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FACING ENEMY
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fvCoriiplexion of Foch's Dc-
i" fensive Lines Greatly
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MWi '.Germans Follow Traditional
Policy of Frontal At
tack First
By WALTER DURAISTY !
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Ccfttrtoht. ton. bu .NVu 1 ork Tltif ( o
"' 'With the French Armie, June 5
The battle continued -with terrific in-
before, the principal German effort was
directed against Vlllers-Cotterets for-
est. which the enemy realize Is the
roost dangerous obstacle In this opera.
tlon he followed his traditional pollcj.
as at Verdun, of first attacking frontallj
and then, when checked In the center
trying each flank succes.-Ivelv Thus.
-the first attempt was to penettrate the
mrc-si aion tne valleys xrom l-ongpom.
Corey" and Troesnes
On Saturday night and Sunday cam
the drive further south, between the
Ourcq, and the Marne, to turn the ob
stacle. Now follows a similar turning
movement tn the direction or t ompiegne,
' through Carlepont and Moulln--otis-
Tourvent. while almost eoual nresure
f has been maintained directly against the
lurcsu
11111 Retaken Fire Time.
N'ear the former village the lull of
Cholsy was actuallj taken and retaken
nve times before the Germans accepted
failure. One o fthelr crack divisions
was here at grips with the Flench
troops that retook Doudutnont In the
final charge they drove the Hermans
headlong clown the northeastern slopes
Of the hill Disregarding grenade", thej
used bayonets at close quarters and so
terrorized the enemy that he was un
able to renew the assault
Opposite the forest, the village of
Faverolles was retaken by .i brilliant
French counter-attack, while at Trnej.-
iica a. tunc ui iduii j men iui main
tained their reputation Their fighting , No Objective Obtained
qualities won ungrudging apprnvnl vvhn iv Hib niitlnnk' Hv loni-tliv
from the elite Infnntrv dlt iHlnn hMwl i " I1Jt ,s tlle 0,.ltl00lt '. 'enc1'
i them A general paid that the charge I preparation aimed at an un Ikelv sec
j of dismounted cavalry at Troesnes was tor the enemv gained giound to nearlv
so magnificent that It Inspeired a neigh- as laigo an ostein ns In the first act
boring- battalion to emulation, and the ' In the last week of Match Von Hutler
combined forces regained ground a ml'e pieiced from St Quentin to Mont-IS,R.-arter.i
1. .. , diditi say thii t.v -five miles In the
t was-ylgorous and consl-tent. but he ap- Allette to l-hateau-T hlerrv. but thlity
I Beared to be suffering from his previous mitet. on a similar length of front It
viaJJ.ure- and did not develop attacks of is too earlv to attempt cpmpailson of
rreat Importance. ' the cost of the two enterprises In
Foch'n Mrategy ' losses and exhaustion. The Herman
The fact Is the Germans are now tleueral Staff seems to have counted
facing the consequences of Koch s strat
ety. while the French tioop-- are fighting
with superb courage that supreme crises
,have evoked from them throughout the
war. Fast as the enemv replaces his
used-up division with fresh troops, hf
cannot advance further As at Verdun.
c'lhe TTrenrh ustchwnrH i ,-T-. ..il1 rxnt
VpaEs."
i. Meanwhile death from the air that
. cnielest of fna tn Infnulpv mnrrttA i
', -n.mire. '''"J" P"sent over the
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tons of bombs were dropped by the
French alone on etiemj concentiation
points jesterday N'ear Soissons and at
' Vlerzy. VHIers-Helon and .Veuill-St.
, J'ront French bombardiers plajed havoc
it I """""'B iroops ana convojs or ai-
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IT 1. 'Peculiar horror of nn air r.iiri e.m
I1 nnH wnn 11 fl nnr nvnor ennad tlia
lmarlne th effert nf .-minima tV1.1t ffiti
without ceasing, the sound of hostile
V nglne overhead crowlnir ste.idllv lmnlrr
lW"!he.',.1.,ot c.lcl?, downward io makp
Kdo. W1" " his fatal tor-
-jii iiiiisiueiiiig me operations since
"membered-CardlnaI faCt thUld "e ""
. It Is only In the lasL.three dav;, that
the Allies have accepted battle, 'and all
that occurred before, despite the German
gain of ground, wab ohlj preliminary to
the great struggle now In progress
Von Karen 1'lcKeil Men
.Jn the intermediate period the enemv
advnni-ori umta iimi.i r.n.... ..r Hi...nu
L-VH from his official communioues. against
Kill troops that had been decimated bv his
V ' "'S'nal a'tack At the oatset thev w-er.
W&fr' Only "holding divisions," or bettes-c rss
B4 . -Ann. i.n i...j i i .!., .
EjrfT- m-vhoi uwi nau ut-tfii soreiy iririi ai-
reaay in the former Battle. .Vow the'
Germans, exhausted by their effort, are
at grips with the flower of the French
army, and tlwv are beginning to ap-
preclate Uie difference
nere are extracts from a letter found '
on
prisoner belonging to one of u,,.
's best divisions
Kaiser'
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attacked and received mitrailleuse ' groups of defenders and hid ino waves
bullets from every side. Our losses are of assault till they broke with a tour
serious 1 hope we shall soon be re- f0id superlorltv of force. Manv groups
lieved. vVe have only sixty-five men were thus surrounded, but fought on for ,
left (of a company of -JSH), none of ..om)i of hours, causing the enemv
, whom has eaten hot food or Flept for l , . Minv short counter-at- I
four days Surely we shall soon be re- heavy losses Man.v short counter a i
liaved. but I don't think we shall leave tacks delaved advances and everv line I
the battlefield, and vet we have been nf trench was used
ft engaged only four da.vs But the next most Important thing.
". . "If you onlv knew what Eights we since re-enforcement could not arrive
, aee you would understand what vour immediately was that the mass of the I
X, peaceful life is worth. What do they vision should be held together and
;say about the offensive at home Just , , , ,!. ,ii. illv for the defense of
l'mor? -prisoners- 1 suppose If vou could '"" aek 1d"?1,0nr,t These lav
. rsalize what It means to take prisoners more essential positions l"se lay ,
,"s':who defend themselves like madmen, bevond the So'ssons bridgehead lie
3 ,you would talk different enforced last Tuesday night, the division
, '- Clouds of Cms defended the plateaux southeast of Sols
"v . , .1 .- , . , sons for four da) s with obstinate hero-
An officer of one tf the French divl- f""s '"' '""'
' alons holding the Chemin-des-Dames Ism- ...
.lit. UU 1 11CSE1 r-ll II.41I1 ! nVF
U ave your correspondent an illuminating
p8i account of the onpnlnrr nhiipg nf tliw
fjs battle. His men are mostly drawn from
uie MBncuiiurai uisiricis 01 Aormanuy
VfaAt. 'n.1 Brittany, and hai) acquitted them -
( i" iiikiaiij, miu iiult fii-iiuiiieu infni
.!. selves magnificently In the former bat- '
. . . Bpiivikft ninrn mnunt v tha rci-im. .-.-
nHlf't. . . ' , . "i-
'.y.'Ue. After rest and recuperation they
Vcf fca.d been sent to thechemir,-.lss.r)nm
L1il ST Ba oeen sent to
Os&where they met the full brunt of the
3A-German drive. An qlflcer said:
53V Vou can JUdSB tho volume of the
aSrV enemy gas bombardment from the fart
1 that when at dawn on Monday vve Iopked
vTr,r . "" "a"" vuuey ni; lore us we
TtinilBTnt at flrel Vict ha.l lie.,. ....!...- .. ..!.
, t ; " uaius ciiiuni;
clouds, so dense was the hazn of nnlsnn
over th him,ia mr.u. Tk;- ";",
& to' BrecluoVd th. - nfrAni.. s,e,J,,'uT.
.fiftiilst hampered our mitrailleuse defense oue aml. the ?1',.rne "" "" i"!
ii'hi very greatly number of combats and expeditions The
aMf' i .r i,..... .. ..i . ..,., first Kential vvas to have constant In-
Wife, but one" to" PnconCenTenced neveAhe! formation of the enemy's movements.
s,.V less, and vou ean :,n,.M.... .. Vim ! nnrt this scouting work, though less sen-
nnilmfilnt. Ik. Jim
J! culty of aiming througn toggles against
jtt-ijui object that Is hidden by the fop of
"i j ""in ai closest quarters
In addition the enemy forces were of
first-class quality and three or four to
it 9 nn more numprnfiR lvnr.tii-ff .v,i -
m - mt.m nf In tirndvnnV- f. ? 1V."'"1
E --'In" troops continually took Vh ni.r.. n l'ort of extension of artillery and cav
14,?''"" 2 ?"- even o, irntrv A single
'rlk.Vx"p,a lnat "espite our resistance the
"'WOjrmaiu travnri!rt hiivun v,. rk.i
jieaes-Dames plateau and1 the Aisne.
,4i "if oruers were to nom on to the last
.ft aiWJ the men fulfilled thpm nttrlv nVid.
.S2t Wbheefrrf,ethfLh'0a "l' ?". vf?!
".jy.'iwerit forward Tiltr a Ma. i.." "f
'U'wooursVurbaUerieaedrdaand
rsf uiiub aupiiiv ui munitions, out thanks
.i! ra me proximity ana numDer of his sup-
ii'V.Ports. the bpche.pressed on regardless A
'kjlosses. and the gunners were killed be-
' S7Jd their guns.
JD Reformed llehlnd KlTrr
Wfen the a.fernoon we reformed our line
anina tne-iiiver Aisne. DUt our numbers
ere too icvv, ana we were forced to re-
'. tnougn in cooa order and main-
nine lalslon with the British. We had
our best, but In war there are
a when you are forced to admit that
enemy Is stronger than vou. The
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;vnce as much as possible and avengs
tr dead most dearly. We made the
' ocne pay neavuy ror tneir progress. jotjns nave oeen orougnt aown, dui mat
,'l4t m' give ou nn Illustration of , is In the circumstances a secondary ef-
tha soldlersr spirit. Tvvo liaison run- I fort Lines of communication and rear
-JSFt Snno,!iynVrrJ?r?,n,.,hhnr;nUa nn 1 c amps and centers of the enemy also
LB.fef "".""""'have been harried On Friday no less
themselves Into the Aisne and swam
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sroaa under nre, l.itner they had nem
ir rifles above their heads or had
eked i up others. I do not know. At
. rvu, IM actually urnugui aown uy
jsa a lew minutes later a pocne
low 10 narass
jfpuOdrd in
B,rJjea.
Ft-triumph server ,"tra. In: ii, ho
Sn-iijV. ''Kjeja'atthe UlmlJ
'ALLIES ON MARNE
REGAIN AIR RULE
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Aviators Help Turn Tide by
, Re-establishing Su-
premacy
nnrm nrmno -k-vr nAtin
i-,1 uwiuo vn mnro
H G. H. I'EHRIS
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Pvnialil ;iM by .Vm York Ttmr Co
With the French Armies, June ,"
Two roads lenve Chnteau-Thleirv
westward toward Paris the main
highway alone the .Marno yalle
which is stronnlv lield nnd In any
case would be covered from the south
bank of the rier. and the upper road
thrniiRh hilly country passing by Mon
treullauvLioim where Held Marshal
Krench had his headquarters durinc
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"" "rltlsh advance in September
1014 Monday moininc; the enemv
, mn,i ,, ..,, , ,ik..i.
' m?. ,.,:, V..Pi to debouch from
I -hateau-Thlerrv by the latter way
i but was stopped short bv the massed
i me o: rrenrn naileries lurtner noitli i
There is u slackeninc In tlie vln i
lence of the battle Sundav 's flchtlnsi
was the most equal I have ever seen
in this stnee of the offensive We
lost Kaverolles again this village has!
since been tecaptured but regained'
Mill lisa just west of the village of
, Passv
and broke attacks nsalnst
Corev Tioesnes and Ton It is to I
be expected that the enemy will make
new efforts to destro the Trench bas
tion nn the bare pleiteus between
the Aisne and Outcq
Local eunents of fortune ale aKo
in the nature of thincs according as
one side or the other decides to throw
it-, local reserves unon this or that
point o fai as the intentions of
the (lei man command have been re
velled, however, it may now be mi Id
that the position Is In hand at the
end of the first week of this thiid act i
0j the German offensive
on employing fortv live divisions in
the Aisne offensive Before the end
of la"t week this flguie had been ex
ceeded No essential objective has been at
tained, and none has been approached
as neailv as In tho two northern
phases of the offensive. Concentra
tion, not dispersal of effort is the
means of a quick decision. If tier-
iiriiii. in n iiui.iv .ivj-.i-t.jti. ii viui -
' nnnv were not pressed for time and
could be content with partial ic
toties. she might be satisfied, but Cer
manv is decidedly pressed for time
and onlv decisive uctlons now count. ,
The Ampi leans are coming into the1
battle front and will presently be here ,
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"00 miles. The superlorit of uggres
kivn fni rp eiv en hv the collanse of
Russia and Rumania Is ebbing away
ni.iu ctmnin ntnnmrv nf tlid nspntlnl
filpW ',)P,,r; to me to lustifv on our
,s0nabIp- confidence
The tliemln-cies-iinnies i ibih
The question will have arisen In some
I nilnds whj. if the defenses of the,
Chemin-des-Dames were as strong as I
had represented them to he, last Mon- I
,ja s attack should have so quickly
overcome them Detailed narratives are f
being accumulatid which throw light
on this subjert 1 take the case of the :
t.-i.inn lmiriitiir the French left a weeK ,
ago Ve remember Its front, which was i
.n-in. ...a n-tinVinllv of the strong-
' i, hnd nearlv twelve hours notice
,l ,,,,',, i
. ot what was afoot
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in tne nrsi piavt-. mc . "-
preparation, though short, was of in- .
fernal violence The rolling barrage was
t0 miles deep It destroved the French
.ii, uin and filled the battery I
' ' ' , rf m.nrhine.irun nosts '
eiiin.-".,".- "V" V" , " , .,
'with various kinds of poison gas uust
' mill artificial
smoke clouds isolated
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t ..- nnu- h nid that the Allied air-
,. have established decided supremacy
in the new battlefield lne uermans
, ,,,, . ,.e(.i. at.0 m this as in other
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regnects. the advantage ot ineir prcuaiu-
I. ' , i,,,-,i, !ln,i thev used It'
tlons and initiative and they useu it
boldly, Jiving low ,n ""'"Pf ""
chlne-guunlng our retreating ranks.
The balance eouia noi ui- iibuiho
rarpssed The airplane seems to be ,
the very type ot mobility, but It devours I
netrol, demands repairs, ana, in nriei,
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must carry Its camp wun u
".V ":.... .i .!.. .i.i, I ..l, linn
uvery uaj ui n.i v....-. ..
s-en a larger concentration between ne
satlonal than some other parts of the
I air program, remains perhaps the most
important or an.
i Then followed with growing vigor the
.,.innm.m nf the aezriiBslva functions
' .
ot the air service in vvn.cn it Became a
B-oul' '" ""c "' '""""- -
hoehe nlanes and three sausages.
dropped seventeen tons of bombs In
, the region of itneims ana tons on marcn-
' i-. Anlnmnu nf tVii Annmv In th npliFh-
. borhood of Vlller-Tardenois.
'Our pilots," said a grou.i commander,
"d" not l come " wl,h a
b"bic -ain&o .., ..- ...
tawe it irom me mat iney uo nui wuaio
the munitions on clouds."
i
. Airmen Imperse toe Troopi
I On Thursday another group com-
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i cnines to ueai wun ii. iney cnargeu
I as a squadron of calvary would do,
i romlne down to within twenty and even
j ten yaraa ot the earth, and with bombs
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rana macmne guns eucciuauy axanersing
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anil moralizing the graicoats.
I Many enemy planes and sausage bal-
lhan anvntv mm nnH nn Ralnrau
sixty-two tons of explosives were
dropped by airmen on German bivouac
troops.
On the march, at railway centers, ons
hears, casually, of wild exploits In the
eoursa of these raids and a constant
eft03ln of. bold, and ready Vit. ,An4pli.
nai wun m
t thoeMtyf,
AMERICAN TROOPS HELPING STEM THE GERMAN TIDE IN FRANCE
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He at once got himself evacuated
hastened to the nearest aviation camp
and went up in a combat plane Ills
pilot was wounded and his machine
brought down between the Infantrv
lines The observer, however, managed
to bring his comrade into safety.
At the beginning of March I gave a
full account of the l.it capture of the
ruined Fort I.i Pompclle, four miles
southeast of Uhelms b German storm
troops and Its ictoierv a few hours
Irter The double feat was repeated on
Saturdav, when the vlrtnrv of our Allies
was maiked bv the capture of four tanks
and 300 prlsoneis l,a rompelle is a
useful though not essential observatorv
for what mnv be rilled the Itay of
Tthelms and a strong hill post bevond
the swanip.s course of the Veslo It does
not seem verv llkelv that the Crown
Prince will be allowed to extend his
irltlcal adventure further east, and this
attack was probablv meant chiefly to.,
pin down French troops In tile sector
IlrllNIi '"till !li!i. Tnrdenols
British tioops still hold Vllle-en-Tnrdenols
and the greater part of the
road from Kheims to the Marne The
divisions, after their severe trial, are
cheerful and teadv to give the boche
another taste ot their quality. This, in
deed. Is of the best
As further details which I have re
ceived of their part in the beginning of
the battle clearly show these divisions
the Fiftieth, Eighth Twentv-tlrst and
Tvvent-fifth, were, it will be remem
bered tired fiom hitter and repeated
actions In the cnuise of the northern
offensive. Thev bad been on the front
nnl seventeen davs when last Mondaj'fl
attack was made and therefore had
hardlv had ilme to txcnme thoroughlv
acquainted with tho sector The main
force of the enemy assault feH on the
front of the Fiftieth and Klghth Dlvl-
sinus, .igalnst whom there were four
Get man divisions in line and two more
in immediate icserve The odds against i
the Hrltlsh on this da were two and a
half to one
The Fiftieth Division on the left was
doing well on the Craonne plateau,
when. In the course of tne morning,
they suddenly found that the enemy was
behind them Owing to this surprise
the neighboring brigade of the Fiftieth
Division suffered badly
Hv afternoon General Fritz von Be
low s men had got to the line f 'he
river, and In the evening the British
were ba k at Gureniourt By Wednes
duv evening thev in Id a lirge crescent
ti.nnnH ht.tines tlOIll l.OnClIfnP Oil II1U I
west through Coulanges and I.agery , man's Journal, which is Dillon's mouth
back to the Vesle at Mulznn. By this 1 piece In the Dublin press, regards Lord
time the fighting strength nf the British
units was greatlj n ducei) but re-enforcement'
were coming up and the
worst of the crisis was ove- The full
story of the splendid episode could
baldly vet be told but some da It will
shine among the greatest achievements
of the war
I went down to the Maine pulley, and
from the edge of the wooded hill looked
across over part of the north bank
where the Germans are established 1
tablished Is hardly the word for everv
thlng 1" (lotting and provisional In tliir
phase of the wai and it is more than
ever Invisible, ccept wnere Infantry
actions are In course because there are
no fixed intrenched lines. I could not
find any trace of the enemy on the oppo
site amphitheatre of hills, but an ob
server hanging above nt the tail of a
sausage balloon mav have seen some
thing From tune to time the French
guns blazed angrlh over m.v head and
buildings were on fire in tne villages
In this winding sttetch of the vallevs
erets rise 500 feet above the broad1
strong stream and there are five or sl
miles between tile two ridges. The
French have guns and machine guns In
pos.tlon und anv considerable attempt
to cross w ill be v ery costly
PRESENTS CROSS TO PRIEST
Clcnipnccau Visits to Front
Bring Striking Stories
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
l oviirltll't I01S bu .Ncu Void Time Co.
I'aris. June 5 (Jeorges Clemenceau,
the veteran Flench Premier and War
Minister never goes to the front and he
makes a rule of paving a living visit to
the scene of operations three times a
week on an average without some strlk
Ing little story about him filtering back
to Paris soon afterward
The latest concerns the bestowal of
the cross of the I.eglon of Honor on the
Ai.ho T.nurent a C'anuchln nrlost. who
distinguished himself bv devotion to his
I men while acting as chaplain of the 123d
Infantry Regiment
I 'Father," said M Clemenceau, as he
I prepared to pin the cross on the breast
of the brave chaplain "I haven't the
honor of being a Capuchin (a sly refer-
ence to his lifelong hostility to the
I Church), nevertheless, I am sure you will
I accept from my hand what I bring, for
lit is a cross and it Is France who offers
it to you "
GERMANS USE 45 DIVISIONS
IN DRIVE TOWARD JHE MARNE
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Enemy Employing New Method of Attack, Sending Troops
in Few at a Time Where Resistance
Develops
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copyright, J9J8, bu
rarls, June 5.
A special correspondent of the Temps
I ith the French army estimates at
'forty-five divisions the effective total of
1 German troops employed In the drive.
By Thursday thirty different divisions
I had been Identified on one part or an
I other on the field. And four or five
others are Known to nave neen orougm
In for the attack northwest of fjolssons.
Among the divisions engaged afe fif
teen of the best, belonging to Von
Ilutler's army, wh)ch took part In the
beginning of the battle, at the end of
March and were then taken out aijd
sent. Into 'eellng quarters to. prepare for
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END OF IRISH DRAFT
SEEN IN FRENCH CALL
Dublin Freeman's Journal
Wishes Effort Success for
This Object
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copunolil. mill, bu .Vfu' York Tt MP? to.
Dublin, June 3
it is1 highly significant that the Free-
French's call for DO 000 voluntary re
cruits as marking definitely the aban
donment of conscription and conse
quently the achievement of the purpose
for which the Irish party left Westmin
ster and came to their own t,oiuury.
The Independent, which is moie ot it ss
the origin of the Sinn Fein, goes so far
as to wish the new- effoit success If it
means the end of the conscription pioj
ect, "It Is Implied in the proclamation
sajs the Sinn Fein organ, "that the new
recruits will be dratted Into Irish divi
sions, but a definite und-ertaking to this
effect ought to be given It will be re
membered that the depletion of Irish
divisions was made the excuse for apply
ing tonsoription to Ireland There U a
certain humiliation In tho Hrltlsh state
having to give it solemn pledge, almost
an oath, to keep Its promise, but In this
case humiliation has been made Inevita
ble by preceding bad faith
"Though Lord French w Isely does not
press foi recruit. from land cultivation
which Is now so Important not only for
Inland but for all the Allies, ne prom
ises rewards of land to ricrults who I
come forward, rewards which are more
likely to attract the uninvited countrv
laborer than the Invited shopmen In the
towns.
"When the zealous and voluntary con
troller of recruiting for County Mayo
tried in 1915 to get land allotted fo
discharged soldiers and sailors, or to
their surviving dependents, the congested
districts board, which then had large
areas of untenanted lancTi on Its hands,
declared the proposal impossible The
worst of government by proclamation
from a remote fastness to which no
popular whisper Is admitted is that It Is
frequently government whtcn Is not rele-
vant to the facts, and there are already
hints that Lord French has made prom
ises of land which the very circum
stances of the case will disable him from
redeeming
"Both points that I have raised should
be settled without delay If they are
settled .satisfactorily and1 the right men
placed In charge of voluntary recruiting,
I believe there will be very little diffi
culty In getting all the recruits that are
required, not only from such cities as
Belfast and Dublin, but from the over
manned farms as well.
Sew York T(mf Co,
the conclusion that the Germans In the
present battle are attacking recording
to new methods. Once they encounter
resistance they break off the attack, but
do not lose contact Their main attack
ing troops sheer off to the right and
left, leaving the points where resistance
has been encountered to be reduced by
bodies of a very few men who slip for
ward In ones and twos and filter them
selves In a large number of places at
once.
When several of these "Infiltrations"
have been accomplished the various
parties are joined up by one bold dash,
which wipes out tha resistance In 'the
Immediate locality and enables the
whole Una to'mov forward aaU;-J
unison: rT-v s-nie rr !&'
-;-. 'ria
First American Battalion cnlrainiiif; for a
reserve arc rettiup during a forced march
N0RMALE ATTIVITA'
AL FR0NTE ITALIAN0
Intcnsi Dtiolli di Artiglicria si
Verificano Sulle Linee
del Trentino
Published nml Distributed Under
Pl:n.MIT No 311
Authnrlr"l by the net i.f Octoli'r fl,
tl)17. on ale at the Postpfflcc of Phila
delphia Pa
By order of the President.
A S RL'RLKSON
Postmaster tleneral
, llama, 5 giugno.
Xessuna notlzla riguardo ad, Impor
tant! operazlonl chc si sarebbero svolte
ai fronte dl battaglla. duiante le ul
tlme quarantotto ore, e' statu flnora seg
nalata dal Quartler (Jcnerale Itallano.
I duelli dl nrtlglleiia hanno ragglunto
una certa Intenslta" verso la fronte del
Trominn Hneelaimenia neiin Vni Am
sull-altlnlano dl Aslago ed in generalo I
lungo le linee delle montagne. I
Anche lungo II basso corso de. Piavc '
si sono veriflcato intense uzzloul da ,
parte delle batterle ltaliatie, alio siopo
di frustrarc tentatlvl del nemlco mliantl I
a rlcatturare le poslzloni perdlle
durante la scorsa setti maun. La pattu
glle ed I rlparti d'lncurslone sono utatl
attivlsslml in parecchl punt! del fronte.
Gil avlatorl Italian! cd nlleatl hanno
compluto con successo varle Incurslonl
sopra le linee nemlche effettuando tffl
caci bombardamentl a sofvegllando at
tentamente le mosse delle truppe av ver
sa ile,
leri l'a'.tro, 11 Mlnlstero della (luerra
lu ltonia ha pubbllcato ii seguente com
unlcato: Le azlotil dell'artiglierla sono state
frequent! nella Val Aisa (fronte dal
Irentino) e da Zenson ai mare
V sud dl Asmgo un liparto Ingiese
penetro' nelle llneo nemlche, infllg
gendo conslderevoll peidlte all'avvei
sario e tornando indietro oon parecchl
pilglonleri.
Un tentativo dl attacco da parte
d.d nemlco contro le poslzloni dl Capo
Slle fu resnlnto.
Un aeroplano avversario fu abbat
tuto. La Germania ha rmposto all'Austria
la protezlone della vita degll ufUclall ted
eschl che comandano 1 regglmenti slavl e
czechi. II Bettlmo reggimento slavo
tecentemente utclsc tuttl gll ultlclall
tedesthl. Anche i lacciatorl czeco-slovac-
chi si flvoltarono ed ucclsero gll utfi-1
ciall tedeschl che 11 comandavano.
Un dispacclo da Vienna ha recato la
notlzla che lerl l'altro ha avuto luogo
II conclllo della corona, presleduto
dall'imperatore Carlo Tuttl 1 mlnlstri
erano present! e circa le discussion! e
le dellberazioni prese in detto conclllo
si mantlenv II massino rtserbo.
Informazionl giunte dalla Kvlzzera
recano che in detto conclllo fu dlscussa
la recente attitudlne dell'America verso
la questlone Jugo-slava. Le ailtorlta'
austro-ungarlche hanno realizzato che
la dlchlarazlone del Presldente Wilson
avra' gravl conseguenze sulla sltuazlone
Interna dell'Impero. Tall dichlarazionl
riguardo Io nazlonallta' soggette nl
l'Austrla. contenute nelle eondlzlonl per
possiblll negoziati dl pace hanno con
vlnto 11 governo austriaco che 1'attltudine
del Presldente e' la stessa dl quella del
governl dell'Intesa.
L'OPERA DEI TEDESCH1
SULLE COSTE DEGLI S. U.
Gll sforzl del tedeschl per dlstrug
gere I trasportl e le navl mercantlll
alia entrata della Bala del Delaware
sono stati frustratl per la scoperta dl
mine al largo dl Cape Del. Died mine
furono trovate o due furono fatte
esplodere.
L'ultlmo attacco del sottomarini te
'deschl, rapjiortatn dal Dlpartlmento
N'avale, fu quello contro un vajiore
francesn "Badlclelne" a sessanta
cinque mlglia della costa del Maryland,
martedl' mattlna,
Iattacco fu Interrotto per 1'arrlvo
In tempo dl una torpedlnlera amerl
cana che rlusci' cosl' a salvare II piro
scafo francese.
Itapportt glunti In questa cltta' recano
che 11 vapor j "Mohican" della llnea
mercantile Clyde e' stato attaccato da
un sottomarlno ad Otto mlglia da Cape
Henlopen. Tra I superstlti del vapore
Carolina si trova' certo Belmont 3. von
Jewiey, nlpote dl un poblla austriaco.
'., stato tratte
tfnrl
1Wtar
1 fW,
"V J?
( 1 i onunlttee on Public Infonmitiun
sector threatened by the Germans,
to the front lines
FATE OF CYCLOPS
BAFFLES NAVY MEN
Some Believe Collier in Port.
Mystery Linked With
' U-Boat Activities
WaHhlngton, .June 5
In view of recent develonments In i
the aitlvltles of the Oerniah U-boat?. ' B en there. For tvvo hours vve watched
many naval officers believe the collier the shelllne of that "osltlon. and on''
Cyclops, which disappeared ftotn the once vvas the mill hit. when n shell
seas three months ago. Is In some ob- u little low took n niece out of one
scure poit along the toast conier.
While opinions differ rs to the fate of . Houses Hum In Cltj
the Cyclops the statement of one of the , i,. i,,,, m
U-boat commanders to Captain I.ow-ry. Here and thepj a house began to
of the steamship Texel. that the Cer- I burn in the city as some shell lilt It
man submarines had heen on the Amer- squftrely Tvvo big shells In the laiiroan
lean side of the Atlantic for two months ' yard were followed by another which
Is gencially accepted as indicating that took the roof neatly off a house
the Kaiser's undersea navy holdH the It seemed as If fifty guns would let
key of the mjstery that has completely ! loose at once on that poor city. All of
bnlfied the Navy Department. ' ihe she.ls were aimed to fall on the
The theory that the American collier i
with her great cargo of manganese and i
a"0, '"en, ..nb?,tt"? aunf ''s?u.r1?8 v"
st'imi in uisuiieseu un iniproDaDie ov
navul experts, who admit, however, that
It la possible.
It Is more likely, they say, that the
r clops, sailing homeward some time
after March 4, when she cleared from i
Barbados, was met at night by 8ub-
marines, possibly by pre-ai i angement. at I
a nine iiiicuuiu; .in vinuci un me urnige nround the village, Bnooiing geyaeis ui
and a small watch on the deck were to ' carth skyward.
be teckoned with. If the Germans met I When 'we left the guns were still go
tho ship by arrangement It would have j nB strong and the lltt.e boche outfit
been Jio difficult matter to send an armed i was cut oft In Chateau-Thierry, where
crew- below to quarters where most of , no more Germans could come to aid
her men were asleep and1 take possession i them. We turned for a last look as
of tha ship. Granted that this was ac- 'several salvos were let go. As they hit
compllshe'd, the question would, be the other correspondent turned to me
whether the Germans managed to pene- and said:
trate tjie allied blockade and took the "Great God. what would Broadway
ship to a German port or hid her awav give to see that show?"
In some Isolated port. ' I At one point on the trip we came into
Tho statement of the U-boat com- a little village that vvas filled with sol
mander that he had been In American , "('rs of a" sorts ?in(l. 1l , ..
waters two months, if true, presupposes them had been In the trench and Brit
u hidden base somewhere on this side ' ls" arm,eB forced to withdraw before
say naval experts. They admit, how- ' the boche superiority 'n numbers,
ever, that the events of the laTt iy or ' ,a ""'S ? neinntn tl'JnrlV"
two have tended rather to deepen the , told '!Btor5r' J- hnrbr hi sa.M hid
mystery of the Cv clops than to solve it! ls" a1rt"-flr;ha tfnVX 'front fine and
and thej believe that not until after the , Pored, ,V.,r retreat He and his corn
war. If ever, will the mystery be fully forced their retreat. He and his com-
Yritt or call for our twto
id tnt treat Ino Booklet
oo Wn a Into Your Own
m 1 kw.'
A Sjeries of
Eye Talks s
Our Neit Talk. Wed., June 10
By Joseph C. Ferguson. Jr.
tJ
UNDREDS of young
men, as a result of
examinations con
ducted by tho draft
board, have dis
covered that their
sight is defectives
A great major
ity of these did not
know that their sight was
faulty.
Most of them have wasted
little time in having the defects
remedied, but they would prob
ably have Klven the matter
little thought so Ions as the
defects did not Cause, any par
ticular bother.
There are thousands of others
In civil life who will not have
"examining boards' to point
out their defects In vision, yet
who need optical assistance.
If you ara one of these, and
have tha least reason to sus
pect that your eyes need atten
tion, do the sensible thing.
Go to an Oculist for an ex
amlnatlon and unbiased advice,
and if (lasses are necessary
have the prescription tilled by
a .skillful, experienced Optician.
Prescription Optlrlejiis
6i 8 & 10 South ,15th St
ire Co SOT Ctamlnt Butt
"This Talk' from a eopyrlikl
serlea. all rlBU r serv4. '
ZJ
V - "5'
ALLIED GUNS HALT
GERMAN ADVANCE
Prevent Re - enforcements
Being Brought Up at
Chateau Thierry
AIRPLANES SPOT ENEMY
By EDWIN L. JAMES
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
i opurwni. ;.lS. bu .Vru- Vorfc Tlmr Co.
Willi the I-'lKhtlnjr Allied Armies,
June 5.
Dust, marching men, thousands nnrt
thousands of them; camions without
' niltnrinx L.l.t.1 ! ...
"'""""' uciuning iittic guns, belching
blpr guns, scurrying ambulances, boehn
i prisoners, most of them wounded, and
men more dust that picture sticks
, after tvvo days spent behind the Al
lied lines, which brought manv thrill
ing sights, but none so magnificent
ns Sunday's shelling of Chateau-
Thierry and the hills back of It. There
Is one big reason why on Sunday the
boche was unable to bring up troops
to help the few who hud penetrated
Into Chateau-Thierry and to force a
passage of the river, which u few
shock troops could not effect. That
reason was the work of the Allied
artillery on Sunday.
On Friday night the boche ndvanre
uoii)3 goi into unateau-Thlerrv and
tried to cross the Maine by the four
, bridges of the city. They were pro-
vented by machine guns, which, with
me uiiiiicry. neici nack the foe on'
i IS,S;;:
I Plia tOllll.Tlllofrl- nn.l 1. .
- .....v....... .......... ou u,u next morn
ing they got to work.
'Tivas a Perfect Summer Day
Sunday, June 2, vva a perfect sum
mer day. It vvas u day made for
i HtuuingH ana joy. The boche had
hate a day f death and
.lust south of ChatcHii.Tiiiei-i -
a wooded, hill, at n distance of a, kilo.
I meter and a half or tvvo kilometers
from tho city. On ton of that hill
i with unother American correspondent.
I lay in the long -trass for thr.
houis and watched the woik of our
Runs Berore us In a splendid vista
stretched the city through It winding
tho war-famed Marne. More than
half the city Is north of the rivr
j The hills are back of the city five
nines, nun tne teirain on each side
Is In nerfert view
' nnii.ii In l,n ill.. .. .1 . . ...
.ui. ,,. i,- ,,,, ,..re me Allied
infantry on one side of the river and
the bodies on the other. Back nf the
I city In clumps of tiees lay the Ger
man uaiienes, wun more In vonder
woods, nnd still more guns In the tvvo
nearby villages which vve could see.
The bodies were all under cover.
No one could be seen from tho hill,
but the landing of shells and the lattlo
of machine guns every now mid then
, told that thev were there.
Behind us tho French guns cut
loose little ones, middle-sized ones
and big ones. With the naked eye vve
I could see where each shell hit. An
airplane gave the direction o" the
1 Imnlioa In ttm flumii nf wnndq lini-tb nf
I the cltv. Then shells be "nil to hit
aiound the woods nnd four landed
right In the midst of the clump.
Behind a great mill wcie some
bodies. With tho nicest precision the
French gunners sent shrapnel to ex
plode in the air just behind the mill.
cvorv minute or so dropping a
IIIH
other side of the river, just a lew yaros,
..... r.f them, from where the Allied
machine gunners and infantry held the
on,, ii. hank of the stream
Suddenly a movement appeared on
one of the roads. A moment later
". er0 were no inor movements In that
... scouting then showed boche guns
! . 'ut'tie vil.agc to the right. In tvvo
seven big shells lit rimu mere, mm
mlliutes twenty shells landed In and
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rades lost atmost everything, but'ther '
brought their suns away. There they M
were, ineir onicers gone, tneir equip
ment gone, most of them "broke" and no
tupplles. He said:
"It's a rotter of a Joke, I say."
Wo. were back of the Allied lines
when the boche made a drive Sunday
morning and the French met him With
reserves and retook what he had Kalned
In the morning. We saw the French
warriors on their way to that fight.
We passed hundreds after hundreds of
camions, each with lis pollus singing on
their way to battle. And over ad was
tho thickest sort of a covering of dust,
but all the men seemed happy.
At one stop we visited a French hos
pital where an American woman was
aiding In the earn of the blesses. Not
only the hospital hut the courtyard was
filled with stretchers bearing wounded
fighters, and every now and then a dead
one vvas carried out. Ambulance after
ambulance came up with wounded, and
other ambulances carried away other
wounded to fle.d hospitals from this
evacuation hospital.
A few moments after we left the hos
pital we passed a group of boche pris
oners, guarded by pollus, and nearly
every one of the bodies had an ex
presslon Indicating a feeling of pro
nouncetj satisfaction On the crowded
roads to the battlefront could bo seen
soldiers of almost all the Allied nations,
working as cofcs of one machine, tho
first concrete reflection of the working
of the unified Allied command.
As we left the scene the sun was set
ting beautifully, but it was hard to see
It, so 'thick was the dust A few miles
to the north the guns were boomlnir.
booming.
Amerlrnn Women Heroines
Some 'of hundreds of French wounded
piobably owe their lives to the pluck
and bravery of two American women.
Mrs. Herbert O Squires and Miss Mary
Ho.vt Wyborg, of N'ew York. Alone and
unaided except by two nunsl they cared
for 600 French wounded for twenty-four
hours In a little, town back of tha
Marne, May 31
DICTATOR ATTEMPTS
TO RULE DON COUNTRY
Gen. Krasnoff Sets Up Octo
brist Government in Alliance
With Teutons
By ARTHUR RANSOME
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
copyright, tits, bv Xew York Times Co.
Morrow, June B
While pesce negotiations are pro
ceeding between Russia nnd Ukraine, a
new government has appeared In the
Don country similar In character to that
of Skoropadski In Ukraine.
Tills government claims to represent
tho populations of Don, Kuban, Terek,
Astrakhan nnd northern Caucasus on
fhe basis of an agreement made last
October, that ls to say. It Is the descend
ant of the supposed pro-ally antl
Bolshevik counter-revolutionary move,
ment
The dictator at its head ls General
Ivrasnoff who commanded Kcrensky's
forces up to the moment of' Keren'ky'n
flight and disappearance from Gatchlna
after the October revolution. His first
proclamation contains the following;
-yesterday's foreign foe, the Austro
Germans, have entered our 'territory In
alliance with us to fight against the
Bed Guard and for the establishment
of order on the Don "
Krasnoff Is likely to meet with stub
born resistance.
In Ukraine the peasant revolt Is dally
growing'1 Jn force. The pensants and
ex-soldlers defend themselves against the
Genrnns with rifles nnd machine guns.
Ill my guerrilla bands grow like mush
room'. The Germans are attempting
to suppress them by burning whole vil
lages, but are merely succeeding In
deepening the fierce resentment against
themselves. The Germans have had to
send tvvo more corps to Ukraine, making
twelve in all
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