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THE EVENING TELEGRAPH
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VOL. IV. NO. 269
Published Dally Exeent Sunday.
Rubacrlntlon Price: 10 a Tear by Mall.
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1918
Entered aa Seronil-Clnaa Matter at th Poatofflce at Philadelphia, Pa.
Under the Act of Jlnrih s, 1870.
PRICE TWO CB1
Copyright, 1918, by the Public Ledger Company.
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U. S. DEMANDS
; WORLD MART
OPEN TO ALL
Small Nations Must Have
, Commercial Freedom,
Diplomats Are Told
HURLEY OUTLINES
AFTER-WAR POLICY
South American Visitors to
!Hog Island Learn America's
Benevolent Aims
FLEETS FOR HUMANITY
Vessel's Used for Transporting
Troops Will Become Trade
Carriers in Peace
America demands commercial as
well as political freedom for small
nations. To this end It will continue
Its struggle for worldwide democracy
even after German militarism has
been crushed, and the after-the-war
trade competition begins.
. This message of Edward N. Hurley,
chairman of the United States ship
ping board, was given to Latin
American diplomats who came here
today from Washington to Inspect the
Hog Island shipyard.
America's gigantic merchant fleet
is to bring after-the-war prosperity
to all he nations of the Western
Hemisphere, as well as to this coun
try, Mr. Hurle ytold the diplomats,
wlio represented various South Ameri
can countries.
Pan-American Itond of Ships
"You may send back to your
peoples," said MiJiurley, "tho word
that when the war Is won, as It must
be, if this hemisphere is to be freed
from the constant menace of militar
ism, the ships that have served their
jnllltarj'purpose will play a large part
in bringing the neighboring nations
ctoser together. They will cement the
bonds of comradeship by reducing the
delays in making personal and com
mercial contact.
"President Wilson has demon
strated to the world that the people
of the United States nro not ngr-tjng
for the permanency of their own liber
ties alone, but for the liberties of clvill-
I cation everywheic.
" 'The unselfish purposo of tKls coun-
I"- try ,ln the preseritwar is recognized, I
think, by the peoples of the nations
you represent. The United States,
mobilizing all Us strength against the
German Government, is lighting for
Its own. protection and for your pro
tection. Even Germany recognizes the
fact that the United States has no de
sire to extend its own dominion.
America Blocks World Conquest
"America . stands squarely In the
path of world conquerors. The world's
1 greatest shipyard, established 'here,
waa part ofpur answer to the chal
lenge of the German Government,
which set- out to sink our ships and
our cargoes, and American citizens
traveling the ocean highway. It waa
Intended primarily to serve civiliza
tion In the great war emergency, but
It will serve civilization as well in the
ndurlng peace that will be borne out
of the, victory of the Allies and
America.
"It has been -laid down as a rule of
conduct at home during the progress
Of this war that no excessive profit
hall be made out of the struggle of
humanity.' That rule will not be lifted
I when peace comes. It is the explolta-
I tlon of weaker nations by those that
' are stronger that has led to most of
the wars of the past, and the peace
for which America is fighting with all
her gathering strength will mark the
end of feudal corporate greed as well
aa feudal military rapacity.
"If our ships do not. bring prosperity
to our neighbors as wen as to our-
live, our own pride in trie achieve-
Tmtnt will be diminished. The great
Abet that this country is building will
be operated after the war upon prln
'clples which recognize human and na
tional rights and equities. That fleet
will serve the Americas. It will serve
Latin-America as it serves the people
of the United States. It will serve the
world aa America is now serving the
, world in fighting for the cause of lib
erty." -Giant
Hammers as Luncheon Music
Mr. Hurley spoke In the dining
room of the American International
8hlDbulldIne Corporation, the com
pany operating the big shipyard. The
staccato rattle or tne pneumatic nam-
mers driving the thousands of rivets
Into the hulls of the ships was plainly
I audible, and served to emphasize the
activities of the fleet.,'
After 'the luncheon, which .was
Continued on Pan Six, Column Fire
That German Gold
was used in an attempt to
mash American morale is evi
denced in the admission yesterday
of George Sylvester Viereck that
he had received $100,000 from
"Count Bernstorff, former German
.Ambassador to the United States,
for propaganda purposes. That
; Teutonic cash was used for crimi
nal and diabolical ends will be
shown in tomorrow's
&VEWNG PUBLIC LEDGER
In the thrilling story founded on
'facts furnished 'by William J..
jFlynn, former head of the United
ItaUs Secret Service
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THE EAGLE'S EYE
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McAdoo Cables Nation's ,
Compliments to Pershing
By the United Press
With the American Arm tea. In
Franc, July 26. General Pershing
received the following cablegram
from Secretary McAdoo: '
"America glories In the achieve
ment of your gallant army and
your French comrades.
"The country Is thrilled with the
valorous deeds of our heroic sol
diers." Pershing replied:
"In the name of the American
Expeditionary Force, I thank you
for' your cordial message. Our of
ficers and men are filled with the
national spirit of determination to
win. They are superb soldiers."
ARRESTED AS
SPY SUSPECT
Austrian With Night
Glasses Acts Mysteriously
on Hill
U. S. AGENTS PROBING
Robert Weiss, an Austrian, forty-two
years old, Thirtieth street, near Oxford,
has been taken In charge by tho De
partment of Justice, and Is being held
pending Investigation of his mysterious
action on a hill In Falrmount Park.
Ho was arrested late last night by
Park Guard McBrlde who had watched
for ten minutes while the Austrian
scanned the surrounding country with
night glasses.
After being held In the Woodford
Guard House all night, where he was
questioned by detectives, he was ar
raigned before Magistrate Stevenson,
3847 Lancaster avenue, this afternoon,
and was then turned over to the De
partment of Justice.
According to McBrlde, he was walking
through the Park near the Poplar street
entrance when the man's actions excited
his suspicions. He crept within a few
feet, of Weiss and watched him as he
apparently . searched In the darkness
with V? night glasses for some object.
McBrlde finally emerged and arrested
Weiss.
The Austrian admitted he was un
naturalized and that he had not reg
istered as an alien enemy.
A card found on Weiss Indicated he
was employed at the Baldwin Loco
motive Works.
RUSSIAN DUKES KIDNAPPED
Four ' Former Nobles Carried
Away.by Bandits
By the Associated Press
Amsterdam, July 26. Four formei
Russian Grand Dukes have been car
ried off by an unidentified band, accord
ing to a dispatch to the Cologne Volks
zeltung from Moscow.
The dispatch says that the president
of tho Ekaterinburg Territorial Council
announces that the band, on July 18,
broke Into the residence of the former
Grand Dukes Igor, Constantln and Ivan
Constantinovltch and Serge Mlchaelo
vitch and carried them off. v
The former Grand Dukes Constantln
and Igor Constantinovltch are sons of
the late Grand Duke Constantln Con
stantinovltch, a second cousin of the late
Emperor. The former Grand Duge Serge
was once a'general In the Russian army
and Is an uncle of Constantln and Igor.
There are no available records of' an
Ivan Constantinovltch.
HARRISON REMAINS ON JOB
Will Continue as Alien Custodian
of Philippine Islands
By the Associated Press
Manilla. July 26. The resignation of
Governor General Francis Burton Har
rison as enemy alien property custodian
of the Philippine Islands, announced
rccetly because of differences with A.
Mitchell Palmer, enemy alien property
custodian at Washington, has not been
accepted, and Governor Harrison decided
today to continue his work.
Governor Harrison has canceled the
proposed sale of several properties here
whobc ownership was believed to be
mainly In German hands. --As a result
of his action the prospective .buyers
have appealed to Washington. Tner
protests aie supported by the Merchants
Association.
CHANCE MEETING DISASTROUS
Woodland Avenue Assumes
Aspect of Great White Way
They met at Forty-sixth street and
Woodland avenue. It was by chance.
They had never met before. They could
not anticipate that such disastrous re
sults would ensue. .
One was greatly broken up and crushed
over It.' The other suffered, but was
paneless.
They were a milk wagon and a car.
Moved by similar Impulses, they tried to
cross the same point at the same mo-
The wagon belonged to the Abbott
Dairy Company, Thirty-first and Chest
nut streets. Nobody hurt, but Wood
land avenue's surface for several hours
was a paradise for the pet cats of the
neighborhood.
ARMY STAFF RULES GERMANY
Secures Full Executive and State
Rights Under New Order
By the Associated Press
London, July 28.
A strlklng-and revolutionary political
change has just been made In Ge'rmany,
says a Daily Mall dispatch from Berne,
Very quietly and unostentatiously, it is
added, full executive and State rights
ha,ve been granted to the Imperial gen
eral staff. This means. It Is declared,
that the civil and military executives
have been placed on an 'equal basis.
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JEWEL THIEVES GET $35,000
Use Pistols in Daylight Robbery
in Chicago store
By the Associated Press
Chlrafco; July 28. Four robbers ob.
talned. $30,000 In Jewelry and 50 1n
currency from the Jewelry store of J.
M. Sandnck today and escaped.
They Intimidated Sandacg, his son
and daughter with pistols, while they
run4cked the place.
President Wilson
Mob Spirit
Washington, July 26.
PRESIDENT WILSON today In a
statement addressed to his "follow
countrymen" defining mob spirit and
viglrously condemning alt forms of
lawlessness called upon the nation to
show the world that while it fights '
for democracy on foreign soli it Is not
destroying democracy at home.
The President did not confine, his
definition of "mob spirit" toward those
suspected of being enemy aliens or
enemy sympathizers, but made a par
ticularly strong plea against lynch
InRs: he refrained from specifying
lynchings of negroes in the South, but
It is clear that he Included thjm In
his characterization of mob spirit ns
"a blow at the heart of ordered law
and human justice."
The statement follows:
My Fclloxc-countrymen :
I take the liberty of addressing
you upon a subject which so vitally
affects the honor of the nation and
the very chaiacter and integrity of
our institutions that I trust you will
think me justified In speaking very
plainly about It.
I allude to the mob spirit, which
has recently here and there very
frequently shown its head among
us, not in any single region, but In
many and widely separated parts of
the country. There have been many
lynchings, and every one of them
has been a blow at the heart of or
dered law and human justice. No
man who loves America, no man
who really cares for her fame andp
honor and character, or who is truly
loyal to her Institutions, can justify
mob action while the courts of Jus
tice are open and the governments
of the States and the nation are
ready and able to do their duty. We
are at this very moment fighting
lawless passion. Germany has out
lawed herself among the nations be
cause she has disregarded the sacred
obligations of law and has made
lynchers of her armies. Lynchers
emulate her disgraceful example. I,
for my part, am anxious to see
every community in America rise
above that level with pride and a
fixed resolution which no man or
set of men can afford to despise.
Mob Spirit a German Asset
We proudly claim to be the cham
pions of democracy. If we really
are, in deed and in truth, let us See
to it that we do not discredit our
own. I say plainly that every Amer
ican who takes part in the action of
FALLS IN BATTLE
! Mf
Twd Chester Men First Del
aware County Guards
men Wounded
IN OLD SLXTH REGIMENT
,
A Philadelphia and two Chester
youths were reported In today's casualty
list from France as havlngtbeen severely
wounded In action. They are:
, Private Thomas Jonm, 270 South Six
teenth street, Philadelphia.
Private Albert A. Lykeiu, 1923 West
Third street, Chester.
PrUato John J. King, 222 Pusey street,
Chester.
The Chester youths are the first Del
aware county men belonging to the old
National Guard reported wounded In
the gigantic struggle of the Allied troops
alqng the Marne, and are among the
first members of the 111th Infantry,
formerly the old Sixth Pennsylvania In
fantry, National Guard, to fall in the
present battle.
The War Department recently an
nounced that the Twenty-eighth Division
the Keystone Division composed of,
Pennsylvania Guardsmen, Is one of the,
American units which has aided In drlv-j
ing the Germans back.
Private Lykens was a member of
Company B, of the old Sixth Regiment,
N. G. P., and Is the nephew of Orvllle
Lykens. 1922 West Third street, Chester,
with whom he resided. Mr. Lykens re- i
celved wcrd today from the War De
partment that his nephew was wounded
July 12, probably fatally.
Trained at Hancock
Private King was also a member of
Company B and resided with his sister,
Mrs. W. O. Allen. In Chester. He en
listed soon after the United States entered
the wan and was in training during the
many months Which the Twenty-eighth
Division was quartered at Camp Han
cock, Ga.
Private Jofies, whose address was
given In the casualty list as 270 South
Sixteenth street, is not known there. It
Is supposed that Jones was also a mem
ber of the Keystone Division.
The casualty list today contained the
names of many Pennsylvanlans, among
which were two Pottsville youths. They
were- Private Jerry D. Sullivan and Pri
vate Michael Vanish, both of whom are
reported severely wounded In action.
The names of William M. Johnson,
Oak Ridge,- Pa., and Sergeant James
WhaleA of Reading, also appear among
those Hated as severely wounded.
That former National Guardsmen from
cities and towns In the western section
of the State- are also actively engaged
was Indicated by the number of youths
from these sections mentioned in tlje
casualty list.
HIS NAME IS BLISS, TOO
With abandon roicdvdoxcdu
BtiU he tells ua "Partly tloudy
Tonight and Saturday."
Moderate is Ms prediction
Though It sometimes sounds like
Action.
That is just his way. .
Very often hds he tinned.
Where's that gentle southeast
tcindr
'
Condemns
as Blow at Justice
a mob or gives It any sort of coun
tenance Is no true son of this great
democracy, but its betrayer, and
does more toTItscredlt her by that
.single disloyalty to her standards of
law and of right than the words of
her statesmen or the sacrifices of
ner neroic ooys in tne trencnes can
do to make suffering "people believe
her to be their savior., How shall we
commend democracy to the accept
ance of other peoples If we disgrace
our own by proving that It- Is, after
all, no protection to the weak?
Every mob contributes to German
lies about the United States what
her most gifted liars cannot Improve
upon by the way of calumny. They
can at least say that such things
cannot happen in Germany except
in times of revolution, when law is
swept away!
I therefore very earnestly and sol
emnly beg that the Governors of
all the States, the law ofllcers of
every community, and, above all,
the men nnd women of every com
munity In the United States, all
who revere America and wish to
keep her name without stain or re
proach, will co-operate not passively
merely, but actively and watchfully
to make an end of this disgraceful
evil. It cannot live where the com
munity does not countenance It.
Calls People to Reverend Law
I have called upon the nation to
put Its great energy Into this war
and it has responded responded
with a spirit and genius for action
that has thrilled the world. I now
call upon it, upon its men and
women everywhere, to see to It that
Its laws are kept Inviolate, its fame
untarnished. Let us show our utter
contempt for the things that have
made this war hideous among the
wars of history by showing how
those who love liberty and right and
justice and are willing to lay down
their lives for them upon foreign
fields stand ready also to illustrate
to all mankind their loyalty to tho
things at home which they wish to
sec established everywhere ns a
blessing and protection to the peo
ples who have never known tho
privileges of liberty and self-govern- J
mem.
I can never accept any man as a
champion of liberty, cither for our
selves or for the world, who does not
reverence and objr the laws of our
own beloved land, whose laws "wc
ourselves have made. He has
adopted the standards of the ene-
iiues ui nis country, whom ho affects
to despise.
WOODROW WILSON.
DRINR CUTS COAL
OUTPUT, HE SAYS
State Mining Chief Would
Restrict Saloons in Af
fected Regions
DEALER ADMITS. PROFITS
Stricter regulation of Faloons and
other drinking places In the mining re
glons of Pennsylvania would materially
aid in tho production of coal.
This statement was made bv Seward
K. Button, chief of the Department of
Mines of Pennsylvania, while explaining
the labor difficulties encountered In the
production of coal before members of
the Pennsylvania Retail Coal Dealers'
Association this afternoon at the Cham
ber of Commerce.
The speaker urged that the saloons be
closed earlier at night, and not opened
In the morning until the miners had
started work.
"The loss of tlmo thiough absence af
ter the semi-monthly payday," said Mr.
Button, "is another serious detriment to
production. The average worker prob
ably loses six days a month in this
way," he said.
'The only way to increase production
Is to Increase labor supply and convince
the minersthat It Is their patriotic duty
to work eight hours a day, six fuI days
a week."
Many Aliens Loft Country
Commenting upon the shortaes of
labor since the beginning of the wajy
mo Diicnnci ottm wun was que to tne
ract tnat many foreign-born miners re
turned to their, home countries and'ti" rU.n,.uhr!m,a:
entered the munition plants while still
others took Jobs In the munition plants
In the United States.
Rigid observance of the religious
calendar, frequent picnics and attend
ance at funerals by miners, Mr. Button
said, also greatly Interfered with coal
production. The high pay of miners, he
contended. Interfered, for the reason that
the miners worked fewer days a week.
John Lloyd, resident vice president
of the National Retail Coal Merchants'
Association, made a brief address.
"Ninety per cent of the retail coal
dealers are making more money than
ever before," he said. "If you are not
making It, then It's your own .fault, bo
cause the Government wants you to have
a fair margin of profit. The establish
ment of the national fuel administration
uas the best thing that ever happened
for the dealer."
Fralatu Fuel Administration
After paying further tribute to .he
fuel administration, the speaker said he
would like to see the Government fix a
minimum price for coal, but expressed
the belief that It would be Impracticable
at this time.
A' review of the woik done In regu
lating the coal business In this city waa
given by T. C. Mahady, of the fuel ad
ministration of Philadelphia.
The work of the national fuel adminis
tration In boosting coal production was
explained by Samuel B, CrowfU, a
member of the national body. During the
jveek ending July 13, he said, 18,243,000
tons of coal were produced In the United
States, while in central Pennsylvania the
Increase was 150,000 tons over the rec
ord for any previous week.
When you think of writlnx,
think of WHITUtO. Adv,
AMERICANS PUSH
NEARER TO FERE
IN STEADY DRIVE
Capture Half of Wood
Within Four Miles of
Railway Center
a
INFLICT HEAVY LOSSES
Pershing's Guns Wipe Out
Massed German Forces in
Ruined Epieds
By the Associated Press
Wnntilngton, July 26.
American fores between the Ourcq
and the Marne continue to preps back
the enemy, General Pershing reported In
his communique for yesterday, received
today nt' the War Department.
The statement follows:
"Section A Between the Ouicq and
the Marne our troops continued to press
the enemy. In their advance eastward
they hae taken the southern half of
Foret do Fere.
"Section B There Is nothing to re
port In this section.-"
The Forct-de-Fcre is four miles di
rectly south of Fore-en-Tnrdcnols, the
great railway center, through which tho
German"! must pass Inthclr retreat from
the southwestern section of the Marne
pocket.
By the Associated Presi
London, July 26. Pouring a conccn-
tiated fire on massed German troops
which charged Into the ruined village
of Epieds, north of the Marne, after
the town had changed hands several
times, the Americans wiped out the
entire German force.
The story of how the Americans met
and conquered the enemy in the tre
mendous combat in the region of Kplcds
and Trugny Is related In a despatch from
Rcuter's correspondent with the Ameri
can troops In France.
German Infantry which had been
pushed back from the Marne was hur
ried forward to check the Franco-American
thrust toward Fere-en-Tardenols
from the southwest.
The Germans fought well and checked
the advance for some thirty-six hours,
and three times wrested ie village of
Epieds from their determined American
opponents. Jn the meantime, the vil
lage grew constantly smaller under the
ceaseless bombardment from both sides
alid flnally-dlsappeared, not even a large
pile of bricks "being left behind. .
When the village disappeared theGer'
mans were In possession. The Ameri
cans, tired of the ceaseless ebb and flow
of the fighting there, had taken the
slopes on either flank and forced the
Germans' to make their final massed at
tackjlnto the lulns of the village.
Meanwhile the Allied guns had been
brought up beyond the crest of the hill,
and ns soon as tho Germani took poucf
slon of the village they concentrated a
terrific Are upon it until the place
smoked with Its own red dust as though
afire. When the ffiinn ccaKed firing there
were no German left to capture or eien
to bury.
At the edge of the wood beyond
Trugny, the correspondent adds, the Ger
man machine guns, stationed ten yards
apart, held up the advance a little
longer. Making a feint front attack, how
ever, the Americans crept, Indian fash
Ion, around the flanks and captured all
the guns. Afterward the pace, of tho.
advance quickened. All the high ground
north of Epieds was taken and the line
carried beyond Courpcl.
BATTLE DEATH RATE
LOWEST, SAYS BAKER
By the Associated Press
Wanhlnicton, July 26. Satisfactory
progress Is being made by the American
troops assisting the French and British
in pushing In the German lines on the
Sotssons-Rhelms salient, members of the
House Military Affairs Committee were
told today by Secretary Baker and Gen
eral March, chief of staff.
The transportation facilities of the ex.
pedltlonary army are fully meeting the
.strain placed upon them In keeping the
moving troops supplied and In bringing
up heavy guns and ammunition, the Rep
r sentatlves were told.
While without Information as to cas
ualties, In the present battle, Secretnry
Baker said the percentage of men killed
ably low. Figures furnished the com
mlttfei members showed that the death
rate In battle has been eight per 1000.
while there was exactly the same pro
portion of deaths from diseases among
the expeditionary forces.
The officials said this undoubtedly nas
the lowest death-rate among troops at
war In the history of the world.
Members of the committee Inquired as
to the losses by the Germans In killed
since the present battle started, but
General March said he had no Informa
tion en that subject, adding that the
American forces were too busy pressing
their offensive to even attempt to esti
mate the German dead.
B. R. T. Boosts Men's Pay
New York. July 26. The Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company today announced
a voluntary Increase. wafces to its em
ployes, amounting approximately to
Jl.i 00.000 annually. The Increases range
from 10 to 25 per cent.
Kaiser's Death Grip
A pen-picture of the prostrate
form- of Austria-Hungary, the
Kaiser's dupe, from B. F. Kospoth,
special correspondent of this
paper at Berne, Switzerland, will
appear tomorrow in the
Evening Public Ledger
.German hypocrisy and unfaith
fulness to an ally are pitilessly
exposed by this brilliant writer.
ALLIES TAKE FOE'S BAS
AT OULCHY-LE-
ADVANCE NEARER FER
BRITISH FLIERS
DOWN NINETEEN
GERMAN PLANES
Three Allied Machines Missing.
2 4Tons of Bombs Rained
on Enemy Railways
By the United Press
London. July 26.
The British Air Ministry today re
ported destruction of sixteen German
airplanes, with tho probable loss of three
others, which aro declared to have been
sent down out of control. Only three
British machines aie missing. The
communique added:
"During the night of July 24 more
than twenty-four tons of bombs were
dropped by us on the raUvus at Valt-n-clennee,
Sclln, Courtrnl and Armcn
tlcres and on hostile billets on different
parts of the front. Two trains were hit
with bombs and thousands of rounds
fired from machine guns at various
ground targets, Including active anti
aircraft guns, searchlights and trans
Iorts." WESTERN UNION INDICTED
Charged With Sending 346,417
Wires by Rail
ew York. July 26. Ily I N. S.-J
Federal tndlc tment were nnnrtcd down
today ngalnit the Western Union Tele
graph Ciimpany on charges of lmlng
tnrnsin'ttitl "46,417 meages bv rail.
The penalty provided In the Indict
ments N ?50 a message, which would
amount to J17.D00.000.
UKRAINE PEASANTS REBEL AND MARCH ON KIEV
LONDON, July 26. A peasant rebellion has broken out in
the Ukraine on a formidable scale, according to information re
ceived today. Seventy-five thousand peasants, fairly efficient
troops, with their officer's and instiuctors, are advancing against
the Germans, detachments of whom have withdrawn before the
hostil advance, retreating to Kiev. The peasants are well armed
CHINESE TROOPS TO BAR BOLSHEVIKI FROM CROSSING
LONDON, July 23. China is sending troops to the border to
prevent the Bolshcviki from 'crossing, it was learned authorita
tively today.
SOVIET FALLING,
LENINE ADMITS
Bolshevik Premier De
clares Republic Totters
Under Counter-Revolts
CZECHS TAKE SIMBIRSK
By the Associated Press
Amsterdam, July 26.
Premier I.enlne, In n pcech at, Moscow
before the sovrrn.neMt conference of fac
tory committees, ,'nld the position of the
Soviet republic had hceimo extremely
acute In view nf International complica
tions, counter-revolutionary conspiracies
and the food crisis, according tc a Mos
cow dispatch received by way of Berlin.
The Russian Proletariat knew very
well, Lenlne told the conference, that
the united action of tho workers of the
entire world, or of some of the highly
developed capitalistic countries, was nn
essential condition to the lctory of the
Russian molutlon. It was easy for
Russia to begin a revolution, hut extra
ordinarily dltllcult to continue and con
clude It On the other hand, the begin
ning of a revolution In such a long-organized
bourgeois country ns Germany
was t'Nticnu'ly clIIHcult. but then It would
be t-o much caMer to cairy It to comple
tion. Referring to the Brest-Utovsk treaty.
Lenlne haid that, according to the treaty,
Russia muht pay Germany 6,000,000,000
rubles. The attempt of the Social Revo
lutionists of the Left to entangle Russia
In n war with Germany by the murder
of the German Ambatsador, was no way
to evade the trenty The way out mu3t
be fqund by the joint exertions of the
proletariat and the poor prnsar.'s.
Rushia. under the Urcn Litovsk treaty,
was to Indemnify Girnmn tubjects for
the losses Incurred through the war, Ad
vices received In London early In April
said tho Russian Government estimated
these losses would total Ave billion
rubles. It has been reported, but never
officially confirmed, that Germany also
demanded a cash Indemnity of several
billion rubles.
SIMBIRSK CAPTURED
BY CZECHOSLOVAKS
By the Asiocinted Press
Amsterdam. July 26. Ciecho-SIovak
troops have captured the Important town
of Simbirsk, about 600 miles east cf
Moscow, according to an official telegram
from Moscow received by way of Berlin.
The Russian Soviet troops put up a des
perate resistance.
With the capture of Simbirsk, on the
Volga, Czccho.Sloak troops now control
not only the left bank of the river, but
part of the territory on the right bank.
The Prada, the official Soviet organ.
Continue on rase SMi,CIubui On
BRITISH SMASH
GERMAN BLOWS
ON TWO FRONTS
Drive Back Teutons Attempting
to Recover Lost Hcbuternc
and Metcr.cn Positions
By the United Press
London, July 26.
British troops repulsed strong enemy
attacks against recently von positions
In the Hebuternc and Mcteren sectors
last night and this morning. Field
Marshal Halg reported today. The
statement follows:
"In the Hebuterno sector (Plcardy
front) jesterday eenlng the enemy at
tacked our new positions under cover of
a heavy barrage and was driven oft
with severe losses.
"Early this morning a stiong enemy
local attack was repulsed in the neigh
borhood of Meteren (Flanders front)
after sharp fighting."
"During the night a party of our
troops rushed a ho-tlle machine-gun nest
in the Merrls sector.
"Hostllo artillery has been active In
the Komme valley nnd In the neighbor
hood of Boyelles."
Killed in Flying Test
By the United Press
HiifTnln, X. Y., July 26. Aviator J.
Lawrence Durham, Brookvillo, Ont was
Instantly killed, and Ralph Doollttle, San
Francisco, fatally Injured In the fall of
an airplane at the Curtlss testing Meld
today.
U.S. TROOPS GAIN
MORE THAN MILE
Capture Two Towns and
Advance Line in Fere
Forest Region
. COMBATS ARE BLOODY
By EDWIN L. JAMES
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Ccpurlaht. MIS. bu w Vorfc Timta Co.
With the American Army on the
Marne, July 26.
By a series of connected local ac
tions the American troops succeeded
yesterday In pushing forward their
line, running through the region of
the forest of Fere and tho forest of
Riz. Our men gained as much as
four kilometers (two and one-half
miles) at some points.
In their ndvance they captured two
towns, the names of which cannot be
mentioned until after the French com
munique records them. In one of
these towns the Germans had placed
machine-gun positions in and about
a large church.
Our troops also took possession of a
strong position on a large farm in the
midst of the forest of Fere.
French-American troops to their
right In the forest of Rlz also made
good progress. The French, in the
legion below Oulchy-le-Chateau nnd
the Americans to the southf are slowly
crushing In the defenses of Fere-en-Tardennls.
from which the Americans
are now distant only nbout eight kilo
meters (Ave miles). The Germans are
withdrawing their war material from
the town, where several fires are burn
ing now.
Will Try to Hold Fere
The Germans are expected to make
n strong eff6rt to hold Fere-en-Tardenols.
Seven highways converge
there, nnd the town has been used
bv the Germans as a supply depot.
The town is now well within the range
of our guns and several fires were
observed there last night.
Meanwhile the Allied troops are
keeping up the pressure oouth of
Rhelms. threatening Flsmes and also
south of Solssons.
Of the last two days' fighting It
may be said that our progress has
steadily continued. It continues
against violent artillery Are and bit
ter infantry assaults of the enemy, on
which the German official communique
'a" much stress.
This resistance was materially
weakened on tho southern side of the
salient Wednesday. Progress mor'e
favorable than on the day before was
registered bv the Allied armies all
along the salient.
It was the lot of the Americans to
drive the Germans back in the region
lyins north of Cliateau-Thlerry. Of
Coatinnta on Tat Fr. Colama TfcrM
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Allies Continue Pit
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ON GERMAN ARMIES!
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Station Destroyed f ,
TEUTON FIGHTING HAIM
Kaisers Forces May Open Bijjjffl
n .r . o s$&
viuuiucr-Linve in oois- v;
VfXs
sons Zone
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By the Associated Press
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Paris. JulySjtf!iS
Capture of the towns of VillembitSKSi
toire and
nounccd by the War Office.
The French took four cannon an
many hundred prisoners in this flgh4wi'S
'
The statement follows: 'Qfl
icsieraay auernuon rrencn irvvsmmK
captured Vlllemontolre after vloltM.4
fltrhtln:r and cantured 200 nrlsonera sJi.'a
well as twenty machine guns. X'tS'
"Further south, Oulchy-le-ChaUltJ
fell Into the hands of the French.-s.flK;-French
made progress eastfco'Tinfa'
town and captured four cannon. IfBV'jl
"During combats yesterday IrU.tl
rpirlnn south of the Ourcn the Tnltkm'fi
took many hundreds of prisonert.yifril
Vlllemontolre- is slightly more immkc
five miles directly south of 'SblaeaMrira
on tho Soissons-Chateau-Thierrylp
road. It is in this region, ",tp
German right flank that the eneaMWaa
has been making his most determlnejti
..i.tnnsA nnw ftirtVtAt ortvnfiMi 'Ur.Aa
the Allied forces because of the ,?'
ger to his. line of retreat from tk "X
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Marne salient,
Oulchy-le-Chateau Is about
sevttijv
miles south of Vlllemontaire, on
thy--5
Solssons-Chateau-Thlerry railway, lis...
This line has been virtually useless lie K
the Germans for some time, however. sVS
owing to its having been closely, i&Wm
. . . .... - '.. Si hi
proacnea or cut oy tne Allies runner w,
north. The taking of Oulchyle
Chateau, however, will definitely MrtVii
It out of business. The capture t)a
mis town hiso represents a luriBWvjXr
closing in on Fere-en-Tardenols.-aboUtW
six miles to the east, although ,'tlttMfl
.1,1 , . --...M'iii'.&f
on the line to the south.
tvitu hid murrivaii armr H"W.
AIsne-Marne Front. July 28. TlJei'cSsJ
French and American push northeasts!
s-,1.-. ft... . ' .-.';. -i-it
ui i-imieiiu-iiiierry nils resoivea iUfU-$.v
Into a. battle nf thn wnnriir wlith?r
abound In this region. The GermaiM
are fighting a rear guar,d action ltlS.
their artillery and machine guns. re-Pi-,?
tiring gradually before the AlllM.&t
forces. The German Infantry Is not '', t"
evidence. s 'f
t'o iiiun.wi.uiiB c.iuy luutiy wvTVjV
that the enemy was making prepaVnvV
tions for a further withdrawal. HeT
werjij
has been struggling to hold' .th
northern half of the Forest of ,Tvn v
and of the Forest of Rls, but tAt'
lies are making progress in the work!
of ousting him from the remainder &
these woods.
The Allies moved up their heav
artillery early today and were tbryii
Inc. shnlla tntn the n.rman Mna'iU
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far as saponay (nve and one-half BMtesiT
vnnri Fflrp.pn.Tnrr1printci ftwr. MllAkvA
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souineusi ui oupuiuty;. xne samw
to the south were also being peP9M4ferf
by Allied shells. ' ''Aki"i
. . j-nr
The uermans nave oeen using NM
"blue, cross" or "sneeze" gas, Wt-
tffectu ely. ? fty-
Ttie poplar and oak forests of; J
nnd Rix are rilled with under
and the Allied forces are havlag I
Job to get through them. but. an
tinulng the push night and day.
uerman macmne gunners
lery are desperately conte
every Inch of ground before.!
tit
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(This morning the battle':! ',.(
woods was still in progress.)
Day alter aay tne Ainee, .
French, now the Americans .
the British, are encroaching,!
triangular salient, at soma yw
ing deep dents in the enemy J
and at other progressing i
t.
Re tk. tlnilmd Pfiii --'-ii
Park,'.
Franco-American troops
pletely turned Fere foreet.?,!
within six .kilometers (naVuri
miles) of Fere-en -Tardenols. 4r
. on soin sia.es or me;
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