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WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
war mill continued to turn slowly
ugh there are many indications
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sn:1 .foment just soutn 01 Bcarpe. near Arras the enemy late Saturday
afternoon iegan a bombardment which might easily presage another assault
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Va that city. It Is written In the books that such an a'tUck will come but
SaKaU IV) aTa IsltAat fAnAPta iVlat Vi ai Knfin ma InfaoiM .a1I . f
V: Further south on the British right there was h'atd local fighting about
IMeilVre' and Memuln which was a continuance of Friday's struggle but
Uhe nNt important action seemed to be taking place on the French left
jrherer it was reported the Germans were pursuing their furious attacks
t . Avrng the rest of the battle front comparatire inactivity continued so far
'as mfiptry fighting was concerned. -
- " This 'Ta he tatus of a'faira on the
ttnth 4W of the battle and while no one
ran forests what trend such vast opera
tjOna 'wtlD take there are many thlnn to
"aapport . the following Interpretation of
the situation:
.- Jor two ways past there has been a ces-
sation mAns the major portion of the
. northern vfront. o( the bitter warfare
I waged '41' the outset. Undoubtedly this
laiia seooixunoe with the German plans
for It was 'impossible for the enemy to
prooseA further without pausing to bring
. forward tits kipporting artillery reortan-
ixe his flghtius forces and establish com -J
tnuBicationsV jThese things now are being
accomplished. .
; The maiav fqjor affecting the opera-'
.Hons la Urn luton of time. '
In 'rtiir as In ny other offensive delay
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No further Chance Br
;;Eisiye Germ
British Have Escaped Disaster and Battle of Picardv
f I ! IV. sT A . 1 ' m a . ' -
is LiKeiyvto rrove Another Marne I he Latest
German Effort Is to Penetrate Between British
V and rrerich Armies.
p By FRANK H. IMQNOS.
NETWYORK. March J.-On Thursday
two German efforts wer clearly marked.
.Toward the north a tirrlflc bombard-
ment began on both sides of the Scacpe
river ' facing Arras. Th was followed
"during the next two: dn 1y tremen-
dous assaults made by s4ven' divisions.
These' assaults' penetrated the British
' battle positions but on neither Thursday
nor Friday did they breal the British
She before Arras or eves . seriously
threaten -it. l.'fyi
.' This attack' before Arras Vasi' aA ob-
vious attempt to break downline north
ern hinge of the allied position ".re-
sulted frcm the fact that th German
armies south of the Sommc being
steadny pushed Into a narrower and aaiv
rower wedge. By Friday nlgbt'this ef-
fort to get Arras and widen" the gap In
the " allied lines seemed to have failed
i' and ; terminated.
At the same time the northern Wing
I of . the ' German armies was attacking
i Aires there was a sudden leap toiward
. of the southern forces which reauted
in the fall of Montdidier SO miles yest
f of St. Quentin 20 miles south of AmUns
and on the main railroad from Parte to
f Amiens. - - A '
. A French counter attack halted "tils
i drive late Friday but the Germans eoL
? ttnued to hold Montdidier and push dowt
' .the Avre valley on a wide front ' Oof
' Thursday Friday and Saturday morning
I official reports indicate . a slow but
1 steady progress by the Germans between
the43omme and the Avre- river and by
German Plan?
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North of Somme Briti Solidifying Rapidly While
Rain Is Softening Ground Over ArWiich Germans
" Must Bring Up GynJ-Ninety Teuton Divisions
. ? Have So Far Filedto Beat DownBritish.
I . (icisfVrji Rttort) 'i
U .LONDON' March SO. The week ends
. wjlh a feeling of optimism svklpli (has
- been - progressively growing i Ing Jthe
e - Isi three days over the proepeets of' the
battie In France. AVhlle the . St great
" erlsie la past and the enemy 4 held- for
-.- the time beingt there is ao belie thai he
le beaten unless some factor like (the
f ' weather should bar his further f taokk
The country is prepared for ai thetsid
perhaps more than one deepen assault
- Upos) the allied lines before ..A . lens and
'pari' filnoe the German highei ommand
w h announced to the peopl bat this
' i . i- . . ' . M- '.1. M.
sjrs was the decisive battle any ot. f than a
decisive-conclusion would .t0j annus-
Stoii of defeat. The press
Saturday night says: " r
soclatlon
!& north
-'in I-ondott the view is hetf
rras a nows
the Drive
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Pnu Rtport.)
FRANCE. March 30. Th wheels of
on the British battle front Saturday
that Intense speeding- up may come at
gives greater advantage to the defense
than 'to the aggressors because the de-
fense; may be assumed to have better
communication. For this reason the ene-
my must press his attack quickly.
The crucial sector which on the open-
ings days of the battle lay in (he vicin-
ity of Albert which the Germans hoped
to use as a gateway to a westward ad-
vance now appears to have dropped to
the sons below the Somme. This is due
to two reasons:
-..The resistance offered along the
northern front undoubtedly upset the
schedule and plans of the German com-
mand. Finding their progress here too
slow the Germans turned their attention
to the southern sector where they had
continued their success. . -
2. The entrance of the French into the
battle also raised a Inrsra unhUn t-
enemy and gave the Germans further rea-
. (Continued on Page. Four.)
.
Saturday moroing the Germans are fair
ly a doxen miles east of Amiens and
are still advancing In the direction of
this city.
The battle then on Saturday mornjng
is reaching a new crisis. From an at-
tempt to destroy the British army It
has diminished to an effort to pene
trate. between the British and French
armies take Amiens and thus destroy
the unity between the two allied forces
anu seise the vital communications of
tho British which are centered at this
town i
On Saturday morning then when this
review closes Amiens has come to have
tho same value In the battle Picardy
mat Calais had in the first battle of
Flanders and the British troops south of
the Somme are endeavoring to repeat
the achievement of other British troops
before Tpre Jn October and November
The fate of Amiens would now eem
to depend largely on the ability of the
allies to make counter offensives on the
rapiaiy extending flanks of the Germans
offensives recalling those which won the
battle of the Marne.
- The possibility of a supreme German
success with a "wra-the-war" victory
has practically disappeared.
The battle of Picardy on the tenth
day no longer promises to be a Water
loo or a Sedan. Rather there la a great
cnauice mat 11 may Drove anotner Mirn
Vlsny event the British army has es-
apea a supreme disaster ana mere
m to oe no runner enance of a de-
ive uerraan victory. even though
falls.
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of Dividing
Has Failed
of the Somme the BrlUsh position is solid-
ifying very rapidly. "We now are replac-
ing odr troops by fresh divisions In that
jotor and there is no anxiety on aooount
of that part of the front -.The German
Plan of dividing the. French and British
armies has tailed absolutely.
"Roughly speaking the enemy up to
now has brought up SO divisions nearly
half of his army on he western front
Sfftlah" W F11 J 0B th
1?L!h!t heavy rain Is falling gives
hop that the Oerman idvanos win suffer
from the same cause that brought the
5TJi h 5L 4stw. on their last x-
advance In the same regions. The
Germans are compelled to bring up arUs-
Isrfjur'r" for th .trw through a
country which ia ploughed up by the most
Intense ebeU fire while the allies have
Arm. ground behind them.. ; " 7 TV
The sinnoimcement Utat the klag tlslted
the troorxj In the field u a nluum
eueprise to the peegtev; :'T ; - -
In Command Against
American Sector
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Copyright Underwood & Underwood.
Gen. Von GaUwits
The German actilery officer who devas
tatea HerDia naa oeen given a com
mand on the western front.
GERMANY IS GIVEN
YERYPLAIN REPLY
Soriet Congress Explained Frauds'
Bnisiaa Jorclgtt Office Calls Upon
Germany to ueiine sonadariei
.; of 'tte .TJkrainiaji.
v ' Bepnblie.
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(Associated frtsslUpori.)
MOSCOW Friday March J9. "It I had
thought my statement would be diapleas
big to the German foreign office of course
I would not have made it was the com-
ment of Ambassador David R. Francis
when advised of Germany's objections to
American encouragement of .the con
tinuation of the war.
: The German foreign office note to the
soviet office that Francis' statement was
nothing else but an open call upon Rus-
sia to renew the war with Germany and
the German government expects that the
Russian government will give - answer
which would be compatible with the
peace tMety signed with the
powers'
The soviet foreign office replied
' "Ambassador Francis' statement Is
only a paraphrase of President Wilson's
message which . was answered - by the
soviet congress and the same resolution
passed by the congress approving the
treaty is the best answer to the German
telegraphic inquiry." (
' After quoting tue resolution approving
uie Bresi-utovsK treaty ins soviet reDiv
continues:
"The foreign office rests assured that
reference to the above facts la a sufflclnnt
and satisfactory reply. to the German for-
eign office and states that as the German
advance is extending beyond purely
Ukranian territory the BreSt-Lltovsk
treaty Is being violated there. Germany
should state definitely what exact boun-
daries she has fixed for the Ukrainian
republic."
The German protest was sent -to the
bolshevikl government because of the
declaration by David R. Francis the
American; ambassador that Russia would
become a German .province if it submits
to the peace terms of the central powers.
Today's Calendar
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Forecasts of the Weather.
f Associated Press Rrfon.)
WASHINGTON March JO. Easl Texas-
Sunday mi Monday ftntrally fair; cooler in
northwest portion Monday.
Wtst Texas Snndoy mnd Monday (intrally
lair; cooler in north portion Monday.
Louisiana Sunday clondy in the southeast;
generally fairy in north and west portions'. Mon
day generally fair; not much change in tem-
perature. Forecast for Houston and vicinity
Sunday generally fair weather. -
Temperature extremes and oreclDita-
tlon at Houston ending May 20 1918
. m.:
axlmum 77.
Minimum CO
Precipitation 0.0S Inch.
Atmospherio pressure' at Houston at
p. m. I9.8S aea level reading.
Sunrise ;li a. m.
Sunset (:40 B.m.
Comparative record at Houston for
Kerch tor
1911
M
.70
.7 .
.7 '
1917
. 7S
7
13
1916
61
71
77
75
( a. m. .
10 a. m.
Noon ...
I p m. .
6 p. m.
.77
80
71
Relative humidity. 7 a. m. 95 desrreea.
ti degrees noon local time.
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Today's Events.
Concert of Italian Choral-club st city
auditorium 3 p.m. ;
!'w f AMUSEMENTS.'''
Isle theatsrs "The Claim." ' "
Zee theateri VThe Kslser.w ;
Key theaterr- rtteils MsrJs." :. . .
Liberty theaterr1 "Reegh and Ksady."
iQueen theateri "gy Right of f urehass."
Ms lest (o theStert Vaudeville' matinee
and night. . !' 'O-.' .- . . -
Si4nee lhastar: Vaudeville. eentlmioaa.
afternoenAnd night v.. .1 . 7-
Cetv theateri Muslcel comedy end Tsle.
terea oentlneeue sftsrior and nights '
West End . earfct .thlcabo
White Sox vs. Houston bu; dut 4 p. m.
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Many transport sections
ern section around Moreuil and Lassigny with the Germans who have delivered powerful attacks.' '. V
Balked in their efforts to make ground along the northern side of the salient they have drivVn i i
Germans now are. trying to break through to the southwest and south. Along a front of 25 mile's; fr;
Avre river to Lassigny a tremendous battle waged all Saturday. The German troops are f rbrn Ihe fro .
and are under the' leadership 'of General Von Hutier who is sending hi men forward in massed ! form.
following the other without cessation. v . r ; ;f jj :'r;.
The French troops have stopped the Germans and have counter attacked with unvarying ; success. V jC
on this section of the line declare that the French are using only a small portion of the reserves holding the
Towns Involved
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k I PARIS. " '111:4
K" . p . . - l. SetsBWexW ' t'f5.(y'
tin in i ii i i i i iiiiini ni i -i imiih hni i hissjiw us i ill i lisseaMsl
This map is presented without confusing lines of roads -and
latest German drive to that of 1914 and also to Paris and Amiens
at ijuenan to wiontaiaier is aoout
Post Will Distribute
Free Cabbage Plants
Wednesday morning The Post
will 'give way 600 packages of
'.cabbage plants in lots of 25. They
will be ready for distribution early
In the morning. '
These plants come from the farm
of" John H.j Blair in J"ort Bend
county. There will be no charge .
for the plants Mr. Blair giving
them to The Post for distribution
in the interest of food production.
The Poet Is pleased to render this '
muofc assistance to the 'war gar-
dens' of Houston and there- Is a '
promise from Mr. Blair that if this
lot Is readily taken he will have
an additional 15000 to distribute
' next .Wednesday morning through
Luxumburg Attacked
by Allied Airmen
''. ' v (Associated W Repoit.) I ; ' '
M AMSTERDAM. March 10. -Advices
from Berlin say that at 13:45 Thursday
afternoon allied airmen attacked the town
of lAisumburg.' Ten persona have thus
far been reported killed. Houses were
heavily damaged. . - . '
Italy Ha Seized ;
.v Von Tirpitz Estates
4 '7 ' (AsMoeiatea frest KsfdrKU ':' " " !
ROME March SO. The prefeot of
sari lias sequestrated eats tee v1'-
half tiillllon ll wnJ by j
Xli-nl's ii r"'
(Associated
are at work bringing up supplies to the French who are engaged iri a gireVt
in
the German Drive
a ' '
37 miles. .
Odor of Death Meets .
Fresh German Troops
t Associated Press Report.)
LONDON. March 80. Tho Morning
Post's correspondent in Franco draws a
gruesome picture of battle field condi-
tions. "Prisoners state that the country-
side is full of bodies andtlhat the air is
horrible with the odor of death" he
writes. "Wells can not be used. The
ruined villages are Impossible ss billets
because they are strewn with Qerman
dead. There are great pile of .bodies
along the roads and between them. The
enemy has only recently found time to
bury any of his dead'.
"The spectacle of the battle field car-
peted with the bodies of their comrades
has affected fresh troops who In this way
discovered to their surprise that the Srlt-
Un are not too weak to fight. Prisoners
say that the British endurance and skill
in fighting Is delaying the progress of
the German army.
. "Among the feats of this British en
durance may be mentioned that tit a de
tachment which marched 18 hours fought
throughout one night and half of the next'
day repelled three attacks twice recap-
tured a certain village -and dug trenches."
Gen. Franklin Bell j
Passed Examination
:i "" UiocuUei Press RtPoet.
vJ-ASmNGTON. March. . Major Gen.
rl J.JmV"- M bussed his hied-
Press Report.)
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rivers to show the relation of the
the two German objectives. From
Nine Million Dollar
Timber Deal Closed
(Associated Press Report.)
MONROE La. ..March 20. A
deal has Just been consummated
in New York city whereby the
heirs of the late Jay Gould sold to
the Forest Lumber company and
allied concerns headed by J.afB-
White of Kansas City Mo. ap-
proximately 102.000 acres of vir-
. gin long leaf pine timber lands In
Loui.ana. involving a considera-
tion ot more than $9000000 ac-
cording to announcement here
Saturday by Henry Bernstein lo
cal attorney who negotiated the
sale.
The lands are located in Vernon
Raptdos ' and Winn parishes tn
1 Louisiana. This was declared to
be ' one of the largest southern
timber land transactions on rec-
" ordL ' ' ' ' "''- ' '
Fire Supposed to Be
of German Origin
V . - ' (Associated Press Report. ) .
. BALTMORB Masch 30. The Kennedy
f oundry company in soutn Baltimore was
badly damaged by fire Saturday night
which Is believed to have- been started by
a German sympathiser. . -. 'v t .. ;
. The fire sB aft ed m tins ostfn room an
spread rto the r""t ' '
sands of (-
'f powerful blow' t
tune moment. '
A. - - 4.4.4.
Fought With Bayonc
When Out of Amrnnn
1 (Associated Press
" VfiTH ' THE raENi
FRANCE. Mirch 0.--Th
ment which was in progr
when he 'correspondent
developed Saturday Into a
along the 'French;' line; fr
beyond Lassigny. ' Here e
prince's- armies Undr Von
a series 'of smashing assw
various points and ' exteVid'
: The French reserves ctn.
with the greetest. vigor '
sternest resistance Von Hu
ing the method of attack Wt
cessful at RlgaJ but this t
himself confronted : by . troe
prepared to. meet aH hlis rj)
throwing division - after divl
battle with whatf' appears to
ness but 'tlita) prinoiple of rii
tire force In ordef -to. tta!
ran. ..only be successful wb
versarles are inferior 'in qua
whelmed by numbers.' .'.'1 ..'
' The Frcndi line is display
resistance and while the G
expending an enormous ; pai
strength the French troops t
virile power for making a Stsc
stroke In which they will b
their . reserves which up H t
have for the most part only bet
readiness- to step into' the are
the enemy showa-slgns of weakt
The Germans appear ' to ha
time to bring up large numbers
and trench mortars. Nothing' del
has been ' achieved since Satuod
slaught began.- The French "trc
fighting onfldenUy a'hd cheerful
possible that' some smalt . tractur
the line will occur in the sours
day but only at the heaviest co.
Germsns who have again ' adoi
dense wave formation during' the
offering splendid targets to the
French field guns and machine- g
A large number of American ti
sections are taking an aotlve .
bringing up supplies. Behind th
especially further - north . . Briti
French troops arev working m
harmony. During the rapid retire
the first days of the battle many
units became separated but never 1
rlpline. The larger . units now are
going reorganization preparing
their places again In -the battle 1
The closeness of co-operation I
the French and British command
troops was well Illustrated by an 1
which occurred recently at e sou.
part of the front. The Germans
observed taking up positions on a 1
Willi and a small detachment of Cain-
cavalrymen who the previous day I r
themselves with the rrenco-army co
received orders to oocupyThe -i sun
Dismounting they clambered uO the -
side but shortly afterward wero a.
off. : ...'.'. '-v '
The command! nr reneral reorlma
them for retiring and ordered them Ao
turn Immediately to the 'hilltop.
Canadians mounted their horses and
lo uie.' summit -under-the heaviest
and held the position until ordered to
In the general retirement. ' Many
groups of British troops nowhere te
rsrily acting with the French. -Thv
used all their ammunition.' when 1.
up but continued to; fight'-betlna
with the bayonet when the Germans t -proarhed
too closely. They suffered t -verely
but many of them managed to.k
ilirough to the French line. . . ( ' I
Gtrman Attacks Multiplied j t
in Spite of Great Losses. '?
(Associated Pros Reta1. ' v. 1 '
PARIS March 30. The tost of the i h
French statement Is as tollowsi ' j
Tho battle on the front trom MoreuO to' -Lassigny
contlnuecgj all day wth tbe
greatest violence and spread over a front
of 60 kilometers. The1" German forces in-'';
spite of enormous losses .in their ranks '
by our Are have multiplied their. assaults 'f
desperately by our heroic troops who by-4 "f "I
tlieir Incessant counter '-' ftHanki ' hut
stopped the furious assaults of tho enemy. .
ine region oiurvmers nomnont SJMt'
Plessier De Roye has been the theater ef "
fierce fighting these villages chancing .
handa several times. Two German di
visions which had succeeded in getting .
a foothold in Plemont and In the park of .".
Plessier De Roye were swept back again -by
a magnificent counter attack by- our' -' '
troops which have re-established their '
line. 1 .. -'. . 1 f - 'J-. '-
"At certain points masses nf-tha It.-
Ing forces have taken under tha terribl' ..
fire of our Infantry and artillery and
were forced to retreat in disorder leav- '
tng tne grouna covereo with dead en-'"
wounded. The losses of the-enemy In. v
the whole battle zone still excud thrmm
of the preceding days. . . . J ..." --'-S j
"Eastern theater. March 19: The day '-'
was quiet along the whole front whersw
snow and fog have handicapped activity" .
sss ' . .'.- "
Admit German Spie: "Vr'.
Are in Curtis Plant '
(Associated street Report) " ' ; t
XEWARK N. j: March 30.-Admlssibri
that a group of Qerman spies have feesn '
employed In the plant Of the Curtlss S't- .
Kineering corporation at Hempstead.' 1.
Y.. Long Island has . been obtained fr" .
Mrs. Lydia White. 'a -woman aire-
Saturday with blue prints of "stra
in her -possession.; th police
noimccd. r ""'; ' 1 J1L!L'S'-
The womoni '
turned over .
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