1X1 WBK1 P H3E4- rftfji fX )V. r '(- IwM V S lire ' V en iiV f i Ws EfATTLEFRONTS AND EUROPEAN CAPITALS IN EXCLUSIVE CABLE DISPATCHES ' ' PRAISES AS LEADER .Commander riticism for Fail- k Counter-Attack .FOR CALMNESS. TOMMY BRINGS Many Delicate Sit- raising From New Allied Unity ? i to Evening Public Ledger !, ty .Yew YorkiTlmea Co. -t London, May 16, (article y Major ucncrui Maurice as military cor' 1.0 the London Dally'Chron tot In todai'a issue of the Motions: i have at last agreed to a In France. The dim- loomed largo in the way he disappeared In tho Lttle. Tet they woro and Lrsal difficulties. They have frequently. But If Ocn- 1m .a b.h.Ii a 4t... aiinnA.t requires to cnablo htm to reat burden which rests on era. It is well that they (; restated and understood. Fhe Allies wero attacking r.chooso their ami time and Mtle. They had, In fact, tho i. And with that wero at least ,'jfirom disaster. If their ef- less completely successful might havo been with ordination, no real crisis to mako necessities trl- rj Inconveniences. i one ot the great adantagcs o that unless tho enemy ready to turn to an at- light moment failure, may live, but is rarely disastrous. r 'defense, on tho other hand. ings with It at once most . consequences. So It tamo .the Allies were nble to rub or less successfully with- command until tho col. ''-Russia brought the grout i German armv to the west. .it ery real daugtr to bo tee. Command Falls i at compromlso were tried allies execumo board was t command by committee it always had. and always ,A military committee is no , in Its osycnology from com- I too business and the ponti le means discussion, ac- I;; compromise when decision, ana determination are critical days of tho end ot need for these latter be- urgent that we Allies ucconv t tuute wliut with more (ore- t-wlth better effect we might shed at leisure, and ap -trireme commander. commanaer-in-cnier or a national army exercises r.under established and wcll- eondltlcns ot discipline. If sfled with a subordinate he ower to dismiss him. But generalissimo Is of unotlicr I cannot hold. We cannot coh. i dismissing Ilalg or Plumer on. lie has, therefore to personality and the sound- s Judgment and not on rulo or ! to, make, his authority felt. i are greater dimculties even . The possibility of failure has In war our generals are : to Parliament and the peo- auct ot the War. The Par- the people have no authority . f In times of stress tempers nerves are strained and Aural desire to call some one i,WWe cannot call to account mi whom we have agreed k -command. dn, it is easy and tempting tlcuiarly In circumstances present, that a foreign gen- to ask too much of our r huge casualty lists and armies are bearing: the lighting, and' it is natural by do not the French do ,'rv Alatd at British I shall have a ask my readers' ' that' the German blow was l fall upon us. that the French at first to the ftouth of and, therefore, naturally ttand that his task Is, while i support as is necessary, to emy's reserves and to nurse IN HIS BOCHE tjZ&'xtfi tfti is mtsssssswt ?L V -ii ' emsmSTfr iv jHlaKHflto'v, k'i f "f3i-,iiii fHHH-M '4' rJ-k-Ht ' '' V r ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssW.. ' , i UT -LH " MSSSSSSSSSSSSSsTF l Pk n"E bbbbbV' 'at R ftt W K kf . 4 i.'"' bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbvS'I It ' VaaV 1 bbbbbbbbbbbW 'aaC '( 1 1 i v" " - ' 'C ': -; ' I k Wm i jj v 1 - , , ' '' , "' '," 1 I ''CJr ' ' ' -1 AMERICAN FLIER THWARTSTRICK Honcsdalc M a n Loops Smokcbox Turned Loobc by German BAGS TWO TN .r SIINUTES I morning, as nlr fights occurred repeated ly directly over their lines. The day was Ideal for aerial otner- vatlon. the sun beaming from a cloud- lesH ekv flecked with long lines of sau I rage balloons. I The Iloches look the air first. As , thev crossed the lines there was aioarse 1 birklng of anti-aircraft guns Then the battle planes dashed toward each other , anil a thrilling fight was on, high up be- tvwen the llnej. , I From Hn observation post at the front I I toiinleil fifteen FrentM nnd Boche Iplanrs Hashing llke'sllvci'ns they wheeled I In battle formation Soon they were 'mixing It. darting and diving like swat; Moms Their marhlne guns rattled and I thin trails of smoke from the guna ' tlreaked tho sky. , I After fifteen minute of lighting two machines separated from the bunch anil I started a deatn duel on the side lines One faltered, then a streak Of smoke 'and flame m irked Its path toward the ground A minute later the victor burst Into II inies lis sinoKe mingling w mi ui Captain Peterson Outwits En PtnV Aviators in ManptlVPrS. tot the vanquished as It fell ciuy yvviuiurs in lujiiuniis. i At on(1 ,ne not(. tnnn ,ifty mai.hlnes Wins War Cross lirltl.li otnclul I'lioionrarli. This sturdy little Britisher i bringing in liis private prisoner raptured during the German drive. The 1iuk llorlie is plodding ahead, taking no chances of starting am thing with Ids taptor, ilcspitc llic disparity in their sizes i strategy '.later. butI ; his functions In very fcVThe battle was at Its .enemy threatened to sever tho French and tho British armies and the menace lo Amiens wero very real Ho was faced with the greatest concen tration which the Hermans had jet made In this war, and had In the midst of the htrugglo to collect n, staff and orgunlte and grip the machinery he required for control. So far wo know the result. The enemy has been checked Tho Allied armies remain In direct touch and Amiens Is etlll In our hands "Such havo been the man's difficulties and achievements. Wo mut In judging him remember exactly what we have done, weighing tho advantages of unity against th breath of .constitutional precedent and loss of national control Mm, what or the nun nlmcli7 .No foreign commander la hotter known to tho British army. He fought beside us on tho Marne He lonunanded In the north In tho bloody fighting on tho Yser while wo wero engaged In tho grim struggle of tho first battle of Ypres As tho expansion of our army enabled us to hold Flanders alone, he passed to the couth, where In 1D1G he was on our right confronting Vlmy ridge. There hu began his attacks In May, working his way forward up tho slopes, while we, crippled bv tho second battle of Ypres, could help him only by demon strations at Festubert. Then later In tho jear came our turn to glvo him better help at Loos, whiro we extended the left of Koch's army which made tho deflii'.'e but unsuccessful attempt to gain the ridge. It was not understood at tho time In England how much Lord French's and Foch'a plans wero Intertwined. loutli Is Kenevved "Next In 1916 we find Focli again on our right on tho Somme. pressing to Pennine. Then afler an Interval he becomes chief of tho French staff In Paris He had had n nasty motor ac cident. Olllce life In the great rlty ob viously did not suit him and he appeared to be ageing, until the crisis of last March called him again Into the field Slnco the great German attack began I have met him three times, and each time I found lilm jounger. more Vigor ous, and more confident: for, though ho first mado his name as a ttudent of war and was such a chief of the French staft college that to have been under him there gives a special cachet to his old pupils In the French army, and thougn his military writings were recognized as among the most inspiring and pregnant with thought of any published before the war, yet it is u man of action that Foch shines. 'With his short, sturdy, alert figure, vivacious gestures, and twinkling eyes he looks what his staff affectionately term him, Un chef." Ills methods are peculiar to himself. ' "Hn believes In a small staff absolutely under IiIh control and lives very simply and without any military ostentation whatever. He has no belief In what he calls tho protocol and red tape. In an emergency he scatters all stcreo- typcr methods to. the winds and uses i any and every means which will help to gain his end. "In France he Is before all tho hero of the Marne. In Kngland lately it has often been asked what has become ot Foch's great counter-attacks. The man who sent from the Marne the message The enemy Is attacking my flanks; my rear is threatened. I am attacking In frontl' may 'be trusted to remain on the defensive not one hour longer than pru dent generalship demands." FORCE WAR CAPTIVES TO WORK AT FRONT were visible over the front, nnd the air was llllfd with lite sounu or motors anu machine guns The Hermans attempted a new method if g issliig I ist night firing a shell that burst In tho nil like shrapnel The ordlnarv Bis shell bursts upon contact American artillery pounds all the roads anil v Hinges behind tne Herman lines even night. There has bceh great activity behind the Hoihe positions during the list fort). eight hours In fective Amerlinn fire undoubtedly has iaued luavy losses to tho enem). SUFFRAUK IN PRUSSIA IS ORDERED BY KAISER Diet Threatened Willi involution Unless SatUfaclory Measure Is Pased Vmsterdani. Mnv 11. -IWlIn dls. pntches stato that llerr I'rledburg, vie- nresldent of tho Vruslan Mate Ministry, speaking Tuesday In the Trua- . ...l.I .1.... .Uj. -!,n,l. sum lower noum nam mm um v...,. incnt continues nil constitution il means to larrv tho suffrage through The tlovermnenl. lie Slid alo takes i... Ism th it flip linnet linuso Is an tho sun wis shining brlghtlj. and '"" I enul.ilctit factor of th- legislature and atmosphere was clear, but the Hermans muvt )lrst pronolinc(. H ,rsrnn In tin- am noi see i-eierson When him the II) EDWIN I.. JAMES Special Cable to Kiening I'ubhr Ledger Copurtoht. 19s. by Veto I ork Tim's ro. With Hie American Ann), May 10 WUDNHSDAY was a ilav of glory for Captain David McKay Peterson Amerlcin aviator He was nmong n group of American filers dcrorattd with tho Crolt do Huerre, and when he re ceived It from tho hands of a French general he woro the suit in which lie hid brought down two Herman airplanes single hnnded a bhort time before The cross, of course, was awarded for an other exploit. Captiln Peterson was nbovn the Her man lines Jut at noon, when he saw two German nvlons upproichlng I" the direction of the American fones Being nlonc, he went to an altltudo of 0000 meters aiyl waited for th Hermans traveling below The iliv was perfect, , mu- 1 matter The hill. actonllnglv. will be ALLIES CONFIDENT ON EVE OF BATTLE s Expert Opinion Is That They Can "Withstand German Attack VICTORY BY HOLDING Teutons Hope to Force Peace by Threat Against Paris and Channel Ports to the stronger, suspicion and distrust exist between Umperor William and Kmperor Charles. There Is not an Iden tity of Interest between them Victory will 'mean one thing for Wil liam and oulte another for Charles. For the latter there Is no pride In the war. He Inherits It along vvltn tne crown, and his aversion for It and the opposi tion , of his Influential environment arc now publicly known. SARTOFF DROPS MARRIAGES Zurich, May 16 The Ilusslan Soviet of Sartoff has decreed the socialization of women. Married women hereafter will not bo obliged to observe the conjugal vows. Their children will become charges of the State. SV3I j tjj'lfe f Inum sign I Zft Engagement Rings 3 diamonds of fine uualltv In all tilnt- rlng ot unusuil de- $200 C. R. Smith & Son ' Marital St. at 18th a ESSa Prisoners Arc Shifted From Gcrinuny to Points in Belgium the From Torfow's Public Ledger Anmtrrdsm. May 1G Mons and surrounding villages are full of German wounded, who, when sufllclentlv recov ered, arc sent Inland lo make room for others French and British prisoners taken In tho latest battles are often put to work behind the front, some forced to unload ammunition Other prisoners have passed through Belgium In closed cattle and baggage trucks More than 300 civilians have been compelled to work In tho Hoboken dockyard At Antwerp a company of Germans are constructing and repairing naval vessels, and tho same takes place at Ghent, Biuges and Ostend The number of prisoners brought from Germany to the eltadcl ut Dlcst Is In creased dally, but what object tho Ger mans have for this removal of prisoners Is unknown The Germans now are removing Bel gian political prisoners from thn prisons at Anstadt, Cassol and Wehlhelden to tho old Houo of Correction at Vllvoor den, near Brussels Airmen urn active on the front, bombs being thrown on4 the Menln Casino, where German bandsmen wero prac ticing, and It Is reported a largo number of musicians were killed Menln Is destrojed on tho south and west side Many civilians, mostly forced laborers, llvo In the east quarter, where a large number of houses remain stand ing. Some unfortunate peoplo btlll re main in Itoulers Strong oung airmen are being trained with great assiduity at Dlcst In Brabant There usually Is room for somo hun dreds ot airmen, but utter four weeks' training many aro obliged to leave for the front. meters at movt on gun going nnd In a moment the German whs going grounilwnid In 11 imes t ip. tain Peterson had tired sll bullets As he checked his flight he saw that tho other German hid looped and was after him, coming straight and fast He looped upward throueh a stream of Ger min bullets and got on top During a quick turn relerson dttteil after his opponent, when tho German sprang a new trick In nerlil warfare He turned loose it cmokc bn which acted like those that steamships earrv against U-boats, nnd put hlmclf behind a thick cloud Peterson pissed him anil looped agiln with his machine gun going He got ahesd of thn German, who hwrrveH ..... . - . im quicw v. nut l'c ersons stream of bullets, ,leP. iIH hoen eondemned to death literally severed ono of tho wings ot thn . -rim rk other defendants havo been German machine, and It fell with thn sentenced to Imprisonment for terms Ithln a definite period tho vice president said, then the house will bo dissolved at the earliest d ito compatible, In the opinion of thu Government, with the war situation DUVAL, FRENCH EDITOR, MUST DIE AS TRAITOR Are I Ullicrs on ltonnct Hougc Sentenced to Prison for Trcaon Turin, Mav 16 Convicted of treason, M Huv.il, who was director o the sup- ressed liermanopniio newspaper iionnci Bv CIIARLLS II. GRASTY Special Cable to Kiening Public Ledger Covvrtoht, IDtt, ti .Veto Vor. Titles Co. I'arls, Mh 16. Kverjbody realUcs that the Germans will put ever) thing they have got Into the Impending attack on the western front, and may spring neV things In the vi ay of guns, gases and tanks, hut on the evo of the new battle there are no evldemes of alirm or suppresed ctclte. ment I met tmlav an ofllcer who goes three limes a week to General Foch's head quarters and asked him about the pros pcits Ho was smilingly confident When questioned about the French losses slnco March 21. he raid that they hadn't been heavy, That Is considered as the eruclHl point. If the French army rem-ilns at Its strength, and If the flow of American troops direct to tho front continues without Interruption, the expert opinion la that the Allies will hold the Germans, and holding them will mean victor, for time tights with the Allies bv reason of America's coming. In theso calculations no account Is taken of an Allied counlcr-btroke, which Is atwajH a posslblllt A colleague, who has Just arrived from Switzerland, sass that German Internal conditions have not been bettered bv the cistern conquests On the military side Ihey are still binklng en a successful offensive, but are much less cocksure. Ho thinks thit the Germans are count ing less on deflnltn military tlctory than of forcing Kncland and Trance to neace (terms by bringing home to them the pos. slblo loss of Paris and the channel ports With all their military strength and skill the Germans are having troubles which compel them to seek an early de cision Tho pinch, which Is great In Ger many. Is almost unbearahto In Austria Hungary. While tho weaker ally yields Beat This Offer If You Can! Quality Calf $9 Oxfords (Genuine High-Grade Calf) Cordovan Shade SPECIAL ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY $ flflls, J A v J r jiBk B AM. 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Tho Impressive decoration ceremony took place on the American field, and tho honors were conferred by a French army j Instead of by a French corps Tho ceremony brought tho first news of tho fate ot Captain James Torman Hall, who was missing after a fight four days ago He and Lieutenant Thirles Chapman Head were reported us dead on tho lleld of honor and the cross was awarded to tli'm. U. S. REPORT ACCOUNTS FOR 3 GERMAN PLANES 1 flh the American Army In France, May 16 The first communin.no to ho lsued bv American field headquarters slnco thn United .states soldiers permanently en tered tho first line was put out last night, announcing the bringing down of three German airplanes nnd an Increase In tho artillery firing, Iho text fol lows: "North of Toul and In Lorraine there has been an Increase lu the artillery activity on both Bides. "Today two of our aviators brought down three German machines "There Is nothing else to report " Americans holding the Montdldler sec tor viewed it dozen ringed circuses this inln- fronl two to ten vears I'.verv decision of tl o court-martial wan voted itti mliiinllHlV M Uiivai with great fortitude heard rolonel Vover read the death bentencc. He then said i h,i liiilcnicnt of- man often Is erro neous Posterity will judge whether f tun ciilltv of treason Before the verdict was reached M. ri.tt it In an lmnabstoned sneech had declared that none of tho accused was In ariv w ey an accomplice of his Ho declared no was reauy io jaco any ver dict serenel HUN NOBILITY HARD HIT 210 Counts and 633 Darons Among lliotc Killed ill This War Amsterdam, Miy 16 The Inroads made b thn war In tho ranks of tho German nobllltv are emphasized In th. current Issue of tho German Adelsblatt, a periodical devoted to genealogical re bearch It enumerates among the killed 270 counts, of whom seven belonged to tho houso of Dolina uud seven others to tho houso of Finds von 1 Inckensteln, and 633 barons, of whom thirteen were of the house of Wangenhclm In nddltlon to the foregoing, the old nobllltv, ns It Is known, has lost 843 members, while what Is i lassed as the later nohlllty has suffered 836 losses, the largest being those of the family ot von Wedel. twenty-two members, and ven Arnlm, twentj-onc. tAr A A A A A A4 IrAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA -SET' Baker -w '.? tfently returned from the bat- lelds of France, will address a fqss Meeting 1 TIUfUW'.'KJV ATTHDirpa nV THP . J 1- T mmsmmwsy ., m M ,, u war pavings committee riff$ May 18 miwviQXX. ' - " T j J immSHlkm JltttMfc tenor; L At T ... - 4 Sty " -4 ,ij ." )aiLM,,i Vg"8 V",!T""'' " 'BfR'm' -jss'' y$&&&$J "' ,f" """"w,'""''"''s'- ) .V? ," lr Hf J7bp fti ? & B"K-B yUSssswVssssss-'k v wM4ks! nssm sssssssssssssssmmsssssssssmsssmsssssssm ITI1B BBlif-iaiifliilFllTliIB 'M smsgum li9-PIB-Hvllllfliil.,IIIIllllHlllilrilil-l ssssssssssssssWmZ1 V f-LjUaJsMnwlJ1iLM We Are at War With Germany Hang up in your office a sign, "We Are at War With Germany," realize it yourself every minute and force the .truth home to your associates. To win this war every dollar, every man must work and produce all the time Germany is not waiting. - v K horses are doing your hauling put on trucks. An Autocar 'displaces three horse-drawn wagons that saves plan power, money power and time. Get Hour buaiiteu on tow basis toe on? at war with Germany. 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