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British Hold Soviet
Envoy as Reprisal
?"ont ?mied from page 1
T?gliche Rundschau" says that ?vents |
have developed rapidly in Russia in the
last few weeks, and that Germany must !
be propared for the overthrow of the |
Bolshevik government in a few days, j
The paper says the fact that Dr. Karl;
Helfferich, recently appointed German !
Ambassador to Russia in succession to |
the late Count von Mir bach, is in
Berlin, indicates that Germany is pre- j
pared to meet any contingency.
The "Frankfort Zeitung" says that i
the pressure against Moscow from the j
northeast and southeast is growing'
very serious, the ('/.echo-Slovaks not
only hemp within a short distance of j
the city, but having succeeded in cutting
off the food supply. The paper adds I
that the opposition of the peasants to.
the Bolsheviki is growing stronger.
Civilians Also Arrested
AMSTERDAM, Friday. Auk. 9- The
semi-official Bolshevik organ, "Izves
tin," according to the "Frankfort
Zeitung," reports the arrest of promi?
nent British and French civilians by
the Bolsheviki. French and Siberian
officers aiso have been seized by the ,
Bolsheviki.
British Need Not
Recognize Soviet ?
War Declaration \
By Arthur S. Draper
LONDON, Aug. 10.?As the British |
government never officially recognized
the Bolshevik government it can, if
it desires, ??more the latter's declara- j
tion of war.' I
For several days Berlin has been al- j
tcrnatoly encouraging L?nine, Trotzky j
and their supporters, to take, this step
against Groat Britain, and announcing!
the -wax a fait accompli. In return \
the Wilhelmstrasso promised to makci
no further military advance against]
the Red Guards, which would free the I
latter's whole force for battles against
the Czechoslovaks and the Allied ex-j
peditions to the Murman coast and '
Archangel.
Because they have been unable to
improve the economic situation and!
relieve the people the Bolshevik lead- !
ers have lost much prestige and au?
thority, and they are now trying'
desperately to recover their power. I
They are turning naturally to Berlin.:
whose agents are in much the best
position to offer them immediate as-!
sistanee. Germany considers England|
her chief enemy, and for that reason
the Bolsheviki have been encouraged
to act against her rather than against!
Franco or America, although it is'
probable that the declaration of war
will include all the other Allied coun-1
tries.
As the tide runs against Germany
in the West and she sees her hopes :
dashed it is natural to expect that
she will make frantic efforts to reach
a settlement in the East. Helfferich,
who went to Moscow as successor to
von Mirbach, returned this week to.
Ber'in with a report on conditions in
Russia. Germany undoubtedly is pre-,
pared to make big sacrifices in the i
hope of pacifying the Russians, and
thus releasing further troops which
she can use in the West. Incidentally,,
it is likely that Helfferich will en?
deavor to organize Russia econom?
ically, and will offer to give her
financial assistanco and put her on
her feet industrially.
Jaroslav Destroyed
By Bolshevik Siege;
Insurgents Executed
LONDON, Aug. 10. The story of the
tragic fate of the Russian city of Jaro?
slav, as transmitted to the Frankfort
"Zeitung" from its Moscow correspond?
ent? reads like mediajval romance. Jaro?
slav, famous for its splendid churches
and monasteries, was almost complete- ,
ly destroyed after a seige of twelve '
days by the Bolsheviki, and thousands
are homeless.
The counter revolutionaries planned
a simultaneous rising at Jaroslav, Mos?
cow and other cities for July 6. At
dawn that day the insurgents at Jaro?
slav, led by a former Russian army of?
ficer, arrested the members of the local
Soviet in their beds and executed many ,
of them immediately. They seized the !
arsenal, several armored cars and river
."tcanx-rs.
The surprised Red Guard troops were
driven out of the city. They intrenched
themselves in the vicinity, and, after
receiving reinforcements from Moscow, ,
occupied commanding positions and be?
gan shelling the city. Fires broke out
in different purts of the town and most
of the public buildings were demol?
ished. Both sides fought with extreme
ferocity, no quarter being given. For
ten days there was no drinking water
in Jaroslav, as the pumping station
had been destroyed by ?hells, and the
river approaches wer?< kept under heavy
f.re from the besiegers.
In the meantime fifteen hundred re?
leased German prisoners, who were
abotit to be repatriated, were sum?
moned by ?h<? insurgents to join ?hem.
They refused, whereupon they were
Jigain taken prisoner and several were
, .'led or wour.diid. The rent were re
f .?ed food.
When th? ?itoation In the cityi
beeams desperate the revolutionarie?.
; dopted an amazing change of tactics.
They derided to lay down their arm?!
:.r,i\ ?urrender to the Germans. The
utter accepted ?he situation arid a
German lieutenant took command of
i e ?wty and ???iimerl control of the '
i *, treasury, which contained ?10,000,
' ! << ruble?.
Th? hfi'wrt afterward entered the.
r:*y and 'ook titrrlbU revengr? upon the
?n?t>r*?*r>te, ??fW) of their leaders helng
JMMjgtito ?AtfiUUA Ou?t * U* to*
caped by the special intercession of the
Germans.
Czechoslovak Army
Of 15,000 Moving
On European Russia \
(Special Dispatch to The Tribune) j
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. The Czecho-1
Slovak troops, 15,000 strong, who re-!
cently took control of Vladivostok, have
left that city and are moving west- I
ward toward European Russia, accord- j
ing to official reports received by the,
Czecho-Slovak National Council, and ?
made public to-day.
It was learned also that the Czecho- :
Slovak army in Russia numbers at the
present time more than 100,000 sol
?iiers, all trained and equipped, and'
that they will serve under the com?
mander in chief of the Allied troops in
J Siberia. Vladivostok is now controlled
by the Allied forces landed there.
It is not the intention of the Ameri?
can and Allied governments to take any
special action with reference to the
declaration of the Bolshevik Foreign
Minister to the Allied consuls at Mos?
cow that Russia was in a state of de?
fence against the Allied powers on ac?
count of the landing of military forces
in the north of Russia.
The State Department has not re?
ceived conformation of the reported ar?
rest of the Allied representatives at
Moscow. Establishment of such an act
on the part of Bolsheviki, however,
might create a very serious situation,
resulting eventually in the dispatch of
a military expedition to their relief.
The combined ('/.echo-Slovak and anti
Bolshevik Russian troops in Siberia
might constitute a force sufficient for i
such an enterprise.
Official News Lacking
There is also lacking confirmation of ?
the rumored declaration of war by the j
Bolshevik government against Japan. ?
j Such a declaration on the part of the
Lenine-Trotzky regime, it was believed J
here, might prove good politics for the '
Bolsheviki, at least, as it would enable
the Soviet authorities to play upon the ?
i prejudices of the Russian masses ?
against, the Japanese.
The Bolsheviki would be able, also, '
to make a very clear distinction be- ;
tween the action of the Japanese in
Siberia and that of the Allies in the
northern provinces, holding that the '
Japanese expedition constituted an in?
vasion of Russia, while that of the
Allies and the United States in north?
ern Russia followed revolutionary
movements on the part of the Russian
inhabitants, who invited the Allies to
give them protection and assistance.
The fact that no mention was made
in the report conecting the United
States with Japan in the predicted or
actual declaration of hostilities against
Japan was taken here to mean that the
Bolsheviki recognized that their cause
would not be benefited by declaring
war upon the United States, but in?
jured, as Russians would not be willing
to enter into a conflict with America,
the nation most respected and loved by
Russians.
Officials here pointed out to-day that
it was not unusual for the Bolsheviki
to do illogical things, such as omission j
of America from the inclusion among
Russia's enemies in the event of a
declaration of war against Japan. The
Bolsheviki, it was stated in Russian
circles, in very few instances have ob?
served the law of nations or the comity
internationally practised, pursuing, |
rather, a course and practices peculiar
to themselves, without any regard
whatever for established conventions.
The impression prevails here that !
the conduct of Ambassador Francis in ;
Russia, and the declarations to and
concerning Russia by President Wil- ,
son, while they have not wholly dis?
armed the Bolsheviki in their ?nimos- ,
ity toward every country and every
person not favoring them, have at least
had the effect of making it difficult
for the Moscow officials to create an i
anti-American sentiment in Russia,
such as they maintain exists toward j
England, France and Japan.
News of the arrival of the interna?
tional expeditionary forces in Siberia
is momentarily expected here, but
there is doubt whether it will precede
or follow the clearance by Japanese,
and possibly American troops also, of
the Amur branch of the Siberian Rail?
road, which at points west of Nikol
skai is controlled by German-Magyar
Bolshevik soldiers.
It is also not known hero what ar?
rangements have been made with Gen?
era! Horvath, self-styled Siberian dic?
tator, who controls the Manchurian
branch of the Siberian line, for the
use of that road, but no serious com?
plications are expected to arise, from
that quarter. Horvath himself would
be powerless to act on Chinese terri?
tory against the combined Japanese
and Chinese armies, which would be
immediately available for any difficul?
ties which might be placed in the path
of the relief expedition.
A statement of the relations which
will be observed between the Czscho
Slovak army in Russia and the Am v
ican-Japanese expedition, of the
strength of that organization and of
the probability of contact established
betwei'n tho Czecho-Slovak forces and
the Allied troops in Northern Russia
was obtained to-day at the Czecho?
slovak .National Council's headquarters
here as follows:
Czecho-Slovak Statement
"Czechio-Slovaks in Siberia are a part
of the Czecho-Slovak national army,
which is fighting also on the Italian
and the French fronts. The highest
authority for all of these men is the
Czecho-Slovak National Council, to
whom every soldier swears allegiance,
as the supreme representative of the
Czecho-Slovak nation. But from the
strictly military point of view, the
Czecho-Slovaks fighting in Italy are
subject to the supreme Italian com?
mand, while the regiments in Fiance ;
are subject to the French command. ?
"The fact is that the international
expedition to Siberia will have as it?
strongest unit the Czecho-Slovak
forces, There i^. however, no danger
that the Czechoslovaks will claim the
leadership. They do not care to play
the leading rede, except in battle.
Among them are few officers with ex?
perience in handling large bodies of
troops, since in the Austrian army,!
where their training took place, they
had no chance to command more than
a company.
"At present these forces, as is
known, are split into two armies. In
Vladivostok there are only 15,000, un- ;
der General Dilchomii, the last real
Russian Commander-in-chief. The
forces west of Irkutsk are commanded
by Colonel Gaida. In any case, the
Czeeho-Slovaks, as one of (he Allied
armies, will operate under the gen- ;
eral orders <<f the soldier who may by
reason of rank be entitled to supreme
i ommand.
"News from the scene of ?"/.echo-Slo?
vak operations In Eastern Russia is
very ?carpe, Communication has been
broken off between th? vanguard at
Vladivostok, which has now started
west once moro, and the main body of
the Czecho-Slovak troops between j
Irkutsk and the Volga. What news we j
get of thin army comes mainly through
Bolshevik sources. We know that sev
eral wekt? ago the ('/.echo Slovaks capt
dred Kazan, at the big bend of the
Volga. They ?Is? control the Siberian ?
road up to the neighborhood of Perm.
Now, on the other hand, we Hear that '
representat.ive? of mix northern prov?
ince? have overthrown the Bolahevlk
rule, ?(tid among the six provinces is
included the government of Viatktt, hiss
SL Alimatt $c Ola
Thirty-fourth Street
MADISON AVENUE -FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK
Telephone 7?MM? Murray Hill
Tfo?rty ?fifth Street
The Vanguard Of The Autumn Fashions
provides the main feature of interest in the Departments devoted to the appareling
of Women and Masses.
Every wfinit as channming as in other seasons, yet quinte in Mme with the conserving spirit of the times, are
the smartly tailored Suits, the be com 5 rag Gowns, the dainty Blouses, the piquant Hats and the modish
Coats and Wraps0 Everything is new, everything is different, and?everything is attractive i y priced?
FURS IN THE FASHIONABLE MODELS
The Amigost Sale
ORIENTAL
now in progress on the Fifth Floor, and to be
continued throughout the month,
offers an opportunity which is virtually unparalleled at
this time for obtaining choice, SndividuiaMy selected Rags
at prices that are actually lower than those now
ing quoted in
The assortment of Rings ready for selection is of phenom=
enafl magnitude, and includes many large and uinuisuial
sizes, thus presenting rare facilities for obtaining pre?
cisely the type and size of rug desired*
OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Small Oriental Rugs . . at $24
Medium=size Oriental Rugs, at ?8.
Room=size Oriental Rugs, at 135.
to 46,00
to HO.
to 785,
The Augyst Sale off
LACE DRAPERIES
to be commenced to-morrow (Monday), will comprise
Lace Curtains, Window Panels and Bedspreads
at prices that, despite present conditions, make this Sale
an event of paramount importance.
Over 11,000 pieces are in these special assortments, and as
there is a decided scarcity of merchandise as fine as this,
discriminatingpurchaserswill do well to take advantage
of the opportunity to acquire their Autumn Draperies,
OF SPECIAL 5NTEREST ARE
HAND=MADE FRENCH FILET LACE WINDOW PANELS
$7.50, 8.50, 9.00 & 10.75 each, upwa
HAND-MADE FRENCH FILET LACE CURT;
$19.00, 24.00, 29.00, 33.00 per pair, u
is. Co, unreservedly guarantee the wearing
qualities of all Oriental Rugs sold by them*
Rugs purchased at this Salle w?ll, if desired, fee stored without
extra charge until the Autumn.
HAND=MADE FRENCH LACE BEDSPREADS
$17.00, 19.00, 24.00, 29.00 each, upward
A number of choice Lace Pieces, such as Bedspreads,Table
Covers and Runners, that cannot be duplicated at this
time, will be included in this Sale at pre=war prices*
(Department on Fourth Floor)
Further Large Reductions
have ?been made no the -prices o?
Women's Cotton Frocks
affecting by far the greater part of
the remaining stock.
These Frocks will be placed on
sale to=morrow (Monday) in three
groups, at the unprecedented
prices of
$3.00, 4.
5.
Separate Cotton Skirts
offer extraordinary values at the very,
special prices of
$2.
3.
<& 4.
(Madison Avenue section, Third Floor)
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A Linee Sale
for Monday and Tuesday, will offer unusual
price advantages in the following:
AEMinen Damniask Table Cloths
each . . $4.75, 6.00, 7,50 <& 9,00
A31=15nen Damask Table Napkins
per dozen . $6.00, 7.50 <& 8.50
All-linen Huckaback Towels, hemstitched,
per dozen . . $8.50 <& !0oQ0
Union Huckaback Towels(15nen?and=cotton)
hemstitched, per dozen . $5,40 <& 7?50
Turkish Bath Towels, hemmed,
per dozen . . $3.00, 4,50 <& 6.00
fland-crocheted Luncheon Sets
13 pieces, each with linen center, set $4e75
Cottage Luncheon Sets
13 pieces, scalloped and embroidered in
white, blue or green* per set . $2o50
Cottage Dresser Scarfs
(size 18x54 inches) scalloped and embroi?
dered in blue . . each $L50 <& 2.25
'Fourth Floors
A* Great Reduction Sale
Women's BIomsc?
way be opened to-morrow (Monday) i ro the
Departtment on the Second FSoc .
Extraordinary Valiues will be offered r"
LINGERIE BLOUSES
in a number of desirable styles, sonne of
them the remainder of special purchases,
but tine larger part taken from the i egu?? '
stock? All will be marked, for immediate
clearance, at the great'jy recuceL price of
$2.00 each
CHINA SILK BLOUSES
in white or black; reduced to $3.7-5
GEORGETTE CREPE BLOUSES
2n white, busque and flesh-pink,
reduced to . $4?
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