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weather?partly cloudt. WASHINGTON. D. (X WEDNESDAY. MAY 29. 1918.
YOU OWN A LIBERTY BOND ;
HAVE SUPPORTED THE
RED CROSS;
NOW BUY W,.S. S.
Americans Carry Out Successful
Attack on Line at Cantigny,
Taking 200 Prisoners
GAIN OBJECTS; LOSSES SLIGHT
Surprise Attack Recaptured Ground Lost in
Sanguinary Fighting During March Drive?
Enemy Resistance Feeble.
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By NEWTON G. PARKE.
Staff C#rrfap?R(irat ?( tkc latrraat ional News Serrlct.
With the American Army in France, May 28.?Americans on the
Picardy front attacked the village of Cantigny, northwest of Mont
didier, this morning, gaining all objectives and taking 200 prisoners,
including two officers. Our losses were slight The Germans counter
attacked only feebly.
"This morning in Picardy American forces attacking on a front
of one mile and a quarter, captured the village of Cantigny, took 200
prisoners and inflicted severe losses in killed and wounded on the
enemy." said an official communique from General Pershing last night.
Attack ?? R*He?c Preaawe.
Tiie communique continued:
""Our ca-u^Uies were relatively
?mall. Hostile counter-attacks
broke down under our lire. In Lor
laini- and the Woevie artillery of
both sides continued active. Karl>
in the day our aviators shot down
a hostile machine.
The village of Cantigny I* four
miles northwest of Montdidier and
seventeen miles southeast of
Am .ens
It was in this region that the
teak ?f tho Oetman March drive
was reached, and it was arouni
here tnat sanguinary fighting look
^ The attack, launchtd by the
Americans wgi evidently in the na
ture of a surprise. and was intend
ed. along with other efforts of the
aires in v.-.riouj other pi.. I' of t>
line to relievo pressure on the
totc*? wit!wlJi?ins the nea->*l
blows along th<; Aisnc. 1
I.ieul.- Douglas Campbell. of
\lnunt Hamilton. Cal- and Edde I
Rh-kenbacher. the former automobile ;
racer, this morning encountered six j
enemy planes over the Toul front.
The Germans attempted to out-ma
neuver the Americana and drive them
behind the Gciraan lines. ?but the
Yankee fliers outguess#! them. They
concentrated on a German biplane,
driving it down out of control in
the Bois Derate.
Ueut. Campbell also was victor in
yesterday s light, in which an en
emy machine crashed to earth after
its wings had been destro>ed.
V. S. Pwraalt Plaaea Aetlve.
%Four of our pursuit planes attack
ed two enemv patrolling machines
east of St. Mihiel late Monday af
ternoon One of the German ma
chines fled. Our planes surrounded
the other, one American pilot keep
ing close on the tail of the enemy
machine while the three others
swung in on It In a circle, emptying
their machine guns until the Ger
man plane fell in flames. '
An empty German observation bal
loon broke from its moorings in a
high wind this morning and drifted
across the lines, descending before
our headquarters.
ZIONISTS FOR ALLIES, |
SAYS SERBIAN RABBI
Dr. Alkalay Dedarei Jews Better
Patriots for Zionism.
"Victory of the ailed cause is the
supreme need of the moment and
Zionists are bending every effort to
this end." declared Dr. I. Alkalay,
Chief Rabbi of Serbia, at a meeting
of the Washington Zionist Circle last
evening
"The better the Jew. the better the ;
Zionist, the better the American," he!
added.
Dr. Alkalay stated that In Serbia i
there is unanimity of opinion among j
the Jews in favor of Zionism and that]
every Jew In this country is a Zionist. |
and recognised by the government as
a better cttisen and patriot. He urged I
upon American Jewry the necessity j
of strong Zionist groups.
Dr. Alkalay. who is now in the |
capital on an official mission, decribed
conditions In his country and stated
that Serbia waa among the flrst
countries to follow the Balfour Dec
laration In advocating a homeland In
k Palestine for the Jewish people. The
Rabbt expressed his pleasure st find
ing so many Zionist leaders occupying
positions of trust and Importance In
the United Ststes. ?"This same condi
tion," said he, "exists In my country."
WAR CRISIS APPEAL
CARRIED BY PIGEONS
British Plea (or Enlistment Sent to
New York Rally.
'This is the supreme crisis of the
war. Honor and toyaity call every
British subject of military age to
the fighting Une. Our American
comrades are pouring across In their
thousands Don't lag behind. Time
pusses Come now. Join our broth
ers wbo are In arms to crush per
fidy ?jm1 cruelty and to w n freedom
and happiness for a suffering world."
Three carrier pigeons yesterday
carried that message from I he British
*?Bd Canadian Kecrniting Missions
Adams, American, Wells
Fargo and Southern for
U. S. Operation.
> r?!*r n nhMi approved by Director
General McAdoo yesterday the busi
ness of the lbur big express compan- !
>e? will be taken over by the govern
ment. The companies are the Adams.
American, Wells Fargo and Southern, j
Three small express companies In the
Northwest are not Included In the1
Plan. They will have the option of
Pooling their interests with the new
?*r~, company ?? be formed asl
irol or i?? P,'an of ?<>le?n>ent con
trol or of going out of business.
The announcement yesterday of the
plan of bringing the express business
brine! C2!!mry under federal control I
brings about complete control by the !
governs t of ^ mn?\?
Th? * W,,h the exception of
the Pullman Car system.
Controls Pullmans.
?e? railroad administration has
3K
December 28 \
h? ;rsi
I trol 1* .k War and sovernment con- |
business ?"'
suii.of negotiations. re ?
The plan by which the
25?nl?? ?>??? under Federaf co"
McAdooC7o"thd br D,rector General
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country in the most efficient and
economical manner h? hV. J d
the plan oT'thS fou"prTncN
. covnscg) 0N PA0E TWQ
*? S^iS^S?
SIP?
' *!!d from the British Embassy here
yesterday morning by Ladv r/,hi.
?*> ?! ?>? British '
Uch* . h" ?MtL?h'?n. millury at!
tacne, and Gen. E. D swintn?
? An'r?,^nf<Cted W"h the Kmbi?y
llsnJ?!T.e,'? eampa'm to obtain en
listment of British snd Canadians r.
rirt^oJ^nhthl? cointry Is being car
? 5* the Recruiting Mission
*enth !. ?arterS here ?t H6 Flfl
S U D SSS"^ '? Ch?? of
ton\ew*^>r*k ?"Tied the appeal
from thm 5 ye?terday were hirda
from the American Ractn* PiMA,
sraaia??&
shaped tortolsesbell comb at the top.
At one point of a road -
structed in Alaska there ^ently con
Of This Number 323 Are
Combat Machines;
Critics Unfair.
liberty motor good
'
Proof of Engines Success?
Seen in Orders from
Foreign Powers.
Representative Kahn. of Cali
fornia. ranking Republican on the
House Military Affairs Committee.
came to the support of the aircraft
program yesterday afternoon. De
bate opened in the House on the
?12,000,#00.000 army appropriation,
b'speaking of statement emanating
from the Senate Military Commit
tee that only one battle-plane was i
in France, Kahn declared:
?-That is misinformation. You
have been reading of our men bring
I ing down enemy planes. _ W hat
more evidence do you want?
IJOO Plaaea la Kraaee.
Kahn and Chairman Dent assert
ed that there are now more than
I.J00 planes In France, of wbicn
' ?2 are combat machines. Dent
icharged that the aircraft program
had been subject to unfair and un- ,
true criticism. Kahn declared that
the Liberty motor la a success, and |
is being ordered by foreign govern
meats in quantities. |
Representative Anthony, of Kf11"
?as, asked if It were not true that j
orders for the Liberty motor had,
been cancelled. Dent replied that
some tod been, but that U? order*
had been renewed after onhr slight:
repair alterations.
i Representative Shallenberger, of
I Nebraska, a committee member, said |
that up to May 11 only fourteen
bomb airplanes had been produced.)
but that In the week ending May
11. thirty-four had been turned out.
and in the week ending May 18. Jn
' had been completed. He declared [
ithat from now on, a steadily grow
ing stream yould be produced. |
I A demand waa made by Represen
tative Madden, of Illinois. Republi
can: for a full accounting of the
1155.000,000 which he said had been
'appropriated last year for airplanes.
| Dent and Kahn agreed that only
I one-third of this sum had been
disbursed, and that the remainder
was in the treasury, to be paid out
as contracts for the planes pro
gressed.
Expenditure*.
Dent submitted the following (
figures of expenditures:
Planes and parts, $l*?.0dM00.
Kneines and parts. ?240,84:>,li?.
Balloons,' *8.r,90,204.
Machine Buns, bombs. I-M'--''.
Equipment, clothing. 131.000,000.
He said the average cost of a
! plane had been *5.000. and of an
i engine, 11,850 to ?5.000. according
to the type. Of personnel, he *ai<l
I there are now 6.211 flyins <>?????
I g 354 non-flying ofticers, and o.O-i
cadets. Admitting that the army
In France had received some of its
planes from the allies. Dent dec'"*"
ed that the materials and mone>
I for their manufacture had been
*ent to France before \ merjean
factories were ready to begin work.
I "The I W. W. hindered produc
tion of' airplane spruce." said
Kahn. "until the War Department
sent out Colonel Dlsque to the
I Pacific Northwest. He found many
I loyal men had joined it for socia
bility: It was the on,y. orK?I"?V
Hon in the woods. He formed his
Loyalty League. The men -acre
I CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
MOONEY RESENTENCED
TO PENALTY OF DEATH
Condemned M.n Wire. Compers j
to Intercede with Wilson.
San Francisco. May 'Thomas .
J. Mooney was this afternoon re- j
sentenced to pay the death ^penalty ^
for alleged participation In the Pre
paredness parade bomb plot con-,
spiracy resulting in the death of
ten persona. Judge Orimth^ who
pronounced judgment, ordered that
he be hanged not before sixty days |
nor after ninety days from date. I
Executive clemency on the part ot
Governor Stephens is ?11 that can
?now save Jfooney from the gallows.
President Wilson has requested that
Mooney be given another chance to
face a Jury.
Mooney tonight sent a long tele- j
gram to Samuel Gompers. stating j
political powers of the State are ;
"using every coercive method * to I
prevent the Governor from giving
executive clemency. Mooney urges 1
that President Wilson be prevailed
upon to act in jila behalf.
Italians m North Destroy Vines.
Italian peasants In the piovince*
conquered by the Austrlans have de
liberately destroyed their vines in or
der that the invader may not dr.
wine made In Italy, according to a
Rome dlapatch to the Italian tm
baasy. Constant touch with the peas
ants In the invaded districts is main
tained by the Italian aviators. ^
The Greenbrier. Emopsea l4an. WMderrtl an
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Summary of War Situation
The Germans, evidently holding fast
on both flanks, have run themselves into
a deep pocket half way between Soissons
and Berry-au-Bac.
Their advance there has reached a
depth of between ten and twelve miles.
They have reached the Paris-Verdun
Railway at Fismes. But unless they can
pour sufficient troops through shiftly to
roll up the allied flanks, they will be in the
same predicament as Byng at Cambrai and
their drive might end in disaster.
Half a Million Germans
Twenty Divisions Hurled on Allies Who
Hold Back Their Reserves?Foe's
Masses Meet Heavy Losses
London, May 28.?The International News Service correspondent!
learned authoritatively late ,today that the German attack on the
Aisne was launched by twenty divisions.
In Attack
Aisne
By FLOYD McGRIFF,
(Staff Correspondent of the I. N. S.)
Rely r*k Petal*. *
While the strength of a German
division has been variously re
ported at between 13.000 and 18.00*.
competent military writer? have
come to tha conclusion that In ma
jor offensives such ns Ik* preaan*
tha German division Is maintain- i
ed at Its pre-war strength. 30.000.
This would mean that the original
attack was launched by 400,000 Ger
man shock troops. Paris officially |
reports the arrival of fresh Ger
man forces, so that the attacking .
army by this time may be eetl- |
mated as full* half a million j
st rone. *
Though the hour is grave, there Is
no undue depression here. The Brit
Ish public follows the news from'the I
front with stoic calm and with firm |
confidence in the final outcome.
Allies' Reaervea HeU Bark
Military experts believe It would
have been Imprudent to throw the
allied reserves Into the defense of the
Chemin des Dames while the prob
ability of a German thrust?most
likely In the center, against Amiens?
continues.
The attack south of Ypres Is Inter-)
preted as being designed to fix the j
allied reserves in that sector.
j The Germans suffered the heaviest:
losses in storming the Chemin des j
Dames, unceasingly hurling fresh;
masses up the heights to achieve j
their object. The allies maintained
their cohesion throughout.
Information coming in late today
shows the allied troops between
Vauxalllon and Uheims were en
gaged as follows:
The French held the line from
Vauxalllon to Craonne. There the!
British Joined them, holding the J
front eastward to Bermicourt, and ;
from Bermicourt to Rheims the line j
was hfeld by the French.
The critics are asking whether the j
Germans seek by this colossal op
eration to cover their left flank,
with the view to making the main j
thrust against Amiens and drawing
the allied reserves southward from
the Plcardy battlefield.
Generals Foch and Petaln are re
lied upon to have considered all
SEARCH FOR U-BOATS
i . OFF VIRGINIA CAPES
Navy Department to A?certain
Truth of Reports.
Submarine chasers and destroyers j
have been Riven special orders to de
termine the truth of rumors that a
U-boat has been operating oft the
Virginia capes. Navy officials are
confident that the ? report Is baseless
but admit that they are taking no
chances.
"By sending a TT-boat to this coun
try, Germany has already demon
strated that her undersea craft can
cruise long distances," said a navy
officii tody. "It might seem extreme
ly unlikely that a submarine capable
of making 6.000 miles |ourney without
fresh supplies of fuel, has been built,
but we are taking no chances.
"It must be remembered that a U
boat went on a Journey of at least
4,5?o miles to shell Monrovia, recently.
Ail even longer trip was made by
the submarine which held up the Ura
guyan mission bound for France.
Then there was the exploit of Ueut.
Commander Kophamel, who was dec
orated by the Kaiser for taking his
U-boat 6.000 miles in his daring trip
to the Cape Verde Islands. The U
boat that went to L4beria went half
as far again, no doubt. In his cruise,
Kophamel said he destroyed nine
steamers, Ave sailing ships and
brought back 22 tons of copper."
Turk Declare* Cowtry't "Need*."
The Turkish minister to 8witxer
iand has declared In an interivew that
Turkey must control the Caucasus
and Persia either by annexation or
other close ties, for'her own protec
tion, according to a Zurich dispatch
received her* yesterday.
eventualities and to be able to meet
the situation.
The star says the mixing of
French and British troopa is ?v|.
c?eUKr'le*KCned t0 ?"-????! i'-"
h or Britwh front thus
frustrating all . ffort? to drive a
WThe".^***,7 tt"' 4rra'et.
isfiv,?n retiremcr.t to Pont d'Arty
is tl\e miles from their original lin.- ?
V? D#lly Matl poims ??<". it?
L"n? '?"?er 8 question of loss crund
Xm ;r *,,le ,*c,'c, *',he
,.Th? Westminster Gamete ?avs- -If
the German plan is to draw Foci, into
*hUenthe'Vnai? re8<,rve? to the Aijna
while the principal German attack I*
made elsewhere^ no design Is I?ss
likely to succeed.
"It seems Improbable that vith an
attack on a thirty-mile sector tne en
r *"?force * ?r J
a still greater operation. But i' tie
Aisne operation is pursued, it must
become?whether so designed ir not
tne main operation."
?"?appointment f.r Hladenk.,..
th'. It" ,A'7'e ?|,ora,ion i?. indeed,
ine principal one. experts argue It
of?*.m h' Hlndenburg had no hope,
Of smashing the Improved allied1
northern front or of getting to the'
n?t?d tUV" ,h'1' he h?3 ch<?en
instead, to try to demolish the French '
H^No h? A?erican *'d increases. '
also "hows tbe German staff's re- !
not*acit,ie,he g,ra,c?' "y wh,?h armies
"tmvert . ? captured or de
sus ^mnn 8IVe?V'c,0ry- The. consen
sus among military writers la that
since this la a test of manpower. Ger- '
many must soon surrender her tem
wM.7.?d?kma8M rMU,Un?rrom h"i
have many weeks of the keenest
anxiey before us." Keenest
The Pall Mall Gazette insist* nn
strategic points equal Amiens in Im
portance. and /that, should a wed?
upon the handling of the allied "fora"
and encourage the enemy to spend h!?
utmost energies to overwhelm those
^ =-?
POPE RECEIVES CALL
OF PRINCE OF WALES
Show, Favor to British Heir in
Fifteen-minute Audience.
The Prince of Wales In his uniform
of an English officer this morning
railed at the Vatican and was r^eived
in private audience by Pope Benedict,
according to a Rome dispatch received
here yesterday. The Prince wa, ac
companied to the Vatican bv the
i^ietUiH "1ini*,er tetel>- accredited to
la.he^.Le ' bUt 8aW lh? Ho*
i.aTTV't'ii WS* the cue,?mary one
paid by all sovereigns and th. Ir rcp
resen -tlves, but the Pope I, ,on7id
e shown especial favor in
the fifteen-minute conversation which
? ?V1ed to the Prlnce of ViJ
Prince has made himself
Rnm.^ .Lr^U,"r W"h ,he of
Rome, accordlnr to the dlapalcl.es.
The Pope was also reported yester
day to have telegraphed his svmpathv
ing in Mi"an C~LholiC con*ress meet
ing In Ml an. The congress adopted
a resolution pledging its members "to
stand united with those who s'.ow
.heir bravery and firm faith In vie
tory and are willing to die for ti-A
liberty and independence of p*t>ples."
Rn?? Factiont Form Committee.
London. May 28 ?Advices from Mos
cow report the formation of a com
mittee Of representatives of a:I parties
except the Maximalists (Boisl^vikl)
for the purpose of soliciting allied In
torveQtion in Russia.
The committee, dispatches add, pro
poses to point out to the representa
tives of the United States the .?enl
jBSSI* fer J ?**"??? Intervention In
WOOD APPEALS
FOR SERVICE
TO WILSON
Asks President to Reverse
Order Keeping Him
From France.
SPECULATION RIFE
ON CAUSE OF ORDER
Suggestion of Political Mo
tive Repudiated by
Administration.
WOOD MAY GET ACTIVE
COMMAND AT HOME NOW
Belief Is Expressed That His Re
quest Will Be Met to This
Extent at Least.
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood made
a personal appeal to President;
Wilson late yesterday against the |
order which would prevent him (
from accompanying his command, i
the Eighty-ninth Division, to j
France. He is understood not to
have received a definite answer
and at a late hour last night the
final decision had not been an
nounced at the White House.
At the conclusion of the con
ference Gen. Wood found almost
a regiment of newspaper corre
spondents waiting t6 interrogate
him. He answered all questions;
with this brief comment: "What-J
ever orders I receive shall be
obeyed with a cheerful heart."
The brief statement was given j
impressive emphasis, without ap-1
parent effort, by the soldierly tone
of the speaker's voice.
Uhltf Interview.
The White House interview followed
the Cabinet meeting and came as the
climax of a highly speculative con
troversy uhich had absorbed interest
in army and Congressional circles
throughout the day.
The factions in Congress which
have opposed Secretary Baker's Ad-1
ministration of the War Department ;
openly charged that Gen. Wood was j
being deprived of an active command j
and the opportunity to return to.
France because he was friendly with ?
certain elements of the Republican j
party. Others alleged he was being!
held in the United States merely be- j
cause Gen. Pershing had not spe- j
ciflcally requested his return to,
France.
Gen. Wood apparently took no stock ?
in any of those theories. L<east of all
was he willing to believe Gen. Per-1
shing does not want him. Sometime i
after leaving the White House he j
said:
"I am giving no credence to this [
talk about Pershing not waiting me. i
"President Wilson graciously grant ?!
ed me an opportunity to state my ?
ambitions and desires in the matter. I
He was very nice to me. Beyond
this I cannot talk."
There is strong support for the .
opinion that Gen. Wood has not been j
held In the United States for any of.
the reasons set forth by the critics ^
of the administration or the officer's
over-zealous frends. Instead he may
be wanted for a particular military
duty on this continent which his
training and experience peculiarly fit
him for.
Reason* Delicate.
The nattire of this possible serv
ice is thought by some to involve
questions so delicate as to be known
only to the President and his Im
mediate confidantes. They could
not under any circumstances be set
forth publicly at this time as an
excuse for holding in reserve a mili
tary official.
At the conclusion of fhe Cabinet
meeting a spokesman of the ad
ministration said:
"The statement that General!
Wood is being refused permission to |
return to Europe as chastisement |
for political activities is abaurd. To
make It stronger, there is no possi
ble connection between the order i
which sends this officer to San Fran- |
clseo for duty, rather than to I
France, and the political gossip '
about the case.
"The only question Involved Is a
military question. The only reason j
is a military feason.
"Had the President and the Secre
tary of War desired to remove Gen- 1
eral Wood from an influential posl- j
CONTINUED ON*PAGE TOREK.
BRITISH LOSE 33,694.
London, May 28.?British casualties
reported in the week ending today
reached a total of 33,694. They are
divided as follows:
Killed or died of wound: Officers,
168; men. 3.."?27.
Wounded or missing: Officers, i35; |
men, 25.284.
The total for last week was 3R.677,
and for week before, 41,tl2, the largest
of any week since the beginning of
the German offensive. The fa ling off
in the totals reflects the lull in the
fighting between the attack which
ended in April and the one n>w be
i
Germans Aim at Fismes, Important
Supply Point for the Allied
Armies Near Battle Line
DEFENSE IS WELL PREPARED
Woods and Quarries Fortified to Resist?
Line Near Rheims Still Holding?Foe's
Losses Appalling.
Pari?, May 28.?The trend of the German ope.ations on th?
Rheims-Scisions front indicates that their immediate objective ? the
important town of Fismes. This point is just east of the junction of
the Rheims-Compiegne-Dieppe andd Verdun-Rheims-Paris Railways.
(Note.) The above confirms last night's information that the
cutting of the Verdun-Paris Railway is the German's chief aim.
Fismes lies half-way between Rheims and Soissons and on the Ver
dun-Rheims-Paris line.) >
WAR EXPENSES j
STIR CONGRESS
TO HURRY BILL!
Hearings on New Revenue:
Measure May Begin
Next Week.
HITS AT PUBLISHERS
Declares Postal Rate Ob-:
jectors Place Hope in
Measure.
! News that war expenditures are at
a rate double of that a year ago spur
I
I red Congressional leaders to vigorous j
[ steps for an immediate new tax bill, j
Hearings may begin before the i
House Ways and Means Committee;
j next wee'.. Chairman Kitchin said '
, last night. House and Senate lead- j
i era have heard that the nation is i
spending now close to ST.OOO.OOO.flrtO a
month. As the manufacturing ca- J
! pacity of the country has been en-:
j larged to meet war demands. It was
| said, the Treasury Department has
( been obliged to meet bills which a few
1 months ago would have been thought!
impossible.
| Senators on the Finance Committee ,
! said that they believed this develop
ment had brought Secretary McAdoo ,
j to his decision for a new bill.
In the House. Chairman Kitchin de- i
c la red that he urged Secretary Mc
Adoo early this year to agree to a
bill, but that Mr. McAdoo had con
sidered it unnecessary. Kitchin charg
ed the newspapers with continued
propaganda which had resulted in the
demand for the bill. He charged that
they sought a new bill so that the
postal taxes to which they are sub
ject In the present measure could be ,
repealed.
Jotinunn geeka to Reply.
Representative Johnson, of Wash- ,
ington. himself a newspaper owner. .
attempted to reply to Kitchin, but
he was not recognized.
"I do not think." said Kitchin.
"that the President and McAdoo,
were influenced by their campaign. (
but I do think that the most power- j
ful lobby that ever Infested the 1
hotel corridors of Washlngtonl
reached someone In whom the Sec- |
retary had faith and confidence. j
MI do know th? great publishers 1
have maintained the lobby, and 11
know Its game. It has tried to re- 1
peal those taxes in the postal appro- 1
priation bill and failed. I do know |
that at the first suggestion of a!
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TEUTON WARNS ABOUT
MISUSING U. S. MAILS
Tells Subjects of Danger in Red |
Cross Camouflage.
Amsterdam, May A notice ?p
pears in German newspapers giving
warning against attempts to commu
nicate by mail with Germans in
America through neutral Red Cross
organisations under cover of Red
Cross envelopes.
The notice says such letters are in
variably opened by the American au
thorities and may give valuable in
formation regarding conditions in
Germany.
It says furthermore that such let
ters may never reach the persons to
whom they are addressed and that
these persons run the risk of being
imprisoned.
The warning does not apply to com
munications through the Red Cross
to war prisoners and interned civil
ians.
Mercury at 86 m New Ynrk.
New Vol*. May 28.?The met jury
soared lo ?6 here today, the hottest
Mav a since 1SW. when the tempera
ture also stood at M. Humidity aridad
to the disromfort late In the lay, tout
' ? shower tempered the heat.
Msy ?e Ckkf OifMlM.
Rome of the French critic* now be
lieve the present oflensive la the
principal one. while others think tt
IS designed to protect the Germane
left flank durng the prospective later
push further westward, probably again
toward Amiena.
French reserves are now pouring up
to the south bank of the Vesle to take
I a hand h? the crulcal battle.
The town of Fismes is of the great
est Importance to the French system
of communications. -V new double
(track railroad links It with Pans and
thus feeds the allied linea In the Aiane
and Veele valleys. The approaches ta
Flames are covered bv a plateau do* -
I ted by woods and quarries. These
i positions have been long prepared for
defensive purposes.
Perry ? Mas Us? Itssia
I At last account* theer had Dn.n no
change in ?l?e Berryau-Bac-BrUnoot
U^ne " (immediately northwest of
It is now apparent that the British
retirement along the ?Jiirteen-iiii.e Una
between rricourt Craonviue.
I especially at the latter point and on
I their extreme left, at L* Vllie-aux
l,ol?. made it impossible lor ?
French to hold on to the oonflnel
| space between Allette and the Cbetnin
tics l*mr< heights. The French
1 numbering their unfortunate a*
ence at ' roucy in Janaury. IM?.
I lorccd to abandon the ^betntn
Dam- s. together with the *0?"*
Kiver protection, and tall back to the
south of the Aisne cana: andthe
: Aisne River, wher. the, vaior??alJ
! resisted the German attack* ->etween
1 Yailly and Berry-au-Baa
The German croasing of the Aisne.
according to details Just reaching here
from the front, was a ghastly mas
sacre. The first crossing wa? made
at Pont d'Arcy and others followed.
Hundred* of Allied machine gun*
were trained upon the Teutona The
river was Jammed ^ith bodies,
t Throughout the offensive the Allied
policy has been, and I*. one of re
sisting to the last, selling every foot
at a terrible price m blood. ?nil*
awaiting the arrival of reserve* The
most celebrated French army corps is
fighting on the Vesle.
British Resistance
Well Maintained.
London. May :?.-The Evening Stan
dard understands the British
tance north of Rheims is being well
maintained. .
Details of the initial rha?e ?f in#
new German drive are beginnig to
come in. They show that f?urBn.
ish divisions, the Mat. 5th. J?Hh and
MKh. held the front between Berry
jiu-Bac and Cerbeny.
caught by the first impact of the of
fensive. but did not budge
The French retrest to their left,
however, forced the British su fre
quently to fall back. They are now
holding the line between oerniconft
and Concevreux.
The new allied line now run*
from Vailly to Chassemy. to Bralsne.
to Mont Notre Dame, and thence up
to the Aisne to Concevreux.
The cM-rnan assault was opened
on a front of thirty-five miles, but
the heavieat fighting centered on a
front of twenty-four ? miles.
It Is the opinion in military quar
ter* here that their initial success
may cause (he Germans to try t?
develop the blow Into a major of
fensive.
NAME KEITH'S HEAD
W. S. 8. BRANCH CHIEF
Roland S. Robbin*. manager of B
F. Keith'* theater, ha* accepted tha
chairmanship of the committee on the
ater activitlea for the W ar Savings
drive which terminate* on National
War Savings Day. June ?.
Director D. J. Callahan, after care
ful consideration of the plana for the
drive, requested Mr. Robbin* to take
the position for the duration of the
drive. "The public need* no intro
duction 40 Mr. Robbin* or hi* work."
said Director Callahan yesterflky
afternoon. "We must take advan
tage of every oportunlty to bring the
District of Columbia far over tha
quota alloted her. on June ?. Mr.
Robblns' work In the liberty loan
drives and the Red Cross campaign*
in Washington ha* proved one of the
biggest factors Inthe succes of ther ?
drive*.**
Although there will be acme sr
era assigned to th* eWr*e- the
period of th
already planning many new r d or
iginal stunts. He wll bring ? ?gether
the manager* of the prominet heator?
of the city on his committee : <1 worft
loot a comprehensive plan far the
ItoratKo of the drtva