The Lancaster Herald. (Lancaster, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, April 12, 1918 Page: 2 of 8
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S CHALLENGE
$ WILL FIGHT UNTIL
18 THE LAW OF THE
WORLD, HE SAYS.
S LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE
j| Chief Executive Given Great
enetration When He Appeared
at Baltimore.
Md.—President Wilson,
Liberty loan celebration
,y night, gave Amerlca’a
the German drive on the
battle front; to the renewed
lor a German^made peace,
ail proposals to end the war be-
Germany la awakened from her
oi world dominion,
president's answer was:
"Force, force to the utmost, force
fjrftboixt stint or ifanit, the righteous
triumphant force which shall
e right the law of the world and
cast emy selfish dominion down in
the duet."
A few hours before the president
r apoke he bed reviewed a division of
<rf risen soldiers, called only a few
month* ago from the pursuits of
now transformed Into lighting
S. men to carry the Metis of America
be the battle fields of Europe At
mocheat a million more of their
ail oyer the land were celebrat-
the opening of the third Liberty
and the orders for mobilising
first of the great army of a sec-
mi 11 fon were going out to the
r: , '
Those were* some of the physical
which backed his words when
the evidence that Germany
a peace for her world domin-
ion, the president declared.
Accepts Autocracy's Challenge.
Pf accept the challenge. I know
that yen accept it. Ail theffmorkl
shall know you accept tt. Ir shall
appear In the utter sacrifice and self-
■' with which we shall
we love and all that we
rw to redeem the world end make
for free men like ourselves to
1 This now is the meaning
we do. Let everything that
my fellow-countrymen, every-
tbafTwe henceforth plan and ac-
sh, ring true to this response
majesty and might of> our
power shall fill the thought
defeat the force of those
jmmm flout and misprize what we hon-
or and h»M *»r. fl
^Germany baa once more said that
! force and force alone shall decide
luatice and peace shall reign
affairs of men; whether right
! conceive* it, or dominion
she conceives it shall determine
• "UTTV one *
possible from ns—force, force
utmost, force without sfliitt or
rfgbtpoua force which shaJ|
the*law of the world, and
rery selfish domination in the
triumph
Germany means ruin for all
America has won and
tor, the preoiSeot reiterated he
Willing to discuss at any time a
and honest peace sincerely
-'^a pence in which the
fare alike."
Feeca In Russia
the answer," he said, "when
I proposed such a peace came from
commanders in Russia
the meaning of
jgV .vffcsor are enjoying in Russia,” the
declared, "a cheap triumph
, no brave or gallant nation
oaa long take pride. A great people,
helpless by their own act, lies for
their mercy. Their fair
are forgotten. 1 They no-
1, hot everywhere
their power and exploit ev
f»r their on
l: and the people of oon-
__are invited to be
4jflree under their dominion.
"Are we not Justified in believing
they would do the
western front if they
to face with armies
their countless divisions can
" ROGER W. BABSOlt
n
ms*-.
4vV:
Reger W, Babaon, the internation,
ally known fttatistician who has been
working aa a special agent for the la*
bor department, has been appointed
head of tha newly created industrial
relations division of the committee on
publle information.
UNITED STATES WAR
DEBT $9,060,000,000
Washington.—Nine billion dollars
Jft the approximate cost to the Unit-
ed States of one year of war. More
than one-half has gone in loans to
allies and will be repaid eventually;
over one-third hae been spent for the
army and military establishments,
one-tenth for the navy and one-fif-
teenth for ship building.
Just one-sixth of this big war cost
has been raised by taxation and oth-
er ordinary sources of revenue and
the balance has come from sale of
Liberty bonds and certificates of in-
debt edne^p.
Government expenses now are run-
ning about $1,000,000,000 a month,
with somewhat less than half going
to allies, who spend the greater part
of their loans for war supplies In this
country.
Since the declaration of war April
4, 1917, the government’s actual ex-
penditures have been more thqa $9,-
800,000,000. but about $800,000,000 of
this sum would have been spent for
normal activities even if the United
States had not entered the war.
BRITISH AND FRENCH
BOTH GIVE GRODNO
APPARENTLY GERMANS HAVE
SUCCEEDED IN BRINGING UP
HEAVY GUNS.
ARCHBISHOP OF YORK
GREATER FIGHTING EXPECTED
Officers at Washington Think Ger-
mans Now Ready to Begin Great-
est Effort Against Lines.
Federal Control -Extended to Meats.
Washington.—Determination or a
national policy governing meat pro-
duction. sale and distribution during
-the war, which may -include virtual
price fixing and definite control or
actual federal operation of the big
packing houses, has been intrusted
by President Wilson to a special
commission of five. This step was
taken at the recommendation of Food
Administrator Hoover, who advised
the president that ha found himself
powerless to protect property all
Branches of the cattle industry.
After several days of comparative
inactivity along the battle front in
France bitter fighting has been re-
sumed along the western side of the
new sal ent in the lines of the en
tente allies. Attacks by the Germans
against the British and Frepcb are
admitted to have yielded- some gains
to the invaders in the critical sectors
some ten miles east of the city of
Amiens.
The fighting, according to latest
reports, has been heaviest in the
neighborhood of Hamel, where the
British were forced back slightly,
and in the triangle formed by the
rivers Luce and Avre, farther to the
south, where the French ware forced
to give ground.
Not much is known of the. details
of the battles in these sectors, but |
the fact that the Germans have been
in a degree successful would seem
to indicate that they have succeeded
in bringing up some heav^ cannon
and new divisions.
Prohibition Now Effective in Indians.
Indianapolis.—Indiana became dry
from border to border Tuesday at
midnight. The state-wide prohibition
law, so written that intoxicating
liquor may not be manufactured, sokl.
given away or shipped into the state
except for medical and sacramental
purposes, took effect at that hour.
Members of the Indiana Anti-Saloon
league estimated that 3,400 saloons
in the state closed their doors. They
estimated that, 30 breweries in the
state were affected and possibly 12
to 14 distilleries.
Six Killed by Tornadoes vn Missouri.
Esse*. Mo.—Three persons were
killed and U Injured when a tornado
traveling in a northeast direction
.struck Hunterrille, a small town
-I!?!-*!!? J^hree milc* «»st of here. Gray Ridge,
two miles further east, also was
struck by the storm, but no lives are
reported lost there. Three were kill-
ed, several injured and a number of
houses were demolished by a tornado
which struck New Florence, Mo., 85
miles west of St. Louis.
Wilson spoke in the h&H
• was nominated for his
War Finance Bill is Disposed Of.
Washington.—Congress disposed of
the war finance corporation bill when
the house adopted the conference re-
port agreed to by the senate. It
makes possible the organization of a
$600,000,000 corporation, with power
to issue $3,000,000,000 of bonds, with
the secretary of the treasury and
four others as In corporators
W. S. S. Sales $4,120,932 Wednesday.
Washington—The war savings cam-
paign made a now record Wednesday
with $4,130,932 recorded at the treas-
ury for the day's receipts from stamp
sales. The previous high record was
$8,049,000. The total receipts are
$130,000,000.
Dutch Ships on Way to U. 8. Exempt
Washington.—The Amerrcan go v-
t has decided that Dutch ships
en route to United States from Hol-
land at the time the Dutch shipping
was requisitioned will not be taken
on arrival here. The war trade
board announced that inasmuch as
toe’ requisitioning had been done to
to thetr normal activity, it
Intended to inks the use of
British Give Ground.
London.—South of the river Som-
me the Germans launched heavy at-
tacks early Thursday on the British
and French forces, says a statement
by the British war office. On the
British front the enemy made pro-
gress in the direction of Hamel and
the Boia de Vaire.
Expect Greater Fighting.
Washington.—Renewal of the Ger-
man assaults against the British and
French lines in Picardy Indicated to
military obeerversehere that the Ger-
mans, having gathered strength dur-
ing the lull of the last few days,
might now he ready to launch their
greatest effort. Some officers think
the allied commanders realize that
only the first phase at the glgantio
battle has passed and that this prob-
ably accounts for the fact that no ex-
tensive eounter-movexdent has been
undertaken as yet.
Pro-German Hanged by Illinois Mob.
Collinsville, 111.— Robert P. Praeger,
said to be of German parentage, was
hanged to a tree one mile south of
the city limits by a mob of 350 per-
sons which dragged him from the
basement of the city hall here where
he had been in hiding. Praeger was
accused of making disloyal remarks
in a recent address to miners at
Marysville, 111. Praeger early in the
night was forced to parade barefoot-
ed through the streets, kissing the
American flag at intervals. The po-
lice rescued him and took him to the
city hall for safe keeping.
100,000 -Germans in Attack.
Paris.—German troops numbering
well over a hundred thousand dsllv-.
ered a terrific attack Thursday
against the French along a front of
nearly 90 miles, from Grivesnes to
the north of the Amiens-Roye road.
They were met with a storm of fire
from the French guns and although
the assaults were repeated time af-
ter time, they succeeded in gaining
only a small section of ground. (The
gain was in the direction of Amiens.)
The French retained Grivesnes, hut
the Germans occupied the villages of
Mailly, Raineval and Morlsel.
The announcement of this new of-
fensive also says that by a powerful
counter-attack the French made pro-
gress between Mont Didier and Las-
sLgny.
The statement reads: “Up to the
present we have identified by pris-
oners 11 enemy divisions.
"Our troops with intrepid courage
resisted the shock of the assailant
masses, who were mowed down by
our artillery fire. Despite their ef-
forts," ten times repeated, the Ger-
mans succeeded at the cost of san-
guinary sacrifices in gaining only a
few hundred meters of terrain."
Kansas City Has Heavy Flra Lose.
Kansas City.—Fire destroyed three
city blocks of buildings in the whole-
sale district known as the “west bot-
toms" before firemen gained con-
trol. Twenty-six buildings were eith-
er destroyed or badly damaged and
many others suffered smaller losses.
Five firemen were injured when a
wall fell, but no deaths have been
reported. The origin of the fire Is
not definitely known, but tt Is be-
lieved to have originated in a ware-
house. The loss is variously estim-
ated from $3,000,000 to $5,000,000.
The Right Honorable and Most Rev-
erend Cosmo Gordon Lang, archbishop
sf York and primate of England._
ATTEMPT TO TAKE
AMIENS FAILED
The tremendous blow delivered
against the French and British along
the front northeast, east and south-
east of Amiens Thursday, which
lasted well into Thursday night, net-
ted the Germans a trifling advance
here and there in the direction of
Amiens, but nothing large enough to
make a noticeable change on the war
map, and the attack must be record-
ed as a failure. During the fighting
the French gained prdbably ae much
as they lost, as measured in terri-
tory. The British lost some small
pieces of ground and report no off-
setting gains. The principal result
seems to be s very large number of
new names on the German casualty
list. Friday's engagements were lo-
cal In character and the results com-
paratively small.
In Thursday night's fighting the
Germans also sought to reach the
railway line connecting Amiens with
Clermont and Paris, but in this they
were unsuccessful, the French troops
putting up a perfect defense.
Reuter’s correspondent says the
Germans advanced only 2,000 yards
toward the Amiena-Paria railway on
s front of 7,000 yards. They ar* now
about four miles from this railroad.
North of the Somme the Germans
bombarded the British 12 miles south
of Arras Thursday night and follow-
ed this with an infantry attack Fri-
day, resulting "in virtually no suc-
cess," according to the British offi-
cial statement, which adds that the
enemy suffered heavy casualties.
The German official communicating
says there were only local infantry
engagements on both sides of the
Sopame, claiming that countar-attacks
were repulsed along the Avre river.
The German statement claims that
90,000 prisoners have been taken
since the drive began, together with
more than 1,300 guns.
Germans Cut Throats of Americans.
Chicago.—A ghastly illustration of
German hatred of American soldiers
is given in a letter made public here.
It was written in France by Adjutant
R. C. 8 tar bard, who has charga of a
Salvation Army hut. "I visited s base
hospital recently," says the letter,
"and bad this story from a sergeant
who had passed through one of the
raids. The sergeant was horribly
wounded by a grenade, and passed
by the Germans as dead. Before the
sergeant lost consciousness, however,
he saw a dozen Germans overpower
three American boys and cut their
throats from ear to ear, one of the
Americans being held by four Ger-
mans. while a fifth fairly severed his
head from hia body."
White Star Liner Celtle Torpedoed.
Naw York.—The steamship Celtic,
on# of the big White Star liners, was
attacked and torpedoed by a German
submarine, according to raliahla In-
formation received In marine circles
here, daring n voyage from England
to America. Efforts are being made
to save the vessel, which, it Is be-
lieved, carried no passengers. The
Celtic has a gross tonnage of 90,904
sad has tor man]r years been on* of
Defeat Germans Occupying Kherson.
Moscow.—More than 500 Germane
occupying Kherson were defeated,
many were killed and captured and
the rest fled, leaving two armored
cars, when the city was captured by
the Bolshevik forces. All Russian
troops have been removed from Per-
sia. according to a report from the
military revolutionary oommlttee on
the Persian front to the department
of foreign affairs. All supplies there
are being removed to Baku.
Long-Range Gun Is Sent to Belgium.
Amsterdam—According to Les Nou-
velles of Maastricht another long-
range gun similar to thoea already
bombarding Paris passed through
Belgium from Essen on Monday. Tha
length. of the bares! is from 20 to
26 meters and tha caliber from 20 to
25 centlmatera.
Aviators Cause Damage In Germany.
Amsterdam.—Die patches state that
on the ooaaaion of the last entente
allied air raid on Coblens 34 persona
were killed and 100 wounded. Great
damage was done, the railroad sta-
tion being demolished. In the last
raid on Treves, 40 persons were kill-
ed and hundreds wounded. In the
raid last week the Cologne station
was hit and assay buildings demol-
ished. ▲ troop train standing fa the
station was struck and many ooan
FOIL TEXT OF THE
PRESIDENT'S SPEECH
Delivered at Baltimore April 0,
Af^nr America Had Been
In ttie War One Year.
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In full, the president’# speech was
as follows:
"Fel ow Citizens- -This Is the anni-
versary of our acceptance of Ger
mary’s challenge to fight for out
right to live and be free and for the
•acred rights of free men everywhere.
The nation is awake. There is no
need to call to it. We know what the |
war must coot, our utmost sacrifice,
the lives of our fittest men, and, if ]
need be, all that we possess. The
loan we are met to discuss is one of
the least parts of what we are called j
upon to give and to do, though in it-
self imperative. The people of the
whole country are alive to the necea- j
slty of it and are ready to lend to
the utmost, even where it involves |
a sharp skimping and daily sacrifice
to lend out of meager earnings. They
will look with reprobation end con-
tempt upon those who can and will
not, upon those who demand a high-
er rate of internet, upon those who
think of it as a mere commercial
transaction. I have not come, there-
fore, to urge the loan. I have come
only to give you, if I can, a mors
vivid conception of what it Is for.
"The reasons for this great war,
the reason why it had to oons, the
need to fight it1 through and the Is-
sues that hang upon its outcome are
more dearly disclosed now than ever
before. It is easy to see just what
this particular loan means because
the cause we are fighting for stands
more sharply revealed than aver at
any previous crisis of the momentous
struggle. The men who knows least
can now see plainly how the cause
of justice stands and what the im-
perishable thing he is' asked to in-
vest In. Men in America may ba
mors sure than they ever were be-
fore that the cause is their Own and
that if 4t should be lost their own
great nation’s place and mission in
the world wouAd be lost with It. <-
Ready for Justice.
"I call you to witness, my fellow-
countrymen, that at no stage of this
terrible business have I judged the
purposes of Germany intemperate!y.
I should be shamed in the presence
of affairs so grave, so fraught with
the destinies of mankind throughout
all the world, to apeak* with trucu-
lence, to use the weak language of
hatred or vindictive purpose. Wa
must judge aa we would be judged.
I have sought to learn the objects
Germany has in this war from tha
mouths of bar own spokesmen and
to deal aa frankly with them aa 1
wished them to deal with me. I have
laid bare our own ideels, our own
purposes, without reserve or doubt-
ful phrase, and have asked them to
say as plainly what it is they seek.
"We have a tin elves proposed no
injustice, no aggression. We are
ready whenever the final reckoning
la made to be just to' the German
people, deal fairly with the German
power aa will all others. There can
be no difference between peoples In
the final judgment, if it la indeed to
be a righteous judgment. To propose
anything but Justice, even-handed and
dispassionate Justice, to Germany at
any time, whatever the outcome of
the war, would be to renounce and
dishonor our own cause. For w# ask
nothing that we are not wilting to
. accord.
It has been with this thought that
I have sought to learn from those
who apeak for Germany whether It
was justice or dominion and the ex-
ecution of their own will upon the
other nation* of the world that the
German leaders were seeking. They
have avowed that It was not Justice,
but dominion and the unhindered ex-
ecution of their own will. The avow-
ed has not oome from Germany’s
statesmen It has oome from her
military leaders, who are her reel
ruler*. Her statesmen have said that
they wished peace and were ready
to discus* Its terms whenever their
opponents were willing to *lt down
at the conference table with them.
He/ present chancellor baa said—in
definite and certain term* indeed,
and In phrases that often seem 4o
deny their own manning, but with aa
much plainness as he thought pru-
dent—that he believed that peace
should be baaed upoe the prtniaplm
which we had declared weald be oar
own in the final settletoenL At
Brest-Litovsk bar civilian delegates
Spoke In simBar terms; pref eased
their desire to coo elude a fair peace
and accord to the peoples with whose
fortunes they were deeding the right
to obooee thetr own allegiances. Ent
action accompanied and fallowed the
profession. Their military masters,
the men who net for Germany end
bar pexpose In
• very
Belshevlkl te Resist Jape In Siberia.
London.—According to e semi-
official dispatch from Moscow the fal-
lowing official statement bee been
Ifteued there: "In reference to the
landing of Japanese nt Vladivostok
the conned of people's nnimalsaarlt*
is undertaking poMtleefl stags and at
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