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THE SUN, MONDAY, JULY 15, 1915. the plan as to hold the Reichstag In check until a later date. German newspaper are divided In their opinion. "Chancellor von Hertllng's declara tion regarding Belgium l a great step In advance," says the t'rankturttr Ztl tung. "Enemy atateamen cannot In terprot It ai the lirltlih Foreign Secre tary Balfour did the Chancellor Feb ruary speech by Indicating that Ger many Intend to make Belgium suu servient to here!f by mean of com mercial, territorial and military con dition. There la now no obstacle on Germany' aide to the ending of the war." The Vottitoha ZcUung aya ; "Chan cellor, von Hertllng's tatement on Del Blum was made with a dednltentss which alway hitherto ha been lacklnx. Tha Chancellor' thorough expoattlon of hi cooceptlon of the Belgian problem will sUtnc chatter about Herman eta teamen being Intentionally illent oh this subject or expressing themselves -with studied obacurtty." Urrmanla say; "Uetglum I the melt Important question raited by the war and with the Chancellor's clear statement regarding It the Internal po litical altttatlon can now be considered a no longer drained." Condemnation for Speech. Theodor Wolff, editor In chief of the MarUner Tagiblatt, condemn the speech, saying: The Chancellor ! silent about wnt alms. If Count von Hertllng contlder Belgium I part of the peace queitlon he muit remember that for nobody out side of Germany I Belgium even a ques tion for argument. "At the beginning of the war tier many entered Into very definite obliga tions regarding Belgium and even If itheie obligation did not exist the Bel Iglan question for most people In the world Is merely n plain question of right. "The Chancellor's remarks about Kus- la.amell of powder. After reading Von Hertllnc's whole speech the unconiforta-1 bis Impression Is left that In view of the entire situation a policy of waiting Is deemed advisable. The Chancellor pursues no policy of large principles, but Is merely an adroit opportunist. "He considers Is sufficient If he again bridles the Relchitag majority. He will then return to main headquarters and say with a smile : 'You see how easy It !.' " Scandinavians See Peace Move. Scandinavian newspapers interpret the speech of Count von Hertllng a a now German peace offensive and give great prominence to Berlin despatches pictur ing Germany a ready for peace and dealing particularly with the Imperial Chancellor' renunciation of Belgium, Some of the Stockholm papers also bol ster up the German peace scheme by printing despatches from Switzerland and other points In an endeavor to show that the Entente countries are in a receptive mood for peace. The Social Demofcrafen of Stockholm, the organ of HJalmar Brantlng, former Minister of Finance, publishes a trans lation of an appeal made by the French Socialist organisation, Compagnle Gener ate du Travail. The Social Demokraten believes "this Is a very Important docu ment, as it proves the existence among a large section of the French labor cir cles of a desire for an honorable peace by understanding." The Bvenska Morgen Badet, also of Stockholm, features a Berne despatch ' giving the text of an appeal sent to President Wilson by the Geneva "Com mittee for Obtaining a Genuine Peace." This appeal ask President Wilson "to take serious consideration of the Ger man Chancellor's speech and of the Chancellor's repeated assurance that he agrees with the four concrete conditions as recently laid down by President Wil son as the basis for pe'ace by under-v Bianaing. The appeal urgea President Wilson to start peace negotiations on this basis immediately. Calls Germany a Plunderer. The Telcgraaf In Amsterdam In Its comment on the speech views Germany as a plunderer and says : "It Is as If a burglar says to the Judge: 1 will return part; of my booty If you acquit me.' Tht Judge's reply to such a criminal would be, .the same as will be the Entente's reply to Hertllng. "Chancellor von Hertllng' declaration really Is another atep backward, for he said nothing regarding the military re lations between Germany and Belgium, nor regarding the so called Independence of Flanders. Hertllng's only object In putting out this declaration Is to be able to say to hi people: "You see we have done our utmost as regards concessions without avail can you still doubt that you are fighting for your very existence against a foe Who Is determined to destroy your" AMERICA TOO LATE. Prnsslan Upper House I Told V. S. Cannot Win War. Ambtxroam, July H. A Berlin des patch received hero contain the fol lowing quotation from a speech delivered at the conclusion of a session of the Prussian upper house of Parliament by the President of the Chamber: "Do the Entente peoples still believe In a victory by arms? Now It Is the American reserves which constitute the hope of Prance and Italy, the two vic tims of England's huckstering spirit. "But these reserves can no longer de cide the war. They come too late. So we earnestly hope. Tho enemy puts his faith In our Internal disunion whloh, In addition to our economic annihilation, la the war aim of England nnd America. "Prince von Buelow's savlnir must h made to prevail : 'The King first In Prus- sia, i-russia nrst in Germany and Ger many first In the world.' " BAG 12 GERMAN PLANES. British Al Report Heavy Ilnmb- Iiik Oprrntlon. Ixindon, July 14. The British avia tion communication to-night says: Twelve enemy airplanes wero de stroyed by us on July 13 and four were driven down out of control. Three of our machines are missing. A good deal of reconnaissance and observation work was carried out by our nlrmen in the fine Intervals and four and a half tons of bombs were dropped by them during the day On tho night of July 13-14 our bombing machines were very active. Over eleven hundred bombs weighing In the aggregate nineteen tons were dropped upon enemy camps, railway lines, trains, transport and billets. All our night flying machines returned safely, GRAND DUKE MICHAEL AT KIEV former Csnr's Brother Reported Arrlilntr nt llkrnlnlnn Capital. London, July 14. Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovltch Is reportod In a Berlin despatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company by way of Copenhagen to have arrived at Kiev, tie Ukrainian capital. Grand Duke Michael is a younger brother of the ex-Emperor Nicholas, and was named Regent of Russia when the Romanoff dynasty was overthrown In March, 1517. He declined the Regency, however, and was exiled by tie Bo hevlkl to Perm. Kast month he was reported to have escaped and to hove placed himself at the head of the new Siberian Government. July 3 a despatch from Amsterdam quoted the Ukrainian Telegraph Bureau of Kiev as saying the Grand Duke had been proclaimed Emperor of Russia, and was marching agalnxt Moscow with a force of (fjecho-Slavs. TROELSTRA SHOWN AS GERMANY'S TOOL Dutch Socialist Hopes to Tro mote Outburst of Tnciflst Talk. FKAIt OF AMERICA SEEN Toulon 'cwspnpers Attempt to Juggle Figures About U. S. Troops. Special Cablt Dttpatch to The Sib from tht London Tint: Copyright, lilt; all rightt retervtd, Iondok, July IS. P. A. McKensle. formerly correspondent of the Tim In Berlin, In van article In that paper to day on the subject of the alleged peace offensive. Mri no German newspaper contain 'the slightest confirmation of the assertions on Saturday by Arthur Henderson, formerly a member of the British War Cabinet, that the German Socialist majority has accepted the principles of the labor memorandum on war alms adopted In London In Febru ary. Tha position of the German Aus trian Socialists la no more satisfactory than that of the Germans. McKensle continues: "It Is becoming abundantly clear that the great object that Troelstra and his messag are expected to accomplish I to promote a pacifist outburst before America can mako her weight felt. The Cologne Gasetle Dubllshed on July s an open letter which Troelstra addressed to Henderson In which he proposed to call a new Socialist peace conference. Thla remarkable Dutch neutral say: 'I know that among the Entente peoples anxlt about their unfavor able military situation is at the moment weakened If not removed by large ex pectation which are based upon Ameri can help and also by the hope of the demoralising effect of economic stress 1 upon the Central Empires. Points to Russia's Error. " 'A to the last point, I regard It as my duty to glv warning against a repe tition of the mistake the present rulers of Russia committed when they baaed their peace policy upon the hope of a revolution In tha Central Empires.' "After poohpoohlng the 'local dis turbances' In Germany and Austria and paying a high tribute to the brilliant organization of both countries, strength of both empires and their splendid pros pects In the east, Troelstra proceeds: 'As regards the help of America, It Is assuredly at this stage of the war a factor of great Importance not only to the Entente countries but to all man kind, no doubt. " 'It Is questionable whether If Amer ica had not taken part In the war the possibility of an agreement among the European Powers would not have arisen earlier, especially If America, Instead of throwing Into the war her fresh and still unimpaired strength a a belligerent, had maintained her original role a a peace mediator, but as matters atand, Amer ica, as a counterpoise to the successes of the Central Powers In the east and In the occupation of Belgium and north ern France, Is the main anchor for all who must regard the repetition of Brest Lltovsk In the west ss a world's dis aster.' "Troelstra then proceeds to lecture President Wilson on the duties of the United States, saying: 'What Is the duty of America and what her respon sibility If she desires to remain true to tho high peace aim of democracy and the International organization which has been set up by President Wilson? Points to America's "Duty." ' 'If, as I assume, America Is the power which, In spite of the great military ad vantage of the Central Empires, now holds the balance between the two groups of belligerents, her .subsequent duty Is to cooperate at the right moment for the conclusion of peace by agree ment, whereby the foundation will be laid for the league of nations and for the disappearance from the world of militarism as a dominating factor In the fate of peoples. " 'I am thinking especially of small nations, whose Independence cannot In the long run be maintained If the mili tary system continue.' "Any confirmation that may be needed of Troelstra's Inspiration I amply uupplled by the German press. The an nouncement that more that 1,000,000 Americans had sailed for Franca and detailed statistics of the embarkations were suppressed by the German censor ship. By some accident they got Into the Cologne Oatttte under the heading American Bluff with nn editorial note which said:. 'We know absolutely that the figures are Immensely exaggerated and do not correspond with the reality.' "On the other hand, the German pa pers were encouraged to publish an an nouncement that there are now more than 2,000,000 Americans with the col ors, and then to go on arguing that It will be a very long time before any con siderable America l r.rmy can take the field. On July 6 the Wolff Bureau, the official news agency. Issued a carefully prepared Jumble of statements purport ing to show the contradictory estimate'! of America's strength published by the Allies and Indicating that all of them probably are false." CONTROL OF WIRES WAITS ON M'ADOO President Will Talk With Secretary Before Deciding. Special Vetpatch to Tut Six. Washington,. July 11. President Wilson Is keeping his plans regarding Government control of the communica tion lines closely to himself. With his signature affixed to the resolution adopted by the Senate last night with out chnnge from the form In which It come from the House he will have au thority to take over telegraph and tele phone and cable lines In whole or In part with a view of their actual operation by the Government aa are the railroads or merely their "supervision" by the Gov ernment Only his closest advisers know to what extent he purposes exer cising this authority. The belief here I that tin President will not act Immediately after signing the Joint resolution but will wait until he has conferred both with Secretary McAdno nnd Postmaster-General Burle son. While it la known that the Presi dent has pretty well made up hlsnlnd that Mr. Burleson shall hare In the con trol he may deem necessary over the communication lines, the problem touches the railroads In so many vital spots that jio plan will ba adopted, It Is believed, without trie full approval or Secretary McAdoo, Mr. McAdoo has bten absent from Washington all the time the mat ter ha been up here, but he I expected back In .another week. Action Is likely to he delayed until then unless rome unforeseen emergency arises. Greet American Hospital Unit. J,ondon, July 14. A large meeting wa held In the London Opera House to day to welcome an American medical unit which I on It way to Palestine. Lord nothschlld presided. Several well known men delivered addresses. In which tiiey outlined thisrt the Jews are to play in tile futursSn Palestine. MORALE OF GERMANS NOW AT LOWEST EBB Soldiers Bribed, Scolded and Punished to Hold Them Within Bounds. CRACK TROOPS FEWER Commanders Compelled to Use the Same Men Over and Over Again. riy W, 'BEACH THOMAS. Special Cablt Dttpatch to Tax Scn from tht London Timet. Copyright, 1111; all rightt ri timid, With the Bsitiiii Armt in Fiuncx, July 14. The German army now Is full of strange contradiction All the latest attacks seem to have been In the hands of highly specialised, Intensively trained troops picked from all the divisions, The result Is first that the average quality of the ordinary troops, combed of their best men, la distinctly lowered, and second, that these especially crammed storm troop and machine gunners, af ter their louse In the previous big of fensive, must be reformed and go to school again to the cramming establish ment with the new recruits. This Is the explanation of much that Is reported from the front . numerous examples prove that the common German troops', as opposed to the specialists, have to be bribed, wheedled, scolded nnd punished as never before. lrlnce Franz recently reprimanded his men se verely for offences against discipline. They had not put up wire as ordered ; soma of them had refused to go Into the line. They simply replied when ordered that when they tried to repair the trenches the British shot them, perhaps the most Ingenuous defence ever put up by a soldier. A little later the corps general Issued an order complaining of the gross lack of discipline and ordering the officers to ba mors drastic Within tha last few days German soldiers have been bribed with an offer of three week leave If they bring British prisoners back on their patrols, of No Man's Land. The ume sort of thing I observable even In the air service. Baron Rlch tofen'a "circus" fell to pieces imme diately when he was killed, like a com pany that loses It atar actor. Thla Is partly the result of excessive booming of such heroes, who are allowed to col lect their own troops from what squad rons they like. In short, the greater part of the Ger man army Is now becoming divided into sheep and goats. The sheep are as good as ever, perhaps even better In certain tactical points; tha goat are a great deal more goatlike, even famous units losing their historical pride. The ques tion is whether the courage and skill of the elect atone for the falling In morale of the herd. ARTILLERY ACTIVE; INFANTRY RESTING Cloudy and Uncertain Weather Along Marno Front Held by U. S. By the Allocated Prtti With tub American Forcus ov tkx Mabnk, July 14. There was increased artillery firing, and In particular long range shelling, on thi American front along the Ms roe throughout the night. There was no Infantry flghtnig. Tho weather continues cloudy and uncertain. Washington, July 14. Gen. Per shing's communique for yesterday re ceived to-night at tho War Department follows : "Section A There Is nothing of Im portance to report. "Section B In the Chateau Thierry region, July 10 to 11, there was activ ity on both sides, mostly that of In fantry. A German patrol numbering forty, nnd equipped with light machine guns, opened fire on the American lines near Torcy and was driven back, leav ing at least three killed. Our own patrols were very a Hive. German ar tillery fire was mu(h lighter than on the previous day. Pew German air planes were In operation. A patrol of eight German planes attacked an American photographic mission at 8 o'clock In the morning, seven kilometers behind the German lines. "The Marne sector experienced a de crease In enemy artillery fire and aerial activity and a alight Increase In trans port movement July 10 to 11. Our ar tillery fire continues very much In ex cess of hostile fire. Fires and explosions In the vicinity of Jaulginne were evi dently caused by our artillery. An enemy patrol of six men was fired on by our troops and disappeared. "The Lorraine sector was unusually quiet to July 9-10, with a decrease In the enemy's rifle and machine gun Are nnd aerial activity. There was an ab normal movement of men and Indica tions of work In his rear areas. "In the Woevre, July 8-9, enemy mo ctlnc gun and rifle fire were very active along the entire sector. The enemy's anti-aircraft batteries heavily shellod the allied planes, which persistently pa trolled the enemy's lines nil day. Ger man aerial activity was slightly In creased. '''In the Munster sector. July 10, Ger man macMne gun fire was about normal, artillery and trench mortar fire being exceptionally light. There was no aerial activity. Our patrols were very active In reconnaissance. "The Altklrsch sector was very' quiet July 9-10." GERMAN OSTRICHES CAN'T SEE U. S. ARMY Million? Impossible I Better Stay Home, Says "Expert." Austhioam, July 14. Gen. von der Osten-Hacksn, military expert of the Iihenlth Wettpfialtan Curette, Joins In the chorus with Lieut. -Gen. Baron von Ardenne, military expert of the Tage btatt, and other critics who prpfess to disbelieve the figures given by Secre tary of War Baker regarding the num ber of American troops now In France. "Our Information," says Gen. Osten Sacken, "Is that there ore no more than half a million Americans In Europe, and not one-third of these are at the front." In a column article the writer runs 'the whole gamut of familiar arguments proving perhaps to the satisfaction of the Teutonic mind that there is noth ing In Secretary Baker's statement. The keynote of German expert opin ion is that America cannot put up a reslly big equipped army, and If armed and equipped It cannot be transported. Gen. Osten-Sacken's article concludes with this naive observation: "If the Americans cannot corns with an army at least equal to that of Rus sia at the beginning of the war, they had better stay home. In the end France will thank thsm It by doing so their country be spared further de struction." X Germans Now Strip Copper from Roofs By tlit Attoctated Pratt. AMSTERDAM, July 14. After expropriating door handle, window latches, pots and pant and copper and brats utentlls for munition purposes the Ocrman military authorltiet have now turned their attention to public buildings with copper roofs. Among the scores of places being stripped are the famous Brandenburg Gate, Prince Al brtcht's Palace, a doien churches and synagogues and several mu seums. Some of the best known hotels, restaurant and depart ment stores and also private mansions are being forced to give up their copper roofs. SOVIETS TO LEAVE MOSCOW QUARTERS Continued from Flrtt rage. esrj for Japan to act on her own re sponsibility In self-defence. Concerning when and how the Allies will be brought Into agreement, adds the Jlfi, nothing csn be said. It 1 cer tain, however, that the question of In tervention has been no more abandoned by Japan than it has by the Allies. The problem Is being studied carefully and all the partlea seem to be steadily ap proaching a solution. Continuing, the paper says: "It will be recalled that at the close of the last Diet Count Terauchl de clared that Japan was determined to adopt resolute action In behalf of the common interests of the Allies If Ger man Interests threatened peace In the Far East. Sines this declaration was made German -Influence has been stead ily penetrating Siberia. "Inasmuch as Terauchl's statement still holds good, intervention will follow as a matter of course If Japan finds It necessary to act. The only hindrance to action Is the lack of a perfect agree ment between the Allies and America, but tha situation la developing with great rapidity and probably Japan will find It Imperative to act soon or late." THREE FACTIONS SEEK CONTROL OF SIBERIA Czecho-Slovahs Appear Best Fitted for Immediate Task. Specitl Cablt Dttpatch to Ths Sub from tht London Timet. Copyright, ISIS; all rightt retcrved Pskin, July 10 (delayed). One of the chief difficulties of the situation In Si beria Is that three different parties are proposing to form a new Government there. The least popular of these Is the Harbin party, representatives of the old regime, who are believed to be out of touch with the democratic tendencies of the day. In Vladivostok are some members of the original self-appointed provisional Government which functioned for a few days at Omsk until It was dispersed by the Bolshevikl, and they are now pro claiming themselves as the only con stitutional authority In Siberia They nave received no omclal recognition In Madlvortok, where local affairs have bien placed under the control of a mu nicipal council. Siberia Itself has a government which emerged a fortnight ago at Xovonlknla yevak and apparently now has been transferred to Omsk, where, aided by the Cxecho-Slovaks, a growing volunteer ai my appears to be In control of the eltuatlon. In so far as control has been achieved. The principal need of the moment Is that the Cxecho-Slovaks operating In the Vladivostok region should receive every facility to cross Manchuria and effect a junction with their compatriots at Irkutsk. Whether the Government at Omsk Is capable of assuming control remains to be seen, but it Is obvious that It sprang Into being through the action of the Cxecho-81ovaks, and the Allies should (rive all possible support to the Czecho-SIovaks as the only tanglblo power in Siberia at tho present moment When the Bolshevikl have been com pletely chushed In Siberia and the Ger man and Austrian prisoners in the Ttans-Balkalla and Amur provinces have been eliminated there will be time enough to consider the question of the nature of the new government for HI berla. As regards the ability of the Csecho-Slovaks to master the prisoners and tne uoishevik forces In the Trans Balkalla little doubt need be entertained provided they are granted access through Manchuria and are properly supplied from Vladivostok and backed by Uen Semenov's force nnd other local or ganisations. The Chinese have raised their embargo on exports from Manchuria owing to the pressure of their own compatriots In 8 berla, many thousands of whom arc starving, lacking the essentials of exist ence. Anything moved henceforth from Manchuria by rail can reach only non Bolshevik hands, but It is possible that the river traffic may lead to a supply for the Bolshevikl and the German prisoners cn the Amur and In Trans-Ualkalla. ANXIOUS FOR GUIDANCE. iCserhn-Slovnk Wish an Allied Conncll In Vladivostok, Harbin, July 14. CTen. Horvath commander of the anti-Bolshevik forces, has appointed a temporary war cabinet for Siberia. The present situation offers every Inducement for forceful guidance, preferably under an allied council at Vladivostok. The peasantry everywhere Is acclaiming the Czecho slovaks, who ore the dominating factors In the situation and are anxious for Ruldance from the French or the con srflar body at Vladivostok. The Csecho-Slovaks hitherto have re enveu uen. Jtorvain s overtures in a guarded manner. Minister of War Floog nos gone 10 viaaivostoK tq ascertain tne state of reeling there. ACE KILLED IN ACCIDENT. Meat. Ilraampiit Had Bombed Foe Cities Doskndan Dies In Fall. Paim's, July 14. Lieut. Marie Beau mont, a French ace, who had tnken nart In many bombing expeditions on ths German cities 'of Essen and Frankfort, was killed to-day when his biplane accl- aemauy collided with another machine. Lieut. Beaumont had been a mllltsrv pilot sines 1913 and had received many citations. Lieut, Boskadan, a member of the Paris Air Defence Service, died to-day fter a fall while returning on a flight irom 1 ne uauie iront. Cholera In nnaala. Stockholm, July 14. Six case of what ths medical board say Is Asiatic chclera are on board the Swedish steam ship Angermanland, which arrived from retrograd July 11. Memtters of the ship's company say cikiictii is epiaemic ana nas spread wiaeiy in 1'eirograa. When the vessel sailed July 9, they add, rioting was In progress in that city, and machine guns had been used in several quarters of the city. FRANCE RESOUNDS WITH FESTIVITIES Americans Showered With Flowers as They Pass in Great Parade. Alh ALLIES REPRESENTED Paris Celebrates by Subscrib ing $25,000,000 De fence Bonds. Paris. July 14. The celebration of the French national holiday was but little restrained by the rainy weather. Inspired by the example set ten days go when ths country universally hon ored America on the Fourth of July, all France turned out In holiday spirit. Paris wss the centre of ths most spectacular celebration, but there was not one of the lesser cities, towns or hamlets but outdid Itself to mske thla Fourteenth of July the most' notabla In hlntory. Tha big featurea of the celebration In Paris were huge parades In the morn ing, witnessed by hundreds of thousands and participated In by a kaleidoscopic array of troops, and an Imposing official reception at the City Hall. The lesser features of the day Included the sub scription of more than 125,000,000 by the public to the national defence bonds. Purchasers received an engraved letter commemorating the fact that they had subscribed on the 14th of July 8nnTnlr From Pershing. Among the souvenir letters wss ths facsimile of one signed by Gen. Persh ing In which were the words: "Each ought to light to-Ciy. The soldier with arms. You with your money." Heroes distinguished during the war In all the allied armlea participated In a mammoth parade. American troops from the First and Second divisions, re cently cited in army orders, represented the United States Army. One detach ment took part In the capture of Can tigny, while others were In the Chateau Thierry fighting. All the American units had been in France more than a year and wora two service stripes. The American expe ditionary forces were showered with flowers by French girls. The parade was revlowed by Presi dent Polncare. who was accompanied by Gen. Pershing. The Americana oc cupied second place In the column. Historic French regiments with bat tle flags of the Napoleonic wars aa well as of engagements In the present war. Including the battles of the Mame, Verdun, the Somme, the Alsns and Champagne, were cheered, while girls threw flowers to them. A battalion of Belgians followed the Americans. Then came British contin gents. Including the Grenadier Guards, tho Black Watch, Irish Guards. High landers, Canadians and New Zealanders. The Italian representation included Alpine unit. A detachment of the Polish army and a band that played a Sousa march. Cxecho-Rlovaks. who had fought on the Busslan front, carrying the banner recently presented to them by President Polncare, tang a battle song. A Russian detachment of tne Krencn Legion of Honor, officered by Russians, occupied a place In the parade. A bat talion or (jreexs ana t'onuguese aiso was present. American ambulances ended the pro cession, and hers again ths overseas sol diers were showered with flowers and cheered. Extra nations Served. The Association of War Prisoners of 1870-71 placed a wreath on the Stras- burg Statue In the Place de la Con corde. Among the members of the as sociation was Mme, Albert, a former canteen woman of the Thirtieth Regi ment, who went through the siege or Strasburg. She Is 83 and still sprightly. French soldiers received extra rations, Including 100 grammes of ham, half a litre of wine, BO grammes of Jam, one cigar, and a bottle of champagne among four. The New York Order of Cincinnati placed a wreath on tie Lafayette Statue in the Louvre Gardens. Tha American University Union held a reception nt Its headquarters and the namroscn orches tra gave a concert at the Conservatoire. GEN. BIDDLE GUEST AT LONDON DINNER American Commander Says Friendship Is at Climax. London, July 14, Major-Gen. John BIddle, commanding the American forces In the United Kingdom, was ampng the guests at the annual Anglo-French din ner organised by the Alsace-Lorraine Patriotic League In London lost night In connection with the French national fete. Baron Burnham presided. Gen. Sir Francis Lloyd, replying to the toast "Success to the Allied Forces, sold "There can be no peace by negotiations nothing but peace by the sword. Now that we have an Indescribable asset which has come over to us across the western waves at a time we most netd it we surely should csrry through and attain the desired end General BIddle, replying to the toast "Our Guests," said : "Great as have been ths sympathy and friendship between the French and American nation they never have reached a climax until to-day when, happily, both nations are fighting aid by Bide Gen. BIddle read a message sunt by Marshal Joffre to Gen. Pershing, the American commander In France, In which, referring to the Fourth of July and Fourteenth of July celebrations, he aald: "On these two solemn days American and French hearts beat In unison. All feel that the moment approaches when, thanks to their common efforts, the de feat of Germany will allow all free na tions to celebrate at last the Inde pendence of the world." LYCEE GIVES BOOK TO PERSHING'S SON General Entertains French Officers on Bastile Day. By tht Attoeialed Prett. With the Amibican Abut in Fbanci, July 13 (delayed), An Incident of ths Fourteenth of July celebration nt Amer lean general headquarters wss the prea entatlon to Oen. Pershing by the mem bers of the graduating class of the Lycea of a volume of French historical episodes, to be transmitted to Warren Pershing "from his comrades of the Lycee." Gen. Pershing had just dls trlbuted diploma to , the class, after reviewing the parades of American troop and French societies, who marched through gayly decorated streets. Gen. Petshlng gave a reception to the French officers at his residence. The Inauguration of the Rue du Pres Ident Wilson was the chief feature of the celebration In a nearby town, where the American war correspondents are situated. Warren Persuing is 4e son of Gen, Germany Trying to Recruit Russians AMSTERDAM, July 14. An attempt by the Germans to recruit soldier from conquered Russian territory it Indicated in the Libsu Zeitung, which states officially: "Youthi from the Baltic prov inces are now eligible for of ficers' enmminiona in the Qer man army." Pershing. He Is 8 years old and was the only survivor of Oen. Pershing's family, when In August, 1916, Mrs. Pershing and her daughters, Mary, Ann and Helen, were suffocated In a fire In their quar ters at the Presidio In Ssn Francisco. WILSON IS HONORED BY CITY OF LYONS New Bridge Across Rhone Is Named for Him. Special Cablt Dttpatch to Ts Son. Copyright, ltll; all Hahtl rtitrvtd. Lyons, France, July 14. Franc again ha honored the nam of Presi dent Wilson. Lyons, the second city of Franc whero the most important Bai tile Day celebration In the country took place, gae the name of the President of the United States to its newest bridge, on of the finest In Europ. Before a vast multitude which blackened both shores of ths Rhone and stretched for miles up along the heights and cliffs, which wall In the city, William Graves Sharp, the Ambassador of the United States, officially acknowledged the honor. The Prefect of the Rhone. In Introduc ing Ambassador Sharp, hailed President Wilson as Immortal, the philosopher and statesman of the age. Senator Her rlott, the Mayor of Lyons, In christening th bridge, added that the city deemed Jt an honor to link President WlUon's name with Its own and said the bridge will remain as a monument to the un selfish action of the United States In Intervening In the war In behalf of en dangered humanity. The Mayor welcomed the military ana diplomatic representatives of the United States and gave th freedom or the city to the bronzed American fighters, in marching aero the bridge with fixed bayonet, these Amartcan soldiers re ceived a tremendous ovation and were the first American soldiers tha city ever had seen. The Americans were followed by the Italians, Serbians, British, Afri can, French cavalry and the territorial and foreign legionary detachments. The men from the Frnch army at the front wer not forgotten on the anni versary of the fall of the Bastlle. In addition to th ordinary rations each re ceived a quarter of a pound of pickled ham, or pork, a half bottle of wine, a bottle of champagne for each four men and jam and cigars. Ltons, July 14. Ambassador Sharp prefaced his speech with an Impromptu tribute to French children, wno, ne sxiu explnlned to him the greatness of the French nation. In his speech ne com pared th bridge which he was inaugu rating to the constnnt arrival of ships n France from the unltea males, me Abmassador said: 'When a Just, beneficent peace comes sgaln to the world this International ocean bridge will become a highway leading to the great mills of your great city, providing means for tne mutual exchange of allied products. In that day of peace ahsll we not all And the truth of the saying that 'necessity Is the mother of Invention,' and find means to do without products which It wns heretofore supposed could only be man ufactured by processes of enemy coun tries?" SOLDIERS OBSERVE DAY. Americans Join French Comrades at nnttlr Front. By the AttocAalid Preu. With tub American Forces in France, July 14 On nil the American fronts In France American Boldiers to day joined their French comrades in enthusiastically celebrating the French fete. The Americans wore the French national emblem nnd decwated their billets and motor cara with French flags. The vlllagea In the rear of the. lines again were profusely decorated with flags of all the Allies. In the afternoon while there was no set programme on the various fronts the Americans entered Into the spirit of the day In the same way they celebrated Independence Day Those who were able to get passes went to Paris. Others remained at their posts, mingling with the French soldiers and civilians nnd renewing pledges that the two republics will fight until victory Is attained. WANT TO BE BACK IN BRITISH PRISON Exchnnped Germans Tell of Terrible Conditions in Homo Country. I.ONDON, July 14. Germans who have been Interned in England, and German prisoners of war who recently hsve been sent back to Germany from England, are not happy to reach the fatherland. Letter prove their surprise and dismay when they discover the tnn state of things in Germany One letter from n returned prisoner reads: "About 10 o'clock In the morning we left for the sood old fatherland. The first stop was at Goch, In Germany, where we were kept six nays for ex amlnatlon. From there I was sent to Dortmund, where 1 was forced by milt tary authority to work In a munitions factory. "I stuck at It for three days. I tried mr beat, but I was not strong enough The third day I told them I was too weak to do such hnrd work and loft the place. In the Bezlrks command I got the order to do only Government work otherwise I should h taken for th army and I thought to get my liberty In the fatherland. "I renlly was worse off than at the English camp. One night I deserted Into Holland. It was foggy, and a long and dangerous march. Well, dear friend, I think you would have done the same. So much tor them. If they had caught ms I should have had a bad time I be lieve. But now I am out of It, and I give you one word of advice whatever you do, don't apply for repatriation." Another prisoner who was sent to Germany writes: "I have been here about ten day. But what a disillusion. It 1b no more as It used to tie. All Is strange, and one ruahes about like a tost 'sheep. Our business here Is abso lutely dead," The following message was sent to a prisoner In England from Germany: "You are In heaven as compared with us. Don't come to th fatherland. If you can help. We are all famished." ALLIES PRESS ON THROUGH ALBANIA Continued Successes Agninst Bulbars Also Hcportcd on Mnccdonlnn Front. AUSTRIANS YIELD QUICK Army Communication Lines Kept Up Throuprh Mule Pnths in Mountains. By WARD PIUCR. Special Cablt DttpateA to Tai Sck from Iht London Timet. Copyright, 1111! oil right! rtltntd. With tub Italian Armies, July 11 (delayed). The first sign of hostllo en terprise by ths Austrlans sine falling back across the Plave has ended In fail ure. Italian outposts on Monte Coront, west of the Brenta gorge, saw move ments by the enemy In two directions, which pointed to a converging attack upon the Italian positions. The alarm was given and without waiting the Austrlans got Into attack formation. Th Italian Infantry charged with their bayonets and not only broke up the Austrian concentration, but drove them back on their own lines, taklnc prisoners. London, July 14, The British. French and Italian troops are still pushing ahead In Albania and on the Macedo nian front, meeting comparatively little resistance, and activity la gradually ax- tending further eastward to the Bul garian sector. The report from the French War Office, Issued to-night In Parts, says: Eastern Theatre West of Dolran British troops csrrled out a success ful raid on the Bulgarian lines. In Albania the French troops continued their successful advance. They drove tht enemy from Hill 600 and from the village of Narta, at the confluence of the Tormorlca and Devoll river. On the right bank of the Devoll we occupied Gramshl. Telegraphing Thursday, neuter's cor respondent on ths Macedonian front says : "The allied operations in southern Al bania are resulting In one success af;sr another, In spit of tho difficult nature of the country. There are no roads in the battle zone and communications are being kept up over the rocky, precipi tous mule patns. While tna Itollanb are pushing aDng or the weMnrn wire; and In the cen re, where rcr.tnct Is beir.g maintained with tho French, the French are making good progress In the Bofr.'.a region by ov. comlng enemy resistance and capturing the rid cos of ICosnltka and the descend ing slopes. The Austrlans no longer arc as de termined as they formerly were and surrenders by them aro mora frequent, especially among the Slavs, who are dead tired of campaigning In th moun tains and throw up their hands at the first opportunity. The Austrlans are burning depots and villages which they abandon. 'All Information obtainable Is to the effect that the enemy's position In southern Albania is seriously compro mised' and that thera probably will be a further retreat In the north, thus free Ins our communications between west ern Macedonia and the Adriatic coast, Rome, July 11. To-day's War Office statement says: Tho usual artillery actions were more Intense at Intervals yesterday from the Vnlarsa to the eastern sector of the Aslngo Plateau. Our fire dis persed moving enemy troops north of BorcOla Pass. At Corone new attacks by enemy patrols and detachments were promptly repulsed. Three enemy airplanes were brought down in air fighting. TO IMPEACH RUMANIANS. Depntles Assert Cabinet Allowed the Conntry tn He Stripped. Amsterdam, July 14. A motion to Impeach the members of the Rumanian cabinet In power when Rumania en tered the war, signed by twenty Dep uties, will be brought before Parlia ment on July 17, according to ad vices from Bucharest It Is chnrged that Russian troops were permitted to march Into Rumanian territory without the consent of Par liament ; that certain persons were authorized to export petroleum and grain for unjustifiable profit; that great quantities of Government and private property were destroyed during the re treat without necessity by the Govern ment's orders, and that the Rumanian fleet was ceded to Russia, which em ployed it under the Russian flag, SAYS U. S. PROPERTY IS SAFE. Cnliiirne Paper Denies Custodian's Slntemeiit. Amsterdam, July 14. Formal denial Is made by the Cologne Uairtte. of state ments attributed to Lee Bradley, coun sel for the American Custodian for Foreign Property, regarding the ruth less liquidation of Ajnerlcan property In Germany The newspaper snys- "It is a crying shame the way enemy aliens are permitted to go freely about their lucrative businesses here, and not only those who personally profesa good will toward us but those who braienly flaunt the administration. "President Wilson meanwhile Is pock eting good German money. Yet people In America shed crocodile tears over the sad fate of their compatriots here." The Cologne Gaxctte calls on the Government to "have this matter placed In a proper light, both here and In America." FOUNDED 1856 EM AND f'i "u- snouid regulate the demand. 1,000 Mixture Sack Suits "fill Modcls for A good start is half the battle. Buy "Thrill" ?nti 'lV',S'" tamP nd we will win the war in half the time. Brokaw Brothers 1457-1463 B ROADWAY AT FORTY- SECOND STREET W. A. A. C.'S GET GLAD HAND IN THE ARMY Soldiers Accept Women ns ComradcR, as They Have Proved Their Mettle. MILITARY MEDAL TO ONE Girls Accopt Restrictions, Pre fer Living l Tents nnd Gain in Health. ny runny noniso.. Special Cablt Ditpatch, to Tnt So rent M London Timet. Copyright, 1111: alt right t retened With the British Abmt in Fiunct, July It. Beyond doubt the Waxes the members of th Women's Auxiliary Army Corps, numbering many thousands are excellently Justifying their existence and hav become honorably Incorporated Into the army. Whatever quizzical hesi tation there may have bten at first on the part of th soldiers to accept women frankly a comrades ha disappeared Has not a member of the women .1 corps within th last week recehed the military medal for conspicuous gal lantry? Is Iher not a memory of those who wer killed by a German bomb which dropped directly Into their shelter In a trench 7 Nor Is It only by these outstanding In cidents that the corps ha earned Its right to b treated as soldierly com rades; It earns It dally by earnest and unobtrusive work smartly carrlJd out under strict discipline In a great number of spheres In the back areas of Francs There th need of recruit Is urgent, for every one who comes releases a mn for military service ; perhaps the partic ular man directly reliased may not t fit for work In tha front Una, but he can do something else and release another, who Is pushed up In front. So every woman who joins the corps Is so much contribution to tre solution of our mati power problem. The life, with Its discipline nnd healthy comradeship. Is of lnestlmsbls advantage to ths girls themselves. IM ms take as examples three members of tho corps to whom I spoke yesterdar morning. One was a forewoman, whloh corresponds with aergent or In th', case perhaps sergsant-imjor ; the to other were worker. The first until sht enlisted had been in nn Insurance oflVe In London; of the other two one nu 1 domestic servant In a London suburb and the other a typist in a Glasgow office. The members, according to where their lines are cast, may live In billets, houses or hutments, or under cansss tents. All like the tents best, even In winter, and lit under canvas seems to ba healthier, but everywhere there are th une discipline and consciousness of doing honorable work, the same sense of clubahlp and comradshlp. The profit Is no less to the Individual than It Is to tha empire, and beyond the immediate bensflt to the empire of the hlp they are rendering In the war la another and perhaps greater benefit A very wise person standing by me as I watched and spoke with members of the corps said: "Consider what splendid mothers these girls are going to make In the next generation." The discipline and restraint In such matters aa the curtailment of movement and the hour of retiring at night are necessarily and wholesomely strict i they are In the army Itself. The glrV accept and welcome them becaure It n the discipline of th army. A girl n domestic service at homo would rese" Intensely such rules as are prescribe! fi lter here, saying she was hcinc "p " upon" because she was a girl nnd n-t man. but hero the rules npplv 10 t men and the girls are glad tn ? for that very reason, aa It pint-lrrr their oneness with the fighting fore KAISER SAVES LICHNOWSKY. neqnenla Prnsslan Lords 10 Kxpel Illni. London, July 14. At Kmpernr W Ham's personal request, says a deipai -from 'Amsterdam to the Exchange Te e graph Company, a majority of it members of the Prussian Houe Lords have agreed not to expel Pr'p Chsrles Llchnowsky. The Prince was German Amp.1s5.Ki" at London at the outbreak of the -and Issued a memorandum last M ' criticising the German foreign pm - and blaming the German Goernm."". for starting the war. HINTZE SUCCESSOR NAMED Baron Ton Hem nusnrhr-Ilariilrr.-hnnsen w Minister to XorniiT, Amstmoam. July 14. Baron or BuRsche-Hnddenhousen, German 1 Secretary for Foreign Affairs and nt 1 time secretary to the German Kinb- nt Washington, has been appointed M later to Norway, the VoasiacJte 7.r says. In place of Admiral von Untie, ths new Gorman Foreign 8erretnr n succession to Dr. von Kuehlmann Horr von Rosenberg, one of tw ,( -man emtsMirles at the Brest-Lit writ peace conference, has been appoint) succeed the late Count von Mlrbiv h was recently aasasslnnted at M" while Ambassador to Russia. a.TOO.OOO lor 2BO VonUer. l.ni. Announcement was made .MeM" that Judge Walter C. Noyes and Alfred Marling, receivers for the Amem 1 Real Kstate Company, had disposed of tho holdings of the company In the r.v. Hill section of Tonkers for about S " -COO, The purchaser Is a eyndi .i.e headed by Morris Hecksher of thin . nml lawrpnr rMnthn. r - '. . ' property consists of 250 lots and w : probably be the site of a hotel usually regulates the m mis instance price Men and Young Men, Keaucea to $30 Were priced up to $45. ISO Knitted Sport Coats, reduced to $15 TBBBMSS : : ... . - . . , . j. .