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VOLUME XIV.
ITALIANS GAIN GROUND IN NEW OFFENSIVE
PERSHING AKD STAFF
SHE SAFE IN EUROPE
DESPII»K
Famous American Soldiers
Reach England. Visit Lon
don Then Cross Channel In
to France to Aid Allies
WASHINGTON. -lune •.—One hun
dred American aavy aviators to aid in
detecting submarine operations and
other active duty have arrived safely in
France, according to official announce-
T'ent today.
These are the first offi- and men of
the regular fighting forces to actually
!;nd in France.
In addition to Lieutenant Whiting, of
New York, commanding, the naval of
ficers in the detachment are Lieutenant
Virgil C. Griffin Alabama: Lieutenant
Gratton O. Richman. Georgia: Lieuten
ant Godfrey D. Chevalier. Massa
chusetts
While most of the men are trained
aviators, some additional training un
der war conditions will be given theta
in France.
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON. June B.—General Pershing
- rived in London this afternoon. He
was welcomed by Walter Hines Page
tiu American ambassador: Lord Derby,
secretary of state for war: Viscount
I rench. commanding tK» British hotae
fcrces, and other officers, including Lord
Brooke, who will be attached to Gea
cral Pershing’s staff during his stay in
England.
* Genera! Perching said to the Asso
ciated Press:
"The trip has been oelightful, par-’
ticularly the la’ter stages, when we.
were escorted through the danger zone
by our own destroyers. Speaking for
myself and staff, we are glad to be the
standard bearers of America in this
great war for civilization. The oppor- .
tunity of larding at a British port and
the welcome we received are very sig
nificant and are deeply appreciated We
expect in the course of a very short
time to be playing our part, whicn I
hope, will be a very big part, on the
a estern front.”
A notable assembly met General Per
shing on his arrival at London late this |
afternoon At the railway station were
Lord Derby, minister of war; Lord
French, commander tn chief of the home
defense forces; Str Francis Lloyd, Amer
ican Ambassador Walter Hines Page:
Vice Admiral Sims. U. S. N: General
Robertson, and a number of others.
Pershing’s military escort lined up in
formal fashion at Euston railway sta
tion. while the British military staff
-e vie wed them. Then they hurried off
to their quarters.
General Pershing established head
quarters at the Savoy. Officers and
men accompanying the American com- (
mander were to be entertained at a the
ater tonight.
A BRITISH PORT. June 8. —Major
General John Pershing, commander as
.the first American expeditionary force,
to France, arrived in England today, ac- j
companied by his staff. (
He reported a pleasant trip and ex
pressed the utmost astonishment that
the news of h:s departure has been so
successfully suppressed.
“I thought the -whole world knev
about my leaving the United States.’’ he
•’•cl a red.
The American army chief and his
staff were given a tremendous ovation
on their arrival.
A special train was in waiting for
the party. It was due to arrive in Lon
don at 3 o’clock this afternoon.
"We are very glad to be the standard
bearers of our country in this great
war for civilization.” General Pershing
asserted. "To land on British soli and
re -elve such a welcome is very signifi
es- T.d very deeply appreciated.
“We expect soon to be playing our
part—and I hppe it will be a very large
part—on the western frcnL”
Pershing and his staff worked harli
all the way across preparing plans for
theij work in France.
Included In Pershing’s party was h’.">
-s’aff and detachments of engineers and
nurses.
Distinguished British army and navy
officers met them here with warmest
welcome. 1
The voyage over from America was
an uneventful one. No submarines
were encountered and no mines seen.
The weather was good and the sea
smooth. American destroyers convoyed
•he shtp all the way. They were joined
by a flotilla of British destroyers at a
point a hundred miles off the Irish
coast.
The ship on which the American 3
arrived at «:30 a. m. was given a
noisy welcome ’n the harbor.
When it docked, a guard of honor
lined up on the landing stage. includ-J
ins; high British army and navy ofii-i
cers. They stood rigid at salute as
the Star Spangled Banner was played
and as Pershing descended the gang
plank. He formally inspected a
group of British soldiers who were in
the receiving party —stopping to chat
a moment with one guardsman on
whose sleeve he had noticed stripes
showing he had been twice wounded.;
Pershing wanted to know the why
and wherefore of the stripes and of.
the wounds. I
Then the American general and his
staff returned aboard ship, lining up
on the deck in salute as the band
played "God Save the King."
Afte’r all these formal ceremonies.
General Pershing received a large
party of American and British news
papermen answering their questions
cheerfully and readily.
The formal welcome to the Americans ,
on the landing stage was a stirring
one. A guard of honor, composed of
Royal Welsh Fusiliers, was drawn up
at the landing, with a regimental band.
After General Pershing had been intro-
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Full Associated Press Service
WATER SUPPLY FOR
NEW ENCAMPMENT..
WONATLANTAFIGHT!
Chamber of Commerce Cinch-|
ed Cantonments With a
Guarantee of 2.500,000
Gallons of Water Daily
Atlanta cinched the big military can
tonment Monuay morning when the di
rectors of the Atlanta chamber of com
merce removed the last barrier that
stood between this city and the award
ing of the camp, namely, a guarantee
that the cantonment site will be proper
ly supplied with water.
The chamber was notified last week
by the government that if Atlanta will
guarantee the Silver Lake cantonment
a water flow of 2,500,000 gallons a day
the cantonment will be placed there.
All day Sunday the public safety
committee of the chamber was in ses
sion. discussing the situation and devis
ing was and means. Monday the com
mittee put the propsition up to thoj
chamber’s board of directors. . Decisive
action was taken and Washington was
notified that Atlanta had underwritten
the water supply.
The statement of the chamber given
to the press, was: “The chamber of
commerce, feeling sure of the’compll
ance of the city government, the gener
osity of city council and the spirit of
the city of Atlanta, has authorized its
president. Ivan E. Allen, to communi-.
cate with the government that the
chamber of commerce has acted and I
complied with the request of the gov
ernment to pledge itself to furnishing!
adequate water supply for Silver Lake."
As yet it is not known whether the'
water supply will be secured by the lay-j
Ing of mains from the city’s water sys-I'
tern or by the establishment of a sepa-l
rate waterworks near the camp. The
chamber of commerce has both plans
under consideration.
FOOD CONTROL MEASURE
APPLIED 81 COMMITTEE:
Bill Provides for Guaranteed
Minimum Price to Produc
ers of Perishables
WASHINGTON, June 11.—The second I
administration food control bill, grant- I
Ing broad powers to the president, was [
agreed to by the house agricultural
committee today by a vote of 12 to 3
and immediate report to the house was
authorized.
Chairman Lever expects it to pass
with less than two weeks' debate. The
first bill is to stimulate production of
food; the second is to control distri- i
bution and price.
The bill provides a guaranteed mini
mum price to producers of. non-perish
able agricultural products under regu
lations to be prescribed by the presi
dent. The committee dropped the plan
for maximum price fixing on the ground
that it was unnecessary. A good deal
of opposition was expressed to it.
Coincident with the taking up of the
bill in the house today it was announced
that President Wilson would receive
this afternoon several representatives of ,
the labor organizations led by Samuel
Gompers and several members of con- ,
gress. who will present the consumers’
side of the question and will ask that
action be speeded up in the house so as
to give Herbert Hoover immediate pow
er. The bill will probably be brought *
in the house by Chairman Lever tomor- ■
row. An effort will be made to make it I
law by July 1.
Besides authorizing the president to;
name a food administrator, the bill 1
makes it unlawful for any person to
destroy food for the purpose of keeping
up prices and gives the executive power
to control food manufacture.
Wilful hoarding or destruction of ne- ;
cessities is made a crime punishable by ■
two years' Imprisonment.
The president is authorized to seize '
and have governmentally operated any i
factory, mine or other plant deemed '
necessary; to regulate boards of tradej
and price-fixing institutions; to fix mini- j
mum prices for agricultural products; co
regulate, prohibit or reduce the manu
facture, storage or distribution of any
foods necessary to carry into effect leg
islation for conserving the food supply
during the war.
In the discretion of the president per
sons may be prohibited from engaging
in the business of handling foodstuff-? I
without a license.
The measure does not apply to the
producer or the retail seller.
The committee struck from the bill
all reference to maximum price, but au
thorized the government to guarantee a
minimum price whenever the president
deems this necessary to insure produc
tion.
An appropriation of $150,000,000 is au
thorized for carrying out this guarantee
and for other purposes under the pro
posed legislation.
The committee added fuel to the list
of commodities which, at the president’s
discretion, may be sold only by licensed
dealers.
Private Shot When
He Tries to Escape
MACON. Ga., June 11.—Private Buch
anan. of Company B, Second Georgia,
was ?shot and seriouslj- wounded by Ser- |
pent Watkins this afternoon. Buchanan
escaped from the guard house last night
and when the sergeant attempted to ar- ■
rest him this morning Buchanan ran.
He refused to halt after being ordered ,
to do so several times. It was then I
the sergeant fired. The bullet struck :
Buchanan in the thigh, making an ugly j
wound. Ito was taken to the Macon
hospital
EXEMPTION SOARBS
NAMED BY CANDLER
TD SELECT TROOPS
Atlanta Has Seven Boards of
Three Members Each, One
of Whom Is Physician and
None Are Military Men
Mayor Candler announced Monday the
members of the Atlanta boards of ex
emption which will pick this city's
quota of men for the first army of se
lective service.
Atlanta has seven boards, each board
corresponding to 30,000 population and
composed of three men each, one of
vhoin is a physician and none of wnom
are Identified withs any branch of the
military service.
His nominations were sent to Gov
ernor Harris. Owing to the size of the
city, Atlanta was the last town In the
state to send in its boards, so with
the announcement from the mayor Mon
day, Governor Harris was able to for
ward all the nominations to Washing
ton immediately.
President Wilson will approve the
nominations and instructions will then
be issued, defining the exact duties of
the exemption boards.
As yet, city and state authorities
have but a vague idea of what these
duties will be. except in a general way.
The boards are to pick the desired
number of men, considering their status
as outlined in their registration cards.
The boards will listen to pleas for ex
emption and in cases where exemption
is claimed, but no,t granted, they will
refer any appeal to a state board of
exemption.
TREMENDOuFsHDRTAGE
OF CARS IS PREDICTED
Commissioner Candler, Back:
From Washington, Tells of
Difficulties Ahead
A tremendous shortage of freight and
passenger cars confronts the country as
a result of the war, said C. Murphey Can
dler, chairman of the Georgia railroad
commission, Monday morning, following
his return from Washington, D. C.,
where he conferred with railway ex
perts of the national board of defense.
"We are going to have a time of At
this fall moving cotton and other
crops,” he declared, "and the howls
raised now are nothing compared to
what complaints w|ll be then. Let us
prepare by simplifying the transporta
tion problem in every way we can.”
He said he himself was unaware of
the seriousness of the situation until
he went to Washington, and he appealed
to every individual, manufacturer and
shipper to aid in meeting the shortage.
“In a little while,” he continued, “the
roads will begin filing petitions to cur
tail their service, and I ask the people
of the state to leave this problem to
the railroad commission. We aren't go
ing to allow the railroads to discon
tinue any trains where a step can
be avoided. But it might as well be
made plain at once that the railroad re
sources of our country are going to he
tested to the limit, and every necessary
measure toward economizing equip
ment must be
He said that between 110,000 and 35,000
freight cars will be withdrawn from
,the public service and devoted to ship
ment of supplies for the government,
and that a great number of passenger
cars will be put to military use.
He stressed the fact that America is
now in the midst of the greatest war
the world has ever known, and that
within a short while the seriousness of
the situation will come home to every
individual.
Throughout his Interview Chairman
Candler made the plea that every busi
ness firm help to lessen the transporta
tion demands—not for the purpose of
helping the railroads, but as a patriotic
measure to aid the government in win
ning the war.
“I went to Washington,” he said, "to
attend a meeting of the executive com
mittee of the National Association of
Railwaj’ Commissioners, held for the
purpose of preparing a program for the
convention of commissioners in October.
HELP THE GOVERNMENT.
“The committee took up the question
of what assistance the state railroad
commissioners can give the government
in the impending transportation crisis,
and in the course of this discussion we
held a conference with a committee of I
railway experts who are acting under |
the national board of defense.
“The seriousness of the situation was
then made plain to us. We have got to
conserve in every way we can freight'
and passenger equipment, and coal.
“When the government begins toi
transport the 750,000 new troops it will
raise; its national guard contingents and
its seasoned troops on their way to the
ports, every passenger car will be needed
that can be raked together.
“Freight cars could be used in the
transportation of our boys, but for one
I'm opposed to hauling them about in
box cars as the Russians do their
troops.
“A considerable movement is going
on now, though nothing is being said |
about it. And within a short while the
work on the cantonments will begin.
There will be thirty-two of these, and
it will take 3.000 to 4,000 carloads of
material for rttch one.
“When completed these cantonments
will be cities of 30,000 to 40,000 popula
tion each, and to meet the needs of
these military communities about sev
enty-five carloads of supplies will be re
quired every day at every camp: in
other words, something like a total of
2,500 cars a day. These cars will be in
service ten to fifteen days each. Al
together 30,000 to 35.000 freight cars
will be wtihdrawn from public service I
and put to military use.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1917.
FORMER PRESIDENT SENDS HIS SON TO WAR. Former Presi-
II dent Taft went down to Fort Myer, Va., the other day to visit his son.
1 1 Charles, whom he had sent to join the artillery. The young man’s act
I influenced several of his college friends of Yale to join him.
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ROME JUSTICE IS DEAD
AFTER MURDER 8F GIRL
Body of Dallas Lovelace Al
leged Slayer of Miss Mary
Kerr f Is Found
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
ROME, Ga., June 11. —The body of
Dallas Lovelace, teacher and justice of
the peace, believed by officers to have
killed Miss Mary Kerr, a former pupil
of his and twenty-year-old daughter of
a prominent farmer, yesterday, was
found this morning a few miles from the
scene of the Sunday shooting. There
was a bullet hole through his fore
head.
Lovelace left a note at his home in
which he said:
"You will never find me alive, I will
do the same thing she did,’’ intimating
that Miss Kerr had taken her own life.
The negro woman who was with Miss
Kerr yesterday just prior to the shoot
ing still insists that she saw Lovelace
embrace the young girl with his left
arm and place a pistol at her heart with
his right hand.
Miss Kerr was the twenty-year-old
daughter of W. N. Kerr, prominent
farmer of this county. Lovelace was a
justice of the peace, teacher in the coun
ty schools and a recent candidate for
the legislature.
The crime occurred at Foster's bend,
about twenty miles from Rome, where
Miss Kerr had been visiting her sis
ter, and where Lovelace resided.
According to the story of a negro
woman, who claims to have been an eye
witness, lAtvelaee had the girl in his
arms, then drew a pistol, placed it at
her heart and shot her.
Lovelace was about forty years old
and leaves his wife and three children.
The young woman is said to have been
a pupil of his in the county schools
a few years ago.
A coroner's jury inquest this morning
returned a verdict charging Lovelace
with murder.
INJURED STUDENT OFFICEB
NIOBIBn WILL RECOVER
Edward R. Overton, Saturday
Victim of Street Car Acci
dent, Better Monday
Edward B. Overton, the Mobile stu
dent officer and former Alabama foot
ball and baseball star, who was seri
ously injured in a street car accident
in front of Fort McPherson Saturday
night, was much better Monday and
his recovery seemed certain.
Overton’s right leg was so badly
crushed that it had to be amputated
at the knee. His left leg was broken
at the ankle and his body was bruised.
Despite these injuries, he rallied Mon
day and was said to he more than
holding his own. His splendid physique
and the training to which he has been
subjected since entering the camp, were
largely responsible for his remarkable
endurance of pain.
The other soldiers on the street car
were not badly hurt. None of them are
confined to the post hospital, where
Overton is under the care of army sur
geons.
O. B. Copeland, the motorman of the
Wrecked car, is at the Atlanta hospital,
where it was stated he is resting easi
ly. His legs, face and body were lacer
ated, but no bones were broken.
R. L. Justice, conductor of the car.
was discharged from the hospital Sun
day. One of hia hands was torn.
TRAITDR OB SPY IN NAVY ■
IS OPINION OF DANIELS
Secretary’s Charge Followed
Senator’s Presentation of
Private Reports
WASHINGTON, June 11.—That a
spy or a traitor to the government is
| operating in the navy department or
| the proving grounds at Indian Head,
was the declaration of Secretary Dan
iels before the senate naval affairs com
mittee today.
Mr. Daniels’ charge developed when
Senator Frelinghuysen, New Jersey,
presented copies of confidential reports
bearing on ordnance, which he said
had been sent him in an anonymous let
ter. The reports were designed to sub
stantiate charges of laxity which re
sulted in the accidents aboard the
American liners Mongolia and St. Louis
during gun practice.
The postmark on the letter, according
to Freylinghuysen, was Detroit, Mich.
Efforts to determine the identity of the
sender of the letter, which contained, ac
cording to Daniels, secret information
on ordnance and ammunition, stolen
from the files of the department, have
proved unavailing, it was declared.
The writer supplemented his reports,
Freylinghuysen said, with grave
charges as to defective ammunition, etc.
Daniels declared that the revelation
"plainly showed a spy or traitor” must
be at work somewhere in the haval es
tablishment and that "he should be ap
prehended and sent to the penitentiary.”
Frelinghuysen hastened to assure the
committee he was not endeavoring to
get Information from spies or traitors,
that he had made every effort to estab
lish the identity of the author of the
letter and that "iif there is a spy in the
navy department he should be appre
hended and dealt with accordingly.”
The sensational revelation came dur
ing the second hearing held by the sen
ate committee named to investigate ac
cidents thought to be due to defective
ammunition aboard the Mongolia and St.
Louis.
Daniels declared upon inquiry from
Phelan that his "resentment” at the
disclosure was based entirely upon the
fact that some one having access to
confidential government files was abus
ing the privilege. He later admitted
that the man might possibly be acting
in good faith in an effort to disclose
unsatisfactory conditions.
The committee then went into execu
tive session to study the anonymous re
ports, "some of which are true and some
false,” Daniels said.
Cotton Strikes Another
Upward Streak; Spots
Quoted at 24 Cents
Cotton,’which has been soaring so sen
sationally that the market has been just
one high mark after another, hit another
upward streak Monday.
Atlanta spots were quoted at 34
cents, or 85 points higher than they
were Saturday, thereby setting another
high mark.
New York futures at 2 o’clock were
up from 58 to 62 points.
Post of Premier Is
Accepted by Date
MADRID, June 11.—Eduardo Dato to-!
day accepted the post of premier, suc
ceeding the Marquis Prieto.
BEN. WOOD'S SPEECH
HI TECH IS » PLEA
FOR PREPAREDNESS
He Denounces Volunteer Sys
tem, Not Volunteer Spirit,
and Declares Militia Plan Is
“Rotten to the Core” .
In true soldier fashion, GeneraJ
Leonard A. Wood, ex-football star. ex-
Tech student and commander of the de
partment of the southeast. Monday
called upon the senior class of the
Georgia School of Technology, their fa
thers, mothers and friends, to stand up
and face the war for themselves and
humanity.
Dwelling not so much on the glory
that lay in the achievement as upon the
obligation and the privilege and the
hope that out of it all would come a
new consciousness and a new organism,
the great American soldier told them
frankly that millions would go abroad
and many never return.
“But we are going to look our enemy
in the face during the war,” he said.
"And we must do that if we look our
friends in the face after the war.”
General Wood’s address was delivered
from a platform raised in front of the
main college building and marked the
occasion of the twenty-ninth annual
commencement of Tech.
Though he took particular pains to
stress the importance of technical train
ing and to warn those present against
the folly of stripping our colleges and
universities of men who hadn’t yet
completed their education, the general’s
speech was g war speech. He flouted
the unspeakab’e lack of commonsense
in the policy of unpreparedness, he
scored the volunteer system—not the
volunteer spirit, and declared that the
militia system was "rotten to the core.”
"We are now preparing for the first
time thoroughly to organize our eco
nomic fighting forces. But we should
never forget, he said, that we are mak
ing our preparations behind “the bleed
ing lines of France and England.” Nev
er again in our national history should
we ever find ourselves in a similar po
sition of helplessness.
GREAT AUDIENCE PRESENT.
The address of General Wood was the
first upon the program of the commence
ment exercises, following immediately
after the invocation, which was pro
nounced by Rev. Richard Orme Flinn,
pastor of the North Avenue Presbyterian
church.
An immense crowd had gathered under
the shade trees preceding the appear
ance of the graduating class and the
speakers of the occasion. At 10:30 o’clock,
however, the seniors formed a double
line and marched down the center aisles
to the seats that had been prepared for;
them.
Following them came groups of alum- |
ni, the faculty, members of the board
of trustees, then Chancellor David C. I
Barrow of the University of Georgia,
President K. G. Matheson of Georgia
Tech, Governor Harris and the principal
sueaker of the occasion. General Wood.
After being introduced by President
Matheson as “America’s greatest sol
dier," the general opened up by recall
ing his old Tech days. He had had a
warm spot in his heart for Tech ever
since they had gone down to Athens and
taught Georgia how to play football.
He was going to make another trip to
Athens for the purpose of delivering
an address on the Fourth of July, but
he was sure that it would be no warmer
then than It had been on the occasion of
his former visit.
He noticed, he said, that prominent
among the members of the graduating
class were men who were now taking
the training at Fort McPherson. He
hoped that this sight would drive home
to all those present the increasing so
lemnity and gravity of the fact that the
United States was now at war with the I
greatest military power on earth.
This necessitated the most compre-'
hensive mobilization of military forces,
of economic forces, of thought and of
spiritual strength that the nation had
ever seen.
FINISH EDUCATION.
j "But I hope we will not take too dras
, tic action in stripping our universities
of men who have not completed their I
training,” he said, "the junior classes
. should be kept at their training. War I
means the mobilization and training of
millions of men and we will need a
, steady supply of line officers to train j
and lead these men. But we will also
need a large and unending supply of
, technically trained men; men trained In I
( chemistry, engineering and the textile
, industries. For that reason we do not
, want any rushing to the colors of half
educated n en.
"Let thf boys In the schools and col
leges sit tight and complete their train
ing so that they can take their places
as • the war goes when they are best
prepared to render service.
“> do not think we ought to stop the
normal activities of our colleges either.
I believe that itnercollegiate athletics
should be kept up.”
General Wood said he could not un
derstand how the United States had ex
ercised so little common sense to have
never prepared for an emergency such I
as now existed. He laid the blame on
i the false teachings of our histories. He 1
thought it was high time that the nation
begin to know that we won the war of
' the Revolution because we had the mor- ;
i al support of half of England and of s
| France and that the principle for which |
we had fought in the war of 1812-14 ■
: had never been gained for the right of |
• search was still exercised.
But all this aside, we are now look- [
i fng at the future and beginning to or
ganize in a thoroughly comprehensive I
' way. Our Initial allotment of officers'
are now being trained. Three months:
! of intensive work in the training camps
I will not make them thorough o cers, I
I but at least they will be the best ancTf
j most efficient group of officers we ha<) I
I ever had with which to begin a war.
ALLIES PROTECTED US.
We should never forget, though, he
said, that we are able to make such
preparation as we were making because
the bleeding lines of our allies stand
[between us and the enemy. The speak,
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NUMBER 72.
HAIG'S TROOPS SHOVE
THEIR LINES FURTHER
INTO GEMN FRONT -
Victorious British Tommies
Swarm Beyond Messines
Ridge and Score Further
Advance) Official Report
LONDON, June 11.—Great Britain
has sent Russia a note in reply to the
latter’s request for a statement of
British war aims. The note, although
not yet made public, is stated to be in
general agreement with President Wil
son's note to Russia.
ROME, June 11.—(Via London.)—The
Italians have resumed the offensive.
Today’s official statement says they
have captured Monte Ortigara, east of
Cima Undice, and have carried Angello
pass. %
NEW YORK, June 11.—(By Foreign
Cables From European Capitals.)—The
wiping out of the German salient at
Messines appears in the light ofi later
developments, to be merely tha pre
lude to a projected battle of a far
mightier description after a German re
action of a surprisingly feeble charac
ter. The British have resumed trench
raids over a front reaching from north
of Ypres to as far south as Epehy, a
distance of about seventy miles as the
crow flies but far more than that along
the tortuous windings of the battle
front.
The official anouncement of raids
north of Ypres is of especial' interest in
view of the recent frequently reported
heavy artillery fire on the Belgian front.
Some weeks ago the Germans made a
voluntary retirement from in front of
the Belgian lines, a fact little noted at
the time in the pressure of greater
events. From Ypres the allied front
curves sharply to the sea and an advance
here would threaten the German hold
on their great submarine bases on the
Belgian coast, Ostend and Zeebrugge.
In the meantime there are indications
that General Sarrail is preparing to re
sume the offensive in Macedonia, the,
Bulgarian war office reporting a great
increase in the violence of the allied ar
tillery fire on this front Considerable
fighting has been going on in Macedonia
for a month or more, but tht meager
ness of the official reports and the sur
passing Interest of events in France
have combined to obscure the exact sit
uation.
Another gleam of light has pierced the
dark clouds hanging over Russia. The
Cossaoks have again voiced their deter
mination to support the provisional gov
ernment and there are indications that
they will receive strong backing from
the peasants. This cheering news comes
on the heels of the publication of Pres
ident Wilson’s message in Russia, which
is halted by the British press as not
only a great state document, but a pow
erful reinforcement to the men who are
striving for law and order in the infant
republic.
Berlin’s official bulletin today point
ed to the probability that the British
are preparing for new attacks on the
Belgian front. A considerable Increase
in the artillery activity is reported
there, notable in the vicinity of Nleuport
and east of Ypres. In this last sector,
indeed. General Plumer’s troops last
night advanced their lines slightly south
qf Messines.
On the French front the artillery on
both sides has displayed somewhat un
usual activity north of the Somme and
in the region of Cerny, along the Che
min-Des-Dames on the Aisne front. A
German attempt to carry out a surprise
attack near Cerny was stopped.
Already a part of the new American
army is In France. Paris announces
the arrival there of the first contingent
of the officers of General Pershing’s
staff who are to carry on preliminary
work.
British Swarm Forward
Beyond Messines Ridge
LONDON, June 11. —Field Marshal
Haig’s victorious Tommies swarmed
l beyond the Messines ridge for further
gains today.
"South of Messines we slightly ad
vanced our line," was Haig’s formal re
port of the night's fighting.
"East of Epehy there wajs conslder
| able mutual artlllerying at night. Hos
tile bodies of troops assembling were
dispersed by fire.
“Southwest of La Basse a success
ful raid last night did much damage
to enemy trenches and mine galleries.
I We took eighteen prisoners.
"East and south of Vermllles our
raids Inflicted a number of casualties.
“South of Y’pres there was mutual
artillery fire at night.”
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