Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, July 21, 1917, Night Extra, Image 1

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IU0TA QF CITY
DRAFT WAITS
PHYSICAL TEST
Examination o f M e n
I for National Army-
Due Shortly
EXEMPTION WORK
fr BEGINS IN FEW DAYS
Joards Marking Time Until
P Official Instruction Comes
From Washington
pro CALL TWICE NUMBER
D V
P Waif Those Notified'Will T?p. F,v-
empted, Is Expectation
of Officials
k PhlladelDhlans who will make tin the
Perra auota In the National Army, which
km drafted yesterday, could do but little
K today other than mark time. Within me
11 days, however, tho men highest on tho list
r will be cauea ior examination, it is pre-
'dieted by officials.
In the absence, of definite Instructions
IJfrom the war Department the various)
,inllltary service exemption Doaras were in
EnBO position to mae simemeius concerning
.the district quota or to answer the mo-
& mtntou nuestlon that Is .innermost In thn
It Binds of the city's young men, namely,
!"Wttl I be called for the first army."
'. ' (fa t-aat-rttt ".trlfli nnnn rl I tt t ! j-i tvnist inlt
v' 1U .ucfeiit ini vavu Miouii-i, iiiuol Willi
sntll official word Is received from Wash-
ijlUtV" vv. ....... fc.iu u.tav. ii llll.ll tlltj
;yfthese numbers are checked In their proper
i order, the boards will then receive further
Instructions from Harrlsbure conccrnlnc
the number of men required to complete
he quota In each district and proceed to
tca.II men for physical examination.
;That this will require about five days Is
the belief expressed by members of the
Sttemptlon boards, based on statements from
Washington.
5 '.It Is estimated that men who hold nunv
jWrs that were drawn after tho first 1000
'. not likely to be called for examination
ICT.-Tvice in tne iirsi army.
TO SUMMON DOUBLE
.ft officials believe that half the men
lied will be exempted. Hence to com-
fete the district quotas It will be necessary
('call double the number of men that Is
jtually required. For instance, if a dls-
t Is asked to furnish 350 men it will
r necessary for the exemption board to
nmon 700 men In that district
For the purpose of accuracy every man
no Is called for service In the first army
fill receive ' official notification from his
P 1JM a I 1 1 Mil It'll ! I 1 llmaA . I a . lit 1. u. II J
Qavwi vvaiuauu UIVSU HUlltCO Will UO IUU11CU
. to the conscripts as eon as tho official lists
AY been disposed of.
An t a tnA ntl.nnn ann In rr rriKr nA
"wM "v ataa ti ta.o ni.iaa .wait in t,u.iv.c. lieu
J Jii has little to worry about, for he Is not
k IIMy to be called, but those who have
E? numbers that wero Included In the first
,Wfc numbers drawn must keen their eyes
i and ears open and hold themselves In
readiness for an Immediate call.
' If you are In this croup wou will play
an Important Dart In tho draft and must
I& watch the malls closely. As an Ulustra
Eitlon it is assumed that vour name Is John
Ep Smith and that your number was ono of
V ttta, n-.a a ,- . .. a. - ...
w ..jet, iu ub urawn. iiiier me military
"'Service exemption boards get definite In.
petructlons from the War Department you
..wiii receive an official notification from
your local board concerning the place where
.your physical examination is to ba con-
.-..UCU,
.Under the conscription act you must ap-
Contlnned on Face EltTpn, Column Set en
(BAm TO GO TO MONT
WITH PERSfflNG FORCE
rEvening Ledger .Correspondent
Accredited as Member of. Ex
peditionary Troops
HenrV Itftlln. fmAr-lnl -ni-rsnnntpnt nf
lUhe Even.no H-doer In France, tho man
"-I save me anectlonate nickname oi
.S9MMAAi.lt a 11 fi-.a n.-. ,-lt
JU the llrnnAnii Avni1ltlnnniv fnrco lint)
IF P. n accredited as a correspondent with
P H exDcdltIonary force and will go to tho
V front with General Pershing.
Li General Pershing was advised by cable-
j-m io mat effect by the War Depart-
-acm ioaay.
Hi The grantlntr . of credentials nermlttlne
Mr. Tlnarln ' -a t-a ,! it., a n..n
With the Amerlnan fliFhtlnv mAn !s n Rlcrnal
pone, attesting the high esteem and con-
i Paence In which the correspondent Is held
"y both the Fr-no.h mil Ampplenn Onvern-
llients. Credentials of thla kind are rarely
wud to corresnondents for Individual
"("Papers. Hundreds of men seek them;
j "a cannot, ne grantea, oecauso so
jg the soldlers's way; so the disposition Is
"mi11 " BUC" requests and Issue papers
U1U Da.HAA nnlw n an....ntntlliaa ff flAVVfl
ij oureaus and associations which serve many
ioewsDanerH.
Rtfi Henri Bazln. n. UVAnrh rllj!n. who. as a
lr?w"Paper correspondent and magazine
If Writer, han vtHltA v.nf Imtinrfnnt rnitntrv
B'of the world, enjoys the personal acquaint-
-".w niiu kwm ot prominent men in cvcij
, Country he has visited. Ho has a wide ner-
pwial acquaintance in the United States,
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PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1917
SUFFRAGISTS ENTERTAIN NAVAL MEN AT VALLEY FORGE
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Two thousand sailors itnd marines from the Philadelphia Navy Yard
are beinp; entertained today at Valley Forge, members of the tyoman.
Suffrage party from Chester, Montgomery and Delaware Counties pro
viding refreshments. The journey wns made in automobiles, donated
for the purpose by firms and individuals. Above is shown tho start
from League Island with members of Company D, Marines, making
the trip in an Evening Ledger motortruck.
MISSING NUMBER IS FOUND;
DRAFTED MEN TO BE CALLED
FIST PART OF NEXT WEEK
KERENSKY NOW
PREMIER; ARMY
QUELLS RIOTS
Workmen and Soldiers in
Complete Control of New
Government
DISTURBERS ROUNDED UP
Gen. Crowder Announces Machinery Will
Certainly Be Started Within Five Days
As Official Lists Are Completed
and Go To Printer
THE NEXT STEP IN THE DRAFT
THE next step in the draft will bo made in about five days, when the Phila
delphia military exemption service boards send official notices to the men
who are to make up the. city's quota in the national army.
Every man who receives such notice must appear before his local board
for a physical examination within seven days after the mailing of the notices.
Responsibility is on the individual, however, and he must appear for exam
ination even if he fails to receive the notice.
Appeals for exemption must be filed with local boards within ten days
after the physical examination of the applicant and if rejected can bo taken
to an appeal board.
Men selected-for tho new army will not go into camp until the autumn.
Men who fail to obey tho instructions of their local boards will bo treated
as deserters.
laO.VDON. July 21 Minister of War and
Marine Kercnsky 1ms temporarily been
named Premier of Russia, succeeding Prince
Iaoff, resigned, according to nnouncement
In tho liourso Gazette at Petrograd today,
Kerensky, it was stated In tho Petrograd
advices, Is to retain his place as military
and nnval chief. Tzeretelll, formerly
Minister of Communications, was named
Minister of tho Interior, In addition to his
previous Cabinet post. Minister of Rail
ways Nckrasoff is temporarily filling the
post of Minister of JuHtlce.
The new Government In Petrograd Is ar
resting on thohargo of treason all of the
organizations which partook In the armed
rebellion and all Instigators of tho reoltera.
One hundred and six killed, 770 wounded,
Is tho casualty list of Russia's second
"revolution," ended yesterday after five
days of rioting, with tho aovernraonU.ln
control.' v w. . -tJt-ss"-
Out of the violence and bloodshed has
come; a reorganization of free Russia. The
Government Is now In the hands of the
Central Committee of the Workmen's and
Soldiers' Congress, .with the provisional
tTovernment's representatives acting as an
administrative body responsible to thla
executive committee.
ORDER RE-ESTaVBLISHED
Affairs In Petrograd city are In the Im
mediate charge of General rolovtzeff, chief
of the army garrison. aM, Lcbedey Is Kc
rensky's naval assistant nn& V. sknhiff
formerly Minister of Labor, Is now acting
as special labor commissioner.
Exposure of Nlcholal I.enlne, pacificist
agitator, as a German agent, helped end
the rebellion. Lcnlne had artfully paraded
a pseudo-patrlotlsm and acquired quite a
following. The Government did not desire
to arrest him, knowing ho would pose as a
martyr, but went diligently to work looking
up Lcnlnc's past record as an exile In Swit
zerland and Germany. Lieutenant Ermo
lenko, a Russian oniccr, recently returned
from a German prison camp, gave the Gov
ernment the evidence It desired. Ermolenko
swore that when ho was a prisoner the
QUICK NEWS
CARDINALS TAKE FIRST HALF OF DOUBLE-HEADER
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Gu3r.r.a: ?r ccidentally shot in leg
LANCASTER. Pa., July 21. Sergennt Hiram Troop, Company
K, Fourth Regiment, N. G. P., was shot In the leg today while clean
ing a revolver for the captain. The bullet passed entirely through
the leg abovo the knee. Troop was removed from the armory to a
hospital.
ft
. PUBLIC-WARNED AGAINST P.0IS.0IJED (URfcpjSJ-ER
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WASHINGTON-, July 81. Tho' Department, of Justice today
warned against purchase of unapproved sitckiug-plaster as the result
of official reports on alleged German-poisoned court-plasters which
have appeared In western States. Samples of the germ-ladeu plasteis
are being analytically examined, Assistant Attorney General Wllflam
C. Pitts announced.
Continued on rnire Klen, Column Six
RUSSIANS CRUSH
DRIVE NEAR VILNA
Slav Artillery Gaining Mas
tery in Smorgon-Krevo
Sector
BRITAIN ADOPTS REPRISAL POLICY FOR AIR RAIDS
LONDON, July 21. Samuel Samuels, M. P., announced in a speech today
that the British Government intends to adopt a policy of reprisal for German
air raids.
"CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS" APPEAR AT WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON, July 21. Declaring they will "rot in Jail if necessary before
killing other men In war," eleven so-called '"conscientious objectors" to the draft
today appealod to the White Houso for exemption. 'They left a long petition for
president Wilson with Secretary Tumulty. All youths of conscrlptable age, they
were sent down here from New York following a mass-meeting there last night. "
MAY MEAN NEW DRIVE
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and tho ma
WASHINGTON, July 21.
The missing number-4GG4-which was the 10,004th, has been discovered
lilt- """ . . ... ,. . , -,lir tn mnvo. Too
chinery for dra ting "-"-" n t
nfflrinl lists arc complete ana win bo w " .'mi"- ".- .....- --- ------
cWnery of calling the country's young men for physical examination will be
under way tho first of the week.
Local boards will now Benu uui ".- v
those who must answer the first call, though,
the Individual himself Is responsible for
learning whether he is in me iirai.
As tho men are notified, they must pre
sent themselves for physical examination.
They will be noted as accepted or rejected.
Then If they have a claim for exemption,
they must Present It to their exemption
iVAnrds who will pass on It quickly.
bVlrtuaUy all men who will be called for
the first army were covered in tho first 3000
numbers Past the 3000. only scattered dlsJ
S would.be aftected.-omclals estimated.
The numbers beyond the first 3000 are
n reserve group, on which subsequent calls
can Dr made. 'Official lists "Will be fur
nhThed a7h city within the next five or
six dayc. when nny man can find his exact
ninrfl on the calls.
The first call of men consists of 200 per
rent of the actual quota of the particular
r.. iwn Thus, if a town must furnish
'000 men 4000 names will bo called at first.
If these don't furnish the 2000 quota, a fresh
levy musi feBjjuuu,
Those first called are those first on the
list in their respective districts.
It will be September S or later before the
actual physical work of sortmg out te new
army Is accomplished. As soon as this is
done the Government will summon 68T 0Q0
to the colors, to compose the new national
army and to fill gaps In tho regular army
and National Guard.
These men will then be sent to Canton
ment camps. If they aro ready, and drilled
Intensively for some months before going
to France.
STAY NOT GO BEFORE SPRING
Incidentally, letters of Secretary of War
Baker to Senators today Intimated the
Administration docs not propose to send
either national guard or new army troops
abroad before spring, although original
Continued on r.-im KleTtn, Column Six
Sues Trolley Company for Damage
Richard McAllister, coal dealor of Cam
den, today brought suit for J1000 against
the Public Service Railway for damages to
one 61 his trucks on June 14. Tho truck hit
a trolley car at Broadway and Mlckle street
on that date nnd was wrecked ; ten persons
In t)ie car were Injured.
Girls! Walace Rcid Is Drafted
LOS ANGELES, July 21. Weep, girls!
Wallace Reld, big, powerful, handsome, ten
der Wallace, hero of many a film, was
Hrnfta.fi. nut cheer tin. Maybe Dorothy
Davenport, who Is Mrs. Reld In private life,
won't Btand for It, '
TETROGRAD. July 21.
An Intense artillery battle Is In progress
In tho Smorgon-Krevo sector, according to
battle-front dlspntehes recehed today. A
Tho crack "Siberian corps" Is bearing Tne
brunt of the fighting and Russian guns are
obtaining mastery of the enemy.
This dispatch Indicates that the long
predicted Russian drive on the Vllna front
may now be under way.
LONDON, July 21.
Intense raiding activity continues on the
western front. During tho night tho British
carried out a number of raids, particularly
In tho sector of Rouex, on the Arras front,
and on the Franco-Belgian border, the Brit
ish War Office announced today.
German trenches were penetrated, dug
outs were bombed and much damage of mil
itary Importance Inflicted,
The Germans attempted raids In the sec
tors of Havrlncourt wood and Armentleres,
but were unable to do any damage.
PARIS. July 21.
All through last night the Germans con
tinued their offensive against French troops
on the Chemln-des-Dames, hurling great
masses' of men In fruitless attacks, the
French official statement declared today.
All assaults were repelled, the War Of
fice said. ',
The text of the official statement follows:
Around Cerny, Hurteblse and Craonne
there were bombardments. Attempted
attacks were thrown back. North of
Bra ye a German detachment was thrown
out of Its trenches. ,
Southeast of Cerny there was a violent
combat. The Germans twice attacked In
waves and were twice hurled back. At
Hurteblse and the California plateau our
fire frustrated enemy preparations for an
attack. Inflicting heavy losses on them.
GERMANY CALLS 2,000,000 YOUTHS TO ARMY
WASHINGTON, July 21. Germany's reply to tho American draft is to call
her younger classes to the colors. Confidential Information reached War Depart
ment odlclals today that a decree was signed yesterday In Berlin which will make
available for military purposes nearly two million German youths. They wll be
called to report to the colors next March, or nbout the time that tho new national
army of the United States can bo expected to be about ready to be transferred
to France.
ARMY SERVICE MAY AFFECT NEW YORK POLICE FORCE
NEW YORK, July 21. Because many men eligible for New York's police
force are preparing for army service, the Civil Service Commission fears today
it may' not get enough applications for examinations scheduled for next November.
Applications close July 21. Five thousand are needed, as 1000 new patrolmen
must bo picked. All American citizens, residents of the State, aged between twenty
one and twenty-nine, aro eligible,
U.'S FLIERS TO COMPLETE TRAINING IN FRANCE
PARIS, July 21. Every American army aviator must undergo a special "post
graduate" course In aerial fighting In France before ho will be finally attached to
the front, according to official announcement today. The specialized training here
Is to be under French nnd British officers who know battle conditions. Tho Amer
ican aviators must '(pass" the school. It is expected that American flyers will
have to outnumber tho Germans five to one if domination of the air Is -to be attained.
FRANCE EXPECTED TO SUPPLY ARTILLERY FOR U. S.
WASHINGTON, July 21. Tho War Department says It will be impossible for
the United States to furnish artillery for American armies abroad and that France
will be called upon to supply them.
GOVERNMENT WANTS AXMEN FOR DUTY IN FRANCE
ALBANY, N. Y July 21. The entire field force of the State Conservation Com
mission haa been mobilized to find 508 lumberjacks and woodsmen for the forestry
regiment to cut timber in France. The regiment is being recruited by the United
States forest service. The mobilization order went out when Alexander Slacdonald,
deputy conservation commissioner, addressed a letter to every gome protector, forest
ranger and fire observer, saying that 170 men from New York State have already been
listed for this regiment, but that this Is not enough.
, .
BRUMBAUGH TO FINISH ALL BILLS NEXT WEEK
HARUISBURO, July 21. Governor Brumbaugh plans to devote the early part
of next week to disposing o' bills making appropriations to charities, publla works
and other objects, and will probably clear up all bills In his hands next H'eeki
though his time does not expire until June 28.
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PRICE
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TWO CENTtJ
"SHAM!" CRIES
LLOYD GE0RG
0F MICHAEL
British Premier Bitterly"
Assails Chancellor A AM
dress in Reichstag J.
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ritttuiUTS JUNKERS' FAI);
Sees No Hope for Belgium in?
Cv,nnMl .i? Tr.11 a ..aTJ
j.auui;.i ui nonwegs
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mrT luiill, July 21. iy
A press cable from Berlin by way af$,
London says that the Reichstag haa a.1"-
journcd until September 26. r,4'
T.nvnnv t,,i 4-'il
"Sh.im Inrlannnilanaa . .,', . at
, -wv...,vu tut ui-iBiuin, snara j,i
demorr.irv tnr !, .-. .i KJ
.,, .. v-.iiuii, , ofmin peace jor..
Lurope,, was the bitter comment on QeU'
man Chancellor MlchaellVn unoorh tn h. .
Reichstag made by Britain's Premier. DavU iV
Lloyd George, this afternoon. In a rlnaw'?
Ing speech at tho Belgian Independence cele-ftIp
bratlon at Queen's Halt this afternoon th it ii
t-rimo .iiinisicr declared In new vigor ofKCS?
phrases that unless Germany's military vji?
autocracy "Is wlDotl out th.v 0,111 aniavt
plunge Europe Into a welter of blood." 'tfff
The Premier's opinion as to the shams-ofSq
the German Chancellor's soeech was tnnnAJi :M
ed on three readings of that address, Lloyil
Georgo nlserted. j?rl
me t nancellor's -statement contained v
phrases which tho German military autoc-
racy understood." he nrtrlnl. "Thn. 1
charge of German affairs have elected 'for $,!
war. Tho Junkers Jiavo thrown the old!fc
Chancellor Intn (ha i..nAKHnia hl .. ,f
- ... ..(aaacuactnui w,wi III tj
scrap or paper' and it will not be loitif
uvwrv aiuimer lonows. -iw.-
"I am sorry to disagree with the Germam'
-nancenor regarding German (submarines." ys
ne continued, "but gradually but surely we., Js
aro increasing our protection and diminish , M
Ins our losses. H
nils year we are building four times at 111
many snips ns the preceding year. Nex W
vear we shall lmn,i ativ rfUAn na nH.. .-Ad
w .. ..u.,u ..,, nine, aao utuiiy. J
"TllO fOOd SUDDIv thin vp.ir nnd ia,-
Is. already secured. Our program of quI-'J
tlvatlon makes the supply of 1919 secure? if!
rveii 11 our losses are increased.
"There Is no hope for Belgium In th'
nhnnpfl.1nr,a ntnt.in.nl ov. I. .-a .
tloned. It Is the determination of tfie Allle S
maw Helium ub resiorcu, iree ana Inde-
penuent; mat her people be not under
nrntnetnl-ntaa . v J
"SlnTnlflCfint let tht nnnnMnaimaina ., It. 'ii'. !
accession of the brilliant statesman Km-.
ensky to the leadership of the Russlaa?
democracy" , IV
,
COPENHAGEN. Julv SiJtW
The German Reichstag has voted wtthMtfv
u,-u"l ur m war ureaii, or nueen DUUOBt ',
marks 3,7GO,000.000). irasA
The minority against th- measu i.J.
-t7iadO.Ulj Of .lndprfenrtaan CsrU11ata, - . . .
The otImr of the newwar budgetih
Reichstag may be construed In two' '
The block formed by the Socialist majdrltiSr
nenfrJKtl nnrl enma T IK...1. U. ai.af.
downfall of Bethmann-Hollweg threaten 5? fifi
10 reiuso 10 vote tne war credit If HollwHti-p M
" "- '" jj""r "iiu u inu (jovernmenx Aji-OB
did not approve the Reichstag demands fof4&$l
u. uveal peace ana internal policy, Hem- Ttuj
rnann-Hollweg has gone, but Chancellor aAS
MlChaells. nrrnrHIni In Mia, Itll.na. .- ' -. ,
; , ,.v....n v nv i.ii,ii.iaiiia n?A t I J
nrrnirrl Kt, Can.lnam.Hn . nlU.!. n.1-1. ?- .
,..uuv U(, uv.n.iucitiaitii ttiiu Uilicr HOICK- CS"Ji(
stag leaders, has failed to satisfy the Retch- . 1
htag block's demands. The voting of the VfrJ
war credit despite the Chancellor's unsatls. SiS
factory speech may be taken as a confession ,
of defeat on the part of the Reichstag. ,
in vmw 01 ine iaci, However, mat louowing;,"
thr Chancellor's speech the Reichstag YlrtB,
ally dettd him by pissing Its "no annexaf fib
tiens" peace resolution, the voting of thi-
-ui cicuii.jiiuy u latnen us inaicaiing mat j-v
the- Reichstag Is determined to take tha.;
derenfe and democratization of the countrjrii
Into Its own hands, and while pushing II,'
ri form" program provldo generously for th-.'f
continuation of the war until mich tlm,'?
when Its peace resolution and events t)',"
come will bring fruit. Jtafii
According to the foregoing dispatch, th:
Independent Socialists alono refused to votat-'-S
for the war budget. They comprise about?
thirty members of the Socialist faction htx,
III In the Reichstag. The Independents,'
uhntta lpnrln, t fltn that faramntl onlttftalttat t.
of German Social-Democracy, have recently ,tii
organized a party or meir own, tne slogan. ,
01 wnicn is unyieiaing opposition to tne war,
They are led by such men as Karl Kautirirr
T"rltiat-fl rtrarncfatln Ppon XTaihrlnr fTitattttttUmt
... ' w .. w vw..a, ana... . ... . ...St .., ..a t
iionman, ueorge jeaeuour, ivan ui
knechL Rosa Luxemburir and Clara. Z
kin. The latter three aro In Jail for anti
war and antl-Kalser propaganda. 'TSP
PARIS, July 21. Commenting on Doctor
Mlchaells's speech in the Reichstag, tha "1
Slatln says tho program of Prussjan mill
tarlsm set forth by the Chancellor may ba.,,
summarized tn two words, "hold out and J
bluff." The most striking example of bluit
being the disdain wherewith he affects ta-i,
treat American Intervention. The Mating
further points out that the occasion marked
by Innovation Is likely to have great;
effect In the future. Parliament consider y
It Impossible merelv to accent the Govern-f ,Jl
ment's declaration's and Itself lormulated '
pta own vleus on peace and war. BesldM !
sacrea un ty evidently no longer exists la
tho German Pnrllnment t in tin lantrnr l k?jnifl
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nomogencous rorce. it Is, tne paper sy'
divided on the essential question toto"
minority wnicn approves the crown a1 re
rcbcntatlvo and a majority which malntilaa
Its own point of view without, howevet, ,
aarirg as yet to Impose It. i '
Thft -Tftllrrinl flit it u flio. rllrfarnnAii tiatm-,aa
-,r ti-.i.' . " 'Vl-7 .... - 'I i...J:?:rJz.
uii at--Ljuuuuu-(iuinvei; una aiicna-cta VJjS
flint tttA fnt..Aa. n tjtaA Ika ....a - "
aa.ua uid tvLitict iitiot ivi alio 'irfl tf
leaning more toward tho Left and, mai
certain concessions to Conservatives
10 Keep nis sear, among tnem. Tne;imn
Buuiuuraiie wttriaira 01, iterr ;uicnaei
tho contrary, has been put In plaoa'i
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a...,.H. auaa n.,.. a,v(t.(n w ivtav.ft
thlln nhllfa.,1 tn rlels Itftla, hlllnUaaa. -
Ing by a few tentative formulas to
jtcuoo uiiicuiueniea parlies. y yv
The Figaro finds that the meed J
a comprehensive embarrassmenfln'ta3
of a difficult and contused sltuatlOB
man politics. It Is an. .femDt.to i
parties and will no doubt end aa'l
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