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VOLUME Xl\
GERMAN LINE SHATTERED NORTH OF SCARPE
FOOD. NOT SOLDIERS.!
NEED OF ALLIES, SITS
COMMISSION MEMBER
First Day of Distinguished
Visitors Is Spent in Paying
Calls in Washington—Sim
plicity Marks Greetings
WASHINGTON* April 23.—What the.
allies want from the United States more
than anything else is food.
There is no "immediate concern re
garding the sending of troops to
Europe." it .was officially stated..
This vital fact emerged above all oth
ers from the trappings ot diplomatic
courtesy attending tne initial reception i
here today of Foreign Secretary Arthur
J. Balfour and the British commission
bv President Wilson and other Ameri- ;
can officials.
While today was apparently given
over principally to surface courtesies
and diplomatic greetings, the various
experts of both England and America
plunged unostentatiously and at once
Into the consideration of the vital prob
lems of shippings, munitions, finance,
military and naval affairs confronting
the allie« since the United States ha«
declared i'setf in.
* Mr. Balfour conferred with the presi
dent.
President Cunliffe. of the Bank of
England, conferred with Treasury Sec
retary McAdoo.
Naval experts of both nations met
with Secretary Daniels
- Military experts of both countries
talked with Secretary Baker
Shipping and trade advisers with their
corps of statistical and market experts
got down , to details immediately with
cominertf department officials.
It was a pooling of British brains
and bitter war experiences with Ameri
can wealth and resourcefulness
MUST HAVE FOOD.
But it was made clear by a high of
ficial of the commission that the
thought uppermost in the minds of the
Bnush representatives is:
"The allies must have food.”
"I wish to make it plain." said this
spokesman, "that we are* not here to
tell you what you must do.
•Ws have our own Ideas as to how
you can oe*i help, but we come equipped
with facte, to tell you what mistakes
we made and how you can avoid them;
what price is paid for what we have
accomplished, so you may determine
whether you think the price Is worth
paying to accomplish those things your
selves.
•‘The allies greatest problems—and the
one which you can best aid our allied
cause by helping solve—is that of food,
which involves that of shipping.
"Please remember that ’.here is’ no
British food problem, no Fret, ch £ood
problem, no Italian, nor Russian food
problem. It is all one great question.
At a recent allied conference the allied
government agreed to pool their food
supplies.
"While England is not short ot food
and probably could get along if she
had Only herself to consider, all is not ’
well in France and Italy. ’Their food,
shortage is acute. It is growing more,
so."
This attitude of. the British commis
sion put the old allies and their new
recruit in complete accord on the first
move in the great international war con-,
ference.
The trend of all this government’s ac- 1
:ions eVer since and. in fact, weeks be
fore war aas declared has been to stim
ulate the production of food for our peo
ple at homs and then for our allies in
fighting Euroupe.
NOT CONCERNED ABOUT TROOPS.
The British commission is not imme
diately concerned over the sending of
roops, it was explained. Their man
;ower is sufficient for the moment, and
the sending of great masses of men to
Europe now would make the food prob-,
em critical and out of all proportion to
tj»e fighting strength gained.
“I also want to make it clear." con-‘
tinued this authority, "that no step of
importance is to be taken definitely un- •
til the French commission has arrived.
The French commission is not coming
out of mere courtesy, but to take an ac- ,
tive part in the conferences.”
••Also.” the official went on. "allow
me to make dear the etatus of the
British commission
"Secretary Balfour s word to in every
respect absolute. All the experts with
him are merely to answer questions di
rected to them through Balfour.
"Every question, military, naval, com
mercial or otherwise, must finally be de
cided between President Wilson and Sec
retary Balfour.
•The discussions and conferences be
tween the other officials will be sub
sidiary.
"At a brief meeting of the British
commission today the program for each
division was roughly mapped out.
"All we hope to do is to have the
president and Secretary Balfour settle
broad questions of principle, basing their
decisions on the sub-conferences and
their own discussions, then leave the
carrying out of America's settled part in
the war to the various departments.
BALFOUR IS SPOKESMAN.
"It is not. 1 believe. Mr. Balfour's in
tention to broach any questions of inter
national political policy. He is prepar
ed t<y answer them should they be ask
ed.’ And he will speak for alj the al
ites.
"But the allies do not desire to make
use of this situation to hamper or coerce
the United States in any of its Interna
tional relations. All we want to do is
to help.
"As to the length of the commission’s
stay, that all depends on how long it -s
needed It may be days. weeks or
"Should it i»e asked, a staff of experts
will be left in the United States to co
operate with the American government
in carrying out the plans made by the
two chiefs.
"America’s part In the war is now be
ing decided. Should an Italian and a
Russian commission visit Washington
later, it will be purely as a matter of
courtesy.
"The vital problems are now before
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'CONGRESS TO PUSS ARMY
1 CONSCfIIPTION BILL FRIDAY
Administration Measure Cer
tain to Be Accepted in
Some Form
WASHINGTON.' April 23.—After fin
ally disposing of the great war loan,
house and senate sho-tly after noon to
day went into the final stages of the
problem of raising an army of 2.000,000
men for defense of the nation.
It was the first day of debate in the ;
house, and the second day for the sen- '
ate.
it’still was believed that both houses |
will have acted by Thursday or Friday |
by the latest.
The conscription feature, in some form
at least, will pass both houses.
While house and senate debated, the j
Roosevelt angle—the colonel’s plan to
a volunteer division to the French |
I trenches—was vigorously injected into
j-the situation. And it was significant i
that old line Republicans—Senators
Harding and Ix>dge—are behind a wet! i
laid campaign that has for its object the
granting of permission for ex-Preaident
Roosevelt to plant the American flag
on Europe's battle front.
Senator Harding. Ohio, started the
Roosevelt fight by Introducing an
amendment to the administration bill
authorising the president to raise by
voluntary enlistment four infantry di
visions—about 130.000 men. The amend- ■
ment does not name Roosevelt. but >
means him.
In opening the senate debate Sena
tor Weeks said the people demand con- I
scription or would demand it if they
were correctly informed.
"When war was declared with Ger - 1
many.” said he. "the president was di
rected to employ the entire naval and
militia forces of the United States to
bring it to a successful conclusion, and
we pledged all the resources of our
country for that purpose. The question
we must now consider is how we are '
going to give the president what we (
I have directed him to employ.
"Whenever we have engaged in a great j
war it has been necessary to resort to |
draft in order to bring it to a successful
conclusion.
"The question we now must consider
is how we are going to give the presi
dent what we have decided him to em
ploy—an army.
"Are we going to do it in a manner
demonstrated over and over again as
ill divlsed, ineffective and disastrous,
or are we to turn, our attention to tne
experience of other countries and take
from the experiences those lessons
which will enable us to steer clear Os
the follies of ’he past?
"That is really the dividing line be
tween efficiency and inefficiency.
“Whenever we have engaged in a
great war it has been necessary to re
sort to draft in order to bring it to
a successful conclusion.”
The senator drew attention to the
failure of the volunteer system in the
revolution and the war of 1812. Re
ferring to the Mexican war he said:
"It required almost the entire twelve
months for which they enlisted to train
the volunteers in the ways of war. and
the training having been completed and
the term of enlistment exhausted, prar-
I tie-ally the entire force withdrew from
the service although the war was not
i over.
“At the end of the Civil war. our
’volunteers had acquired a training ‘
which made them comparable to any
army that ever existed but the cost of
their preparation and the final accom
plishment was simply appalling.
“While our government has been
most scrupulous in its efforts to fulfill
i its obligation to its citizens, it has ben
too lenient —even In times of great na
tional peril—in calling upon its citizens
to reciprocate.
"It has been said in effect: ‘Those
of you who desire to do your duty may
do so: others may do as they please.’
and the result has been that most of
I our wars have been unduly prolonged,
and before victory has been assured it I
! has been necessary for us to employ at
least two men to every one used by our >
enemies.
"The opposition to compulsory train
ing is based upon the theory that it
• is not necessary, but when we come to
a great national crisis, we immediafe
, ly discover that there is no time for
I the preparation we should have mad"
•Tyranny, not democracy, has always
justified itself by suppressing discussion
or action as unnecessary.
•Opponents of universal military
training have frequently charged that
' such a system Is undemocratic and un
> American and should not be tolerated in
this country. To that charge I reply
that nothing is un-American which a
majority of the American people, after
mature deliberation, decide is good for
the country.
’There is no doubt in my mind as
to what the people demand in this in
stance or what they would demand 11
they were correctly informed or given
the’time to study the question.”
When the house began debate no limit
was fixed, hut it was agreed that it
should run on today until <5 o’clock.
•Chairman Dent, of the military com
mittee. who favors a call for volunteers
. while the conscription registration ma
chinery is being made ready, opened the
. debate He said that his difference
with the administration- Over adding of
the volunteer amendment to the
straightout- Selective conscription bill
. was most embarrassing to him.
"I have been to the president and
. to the secretary of war.** he said, "with
. every proposition of compromise on the
. theory that unity of action was more
important than the method of raising
,an army. It ought to be made known
> to the country that we will do what is
. necessary.”
i An extension of the draft to male cit
izens not eligible to military conscrip
i tion. to form a service army for food
i production was demanded by Represen
■| tative Emerson, <»hio, in a resolution to-
> day.
J Boys from fifteen to nineteen years
I while not at school and “vagrants,
. i tramps and all persons found wandering
I about the country without visible means
J of support" would be drafted, as well
( as "all males unengaged in legitimate
i 1 business.” ,
r .President Wilson kept in close touch
wtih the procedure. His immediate ad
, visers were said to be confident that
the draft plan would pass.
Meantime a group of Progressives had
VROOMAN TAKES OFF
HIS HAT TO THE SOUTH
Assistant Secretary of Agri
culture Says Section Does
Its Bit for Food
WASHINGTON. April 23.—Fresh
from an extended tour of the south in
the interest of agricultural prepared
ness, Carl Vrooman, assistant secretary
of agriculture, returned here today en
thusiastic over the outlook. He issued
a statement in which he declared th|t
all clauses are patriotically responding
to the government’s appeal for increased
food crops and predicted that the south
would contribute its “bit.”
Mr. Vrooman’s statement follows:
“The south is fully alive to the tre
mendous importance of the duty of sup
plying itself with its own food and feed.
Moreover, the south has begun the work
of organizing and mobilizing an army of
food producers and food conservers
which bids fair to contribute vitally
to the part which the United States
must play in furnishing food to its al
lies. Wherever I went I found the most
patriotic, prompt. and practical re
sponse, and if the south continues as
she has begun, she will 'do her bit’
in the furrows as energetically as in
the' trenches. •
“I wish the rest of the country could
know as I now know the splendid spirit
which is animating all classes in the
south—not only the farmers, but the
bankers, the business men. the trans
portation, the men, the women and the
school children. I take off my hat to
the south.
"For the next six or eight months
this war is going to be a food war, and
every citizen who contributes to the
production of food or who prevents the
wasting of food is doing something that
counts. The sacrifices of labor which
every class in the south will make in
this great campaign to grow and to
save food will be more effective in
bringing this war to a victorious end
than any other single thing that can
be done. Luckily in this work financial
sacrifices are not demanded as food
crops probably will sell at higher rela
tives prices than anv other crops. Our
allies want food. We can supply food
to them. But first we must make every
section of this country as nearly as pos
sible self-sustaining so far aa foodstuffs
are concerned.
“By now the south has planted most
of her gardens. She should cultivate
them well. The food that is not need
ed immediately iriiould be put away in
caps or jars, ot else dried for future
use. Then the ground should be dug
up and planted again. The federal gov
ernment’s first demand on the south
is for food. Her patriotism will be
measured by her response to this de
mand.”
Caruso Triumphs
With Barrientos
In Opening Opera
With a vast and brilliant audience,
and with a triumph by Caruso. Scotti.
Barientos and other stars, Atlanta’s
eighth season of grand opera was open
ed last night at the auditorium.
•The Elixir of Love” was the opera,
presented for the first time in Atlanta,
and never has Caruso’s golden tenor
swept an audience to greater heights ot
enthusiasm than in Donizetti's splendid
love songs.
Another spring may find the United
States as deeply involved in the Euro
pean war as any of the allied nations
but for the present Atlanta opera
lovers and their friends and kinsmen
from the four corners of the south are
not permitting the uncertainties of the
future to prevent the full enjoyment of
music and social gaieties.
Never has the auditorium seen a
greater, a more brilliant, a more
vivacious and happy throng than that
which opened the season last night.
Throngs of beautiful women filled the
boxes, throngs of inen in evening dress
poured in and out of the hall between
the acts. The arena was filled, the
boxes were all taken, the dress circle
seats were a solid bank of humanity.
Blood Transfusion
May Save Life of
Mme. Bernhardt
NEW YORK. April 23.—Although
Mme. Bernhardt passed a comfortable
night at Mt. Sinai hospital, her physi
cians today were considering the advis
ability of a blood transfusion opera
tion to strengthen the famous patient.
She suffered a slight relapse yesterday
but rallied quickly.
It was stated no plans have been made
to give Mme. Bernhardt more blood, but
the indications are a call may be matfe
for volunteers within a few days.
Mme. Bernhardt has now been in the
hospital more than a week since being
operated 6n. She still Is in a serious
condition, but her physicians stated, “her
case is not hopeless
Germans Use New Glass
Bullets on Riga Front
PETROGRAD. April 28.—German
troops attacking Russians on the Aa
river (Riga front) tried a new projec
tile glass bullet, today's official state
ment. i
The war office also reported from the
Caucasus front that on April 15, nt
Cheraban, Arabs fell on a Russian
squadron escorting a British military
agent, but that the squadron forced its
passage through the attack as far as
Bakute.
Indorsed a number of the administra
tion measures including the military
plan.
The big bond issue is about ready for
disposal, and Secretary of Treasury Mc-
Adoo is -planning to utilize offers of
advertising to boost the sale.
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Mexico City Paper Answers
Report That U. S. Is Sus
picious of Attitude
MEXICO CITY, April 23.—The Ex
celsior, one of the leading Mexican pa
pers, discussing editorially reports from
the United States that America is sus
picious of Mexico’s attitude in the pres
ent international crisis, asserts that
Mexican neutrality will be maintained.
It adds:
“There is not much on which tnese
suspicions are oased which has not
been fostered by the American press
and government. One reason for this,
without going further, is the embargo
on arms against Mexico, maintained in
spite of the reception of our ambassa
dor. The American government offers
all nations a chance to buy the arms
which it manufactures in vast quanti
ties, except two. Germany and Mexico.
It is easy to understand the attitude
now against Germany, but what about
Mexico?
“What can we say to this and how
interpret it? When the president
elect, because of the great interest in
the subject, referred to it in his speech
to congress, the American press clam
ored that the speech contained only
painful worus. ’Vhy not, if the Mexican
people have only painful feelings over
the relations between the two coun
tries? Shall we answer the attacks
mentioned only with words sweet as
fruit in season? The explanation of
our state of mind should be sought by
the United States in Its conduct toward
us. We do not equivocate and the
United States should not.”
A bazar was held lest night for the
benefit of digabied Mexican soldiers
and the widows and orphans of those
killed m battle. The German minister,
von Eckhardt, contributed 5,000 pesos
and his wife 150 Other members of
the diplomatic corps, including United
States Ambassador FleUher, also con
tributed, but their gifts were over
shadowed by that of von Eckhardt,
vhich was over one-third of the total
amount raised by the bazar.
Les Darcy, Australian
Pugilist, Enlists in
U. S. Aviation Corps
MEMPHIS, Tenn.. April 28.—Les
Darcy, the Australian pugilist who has
been unable to engage in any ring bat
tles in this country because he was
an alleged ’slacker,” today enlisted in
the reserve aviation corps of the United
States army at the Memphis training
camp. According to Captain Christie,
commanding the camp, Darcy passed a
perfect physical examination.
Since his arrival here several weeks
ago Darcy has evinced a great inter
est in the aviation camp, visiting the
grounds several times before being
permitted to take the examination to
day, Captain Christie said. He was en
listed with the rank of sergeant and
now is subject to call of the war de
partment. Until *he is called upon for
war duty, the Australian is at liberty
to do as much puglistic fighting as he
sees fit.
THE AMERICAN CROP!
COMMITTEE SUSTAINS
REJECTION OF WHIPPLE
Sub-Committee Report o n
Judgeship Adopted by Sen
ate Judiciary
BY kALPH SMITH
WASHINGTON, April 23.—The senate
Judiciary committee today agreed unan
imously to sustain its subcommittee and
reject the nomination of U. V. Whipple,
of Cordele, as federal judge for the
southern district of Georgia. The re
port of the committee will be laid be
fore the senate at tis first executive ses
sion, and tha nomination will be formal
ly rejected.
The next move in the judgship mat
ter will be awaited with eager inter
est. It is regarded as doubtful whether
Attorney General Gregory will attempt
to fill the vacancy in the near future.
It is understood that he keenly resents
the action of the senate committee and
is not disposed at this time to advise
further wtlh the GeorgYa senators about
another nomination.
Judge Whipple Refuses
To Withdraw His Name
Judge U. V. Whipple, of Cordele, will
not withdraw his name as tne nominee
for judge of the United States district
court for the southern district of Geor
gia, notwithstanding the fact that the
sub-committee of the judiciary com
mittee of the senate has reported ad
versely on his nomination.
Judge Whipple gave out a statement
to this effect on Sunday in Atlanta,
where he stopped over en route to his
home in Cordele, returning from Wash
ington.
Judge Whipple appeared before the
sub-committee in support of his nomi
nation, and was, Immediately followed
by Senator Thomas W. Hardwick, of
Georgia, who appeared before the Com
mittee in opposition to the nomination.
While SenAibr Hardwick was speaKing,
Judge Whipple left the capitol and
caught a train out of Washington. He
did not know of the sub-committee’s ac
tion until Sunday morning, when he re
ceived the news on tfie train.
In his statement Judge Whipple says
that Senator Hoke Smith requested a
release from his promise of support,
and that “while they differed as to the
related circumstanoes,” he readily
granted the senator’s request.
He concludes the statement by saying
that he has determined not to withdraw
his name for the reason that “the ob
jection to my confirmation involves an
imputation of improper conduct to At
torney General Gregory, approved by
President Wilson.”
State Department
Officially Advised
Os Turkey’s Break
WASHINGTON. April 23—Turkey
has broken relations with the United
States, the state department was offi
cially advised today by Minister Sto
,<vall at Berne.
FOOD CROP CAMPAIGN
OPENED AT EISTMIN
Dodge County Farmers Show
Great Enthusiasm at
Mass Meeting
(Special, Dispatch to The Journal.)
EASTMAN. April 23 Responding to
the appeal made by President Wilson
and the state anil federal departments
of agriculture, and at the call of the
Eastman chamber of commerce, a most
enthusiastic meeting of some 500 rep
resentative citizens and farmers of
Dodge county met at the court house
this morning for the purpose of launch
ing a campaign which will insure the
production of a sufficient quantity of
foodstuffs during the present year to
amply provide for local needs.
The gathering was largely attended,
not only by the white planters and busi
ness interests of* the county, but by
many of the leading colored farmers.
The meeting was called to order by
W. L. Jessup, president Eastman cham
ber of commerce, followed with invoca
tion by Dr, P. A. Jessup. Addresses
urging an increase in the acreage of
all grain and food crops were made
by Prof. J. F. Hart, field agent exten
sion work. State College of Agricul
ture. Athens, and Assistant Commis
sioner of Agriculture B. H. Groover, of
Atlanta, while Dr. Peter F. Bahnsen
made a strong appeal for the raising
of more and better live stock.
At the conclusion of the meeting reso
lutions were adopted indorsing the
course of the president and congress
and- pledging the whole-hearted and
earnest support and co-operation of the
business and farming interests of Dodge
county in meeting the emergency of a
prospective food shortage and in any
other contingency that might arise. A
large committee of representative citi
zens was also appointed to attend the
state food conference in Macon on Tues
day.
Further to encourage the growing of
food crops a delegation of prominent
farmers and business men will visit
every church in the county, both white
and colored, on next Sunday and ap
pear before the Congregations assem
bled, explaining the situation which now
confronts the nation, and urge that im
mediate steps be taken to increase the
production of foodstuffs before the
planting season is too far advanced.
Farmers who grow grain and food
crops have been guaranteed by the com
mercial interests of Eastman ample and
convenient marketing and storage fa
cilities for such commodities. To con
serve a large number of articles of food
which might otherwise be lost, it is
quite probable that a canning plant will
be established in this city within the
next sixty days.
Food Crops Will Be
Urged in Ware County
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.l
WAYCROSS. Ga.. April 23.—Plans ard
being formulated here for a series of
meetings throughout Ware and adjoin
ing counties next Sunday, at which the
necessity of greater food production
and conservation of food supplies will
be stressed. Rav, R. »A. Brown, of the
NUMBER 58.
HARD BLOW STRUCK <
BY BRITISH ON BOTH.
SIDES OF THE RIVER
X
Two More Villages Captured
and More Thag 1,000 Pris
oners Taken in Gen. Haig’s
New Offensive Monday
NEW YORK. April 23.—(8y Fbrelgni
Cables From European Capitals.)— ■
Ushered in by a prolonged artillery
bombardment a renewed attack in force!
has been begun by the British on the
German lines in northern France.
The new stroke, marking a
tion after a week’s interval of trtiT
British offensive begun April 9, was)
given its initial impetus today “on;
both sides of the River Scarpe,” as the
official statement puts it. The stated
ment issued at about noon,
a report of "satisfactory progress,'**
sent by General Haig.
The extent of the attack has not!
been clearly developed, but as it is an
nounced to have launched “on a wide
front” it probably reaches well toward!
the Vlmy positions on the north and,
beyond the Arras-Cambrai road to the
south. Besides tending still further to|(
encompass the city of Lens, the move*
ment is directed toward both Douau
the important German distributing
point to the northeast, and the HinJ
denburg line key point of Cambral tai
the southeast. ,
Early details of the offensive report;
the shattering of the last remaining)
defense of the Hindenburg line north
of the Scarpe. This was accomplished
by the taking of the town of Gavrelle,
on the Arras-Douai road, on the front
between Fampoux £nd Bailleul. This
capture marked a new advance of about
a mile for the British.
South of the Arras-Cambrai road the
line has been straightened out by tne
capture of the village of Guemappe.
Already more than 1,000 additional Ger-»
mans have been taken prisoner. Mean
while the French infantry is being held
in cheek along the Aisne front and in
the Champagne by General Nievtlle
while the work of consolidating the
notable gains of the past week is in
progress. The artillery is busy, now
ever, and Paris reports the breaking up
of German attacks at several points,
notably east of Craonne on the French
salient northeast of Mont Taut in the
Champagne, and on the Moronvilliers
ridges in the same sector.
While momentous battles are being
fought on the western front a new
movement of possible vital importance
may have been initiated by the Ger
mans in the eastern theater of war.
A news agency dispatch from Petro
grad today reports the departure from
Libau. on the Baltic south of the Gulf,
of Riga of German transports ft>r an
unknown destination.
This may mean that the Germans
have begun their threatened operation,
of making a combined land and sea,
movement against the Russians by,
landing on the gulf of Finland in the!
rear of the Russian northern flank,:
fighting way inland and cutting
off Petrograd.
. In Mesopotamia the Turks are still;
in retreat up the Tigris, northwest ofl
before the victorious British.
They have evacauted their Iztabllat* 1
position, ten miles below Samara, and
moved to a position six miles nearer the
town. General Maude, the -British
commander, reports they are now bving'
attacked there by his forces.
British Capture 1,000
Men in New Assault:
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IM;
FRANCE, April 23. —(Via London).—ln.
their new offensive the British have cap
tured the town of Gavelle, the last part
of the defenses of the Hindenburg line
north of the Scarpe. They have also
taken the village of Gtiemappe, south ot
the Scarpe.
More than 1,000 prisoners have
taken today. •
The first phase of the battle of Arras*,
which began Easter Monday, ended with;
the British in possession of Monchy-le-
Preux which, however, remained a dis-,
tinct salient until today’s fighting was;
taken up.
Monchy. situated on a hill, commands,
the country for forty miles eastward.
During the last ten days the Germans
delivered at least a score of country
attacks against that position, against
which they brought an ever-lncreasing (
gunfire.
The desperate attempts to recapture,
it show how highly Monchy was re
garded as a key position protecting the,
Drocourt switch line, which has not
yet been fortified as strongly as the.
Germans would desire.
Monchy has been one of the bloodiest
spots the Germans have known, and
when the British advanced from it in
the early dawn today they had to pick
their way over thousands of German
dead. It was estimated that 2,500 Ger
mans were killed in one day’s counter
attacks, so closely were tIM men
massed.
British Troops Repulsed
Says German Statement
BERLIN. April 22. —(Via London.)
"Bdtween Txtos and the Arras-Cambrai
railway artillery firing continued Sun
day,” says the official statement issued
today by the German army headquarters.
“Northwest Os Lens, English thrusting
troops penetrated our first line trenches
on a width of 500 yards, but were driv
en back by a counter-attack. The fire
remained strong during the night. Early
this morning after drum fire, infantry
fighting recommenced on a wide front.
“Along the river Aisne,” the state
ment continues, “the artillery fire in
creased in violence from the afternoon
onward. The Germans set fire to eleven
enemy balloons and brought down elevea
airplanes on the western front.”
Presbyterian church, is chairman of
the sjiecial committee named by the
public safety committee of Waycross.
It is understood the movement will
have the hearty Assistance of the vari
ous ministers of the city and as a re— 4
suit of the meetings it is believed mucll
good wili.be done.
