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FIVE GERMAN ATTACKS, strike
Artillery Breaks Up German Drives as Fast as Made;
British Attack and capture ia Jjassae Alter
Heavily Shelling Germans; Foes Counter
Attack and Strew Field With Dead.
PiRIS. France. July 27. In tbe
Champaign district last night
the Germans after an intense
I'ombardment carried ont five success
e attacks on the French positions
n ar Mononvilliers. The war office
announces that they were broken up
t y the French fire.
British AtOek I. Bace.
r.riush. Headquarters in France,
-After a terrific artillery
i ii'iiUiirdrr.f nt tne Krmsn troops last riiiierj 1 cuuru "
, sht advanced and captured La Bas- J aZXLlZ
Ville in Belgium The Germans ( west cf Wytschaete a well as the
i roir.ptlv counter attacked trenches near Eullecourt and Arras.
GEIlSTOlmElO.S.
THDDPS FROM AMERICA PREPARED
Allies Have Taken Advantage of German Inventions To
Turn Back On the Enemy Deadly and Terror Inspir
ing Appliances of "War; Germans Being Blasted By
the Frankensteins They Have Called Into Being.
BRITISH Headquarters la France,
July 27. When Amercian troops
finish th-ir period of training
a-d Fo into the battle line in France,
thre "Will be ented on them every
peciea of ate" the German mind
has been able to de lse. It will be a
terrifying experience for the Amerl- j
can troops, or would be if they were
rj( made previously .icquainied witx
a!! the devices of torment yet coii
med for use in this war. However.
they aryiow being trained to under-
and and withstand every thing the !
t :"-m n hv trt offer them.
"iaing escaped the first terrors of
t canons which German science had
er.;ed through toiling years of mih
ury pre pa rat Fob. the American divis
om will nevertheless plunge event -
ua. y into a seething eauiaren wnicn
, s grown from the unavoidable pol-
f.f righting the devil with fire",
will have auickly to learn not
nl to take the aful German fright
jlnes with calm endurance, but to
-nun. it with an -ver increasing
i pasure. In do'ng thi many nervp-le-Tingr
and soul searching experiences
u: doubtedly lie before them, but
v.ere are already thousands of young
npr.cans in tne i.anaaian ana
"B-'tish ranks who have proved them-;
e,rc Traaiiiona uy wortuj 11 ic . uemc ui uti nj utwieru . j nuuci a
o-Thine flames of modern war. land shells. They must prepare to
Have Wes Experience As Guide. 1 deal also with the treacherous lach
The American forces are fortunate f rymatory gas which i while not dancer
rdeed to be able to base their educa- to life States the tearducts until
Mon upon the bitter lessons learned 1 one cries with blinded, smarting eyes
T the French and British soldiers in . for hours. The surprise of both tthese
' . thV eventful davs that have fol- gases is their altogether pleasant
loVS trfat fSt ru?h tnetna!, vmriHr "ffW
4t - iir Tr . rnniKP books of in-I the clean odor of a sanitary hospital
onS.Ti0"' 5Pon I ward, while the ,o called tear ga. has
-h' experiences and out of the-;e the appetising scent of crushed ripe
-r American -nldiers will glean the l apples, or cider.
word kiw ledge that will fit; The Liquid Fire,
tb for the foremost trenches. There is also the reason shaking
They Will Get Their Baptlum- j terror of the "f lamenwerfer." with its
Firt of all nhen thev take their I roaring stream ol liquid fire flaring
e" will coir- th baptism of f ire wKh the velocity of jl high pressure
'' -l the noin- black hiEh-explopive 1 fire norzle and with an olfpouring of
,.-man shell-- that fcreani in inim u '" utuuc uvuu
a'a- and burst iv :th terrifying reports the heaens.
- r etimes n mot unexpected1 The Mine Tknnrr.
-l es- The Oermans are great be-' The first da of their stay in battle
or both m noise and high ex- trenches the Americans will make the
rij Thes even mix their adored 1 acquaintance of a very old. but
' !-! with thir sharpnel shell scarcely cherished, friend of the
v. n jreaic high in the air and send ' Tommies and I'onus another mem---p
r hu'lets showering down with ' ber of the Derfer family known as
n. whine of an angry winter wind, j Minnie.' This is the German mine
""he American oon will learn to dis- thrower or minenuerfer. which flings
- -ir jish the .nriividua! songs of the i over at short range sreat heavy pro-f-.r'oui
shells for there l not tlie jectiles known as "flying pigs" be-
cst doub' that the moment he . cause of their wabbly, ungainly flight.
! -, oie'rs thev are m the "line." the They go off with a deafening roar.
,-MWan WIn turn everv available expending more energy on noise, how
, ii 'ie- of weapon aKain.-t them in a . ever, than on material damage.
jnh of introductory "hate." They AHIe Perfect German Terror..
i, come over in order these shriek- , A notable development of the war
-c rrumbllng missiles raneinc !n has been the dread with which the
-e and noise all the wav from the Germans have seen weapons of their
- own invention turned against them.
TheWarAlA Glance
DESPITE all the unfavorable
news that t ontmues to come
from Russian war the
ater, there are o-La-ional si gnu
of improvement in the situation.
Last evening: s Petrograd news
papers, for instance, found cause
to report a somewhat better situ
ation at the front, probably as the
result of th1 drastic measures to
restore discipline which the go -ernment
has authorized m the re
f siabliEhment of field courts
martia1 and the reimposition of
the death penalty.
Similar stringent measures in
retrograd also appear to have
proved eftectie in dealing with
disorderly elmnts. Reports of
renewed fighting in the capital
are accompanied by the statement.
That government troops stepped
into the situation with salutary
-ffect. suppressing the rioting
cmnletely
Meanwhile the entente front
e'sewhere i gi mg renew ed
evidences ot its solidarity, not
. nlv m a m.Iitarv but in a polm
. al Vay. The allied conferencr at
Pans which was believed to have
been chiefly devoted to Balkan
affairs, adjourned its sessions
ith a renewed declaration of
united ptrro'-e on th part of the
entente power4- not t lay down
their an-4- -.ntil the central
Towers hsid i put in a position
There thei v. jid if'' fmd ft pos
uhle era - ' pujc a policy of
. nmfnal -ic- .
The Germans suffered heavy
casualties as the result of the British
artillery fire which was turned onto
No Man's Land and further back.
Many German dead were seen lying; In
front of the British trenches.
Meuperl Is .Shelled.
The enemy artillery continued ex
ceptionally active near the coast last
night. Nieuport was heavily shelled
and a number of gas shells were
thrown on uunaira. to. uniisn
nasrv little nin-saueaks or whir
bangs, up through the four-point
twos, the five-point-nines and then on
to what the British Tommies laconic
ally call "the big stuff" the eight
and 11 inch howitzer shells and the
projectiles from heavy calibered long
rang naval guns, known without af
fection as "Whistling Percys."
"Big Berthas" Little l'rd.
There wil. be little opportunity to
i near a Big uenna. i or inose litmuus
.,1.1 -i .-on r tiT... r hnKltT,rR nn Sel
riftm luted iitnvadavx It
ls oeuevea
that the Germans planned to bombard
Arras with them. vstteg -pramw
but the BrtUsh adv.
r 19. put a step u
1 Jhttmrlonm ejOMn
that particularly JfcefarJone
asrainst tbe already sadly battered
little Art o is cathedral city.
There is also awaiting the new
American array a bounteous baptism
of bombs and hand grenades and the
J J5K? Ah? JMi? n
eh"tly rattle of "e fa??
bullets sounds well calculated to
stab with a moment of fear the heart
of the bravest man.
Must Be Ready Far Cat.
But above all the American soldiers
must equip themselves to endure the
lethal cm.s that it ill be sent over
against them in poisonous, vaporish
clouds, or showered upon them in a
and turned with a steadily increasing
intensity. Their prisoners speak of
the terror thete weapons have caused
and declare the German higher com
mand is realizing all too late the
Frankensteins it brought Into being.
While tne entente allies are multiply
ne these terror on the linen b a
I down by emperor William himself.
the Germans, isolated so long from
the world, find their resources and
materials constantly failing both as
to means of carrying on this style
of warfare and. what is more import
ant to them, comoatting the re tn na
tive measures undertaken by British
and French.
Allies L'ne Gas Nott.
Asphyxiating gas may be taken as
a striking example. The whole world
was shocked when Germany first re
leased those poison clouds during
their second attack on Ypres when
the allies little suspecting such a
weapon, had no protection whatever
against it. Tbe horror of those days
when men eneulfed by the lethal
I waves died agonizing deaths will
never be forgotten. But tbe manner
in which the Canadian troops rallied
and prevented the Germans breaking
i through in what they hoped would be
1 a victorious march to Calais and
Boulogne, will ever be one of the most
thrilling stories of the world war.
Nowadays the British fairly bathe the
Oermans in every form of gas when-
rer the siigntest opportunity oners
and prisoners all say their losses in
these attacks have been alarmingly
heavy. Gas is sent over in creeping
banks of fog. is shot over In bombs
that suddenly explode
trenches and
a .kii no!
billets or sleep?isr quarters for troops
in rest miles back of the fighting line
' are safe from the iras shells which are
ever knocking at their doors
The bitterness of it all to the Ger-
FN AT;
Railroad Officials Say the
Strike Outgrowth of De
mand for Closed Shop.
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l l ni y jji ji i ti x i
D .1 t j FiC 7 C
The Cause Is Refusal Of
Reasonable Conditions.
CHICAGO. 111.. July !7. Two thou
sand five hundred railroad
oa-it m.n .mnlAMH In PhiMm
terminals, are expected to strike at C '
oclock tomorrow morning, according
to an announcement made today hy
Frank Hasler, of the general man
agers conference committee.
The railroad officials said the strike
probably would tie up considerable
pnr.rnin.nt trananortation and ex
plained that it resulted from demands
or tne riroinernooa ox luimmu
Trainmen for a closed shop.
James Murdock. vice president of
the brotherhood and who is in Chi
cago in charge of the union interests
in the controversy said:
'The strike results from the failure
of the roads to concede certain rea
sonable rules affecting working con
ditions." Couldn't Select Yardmssters.
The railroad managers conference
committee, in a statement, lists the
number of switchmen in the Chicago
switchin ' district at about iiOO. ot
whom 2500 belong to the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen, about
2500 to the Switchmen's Union of
America, and about 1500 either non
union or belong to some other labor
organization.
The managers committee declares
In aeree to the demands Of the B. O.
R. T.. switchmen would establish the
closed shop and deprive tne manage
ment of the power to select yard
masters and assistant yardmasters.
Nineteen railways are affected by the
demands.
The switchmen's demands, the
statement says, were presented July
2. and after offers to sabmit the dif
ferences to the federal mediation and
conciliation board were rejected by
tbe representatives or the
SATiOKAL GUARDSMEN" NOW
Tonngstown, O., July 27. To pre
vent a recurrence of yesterday's race
riots, national guardsmen are petrol
ing the business section today. Al
though the dry is not under martial
law, the military has authority to pre
vent fcuch disturbances as occurred
yesterday when nearly a score of
negroes received a severe beating at
the hands of soldiers whom they are
alleged to have insulted.
mans, however, is the fact that daily
they find they have less and less rub
ber with which to construct their gas
masks, many of which are very infer
ior and offer but poor protection to
the fighting men against gases that
constantly are becoming more power
ful. Boiling and blazing oil drums which
thev find exploding about them in
scalding and Incendiary fury, heavy
shells which break over them spurt
ing streams of melted lead, are other
species of the dread chickens of
f rightfulness that are dally flying
home to the German roost
It Is small wonder that half finished
letters found on Germans in the front
lines dwell upon the terror of the war.
or that some go so far as to speak
a desperate envy of the dead. (By
A. P.
ANARCHISTS FACE REARREST
IF ADMITTED TO BAIL
New Tork, July 27. Should Alex
ander Berkman. Louis Kramer and
Morns Becker, anarchists, convicted
of conspiracy to violate the selective
draft act. be admitted to bail, pend
ing the determination or their appeal
allowed by Justice Brandeia of the
I'nited States supreme court, all three
are expected to be rearrested on other
cb-rges.
Berkman. editor and publisher of
"The Blast," is under mdlctment in
conection with the preparedness
parade explosion In San Francisco a
year ago. It was said today, should
he be granted his freedom, he would
be immediately arrested on the charge
of homicide. Attorneys for Berkman
announced that in the event of his
arrest on the San Francisco charge
they would fight extradition on the
ground that the charge is a "frame
up."
mnrii r Tn rrnuiup
Arr&rU-O 1U ULmimna
TO GIVE UP THEIR GOLD
Amsterdam, Holland. July 27. The
'dailv recurring public notices printed
in conspicuous type in German news
papers entreating citizens to aid the
iatnerianu uy giving ii ineir goto,
evidently is insufficient of produc
tive result. The Weser Zeltung. of
Bremen, oublisfaes a renewed anneal
complaining especially that the well to
do puoiic sun xaiis to realize ine sit
uation. The newspaper cites examples of
members of the German imperial and
royal princely houses sacrificing their
gold and jewelry and says competent
authorities calculate that three to
four hundred million, gold coins are
being obstinately boarded in Ger
many while the value of gold orna
ments is estimated at a billion marks.
GERMAN COURT PLASTERS
ARE BEING ANALYZED
Washington, D. C. July 27. Sam
ples of court plaster distributed in
Brooklyn. X. Y.. by a German paint
concern were turned over to the de
partment of Justice today by secre-
tary rteaneia.
Charees have been made that Ger
l mans were spreading tetanus and
other diseases in the United States
through the distribution of surgical
dressinc; The department of Justice
is iiuiki-t a chemical analysis.
ALLIES WILL WITHDRA W
FROM MOST OF
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
PARIS. France, July 27. The entente powers decided at the conference in the Balkans to withdraw their
troops as soon as possible from ancient Greece. Thessaly and Epirus.
The following announcement respecting the decision of the allies concerning Greek territory now occu
pied by their military forces, was published today:
WILL END OCCUPATION.
"France. Great Britain and Italy, simultaneously and as soon as possible, will end the occupations they
have been obliged to make in ancient Greece, Thessaly and Epirus. Military occupation of the triangle formed
by the Sant Quanta road, and the Epirus frontier will be maintained provisionally, as a measure of security.
... i - -ii - t 1 1" t r .1 -mi-..- .
Italy and Greece win agree as
appose,! by Greece, trance. Ureat tirtiain. Italy will preserve during the
I island of Corfu, island to remain under the sovereignty of Greece."
BRITDNS FIGHT 1800,000 YDOTHSIKILL SPIES IS
10 VERY LAST1 TO FORI 0. S. ALLIES' ADVICE
Story of Attack by Aus
trians on British Drift
ers at Last Related.
ottowa. ont, July 27 An attack by
inree Aui vi uiki a v ss vs.
British drifters employed in guard-
ing anti-sum barf ne nets in the straits
of Otranto on May IS. Is described in
a London dispatch to Renter's
Limited, Ottowa agency, as follows:
"The drifters In eight divisions of
about six boats each were formed
along a line running roughly east and
west. Each carried a crew of ten
men and one small gun. In one case
the enemy appears to have acted with
chivalry toward the little craft, sig
nalling that the crews must abandon
their vessels. This cruiser ap
proached to within 100 yards of the
Gowanlea and ordered her crew to
take to the boats.
Cretv Fights Ta Finish.
"Skipper J. Watt, shipping the nets,
replied by ordering full speed ahead
and calling on the Tew for three
cheers, commanded them to fight to
a finish. They manned tbe gun and
fired with good effect until a ahot
from the cruiser disabled the gun.
They hung on under heavy fire, en
deavoring to repair the damage until
tbe cruiser passed out of range.
Thrlee Weaaded, Slays at J'ast.
The Gowanlea then proceeded to
tae assistance or tbe Badly oaau
Leosdla. which ht four men kl
astf three wenstst mU. Hill
per: tljMi aasite'-Ussaa iiiuuOl re
mained mi his post throughout the
action. Meanwhile the remaining
cruisers had opened a devastating fire
on the center of the line.
"The crew of the Admirable only
abandoned their vessel after her
boiler exploded and her wheel house j
bad been ahot away.
Three Shin. Founder. I
"The Girlrose. Cora T. Haven and I
Selby were not abandoned until they
gill. Bonespoir. Christmas Day and
Rv-lttflti Prnvn t-ssfiiasaH m l-irs thalr
rounaered. The crews or the uarri
vessels even when outraged and under j
broadside lire from the enemy and i
Drougnt tnem tnrougn tne action.
The dispatch also told of many
deeds of heroism during the battle.
The British admiralty on May 18
announced that 14 drifters had been
sunk in a raid by Austrian cruisers
in the Adriatic and that the British
cruiser Dartmouth was torpedoed in
a subsequent engagement but reached
port safely.
BY RUMANIANS
Jassy, Rumania, , Thursday July
26. The occupation of 10 villages
by the Rumanians in th ir new of
fensive. Is annoanced bj ttu- war of
fice. The Austro-German forces re
tired in disorder.
U-BOAT GOES ASHORE!
IS DESTROYED BY CREW
Paris. Prance. July 27. A German
submarine was destroyed on Thursday
on the French coast west of Calais.
The undersea boat went ashore and
the crew, unable to free her, opened
the gasoline tanks and set fire to the
vessel.
Members of the crew reached the
shore where they were made prison
ers. ARTILLERY DUEL IN WEST
DECREASES, GERMANS SAY
Berlin. Germany. July 27. Because
of unfavorable sighting conditions,
the artillery duel on the western front
decreased yesterday, today's German
official statement says but it in
creased to great intensity last even
ing. BRITISH CAPTURE TOWN
BUT LATER WITHDRAW
London. Eng. July 27. The British
last night captured La Bassee Ville
in Belgium near the French border,
but subsequently withdrew in the
face of a German counter attack in
force, the war office announces.
BIG GERMAN LINER
VATERLAND IS REPAIRED
New York. July 27. The big Ger
man steamship Vaterland seized at
New York by the government, will be
ready for serice shortly. Repairs
have cost slightly less than 11,000,000.
All German es.sels taken in Amer
ican continental ports will have been
repaired in a few weeks.
370 MOKE AUUKU
TO HKfiUI.AK ARMY
Washington. D. C. July 27 Regular
army recruiting brought in 2370 men
' yesterday A total of 1S1.377 have
, been enrolled since April 1. leaving
.the army only shout 22.OO0 short of
full war strength.
TOWNS TAKEN
regards reesiauusnrnem or tne civil
FODDAH
Mcmbers Are Engaged In
i m
tinning 0X10. Drying I OHS
Of Fruit, Vegetables.
ATTEND FOOD
TRAINING CAMPS
Will Go As Government
Representatives to Instruct
20,000,000 People.
WASHINGTON. D. C, July j;.
Eight hundred thousand boys
and girls. Uncle Sam's juve
nile food army, today entered the food
conservation campaign, by Joining
forces with the food training camps
to be held this fall in connection with
the leading fairs and expositions of
the country.
This army is already at work. Its
members betas? engaged In the can
ning and drying of thousands of tons
or xruHS asw ti
which other.
WIS pr01OMy
peatotl treats.
nw Demonstrate-
nstrat'e TeVerrlsfc WodiJj that Jhe jtucwtUm tt
..uVamiu.-ihat iftt,KljiLj' t,H
ernmeait wilt
demonstrating in the 2s.ose.tet
sons who are expected to attend the
food training camps, practical hosae
methods ot preserving perishable
foods.
The step represents the first na
tional interstate effort to make use of
the boys and girls of the nation la
the food conservation plan.
Organization Klcht Years Old.
This organization, which is eight
years old. Is made up of the thousands
Of bOVS and aVTlrlS clubs. OmnlZM DT
aid working under the direction of
" ucvartmeiu 01 Kncuuurc -i
clubs are located in every state and
in practically every community.
Tbe boya and girls, according to
plans worked out by the government
for the food training camps will dem
onstrate at these camps methods of
canning and drying fruits and vege
tables in the most efficient manner.
Home Management Ilemonatrated.
The girls, in addition, will demon
strate methods of efficient home man
agement, baking, cooking, the ar
rangement of preserved food in bal
anced menus for the family, and
garment making.
The boys will also be in charge of
exhibits on poultry and husbandry
and demonstrate work with farm ani
mals and how to raise crops.
These boya snd girls are now being
chosen through a series of contests
which are being held In schools, at
community fairs and picnics snd other
public gatherings throughout the
country.
Winners Co to Training Camps.
The winners will be sent to the food
training camps as tbe government
representatives.
At tbe camps medals and prizes will
be awarded to teams and individuals
doing the best work In delivering the
government's food message to the
people.
Instructions as to the arrangement
of the exhibits at each camp have
! been prepared and will be sent out
immediately to tne aireciors 01 m.
camps and to state leaders of boys
and girls work, who will then do the
actual work of arranging the demon
strations. $2 Wheal Will Allow
No Reduction In Bread
'Washington. D. C. July 11. In a
communication to congressional con
ferees on the food bill, the war emer
gency council of the baking industry
today gave notice that the
minimum for wheat proposed by the
bill will permit of no reduction in
the present price of bread.
The council urged that the price of
Britain and Germany
Will Send Prisoners
To Neutral Countries
LONDON. Eng.. July 27. The
agreement reached by the
British' and German delegates at
their lecent conference at The Hague
regarding exchange of and treatment
ot civil and military prisoners has
been ratified by both governments,
according to a statement made by
James Pitxalan Hope, Unionist mem
ber in the house of commons.
The agreement provides that direct
repatriation shall be resumed: that
the qualifications on medical grounds
ror repatriation or internment
neutral countries be made more len-1 and for other offences also have been
lent, and that the more seriously ill j reifulatd. hi!e reprisals against in
. nd noumied now interned in Swit- dildualt; hae been conceled.
GREECE
administration under a commissioner
war a naval and military base on the
Scotland Yard Says Make
Enemy Aliens Feel the
Hazard of Espionage.
London, Eng., July 27. The most
effective method ot combating the
German espoinage system in the Unit
ed States is to be found tn coopera
tion between the public generally and
the police, according to opinions ex
pressed to The Associated v Press by
high officials ot Scotland yard.
Since the entry ot the United States
into the war. English officials and
officials of the United States depart
ment of justice have been closely co
operating along these and other re
lated lines and the American agents
have been furnished with information
in regard to the methods of catching
those who are working for Berlin.
The compact wireless apparatus,
easily moved about and within con
tainers that disguise its real nature.
Scotland rifil conridtraWSff: !
ficuity has been experienced here with 1
SuSSitSSi'
detected! enemr nt"'t "
wholesale internment
of Germans
will not solve the problem. England1
has not interned all her German resi
dents, but the police are absolutely
sare of the connections of those al
lowed to niBBlrtM tarae. .
! a ajaftsara. tsettMK at In.
ww xse nrsx
fsrrnw tJnlt-
0 tsars.
1 that
sock work Js extremely hazardous.
wheat be left to the food administra
tion. The council sees no immediate
prospect for reduction in bread prices.
CONFEREES AT WORK
ON FOOD CONTROL BILL
Washington. D. C July 27 Work
on the food control hill waa continued
today by the conference committee
while both senate and house were in
recess, awaiting the conferees' re
port. An agreement may be reached
by tonight, according to some of the
conferees, most of whom, however.
contented themselves with the predic
tion that there would be prompt
action.
An overnight develoDment which
gave hope of having the hill perfected
and in president Wilson's hands next
week, was tne action of house Re
publicans, meeting informally, in
agreeing to abandon the proposed
rignt. lea by minority leader Mann.
tor tne creation or a Joint eoneres-
soinal committee on war expenditures. '
which is opposed by the president.
The senate, however, may yet fight '
for Its proposal.
BRITAIN HAS INCREASED
FOOD PRODUCTION GREATLY1
London. EnS- JUlv 27. In EnirlAnri '
and Wales the increased acreage in ,
v. urai uaney. u ana potatoes this
year is 347.000 acrea, or about six
percent, according to official returns
published today.
The orricial estimate is that "the
area or small cultivation has been
quadrupled and thia estimate probably
is below tbe mark, as the number of
small vegetable gardens in England
and Wales has been Increased by more
than 500.000 and the displacement of
flowers by vegetables has been Ren
era 1.
GOV. CAI'PKR EXTBltTAIXS
HOOP AT I.UCHKO.
Topeka. Kas.. Jnlv 27. Lient. flen
Roop and other member, of the Rn-
aian mission arrived here today. Gov
ernor Capper entertained Gen. Roop
at luncheon.
AUSTItALLV 3IAY J-CMJ
COMMISSIO.YER TO U. S.
Melbourne. Australia. Jnlv X7 A
resolution was moved today In the
commonwealth senate for the ap
pointment of an Australian high com
missioner In Washington.
zerland shall be returned to their own
countries to make room for others.
Holland To Receive 7Zt.
In addition to those sent to Swit
zerland. Holland has agreed to accept
7500 persons, wnile all commissioned
and non commissioned nf rl-.
whether in health or not, who have I
been in captivity for IS months or I
more, shall be eligible for Internment
in neutral countries. Holland has I
agreed to accept CS00 of these. 1
The Dutch government will further 1
provide for 2000 civilian prisoners. In- i
vaiids being given the preference. '
ReprUals Are Canceled.
Punishm.nl, fn, attAMn. ...
i fynQ pi i d t
PLOTTED TDASSIST HUSSifl,
5THETEUTDNIC CONTENTION
Many Arrests Are Made in Warsaw, the Capital, in Lodz
and Other Places; Gen. Pilsudki Was Caught While
Trying To Get Out of Country on False Passport;
Teutons Are Irritated at Polish Attitude.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark. Jury 27. A large number 6f persons u
Warsaw, Lodz and other places at Poland have been arrested by the
. Germans on suspicion of being connected with Geo. Pilsudki. He
was the organizer and former commander of the Polish Legion and was
arrested by the German authorities while attempting to leave Poland on a
false passport. The general had been hailed as a Polish patriot until the
Germans found he had Russian sympathies.
WANTED POLAND TO PROVIDE ARMY.
Germany and Austria-Hungary, after granting Poland the right lo
form an organization as an autonomous state under German and Auslro
Hungarian supervision, suggested that Poland recruit an army to aid the
central powers in the war. Gen. Pilsudki was placed in command of the
legion. Recruiting was so slow, however, that it soon became apparent
Poland could not raise the army corps desired, nor. m fact, a fighting force
of ? appreciable size whatever, to fight for Germany and Austria-Hungan .
This irritated the Teutonic nations and in the Prussian diet the question wa?
whetir would not be better to revoke the privileges granted Poland
in view of the apparent attitude of the Polish people.
ITIL PKIMH EIS,
IS DEfiLflRATIflHDFTHE J1LL1ES
Conferees at Paris Are Unit in Assertion That Prime
Condition For Making Peace Will Be the Impossi
bility of a Return of Germany's Criminal
Aggression Against Humanity.
PARIS. France. July 27. The allied
powers yesterday concluded their
conference after announcing a
decision to continue the war antil the
ooject for which they are fighting
is attained.
Text of Deeiaratlea.
Their declaration, which was made
unanimously before separating, reads:
"The allied powers, more closely
unuea man ever lor ine aeience or
the people's rights, particularly in the I conference of mllitarr conra ir'ne
Balkan peninsula, are resolved not to held in conjunction with the' d d' -lay
down arms until they have at-:matic conference, was attr' .1
talned the end which, in their eyes, i Maj. Gen. J. J. Pershing con-n-.i
dominates all others to render lm- the United States expeditio j- '-i
BUSS CILfiffllS TEUTONS;
CYCLISTS U 1TLE BRAVELY
Russian Shock Battalions Capture German Position,
Only To Find Enemy Receiving Signals From Russian '
Rear; Traitors Being Shot and Commander of Di
vision Removed For Not Attacking Deserters
PETROGRAD. Russia. July 27.
Russian cavalry threw back the
pressing Austro-German infan
try cn Wednesday In the region south
west of Monasteryska, in eastern Ga
licia. says the official statement ls-
iiw oy w nussian war ae- i ' me Kusso-Kumanians the termor
partment. j in the Suchitsa valley as far as tin-
Between the Dneister river and the i upper course of the Putna rlvt r
Carpathians, the statement says, the I Near Tarnopot. in eastern Ga!i-i
Russians continue to retreat in an ' vesterday. emperor William ;i,f i
erly direct.. I tSZt tnT,' Tr'
Southeast of Trembowls. in Galicia , flee announced today,
near the Russian border, the Russians i Tne statement says the Germ" '
retired a short distance , new post- ilff.'V' -Uons.
The Austro-Germana have oc- ; llclan town of Kolomea. on the r.. -copied
the Gallcian towns of Plotycy ' rnaa between Stanlslau and Czer-.
and Cxystyior. on the Sereth river I ?lt' De11 captured hy the Te
The Russian announcement says the
Rumanians have advanced towards
the upper reaches of the Suchitsa
river and are consolidating their
gains. Tbe Rumanians took many
prisoners and captured six guns.
Cavalrymen Fight Like Hereea.
Accounts of the battles of Galicia
which nave reached here say the cav
alrymen fought like heroes. Cossscks.
cooperating with Russian and British
motor cars, defended the Sereth line
as long as the least hope remained. It
la reported that artillery men on their
kneea implored the Infantry to save
Prosperity Bulletin
merica i on the eve of the biggest business -.he eve: n.
SIT gotni; to advertise and make hay while the sun "limes."
.TK HAI.KIV MISSOrRI Pi O.TKY A SJUAR c
To.:'. V
possible return of tbe crmur.a ag
gression such as that whereof the
central empires bear the responsibi'
ity." Agree On All Sabfeel..
There was unanimous agreemep' i
all decisions reached during the mi
mgs. The ministers of the depart
ments affected will meet in London to
draw up the executie measure
Slm and Ferahlng Attend.
The conference was attended
vice admiral Sims. V S X.. as the re
resentaf Iv. of th i-n.ti c.aP -r
BERLIN. Germany. July
Troops under command of arch
duke Joseph haie retreated on
the Rumanian front. The statement
given out today by the German ua-
u-mu-uneni says that the Teutons left
i ii Ausxro-oerman Torres a-e p
suing the Russians who are retrea
ing through the wooded Carpathn
In the direction of the river Prutn
their guns but that the tnfantr d.
not heed them.
Traitors Are Beteg Shel.
Gen. Komlloffs orders to shuv
traitors and marauders are betni; ca
r!ed out. The commander of a Kren t
dier division has been removed fo
refusing to fire on deserters.
Cyett.1. Fight Desperately.
The fifth cyclist battalion tons''
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