In the West.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 4, 7 April 1916, Page 5

In the West.

•col ok::i. Rep*n ctg n ■ s views. ; Ii.NUKi. Prebh Association. I London, April 5. Colonel Rppington sars that Verdun ' is the chief theatre of fighting on the • Western front. Here the main niats]os oi' the Gorman artillery are polled at Sep targes and Beaumont in the north. The Hank positions <<i'e at Avoconrt and Malancourt on the west and at Vanx on the east. The east is being utilised to aid the northern attack. The German position on the Woevre plain is bad. Since the great Vanx attack failed, the Crown Prince lias resorted to his favorite method of disconnected partial attacks, as in the Argonne, where he once attacked with 26 battalions belonging to 21 different regiments. Similar attacks have been delivered at Verdun, where the enemy is using his divisions one by one . In the Argonne the Crown Prince received all the men he needed, as he was hoping to connect his name with victory; now the entire German line has been drained to prevent his failure. But for bus birth he would have been relieved of his command long since. THE PARIS CONFERENCE. TARIFF QUESTIONS NOT DISCUSSED. (Received >9.0 a.m.'i London, April 0. The Times' correspondent says that in deference to.the British Government and it is presumed, the attitude of,the French, the conference waived the discussion of tariff questions, though convinced that the tariffs must be discussed sooner or later. The agenda now includes an improvement in the blockade, defensive measures against the Germans' dumping, schemes for mutual aid regarding raw materials, tonnage, industrial plans and finance.