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LUDE'S WINNING PLAN
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0MAJ. GEN. SIR FREDERICK
S-.- MAURICE
seta! Cable to' Evening Pubtic Ledger
parlpht, 19JI, by .Veto Vorfc rimes Co.
6? London, May 25.
grille we arc? waiting for develop-
yn ue west mere is time to turn
K-eyei to the eaRt. It would be
Bllens to reopen the story of our
ventures and early failures In
opotamla. Present Interest cen-
t tfVia a n . IaIhi L a.. .........
W F- w - '-,a wviiijk. IIICIC I1U.
IfryjCiPeaking In the House of Lords on
f&. jPtl ? Lord Curzon said: "We are
rrjwteasiern as wen as a western
ver, and the pillars of our domln-
arp planted at Delhi and Cairo
less than in these islands. We
orawn Into tne Mesopotamia
sign by the necessity of Imperial
lfAns!.'-
KwThat means that we are defemllnc
8L'lBd& at Bagdad. The Germans have
"?lifftrri rt mnt- r.HninitB ll.,,..t.... ...
'Jr-, ...v.. v. B..w.uuci ,l,.twi in
!.... .. .. . .
KSgM""" nr man mo one wnicn arose
fflL'rfWm their belief that the empire was
j,iS3rouen tree, the branches of which
KTOoura ran at tne first storm They
f-looked particularly to South Africa.
.'.asaypt and India for troubles whirl.
Sjfrould cause us grave embarrassment
sjjmq, in met, tney expected to and
SKepared to assist the outbicak of
swpon,, revolution tn all three. The
pienaia nna unswerving loyaltv of
(wr dominions and dependencies
OUchl these hones tn nntiiinn. ....
y.lBHrh nsa nnvn tt.a an,..,.,,,...,.. . ..
Z4kmn In tha meft Ala .1 .- . .
V 3 "" " ..... ...u. u.ouw.L LHCItLreS ot
tijtwar.
fe$S. " Still Anxious About India
IT&&f Te as regards tho pnomv'o m
m&S tempts' 'on India, wp have had and
Wdt-t Madc entered Cagda.-! and bv
& iPJOlnlng hands with Hip nticin ..i.,
Iished an effective barrier against the
??li?nemJ''s-attemP,s ,n penetrate further
JWgteast.uerman agents and hands under
SaGerman.leadershlp had entered Persia
! vs?". icaL'iien me irnniiers or India
mPf ,yj, -..i inciniini i Kiianisian,
H&uwvr l y wtre tuinea nacK py our
lioyai inena, tne Ameer.
ikf&A.With the collapse of Russia Ihe bar
MpTlfestabHshed on the frontier of Persia
."Ibroke down and -the road to Turkish
nd German amhjtipns was again open.
nt iiavo we ueen noing to .meet this
enace?
rf;Maude's policy after he entered nag-
fl.-was to use nls central nnsltlnn m
rlke, out right left and center at the
lemy, as ne got his chance In a coun-
r in great part desert, the enemy's
of advance are limited to water-
ays which converge on Bagdad. th
all coming down from the northeapt
aid the, Persian frontier, the Tigris from
a"Kfrom the direction of Alennn nnrl the
fc?&l lfH:.?- WKI. Una. n' all..-..u ......
'Klnff'up each of these rixer valleys from
igaaa, we nave oeen able to strike
lftly and successfully agalnt the
emy.-Vhd, without railways and with
serta to traverse, cannot readllv
Srnsfer his forces from one rier line
i"ao another
PtSviti fa. told of Forrest, the Confederate
k-Sfi'S; :t " .....i..n.. . . ..
tffi ivar. uiai ne was BHRen ny a lany ror
&fhej secret of his successes In the war.
i,,yftnd Teplled, "Ma'am. I got there first
"rwiih the ntnst men."
rfez Ma tide Improvm rnmmunt rations
iXThat Is exactly what has been- hap-
fallen m& ill 4icpwivii.rtiiii-a.. i'ui rii ly
Hroub!en arose mainly because we had
jm i.(. jie ... .u... mi. ...... .... .-...-
Lent river sieamerw. uur coinmunicit-
were, in fact, bad. Now wo have
mate railways and an ample river
.pt Our communications are good,
A- Clicr mail nits f iiciny , unu wc
thert first with the most men.
Jilti.wlU be remembered that early In
uyear General Marshall Rtruck with
?lefton the Eunhrates and ocrunied
it' and completely annihilated It, cap-
Urtnc more than 500 prisoners. Our
salt carried us to Ana, nearly :oa
eg northwest of Bagdad, and enabled
0 destroy all the considerable prepa-
ons which the enemy had made for
attack upon us hy the Kuphrates line.
tj'bloYt It appears General Marshall has
rwn In his forces to Hit, as the Turks
yliv") reported that they hae occupied
jfVBiiaauie. jl la vimxiiy uu ijtii 111 111
Ian to weaken his power c.f cettlnK
Sjtgrtbere first by extending his advance be
'"K.jfOnd .what his communications can sus-
gNmin' ia-Tng cieareo ine r.upnraies. or
gVtt enemy's advanced bases, just as Oen-
tt.eral Maude cleared the Turkish nae at
2tIkrlt. on the Tigris. General Marshall
I.Tfea irom 'any anxiety as to nis lert.
Mm flu lurnea nis attention 10 nis rignt.
vhere Is the gap left hy the withdrawal
W'the' Russians. By a series of rapid
ucceastui mows, wnicn resuuea in
i'epture of more than 1200 prisoners
J twelve guns, he has virtually annl-
sted the Second Turkish Division,
fch was on- the1 Persian frontier.
the northeast of Bairdnd we h.ive
(ipled Klfrl, with lis valuable .coal.
have pressed on through Klrkuk to
i lesser Zab. at a point where the road
ittosul. crosses' that river, some eighty
fmflea southeast of' the latter town. We
nej"learn 'that our cavalry has art
jCTioced up the Tigris t& the rapids of
rajjah, 130 miles north of Bagdad, and
pom piieen mues oeiow me junction
fHhe Tigris and the lesser Zab.
-; ........ . .
,-2 tiue circle aronna i.sgaaa
vp nave -py tnese successes ciearea a
er.circje aroivnd nagaatf. Before at.
us in wrce, ne enemy, being
Ht railways, mat re-establish the
depots we nave destroyed and
em up with necessary food stores
iiunltlons, a slow and toilsome busl-
rprn ne aepenas upon river-born
important for our Immediate
.
' these successes will certainly
L effect; In Persia, where waverera
nave Of gun to douhf whether
tpee of Russia has not brought
,:s great a menace 'to bur oosU
I In" the East ai It has to that In' the
"' .
tPMikher,' which Is now setting In,
4. affective t?ar to active military
p r tne winter mud In Flan
neither the Turk nor the Ger-
-Hjmy nore than nyr own
, therefore, will not be BurDriw
v tf( not'ljleal- much from this
uu;wMm.;er jft9 time to come,
hreet Mtbt, lvsntaitej we- nave
W'pwc1 recent efforts Is tht we
poruon ot in reman root-
icts'-'glve a healthier country for
wng or our irooj, ttan thfj
V kv Mi,
! 8, )wlt rvtrnliiitf
-j: Trniy taousana
I,-; who' formerly.
,HH,
NEGRO TROOPS AT VERDUN
Holding Portion of Line in Con-!
junction With the French I
..,J!"o,h''.Am'rln,, Arn,v ,n InrrBlne. !
Jia 25. American negro troops are '
holding a portion of the line west nf Ver
'.."1. ""JunKon with the French
uInX..i ! noV nermitteil to announce
Headquarters declares these Americans'
?nt iH,?h'nF an 'P'onallv good Miou
mg in the trenches.
Kor some time unofllclal dlspatrhe i
Sfint1?ienLlon."' American forrei oper- i
fmnif..'" '.he Arfonn legion. This Is an I
Important area. It Includes the big Ar
gonne forest and the city of St Mene.
hold, which Is about six miles back of the
MORE SINN FEIN MEN
FACE COURT-MARTIAL
Two Accused of Having Ex-(
plosives Secrelnry for
Colonies in Dublin
London, Ma 2h
.Walter Hume Ivmg Secretary for the
Colonies, and Herbert I. Samuel, fnrnier
Home Secretary, a supporter of former
Premier Asqulth. have arrived In Dublin
l.nng Is chairman of the committee pre
paring the home rule lull
Several more arrests hate been made
Tho of the men arrested Sunday, Collins
and Mulllns. will he court-martialed on
charges of having Illegal possession of
explosives.
The Publln Independent calls Mr Bal
four s letter "another example nf hiding
the true methods." and .adds that Mr
Balfour, while granting pasppnrts has
In effect, forbidden the Mayor froni
going on his mission "
On the other band, the Irish Times,
the chief L'nlon paper, says that the
Mayor had seized on this meriy as an
excuse to escape the ordeal ot facing
American opinion. It says:
"The Mayor's antl-conscriptlon con
ference cares so little about an Irish set
tlement that it Is using every effort" lo
make such a settlement impossible. The
conference has not only alienated every
friend of Nationalist aspirations In Eng
land. It has tilled their best friends
throughout the world with Indignation
and disgust witness the oveillnwing
testimony nf tho newspaper" of the
t'nlted States. France and the British
dominions The conference itself is
aware nf this fact, for its emoy, the
Mayor, ha seized upon the most trltlal
and ridiculous excuse to escape the
ordeal of an Interview with President
Wilson. Is lieland lo sit helple.-s and
tongue-tied until the Mansion House
conference completes her ruin and ful
tills her shame?"
Tile entire "mosquito press." some
half-dozen Sinn Fein weekly newspapers
of diminutive size hut with plenty of
sting, a Pin ii red us usual today The ar
ticles aio Mrs cleverly and ahl written
and many are of high literary quality
and without rxcesslw violence of lan
guage which might provoke suppression
The editors often display great ingenuity
In torn eying their propaganda under a
disguise easily penetrated by an Irish
reader, who likes nothing better than
t'lli game nf hide and seek.
Sinn relner quoted
In January nf this ear Professor He
Valera said-
"As long as i;ermany l the enemy of
Kngland and England is the enemy of
lieland. Ireland will lie the friend of
Germany."
For a long time, went on the olbclal
statement. It was difficult to secure ac
curate Information In April It wns
ascertained that the time was ripe for
the landing nf .irms in Ireland; the
Germans were awaiting Information
from Ireland as to the date and place.
The British were ahie to warn the Irl-h
commander of Che probable landing.
(Srrtnnii Aeent Arretted
German agent was landed from a
A
norma n submarine
wan arrostwl.
April 12., and
The uprlslnp dopenriorl largoly nn the
latnllng' of munitions from a submarine.
According lo documents found on lh
person of Po Valora. he had worked
out the details of a ronstitution and n
rebel urm Tie had hoped to muster
half a million trained men
Herman munitions had actually been
shipped from uxhaen at the beginning
of May. Kor some Urn the tiermans
had been busy off the west Irish coast
on other eriands than the destruction
of Allied shipping:.
"The revolutionary moement in Ire
land, culminating in the an est of a
ronsideiable number of prisons last
week, consisted of two closely related"
series of ncttwtles, said the official re
port. "First, Attempts by flermany to fo
ment rebellion in Ireland.
"Second. Prepaiattonn made in lie
land to carry these principles into ac
tion." Plot Summed l!p
The events relating to the first wrrn
detailed, but those I elating' to the second
weie not, because such an action would
hae disclosed the names of the per
sons who stood by the fiovernment.
The Rev. Father Nicholson fulfilled
noger Castment'8 wish that he corrupt
Irish prisoners in Germany, It was de
clared. He helped to cont-plro for the
Kaster rebellion. Bernstorff fixing the
date. It was said.
Von Jagow (former German foieign
secretary) arranged to land arms at
Tralee Hay.
Bernstorff asked for i simultaneous
a-lr raid oer Kngland and a naval at
tack against the Knglish coast. The
German plotter hoped to blockade Irish
ports and establish submarine banes n
Ireland
Attacks were actually made by the
Germans between April 2 and April
26, in 1916. but the other German help
miscarried.
RADICALS DENOUNCE
BRITISH STATEMENT
Dublin, May 25
Revelation of the evidence obtained
bv th British Government of a revolu
tionary movement In Ireland, vhlch
culminated last week In wholesale ar
rests of Sinn Fein leaders, caused widest
dlsnjsslo:i here today.
Radicals bitterly denounce the state
ment issued by the official press bureaus
as one-siaea ana declare it is a con
spiracy. " 'The evidence purports to link up the
Sinn Fein movement with German
agentK, many of whom operated In
America. Count von Dernstorff. former
alinbasBador to the United States, Is In
volved. The statement covered alleged
I evolutionary and pro-German activities
both before and after the Easter re
bellion of 1316.
"It is an exparte statement. de
clared; the Irish Independent, a Na
tionalist organ with Sinn Fein sym
pathies. "The accused have not been
heard. It Is thus a question of credibil
ity, upon which British and Irish opin
ions may come o widely diverse con.
elusions.
"All sections of the Nationalists 1iava
a profound Interest In having the Issue
solved clearly and Immediately.
"Ireland Is not and never has been
(ro-German, No appreciable number of
NatlonalUts. no matter now extreme,
want to rid themselves of one domlna.
.tton 'ta.fall possibly under worse.
rsuMnU: m le that It' rests so larrt
y 'os' tt' public pu. of' Snn Feln-
SaJti -fflJJ-.il - JF9"?
.
sswtatsfi'.t. v
".- Vfi75w2
M' H-"riJ' pio.
FOES ONCE, THEY
gS3!iSKMmCTgaiSri
H.v. mESF&A,lfA3.i fmsc: iCZAZMzli a J
?2Z2mmmmVW3ZTmm2S!mmz
(..inailian lliplilumlrr inquiro a
(.crninn he caplured (luring llie
SIBERIA DEVELOPING,
DESPITE DIFFICULTIES!
Many Enterprises National
ized Thousands Work on
Railroad Construction
B ARTIU'K RNS0MK
Sprcin! Cnbto to Evening Public liCtlgrr
CninrirjUl, t!H. hy Stir )'nk Timr Co.
Mnornn, .May 25
Important schema ate In hand for tho
development of the great natural re
sources of Siberia Tianport N at pres
ent a matter of some diMioullv. and a
further hlnaiance is the Int k of money
tokens for the pavnient of worker. Still,
solid progress is being made
The nationalization of certain undei
takmg has been so fur so ith rptfn
that the local Soviet goernment i
leadv to nationalize others and is only
awaiting instructions from the Central
Government Forty-fie thousand hands
are actually working on the construc
tion of the southern Siberian taiha
Siberia will be ablp fully to supplx Rus
sia with coat and coke. The main task
before th So lets i.- to mcre.ise the
manufacturing industry It is proposed
to establish a number of steel foundries
and engineering works, for w hi h ate
needed engineers, chemist tind special
ists of all kinds, and alsrt labor, of which
there is a marked shortage. It is also
intended to establish polytechnic and
to widen the activities of the alieady
existing Tomsk Technological Institute.
There i Immediate need of machines
SJbfiia now possesses great stores of
wool, fuis. wood, rye. butter and an
accumulated stock of about n.onn.nun gal
lons of alcohol, all of which products
will be exchanged only for machines, and
other things needed for industrial de
elnpment. America is making proposition in ie
ply to which the Siberian Knlet will be
guided ext'luslely by directions from
the center The general Impression is
hopeful : if only this young democracy
is not to he crushed from without, it can
deal with Uh internal (MiHrnif-..
pnoiiRh. and would lonp ko hap
easily j
rushed
them finally If they had nut had outs!
t-upport.
Today's Siberian telecranii. report that
the Iikut.sk-'ladhoslnk Itallnay 1 out
of dancer The rumor that I'nlonel
Semenoff had on-upled rhila Is false
extslinK Tomsk Teclicnolocli-al Inatltute
.MoRulat.
JAPANESE WORKMEN
SOUGHT BY BOLIVIA
Plans for Big Emigration of
Farmers Said to Be in
Progress
London, May 55 A dispatch from
Toklo saj's a Rollvlnn plenipotentiary.
Munoz Reyes, has arrived in Toklo
to arrange for Japanese emigration on
a large scale to Bolivia.
The dispatch, which is dated May 18,
says the mission of the Bolivian emis
sary is to arrange for the settlement, as
a first step, of 10.000 Japanese farmers
lit BolMa to work vast tracts of un
cultivated land. The Mall's correspond
ent add that an Important development
In Japanese emigration to South Amer
ica is foreshadowed.
Toklo, May 15. It Is not likely the
details of the military agreement with
China, which has recently been signed,
will be announced. It was arranged'
particularly to meet the contingency of
possible military action In Russia. Hopes
are entertained that It will be the fore
runner of a permanent rapprochement
with China, and therefore It Is recant,,..
as of great historical moment. Efforts
will be continued to prepare for a flnan.
clal afld economic understanding con
cerning the development of China, and,
generally speaking, for the broad co
operation of the two great nations In
the Orient.
The present accord between China and
Japan Is attributed to the nonoppreBslva
and Insistent tactfulness of Premier
Count Terauchl.
PEK1N STUDENTS STRIKE
Chinese Youths Protest Against
New Japan Treaty
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copyright, JUS. ou .V(b York Tfln Co.
rekln. May 25. Eight hundred stud
ente ol the Pekln University th.1. morn
ing declined to attend the classes and
left, in a body with the object pf. proteit
lnif to the' president against the treaty
with Japan.
were eie4, ana
COMPARE WOUNDS
S I
nCTSasssi
tn llie wnuiiili
(.crman nlTenip
ilTcied li
n I-lander
FRANCE PAYS TRIBUTE
TO JAMES G. BENNETT
Paris Still Sprniliiting ns to
Whin Will llmuiiR t.f
IN'tMvspapors
u CHMIl.KS It. i;rSTY
Sperint C.rtblr tn Kvrnins Public l.nlprr
("nprntlllt. lit hn Vrn VorA Tlttir Co.
I'tirli, May 25
Tlilv .-it and all riann- ha hern
payinc a H'markaldp tnlnilt- 1it thi niPTn
ory nf ,lame Uordon llenneli Tlv l'u
rnpeaii iHlltlnn nf tin' HiM-ald ha clen
the fll-st plare (ft rpi t'Sinas r,f appi'M
t'latlnn aitfl ifRrol. and i's lender hae
been Rriillflpil In turn fmni Hip war to
nnnther snbjei't fnt- a few days
F' oplp IipI'p feel that .Mr. HennPlt was
like a peak hi the unild laiidst-app. Al
ihntich the puhlif saw litllp of him. his
pli'ltirpsque personality was widPly
Known and admired. Up Upd In two
",nrldN in i'1(p.p prninilty. but lrnpene
trahlv separated
AVhen 1 asked one nf Ids best friends,
a well-known Kreneli tmhleinan about
office atralrs. lie n piled that Iip had
neer known the name nf a sitiRli man
nn the Herald, hut lie leceived a telp
Krain eeiy iAy during Mr Rennett's
last siekiiPss adMsliiK In in of the pa
tent's eondltlnn.
TIipip is much Inteiesl and specula
tinn line ahnut the future f the new
jiappr prnpet ties, phpenally the Paris
edition. While this paper is much enm
niPntpd upon ffir its idiov ncrasles. it
has hecnnip an lustttutlon here, and lts
disappearance which, nf couise. Is not
cnnsirleted would lie unhersally le
Kretted. Mrs Hennett. who was thp Hatoness
dp Iteutpr. has alwavs Ih-pii In touch
with Jiuirnalisiu. her Hist husliand hav
I iir been one of the proprietors of
toe
Renter TeleKram I'ouip.in
m which she
tins a heavy interest Her two crown
sons were fa "rites with Mr Hennett.
I h'-ar that KiiReiif Mycins N execu
tor under tho will th' provisions of
which have not been announcer!. If tin
will hoqueath the ncwjpan r- to Mrs.
Bennett. h'r fiietuls believe that she will
Give them capable rllri'ftinn until such
time as her sons can take charRe.
AMERICAN OFFICERS
IN FRANCE CONFIDENT
High-Spirited Men Sure U. S.
Troops Will Save
Allies
By CHARLES H. C.RASTY
Special Cable tn Evening Public Ledger
Copurigltt, 1011, hy Att York Times Co,
I'ariK. May C5.
American olllcers are very numerous
In Paris. They lire part nf the steady
stream flowing noithward to meet the
Herman offensive. Among these officers
the spirit luns high. They do not know
exactly how It Is to be done, but they
are confident that the Hermans will be
held until America tends men enough
to turn the scale. They all have su
preme confidence In Koch. All speak
hopefully and expectantly of their own
commander. General Pershing, -coming
to lead and advise In the great battle
about to begin.
Every officer speaks with satisfaction
and pride of the American soldiers. The
West Pointers express themselves as well
pleased at the fine showing made by the
new troops I asked particularly about
oni division, recently arrived, In which
I have made many personal friends, and
was assured that In the pinch these
troops were ready for actual fighting.
Another division composed of National
Guard units' one from u State long my
home was much complimented by the
officers, who predicted that the men
would duplicate the fine record made
by those of Massachusetts.
A point always commented upon Is
the fine discipline among the militia.
None of the other new country men
are .quite equal to them there, and they
are' as- good as the best In courage,
coolness and resourcefulness.
U. S. Boy Dies In Engllth Army
London, May 25. Second Lieutenant
fallllam 'Alexander Fleet, of the Grena
dier Guards, son of the late Colonel A.
F Fleet, of Culver, Ini.. and Mrs. Fleet,
of Atlanta, Ga., was killed In action
May ,18.. Formerly a Hhodes scholar.
Fleet won his commission In th Ertlh
army n January. 1917. He, wat mar
rled tho same year to Cecil, daughter pf
Sir CharlM Lyalt. formerly .ot the Indian
vjcfrOrfciK i, U -CTii. . i- ".
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IL MESSAGGIO DEL RE
VITTORIO A WILSON
Italia ed America Unite per il
Progrceso Delia
Civilta'
CONTRI AEREl!
Vltri Cinque Aeroplani Attstro-'
Tetleschi Sono Stati Ahhntluti
tliipli Avintori Italinni
rublnh-rt nnd retributed f,lr
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Ajilhnrltd by the act of Otohr n,
' ,1'u.Cnr,f"' '' lh" rOStofMie ot PMKl-
ulphla Tn
H 'ird.r of lh Prldent.
A. S BUHLEPON
rostmjmter (3-np.il.
Homn. L'3 mneeln
Net'a rlrorrenza del terzn nnnlversnrlnl
dellmtiata rieHltalla In gurria. Re Vlt-!
'"Mo Kmamiele ha i-pedlto II segtientni
me facglri ai Piesldentp Wilson.
In tn .-asp.ne della iplehrnzlrme del
annlvei arln dellentrata riell'ltnlia in
Ciena celehrazlone clip nra ha lungn
, tiPR'i Siatl fnttl. sono Ileto dl InMare
i l.el Klgnor Prpsldente. ed ai popoln
anient aim II mln raldn saluti. e qucllo
dH pnpnlo ltaliano
Tre annl nr snnn I'Jtnha prese le
aitnl per le stessp rausp ideal) alp
)uati In pntentp republillea amerlcana
dlede pin tardi II sun apnoggin ninialp
e nia'er,ale l,a cnsrlenza nar.lonale.
iiineue ad nBn tentative! dl vlnlenzo i
da qiinliinqur parte essa possa xenire
I p(ta 1 itnlla alle nuzlnni rnmhattcntl I
per I a. rl prlniipil P rtirltll che nol
voRlinmn mnipiptati rr,n a lllierazlnne '
nnslrl riatelll nnnressi dal trine.
-ir.inioid i. ran la rhendlrazlnnp della i
nostril leclttlina s.ihezza pd esNtPtiza i
enza le rpian nnn pun' ess, 0 assieurata
,'ilciinn pare sehlenltn. I-IkrI sul campl
'Ii hattaclia ill Kinncla si e' enncentrata
la fiatellanz.i delle nrmi dl America e
dl Italia. I'nssa questa rnni entrazinne
esfero r.iugurln fellie per lvenlip
di una cnnpernzlone sempre plu' Intlmn
tra 1p ilue Nazlnnl nel rampn ilel pro-Ki-essn
della rlvllln' "
Ii.ille notlzle Klunte dalla fronte di
hattaglla si illea rhp vlnlentl mm.
hatllmentl snnn awenuti nel settnte dl
Zupnatoita p piesso le pnsizlnni dl
.M'intp Asolone
I'na Kiande atthlta' da parte del
rlpa -tl di IneiirslniiP si nnta luiiKn tutle
h llnee delle ninnlagne p kII ilallani
hannn ron smvessn tespiirtn dlstaira
mentl dl truppe nemlche i he tenlaan
raKRluiiKeie le loin poslzlnnl.
UN DO NO A I SOLD AT I
DI CAMP CRANE
I'na slmp.ittea cerimonla si soIse,
ierl. a f'nmp crane, Allentnwn. Ta., In
occaelnne rtella ennseena Ml una pplen
fllda niacthina fonopraflca offrrta dalla
'Mrelllirraph o. dl Philadelphia, ai sol
flat I del 13th nnttaRllnue. Servizlo Am
bul.nzo dell'Armnta dosli Stati Tnitl.
m conepna fu fatta dal nip Kiank
'irelli. presidente della compaRiiia ed
inventofo della nuoca macchina t.i quale
pun' suonare rpialpntPi dlco fonoraflco
e riproduce il puono snza far sentire
lo ihrazionl delTaco e senz.i alcuna
tromba interna od esterna II sis. c
relli era acoompaKiiatn dal sip. Antonino
Arcurl, Ice-presidente dnlla Compaprnia,
dal farnincNta Ouido Otaeopetti e fU
O fostantlnl.
La macchina fu pres-a ni tonseRna
dal MaRKlnip Charles I, Weber, il ta.
lo era ciicond.ito dal Tapltani.1 Pan K.
Wheirltt e KrancU V. Todd, dal 1uo
cotenentl Janvs IJocl. Picheid M. Fitz
K raid, Ourney . Sector e Ilocco N'it
tnll. II M.iffKiore Weber ehbe parole di
io eloplo all' indlrlzzo del sip firelll
ed espresso U suo vivo apprczzamento
pi r it pentlle penslero ern 1 sohlati del
sue batlaKlione, a maRBior parte del
sono Italian! Anche 11 Tapltano Wher
ntt fu felU-Hslmo n'l suo dire, pnando
fi it rilevate I sinceri sentlmenti dl pa
tiiottlsmo (IcrII Itallafto. Mentre do
avinla I soldntl del battagllone erano
schleiati still' attenti.
II SIk. cirelll ed II Sip Aicuri livol
seio parole affettuose aU'indirlzzo del
sohlalt, I quali fra (jualche giorno par
liranno per 11 fronte ltaliano. ed epies
seio l,i conlnzlnne che essl sapranno
complete ennore ed entuslasmo il sacro
doere che Into ineombe all'ombra della
hdudjeia dalle stelle e dalle stiicie
Per ultimo piese la paiola il fauna
i'ita (iuido rilHcopetti It (piale dopo
aer rlolto in inpleso poche tna sentite
paiole aU'indirlzzo depll ulliciali del
battaRlKine, pionunzlo un patriottlco
disenrsn In ltaliano rholtn al soldatl,
che in ascnltarono attentamente e ne
salutarono ta line con applausi frago
rosi II hoi itnno de Isip Franli Pirelli dato
a nnine della Cnmpapnla che porta II
suo nome ed alia quale e rlserato il
plu' Ki'atule siliippo, e stato molto ap
piezzato e tanto pli utllclall, tiuanto 1
soldatl. non si staneavano di ammlrare
la plendida niacrhlna. II modello della
macchina e si a to Idea to dal C'irelll
stesso e nella l-arte superior? reca la
macchina onograflca proprlamento
detta. e sotto un completo pcrittolo con
relatlvl scompratlmenli e cassettl, ed
in bah-o la r mad to per I dischi.
II SIk. Flunk firelll ed H sig. Anto
nino Arcun furnno vivamente compli
mentatl da quant I si trovavano nell'
accampamento e che poterono ammlrare
la macchina fonograflca.
MIRRORS FOR HOUSE NUMBERS
Paris City Council Adopts Them
as War Measure
l'rl, .May 25. The Paris City Coun
cil has decided to adopt an Ingenious
system to surmount the present difficulty
of recognizing numbers of houseR owing
to the darkness of streets at night. The
appliance selected consists of a dark
blue plate Into which are Inserted small
mirrors about the size of walstcoast
buttons, arranged In front of the neces
sary figures.
These would be fixed alongside the
doors at a height of six feet from the
ground, and the least flash of light from
a match will reflect the number clearly.
The device was Invented by Charron,
an automobile manufacturer. Large
bracelets constructed on a similar prin
ciple are to be placed round lamps at
the street refuges at important points
to obviate automobile collisions at
night.
COSTA RICA IN CONFLICT
Twenty-fint Nation Declares War on
the Central Powers
San Juan Del Stir. Is'lcarapni Mm
25. Adrtces received here are to the
effect that the Government of Costa
Rico has declared war oh the Central
Powers.
The declaration of war by Costa
Rica on the Central Powers brings the
total number of nations, aligned against
qermany up to twenty-one.
The Government of Costa Klca,
headed by President Tinoco, has never
been rCQSnUea. ,by tl;e United States.
It came. Into ppwer after the .'deposi
tion of President Gooaalec In January.
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fleet a well. The area roereil h the new fiehl of niine is eliiiialed nt
121.728 'quare inile. Tel innnlh" h.ip heen required lo nrenmpli'h
the iwirk, len of ihi.ii-ancl- nf mine, limine, heen sown
Casualties Among
American Troops
Wnaliiiiglnn, Mllv 25
A 1 t nf liventy-thl ee cnviiatl ie was
annnunred hy the War Pep.n ttnent to
day. Four were killed In nrtimi. four
tiled of wounds, three nf dlM Hj-c, fnur
weie wounded Feeiely anil eicht
flllirlrrl sllehlly. i
Offlret's Included In the list wete: (
l.leulen.int Albeit l: .Inhnsnn. nf i
i'ollni!- ille. Conn, and Lieutenant I.re
Henrv K'napp. nf n.inhiuv. N II. died
of fllsease 'nptalu .lames Norman
Mali, the aviatnr. nf I'nlfax. Inwn. pre
Iouk1 lepoitfil as inisslne in action, is
now report ed as a prl-nner.
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Klnc.tnn. Ta.
i)ii:i ni' lihi:.r,
Lieutenant
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rnuliirpr
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I'rhates
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Dfin.K. DAXIKI., Mih. Helm Bojlc. Syra
cube, N V.
I'rhale
I'AMI SAMl'KI, Milwaukee. Wis
Md'imV I'HAni.IB. I'andler. N I'
PI.F.MMO.NS. SKKR V Aahevllle. N. C.
I'ltl'.ONKIt (preioithl.v reported mlsslnc)
Captain
NORMAN, folfm.
HALL JA.MK.-
MOBILIZING AGAINST
ADVANCE ON MOSCOW
People's Council at Kursk
Prepares to Repel Large
German Forces
Mo-,row, May 25.
The People's Council at Kursk (about
263 miles south of Moscow) has de
clared a defensive mobilization because
large German forces are reported
moving through that region toward
Moscow.
The newspaper Pravda stated today
that the Germans are crossing Kursk
with the object of cutting off railroad
and waterway communication south of
Moscow
It also stated that a German ulti
matum, demanding annulment of mili
tary relations between Russia and the
Entente, Is expected soon.
The army of General 'Semenoff, the
anti-Rolshevik leader,, Is reported to
have Invaded Samara with the aid of
Chinese and Japanese forces.
"White Russia" has proclaimed Itself
a "republic, with a coalition government.
It Is keeking to unite with Lithuania
under a German protectorate.
"White Russia" has no definite boun
daries, but it is that name applied to
Lthe provinces ot Mohllieft and Vitebsk
by Empress Catherine. It Is the region
east of Poland, northof Ukraine and
south and west of Great Russia,
General Skoropadikl, "hetman" of the
Ukraine and representative of the Rus
sian Soviets, will negotiate a peace pact
May 21. It was announced here today,
M. Groshevsky and M. Goloubovttch,
leaders ,of the Ukrainian Rada, have
promised to suspend the sittings of that
body, put the peasants' conference at' a
secret meeting decided, to oppose any
peace nefottatlcne In which EkurCpadsk!
iiuiiuiu iirnuiui ca.ufu)ii)uiui tsn DiL. 1 ii 1 1 in 11
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PICTURE IN PARIS WILL
BE SOLD IN NEW YORK
Paintiiif: Bought ,y W. N.
Cromwell Will Br Auctioned
for Hlind Soldiers
Special Cable In Evening Public l.rdcer
npiniaht. run. i.i .Vein fniC- Tlmrv Co.
I'nrl., .May 2.i.
e palil hv William Nelson
t New Vork. for the chief
the Pari? salon. "After the
The pile
''rnniwell, ,
pletuie of
Haltle of the .Maine," by RlrlEuay
Knight, nhielj he will resell at auction
In New York. .June I. for the benefit nf
the peimanent blind war relief fund. Is
not known, hut I'arU experts that
Jtn.non to $.iii,nnn will be. raised In
Amerlia. New Yotk bidders will liae
lo judEP the merits nf thn picture solely
hy pholoRraplis unless the Slate Depart
ment ches them passports In come to
Pans lo see It. for the pi. tine must
slay here till the dose of the salon on
.Inly I.
The artist Is an American, eight v
yenrs old. and Ihlnr; In Paris He re
fused lo sell to Mr I'rnnnvell or any
body else until it was iiRreed to resell
for the benefit of the blind soldiers.
The picture Is file hy four feet It
shuns the Intel lor of a peasant cottage
An old man and his wf, Hie studying
Ihe battle map A hoy Is teadlnK a
newspaper. in the background Is a
younpr war widow with her h.ilij. The
two central figures ate the same as
those in P.ldKwnj Knights famous
painting, "Taking ..Money Out nf the
Stneklng" (l.e Has He l.aine), used by
both the Frenih and American 'loiern
menls for posters In the war loan ap
peals and owned by James .McLean, of
New York
.MAY DROP GERMAN IN N. Y.
Srllool Pi
riiperinlenilcni. Urce
lep hy
Iloaril of Education
New inrk. May 25 Teaching of tier.
"V.rJ" 'J' y"'h '"v's Public schools
will he eliminated during the war. If the
Hoard or Lducation approves a resolu.
I on adopted hy the Board ot School
Superintendents.
0UU no.
406 Baths
J yi "-& i t-y . -foi c iOa.lL Ci ' " g
f.. 131 So. 13th St. lMmuitt .f ,
( Mid-Season Millinery 1 .
j WONDERFUL VALUES I ' !
j UNUSUAL MODELS j
I Rough Straw Sailors, Leghorns, Milan, J
jl Lizere, Georgette and Sport Hats. j 5
Xyfcj -Vr.. ilawson Is itof connected, directly or indi- ' jinx f
mpWIJMltfo. reetly, with any other firm uslna nls name cffi0MlMb R
House of u " " ' i
Taylor LH5TEIL MARTINIQUE I
r"5"- Broadway, 32d St., New York I
ff" pv k a B,ock F" Pennsylvania Station j
($ iiH 'Ml Equally Convenient for Arauiemeot), . ',
3- aHaBa 8a Til Shopping or Business ,J ',
V!t ' IWH-iSMrySff ' " S7 Pleasant Roomi.with Private Bali, f
Wj iSIf cfl 2'5EAY I !
W tlrliii mJffri 0M 2S7 E-tcellen Rooms, with PrWole M k
C Hliiil IfilUii f I ".. facing stfoet, southern exposure R i
M J j . $3.00 PER DAY t .
.nrt d dr ' Attractive Rooms From $1.50 , '& a
OUU no-- The ReiUurant Prices. Are Most ModerU . f
I HIS FAMILY STARVING,
SAYS RUSSIAN OFFICER
General Humiliated and De
prived of Food by Corrupt
Officials
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Conrtaht. .Its, bv .Veto Vorfc Times Co.
London, May 25,
The Dally Express publishes n trans
lation of a letter from a Russian general
to a friend In England. The Dally Ex
press does not mention h- writer's
name, but rays he Is one of tho most
famous generals' In Hussla and has been
called "the Lord Roberts of Russia,"
and during seienty-flve years of his life
he has rendered Immense services to his
country as n soldier and diplomat
The letter, which Ir dated. "Petro-
,grad. April 15." contains the followlnc:
"We live In unbelievable conditions of
I the most dreadful despotism, exercised
i hy ignorant, vulgar and corrupt ele
ments Of Russia nobody thinks. The
class war has annulled and canceled
motherland, religion, truth, honor and
j i-eu-iesiieci. exenanging lor mem mia-
cniei rape ami ronoery, ana slopping at.
nothing The aim excuses the means.
Of n'her morality there is none.
Industry Suspended
"Feodof has tried several times to
come to Petrograd. hut he himself was
robbed Ills works hae been seized by
, the workmen, and he Is glad to be still
alive, although at the same time we
have no accurate news of him here. All
Industrial and financial lite has stopped.
The workmen arc discharged, the works
are closing, the army Is nonexistent.
Officers are rutting Ice as workmen on
the river and also selling papers In the
street. In order not to die of hunger.
I Kor my many years of service In
nearly eery branch ot the administra
tion the Council of Workmen's and
Soldiers' Delegates has absolutely de
prived me of my means of existence. My
pension ha.s been annulled to the last
farthing.
"All Government loans have been can
celed and since December 1 coupons hive
heen valueless As I have no other
means of subsistence. I and my family
are at present starving. We have let
our rooms In my flat and I myself am
looking for woik.
AU N'o Alms
' In the presence of such circum
stance" 1 have decided to address my
self to j on for assistance Such a
state nf .iff a Irs will not last forever,
and some day an end will come. Will
no Hrltish 111 m wish to use my expe
rience with my knowledge nf the lan
guage by giving me an agency here or
somehow or fther utilizing my services?
At the same time, understand, 1 do not
wish In recehe money for nothing. I
do not seek a high position at a large
salaiy. I only wish for work that is
all to have a modest piece of bread.
Whatever work It is. it is just the same,
so long as II Is honest. Russia 1 know,
and hy her 1 am trusted Speak in this
direction with your friends. Perhaps
they will consider me a useful agent,
one who Is unable to be disloyal Leav
ing Petrograd will not frighten me If
It Is necessary for business "
Piinre nf Wales VUils Italy
Rome, May '.'5. The Prince of Wales
has arrived .re. He was met at the
station hy representatives of the King
and Tremier.
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I THE SCHOOL OF
OPPORTUNITY
I THE SCHOOL OF
EXPERIENCE
TAKE A COL'RSK WITH
m THE Hl'RROUOHS
M SCHOOL FOR SERS'ICE
H There is a constant de-
M mand for competent oper-
g ntors nf R V R R O UOHS
a cai.cu l ATi.vr and
B BURROUGHS BOOK-
j KEEPING machines.
S . Young men and young
g women who complete the
course can secure attrac-
E tle salaries and steady
5 employment.
g Day and Evening Classes
I BURROUGHS
I SCHOOL FOR
SERVICE
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