si" -"IT"". " j;. ' o tj ,ym7yv-; ..,, " ,.. rr j s . i ' EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, " OT'HURSDAY, MAY 23, 'iSi8 , V i - l Ni Ik 8;sf ev -'it, ritJErt rn' i:'A fi'e s W '; MIXING STORIES OF ..yfi'.f iIm tEIGN LEGION 1 iDS TO RECORD Jttirc of Villers-Bre-J itieux Plateau Up to j Jest Traditions tjftlN DOES IMPOSSIBLE ; ft, Xitiklees Bravery Shown in Ef-, '.'fort to Recover Captain's ! ' Body .WAy. "" 4'Bjr WALTER DURANTY (si Cn6c fo Evening Public Ledger Mrt(, 14 f fry Xw Vnrfc Timet Cn. L'il. ....v. I. . , s .... iiic iriivii rniirs, emy .i.v hre could be no better objprt lesson ITtllitarv dlftrmtlnft. train. ntr nnrl tra. hR m V 7?T ''!:''. ... E fuvn man mar xurnisnrn oy ine mfil , s', afsjf"" ade today to the colonel of a ftf , foreign Leplon I a ' hv'l! Wfta received hpfnrphanrt hv thp een- R-teUtommandln the famous Mororcan , Mftrmv WB,M nf Imperii... Hr rpartior K 5lii:.Ji i .. 1. .l . u union pem rariy anv mompnt tn drown I'i.ffi " R hef,rthf. little Inland r,f the RorB.r Son ,M ' (.vmeorporatf a He is wen wortny to ipnn l.' illf t bfkvest of th brave, for hl war,nthcr rf,,arsw. rlDDOn bears tnoro p.ilm 'IX or E-rtajJi at least earh Inillcatinc n. rep tVlBflile'tltktlon In nrmv nnlera than tha .Bny French soldier 1 have seen ex j?i me cracK airmen VtiWlth ilmnle brevity he declared hip f .('JprMe.ln.JiavIn? command of such tmnps k U '4hha froliA AnrA n neln AAiinmiillehail eisili;.,lmposslble In the desperate flchtlnE fthaV felted in the recapture oMhe VII- KVMW-Brefonneux plateau on April .'I and KitrWC Hf also expressed warm praise of fM&S't the American divisions that had hptfn Jts nelRhbor earner in (he Mar Pi'ff::.1fIJtfA Vilm the colonel nf the tee in lrs K;l';ftlUy earned the rlcht to lead the lli-t BS(egJment n the French armv to wmi ine Rwy blood-red Legion of Honor shoulder o id 'j.SPftwenty years he has been an mllcr j,--Jjnth! Foreign uesrinn. ami nas loiiKn an rifVoyer;' me win nui nis ukut- i- .....i J. ana ague as a noy s arm tn-re i- ..u HUgn et gray In his hair "r pomieu 8-SThV. heen sa about the ces o B,Vik7 'fffeat leadrp In V .:-;.,; i..rt.r i i hi war hill I a ' .. ..i . w n,.,..PU ..uv ,rrevr saw anj inmn i ",ii"ir" ...i. . tf ff7.ft Of tniS nroiePHinn.il fi-nur-i. t J 'wfeiw. blue eteel flash sfenis to tnkp , i5 jr .nuvaoi iuiuc ci-. filf 'mia with fnrrp and directne; nf a phyp-I f.'Ufl( jmnact . WW.'. ' !, rlfty-.lx Ilace. In I.eclon IS ...Before 'descrlhlng the action in which f -teiCMglment. took part the colonel re- E'jnarJced that the leKinn was .i Ining re-'an 'BDOnse to President Wilsons appeal tn r,MvWf.oleworlcmnlted struggle for fiee-j W;? Qyln and Qemncrai y. ivejiitenirt i nrp ui fffitSb less than firtv-M different races are ' tS&ip. Jta ranks, with nothing In common ' iii.Mwe'n them sae the fact that thev, "l,iVt ail come mrSi mhuiiihi n in "i tA'a&anee land to fight for Franc, and her I 4U of civilization LJa..7Tou may wonder, me i-nionei s.iiu, TfTfOvr material so mixen can. nespue u- SfcjRultles of language, be welded Into a. i Ptarce whose cohesion Is so perfect that rShapritlt, and trat the word Legionary' 1 k'srids. throughout the French army for IVJSa'type, of nrst-class lighting man ,'!jeTrhe answer Is simple nisciplme. the , 'Vlfactlce of war and tradition or the. (V.L?"nVL"U tiVCI aillt c M. i.ninu.iiiw.. inn-mr .l.lfl pnwei II, KrtllllllK eilcilKlll 1UI I " J -- , . Illlllbef Slljlo whldl COIllfl he lolllea tlT'llC 11 II I V . SCCOnU OU1V 10 Hit' pillCmiSe l4?sBtln Tia? been making war equally , tU llnal struggle ' There vvcte alsn copies nf telegrams T(l n. n ,,., p ,' ' "' Fien.li rentes. f..r the Russian al- .ii;'ild conditions of exceptional dilliculty. "V ate the paiiy nf sense." said j fiom .Intfie, then cnmmandei -in-chief ,,, ,,C ,,,, then blow up the irm, et'afi "ance was the onlv real wall agaunt ! fe)-ile, result, has been that, no matter how I enlne dins name was given t the and I.ilund. I alx .idmlltcii Hint lie jul,, (.,!,,! ln, .1M.,it capiuie',,r lite Herman wolf ronsciueii'ly. sav G -Hfiat'our losses, there atwaxs rcimiined pait thai considered wai necessar.v ) i handed these dncuiiHnis in Almeievua ,rnulllnR- A. ,pallze. Ural there w m l1' "f '"''" "'f poonsl. ,vere eagerly R tto'frairnework of grained odlcers nnrl sol-"And slru e Member 2S we have won the fr"- "i" purpose or using them In a l'"''-" vlituallv no . hance nf letuinlim alive Ihiimn Inm the Russian tieasury. The t e tc transmit the regimental spirit ; I irhl tn demand our fatherland We . canipaicn tn ravoi oitsaiiai. aim (,,, ivilegiini was .. rfectlv I stoppage of Russian Inietest paxnients .f.to'thflLstrangers that came to till up the, shall defend, not the secret agreements, i Maitliieu made nn i-wfi " '"" ""'' i (.n n.s he hade gond-bv. his super! u would mean the i eduction to poverty of i'r?nks. As France, England and jour I Inch we have published In Ihe wmld . , '"'! " ne ,1P " hn Hand'"' ''"' 11'P m,.PI fnyine -ynu ,, )IIIUnR W)lll. thousands of small people, who are de- . t)rn. countrj" have dlscoveied. only the wo shall .lerend not a gieat power.' for ,n ' al ",f-. """ . . xlm"'p"a i1P,lf ,,, thK , nion, I pending nn the Russian coupons being (rfrlctest "discipline can prepare men lo there is nothing of Russia left hut Ureal '"Hrt" c "" ""''timer us v as i., nave Xovv they encounteted three sue. esslve ' honored withstand without faltering the terrific Russia, and nol national Interests, be- '""'i ;'''R;. "".., ,!,, ,..,., Unes of defense Flisi a cuaidship. , I'P to pnl last, the Fren. h 'Jovern fiHehOck Of modern xvar. cause fo, us Ihe Interest of the world's ' """t , , , ! .," C,f h 'innl ,f L'tli'n a line of wooden buoys, maiklng a Imrnt Itself assumed the payment of the ftf-!.., socialism stands hltrbei than nntlnn.it "icy rpiletlj real lieu 1 lie nanus or mi . . , . .iln,,i, mi.ri.il hut since then hanks fUHed In Flame nf Itattle t. .nrh, offlrers and noncommlssioners of , 'slhi.Iesrlon had learned their lesson in the ardeat of schools. In the name of the pig battle of May 9. 131S our irst raeement in this war. In which sue- 3m, ant losses were equally great the Btraeht. newcomers and old bands Ir. ' tufta fiweH Into n nnltv sn snlid .t.'Blthough hardly a man of the orig- I ,1. contingent remains, the legion has ! rays made good Its boast of a.cpm- . v. wb ...uwu ...... .. ........ ,hlmr what nn nther troons xvoultf ..,"' t'MUtd.on to attempt. KJTake' tne case last month at Vlllcrs- tonneux.. A flat plateau, devoid 'if aneiier or notiovvs, rormen in meat C for, defense by the mitrailleuses. '"Which the enemy was so liberally Bvtded. It xvas the legion's duty to Ivance across that space without tha al artillery preparation or barrage s'TOovlne forward in front of It l'- "-M i Mmi - f."iTMA." An moment ilia h.-itlnlinnu nhl.-h ' -lwrrned the leading wave vveie swept by lim-iljil vi uuiirm iivni lite irurii an.l (inin p(fiK9 ar, oner , jet. iney pusnen on i"u nous yards, and stopped only through r. Jack of men to continue. With ' rf malnder they repelled the counter- i rvr JWck" which the Germans flung at them Ei JjJmedlately In an attempt to retain the Bl iSBHamoq whose value they fully realized TuusequeiiL uperauons. .na the Kioiiarles did hold until re-enforce-fcnf reached them and worker' P".hout the night to consolidate the na meir saennce naa bought. hen It was our turn to make the 1 -. ..... . ny-'face mitrailleuse fire on the onen . and he paid tenfold for the toll 1 aid taken on the previous day. Again ;te attack. Kach time the oniv re- lit;, .was added slaughter, until tha ' una was covered with dead. 1 -.T." 'Jpy Spirit of the Lerlnn I $;i)p detail to .show you what the I Slfc 0fmthe '.'" Amo" ,h8 , I- ,.(WiJ officers of (he battalion was a I ;:egon and tpyiHed exactly Us dls. "Colonel Replngton thereupon look U(U and traditions. Stern beyond' SS?rS 'iJl,.iJacred'k of th" :ov fe,SUmU. 'e. a vhlg men If necessity demanded toe, True to the last, he fell right 'Is still proud to possess. In these Clr- 1 .very forefront, of his company, . cumstances we must suppose .Mr Gar- Cihan a hundred yards beyond tha'vln,s attack upon Colonel Replngton did fhere our defense Une was con- rough the night the survivors I ttillon spent their last energy 1 ineir lives to recover hid body, g the rest of the officers had ht back, but he and one other In the deadly expanse, where asight pass and live, nnftn th- rmmrta nfr h kni. withdrawn. That night some nt forward aealn to seek their I W .none of them returned. And aired my strictest orders to last survtx-ors from continu- aposslble attempt. They re- satlefled until the acceptance my of his defeat enabled us 1 jfecover the body of pur com- you ask a better lllustra- t la meant by the traditions lgr LeglonT" '"4JM Workers in Trenches L ', Mr r- ; American Red Cross P Stance are fitlng into the seryms conee ana an soiiera aooui oivjsi r.o Man's .WlPi LENINE EXPLAINS i SOVIET POLICIES Waves of Imperialistic Re . i action No Longer Threaten Socialistic Republic PLACE HANGS ON A HAIR . Points to Ukraine as Likely to Plunge Russia Into Un- prepared War By ARTHUR lUNPOME Sprcinl Cable tn Evening Public Ledger ' Monrnw (nf unknown da'p) Thp rpnrt which Inlnf marl 1n.t nlclit t" the rontral rTut;if. mmmU iff i a rlar Ft,itpmnt of, th Pm.At pp i' ciar Ft. prtlfpv Fnr n,a thP qttnn of war or par hanc on n Infr, both in thp wpm and in thr rant "Thp elMintlnn " airl I.rnlnp. ". tr- riiiihiii - an hrnkrn one aKainpt an ile referreft pirMmtirlv lo th" tniu cle netneen Kneland anH Germany anrl then tn eronomlr rlalrv between Amer ica anl .Inpan The attark on thPniet. which hecan hv the .lapanepe landtnp at VlarlhnMnk. had, he ald, been stopper! lecf ft shmiM tlirll the hidden ' rn"nu - t l'l-cen l.-.pan and Amenra mm, npenar h. '.omnnou ,h. Amencan houiceolsle mav come m term- with the .Inpanc... ,oiirBenii,. and ih fnchsh , bnurcwl-ln with the i.ermin for all have a common Interest invndins up the Clone Lenine refeired with amusement to t)lp i.nurceolsie of Russia -Onlv recentlv." he ald "thev de- nounre. as trai'nr thoue whn opened ,,,,, ,,oc nf ,ho pnpular masses in the V.ltn,.p nr tho imperialistic war. and , . them'-eKes icndv. In the ; n ,,h!,nB tnr, l-oHti.-al fal-h and fmm an alliance svnn , c.nKll-n liandlls t,. full niw 10 an am- JinrP W1I II I itTMlrl II ! Ill-Ill itfi'l UIJM III- power of thf Snmt Minruv nf ,i nne ki i ip f fn.ih. i-nn Up Hlhidprt in di tail In arnu dancer pnnii-, fmm which war tnicht h brought upon liMFwa hpforo hp wa? rradv '. ,, ,h, a,,,,,,, , ,. ,,-ht ' Li Mine M.-VI itnkr. n m Ul.l H 1IU1 ,,Me oth. r finniur-. in Mew- than llin-. v,,-, tulsileil the Had,. Ileie loo. Is ' imminent nisibilit nf w.n. and Hie same is true nf the i'nncasvi linvei nment i which h.i- declai.-d Its Ind.peiul. nee but j nas noi iM-uiten li1- iimiuci, iiirien opening the way for Hie lurks and Hernia us. ,,.. ' . ft course h ai.I. the . aucaslan 7 ' h Ih' -" "" ' Finally, at an moment tne eXtieme;nf h unnn,.t Rouge gang, who strap military part in either of the Imperial-. .an excuse for nn attack nn ihe s.niei "We shall do all the little we can. all that diplomacy can do. to put off that moment. with every week of breathing lime interests We stand for the defense nf Kor that he concluded. It was npcni" sar to hap an army which would hp foithtotntriK when the peasant j-oldlers v.-no returner! nnnie realized they now hud something m defend o,,...i.i..., i- ,,-u.. .1-1...... .1. .. r ,.. . ' n" "ol,:"'" V1'" "llmln '""strated """ "npracti.-al and purely political n'"ilre ,"f lb opposition which, while t-".". .""."'"." war. implicit", i ccog iiized that immediate war van only end I In Immediate failure l , . . ' Joffe s telegrams from Berlin s-hovv the Hermans are read.v 10 go a ron- . sicVrable ttay in . on. . ssion : but even! ai mis laie Hour J believe, if we show en undeistanding of the .Soviet point of view and do nor ri-v- tn nri,,,. ,i,.. n.. slans vainly and prematuiely into war.' we can do much to prevent or at least' Amsterdam. May 23 Professor Mr postpone that German domination which nest Haeckel Is reported tn be in failing will he the immediate result nt nnv L-m.i i. ith On his elchtv -fourth birthday of Intervention not ree-nlanua I... .. recognition of the Soviet tiov eminent. RETORTS TO CARVP'S X ' J " ,jA" - v b SLAP AT REPI.NGT0X Colonel Once Did Other's Tork for Observer, Says London Morn- ing Pnt l.oniiun, May -Apropos of J L l.lulltnnn. n I , 'n2rvln'.s al,acK: "n Ilfinncvf run in tha ri !.. ''"l!,n"ln..tne..Uns.,'"f n couple of ,-, : ---.... ul-,iu m , monei "X ".V.T,. Kn ,ne n"K 1'oat comments ' find 11 harder to hear Mr n.,..,.-. ... ' tacks upon his consistence ,a 1, .. Patriotism if he believed them to be 7. . , ,l,!" '-nni Denexe It. Fori ,jii,v eiKn.een monrns affo . n. xi 1 Garvin, being unfortunatelv inHis".a I ,nemuorary' charge ?f 1gLnhi2r 'ake, "YS 21W thl g6Cofonhe' p n'lt'on" w, the onl.v person in Kngland whom he testimonials from Mr Cirvin .L,.8.t.au? 8,Vtem" breast of theVeat ma'n 7r tm lo say it when even Mr. Garvin must leluctantly obey." FINE "SUICIDE" CHANCE FOR GERMAN FLEET Teuton Naval Officers Shrink From the Plan to Attack Allied Trans. ports London, May 23. German naval au thorities describe what It would mean for the Kaiser's navy to attempt to In terfere with the transport of , Allied troops and munitions across the English Channel as "suicide." According tn German papers consider able Irritation has been caused in Ger many by the rapidity with which Eng land has been throwing men Into France and criticism has Been directed at the Admiralty. In a vigorous defense, Hear Admiral Karl Hollweg points out that the activity of the German navy is sub ject to certain geographical limitations. A voluntary attempt to remove these limitations." h argues, "would signify a herile but useless suicide for the Ger man fleet. The distance from German harbors l t great for the regular and jrawcMii hmm gi u w rW t&i&M&mmM -, i viHnMVaH&a FRENCH VALOR WAR EPICS REVEALED IN SPECIAL CABLES1, FOOD FOR Germans on way to Canadian -heavies- f4vox'Xiifc..v '- v"fr,fi'r vy ' ' EmiBagg!SB3ssga3ffis3saszasBa .pp jp rpWH I7!?I7MriI AKKAlllIN 1 VVU T KlilNUl OFFICERS AS TRAITORS Sergeant Paix and Captain Maitliieu Face Paris Court- Martial apreiai i.ahle ,n 1., rrnne I'ubhe f.rrferr ,,,,. ,,, ,,7.v, yn,k rime, m. furU, Mav : nrtPfl with th fomnilralMd dinma nf trparon and IntrlmiP In whih (lctim thp nmpp nf AtmertM dn edltot nf the I nnnoi I,.,if,.. t(..1.. m.i. i .-.n i i. .'. . .:.A:..:..'.''": f,f Sere, ant l'.n nnd i-.-nn.-.m M ininen before the I'aiN cnurt-m.ii Hal. ch.HKed wuh dKiilclnir mnlidential documents helnncine to the waromci Palx fn lR a illMlJ ,, as formerly attached to the MiniMi-v Inventions In ParK and Maitliieu of, all ntderly olllcer In Celietal Sauall' It when the i.tei wiil. ('iimiiiandM-ln-ianri Clllel at .S.llniC.l Jllflloial Inntiir.. in it- mebmi- ."" . ."wed lha, Augns, , last, when the nnilmrlti... raided the noue oi .imereyi;n. Hie nntniious luer cP,i himself with his bnntlaie- m pi i- -horllv after, thc found among his papeis copies nf five important conn dential tenets which were sent hv S-tr-rail between March and June. 1'jlR to Messimy. who was then Wat Minister in the lit land cabinet and N'ouUns. I '. . . ..L. It is alleged thai the documents dls- "''' "UU"R """ "',nh ,n nanK ,lmv closed important Info,, nation in ing.ird , th"' 1'"' llh1'' " l'"n'tiale tluse oh lo the strength of the Salome, ain.y. f"""" m"" '"i""' ' i"tcry pal and had real influence m modifMng the ! tlculnrly as m the steel net. which was d,.ee,,n nf the riimi.alcn nil that flulit It is signiflcanl that Paix helped to nuance the Ronnet Itnuge. a llnliuinusi defeatist journal, to the extent or sn.non Sarrail. Palnlexe. and Viol.tte aie mining the witnesses for the piosecutlmi, while lleneral Messimy former War Minister ann SMeeg. armrne, e.x-.. .m . . 1 " ca""1 h' ,,h, d""'"-- The trial will last several .lays - ...,,,.,,, VI. , ,, nrITu HAbUlVlM --M.A IV lJrjrV I 11 Noted Ornian Scientist Pailinp at , Eiglilj-fnur i. -.,1 .n, ,n his friends an einriaved , !biithday card, bidding them all fate- , well, and declaring that he expected tu die before next wlntetr. His valedl. mrv expresses the hope that "soon after the end of this mad culture-destrovlng war our Innged-for German peace will be firmly established on a scientific basis " AMERICAN EMBLEM SHINE AT ITALIAN WAR EXHIBIT - . Ffnture ot Demonstration Urcainzetl bv Uueen Jilena at Home, , r 1 r .CVOKCS vjraieilll I raise Exert Great Special Cable lo Evenins Public Ledger rnpi'loM, J9f, fcv .Veu; l'orfc Times Co. Home, May 23 Oueen Elena, who has been Indefatl- hi. in her desire to do her utmost to demonstrate her solicitude to the faml- demonstrate ner 1- "es who have so nobly given their sons In the fight for liaiy wnn aneciion unu thought for their country, has organized In the old historic Palazzo Chlgl a most Interesting exhibition, showing to the minutest detail what has been accom plished by the nation for assisting the army. She inaugurated It personally to- day. Different sections show the work ac rnmnlished by blind and mutilated Ital- 1 Ian heroes, the manufacture of limbs. also a surgical hospital lor jaw cases, etc. It would be too long to enumerate all the sections exhibited. One department which greatly Inter ested the public was the bureau of gifts for soldiers. Here was shown the great develop ment undergone by this organization, which lately Increased eightfold Us dls trlbutlon. Queen Elena expressed much interest on seeing exhibited In this de partment two badges bearing In one cor ner "The Star Spangled Banner," the only foreign emblem In the xvhole exhi bition. These were packages for Italian soldiers' received .through the American clearing house, also trench comfort packets from the committee In New Torfc. The latter already has sent many thousands to be distributed at the Ital- nnnis umaaitnniiiir 11111 . "iff 'W jj-" jtyyyn"g!'iyt'"ijyh;'M " ivy Tip,if,'jWH 5' ''it RAID ON POLA BASE SEEN AS WAR EPIC Italian? Facod Certain Dnath With Smilo in Attrmpt to Sink Vrsprls flalldn NfMal Heiifbitinrler'.. Miv 23 The tneril Italian inval rat! on Pnlq ia. one nf the mnl audacious feats nf he war worthy to nik with the llruish a ZeehniBce and the Amerh in at Santiago I'lans were long matured hv Lieuten ant omnia ndei Pellegrini, who adopted unusual mem.- or .eciecj m safeguard Die prnjert Tn dlerl attention he took seMire lii ihe trenches on the l'i.ie and wl.-ll leadj tn Mart gave out that lie was going to visa his friends He was aitnmpanied b another nlllcer and two "-a lloi ;. The nn I t ! iiil -t..n..f ...I I... .i .. .,,,i,,i ,, ni, -. .. ...,...,.. " ' - " ' i"' i ill I lie morning it was cry daik. as the moon had been down two limns. , ,C, wind mew on snoie. which prevented the sounds of prrparalmn going landvvaid The entiance of the ihaunel was 4011 ards across, with a lone neck leading Into Ihe great harhor in which lay Aus tria's fleet of battleshlpL. cinisers and destroyers, encircled by a frowning ter race nf land battel ie. Final preparation was then made for a flash in the darkness Commander reuegnni and his ompanions put on -ipp." em l.v an impossinie narrier The ist-Ort waited almosi ati houi. when the silence was suddenly binken hv two! distinct explosions nf inrpednes. fnllovv.d I b.v the sound of an alaiin gun in tie inner haibor. Soon after two signals of parti colored lights slowly rose from the center nf the haibnr, shnwing that Cnm mandei Pellegrini had penetiated to the very heart nf the fleet and was send ing signals frnm t"he midst of it. The first signal m.ant "Have toi -pedoed a bultleship'" and the second j said, "iiont mind us; we nave no. chance." This last signal was the agl.trl emer gen... s(Knal which was to be sent up in rase there was no opportunity to give help. It is believed that Ihev blew up their craft and took 10 the water aci,irdance with Ihe nrnirrani. as an pt plosive time bomb had heen set to go off even if the craft was under water. .ueanvvniie. tne &kj- was viv-iu vvun boiough school board has cllmi sear.hllghts and the land batteries were nated the sludv nf Heinian and notified pouimg a terrific fiie on the escort The teachers that Herman songs are to he clung lo their work fnr a lime and then, loin fmm singing books before the next left, with forty searchlights and count-' term less batteries playing upon them. , -,. i i-e r rr 1 c VjIIIS from uniteu OiatCS ' Moral Effect Queen said' "We have witnessed the great moral effect these gifts produce on our soldiers, who particularly like Amer ican presents, these being more original and coming fiom a land many of them have known. I am sure if Americans realized the great effect produced by these gifts they would double their ef forts, although already so generous" In fact, In many quarters here It Is suggested that part of the funds col lected on Italy Day In America might he destined for this purpose. Argentine Publisher lo Visit U. S. llurnos .Wren, Mav 23 On the occa-! sion of his departure for the I'nlted State. Jorge Mitre, director of La Na cion, Argentina's foremost newspaper, I was tendered a banquet at the Jockey I Club last night bv the leading citizens of the republic Romuln S. Naon. Ar-1 gentlne ambassador to the United States 1 was among those present and felicitated Mitre on behalf of his associates. Platinum Engagement Rings Beautiful semi ar- tlttlrallv set In piercen platinum mountings. Cannot b duplicated at the pr,ce$150 to $525 C. R. Smith & Son M Market St. at 18th V ffMT iBbSrVm M tmrnmrCmWiM -y ,- . ..... .. v, inadMti nfflnal Phetocaph FRENCH FEAR DEFAULT . OF RUSSIAN INTEREST Many Small Investor. Will Suffer if Obligation? Are iNot Honored Sprrial Cable In livening I'ubhe Ledger epvt-7if ;i. In V, yntk rieiet; re. Purls, Mav 2.1. French investors In Russian fjnvern ment hnnd.s and nther Jlu-cnvlle -.-curl- 1 lies aie showing great anxiety whether thev will leceive the interest dtl ihem In .llllv next The seriousness of llieir position mav be tcallcd from the fact ' that France is a creditor of Russia to I the Mine of something like l.nnn nan,, noil Fiench Investors hold todiy tZ,-' Sfin.nnn.iind nf Russian Government I bonds, while they have at least another linn.min.nno Invested in Russian In dustrials Fiance il. also a ciedltor in the sum of hciwFcn J70ii.noA.onn and Jl.nofl.non,- j non for advances made In materials sup- 1 plied to Russia since the war bfLlun ' Since the Rnlshevlk leglme was es-J tahlished scxen months ago. Ihe Ru- ' slans hae i-eased to honor tlvir oh llcatinns Moi of the money sunk in Russian subsci iptinns ha- been drawn; irotn people or v erv umiien means. 1 I or ve.11 Investment in Russian se- i'Utlties via- legarded here as a pa- heie intimated that no furthei payments ' I his kind will be made The vast bulk 1 f ibis money has been invested ndinit lirilv as a palt of the Flench n.TtliUMl tlele'nse although indirectly The last Russian In.m In Januaiy, r.U4. fur in stance, was exptessly sanctioned b.v the I'icn.h Finance Minister, on Ihe ground that the monrv would he used for the ronstrticiinn nf nevv strategic railroads liessute Is now being brought on the Fiench CinvernnuMil m continue payment nf Inleiest on Russian bonds, hill the tleasurv heie is faced with the dlfllcullv that this will mean the provision of an imriitlon.il fsnii.iiiiii.iuin a ; par, which is mil easy lo find under present condi- llrns .Notice has been given nf an Intention 10 laise the subject In the Senate, but so far Finance Minister Klotz has le fused lo fix a dale lor debate, on the ground that Ihe matter must first lie llueshed nut b.v the cnyneii of Ministers (.onvnuham lloroupli Drops (lerman Inletnn, May 23. 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I. narrow 4 Co,. 5631 German: tavrn Ate. I'mla. Klmes Drug Co., IS S. Uth Rt.. rhlla. 111 1I1 r.MMiui 'latnt Saaelalllaa Cm.. .Catm. 6 V'W'ir Bg -KJHFl Philadelphia. Beea A FaW Co.. JOOS-10 Nerth Front et., rhlladeljinla, W. II. Vrf'9, Co,. tOJ-ll gooth 10th Ht.. rhlladltpbU. SIBERIA NEEDS AID VALUES Outside Help Is Declared Necessary and Is Expected by People FEARS GERMAN SLAVERY Speeial Cable In Evening Public Ledger iru'f0ftf. lf. hu .Vein York T(mi Co. I.nnrtnn, May 23 The "Trnnlole publishes an article by .fnsfph oknlleh urging the need nf Allied Intervention In Siberia nkulleh Is n na t've , f Siberia and one of Its most prom, merit public men He was a member nf ihe council of the ministry of commerce and industries In the former. Czar's and Kerenkv s governments Me Is president of the xssnrtatlnn nf Shipowners "on the Xcn.sel River, president of the I'entrnl Siberian Hoard of Trade, manager nf the I'nion of Siberian Cieameiy Asso ciations, and Is also a Cnpsark of the Yenisei teglment He writes- 'Having Jut relumed from Siberia. I herewith declare that Ihe power of the BnlsrevIM Soviets In Siberia Is not based on any class In that country They were elected last year hv certain garrisons with Mnlshev 1st leanings, and1 therefore Ihev i annot base their power nn the soldiers, as these were deniohall7ed nor on the industrial proletariat, as such does pot exist In Siberia, the ohvions leason for that being the absence of industrial renters Also thev cannot base their power on the Siberian pea antrv which Ins never known feudal oppression i any agrarian dlllleulties Townspeople Terrorized ' Terrorl7ed townspeople dare not ex press their ptntests in active form, the peasants, on the other band, living In Milages, do not understand what Is going on inn do not care to understand It. either Onlv in Isolated cases when their interests are Imperiled, do ihe r"osacks who are partly disarmed, after feeble tentative resistance to the Red flinrds, who are armed to the teeth with all mod ern weapons, which they lemoved from I Ire rjerman front "Fxety day sees Siberia appioachlng ' nearer and nearer tn the plnt nf com plete exhaustion of her economic life This is all to the Interest of Herman Im- ' pcrlahsts, who aie dteanilng of rapturing ' the entire Russian matket and valuable taw materials for feeding their facto- , rles Siberia does not want to become a ' Oerman enlonv, and what Is mote she mut not become a (lerman colonv ' 'At present Siberia has xast stocks of butler about IS.oon tons She has also about flftv tons of gold, also copper and other minerals She can live unite an independent life, and her l.l.nnn.oon In habitants are sufficiently active and en ergetlc not to become slaves to th. enemy. Outside Aid Imperative "From this It will be seen that the po lltlcal situation Is such that outside he'n is Imperative. Such help Fhe expert in Joint intervention hy the Allied coun tries. Siberia expects help from the 1 lies in the form of nn International ex pediilon. which will he enthusiastirall v received from Vladivostok up to the Ural Mountains which will clear the Siberian Railway line and various towns from FSnlshevist bands, and win enable the population within three or six- months tn organize elections for a. Siberian con stituent assembly, which In lis turn will elect a responsible ilovernment for Si beria "11 Is not yet too late to reotganize the financial apparatus of the country and It Is quite possible with the help of the Cossacks tn organize military guard for the defense of the fiontlers nf Sl beila. On Ihe Kurnpoan frontier, as well as on others, nol onlv will a tegenerateil Siberia be verv useful for the lemalnlng parts nf Russia hut It will save it from becoming a sphere nf Influence for (lei -man capital I venlnie In emphasize that delav will he fatal Siherla experts the Inltla tle frnm Kngland. If fnr nn other rea sons than Ihe lalter's own Interests' f MUNllt.'JtUjrf Other Tuber at Sottam TVelve Hre Vests Y.e1.",? tten n0tj"d tthat ordin.aO' eray rubber band, 1 especially if exposed to heat and the sun's rays. So with inner tubes. Tn Kent rleV.T-t 1- .: ...t-i j- .,. . .. ufulne7 rende' Each of W? ,,7 ceraentinr half a Miehelin Tube to half a tube of another make this other make being different la each case. Tail ri twtlvt lull is dtiignfd to t&kt thi unctrtainly out ef tire-buying. Miehelin Tires and Tubes are sold by Good Dealers Everywhere Factory Branch, 802 N. Broad St. Wholesale Only T.elephone Poplar 1901-2 ---- . . . LORD CECIL PRAISES ITALY'S RESISTANCE Retrieved Herself Gloriously From Most Severe ' Trials London, May 23 Commemorating the third anniversary of Italy's entrance Into the great war. ' a luncheon was given at Mansion House by the Lord Mavnr of London. Among those present ft-ere Lord Robert Cecil, minister nf blockade; the Italian ambas- ' sador, Marquis lmperlall ; the French and Japanese ambassadors, the Chinese, Serbian. Brazilian and Belgian ministers, the Russian charge d'affaires and repre sentatives of the American embassy In proposing a toast to "Italy. Our Allv." Lord Robert Cecil expressed For eign Serretarv Balfour's deep regret that he was prevented from being pres ent, but Mr Ralfnur had charged him to convey in words that could not be exaggerated the warmth nf his admira tion for Italy and the cordiality of his wishes fnr her continued prosperity. an(j sflccess The past ver has been very event ful, hut. with the single exception of Russia, all her Allies' had come out of the contest with renewed strength and none more sn than Italy, he said ' Dougherty's j"1" M"'i-a."iwi.iw.).wiim.l, wiyn,!)),. XSJ ?! Davenports, Chaises Longues, Boudoir Chairs, Winp, Chairs. Fireside Chairs, Slipper Chairs. For the selection of coverings, we provide a comprehensive vari ety of the most distinguished Velours, Velvets, Tapestries, Dam asks, and Linens. Dougherty's Faultless Bedding Hair Mattresses. Box Springs. 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