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EVENING .PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, APRIIi 18, 1918
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HWSEOFLORDSSURE original liberty loan cartoons by art students
wtO PASS HOME RULE!
Opponent of Irish Measure
Yields as Duty to "Gnllnnt
Army"
MAN-POWER PUSHED
Nationalists Continue Fight on
Conscription and Leader At
tacks Government
London, April IS.
That th House of Lord will 'pais the
horn rule for Ireland bin. stood out
today as a virtual certainty This w
shown by the speech of the M&rquls of
Lsnsdownc In which he said :
"Our-duty is to help encourage the stal ,
lant army to the utmost of our rtblllt j
I feel so strongly on this point that I am I
quite ready to throw to the winds many j
old notions and antaRonlems and 1 be-.
Hive that thl can be done without harm
to consistency or the pledges of tho Gov
ernment " ,
i-oM Lansdowne had been regarded as ,
one of the chief opponents to Irish Home
Itule In the upper house
The Government alreadv liaa pledged
Itself to put through both th man-power
1)11, extending conscription to Ireland,
and the home rule hill In fact, the
cabinet has threatened to resign If the
House of Lords rejected the home mle
act
An exciting debate-originated by John
Dillon, the Irish Nationalist leader,
preceded the final passHge of the" bill
In the House of Commons
Mr Dillon again strongly attacked, the
Government policy and moved omis
sion of the clause applying eonpurlp
tlon to Ireland.
Nationalists Oppose Conscription
The Nationalist members again
showed themselves unrelentingly op
posed to conscription, while Sir Edward
Carson, the Ulster leader, also made a
warm attack on the Go ernment meth
ods, Premier Lloyd George delivered a
speech In which he asked whether con
scription In Ireland was to he the Gov
ernment's only answer to the report of
tne most remarltable conentlon over
. A W
Wii..
HHP HIM KNOCK IT
IflTO A
CCfCKED HAT
(Sw
Gunfire Duel in Flanders
Audible for Hundred Miles
U-ntlon, April IS. Never has
artillery Are reached such Intensity
as in the battle of Flanders. The
same '.nine was true of the battle
on the, Plcardy plains, but It ha.
been Surpassed In the nllghty en
Basement raging along tho r'ranep
Bclfrlan frontier.
Night and day the massed can
non on both sides keep thundering,
and the roar qnn be heard for
a hundred mllesj The earth rocks
and trembles and the concussions
are felt behind the lines. It Is h
veritable earthquake of noise and
shocks.
"A fat Libeity Lnun niaketh a thin Kaiser," is h proverb that is t-uggested by the first of those
two cartoons, which were drawn especially for the EVENiNn Ptmi.ic Ledhlh by women students of the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Kino Aits. It is the work of Caioline WoRttn; the cartoon, to the right,
showing Uncle Sam knocking the first syllable out of the helmet of the Kaiser, is by Dorothy Stewart.
Government to Own
Coasted Waterways
Continued from Pase One
ent. Goernmem engineers hae recent
ly approved the plan of the Waterways
BRITISH REPULSE FOE'S TRIPLE
ASSAULT IN KEMMEL HILL ZONE
f ontlniifd from Turf One
and south of Vnre", northward
to n
Association to build a new and mote point Just west of Langemarck. which
seTha", announcSMlr and" '" P "" "
Elvo to the Government the site for the B"r"" official report,
canal. The result of this Mtuatton, It The retirement must have necessitated
is thought, would b the taking oxer of a similar slight retreat by the Belgians,
the present Delaware and Uarltan Canal .,,,,. .. ,., , ,,,
for use during tit- war hii.1 afterward h0 e llnfK l,ccor,lln,! an cn,olal
up to the time of the completion of the communique Join Halg"s at the Vpres-
new waterway, which would take fev- Thouroul railway, which runs north-
easiwaro inrougii Langemarck The
Helgian report raid a German attack
was repulsed.
held In Ireland. Such an answer would . eral ttnn.
be regarded as unsatisfactorv not nnlv ' Secretary MiAHnn hat enriai nanii
In Ireland, but in England. h said. I immitti i.i..ii niki. r mi this ra'lwa.v and
,.i. I- ,... . ......... .. I . ... V-. .:..".. "' -""J"' ,u rni.lc1
n ucieB 10 put uus nui on me iienerai vv , .m mack, chief of engl
statute book unless we Intend to enforce neers, V S A., hcalrman : Walter H
It " he said, "and It Is ueel'eps to try to Dickey, of Kansas city, and (I A Tom
enforce it unless behind the Government I llnson. of Duluth. Colonel Charles Kel
there Is a feeling that Ireland has ben ler. coips of engineers, l s A secre
Justly treated. Moreover Ireland Is not tary It l reported that .Major S W
me omy country to be considered Fox and Major John Stewart, of the
Le Blankaert nond
Thl9 indicates an etten-
th IliltK'i from th ground they had
lecapt'ired yn-tetday
In both of tl efe i-ectors French troops
lar- urn (v-iinciatlng with the Itrltlsli
The German War Olllce. In Us report
on Wednes-dav night said that rnel
capelle and Langemarck, In rtelglum
had both fallen
Toelcapelle lies five miles northeast
of Vpres on the Pasi-ehendaele ridge
Langemarck lies about two milts west
of Poelcapelle Both polnta were gained
by the Brltith In their gieat offensive
against the Germans on the wett
Flanders fiont Ian summer
Flic loss of the two British key posl
elon of the Flanders fighting to a point I ''0n9 'n Belgium Messines ridge and
eight miles noith of Vpies and less than
three miles south of nlxinuflp Till:
west front touches the North Sea
harrchendaele ridge makes the British
hold on Vpres er precarious In fact.
quite a number of L'nglOh war experts
have counseled the withdrawal of the
i pres salient However, such declara-
French Ite-enforce Ilrlt Inli
As to America, th. opinion reaching ri, r, . h... h.. ..ii. . .k.,..i - Yr. ...,a' ... u .1- "ZLW .? ' t,on'' "". ma1' befo.e the British
the Government la that sentiment in I Investigate the condition of the rheea- on the Handera plains. th Germans
America supports the bill provided pelf- . pcaUe and Ohio fansl. with rccom- are making n determined effort to take
government is offered Ireland. It Is vital nidations as to Its utilization and ca- Vpres and to press nack the British
to us at the moment that America is r,.,,. .. ,..,nl -.., ,.n ,... i... ...... ,.,., ... -,..
Mmhr n n,,r l,l hMi. .V. . -. " "' .'"' """ " " l-uimo nicy Hl'iu III nei-
i-" ' - - """ "- mini i" it is not known wnet ler t s tne
army in this zone was strengthened by
trench re-enrorcements and now the sit
uation thsre looks much better
With the I'rrnrh Armies In the Held,
Attrll 10
It ! nnl lrtm, .,ha,liA It I-, tl.A ,-... '
"bl d'ClSl0" tS'r ,ak b- an ""I secretary, plan to have this committee' The r.nrn have been bombarding J.XZ !T "' "S.Z'IT.?, "n! .'.T
nnat-ul fh T'riA Qrlil VH Vl 1 I'll till I ' U. f?Itli h r ..( !..- ..! t.. . . ... w tw l" vine, rt IK'lll
i , mc t . ....i .. .- . ... ii-r ui'uri' i uiuii iui ioupi hi one hip
ecutlv
FHES'Ctt ON FLANDERS
FRONT SIGNIFICANT
Washlnclnn. April l
Thu west front strife was fraught with
peetaney today.
Military men here looked for lm
"ortant developments In the train or
French re-enforcement to the frightful
landers battlefield That It might be
he forerunner of a vast strengthening
if the British as mentlon"d by llalg
several days, was the thought lieie
Army men recalled that Hale then
aid the Trench were coming up "rapidly
and In great fotce" to tile aid of the
hard-pressed Britishers It Is assumed
here that Foch Is playing a game that
Ml not permit the situation to get ou'
if hand ,
The Flanders battle Is admlttedlv In
in unpleasant stage for the British but
irmv men thus far are thorouglilv c m
ultnt that the German will not achieve
lis object or breaking the Hncllsh army
ir or ploughing thtough to the cliannul
ions.
The blood.v fighting from Meteren at d
Wvtechaetc, the British tetiiement near
Vpies and the German claim of cap
'ure of Toelcappelle aiu' Langemari'k nl1
formed a situation which ma ompel
further nrltlsh retirement The viti
man apparently wishes to reach casl
and his strokes have aided him ma
terially However, the arrival of the Frenc.i
may cheat him of the strategic ad
vantage thus far gained, and It Is
deemed quite likely the next few das
will see the tide turning against him.
The hattle situation dully hammers
home the need of mote American troops
on the bhttle line. Secretary Baker has
given President Wilson a comprehensive
view of the man-power problem nnd
even effort Is now turned to making
existing tonnage available for troop
tr.mspoit and to turning out new ton
nage i
The nonessential Is falling before the
demand for the vitals men lllrector
McAdoo will t-oon order a great tiafflc
cut west of the Mississippi to aid the
transportation problem, and the whole
tendency Is to cram everj possible cubic
foot of ship space with troops
ngth. have befnagalrt sent Into b.1. "UinUT N PA NUN" I HA N K "MAVtttenS
lie line Rome miv. - ,- AauiAiv --.-. , v 'Vr IIVI
inMk tlevtw . . , I W
While Hindenbiirg-. therefore, i
sauandtrlng his reserves with the sole
object of forcing a decision, Oeneial-In-Chief
Foch Is carefully conserving
the Allied forces, arid while, the Ger
man losses Increase the Allied armies
are growing lit strength every day
GERMANS TAKE TOWNS
IN YPRES SALIENT
LANDS IN FRANCE I FOR THE ALLIES' FRi
Hi lln, April 1.
BRITISH EMPIRE HAS
7,500,000 UNDER ARMS
New Turk, Apr 1 11.
The Brltlrh Hrnplre at the beginning
of April had 7.5nn,00n men In the serv
ice or the arm and navy aicorning io
otllcial ftgurts received lure .iday Of
this number 1530 000 or b0 p r cent
'In these clrnim.t.n.. a..i... .. 1" "'. .'"V "- " ""'"::.. ""'".i . "T"' '": ' -"""" '"' wi aionc uie of ninety kllomeurs (BB 89 m.lesl In he.
.ntltlerf io .,: in" v .' .,'.." ?nu "" OI.nPr.s np m.: -v l ,KP "'r V 'i p,lt,r ""' frn,u fm ' Ba'e Canal , g rounded hv the vaj,te nin.,v ..nn. ar from Hngland
ii.n, ,h.,Li. ,u J '";""'nuoi'i, will nsk ror a mrecior general or ir a pclnt rorthoast of Vpres centratlon vei (.iminert i. .V,. vniV. Thp domln ons and colonies nave iur-
ernment though they could not ask any canals to woik with him as director T cannonades were followed hv P..J ,h. rlrl fn i, : V .' f AUl" nlrhed SOfl.OOO men 12 pr tent of the
Government to. carry out domestic leg. ! general of railroads There Is no doubt iie.co Ceimon thrusts In the rerlon of i , .? cou"'o- for miles to the rear force, wh'le Scotland has C20.nnu men In
m.tSPtbc
rherefun 'measured T Zl ITJ,' , '"" J!'0 ' " t ' f 1Jc" Th"C lls "e a"" Pr. loiV lr"'Ch- " "" "" 'St I ""J '.";, ' --"S'-'0-, "I? J" .
The War office last night gave out
the following:
"On Ihe balttefleld of last car's
Flanders battle Toelcapelle nnd Lange
marck have been taken.
Yesterday's official statement reported
the occupation of Passehendaele and
that the German line had been ad
vanced In the Becelaere-Oheluvelt
rLangemarck and Poelcapelle were
both In the 'silent northeast of Tre.
where the Biltlsh drew .In their lines
as reported by the London War Ortlce.
Poelcanelle Is onlv one-half mile to the
west of the Biltlsh line, but.the German
occupation of Langemarck. to the west
of I'oelcapelle. indicates that the Brit
ish have fallen back at least two miles
In that part of the Vpres salient lying
to the northwest of Passehendaele.
Passehendaele was the easternmost
point of the Vpres salient. It Is at the
northern end c.f the Passehendaele
rtldre and was won by the British In
bitter fighting last autumn 'Becelaere
and Oheluvelt were Just beyond the
British line In the sretnr due east of
Yptes and about midway hetween
Passehendaele and Messines nidge 1
The test of the morning's official re
port follows-
"On the bloodstained hattefklds of last
vrarV Klandeis hattle. General Slxt von
Arnlm's armv occupied Passehendaele
and ndvnmed Its lines near Becelaere
and Oheluvelt
-North of the l.vs duilng the early
morning hours tioops under General
Slger stormed the village of Wytschaele
and drove the enemy fiom the heights
northeast nnd west of the village. ln
r-plte of vigoious counter-measures, and
repulsed a strong counter-attack The
enem who nan letrcatlng to the south
west of Wulverghem. was pressed back
across the Dftuve Brock
"Ballleul and the stubbornly defended
point of support. Cappellynde, north of
Ballleul. and Meteren vveie captuied.
By the use of stiong forces, the English,
supported by Kiench. vainly endeavored
to recapture Meteren and lost territory
on both sides of Merrls Thlr attacks
broke down with the heaviest losses"
40-Foot Channel
Project Pushed
ronlliuieil fr'm Pnee One
been selected and plana are being com
pleted for taking over the piopsrty.
This plan will call for nrlnglng the
biggest ships up to Philadelphia, and
while the deeperehannel could not be
completed for some time, the extensive
use of the port would bring out the nee
"eslty for deepening the channel The
great actlvlt In the Philadelphia district
has brought as never before the neces
lt for the development of the port here
and for the improvement Of the full use.
fulnrrs of the Delaware
The announcement that the Atlantic
Deeper Watenvavs Association will start
a big membership campaign will have
connection with the fight for a deeper
channel for the Delawaie
"Speedy" Kimball Writes
Mncon Comrades of. Safe
Arrival
Marnti, Oa April 18.
Corporal Clyde O. Kimball, known to
the Macon provost guard as "Speedy
Kimball, 'the fighting parson." ha ar.
rived In France, according to a post
card received1 at provost guard head
quarters. "Speedy" left Macon about
two weeks ago, not knowing Just where
he was to be sent
He spent three months on the provost
guard and gained the name "Speedy" on
account ft the manner In which he han
dled a rough prisoner. Before his en
listment at Atlanta, he was studying for
the ministry, antr took part tn church
work at the Capitol venue Baptist
Church.
"Speedy" went to the Mexican bprder
and there gained the name "Dynamite."
hv which title he was known until the
provost guards changed It to "Speedy."
One cold rjay durlng'the encampment
of the troops on the border, the men
thought 'the fighting parson" was going
to lose his religion when he was de
tailed to repair a frozen tank. "Speedy
got an Ice-cold drenching, but came
thiough the experience, as Ihe boys said,
the "Hamo olc? Dynamite."
In assisting one of the Maein patrol
men to arrest an unrul.v negress about
two months ago, -Speedy" was draggfd
a half block up Third street Irv the
woman mid his unifoim was torn, but he
biought the prisoner to Justice
"Speedy" alwayn smoked a cigar while '
off provost duty, and he Introduced the
Idea of talking sympathetically to drunk
en soldiers when they vveie brought to I
police headquarters After taking the I
name of suoh n prisoner, "Speed.v" would ,
say to the guard . ,
"Show the gentleman to a nice room '
private; he has not been drinking and I i
don't understand why they arrested him '
Give him the best room In the house I
and after he rests up n hit let him go" I
The piovost guards all liked 'Spcedv. '
and they consldeied It quite a bit of
news when the card came yesterday an- I
nouiicing the arrival or 'the righting
parson" somewhere In France.
Y. M. C. A. Will Pmvlnv
tertainment From YprtS
- i-iutraine
. . N,n' To'k.Aoril
The best Is none too SMi (orf
American soldiers, the r,i... s2
Christian Assoclat.on holds ThttlflSS
the association ha, becom tn, b,jg
customer for the best moticneS
the best If profit is to b consUJnf
.hum- mere is no prom tn this wS
for any one The motion.p ilTt
try has rallied to a man . 4 'JgTC
fljms. relinquishing i pn S3
nlng over the machnen- of inSJ-SN
tlon system to aid tie aiV,
thtough the agencv of th. Tif2W
christian Association ,iiW
The Communis Motion Pta,'tll
lean, through which the, VoZ liSl
nrisiiai association nh.ndtin.TK
.nti uu-.inf--F, lias put
ration of the war its
pieeent for soldiers
most inspiring and ent,ri.i.,:..i".
features to be obtained Th burlf?
Piesldent Gfoige Dunham FatXl
Is in Krance organizing a .slL1
i
"movie" theatres on ihe vve fnnt5
Vpres to Lorraine ""Jj
a elulniM
1
In Your Home
Tho full, mellow tone qf ftt
will prove most enjoyable udj
appealing.
14 Models, 50 to $10
1F1KAMW
'Q339os3vlv Ctn
"Always Dependable
. ... .. . : Hutm- i it Kicpri
nce man in nfttrmlnnttnn nt th. n-i ....... i. ...., i. n ! .
lsn laiuament to Under to Ireland her , capable man to taUe (hnrpi- of canals,
- " - ... i y.,,, I... n, nol t cat rrientis sav ne
In
taken
.-, ., . : i , ' nui lis ciui-t' I'mm-ni i
.A .7. 7.. rsusof the terms "orfer" i could not possibly leave the field
tClf,h LT.. 'I""""1 "" '"m wh'clrhe Is nov working
.V-...1!'4" bnch- The Piemler con-: The Government has already
'Tk. v.M ' .. decided steps forward In making Ut
.;,.!. 5 memb'rs ar" p'klng of the Schuylkill and Lehigh canals fti
quarrels where none are Intended " , bringing down coal The bg pioblein
SSO.OOO More Germans rlt.A confronting them hi this lespert regards
In Introducing the m, .' L ... setting barges In .mifflcl.nl numbers.
..irf i,. -...." ". . . ' '"" ""J Manv are being DUiu now i nei-e mm
nothing but the best means for proe.
cutlng the-war. They were confronted
with a need for more men because the
Germans had Just summoned to the
colors another 650.000 men for training
Great Britain must make ready for them'
and. therefore, the Government had had
to Introduce a measure of the most
drastic character.
"It Is impossible ' he said, "to secure
unity unless every section feels that
justice has been done not merely by
compelling Irishmen to take a full share
In the war's burden, but by securing to
them the principle of self-determination,
for which we are fighting In every thea
tre'" he continued.
"We entered the war for that prlncl
pie. TVe have never departed from It
nd hope we shall be able to enfprce It
l toe . tonierence
I canals however, are not part or tne
Inland vvatervvajs plan exept as teeders
Germans Here Add
$500fi00to Loan
i Continued from fane One
i greater in the aggregate than those of
I the rich Lvery one. no matter how
meager his Income, must do his best
In the first and second Liberty
Loan ciusades the churches had a
1 vital part They must assume even
a larger place now Because of its
numerical strength, the Methodist
Episcopal Church facea s vast re-
l sponslhlllty That responsibility must
not be evaded I appeal to all Meth-
nrii. miniitAru to rntlv their con-
He add.rl lhat I n-rratnria tr. th t S rLt nf maltinC? th
If the Irish members were to reject the ' current campaign an unparalleled suc-
Tlie collllllions Ol me loan arc
BATTLE DECLARED A WATERLOO
WITH BRITISH AWAITING BLUCHER1?
furnished only 170,000 men. 3 S per cent
nf hr nnnulntlon
.... ,...--,-.
jnaia.. Airica ami omer aepenueiicica
London, Apill IS
Hneral Frederick B. Maurice, chief Iarj?(
director Of mllllArv nnprntinnu .it thft
Wai- nffii-.es .iiUvncau u i'-. i,. strain
-- .. w..,v.v,, mvusouig me ijii C UiU
tie said:
have contributed 1.000.000 native labor
ers and "specials' to the Allied armies.
he dispatch states
I statistics, complete unin me Beginning
of the present drive, show that troops
'Although iv.. tV... i- .... i from England and tVal.s. which con-
r- ' kl(L I I (It .11 ni HIV IMi ,. :- .... 11. .
rtltute o per ceni or me
er than ours
re-
the situation Is
om a broad point of view
The British army is playing the of despair If
role which It often has played be- garded fi
fore. It Is ftrrhttn,- .j W4,.-tn. u.MU
Blucher is marching to the battle, j "nd tf "e reR"rd our e,'at "acilflcej
field. Multiply the battle of Waterloo i r,8htly as a necessary part of tho
a hundredfold and the situation at ereat drama.
men on the
ne have taken the I fighting lines. sufTcted 76 per cent of the
"c" lne .-nullum Scotland with 8 ner cent- of
of these battles off them, the active fighters bore 10 per cent, while
Tll. , I the dominions and colonies with 1 per
mere is no reason to be In a state , cent of the fighting force bore S per
bill It would be their responsibility.
Joseph Devlin exclaimed: ".Vow
cat is out or tne bag!"
the
f,H
mnii mtrnetlve. The security Is ab
solute The need Is Imperative The
anneal Is a clarion call Let us rally
Sir Edward Carson th nut.,- i.,.,.. i appeal Is a clarion call L,et us rauy
Sltsss -"Usftft; is.'?;,-"isaust
man-power bill, adding
lllzatlon demands it Righteousness
member respond Instantly and gener-
ou,1' .insnrn F. BEBHY.
Chairman
Spurred by the warning Issued by the
,, ,. , V-. i llizaiion OPiiiMimn ii ini,iiituuoiiten
LVen If you put Ulster In a suhnnii- ,i.,orf. it r.et every minister and
-.., i.i ..l. . . - - 1'"-""- :-.-'... ..-.:.
unit (lu.uiun io me resi or Ireland, with
which she la now threatened, and If you
put me under a Government of .Yatlnn
sllsts or Sinn Felners, I support It. be
cause no, more detestable dominaimn
could be put over the world than that nr I Trensm-v nenartment that more speed
the Germans." land gtm more speed Is needed If the
Finally, under application of the third liberty Loan Is to be a success,
cloture, Jlr. Dillon's motion 'was lost by Philadelphia took a fresh grip In the
IS6 to 133, and the clause carried. The campaign todav, having materially Iri
bill was passed on third reading and creaBed Its dally average of subscrlp
tabled, the Nationalists remaining In tlons to the loan.
opposition to the last. Mr. DlPon ex- Exclusive of Sundays there are only
claiming . ; flf ,epn ,lava mQTe 0f the campaign.
The worst day's work done for Ire- For this city to reach its quota of
tend since the war began'
neme-Knle mil Plans
J136.000.000 at least $7,000,000 must
1 be subscribed dally.
. ,., 1. -t .(..!,., n. 41-n olf-llt?
W.?ih.eakhe.Th 21' 'o'i'-J1 '8 udt0' emp oyeTot C. r"Sump Son." ar'e
,n'aki.the.'orra.0f mMr.arawa. " virtually all of them, have
niF inn iinvrnmnr nr irsiann endwiiiAVi ----- -
passed Just before the outbreak of the
rar, but the operation of which was
suspended for the period of the war
General opinion favors a Federal meas
ure which could be made applicable to
Scotland, Wales and England Several
motions suggesting the Intrpductlon of
sv r eoerai sysicm aireaay nave appeared
In the House of Commons, while a large
cuhftr-rihed.
"Vou must let go the call of the
blood." said C. F. Rumpp. president
of the company and a native of Ger
many, to his employes, ''and devote
you-.' energies, thoughts and actions
to '.he advantage of the United States,
the country to which you owe alle
nance.. Not only must you be
noon in that battle corresponds to the
situation
battle.
now in the great world
"I rtutned last night from France.
The situation jesterday was very
nn.XlOUS. The Herman 1,J ,-t
,,... n-I.l.l. , . "v......,,a uau IdhCII
.... .., ai.ny ,8 unaer a rer- , Ballleul. Meteren and Wytschaete and
rlblo hammering, hut providing Blu- had brought four fresh divisions Into
cher Is marching to the battlefield action against us. If the enemy could
there is no reason for discourage- have maintained that pressure there
mf"1- ' looked to be vital danger to the ridge
It Is unpleascant business standing ' of heights which includes Mount Kem
the hammering, but so long as we can i mel and which Is the backbone of our
stand It the only question to be asked j defense on the northern portion of the
Is. What Is happening to Blucher? i battlefront. But the news last night
What has become of the reserves? j was better."
"LOOK AT THE MAP," SAY GERMANS
"LOOK AT YOUR DEAD," SAY BRITISH
ZttSttvX;rtJ5rZ& have1 ' Patriotic, but you inu.ttin;lat. your
bcome converts to home rule also favor i painouniii imu oU...i.....e. ..,.-.
Ottawa, Ont.. April IS
Between Ballleul and Wytschaete a
hlg attack Is Impending, says a dispatch
from British headquarters received here
The correspondent adds that the Brit
ish are maintaining t-helr positions at
Boyelies, t-outh of Arras, and continues.
"The last twent.v-four hours have been
anything but a good time for, the enemy
Ludendorff Is doubtless telling the Ger
mans to look at the map The answer Is,
'Tell them to look at their casualty lists'
"Our shortening of the Passehendaele
salient and the giving up of the ground
won last autumn have not been in vain,
since they played a large part In wear.
Ing out the enemy, the last phase ot
which we are now entering on.
"The withdrawal was accomplished
wth masterly skill, unhampered by the
Germans. Ouc power of resistance has
greatly stiffened, while we have forced
th enemv to lengthen his communica
tions across ground which he would In- i
finitely sooner be without. i
"We have taken numerous prisoners In ,
(he last two days I
"The Germans are concentrating north i
T5SM?,er
and their art erv ,. , h ",' '"f lead
ifl-iU. .r ; l" Jmy lines unurottcn aim piiii lurm uim iisnt-
niiV ,? are, ?,rnultancou8ly Ing machine with the French and Amer-
OUC Own nn. , ... - , .
front line,
pent of casualties
Irish .roops f, per cent of the lighting
force suffered 6 per cent or casualties.
MORE DESPERATE
ATTACKS EXPECTED
London, April 18. The Evening Stand
ard's imlitaiy commentator writes
"The loss or Wytschaete, has been
followed by a retirement of our troep'
from Pastehendaele Ridge, our line now
passing Just north of the ruins of Vpres
"This straightens our -rront and
although we must regret the necessity of
giving up positions we had won at so
much co-t after the enemy had got a
grip on Messines nidge it would have
been the worst t,ort of strategy for us
to hold on there
' "We still hold the range of service
able high ground covering Toperlnghe
and llazebrouck.
(If the British have fallen back to
a line running Just north of Vpres and
covering Poperlnghe. thev would seem
to have given up virtually the entire
Vpres Salient.)
"We must now expect the enemy to
make decperate attacks with . fresh
tioops on these two places But this
does not complete the alms of the .enemy,
who probably will do his best In the
way of attacking other points ou our
lines down to Amiens His objective
Is not merely the channel ports, but
also to smash the British army, and
he will have failed In that object as
long as we can fall back steadily with
lines unDroKen ana still lorm one ngiu
Woif to Pronounce Names
in Today's War Dispatches
Following nte apptoxlmate pro
nunciations of the chief Flemish
names In today's news:
Passehendaele Fns-keh-dahl
Hollebeke Olle-ballta
Kemtnel Kem-mel
Wulverghem Wulv er-em
Wytschaete Wyt-shovv-teh
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A popular timepiece is one
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shaped. . with dependable
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enemy failed
lean troons
"It will be four weeks todav since
the Germans started the great offensive,
which was to have brought the enemy
armies before Paris and to have driven
a wedge between the French and Brit
ish forces The map shows how far
that ambrtlous program is from being
realized, but what the triap does not
disclose Is the huge losses suffered by
the enemy In the month's operations,
Differing estimates have been made by
the Alljed staffs These vary from 400,.
000 to 480,000 men.
"Altogether Von Hlndenburg has
thrown about 120 divisions Into the bat
tie, and at least seventy of these have
been withdrawn at one time or anotther
and, after being brought up to full
that system Never, -on the surface at
any rate, has Ireland, had such a good
chance ot getting a form of self-government.
What the House of Lords, those old
enemies of home rule, will do Is uncer
tain, but with two former anti-home
rulers. Earl Curzon and Viscount Mllner.
a members of the Government support
that is. buv Liberty Bonds
Subscriptions totaling $41,400 were
taken by members jf the firm,' their
families and employes.
A mass-meet ne will be held this after-
noon at 1 .45 o'clock at Wltherspoon Hall
under the auspices of the General Elec-,
trie. Weatlnghouse Electric and other,
electric companies. All electrloal work-
Inr It, the opposition Is likely to be less i and trades are Invited I
Strenuous than on former occasions I Lithuanian citizens of this city have ,
When4.be Coinmops sent suet a .measure subscribed JU.000 within the last three
to- tho upper house, d4ys. The Lithuanian executive coip-,
Th Irish Nationalist members of Par- mlttee Is arranging a mass-meetlng to
Jlament. having fought conscription to , be held next Sunday afternoon at tile i
the last In the House ot Commons, are Garrlck Theatre. i
leaving for Dublin to formulate plans for , Liberty Loan meetings scneauied ror
resisting It. tonight follow :
P i.
Dublin, April 1 In s. letter Just pub.
llshed. the Most Iter William j! Walsh.
Archblthop and FrltrMte pf Dublin,
jrefers to ihe many vague declarations
now f.6o4lnlr the country regarding con
scription In Ireland, but affording no
JptslJIglble indication of what it ,d
vtsabla to do.
Olt wnscTiptlon Is enforced, th- Intro-1
home tut bill would not he says, cou-
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Men's $25 to $40 Suits, $20, $23,50, $27.00 and$32M
.l ,. If sPrinP Suits we made up for us by the Stein-Bloch Co., Hart, Schaffner & Marx,
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Trousers, special at $2.75, $3.25
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Flannel Suits, special at $20.00
Smart models for young men; in blue, brown,
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$20.00 to $30.00 Spring Over
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Well-tailored garmfnts, some made of imported
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