions.
The wards were unclean at that time
and there wan an Insufficient supply of
bed linen, a lack of attendants on duty,
while those there were Inexperienced and
the declaration was made that patients
went for long pel lods without even hav
ing their hands and faces washed. "In
jQ foe true.
Hospital Overtaxed.
. . ,, , .
""Ports of the medical depaitment
"w tllnt n" unexpectedly large number
of Ptients otertaxed the hospital when
"' , ', ;V. Z '
V'"? Patients were reate.l at te hos-
riliai oeitveen uereinoer is uu i ibi,
These muses were named by the In
spector In his report as "unsatisfactory
i-onditloiiH" then existing In the hospital:
Lack of stealn heating facilities, lack of
supplies of hot water, untrained offlrers
and enlisted personnel, lack of proper
amount of supplies due to the unusual
number of patients admitted, climatic
conditions which made It hard under the
best circumstances to keep patients nnd
- - - . .
' WnTOS CieUIl. lCI Ul UIUIHI UIIU ituiiJuie
, -werage an,
Uebi- In np
. i.-i'h "'
Body Shipped In Casket.
Tl, statemetit that " Private Hest-
wood's body was shipped home wrapped
only in a sheet was made the subject of
a special report. This report stated that
the body was 'shipped In a metal lined
casket and that "tins uemg a conv
In sheets and cotton to conrorm to
shipping laws, therefore no clothing was
used."'
The conditions nt the camp hospital
have been materially Improved, the re
port shows.
"As a result of the investigation Into
present conditions at the hospital," the
War Department announced, "the In
spector reports: 'The present command
ing officer of tho hospital, Col. Frank
R. Kcefer. Medical Corps, Is an effi
cient and capable officer, fully compe
tent to till tho obligations that arc
placed upon him and at the present mo
ment Is doing everything with meuns
at hand tn place that institution upon
a proper footing.' "
Major Connelly, who must face court
martial as a result of' the Investigation,
was graduated, from Bellevue Medical
School in 1909 and from tho Army Medi
cal School three years later. He was
appointed to tho Medical Corps from
New Vork on February 6, 1911. Lieut.
Klrkpatrlck. tho other officer who must
fare n court, studied medicine nt the
University Medical College, Kansas City,
Mo. He accepted his commission In the
National Guard Medical Corps June JO
last.
Belarlan Socialists Sentenced to Die
Amstrrpam, March 1. iA German
court-martial at Antwerp haN condemned
to death for csplonago the Belgian
Socialist Senator Colleaux and Legraa,
according to the Uct Yolk. Pleter
Troelatra, the Dutch Socialist leader, has
telegraphed to Philip Scheldemann, the
German majority Socialist leader, ap
pealing to him to use his Influence to
prevent executloniaf the sentence. ,
A.
125,000,000 of unions which exisie at ine time oi h . ,or(.H ot provlsioiw In i "' " "'"' V" "e i ' ." ru..lu i u?MM. ""h" Piarcs turn
i) been paid l Private Heslwoou s illness aim leal11 ' ,iyp r wu,. destroyed. tavors pence oy compromise. iiiums mat iiussia s auvetstty is her op-
of certificates have ocen cranicaien, wmi me i-ruirni .,,. imim, .,rr rnnnrted tn hp 1 ' i1"11""! iiti.-iiiiii ") inrse , imi luiuij.
later In pay- condition" no longer exists nnd prob- '',""t0w Advocates as following a double barrelled i "In France this may be teganled as
ipts from tlils, ably never will occur again iu the Camp "Vhtei bev ire "aid tu have oori ",,lt,J' war nn'1 I"'.aco ln r,'Kan, to the Just punlshtitent for the repudiation by
public debt Doniphan 'hospital. ",,: , " ., ,iivinn of infantry mm. ! 1 cmi 1 owcrs- 11 ,s tliat ttie i tne HoIslicviKi of the iiatiotml debt and
. ....... ,.. . ..., ,i..i.. ' i irsiueiu i-iiuiiiii mi win tni in uki ainiiic iui ine
He So Interprets Message
Fronr Russian Delegates
at Brest-Litovsk.
HMED TBA1N WANTED
It Is to Meet Party at Toros
haets Appeal to Defend
. Petrogrnd.
PiiTiioiiitAU, Murch 1. A ni'.iU3' te
celveil by the llolshevlk Government
from Brest-Litovsk. dated Filday, or-
ilerlnt- li-nln muler tnllltarv irUjrd to ',
meet the 'Itusslnn delegates at Toro
shaet?, was considered bv the Govern
ment as probably signifying that the
peace negotiations had been, broken off.
The communication follows :
"To all the Councils: The following
message was received from Brest-LI-tovsk:
" "M the Council of Commissaries, Pc
trograd : Send us a train to Toroshaets.
near Pskov, iscortcd by sufficiently
large forcts. Communicate with Kry-
,enko concerning the bodyguard
Karaiian-.'
This niescase most probably slgnl-,
ties that the peace negotiations have ;
been broken clt by tho Germans. We
must b? ready for an Immediate Ger
man advance on Petrograd and on all
, frontf. It Is necessary that all the peo
ple rise nnd Etrengthcn the measures
I for defonce. . ' Ijssink."
and the forced retreat of the troops of 1
Oen. Kaledlnes and (Jen. Kornlloff Is re-
! 1". u l"e -
The' news asencv fays that Kale-
'dins adventure has been definitely
nrouglit to a close, iiosiov was ticcu-
pled bv the revolutionary troops Moti-
day after a bloody affray and the Soviet
lrnoi) then advanced to Novo 'Ichei
karli." which they entered. The enemy
retired on As.kal.skal under command
of Gens. Alexleff and Korn"rJff and at-
temntefi In tv itbdrnw into the Interior
of,Th
llV-d ene i,,tril. wlltib U MrallllniT
every nerve to enter Kkaterlnoslav, to
which place reenforcemeiits are being
HOn. ,ile enemy
An extraordinary General Staff
foim,.j fr the defem-e of the levolutlon
ann0unces measures for the organization
nnd poninment of a medical detachment,
.,. hosnltal itralns for the Socialist,
. iI'.i.h.-..'- ntA Paflianlu' nrllH".
T1, i,lroira,i Defence Committee.
In
..t. .u -A..in..u ui,,.(t.,n i,q nr.
lerrd n noldlers who have been sent
hom, (0 haml ov,r tne.r arniS for the
orHanlzatlon of resistance against the
enem5-, otherwise they will be consld-
cr,d counter revolutionary free hooters.
, , , ... i
urtiers also nave ueeil wsuni iu ntr i
. . i , .1...
open places of workn i and to pa the
fence of the revolution.
AUSTRIA ALSO ATTACKS.
Her
I'orcrK Advance Into 1 Ursine
(Jrrmiins Henrh Dniester.
Lonpon, March
Despite reports
yesterday from Bolshevik sources that
the German advance Into Russia had ,
been stopped and that thousands of Rus-
j siann were guio-111 l" in'Dl in
vaders Berlin reports to-day that Ger- ,
1 r.-an troops have reached the Pnlcper
River, about 400 miles due south of Pe- i
trograd and SO miles north of Kiev,
capital of tho Ukraine.
It Is said also that Ausiro-Hunganan
t-oops have begun an advance Into the
, ' .,. 'h the Austrian Premier
., ....... . , , i..
told recently that the dual monarchy is
at jteace with the Ukraine and would not
tend troops Into that province.
Ten thousand Russians already have
laid down thilr arms, and considerable
quantities of ammunition, carts and
other rolling slock have been taken by
the Austrian-, says an official Alls
i trlan communication announcing tho
commencement of an advance In Russia.
A forward movement by the Invaders
, . . .. . "ll i... 1'
reported, the Germans pushing on de-
artillery.
!-na 1llM.'len r..- ,UMor,1
be moving ot, Sabezh. eighty miles north -
east of Dvinsk,
ir." "V "f:"?.1'
HI nil ll'di iti-Biiuiivi- j urn iiiiiiiuiiittr
. unite. tb fact that the railway had been , . . '"... . - ........ . ..n
pinvii ut iii.mij iiini iii-.,j mm iip,iii
rhH?,r rTnnoV,t;(v.n uP.et matron to misrepresent him
;.:.. ' ' '
continue.
Town Taken by Storm.
Tho German official statement to-day
says :
Our troops have reached the Dnie
per In their advance eastward. Along
the northern frontier of the Ukraine,
ConfiNiird on fieroitd Page.
Man Fron Front Brings
'Thanks to Fund Donors
A BROOKLYN boy, member of
the First United States En
gineers (regulars), now home on
a brief furlough, said yesterday:.
"When the boys heard I was
coming over they told me to be
sure to call on THE SUN nnd tell
how much we appreciate the to
bacco it and its many friends are
sending us. The soldiers are re
ceiving help and favors from
many sources, but in the opin
ion of every man there isn't an
organization that compares with
this tobacco fund."
Just how the smokes help he
tells in greater detail on page 4.
WARNING I THE SUN TO
BACCO FUND has no connection
with any other fund, organiza
tion or publication. It employs
I no agents or solicitors.
Veto A Aintc orrt nrti re a ir a v
FROM PETROGRAD, IS SAFE
American and Japanese Envoys Make Trip to Vologda
on Special Train, Followed by Other Diplomats
and Red Cross
Ru the .iitociatttl Prtti.
Voi.ofiOA. Itussla, Keb. 2S (delayed).
The American and Japanese Ambassa-
dors arrived heic (350 miles cart ot Pc-
tioRrad) to-day on a special tiuln. Their
trl WUHuneveiltful.
The Chinese and Siamese Ministers,
tho llrazlllan Charge d'Affalres and the
American Red Cross representatives also
have arrived here. Tho Ambassadors
are remaining In Vologda pending de
velopment. Another train which left Pctrograd
with portions of the embassies' Waffs
has arrived at Vlatka (350 miles east
of Vologda and 700 miles east of Pe
trograd.) According to advices received here to
day by Ambansador Francis from the
mnoinv iiiiiiuie ui I cirux uu iiriiL-u iiau ,
not been signed between the Bolshevik
I'.owrnment and the (lernians up to a ,
i:li0 i,0ur this afternoon (Tliurnlay ).
Uoger t Tredwell, the American Con- i
si .,t iKtrograd, who arrived at Vologda ,
with tho ambassadorial party, Is open-
hi!,' a consulate heie. The' American
WILSON AGAINST
BARGAIN PEACE
His Ne.vt rtterance Will Call
for Victory by Arms. It
Is Indicated.
IAXGEB IX PABLEYSpMI.SON 1BGED TO
. PW Pacifist HepOl't Misi'tMU'C-
' '
jjents Him as Willing
to Compromise.
inciattltipalch to Tsi; siv
Washington, March 1. Thete were
c'.car Intimations to-day after the Cah-
Inet meeting that Pre'ldetlt Wilson's
net utterance on the International sit-1
nation will bristle with the spit It of fight
and will show the country that victory
on the battlefield Is the only means to
nil llie u.lllll'liem i", me ,m u
. . ... , -.. - lit..,..
I" re leu oil iui iu(i-iiik weiiu.iii miiiiim,-
,sm tQ acc,)t a JURt am, ,aang pea(,e
One member of the Cabinet said that
the Government tully recognizes the
danger of peace discussion because of
the effect that lt may have In causing
the American people to relax their ef -
forts to win the war. It also was real-
ized that this purpose was animating
the German Foreign Office. The Prel-
.Iniil'u Mii-I iiltaMn., mai- .1 1 can.-l n tn
in,r,Mnn .-hleh the evrluiilffo of vIpwh
may have aroused as to the possibility
of peace by compromise.
It would not surprise any ie here If
the President's next utterance on the
subject will be more belligerent In Its
tone than he recent addresses and will
show the Amerloan people that peace
cannot tome by bargain with the pres-
ent German military- leaders. ! m t-.iently lay hands on. Such action Is
Pacifists and peace by compromise ad- lt. presented as a high service to the
tocates here are profiting by the lull m allied cause. It is suggested that the
the International situation to launch one Germans might pans through Rusia
of their Insidious campaigns. Reports absorb Siberia and place themselves on
were in circulation from pacifist quarters ; the Pacific as a menace to Japan,
to-day Hint a peace move had actually , ... . .
begun, that the President was relying Jln' 1 ovrle.l Trrrltor,.
mote on the hope of making a bargain "Such military operations tkould be
with Germany or Austria than on the mot lautastlc. Uven If there were any
nation's military plans. 'substance In tho hjpothesls Japan would
These so-called peace moves have come not counter such a German move by
nnd gone In waves and generally have settling down In Vladivostok and llat
Icft no Impression, but In this case the I bin, which still would leave practically
reappearance of this agitation has taken i the whole of Kufopean and Asiatic Rus-
the form or professing to give President
Wilson's own ideas In HUport of It, In
.dace o the . peace a. : y
, " ,,i
irice leilvocntes
ce a ix-ace by
ns an emergency measure to use If peace
-pi""" "'"l iUi M V.-VIll III
I ..1-.... J-..M 1 .. Si.,. A r .. ... .
, "'" .Sl
. UMfd States and the CeiUral Powers
. . , ,i,.,..i . . ii...
nt once and wl
111 leave no doubt as to tho
nation's determination to force Germany
to terms by a military victory.
45 AIR ATTACKS
! MADE ON VENICE
i i
1,000 Bombs Dropped
, People Leaving City.
Ipeclal Cable Dtsimtch to The Sisfrom the
i London Timet.
, Copur!jht. 151S; olf right' reterrfd.
' Ves.-u.-k. Feb. 26 (delayed). Forty
I five air raids have been made on Venice
i to dato and at least 1,000 bombs have
been dropped. Thero are only about
60,000 pcoplo here of the 160,000 popu
lation. The. raid to-night lasted three hours.
Three hundred bombs were dropped and
thirty-eight houses were smashed. The
Rojal Palace was struck nnd three
churches wero damaged. In St. John
Chrysostoni tho altar and one of Ccl
llne's laM landscapes were wrecked. Ill
this raid ono person tvaa killed and fif
teen Injured. The slight casualties, arc
due to the prudence of the refugees In
taking shelter promptly.
Boston Airman Killed In Canada,
I Toronto, March 1. Flight Cadet
I J.loyd Carter of Boston, 20 years old,
a member of the Ninety-second Squad-
I ron, Royal Flying Corps, was killed to
night at Leaslde Camp when a machine
In which he was being Instructed col
lided with another machine Immediately
I over the airdrome at a height of 150
1 1 feet, i V
Representatives.
, Hcd Cross representatives n ho came hero
'are headed by Col. Itayiiiond Hoblti'i of
t-'li'03?0-
OTHER DIPLOMATS GO.
Ilrltlsh nuil I'rnu-h AmlaMtiliri
Quit Petrorad.
London, March 1. The British and
French Umbassies have left Petrograd,
according to a teltagram from the Rus
sian official news agency In Petrograd
and which bears no date.
Toklo advices forwarded In a Ileuter
despatch Xrom Shanghai say that the
Japanese Ambassador to Russia, Vis
count Uchlda, has postponed his depar
ture from Petrograd. It Is believed, the
despatch says,- that the Rusalan Oov
ernment has made a najv proposal.
(The Associated Press despatch from
Vologda, Russia, reports that the Japa-
neso Ambassadors accompanied Ambas-
sarior Francis to that place. N'o advices
havi been received In the 1'nited States
of any negotiations which called for the
i presence oi tne .Milanese AmbassaHor
Mil Petrograd.)
BRITISH PRESS
SHOWS CAUTION
Jiipaiioc Occupation
licrin Less Favored T
PlTaii
Among French.
I.KAI)
i
I Joillt -Military Operation IS
i
However Not Jfogimlcil
as Wise Move.
f(M Cablt Dtspatck to Ti V v.
I ISIS; nil rights re'trvtit j
I.onihin, Mdivh 1. The suggested Iti
lerventlon of Japan In Siberia has
ntcuaed treniendous interest hre and
iho various phases of the problem lire
eagerly discussed, but the plan on the
, wnolo soeis to be mora f:.ored In
France than In Great Britain.
It l.s now stated lure that an agree-
. .vent among the Kntente Allies nnd
Japan is on the point or belne; reached,
' Great prominence) Is given to a Toklo
t'espatch that, Toklo will be the future
, centre, of diplomatic .dealings In regard
to Itussla.
That a powerful dement ben; it not
altogether favoi-sble to It Is made nlaln
by a leading editorial In the Manchester
Giiaiii(ii, perhaps ll.c most Influential
row spatter In Hurope In diplomatic mat
ters. 11 says :
"Some of the French newspapers and
i-.ow Gen. Foch (the noted French strate
gist) seems to he confident that Japan
should and will occupy Vladivostok, Hat
bin and generally us much of Russian
..ii - i-.iojei u n-iiimry nn sii9 can
sin exposed. If Japan should decide, to
j lake Vladivostok, Harbin and Russia's
territory in the extreme east it will
not be to please the French or to help
separate peace made with Ger
many, but If Jupan does to Russia's east
ern frontier even more cynically what
Gciinany Is doing to Russia's western
frontier, how can tho Allies npproto It
without losing the claim to a higher
stnndard of principles than their
enemies?
s
t'rKva Wilson's Inters rntton.
"To eifcourago or not tu repudiate
. nuy Mirh action on l)io patt of Japan
v.ouui oe a gross error and would be a
, Hat contradiction of the whole policy of
1 President Wilson. Is it not time that
' President Wilson took the dlplnmarv of
the war effectively In hand'.' Speeches
will not tlo It."
In their comments them is a general
uifcpostuuii ny i.ir iiinioii newspapers
to defer to President Wilson's levs
The 7'iwrs says; tNo doubt Is felt in
well Informed circles that the position1
of the. United States will be determined
by the logic of llie situation and tliu
single hearted desire which President
WINon always has shown to further the
best interests of tho Allies."
The Morning J'ost sees a parallel be
tween the situation of the United States
Just beforo'she was forced Into the war
and that of Japan now In the Kast. It
contends that steps by Japan tu protert
her Interests are entirely Justified and
hopes the Allies will treat her with con
fidence and extend the cooperation stij,
has a right tn expect,
Tho Unity .Vrns Is more cautious. It
declares that Japanese Intervention for
conquest would be a crime. The hilly
Csroiilcfe Htt-ongly supports proposed ac
tion by Japan and opposes American
participation, saying: "Any linking of
America with Japan In this vast enter
prise would be resented by Japan as a
mark of distrust In her ability and dis
interestedness." The Daily Mail pleads for a free hand
to Japan, under the heading "Japan'H
Terms," In u statement which Is said
to represent the Japanese view It Is de
clared that the Allies' mandate, should
be based on the principle, "Trust Japan."
TiTariip.iu vim rim A .tu I, ,'iii li. ,inn.iA 1
President and Entente
Leaders Said to View Fa
. vorubly Defence Plans.
ASSURANCE BY T0K1O
Says Occupation Will Con
tinue Only While German
Danger Remains.
' HAS AltMY IX HE A DIN ESS
Great Britain and France Said
to Favor Trusting Good In
tentions of Japan.
I.OXDO.V, Saturday, March 2. Ac
cording to the "Dally Mall," II la nnder
stood that the Allies hate derided to ask
the Japanese to take any steps necessary
for the protection of the Allies In the
Far Knit,
Streas Is laid ,011 the fart that the
Jlrltlsh and Japanese Internments hold
that Japan's Intervention In the Rus.
slan affairs Is not to be construed a
an art of hostility to Itussla or the Rus
sian (ioternment. Its purpose Is to safe
guard menaced allied Interests and to
protect stores nnd munitions at Vladl
tostol and to assist Russia to llghtea
and rientmilly lift the Imrilen nr lb.
"
ruinn soke.
.fi-;.i( ttiMteh to 'rut. siv
Washington, Match 1. President
Wilson and leaders of the Kntente ova
viewing sympathetically Japan's pro
posal for protcctltu action against Goi
many in Siberia, and announcement of
an agreement may be shortly expected.
Both Great Britain and France faor
entrusting the Japanese Government
wltn ,nc mission of landing troops to
suatd the Trans-Siberian Railroad and
protect the hunc, valuable supplies piled
up at Vladivostok. It is unders-tood that
Japan desires moral rather then physi
cal support for tho enterprise, so that
Toklo probably would prefer to hate
Piesident Wilson decline tho invitation
for Joint participation in favor of ac
tion exclusively by the Jupdiios-c.
diplomats heie say that Japan i
ready for the work and that not more
I than a few thousand troons wnniil lie
esseht tut
,,,, ,,, ,,.,, ,' ...
! tlmt lle 1 "kl0 G"ent s 8e
asiininces mat occupation of Siberia
would prevail only so long a milltai
considerations made It necessary
Itrnl Menace to Jnpnn
The growing; influence of German) in
Russia, which keeps pace with the ad
vance of German armies and the ic
ported absorption of Rtisslun units Into
the German army, constitutes, It I ad
mitted, a real potential menace to Japan.
The Japanese policy is to take advance
precautions and not wait until Germany
has been able to profit by delay,
lt Is pointed out that giving moral
sanction to a plan whereby Japanese ex
erclsc police power in Siberia would be
a fui titer recognition of the trust the
United States and the Kntente place in
Japan's programme of coorcratlon. Ills
expected, therefore, that the Toklo Go
ernment will bo cntiusted to carry out
tile expedition wjth llie mor.it but not
phs!cal backing of the United Stales
and allied Governments.
Exchanges arc proceeding iap;d
among the Kntente i lot itrnmcnts and
Washington, and the matter was consid
ered at to-day's Cabinet meeting, lt l
understood that the State Department Is
being slowly but steadily Influenced to
accept the view which seems to obtal
ln Great Britain nnd France and pos
sibly in Italy. That Is that a single
Tower, with nn efficient army and nat
within easy reach or Siberia and not
otherwise employed and acting in cor
fonnity with a general agreement
might be better able tn wth til-
situation than any International force,
such as was at first contemplated.
Bolshevik Attitude I'mUiumvii.
The attitude of the Bolshevik Gov
ernment toward the proposed action h
jBfian In Siberia remains to be devel
oped. The Russian contingent In Wash
Ington Is strongly opposed to the step,
but as the emb.is.y hern Is out of touch
with tho Petrograd Got ernment It Is
not In position to reflect Its attitude.
It Is gathered here that the Japanen
Got ernment holds, that It liors not re
quire nny warrant from the Kntente
Powers generally or America to embark
op n campaign in Siberia, although lt
makes an exception in the case of !re,v
Britain because nf the close alliance, ho
tween Japan nnd that i-mmtiy, expicsslj
covering their Joint intent.s on tin
Asiatic iivilnland. Hiwever, because of
the cooperation between Japan and
America. France nnd Italy Iu deallns
with other phases of the Kastern ques
Hon, It Is understood that the JupincM
l'.tnpcior lias Indicated that he would
welcoin" as a voluntary uppruvnl ot tin
Governments of these countries to an
icdli-.il programme that ho might fee
obliged to adopt 111 lelatloti to I!usUi
Asiatic territories.
Lord llendlnR sees l.nnsliiR,
The point ban been made by tome u'
tho Allies during the negotiations th.r
mi Insistence try them on Joining Jap'H
In the proposed move would Imply a lack
of confidence In the motives and ultimate
designs nf tho Japanese when It ratlin I"
tho final disposition of any occupied
tertitoiy.
Lord Reading, the British Ambassador
and Mr. Tauakl, tho Japanese Charge
had conferences to-day separately with
Secretary Latiflng. Tho Japanese Gov
ernment Is understood to be relvlns
upon its ally by special treaty (Urea'
Britain) to support any course Japan
may adopt in Asia and to assist !
framing such a definition of purposes a
she may feel inclined to submltto tat