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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1918
Page
2
Transmission cites a 1918 Allied dispatch noting German infant and civilian mortality rising to 68 per 1000 amid food shortages and deteriorating sanitary conditions. It describes pleas for government aid, shrinking bread rations, suspected peace dissatisfaction, and fear of Allied air raids as morale sinks.
A Berlin Arbeiter Zeitung report and Wheat supply fears cited by economist Franz E Hein in the Bayerische Zeitung warn of worsening hunger. The German empire is deemed capable of prolonging hardship as bread rations shrink and soldiers continue to be sent to the front.
In the war update the French retreat from the Sempigny salient is deemed defensive and minor compared with a French counterattack that recaptured Melicocq and La Croix Ricard. General Foch is shown to have the Montdidier to Marne sector in hand as German efforts on the Oise front falter. The article notes parallel German miscalculations in Armentières and Flanders and describes a broad Allied rally across the Matz, Aisne, and Ourcq fronts with the German push shrinking and aim slipping toward Calais and Marne setbacks.
Private letters from Germany describe worsening conditions as the war drains the poor while the rich hoard stores. Citizens express anger at militarists and Junkers, urge peace, and warn that continued demands for a greater Fatherland could end in unrest. A Vienna official notes food shortages persist through summer and pins hope on Ukraine for June.
A German press survey quotes Rhenish Gazette and others denouncing President Wilson and his Mexican policy as hypocritical and driven by commercial aims. Articles claim U S aims to control South American resources, warn of Siberian and Ural concessions, and criticize neutrality stance. Reports also note German Americans in Switzerland pressuring for favorable coal and iron deals and stirring anti-German sentiment.
Dublin Castle hosts a Dublin City and County Recruiting Committee deputation to discuss training Irish American troops in Ireland. Local centers will form committees to implement the plan and expect to establish training camps. A Daily News correspondent notes mixed views but potential positive impact, with Sinn Fein fears cited.
Moscow June 5 A compromise is possible with regard to the Czechs the Soviet regards their disarmament as essential but it recognizes the Czechs as a whole are loyal and may proceed if assurances are given they will not General Seminoff or other anti Soviet forces in the Far East The trouble with the Czechs besides food supply difficulties is also lightening the task of the Germans In the Southe Don Cossacks with German officers approach Tsaritsin and Saratoff and the Soviet is finding difficulty in sending reinforcements against them because of the need to send troops to deal with the Czechs In the Urals.
Amsterdam dispatch reports Baron Burian’s return from talks with German leaders in Berlin. He plans renewed negotiations in weeks, seeking an Austrian solution to the Polish issue while Germany weighs conditions. Berlin remains doubtful that peace proposals will yield decisive outcomes amid Austria’s budget crisis and ongoing war tensions.
An official German government statement notes detailed talks during Baron Burian Austro Hungarian Foreign Minister visit to Berlin. It says the spirit of mutual friendly confidence in negotiations supports expectations that forthcoming talks will clarify issues and be resolved satisfactorily for all parties involved.
Lieutenant Franz von Rintelen, head of a German spy plot, has been under double guard at the Tombs Prison after a former trusty said von Rintelen urged him to arrange an escape. Korodsky testified that the officer pressed for a go between and hinted at acting, though he dropped the plan. Washington reports said Germany offered to swap an American prisoner for von Hintelen, but Secretary Lansing rejected the demand.
A Geneva dispatch cites the Austrian Tyrol journal Brixener Chonik claiming 36,000 Austrian women and girls have been forced by hunger to join front line battalions. They condemn long hours scarce food and low pay, unable to withdraw due to wartime contracts.
A London-reported memorandum from the Austrian Men's Democratic League calls for immediate peace negotiations in a neutral country. It also seeks democratization of the Austrian Constitution and urgent consideration of laws for various nationalities in Austria Hungary, referencing Czech and Yugoslav unrest and aiming for early peace for Austria.
Edwin L. James reports on American advances on the Marne front, praising French 75s and U.S. artillery. Two Americans killed forty‑seven Germans in a dugout raid. Marines break through Belleau Wood after four days of fierce fighting, taking 300 prisoners and securing a strategic position.
General Pershing reports that American forces captured the last German positions in Belleau Wood near Château-Thierry, taking fifty prisoners and capturing machine guns and trench mortars. Early today German assaults on a one and a half mile front failed after heavy artillery and bombardment, with severe enemy losses. American aviators also attacked Dommary Barancourt northwest of Metz.
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