71? VV'l ?v ::? i k Iff f W j Mm:- '& 'V -y(r.j'r"jv,- v- r x, VV7 . 11..., . VVTVi.'j. 1 ,r .T tK"A'irX V HWlii"' J " t . ?( I f " i J ' W . rt 3 J Gr fXTBlilO; rLErKERpAlL'ADELPpiI TtJESDAXp JUNE 25, ; 1918 - ' ; " rkZ?$ BEOWAWAITED BY LLOYD GEORGE w Premier Tells Commons Allied Man-Power Soon Will Be Superior RAISES U. S. SPEED Voices Confidence in,Outcomc of Approaching Big Struggle Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger : Cor-jrliltt, Wit, hj .Veto York Times Co. London, June 2j. Premier IJoyd George in the House of Commons this afternoon paid trib ute to the speed with which American troops hid been 6ipatched to Trance and Vnade an impprtant statement on the relative strength of the Allied s'nnd German armies. lie said he ex pected that In a comparatively short time the Allies would be stronger than the Germans, and he voiced the confl uence of the Allied commanders in tile outcome of the approaching struggle. Referring to the American troops, he said: "There is no doiibt that the num bers that have come in since March 21 Have been satisfactoiy. 1 oould go bejond that. It Is an amazing piece, of organization which has enabled the United States to bilng vast numbers of flrst-rate American troops to France." J. M. Hogge, a Labor member, in terrupted the Premier by saying: "The figures are in the papers. Mr. Lloyd George remarked: "Oh, all right, Trien mere is noin 4 lng more to -state, it my honorable "friend Is satisfied with them. I hope the Germans are also satisfied. But I cannot give you any more figures. All I can say is that they are sum , clent to encourage the Allies and I think they will be quite sufficient, to disappoint and ultimately to defeat our foe. The troops are of the best qual ity. Some of them are already in the fljhtin line and I hope to see many more; of them there In a very short time." Referring to the numbers of the Al lied foices the Premier said he had already discussed them in his speech on the Maurice affair, and went on: Maurice Figures Accurate. "I think the relative strength of the contending forces Is very accu rately presented by General Maurice himself In the document from which I quoted when he said they were as nearly equal as they could be, Since the time when I made my statement In a secret session there has undoubtedly been an enormous addition of strength n thn German army from Russia. "I quoted of the House statement made by General Maurice, which, I should think, accurately represented the relative strength of the two forces on March 21. The Germans themselves are claiming tint they are inferior in numbers. They have done so repeat- ,-v cdly. That doe3 not alter my view in the least ot wnat mo position ivaa " then. They probably do so In order to exaggerate their prowess afid they clalm that the defeats which they say they inflicted upon our armies ana up'on the l-rencn were noi in me iqpsi r auriDuiaDio iu amicnui uuiuucid. Uncertain of Io "clnrtA thnt date there are a cood J manv facts which, are not ascertainable and which are elementary In computa tion of the relative strength of the two forces for Instance, losses We know our own losses The Germans exag gerate the enormous losses they have In flicted on all our allies that wo know. It Is Just possible that we may be ex aggerating the losses Inflicted upon the v Germans, but It Is quite Impossible to Nell what the real losses are, except that undoubtedly the losses Inflicted on the Germans have been very heavy, and that they have drawn upon their re- hcrvts Until you know exactly what they are, It Is Impossible to make com putation up to date. "We know what accessions the Ger i.ians have had from other spheres Of course we know the accessions of strength that have come to us. But, there are so many elements which" can L not bo computed. You can not say at present precisely what the relative strength of the forces on both sides Is at the present moment. The American troops are coming at a great rate, and I should not be very much surprised If . In a rnmnaratlvelv short time tne Aiuea, 1 strength on the western front would not be greater than the German. . Germans Ue East Reserves " "They are in the position of ha lng to IV draw on their last reSeres, which may Vbe thrown in In the course of the next I) month or two, ana mey nae nu iuiu" M ...... AH . nll unnn avPOnl hV the lllOSt .Incites) IU ..C1I I' - wv Iramatlc combing out of men of military age from essential Industries. There Is Fom Indication that they are resorting .-.to that. All this is proof ot tne very ' in the course of this campaign "The next couple of months the posi tion must naturally be a very anxious one: but the position Is gradually Im proving from the Allies' point ot view, and all I can say is, without any ap pearance of boasting which, of course, would be folly In a strugglo of this kino, that the Allied generals feel confident as to the issue. On Eto of Great Eients "Wo are on the eve of lery treat events. There may be a great blow romliig, perhaps within the next few hours rcrtalnly within the next few 'lays and 'the Usuo of the campaign mav drnend unon it. The Allies never felt better prepared to meet It." I Mr. Lloyd George liau no lmormauon fe e1o on Kussla One gathered from his speech that Russia's disintegration xjas complete and, with the utmost good will, tne urmsn uovernnicni yu fcled as to the best method of helping the people In the chaotic conditions, that rir.iaiwi in that country. 'As to Japw. & ihe .only Allied country that has access -4 in Russia, he was markedly noncommlt- la) and spoke with the greatest clrcum- apeciiuii. Tho difficulty, as regarucu jiussia, no sald. was that it had not one govern- T muni, but many. There were ae facto . irnwrnments everywhere, and a foreign t-1 power could not deal with any one body tit persons in any pan oi jiyBia mm m av that It -represented Russia' as a M, whole. It would be to the interests oi England, he said, and also Just and Oenuitable. that the Governinent should IV stand by Russia, If Russia Bvanted it. .? f Russia had been treated' brutally b UerniUiljr. raw in w, u.o.,.w.,.v.u, ,i and the treaties entered intfi with her t ) had not been -respected by the Germans twenty-four hours afterward. 1" Russia aettlnc Rlfbt View IT These facts, he said, were getting well U into the minds of the Russian popula,- -, tlotl, anu ine lepung uim an mo mucs tn satisfy ineir ig rcillsq wh.tt f-OfcrmiiU militarism meant; their hatred deeper, and Russia was readier now than she had been for many months to tak part In any movo wTilch would drive the Germans tiut. The difficulty which the Tremler saw was one or access The only power, he said, which had access In Russia wag Japan. London, June 25. In the course of his address to the House of Commons, Preml-r Llod George referred to the Italian vlctbry as follows' Terhnps t, ought to say a word on Italy The ifallin victory Is one of the most portentous events of the jcar and It may have Infinitely greater results than other victories which look bigger It s a defest Inflicted on a Power not in the best condition to sustain It "Here a great encounter within the Austrian empire Is being held. All the strength she has been nblo to gather Is being held, because for this attack she brought up every avallablo man. Considerably more than 60 per cent of the Austrian effectives were cpgaged In this attack. Had they captured the Montollo position they might have got behind the whole Allied position, and It, might have been disastrous "But they were held by the Itallin army The pressure against them In creased dally, and now the'Austrlans arc In full retreat, and the only question Is, whether they will bo able to effect trfelr retreat "The Italians have recaptured Mon-4 tello, and are now for the first time In months on the left side of the Plave. They have captured a number of guns and recaptured half the guns, lost In the first offensive. Austrian Defeat Disastrous "The Austrian army committed Its whole strength to this great offensKe, and had Inflicted upon It one of the greatest disasters In the war. This 'at a time of serious discontent In Aus tria, when three-fifths of the population are completely out of sympathy with the objects ot the war. As a matter of fact, they are far more In sympathy with the alms of the Allies, and vyjien three fifths of the population are well aware that their only chance of achieving an) thing In the nature of freedom for themselves was to secure n great Alfled victory, and at a time when the whole of the Austrian prisoners belonging to one great and powerful race InAift. trla were actually congreaUng In order lo come oier and ffght on the Allied side in Siberia. I refer to the Oiecho. Slovaks. This Is a matter of great slg nlfleance and hope. "With regard to the western front It would be a mistake to think that the danger Is over. But whatever our dif ficulties may be. the Central Powers' difficulties are infinitely grcAter, with populations driven by hunger to some thing In the nature not merely of dis content and sedition, but even In some Important cities In Austria to revolt, and with more than half the Austrian army svmpathlzlng with the objects of the country with which they are fighting "The Ceritral Powers also have dif ficulties In other countries In Bulgaria and Turkey I point these things out not to raise false hopes, but to show that all we nerd Is to keep steady, en dure and stand fast There Is not the faintest doubt In my mind, surveying the whole position and looking at the whole facts, that our victory will be complete " 3 ssssr V . iIssssblf I SsV WSjSSBBBsftSSSSf ( hv WsMSi B; " v ' ;! Sr a-'ssBj: F 1 HHIBk 'jSBBBB9SB 4l 4 S : Hkb eTssm aa j I ; Wr .- Jm ' H I M "; IKrT ylssssssssss 1 DR. WILLIAM M. PbLK, NOTED SURGEON, DIES Was Dean of Cornell Medical College Prominent Con federate Veteran vROTARlANS IN SESSION Expect 6000 Delegate to Reg ister at Kansas City Kansas Cltv. Mo, June 26 Dele gates tr the ninth annual convention of the International Association of Ro tary Clubs came Into Kansas CUy on 1 every train today It was expected 6000 'would register before tonight Many of tho ' big" men of rotary are New York. June 25 already herc f mrst lnlcrcst' rcr Dr William Mecklenburg Polk, a "P. "as 'no a"al of the Brltlsh "p" noted surgean and g necologl.t. former resentatlvcs Andrew Home-Morton. president of the New York Academy of President of theBrltlsh Absoclatlon of Medicine and Dean of Cornell Medical Notary Club-, and Thomas Stephenson. School, died vestcrday. In a sanitarium I "" Kdlhburgh editor, who Is the secrc In Atlantic City In hlsseventy-fourth " f l10 nrltlsh clubs came ear. Doctor Polk was also a dlstln- to this country especially to attend the gulshed Confederate veteran of the , Kan-aB City convention At his bedside when he ex- lne " lorn"1 meeting in connrewn with tne international gatnermr was n BELLEAU WOOD TAKEN BY SKILLFUL TACTICS AMERICANS OCCUPY GERMAN TERRITORY LIEUT. FREDERIC WHITAKER Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Whitaker, Glenside, who lias been made officer in charge of solo fljinp at the United Slates aviation field, Lake Charles) La. He is a West Point graduate and was formerly attached to the United States aviation field at Wichita Falls, Tex., where lie received his commission JERSEY MILITIA PLANS HIKE Gettinc Down to Real Soldier Life at Camp Edge Camp Edge, Sea C.lrt, June 25 A big hike Is planned for tho latter part of this week for the New Jersey militiamen w ho are In camp herc. It Is planned to stay out all night If weather conaitions per mltj The militiamen have passed the first stages, and are getting down to real work on this their sixth day In camp Two more companies went to the rifle ranee for target nractlce vesterday. Companies C, of the first battalion, from Atlantic City, and n, of the third bat talion, of New Brunswick. The militia men are taking the regular organized militia course, which Includes shooting for record at 300, BOO and 600 yards slow fire and 200 and 300 yards rapid fire In addition, they are being given special In struction In slow -fire shooting at 200 jards. For three dajs the soldiers have felt tho discomforts of cold weather Al though they were provided with the usual quota of blankets, the weather has been so extremely unseasonable that overcoats have been worn throughout the day. Civil War. plred were his wife, his son. Frank L. Polk, former corporation counsel of New York city and now counsellor o: (h Hot,, Baltimore This was followed the State Department nt W ashlngton, . wjtj, a luncheon at 1 o'clock nt the Hotet and Mrs Frank L.Polk Muchlebach At 2 o'clock the directors Doctor Poik reccntlj went to Atlantic' met with the district govcrnora at the City from his home because members Biltlmorc At 7 o'clock tonight a dinner of his famllv had become worried about was given at the Muehlbach for the In- hls continued 111 health Ail" a raiiy. tcmatlonai oincers anu iamiucs wno are he suffered a heart attack wh ch caused guests of tho convention his death. , William Mecklenburg Polk, son of nuhnn and Lieutenant General I.eonldas and Frances Devcreux Polk, was born In Ashwood, Maury County, Tenn. August . 15 i84t. His early education was oh-. v ar Department Declares JMen tal'ned In Marlon. Ala . and at St James I Afc Necle(1 ,Q pr0luce Coal College, rvvnerc nc prepaid . -i . viri-lnln Mflltarv Institute at . Scranton, Lexington, th nerftnni Thomas A. Stonewall) Jackson There war Department, telegraphed Instruc h. .,rr.,,i th mathematical and rclen- tlons notlfj lng the local army recruit German Cunning Outmatched by AmericQn Cleverness in Strange Fight , VAIth the merlrans on the Marne, June 25 The fight In which the Americans com pleted their conquest of Belleau wood was one of the strangest of the war German machine guns, cunningly hid den In trees and on pullcss between trees, were fired from different points Most of these enemy weapons were en sconced behind rocks, however, from meeting of the International bonrd of! where they spat contlnuonslj The A forward, dropping with the aid of roots and branches into declivities where tl would lie motionless for a moment Then they would resume their stealthy progress Kventuallv they swarmed over manv emplacements only to find that the Bodies had fled with their guns, leaving tho ammunition behind A e-les of such evacuations resulted In an ap preciable advance of the American Hue. STOP RECRUITING MINERS Pa, June 25 Declaring niii. .""' ",: ,. that tho production of coke of anthra-,-a. then conducted under, cUe coa) houd hc ln no av interfer(.d il direction of deneral umii Adjutant General McCain of the Jtonewall) Jackson There war Department, telegraphed Instruc- i.- .,ii,mitlri.l mid Felon- tlnns notlfv Inc the local army recrult- tlflc course preparatory to admission to mg officers not to enlist applicants w ho tine course '""J-l,1",l"' ' ,h q,a.0, ' arc employed about the mines Similar West Point. The war between the State, n,truct',0I;,f ,t ,, understood, have been nterferea vuin nis pians, m- " -.!,... received by recruiting stations in tne service In 1861 under General Jackon , nnthracite region n nichmond ns drill master of the Vlr- Vdjutant General McCain declares I .Tinln statn troons Trom April. 1861, to May. 1805, Doctor Polk was continually In active service , In May, 1863, he was appointed as sistant chief of artillery. In Polk's Corps, and subsequently captain In the Adjutant General s Department A large part of his experience In the Confederate army Is Interestingly recnaeo, m a i"j volume work which he wrote and pub lished ln memory of his father. PRODUCE MARKET GROWS Waf Workers Create Demand on Jersey Farms Bridgeport, N J., June 25 Although the best of markets are offered for their products nt Wilmington, Chester and other places across the Delaware River, Jersey river-front farmers will be unable to supply all the demands for fresh vege tables this summer, as the same Indus trial boom tint has made business so brisk on the Pennsylvania and Delaware shores has also set down thousands of workmen and their families at the very front doors of the Jersey farmers In tho stretch between Pennsvllle and Gloucester it Is estimated that there are now from 10,000 to 40,000 more per sons, mostly shipbuilders and muntlon workers, to buy farm produce than there were two years ago. tint every pound of loal is needed to win tho war and that hereafter no miners, laborers or other persons en gaged In the Industry will be eligible for enlistment In the regular services of tho United States army. CARMAN QUITS ON TIME Desert9 Trolley, Full of Passen gers, in Chester Street riienter. m . June 25 Better trollev service was assured CheMers' council b General Superintendent William A llelndle, who declared that the shortage of motormeti and conductors was respon sible for Inefficient sen Ice complained of An Illustration wbr observed when a wntorman left a car filled with passen gers ln the middle of a block hecause Ills time was up. and a long -alat fol lowed until another motorman was obtained Hold Trenches Southeast of St. Die, Where Battlelinc Crosses Lorraine Limit With the American Armies ln France, June 25 American troops are holding a mountainous sector southeast of St. Die. where the hattlellne crosses lrom Lorraine Into German territory, It Is now permissible to announce Our men have been ln the trenches herc since the first of June, hut no men tion of their presence was allowed until the Germans had made the discovery themselves This occurred Sundav. when an enemy raid on this sector resulted In two Americans being captured Another boche raid near Baccarat, between St Die and Luncvllle, resulted In the capture of other American pris oners German artillery was quite active north of Tout last night, probable In retaliation for the shelling our gunners gave thflr rear areas a few hours be fore An air battle occurred over Thlau court (behind the German lines on the Toul front) without losses by either side SOLDIER TAKES BRIDE CTMM fowdeiTbeats Plant at Nashville Awiy Schedule "its." Afc , ' i Wilmington. Del.. June 25. "Old HM ory." the Government area! smolufc po-nder plant near Nashville, Tenn. hM. begun the manufacture of euncottoa. This Insures the production of smoJKKA, ahead of" the original contract time. li.v ficlals of the du Pont Engineering Com gi paiiy. milieu is uuiiuiiis nun pjani ivry ' t UIB uui ci mucin Hi (Jtuui ui uu U9llrw;,C' M announced today that an entire trait," iJW seu-BUBiaimng, uning u own steam, t f water, electrical current ana raw mate- rials produced in tne ground, is in oper'Jj atlon readv to turn out virtually 1U fuHi capacity of 100,000 pounds per day CJjr" guncotton "sfWf This achievement Insure steady flow q ot powder for the American army' ill P.; France and completes one ot the men. .ntw n1n kin ah rrti unfltlir l si rl AAnkt1til4ljtBt. feat In the history of American war hKsV dustry. f ly M Edwarrl-Forner Nuptials Are Held at Allentown Mlrnloirn, Pn . June 25. A mllltarv wedding was solemnized at the home of Mr and Mrs John E Edwards. In the fashionable West End, when their son. Sergeant J Beaumont Edwards, a con struction engineer of the Quartermaster's Department at Cnmp Meade, took as his bride Miss Blanche Forner, known as the beauty of her clv when she was graduated from tho Nurses' College of the Allentown Hospital last lear The ceremonv was performed by the Bev Dr J. T Sa'chell mM& Big bugs a Little Buos That Dettroy Garden Crop Can be controlled by using modern Insecticides Arsenate of Lead (Faate). 40c lb., S Ihs. (1.75. Hendeana (the rose bng rintrnver), 25c, 60c, $1.00 per bottle. nordeaax Mixture (for blight , 30e lb., a lb Il.IS. Xknteen (for plant llea) :5c bottle, (1.50 pt. - TRKB TANt.LEFOOT A htlrkr nubstance that will prerent caterplllara rleNtrovIng trees, 1 lb. SOe 3 lb. S1.45 J4 SO for 10 lbs. Vecetabte rianta, all klndR, fresti from our Nur eerlea every mornlnr. Catalog Free M.M 5f ' m "Ti J1J -ii i i a - fl & -w .' This Week Only A Free Tube This Offer on Pepsodent Ends Saturday Night Present This Coupon Today ' 43 1 r-J?. i. I J As a Courtesy to the New Residents of Philadelphia this Store will be open every evening this week, that they may have an idea of the first of Amer ican stores. A 'special deputation of our clerks and their officers, who come on duty only in the afternoon, are fresh in the evenings to welcome strangers and visitors. ' m The Furniture, Housefurnishings, ChinaVCut Glass, Carpets, Kugs and Bedding are having their August Sale, which is one of the great events of the City and of the Country. : The Dairy Restaurant is open for the con venience of those who come without having had their dinner. The Grand'Court is a public rendezvous, and the greatest organ in the world is being played. A novel, nw kind of store is on the Lower Floor, called the Down Stairs Store. Those who have not seen it will be surprised. 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