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WILL KEEP OFFICE
TILL A SUCCESSOR
I IS APPOINTED
New Peace Possibilities do
.not Alter Situation as far
as Germany is Concerned
L.
LETTER TO SIXTUS
CAUSES RESIGNATION
Failure to Explain Letter to
German Satisfaction Pre
1 •8 cipitates Crisis.
JTrance had, initiate#- the convers'a
^I'^ente'-'^nh -Austrlai a^ecording to a Vl
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enna.dispatoH^-to,
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Amsterdam, April 15.—Count
Czernin, the' Aiistro-Hungarian for
1 elgn minister, according to a dispatch
from Vienna, has' resigned.
Emperor Charles accepted the
resignation and' entrusted Count
Czernin with the conduct of foreign
affaire until his successor is appoint
ed.-
An official statement received here
today from .Vienna asserts that the
latest statements of the French pre
mier, M, Clemenceau, concerning the
conversations between Austria and
Prance regarding the possibility of
openijig peace negotiations do not al
ter the. situation as regards the ma
jority of count Czernin's declarations.
The Austrian foreign ministry, the
statement says, is unable to ascertain
who was responsible for delivering to
the French what is said, to have been
a forged letter, substituted for the let
ter which .was to have been delivered.
Neither Prince Sixtus. whose charac
ter is beyond euepicon nor anyone else.
-,is aecuse4 of -falsification, continues
•the statement which concludes:
"The affair is herewith declared to 3*rvir«»e
v. be at. an end." OCryiUCS XlCiU
.* W«ij tl!t .Cj»rnln' l4d not know of Era
pwor' Charles' letter to. Prince Sixttts
wben he nia.de \(he statement that'
the Lokal An&Hrer-
frf Ber/lii. On Iearnins,'of ''f^he' l'etter
li# /W8(fgo5a but yielded'to. a request
thp-'t1 b'ere.malnin office until the cqn7
elusion of "the police- agreement* .with
vers were inspired by Berlin in an ef
fort to bring about a'split among the
entente, allies^
Said Franco Sought Peace.
.Count Czernin on April 4 in an ad
dress at Vienna declared that Pre
mier Clemenceau had sought peace
negotiations with Austria. 'The
French premier replied that Count
Cfernin lied. The French and Ans
t.rfa.n office* then issued statements
explaining the unofficial negotiations
im. Switzerland.
flatly last week, the French gov
ernment declared that Emperor
Cliarles and Count Czernin both had
said that the claim-of France to Al
sace-Lorraine was just. This
brought a denial from- Emperor
Charles in the form of a telegram- to
Emperor William.' to'(whom he re
iterated his loyalty to the German
cause. •,'
KmpdWn Letter Published.
This immediateiM brought from the
French government the publicationof
ia: letter from Emperor Charles to his
brother-in-law here Prince Sixtus of
Bourbon whl?h was autographed ahd
whtch the emperor asked to be given
to President Poincare. In \he, letter
the emperor said that France should
have. Alsace-Torraine and that Bel
glum and Serbia sho,uld be restored.
He also asked that London and Paris
be felt out as to probable peace terms.
Cerman'^rMs Attacks Charles.
German newspapers have attacked
Efnperor Cjparles a.nd Ijis foreign sec-,
retary because'of this.letter. Attempts
have been ma/fa to show that it' was
not written, by the -emperor./ -It has
been reported in Vienna1 that there'
wm no attempt to hide its authentici
ty but that thq French .version, was,
garbled. Jf. was also reported' that
the letter waa written.fey the emper-.
or's mother-iri-laW..
.Count Csernip., ^a^r ip Rumania
when the lfejter was pubHahed by the
French goverqm^ni^and he' was sum
moned to Vienna Friday.' .*
Tn addiUen to Jttejhf feireiin minis
ter, Count- Caefnfn w"iut premier and
chancellor of the dual empire He is.
about yeara old.
'0 WaMhinrton Annonncemcnt
WaahinirtonrApril lli,—Kq' official'
wprd of the reportea retiigna.tlm^ of
Count Csernin had Been j-ecelveU' by
the government today but ail officials
ifrere deeply interested in. the report
and it was rec»gni«ed that the devel
opment undoubtedly was the' out
growth- of Csejnin's. deela.ration £hat
Franca had beet^Teadjr to talk peSuse'.
7^
tEGEASED
by the
French ifovertnlifent 'tff the futile
Since he was appointed foreign ties today to attend to the funeral of
minister on pecember-23, 1316, Count Senator William .I. Stone of Missouri,
C*ernin has been apparently very ac- 1 chairman of the senate foreign com
ti^e in attempting to bring about -mlttce who died at his home here yes
peace. terday as the result of 'a paralytic
'In the "Peace., offensive" of the'stroke suffered last'' Wednesday,
present year Count Cxernin in the The service will b«. conducted at 4
Austrian relchsrath on January 25 ip. m. today with the Rev. J, Forrest
suggested an exchange of views be- Iprettymah. chaplain of the senate, in
tween Austria-Hungary and the Unit-j charge. The family and a congrea
••d States. But there always was sional corripiittee will accomipany-the
pome thought that his pacifist maneu-
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MINISTER
FORGERY
SENATOR STONE
DIED SUNDAY
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SENATOR STONE
DEAD
17. S.
in Washing-
tonrr-Body to be Buried
.•'••S^^li^ednesdajr.
OPPOSED
GERMANY
:ligli|\yiTH
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F"*»fich (rovert^nt thin futll'
peace appeal pi|t out by Km per or
Charles.' of. Austria-Hungary in' March
1917 arid the efforts of the emperor
and the Austro-Wungarian foreign of
flc«v to explain this letter to the satis
faction of Germany ahd the German
emperor, probably were the most ..j
potent influences. in bringing about
the resignation of Count Czernin. 1 Washington, April 15.—Official
-Active for Peace. I Washington turned from its war du-
rDuring Lipng Public Career,
Tobk Prominent Part
in Many Big Events.
imi
•body to Jerferson t'ity, Mo., where it
will lie in state Wednesday at the
Missouri capital. Burial will take
place at Nevada, Mo.,- Senator Stone's
old home.
iiflnz Public Career.
Senator William J. Stone was in
public .life 45- years and' during that
long period probably engaged in as
many *politlcal contests as any man
of his time, ranging all' the way from
controversies over county offices to
the broadest national issues:
At the -entry of the United States
Into the war. Senator Stone per
formed the trying feat of antagoniz
ing his own party administration and
then realigning, himself with- it in a
generally satisfactory matjner. It
was. in connection with' the'bill pro
posing the arming -of- American mer
chant ships that he took shat'p Issue
with President Wilson- He stood
with" the dozen Senators whose ex
position caused the failure 'of that
measure at the close of the 64th Con
gress, and brought down the denun
•olation--of the: President upon, "the
wilftfl twelve." Whilev Senator Stone
made no apo.logies for his pourse on
that occasion he always contended-.- It
was in ktrict line' with'his duty aa,a
senator because in accord witlrV bit
convictions, and as he believed, in
protection of America's interests.
Opposed Wajr,
Ifis opposition to the declaration of
War on Germany *wav also pro
nourtced,- and he deolined to take
charge of the wai1 .resolution as
would "have vbeen expected of Htm as
cbairtnian. of the committee on
Fbreign Relations, He did not seek
however to place obstacle^ in the
way of-a consideration and trans
ferred: "fjii leadership., to Senator
Hitfchcock, next ranking Democratic'
member "of the coinmlttee. His atti
tude: ,,on these' two
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Absolute Silence Of Radio
Makes It Real Sea Mystery
•^—Suggested That Ger
^mans Boarded Her At
Point And Then Captured
^•Vessel.
Washington, April^ 15.—Orders for
greater efforts to\ find- the missing
naval collier Cyclops, overdue from
South American waters for niore than
a month, went out today to American
ships. In addition allied nayal craft
on patrol duty in thie"fcouth are' aiding
in the search.-.,
Many Theories Advanced.
Suggestions heard most frequently
were that German agents had board
ed the ship in port and captured her.
at sea that she had broken in two
and gone down In a sudden squall
that she had been overtaken by a
submarine and sunk Without trace
and that an internal explosion had
sent her down.
All of, these suggestions had flaws
in them, it was said.
,«*»•
if possible, buj when .the-die was cast tack was extended to 20
lor wiiri ne ona^ieut ovcr niKni. no »in© impeiui
took 'ms plie« «tthv thft Ru^rten ofUderably si
war measuiw and consistently malnr lto reach a
tained that attltude. He held it in-,
ciAmlwpt(upon Klrh' fo stand witli
his. -'country ireiafdfeas OChia own
vlewa.
Although he hid served in
House of^Tte'prcientaMyeii an
liech' governor of his ,state,V
Continued pit lt
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GRAND FORKS, N. .i)i, MONDAY, A^RlL! 15, 1918:
Collier Cyclops bong 3
Overdue Impossible
Toft
I Locate Her or Learn Fate
So far ript one word has come to ——1—
cUear up the mystery of tlie collier's!
"S5Sr5^..Wi »..,«• ,o.!st- wnns
day to a solution of the disappearance
than they were three weeks ago whenj
anxiety oyer the safety ^of the ship1!
first developed. There (s absolutely!
nothing on which to fctiind an ex
planation. The big carrier has sim
ply vanished.
"A
theory that
she had been captured-'jjy a group'of
German agents .aboard-' appeared to
be the only explanation that would
account for the silence of her radio
equipment.
I»ok for Wneckagp.
Naval vessels have- patrolled ail
coasts in the vicinity of her route,
looking for wreckage.- of survivors.
Nothing has been found. Every ves
sel'said to have been-any where, in the
region at the time has- been communi
cated with. None sa.W or heard any
thing of the collier. Reports from
every spurce showed nothing to war
irant 'the storm theory.
fact that QrUy sufficient amrnqnUion.
Toi»:her5few guns was on boar,d: The'
Stains*- cargo was hot explosive.
Chips'
Xo Rqwi^j^BjUdw.
Xo Reports
-SiSSn
the manganese ore and a time bomb
set to explode the mass. In that case,
however, the sea would be covered
with wreckage.
The vessel was carrying 57 pas
sengers, ,15 officers and a crew of 21.
She was bringing a cargo of
manganese ore from Brazil.
'•Mr I lifeirtj B»nt——
with the disappearance. which comprises Minnesota, Montana,
The possibility was suggested that JWth and South Dakota and parte Of
explosivos might have been put Wisconsin and Michigan, will have
aboard mixed in large quantities with been raised by midnight Wednesday.
Ensign Lloyd Perry
Killed In France
Washington, "April 15.—Ensign
Floyd A. Perry, U. S. X. R„ was kill
ed in. a seaplane accident in France
April 12, the navy department today
was advised. His wife lives at Oeo
nomowoc, Wis.
symbolical of his position toward the 1 depth of from- 2 1-4 to 4. miles an a hoping that by. an, enveloping attack
ihw«(r. He, bilieved 'that Amerl- front of 11 miles.-' :on an oblique front he niiay score a
can participation 'should .be avoided! "On the sefeond'dajTthe.front of at- complete, annihilation victory.
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Prospects in the Minneapo
lis District Are Good,
is Report.
V(
HAS
iii°thatS
RECORD SO FAR
lief that th« ship: ^ijight have been third Liberty Lo^n. ,« _,rJ'PitiSh Associated PreSs)'
From then until April 27 "odds and
endi" will be taken'care of through-
n, ^the\iV«trirf xn* flSi r.^nrf.
to Washington on that date.
(Continued on Page 15.)
Bay a Xilbarty Bond——
THE WEATHER.
Minnesota: Showers tonight
and Tuesday colder in west por
tion Tuesday.
North Dakota: Unsettled with
showers tonigtit. and probably In
(H«t portion TacMday colder
Tuesday and in west portion to
night.
Germans Strike in Effort to
Break Through Weakest Point
Only 40 Miles From Calais
Droye Wedge Into (Segment Held By Portugese In Effort
To Break Through To Coast, Says War Department
Review—Will Continue Assaults In Effort To
Annihilate British By Enveloping Attacks.
WiiKington, April 15.—The' war department's feVie# of the military
Situation for the week ending. April 13, published today, says:
"It becomes evident that the enemy Is Striking with renewed vigor at
the weakest point he can find opposite him.
fin the offensive in Picardy the Germans sought for a rift in the line
where -the French and British forces, joined. Failing to achieve definite
far-reaching-results, they promptly return to the assault elsewhere, hop
ing that, by driving a wedge into the sector along the front held by Por
tuguese and British units they may- effect a break through.
"Here on a frontage of 16,000 yards stretching from Armentieres to
La Baseee canal the segment held by the Portuguese. troops flanked on
either side by British divisions, was penetrated after an intense bombard
ment. ,The British were compelled to give ground, after the Portuguese'
positions had'been broken through, abandoning Armentieres and other
points. ... •...
"On the first day. of. the assault the\ within 40 miles' of Calais: He will in
eneniy was able: to penetrate to a1all probability, continue his assaults,
vmlles,.
u. rtU We have a number of slightly usod tires ai
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Fargo Report Shows North Americans"
Dakota May Oversub
scribe Quotas
d\s?rict.lie "e,d
Washington, April 15.-|~The sale of
Third liberty Loan bonds is in full
swing today for the first time In all
twelve of the federal reserve districts.
After a delayed start, occasioned bv I American trenches, while just beyond
a nine day pre-campaign speaking
thIS
Minneapolis, -A-jprft 15*.—Approxi
•j mately 40,000 cntinii)e4pc workers,
•'.'"of" the': fhclu'ding TO.OtfO wom'eiCTrt«'«ay began
radfC that makes the cas? one of. the a whirlwind campaick to riUihe $125,.
most mysterfous In naval annals. That 000,000 in three days ias the -N'inth NEAR SEl'VE KCHJSK
fact alone inclines officials to. the,be- Kederal Retierve distriSt'B share 6f the
American Troops
Beat Off Strong
Hun Drive
('By Associated Frews.)
On either wing of the sharp salient
around St. Mihiel the American
troops In the last few days have been
beating off strong German attacks.
The enemy has not followed up his
efforts northwest of Toul and east of
St. Mihiel, where he was repulsed in
hard fighting by the
in Apremont forest. The
artillery duel here is heavy.
SAMMIES TAKE
GERMAN PRISONERS.
Sunday's attack on the American
sector came after a violent bombard
ment and was made by picked enemy
troops. Prisoners were captured by
the Americans and 34 German dead
and ten wounded were found in the
t/iem
drive the Minneapolis district began Americans with hand grenades and
taking subscriptions,. bayonpts went out of their positions
The outlook in the Minneapolis dis- *.°
,werie .. "10/"e ^nerr,y dead. The
me^t t*ie
trjet for successful sales was good, ac- American aviators nave brought down
cording to telegrams received here to- !two German fighting airplanes, the
day. Fifty thousand enthusiastic
en®?iy
fh
while "There has been leas activity along in the WOevre and along, our posl-
for war. he'ihaoged, over night. He the impetus of the offenslve was con- the southern flank of the Picardv tions in the Meuse hills and in the,
—L' slowed down1 and only able salient. Here the line taken over. byjVosges. REFRUJF.RATtJH CARS TAXABLE. HEAVY LOSSES TO
maximum additional depth the FVench Is now fully consolidated."Our counter batterj' work was,." .GERMANS
tained that -attltyde. He held it in- of "1-4 miles. "The Germans by costly driven very efficient. Washington, April 15,^—Private re- "in ttie courae of the day no less
"The eenmj'* has niticje headway thrusu, were able to force the tYenchi "Lively shelling took place- along frlgerator cars of meat packing com-j than seven attacks were delivered by
along the La Bassee canal to within out of the triangular area formed by/the whole Italian front and the allies panies, the supreme court today de- [the enemyln the MerTitlcacctor ail!
the Immediate vicinity 6r Bethune. the' (Use. the Ailetie and the old line 'executed a number of minor .raids it cided. are subject to taxation in -Mih- i0f which were repaired with heavy
the whfle other points northwest of t.he. stretching from LaFere to Anisy Le' the Aaiago region. nesota under the state's law taxing --'trr ne
.hadtcier of .considerable tactical import- Chateau. "Th^ regrouping of forces has been gross earnings ofic.ompahft«s:^'engaged enemj rtvaneeii^^ th« asaault in
_inator ance -haVe Allien, into the hands of "On an appigoximate: tweH-e mile going on and tbe continuation of con-,! in the business of operating cars." igve waves. Under the W«irht of thi*
Stone first attracted national attenr the enemy, front the enemy advanced to a depth' centration of hostile tinits'is reported' The Cudahy, lacking' -company attack our line wise bent back slight-
We Iiaye a number of slightly used tires and tubes, sizes:
34^4^ inclusive, wHich we ara offenn^ at ljnusu^ly
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oncoming Germans. Two
fliers being captured.
According, to' latest advices to the mainder of the western front except
treasury department the St. Louis dis- for artillery duels.
trict has obtained a larger per cent' Count Czernin has resigned1 as
of Its quota than any other district in Austro-Hungarian foreign minister
the country. Subscriptions totalling an* Emperor Charles has accepted his
approximately 36 per cent of its 1 resignation. The steps leading to the
quota of $130,000,000 already had count's act. are not disclosed as yet,
been reported, not including the sub- but the publication by the French
The explosion tlieory is met bv the scriptions of the city, of St. Louis. government of the emperot peace
., 1 ... .. offer.: letter to .France. early in 1?1
bauie^^onTand'on'' the re!
'.probably hastened his withdrawal,
Count Czernin remains in office unUl
a successor is announced.
T. Armv in France
arid th.e. British are pounding the
Germans hard.
Another assault on Bailleul, four
miles west of Neuve Eglise, is expected
momentarily. The latest reports this
forenoon showed that the British line
whole
1
out the district and flnal reports made y,„a ho.
was being strongly held as a
and in some instances had been'con
siderably improved by counter strokes.
The British last evening followed up
their success of Saturday when they
pushed the. Germans back from
Robecq, on the Clarence river. Local
British counter attacks, 3,000 yards
east of this town* were completely
I successful 'and the enemy was forced
to fall back.
The British also pushed out several
posts north °f
tl*e
canal between
tlie l.awe and Clarence rivers.
These operations indicate that the
defense of the entente allied troops
has stiffened.
ground and were able to check the
enemy's onslaught.
Seek New Montdldior Gain.
"The German high command made
desperate attempts to enlarge its
gains in the area from Montdidier to
Noyon but they were everywhere re
pulsed by the French.
"Xorth of the Somme the British
.. .. .. ?or funds
prisoners.
"In the sectors where our own
forces are fighting considerable activ
ity. prevailed. After protracted artil
lery preparations the Gemans launch
ed an attack against our positions
northwest of Toul. Our artillery was
able to disperse Hhe assaulting col
umns and checked the attack before
our lines were reached. Our own In-
fantry counter-attacked and drove off tenant E. B. Markham, a flying
the remnants of the enemy units. A
number of prisoners were taken. Our
[casualties were relatively slight.
Minor Raids El sew bene.
been active throughout the w£ek both
-r-i. 'f ..... ^Nearer. Galai^. .' ranglng-from thr^e. to six fnllea ilw |Ttoe probability, of an enemy offensive brought "the test Suit appealing from
'Ttie enemy now flndli\'hlmselfFrench conteisted eveiT foot of the in this'ai'ea Is increasing." |3,JT3 in takes. H(CoiiUnued PaJBt
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BRITISH GRIMLY HOLD FRONT ALONG LYS
TEUTONS RETAKE NEUVE EGLISE, BUT FAIL,
1 AFTER DESPERATE ATTEMPTS, TO GET BAILLEUL
G-AALUANCE
Senate Cbmmittee Approves
Repeal of German-Ameri
can Alliance Charter.
Washington. April 15.—Repeal of
the federal charter of the National
German Alliance was approved unani
mously today •'by the senate judiciary
committee. The bill of Senator King
of Utah for annullment of the organi
zation's charter was ordered favor
ably reported despite the recent vote
of the organization voluntarily to
dissolve.
Senator King presented a report of
the sub-committee which recently in
vestigated alleged disloyalty of alli
ance members, together with their
political activities. The full commit
tee unanimously accepted -the sub
committee's recommendations for re
peal of the alliance's charter.
Senator King said he hoped to
bring the resolution before the senate
for adopti6n probably tomorrow.
lay a Liberty Bond
WARN RELATIVES
OF SOLDIERS AGAINST
MASKING SWINDLERS
Washington. April 15.—Relatives
I and friends of soldiers were warned
a"J
?*ws
.'Ml
Neuve Eglise Changes Hands Several
Times Terrific German Attacks Are
Driven Off Fail to Push in Back
Of Bethume Haig's Forces
In Desperate Stand
Village Changes Hands Repeatedly.
The village has changed hands repeatedly and the British were
once more definitely out of it, only to recapture. This morning the
British again were back at the Germans here and were giving them
a hard pounding.
In the Mervillc sector the Germans are pushing for Hazebrouck,
occupation of which would cut off railway connections of the British
and make the holding of the line to the northeast extremely difficult.
Germans Attack in Many Waves.
The Germans displayed their appreciation of this by attacking
no less than seven times. One assault was carried out by troops in
five waves. This was the only attack that bent the British line in
the slightest and the position here was speedily restored.
The Germans have been foiled in their efforts to push in further
in( the Bailleul region, and .this important town is still in British
Viands.
Far to the southwest on the Lys front they have failed in their
attempt to drive in baek of Bethune. The British here have advanced
their lines arid pushed the enemy back from the Clarence river. They
took 150 prisoners and some machine guns in one of these operations.
by the war department today against
swindlers who are obtaining money
by impersonating men in the military
service. A common practice, it was been repulsed by the British who in
said, is for swindlers using the name dieted heavy losses on the, enemy, it
of a soldier to telegraph to his home is announced officially.
re-established .their line, in the him and obtain the money when it is temporarily penetrated the British
Avaluy woods and took a number of §ent. [positions but were driven out by a
•Boy a Liberty Bond counter attack.
FLYING INSTRUCTOR
AT KELLY FIELD
IS KILLED TODAY
,n"
the remnants of the enemv units. A "tructor at Kelly 1' leld. an American
aviation camp, was Instantly killed Strong attacks were made by the
this morning, when the machine in enemy yesterday afternoon at a
which he. was flying with a cadet, number of .other points on the battle
1 dropped in a tail-spin from a height front. .Northwest of Merville fierce
"The enemy also executed a minor of 200 feet. The cadet, whose name fighting took place as a result of
raid against one of our outposts in was not given out. was not seriously which the attacking German infantry
the Woevre. Hostile artillery has hurt. Lieutenant Markham's
home
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OVERLAND
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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(By Associated Press.) /'-w
British lines on the Lys front are holding well against terrific
German drives.
All around the sweeping scmi-rcircle southwest of the Messines
ridge positions the enemy was fought to a standstill yesterday and
last night and in localities British positions were improved by
counter strokes. At only one point did the defense give way. This
was at Neuve Eglise, where the British withdrew after beating off
attack fcfter attack.
Germans Cheeked West of,
Armentierea.—
»^j^httl^%tt*"¥olfcally in hand to har^-'
engagements, British troops have
checked the German drive in the
region west of Armentieres and this
enemy effort like the one in Picardy
seems definitely stopped. The Ger
mans have spent thousands of lives
in reckless attacks to break through
the British lines or to destroy the
British army but the effort has been
without result desired.
Against the American' sector south
of Verdun, German storming troops
hurled themselves Sunday. American
infantrymen beat the enemy in hot
fighting. The eriemy withdrew to his
trenches with the loss of nearly 100.
Northwest of Toiul the Germans have
not repeated the attacks which cost
them 400 casualties.
ENGLISH MAKE
DESPERATE STAND.
1
About Neuve Eglise and before"
Field Marshal Haig's bat-
Bailleul
tered divisions have been putting Up
desperate resistance
Although they have been but a
little more than a mile from Bailleul,
a valuable position, for two days, the
Germans have not been able to ad
vance more than several hundred
yards. West of the town they have
been repulsed and south, around
Merrts their efforts also have gone
for naught.
NO CHANGE ON
REMAINDER OF FRONT.
On the remainder of the front in
Artois there has been no change.
Near the apex of their salient at
Merville the Germans attempted an
attack but were dispersed by artil
lery Are. In Flanders, and along the
Messines ridge there have been no
further actions and the British still
hold the heights on the south.
SEVEN GERMAN "J
ATTACKS REPl'LSED.
I»ndon, April 15.—Seven attacks
by the Germans in the Merville sec-'
tor of the Northern battle front have.
then to impersonate! Southwest .of Bailleul the Germans
THE BRITISH HAVE
IjOST NEUVE EXOMSE. "V-(
The statement follows!
r'-•'•'
Severe fighting continued all day
yesterday around Neuve Eglise.
After beating off numerous attacks,
Lleu-'iour troops were in the end compelled
second time from the
j-was driven.back with great loss. The
was in Turin, N. Y, hostile infantry advancing along the
Bny a Ubirty Bond— northern bank of the l^'s was caught
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