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from Salonlca says that the Allies succeeded
In cutting postal communication between
Athens nnd the Central Powers when they
wtabllshed contact between the French ami
Italian troops nnd cleared the enemy forces
from the road between (Jorltia, In south
ern Albania, and I.eskole. The Central
Powers now aro restricted to wireless and
aeroplane communication.
SAL.ON1CA, Jan. 23. New troops, espe
cially large Italian contingents, are arriving
every few days In Snlonlca to re-enforco
the Kntento nllled armies Th talk hero
is general of pushing through tills spring
the offensive planned for last spilng, which
the German attack on Verdun prevented.
No well-Informed allied officer -In the
Macedonian theatre of war expects any ve
serious .attack'upon Salonlca by the Germans.
Danger of attack from the south by the
Greeks was never taken very seriously by
the military wtperts. As the Oreek army
now Is In the Peloponcssss, where the Hn
tentee fleet guards the iMhmus of Corinth
the only means by vjilcli the Oreek forces
could march northward an attack by King
Constantino's soldiers Is removed from the
list of possibilities. In view of theso circum
stances, the continued arrival of Important
re-enforcements In Macedonia Is taken
throughout Greece to Indicate preparation
for an enrly offensive designed to cut the
German line of communications from Berlin
to Constantinople.
In Macedonia today there are roughly
bout 80,000 French, 100,000 British, 10,000
Russians, some 80,000 Serbians and perhaps
80,000 Italians, counting the latest arrival!,,
total of about 350,000 fighting men. To
this number may be added three regiments
of Greeks, constituting the Venlzellst army.
Many of the latter, however, aro recruited
from refugees from Thrace and Asia Minor
and havo not yet completed their training
in arms.
General Sarrail has frequently stated
that he considers 600,000 men would bo re
quired betbre active operations can begin
In Macedonia. There are, therefore, 160,
00 bayonets still to come before an offen
sive can be undertaken with fair prospects
, of success. Officers of the allied transpor-
V tatlon staff assert that this number of men
can be landed In Salonlca In six weeks at
a pinch.
' Of tho original French and English con
tingents accumulated In Salonlca for a
fprlng offensive a yoarago, between twenty
and thirty per cent had to be Invalided
home, mostly suffering from the malaria
which ravages the swamp lands around
the nautbiof the Vardar.
Much Is expected of the new Italian
troops, with their Alpine training and
their knowledge of mountain warfare. Not
only are large 'Contingents being landed in
Salontoa, but the forces accumulating in
Avlona and Greek Splrus are advancing
eastward to effect a Juncture with General
Sarrall's lines before any offensive Is
undertaken.
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21 STOLEN PIGEONS RETURN
' HOME; THREE BOYS HELD
Birds Valued at $400 Come Back to
Germantown Fancier After Sev
eral Days' Absence
Ben W. Greer, clubman and pigeon fan
cier, whoso lofts on East "Wlster street,
Germantown, contain many prize-winning
birds, Is rejoicing today at the return of
twenty-one homing pigeons, valued at 1400,
which 'were stolen sevoral days ago. The
thieves obtained the birds by climbing over
the roof of the Bellevue Worsted Mills, near
Wlster station, of which Mr. Greer's father
is proprietor, and then entering the lofts
by a trapdoor.
District Detectives Corry and McFarland,
of the Germantown police, located the miss
ing pigeons In the poultry establishment
of Samuel Fisher, 1S5 East Chelten avenue.
Fisher told the policemen he had purchased
the pigeons from three small boys. Acting
upon this Information Corry and McFarland
arrested Robert Cleghom, fifteen years, 76
Ashmead street; George Carr, twelve years,
6J30 Prlscllla street, and Tony De Tepola,
nine years, 5 Thulls court. The youngsters
were taken to the House of Detention.
Guard Officer Resigns
HAIUtlSBURG, Feb. 23. Adjutant Gen
eral Stewart announced acceptance of the
resignation of Lieutenant Samuel D. Fos
ter, Company C, First Infantry. He was
formerly chief engineer of the State High
way Department and a colonel on the staff
of Governor Tener, entering the guard to
aee service on the border.
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"BA.TH OF BLOOb" "AND " WAR'SINFERNO''
GERMANS' NAMES FOR SOMME FIELD
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(Soldiers on Both Sides Declare Battleground the Most
Terrible in Europe's Armageddon Big Guns of British
and French Match Teutons' Monster Artillery
By ELLEN ADAIK
Wrltlrm Bvertallv for the Kvrnlna T..ln
LONDON, Feb. 11 The arrival of theeeii working, and the bodies of long-dead
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big guns on tho Urltlsh front hn.i done
much to alarm tho enemy. For years
Germany has renrci
on blg guns. And
now the British ".
the French have big
ger ones! Something
Iiuh dawned on th,e
liorliiciu quite outside
the German calcula
tion. A German lieuten
ant of tho 170tl
regiment has written
the following letter
to a relative
"Vou ara still In
Champagne and no
longer In the witches'
caldron on the edge
of which we are sit
ing, always waiting
tlnHntr thn last few
UI.I.KN AliAlll Jays the air hus been
alive with nvlators, nnd still moie ho with
heavy shells which hoe been Hying n"i
our heads. Yesterday at noon there was
an Intense bombardment, frightfully near
us, at Ueimmont, and an attack which Is
said to havo been repulsed The number
of guns, and of the heaviest i.illber, too,
that the Kngtlsh possess W uncanny, and
the amount of ammunition they lire off
qulto fabulous.
"And In addition, which Is so bad, their
airmen are constantly over our lines, dis
cover our batteries so that they may be
peppered, nnd are always attacking our
captive balloons, which Is the same thing
as putting our eyes out.
"Meanwhile tho sky Is black with cap
tlvo balloons and hostile airmen but of
that I will say nothing. It would be
merely pouring water Into the Rhine. Solely
the English artillery, tho English Hying
corpi and their balloon observation havn
given them the success they have attained.
That they have gained no more, In spite
of all, Is due to our German Infantry. Wo
could save several thousands of lives If
only we had the English airmen and gun
ners. It makes ono despair when one thinks
of It all."
"THE IIATH OF HI.OOD"
The one district which all Oermans fear
nnd detest Is "the terrible Pomme." It
bears various namen, nnd none of them
complimentary. A German prisoner whom
I met not very long ago referred to It with
many shudders as 'The Bath of Blood "
A wounded Bavarian In a hospital spoke
of the Sommo as "War's Inferno." "Our
regiment was suddenly taken from Flanders
and flung Into the Somme district," said
be. 'Twelve days wo stayed there and
were completely smashed up. Ten days I
endured that hell, and came to tho end
of my strength."
Night raids, or "Bosche-scooplng stunts,"
are perhaps the most dangerous perform
ances of war There Is nothing qulto so
thrilling as the night raid. Carrying all
kinds of weird and wonderful weapons,
rifles and bayonets, over the parapet Into
the wire of No Man's Land!
Queer shadows nicker acrosi. and mounds
stick up uncannily In the darkness. The
wind rustles mysteriously In the grasses
and shell holes gapo at every turn.
Here a soldier kicks against an empty
can, and the raiders crouch clown for their
very lives. One of them pulls out the
safety-pin of his bomb to be ready for
Immediate action. Unfortunately tile pin
slips out of his trembling fingers, and Is
lostl He dare not throw the bomb away,
for fear of betraying his party's where
abouts. He dare not release his grip of the
spring or he will be Instantly blown to
atoms. He must crawl back to tho trench
all alone, cramps In his fingers from that
continuous pressure, his heart In his mouth,
and' once In tho shelter of 'home' quickly
remove the detonator.
Meanwhile the party arrives at what ap
pears to be a blackberry thicket but Is
In reality the German wire! Unless the
wire is yards thick, the German Is scarcely
comfortable, for the British are Intrepid
raiders.
Here and there are great gaps where
the heavy guns and the trench mortars have
men He suAVlnir nn .iu wi,.
Wlilw! comes a spatter of bullets from a
Herman machine gun, and ono of the British
1 ,u Kl,es a slRh nnd rolls over Into a
shell hole. Ho i brave and makes no
sound, The sergeant hurries over to him,
crawling on his hands nnd knees. "What's
the matter?" "I've stopped some, that all."
Stopped what?" "Shrapnel and bullets."
Me ci an Is hack painfully alone, across
.no Mans r.Bnd, and trailing a wounded leg
and a wounded arm This Is a special kind
pf bravery, for there Is little excitement In
"m, l "ly H Br,"at deal t Pain.
Tho rest of the little patrol dashes
through the ,vre, nnd the lights go up'
Homos splatter around, spinning ricochets
rush through tho air, star shells llv. Yet
the raiders get Into tho trench nnil work
along.
There J, terrific hand-to-hand fighting
in one of the German dugouts. Tho oflleers
put up a hlg struggle, and the bayonet of
one man slashes the hand of a British cor
poral until lm ,irt,p, his nn.
Hut the raiders escape, bombing alt the
dugouts as they pass
. l hnv received a mud-spattered letter
1.? .1 ,r,,t,,h artilleryman who has fought
with the big guns on the Somme for many
months.
.. uiURhnow l am ,n bivouac." bo writes,
--J 1 ? lm,t"y In wilderness of mud
ami debris of battle, and with little oppor
tur.lty for writing It takes us nil day
f" If ab0,lt 'n the mess, nnd nil night
scraping boots and drying socks at Impio
vised Ires! While I write, the guns aie
thumping and banging at old Fritz, and 1
can see the flashes of the 'heavies' outside
tho tent door.
"There Is a hum of aeroplanes In the
air. One of the first things that struck mo
on getting Into sight of tho actual battle.
Held was tho way our aeroplanes lord It In
the Mr. It was Just clearing up to a flue
evening after nn nwful day of rain 'Where,'
I asked nre tho aeroplanes?' 1 had hard
ly spoken when I heard them coming up
from behind In flocks, and toon they wero
circling over the battle like birds, while
salvos of shrapnel mottled the blue nround
them, like dust on the background of u
picture. I haven't seen a German machine
for a long, long time. 1
"Mud Isn't so very romantic when you've
got to eat It, nnd sleep on It, nnd when you
must bear it on your face for a few days
ur.tll you get a proper chance for a wash
There's nothing so sticky, so dreary and so
exhausting as tho dragging mud of the
Somme. It grips our knees at every step
and sometimes we're up to the waist In
ALLEATI IN MACEDONIA
Due Corpi d'Armatn Italian!,
80,000 Uomini, Con le Forze
del Generale Sarrail .
NELLA ZONA DI ASIAGO
AUncchl AuBfrlaci RespinU a Zebio c
nel Settoro ad Est di
Gorlzin
IIOMA, 23 Febbralo.
Telegramml da Ralonlcco dlcono che gll
alleatl dell'lntesa Bono rlurcltl a tagllare le
comunlchzlonl postall tra la Grecla e le
potenze centra!, avendo le truppe Itallane
dell'KpIro operato lerl l'altro II collegamento
con )e truppe francesl dell'ala sinistra del
generale Sarrail, cacclando II nemlco dalla
strnda tra Gorltza, albanla merldlonale, e
I.eskovlc Gll Imperl contrail possono
comunlcare con la (Jrecla soltanto n mezzo
della rndlotelegrafla e flegll aeroplanl
I)a Salonlcco mnndano che nuove tiuppe,
spcclnlmeiito Itallane, arrlvano ognl pocW
glornl a quella base dl operazlonl In Mace
donia per rlnforzare t'eserclto del generale
S.irtall Questo contlnuo nnlvo dl truppe
fa credere chu gll alleatl Inlzleinnno In
qtiesta prlmavera l'offenslva che dovevauo
iulzlare nella prlumvera scorsa, A Salonlcco
non si crede ch? 1 tedeschl ed I loro alleatl
uontano dl attaccare serlamento quella base
e d'altra parte II perlcolo dl 11 11 nttacco alio
spallo da parte delle forze grcche non fu
mnl preso sul serlo qui, Nondlmeno con
l'efccrclto greco nel Peloponneso n con le
navl da guerra nlleato facentl buona
guardla nell'lstmo dl Corlnto, e' stato com
petamente ellmlnato nnche questo perlcolo.
Hecondo I cnlcoll plu' ntlendlhlli l sareb
hero oggl nella Macedonia circa 80,000
francesl, 100.000 Ingles!, 10.000 rucsl. circa
80,000 serhl e forse 80.000 Italian) Sarrail
uvrebbe dunque sotto I suol ordlnl un eser
clto di circa 360,000 uomlnl. Ora II generale
Sarrail, si dice, in'rcbbo seinpre pensnln
essero nreessaril mezzo tnlllone dl uomlnP
per lo opeinzloul nt the In Macedonia, e
scinbiu che egli II avra' nello spazlo dl sel
scttlmane
OH alleatl dell'lntesa speravano, nono
stanto lo Bcettlclsmodcl governo Itallnno, che
Venlzelos harebbe rlusclto a mettere lnleme
tnnte truppe da completare II mezzo mlllone
richlesto da Sarrail. Oggl pero' Venlzelos
non e' rlusclto a raccogilere che tre reggi
inentl, meno dl dleclmlla uomlnl.
A Salonlcco si attende molto dallo truppe
Itallane clip sono rutte nlla guerra dl mon
tagna nvetida combattuto sidle Alpt contro
gll nustrlacl. Ora non soltanto nrrlvano
a Salonlcco rontlnuamente trlrppe Itallane
ma quelle che erano state concentrate a
Vnlona awmznno grndatiimeute erso est
collcgandosl nll'serclto dl Sarrail.
Ierl sera II Mlnlstero della Guerra pub.
blicava II seguente rapporto del general?
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Csdorna circa la situation alia
Italo-austrUca:
Sull'altoplano dl Aslago nella strata
dl lerl alcunl repartl hcmlct tentarono
una nuova Incuslone contro le nostre
lines nella zona dl Keblo, ma furono
prontamente rtgettate Indletro e dis
perse. Durante tutta la glornata dl lerl si
ebbero azlonl dl arllgllerla. I,e nostre
truppe resplnsero un piccolo nttacco
del nemlco nella zona ad est dl Gorilla,
Un telegramma da Berna dice che una
delegazlone svlzzera al rechera' tra breve
In Italia per dlscutere col governo llallann
la pdsslblllta' dl usare Genova coitie porto
dl lmportazlone per la Svlzzera. II governo
avlzzero declse dl cerenre I'utlllzzazlone del
porto dl Genova dopo una conferenza tra 1
capl del dlpartlmentl politic I e mllllarl nella
quale si venne alia .concluslone che II solo
porto dl Cette, lasclato aperto dal decreto
dl blocco da parte della Germanln, era In-
sufflclente al blsognl dl lmportazlone della
Svlzzera,
I.a Neue 7,urlcher Zeltung mette In dub
blo II valore del porto dl (iendwi nello at
tuall condlzlonl e suggerlsce In vein II porto
dl Ilotterdam o quallasl nltro porto neu
trals. II Bund, occupandosl delle relazlonl tra
Germanla e Statl Unltl, dice che ha torto
qualla parte della stampa svlzzera che ha
crltlcato II mlnlstro a Washington, Hitter,
per avere offerto la ripresa delle trnttatlie
tra I due govctnl nmerlcano e tedesco, II
glornale, pure nmmettendo che l'atto ill
Bitter non era stato autorlzzato dal goierno,
dice che era nell'lnteresse della Svlzzera ill
linpedlre un ronfllttn tra Germanla o Stall
Unltl che dlstruggerebbe moltl vantaggl
in oral I e materlall guadagnall dalla repub
bllca elietlca.
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BETSYROSS KMBIAT
SAVES FLAG; RISKS LIFE
Fireman Rescues "Old Glory"
When Banner Is About to
Fall to Street
Salem Republicans Dine
SAI.EM. N. J., Feb. 23. The Garfield
Club, of Salem, one of the oldest Itepub
llcan organizations In tho Stnte. celebrated
Its thirty-fourth nnnlversary with n ban
quet at the Nelson House. Colors were
spread for fifty guests, who Included many
of the officials of tho city nnd tho county
President Isaac C Smashey presided. Of
the members when the club was chartered
on October 12, 1882, only Jive nre active.
NEW YORK, Feb. 23 An unusual and
spontaneous demonstration of patriotism,
fitting for the close of Washington's Birth
day, happened In Fifth avenue, near Forty
second street, last night when firemen and
policemen, cheered by a crowd of more than'
three thousand, rescued a large American
flag from a broken staff on top of a build
ing. As the flag was carried down safety
the crowd uncovered and sang "The Star
Spangled Banner." all except one, who was
nttacked as he fled through the streets.
A woman telephoned to the police that the
flag pole on top of the five-story phonograph
shop of Thomas A. Edison, Incorpointed,
473 Fifth avenue, was broken and that the
flag was dangling down In front of the
building nnd likely to fall, Sergeant Dun
and two policemen wero sent to the place
from the West Thirtieth street station,
The doors were locked, and tne police
men could not reach the roof. They tele
phoned to the fire department, and hook
and ladder truck No. 2 was sent to the
n. M4 !ii aft A, -hiL .1 .. . ..
o...v n.iu t wJL JllllFlluiiail ( ......
mapded by Battalion Chief OeWa fi2l
descendant of Bclsv noss, who madTiJ
first. American flag mad,tj
While firemen talsed nn extension Jil
against the front of the bulldln th ?3
gathered, soon filling the plaza In frnn. .
the l'uhllc Library, Firemen and TuJ
menl nt nn I Ik. In.l.l.. . .. ..'". POUO
Window sills. Birnlnst trhl.i. .1.. I1" "
rlnlmlnir. nnd uliti If flli.i ... :. &"
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ni-Tltf.MtlMXr. t)n t.'.u o. . ""'
Junior oratorical contest n't tim ti.iHlf.'H
Prop School It was nnnounced by ii..T1
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Negro Shoots His Wife
TIinNTON. N J Feb 23 Shot three
times by her husband, Mrs Wjlllnm Sutton,
a negro woman, of 17 Titus avenue, was
taken to McKlnley Hospital, where surgeons
paid there was virtually no hope for her
recovery, Sutton, when arrested, admitted
the shooting, but refused to give any rea
son for It He had been separated from
his wife for several months.
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Why Are We Urged
to Go to War?
To protect American lives and property?
War would greatly increase loss of life and property.
We ought to prevent suffering, not join in the work
of destruction.
To crush militarism?
War would not quench but feed the fires of mili
tarism. To maintain the honor of the United States?
Only America can dishonor America. Honor is
maintained by patience and self-control, not by
violence and revenge.
To defend our rights as neutrals?
If we become belligerents we cease to be neutrals.
Between nations, as between individuals, the rights
of all are securely defended by mutual confidence,
not suspicion; by universal co-operation and law, not
by private armed defense.
Peace Is Possible
The world longs for peace. Peace will come when
some great nation dares to abandon the outworn tradi
tions of international dealing and to stake all upon per
sistent good-will.
We are the nation and now is the time. This is
America's supreme opportunity.
For two hundred and fifty years the Society of Friends, relying
upon the power of winning love revealed in Jesus Christ, has
believed in the application of Christian brotherhood to personal,
industrial and international relations. At this crisis of momentous
decision we reaffirm our faith in the divine method of love.
We rejoice that even at this time, when the world is crazed by
war, so many men are judging war by moral and spiritual standards,
by ideals of sacrifice and not of selfish gain. The causes for which
men fight liberty, justice and peace are noble and Christian
causes. But the-method of war is not only unchristian, it is ineffec
tive for these ends. Civilization will advance only by conciliation
and good-will.
Unpractical though such ideals may seem, experience has
'taught that ideals can be realized. if we have faith to practice now
what all men hope for in the future. Our own adventurous Quaker
history has witnessed the triumph of such methods and such ideals.
As a more perfect union of states, as a melting pot of races, as a
repeated victor through peace, the American nation has proved
practical the methods of generosity and patience. In the face of
war's colossal failure in Europe nothing could seem more unprac
tical than war.
Unflinching goodrwill, no less than war,' demands courage,
patriotism and self-sacrifice. To such a victory over itself, to such a
leadership of the nations along a better way, to such an embodiment
of the matchless and invincible power of gopd-will, this otherwise
', tragic hour challenges our country.
- Friends National Peace Committee
20 South Twelfth Street '
' Philadelphia, Pa.
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