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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1918
Page
1
Amsterdam dispatch reports a semi official Berlin reaction to President Wilson s Baltimore speech. It accuses Wilson of upside down history and claims the Entente forced war. Germany denounces a US loan propaganda angle and vows not to submit to a yoke of force.
Paris newspapers place Wilson's Baltimore address prominently, with many printing it in full or long extracts. Critics praise resolve against Germany, urge immediate action, and note American forces aiding General Foch under Allied coordination.
Amsterdam dispatch reports Professor Hausenberger, head of Krupp works, planned the giant 42 centimeter gun. He claimed bombardment of Paris began with the first tests and that long range artillery could threaten England from the continent. The Berliner Tageblatt interview cited future vertical firing and salt the Paris district bombardment continued with casualties.
London April 7 President Wilson telegraphed King George to mark the anniversary of the U S entry into the war. He expressed warm gratification at the royal message and said the United States would put its whole force into the final struggle alongside steadfast associates in self govern ment.
In Vladivostok Admiral Kato proclaims Japan will defend life and property of Japanese and Allied subjects amid an Entente landing. Soviet leaders report the killing of a Japanese soldier as a political murder. Orders go to Siberian Councils to resist any armed invasion.
The House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church will address the age and status of Right Rev Paul Jones, a bishop without a diocese, at its session in Synod Hall on Wednesday. Jones, consecrated missionary bishop of Utah in 1914, opposed war, left Utah amid conflict, and seeks a peaceful field. The meeting will also consider a successor for Charles William Brent in the Philippines, with Brent now Bishop of Western York and serving with the U C L A in France. A reception and dinner for bishops and the Archbishop of York will follow at the Waldorf-Astoria.
London April 7 President Poincare refused to pardon Holo Pacha, convicted of treason, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Parliament.
Bankers and the Stock Exchange pledge support as Liberty Loan third offering begins across forty eight states. New York events feature James Beck at the stock exchange floor and Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks speeches near the Sub Treasury. Women volunteers train to aid the drive with speeches and parades planned led by Mothers Service Units and pageant figures Miss Liberty and Uncle Sam guiding elephants.
Washington reports say French and British tenacity upsets German plans in Picardy. German high command throws fresh forces to gain limited objectives while Allied aviation aids Haig. The battle remains uncertain with prisoners and movement noted along the Somme and near Arras.
Paris dispatch reports Secretary of War Newton Baker pushing rapid deployment of American troops and materials to France. He tolerates no delays, urging swift coordination with Pershing and Allied command to accelerate mobilization, transport, and operations to tip the war balance sooner. A large Hotel de Ville demonstration signals allied support for bold action.
London April 7 Emperor William returned to the Western front on Saturday and met with Field Marshal von Hindenburg and General Ludendorff. He is believed to plan a trip to Romania in a few days. Foreign Secretary Richard von Kuehlmann returned to Berlin from Karlsruhe after discussing Romanian peace terms with the Emperor.
At a yesterday demonstration marking the first anniversary of America's entry into the war, Mr. Baker was billed as a principal speaker though reticent. The Secretary's guarded remarks underscored a belief that talking about intentions differs from taking concrete action.
London April 7 British aviation dispatch reports thirteen German planes shot down by British airmen eleven more disabled and two downed by anti aircraft fire. Sixteen British aircraft are missing or unaccounted for with many possibly forced to land inside British lines amid bad weather.
London April 1 Advices from Copenhagen report Teuton military authorities dissolved several Polish legions due to wholesale treason. Polish soldiers have been interned in Hungary's interior, according to a correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Company.
April 7. Two German raids on sectors of the American line northwest of Toul were repulsed by American forces. German attackers were driven from trenches by accurate machine gun and automatic fire. A box barrage and gas shelling were repelled as Americans exposed from shelters and gassed masks.
The government rail load administration’s main headquarters for weeks will be Car 302, traveling thousands of miles on main tracks and sidings. McAdoo, while secretary of the treasury, will supervise railway operation and speak for the third Liberty Loan. Car 302 is fitted as an office with desks and a diet phone, and railway telegraph wires link it to Washington. Jewish volunteers for the British army’s Jewish regiment have arrived in London and meet with the chief rabbi and Zionist leaders.
Heavy German pressure on a ten mile sector north of Albert forced a withdrawal of General Foch's divisions about three miles. Berlin claims Folembray and Pierremande captured with 1,400 French prisoners as the German drive aims to straighten a French salient and wedge the front near Chauny Goucy le Chateau road.
Paris April 7 German attack on the left bank of the River Gise between Chauny and Barisis seen by critics as the enemy cramped in the salient toward Montdidier. Foch holds reserves for a final test as the war shifts.
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