'THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1918.
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GERMANS FAIL TO FORCE
DECISION IN CONFLICT
NOW RAGING IN PICARDY
: Central Powers Stake AH On Big Spring Campaign;
'' Kaiser to Strike at New Point if Present Opera
tions in West Collapse; Trained Americans
Jump Into the Fight.
; Washington, April 1. Germany has staked its fortunes on
1 the spring campaign, says the War department's weekly review
of the military situation today, and the allies and the United
States must be prepared for fresh attacks at new points if the
Teutons fail to achieve victory in the present fighting.
"As the - German higher command," continues the state
ii ment, "is apparently determined to force a decision or prove
I to its own satisfaction that he is unable to do so, we must be
3 prepared in case of his failure to obtain major results in the
present theater of operations, as he will attempt further of fens
1 siye assaults in adjacent areas." ' t
' . AMERICANS IN FRAY.
But, despite the successes gained
by the Germans, lays the review, "the
enemy has been unable to force a de
cision." and "so lone as the allies are
able to maneuver'' with the consistent
I unity and flexibility which they have
shown during the engagements of the
last week, so long will victory elude
the enemy. '
The pkcing of American resources
unreservedly at the disposal of the al
lies is noted, and the statement an
nounces that "such of our troops as
have received sufficient training will
assume a share of the bdrden now so
valiantly borne by the French and
British troops." a '
. The review also mentions that
American troops are taking their
places in other parts of the line, thus
relieving veteran French onits' for
emergency service. .' . ;
. "The period under review has nat
urally been one of 'abxiety for the
allies," says the department's state
ment "Under the pressure exerted by
the enenij, who has put into action
pickedjhock units, long and careful
ly trained in mobile warfare, for the
particular tasks they were to under
take, the British have been compelled
to give ground.
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' unauie io rorce svccision.
I ' "Field Marshal Haig, in the face
of grave difficulties, has been able to
maintain his basic order of battle, at
j the same time withdrawing his troops
3 to more ecure positions.
: "In spite Of the successes gained,
I the large area of terrain overrun and
5 the great number of prisoners and
Jwar material captured, the enemy has
been unable to force ft decision,
i 'Though the allies have been com
pelled to retire and the enemy has
5 occupied some points of primary
J strategic importance, as long as the
allied armies are able to maneuver
with the consistent unity and flexibil
ity which they have shown during the
t engagements of the last week, so long
Stake All On Drive.
' "However, as the German higher
command has staked its fortunes on
the success of the spring campaign
of 1918 and is apparently determined
-own satisfaction that he is unable to
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assaults in adjacent areas.
"From the tactical standpoint, the
.most important event of the week has
been French participation in the bat
tle. French reserves have been hur
ried to the scene of action and ar
rayed along the southern flank of the
new salient which the enemy has
pushed out, ttretching from Barisis to
SMontdidier.
"Fierce fighting continues In the
.Montdidier nrea, where a successful
French counter-offensive is already
fjutlined in the vicinity of Lassigny.
I ""North of the Somme the British
fire holding tlie enemy on the .line run-
Jiing from Ftuchy through Bdyelles,
?Bucquoy, Beaumont-Hamel, Albert to
aiiiy-ie-aec , .
"To the fcottth of the river the Ger-
of hi,' failure' obtain or 'resets n" Jfi SyV of VhVan Thi!
? J"j& 0ffef8,ve to. the possibility of the enemy
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J mans are still forging ahead. The
thrust towards Amiens is being car
ried through with great vigor along
the line Hamel-Mezieres. Strong as
saults have a'-so been directed against
the point o'f junction of the Franco
British force in the hope of being
able to strike a decisive blow here and
roll back itr the French or British.
"Our own resources have sheen
placed unreservedly at the disposal (f
the allies and our divisions will be
used if, and when, needed. Our trooos
are taking their places in other partj
of the line, thus relieving veteran
rrench units for emergency service
Trained Sammies to Fight,
'Such of pur troops as have received
a sutficient amount of training wil
co-operate with the latter and insofar
as they are able will assume a share
of the great burden now so valiantly
borne by the trench and British
armies,
"Other sectors of the western fron
not within the immediate radin of
the battle zone have been relatively
: ' . Ti t I i . rv ..f
quiescent, xnc uomoarunieni 01 ran
by a long range gun firing approxi
mately 75 miles is noted.
"From Italy information reaches u
that fresh Austrian divisions are ar
riving along the Italian front, comin
from Roumania, and important troop
movements are taking place in the
Val Sugana. Renewed activity along
the entire front is recorded and the
Austrians were able to conduct a sue
cessful operation in the Freniel
valley. ' .
Advance In Ukraine.
"In the Eastern theater the Ger
mans are continuing their advance in
Ukraine. A number of engagements
are reported in which Austrian forces
were driven back. In Siberia, the im
portant strategic center. Irkutsk, has
fallen trio the hands of the enemy,.
im a nosiuc aeiacnment, Deuevea
to number approximately 20,000, is
in full possession of the town.'
"The principal event in the outlv-
ing theaters of war took nlace alone
the Mesopotamian front, where an en
tire iurtosn xorce was nearly cut to
pieces, a miles northwest of Hit. The
British have reached a point 45 miles
north of Hit. From Persia comes
news of the possibility of the Persians
joining bands with the central pow
ersv :,:,-
"Turkish units, under German lead-
executins a nankins movement
against the British operating in Mes-
optamia.
Wilson Gives McAdoo Much
Executive Railway Power
Washington, April vl. President
Wilson, by proclamation today, dele
gated to Director General McAdoo
all powers to operate railroads and
contract with, the government for
compensation, conferred on the presi
dent bv the railroad art. Tki w
virtually done when the government
assumed management of the roads
December 26th, but a new proclama
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BIG OFFENSIVE
ON ITALIAN LINE
NOWJHINENT
Forty Austrian Divisions Gath
ered Along Front; Troops Re
. ceive Essentials of Food;
Artillery Now Waiting.
(By Associated Prf.)
Washington, April 1. Imminent
danger of an attack by the Austrians
in great force upon the Italian lines
was emphasized today at the Italian
embassy. Recently the embassy pub
lished a statement that no less than
40 divisoins'had been gathered by the
enemy along the battle lines, and now
information comes that these troops
have received the essentials of food,
artillery and munitions for which they
have been waiting.
The immediate objective of the
Austrians is expected to be the city
of Breccia, on the east coast of Lake
Garda, and another attack may be
directed on the west with the pur
pose of breaking into Lombardy.
Recalling the incredulity with
which the Italian advance warnings
of the tremendous onslaught of the
combined Austrian and German
armies on the Isonzo, last year were
received by the allies, the Italian
military authorities now are said
earnestly to hope that attention will
be paid to the danger which again
impends.
Aimed" at' Vital Centers.
The War department's weekly mil
itary review referred today to the
probability that, failing to break
through the combined British, rrcndh
and American forces on the west
front, where they are now attacking,
the German general staff will direct
its efforts at another point and the
Italian military men are confident
that the Italian line will be the se
lected point.
The principal Italian munitions and
army supply factories are located in
Lombardy and Piedmont and besides
these, the Austrians might put them
selves in position to swing their
forces northward into France, rein
forcing the Germans from the south
against the French right wing.
Great quantities of supplies have
come to the Austrian army from Rus
sia, according to dispatches to the
embassy. The Germans recently an
nounced that they had foregone
claiming the rich stores of food in
the Russian Ukraine country in order
to meet the more pressing need of the
Austrians.
Italians Hard Pressed.
On the other hand the Italians are
said to be in desperate need of food.
It is known that-only about one
third of the Italian army of 3,000,000
men is now being maintained on the
battle lines and the official explana
tion is that there is no food and not
even enough guns and ammunition
for the remainder.
The British and French troops sent
to' Italy to check the Austro-German
advance last fall are still in northern
Italy and it is said that instead of
having them withdrawn to meet the
pressing need for man power in
France, the Italian general staff de
sires to send Italian troops to join
the British, French and Americans in
thai) quarter, trusting to the allies'
superior commissariat to feed them.
SENATE S0L0NS :
BLOCK ACTION ON
DRY AMENDMENT
(Continued From Fate One.)
ing of the chair that the Henry reso
lution be declared out of order be
cause it was in violation of the con
stitution. . i
The chair in a somewhat lengthy
speech in which he defined his views
of the matter declared the Henry
resolution out of order.
Appeal Is Sustained.
Moriarity appealed from the de
cision of the chair and on roll call
the appeal was sustained, 17 to 13, the
vote standing:
Ayes Beal, Bushee, Chappell,
Haase, Hager, Hammond, Howell,
McAllister, McMullen,- Neal, Ober
lies. Sandall and Sawyer: 13.
No Adams, Albert, Bennett, Buhr-
man, Doty, Gates, Henry, Kohl, Lah
ners, Mattes, Moriarity, Samuelson,
Sopst, Spirk, Strehlow, Tanner, Wil
son of Dodge; 17. '
Not Voting Robertson and Wil
son of Frontier; 2.
Beal then offered an amendment
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"CRUSH GERMANY" WILSON'S
UNBROKEN WAR PURPOSE
New York, April 1. President Wilson has not changed his attitude
concerning a negotiated peace with the central powers, according to a
letter he has written to Bishop Theodore S. Henderson, of the Metho
dist Episcopal church.
Bishop Henderson wrote to the president, asking whether his present
unwavering purpose was expressed in the following words from his mes
sages: "The German power, a thing without conscience, honor or capacity
for covenanted peace, must be crushed. Our present and imfiediate task
is to win the war and nothing shall turn us aside until it is accomp
lished." "You are perfectly safe in using the words, which you qote from my
message as expressing my unaltered thought and unbroken purpose," as
serted the president. "It is always our duty to find out what the expres
sion of a desire for peace from our opponents really means, but unless it
means a complete and convincing program of justice upon which a lasting
peace can really rest (and we have had as yet no evidence that it means
anything of that tfind), it means nothing."
supposed to cover about the same
thing as the anti-Henry resolution
and this, too, was lost by a vote of
14 to 16.
Grows Personal.
The discussion of the Henry resolu
tion was at time exceedingly warm
and almost personal.
The so-called wet majority in .the
senate were charged with being unpa
triotic, uovernor Seville was
criticised for failing to embody the
ratification of the prohibition amend
ment in his call and' William J. Bryan
at one time appeared to be more of a
subject for discussion than matters
covered by the resolution.
Speaking of the failure of the gov
ernor to incorporate the prohibition
mater in his call, Sandall of York in
quired: "Upon what meat does this
our caesar feed and who is the power
behind our governor, that can prompt
him to try and defeat the. will of our
people."
McAllister 1 of Antelope thanked
God that he had been spared from
near death's door once more to come
before the senate cast and vote
againstbooze.
"I wish I could consujn it to hell
with 4he kaiser," said f e, and then
turning on Albert, of Platte, who had
endeavored to show that the legis
lature coulcl not take up matters not
in the call because it was not per
mitted by the constitution, shouted:
"When that grea day shall come and,
you are called before the tribunal of
God, called to answer for the sins
done in the body, what, sir, what will
you say?"
Albert Makes Reply.
Albert said that he allowed no man
to reflect upon his patriotism simply
because he believed in supporting the
constitution which he had sworn to
uphold. He read fromthe constitu
tion which said that there should be
no legislation, enacted except that
specified in the call.
"I don't wear a service pin upon
upon my coat to show that I have a
member of my family in the serv
ice," said he, "neither do I flaunt in
the face of the public that already
some of my own blood has been shed
on the battlefields of France."
Moriarity Talks.
Moriarity of Douglas was earnest
in his remarks; at time eloquent, then
again sarcastic. He, with Albert,
made the principal speech in favor of
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the resolution. He paid his compli
ments to W. J. Bryan and pictured
him as the man who deserted his
chief under fire. He will nofbe led
by this old curiosity shop and his
brother of the skull cap, he showed.
Chappfl of Minden talked against
the resolution and quoted from the
constitution in an effort to show that
the legislature had a right to enact
legislation not in the call, as long as
it was of a national charactef he said
that the senate should be careful for
if the resolution passed it would mean
that the appropriation bills passed by
the house, and now before the senate,
for the payment of the expenses and
salaries of the members for the extra
session could not be taken up by the
senate.
McMullen of Gage referred to the
resolution as uncalled for and if the
senate passed, it would be a disgrace
ful act.
Allies Regain
Lost Ground in
Fight at Arras
(Continued From Page One.)
the enemy succeeded in penetrating
the defenses and a bitter hand-to-hand
struggle ensued. The British made
such strenuous resistance that the
Germans were thrown back, leaving
numbers of dead.
Northeast of Arras the Germans
made a small attack Saturday after
a heavy bombardment and pushed
forward over a tiny strip of ground,
but the operatidn was so small as
hardly to be worth considering.
There was an unconfirmed report
today that a large concentration of
Germans in preparation for an at
tack on a. certain place on the battle
front had been caught in an artillery
and machine gun barrage and com
pletely knocked out.
The results of the fighting on the
British front south of the Somme dur
ing the last two days have been sat-1
isfactory. Heavy German attacks on
both sides of the Luce river Friday
forced the British to fall back some
what. Friday night the enemy pushed
forward and penetrated a large wood
northeast of Moreuil, which created
an uncomfortable situation for the
defenders.- -
Enemy Forced Back.
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alry was sent out for the purpose of
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the positions north of Moreuil.
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the forest like a winter snowstorm
and forced the enemy to fall back,
not only here, but further to the
north.
North of the Luce the enemy yes
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