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Hearst Taint
Puts Menken
Out as Security
League Head
He Resign? After Criti?
cism Caused by Use
of His'Whitewash"
of Publisher
Urges Strong Fight
On Disloyal Press
Gives Warning That
Hearst Will Advo?
cate Peace at
Any Price
S. Stanwood Menken yesterday re?
signed the presidency of the National
Security League.
His resignation followed extensive
criticism directed against him for his
so-called "letter" whitewashing cer?
tain phases of Hearst newspaper ac?
tivities.
In severing his connection with the
league Mr. Menken eaid his useful?
ness as an official had been impaired
since his name figured in Hearst's ef
fcrts to clear his publications of the
taint of disloyalty.
His final word was that the league
?nd other patriotic societies should
make a strong fight against the dis?
loyal press of the country as the only
means of opposing "organized, profit
seeking newspapers" under one con?
trol.
Points Out Hearst Menace
Outlining his attitude toward Mr.
Hearst Mr. Menken said:
"I am totally opposed to pacifism
and pro-Germanism and all that Mr.
Hearst ha? striven for toward weal?**'
cning and causing dissension in the
progress of the war, either in our
own country or among our allies.
"With this creed I have written'
and spoken against Mr. Hearst's
policies consistently.
".I believe the greatest danger
this country will have to confront
will be a drive by the Germans fv>r
a premature peace, and that, on
.their record, Mr. Hearst's papers
may be fairly expected to act as the
most subtle advocates for peace at
any price."
Mr. Menken's resignation was ac?
cepted by the executive committee of
the league at a hastily called meeting,
and Charles E. Lydecker, a New York
attorney, was elected to succeed him.
To Counteract Mischief
The committee adopted a resolution
approving the executive change as the
best means of counteracting the "mis?
chievous effects of discussion concern?
ing the misuse" of the Menken inter?
view as printed in "The New York
American."
The "Menken display" was carried, in
the issue of "The American" published
on June 18. On the same day Mr. Men?
ken repudiated the interview, assert?
ing that his statement, printed in fac?
simile, had been obtained through mis?
representation. He said he had no in?
tention of standing in approval of the
Hearst policies, save in the single re?
spect that the Hearst papers had con?
sistently advocated universal military
service. He made it clear that any
statement of his was purely personal
*nd in no wise represented the senti?
ments of the National Security League.
When asked for a statement last
night Mr. Menken displayed reluctance
to Ulk. "My letter will have to speak
for itself," he said. "I've decided late?
ly to go very slow in giving verbal in?
terviews to newspapers. But I've really
resigned, and am oat for good."
Text of Menken's Letter
''My Dear Mr. Remington:
'I beg to tender my resignation as
President of the national organiza?
tion of the National Security League,
?nd would ask that my friends accept
?he same without delay?a condition
I make because it is my absolute de?
termination to surrender the office,
irrespective of many kindly requests
that I do not do so.
"I am as keenly interested in the
????Ifare of th? league, which I found?
ed and to which I have devoted my?
self for three and a half years, as
{ ever have been, and have been
'?rgely prompted to take this step
???cause of its effect on my plan for
Popular education in patriotic sub
??1*' Wfticn has^now been so gener?
ally accepted by educators. I bc
?eve that to be the most important
?eric the league or any other public
D?dy can engage in, provided they do
*ewith understanding and vision.
I am totally opposed to pacifism
?nd pro-Germanism and all that Mr.
Hearst has striven for toward weak?
ling end causing dissension jn the
Jfogres? of the* war, either In onr
?*n country or among our allies. It
*?? for that reason that I ?aid in my
opening statement, which Mr. Hearst
Published, that I was 'unalterably op?
posed' to many of his foreign and
mfcsrnal policies.
With this creed, I have, as ymi
?now, written and spoken against Mr.
?earsts policies consistently, and
Pamphlets written by me in direct
opposition to his view? have been elr
J^Wf^d_jo art extent which might
Continued on lott page
2,000,000 Enlist in
The W. S. S. Army
The W. S. S. pledge drive
which opened on June 21 closed
at midnight last night with its
objective attained.
More than two million regular
war savers were enlisted in New
York City.
Final results will not be
known for several days, due to
the continued influx o? pledges.
The goal was passed only by
securing over 400,000 signatures
yesterday, the result of whirl?
wind campaigning.
(Details on Page, 6)
Union Quits
Body Which
Backs Hearst
Carpenters Withdraw From
Federation Because of
Indorsement
Sentiment in the labor v.orld against
the Hearst papers crystallised last night
at the meeting of the Central Federated
Union, at Eighty-fourth Street and Sec?
ond Avenue, when Union No. 608, of the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners ' of America, withdrew its
delegate . from the centril body be?
cause the federation had adopted
resolutions indorsing the Hearst pub?
lications.
Union No. 608 announced its ;With
drawal in the following letter to Ernest
B?hm, secretary of the Central Fed?
erated Union:
"At a special meeting of the above
local union, held on Jane 26, I was
instructed by the local union of its
decision to withdraw its delegate
from your body, as the union is not
in sympathy with the resolution
adopted by your body on May 31 In?
dorsing the Hearst newspapers. Fra?
ternally yours,
"EDWARD KILGREN,
"Recording Secretary."
Delegate Withdraws
Alexander Law is the delegate from
J?5??B^?- 5?JL*? tne f*d?wrt?o#.^Ffeste
was much business before the meeting
last night'and it Was not until late the?'
he succeeded in having the letter read.
After it had bean laid before the meet?
ing he immediately withdrew..
Mr. Law refused to comment on the
action taken by Union No. 608 against
the Hearst papers. It was stated by
one of the delegates to the federated
body that members of No. 608 felt that
there should have been o strong fight
made against the Hearst resolution
when it was introduced and adopted
ty the central body on May 31.
After Mr. B?hm had read the letter
of withdrawal from Union No. 608, a
committee of three delegates was ap?
pointed to investigate the reasons for
the withdrawal of Delegate Law. These
include Robert T. Brindell, E. I. Han?
nah and James Bagley.
Mr. Bagley, who is president of
Franklin Union No. 23, voiced the
sentiments of the other delegates
when he spoke against the reso?
lutions indorsing the Hearst papers. "I,
for one," he said, "am no more in favor
of the Hearst papers than any other."
It was Mr. Bagley's belief that no in?
dividual paper should be singled out
for the indorsement of the labor world.
Opposes Prohibition
Resolutions opposing the emergency
prohibition amendment were approved
and will be forwarded to Washington.
The Federation voted to send a dele?
gation, headed by Bourke Cockran, to
Washington on July 29 to plead with
President Wilson in behalf of Thomas
J. Mooney, under sentence of death for
alleged participation in the prepared?
ness day parade bomb outrages in San
Francisco.
President Wilson will be Urged to de?
mand the release of Mooney and War?
ren K. Billings, also found guilty in
the same case, as a war measure. It is
the contention of the delegates that
the execution of Mooney at this time
would be fraught with danger. They
said it would unsettle the labor world.
They will ask that he be put in the
custody of the President for the dura?
tion of the war, final settlement of the
case to be made when peace is de?
clared.
. ? ' '. . ?
U. S. to Police Cities
Of Panama and Colon
Serious Disorder Feared a?
Result of Postponing Con?
stitutional Elections
WASHINGTON, June 28.?Secretary
Baker to-day instructed Major General
Blatchford, commanding the Depart?
ment of Panama, to take over the po?
licing of the' cities of Panama and
Colon for the purpose of maintaining
public order. The action resulted from
information received at the State De?
partment from the government of Pan?
ama that grave disorders were ex?
pected because of the postponement of
the national elections set for-June 30.
Decision to postpone the elections
for six months was taken by the gov?
ernment of Panama, because of vice
conditions in the two terminal cities of
the Panama Canal, which led to a boy?
cott agftnst them by the American
army authorities.
The government has undertaken to
clean up the two cities, and explained
that while this campaign was in prog?
ress it did not think it advisable to
hold the elections. .
Secretary Baker's action to-day was
in accordance with the treaty of 1904
between the United States and Pan?
ama, by which, when in the judgment
of the American government the gov?
ernment of Panama is unable to main?
tain order in the cities of Panama and
Colon, the United States ?hall take
tiuch steps as may be necessary.
Bolshevik
Rule Seems to
Be Near End
L?nine and Trotzky Are
Reported in Flight
From Moscow
Germany Now Hears
That Ex-Czar Is Safe
Wilson Intends Only In?
dustrial Aid for Stricken
Republic
The Bolshevik rule in Russia seems
to be weakening.
Advices from Copenhagen yesterday
stated f?hat the Bolshevik govern?
ment in Moscow had been over?
thrown and that Premier L?nine
and Trotzky, Minister of War, had
fled. Grand Duke Nicholas, uncle
of the ex-Czar, was stated to have
been proclaimed Emperor.
Moscow is reported to have been
captured by Generals Kaledine
and Korniloff, supported by Ger?
man troops, although the fact that
both generals previously have been
reported dead throws doubt on
this dispatch.
An anti-Bolshevik movement is said
to have been started by Paul Miliu
koff, leader of the Constitutional
Democrats, and Alexander Gusch
koff, the Octobrist leader, in Har?
bin, Manchuria.
Many conflicting stories regarding
the reported assassination of ex
Czar Nicholas have been received.
He is reported safe by the Russian
Embassy in Berlin.
President Wilson purposes to aid
Russia through a commission of
business men, providing tonnage in
the Pacific and forwarding all
supplies needed in the reconstruc?
tion of the country, it is learned in
Washington. No military aid is
contemplated.
Bolshevik Rale
In Moscow Now Is
Reported Upset
LONDON,. June 28.?According to
unconfirmed reports to-day the Bolshe?
vik government in Moscow has been
overthrown, says a dispatch to the Ex?
change Telegraph Company from Co?
penhagen.
Moscow, the report adds, has been
captured by General Korniloff, sup?
ported by German troops.
Advices from the same sources as
Continued on page three
?Kliliukoff Heads
New Counter Revolt
AMSTERDAM, June 28.?Pro?
cessor Paul Miliukoff, leader of
the Russian Constitutional Demo?
crats, and Alexander J. Guchkoff,
Octobrist leader, have arrived at
Harbin, Manchuria, and placed
themselves fit the head of a coun?
ter revolutionary movement, ac?
cording to the "Vossische Zei?
tung," which is quoted in a tele
? gram from Berlin to the Dutch
| press.
| July 4 Made
i ? Holiday
For France
Cheers and Shouts of En?
thusiasm Greet Action by
Chamber of Deputies
PARIS, June 28.?Cheers and shouts
of enthusiasm greeted the announce?
ment made in the Chamber of Deputies
this afternoon that the Fourth of July
would be regarded as a legal French
holiday. All party lines were obliter?
ated, and the plaudits were unanimous
from all parts of the amphitheatre. It
was one of the most impressive demon?
strations that had been seen in the
French Chamber of Deputies since the
beginning of the war.
Forewarned that the motion would
occupy the first place in the order of
the day, the Deputies had gathered in
larger number than at any time since
the beginning of hostilities, with the
possible exception of the assemblage
on June 4, when Premier Clemenceau
made his famous speech regarding the
German offensive on the Chemin des
Dames.
Premier Clemenceau, Foreign Minis?
ter Pich?n, Etienne Clementel, Minis?
ter of Commerce; Edouard Ignace,
Under Secretary for Military Justice
and Pension, and Captain Andre Tar
dieu, head of the General Commission
for Franco-American war matters, were
present when the session opened. Mau?
rice Damour? Secretary of Appropria?
tions of the Chamber of Deputies, pre?
sented the.reBol^? ?ftfen? ?fc??-$H?>
French people unite in celebrating th?
American holiday.
Tells Deputies ?f France's Duty
After referring to the message sent
by notable Americans to France in
November, 1916, Deputy Damour con?
tinued: "It is the duty of France to
tell her American friends, 'You cele?
brate your,Independence Day on July
the Fourth. Henceforth we shall like?
wise celebrate, that date as a token of
our fraternal' and indissoluble friend?
ship.' ". , - .- ?
Amid great cheering, the Chamber
Continued on page three
HERE'S JUST THE CHANCE FOR GIRLS HOME FROM FINISH
1NG SCHOOLS TO GET INTO THE GAME
British and French Each Gain
A Mile in Surprise Attacks
New German Drive in
West Is Expected
Hourly by the
British
Blow at Ypres
Thought Likely
Hindenburg, With His
Inner Lines, Has
Four Courses
Open
By Arthur S. Draper
(Special Cable to The Tribune)
(Copyright. 3918, by The Tribune Aiioclation)
LONDON, June 28.?The new
German attack, perhaps only a
feint, is expected shortly. There are
signs that Ludendorff intends to
strike somewhere around Ypres, but
his reserves are so disposed that he
can throw them against any point
between there and Rheims, and even
to the eastward of the battered,
half-encircled city.
It is believed the next attack is
a matter of hours rather than of
days, its time and course depending
upon the weather, which has been
unusually changeable the last fort?
night.
Ludendorff has these alternatives :
First, to attack Ypres, with the
Channel ports as objectives; second,
to drive toward Amiens with the
hope of dividing forces "and pinning
down the bulk of the British in a
narrow area; third, a resumption of
the campaign for Paris, with simul?
taneous attacks down the Oise and
Marne; fourth, to push east of
Rheims witq the object of splitting
?tfee?-.?J^eftcii army and lengthening
its d?fensive line.
Divisions Are Reorganized
Divisions which fought at the
Sonime and Lys were withdrawn far
from the battle area. They have
been rested, reorganized and trained
and are now ready to strike another
heavy blow.
Ludendorff still retains the initia?
tive. He has superior' communica
Continued on page three
Kuehlmann Spoke to Pacifists;
Junkers in Saddle, Says Cecil
LONDON, June 28.?Lord Robert Cecil, British Minister of Block?
ade, to-day characterized the recent speech of Dr. von Kuehlmann, Ger?
man Foreign Secretary, as being vague in phraseology and intended
to appeal to the pacifist element in the countries at war with Germany.
He intimated that his analysis of Dr. von Kuehlmann's remarks
also was that of the British government. He recognized the speech
as being directed largely in all the countries, especially England, to
encourage those who may be inclined to be war weary to believe that
tolerable terms might be secured, and that if these terms were not
accepted the war would go on indefinitely.
Lord Robert pointed out that Dr. von Kuehlmann, understanding
somewhat the British mind, had been careful not to threaten, but had
mentioned the German gains in the East.
The British Minister indicated that he regarded the Foreign Secre?
tary's attitude as merely another chapter in German hypocrisy and that
his references to the freedom of the seas and to colonial possessions and
other terms named were too vague and indefinable to discuss.
In conclusion he expressed the belief that, even with the recurrence
of setbacks to the German arms, there yet is to be seen the domination
of the pan-German spirit.
Kuehlmann
Said to Have
Quit His Post
I Triumph of Annexationists
Seen in Action of For
| eign Minister
By C. W. Gilbert
WASHINGTON, June 28.?The resig?
nation of Dr. von Kuehlmann, the Ger?
man Foreign Secretary, is reported here
in Washington.
This means the complete triumph of
; the annexationist and pan-German
I party in Germany. Militarism is left
in Undisputed sway, as 1t was in Aus?
tria when Count Czernin was forced
out of ofllce for giving offence to
Ludendorff and the other masters of
Germany's n.ilitary policy.
While the big offensive is. on the
military leaders will not have anything
'said by the diplomatists which shows
the slightest sign of weakness. In
! the case of Czernin, he sought to play
? the game of the militarists by breaches
of confidence which would tend to show
j that the Allies were seeking peace,
when a letter of the Emperor's came
to light which involved Austria more
deeply in the peace efforts than Czernin
had succeeded in involving the Allies.
Czernin went because he had most in?
opportunely shown his country's yearn?
ing for an end of the war, inopportune?
ly because Germany was ju?t beginning
her greatest military effort.
Opposed U-boat Campaign
Von Kuehlmann makes the same mis?
take. The diplomats of the Central
Powers do not think and speak the
same language as the militarists. They
think of Hindenburg and Ludendorff
as merely preparing the way for a
diplomatic victory. They object when
the high command insists upon mili?
tary measures which put a diplomatic
victory further off. They opposed the
unlimited U-boat campaign because of
its diplomatic consequences, the bring?
ing of a new enemy into the lists
?gainst Germany. They doubt the
ultimate complete efficacy of a tremen?
dous drive. They believe that the war
will be won with their weapons rather
than with the weapons of the soldiers.
It is natural; each man Delieves in his
own trade.
And now at least there is only one
trade in Germany. Clemenceau says:
"I make war." Germany says "I make
war." The man who succeeds von
Kuehlmann will think in the terms of
a military victory whose results it will
be his as a diplomat to harvest. Until
Germany wearies of her present mood
there will be no marriage of diplomacy
and force. Diplomacy will be subordi?
nated to force.
The Offence of Kuehlmann
It is difficult to see how von Kuehl?
mann made the blunder that forced his
resignation. The presumption would
be that his speech had the approval of
the German high command before it
was delivered. But apparently it was
not so approved.
The offence of von Kuehlmann was
that he implied, right in the midst of
Germany's efforts to obtain a military
decision, that a military decision was
impossible, and that he tended to con?
firm the Lichnowsky view that England
was not responsible for bringing on the
war. No doubt it was what he has
thought right, along, what German
diplomacy has always known, and what
much of Germany believes, although
Germany is silenced by the military ef?
fort? on the West front. Perhaps
Kuehlmann's self-revelation Was half
unconscious. But however that may
be, the annexationists and pan-Ger?
mans had been opposed to the Foreign
Secretary as out of sympathy with
their extravagant ambitions. And tbey
seized upon his indiscretion to drive
him out of office.
The change chiefly concerns us as it
affects the prospects of a peace offen?
sive when Germany's present military
effort reaches its height.
In place of von Kuehlmann, when the
German peaee offensive begins, will be
a man who speaks the language of the
high command and of the annexation-,
is'ts and pan-Germans. Diplomacy wi'd
be the handmaiden of force.
Those who cling to the hope that
Continued on page four
Hungarians
Rebel, 2,000
Ordered Shot
Revolt Is Reported Among
Garrisons of Two Cities
Near Budapest
PARIS, June 28.?There have been
rebellious outbreaks among the garri?
sons of the cities of Gyor and Pecs,
Hungary, as a result of which 2,000
of the military involved in the mutiny
have been condemned to death, accord?
ing to reports received by the "Matin"
to-day.
, Bpth Austria and Hungary are af?
fected by the -revolutionary movement,
whichv is said? to.be in progress on a
large scale in Austria, the newspaper's
advices declare. The spirit of revolt
is said to be strongly pervasive in the
army.?
Violent demonstrations are reported
to have occurred in numerous cities.
Pecs is the Hungarian name for the
city of Funfkirchen, 105 miles south?
west of Budapest. The city has a
population of about 45,000.
Gyor, more commonly known as
Raab, is a city of some 28,000 popula?
tion, sixty-seven miles northwest of
Budapest.
? ?
Reichstag Is Told
How American Aid
Is Flowing to France
AMSTERDAM, June 28.?The notable
speech delivered in the German Reichs?
tag this week by Deputy Hugo Haase,
the Independent Socialist, in which he
vigorously attacked the government's
foreign policy and alluded to the grow?
ing importance of the American mili?
tary effort, is given considerable space
by the semi-official "Norddeutsche
Allgemeine Zeitung." Its version of the
speech is as follows:
"Dr. Helfferieh and Admiral von
?apelle," said Deputy Haase, "told us
in 1917 that the United States would
be unable to take any further part in
the war and that its military impor?
tance was nil. To-day there are 700,000
Americans on French soil, and nothing
has been heard of any U-boat booty in
the shape of an American transport.
The speeches of Count von Westarp
and Herr Stresemann regarding Amer?
ican powerlessness must therefore bs
taken with the greatest mistrust."
Herr Haase, continues the semi-offi?
cial version of the speech, went on
with a bitter attack on the German
military rulers for their method of
conducting the war, which was alien?
ating the friendship of the whole
world. He declared their methods were
making a decent peace impossible and
that the German people must take mat?
ters into their own hands.
"The Armenians," the speaker de?
clared, "are sending us affecting calls :
for help against the brutal violence of
the Turks, who are aiming anew their
complete extermination. These calls
go unheard, although the victims of
the Turks are numbered by the hun- ?
dreds of thousands, and we have the ,
audacity to permit the handing over i
to the Turks again of the districts of ?
Batum, Kara and Ardahan.
"In Livonia and Esthonia the German ?
police force is treating the people with j
an arbitrariness of the worst sort, as j
If the district were a conquered conn-1
try. Conditions in the Riga district]
cry to heaven. Ten-year-old boys have
been sentenced te long terms of im?
prisonment for di?tributing*proclama
tions. In the prisons people are tort?
ured in a way resembling that of the
worst days of Czarism.
"The German military power every?
where in Russia baa Seen active as
the strangler ?? democracy and the
opprcaji?? of freedom. In Finland, an
egn?! terrorism reigns among the
working classes. ?#
"If things go on according to the
will of our military autocracy Ger-j
many will be ruined, unless the people |
take the cause of peace into their own
hands." ' i"'
English Strike Near
Hazebrouck, Taking
Three Towns and
300 Prisoners
jPetain Advances
Near Soissons
Drives Forward on a
Four - Mile Front,
Capturing 1.060
Germans
I The Allied armies yesterday at?
tacked suddenly in two widely
separated sectors on the 'West
front, driving the enemy back
about a mile in each assault on a
total front of eight and a half
miles. ;
In Flanders the British east of
Nieppe Forest launched a blow at
dawn on a front of three and a
half miles. Attacking at the point
where the Germans in their drive
on Ypres tried to reach Haze?
brouck, the British forced the foe
back and gained new defensive
positions. They captured three
towns?I/Epinette, Verte Rue and
La Becque?and reached the line
of the Plate Becque River. Three
hundred Germans were taken pris?
oner.
Unable to organize quickly in the
face of the powerful surpris? at?
tack, the Germans were forced t/?
fall back rapidly. They inflicted
only a few casualties on the attack?
ing forces.
Following up their other successes
west of Soissons, on the west wing
of the Crown. Prince's salient in
the Champagne, the French drove
forward on a five-mile front be?
tween Ambleny and Montgobert.
Pushing their lines forward to the
heights west of Cutry and to the
hill south of St. Pierre Aigle, they
held their gains and took 1,060
prisoners.
At two other points .on the battle
front the Allied troops made minor
gains. In an attack northwest of
Montdidier the French advanced
their lines in Senecat Wood and
took 100 prisoners.
Australian troops near Merris, in
the same region of the British ad?
vance before Nieppe Forest, at?
tacked simultaneously and cap?
tured certain German outposts.
Forty-three prisoners were taken.
The artillery battle increased on the
front before Amiens. Berlin re?
ported violent Allied gunfire in the
Lys Valley (in the region o? the
British infantry attack) and south
of the Aisne (where the French
advanced).
British Gain Mile
On Three-Mile Front
In Surprise Attack
(By The AstociaUd Pre?*)
WITH THE' BRITISH ARMY
IN FRANCEt June 28.?Field Mar?
shal von Hindenburg's troops east
of the Forest of Nieppe got a nasty
and unexpected knock to-day, when
the British suddenly drove forward
in a surprise attack along a front
of more than three miles and hurled
the startled gray-coated soldiers
back to an average depth of 1,500
yards.
| The operation was an unqualified
| success from its inception, and the
i attacking infantry reached all their
| objectives in remarkably short time.
i
J Two Division? Hard Hit
By this thrust the British not
only have greatly improved their'
position in this important and much
contested sector, which ? lies juat
north of Merville, but they inflicted
heavy punishment on two hostile di?
visions that were holding the line
here?the 32d Division of Saxons
and the 44th Reserve Division of
Prussians.
Large numbers of the enemy wem
killed in the hurricane onslaught,
and some 250 of the mote fort?nala
had been collected in the prisoners'
cages before neon.
The front of the attack was 6,000
yards in length and lay approxi?
mately between Vieux Berquin, op.
the north, and Pont Tournai, which,
is 2,000 yards northwest of Mar?
ville, on the south.
British Lacked Elbow Room
West of Merville the British and
German lines here had been jammed