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EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1917
ANGLO-FRENCH
MISSION ENDS
. WORK IN U. S.
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Wealth, Resources and Man
j Power of Allies and
i America United
LABORS CONSTRUCTIVE
FIRST U.S. MEDICAL
FORCE IN ENGLAND
Arrival of Initial Contin
gent on British Soil An
nounced Officially
JAPAN SENDS WARSHIPS
WASHINGTON, Mny 1.
The work at tho Anglo-French missions
to the United States Is completed.
Arthur James Halfour nnd Secretary of
fitAte Lanslnir nre In conference today,
drawing together the last threads of the
warp which weaves together tho wealth,
resources and man power of tho Allies and
tho United fitatcs In tho greatest drive
gainst autocracy that the history of tho
world has recorded.
From the work of tho British nnd French
missions In tho United States thero has
risen a series of ngrecinonta and arrange
ments which make for the greatest alliance
of hlstoiy.
TUB ACTUAL ACHtnVEMHNTS
Actual accomplishments of tho mission
are:
First Financial power of tho United
States, In lis entirety, has been thrown
against Germany. Kngland has secured
loans of $275,000,000 and Frnnco loans
of 1100.000,000. Italy and llussla havo
also been given loans of J100.000.000
each. Belgium got $45,000,000
Second. Arrangements havo been made
for a central purchasing commission for
tho Allied Towers. Through this icom
mission the Entente will get the benefit
of tho same low prices on food, muni
tions and supplier which would accrue to
the United States.
Third. Naval forces of tho United
States aro co-operating with the Allied
fleet In wiping out the submarine mennce.
A flotilla of destroyers (lying the btars
and Stripes Is already somewhere In tho
war zone doing patrol worK. and other
naval expeditions from tho American
shores are arranged for.
Fourth. Trado pacts have been made
which will prevent Germany from ob
taining food supplies from the United
States through neutral countries. Uy
strtuo of these trade agreements nil of
the exports of tho United States aro
thrown. Into tho vast pool of the Allies
to be equally shared among them.
Fifth. Ten regiments of United States
engineers are now being mobllUed to be
nent to France. ThcBe engineers will
take over tho work of keeping open all
lines of communication and building up
the transportation syBtem behind tho linos.
Sixth. British and French shipping
Interests have surrendered their con
tracts on American ship bottoms. Long
term contracts on American shipbuilding
plants held by Allied capitalists havo
been canceled In favor of the1 United
States Chipping Board, giving this body
a free hand to divert tho entire marine
construction of this country to the con
struction of a vast fleet of vessels to cope
with tho submarine menace.
Seventh. All French nnd British ship
ping reserve has been released and tho
control of shipping space has been placed
entirely In the handH of tho United
States. In return the United States has
promised to speed up Its program of
standard steel and wooden ship construc
tion. Eighth General co-operation between
tho war ofllces of Great Britain, France
and the United States will filvo tho United
States armies tho bencr)t of the expert
advice of the Allied war leaders at all
times, while the experiences of tho En
tente armies In the field will be a guid
ance to the American armies.
Ninth I'ernaps last, but not least,
thero has been built the basis for after-the-war
trade agreements. By virtue of
this understanding It seems most prob
able that there will como n wide sweep
ing trade engagement which will allow
the Allies and the I nlted States to meet
the economic war which Germany will
wage when peace has Anally been de
clared. OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Beyond these definite arcdmpllshments
there havo been many agreements drawn
which cannot bo disclosed for military rea
sons. Bonds of friendship havo been closer
betw.een Kngland, Franco nnd the United
States through the workings of tho corn
missions, and there stretches out In tho dis
tant future, when peace again reigns, a
period of reconstruction, when the entire
world will be remade to conform to now
standards of liberty nnd democracy. In
this vast rebuilding tho United States will
stand out foremost, working shoulder to
shoulder with tho powers of the Entente
nations.
Itumla, groping for light In her new-found
freedom, has not been neglected by the
British and French missions. They have
Impressed upon the United States leaders
the good which this great democracy can
do to aid the new-born democracy of Rus
sia. When the Ilusslan commission, headed
by Ellhu Root, gets at work In Petrograd
It will be greatly enlightened hy sugges
tions made by the British and French mis
sions. Belgium has alno been a beneficiary by
the visits to America, of the British and
French. Protection of this little country
and reparation for the wrong dono It have
been urgently advised as one of the great
reasons why the United States should divert
Its entire strength to the war against Ger
many, Ferhapq in all history there has been no
more monumental unlvcis.il work accom
plished than that dene by the Anglo-French
commissions. The work Is done.
Americans and Japanese
Rush to War Front
FIRST contlnRcnt of first United
States medical unit reaches
Britain.
Second section of Squadron No.
2, of the American munition trans
port, organized by A. Piatt An
drews, of the American ambulance
corps, nnd led by F. J. Bailey, of
Yale, off to the trenches in France.
All American aviators at front
combined into one unit, the famous
Lafayetto Escadrillo.
United States flotilla of destroyers
on patrol duty in barred zone.
Activity of tho United States has
caused Japan to hasten nid to her
allies. Japanese troops hnvc been
landed at Marseilles anil a squadron
of tho Mikado's gunboats hns ar
rived in French waters to aid in
combating tho U-boat menace.
Lens Aflame; Teutons
May Retreat Again
LONDON. May 18.
The first contingent of the United States
army medical unit arrived In England today,
nccordlng to offlclal announcement.
Mnjor Gllchrlt. tho officer In charge of
tho medical unit, said the members were
'crary to get Into action"; that while tired
after their sea voyage they were anxious to
hurry on tho French battlefront.
'Those at home are anxious to rome." he
cortlnued, referring to other medical units
now forming In tho United States
He said ho and his party had "a pleasant
trip across and did not meet any subma
rines." The vessel on which the party
traveled was met a considerable distance
from port by a convoy and escorted to
anchor.
Tho army medical unit was welcomed on
tho deck of the cssel on which they ar
rived by a British general, tho American
Consul. Colonel Bradley, representing the
American embassy, and other officials. Both
the Stars and Stripes and the Union Jack
wero flown on tne vessel and on decorations
In the city In the Americans' honor.
All British observers commented admir
ingly on the flno appearance of the khakl
clad Harvard men
PA IMS. May 18.
America's second section of fighting men
went to the front today.
Tho unit was composed of forty Ameri
cans comprising No. 2 Squadron of the
American munition transport, recently or
ganized under A. Flatt Andrews, of the
American Ambulance Corps.
F. J. Balwr. of Cambridge. Mass , Yale,
1911, was In command of the second tac
tion. Arrival of a number of Japanese gunboats
at Marseilles to aid In combating the sub
marine warfaro was officially announced to
day. Tho New York Herald today printed a
story nssertlng that a contingent of Jap
anese troops had been landed at Marseilles
on April 29, according to Information re
ceived In New York. Tho Japanese forces.
It was said, will fight sldo by side with tho
Russians on the west front.
Continued from re One
for several days, the Austro-Hungarlans
struggling desperately to check the new
drive of the Italians.
Along the entire front of tho Julian Alps
engagements continue with unabated fury.
East of Gorlzla the Italians have achieved
further success, capturing part of tho for
tifications on the center of the line.
"Tho gateway to Trieste Is being forced
open," says r triumphant telegram from
the Italian front today. It continues.
"The Austro-Hungnrlani nre making the
most desperate resistance, nwailltlng our
posltlnnn all along the line with heavy
masses of men. Violent bombardments are
In progress between Tolmlno nnd the Ad
riatic Severe losses hnve been Inflicted
by tho Italians "
This message followed unofTlclal reports
that Dulno, known ns the key to Trieste,
has been captured following n, tremendous
attack upon the city with artillery.
Dulno Is about twelve miles from Trieste
and Is an Important railway center. ,
Austria has ordered all clvlll i t evnctl
ate the Isonxo section. In Italian
troops nro steadily forging n I today.
Triesto Is panic-stricken nt the . ,ipmach
of tho Italians nrrordlng to word rcoelied
here All banks there have been closed
and tho Goornmcnt ofllces nnd tho lending
business houses havo hurriedly shipped,!!
records to Vienna
Most of tho Austrian prisoners taken so
far by the Kalians uero from dIUslons
recently detached from tho Ilusslan front.
It was announced today
General ini Falkctihayn Is still nt th
Austrian front, attached to tho Austrl:
General Staff.
General Cadorna Is. apparently shifting
the battle from the middle Isonio front to
tho front of the southernmost sector of tho
t'orso. Dispatches from Home Indicate that
tho Italians nro forcing open tho "gateway
to Trieste," Dulno. whlrh was recently re
ported to be under hcay fire.
The real olJectlo of General Cndorna,
hotter. Is not so much tho city of Trlcsto
ns tho road centers from which Trieste m
-npplled. and which llo to the cast of tho
(,'arso. as well as the base of operation uf
tho Austrinn army of tho Carso, namely,
Lalbach Naturally. indorna's right wing
must necessarily point southeastward that
Is, In the dlrctlon of Trieste but It Is east
of Gorlzla, tho renter of the battle front,
where the maximum effort of the Italians)
should bo expected, as there Ik tho alley
of tho Vlppacco, '.hrough which tho most
direct road to Lalbach runs
Butleeourt and on both sides of the Alsn
Itlvcr ns well as In Champagne.
U. S. WAR ACTIVITY
PROVES SPUR TO JAPAN
WASHINGTON, May 18.
Tho United States' decision to prosecute
vigorously tho war against Germany has
created an increasing desire on the part of
Japan not to be outdone In this respect,
according to Information received today
from well-Informed circles.
Japan, the Informant said, has undergone
a complete change of front regarding active
participation In the great war. Reports
from Parls.today that a number of Japanese
gunboats hae joined the submarine hunt
was pointed to as confirmation of this
statement.
In this connection It was said that the
chief reason why tho British Admiralty
permitted publication of arrival of Amer
ican destroyers In the North Sea even be
fore United States naval authorities wanted
It known was that It might precede an
nouncement today of Japanese gunboat ac
tivities In the barred zone.
'WALL OF STEEL,' TEUTONS
CALL WEST LINES
AMSTERDAM. Mny 18.
"As solid as a wall of steel" Is tho way
the nowspaper Nachrlchten, of Munich, de
scribes the German line on tho western
front. The paper continues:
"Much ado about nothing." Shakespeare
might well hao fald could he hear tho
silly hubbub that Is going on nt all hours
of the day In many parts of the country
about "German reverses."
What does It all amount to? Here nnd
thero we have been obliged to withdraw
our lines, but the German front Is ns '
solid as a wall of steel. In certain parts
the enemy has seized nom trenches and
ruined villages, but tho Oirman rinny
nwalttng further attacks not only with
confidence hut anticipation.
A dispatch from Berlin today says that
heavy fighting continues around Itoeux,
KAISER AND II IN DEN BURG
IiARRKD PEACE OFFER,
UERUN ADVICES SAY
TICK HAGUE. May 18.
The Kalsei td Fi'ld Marshal von Hln
denburg weru -T-JpoTsiblo for tho refusal
of tho German Chancellor to announce peace
terms In the .Reichstag this week, according
to ndvloes received hero today from Berlin.
It was reported In dispatches that the
Chancollor, Dr.-von Bctlilnann-Hollweg, had
gono sn far ns to draw up a pcaco offer suit
able to both Germany nnd Austria-Hungary,
but wnen he took It to Germnn Great
Headquarters for tho nfllrmation of the
Knlser It was rejected nt a military council.
There Is n growing belief In some circles
In Germany that the conference now going
on between tho German Chancellor and
'Count Czernln, tho Foreign Minister of
Austria, may lend to a pence proposition In
tho Reichstag when It reconvenes in July.
In this purno connection there Is a re
newal of tho old rumor that Alsace-Lorraine
mny be split up between Bavaria and Prus
sia Tho Vosslschc Zeltung, of Berlin, Is
quoted in telegrams ns saying that the
proposal to split the two former French
provinces resulted from demands of the
powerful Centrist party, whoso stronghold
Is In Bavaria.
Polish affairs have como to the front once
more In public interest as n result of the
announcement nf the Berlin Post that n
regent for Polnnd probab'y will be nppolnted
at once.
Tho prediction Is made that tho ruler
will bo nn Austrian nobleman, likely Arch
duko Stephen
LONDON, May 18
For the first time. It beramo olllclally
known today that British htnvy nrtlllcry Is
aiding Italy In her great orfenslvo In tho
Julian Alps The War Olllcn announced this
co-operative moe. The British gunners
wero said to have materially nt-slsted the
Italian' ndvnnre nnd in have been welcomed
enthusiastically by General Cadorna'n
troops.
annm AN s ADMIT LOSS
OF DULLECOURT VILLAGE
BERLIN, May 18.
"Tho ruins of the former village of Bulle
court wero evacuated, nccordlng to com
mand. nnd without disturbance from the
enemy, who established himself there
twenty-four hours later," declared today's
official statement.
Tho War Ofllco also reported repulso in
hand-to-hand fighting of an English at
tnck on tho Gavrelle-Fresnes road made
after midnight. Around Arras, the state
ment said, there was arllUcrliir on both
"on the French front better weather con
ditions wero repoited with -"7"'
increase In artillery fire. Partial 1 rencl
attacks near Braye. north of Cramelle nnd
near fraonno wero nil repulsed.
On tho Macedonian front, the statement
said, the enemy was again defented yes
terday In tho Coma bend north of Soflg
neno. "
GERMANATTTACKS FAIL,
PETROGRAD ANNOUNCES
PKTIIOGRAD. Mny 18
Resumption of vigorous German atta.ks
on tho Russian front was detailed In to
day's offlclal statement
in the direction of Vladimir. In the
Volynsk region, around Shcbvor, last night,
dense masses of the rnemy "t'm1V1lp;lll.
sweeping nttack on our positions In that
sector, but were repulsed
cldcnt, was testing- a new aulohioblle on
Gray's Ferry avenue near Twenty-eighth
street Inst June, when a hole In the street
threw him from tho seat. When he bounced
back his foot hit the accelerator and th
machine shot forward, htltlnt: teler.v
pole and throwing; McCIcllan cV, iu ..
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CITY ASSESSED $22,000
IN ACCIDENT CASE
Children of a man who was killed when
tho automobilo which he was driving bump
ed Into a telegraph polo today were awarded
J22.000 from the city by a Jury before
Judge Wcssel. The award, which Is said
to he tho largest In an accident case In
recent jears, was given because the inci
dent was duo to defective stieet palng
Robert McCIcllan. the lctim of the nc-
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Seven hundred employes of the Bureau
ef Water, Including engineers, firemen, oil
ers, laborers and filter attendants, today
assured Chief Carleton 12. Davis of their
loyalty to the city and their determination
to prevent further trouble at the city's water
-works.
The committee of water employes who
called at City Hall were authorized by the
membership of the Mutual protective ana
Beneficial Association of Water Bureau em-
cloyes to assure their chief thst no matter
what salary disputes have arisen In the
past they will be forgotten In a common
effort to operate the plants at full efllclency
during war times.
In addition to assuring Chief Davis of
their loyalty, the employes declared that
ny of the ninety striking filter workers who
do not return to their duties today will be
dismissed from the association, and that no
strikers or strike agitation will be allowed
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