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itjr-one casualties In the American
ltlonary forces were announced by
"War Department today, divided ns
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-llgMrot kilted In action, ten died nf
MlMi, ftlx from disease, one from nc-
jttMnt. fifty-two wounded severely and
Wr. Wounded, decree undetermined.
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Captain
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Washington
KWOCNDED (DEGRRK l'MKTER.MINKIH
W'C'?' Lieutenant
ikBtVES. ELMER E . Jr.. Wohnrn. Mil"
jyjjr'ifhe offlcera In the marine casualty Hat
KILLED IN ACTION
Lieutenant
W ."
&HsPBINSON.
CALDWELL C,
Hartford.
L&'CBOWTHEn ORLANDO C Canton. Ill
NWHNI8. CLARENCE A . Hai-kensack X J
'S- ' Lleutenanta
', '.KlTTfARD. CHARLES II . Spoksn- Wash
WHY. RICHARD w . Oreenaboro. Ala
HT. CHARLES I. S.nlcklO. Ta
RTON. WILLIAM A . Matapan. Boston
H.
WON, HAROLD V . North Hreen
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BERTS. CHARLE9 D. Cleeland. O
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J, PfJbUEKS, JAMES MCBKIUK, LXII10I1
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jjj, aWWliINO, JOHN B., Jr., Upper Marlboro
rX 'Tlw army casualty Hat waa aa follows:
j;t KILLED IN ACTION
p,WJ Captain
'WHjLIAMS. JEWETT. Athens, Ga.
i . ;fffi Serf eant
IE. HASSO ADOLPH, Rice. Minn.
Corporal
INCJ. WILLIAM. Cuba. Kan.
Private
RON. JENE C. Clear Lake. la
LLT. THOMAS J. New York city.
JOHN C, Clol. Cal.
8. WALTER W . 8-tockton. Cal.
WSKI. STANLET, Dtrolt.
DIED OF WOl'NDS
Corporal
THANK. 7!08 Hermltate street.
urch. r.
rrltatea
JOHN. Souin Fork. Ta.
K. CLTDE. Excelsior Springs. Mo.
DN, THOMAS a . S Medford, Mass.
FRANK. Detroit.
ALOIS A . St Loula. Mi.
(SAN. CO VAN D.. Bernlce. La.
LEN. THOMAS J.. Superior. Wio.
CLTDE LORN-EX. Elmlra. Mich.
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p'aAJ - DIED OF DISEASE
''" erieant
WrCKERSON. OEORUE FRANCIS. 255
, ist inatana avenue, i-nuaoeipnia, i'a.
$!$ffii r'"'"
ST. JAMES F.. Old Forge. Ta.
BW, ORVAL. New Gretn. &. J.
P.BPA-BT. .TflSKPH. T.ih.rtv. tv'an.
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VVMtKAOE, HENRV, Wynn. Ark
DIED OF ACCIDENT
j?V. Private
aWCPODURAS, JOHN. Zurutolro, Minsk,
Ruasla.
Xh Sergeant
MIEaAX. JAMES J.. 201 East Ninety-
kaavonth street, N York city.
AtE, CHARLES. Brooklin.
Corporals
a Tnui. rs nvin H....J .-.
Loula.
ET, JAMES T.. Charlestoirn, Mass.
iRN. CLTDE -H.. Butler, 8. D.
nOBERT O., Waycross. Ga.
BON. SIDNEY S.. Tarentum. Pa.
JOHN B.. Dunkirk. Jf. T.
Wagoner
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ZEmol
kh tffJOtX. LESLIE IL,
Sallna. Okla.
tfi n .'' PrlnlH
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lis. MARCE. Manchester. Tenn.
KEN. CHARLES, Ironuood, Mich.
ITN. WILLIAM C. Crossvllle. Tenn.
RTNSKI. WILLIAM. South Bend, Ind.
L-KEN. Dorothy. W. VI.
ILESKI, JOSEPH J.. Mount Carmel.
GHERTT. KENNETH L.. Centervllle.
MICHAEL. Elberta. Ala.
HBOD. MAX. Newark. N. J.
4E8SY. JOHN V . Rochester. N. T.
18. WALTER EVERETT, cnarlottel-
" Hla, Va.
i-mgm
sLMsii
tt.'lUTES. ROBERT O.. Marietta, S. C.
'.'JACOBS;- JAMES. Chicago
JroSE, CLARENCE P., Raynhara Center,
S JHr".
L., rxuiirv, aiaranueia. iib.
LUR, HOdEA. WUIe Platte. La.
DECKER. LEOPOLD. Wan Francisco.
ITTON,- LESLIE II . Livingston, Ky.
VIS, UHAHLE3 r; , weiser. laano.
ICHEHN. LlulntMur., ueiano, -Minn.
(KIE. TON I. Chicago.
riELu, Uja -N , rark. ind.
ARTHUR W . Lawton, Okla.
4L. HARKV A . Sclluate, Mass.
ALBERT w , iiuuerviiie. ma.
IE, OLIVER. Morton. Mlsj.
ID, ALECK. Tacoma. Wash.
JALL. BERTIE W . St. Louis
T JOHN F., Fall River, Mass.
HO. ANGELO. rrassazo. Italy.
JAN. ROBERT, Oakland, Cal.
.'ROBERT R., 203 Vine street. Johns-
Cambria county, ra.
MS. JOB. Hughett. Tenn.
rSEE. JOSEPH D.. Klnston. N. C.
AWALTER M Coal Springs. 8. D.
OAKLEY O., Flint, Mich.
ADELBERT E.. Norton. Mass.
WILBER. Olendlve, Mont.
I-BROOK. BOYD. Chesnee. S. C.
,l.liLPLEY. GEORGE. Chlcopce Falls,
rMAN. NELSON L.. Alpena, Mich.
RE. VERNON J.. Covington. Ky.
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pU Sergeant
IT, RUSSELL H Lancaster, Pa,
! Wagoner
RD, LKWIO A., uia, m.
rrlrale
4ET. MARTIN, Clare. Mich.
tt rnarine corps casualty liat fol-
? mivn ik .trrinv
:j f3 Corpora!
KARL WILSON. Pi-y, O. ,
Privates
r, ktAKviA; vvainuv masr, rttfc
J. BERNARD. Blnghamton, N. Y.
ff- .i.-iViU 1'llWlHn Mrlrir.
VtClOK 'EDWARD.
Cnn;
UCVELT WOPNDEU
Corporals
SMafcri"'LIA:
LOUIH. Pittsburgh. Pa.
WATJW.V, Snaron, Pa,,
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HROTHERS IN SERVICE
George, Granville am) William Foy
(reading downward I, eons of Mr.
Winifred Foy, Nineteenth and Wav
erley streets who have answered
the call to the color. The first two
named are in France. William Foy
is a guard at the New Ilrunswick,
IV. J., radio station
GULLICK. JOHN WILLIAM Brookneld, Mo.
PICORA. MICHAEL FRANCIS. Minneapolis.
Minn.
Privates
HOLLINSHED. TEItCY LINCOLN. Delalr.
X. J.
HAUC.HT. ARLIE. Falrvlw, W. Va.
AUL'FF. ROBERT E., Houston, Tex.
HOFFMAN, HARRY, Lancaster, O.
GLOVER, HRRY LESTER, Hornrll, N. T.
MORNINOSTAR, GEORGE KLEEDER, Bal
timore. Md
RAUSCH, JOHN EARL. Easlon, Pa.
WELCIL WILLIAM FERDINAND. Clifton.
Ky.
MYNATT. Bl'RLIE G . Fountain City, Tenn
DAVIS. OI.Al'IB ERNEST. Saginaw, Mich
CLAYTON. JAMES ARTHUR, Rushvllle. Va.
WOODRUFF WILBERT ALBERT. .Minne
apolis, Minn,
CHRISTNER EDWARD, Canal Dovr. O
SARLE, JOSEPH MILTON. SprlngHeld,
Mass
BANKS. JOHN. Lnd, Minn.
SOUZEC. JULIUS. Oakland, Cal.
MILLER. FRANK DONALD. Camden. Mich.
STRANGE. CLARENCE ORA, Selma. Cal.
JIUMA, WILLARD JOSHUA. Lander, Mich.
BAS??, WILLIAM ALEXANDER. Collins.
Ml as
DONALDSON. HARRY HOBART. Cannons-
burg. Ta
HEINZ. EDWARD LEWIS. Louisville. Ky.
LOWRBY. HORACE STEWART, Wllmer.
Tex.
CROOK FRED. Martlndale, Tex.
SIEGERT, HOLDEN EDWARD. Newport.
Miss.
PIOSIK. ALrilONSUS MARTIN. Chester,
111
GANDT. TONY IX)UIE. Oeorgeto-n. 111.
KELLY. JOSEPH BRYAN. Carrollton, 111.
HTLAND, DANIEL JOSEPH, Rochester.
N. Y
BROWN, LEO HERBERT. Tunkhannock,
Pa.
JUDD. CLARENCE ALBERT. Aleiander,
Kan
JACKbON, OEOROE HENRY. Jr.. West
rark. o.
PIERCE. THOMAS FESSENDEN. Somerset,
Mass. ,
SMITH. LUCIUS' HAROLD, Hillsdale, Mich.
MARLETTE. CLAUDE HORACE. El Ridge.
N Y
NELSON. CONRAD OSWALL. Tortland,
Ore
LAND WALTER E.NGSTROM Chicago.
EVERETT, GEOROE ELBRIDOE, Revenna,
O.
Tail to Save Liner Ascania
M. Jiilini., N1. I'., June 15. Efforts to
save the f'unard liner Ascania, aground
fifteen miles east of Cape Ray, failed
toda. She l rapidly filling with water.
All hands were saved
Hindenburg Plans
Meet Bitter Check
Ry WALTER DURANTY
Special Cable in Evening Public
Ledger
CoryrloM, 15l, by .Vetc Yorfc Timr Co.
With the French Annies, June 15,
The war situation today ia a
question of time, space and effec
tives. Those are the three factors
of equation on whose solution de
pends the fate of the world, Can
the Germans reduce the Allied ef
fectiveness in time to strike a fatal
blow before the re-entorcements
rushed acros's the Atlantic are
ready to turn the scale In the At-,
lies' favor?
The Allies have Just won a great
victory In one of the hardest-fought
battles of the war, and a carefully
,nlanned move In Hlndenburs's
desperate struggle against time has
been met and nullified. The Ger
mans have also learned to their
cost that the American troops are
already to be counted with. The
enemy, whose morale Is daily weak
ening under the strain of unsuc
ce3.ses and never-endlne calls pppn
his strength, has received a bitter
reminder of the American menace,
which, more than any .other factor,
Is responsible for. his convulsive
striving after a fUwedy decision
1 n. I
BIG U-BOAT WAR
ON COAST SEEN
Successes Off U. S. Shorp
May Lead to Ambitious
Effort
NEW ANGLE TO PROBLEM
By ARTHUR II. TOLLEN
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
t envrfolif. 0fl. bv .Veic Vorlc Timtn Co.
London, June IS.
The recent U-boat Invasion of Amer
ican waters has been so successful in
tonnaRe sunk without nnv npparent
compensating loss of submarines that
we may he quite mire It will be re
pented on n more ambitious scale. We
can. I think, he equally sure that the
scale cannot be Increased without the
rNk. to the U-boats bcInK magnified
out of all proportion, for the American
navy department will certainly see
that coastwise and Caribbean traffic,
Is so to speak, canalized, nnd, If neces.
slty nilses will extend convoy protec
tion to Its more Important units.
This Incident lends new Interest to
the whole problem of defeating this
conscienceless attempt to paralyze the
world's traffic nnd once more provokes
ui to nsk the question: (
Is the absolute und complete defeat
of the submarine it practical possi
bility? In spite of what the navy has
done, and of the very changed condi
tion of things today from what they
wete a year ago, the problem Is still
intensely serious.
Not Menace, Still Nuisance
Speaking at Edinburgh a week or two
ago the Prime Minister confirmed,
with the full authority of the Admir
alty, what some observeis had already
been rash enough to Infer from pub
lished figures. He told us that the Ger
man submarine, though no longer a
menace, was still a nuisance.
Hardly more than a car ago It was
a menace of appilllng dimensions The
Herman plan and the Herman expecta
tion were to destroy a million tons of
British shlDPlnir a month and to frighten
I all neutral shipping off the seas Kor
two weeks In the month of April. 1917.
the enemy attained this rate of destruc
tion, and, Indeed surpassed It In the
three months April. May, June he
sank between 1,300,000 and 1,400,000
tons of British shipping alone, and ery
nearly tOO.OOO tons of neutral and Allied
shipping.
To call this a "menace" only la to
understate the case. It was a sentence
of death If It could have been con
tinued. Today not only Is he sinking
much less than half of this, but with
American help we are building nearly
twice as much tonnage as we were
building. The Germans' Immediate
strategic aim then is defeated, for Allied
tonnage is growing and not diminishing
More Than a Nuisance
But If the word "menace" understates
the position of a year ago, the word
"nuisance" understates the present posi
tion For In the month of April the
world lost oer 400,000 tons of shipping
and cargoes to correspond
Dcrnburg, In his recent speech, said
that the average cargo ton was worth
35 ($175). and that It cost 50 (2B0)
to replace a ton of shipping. At this
rate the submarine war has already
cost the anti-German world more than
1,290,000,000 and must now be taxing
us at the rate of over 300,000,000 (Jl,
500,000,000) a year. The economic loss,
dislocation of plans and embarrassment
to our military action Involved all of
these are more formidable disadvantages,
and the enemy can still Impose them
on us.
The nuisance, then, Is, in the vulgar
phrase, an "awful nuisance" so bad In
tact, that we are compelled to ask If the
measures that have ended the submarme
as a menace can be expected to put an
end to It altogether, or at least 89 great
ly hamstring It, if jou can hamstring
a creature that has no hind legs, that
Its depredations can be made neglglble.
To answer this question, lno.es exam
ining how the efficiency of the submarine
has, In fact, been halved during the last
twelve months. We can then judge
whether any or all of the methods cm
ployed bear In themselves hope for a
complete and radical cure of this ghastly
evil.
Two Sides to Campaign
The anti-submarine campaign may be
developed into two sides. One consists
of measures of defense, an Interposing
between the submarine and Its Intended
victim, with a view of defending that
victim by a sinking or threatening to
sink the submarine The other consists
of measures of offense, namely, either
methods of finding a submarine when at
large and then pursuing It till It Is de
stroyed or methods, which. If the sub
marine tries to get to sea, will auto
matically block Its passage or finally
stop It from putting to sea.
The first Involves tactics of defense,
the second tactics of offense. Tactics of
defense are made up as follows:
First, convoying of ships by destroy
eis, sloops, trawlers and submarines;
second, arming of merchant ships, third,
caieful stowing of cargoes, so that ships,
when hit, remain afloat, fourth, camou
flage Tactics of offense consist of, fifth,
discovering a submarine by aircraft or
hydrophone and then running.lt down by
destroyers and annihilating it hy depth
charges; sixth, stalking submarines at
night, when they have to come to the
surface to recharge their batteries;
seventh, maintenance of mine barriers
across routes which submarines must
take to get to their field of operations;
eighth, destruction of bases from which
submarines Issue.
Of the first group, the most effective
and, If historical precedent should be the
guide to policy, the most obvious Is to
group ships liable to attack Into sauad-
rons and send them through the dan
ger zone under convoy of vessels possess
ing the right armament for dealing with
submarines and speed and handlneas
that will enable them to" use that arma
ment with the required rapidity.
PLANS' CHANNEL TUNNEL
Necessary to After-War Railway
Line London to rekin
London, June 15, The projected
tunnel under the English Channel will
be taken Up and carried to completion
after the war. Sir Arthur Fell, chair
man of the House of Commons Chan
nel Tunnel Committee, speaking at a
meeting In London, explained the Im
portance of such a railway between
England and "France.
He thought it would be practicable
for the line to run from London to
Constantinople without break or
change of gauge. Eventually, whtn
normal conditions are 'restored, the
line might be extended from London
to Calcutta, to Cape Town and Pekln,
tie saiu.
RILLED IN FREIGHT- WRECK
Accident to Freight Train or Philadel
phia and Erie Railroad
Rldietrar. Pa.. June IE. A freight
wreck occurred nn the Philadelphia, ft
Erie division of the Pennsylvania Ttallt
3gU- .ndjwo train-
RUSSIA HAS NOTHING TO REPLACE
SOVIET, IF SHE REBELS, HE SAYS
Unrest in Stomach Only, With No Definite Political Program,
Correspondent Believes Sees v
German Advantage
By ARTHUR
Special Cable ta Evening Public Ledger
Conurlaht. JPi bv Xew York Times Co.
Moscow, June 2 (London, June 14).
Ambassador Mirbach, admitting that
General Krasnoff had asked the Germans
for help, has officially Informed the Com
missariat of Foreign Affairs at Moscow
that Krasnoff's request has been defi
nitely refused. From Kiev 1 learn that
General Elchhorn la In favor of giving
German military help to Krasnoff, but
that German diplomacy opposes him.
Kome help has 'actually been given. The
Germans helped Krasnoff to push back
Soviet troops from the rlCersldo suburbs
cf Krasnoff's capital Rostov. Kranoff's
capital Is no longer under the steady fire
from the light artillery of his subjeqts.
Soviet circles In Moscow are convinced
that there Is cloe connection between
Krasnoff's movements on the Don and
the action of the Czecho-Slovaks In seiz
ing a number of stations of the Eastern
nallway, nlthough they fully recognize
that the Czecho-Slovaks probably for the
most part are unaware of the ue being
made of them. The Czccho-Slovak rep
resentative In Moscow admits that the
reason for the delny In sending them to
Vladivostok was the Semenoff disturb
ances on the Manchurlnn frontier and
danger lest these well-dlsclpllned troops
DEFEAT BEFORE PARIS PROVES
ALLIES' STRATEGIC POWERS
Continued from Page One
are so weakened that the central "coup
dc grace" may be launched with better
possibilities of success than now? That
Is the whole problem to which the com
ing weeks will give the answer.
Meailwhlle the gaps In the Allied line
are being more than filled by the srJ
dlers of America, In whose superb spirit
and physical fitness Is being added the
battle training they needed What does
It profit Germany If a hundred square
miles of ground are won In a strategi
cally unprofitable area' More precious
time has been wasted, but the hour for
a victorious decision Is no nearer. And
Germany cannot wnlt Letters found on
the dead and prisoners show that the
home population, faced hy three months
of starvation, is unimpressed by any
victories that nre not the victory
Odds Against flermany
Yet If Hindenburg decides to concen
trate his forces for a last despairing
drive on Paris, the odds are against
him The bloody check the enemy suf
fered In the last week has weakened
his morale and steeled Allied resistance.
The success of the big French counter
stroke points the way to similar opera
tions on a vaster scale. In which the
lack of modern war training of the
Americans will not be a handicap, but
an advantage War of movement re
quires strong, young, dashing troops,
whose accuracy with the rifle Is superior
to their utilization of grenades. A
leader of Foch's quality will not shrink
from a bold course. If the enemy cares
to put the matter to the supreme test,
It may well happen that the American
army will be the big fnctor In his de
feat. Kecret of Petain's Success
It has been said that the secret of
Petaln's rise In three years from the
position of colonel to commander-in-chief
of the French armies is his knowl
edge of when to launch counter-attacks.
The ability to select the right place and
time for a sudden stroke which nullifies
the enemy's gsrins has been the nttrlbuto
of great captains throughout history,
and Is one of the cardinal bases of suc
cessful strategy. In tjiat one word,
counter-attacks, lies the explanation nf
the triumphant French resistance In the
present battle' against vastly superior
numbers jthat and the Indomitable cour
age of the defenders
The master tactician commanding the
army whose sector has been assailed
has so Imbued his subordinates with his
own principles that there Is hardly a
position In the whole range of opera
tions that the Germans have not been
forced to take two or three times over.
For It Is not only the counter-stroke
on a grand scale, like that which has
won back nearly all the Germans' gains
on the left wing, which counts in a
struggle of this kind, where the losses
inflicted on the enemy are far more
Important than a hill or a village saved
or abandoned.
It Is the united change from defense
to attack at the psychological moment
that has maintained this spirit of the
French troops and smashed their
weakened assailants Just as they were
thinking their success was assured.
Again and again a tiny band of de
fenders, holding out In a central redoubt
of some unshattered house have been
encouraged to supreme resistance by the
thought that a counter-attack may bring
rescue at the eleventh hour. Again and
again that counter-attack has succeeded,
Just because the enemy was hampered
hy their resistance In His midst.
Conrcelles Retaken
What happened at Courcelles Is
typical. The village Is situated on a
commanding hill Early Sunday morn
ing, after a short, heavy bombardment
the Germans advanced up the hillside,
green with wheat which Is now shoulder
high. The expense presented a splendid
"field of fire" for the defenders' machine
guns; but the wily boches tied great
bunches of grass around their helmets
and crawled unseen through the green
cover until the Village was almost within
their grasp.
Then a sudden rush of greatly superior
numbers surprised the defending bat
talion and captured the position. Be
fore they could consolidate their hold
the French countered and letook the
village at 9:30 o'clock capturing 200
men and two officers. '
Twice more the enemy attacked that
morning at 10.30 o'clw-ft and a quarter
of an hour later. But now the wheat
had become trampled and cut by th
streams of bullets which bloodily re
pulsed each assault. Again at 3 o'clock
came still a stronger attack.
This time the slaughter of the assail
ants was such that the enemy adopted
new tactics, and, leaving Courcelles for
the moment, passed on toward Mery and
Belloy, whose, capture with that of
Tlessons efiabled them to encircle
Courcelles, on three sides, Only west
ward there remained a narrow strip of
communication between the garrison and
their comrades. At 1:30 o'clock Monday
morning the enemy attacked, after an
other violent preparation. The fighting
waa furious and nrolonged, but at 5
o'clock the assailants gave way reluct-
antiy ana 11 w& uui uhui .w, ...
a half later that the outer defenses were
finally cleared.
ah the morning the Germans tight
ened their net around the beleaguered
irnn.hold and in the afternoon at
tacked three times, at 2:30 o'clock, 7:30
and 10. .
A attempts failed, though the last
penetrated the village, but was thrown
out again by the dash of the French
grenadiers.
On Tuesday the big French counter
trok on tlx left developed, Ud by
tanks, The 'huge machines, rolling and
,i3
RANSOME
should be used on their arrival In the
east against the Soviets.
Certain officers tried to stir up dissat
isfaction, for example, over the fact that
Czecho-Sloval: council troops were requi
sitioned for Moscow. Then there was
the conflict between the Czechs and
Magars at Chelyabinsk, after, which
came the demand that the Czechs should,
to nvolt further Incidents, travel un
armed, except for ordinary guards.
The strategical significance of their
action Is the temporary cutting off of
Ttussla from the Urals, but at Ufa they
have already been disarmed, and com
plete liquidation of the affair Is exV
pected within a few days. French of
ficers arc to sit on the commission of
Inquiry, ,
The political significance of these In
cidents Is an Indirect Increase In the
difficulties) of food transmission. This,
cf course. Is directly to the advantage
of Germany, because, unlike prevlos
Fcontents. such as the Bolshevist dis
content of last summer, the present un
rest has as Its basis the stomach only,
and carries with It nn definite political
movement. Its object at Icnst the ob
ject -with which It Is fanned by the
counter-revolutionaries Is to throw out
the Soviets. It has nothing with which
to replace them. After the Soviets the
deluge, and after the deluge teactlon
nnd Germany working from Kiev.
all the world like battleships In a rough
sea with n flotilla of attendant destroy
ers. Before noon the Courcelles de
fenders were delivered and the enemy
was forced back from the ground he had
paid thousands of his dead to win.
It Is but one such Incident of many,
but I have told It In detail to show just'
how the French are holding the road to
Complegne. The utmost efforts, of the
enemy have brought him along the Matz
vnllek to Mellcocq, but ho can get no
further. Further cast the line of re
sistance has been straightened by the
abandoning of Carlepont wood and) Ours
camn forest
TKe French are back on their old
positions of before the spring of 1915,
whose strength has been proved by many
a hloody fray. Ourscamp Is so low
and swampy as to be useless for artil
lery positions, and even the higher
ground on the right Is dominated bv
Saint Mard wood, which Is held by the
French
F.nemy Dispirited
The new attack on the north of VII-lers-Cotteret
forest meets with small
success. The enemy Is fighting desper
ately, but flesh and blood cannot stand
such pressure, and there are signs of
weakening. Sometimes French counter
strokes have met but feeble resistance;
and. once at least, the enemy voluntar
ily came forward from his defenses to
surrender. German prisoners appear
dispirited, and seem to be realizing that
the Allies are too strong for them.
The work of our aviators has had a
prodigious effect. Enemy masses are
never safe from their nerve-Bhatterln
bombs Night and y, rtoye. Lasslgny.
Montdldier and the. roads leading from
these centers to the front are raked with
aerial destruction. French battle planes
unlike those of the enemy, who
scarcely cross the line at all harass
the German Infantry Incessantly and
break up many attacks almost before
they are launched.
At one point a German battery of
heavy guns was put out of action bv
the air bombers a feat hitherto unpar
alleled who flew intrepidly to drop
charges right on the guns themselves.
TURKS STARVE BECAUSE
OF GREED OF GERMANY
a j . j Washington, June IS.
A detailed survey of the food sltUa-
n in llormanv Auei.u it..
tlon
Bulgaria and Turkey during 1917 has
lusv.bef,n Published as Bulletin 242
UnlteS VIfaU Labor Statistics of the
United States Department of Labor.
TvL.?ePeral; 'I1.6 hUrvey shows that
Turkey is actually starving because of
Lin gArf.e? i' aermany; that Germany
and Austria are not starving, but are
having a very hard struggle to feed
themselves; that Hungary Is In better
shape than either Germany or Austria,
and that Bulgaria, so far as food Is
concerned. Is suffering the least of all
the countries covered.
GUNFIRE ON ALPINE
FRONT, VIENNA SAYS
, .,,, .. Amsterdam, June 15.
Artillery dueling Is taking place along
the Alpine section of the Italian front,
the Austrian war office announces, ac'
cording to a dispatch from Vienna to
2ay' , J".e bl8r w flBhtlng however, waa
described as "moderate."
Along the lower reches of the Plave
Itlver Italian reconnoitring detach
ments were repulsed the statement ad
ded. i-'?r,iMsh a.lrm.an encaged with others
in attacking the Austro-llungarian naval
base at Cattaro wao shot down, It was
claimed.
A supplementary statement dealing
with operations In Macedonia said that
a French attack of twelve hours' dura
tion, north of Devolio In Albania, was
repulsed.
'only demonstration;
declares sea lord
I.nnHnn lima IK
The enemy has merely made a dem
onstration with the hope of causing us
to decentralize our efforts to put down
the submarine," declared Sir Rosslyn
Wemyss. British first tea lord. In an
lnturvl.ew Published here, regarding the
r-bnat activity, off the American
coast.
"This development should not be
la" pry seriously,-' he lam.
"If I were Inclined to bet. I should
say there has not been more than one
submarine off the American coast. I
my u wrung, out tnai is my impression
I have formed. Th Germans cannot
hope to maintain c.ything hi the char
acter of a blockade. The distance Is
too great from their bases.
"The object Id to frighten the Ameri
can people lb. the hope that they may
exert their Influence on their naval au
thorities. Any concentration of effort
Is essential to BUccess.'J
BRITISH AND SCOTCH
RAID NEAR BETHUNE
, I.nndon, June 15.
in a successful Jocal oneratlon In the
sector of Bethune (Flanders front) the
British captured s'hty prisoners the
war office announced today.
The text of the 'statement follows:
"A successful local operation was
carried out latt night by English and
Scottish troops north of Bethune, over
sixty prisoners were captured.
"A few prisoners and three machine
guns were captured also last night aa
J;..!"""",); of successful raids In the
Vlllero-Bretonneux sector,
"An attempted enemy raid on a post
In Aveluy wood was repulsed.
- nere ywas local ngnting at. certain
PRUSSIAN HOUSE AGAIN
REJECTS VOTE REFORM
Fourth Failure to Redeem
' Kaiser's Promise Causes In
creasing, Political Chaos
By GEORGE RENWICK
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
CoiiiHofit. I91S. bu Sew York Times Co.
Amsterdam, June 18.
Jhe political chaos Increases In Ger
many. The 'Prussian lower house's
fourth rejection, by a bigger majority
than ever, of the democratic franchise
reform for Prussia propil'cd to the peo
ple by the Kaiser Is having a serious
effect on the whole German political sit
uation and threatens to result In the
disruption of two great political parties.
The fifth reading of the Prussian
Franchise Reform bill must take place
In twenty-one days, but It la highly Im
probable that any other result will be
obtained. The most serious split Is that
In the National Liberal party. It threa
ens to fall Into two parties, the rrfore
democratic section being slightly larger.
This will be the third disruption suffered
by the party which has-been steadily
losing- ground since the flourishing times
when It was Bismarck's Instrument In
forwarding someof the worst features of
his policy.
The rtomnn Catholic Center party, to
which the Chancellor belongs. Is simi
larly threatened. About one-third of It
is against the franchise reform, though
In this case Vie cement of religion may
prevent a wide breach in the ranks.
From all parts of the country protests
are flowing In upon he executive of the
nartv against the attitude of the reac-
tlonary-wlng. Thd, center's situation Is
made all the worse by the result of the
recent by-election In the Glenwltz con
stituency of Upper Silesia, where a
strong Center (candidate, standing for an
nexation, was defeated by a majority
of nearly 5000 by a democratic Pole In
a constituency where as recently as
1898 the Polish candidate could not ob
tain fifty votes. Center papers !n East
Germany frankly and disappointedly ad
mit the defeat was owing to the candi
date's annexationist attitude.
The nucslon Is, "What will be the
course of action of the Prussian Govern
ment, which promised to stand or fall
by the equal franchise?"
Count Hertllng said recently that he
already possessed the Kaiser's mandate
for the dissolution of the Prussian Par
liament. Will he make use of It? As
far as can be seen he Is hesitating to
come out definitely on the democratic
side, and It Is unlikely that he will do
an thing much before the end of this
5 ear Th4 famous democratizing of
Prussia need not therefore be talked
about for some time.
800,000 American
Soldiers Abroad
Cnntn.aed from rate On
six more miles of front between Rhelms
and the sea than they did on the 21st'
of March.
The German advances. General March
declared, have stretched the Allied line
nn extra sixty-six miles. Because of
this, "the-Importance of getting Amer
icans over Is pre-eminent. We have now
passed the 800,000 mark In troop ship
ment overseas. The 800,000 troops In
clude combatants, medical service, serv
ice In the rear all the units which go to
make up nn army. Any announcement
from the War Department will Include
all kinds necessary for the army.
"The number of troops being sent
across now," he added, "Is limited only
by the, capacity of the boats to carry
them, and we Intend to keep that up."
"The four drives starting March 21.
April 9, May 27 and June 9 are all
parts of a common bcheme of an of
fensive," he said.
"You see a succession of attacks,
the first being thirty-six miles In
ricardy, the next thirteen miles In
Flanders, the third thirty-eight miles
to the Marne and the present, between
five nnd a half and six miles.
"One of the many striking features
of this whole advance Is the 'extent of
the front which the Allies have had to
cover as a result of the German prop
rcss. The total stretching of the line
from Rhelms to the. sea Is slxty-slx
miles. In order to hold that extra line
the Allies had to have more troops than
at the start.
"In these two drives there were two
obvious objectives. The first) was to
reach the channel ports, thus compelling
the Kngllsh. In shipping troops to go
further out to sea, making the journey
longer and more dangerous,
"The second was Paris, which, because
of the sentimental attachment of the
French for It, was of strategic Import
ance. "All these drives have been stopped.
Trying to Straighten Line
"The last advance l more a straight
ening of the German line than a military
movement with a definite objective such
as Paris. Along this line waH a re-en-
ptrant angle, from which could be made
dangerous attacks on me uise nanus.
For this teason It was most advantage
ous for Germany to get the line straight
ened out.
"According to the1 last Information w.
had. the Germans were still attacking
west of Solssons. endeavoring to
straighten out alone the general front.
"In such a case, where there Is a
lnneer line and such strong attacks,
the importance of getting Americans
over Is pre-eminent.
"The matter of the numbers of enemy
troops on the western front is a ques
tion that niust be considered with ref
erence to the divisions which have 'been
known to be there all along and also
with reference to the potential divisions
which might be brought from the east
front. It Is impossible 10 preaicv wuy
when a mastering superlorltyvwlll be In
the hands of the Allies. But' the number
of troops we are sending across now Is
limited only by the capacity of the
boats to carry them and we intend to
keep that up." , . .
The last drive, beginning June, had
(,. w. im thn straightening 01 ine
German line between the apex of the
Amiens salient and the ape xof the
Marne salient. This orive nau un
stopped, the .General saia, ana ne sug
gested that Hlndenubrg could have no
more Important orwk Immediately than
.finishing up. the straightening out of the
line. The reasons General March gave
were defensive. The bulge in the Al
lied line there afforded an opportunity
for counter-attack. But there Is also
an important offensive reason for this.
Hindenburg will want to carry his latest
drive further forward. When the line
is straightened there, the Amiens tri
angle and the Marne triangle will both
be thrown Into, one deep inaenianun uivu
the Allied line.
I'arts of Big OfTensire
.General March's review of the war
since the Amiens drive began was In
teresting, especially because he treated
atl the German efforts as parts of one
great offensive. There was evidently
no disposition on Ills mind to regard
the Germans as making drive here
and then a drive there, as the oppor
tunity arose. They 'had made four
drives, but those four drives were all
part of one single plan, which had two
nhl,ivMvB nn, Ia fflnDle 'England by
the taking of the Channel porta, and.
the other to flanfrjn " "-":v"f
France by the UklfPf-the .capital ofl
Kaiser's Best Badly
Beaten by Americans
Continued from Pace One
ber of prisoners from the Twenty
eighth German Division. The report
said:
"American assistance, which was un
derestimated In Germany because they
doubted Its value and Its opoprtunlty,
worries Tfie German high command more
than It will admit The officers them
selves recognize that among other causes
It Is the principal reason for which Ger
many hastens to try to end the war and
Impose peace. They believe that If we
succeed In holding on for the rest of this
year the German cause will be lost. But
they say that until the end of the yeat
they will allow us no respite In their ef
fort to break our morale and our will to
conquer. They hope t,hat fear of devas
tations and the terror caused In Paris,
as well as continuing attacks of the
German army, determined to end the
war, will get the best of our resistance
before American aid will .become truly
effective.
"All agree'd that the war Is reaching
the supreme crisis at this moment. They
all declare that the offensives will be
renewed and prolonged In view of this
decision until the German forces are ex
hausted. "In addition, the prisoners did not
conceal their great surprise at the train
ing and quickness that 'the Americans
have shown against (hem nor for the
good work accomplished by the artillery,
which for three days engaged In cutting
off tall food supplies and alt re-enforcements
and causing them very heavy
losses virtually all of the officers and
twenty-five of the men were killed or
wounded In a single Infantry company
and twelve In a machine gun company,
of which the ful quota was seventeen
men."
Especially Important In this report
coming from the French army, not be
cause the Americans would emphasize
such statements by prisoners, but be
cause of the probability that the Ger
mans might be rather praiseworthy of
Americans when questioned by our offi
cers with a view to getting better treat
ment as prisoners of war. There Is no
question that this document speaks the
truth.
A letter written by a GernvaA tJfllcer
and found on his body said;
"The Americans are so courageous
that they don't allow themselves to be
made prisoners." Another letter written
by a German private called the Ameri
cans "devil hounds."
'ow or Nerer With Kaiser
It Is now or never with the Kaiser and
he knows It. That Is why every soldier, 1
every gpn, every airplane that America
can put 'In France In the next four
months will be needed as It will never
be needed again. Every resource, every
ounce of strength that the German high
command can .send against the Allied
lines In the next four months will be
hurled forward. ,
The Allied armies must from now on
face offensive a,fter offensive until the
German army Is exhausted.
It Ib definitely known that the leaders
of GermanyiTiave reached this decision.
Their armies have been placed In one
giant system of attack and rest and at
tack and rest so long as It can last.
The Kaiser has staked all on beating
the Allies before winter, for he kriowa
he cannot do It next year, when 2,00(1,000
Americans will face, him, 2,000.000 of
the hardest fighting men his soldiers
ever met
Captured German officers ,say, and
they are supported by captured docu
ments, that the Immediate German plan
Is to make one straight line from Mont
dldier to Complegne to Chateau-Thierry,
A glance at the war map shows that to
do this they must take from the Allies
a salient about fifty kilometers acroia
the base and twenty deep at Its deepest
point. When this Is done their plan !
to hammer and hammer until Paris is
reached. It Is an out-and-out fight for
the next four months, probably the hard
est fighting the world ever saw.
(jarmany Fears America
It Is the Allies' task to hold the Ger
mans during those four months. The
Americans will play an important role
in ,that task, fighting with the aim of
holding the boche until they get after
him overwhelmingly next year,
Germany fears America, and that fear
Is growing. At first the high command
told their officers, and the officers told
the soldiers, that the Americans could
not get to France because the U-boats
would stop them. Then the German
fighters began to One? Americans appear
ing against theni here and there, and
finally at many points. Then the of
ficers told the German s61dlers tlfe
Americans Would not fight. Now the
German soldiers know the American can
and will fight; and more and more of
them are learning It every day. There
Is no lack of evidence that the German
populace fears American power in the
war, and no question that the German
high command is seriously perturbed at
the results when tho real news of the
Americans' fighting gets back to the
people.
WILLOW GROVE PARK
AMERICA'S SUMMER MUSICAL CENTER
Last Week of s
Arthur Pryor and His American Band
FOUR CONCERTS DAILY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
QmniQTc FLORENCE CAVANAUGH, Soprano .
auiAJia ia j lSABEL BRYLAWSKI, Violiniste
THURSDAY, JUNE 20TH
MAY FESTIVAL CHORUS
Juniors Sing 4:30 P. M. - Seniors Sing 9:45 P. M.
Accompanied by Arthur Pryor'a American Band
H.C. LINCOLN, Director
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, : 5 r-
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HOW SOON WILL U.S.
WIN? QUESTION NOW
Answer Dependa Unon Quick-
. ness "With Which Americans
, Outnumher Enemy
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Comirlaht. lilt, bv Xew York Tlmei Cn,
Fnrls, June 15,
America Is a country of Indispensable
last things. Hoover used to say the last
bushel of wheat would -win the war.
Others said that victory would depend
on the possession of the last dollar. But
a more tangible way In which the thing
Is expressed In the face of the presents
German drive toward Paris Is that side .
which can keep coming with the reserves
will win. That surely Is the side on
which America fights. These reserves
are pouring In now. Tho roads from
Parlslo tho north are filled with Jong
lines of American soldiers and their
stlpply trains going up to take their
places on the front.
The big military question Is not what
village changes hands In the fighting of
the day or what river the enemy or the
Allies cross. The question Is:
First. How soon will the coming of the
Americans put the Allies on even terms
numerically with the enemy?
Second. How soon will we outnumber
the enemy nnd win?
Nothing else matters. It is a simple
problem In arithmetic, with the" answer
plainly In sight,
Today's War Names
Following are today's war names
as nearly' as they can be phonetic
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The names are In general unac
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