"H ,-,- t. ' ifrlf-rffirfi '&' r?fw j. ' MBLElS FURNISH KEY TO SITUATIONS IN FOREIGN CAPITALS AND ON BATTLEFIELDS PAG IS WARNED I TO COMMERCE BRITISH CAVALRY RUSHES TO AID OF INFANTRY !sa!szssssasijBmaieueumwwmne.!MiMmmim PREDICT BIG GERMAN STRIKE FOR AUGUST Istrusts Germany Be- sef Radical System, i Von Schulzc Sick Soldiers Prefer Prison Terms to Returning to War Front INTERNAL REFORM kuand Commercial Trcu- entiul, He Asserts. Fears Economic War U to Evening Public Ledger A London, May 14. :on Times publishes extracts ; tch mado by Professor on eerntti, a velI-knon cconu- t peek's Reichstag debate on satlon of a German trade or- ftr the v.ar Among other a professor said: r to raise the alue of our re- l order to replenish our stock Aerials, must, since e can Considerable Influx of foreign mole our export trade. Imme- the Mar we shall liae to toil our export capacity on n , IVel Oian before the war, time more than eer need imports I and foremoKt. the export of mft high alue must be jjromotccl ik oi promoting cxportH is ton 'With the menace of sirloui Ini- I do not attach tragic Im- to the threatened economic war Hf) War. Tho hunger for goods 111 J Pi' eery other consideration III be bought whercer they are ma. re serious dancer, in my oiiln- !he spirit of econqmlc national- i-nas got aDroaii, especially in Uf But graer still. In iv of the ll demand. Is the unlersal scar- f raw materials The Australian jtjmt has been bespoken 'by 13ng- j Hmt many years to come, l'alm pil, too, has been made more dllll Irutto obtain. I Rfcare no choice, therefore, but to l ourselves considerable Colo- . pable ol suppljlng us with raw As an additional expedient. Id conclude treaties nroUdluir I mpply of raw materials on the tt the peace treaties with Itunu- fine Ukraine." I on Schulze-Gaeernltz'a opinion, . t method of worklnc un a new I connection is b means of most- I -nation clauses. Imnosid us In I y of Frankfort with l'rance in nexatlons may or may not be I , but from the point of iew of ijr'a future In tho world he hold lutely essential that no nation ie a preierence oer any he Bald, 'Is the most Impor alm, not only for Germany. all the nations interested in nomy an equal place in tho jVerybody. But If German) kilty of treatment. h:ih must ?the practice of dumnlmr. uhlc.h Bsiltteriy resented abroad It i to our own interest if we tocA at, these sentiments and declared ness to organize an Interna- hority that would be charged ring the honest obserancu r.r ifaorcd-natlon rule. ay we declare for such a ts. i-Jthreby encourage, as a. .Lines kforelgn-Iabor press shows, nil ad who are In economic bond- I hoso hostility to the policy of i znKes mem. In the ultimato lends of peace. If we pursue r; then the triple tariff system "the board, and with it the nuil. conciliating our Allies by means u jjreierem.es, out tnat Is to our Kannot ignore the fact that our "morace nearly the whole world Q Shut ourseUes off. Tho whole aust be told that Germany does I any traae preferences in Tur. aat an she seeks there Is the co- of her own nnitirm t..i lU for all nations." Union, the professor drew im Wing political moral of the nutating these wishes we murt n oursenes w th the en rlt . springs the demand for tlm riehlse. for behind .rv - nt goods lies moral Impondera- o ireaiy of peace can guard us tn- rejection of our wares, and tot any breach of a formal stlp Wsrdlng equal rights Th ml. Jfit sentiment is essential for the WCtton of world eeonomv. KStrman- can best promote the nomlc sentiment that we need ring our political aeilvltv r Uy with the progressive demo- i or tne classes which are less i to International hatred ni. achieve by means of the m. ternal readjustment whleh i. n- ow to be proceeding In Pni.cia king haa so estranged the world r our jyatem of Government -.very uusiness man who has wm nu learned for himself lis system of Government Ha lack of symnathv - n, -hlch have confronted the Ger. r everywhere Then -- v.. 3at the readjustment now in iwmi.il uuini to BDread fi-n the German Empire, posses- uiiuiiuu importance, and that to make it easier for th. aer and for German pm4. i gain Into the world." Klein, secretarv f it.. economics. In renlvlno- i.. Rd not share Von s?hni.. a view that th danger of an it neeo. not do taken not treat this matter too aald. MWe mini iM possibility. wlUi th i KHSiiSl w,!: ,n th conomlc .-u...u inuut regard for wur enemies will not M peac and friendship with ; regard our enemies as nM : M'Jnen. and If thev luv. I with an economla wr th f4iroujrh with It After eVtUihaveto collect 'our m oraer to maintain our bWt policy to this end I reduction.' ' ! s ' " 1 I KjrHx&BffsssGz'Wj? I'" ' Wmi 'yl ;- ..v?a mriy.jKrapa 3 . to nK,ce umt b tt)MmirT3toi&m!ttte?wL,jL'z.i:x:i'S2:-' ?.. .. v ,v":itmj' r.'''ityw;'.,isfi?-.iVii i ,, . ,-i,. t., n,n i:ui h KiTPnMmv'"-n' svr - ,ttj..i t'.jtjj'w vi" .... " . -i i .l -. .-r., - . .w- '- : iw.k . :.wi j rurifet-xz v..,v w. r....,,, ,.... .... w... E HiSrlGfflWSC!'J" T VW" wfStS'V 'AWJ 1 Kreu war chief, will contit H BPt'. .&?!& Tt5- 7.St-1s'ii WUtJ".. - --'""- c '" r -'- ,w j. rJ." "?rt J ,V 7fl'.K.wffll r mil tho people nrn powcncsi MIIIMIIIIiyTmBIMlTnWnilWBIIilllrTWIMIIIil III I' 'II mill" I ' I ' I n il I I ' ' I i ' can and will continue to exist under these conditions Another remarkable fact Is that. In spite nf serlnu privation, 'he German have learned to do without things In order to further future trade relations abroad Thin Is obvious from tho many nrtlcles exported to Holland which nre unobtainable In Germany, a striking In stance being In tobacco and cigarette While Germ in iirp smoking cigars and lgirette made of leave and hay at double the former price, and often wait In queue from 10 o'clock at night until i tho following inlddiy to obtain a few portlonal representation no far as present Parliament Is concerned. the Pi Jf" mwjiHii clgirs, tho Dutch maiket I flooded with ttumanlan nnd TurkMi cigarettes ex ported by German firms Germ-ins luve continued to export manufactured articles to llollind, nnd In captured Sprctal Cable to L ening I'tiblU Ledger Conurlulil. ' ?' "' 1""' Tlmti Co, The Hague, Muv II I'eiuntis who have rt cotitlv urrlvcd in HoHina from Ocrm.ny uUh lCffir,K "' jour rurreopondent lins tnlktd uppe.iri ultliough the food hIIU- urp hid orse, ex- nine, nnd ce, tho nuo their saulflco, Ilriti'li ravalrv lia plavcil n liig part in the Inttle of Picardv pari) of lavalrjmcn iliMiiounling nnd poniR lo the mil of n lianl prc-pcJ uifaiilrj ugiment ssamtJsrMSfa!ii3i3S i np rttjhi IrilrrnitlntiH) Mlm ' The plintoprapli, liken iliirmi llie nilvanrr of llie (,ermjn in I'ir-irc!', tliow URGE FEDERAL SCHEME AS IRISH SOLUTION AUSTRIANS HAIL WILSON to Oppressed 'Natimi.ilitics Look. I'rrsidpnt for Liberation Speeial Cable In .teriiMg Public Ledger t ttpirioh 9s bj rw 1 orlt Ttmea Co Home, Mnj 11 - l'reldent llon I the moil populir man Till pt itrment would not nurprls'" iin om It It t line frcin one of til') Allied inuntric but In Kl ud It I the leport coming from 1 Auxtrli where all the opprcs-eil intlun Special Cable to Li entne Public Ledcrr I alltle longing for freedom ee In the iriumpu or me uoti prim ipics AUSTRIAN JUNKERS ANGERED BY BURIAN The htet win loin wn. advertised evcuwherc u ' peure nnd vlctorj loin"-In i.illvvij innlige nhoiw, and other phic with pictures of peaceful Hndscine pen p dove and "Jfnimcii tilling the toll The pcico The motion wi eventuallj withdrawn I pronlli(,d , ,n month nnd I but It wll probiblv tome up again In now promised In "ii few months an opui i sitting of the Ueirhstag Soldleis will do unjthing to avoid .''" ' '".!;, I'" 'I'mocratle vlu. chan- rPtulnln- t0 ,i1P frnt uml even com cellor hi let It be known that he wllll,i, ,i-, i ,,!,.- t -n In nrlson Tim KPVereh Extension of Proposed System to Scotland and Wales Is , Faored ?se Premier's Peace Moc Stiri Resentment of P.in- Gcrnnins I onilon, Mav 11 Tho Lobbj CorrCEpondent of the Dallj New sajs that he learn that the Go eminent, although still divided on the subject of home rule Is more and more Inclining to tho view that only a Federal scheme has ans. rhance of ob taining the adhesion of c"lter Tho speech of Barnes, Labor member of tho war cnblnct, on Sundaj, favoring this solution, was Intended as a test cf Irish opinion on the subject Tho corre spondent goes on 'The cabinet bellees stronglv that there Is a greater swing toward federal Ism than Parliament In the rjmntrj thin ever before and that the policy would be to frame an Irish home rule bill which I general In Its structure and could be filled Into n subsequent ict which should establish similar federal pirllimcnts In Knglaud Scotland and Wile, with the prevent Imperial Parliament over all to deal with Imperii! muter 'Thev' hive tcmporarllv at all exent abandoned the notion of confining fed eralism to u pious nsplritlou In the pre amble of the Irish bill The Government believe that for the moment tho best course would be to Introduce a Tedcral the of the U llsou greatevt hope for tl i Ir liberation Throughout Hohcmli nil pirtlts hope ti succeed, with the assistance of Wll ron, In procl timing thlr country an In di pendent republic The Mberlins and Montenegrins and Croat- believe th it Wilson alono has the power tu group them together In a free Mav state i tiled according to thu desires of the people Thefco feelings render the pultlou nf the Austrian Governiuint must dllllcult unci Impose the necessitj of finding a way to bring tho war to an mil WANT ONLY OUR DEAD Thai All Wc Will Take After Yittory, Hagootl Snvs Special Cable to Liming Public Ledgir i opvrtaht tntS Iu Vent 1 ort. rimra ro 1'arli, Mav II In the coulee of a peech it the Inter-Mlled Club with Tield Marshal Joffre prelding General Johnson Ilagood. of the Amerlian nimv emplnslzed the fact that America H lu the war with no deslie for mateilal re ward ' We shill stay here till the Allies win the wai ' ho said 'Then wc shall co Homo emptj -handed Di-atifaclion Peace" die lltllMKH I1.il 11.1114 1L A . . . ... "-.... i " . Irish bill ana pledge ltslf to Introduce taie pacn our ueaa elthir a Its next Importing act. or In the next session, the Federal bill for the rest of tho I ingdom so that tho Irish I'nlonlsts might commend tho home nilei bill to the Ulstcrmen .-is nart of an im. rv i i- . t . ,. - - - - ., pnin a n,,nf lln 111 ,, .. n.. Flier, and Two Lieutenant WAR CROSS FOR 3 AMERICANS perlal scheme " Swis Poisoned by German Cas Ceneta, May 11 Swiss newspapers sa tlielr troops on the Alsatiin ftontler havo begun to suffer from German poison gas floating back from the western front toward tho Rhine The civilian popula. Hon along the Rhine has been warned to provide Itself with gas masks The school children in Mulhelm and Krellmr- wear masks dally. V.lth the mrrlriin Vrmy ttt I.orrnlne, Mav 14 Major Ralph Rojce of Han cock, Mich , and Lieutenants I! It Gar side of New York, and 1 I) Mejers, of Milwaukee have been decorated with the French war cross. Rovce was the first merlcin to make a strictly American rcconnalsance over the German lines Oarslde and Mejei on April 12 com pleted un Infantrj" liaison under heavv Geiman machine-gun fire llv GrOHOK UrNWK K Special (.able In I tennis Public Lrdget Copurlol t. 1918, b rti orl 7 li,irs To. niHleriiiini, M iv 11 Hi.rdl hive the V m-Gerin in shouts of relhf mid lov recardlnir the retire. I treaties of pence inent of the iillen-ed lien e lover l ount rlen that he alone Czernln illd down when his successor of bringing about as Atistro-IlungarlTn 1-orelgn Minister Ilaron Rurlan hi angered the fither land s lunkrr who lire now strongly protesting agilnst nnotlier u,trlan peaie offenslvi lu n speech the other day Huron llurlan said ' It Is to be hoped that the I'.ueharest peico will be followed whenevei posl bl bj cenernl negotiations which will result lu giving .1 ret to the humauitj of the wholo viorld, suffcilng after neirly four jeirs of vnr Our King has made uo of every poslblllty of peace and todaj It Is rtlll his determln i tlon and WU to utilize evcrv opportunltj to ronclude an honor lble lasting peice bv understanding We lire on the look out for peace without lelng limited by certain formulae ' This naturallv arouses Van-Germ in Ire and the Tagslche Rundschau, for example, asks If there is any connec tion between this new peice offensive and tho attack on the Germ in chancellor bj tho July peice ri solution part nn attack which It thinks, would appear to have been delgncd to prepare the ground in Germiny for liaion Burlaps coming action The attack on the chancellor referred to via that of Herr Krzbcrger the other il iv In the main committee of the Reichstag when In a motion, after se vere trltlclsm f the Government, lie dem nided Inter alK that all political i and riononiic questions In the l'ist should unly be dealt with by the i tnn celloi on the lines previously decided upon. Krbergcr had considerable support In the committee for this attack on tho astounding manner In which tho Government Is abdicating its functions to the uncontrolled military authorities resign If the motion Is persisted In Theie Is a great deal of tnlk about lmp'ndlng crisis In pollthal circles and orwnerl throw over the !oini'ment It refers hlttcrl to the ducptlon eiused In the m isves of the people In the prophesies Indulged In b all up to th" lilghet ln lis, regarding nn iiirly nnd successful conclusion of tho war, and sins tint the people now believe that the I'nn-Germ in and niineailoiilt aic thorough! on top agiln The Cologne oiks, eitung defends Count von Ilertllng on the hlghlv origi nal irrotlUll that, havlne emiellldi d four' his reputation h is so ' i is the best i h nice satlsfietorj pe.n e lu the upl The political situation, too Is made moro serious In the leitilnt with which Genninli an Insphed org in pioilalnud tint equil frnnihlso will be, defeated r n tho third renting of the Prussian fi inchlso bill which begins to morrow, mid tint the majoritj against it will bo lirger than uu tho occasion of the Retond reading WON'T HOLD BACK U.S. TROOPS Ottuvva Tide All a A) i Make. Lon don Nrwspnpcr Learn Special Cable to Ltening Public Ledger Copyright, til by .ie 1 ork Timfl Co, I nndnn, Mav II Messages from the New , ork lorrespondent of Iondon newspapers repeating the announcement made In Ottawa, that the Amerlcin forces were not to lie used In the light ing line until they had a complete, self supporting nuns, created n sensation when received at a late hour tonight, a sensitlon nil tho greater becauso the actual fict wen- unknown KITorts to obtain Infotniatlon by tele phone were vain, ixrept to elicit the fact that a mistake had been made and steps had been taken to rectify It RUMANIAN CABINET RESIGNS Willi AJlosptl Itiitleriinin, Mav II The Rumanian Ciblnet In resigned according to infor mation obtained In the Nleuwe Couiant! tod iv Irom Germ ill source Till I not unexpected owing to the iiiuest and dissatisfaction arising from the peaco terms Infuricd b tho Central I niplrt. wounded from the pies ent offensive are Intentionally hidden from tho public view nnd, In fact, few cripple lire seen In the big towns, Hlthougli blind men walk about, led by dogs Mrllie In August A grcit sti ike Is piedlctcd for August Many soldiers no longer conceal thoh hatred foi Hindi nlmrg nnd tho Kulsei In .June the meat ration Is to lie reduced !v half, likewise tlif buttei and margarine latlon. The mother of live children about to he repattlited to Kngl md thus describes her average meals C tho last six months In tint thei it Germanv ' Wi have two slice of bread each for breil.fat sometimes J im but no coffee or tea Oui mlddaj meal con'lsted of potatoes nnd turnip, and the evening meal via again two Mlccs of bread 1 had a quarter of liter of skim milk for five children three times a week by the doctors order. The meat ration In our town was half n pound week! felnce Christmas we have had ono egg That was on Kaster Day And there were occasion ally small rations of farinaceous foods on the card When we reached Holland tho children went from shop window to nl op window In cost isv, gizlng at choco lates cake cheese and milk .Naturi almost an thing can bo obtained b graft ' A remarkable fact I that these chil dren look comparatively healthy nnd although somewhat emaciated, aie able to enjoy life, which proves that people DEFEAT VOTE EXPERIMENT Hotii for of Common Rejeils Plan Proportional Heprcenlation Tondon, May II The House of Com mon rejected the proposal to make an experimental trial nf proportional repre. sentatlon In onn hundred selected parliamentary constituencies, which via tentatlvelv arranged when the electoral reform bill was adopted recently This decision finally disposes of pro- DE.-.,D Take the man out of de mand, and retail stores would lose only 15 of their sales. Woman docs 85 of the purchasing and has an in fluence over 10 of the balance. If you make an article used in a home, or ah article worn by any member of the family; or, in fact, nearly any article except steam shovels, the way to sell it is by advertising to the women. They arc the "purchasing agents" for American homes, and 1,000,000 of them are influenced in their buying by what they sec advertised in The Delineator. rv i Thc Delineator I The Magazfnen '""" One, Million Homes I :- KATWr CLAUSE 'to rolfcw'lraBce'a i: After Vr .KmiH,rMl,UcLItT w mr Tom 7fmu ce. .twwiiw -r m.ae u-t yeery In MM.Ja Mrlnr :M 0MKxnU xriky of MrMlM'".'. v . - in ! . L&5Wfc THRIFT STAMPS PAVE THE WAY TO VICTORY BONWIT TELLER. &XO. 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Reduced from $35.00 to $45.00. $23.00 DEMI-DRESS SUITS 96 Demi-dress Suits. In Poiret Twill, Tricotine, Covert. Gabardine, Belted. Man-Tailored Models, Black, Navy, Rookie, Tan and Checks. 14 to 18 yrs. Re duced from $49.50 to $59.50. $36.00 r A collection of better grade suits, embracing types for street, sport ad 4rc wear, in Tricolor, Velour Checks, Velvet and Serge Combi- iMDen, j-orronctte satin. niy one or two or any one model. I Ar. ', J 'i rf m H. & M m V n.,. R OROMISE this week you'll buy War Savings Stamps as many as you can pos sibly take from now to the end of the year. It pays you and it helps thrash the kaiser. WS.S. MtUTM-WSttl-M IMU-OSTTin, vkrr-D statu COVEKHMZNT Ercry War Saving s Stasia Halps to WklUfca Him War Savings Stamps cost $4.16 in May and 1 cent more each follow ing month. War Savings Stamps are issued by the United States Government thevbest possible security. . At maturity, January 1st, 1923, they pay you $5.00 in cash. In case of necessity they can be cashed without loss on ten days' notice. NATIONAL WAR SAVINGS COMMITTEE 1431 Walnut St, Philadelphia v ..-(. FOR' THIS SAI.F. a ;f,,SAi,iib- -. mi h.Il''! J.r'-iJ-i,t.l'JNk.v,:i'.
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