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Stirs Reichstag By Demand for Peace at Once Haase, Radical Socialist, Attacks Berlin's Home and Foreign Policy Urges Atonement And a Republic Charge That Liebknecht Is Starved in Prison Causes Tumult Copenhagen, July 21. Berlin newB- j } ipors conta B rig *he speech of ChsS? COllOf Mkl ? 'he debate in the Reichstag hav?. no* reached Dessssrk ?or some reason, but striving Bamharffj papers give m<>r?*- extensive r-ports of ; the ?perches in 'he Reichstag than! ?Acre transmute j by the Wol'T Agency. ? Herr Haase. raiiral socialist, at-I tacked the ,-ove-rnment's home and for- , eign policy and demanded immediate peace negotiations. atonement for; wrongs committed and the establish ment of a socialist repudie. His speech Is dismissed with a paragraph. Herr Haase demanded ?he release of Dr. Liebknecht an?! cries from the floor that the prison authorities were starv? ing Liebknecht caused a tumult in the House. Philipp Sehe i'emann, leader of (ha majority Socialists, particularly at? tacked the submarine warfare strong? ly. Its adoption, ho declared, was a triumph of unscrupulous demagogy. With Count TOC L roatlow and ?he j "Deutsches Tages Zeitung" playing ; leading roles. The Censorship had pre- ! vented effective? opposition to the war? fare by the preis. Scheidemann recalled the prophecy made some weeks ago by Herr von Heydebrand. the: ?onsorvative leader. ? *he war would be won in two I ?**s through tne. ?uDmarine, and ! ? d merriment in the house by r.g: I "Hiydebrand. your submarine watch ?un down." As a weapon to end the war this j nor th? ision of the uubmariin-, ; the speaker addoa, had broken down, ' ? ? Friedrich eon Payer said that the new i i i.ricellor took the same position on the peace question us his predecessor, md that the r \t two weeks would show what mensure of determination Michaelis was read? to apply to give effect to the programme laid down in ? ? ? ?olution. The Radical faitt, tM declared, j would examine th? Chancellor's con ?ii'ct carefully and would support him if possible, but should theil ways diffl r ?he party would embark upon an open, be.norable and d?termin?e! opposition, i i.. speaker loped, however, that this ! \?.ould be an led i r og Ih? war. Food Conditions Are Bad In Central Empires, Say Travellers from Berlin Washington, July It.- Quite different ' in tone fro'i the optimistic view ?X-1 pressed by the new German Chancellor \ in his speech ?o the Re.chstag are the ' reports reaching the State Department from persons coming out of Germany' regarding the food conditions and out- j look in the Central Empirei. While this information necessarily is : second hand. S'ate Department agents : are careful to forward only such news a.? in their opinion demands credence. In these reports is the statement that Germany Ihcks do ?ess than I tons of wheat to carry the population through the middle of August, when the new harvest can be* gathered. The harvest also is poor in Eastern Prussia owing to adverse ?veather. Potatoes promise only a minimum production. Many people are starving In Poland. An American citizen c?>rr.:i:g from Berlin declares that the food situation has been appreciably worse la the last thre? month?, and ihe Crerman people them?elve? che**:?h no 'iptimism as to the next harvest, which i? known to be a failure in Eastern and Northern Germany. Tension between Austria ?nd Ger? many i? ?ieclar.d to have grown so that suspected Austrian! SIS now being in? terned in Germ i T'??? ????er, Errbergar, is re por'e'l to ! uve charged the government manipulating l'-boat statistics, to ba\> giren warning that the monarchial sentiments of the peopie are diminish i.iily and to hi.ve advised the gov ?*nt never again 'o threaten Ger e guns, as ' ? ' Austrian Finance Menaced Paper Money Meeting Obliga? tions, Says Reichsrat Member i"' * .1. Lieutenant Gen '.. O. Korniloff, commander of the Kighlh Aussisn Army, which recently advanced successfully on the Halles? ? - I is Gftlwift. has been ap? pointed commander in ? hie on th? sou'h.v.*?tern front. He ? neral Go?ter, who was appointed to the command early in June Korniloff Picked to Lead Russians in Southwest Zur.ch, Ju'.y tl. The "Nachrichten," of Innsbruck, Austria, publishes the text of *he mei'ion made in the Reichs rat by Herr Kraft, which the Vienna p?p?r?i were forbidden to mention. H? rr Kra't demanded th? re?umpt.on ' publication of the we.klv return? of the Austro Hungarian Rank. He ?aid the financial situation was full of elanger Nobody knew, he declared, the amount of paper money In -IrcuUtlon and that it wa? widely reported that ?he war loan? wer? quite in?ufflcient ?o saver expenditures, th? deficiency g met by the issuance of note?. American Killed in Action Ottawa, Oft] . J ils H r? ported Y.. Killed ii ? r, Do? led II. J. I'ayaley, P " . H McCaffrey, '"tira, V i' I I?, SS/I lt< ?r. ' al. (;a??e.l ton. French Wheat Improves trierl | I ? ne! 'Iir.r ?." isa? Un ;?|t m?, Millm AmBM B? JmeB L _.J England Sees Challenge In Speech of Michaelis Interpreted as Notice of Finish Fight?British Confident of Army and Navy, but Internal Affairs Cause Bitter Dissatisfaction By ARTIM'R S. DRAPER 'ht r.K. to Tta Tribut!?' London, July 21.- Chancellor M chaelis's speech i? interpreted by per cent*, of the population here notice of the determination of the pi? Germans to proceed to the bitter en with the hope that even if Gtrmar cannot win ut least she cannot 1 beaten. Thin has caused, and perhaps nut' rally, a mood of introspection in th country. Every one is now askm "How do we stand aft-T three years I war?" The military aspect trives tittl dissatisfaction. Confidence in the nav remains unimpaired. The belief i the army stands higher than ever, th only cause of dissatisfaction b?ing th pcioral belief that the policy of driv ing all men into the army has reache a?, intolerable stag***, whieh has bee ?n'onsi'ied by the sensational evide:ic given this week before th? committ? on medical rt examination?, showini that army doctors have driven number of unfit men into the army against al pli if-'cs given by the minister? am Parliament. Supply of Men Near End The popular belief is that the r.um bers in the army have reached the limi which th?* country is economically abli to ?*upport while carrying on the worl of general producer for the Allies. A? Donald Mcl.'an, If. i\, chairman of th? House of Commons tribunal, told th< committei*- "We have now got down to tho bone in regard to the supply o1 men." And there is a general feeling that men are now being driven into the army irrespective of fitness or any other claimi. But apart from military considera? tions opinion regarding other affair? i a not happy. Events in Petrograd during the week, the practical break? down of the Russian offensive, the suc? cessful German counter offensive at I.emberg, have all produced an impres? sion which, in the absence- of any gen? eral realization of what has really been n great French victory on the Aisne this week, has tended toward depres? sion. Home affairs also tend toward a feel? ing of depression. The reconstruction of the government certainly has net strengthened the. administration, the appointment of Sir Eric Geddes being the only one not leading to bitter re? criminations. The HTtn hostility of the Tories toward Churchill and thc.r com ti that two Liberal? have been up ? .1 despite the fact that the war Cabinet \v?< already overwhelmingly Ta:y have tended to widen the breach between the two great political parties and seem likely to endanger the party truce existent since the beginning of the war. Irish Outlook Serious The Irish outlook, with Redmond's ' position weakening daily und the Sinn: nfluence bounding ahead, is be- ! canning more serious than ever. Those I who ttoto formerly most optimistic] ?ver the prospects of the convention, nrr now giving way to despair, and to- j day's announcement of a strict censor-! fhip attendii.g all its deliberations and ? prohibiting the publicaron e?en of " Bclal news" only confirms the feeling dt pression. The report of the commissioners I pointed to inquire into the causer, the labor unrest has only substantia the labor grievances, which wen- I due to any anti-war feeling, but to most three foots of ??h<iw*ble stra i-euplf-J with petty restrictions of fo lib officialdom and the fear that pr.vilejjes earned in ] ears past *.voi h.tve to be surrendered under cover war emergencies. The foolish cer.si ship on the meeting at Woolwich 01 reeolted in an increase of the worke suspicions. The public generally hotly reser the food prices, believing them due profiter?*,np, and although Lord Rh?n da's announcement br.ngs a gleam hope for the f'itur?-. it may possih be construed as confirmation for tl belief in the previous activities of l profiteers. The Mesopotamia report and tl subsequent proceedings have left bi'ter taste in many mouths, and n though the Premier has appealed "I. us tret on with the war," there is strong feeling that many causes i unrest must be courageously handl? before the nation can get on with tl war with all possible en'husiasm. Demand Speedy Action Because Michaelis's speech is gei ??rally interpreted as an announcemer ? of ? fight to a finish, speedy action bi comes all the more necessary. Only two of the influential papers : any way to-day regard the speech I indicative of a hope of peace. "Th Manchester Guardian," taking the vie* that Germany's proposal of peace witn out annexations and indemnities w? arrived at by discussion and agr?? ment, says: "Germany hes moved a long wa since her statesmen told us that th longer the Allies fought the more se ver? would be her terms. Let us com pare Ule German position with that o the Allies. Russia also demands peac without annexations. We, who hold i considerable amount of German terri tory, have repudiated any annexatioi by our will alone. France claims k\ sace and Lorraine as restitution fo: territory wrongfully taken from h?*r Th? sympathy of this country' tSt? th< world is with France. "Does all this rule negotiation oui of court? Before the Germans decid? this they must refWt that there an two things they want. They w:.nt peace -so do we ail-but also securi? ties against economic isolation. This is purely due to the fact that they have combined the world against them. "The Chancellor boasts of having met ?he world in arms. It is a prema? ture boast, for the world's great-.st power is not yet armed, and it must be months before America can make henoli felt in a militury sense. Ger? many has created a league of nations which, for the present, is a league ?itreinpt h<.r. If she wishes it to be a fiee ltaj-ue and to live with It H a friend and neighbor, enjoying the com? mercial equality of the old times, iht must take her cwn formula in earnest and maku such a peace as will 'build the foundations of a lasting reconcilia? tion amon; the nations.' Still Chance for a Parley "For this purpose she will find it T ?c. ?sary to 'parley' about Lorraine. But we see no reason to despair of her parleying. On the contrary, the se? quence of events is all toward discus? sion. Lloyd George's speech whs so conceived as to facilitate the declara? tion of terms by Germany. Germany has made her declaration, repu: I her annexation and asked for rec'i i ciliation. The next, step I? for the Entonto to indicate that a reconcilia? tion-?in the sense of a resumption of intercourse- is to be had on terms. It will then be for Ge rmany to consider whr'her the terms are such as she will [ discuss now or later, when *o many ; months nearer exhaustion.'' "The Guardian" represents the greet ?O-dy of English Liberalism. "The Telegraph," which is as representative? ly Tory, says: "Is anything to be gained by attempt ,r.,* *o represent the speech a? a thor? oughgoing ?Kferfion of the claims of th? Pan-German partisans for annexa- j tion and loo*.*" Bet'nmaiin-Ho'.lweg did not fall because the Junkers and so! Idlers pulled him derwn. His fate wai 'scaled when the Catholic Centre ??>- ? i clared ?gainst him as' a statesman whose past unfitted him for the work of preparing the way for a moderate peace " The?e papers ar?? a small minor'ty, hat 'he certain amount of agreement expressed is striking. Putnik, Serbian General, Has Seen 40 Years of War Led Marvellous Campaign Against Austria in Pr??sent Conflict Voivod?? Putnik, the great Serbian generalissimo, whose marvellous ex? ploits again.-t Austria in the early days j of the war set all Europe at the time talking, snys a writer in "The Christian Science Monitor," was, in many ways, i typical of his country. The son of a village schoolmaster, without money or influence, he rose to the summit of his profession by sheer merit. He was, however, one of those men for whom there ar?' nu obstacle?, and the same wonderful ability for tind ltig the means to the end. which char? acterized many of hit campaigns was characteristic of all he did. He had set his heart, for instance, on soldiering, and so, somehow or either, it became possible for him to leave the homo of the village schoolmaster and M to Btlgrade and th.- military Kbcol. Money was ?-caree, Lut young Putnik , wa? eager for the work, and, when he ; had finished his own laborious days of I study and exercise, ho would ear wherewithal to go on by coaching his ? fellow students, nnd teaching the arts j of his calling, in which he greatly ex- , j celled. Like many Other great soldiers, Gen? i en.l Putnik possessed a raBssrhable i memory and i ? ii.n kuble powers of e,b ' on. Hi always remembered the ? 6?lient features of territory he had j once visited, and he knew Sprhia nl- : i most Ly rote, every hill and stream a!- ! ?most, even ?very tun in its roads and ' by-paths. So much, indeed, wa? thi? i the cuise that it used to be remar!.-.I that in following the" dispatches of hil ? generals, he had n?? need of a map, . und. without the aid of one, he would discuss with his staff the topogrufhy of the most ?iifficult operations. Such familiarity wi'h hi? country i wa.;. of course, the result of long years j of service, for when General Put'iik led tho retreating but usTunquiahi !, Serbian forces over the ino-mlains pf I Albania to the s.a. in the winter of ; l'.'l?', h.* had slSBOSt forty years of ser- , vice to his credit. The Ru.-so-Turkish war of 1S77 was j hib SrSt *-\pertence of active warfare, i Some eight years la'er, in the v ar against Bulgaria, he was chief of itaff of the division of the Danube. The war was ?!i??astrous to Serbia, and thereafter followed a period of diffi? culty for Putnik. General Putnik drew up the pirns of campaign carried out by the Pal- i kan League in the .struggle against Turkey in Ulf, while? his energy snd! resource were mainly responsible for the defeat of Bulgaria in the second Balkan war. 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On Saturdays during July and August the Store will be closed all da, 1. Aliman (in. A Monday and Tuesday Sale of Women's Philippine Undergarment% (all hand-mace and ha- sroidered) will offer wonderfully attractive values In the following: Nightrobes Envelope Chemises Pantalons $1.90. 2.10 & 2,75 1.90, 2?HO ft 2.75 . . 2,90 ft 3-25 A Number of French Hand-Embroidered Combinations will also be on sale at the special price*: of $2.85 & $4,25 Extraordinary Price Reductions have been made in the remaining assortments of Misses' Tailored Suits Misses' Afternoon. Frocks and Masses' C^...:s and Wraps all of which are now marked at UNPRECEDENTEDLY LOW PRICES Women's Bathing Costumes and Swimming Suits at greatly reCuced prices, offer splendid values. BATHINO COSTUMES Cf silk . , ? .... at $9,75 0? mohair.at 4*85 (Combination is Included in each instance]; ?SWIMMING SU?TS Of wool ?ersey.at $5*90 (Department on the Thirc. Picor) A Special Clearance Sale for ?"on ?ay will comprise A Number of Misses' Summer Cotton Frocks (sises incomplete) greatly reduce?! to $3,75 ft $9,25 Women's Morning and Country Dresses In a number of simple styles, attractively *i!e= veloped in ginghams, cotton voiles and tissues, will be very specially priced for Monday at $1.8-5, $2.90 a $3.75 Women's Cotton Garden Smocks in several smart models, will at the same time be on sale at the special prices of $1,90 ft $2.65 (Second Floor) Women's Silk Hosiery at prices that {considering quaiit:es) are re? markably low, will! ?be an attractive Sale feature for to-morrow (Monday). Black or White Silk liosiery. with cotton tops und soles . . . . . per pair p5c. Black Silk ??ose, with double tops, per pair ....... $1.10 Black or White Silk Mose, with extra c^y.csi tops.per pair $h75 Black cr White Silk Mose, with matching or ^ . /--.- pair $2.75 Exceptional Values will be offered, ?beginning tomorrow, in Girls9 Stummer Outerwear (sizes incomplete, hut ranging in genera! from 6 to 34 years) reduced to the folbffqg extraordinarily low prices: 1200 Girls* Cotton Dresses . .ced to $1,45, 2.25 & 2.90 160 03ris' Travel and Dress Coats reduced to.$3,75 & 5.-50 'these being less than half original prices) Also 750 Middy Blouses(fizes 8 to20jriin| TQ?ucQ? to 95c. A Limited Number of Junior Misses' Cotton Dresses (sizes 35 and 57 years) will he on sale at the decidedly reduced prices of $3,7-5, $4.75 <fc SMS The above Deiartrr::; .v.. -:. ' ; ??*?"? en tjg Second Floor) ?I*-fllC'1'? I contrasting clocks A Quantity of Women's Semi-made Skirts In colored materials only (some of cotton? others of si3k?and=eotton mixtures) will be ?r<zce? en sale, commencing to-morrow (Monday), at the clearance prices cf $1.90 6 $2,25 Worth considerably more, these Skirts are marked at these low figures because of in* complete sizes. (First Floor) It is a Patriotic Duty to eliminate waste-?to spend one's tnoney wisely, and with intent to retain that whit* is bought. Merchandise purchase?:' thoughtlessly, only*0 be returned later, Involves waste of time*0 effort, decreased efficiency, and, ultiniaW *r?! financia? loss to the public as well as to P merchant. In support of the plan cf the Commcrc.? Economy Board of the Council of $ti>ot[* Defense, B. Altman ft Co. reqiuestthat^erchandii? for Creditor Exchange be Returned within Seven Days. The Motor Delivery Service for the Sarn^ season to shore points on Long Island an New Jersey is now in operation. 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