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Miiankee JBoys Show Thcv Pos
9xapct . . . "
Sjwjes8 Characteristics of Finest
Modern Soldiers
Kfi "y CHARLES H. GRASTY
Ifto SPccl'o' Cn5fc to Evening Public Ledger
p&fSla Cf wight. 19 IS, bti .Vno York Timer Co.
i'ari, June 6.
rf In this difficult and critical hour all
yes nro turned tcnvaid the American
fcfoops which have already come and
those which are to follow, for every
body how agrees that If we are to be
aaved at all It must be by American
help.
' And we are going to be saved,
t If there were three months more
to transport, train and organize the
problem would be simpler. But how
ever hard. It will be solved. The Ger
HBins well know how matter's stand,
and for that reason are pushing for
.all, they are worth for a decision to
forestall the American tide.
The behavior of our troons In Lor
raine and more recently at Cantlgnv,
In Picardy, left no doubt In the Ger
man mind of the kind of soldier the
American youngster trains into. They
know how divisions trained under
Pershing In Franco have turned out.
and It Is only a matter of time and
work to whip the new material into
'hape.
Like Dreaded Canadians
Of all the troops In the Allied lines
the boche most dreadi the Canadians
He Is well aware that Canadians and
Americans are precisely the same,
only that the former had more time
and opportunity to develop fighting
qualities.
(For six days I have been driving
from one camp to another of newlv
arrived American troops, talking to
commanding officers and mixing with
the men. I wish it were possible to
describe the trip, for T realize what
a craving there Is in American hearts
for the minutest details. But the line
Is drawn, and quite properly on any
matter that might enahle the enemy
to Identify and locate units I can,
therefore, give only a few random
notes and a general Impression of
what I saw.
...There are 500.000. I can almost say
, I have counted them When Secr-
fi til v llwv onhcr cmimeu in;n mere were u
' half million troops in France the skep
tical cased tneir disbelief on the num
bers as of Anrll 1. In two months
the achievement In transport has been
almost like a miracle. It simply
"couldn't be done. But It was done.
,And still thev come.
H'One major general told me that
; 241.000 came in his convoy and the next
in 'ay at the same port 200ft. more ar-
rf.-rrtvd. '
iMxr?-' S?f5"lKures like thl3 are slmplv stun-jSiDl-lWng.
Britain and France made den
's t nue -nna urgent, represenuiwuns iu
Washington. They asked certain
.athlngs. When the German offensive
broke they Italicized their nnpeal.
'President 'Wilson. Secretary Baker,
.who was here at the time, and General
'Pershing waived discussion and put
aside purely American consideration
and told London and Paris that Amer
ica would answer the call precisely as
-.made. Then began the remarkable
ifeat of transferring troops straight
'from camps at home to the coast of
France.
Thev are coming fast In passenger
tralns. In frelcht cars or hiking along
the dusty roads, tney arrive irora inn
seaports and pour into camps neninu
'the battlefront. Home ana mowier hip
In their hearts but th-ir faces are all
alight with that Intelligence and Inde.
pendence which onlv a free country
..,.., m.n thp nrlvlleee of possessing.
It would be utterly useless to dilate
upon the characteristics oi aiikiiwii
youm, wnicn even i-.,, .,-.. ---,1-have
seen them In the country
JChool back In Missouri, n Times
"Rquare last year, so they are in France
Jionly more so. The contrast with
th older civilizations brings out the
American traits sharp and clear. I
vSr that some forty different races
,aV represented in our ranks and that
woml don't even speak English, but
'they're Tall Americans just the same
KRL'&n "? To paraphrase xne w"i """-
BT5- atiiiekv whisky, some Americans are
K.l1"''" l... vt nil Americans
.' kWin,VS,ai heir antecedents.
XSStfn i rlBht as material-the very
nAs."".- -JnCf .....BU tnether. And when
Sjey learn somewhat more about deal-
ym, TTHts thev will be soldiers In
''whom wlU be found a combination of
-iKuaUtle. most deslred against tho
tit 'r.-rmnns It IS experience aim iw
1255 Sit are now squired to enable
jSuI "i n rtn tho Job they have
,in aiiio "-""",
W$ -' -Partly to satisfy in some small
.'7ii.I'Jfc 1IMI4 I rilllClUlI x,m"
KlA Measure ai ieasi iu ..-.... - -
W 'for Knowledge about our troops
ififi.A J-..i7f." .v. oo hnw thev are. what
Xk ithey are doing and all the rest-I give
WM rJome facts about personal friends
Wiwhom I met and whose experience
ttKaOn the third day of our trip we
KixwKiached a unit in which I hoped to
MltfCRl ".U,BU ..lit, n-knm T hart
?W2.Hei",V5,T H-v of our i
j V -.. a ..T- lllL -.in. -.,, -
I -.'.-VMH-l - jw "r, -; . . . -,.. .
fi-fcsn associated in America. e ue
?:San making Inquiries as we reached
SJS ai..i,inr, urea and within a few
k.'J-&-..... .... rirnvf. into his billet on
? FS lIV-3w .. Ul, V.llt n.
M&2rr ,t.fclrt of a pretty French vil-
.StiSlage which was the headquarters of a
.obattalion. I was lucky enough to find
ds ' htm at home. ,..,. ,
a&i'S Hells a Princeton man who left Ideal
'r3ill.j mirroundings to take traln-
"at Plattsburg. and by natural
.. -.. t.rmIFr tPl ! t.f
canons ou - -. - ---
OllUn IU .-.H""W- ""
...-l. asrl ltnr rrl
ere were enounn u oui." jvunS -
rtmen wno oon i neea compulsion
utii. rnndltlons to make them take
.'4'rivM discipline and willing to work
t.viii A ond all night to attain efficiency
vS-ltwouIdn't require many weeks to
i' r?mhio our recruits Into shape. I shall
' .- ... lh tips whlrn tianneneo
crLiv w..o ......,- --- ----.----
him. hv wav of conveying an idea
actual experience over here with.
t . !.. n 4 AIUMflofl
tOUCning Jliancin twiu.u-sn.
Ithln a few aays alter ma ar-
' he went to ine iront nne oi
hs and spent three aays ana
i nichts to find out Just what he
chls men were- going to be up
Inst, He wai tn charge of a party.
they traveled in a lorry to a point
t forty mues aisiani. wnere inings
fairlv Jveiv at tne time, sty
n was taken to the general's
'.".'.. but slept on the ground in the
tentT .The next morning an English
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,r SCHII"l,a"lu lUill " 1 DCLUIIU
OI irencnes. wn (no -nay mey naa
tperience wun a Bnipor.
tch out!" cried the major, and
ltaln heard a outlet tinging
d, which, waa his flrst ex-
, i Mi" airecyy nred at.
jk uw HWUM, 10
mrv&s h
see how things were done. The next
dav the captain heard that headquar
ters was planning to send a little party
Into the German lines to get prisoners,
and he thought It would be a good
chance to go over tho top. So he
asked permission to Join.
Joins Rnldlnir 1'nrty
There were nine men and a lieutenant
besides the American captain. After
they got Into No Man's Land the liaison
did not work properly and the party
found themsehes somewhat uncomfort
ably between the fire of the Boche and
their own trench mortars.
The next day the captain wbs talk
ing to a group In a support trench He
stepped away to another point and al
most Immediately thereafter the Ger
mans put down a saho on the exact
spot where he had been standing, killing
three and wounding seeral others of
th party. The nhole post was wiped
out
That night the captain slept at a first
aid dressing station near the front
trenches
About 2 o'clock the next morning
there was a cry, "the boche Is In the
trenches'"
The captain went down to see what
was going on They had one wounded
German officer and were trying to save
his life tn the hope of getting Infor
mation from him The boche had sent
a raiding party over for prisoners
FRENCH CHAMBER
STAM FOR WAR
Solidly Backs Clemenccau
When Socialists Try to
Demand Investigation
PREMIER DEFIES STORM
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copyright. 13. J. by .Vtic York Timci Co.
Pnrls, June 6
Once more, by the sweeping majority
which It gae Premier Clemenceau
against the Socialist effort to force an
immediate discussion of military re
sponsibilities for the results of the latest
German drive, the Chamber of Deputies
has emphatically underlined the deter
mination of France to refuse or waste
her energies on any subject which does
not directly concern the lgorous prose
cution of the war.
The debate, In spite of the plausible
camouflage under which the attack was
disguised, was another attempt by the
militant Socialists, plus a handful of
the radical Socialists, the powerful party
of which Caillaux was for so many years
the supreme chief, and Malvy. a promi
nent member, to assert the rights of the
politicians to Interfere In the vital work
of the war. The chamber, by a Note of
377 against 110, showed, with no un
certain voice, that It was determined to
hae no more of these miserable political
Intrigues, and the overwhelming mass of
Frenchmen whole-heartedly support this
lew
There were four distinct demands for
Interpellations, all handed In by Social
ist members. All tended to the same
object to extract from the Government
detailed information as to the causes of
the failure of the Allied troops to main
tain their line against the German drive
last week.
The Socialists were apparently Indif
ferent as to whether the information
Was given publicly or in secret session.
ClemenreDfl SoeUllBts
"Their hatred-of Clemenceau," Gus
tave Terve remarks to his Voctoire this
morning, "takes precedence even of the
safety of France," and the debate in the
Chamber certainly gae some justifica
tion for this Judgment.
The house was crowded and In the
diplomatic gallery were Beveral of the
Allied ambassadors.
Clemenceau rose to his feet at the
opening of the session to make a formal
statement of the Government's attitude
The "Tiger.'' despite his seventy-seven
years, was In his best ngniing 101m
and evidently prepared to force from
the house the decision which, he was
fully aware, the country expected from
him He announced firmly that the
i:oernment would not accent the de
mand of the Socialists for a debate
either ir. a public or a secret Bitting
From the beginning of the speecn it
was evident that the Socialists were de
termined to raise trouble, and their
furious Interruptions punctuated every
passage of the Premier's remarks When
Clemenceau stated flatly that Informa
tion gathered in secret sessions would
be used by a certain coterie for pur
poses of political warfare later, the So
cialist storm rose to a climax. Veils
and insults were hurled at the Premier's
head.
"What makes you think I referred to
you'' queried Clemenceau in naive sur-uris-e
"I didn't mention anybody's
name "
He was In the act of continuing when
fresh howl3 came from the Socialist
camp, and at least one shout of Don't
begin again." in the face of the in
terruptions the Premier, with a gesture
of tired contempt, quietly left the
tribune and resumed his seat amid the
sudden silence of the surprised house.
Scotch Political Sqnsbblet
Four would-be interpellators then be
gan In turn to state the grounds of their
demands. Encouraged by the milder
tone of one of them. Clemenceau again
rose to speak, and for an hour he held
the house while he showed the futility at
this grave Juncture of purely political
Equabbles. He pointed out that he had
placed the army commission In full pos
session of the facts as he knew them,
and that the customary parliamentary
Investigation for the purpose of fixing
responsibilities and punishing com
manders deserving such treatment, If
such there were, was already under way
As to the situation, the Premier put the
facts In a nutshell.
"The collapse of Russia," he said, "en
abled the enemy to set free an army of
a million men to add to his forces on
our front. Anybody can understand that
I under such enormous weight our line
must give way at some points. Some of
our men have fought, one against five,
without sleenlnr for three or four days.
The loBseti of our allies, the British, in
the heroic struggle have been more than
wa could have believed possible.
'The situation has become dangerous
for our armies, but In all this I see
nothing to diminish our confidence In
our troops. As to the Government, It
will continue to make war stubbornly
and obstinately. We will never capitu
late. If you are not satisfied with our
work, turn us out It is for you to
decide.
"The only thing that matters is final
success. Our effectives are lessening in
number, but so are those of Germany,
while the Americans are coming in
larger and larger numbers to take part
In the final victory"
The veteran minister concluded with
'a vibrant appeal to the house to leave
It to the living to crown the magnificent
labors of the dead
After Clemenceau had finished all was
over but the shouting, The Old Man
Eloquent, backed by his splendid work
for France, had once more conquered
all except the snarling opposition of
Socialists and his proposal to adjourn
tine die the asked-for discussion waa
carried by a majority of S67.
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NEXT ONSLAUGHT OF GERMANS
EXPECTED NEAR MONTDIDIER
General Maurice Forecasts
Teutons Will Shift Lines for
Main Attack in W''cst
Americans on Threatened
Front Allies Are Firmly
Entrenched in Positions
By MAJ. GEN. MAURICE
Formr Director nf IIIUrv Optratlom of
British Army
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copvrioht, ISttt by .Veir York Timts Co.
London, June 6.
The battlefront from Noyon to Cha
teau Thierry Is becoming stabilized, to
borrow a term from our French
fiiends, and since
the c o n d 1 1 1 o ns
low are all In
favor of stabiliza
tion. It should con
tinue with little
more than local
Jee1opments.
When the battle
started the Crown
Pilncc had his le
servea near the
te' of a rough
s e m I c lrcle and
moved them rap
Idly to the cir
cumference, his
striking force
being, as it were,
disposed along the
stick of an um
brella. By his
advance the urn-
hre'la has been
forced inside out
and thereupon,
therefore, has
been reversed Foch's l eserves are now
on the Inside of the semicircle, the
Crown Prince's on the outside, while,
further, Foch's railways are Intact and
those running to the enemy's new
front canot yet be in woiklng order.
Thn Allied reserves must, tnerefore
now be reaching the battlefront faster
than the enemy's, and If the Crown
Prlnre nronoses to continue tne cattle
on the present front, he must be pre
pared for a slugging match and, at
best, slow progress at great cost.
Ever since veraun. uerman opinion
has been set against what they call
the Dauerschlacht that Is a long
hammer-and-tongs fight The proba
bilities are. therefore, that the present
phae of the third German offensive
of the campaign of 191R is nearing its
end, though it is possible the Germans
may keep up the pressure for a time
for the object of either drawing In
more of the Allied reserves or of tying
down those they have already drawn
One would expect the next stage to
take the form of a further extension of
the battle northward toward Mont
didler, where the Americans have
latelv distinguished themselves by a
hlghlv successful local attack, for. if
stabilization is to be avoided, the bat
tle of movement kept alive, and the
advance southward toward Paris to be
continued, the enemy requires a wider
front of attack in order that by prog
ress in one part of the battlefield he
mav efiforce withdrawal in another.
Whether the enemy can at once pro
long his line of battle in this way must
depend greatly on what preparation he
has made to the north of the Olse.
The Allies, having been In position on
the line from Noyon to Montdidier for
some two months, are certain to be
strongly Intrenched, and it takes time
to prepare an attack on an intrencnea
position. The enemy can hardlv have
had the time required for preparation
since the attack on May 27, and there-
FORM MORE RY. UNITS
FOR WORK IN FRANCE
Five N e w Regiments and
Nineteen Battalions Are
Being Completed
Washington, June 6
Five new regiments and nineteen bat
talions of railway engineers to augment
those already In France are being com
pleted under Director of Military Rail
ways S M Felton. When organized,
50,000 American railway men will be on
construction and operation in France.
Already the task accomplished ts tre
mendous One hundred and sixty million dollars
has been spent for supplies and equip
ment. Including 1727 engines, 22.630
freight cars, 359,000 tons of steel rails,
construction of docks and terminal fa
cilities The nine original reglmnts selected
from chief railway cities have been in
France since August last, helping the
French and building up our own lines
there The Chtcago regiment, originally
listed as the Third, has been dubbed the
"Lucky Thirteenth." having been
changed to the Thirteenth on Friday.
July 13. landing In England on August
13, en route to France and getting as Its
first engine No. 13
GERMANY SHORT OF METALS
Anxiety Among War Lords Leads
to Official Statement
London, June 6. The great auxlety
ameng German authorities over the
shortage of metals is seen In an official
statement Just Issued
The demand does not seem to have
been met by the capture of "booty."
about which so much has been said In
the German communiques. The Ger
man. appear to have taken the stories
of the war lords sc literally that the
authorities responsible for the metal
supply have had to Issue an official
statement on tne matter.
The official statement adds gloomily
that the demands for "precious metals,
especially copper, continues to .be so
great that It has been necessary to issue
new "confiscation" orders.
BOCHE AIRMAN FIRES HOSPITAL
Bomb Killed All in Operating
Room, King Is Told
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copyright, Itli, biz Ktv York Times Co,
London, June 6. The chaplain (n a
bombed hospital in France told the
King a bomb fell in the operating
room and killed all concerned in the
operation surgeons, nurses and pa
tient. The building wag set on Are by an
enemy airman, who machine-gunned
It. killing and wounding many pa
titnU, nurses and ofderliM.
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The con-idcralile advances of the Germans in Picardy and the Champagne
have drawn them further and further from the central point of the mobili
zation of their reserves somewhere in the valley of the Oise, northeast
of St. Quehlin, until now llie advantage of holding interior lines rests
with General Foch and his Allied command, and the Germans face the
necessity of conducting their operations on exterior lines. Tho above
map shows how the German lines of communication have been length
ened, particularl) in the Champagne, vhere the Teutons are consider
ably further than fifty miles from their supply depot of reserves. On the
other hand, a rough semicircle, witli the outskirts of Paris as its center,
touches the vital sectors of General Foch's lines at a distance of less than
forty-five mileo. The Germans also face another difficulty if their opera
tions against Paris are to continue with any hope of success. Their front
of attack first must be widened by the straightening of the battleline
joining the Picardy and Champagne fronts.. This would mean the
pinching off of a considerable amount of terrain now in Allied hands,
, as represented by the shaded section of the above map
fore the battlefront cannot at once
be extended northward unless the Ger
mans began to get ready for the at
tack there some time ago, and this we
know nothing.
It Is true the enemy did. during the
present battle, extend the front of his
attack from Solsoons to Noyon, and that
he made considerable progress, particu
larly on the southern part of this por
tion of the front. The French lines of
defense here were, however,- to a great
extent turned by the Germans' advance
to Solssons. and this made It possible
to Improvise an attack upon them.
While our Allies have maintained
their hold upon Carlepolnt wood, tmrne-
Idlately muth of the Olse, their lines
between that river and Montdidier have
not been affected ny the enemy's re
cent advance The Prime Minister has
told us that the enemy, before the
offensive of March 21, kept both our
selves and the French under a threat of
attack It Is probable that In order to
make these threats more real the Ger
mans made definite preparations for an
attack on various parts of the French
front, and that the Chemln des Dames
lines were one of there parts.
This would explain the very short
notice of the attack of May 27. which
the Allies appear to have had. Tn fart,
it is likely that the Crown Prince's re
serves were already up before the Allied
reserves began to move. The enemy
13 Germans Repulsed
by Cuspidor Bombing
Special Cable to Evening Public
Ledger
CopwrfpM, J51S, by Sew York Times Co.
Mexico City, June 8.
Thirteen drunken Germans re
cently attacked the American Club
here, rushing an outpost held by a
six-foot Georgia negro.
The Germans advanced singing
German songs, to the second line
of trenches, the Americans hold
ing the stairway, being forced to
fall back for re-enforcements In
the shape of British, hastily gath
jred from the cafe, who rushed to
their support. When heavy artil
lery was brought Into play, the
projectiles consisting of eight-Inch
Iron cuspidors, the Germans fled in
retreat, leaving three prisoners In
the hands of the police. The allies
returned to the bar and continued
celebrating King George's birthday
When court martlaled, the negro
porter said that if he had had a
razor, he alone would have
whipped all the Germans.
100 DIE IN FRENCH BLAST
Paris, June 6. A dispatch from
Marseilles says one hundred persons
were killed and fifty, others Injured In
Monday's explosion In a war materials
plant at Baussens, in southern France,
The list of victims. It is added, is not
yet complete.
1000 Rooms
700 with Bath
A cuisine which
has made the Astor
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Banqueting place.
Single Room, without bath,
12.50 and $3.00
Double I-00
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thus got a long start, which we only
now are catching up with We now
know that the enemy did use tanks in
large numbers on May 27, but we do
not yet know whether he produced any
new types. The German tank of which
we have particulars ig said to be slower
and heavier than our own, and If a new
type was used It probably did not affect
the fighting after the first rush. In all
other respects the Germans seem to have
repeated exactly their methods of March
21 We hear again of a comparatively
short but very intense bombardment
carrlrd out chiefly by heavy artillery
brought up at the last moment, of the
extensive use of gas shells, of attacking
troops being skillfully brought up so as
to escape observation, and of Infantry
assaults In dense mass.
The German methods are often de
scribed as wooden, and there Is a gen
eral belief that the enemy works out
his attacks In great detail and adheres
rigidly to his original plan, whatever
may happen. This s contrary to the
German teaching before the war and Is
not borne out by rcent events. I be
lieve the attack of May 27 tp have been
a repetition on a larger and more for
midable scale of the attack In Flanders,
of April 9, and that, as In the cane of
tho Flanders' battle, what happened has
been that the enemy skillfully developed
and Initial success which was more com
plete than he anticipated.
EXPECT AGREEMENT
ON MEXICAN OIL SOON
U. S. Commissioners Coming
Home to Obtain Data.
Workers Off for Border
l.Speeifli Cable to Evening Public Ledger
l Upjriyril, l.l,, uu ,. r.l. J OTK Jinrs LO,
Mezlen City, June R
James H. Garfield and Nelson Hhoades.
who have been holding conferences on
the oil question with the Government,
are leaving for the United States to
obtain data requisite for an agreement
by the commission. They will return
to Tamplco, where they will study oil
conditions and renew the conferences
here.
Secretary Nleto stated that he was
sure an agreement would be reached
as the meeting was progressing
smoothly.
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GERMAN EDITORS
FOR PEACE DRIVE
Conquest, However, Is Gen
eral Demand of Teu
tonic Press
SEE FAVORABLE MOMENT
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copurlohl. ISIS, by .Veto Vorte Time) Co.
Amsterdam, June 6.
The demand of the autocratic and aris
tocratic Kreuzzcltung that the German
Government should at once begin a peace
offensive and openly proclaim Its war
and peace alms attracted considerable
attention in the German press.
Theodor Wolff. In the Berliner Tage
blatt, supports the demand, but utters
a warning that If the demand Is replied
to as apparently the Kreuzzeltung
wishes, by a proclamation of annexation
ist alms, then that is a sure way to rally
all parties of Kngland and France more
determinedly under the flag of war. He
rejects such aims and declares It to be
the German democrats' faith that "this
gigantic war must only end In a free
understanding"
Unconvlnclngly he throws upon the
Entente democracy the blame for the
progress made by the Pan-Germans In
their annexationist campaign, but holds
that France has shown herself to be a
heroic opponent, with; whom peace could
honorably be made.
The Cologne Gazette supports the de
mand of the Kreuzreltung. It says:
"The cleavage regarding war alms
rends our people asunder and must under
all circumstances come to an end. No
lime Is more suitable for that than the
present We must strike the iron while
It Is hot We are convinced that the
Kreuzzeltung's demand rises not only
from a very general wish, but Is also
the expression of our political need "
The same Journal goes on to rejoice
at Vorwaerts' support of the demand and
halls that as a sign of agreement be
tween the political extremes, and It pro
ceeds:
Nn Upturn to Statu Quo
'Every peace after victorious battles
is a peace of force and of understand
ing It Is not a matter of name, but
of actual conditions. It is Impossible to
return to the status quo. Certainly we
were driven on by no lust of conquest
In 19H. But since then we have lived
four years of world history and by
that experience we must measure the
guarantees we require."
The article concludes by saying:
"We require an understanding among
ourselves before we can reach a peace
by understanding with our enemies.
Having watched the reception of its
suggestions, the Kreuzzeltung ventures
to put dots on Its l's and strokes on Its
t's. Having bemoaned the failure of Ger
man political science since Bismarck's
time and lamented that even when Ger
many's policy vvas directed toward an
understanding with England "that the
Initiative was never definite or clear
headed," and that German political In
fluence was carelessly thrown Into the
scale In Balkan matters, the Journal
proceeds to say much which casts
serious doubt on the hope of the Co
logne Gazette that German political
extremes will meet In the matter It
bids the Government throw overboard
"all chicken-hearted pessimists of thfc
Erzberger and Scheldemann stamp,"
and adds:
Would Grab Fruits of Victory
"The time for an understanding on
the basis of peace offers has gone by.
The time has now come for other kinds
of understanding that on the basis of
military prestige. We do not need to
offer anything, but we may begin to
demand. We have the advantage. The
German wishes to know the alms for
which he fights victoriously. If the
Government now takes the initiative
then the war will be won, not only mili
tarily, but politically, and Germany's
prestige will be secured for the fu
ture." mm..
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NEW SLAV ARMY
GAINS STRENGTH
Soviet Envoy to Switzer
land Optimistic About
Future
ILLS BEING REMEDIED
By JULIUS WEST
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copurlohl, tilt, bv Htw York. Timet Co,
nerne, June 6.
I have Just had an Interview with the
councillor of the newly arrived Soviet
legation, M. Sgtovsky, and It Is the first
one accorded up to the present to a rep
resentative of any foreign paper. The
Bolshevik diplomat spoke, on the whole,
optimistically of tho general drift of
events In Russia during the last few
months.
"One of the most promising things,"
he said, "Is the steady growth of the
new Red army. Its discipline already Is
better than that of the old one. Its
members so far have been recruited
from town and factory .workers, who
have not grown stale, like the peasant
soldiers after three years of active
service.
"We shall, nevertheless, take meas
ures to provide for military training In
villages and towns and all necessary
steps toward raising the fighting capac
ity of our new army, which already Is
by no means negligible,
"Our greatest difficulty has been the
breakdown of the transport service. This
was the principal cause of our inability
to resist the German advance after we
had broken oft negotiations at Brest
Lltovsk. With our other communica
tions In the state as they were last
February resistance would have been
quite Impossible Since then, however,
the situation has Improved for two rea
sons: "Our army has now been completely
remoblllzed, which means that the trains
are no longer overcrowded by soldiers
returning from the front or traveling for
various reasons to and from the front.
In the second place, a number of muni
tion works have been converted for the
task of repairing rolling stock.
"The new, disciplined Red army, too,
w-IIl not allow Joyriding on the part of
Its members. The chief difficulties of
the Government are all bound up with
the transport problem. Once we have
solved that, everything will be much
simpler." ,
"What about the situation as regards
te revolution in general?" I asked
"In Germany, although discontent Is
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