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WALTER DURANTY
tie to Evening Public Ltdgtr
fc,r'ji. (vV(ie Vorfc TlmM Co.
Trench Armlen, May 15.
Important' runs the com-
h) during the period of calm
eaes ino ureal name. nvic-
m wording Is vs-'cd with the. an.
st of an artillery duel nt a
nt, or a raid which brought
doners, or a loca! attack which
l;ln occupying such and such a
Be.
these phrases are from ex-
he reality. In warfare of to-
Bg Is considered worm lanei-
rtlllery duel If fewer than 10,-
i are fired In twenty-four hours
FS.. . ... ...
Biae on a ironi pernapjiwo ur
wide. Sometimes the flE-
l,to twenty, thirty, or even n
housand dally.
to realize what this means.
?your' correspondent visited a
I (Ulet sector In Flanders, where
shell average was only tour
ousand. Tho air was full of
fleas and horrible din of fly
l- followed by the roar of ex
pand showers nf deadly splinters.
1 there one met wounded men
tn bandages, making their way
And as I passed along the
" battalion commander would
ihad three men killed half an
. In the boynu of a dugout."
L"quiet" on the battlefront. An
iuei wonny or mention in com-
"I far more terrible And that
ally experience of the Allied sol-
Uttre present period of the "calm."
t.A time local attacks and raids
articular linnortunce. llv "raid"
t'a.forny Into the enemy's lines.
et of which Is not the capture of
nowever. Inxlgnlflcant. but the
prisoners and. as an Invariable
the bombing and destruction
The essential purpose of a
acquire. Information. The na-
ipositlon of the enemy defenses
any noted, and the examination
era permits the Identification of
na opposite and often affords
Local attacks
same purpose, but the nrlneloal
)s the seizure of a certain posl-
pusacBflKin or -nicn Dy me
Sight facilitate subsequent at.
whose occupation by the Allies
tfa tne operations of defense.
pReondltlons lend themselves to
ni minor warfare.
up of newly captured German
fBmld that few trenohes were
tatructed on their side. The
as formed by a chain of holes.
Jrtiells or dug for the purpose.
i' few men witn rifles or mltrnll.
iroea wire, the simplest yet the
UltOf Obstacle! to an Infnnlrv
jjwas employed comparatively
t-, it wns noi imnoss 0 a for a
sririg raiders to nenetrate the.
cover or darkness. "
j.courage and Initiative. of these
PS may depend Information
.'decide the fate of the coming
lire mgniy smiled French staff
ions can draw deduetlnn nt
I? Importance from apparently
alla. Miracles of devotion n
nightly In these orteratlnnR
tout. In cold blood by men who
aanger to the full and know
deeds will never be chronl-
enerally remarked by French
hat the American tronni hu
plendld aptitude for this sort
w. wnat that augurs for the
y be. Judged t from the remark
or oi a ruinous French reel.
rour correspondent: "Kadi time
cart comes to mv hattnllmi t
i(out on night work and raids.
X.nave made good at that 1
H can depend on them for
fct
flTANT COLONIES BACK
member aava Germanv
Make Foolish Claims
.. May 15. A member nf
BAT gave the following nf.
1 a. representative of a Copen
.have lost. Including killed,
I and prisoners. 3. nnn nne .
think that we Intend in mni.J
-jUlms and send our children
k-tunoiner rour years of war?
rv wo snaii .nave enough to do
o .k ui inun 10 control the
tan countries and secure their
and Industrial Inttjier,-. t,-
t&'WIir M:
Pout colonies."" ru"rs ena
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Today's FuMle Ledger
tf'.May 14. Lieutenant Ken
Vfunoas .French airman, has,
fJto the Evening; Standard,
aynemer, tne noted Freneh
lUnr Wlahner, tho German
r unm uuyneraer. wish
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CAILLAUX THRILLS
MILITARY COURT
Proud and Defiant Attitude
Impresses All in Bonnet
Rouge Trial
REMAINS A FIGHTER
Soon to Face Treason Charge
.Himself, Ex-Premier of
France Unshaken
Cannrftan official iihotosratth
A company of Canadian snlilirrs hear from their captain jut what is rxpeclnl of lliem in an allnrk upon new (Jrrman pnilimn licfnrc Vimy Hiilpc
PRUSSIAN JUNKERS
AGAIN VOTE DOWN KING
In.
RaMntta Front.
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lfc A aerman cavalry
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lacrst ward and more
;arr expected on
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Reject on Third Reading the
Francliisc Reform Measure
Government Pledged
n- GEOnOE RENWICK
Special Cablr. to Evening Public Ledger
CopvHoht. J9S, bv .Veil) York 1'imei Cn.
Ani'terrinm, May IS.
The Prussian .luiikers have ngiiln
oted down helr King and their Parlia
ment. It will be remembered that last
?:y 'William If promised Prussia n
tranchlse reform based on equal suffrage.
when tho measure, which was to give
effect to the royal promlxe, whs broughl
nerore the committee of the Prussian
lower houe. the reactionaries deleted
the one-man one-vote clause. On a sec
ond rending the other day the chamber
refused by a majority of more than
fifty to restore It, and today the reaction
ary destructlveness was ratified by an
almost similar majority, 236 to 185, on
the third reading.
The decision Is a severe defeat for the
Prussian Oovcrnment, but It appears de
termined to act In Its usual weak-kneed
fashion. After the second reading de
feat, the Government declared that It
would take no action,, that It would not
decide whether to resign or dissolve the
chamber till the third reading, Xow It
again postpones nctlon until tho now use.
less measure comes back from the upper
house. Then, according to Doctor Fried.
berg, deputy minister of state, will come
tne real drama."
Berlin political circles, however, ex
pect nothing but an unherolc melodrama
of giving way to the Junkers. The Vor-
waerts. and other democratic organs, an
ticipating what happened today, were
badly depressed yesterday, but the ma
jority Socialist mouthpiece will have
something to cheer It up today. That
Is tho remarkable result of tho Itelch-
stag by-election In tho Zwickau, Saxony,
division.
Tho seat was held by a well-known
Socialist. Wllhelm Sloll, from 1890 till
his recent death. He received 27.846
votes out of 45.93 nt the last general
election In 11)12. nnd when the split
came In tho Socialist ranks he went over
to the Independents
Tho result of yesterday's decisive con
test was that Itlchard Meier, a majority
Socialist, won the seat with 12.405 votes.
Fritz Heckert, Independent Socialist, re
ceived 4826. and Loul Klag, a conserva
tive, running for obvious rensons In an
Industrial constituency as "the repre
sentative of tho national workers."
4792, Thus the majority Socialist has
a majority of 2787 over both opponents.
This Is a serious blow for the Inde
pendent socialists and n corresponding
encouragement for Scheldemann's party,
ITALIANS DESTROY TRANSPORT
Hostile Troopship Sunk in Adri
atic Despite Convoy
Heme, May IB. Italian destroyers
Sunday night destroyed an enemy trans,
port In the Adriatic Sea. near the en
trance to Durazzo, according to an olll
clal announcement by tho Admiralty.
The transport was convoyed by de
stroyers, but the Italian warships man
aged to return undamaged. The enemy
destroyers were hit. Searchlights from
the land plavcd upon tho Italian de
stroyers and made them plain targets,
but the Austrian gunners failed to score
a hit.
FOOD TO BE CONSERVED
BY U. S. OVERSEAS FORCE
GARBLE LICHNOWSKY TAI.F.
German Circulate "Doctored"
Version of Expose
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
.Mllnn, May IB. Tho Corrlere Pella
Sera learns from Zurich that many Ger
nian agents under tho cloak of pro.
Entente sympathies, are circulating
throughout Switzerland copies of a
gurbled version of tho Llchnowsky
memorandum,
Some copies printed In the Italian
lauguagn already have found their way
Into Italy, and It Is understood the Her
mans also nre circulating this garbled
version In other Knlento languages.
BRITISH AND AMERICAN
FLEETS READY FOR FOE
PACIFIST SOCIALISTS
FOOL U.S. LABOR MEN
Pro-Gennan Royeott (lurried
Out to Keep Them From
French Patriots
Jiift signed tho manifesto to Mr.
Ilrantlng.
'Throughout the previous d.iys nf tho
visit the American delegates met only
Hie pacifist t-crtlnn of lho Trench Social
ist paily at cnnfcrenccH nnd luncheon."
Start today to buy
. War Savings Stamps
Special Cable In Evening Public Ledger
Cnnrtahtt .1, hu .Vric York Ttmrt Cn,
Tarl,, May IB.
For the first time slnco his arrest
morn than tun months ngo on charges
nf treason, Paris yesterday saw ex
Premier Joseph Calllfliix, who for sev
eral years was undoubtedly tho most
powerful, and, In tho opinion of many,
lho most dangerous public man In
francs, whether In or out of office,
make his appearance In public. He
was called as a witness In tho Bonnet
Ilouge trial
Calllaux entered the room In which
tho court-martial sat with his head high
and larking not n Jot of the character
istic arrogance and pride which led him
to claim tho light to bo tho dictator
of his country's fate and which brought
him to his present position. The pris
oner Is Hwaltlng trial by a military
court on the gravest charges that can
he laid against u pollllqlan. His evl
dencn was unimportant III Itself nnd
the whole Interest in his appearance was
purely personal.
It was evident from tho man's whole
manner lh.it loiillnenient In a prison
cell and the long Investigation he has
iindergnno have not In tho slightest
degree diminished his fighting power
Ho marched In surrounded by armed
guards with the air nf a dictator In
the midst of his escort of honor. His
answers wero given with complete as
surance and a steady gaze at tho presl
dent of the court-martial, which marked
him as' a man entirely without fear,
who was prepared to fight to the end.
With all the personal forco, with
which ho has often faced and quelled all
antagonistic chamber he attempted more
than once to get outside the narrow
limits of tho question on which he had
been called with n. view to express for
the benefit of tho greater audlcnco In
the country at large some part of his
own defense against the charges of trea
son, and It was only the firmness of Hie
president of the court-martial which
kept him from making use of the court
as a personal platform.
Calllaux's appearance gave a fore,
taslo of the remarkable experiences
which nre In store for a day In the near
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T.nndnn, May 15.
Writing on the naval situation, Archi
bald Hurd says American naval nld
has been of the greatest help to the
British fleet. He adds:
"When the war Is over the nation
will form some conception of the extent
of the debt which we owe the American
navy for the manner In which It has
co-operated, not only In connection with
the convoy system, but In fighting tho
submarines.
"If the naval position Is Improving to
day, as It Is, It Is due to the fact that
the British and American fleets are
working In closest accord, supported . deputies that Is, the forty who have
by an immense body or skilled workers
on both sides of the Atlantis, who nre
turning nut destroyers nnd other craft ,
for dealing with submarines as well as
mines and bombs.
"The Hermans can have a battle when- j
ever they want It. The strength of the
grand fleet has been well maintained.
Nome of the flneMt linttlenblpa nf the
ITnlteil Mute mity are now nHRnriateil '
with It. They are not only splendid
fighting ships, but they are well olll
cered nnd manned,
"It Admiral Realty were asked his
opinion there Is no doubt of what he
would say of tho value of the aid which
the t'nlted States has given In this respect,"
Special Cable tn Evening Public Ledger
l.nmliin, Mav IB
A dispatch lo London Dally Telegraph
nys :
"1 received n rcmnrknblu renort from
an English Socialist who accompanied ;
the American labor delegation tn Pnrls
the other day llo tells me that an ab
solute pro-Herman hnjrott of tho visit I
was deliberately curled out.
"The American delegates, who nre all
patriots, wero cornered by the pacifist
section nf tho french Parliamentary
Socialist party and the frenrh gen
eral labor federation How this was
engineered Is not clear, but It was I
engineered very thoroughly.
'"Thus It was not until a few hours
before the American delegates' departure
that patriotic french socialists got In
touch with or even saw them. The.
deputation attended a reception In tho
Chamber nf Deputies by Deschancl. At I
this reception french t-oclallst deputies
who held tho same opinions as the ,
American delegates that Is, who nre
for peace only with victory rushed up,
to my Informant and said: t
"'What has been done with the Amer- I
lean delegates? Not one or Us has been I
asked to miy of their meetings, or has
even seen them.'
"My Informant was nhlo to arrange'
between ( nnd 7 o'clock that evening a I
meeting between these patriotic fiench i
socialist deputies nnd tho American
delegates. This hurried hour, during
which tho Americans had tn do their
packing, nns absolutely Ibe only time
they met the patriotic french socialist
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Strict Order Are limed to
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Willi the American Army In France,
May 16. Orders were Issued yesterday
to Inaugurate a food conservation cam
paign among the American forces.
While tne rations lor mo iroops in me
trenches or troops doing heavy manual
labor have been Increased and there Is
no Intention of reducing any of the ra
tions; headquarters Is determined that
there shall be no waste of any kind.
Instructions Issued today provide that
an ocer shall be present at every meal
to test the food and to warn against
overhelplngs or throwing away useful
fnorii. The Instructions require that all
surplus fat be used for kitchen grease.
Isreau crusis ana Dima uiruu muni lie
used In preparing various dishes. Econ
omy la to be practiced In the use of
bread and butter. (
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Month' Work of Brltlth Aviator in
France
". London, ;Jlay , JR. Klgurea bearing,
en British aviation work done during
lu-u am riven aa follows:
r,Bomba dropped by British n France.
urBaainB..i9iiij n unv,
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