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i I Houses Shaken in -Eng-
land Until Tiles Fall
From Roof.
!"; OFFENSIYEB E G I M S
I 1 .Whole British Front Um
1:. der Unprecedented
I Bombardment.
I I '
lJ LONDON, March 21. "Wc are at
d i the decisive moment of the war and
"i , one of the greatest moments in Ger-
E j! man history," said Emperor William
I in a telegram to the Rhlnish provin-
l c cial council, according to a Central
f. r: News dispatch from Amsterdam.
j f( LONDON, March 21. The Germans
I shortly before dawn this morning be
"j. : gan a heavy bombardment over a wide
j section of the British front, it is an
" nounccd officially,
.j j Tho statement said:
:i .) "A heavy bombardment was opened
"i : by the enemy shortly before dawn this
i I morning against our whole front from
" , i tho neighborhood of Vendueil, south of
" St Quentln, to the river Scarpe.
i "A successful raid was carried out
. by us last night in the neighborhood
4 of St Quentin. Thirteen prisoners and!
I three machine guns were brought back
45 I: by our troops. !
it "A raid undertaken by the enemy in
I '', the neighborhood of Armentieres was
2y repulsed."
M Bombarding on Fifty-Mile Front.
rj j Frem Vendeuil north to tho river
iSl , Scarpo is a distance of nearly fifty
Si j miles and tho beginning by tho Ger
'jl man artillery of a heavy bombardment
1 along this wide front may mean that
Sf preparation for the much advertised
; German offensive in the west has been
j; begun. The preparatory work was
t! , about due to begin today if the ad
' vance announcements were to be tak-
!i. en at their face value. Judging from
! the news of a .day or two ago that
a party of neutral correspondents had
I been invited by the German high com
fi mand to start for the west front on
i Wednesday "to witness tho offensive." J
fM.'j It Is, of course, impossible to say
ryj ij whether the present burst of artillery
& i fire on this front means that it is
'. along the line indicated, or somewhere
jjj n within its limits that the heavy Ger
:,i if man blow, if one indeed is coming, is
j'jj to be struck. There is tho considera
gi J tlon that the bombardment in this par
H i ticular area may be a feint to cover a
j k stroke in an altogether different sec--,
i tor. The most natural conclusion, how
f .- ever, is that the drive Is to bo made at
V ; some point in the area now under fire.
I ? This area embraces most of the ter
ljv ritory outside of Flanders, over which
1 ' the British have beeh fighting some
J tj times alone and sometimes in conjunc
v ' Hon with the French, for the last two
Y. 1 years. It takes in, for Instance, tho
9 ,? entire field of the battle of the Soramo
$S ' fought in the fall of 1916 and a great
Part of the area evacuated by the Gcr
jM! mans tho following spring.
W Within tliese limits also Is' the battle
'j m' eld of Cambrai where the British and
jjjH' the Germans successively won victor
:Jtm. Jcs in last fall's fighting. Virtually
ilHl tne territory fought over in tho
JM11 ereat battle of An'as during tho spring
xjw of 1917 alBO lies in tho area under bom-!
vm i bardment
Ml f Doors Shake in Dover.
-M '.' Tho artillery action on the western
:M front could be distinctly heard, at
'H !'- over nnd other towns on the east
ffl i coast of England. Tho doors and win
m i dows of the houses at Dover, for in
- stance, were continuously shaken by
'A the heavy concussions.
' M ' The firing, which was the heaviest
'aj t had been heard in this district
!3 ; frni such a distance, beginning at 3
0'clck this morning, lasted at brief
' intervals until 7 a. m.
' At Itamsgate, besides tho sounds of
cannonading, bright flashes were seen
riw , at 8ca while the vibration of the ox
Plosions shook the windows and dis
i lodged tiles from tho roofs.
rh ' STRONG ATTACK ON FRENCH.
H : PARIS, Wednesday, March 20 A
Wsk ) atrng attack was made today by the
IJ '.' Germans against French positions in
I ; the Woovre. The war ofllco announces
I that after spirited lighting tho enemy
j t was driven back.
E ' There has been an lntcnso and sus
fi jlained bombardment of the sectors
IS ONLY BAGBGBL65
GrEKEBAL IN ARMYl
erl -
GENERAL, OOHN BIDDLE
& Girls, MaJ.'GenTjohn BIddIois
the only bachelor general In tho
army. And girls, he has red hair.
Ho has Just been assigned to com
mand the United States troops In
tUngland. Biddle comes from an
old English family, and is known
for his ability as a linguist, speak,
ing French and German as well as
EngliBh.
north and southeast of Rheims, as well
as on the Champagne front, thfe war
office announced today.
AUSTRO-HUNGARIANS IN FIGHT.
VIENNA, March 21 Austro-Hungar-ian
artillery has taken part in tho
fight against the English and French
on the western front, it is announced
in today's war office statement.
BRITISH ADVANCE IN PALESTINE.
LONDON, March 21. The British
have made another advance in Pales
tine, capturing three towns, it is an
nounced ofllcially. A counter-attack
by the Turks was repulsed.
Big Guns Open Fight.
The German , big guns have opened
up a terrific bombardment on a front
of approximately fifty miles in north
ern France and the long heralded Ger
man offensive in the west may be
under way.
"Wc are at the decisive moment of
the war," Emperor William declares
in a telegram given out today. His
declaration follows many others of a
similar nature from tho emperor him
self and his generals. These utter
ances, seemingly of a concerted na
ture, have led to tho belief that a
German offensive on the Franco-Belgian
front was Imminent or at least
have made it apparent that the Ger
man leaders liad strong reasons for
desiring such a belief to prevail.
The front under artillery attack,
stretches south from the river Scarpe,
in the vicinity of Arras, to Vendeuil,
south of St. Quentin. All of this line
is held by the British, whoso war office
today reported tle opening of the
bombardment. Nearly all of tho
ground has been fought over, in the
engagements of the last two years, the
areas of the Sommo, Arras and Cam
brai battles being included within the
limits of tho front attacked.
Naval Battle Off Dunkirk.
A naval battle between German de
stroyers and British and French tor
pedo craft off Dunkirk may have ac
counted for flashes at sea seen from
Ramsgate.
In this sea fight two destroyers and
two torpedo boats on the German side
arc reported sunk while only ono Brit
ish vessel was damaged out qf the five
British and French vessels engaged.
Tho German destroyers evidently
came out to bombard Dunkirk and
they had been occupied with this
bombardment for ten minutes boforo
the British and French engaged taem.
American troops east of Lunevllle
raided "ie German lines last night, on
gaging in hand-to-hand fighting dur
ing a forty -mirtute visit to the Ger
man trenches, which they penetrated
for some distance.
Seizure of Dutch vessels by the
United States and Great Britain and
their use for allied purposes reduces
materially tho net allied loss due to
German submarines and mines since
tho beginning of the war.
A British government statement is
sued at Washington gives the gross
loss up to January 1. 1918, at 11,827,
572 gross tons, and tho net loss as
2,032,297 tons. The Dutch shipping
taken over by tho allies aggregates
1,000.000 tons.
Deficiency In World Tonnage.
Tho deficiency in world tonnage
caused by German ruthlessnoss on the
;seas, is 6,C0G,275 tons of new ships
were built in allied and neutral coun
' tries since the beginning of tho war
and 2,589,000 tons of German and Aus
trian ships -were seized by allied coun
tries. The net loss is reduced further
by the Dutch vessels which generally
have been idle in allied ports In fear
of German submarines. Losses dur
ing tho last twelve months have been
announced In the British house of com
mons by Sir Eric Geddcs, first lord of
tho admiralty, as having been six mil
lion tons.
British Lose Seventeen Vessels.
British losses last week were seven
teen vessels including eleven of 1600
tons or over, a decrease from tho prev
ious week when eighteen ships wero
sunk. In tho previous week, howevor,
. Down
Council d Defense Seeks
Indictment of Mil
waukee Mayor,
TIME TO ACT
People Will Not Stand
for Socialist Sedition,
in Wisconsin.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., March 21.
Wheeler B. Bloodgood, chairman of
the county council of defense, told
newspaper men today that he had pa
pers drawn up to seek the indictment
of Mayor Hoan, Socialist, just renom
inated; that Hoan's reelection as mayor
being practically assured, ho, Blood
good, would seek to have Milwaukee
placed under military law.
"We might better act now than
wait," said Mr. Bloodgood, "The time
for action has come. If the peace ma
chinery of the government is inade
quate to deal with a situation llko that
in Milwaukee and in some other sec
tions there are enough of us to rein
force that machinery on wartime ma
chinery. "I assured Mayor Hoan in the pres
ence of many witnesses that I would
have him indicted and I assured him
that he would never again bo mayor
of Milwaukee," said Mr. Bloodgood. "I
am seeking his indictment on tho
grounds of tho Socialist platform it
self to which Hoan subscribed. It de
clares that the people did not want the
war; that they do not want the war,
and that it was forced on them by the
ruling classes. The ruling classes can
mean only one thing in America the
president and congress. That Is sedi
tion. "I have two boys In Franco. Presi
dent Wilson has assured them they
shall not be attacked in the rear as
they have been in Milwaukee. I and
hundreds of others 'next of kin' of
those boys in France aro organizing
now to assure vigorous prosecution of
the war, and I say solemnly that these
men aro of tho quiet and detormined
character which will not stand for a
Socialist government in Milwaukee or
1 tho state of Wisconsin. We are pre
pared to act We will, for instance,
act if we do not get martial law, or an
indictment which will prevent Hoan
from being sworn in again as mayor. I
hope that it will not be put up to our
organization we call it so far 'The
Next of Kin' but, if it is necessary, we
will not falter."
oo
TROORJN RAID
Intense Barrage and Hand-to-hand
Fighting Germans
Retaliate With Great Fury.
WITH TPIE AMERICAN ARMY IN
. FRANCE, Wednesday, March 20 (By
the Associated Press.) American
troops in the sector cast of Lunovllle
participated tonight In a raid on Ger
man trenches, penetrating the enemy
linos. for some distance. Hand-to-hand
fighting ensued.
The raiders returned to the Ameri
can lines after about forty minutes.
. Further details are unavailable at this
hour (10 p. m.)
The raid was carried out in con
i junction with French troops after a
: brief but intense barrage. Tho Ger-
mans retaliated with a heavy fire of
gas and high explosive shells on tho
American batteries.
fifteen of the vessels wero of more
than 1600 tons.
Owners of the seized ships will de
rive revenue from their use. Holland
also will bo allowed to obtain food
stuffs from abroad for her population
and her colonial trade will be protect
ed. Secrotary of War Baker has com
pleted his inspection of the American
army zones in Franco. A brigade of
veterans, who went to Franco with the
first division, wero the first in tho
trenches and suffered the first casual
ties In action, was reviewed by the sec
retary. In his final day wtih tho Amer
ican army Secretary Baker visited tho
Verdun front and drove in an automo
bile for more than a hundred miles
from Verdun to American headquar
ters in France,
Ales and Neutrals Lose
Total 11,827,572
Tons.
SHIPPING BUILT
Production Increasing
and Seamen Gaining
Upper Hand.
WASHINGTON, March 21. Secret
figures of the British admiralty on
submarine losses and world shipbuild
ing woer made public here today by
the British embassy. They show that
from both enemy action and marine
risk on January 1, 1918, allied and neu
tral shipping had lost since the war
began 11.S27.572 gross tons, while
shipyards outsido of tho central pow
ers were turning out 6.G06.275 tons.
These figures, long withheld, arc
now made public, admiralty memoran
dum says, because they will not stim
ulate the enemy and because thoy will
impress upon people the necessity of
united action in making good losses
by submarines.
Tremendous Total.
In spite of the tremendous total of
losses they do not approach the
claims of the Germans and with 2,
5S9.000 tons of enemy shipping to the
output of the war period, tho net loss
to world shipping exclusive of' that of
Germany and her allies, is only 2,632,
397. The maximum of losses was reached
in the second quarter of 1917 after the
unrestricted submarine warfare which
drow the United States into the strug
gle was launched. That quarter 2,
236,934 gross tons of ships went down.
Since then the total has been reduced
until in the fourth quarter of 1917
it was 1,272,S-13.
Shipbuilding Output.
In the meantime the shipbuilding
output steadily curved upward. In tho
last quarter of 1917 it was 983,233 tons
and at that time tho enormously in
creased facilities of the United States
had not begun to get into action.
Although warning against undue op
timism, the admiralty statement says:
"The results of tho past year have
shown tho ability of our seameh to got
upon terms "with tho submarine men
ace and gradually to gain the upper
hand.
Production Below Estimate.
"The production, however, of mer
chant ships in the United Kingdom
during January, 1917, oven asking the
most generous allowance for weather
conditions, fell so far below that of
each month in the preceding quarter
that if improvement is not speedily
made, tho point whore production bal
ance losses will be postponed to a dan
gerous extent and even when that
point has been reached wo shall still
have to mako good the losses of tho
past during the critical period that
confronts us. Wo must rely in the
main on our own shipyards and on our
selves." Partners In War Busy.
"Our partners in tho war are mak
ing every effort to incrcaso their pro
duction of ships but a considerable
time must elapso before the desirod
output is secured to produce in tho
United Kingdom 1.S00.000 tons in 1918
and to reach an ultimato production at
the rate of 3,000,000 per annum is well
within tho present and prospective ca
pacity of our shipyards and marine on-1
gineering shops; but tho ranks of the
skilled men must be enlarged without
delay by tho Introduction of men and
women at present unskilled.
"The introduction of theso newcom
ers, upgrading and intcrchangeability
of work, are essential and must bo
pressed in with tho good will of em
ployers and foremen; and further tho
board of admiralty wish to mako It
perfectly clear that these results can
not be obtainod unless maximum out
put is continuously given in every
shipyard and marine engine shop by
every ono concernod. if employers
hesitate to play their part, If men any
where 'down tools', or go slow for any
reason, they will do so in full knowl
edge of the grievous extent to which
they aro projudicing the vital inter
ests of the community.
"It is to ensure tho vigorous co-operation
of all concerned that the admir-
German
Peace Treaty Flimsy
Pretext to Dismem
ber Russia.
MOSCOW, Tuesday, March 19. (By
tho Associated Press.) Tho uneasi
ness caused by the seizure of Odessa
and tho gaining by the central powers
of control of the Black sea has Intensi
fied the panic In north Russia and has
strengthened the now general belief
that in a short time the Germans will
adance on Moscow and Petrograd.
The Trans -Caucasian constitutcnt
assembly meeting at Tiflis, has re
fused to ratify the peace treaty with
Germany and has urged an immediate
war on Germany.
German Explanation Hooted.
Tho Germans' explanation that they
are not fighting Russia when they as
sist independent Ukraine to defeat
Bolshevik forces is hooted in the Rus
sian press generlly, which contends
that Germany's peace treaty with
Ukraine is only a flimsy pretext to
dismember Russia.
Leon Trotzky has arrived in Moscow
from Petrograd and announces ho will
remain here to assume the duties of
minister of war if there is a war but
otherwise he will decline the post. The
commander of the Moscow defenses
today reviewed four regiments of vol
unteers who declared unequivocally
for war. Many experienced army offi
cers havo now joined the Bolshevik
general staff, which welcomes them
regardless of their politics.
Rigid Discipline Adopted.
Indications point to the adoption of
rigid discipline among the new forces
and tho restoration of trained officers
to their commands.
Reports from northern Russia say
that the Corelia district, in which
Kola, the only Ice free port on the
Arctic shore, is located, has asked
Finland to annex it. This is regarded
as part of tho German plan to help the
Finnish government forces to isolate
Russia from the Baltic and Arctic.
PETROGRAD, Monday, March 13
(By tho Associated Press.) Russia's
total war expenditures are now 5,590,
40S.2S6.000 rubles.
Russian soldiers in the Pskov have
retired ten vorsts, a German ultima
tum having been presented to them as
a result of an attack on German
troops.
It is reported that tho Ukraine gov
ernment is negotiating a loan from
German banks.
alty have recommended the publica
tion of tho facts."
The admiralty's tables follows:
Losses by enemy action and marine
risk, (in gross tons), for tho period,
the United Kingdom, foreign and the
total for the world show respectively:
1914 August and September, 314,
000, S5.947, 399,947; fourth quarter,
154.72S, 12G.G88, 281.416.
1915 Frst quarter, 215,905, 104,
542, 320,477; second quarter, 223,676,
156,743. 380,419; third quarter, 356,
659, 172,822, 529.4S1; fourth quarter,
307,139. 1S7.234, 494,373.
1916 First quarter. 325,237, 198,
952, 254,195; second quarter, 270,690,
251,599, 522,289; third quarter, 284,
35S. 307.6S1, 592,039; fourth quarter,
617,563, 541,780, 1,159,343.
1917 First quarter, 911,840, 707
533, 1,619,373; second quarter, 1,361,
870, 870,064, 2,236.934; third quarter,
952,938, 541,535, 1,494,473; fourth quar
ter. 782,889, 4S9.954, 1,272,843. Totals,
7,079,492, 4.748.0S0, 11,8275,72.
(Note: Figures for gross tonnage of
world's tonnago for August and Sep
tember, 1914, Includo 1S2.829 gross tons
Interned in enemy ports.)
World Shipbuilding.
The merchant shipbuilding output
(in gross tons) for tho porlod, the Unit
ed Kingdom, foreign and tho total for
world, respectively, is as follows:
1914: To end of tho year, 675,610,
1 021 920.
' 1915 For tho United Kingdom, first
quarter, 226,267; second quarter, 146,
870; third quarter 145,070; fourth quar
ter, 92,712.
Foreign for the whole year, 554,881;
total for tho world for tho whole year,
1,102,000.
1916 For the United Kingdom, first
quarter, 95,556; second quarter, 107,
G93; third quarter, 124,961; fourth
quarter 213,332.
Foreign output for tho whole year,
1,146,448. Total for the -world for the
whole year, 1,688,000.
1917 For the United Kingdom, first
quarter, 246,239; foreign, 2S2.200; total
for the world, 52S.439; second quarter,
249,331, 377.109, 520,440; third quarter,
248,283, 368,170, 619,543; fourth quar
ter, 419.621, 512,402, 932,023. Totals,
3,031,555, 3,574,720, 6,606,275.
Tho third table shows 2,689.000
gross tons of onomy vessels captured
and brought into service. Of this to
tal more than a million tons was taken
at tho outbreak of tho war.
Francis
d lib
Germans Will Tafe Their
Country and They Will
Lose Liberty.
MOSCOW, Tuesday, March 19. (By
tho Associated Press.) Russia will
eventually become a German province
and Russians will lose their liberty if
they submit to the peaco forced by the
Central powers. David R. Francis, the
American ambassador, declared in a
statement to the Russian .people, Is
sued from the American embassy at
Vologda.
The ambassador pledged American
help to any government in Russia that
would resist the German penetration.
He urged them to forget their political
differences and said ho would not
leave Russia until compelled by force.
U. S. Friendship Century Old.
The ambassador'? statement said:
"The friendship between Russia and.
the United States, which has existed
for a century or more, should be aug
mented rather than impaired by Rus
sia becoming a republic and Americans
are sincerely desirous that Russians
be permitted to continue free and in
dependent and not become subjects of
Germany.
"I have not seen an authentic copy
of tho peace treaty, but I am suffic
iently acquainted with its provisions
to know that if the Russian people
should submit to It, - Russia not only
would bo robbed of vast areas of its
territory but her people eventually
would become subjects of Germany.
Russia eventually would become vir
tually a German province and her peo
ple would lose the liberties for which
their ancestors struggled for genera
tions. America Ally of Russia.
"My government still considers Am
erica an ally of the Russian people
who surely will not reject the prof
fered assistance we would bo prompt
to render to any government In Russia
that will offer a sincere and organized
resistance to the German invasion.
"If tho Russian people bo brave and
patriotic, will lay aside temporarily
their political differences and be reso
lute, firm and united, they would be
able to drive tho enemy from thoir
borders and procurp, therefore, at the
end of 1918 an enduring peace for
themselves and the world."
I AMBASSADOR'S ATTITUDE AP
PROVED. WASHINGTON, March 21. Al
1 though it was indicated at tho state
department today that Ambassador
' Francis acted without any specific in-
structlons from Washington in issuing
his statement denouncing the German
peace terms, his attitude has the full-
s est approval here. The ambassador's
, assurance that the United States will
; support any Russian government that
resists the advance of the Germans ex-
press this government's stand but this
, is reflected here with little optimism.
Reports that Trotzky is endeavoring
. to re-organize an army to fight the
, invaders and of activities of tho
. Trans -Caucasians served to arouso a
, slight hope that there might yet be
left in tho Russians a spirit of reslst
. ancc but this Is tempered by other rc
, ports indicating a determination by
- the masses to accept their fate.
Provinces Being Evacuated.
PETROGRAD, Wednesday, March
20. (By the Associated Press.)
Kromontchug, Minamenka and Romo
dan, In southern Russia, aro being
evacuated by government forces. A
Russian commission has loft hero for
Pskov to investigate reports of at
tacks on German troops.
Armenian colonies in Turkestan and
the trans-Caspian districts havo de
clared a general mobilization. The
soviet council of tho republic of the
Don has lovled a contribution of five
million rubles on local capitalists.
FEDERAL JURY
INDI17STRM
Prof. Scott Nearing of Univer
sity of Pennsylvania Vio
lates Espionage Act.
NEW YORK, March 21. Professor
Scott Nearing, formerly of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania and of Toledo
university, was today indicted by tho
federal grand Jury on the charge of
violating the espionage act.
Tho American Socialist society, with
which he Is connected, was indicted on
tho same charge both being accused
of distributing a namphlct entitled
"Tho Great Madness."
i
Lose I
Two Destroyers and
Jwo Torpedo Boats :H
Sunk Off Dunkirk.
LONDON, March 21. Two enemy jH
destroyers and two enemy torpedo IH
boats have been sunk by a force of H
five British and French destroyers, the H
admiralty announces. One British de-1
stroyer was damaged. jH
The engagement occurred off Dun- . H
kirk this morning. The British casual- : H
ties were slight. There were no French H
The announcement follows: IH
"Vice-Admiral Douer reports that an
action occurred off Dunkirk between H
4 and 5 o'clock this morning. Two , H
British and three French destroyers H
were engaged with a force of German H
destroyers and two enemy torpedo lf
boats are believed to have been sunk. if
Survivors "have been picked up from '
two enemy torpedo boats.
"No Allied vessels were sunk. One
British destroyer was damaged but
reached harbor. The British casual-
tics were slight. There were no 1
French casualties." i
Seventy-seven Ships, Aggre- lJ
gating 600,000 Tons Flying iH
. American Colors Today. 'H
WASHINGTON, March 21. The
600,000 tons of Dutch shipping seized 1
in American ports last night on or- IH
dcrs from President Wilson will be put ,H
into service, it was said today, as soon H
as they can be made ready for sea and H
cargoes are loaded. The vessels will H
be armed by the navy department. H
Most of the vessels will go into the H
trans -Aatlan tic service, transporting H
food to tho allies. Some unfitted for 'H
cargo work may be used as trans- ,H
Reports to the navy department, H
Secretary Daniels said today, showed 'H
that the taking over of the ships pro- iH
cecded according to schedule and 'H
without the slightest hitch. As soon iH
as tho official order was received from 'H
tho White House a previously pre- H
pared telegram was flashed to the H
commanding officers of naval reserve H
forces gathered in readiness near the H
wharves where the ships wero moored.
Tho officer assigned to each boat H
boarded her, notified- the command H
that he had taken charge and hoisted Sf
tho Stars and Stripes.
Tho navy department will remain in ,H
control of all tho ships until their final
allotment has been decided. H
WASHINGTON, March 21. Seven-
ty-soven Dutch ships in American lf
ports, aggregating about 600,000 tons.
wero flying the American Hag today
as the result of President Wilson's
proclamation last night requisitmg
Dutch tonnage In accordance with the . H
British-American shipping agreement.
At the samo time Great Britain took
over Dutch vessels in British waters
and another 400,000 tons was put Into 'H
Allied service.
Tho president's proclamation was H
issued on Holland's refusal, in tho face
of German threats, to put into effect
her voluntary agreement for rostor- I 'J
Ing her merchant marine to normal !H
activity. '1
Compensation will be made to the H
owners as required by law.
LONDON TO FOLLOW U. S.
LONDON, March 21. The A630ciat- ,H
cd Press learns that, the United States 1
having authorized the requisitioning ! jlH
of Dutch ships. Great Britain will 1m- 'H
mediately order similar action in re- j
gard to Dutch vessels in British ports. 1 iH
Notwithstanding the statements (
which have emanated from Holland, iH
tho British government thus far has , 'H
received no communication from The ' 'H
Netherlands' government regarding ac-
cep.tanco or rejection of the allies' f 'H
MORE DEMANDS ARE
ON THE RUMANIANS
MOSCOW, Tuesday, March 19. (By 1
the Associated Press.) Germany has
increased her demands upon Rumania i 'M
and now asks that Rumania surrender I jH
to the Central powers all of her own 1 jH
war munitions as well as those left jH
In Rumania by the Allied troops. ' 'M