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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY statement of yester ¬ day is us follows Battles between the Meuse and tin MoIIe continued with the same lierceness Xear the villages of Froinozey and Gussaiiiville cast of Verdun which the French reported had been taken by them no lighting has taken place These villages are situated far in front of our positions Between the Orne and the heights of the Mcuse the French suffered a heavy defeat Friday All their attacks broke down under our lire In the Conibres hill they obtained a temporary foothold in a certain section of Ur outer Hue of trenches but were partly driven back again by a night attack These battles continue Attacks against our positions north of St Mihiel also were entirely without success Minor advances ou the front at Ailly and Apremont were repulsed Engagements at Fliroy were of a less lively character probably Illcause of the heavy losses suffered by the enemy April S Two machine guns were captured by us On the front it Rcmeimuville and in the forest of Le Prttre all French attacks were repulsed On the western border of Le Pretre forest the enemy finally lost that part of our positions which they pene rated at the end of March A repeated attempt to wrest from us the village of liezauge La GramK southwest of Chateau Salines was paid for by the French with the loss of a company which was completely runted while two olticcrs and 101 men remained prisoners in our bands The situation ii the Vosges was unchanged The hcnty taken at Drei Grachteu in Belgium has been increased to live ollicers 122 men and five machine gnus In Cham ¬ pagne north of Beaiisejour our troops evacuated trenches taken April 4 which were destroyed yes ¬ terday by French heavy artillery French attacks in this district were repulsed repulsedNegotiations Negotiations to obtain honorable terms of peace have been opened by Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria according to the Bourse Gazette one of the most conservative and best informed of P trograd newspapers Fear that irreparable devastation will lie the fate of Hungary is rcjiorted to bo the moving cause of Austrias desire to arrange for a cessation of hostilities England and France are said to have agreed to let Russia coneludea separate jieace pro ¬ vided that Austria accedes to the demands of Rus ¬ sia anil that Serbia is allowed to realize its aspira ¬ tions It is understood the Austrian emperor lias made a crsonal appeal to the Vatican to aid n tlie jieace negotiations It is stated Russia will de ¬ mand the surrender of all Galicia Including Cracow as a portion of its peace terms Germany is ex ¬ pected to protest against a Russian occupation of Cracow as constituting a menace against Prussiai Silesia Nothing is known as to the full extent of tin concessions that will be insisted upon by the czar czarGermany Germany has sent to the rnited States govern ¬ ment a note complaining that the latter has accom ¬ plished nothing in its diplomatic correspondence with the allies to obtain for American exporters the right to ship foodstuffs to the civilian imputation of a bel ligeraiit country The communication Intimates also that the United States has virtually acquiesced in the British order in council prohibiting commerce with Germany In view of these considerations the German government calls attention to the fact that the allies are obtaining large shipments of anus and ammunition from the rnitcd Stales and declares that the American government while insisting on itu legal right to ship arms to bolligcrants does in with equal energy pursue its right to ship foodstiifin and noncontrahnnd articles to the civilian i opnlati n of Germany The note urges that irrespective of the formal aspects of the question of shippng arms to iKlligerants the sjiirit of neutrality should be ob ¬ served servedBy By capturing the jilateau of Les Ejiargcs which commands the district of the Woevre after a series of brilliant attacks General Toffres army has at ¬ tained one of its principal objects iu the campaign t cut the German line between St Miliiel and Metz The fighting at Les Epnrg about which a furious battle has waged for weeks without de ¬ cisive result terminated Friday iu the rciieh driving the Germans from the only two positions they still held on the plateau As a result the Teuton line of communication is seriously mcnnicii and General Joltrc has removed one of the principal obstacles In tlu way of the Hying wedge he his been trying to drive into the German front frontThat That the AustroGcrmau armies in the Carpathians have been driven back nearly twenty miles TIMID their first positions and that the Russians en ¬ trance into the Hungarian plains is mnv only a matter of time was announced tcdav bv Ci n v A Soukhomlinol Soukhomlinoland and adjutant to in iioin possession of nil the important height of iio the Reskid ranges except one and the Czars army is being heavily reiuforced for its linal drive into Hungary he states statesPresident President Wilson will take no action upon the unotlicial information received from Berlin that Ger ¬ many while not expecting to win a smashing vic ¬ tory will fight until tlio allies sue for peace The information was communicated to the Washington government in so informal a manner that the presi ¬ dent does not deem himolf justified in reinwing his ajipcal for peace It is altogether unlikely that he will offer his services as a mediator until a a olllcial request is received from one or more of the belliger anls anlsVigorous Vigorous denial it was said at Washington wold be made by the American government that it Inul virtually acquiesced in the British order iu council prohibiting trade with Germany ns ilimaled by the German government Iu a note complaining of the United States failure in its negotiations xyltli the allies to obtain for American exporters Hie right to ship foodstuffs to the civilian population f a bcl ligeraut The work of preparing the American re ¬ ply has been begun begunCharges Charges of conduct unbecoming a minister against the Rev Dr Charles II Parkhiirsl pastor of Hit Madison Square Presbyterian church will be placed before the Presbytery of New Yon ii Its meeting Monday next The Presbytery of Oakland Cal which Is responsible for the complaint against Dr Parkhnrst charges that he aided the side of the wets in the prohibition campaign in California last fall by declaring that the state was i i readv for prohibition prohibitionThe The French sailing ship Chateaubriand bound from London to New York with a cargo c lalk was torpedoed and sunk in the English clinmel off Barfleur by a German submarine on Thursday it was announced by the French admiralty The crew was given ten minutes to quit the ship and all were saved Three torpedoes were tired into the Chateau ¬ briand and she sank in three minutes The Chateau briand was a ship of 2300 tons having a tci1 hull hullFour Four battleships and four cruisers convoying sev ¬ eral transports wen seen Friday frrmi DMeagateh steaming toward Enos on the gulf of Sams ac ¬ cording to a dispatch to the London Times from Sofia The warships opened fin ou Turkish posi ¬ tions at a distance of what appeared to IK tlireu miles After the bombardment had continued for about two hours the squadron withdrew toward the Dardanelles DardanellesThere There are no new developments in the Austro Italiau land question The foreign ollice at Rome declines to confirm or deny the report from Paris that Austria had decided to cede Trentino It Is stated in diplomatic circles that the negotiations of Prince Von iBuelow with the Italian government are still in abeyance Reports of their successful conclusion are said to be unfounded unfoundedAnother Another light has developed on the northern edge of the Snwalki region in Poland and there is everi reason to believe that Field Marshall von Ilinden btirg the German conimanderincliief has massed a heavy force there for an offensive movement by which Ie hopes to weaken the Russian pressure against the AustroGcnunu armies in Galicia GaliciaThe The Osseryatore Romano the official organ of the vatkan denies that the pope had promised his good ollices toward obtaining a separate peace for Aus ¬ tria with the allies The pope has issued a decree ordering the recitation of peace prayers throughout the world during the daily mass devotions to the Virgin VirginWarships Warships of the AngloFrench licet in the Dar ¬ danelles siihere of operations are now attacking Turkish forts on European soil I mdon says From recent indications AngloFrench forces will attempt to seize Adrinople the only stronghold which the Turks now hold upon European soil A special decree was promulgated at Constant ¬ inople authorizing a levy en masse The levy in ¬ cludes reservists beyond the age limits and lads of 15 They will lw used if necessary for the defense of coasts and frontiers and the maintenance of public order orderWilliam William Hale Thompson was elected mayor of Chicago by a plurality of 147977 votes accord ¬ ing to the figures given out by the election com ¬ missioners after an ollicial canvass Itoliert M Sweitzer received 251 Mil and Mr Thompson 399 038 votes votesThe The royalest newspaper Libre Parole has been ordered to suspend publication at Paris for forty eight hours for publishing news which had not been approved by the censors This is the second time the paper has been disciplined disciplinedAll All the important heights of lie Reskld range ex ¬ cept one are now in the possession of the Russian army which is being heavily reinforced for the final stage of its drive into Hungary Fotrograd claims claimsPope Pope Benedict issued a decree for the recital of prayers for peace in Roman catholic churches over the world during the month of May The prayers were composed by the pope popeDr Dr Ernest P Magruder one of the physicians at the head of the American Red Cross unit iu Serbia has fallen a victim to typhus fever
