14 PAGES a I AISA \ he Baily Briti Whig YEAR 85: NO. 14 l Pages 1-8 tmp Sa, LAST EDITION KINGSTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1918. Wednesday night's London report said: "The British retirement is at an end. The road to Amiens is effectively barred. Reserves are pouring into the fighting area and smashing back the German storm troops, regaining ground and some strategical points." OPTIMISM IS HIGHER AMONG THE ALLIES Counter-Atlacks by British rd French and Regaining of Ground Relieves Tension-- Allied Resistance Cre of Finest Pages in Annals of the War. London, March 28.---Last night's news from the battle front confirms the hopeful impression formed early in the day that the British now appear to be on a line they are able to | i | critical | Amalgamated {has abandoned the strike movement \ it has been are showing greater confidence that the enemy will be held on | hold firmly, al least on the Somme and the Ancre rivers. Further south in the Roye-Noyon region both the French and Brilish are hringing up reserves. The correspondeiits also this terrain. i The German official communication last night was signi- ficantly brief and reserved. It reports the crossing of the An- crg, but only refers to Tuesday's events, while the British War OfMee statement shows that the Germans who had erossed that stream were thrown back yeslerday in counter attacks, The news from the Somme front is distinetly encouraging, the British having recaptured Morlancourt and Chipilly and advanced to Proyart. The infantry fighting along the major portion of the British front in the new battle zone showed a marked slowing down yesterday, indicating that the first phase of the German offén- sive here has been finished. From the southern sector, how- ever, came word that the Gérmans were still pressing the at-| tack with great fury against the unwavering defense. | { | . To Bring Up Artillery. The enemy-has paused in the northern sector, probably to reorganize and bring forward mueh needed artillery before begiming the second round against the stiffening opposition of the British. ~ Hard local battles were still in progress, but the first fury of the German onslaught had spent itself. Several attacks which the Germans essayed were smashed and at Sailly-le- Sec, where the Germans on Tuesday night gained a footing, the British yesterday morning delivered a smashing counter- attack, whieh pushed the invaders back. The spirit of optimism was higher along the front to-day. The resistance of the Allied troops to the German advance constitutes one of the finest pages in the annals of the war. The gallant sacrifices which those hardy warriors made in covering the withdrawal and delaying the German sweep forward un-|° doubtedly will have an important effect on the final outcome of this greatest of all battles. Germans Bombard Canadian Line. . (Canadian Press Despatch.) British' Army Headquarters in France, March 28. The German artillery this morning put down an intensg bombard- ment along the front between Acheville and the Souchez river, south of Lens, where the Canadians are. Up to the time of the filing of this despatch at 10 a.m. no infantry action had been reportéd. : : The Germans made several assaults near Rossignol wood, but on each oecasion were driven back. Near Sailly Laurette, another sharp engagement oécurred and, here also the British maintainede themselves and secured prisoners. The Germans are continuing to bring up artillery and rush in new troops from various parts of the line in preparation for the continuance ol the drive. The Allies Are Holding Well. News received from the extreme right*wing is that the Allies are holding well. This referred to the southery sector, where the French have been falling back. Near ' Beaumont Hamel, the enemy attacked heavily. Severe fighting followed. This morning it appeared that the village was No Man's Land, avith the contending lines drawn close on either side. Hard fighting occurred at several points along the battle front during the night in eonsequence of enemy attacks. "The latest reports indicate that the/British have kept the situation well in hand. British Gains Greater Than German, * (Canadian Press Despatch.) London, March 28..--In the last twenty-four hours the Germans have made bul one comparativély rifling gain as the 18 massed attacks along the whole front, says ndent at British Headquarters. For the British be claimed several distinct local successes, either in repelling enemy blows or in wrestling back ground . New York, Mareh 28.--An Associated Press despatch from Washington to-day says: The appeal of Llovd George for urg- ent haste in American troop movements to France, received in Now Xi last night by Lord Reading, British Ambassador, was viewed here lo-day as a call to the / -officials are already fully ddvised as to the situation he know hat the ; gavernment is straining every r= '| bert '| the battlerield. merican people. British|g, A CHANCE FOR RUSSIA TO RE-ORGANIZE And Declare many When the Of- fensive Fails. Petrograd, Match 28.--The Bol- sheviki declare the German offensive offers Russia a chance to reorganize and declare war against Germany when the offensive fails. The War Minister, M. Trotzky, yesterday proelaimed universal mili | tary training The highest grades | were ofdered to report immediately, | the old officers reporting en masse. i ap---- Driving Austrians Back. Moscow, March 27.--Bolsheviki | troops, an officlal adnguncement says, have heen successful in fight- | ing the Austrians in the Southern | Ukraine: The cities of Nokolayev, | Kherson and Zmanaka have been | recaptured by the Russians. Engineers Abandon Strike. London, March 28.--In view of the situation at" the front, the Society of Engineers long threatening as a protest against the Government's man-power measure, THE SITUATION LESS CRITICAL The Total British Losses in Guns Are FEY DEFNTELY CHECKED NORTH OF THE SOMME---HIS + TROOPS EXHAUSTED. Fully Half the German Divisions Face the British--If This Drive Falls Crown Prince Will Not Launch One.in Champagne. London, March 28.--The delivered a counter-attack yesterday between the angle of the Ancre and Somme and recaptured Morlancourt and Chipilly, the War Office an- nounced last evening, ao The British again advanced their line south of the Somme to Proyart yesterday. The capture of Albert by the Ger- mans'is purely secondary to the sav- lg of Amiens, Albert is without strong natural defences and its abandonment by the British means nn more than an intention to strengthen their positions, blocking the road to Amiens, : Situation Less Critical, London, March' 27-- 'The situation is less critical than at any time in the last three days," declared Gen. Maurice, director: of operations, at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, summing up the reports received up to one o'clock, n "The enemy is in Albert," Maur- ice sald. "We hold the railway em- bankment on the western outskirts "Our airmen last night dropped 22 tons of bombs on enemy reserves at Bapaume and Peronne. "Our total losses in guns have been about 600... German estimates of prisoners are likewise exaggerated." "The enemy has been definitely checked north of the Somme. Their troops show exhaustion. Reserves, however, are coming up north of Al- "South of the Somme , fresh enemy attacks are expected. Their ves are approaching Roye and yon. French reserves also are approaching those places. "The battle is far from over. Other crises are possible, but time is on our side. The enemy is further from his rail heads. His lines are congesting, difficulty in moving. / "Our reserves. especially ' the French, are Somiing nearer and nearer ve beepltwo critical mo- nich and Courcelétte. Again the gap was filled." As To the Capture of British Men, me Datel) gules 4 (Canadion he front and has confident hapes of plae-| The or more men in the field. during the|uma War Against Ger= British | THERCHA. DID GREAT WORK fo Slaughter Huns in the Great i Battle This Week. CRASHED RIGHT THROUGH N | SOME GERMAN OAVALRY TRY. GERMANS VICTIMS OF FRIGHTFULNESS The People Would Rise But Are Too Weak From Star- vation. Slocum, held a virtual prisoner in. Germany since the outbreak of the war, arrived at her home in Chicago yesterday and told of the suffering of the German people, and of their the Government. and are very mutinous," reached such proportions that Government has posted placards about the city of Berlin offering a re- ING TO STOP THEM. All Through the First Day the Guns of the R.C.H.A. Swept Gaps in the | Thick Advancing Germans. Ottawa, March 28.--In a cable message, given out by "the Prime Minister's office last night, Roland Hill states that "im the stupendous !gun duel which was the prelude to this greatest of all battles now rag- | | ing between the Secarpe . and «the | Oise, Canadians - played their own | { little but not altogether insignifi- { cant part. The railway construction | troops, the horse artillery, and motor machine-gun batteries in the thick of the" great the | | were | | struggle, | yet every unit to-day is congratu- | lating itself. Our casualties were | [very light, our lgsses in material not | | worth considering. | | ** *We had horseshoes strung ali jround us,' declared the cum- | mander of a railway battalion whose [old camp is for the present in the Huns' hands. 'All through the first | | day the guns of the Canadian. Horse , Artillery swept gaps in the thick ad- j vaneing horses of Hun storm troops. Sometimes before they limbered up to take a new position they" were firing point-blank of. the Germans, moving lines hh. sugceeding fwave,' said = a tan - officer. 'Sometimes the attackers were di- vided, and they would sweep by us and we would find we were actually in front of our pwn infantry, but not for long did that sheer weight of human flesh stay in our rear. | But Two Batteries Destroyed. ""Fighting, sometimes outnum- bered by ten to one, some Irish {troops around us with. bayonets and bombs came flinging back into the fray untilgthe infantry was again se- curely in fromt-of us. Those men! were wonderful, and never for a| minute looked as if they could be | beaten. During most of the early morning the work had to be done with gas masks on, 50 great was the number of gas shells poured in on each battery, After locating the de- sired gun positions the enemy made | a complete and narrowing circle of light shrapnel shells" around it, and | then poured in heavy shells on the | gunners." As yet I cannot obtain exact details of what the RIC.H.A. |" suffered, but I hear that in spite of changing positions, seven or eight times bringing horses inside the bar- rage and taking the guns out, only two of the Canadian batteries were lost or destroyed. At one time some Hun cavalry were behind them, but the teams with the undamaged guns 'drove crashing through the small} troops that tried to stop them. All the gung that fell into the enemy's hands were blown up before the crews left them. "In another part of the attacked line I met a Winnipeg major who had a battery of heavy guns. He was alert and smiling after two days of ceaseless fighting, and quite ready to go in again at a minute's notice. Two of his subalterns were Can-. adians who had served their ap- prenticeship in Canada's heavy bat- teries. 'We kept the game. going,' said one of them, 'until we had the strictest orders to get farther bark in case the way was closed behind us. We ran into one break and the crew that came to the rescue was a Can- adian Railway Construction Bat- talion. Ee "Heavy Canadian. batteries are in action," concluded the message. "Where they came from and how they got there is a marvel. When I 'found the battery it was pegging away as if it had been in that posi- tion all their military lives." The Board of Control, "Toronto, is sending on a tax rate of 30.5 mills a > rile Ee unt fou my. ; Tey, Dufiaites, Were Lost: Ine. ay Patriotism: Theatrical Editorial; Rippling Rhymes. To Start Tree Cutting: Shipping ; Ontario News. i : Amusements; An- itary; Theatdcal . $n. in the Home: Await Coun. 10a Wotan who Tat: > to <. -- o Lesson 1 i the creasing in view of the advantage it C, Jover by won Hindenburg, decided | net, Smith's Falls; D. 0. | ward of 3,000 marks for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person participating in the food riots or uttering seditions marks. "I have had German soldiers tell me they wished Germany would lose the war, so they could get out of the terrible situation. If the people were not victims of frightfulness and half starved, there would be an im- mediate revolution." Will Prove Worthy Of Empire's Trust (Canadian Prom Despatch.) London, March 28.--In response to Premier Lloyd George's message that help was on the way, Field Marshal to-day sent the following: "The assurances that no effort will be spared at home to give us all assist- ance are of great encour= agement to us. We will do all in our power to maintain the honor of the empire In this hour of trial, and prove ourselves worthy of the trust re- posed in us." -- ) $1,358.63 SUBSCRIBED To the ¥Y.M.C.A. Campaign Fund Up - To Thursday Noon, Things are going along very nicely in connection with the campaign for funds being conducted by the local Y.M.C.A. The workers report a very kind reception on all hands, the ma- jority of the subscribers renewing their former pledges and some in- would be if the association could wipe out its deficit. The total till to-day noon in cash and pledges was $1,358.- 62 received from the following: $921.62-- Previously reported. $50--William Jackson, P. 8. Ma- | hood, $30--George R. Smith. $26--Robertson Grocery Co., Hugh Nickle. $20--~Fred Welch, H. W, Newman, $15--J. B. Bunt, John Donnelly, Dr W. Mylks, Hanson, Crozier & Edgar, Isaac Cohen, Dr. 8, H. Simp- son, Samuel Green. $6--W. M. Shurtlif, Dr. 0. W. Daly, E. A. Turner, Jas. L. Taber, A. Rawson, C. H. Boyes, Norman Crothers, C. A. Bunt, J. C. Strange, C. D. Home, J. F. McMillan, James Stewart, W. R. Clugston, H. W. Watts, William Anderson, A. H. Muir. $2--J. Gordon, Thomas Gaskin. $1--H. 8. Hitsman, Hy. Harkness, M. C. Duan. MOVE TO FROHIBIT FAIRS W. F. Kay Will Move So In futerests Of Production, Ottawa, March 28.--W, F. Kay, member of Mississiquoi, Que., has given notice of the following reso- lution: "That it is of the test importance that, all measu {end- ing to increase agricultural produc- tion or for conserving agricultural labor should be taken by the Gov- ernment in the interests of the allies and of Canada's whole-hearted par- ion in the winning of the war, and that as a means to this end all exhibitions and faifs throughotit the country should be prohibited. for the present year." : £ ppuckn OPERATION: In Ukraine to Throw All Artillery (Canadian Press Despatch) ad, rch 28--A grand council of German generals, presided that operations in the Ukrain should be continued to a minimum in order to throw all artillery against the Franeo-Britigh forces. ------ Canadian Casualties. Wounded--J. W. Fox, H H. Hig: Cobden; C. H. Sly, GaWanoque; Joh Martie ve Haleburton; A. as Gassed --D. R. J. Wilson, Aluonte. rising detestation of the war and of | "The people are literally starving | she said. "Small riots and seditious talk have | the | re- | Chicago, March 28.---+Miss Blanche | i NEW STROKE IN NORTH: | HOLDING THE ENEMY "The Fighting is Fierce on Both Banks of the Somme --A Drive for the Channel Ports Is Said To Be (Canadian Pr London, March | machine guns have been ¢ aptured by [the British, the War Office {nounces. The [fighting continues fiercely on both banks of the Somme. This morning the enemy opened a {heavy bombardment on the, British {defences east of Arras. An attack is {developing in this section. Repeated {attacks were made by the along the Valley of Somme in the | neighborhood of Beaumont Hamel, | Puisieux and Moyenneville. i | | an- They were repulsed. The réference in the official Bri- | tish statement of the attack east of | Arras, evidently means that the Ger- {mans have widened their battlefront land are delivering & new stroke on the north. The battle was begun last week on the front extending as {far north as the River Scarpe, the { junetion of which with the battle line is almost due east of Arras. No fighting north of siver has been re- ported, The attacks which are developing 'to-day may mark the beginning of the second phase of the battle. German military writers in the last few days have been hinting surprises were 'in store for the British and there has been much discussion of the pos- ess Despatoh) 28 Prisoners and' +0f the enemy German Objective in New Develop- ments. sibility of a Gegman drive for the coast, with the Channel ports of Cal- ais and Dunkirk as the objectives, The statement follows: '*'Severe, fighting took place again yesterday? evening and during the night astride Samme and northward from Albert to Boyells. Repeated attacks were made by the enemy along the Valley of the Somme, and in neigh- borhood of Beaumont Hamel, Puls- ieux and Moyeneville, They were re- pulsed. We captured a number of prisoners and a number of machine guns. The fighting is continuing fiercely on both banks*of the Somme. This morning the enemy opened wu heavy bombardment on our defences east of Arras, and an attack is de- veloping in this sector." The French Fall Back, (Canadian Press Despatch) Paris, March 28.----Fighting was continuing with violence yesterday evening and last night on the battle front the War Office announced to- day. Blocked on Lassigny and Noyon fronts and on the left bank of the Oise the Germans last night threw forward important forees in the re- gion of Montdidier, the War Office announced to-day, Here fighting rap- idly took an extraordinary ferocity. The French regiments fought hand- to-hand with the enemy and inflict- ed. heavy losses, Finally the French fell back to the heights immediately to the west of Montdidier. FIND NEW CHECK FOR SUBMARINE When Used on Extensive Scale Steady Toll Will be Taken. London, March 28 Although there is no boast that it is a sure panacea for the submarine menace, one of the ltest British inventions to combat the U-boats has aroused unusual interest. It is being tried out now, and #t is said to be certain that some undersea craft never will return to port again, and that when it is used on a more extensive scale a steady toll will be taken. The "splendid results so far have aroused great enthusiasm amoag naval experts, especially as it is be- lieved the device is proof against any counter devices which the Germans may resort to, therein differing from many others which have been used during the war only to be dis- continued. High naval authorities here tiever have banked their hopes on any single invention to outwit the sub- marines, but nevertheless have en- couraged inventors to submit their plans. This, too, has been the at- titude of the Board of Inventions, which nowe is Yinked up with the American Board by an American professor of high standing. REFUSE A PENSION TO THE LATE KING The Monarchs Intriques Have Rendered Promise Null and Void. Athens, March 28.--The €reck Budget Committee has voted against the grant of a pension of 500,000 drachmas annually to former King Constantine. (At normal exchange rates a drachma is equivalent to 19.3 cents.) This pension had been promised the former King on the recommen- dation of the 'Allied powers when Constantine left Greece, but the en gagement was considered by the committee nuli and Void owing to the incessant intrigues of Constan- tine and his court in Switgeriand, sonducted by means of German gold, against ' the present regime in Greece. The pension will probably be rejected "by the Greek Parlia- dicated, will not insist upon it. BINDING ON THE CHAINS. Important Clauss of Russo-German Peace Initiated. Amsterdam, March 28.--The most important political, territorial and military stipulations in the peage treaty with Russia were initiated yesterday, according to Berlin ad- vices. An extensive legal and politl- cal supplementary treaty was like- w mitiated, and 4he basis of an 4 t on thé oil question was signed. Other economic questions will be considered after the comple- tion of thc treaty, and the doecu- nients will be published simultane Paterson, Cornwall; ously. ment, and the Goverament, it is in- | : UNBROKEN. hid "Our armies remain tnbrok- + en. Our generals have control of 'the machine from one end of the line to the other. No division has been lost, however battered i may be by heroic fighting.'"-- PHILIP GIBBS. | FERRER ERE R bb bbb bbb bbb Padre rset ty hee *h 44% THEY FOUGHT ON THOUGH OVERRUN Traditional British Steadfaste' ness Never Better Demon« strated. British Headquarters in ¥rance, March 28.--Never has the 'tradi- tional quality of British stoadfast- ness been more wonderfully {llus- trated than now. Time and time again troops have 'heen over. whelmed and overrun by swarming legions and as often they have managed to emerge and regain their lines. What would be regarded as consummate feats of skill in fled manoeuvres are being constantly performed in the most grim struggle. p Prisoners attribute the German success to the wonderful concentra- tion: of artillery, the ful! advantage of which they are losing. At various places the enemy is most reluctant to occupy excavated positions. Whether they are afraid of traps or of being shelled to rags is only con= Jecturable, Now that we are operating in the open, our great superiority in me- chanical transport is giving us the advantage of mobility over the enemy. The back areas sre teeming with motor buses jpac®ed with sol- diers speeding to threatened posts. on nmin Dritish«Canadian Reeruiting Brisk. Chicago, March 28--The British- Canadian Recruiting Mission hers announced yesterday that voiuniger- ing for the British forces has in- | creased 25 per cent. since the Ger- man drive began. Theg Scotch are conspicuous among the British sub jects whe are offering themselves. PEPE L EPR E EIRP PEE 44 * ji : 3 > + THE ALLIES MASTERS * + OF THE SITUATION. > * -- * % Paris, Mareh 28.---"Within ¢ + forty-eight hours anf Allies 4 $e will be masters of e situa. ¢ # tion," Premier Clemencean de- # & clared yesterday on hi return & # from the fromt. I # [The Premier said Amiens is » 4 well astended. + Bills Saved Heavy Guns. 4 . Paris, | 28.-+The Ber- 3 ln Lokal er publishes a despatch from Lauzanne de. #+ claring the British saved As 4 entire complement of heavy %+ artillery. Hs - FPP RPE ROR 1 ©