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DEFEAT SHOCK TROOPS
By EDWIN L. JAttES
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copyright, IMS, bv Ntw York Tlmea Co.
Willi the Allied Armies, June 6.
American forces on the west side
of the German salient In the south
won a notable victory Tuesday in t.
bloody fight for the wootls of Veuilly.
la-Poterle. The enemy launched a
st ige drive in an effort to strength
en hla. position. At first the Ameri-
jeans were driven out of the wood
' with rnKii.iHtoa. thn Hermans netting
"""'wliat was considered a strong hold.
But our men gathered strength and
in a magnificent counter-attack drove
their opponents out of an important
position and retained possession of
the woods.
Tuesday the Germans launched an
attack of shock troops, gaining a pas
sage across the Marne at Jaulgonne.
After they had gained a footing on
, the southern bank, they were met by
an American attack ahd machine-gun
bullets swept the structure on which
the Germans were crossing, and rush
es of American Infantry forced the
enemy back across the river.
This was the second time Ameri
cans had prevented the Germans from
crossing the Marne in the southern
part of the salient, , i
Americans Hold Bridges
Our troops were rushed from a dis
tant training area, starting on Thurs
day. They arrived at the front Friday
night, and the machine gunners,
being ahead, went into position at
Chateau - Thierry, guarding four
bridges across the Marne. They had
been In line three hours when the
German shock troops made a strong
attempt to cros3 the stream.
The Americans, hidden along the
southern bank, h.eld them back twenty-four
hours until the trrlval ,of
'strong forces of .French infantry and
artillery.
One ''American unit reached Its post
(Ion Sunday morning, and by 4 o'clock
had been in three fights, in One of
v Whfh It drove the Germans back for
two kilometers on a front of four kilo
meters. Our losses .in this engage-
menfwere light.
I Live been all along the battellne
- and have paid special attention to the
sectors held by the Americans and
have learned from French officers
their high opinion of the performance
of our troops In the first great battle
In which they have been engaged.
5 When the fine exploits of the war
.. are permanently recorded, attention
I tnuet be paid to the performance of
'certain machlnegun units of our
jtrmy, A larger unit to which they
belonged loaded info motortrucks and
trains in the afternoon, traveled all
..that night and next day, reaching Its
M destination, an important point on' the
Marne, at 10 o'clock that night.
J Three hours later shock troops of
the German army tried to cross the
Marne right where the Americans
.guarded the bridges. Our machine
guns were carefully camouflaged in
, buildings and cellars. The Allied ar
tillery had not yet' come up in
strength, and the Germans had little
'trouble in reaching the northern bank
'of the river, but that was as far as
ithey got.
The Americans played their rattling
'pieces on those bridges sand punished the
Germanlshock troops alt' that night and
repulsed an attack nexf morning, just
as re-enforcements arrived. (
I looked down over a hill to where the
Americans were helping hold that all
'important line. I couldn't see them, but
.very now and then a "rat-tat-tat" like
,,a steamhammer told that they were
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'mall, compared with the casualties In
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flicted on the German shock trooDs.
French officers are lavish in thelr'pralse
or. me exploit
i1 As I went back down the road I met
American Infantrymen coming up to go
Into the l(ne. They were singing an old
.army eong ending:
"And they couldn't beat the infantry
(ln a hundred thousand years," and as
they neared the top of the hill I heard
LuMiioino one start a ditty, which gcs:
aFaaV " Kaiser Bill." ind tfcv nil
i "ijtook it up.
At another nolnt on the nniUni Amer
ican units arrived after a forced march,!
'no got into ime &unaay morning. Just-
aijer noon me enemy launched an at
tack against them. Their line held and
-v 'they even advanced a little. ' An hour
Jand a half later another assault was re
pulsed. Several miles south was a deep
JGerman wedge, where a local drive had
succeeded before the Allied reserves ar
rived. The order to straighten the line
.was given and the American Infantry
went forward with virtually no artil
lery aid and on the front of two and a
(half miles drovge Germans back an
'average cJSWWl.l a mile. Then they
'reported tersely to the French com
Jmanders tha,t the Jlne had been
itraightened as ordered.
Americans In High Spirits
, ,As I left the sector more Americans
'were 'going liffo the line. All were In
'the best spirits, singing and cheering.
'Because of a change In plans several
jUnlts were caught at nightfall where no
. Jblllets were available and spent the
4 night under the stars. However, the
weather was -perfect. There was one
ntlmnt nmnnip thai main ulalt. I .1.-.
! f.blvouace just back of. the lines, and
Jthat was. "Let us get In it." I talked
to the offjeer commanding the unit and
ne earn ;
y, "All I wish for Is to get that bunch
vOfc boys up against the same number of
(Germans In one of these big open field.
' "There would be nothing to It. yalt a
, few days and see."
The passage of many thousand Allied
soldiers had beaten the roads to a fine
dust, and white powder covered every-
,,, i-thlnrrbut did not hide the fine spirits
r;. jnq appearance or these American sol-
;,aiers,
The use of our troops are part of the'
Allied), reservesils an 'excellent Jllustra-
() gtlon of the working of the unified com-
2jnand. French, British find Americans
' I'are, all mixed together and are working
fju perfect! ,y as cogs In 'one-big machltu
V. Sit- la also proof that the A'0"
'Otavedef.nltely arrived as a real addition
U iJo'ths Allied strength. They hay proved
' 'that thtlr tralnlnr has been 'moa tar
tl-lthtJr gslltn' action Mutder aew.Veewal-
l.!,7Jtien. Of course, the. Ocrmw 44 iei
GERMANS ARE DRIVEN BACK
BY FRENCH ALONG MARNE
Continued from Tare One
ploltatlon of her success, and every
delay Is loss.
General Foch's Great Skill
The next thing to remark Is the
great skill with which General Foch
has pursued what may be called his
provisional Fabian strategy. With
surprise and superior reserves In the
hands of the enemy, he had to face a
situation of extreme difficulty. To
weaken other parts of the front pre
maturely In order to defend the Atsne
would have Invited a fresh blow In
those other parts.
Two needs rose supreme: That of
economizing men so as to hasten the
day when the Allies should have the
superiority of forces necessary for vic
tory and that of barring the road of
the enemy toward every vital objec-J
tlve. These objects have been attained,
and If it should turn out'that the third
act of the offenstvo is finished, this
will mean that, with all the unques
tionable ability and daring of the Ger
man general staff, .Foch has beaten
them for the third time In the two
and'a half tnonths of their maximum
power.
In any case, nothing of first-class
importance has been lost. The Allied
front has not been broken. The roads
to Paris, toward which the pffensve
wns turned on the third day, are
blocked. The ruins of Rhelms are
nearly Indefensible, "but the road to
Chalons is barred. The plateaus be
tween the Olse and the Aisne and be
twen the Alsne and the Ourcq stand
like bastions of a vast fortress. Chateau-Thierry
Is lost and the eastern
railway and the high road are locally
Interrupted, but the Marne and the
Paris road beside It are covered, w
' Enemy's Reserves' Suffer
Finally, the enemy has engaged fifty
divisions of his reserves in this battle,
and many of them have suffered very
heavily. ,
It Is evident that the Emperor and
Hlndenburg did not foregather on the
Chemln-des-Dames to contemplate
such a result as this. They will go on,
as criminals tend to go on, from bad to
worse. We shall have to live through
more days of anxiety and pain.
I would not say a word to encourage
Idle optimism, but loking back over
this week'ttnd a halfof crisis. It sqems
to me that behind the bravery of our
men, for which there are. no adequate
words, wo have a governing mind with
a-ytrue and firm ' grasp oi the only
strategy possible for the moment.
The next great blow may fall In the
same field or on the Olse, or on the
Somme, or in Flanders. Before the
same heroism and the same govern
ance it will fall, as the three preced
ing blows failed,
The frustrated atempt on the part of
tho German Thirty-sixth division to
cross the Marne at Jaugonne deserves
a fuller reference than I made to It
yesterday. It appears, that,, a, few
men succeeded in getting across the
river Thursday night at this point,
eight miles east' of Chateau-Thierry
where the Marne makes a loop by the
north.
They took shelter in the cutting and
tunnel of the Paris-Chalons Rallwuy,
which runs along the south bank, and
though they lost seriously and their
pontoons Were destroyed, they got re
enforcements over to the strength of
a battalion. (
An -attack to clear them out was,
therefore, 'organized and this took
palace Sunday night. By that time
the Germans had put twenty-two light
bridges across the stream, of which
four had been smashed by the French
artillery, and had established a bridge
head wun six machine guns and a
hundred .men in the railway station on
the south bank opposite Jaulgonne.
This post was frontally attacked by
a section of dismounted cavalry who,
however, were held up by machine
gun fire until American machine guns
came into action. Two sections of
French Infantry simultaneously fell
upon the bridgehead and the Germans
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" jjwnuucao, ui wiiuiu mere are
hundred, declare that their officers
abandoned them at the beginning of
the attack. A few men escaped by
swimming and thirty or forty others
gained the northern bank by tie
pontoon boats. The rest of the bat
talion was wiped out, '
The German losses in the action at
the bridge ot Chateau-Thierry were
severe. It is estimated that a thou
sand bodies lay by and near the bridge,
and ihe American machine gunners
fired tens of thousands of cartridges.
ROAD TO PARIS
BARRED, ALLIES SAY
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London Tlmei-P'ublic Ledger Service
Paris, June 9.
The road to Paris Is barred for the
time being, at any rate.
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blow aimed at us by the enemy. We
are holding the Germans up. The tac
tlcal development of the battle be
comes more favorable for us. Stabili
zation has begun.
We have more troops available to
throw Into battle. We are still creat
ing fresh reserves. Wo have good
grounds for confidence.
This. In sober language, sums up
the opinion of Paris on tho situation.
The anxiety of the last week has
been gradually giving way before the
growing realization that nothing yet
has occurred to diminish the universal
confidence felt In the genius of Foch
and the magnificent fighting qualities
of the average French pollu.
Seven Days to Unit Foe
It Is realized that It took the Anglo
French armies ten days to bring to a
standstill the German offensive in
Plcardy nt the end of March, whereas
only seven have been required to stop
the far more cunningly prepared on
slaught or the last week.
Italians Await
v Austrian Attacks
Continued from l'ne Orte
the Satonlca front, the Greeks hope to
either weaken the Bulgar forces at Sa
tanic and In tho Dobropylla-Manlstlr
region, or make a determined advance
toward the Soda-Constantinople Hall
way, thereby menacing Germany's right
of way to Turkey
Authoritative information Indicates
that Seres has been evacuated by the
Bulgars after the disastrous defeat suf
fered at the hands of the Greeks a few
days ago. A determined stand Is ex
pected in the Struma Valley, the path
way to the Bulgarian' capital.
Sofia Is 180 kilometers (110 miles)
from Seres. In 1913, during the second
Balkan war, Greek troops covered the
distance In about twenty-eight days.
Dashing Yankees
Shine at Marne
Contlnned from Tt One
filter through, numerous caseB of Indi
vidual heroism continue to crop up. Cap
tain John R, Mendenhall, of New Ro
chelle. N. Y., commander of a company,
went without sleep for Beventy-two
hours.
Corporal Jules P Mangold, of McDon
ald, Pa., a sharpshooter, was detailed to
smoke out German Bnlpers and he killed
Reveral of them.
C, L. Stewart, of Hast Pittsburgh,
Pa , a motorcycle rider, continued on
duty In tho midst of the fight for twen-ty-fcur
hours.
A marine detachment dared death to
locate a certain machlnc-gun emplace
ment near an old farm. They killed
seven Germans and captured one
In fact, throughout the whole burst
of fighting, In big actions and small,
the endurance and cnthuslapm of Ameri
can men has been a revelation to the
French. After the iMarne fighting an
American commander remarked:
"I hear rumors that the Helnles did
not relish the appearance of the Ameri
cans on this front. They are fast learn
ing to respect the fighting qualities of
the American boys."
The admiration between the Ameri
cans and French Is mutual. Each side
regards the other as a band of daring
and gallant warriors.
Of the fight on the Marne, a dusty,
sweating, blond American machine gun
ner was asked what he thought of It.
"Well." replied tho youngster re
flectively, "I thought It was bully. I
sure sdlU crank the hot lead Into those
guys for killing women and children
and knocking down churches and bomb
ing hospitals- It was Just like the old
days when I turned the Ice cream
freezer for mother."
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American Fire KnVctlve
The Yanks were rushed to the batle-
front during the night and found them
selves In cantonments Just south of
Chateau Thierry at 3:30 In the morning.
In the afternoon heavy enemy forces ad
vanced, attempting to complete their
occupation of Chatau Thierry. The
enemy succeeded In forcing a breach,
but the French quickly tbrew In their
Infantry, at the same time calling upon
the American machine gunners for as
sistance. The following statement was later
made to headquarters of one of our
organizations by a French officer:
"Americans Immediately reinforced
our entire defense, especially at the end
of the (Marne) bridge. Their courage
and ability as marksmen evoked the ad
miration of all. Crushed by our fire,
the enemy hesitated and. as the result.
we counter-attacked, supported by
American machine guns, ine enemy
was thrown iack beyond the edges of
the town. Chateau Thierry remains
entirely In our hands."
On the following night the boches.
taxing advantage of tn darkness, stole
toward the large bridge spanning the
Marne, having penetrated through the
western suburbs, along the bank of the
Marne. They used smoke bombs to
mask their movements and the murk
made It difficult for the machine gun
ners to man their pieces At the same
time German artillery laid down a ter
rific bombardment on the town, tho
buildings crumbling Into ruins. Shrap
nel was bursting everywhere. Despite
the cannonade, Americanmachine gun
ners on the southern bank poured a
lainv liwam tt IaoH ncnisa lha rlvftp
which Is barely fifty yards wide at this
J noint. As the Germans emerired from
I fielr trucks for the attack they were
Biaugnierea in neaps. At ine same time
thin tire covered the movement of the
French to the southern bank of the
Marne.
In the midst of this action an Ameri
can officer with two machine guns
crossed to the northern bank and took
up a position near the famous statue of
Fontaine, writer of fables. There they
neio their posts protecting the French
retirement.
CSermani Cry for Merry
The French having retired, the Ger
mans then rusnea out upon ine oriage,
Suddenly there was a tremendous ex
DlnBton. which destroyed the entire cen
ter of tho bridge, sending the bodies of
German soldiers flying high Into the air.
The few Germans who had already got
ten to the southern side of the bridge
ran for the bank, with luted nanas, cry
Ine for mercv
The fate of their comrades halted the
rest of the uermans. aieanwnue Amer
ican machine gunners continued to spurt
bulletji across the Marne until the Ger
mans abandoned their efforts to force a
Dasaaee.
Naturally, the Americans suffered some
losses under the violent oomoarament,
but they were not out of proportion to
the great service rendered npr the bloody
losses tney inniciea upon ine uermans.
A rencn omcer in a report to Amer
lean headauartera fald:
'The courage of the Americans Is be-
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Threc-year-olil Sylvia Oser, 791
South Second street, has succeeded
in collecting several hundred dol
lars in subscriptions to the War
Chest. She has the distinction of
being the youngest War Chest col
lector in the city
yond all praise. Our Infantry, accus
tomed to acts of bravery, were struck
by the wonderful morale and extraor
dinary coolness nf nur allien In fhn fara
of fire. Their watchfulnes never failed
ttem. They will bo relieved at the name
time ns the Frenrh troona at Mir, aIHa nf
whom they fought. The French, know,
inp their Just pride, feared that any
other course would humiliate these val
iant troons Thp entRnrln nf rhntami.
Thierry will remain one of the beautiful
deeds of this wnr It Is a pleasure for
nil of us to know what our valiant al-
iie-i nave anarcn wun us there. Our
bonds of affertlon and confidence will be
strengthened by the same pride we- share
In common "
American machine trtinneru rnntlnlle
to occupy the posltlone from which they
repulsed the enemy firing continually
Into tne northern part of Chateau
Thierry, across thoiMarne. and agisting
mo artillery in making the German
positions absolutely untenable.
American Resruen Pollu
Amonir the Americana who distin
guished themselves In the flehtlne wns
another Plttaburglier Lieutenant Wal
ler it. i-tannery, or Forties street.
Flannerv Is the flrnt Amerlrnn tn ha
decorated with the Croix de Guerre In
ine second Dattie of the Marne.
Flannery volunteered to swim the
Marne river nn Monday nttrht tn raa a
wounded Frenchman. The pollu had
been captured by the Germans but es
caped. He then signaled to the Ameri
cans on tho southern bank of the river.
tie was directed to conceal hlmseir
until darkness fell. Flannery. with a
rope around his waist, swam the Marne
under a hall of German bullets and
brought the Frenchman safely back to
niii companions. ine trip was highly
spectacular. Flannery and his burden
were protected nomewhat by a barrage
from American machine guns, which
naa been placed on the side of the
river for the purpose.
Flannery was decorated today with
Impressive ceremonies In the presence
of the correspondents as the cannon
reverberated amid the hills and shells
crashed on every side.
Machine guns have figured more con
spicuously than artillery In the opening
engagements along the Marne. owing to
tho absence of heavy guns, which
usually bombard preliminary to Infantry
rushes. American machine gunners,
who had been eagerly awaiting their
chance, made good with a vengeance, es
pecially In the fighting at Neullly Wood,
where they mowed down the Germans In
heaps.
The greatest number of American
troops ever placed In one sector Is now
around Chateau Thierry. Included Is a
regiment which dates Its history back
to revolutionary times. They are stoutly
holding their part of the line.
Constant dust clouds over the roads
and valleys show the movements of
men. wagons, guns, artillery and cavalry,
camions -and American' Infantrymen, all
mixed In great masses, with bicyclists
pedaling among them.
At times a single sausage balloon
floats over the line while flotillas of
airplanes wheel In circles, seeking to
ba)tle the boches. All bridges are
guarded with American and French sen
tries. Anti-aircraft guns break out into
spasmodic barking, whole batteries ap
pearing at the most unexpected places
and sending their shells screaming
toward the German 'sky spies Horse
men and couriers on motorcycles dash
ing past and plcturesqque cavalrymen
with long lances and rifles swung over
their backs are frequent sights, but
just behind one battery which was fir
ing I saw motortruck drivers with a
moment off, who had resurrected balls
bats and gloves and were calmly play-1
Ing "scrub."
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NOW CARRY GUNS
Submarine Raid Off Jersey
Leads to Arming of Fliers
as Precaution
FIRST DUE HERE TODAY
Postal airplanes operating between
this city, New York and Washington
now carry special messages for Invad
ing Germans, In addition to the tegular
mall forvAmerlcans
The message for the Teuton will be
folded In a rapid-fire machine gun oper
ated by the aviator
One of the armed planes Is expected
to reach tho aerial mall station at
Bustleton late this afternoon from
Washington piloted by Lieutenant Kll
gore1. Decision to arm the aerial mall ser
vice was reachced following the recent
U-boat attacks off the Atlantic coast.
Some of these craft, many officials be
lieve, have especially prepared decks
which makes It possible to launch a
'plane of small type while out at sea.
Some military men were of tho opin
ion that the enemy would use hydro
planes for such attacks but experts In
the service are convlvnced that tho
small type of war plane will be used.
Air Invasion No I.onser Remote
While many scoffed at the possibility
- oii i...i ,v,t!n,n nrn It Is
of aerial Invasion sometime ago, It la
now being given serious consideration
In view of the proximity of the U-boats.
As a result not only the mall planes, but
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every air craft will be armed to give
any visiting German the proper greeting,
A small machine gun of the type used
,., .. . ,
by the regular army will be mounted
In the plane and so placed that the
aviator may fire it and also guide the
nimati
aircraii.
Arming of the aerial
mall carriers
Is the first step toward providing an air
patrol for cities along the entire coast.
It Is said Some sections of the coast
are now covered by the 'regular war
planes.
Washington, Philadelphia and New
York will not only be protected by the
mall planes, but also by others which
will be armed and pressed Into service
without delay. Military authorities be-
lleve that Germany will try to Bend a
plane 'bver American soil for moral
efTect If for no other reason Thereforo
Uncle Sam has decided to glvo It some
thing to remember the v Islt
Although the shell fired by the ma
chine guns mounted on the aerial planes
Is but two Inches In length. It Is suf
ficient. If It strikes, to carry death to a
German aviator and put his machine out
ot business.
Ready for Any Kmergency
As many of the planes used In the
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Liberty motors, there Is good reason to ' perche' le autorlta' mlltari alleftte hanno
believe that any Inquisitive boche who I voluto fare preparazlonl per Incontrare
noses around this neighborhood will be qualunqgue avvenlmento anche 11 peg
assured of quick action. Incidentally, g're che potesse svlluppare.
the aviators on the mall route are well
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ancles.
In addition to Lieutenant Kllgore,
Lieutenants Webb, Miller and Culver,
Bonsall and others who operate on the
mall route will have craft equipped
for battle within a few days.
None of the aviators at Bustleton
would discuss the Government's plans
for arming the aircraft this afternoon.
When Captain B B. Llpsner was ques
tioned concerning the subject he begged
to be excused. '
All he would say was, "Woo to the
Hun who comes our way."
Captain Llpsner Is the representative
of Captain C. A. Weldenbach. chief of
the air-mall service at Washington.
Several of the men In the aerlal-mall
service are what are known as night
fliers, and are thoroughly prepared to
give action to German visitors, no mat
ter what time they choose to call.
COMFORT TO GO DESPITE RAID
Hospital Ship Will Leave Port in
Few Days
Washington, June 6 Without convoy,
without guns, with flag flying bv dav
and lights Mazing by night, the United
States navy hospital ship Comfort will
steam out of the Brooklyn Navy Yard
In the next few days on her way to Eng
land1. She goes to succor our navy
Invalids abroad, but she has another
mission as well. She Is to be the test
of Germany's good faith as to the em
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AUSTRIACI ABBATTUTI
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Linec Nemichc
Publlthed and Dllrlhuld Under
TERMIT No 841
AuthorlrM br the net of Oclohr 8
11117. on (lie t the rostofflco of rtilla-
delpbln Pa.
By order of the PreM"t.
A. P. IltmiaESON
Poitmler Oeneral.
Roma, 6 glugno
In bae al rapporto prevenuto dal
Quartler General Itallano II Mlnlstero
della Guerra ha lerl emeso II seguente
comunlcato"
"Lungo tutlo 11 fronte si e' verlflcata
llmltata nttlvlta' da parte deU'artl
gllerla II fuoco dello batterle Itallane
cauo" conflagrailonl ed esplosioni
nell'lnterno delle llnee nemlche cd,
Inoltre, rlucl' ad nbbittcre un pallone
frenato nemlco suite rive del Plave.
Nella reglone dl Monte Grappa si Fono
vcrlflcatl scontrl tra pattuglle Un dls
taccamento nemlco fu resplnto n Cor
tellazio. LunedP sera qusttro uero
planl nemlcl furono abbattutl,
iVn.hlnatnn lie. B glugno
Un dlspacclo ulTlclale, rlcevuto lerl
da Roma attraverso I canall illplomatlcl,
Indlca che l'attesa offenslva austrlaca hI
fronte Itallano potra' effettuarsl ill un
momento all'nltro. II dlpacclo ilJee:
"I corrlspondentl dl guerra rari'orlnno
che II nemlco contlnua a concentrnre un
largo numero dl truppe al nostro fronte
lo tutto Indlca che la battagna cominci-
ata In Francla dovra' presto scopplare
ul fronte del Plave Le autorlla' mill-
liar! hanno deflnltl vamente nccertnto che
; sessanta dlvlslonl austrlache (piu in
800,000 umlnl eono state dlstrlbulte In
dptln,a I)neei ltm f ha raglone dl
' crederc cnc iano ai piu' Ultlmamente
, 1 movlmentl dletro le llnee nemlche
I aumentarono Contingent! dl cavallerla
jpono gtat( ogs.grvat ,,Pr pU- dl un mese.
BUl,.ala rtestra unKO u hasso Plave. II
nemlco ha portato nvantl tutte le
sue mlgllorl truppe In prepararlone per
I'attacco L offenslva probabllmentc
'p. .., m,' Appare che
cs!,a abbla oblettlvl molto amblzlnsl Le
I occaslonl dl sorprenderc nualslasl parte
' delle nnstre armate sono pochlsilme e
,. , .-- niPndono la nuova of-
i f. .,,, rnn mnraie altlsslmo"
Gil ufriclalt delPArmata Americana
per parecchlo tempo hanno prodettoi
cho I teutonl vorranno colplre l'ltatlla
non appena avranno perduto ognl spe
ranza dl successo In Francla o nelle
Fiandre Lo Htato magglore tedesco, e'
stato orkI Indlcato, Indubblamente conta
sulla posslblllta' che II Gencrale Foch
ritlri conslderevoll rlserve dalla Francla
per Invlarle a raflorzare le llnee Itall-
ane quando II coipo quir lamsse
Una tale rltlrata, dlcono gll ufficlall
Amerlcanl, rapprescnterebbe un rcale
vantagglo per II nemlco.
II Conclllo Interalleato dl Guerra ha
gla' provveduto per qualslasl evenlenza
dovessc svlluppare In Francla, anche
per la resa dl Parlgl, o la rltlrata da
Calais e Boulogne oppure per una
rltlrata In Italia sulle llnee dello Btorlco
flume Adlge. Elaboratl planl sono statl
gla' preparatl, non perche' vl sla una
probablllta' per la caduta dl Parlgl o
ner Ic rlalrate sopra accennate, ma
CHE ONORA LA COLONIA
lerl sra, all'AccademJa dl Muslca, In
occasions dell'annuale cerlmonla del
"Philadelphia College of Pharmacy" per
II conferlmento del dlploml e certlflcatl
agll alunnl che hanno superatn 1 regolarl
coral la signorina Hllsa Dl Sllvestro
ha rlcevuto la laurea dl Dottoressa In
Farmacla, assegnatale con la masslma
classiflca. In unlone ad un premlo In
danaro per lo volglmento dl una origin
als tesl dl soggetto botanlco.
La vlrtuosa signorina Dl Sllvestro fin
da bamblna mostro' una rara incllna
zlone per gll studl c glunse In America
nove annl or sono, dopo aver con suc
cesso frequentato I corsl ginnaslall In
Italia. Itesasl padrona della lingua in
glese, frequento' la Girls' High School ove
si fece notare per la sua profonda col
tura e per la svegliata intelllgenza.
ottenendo la llcenza psr merlto e 1'am
mlsBlone al Colleglo dl Farmacla cop
esenzlone dl tasse. Dal detto colleglo
fu graduata, un anno or sono, anche con
la piu' alta classiflca e menzlone
onorevole, e non contcnta dl do" voile
a'neora frequentare II corso speclale per
It quale ha ora ottenuto la laurea di
Dottoressa In Farmacla.
La signorina Ellsa Dl Sllvestro e'
sorella del slg Giuseppe Dl Sllvestro,
Grande Venerablle della Gran Loggia
dello Stato dl Pennsylvania per 1'Ordlne
Flgll p'ltalla e dlrettore1 del glornale
settlmanale "La Libera Parola," e dl
I Giovanni Dl Sllvestro, dottore In fllo-
sofla e laureando In glurisprudenza, due
figure assal popolarl nella Colonla Ital
lana dl Philadelphia. I fratelll Dl Sll
vestro, all'epoca del glornale quotldlano
"La Voce del Popolo" at rlvelarono dua
glornalistl battagtlert e dl merlto con
siderevollsslmo Downstairs Saving
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RUSS0-UKRAINE
PEACE HITS SNAG
Difference Over Boundaries
Only One of Obstacles
of Conference
REPATRIATION OPPOSED
By JULIUS WEST
Special Cable lo Evening Public Ledger
CorvrioM. 1318. bv Sew York Timts Co.
Heme, June 6.
Doctor Werthelmer, the Kiev corre
spondent of the Frankfurter Zeltung,
writing to his paper, gives a rather de
pressing account of the present stage of
the peace negotiations between Kussln
and the Ukrnlne. The delegates on both
sides are reported to be disputing one
another's authority to adopt decisions,
consequently the fourth plenary meeting
of delegates lasted only a few minutes.
Doctor Werthelmer adds:
"One was still entitled to hope that
jesterday's meeting might do some real
work, and although this fifth session ac
tually sat more than four and a half
hours, it did not come to a decision on
a single point under dlscuslon."
There are four principal points In
dispute.
First Frontier delimitation
Second. Repatriation of Ukrainians
from great Russia
Third. Return of the railway Block
belonging to the Ukraine.
Fourth The Ukrainian demand for In
dependent diplomatic representation.
Dispute Over Railroads
The proposals of the two sides for
fivlng the northern frontier vary by as
much as sixty-five miles, nnd the dis
puted area contains important railway
Junctions and Industrial areas.
The Russians oppose tho second ipolnt
because of the Ukrainians (a Ukrainian
Is anybody who Is recognized as such by
the Ukrainian Government) are re
patriated and allowed to remove all
their properly. Jt will mean the break
ing of the present law, according to
which only money In the most limited
quantities Is allowed to leave Russia
Besides .the Soviet government Is
naturally unwilling to see Its wealthier
subjects escape by means of the simple
expedient of calling themselves Ukra
inians. Regarding the third point, the Rus
sians demand the appointment of a com
mission to elaborate the best means of
utilizing for the common good rolling
stock In the possession of both parties.
The separate dlplomtlc representation
for the Ukraine was violently debated,
so violently as almost to cause the break-Ing-off
of negotiations. Peace was re
stored, however, by the suggestion that
Ukrainians should only have appoint
ment of diplomatic representatives after
the conclusion of peace with Russia.
These matters stand suspended, and
the Frankfurter Zeltung correrpondent
Is entirely unable to suggest the prob
able course of development
lh?.th?C ne.ws ,rom tl18 alne shows
that the Internal political difficulties
have not been ended by the appointment
of a dictator. Virtually all the political
parties united In framing a memoran
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Initiated by the war minister tinder th t'Jsf
first Ukrainian Government. It Is now Jift
far off from the days of last year Whn A
eiuiuJiumy wiuiin reuciai ivycsriii miu'iitT rf
lit. ,VJ,t;it(C, H.O TK3 L11U JilMAIIIIUlll UVU1AIIU
of Ukrainians, "":
This movement Is a deliberate attempt
to arouso the feeling of their historic)
past among Ukrainians. It propa
gandists go Into villages to tell the
Inhabitants that they are the descend
ants of true Cos?acks, those of rthe
Don being merely the descendants of
wanderlns brigands. They repeat the
traditional tales of victories against' the
Turks and Tartars and exhibit pictures
In marvelous uniforms. Nowadays,
when those -'of his subjects who have
had tho most experience of fighting are
least to be relied upon. It Is to the Vol
unteer Cossacks that the Hetman lookt
for his future fighting strength;
HAVANA FEARS ATTACK
Precautions Tnkpn Against Bom
bardment by U-BoaU '
Special Cable to Evening Public Lctfgef
Copyright. JJJS, bi .Veto Vorfe TfmeCo.
Ilniann, June 6. Chief of Police
Sancullv has Issued a set of Instructions
lo be followed If the city Is attacked by
enemy ships.
All llcut visible from tne sea must be
extinguished. Restaurants and theatres
are to be closed, civilians must seek
their own homes and all police not on
dutv must report to their respective sta
tions the moment an alarm Is sounded.
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