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VOLUME LUI NO. 198.
SAN ANTONIO, TtiXAS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 17, 1918.-EIGHTEEN PAGES.
ESTABLISHED 1865.
HEROIC AMERICAN RESISTANCE HALTS HENS
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Austria Prepared to Discuss Pes'
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APPROVAL
"Will Not, Apart From Certain Ex-
aggerations Arouse Our Oppo-
sition," Says Foreign Minister
in Note to Premiers.
EPUL
E
Excepting Own Territory SEVEN VICIOUS ASSAULTS
REPULSED; TEUTONS LEAVE
GROUND STREWN WITH DEAD
Spec ul Telegram tr ** .<s.
LONP. .July 17 (Via British their brothers in arms under the uni-
Wirt. General Pershing has fied command was prompt and ef-
issued an order to the American troops | fective and their allied comrades
in France congratulating them on the speak in praise of them. The conduct
T successes which have marked their 0f ^ese |^rave soldiers and of their
| time to all the most painful ordeals 0f j^cnfice by falling on the field of
Supply Train of 42d Division, I modern warfare, have invariably be- honor has established a model which
Which Was in Thick of haved with the greatest courage," says each unit of the American expedition-
Soap, Made Up Largely of j the order." Their co-operation with ary corps will strive to follow."
Lone Star National Guard
Hun Efforts Reduced to Lo-
cal Attacks; Initial
Dash Gone.
AVERS TERRITORIAL AIMS
KEEP BELLIGERENTS APART
6 DIVISIONS SHARE GLORY
OF HURLING ENEMY BACK
"Obstinacy of Enemy," He Declares,
"Regarding Demands Concerning i
Alsace-liOrraine, Trieste, Trentino
and German Colonies Appear Insur-
mountable Barriers."'
By Associated Press.
AMSTERDAM, July 16.'--Baron von
Burian, the Austro-Hungarian Foreign
Minister, in a note addressed to the
Austrian and Hungarian premiers, is
quoted in a dispatch from Vienna as
saying:
"There is hardly any difference be-
tween the general principles enunciat
ed by the statesmen of both belliger
Troops in Battle Represent Only
One-Third of First Army Corps. |
Demonstrate Beyond Doubt
They Are in F.very Way Superior
to Picked Men of Crown Prince.
Marne Again Barrier to Hun Armies 0n'y Tactical Advantage Gained
Lies in Slight Advance to
aaaes West of Rheims.
Texas troops figured in the gallant
defense of the Marne front Monday
which resulted in checking the German
rush, driving back the enemy and cap-
j turing at least 1.500 prisoners. Exact 1
: data on Texas units engaged has not |
| )een disclosed by the War Department, |
but the statement that the 42d Division
j was engaged in the battle means that
I the supply train for the division came
from Texas. The supply train was
! made up largely of Texas National
! Guard men and was partly recruited at
' Camp Travis. It was dispatched to
enta. President Wilson's four new | France with the first division of Na-
points of July 4 shall not, apart from
certain exaggerations, arouse our op-
position."
Continuing, the Austro -Hungarian Min-
ister wild:
"Tin' enemy's obstinacy regarding his ter-
ritorial demunds concerning Alsace-lior
raine, Trleat, Trentino and tb» German ,-ni-
nnies appears to be Insurmountable."
In bis reference to President Wilson's
four new points In his July fourth speech,
Baron Burian said be was able to approve , ...
of them heartily and that to a great extent 'heprey, uml (he gallant New Yorkers
"nobody would refuse homage to this «yer-rau Cantlgny, the flerman propaffau-
genins and nobody would refuse his To ! U"'} "? th'' ''ry that America had
operation" "*tl1 I'h'lreu troops, and-thai for the most
llaron Burian said none of the belliger. u,2n Tl a,;,ro"", !,h" s''us
fDt «t»t«s need ever come Into the position ' ,L"1 No!'H,l «'ere unfit
reached by ltussia and Rounninla as"we ?>"d ",utr" "*!' 10 '"lywllU tUe
ever are ready to enter Into peace negotla- I ' r'isiiiui legions.
tlohs with all our opponen s." I <u reply, no word came from the leud-
Coutlnulng, the Forelga Minister of Aus- • '/rs Au'prl':un f0™* ly r""or, V
trla Hungary said: ! fc0™ ">» correspondents told In cryptic
"If our enemies continuous ,teni>,.„i "'''Hemes how the wounded Yanks, .lying
fbeneS.Ts(|s,°; claim*which we" ."oulV/".Ir"" sn.i'lTln1,remc'iuhrance''of taiks
with more JusMHo^tion against them, be-
cause we have been attacked and the wrong *' i ta?i,i»L» another
°^«t0.reU'p ™i^dbloX"s^'ervtbI,,, " ! "ut the" fighting of July 15 and
Sflid fin ron Hnrliin • ••» y!»!!, 5 „ V i no ,uau ,HM that Americas
Jofy '» 1 1 lr °WU terrl" ! »nny is not of the breed worthy to fight
Th'a !».,«.• « * in the high cause to which their country
AiiKtrl-in »nr ir ,n^ri „ 1 p«™i . i 01111,11 tlll'ul- 'n"« ''lilting of the Germans
"if ,H? i,F» S'"h '■""m "lien the First Army Corps of the Amer-
ra «[!, lit li i ♦ mH'V Si I •<-un Expeditionary Forces itarred the way
on the enemy s side In regard to their war I _th„ t|rst Anuy Corps being a fighting
tional Guardsmen when sent across.
Special Telegram to Thu Express.
WASHINGTON, L>. <\, July 16.—In the
flgUtinji of thn lust two days, Americ
lias made reply to the German charge
that the fighting spirit of the men of
the I nked States had been dissolved in
sordid lust and mercenary greed. When
the Marines swept the picked liavarians
from the woods near Chateau Thierry,
when the militia of Connecticut took Hei
aims we recognize three groups of asplra
tlons which ure being set furth to justify
Continued on Pug* Two. Column Fir*.
W.&.g —
marhlne welded from the men of every
State and of every Infantry organization-
a body where rate, color, or creed standi
lor naught.
Six divisions share the glory of uilencing
for all time the charges of incompetence
which the Germans have hurled. The di-
visions, with their commanders, nre:
First Division, regulurs, MaJ. Gen. Rob-
ert L. Bullard
Second Division, regulars, MaJ. Geu.
Omar Hundy.
Twenty sixth Division, New Mngland Na-
tional Guard, MaJ. Gen. Clarence It. Ed*
wards.
Forty-second Division (Kalnbow), Maj.
Gen. Charles T. Manchar.
Forty-first Division, National Guard, Pa-
cific Coast, MaJ. Gen. Hunter Liggett.
Thirty serond Division, National Guard,
Michigan and Wisconsin, MaJ. Geu. W. (J.
Haan.
if it be that there are American forces
which can be termed "picked men," credit
must be given to the officers who nave lery duels.
JAB CABINET MELTS TO DISCUSS
PROPOSED U. S. INTERVENTION
IN SLAV COUNTRY.
By Associated Pre**.
AMSTERDAM, July lfl.-The Austro-
Hungarian War Minister says a Vienna
dispatch to the Vossische Zeltung an-
nounces far more than 500,00(1 Austrian
war prisoners have returned from ltus-
sia.
By Associated Press.
TOKIO (Saturday), July 13.—A special
meeting of the Japanese Cabinet, which
was attended by army officers, was held
today and the newspapers attached much
importance to It. It is believed that some
communication was received from the
American Government concerning interven-
tion in ltussia.
B.r Assoclatpd Pre**.
LONDON. July 10.—In continuing to
urge allied lntenentlon in ltussia, the Har-
bin correspondent of the Dally Mail un-
der date of July 11 writes despairingly
of any effort by the Russian themselfi's
for their own salvation.
The correspondent dwells on the obscur-
ity of General Horvath's personal aims
and hints that he has unlimited ambitions.
By Assoclntrd Press.
WASHINGTON. D. C., July lfl.—No ad-
ditional details of the operations of the
American Anglo-French forces along the
Murman coast of Russia were received
here today. It is understood, however,
that the forces now tlier are sufficient);
strong to maintain their positions against
•Ay possible German assault.
The entente fortes consist of picked men
While the German units, although outnum
fcerlng them greatly, are for the most
part landstrum troops.
Details of the number and character of
the American forces still are withheld
The Russian situation continued today
to occupy the attention of President Wil-
son. It Is understood that every possible
assistance now Is being given to the anti-
Germnn element iu every part of Russia.
The entire entente is eo-oncratlng in this
work and officials feel confident that with-
in a very short time a really formidable
Continued on Page Three, Column IU.
L Itullard may be said to represent ! ^ther with our tanks and infantry flame
b»-t that military truiulng has pro- j throwers, opened the way into the enemy
trained into the heart and soul of every
man of the Marine Corps tluit they are
of a legion famed throughout American
history for steadfast courage under every
I fire and iu every clime. It Is true that
some Marine units are opera'.ug with the
j First Army Ctfrps. It Is also true that
i the two divisions of regulars led by such
! dauntless men as Omar Hundy and Rob-
ert
the
dueed.
j These divisions represent only a third
of the First Army Corps.
It can not be said that the Pacific Coast
Continued on Page Two, Column Five.
W.S.S
JAP WARSHIP BLOWS
UP; 500 ARE DEAD
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Pr?enc
Cavalry
The photoKruphn give u good idea of
the Nir.e of the Marne River, which
baekrd by Ainerlrun bravery, hat* agttin
proven u barrier to the <iemian arnilea.
As will be noted when the river widens
It beeomeM shallow enough for fording,
but at it» narrower stage» bridges are
necessary
I CAPTURE OF
13.000 PRISONE
BERLIN OFFICIAL STATEMENT
TELLS OF STORMING SOUTH
BANK OF MARNE.
•1*
Py Associated Presu.
BERLIN, via London, July 10.—TLo
Germans claim the capture of 13,000 pris-
oners in the official communication from
headquarters issued today. The army of
General von Boebm, it is added, crossed
the Marne between Jaulgonne and east
of Dormans.
The statement says:
"lu some sectors fighting activity has
revived, east of the Ayette an enemy light
advance wua repulsed, as was also a strong
enemy attack east of Hebuterne. Between
the Aisne and the Marne and east of
Chateau Thierry there were lively artll-
"In minor enterprises and during an ad-
vance across the Marne to the southwest
of Jaulgonne we broke Into the enemy a
lines und brought back some prisoners.
"Yesterday to the southwest and east
of Rheims we penetrated into part of tha
French positions.
"By their devastating effect, the artil-
lery, mine throwers and gas throwers, to-
WrpecieeD BWIDGE oveie THE. /^aipne^
positloUtt. The army of General vou Boehiu
has crossed the Marne between Jaulgonno
nnd Mlt of Dormans.
"At daybreak pioneers transported
storming troops across the river and
Continued on P-'tge Two, Column One.
— VV.8.8.
Sinks in Tokoyama Bay, 150
Miles Northwest of
Nagasaki.
By Asaonatpd Prpss.
TOKIO, July 16.—The Japanese
battleship Kawachi of 21,420 tons
displacement, blew up and sank in
Tokoyama Bay, 150 miles north-
east of Nagasaki, on July 22. Five
hundred members of the crew lost
their lives.
The battleship Kawachi was
built at Kure in 1912. She carried
a complement of 960 officers and
men. The warship was 500 feet
long, 84 feet beam and drew 28
feet of water. Her armament con-
sisted of twelve 12-inch guns, ten
six-inch guns, eight 4.7-inch guns
and twelve 12-poundert. She was
also equipped with five 18-inch
torpedo tubes.
El
TO FACE TRIAL HERE
ELEVEN ARRESTS MADE IN CON-
NECTION WITH DEATH OF
RANGER WHITE.
CRISIS OF DRIVE
EXPECTED TODAY
Developments Will Determine if Hun
Purpose Defeated Says Sec. Baker.
Washington Is Jubilant.
By STANLEY M. REYNOLDS.
Special Telegram to Tbe Express.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 16.—The next twelve hours—or between mid-
night tonight and noon tomorrow—will witness the crisis of this latest of
German efforts to break through on the western front.
This is the view of the Secretary of War, as imparted by him this after-
noon at the Cabinet meeting.
Developments during this fateful period, he subsequently declared to the 1
newspaper correspondents, will, in the opinion of the military advisers, prob-
ably determine whether the enemy purpose has ben defeated. Secretary Baker
urged caution against over-optimism, and advised the t.ewspaper men not to lift
By Associated Press.
PARIS, July 16.—The Germans apparently have from sixty to seventy divi-
sions in position for the present offensive, of which some forty have already
been engaged.
This would mean a potential force of approximately 950,000, with 540,000
engaged.
Special Telegram to The Express.
PARIS, July 16.—At the conclusion of the second day's fighting, it is safe
to state that the German offensive on the 65-mile front from Chateau Thierry
to Massiges in Champagne has proved a failure. At no place has the enemy
succeeded in advancing more than three miles. Already he has lost his initial
dash. His efforts now are reduced to local attempts.
The only tactical advantage gained by the attackers lies in slight gains
to the west of Rheims, threatening to pinch off the Rheims salient with the
famous 12-mile elevation dominating the plane.
Expert estimate is that thirty-five German divisions already have been
engaged. Sixty-five per cent of Ludendorff's total effectives have been brought
into action for the most insignificant gains.
The bloodiest fighting took place southeast of Rheims, where the Germans
tried to break through to Mourmelon-Legrand. Later the Germans made seven
vicious assaults on the Marquises Farm, all of which broke down with the
heaviest losses, the Teutons streaming back, leaving the ground strewn with
dead. Hundreds of corpses were counted on this field of combat. The Bois
de Hauroy was turned into a veritable charnel house.
Crown Prince Calls in Retervet.
Late today there were signs of the battle spreading eastwards. It it pre-
sumed that the Kaiser's heir has been forced to call in reserves from the
Bavarian crown prince.
Late tonight the war office wa» able to announce the r*capture by the
French and Americans of th* towns of St. Agnan-LaChapelle and Monthodon,
and the re-establishment of their lines upon the heights dominating the vrfttify
of the Marne. This new victory came as a brilliant climax to two days of in-
cessant counter thrusts, and the fact that the important dominating positions
are again in the hands of the allies adds heavily to the danger In which the
Germans find themselves on the south bank of the Marne,
"During the daytime," said General Petain in his night bulletin from
headquarters, "the Germans, unable to attack generally, endeavored to increase
their local success." »
The very use of the word "unable" shows the French high command con-
siders the foe's major scale effort definitely stopped and is confident th*
Franco-American forces will continue to pin the invaders down where they
are and ultimately s.weep them back.
Brakes Are Applied by Americans.
Br Anaoclated Press.
The German offensive east and west of Rheims has had the brakes vigor-
ously applied to it by the strong resistance of the American, French and Italian
armies.
Nowhere has the enemy found it possible, as in days gone by, to press for*
ward and tear his way through opposing positions to points of vantage chosen
as early objectives.
True, some gains have been made by the Germans, but they are infinitesi-
mal when compared with those of other attacks. Instead of in miles they may
be reckoned almost in yards. And, from some of the positions captured the
enemy has been ejected summarily under vicious counter-attacks delivered by
the American troops fighting alone as a unit and Americans fighting shoulder-
to-shoulder with their French comrades in arms.
Tacit admission that the enemy hordes have been retarded in their as-
saults, if not halted, seemingly is contained in the latest German official com-
munication which, in dealing with the fighting of Tuesday, asserts that the
allied troops on the Marne front have delivered "violent counter-attacks," and
that to the east of Rheims "the situation is unchanged."
The only claim made to any success by the Germans is that there were
"some local successes to the southwest of Rheims."
The successes of the Americans and the French give back to them points
of strategic value on the heights dominating the Marne valley. The Americans
alone recaptured Fossoy and Crezancy, east of Chateau Thierry, and at one
point near Fossoy drove back the enemy across the river and took a number
of prisoners. Aided by the French the recapture of St. Agnan, Hill 223, and
La Chapelle-Monthodon, south of Dormans, was accomplished.
Throughout the region lying to the west of Rheims, especially south of th*
Marne, the Germans made desperate attempts on various sectors to increase
their penetration of the allied front, but where they were able to gain any ad-
vantage, it was only a foot at a time, the French meeting their onslaughts with
the greatest bravery and making the enemy pay dearly for every inch of ground
he took.
Eastward from Rheims hard fighting is still going on almost to the western
fringes of the Argonne Forest, but apparently the enemy here also is meeting
CnntlnD«d on Pk|l Two, Colnmn Two.
The '''xftrr.. An-tln Bnrpan.
At'STIN, Tel., July 10.—Adjutiinf Gen-
eral Hurley reeelred ft telegram tblK after-
noon from Hanger Captain W. M. Hanson,
(tated at Krookeiand statin* that three XOg [jjgj, tj,e public hope until the later reports from the front have arrived,
deserters and eight other men raptured In 6 F
the "Nig Thicket" In San Augustine Coun
ly. were being taken to Ileuoniont. All
except the three deserters will he placed In
Jail ul Itenumont, the deserters to he taken
He said
"It will require the reports of tonight and up to noon tomorrow to justify .
a statement as to whether the results so far have been determinative. That is
to c«mp Travis.'San Antonio, and turned 1 to say, they will probably enable us to tell whether the first thrust of the enemy
martin" trial1"""'"7 B",1)"rllle" ,or l'ourt" J has or has not succeeded, and likewise whether his real objective lay in the
direction of his drive of yesterday and today.
"It is a matter of discussion whether this present effort is the great of-:
fensive which the German general staff had in mind. In order that the public \
may know as soon as possible the answers to those great questions, I have
Continued on l'a|e Three, Column XhrM.
Captain Hanson said that the alleged
draft reslster. who killed ltanger Dudley
White nnd wounded Hanger Howe were
among the prisoners.
General Hurley xnld that the telegram
Continued on Fag. Two, comma IHt,
"President's Aims," Says Burian,
"Shall Not, Apart From Certain
Exaggerations Rouse Opposition"
A ARON VON HI RIAN. the Aastro'lIanffarUui Foreign Minister. In • note id-
" dressed to the Austrian nnd Hungarian Premiers, It quoted In i dispatch from
Vienna ns saying:
"There In hardly any difference between the general principle* enunciated by
the statesmen of both belligerents. President Wilson's four new points of Jaly 4
•hall not, apart from certain exaggerations, arouse our opposition."
While the representatives of thirty-two nations and nationalities heard him '
speak, President Wilson at Mount Vernon, Jnly 4, laid down these as "the eads for/
which the associated people* of the werld are fighting nnd which must be conceded*
them before there can be peace."
1. The destruction of every arbitrary power anywhere that can sepnrately,,
♦ecrctly and of Its single choke disturb the peace of the world; or, If It cannot be •
presently destroyed, at lea«*t its reduction to virtual Impotence.
2. The settlement of every question, whether of territory, of sovereignty, on
economic arrangement, or of political relationship, upon the basis of the free ac~
eeptance of that settlement by the people Immediately concerned aad not upon tha
basis of the mnterlal Interest or advantage of any other nation or people alilcli may
desire a different settlement for the sake of Its own exterior influence or mastery.
.1. The consent of nil nations to be goveraed la their conduct towards cach other
by the same principles of honor and of respoet for the common Inw of civilised society
that govern the individual cltlseas of all modara H tat en la their relations with oa«
another to the end that all promises and covenants may be sncredly observed, no
private plots or conspiracies hatched, no selfish Injuries wrought with impunity, nnd
a mutual trust established upoa the handsome foaadntlon of n mutual respect for
right.
4. The entablishmcnt of an organlsatlaa of peace which shall mnke It certain
that the combined power of nations will check every Invasion of right nnd serve
to make peace aad justice th* s secure by affording a definite tribunal of oplalon
to which all must submit aad K every lateraatloaal readjustmeat that cannot
be nmlcably ngreed upon by the p*«ples directly concerned shnll he sanctioned.
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