fit -,-i J. ' ' Ht J 1- j r i- ,W . ' h 1 . f ..v It A I LEDGER-ipHILADELtelA i . vfr- 'ft' EVENING PUBLIC Ill w- -a. ".1 . i , - . . i ' , . ,fp (jj M5E& 0P TO SOLF IRISH QUESTION SPECIAL CABLE DISPATCHES FROM WAR CAPITALS TROBEEMS IMLE PREMIER & t f . - . e JKulc and Draft in ': AUr,rr.r! U.. TT... A .1 - a "' "-i wj new au' f i UIllUDllrtllUU Krfw; )PITT,AR .T Tt0,T I W RULE FIRST on what lie problem of the Jbt fa e 1 a n d Hnnns flriir l'nnl lolicy Can Be Fulfilled Vfit. iui jug w ar . 'hmecial Cable to Evenina Public l.ettr tgffilllvvrtgM, Wit. bv.Xew York Times Co. iyS '"I London, June 23. & tfFremler L.lort Clfnref. nrlrirnctslnc Bfc'.W " -O-, -- -..wW...B pW" f House of Commons caned the baffl nc nrn Trfh situation, said that It wat caus irja- perplexity to the Government, KfV-v Which was now charged with the most jS tremendous responsibility that had fefiL ver been cast upon any In thlc coun- P&iJ' try. It was deallnc. h said, with IwJ i the Problem of cotprnlnir a. rnnntrt- IV ?? tlrhntlt iiai'lnr, 41,. 4.. II .-.-.,...., It- frf '.. imdMfi 1.1IC lull .IOSI.111 Ul us people, tne most difficult problem in trie world. The Government, he said, had first decided, both in the interests of the war and those of equity and fair play is between ono part of the United Kingdom and another, that the time V had come when conscription ought to be applied to Ireland. , Change Irish Government The next step which it took was to make a complete change in the eov ernment of Ireland. It came to the conclusion that In the interests of effi cient administration It was desirable that there should bo a change. He uald that the Go ernment had dele gated Lord French and the chief secre tary to advise it in rogaul to Ireland, and that they had reported that an essential preliminary to the appllca . tion of conscription was to adopt the same process which had preceded con scription in tho remainder of the United Kingdom. They had adlsed the Government, in tho llrst place, before putting conscription in opera tion to enforce the law throughout the whole of Ireland. The second step which they hid ad vised the Government to take was to set up a scheme of voluntary recruit ing;, more or less on the samo pain as that adopted before conscription was 'enforced in Great Britain. fcw- Ka v fcf VU t & m.i IS lrrt Bi.- A6A1N REPORT CZAR SLAIN Russian Paper Says He Was Shot With Revolver Special Cable to Etcning Public Ledger Copyright. 1918, by Xeio York Times Co. Copenhagen June 26. The Russian newspaper VJIa Is quoted by the Na tional Tldende's Stockholm corrccpondmt as stating that tho lied lluards hac murdered the ox-Czar at Hkatcrlnburg. When It was reported thnt Czecho slovak troops were advancing, disturb ances took place there, and It was de clared there was a project to free tho ex-Czar. The Hed Guards broke Into the ex-Czar's residence and killed him with a revolver. A dippntch received in Berne on Sat urday quoted tho Zeltung Am Mlttag of Berlin as paving that tho former Hub slan IJmperor had been transferred from Ekaterinburg to Moscow for safekeep ing. The former lmperor and impress and one of their daughters were trans ferred to Ekaterinburg from Tobolsk on May 4. ROUT OF AUSTRIA SHAKES GERMANY Morale of People Sinks and Hope of Victory Fades WHERE THE AMERICANS FACE THE GERMANS IN FRANCE ALARMED BY AIR RAIDS Seek A.aenl of People Another part of the policy was to at tempt to" set up some form of govern ment In Ireland that would tterurp thn , assent of the majority of the nonula- f.j tlon. Tilr. Llojd Georgo fcald he agreed wthat the"oGvernment could tint fnrrp tuB-li through. In the middle of a Kreat war. a isure -which was regarded as highly tentlous by powerful bodies In this itry. In his Judgment, when the nol- IcSSlejnof tva Government was proclaimed, t'fi tktre was a fair doarree of absent in I lie K&jitai that an effort ought to be made to R3&J3 rry through a measure of self-govcm- raent in ireiana lie dia not Delleve It y ' Was beyond the capacity of the oHuse Iri-Aki tA earrv thrnnirh Kiirh a mAnsurn ultlh 154 WOUld deal wisely and equitably with ETiI W Wna KfirPl' It hjirl nnl Ka nqlil . throueh. It vv.ir n. mnct fntjl hlimrla 8 & p - 1 . yfj V uuly Blow -3 He referred to the conspiracy In Ire- ". wuu, lit ft, v.. 1, 110 oaiu, iuiveiui iei-Qr.-1 annnlltlAa worA Ancairad rcltV. tl,A a. V Ain tn anhirt nrltltiVi ruin In Trataml ZJCs -. IT --"- --- " ..t.... Jur, lioyu ueorge said tnat under ri j ,1. appreciably, as victory and peace were vjsed the Government to take was to promised In a few months as a result or the present offensive. Meantime, according to news from Dusseldoif, the condition of the popula tion there grows worse dallv, and al though suffle'ent additional food Is dis tributed to the workmen, the entire lack of fats Is telling on digestion The morale of he people has weakened considerably and bulletins announcing victories are no longer believed. It Is a current say ing that to save tho Hohenzollerns all the men fn Germany must be sacrificed. According to Information from Ussen, smallpox has broken out there to a serious extent and there have been sev eral deaths already, although every pos sible measure has been taken to com bat It Great fear prevails In Holland that many of these sicknesses will cross the frontier, and many precautions are taken on the Dutch border. A good harvest Is hoped for and an Increase In rations as a result. The wheat and potato crops promise well. In certain parts of the country there are still a great number of cattle and In other parts the raising of pigs has greatly developed Flour used for bread Is better than th-it used last year, and the people who have tasted the lpaves of bread say It Is even better and whiter than that In Holland In the Rhine provinces only five bakeries out of every hundred are work ing. This Is done to save fuel and raw material. The makers who are not operating ro teive bread for customers from the five Mho work." 1 -, A. TlnlnlMH mUIImav. .... .........1 n . yfnacti wiui rcgani 10 ine piui Willi! -cm ucibiau municu rtio tuncu iu 'iff- Germany was a deadly blow at Ihelork at railway stations in German ihis ni ureal oruaiii ami ui sue At-LurmK iu auuigruaine iniormauon received In reliable reports from Ger- n 'iTsates peril. many anu irom statements maae Dy CtAVrtS 11 ogfrl Via l q u still hmipfiil thnt nnr. i ....... I.. i, t .t... un u- . Allied air raids lnt Germany, and especially the attacks on Cologne and Mannheim, have had an excellent effect from the Entente viewpoint.. In the recent raid on Cologne bombs fell on electric railways and three cars were pulverized. More than fourteen houses were seriously damaged or de stroyed. The station also was badly damaged by bombs According to an official but unpublish ed German report, .98 persons were killed and 461 were wounded. committed by those who home rule that they did through at the time. believed In not put it IVltfeseconditions It was impossible for a 8l BHoment to attempt to legislate, at any rSs unt" these misunderstandings had K iBSoment to attempt to legislate, at any ' i9 men removed. TIia ration nf tlii Sinn HwFMaera with regard to the plot with &f. Special Cable to El citing Public Ledger Corirlaht, tsit, by .Vein 1 ork Times Co The Hague, June 26 Your correspondent has received au thoritative information from a recent ar rival from Germany that the morale of the people there Is greatly affected bv the bad news from Austria, where the are expecting to hear of a revolution anv day The people feel that It will then be up to them alone to shoulder the consequences of the war, and this has had a terrlfvlng effect The spirit of depression Is very strong among the middle and military classes as every one believes that there will he another winter campaign, with all Its attendant misery. Ltrge posters, some Illustrated, some printed, are exhibited to encourage the people and show them uerman victories, but the public no lonnger reads them Anxiety Is omni present, showing up even during re joicing At present verv little Is allowed to appear In the German press about the Austrian and Hungarian cris s. but when the Germins realize the full significance of the Austrian troubles and the failure of the offensive in Italy, as well as the large masses of American troops that arc already on the western front, the depression Is llkelv to increase con siderably. Hope of victory has receded fiAPfSy Vr (3) , -5fV.frfV - ctu't's ( . -i - i The forces of General Tcnliing have been identified in eight distinct rectors of the western front, as indicited by the numbered arrows on the accompanying map: 1. On the Pirardy front, where they captured the town of Cantigny, 2. Near Neuilly, to the west and north of Chalcau-Thicrrj, where they iive captured Belleau Wood. 3. East of Chatcau-Thierrv, where they arc brigaded with the French. 4. On the cistern side of the St. Mihlel salient, about Seichcprey, Xiv ray and Fliery. 5. Near the Rhine-Manic Canal, east of Nanry. 6. Near Dadonvilliers, east and south of Lunevillc. 7. Southeast of St. Die, where the battleline crpsses fjom Lorraine into German territory. 8. In German Alace, near Gcbwcilcr. 9. Near the Swiss border. AMERICANS TOO FIERY TO SUIT GERMANS WHCHPACED THEM Teuton Soldiers' Letters Betray Their Dread of Opposing Dauntless Yankees Bodies, Fed on Sour Food, Bewail Their Diet By EDWIN L. JAMES Special Cable to Eiening Public Ledger I have always been lucky Many nf. ion by Sew York Times Co con1"dcs are already burled hee of my The enemy sweeps every evening the whole countrjslde with rifle and ma-ehlne-gun fire and then artillery Are But we In the front line are safer than those in a support position. At present i our food Is miserable. We are now fed upon dried vegetables and marmalade, and when at night we obtain more food It Is unpalatable. It Is half sour and I cold In daytime we receive nothing"' Another German letter, dated the same das. said- i "I have no more courage to work day and night and do sentrv duty on dried i vegetables and marmalade Vou villi i not believe what we must suffer from the continuous encmj- fire. In addition to all this there Is no leave and no thought of It even It Is enough to make one desperate I have had nothing to smoke for six days." If they desire accuracy, the Kaiser's publicity men will do well to get a copy of a letter from a member of the famous Tw'entv -eighth Division, from which the following extract has been taken. This division has now- been taken cut after spending two weeks agalnt an American unit: Admit United State Sueresn "As far as my health Is concerned, I am faring well, and that Is a very Im portant thing. We are again In the front line becadso an American division opposite to us has achieved1 some success, and we. as a model division, arc going to make gncd this loss At the present moment we are llng in reserve In a small woods, where-we have made dug outs, which we have furnished as com fortably as possible with all sorts of stuffs collected from a nearby Inn. Of course, we are gettng all sorts of knocks from the enemy artillery. I which, especially at night, shoots at us I accurately. Up to now everything has gone pretty well, but we hope to be relieved pretty soon and once again get some rest, because If one has been more ' than fourteen dass in this mix up one I has more than sufficient." I From one German division fronting the Americans, deserters have come Into With the Amerlran Army on the Marne, June 24. A German semlofficitl statement re ferring to cowardice of American sol diers Is a most nb'urd attempt to furnish palatable reading for home consumption. What the Germans wno have faced the Americans have to siy about their fight ing Is Just the opposite to what the Germans In Berlin .have to sav when making the wish father to the thought. To prove this, I pis bv numerous statements by captured Germans as to the good fighting qualities of the Amerl cins, for one might say that they cur ried favor, and I quite from a letter taken from the bodv of a German sol dier killed by Americans north of the Bols de tlelleau. He belonged to the Seventh Company, Third Reserve Hr natz Regiment, and this Is part of a let ter he wrote home under date of June 21: "merlcans Too rierjr" "We are now- tn the battlefront and canteens dare not come lo us on account of the enemy, for the Amerlcani are bombarding villages fifteen kilometers behind the present front with long-range guns and you will know that canteen outfits and others wno are ljlng In rf servo do not venture very far, for It is not pleasant 'to eat cherries' vlth Americans. The reason for that Is that they have not yet had much exper'ence. American divisions arc still too fiery. "We will also show the Americans how good we are, for day before s ester day we bombarded them heavily with our Fas. This had caused them already great losses, for they are not yet suffi ciently experienced with gas bombard ment About 400 of us are llng around ! hare "We have one corner of the woods and the Americans have the other cor ner That Is not nice, for a!) of a sud den they rush forward and one does not I know It beforehand Therefore one I must shoot at every little noise, for one cannot trust them "Here alwavs two men dig a hole for tnemseives tiere one lies day ana ' our unes. This is the Elgthty-seventh night without a blanket, only a coat and dng0n. and Is known as the "aluminum half shelter One freezes at night like .division" it came tn this front fmm jl. if . I C sW fZ v) 1 1 1 FRANCE TO STICK TO FINAL DITCH Fall of Paris Would Not Put French Out of War handsomely turned tnerc. Unless he Is able to break through the western front on the next trial It Is not believed that he will have enough men and material to stage another large-scale offensive. Mis soldiers can no longer be stimulated to superhuman effort and behind In Ger many Is n civilian community, limp and sick with hunger and hope deferred. And worst of nil Is Austria, where1 Doctor tiudendorff has been called, post haste, to administer tho oxygen treat ment) which usually is a preliminary notlco to the undertaker. ' BRACE FOR LAST DRIVE VICTORY OF ITALIANS CEMENTS ALL PARTIES a tailor, for the nights are fiercely cold. I hope I w 111 be lucky enough 'to escape from this horrible mess, for up to now Russia, and contains many discontented Alsatians and Poles, who, deserters say, do not wish to fight Americans J Uu InHrlentn nf thn last few weeks 1n jiS$IteUnd to Interfere with the progress of Evntitkat nl!e Trptnnn nnrht tn tnlfA tier 'bare In the war. It was the duty of the WySov ernment, first of all, before It took ny further action In this matter, to see tJM'mtotit '.'j'lprltlsll Empire at the moment of its ri inwatest nerll. ft' 'He said he was still hopeful that nor-??-& mal rnnHltinna would bo restored In PSpSjIreland and that a ettlement of the sps .t jjrjsn prooiem wouiu db imt:iu:auie -mi CJ A -U AHO UUICII1IIIEIII, Ht S3K said, stood by the policy It had pro- KJjy claimed, but In the methods of adminla- r!5 t-atlnn It must he nrlvised hv the man to, whom it had intrusted the admlnls- 1V tratlnn In Ireland. Wf'Slt, hoped the House would not allow rf'w'fe., the temporary bitterness arising out of 1 Fl''tHt Ireland had opportunities to come jMjBYohuitarlly Into the struggle Kttffc $ A.qulth Agree. p-VftJ Vlfnpm.B Ttrsml.li Aon.lltl, fnUAi. Ine. BjsEr.SSJWoy'l George, said that he agreed with pjxk everything that was said In the latter jSTfHft f the Prime Minister's speech re- '-lfM ararnlna- the urt-enev nt an Irion Kettle. ftki-f stent as a necessity of war. The war it I Fl 4, would be seriously hampered by the ex- ?t'.4,lttence of this outstanding and unset ft3tU$Ued Irish problem. f'Sjsiis'There were masses of Irish subjects JpKSt-i? U the great communities of the 6y3j!w, WO wn. There was in the United States s.5. ! an.. lrlh nnnillatlnn ffl- f-renter than :''-V' 'to be found in Ireland Itself. So long '"t!.-.. the predominant feellnE of those ood- i;:s.(,toiu was one of unsettlement and n.-'ven resentment against the existing i'nwatems of government in Ireland, so ,r9Mt would the British armies, if not ,.3Uf j w- i .i in - fft pMlVlj'CU, UQ iiaui'ccu ,, t.1113 iiiudc t V Look for this Sign tf on the Grocer's Window MMBHM m I. . "n Community Stores m We Servo You Save I I ' ' ' - -- J H Seeley's Adjusto Rapture Pad fncreacea efficiency of a truss 60 -..- Sil lw J7.H GREATEST RUPTURE RETAINER The leir-adjutlu fMtnna ef thU r4 Dike It cam to wear. ni th Thnafc Srrew Besnlator allows et alterlmi on ore at will. Ito.t raptor stdw lwu woff ntu truaus that seemed rttht In the beclnnlnt; were not. Onr ImDrove rppllaneea and adTanced method tosaTa BprotemaBt for aerr tiu and aura manr. -B. 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Ken greater demonstration", If pos sible, are made to the soldier king, who, since the beginning of hostilities, has remained constantly at tho front, wish ing to be In dally contact with his sol diers, whom 'ho has treated as If he were their father, shailng their hard- American Aid Was Factor Necessary to Give France Strength CHARLES H. GRASTY Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Covurtoht, 1011, by .Veto York limes Co. T.nndon, June 26. Coming away from France after a so lotirn of fhe months and looking back from this side tf the Channel, one feet Increased confidence that the French people will be equal to all emergencies. They are bracing themsehes for the Im pending attack which the enemy Is ex pected to make. Prcpiratlons for a possible withdrawal of Chilians from the xapital hao been going forward under cfjr eyes for weeks, absolutely without panic and with thnt spirit of painstaking conservation which Is peculiarly French It Is all the more wonderful, when one remembers that the French endured enough to kill anv other two nations when Germanv brought cer thing from the cast. and. fitting out her full force with all the I devil's tv.n lnentlons, launched It fujl at tne defender s heart On all sides a person returning from France Is asked what w 111 happen If Tarls fall" As the French are not afraid to stand up und look this possibility In the face, no one else need be. Trance Will Stick France will stick under all circum stances She has not endured four jears of agony to weaken now. But she Is practical as- well as heroic She knews that she ha furnished the battleground and the backbone for fills great stand for civilization. She has earned the good will of the world, and cin under take the huge task of rebuilding with ever.vbody rendv to help her in such ways as her self-respect will permit her to accept Then there Is the Clemenceau govern ment, which has stcod like a rock In the iccent etorms. Perhaps, without that old-timer. France lacked the means to give administrative expression lo her faith and courage to meet whatever might befall. American Aid A Itat One more thing was necevsarv to give France the strength to go through American help. It came, and how s:rong-Inged and splendidly opportune was Its coming Kven In these last few months, when Pnrls has been constantly under the fire of long-range guns and air raiders and at times brute force In monstrous forips peered In at the very gates of the capi tal. France ha neer lost her tran quillity, and those who were best In formed were sure of her. 13ven now she is ready to contribute her share to hold any any line, however, far west the Ger man prcssuie may thrust It. In England the events of the last few dap havo created hopes more than opti mistic. Until the boeho Jumps from the springboard again nobody dares to predict without knccklng on wood, but In their hearts all feel that at last the tide has definitely turned Hlndenburg held Italy as a terror over the Allies, but the tables have been Plated Table 'Silver for Summer Homes Wc carry a large stock of silver-plated 'tableware, in cluding the best patterns of the leading manufacturers. For an inexpensive pattern wc recommend the "Monroe." Tea Spoons, per doz. $2.00 Dessert Spoons. per doz 3. BO Dessert Forks. per doz. 3 B0 Dinner Forks, per doz 4 00 Dessert Knives, per doz 4, B0 Dinner Knives, per doz. B.00 S. Kind & Sons, mo chestnut st. 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