'$ EVENING :pUBtlC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY. MAY 9. tfSKE CABLES RELATE STIRRING HAPPENINGS OF WAR FRONTS AND FOREIGN CAPITALS i - m aEstefc. w? v'vKKs1'' W'f 1 PWr ; i':T L'S ALLIES OVER SPOILS mia, Bulgaria, Turkey Austria Have Con- M dieting Interests ISH PAPER CRITICAL t?,V:.n 1nn nrTnra lu iciiun a iuvw v...-w i Refused Without Con- suiting U. S. or Russia v t Cable to Evening PuMi'c fcoger M. II, bv the Kew Vorfc Tlmti Co. iffy .nnuuii, 4-ij -. rwcninff or peaco uciwccn i.uiiiamn M-l Central I'owern lias brought Into prominence rumors of herloim Jr,letwen Germany and lier Allies sin the settlement , of eastern Tho situation in very obscure. your correspondent learn from a formed quarter tluit Bulgaria Is Mjr annoyed that she Is not to re- Pob'rudJa, while Germany thinks aria has done so little In the war r'lhat she deserves nothing. Ifrt, It Is Unown, has lone wanted dan troops to strengthen her i In tho west, but Czar Ferdinand o content to keep them In canton- along the Salonlca front without ' them In any other field of Mar. en Bulzarlu and Tvrhey are on bad or. over territorial questions. They '.traditional foes, oppoeed by reason e, religion and history, and Turkey. veU from tho pressure of nusslu In I Caucasus, ta now dlpobd to look klBulfarlan aspirations much more hly than n year ago. Consequently aHan claims to the Adrlanople- Igatch railroad which would Rive vacceas to the Aegean, are being presented by the Porte. .1 Ferdinand Long- lllai.atl.nril 0n the suggestion that Ilumanla li Bessarabia has not pleased HM- u She has no wish to see her nelKli- alrencthened, and Hh regards the as almost treason to hereelf, The ttlsfactlon of Czar Ferdinand with (policy of his iillles. It Is now Known, .,f considerable standing, and at least ar ago he drawn etroncli to- M, Vienna In Itn efforts to open nego- sna wun the entente, Manchester Citardlan todav Htatea t Kaiser Charles's famous letter to kJ'rer.ch Government van followed by ana, in wnicn no expressed conn ' thai he could Induce Germany to t'Dece and offered In make a nen- It' afmlfltlCA with th T?ntjnt llnl- h" he then stated, agreed with him. .was followed In May last year bv LsUteinpt by Kerensky to get the Al- , to maxe peace, but they refused In 'June 3 M. Itlbot. then French Pre- '.'announced that he would grant no rta lor the International Socialist ce. this time negotiations with the Urn. were In progress. They wore off apparently In July, much it the lifting of Lloyd Ceorre mid .the Insistence of Baron Sonnlno 'President Polncare. ' x l: United Mates Not Conaultrd w " . rum,JUiy the German t:ocrnment la nd'neTvUed peacTSL I lum and Ucrne, Invited peace discus? HO. Xnese overtures Were relecle.1 the French, Itallun and Drltlsb Gov. (Mnents without consulting Itussla or iVniw states, though Uelglum and anla were Informed. bout the same timo Au&trla tried Wl' tO bring UboUt nenre thmnoh I 'I cRevertera-Armand conversations. ,aeem to have lingered on till bf this year. (Conn never. , Austrian attache at Berne, began w convemaiions with a distant ye; 'Major Armand. of the French ec department, in August. tho enemy overtures -,. Ulty of peace?" aaks the Manches. nan. "Our Paris corrernond. kthat nmperor Charles nronosed itplete restoration of Uclclum. of -Lorraine to Franco nnd the evue- rfc uccupicu eerruory. un such H be and Bulgaria were lire- it necessary, to break with Ger- tt. The German proposal Is said Included Alsace-Lorraine for and Trieste and Trentlno for be balanced by a free hand in fcinst'e Keason for Rtfnsal . : Rlbot Justified the releetion nf Umperor's offer on the ground that to, to choose between that and nrwitn Italy, m. Polncare. on her hand. Is asserted to have -.against a negotiated peace on and to have demanded the of the Rhine In addition to i-Lorraine. One may recall here vrard Canon's extraordinary de r the aame Kind at the time, and aid to have Invited nmperor I; to compensate himself for ced ntlno and Trieste to Italy by 1 Silesia from Germany. llMch for the substance of the Ma and counter-proposals In the f tna negotiations, and of the rda which they -were conducted. to say that tho whole mat I 'disposed of without consulting an ana Russian Governments. or partners In the war: that kapt secret even from most of ,or the British and French ana teat, ot course, the -of publio opinion was as se- . mm that oi certain al Bta and ministers. In thlr It Is necessary to .point '.Monday Mr. Balfour was It clear that ha was I'whM the Austrian peace of- EBuUdog Flags ,? ft.,,.. $3.25 4 ft....'. '4.80 ife ft....J. . al ft. . . S.M a - 'v smnra -, aura AsisBBait trpr J Tarts" I. TtLtm I . BRITISH FLIERS TAKE CAPTURED BOCHE PLANE TO REAR t xsr.itssusz?ur 17' ' r.'-f..t . Way? WJkI .v Uiu.a..vi.w. . ... .-.. .- k. i csi "ipiH , 'mz&iiw&mmmmmK jl"j.2 JAMKS GORDON IJENNETT VERY ILL L FRANCE I'ubli.-licr's Condition Cuii'Ot Anxiety Anion); I-'ricnilj Special Cable Eicning Public .ciger' l"arl, Mny 9. Jam's Gordon lien-' nett, proprietor of tho New York Herald, is III at his place near Nice. Ills con dition Is causing anxiety among his friends in I'uls. Mr. llcnnelt'B cMalo Is nt lleaulieil, on tho lllvleru, between Nice and Mo narso. Mr. Ilennelt whs born In 1811. Ho married tho Uarouess de Ilcuter in 19H. AMERICA MORE THAN MARES UP FOR RUSSIAI French Senator Declares Allies' Gain Is Tremendous. Urges Closer Unity ) Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Copyright, lilt, hu Sew Vorfc Timra Cv. l'arl. May 9. M. Henry Ucrencer. of the lrench Senate, tells his countrymen not to try to balance the coming of Amerlci Into thu wnr with tho defection nt llursla, suyliitr that there Is no basis of romparl hou with Kussla out nnd .irvrlca In Tho net K.iln for the Allies lb renien dous. he asserts. "Have wo vufllclently realized," h" hsKh, "that no comparison of the Im portance of these countries Is to be 's tabllshed? Tim defection of Russia em barrassed us niotnent.irlly, but at tin1 same time It freed us from a ureat bur den. We furnished to nussl.i money, ehellf, powder, cannon, even rifles "Amerlaa, on the contrary, brlnss us what we(Rave to Russia. "America furnishes us money, munll tlons. israln and all the prime tsentlals of armament and food. She send-i hun- dreds of thousnnds of soldiers to fight I and die with our Boldlerr. Tho United I States will so to Herlln, If necessary, to save tho world." i M. Dereiiper adds n warning The only problem now for America 1 as tn France." h says, "Is not to t-poll the sreat sacrifices by stlnclni'ss of niRitiiliatlon. If our ports are loo lim ited and the means or transport is in --. American cargoes lit them Immediately remove all obstacles tr enlarging tho ports and Increasing trans portation. "If America is too new at war to pos sess enough military chiefs of units or I enough general staff olllcers cap.une oi i utIIUIng tho army. let us Immeai.uciy furnish olllcers nnd staffs, that wo may have between the American and l'tench troops the amalgamation Indispensable to victory." MONARCHY IN FINLAND SURE, LONDON LEARNS Duke of Mecklenburg, Unrle of Ger- man Crown Prinre, Slated fur King London. May 0. According to dls- j patches from Stockholm there seems lit. tie doubt that a monarchy will be pro claimed for Finland, and that the Ger m- .inrti.inte. Duke Adolnh Frederick nf Meeklenburg-Schwerln. undo of the crown prince of Germany, vein do King A. sulrlt of reaction nas spreau thmuehout the country. It Is added, and the Flnnlnsh constitution, which wus the most democratic In Lurope, is to be re modeled on more or less autocratic lines. The Socialists and Democrats are under the ban for having favored tne rcuci llon. The natural reaction against all vvno with the aid ot Russian Bolshevik sol diers caused n reign of terror and an archy. It Is declared. Is telling against those who still cling to prlnclnles of democratic freedom and who w.jld vote for a republic. Finland Is still far from being com pletely pacified. Desultory fighting with the rebels continues at many points. A Wonderful Chance To Get Behind the Boys Behind the Guns Filers and Fitters, Toolmakers Machinists and Laborers -i Uncle Sam Needs You To Make . r..r.r - .....CT .-tT.--.w-,.;-. M.maCT-.MV,Sl-J,.aigTS' 7-w r a i mfimmmmTmtM 1 t hi.? BxfmmmW-mk 1 Serious a-y & . W. s ? mi . - F.Asir X4 1 unii-mi lirmnli Wnr I'liiilagrHidi Only tlic boily of llm l.crinan liiudiilie renidiiieil ufler it fell in iinnlnl villi u Ilrili'h airman on llie 1 lamlors front. Oilier llriti-li airmen arc eiijoving tlio trip in the rear with the lapliiied tropli) BRITISH BLUNDER SEENSPY SEIZED AT FRONT IN MAHON'S REMOVAL! IS GERMAN-AMERICAN Sinn Fein and Anti-CoiiM-rip.,'!'1, I Toulon Aicoin- tiouists Will Gain Recruits Through Action Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger CopyrtsM, I9S, htl .Vnu i'oifc Tltnrl Co. Iiiililln, May 9. The Government, 1 am afraid, com mitted themselves to another urave blunder In their dealings with Ireland. When 1 heart) esterday that lliey had decided to supertcde Sir Urvan Mahon In the lrit.li loinm.md J colTeil at tho humor. Today the miithi-Ioii is i spoken of as an iicrnnipllriicd fact, anil n.o i,nip r sir iinun'M n..o.. iulir in mo laie iiiiernoiin. - "i-t- v' " oven mentioned In quarters which lire above and bejond the uncertainties of imro rumor. If my Information is correct, and I havo no doubt mi self that It Is. the Government Is making n very great mis take nnd one that will not lose unythlng In disastrous consequence from the cir cumstance that It will bo associated with Ulstir and the covenanting antecedents of Sir Henry Wilson, chief of tho Im pirUI stafr. and tlm rigid I'rusihintsm of Lord Mllner, who certainly has no more frleinJs In Ireland than ho has In Unglund. It Is dlftlcult to guess nt Million's dis qualifications for his post. If he Is sus pected of a deMre. to see homo rule In operation before conscription Is applied then ho Is only supeotd In common with Lord French, the new Lord Lleu- I tenant, and it Is notorious that the new chief hccietary is Irrever.ibly committed to tho same precedenci. If the report which 1 ri-proiliico Is well founded, the greatest possible sllm- ulua will bo given to tho Mini 1-eln nnd tn Hiitl-t'oiiscrlptlou movement through- out ti,0 country 1000 Rooms 700 with Bath A cuisine which has made the Astor New York's leading Banqueting place. Single Room, without bath, 12.50 and $3.00 Double $4.00 Single Itoomi, with bath, $4.00 to $7.00 Double $5.00 to $9.00 Parlor.Bedroom and Dnth, $10.00 to $15.00 Times Square At Broadway, Uth to 43th Streets the center of New York's social said business activities. In doM proximity to all railway terminals. 75 7 Guns If Not Now Employed " On Government Work Write for dsscrlptlv BookUt SV-.-1 1-1 1. It-a vrC, ipi i vwmmmw t i I e ' 'J . .-.-: , . piiei, Wearing I . b. IJni forms, Caught Inside Lines Willi llic Anicrlran Anny In 1'r.iiio", May 9. The Ilrst Ocrman-Aincilcan to lm ciiUBht spyiiiB on the United States troops 1ms been taken within the American linos. Iiehlml the uli.uaclcrizntlnn of trnl- 1"r to 1' country contained In tln re- l,0,t of '''' illicit Is the htatcinent lie ""led a Herman pilhuner to escape, Hnlli men donned Ainericmi ollleciV iiulfonns and iMiteicd tlm lino from the They said they were studying thoiDutdi rrieml of German 1'orciun Min ground between the lines with a view! to uslnir tanks inn nskel to be allowed to crnsH tho lines. The iifllrer to whom ,npy 11,,l,le tl,n re'liicst soon discovered tlio ru.sn nnd ordered them escorted to tlio rear. Theip It was found onoltho German Foreign Minister. 1ms left of the men vuis a German and that the Get man-Amei lean was his accom plice. Would Scan All War Kxpcn-cs WuMilneliin, May C. A resolution proposing Investigation pf expenditure Monday is strongly criticized editorial of nil wnr appropriations made by 'on- 1 In tho 1'all Mall flnzettc. especliilrj gre--.s was Introduced by Senator Gal- ' his "singularly casual demeanor," but, linger, minority leader Consideration ,as another paper expresses It, his of the resolution went over. words were carefully chosen. Mitchell, Fletcher O Co., Inc. Grocers Chestnut St. at 18th & 12th 5708 G't'n Ave. wmwsjsjgQcin It SJ "'j 1 1 -rr. M & ;, s Mi yM efficient and economical. UKRAINE EVENTS NEARING CLIMAX German Plans Shown in Appointment of Russian Octobrist Ministry I NAMED BY NEW HETMAN People mill Old Raila Ignored 1 in Cabinet by Self-Con-slitulcd Ruler lly AKTHUR RANSOM!'. Speiial Cable to Etening Public l.eilgvr j Copwioht, J0I8, bv the -'cto Vor; Tlmrj Vo. Muarnir, May 9 Tho fate not only of Ukraine but also 'or HuFsIa depends on tho Allied decision 'din-Ins the next few days. Tho events Hi I'kralno have whirled tu u startling I'llinnr, which amounts to a declaration of German plans for dealing with, tne v. l.o'e of Kussla. Fn-hldeiit Golubovilch, In the Uourccols Kad.i letely, hild the Geiinan Govern ment did not Intend to Interfere In the Intfrnal affairs of t'kriiln nnd that General KIchliorn'H pruclaiuatioim would not be upheld by Herlln A (,'enernl protest was made nitalnst llleliorn, vslth n demand for Ms withdrawal. It Is pointed out that Ukrainian lenluients have been disarmed This was defend) il bv the Ilada ministers. Tim next d.iy the ltad.1 was held uii by GeniMiH. the deputies disarmed and the ministers ar lehtrd. Tim day nfter a manifesto of the new Government was h,sued In Kiev by the Mlf-appolnteit llelman of Ukraine. I'avlo hkoropausl.l He Is n KiiMditn Octobrist and a member of tlio Ilrst Puma lie bculns Ills proclamation with expressions of piofuse KratltudH tu the Germans, and pun-reds to declare himself to all In tents and purposes absolute monarch, with thcrlKht to appoint nnd dismiss fiilnlstrrn, fnrglvo orfnise!, etc. All power, at li ast temporarily. Is In hlH hands, thoiiKh he piomlses that presently n Ukrainian Diet will be elected ns the legislative body Ills Ilrst cahlnct ministers arc the following- rremUr and l-'orclKii Minister 1'i.trlmovltcli : Internal Affairs, Prince Golulzc; War Minister. I'rluce Vnslal sl: ; Klnanee Minister, KJenetzky; Com iminlcatiori, l'utllln: lMucatlou. SoKolov Them Is not one Ukrainian name This Is a great llusslnu Octobrist mtnlttry, and as ucll Is an invitation to the propertied and ptlvlleged clarsc.i of I lluixla, I GKi. COLYN DLSAPl'KAKS Uter LriUC(1 London Suddenly .,,,,,., ' rom I wtav s Public I.cdner London, Mny 9. 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WARNS NOT TO CREDIT TEUTON PEACE RUMORS Reports Declared "Feelers" to Test Out Pacifist Sentiment Amortg Allies Special Cable In Evening Public Ledger Anmlerdsm, May ! (Dltpatc'i to the London Morning I'oalK For some time German agents In Hol land hao been busily engaged In spreading reports privately to tho effect that Germany was Inclined to conlude ne.ice. It I bejond nil doubt that tho Get man people arc longing for peace, being convinced, In tplte of all the asaurancei nf tho rnn-Oerman nnd the boasting nllccatlon- of tho military ami Junker parties, that the f entral l'owers will never be nble to gain the v Ictory. Moreover, well-informed political and milltarv circles In llerlln nnd Vienna I ii iv well aware, as I have been ic IIKiittdlv infnimed. that the military power of tho United Statts cannot bo undrnstlmated and that It will stead ily Increase. I In these i lrcumtanoc. the world I will not be astonished to learn that the Uintral Powers are stllvlng to the lit- mot or their ability to secure peaco on the best terms obtainable. Some rc I imrts which nio bclt'R circulated pui j port to give Genn.iny'H peace proposals In detail, but I have goou ieaou in lirlleve that these reports are spread tnertly with the object of ascertaining the m ntlmciit ill pacifist circles In Hii tente countries anil of helping the pacl lists to iinb.iirnss their Gournmcuts. Getin.iny is also ndeavoring, by nie.ius or intrlRUe. to caue dlvcon tent wltli the war In Ungland and l-'ranc and to bring about the down fall or the Governments or Mold George nnd Ulenienceaii l'or these reasons, much attention should not bo paid ilther to jpparcntb favorable peace terms proposed or purporting to bo pio posed bv German v or to the German minors about preliminary peace delib erations III Heme between represent!!- Michelin Tirea I.. 4-J "11 '". 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