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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1918
Page
1
London June 13. A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph from Amsterdam quotes Berlin reports indicating German forces may attack Canadian coastal waters. The warning suggests neutrality risks and potential maritime peril for neutral shipping crews and cargo.
Washington observers weigh Berlin reports of a planned Eastern American danger zone to warn neutral shipping. Officials note submarines have already signaled danger, with several neutrals sunk en route to or from supplies. Analysts doubt a formal zone will alter tactics, given limited value of patrols and the ruthlessness of U boat actions.
London June 15 Sir Eric Geddes first at the Admiralty declares in an interview that sinking German submarines outpaces their construction. He asserts the trend is a fact and notes progress toward reducing the U boat threat despite the war’s strain.
Passengers aboard the Holland-America liner Nieuw Amsterdam report sighting an eastbound U boat about 300 miles off Sandy Hook at 8 30 a m Tuesday. The submarine 1000 yards off the ship's port bow moved slowly, gave no signal, flew no flag, and made no attempt to submerge or alter course.
President Wilson again used his influence to back the federal woman suffrage amendment and urged Senate action at this session. He expressed hope a nationwide compulsory work movement would aid the cause, with Mrs. Catt pledging full support. The Provost Marshal General Crown approved submission provisions to the states.
Washington June 18 Henry Ford agreed to accept the Democratic nomination for Senator from Michigan after urging by President Wilson. Ford said he would serve where the greatest need exists, prepared to make sacrifices to aid the President’s program during the readjustment era.
In a public letter to Governor Harrington President Wilson endorses nationwide adoption of the Maryland compulsory work law to apply work or fight to men eighteen and older. He also supports women's suffrage as a fundamental right, urging global democratic reconstruction. Henry Ford is backed for U.S. Senate by Michigan Democrats in a party unity move.
Washington reports complete repulse of heavy German attacks northwest of Chateau Thierry with heavy German losses. American lines held gains, Belleau Wood was cleared of the last German positions with fifty prisoners and multiple machine guns captured. American aviators bombed Dommary Baroncourt station and all planes returned.
On the Marne front between Bouresches and Belleau Wood German forces launched a violent assault. American troops repelled the attack, inflicting heavy losses and keeping all territory gained. Berlin also reported repeated enemy attacks northwest of Château-Thierry failing with heavy losses.
American forces on the Bouresches to Torcy front repulsed two German assaults on their twelfth day of battle. They captured fifty German prisoners including a captain and seized multiple machine guns. The enemy suffered heavy losses and a German captain surrendered after being cut off near Belleau Wood.
Secretary Baker defended General Foch against General von Stein’s claim of Allied defeat saying Foch’s opinion is more important and American confidence remains unshaken. In Paris Poincaré telegraphed Wilson praising American troops and Pershing thanked the French president for support as Allied forces unite for victory.
Oscar Titus, a Prussian once linked to Bernstorff and other German agents, was arrested in the United States on espionage charges under the alias Ralph Chatillon. A veteran trader and journalist, he has used multiple identities to pursue German aims in America. London journals flag aggressive peace terms favoring Germany, including navy limits for Britain and cessions of strategic territories, calling it a modest program.
The Times editorial contrasts Secretary Lansing with German leaders von Stein and von Payer, and Austro-Hungarian Baron Burian. It frames Lansing's position as democracy based on liberty and law, vs Prussian militarism seeking world domination. It argues only decisive Allied victory can curb Prussian rule and secure lasting peace.
Allied gains hold across Picardy as French and American units repulse German thrusts. Allied counterattacks recapture strategic heights south of Montdidier and along the Matz River. About 1,400 German prisoners taken west of the Oise. heavy losses suffered by the enemy with limited progress elsewhere. The Aisne front shows limited German gains near Soissons. French and American forces maintain momentum, while Ypres sector sees modest Allied advances at two points with prisoner captures.
London June 13 The German offensive toward Paris shows no fresh progress in the last day. Ludendorff has paused to seek a shorter route through Compiegne, now within range of enemy guns. The only movement forward is a slight push to the west of Soissons as the spearhead advances marginally.
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