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EVENING LKDCfflR X'lULADBLPHlA. PB1DAT, OCTOBER 33, 1916
IING OF RUM ANIA
FEARS BELGIUM'S
FATE IF AID FAILS
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Huler Hints at Disaster Un-
leM Allit Support His
t Army
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DBFJWDS WAR POLICY
WINTER TO FIGHT AGAINST ALLIES;
NO PEACE 3IGNS, SAYS ELLEN ADAIR
Advantage Will BS With Germans for Six Months Because
They Are on Defensive Soldiers Laugh for Days
at Funny but Terrible Armored Cars
By ELLEN ADAIR
Written Specially or Philadelphia Evening
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tONDOK, Oct !. Stanley Washburn,
taw Tim' tpeelAt corrrtpondtnt In IM
jnl, ana tha following- undtr data of
'"Octebf Ui
"KIih rlHnd ot Humanla. In mrles
conversations vrltn m, hM stated his
opinion of the situation as follows
"At a Urns whtn our enemies are strtv
1C by every malicious means within their
power to misrepresent beforo the world the
attitude of Rumania, It Is nttlwc and proper
that th world should realise clearly what
Humanla stands for, why she entered the
war at this tleae, what In reality la the
sWnlus ot our people and the sacrifices
Mtd dawters with, which our country was
fused when entering a maelstrom where
giants themselves are clutched In a life
and -death Mruesle.
"Rumania, has not been moved by a mere
tollcy of expediency, nor has her deter,
mlnatlon to enter tho war been the outcome
of a cynical, material policy ot bad faith to
the Central Powers, but haa been based on
the blfreit principles of nationality and
national Ideas.
"In every nationality there are elemental
publlo opinions which are Instinctive rather
than political. In Ilumanla and Ilussla the
tie of race ana niooa unaerues an oiner
considerations. The appeal of our purest
Rumanian blood, that lies beyond the Tran
sylvania Alps, haa ever been the stroncest
Influence on the publlo opinion of Ilumanla
from tho' throne to the lowest peasant, nnd
inasmuch as Hunnary was tho master who
held millions of our blood In perpetual pollt
leal bondage, Hunnary lias been our tradl
tlonat enemy.
THR BUIX1AR MENACE.
'The Bulffar, with his efficient and un
questionably courageous army, on a frontier
dlRlcult to defend, has logically becomo our
southern menace. Against Germany thero
was at the beginning ot tho war no hos
tility, rather, prhaps, friendship, nconoml
eally Germany was an asset for the de
velopment of cur Industrie, potent In for
warding the ptoperlly of our country, for
the French we had the sympathy ot kindred
blood, while fcr England, the Ilumanlans
over had the rtspect duo to n great empire,
based bl Justice, whose sway ever spelled
prosperity and built on tho principles ot
ethics, morals and equity. At the beginning
of tho uar Ilumnnlan sympathy was not
with Germany, yet not Instinct with hos
tility, for against Oertnany Ilumanla had
so grudge.
"With the progress ot the war there be
gan to grow In Ilumanla a moral Issue in
regard to the war. Thin Issuo may well be
termed the enemy point ot view, a point
Ot view which Is based on the principles
' that might maken right, that the means
justify tho end, that small nationalities ex
ist merely as pawns for tho use ot the Cen
tral Powers ana the advancement of their
own industrial nnd commercial alms.
"As the war developed the enemy theory
ot f rightfulness and lawlessness which they
attempted to write Into International law
as a legitimate method of conducting war
camo to nrtect opinion deeply, Htlll It re
mained something which had not affected
our Ufa and was with us merely a repulslvo
Idea, It not also a threat to our Institutions.
Hut with the progress ot the war Ilumanla
began to feet tho subtle force of enemy In
trigue endeavoring- In every way to rorce
lis Into war against our own real interest,
using every argument to make tho worse
appear the easier cause.
"If the world would know the true
stability of Itumanlan chnracter, let the
world reallre all. In IBIS, with Ilussla ap
parently beaten, England and France at a
standstill, Austria. Turkey and Bulgaria,
backed by derman battalions, operating in
the Balkans, tho Ilumanlans were true to
their better Instincts and could not be
seduced from neutrality.
KNOWS KATB IP DEFEATED
"Serbia and Belgium entered the war
with no realisation how the Central Powers
would deal with small countries In arms
against them. Ilumanla had no such Illu
sions. She realises too clearly the enemy
would require every sacrifice, obliterate her
from Europe, as she has dono with Serbia
, and Belgium: that tho enemy craves ven
geance against Ilumanla for daring to es
pouse the cause of Justice and fight for the
relief ot her own people.
"In Transylvania this has been made clear
In tho drat month of tho war, Bucharest
has been wantonly and cruelly bombarded
by Zeppelins and aeroplanes day after day.
Hundreds of women and children have been
killed or maimed as they walked the streets
of defenseless cities In order that the enemy
might exact from the Innocent a penalty
for the sound and Just action on the part
of the Itum&nlan Government. The effect
of these acts has been that the enemy might
as well have fought a battle. Almost over
night they created a bitterness which en
listed the whole nation and which makes
peace without victor an utter impossibility
for Ilumanlans.
A PIUYEIt FOB IIRLP.
"The Ilumanlans wilt not falter In thetr
allegiance to their cause, nor can the enemy
wean them from faith In England, the Just
Franco, their I,atln brother. Iluisla, their
Immediate neighbor. Yet tho Ilumanlans
pray that In spite ot thetr own huge prob
lems the Allies will not, allow the affairs
of numanla, who shakes her all In this
conflict, to pass Into the back ot their
minds and allow her to meet the fate either
of Belgium or Serbia. We have taken a
great responsibility In entering the war,
We feel sure that our great allies will see
'that their sympathy and support will bo
ever behind us while the war endures."
iPv."T'MPlgft.
bra in isaqaOggaattt4
KI.T.KN ADAtll
LONDON. 8P
19 dreat op
timism prevails in
Britain today
News from the
western front Is
tho old tale ot
eo n st a n t ad
vances, constant
raptures. And
though cssllaltles
of the Allies are
exceed I n g 1 y
heavy, those at
home are pre
pared for the
reading of omin
ous lists, for the
price of lctory la
always high
An eye-witness
6f tho recent wild
fighting on the
Homme gavo me
some Interesting
details of new
weapons and new
methods In Brit
lull Dinting
"One of the most Imnortant features of
tho recent Bomme righting has been the em
ployment of a new nnd tremendously pow
erful form of armored car," he said. "It s
like a caterpillar of steel, Impenlous to
bombs and machine-gun bullets. Crawl
ing along, It levels everything It meets,
from houses to trenches.
CT.EAHS WAT FOB 1NFANT11V
'This kind of car clears tho way for an
Infantry advance, picking out and destroy
ing the enemy's machine-guns and leaving
a clear swathe through which the Infantry
can pour up. It aeems ss though we havo
at last discovered u satisfactory method of
employing armor In modern warfare.
Thero Is no use In denying that the ar
mored car used at the beginning of the war
was a failure. It was of moderate service
In skirmishes and reconnaissances where
the enomy had no arltllery, but It was of
no use In general work. The new kind Is
Just right."
Certainty those new "Juggernauts" have
a mbst extraordinary appearnnco. "I came
across a herd of them In n field," write
home a man from "Somewhere In Franco,"
"and, like tho countryman who first saw a
giraffe, said 'Hell I I don't believe It I'
Then I sat down on the grass and laughed
until tho tears camo Into my eyes. For
they were monstrously comical, like toads
of vasI slse emerging from tho primeval
slime In the new twilight ot the world's
dawn."
The skipper of one of them Introduced
me to them. 'I felt most awfully bucked.'
said a proud tlttlo offlcer, 'when my par
ticular beauty nto up her first house I But
t was sorry for the house, which was quite
a good one." 'How about trecsj- l anKea
'Bho simply adores trees I' said he, smiling,
Whon tho British Tommies first saw
those ridtculous-looktng monsters they tell
ms'that they laughed for days afterwnrd.
"Such strnngo creatures, like fantasies of
a million years ago, louuinim uiuuk i"
roads, charglnjr over old battlefields,
crunchtnr up everything and leaping nimbly
oxer trenches and bulwarks 1"
Much dlscussslon centers around the
question of bodyormor for the .Individual
soldier. When I was traveling In Franca
recently. In a corner of the railroad car
riage sat two young Canadian officers. We
were only a few miles from tho firing line,
which they had Just left In order to Jour
ney ud to Paris on regimental business.
It was a warm day. and the two men looked
remarkably uncomfortable.
At length tho reason of their discomfort
appeared. Under their smart uniforms they
were wearing shirts of malll "I don't think
this gams Is really worth the candlel" said
ons. "When I reach Paris I shall throw
this uncomfortablo conglomeration of steel
chain Into the Seine and for the future
cheerfully take my chances of Btray bullets
and shrapnel!"
SNARE AND DELUSION
The other man agreed with his com
panlon most hearttly.'Thla coat-pf-mal! Idea
is a snaro and a delusion," h'e observed.
"The other day when we had to race those
captured Germans back to our base I could
scarcely move at all for stiffness"
The British victories on the Somme have
been capped by General Foch's triumphs.
It looks as though the Uerman General
Staff would very shortly havo to consider
me wnoie question or ine western iront.
Once the Fremh have progressed n, little
further tho communications of the German
army In Champagno will be decidedly
threatened The bringing tip of supports
has already become a very serious matter
All sides of the present situation must
he looked at British optimism receives a
check when one considers tho Balkan aiues
tlon "There Is no doubt." says a British ofTI
rer who knows his subject thoroughly, "that
the Bulgarians nre proving themselves a
more serious factor thsn some persons ex
pected. The allied armies at Salonlca
began their long-delayed offensive recently
ana navo scored some considerable early
successes, yet the activities In the south
havo not caused the Bulgars to weaken
their lines to the east They have made
substantial gains."
PIUISE FOtt ITALIANS
The work done by tho Italians Is Im
mensely satisfactory to the British public,
At the moment they are engaged In n ter
rlflo bombardment of the whole Una ot
enemy positions, which seems to point to a
speedy forward movement.
Hussion successes are almost too well
known to dwelt upon. Tho enormous num
bers of enemy captures bring great hope
to all the Allies, though the Ilusslahs them
selves are the very ones who make the least
show of outward rejoicing.
The development of flying Is perhnps one
ot the most Interesting features of the
great war. British aviators have coma fork
ward In n way that never beforo seemed
remotely possible Since the commencement
ot tho battle of the Homme they havo de
stroyed enemy machines by the score.
"A flrst-rnto aviator Is a very special and
highly Trained product," an Instructor In
flying Informs me. "It takes endless time,
money and patience to turn out such a
one. The reci-nt feats of British airmen
prove their ability. Although the Germans
turn out aeroplnnen almost wholesale, they
cannot turn out skillful aviators whole
sale." Tho next few weeks will see the culmina
tion of tho autumn campaign on all the
Allied fronts. Winter makes advnncn dim
cult. Mud nnd slush and snow and sick
ness aro coming to tho armies. Winter In
creases the power of tho defensive nnd
lessens the poner of tho offensive. And,
despite prognostications and hopes, the end
of war Is not In sight, nor will bo yet for
many n month to come.
TEUTONS FIND DEATH'S
TORTURES IN RUSSIA'S
WAR CAMPS, IS CHARGE
vBcrHn and Vienna Allege All
Varieties of Cruelties to Pris
oners and Death Rate of
Ninety Per Cent
NO HOPE FOR SUCCOR
NEW YOltK, Oct. II. Cruelties that
stsgger belief, which It Is charged were
Inflicted upon prisoners of war In llurslan
prison camps, aro described In a report
made public today by the prisoners ot war
relief committee, whoso headquarters aro
21 North Monroe street. The Informa
tion was gathered through olTlclal channels
In Berlin and Vienna, and also by Investi
gates employed by tho North German Ga
sette. In the single prison camp at Orenburg,
eastern Ilussla, whera Austro-llungarlnn
captives are confined, 17,000 men out of
10.000 confined there, havo died from priva
tion, according to a Vienna report ,
Information alleged to have been gathered
by the United States Embassy In Petrograd
and forwarded to Vienna gave such a traglo
Impression that a high official of tho Aus
trian Government declared that his country
could not expect the return ot any prisoners
taken by the Russians.
Prl-voners, the report states, are compelled
to sleep on wooden benches without even
straw, Their bodies ars w!,I?f'
mln. Tho tamtm ars swept by epdlemlea of
every kind of sickness.
German prisoners. It Is declared, are com
pelled to work bn railroad construction from
4:10 In the morning until at night, six
days a week They receive neither clothing
nor shoes and very little food, and that of
the poorest quality. ....
Of the 1S.000 prisoners sent to tho cump
at Klsha,
from hunger.
..... v--a itithed
nJ."!rr"nunlShmnt In-
Tm . n".. "ZIZX li is declared.
until they froxe to death In their tracun.
UTli:rKfctt mad. by tho German rjasett.
on prison atrocities In Russia .ILha' '?
one camp StO Insane prisoners were con
fined In otwi room big t-notV.
dalo only (Wty me nimfcirf.w,.
Cruelties Inflicted vtpon Mm las
era In the camp t Y.hn Un
report to rival the torture atZ
Are. v w wo-
ta many Instances, acconthi
North aermarl Oaxette, the dirf
cent """
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BOBBY
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Thaw In Mattcawan A Visitor
BEACON, N. Y.. Oct. 13. Harry K.
Thaw was back In Matteawan last night
He dropped In for a social call on Superin
tendent B. F. C. Kleb, who for two Of the
eight years Thaw spent In Matteawan was
his Jailer. Doctor Kleb was out, but Thaw
paid his respects (0 Doctor Smith, nn an
slntaut. He remarked that he knew the
prisoners were poor) supplied with tobacco
and said he would see they had a liberal
supply In the future. '
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