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4 FHENCH SOCIALISTS
Albert Thomas Heads New
Patty Which Will Not Deal
With Germans
SpecialjCable to Evening Public Ledger
iCopirtoAf, 19I, by A'rio Vorfc Tlmf Co.
l'arln, June 26.
The French Socialist party has be?n
split In two by the definite refusal of
forty-one members of the eroup'to take
part In; any, International Socialist con
gress to .which Germany, forms a party.
It will be remembered that on the oc
casion of the recent visit to Paris of
American labor -representatives an ef
fort was made by a large section of the
French Socialists to Induce Jho Amer
icans to agree to a proposal, for an In
ternational congress at which they could
meet -the Kaiser's delegates. The Amer
ican .delegates flatly declined to accept.
the, proposal in any form until Prussian
militarism had been crushed. '
' There was temporary dismay In the
French Socialist camp, where Interna
..tlonallsm has been more a fetish than
Perhaps anywhere else In Europe. The
one section of the party announced Its
entire agreement with the Americans and
a few days later forty of them signed
an address to HJalmar Brantlng, the
t?V 'lot the Swedish Socialists. In
which they placed on record, with a
view to, his approaching visit to Eng
land, their disagreement with any pro-posal-for
the revival of internationalism
p rar as Germany was concerned.
leads Xew Party
, -J8- announcement u day or two ago
of-nis adhesion to this group by Albert
Thomas, formerly French minister of
munitions, has now given a leader to
the new party, which will be known as
the Socialists of the night.
The split marks the definite sever
ance of patriotic French Socialists from
all connection with the Internationalism
which has for so long tainted the whole
party and brings the best elements of
advanced political thought in this coun
try into line with the ast majority of
British and American labor men. In
cidentally, with the accession of M.
Thomas to the leadership of the new
party Is removed one of the danger
spots in French parliamentarism In re
gard to the prosecution of the war
In an Interview published In the Echo
de Paris he says:
"As long as the German Socialists do
not. reply to the memorandum of Lon
don, which sets objects of the war as
outlined by Wilson and Lloyd George,
no conference with them will be possi
ble. American Socialists, in agreement
with- the Federation of Labor, have
agreed to support this, memorandum.
The 'Allied workers have such power
, when united that the Germans must
give way,"
To ReeonMltute Party
After saying that he has not broken
withthe other Socialists who have notJ
yei given xneir aanesion to the new
party, M. Thomas says that his object
is-to. reconstitute In all Its strength
the .Socialist majority party of 191B In
order to lay down, in iew of the cir
cumstances or four years of war, a
poljcy confrontable to the ideals of ria-
uonai aeiense ana action which were
so, clearly manifested In the Socialist
woria-at- the moment when France was
attacked.
"What, I wish." he says In conclusion,
"Is to, define, with the help and collab
oration nf nil h newSrtelaltef nv.-
V gram, 'and new Socialist theories which
mustv.rlecessarily confor mto the new
cotiorme situation In view of all the
circumstances set up by the War and the
Immense revolution the war has
caused,"
1 MI Thomas arrears to have relzed
.the opportunity not only to throw Inter
nationalism overboard, but to give the
whole Socialist party a distinctly new
Deadly Machinery
Set for Foe 8 Rush
Continued from Tate One
tures meet one's eyes, so that, aftej
four years of 'war or nearly, one's Im
pressions are dulled by the familiarity
of It all gunners "watering their horses,
sentries guarding ammunition dumps,
columns of troops on the roads, divi
sional bands practicing In the farm
yards of dilapidated 'villages, heavy guns
crawling on caterpillars up long, straight
roads between avenues of poplars and
market squares, and men working like
ants among ant heaps, which are
trenches and gun positions In the chalky
earth, where weeds grow richly and,
fresh-made pits show where tho latest
shells have fallen.
That Is the general background of
soldiers' lives, as I have described It In
detail so often, and day after day goes
by and It neer changes, though the
men change and new men come out
10 lane tne places of those who pass.
It never changes In Its general charac
ter, though the details alter from time
t6 time as the battlellne goes back
ward or forward, bringing new towns
and villages within Its zones of fire, or
altering the design of familiar land
marks. Madonna of Albert Fall
The falling of the Madonna of Albert
was an event which made a difference to
the men who had seen that queer freak
In the effect of shell fire, every time they
had come across the battlefields up the
Albert-Bapaume road, which Is now a
highway of the enemy. Something Is
missing from one's mental vision now
that it In gone.
Yesterday another familiar piece of
French architecture was altered. The
steeple of St. Venant Church tower,
known to thousands of British soldiers,
who marched through Merllle and
Hazebrouck to Armentleres cr Ballleul,
has gono the way of all church towers
within easy range of the Tlerman guns,
and fell with a crash In a short bom
bardment
German guns were actie Monday also
on the Hazebrouck front, and un In
Vlamertlnghe and Tprrs. where no
amount of shelling will make much dif
ference to the iew of things The
British guns were fairly busy In rcnlv
and the British airmen hae been out
and about. In spite of the foggy morning
Monday, after a heavy rain.
Itombu Dropped on Ttapaume
Bapaume Is one of their favorite
hauntp by day and night poor old
Bapaume, won by so much sacrifice,
British until three months ago, and now
an assembling place for Gerrpan troops.
For them it must be a fearful cross
road and no place for lingering Two
tons of bombs were drtpped there by
the British airplanes by day and an
other two tons by night In one day this
week, and there I? hardly a day or a
night In which It does not get a visit of
this kind.
Today tho sun Is shining again, and
it It June in all her glory of green and
gold, and the British soldiers are going
about their dally routine In the line or
out of It, wondering how long It will
be before Fritz puts up another show,
but not worrying much whether It is
this or next week, but making the best
of each day as It comep, which Is only
philosophy of life In war. Most or then)
think, as I think, that the next show
will come soon, but no one knows.
orientation.
Nearly Million in France
on Anniversary of Landing
Washington, June 26 A year
ago today the first division of
American troops reached French
soli. Today nearly 1,000,000 men
have been landed there, that total
to be reached by July. Of the num
ber now In France, 650,000 are fight
ing men' and 250,000 employed In
the organization of supply and
transport lines.
Behind tb.lt million another
million men are in camps and can
tonments equipped and eager to
move, and behind these a third
million' will rapidly fill the gaps as
further divisions sail for the front.
American troops will have the
task of holding the right flank of
the front In France. It is apparent
from their disposition, with the
French in the center and the Brit
ish on the left. The American
trenches extend from near the
Swiss border, where they are on
German soil, to the battered for
tress at Verdun.
secretary, "are our roughly sketched
alms, the realization of which la abso
lutely vital and necessary for Ger
many." "Once the moment arrives when, I
care not to propnesy mat tho na'
Palestine and Mesopotamia at present
occupied by the British troops.
Speaking of the military situation, i
the Secretary said that victories had
given the Germans the initiative in
France, and he continued, "wo ran
tlons which are at present locked in ' n?D0 .,hat M0 summer anil autumn
battle will exchange peace views, one, "" brln'J """ 'nw new and
of the preliminary conditions must be! r ""! ..
certain decrees of mutual confidence , T Je Austrd-Htingarian nrmy also
In each other's honesty nnd chivalry. Vs '" J d.a8h,nf .?nsla.u?,ht' Ue?
,, , ., j . '" tlnued, "attacked the Italian positions
For so long, continued Doctor von nnd achieved noteworthy successes
Kuehlmann, as every overture Is re- nnd pinned down large and Important
garded by others as a peace offensive ; enemy forces on that front,
as a trap or as something false fori . ......
the purpose of sowing disunion be-1 kecs a "nK ur Ahead
tween allies: solong as every attempt "When one makes a wiile'-stir ey of
at a rapprochement Is at once vlo-l events, one must aslt whether the war.
lentty denounced by the enemies of a according to human calculations, will
I last beyond the
n inno- n-m it h imnn..ti.i. i-1 ler. or Devoiul next rear.
.-..o ..-. .- , . ..,,vMiU,e i - X j, . . ,,,,
liriiliuuii men ninuiifi inn ui'iiim tiatii
milium or Hie win-
There Is a
rapprochement In the various coun
tries.
qab hftw rinv BTphnnpa cit Maqu lnnlHn.
to peace can be begun. j e lencth of the war is notnetliinc
i -i. 4i.. .-..ii. j . .. . absolutely new, as If the atithorltathb
...,. .iTi. .,...?,n?j r n ot ,h,s quarters had never reckoned on a ery
war and the number of Powers, In- lone war. This Idea is Incorrect."
eluding those from overseas, that are "Despltethe brilliant successes nf
engnped. Its end cns hardlv be cT-,our arms." continued the Secretaiy.
pertMl through purely military de- "there has been nowhere clearly recog
clslons alone anil without recourse to! nlzable among our enemies a readiness
for peace. The German Government
nas repeatedly laid down Its standpoint
diplomatic negotiations."
Says Entente Cannot Win
AMERICANS CHEERED
BY ITALIAN SUCCESS
TABRIZ REMAINS ISOLATED
US. Consul at Teheran Vainly
Seeks intorraation ol Outrages
Washington, June 26 Efforts of
Mlnleter Caldwell, Teheran, Persia, to
get further Information about reported
TurKisn antl-Amerlcan outrages at
Tabriz, nas been unavailing.
He cabled the State Department to
day tha he was unable to add anything
to jhis original .report which said "re
ports" fit the Turk acthitles had reached
him. His best information was that
2000JTurks are operating In northwest
Persia.
"" 7
'Weds at Camp on Short Notice
Banbury, Pa., June 26 "Mother, we
are married," came word from Mlsa E.
Edith Foltz to Mrs. George A. Foltz
here. The .young woman had gone to
rciiipBieau, u. i 10 visit ner sweet-1
heart, Lieutenant L. Earl Glace, who
is connected with a motor truck unit
In the National Army, when they de
cided. to wed. The event Is the culmina
tion of a romance that began when the
bridegroom, who Uvea at Penn Yan. N
T.. ,ws a student at Bucknell Univer
sity, and the bride was visiting In that
town.
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
rnmirloht. J9. 6y Xtto yorfc Times Co.
With the American Army on the Marne,
June 26,
American soldiers have received with
the greatest enthusiasm the news of the
Italian success against the Austrians.
1 believe nothing has happened in months
to so bolster up their morale, as well as
that of the French and British soldiers
The doughboy in the trench knows and
appreciates that Italy's victory means
either that the Germans must take sol
dlers off the western front to go to the
aid of Austria or take a chance of Italy's
putting Austria out and liberating Italian
soldiers to come to France and fight the
Germans. Anyhow, our soldiers feel
good alfcout It.
In this part of France some Italian
soldiers are used as labortroops. These
men are parading about the villages
declaring, they want to be regular fight
ing men again. The successs of the
Italians fighting before Bhetms has also
fired them and the officers have received
many applications from members of the
labor troops to be permitted to get back
once more Into the actual fighting.
Berlin Ends Peace
Talk on U. S. Terms
Continued from Tore One
out how ambitious young Bulgaria has
grown, and that It is somewhat aston
ishing to note with what continuous
persistence the alms and wishes of
greater Bulgaria are fought for, fol
lowed and kept before the public, and
how with every military success these
increase. The paper says that Bul
garia's original war alms were Mace
donia and close communication with
the Dual Monarchy, but that Ruma
nia's entry In the war held out possi
bilities, and soon Bulgaria coveted the
whole of Dobrudja north to the Dan
ube, to sav nothing of the Aegean
coast and Ka valla, until finally there
was no limit to her alms.
Tho paper continues that much
statesmanship will be required to keep
Bulgaria In order, and that she must
not be allowed to forget that the Cen
tral Powers' future communication with
Constantinople must be forexer through
Austria-Hungary, and thence through
nfewly-acqulred Bulgarian territory. It
argues that the Bulgarians are ery
sensitive "and are looking for trou
ble. Moreover, the fact that Count ion
Hertllng, in his answer to President
Wilson some time ago, did not mention
Bulgaria was a cause of discontent, It
being entirely oerlooked that Bulgaria
was not at war with America,
This article, the paper says, was writ
ten by Arthur Dlx, who has been In
Bulgaria two years during the war and
has particular significance since Von
Kuehlmann's Reichstag speech.
DECLARES ALLIES MUST
TRUST TEUTON TERMS
Amsterdam, June 26.
The deliberations of diplomacy, not
the weight of the sword this Is the
way to peace Indicated In the Reichs
tag speech on German war alms deliv
ered yesterday by Dr. Richard von
Kuehlmann, the Kaiser's foreign sec
retary. The main points In his ad
dress were insistence on a negotiated
peace; apparent abandonment of the
Idea of a military decision In favor of
the Central Allies: demand for free
dom of the seas and unrestricted trade
opportunities; recognition of Ameri
ca's powerful entry Into the war, and
the proposition that the Allies must
trust Teuton terms.
In Introducing his statement of the
German war alms, the foreign minis
ter said:
"I consider it necessary to say quite
simply, and In a way easy for all to
understand, that our positive desires
are: We wish for the German people
and our allies a free, independent ex
istence within the boundaries drawn
for us by history. We desire overseas
possessions corresponding to our great
ness and wealth; the freedom of the
sea, carrying our trade to nil parts of
the world."
"These In brief," added the foreign
"Our position on the btttleflelds, our
enormous military resources, the sit.
uatton and the determination at home
permit us to-use such language. We
hope our enemies perceive that In
view of our resources the Idea of vic
tory for the Entente Is a dream, an
Illusion, and that they will in due
course find a wav to approach us with
peace offers which will correspond
with the situation and satisfy Ger
man's vital needs."
Referring to Mr. Balfour's speech,
In which the British Foreign Secre
tary said that Germany had unchained
lie war to achieve world domination.
Doctor von Kuehlmann said:
'I do not believe that any responsi
ble man In Germany, not even the
KtNcr or the members of tno Im
perial Government, ever for a momen'
believed they could win the domina
tion In Europe hv starting this war
The Idea of world domination In Eu
rope Is a Utopia, as proved by N'apo
lton. The nation which tried it wiuld,
a happened In France, bleed to death
In useless battle and would be mos!
grievously Injured and lowered In
her development. One may here apply
Von Moltke's phrase, 'Woe to him who
gets Europe afire.'
No Reason for Conflict
"At no moment of our later history
waa there less occasion for us to start
or to contribute to the starllnc of a
conflagration than tho moment in
which it occurred. In a former de
bate I pointed out that the absolute
Integrity of the German empire and
Its allies formed the necessary pre
requisite condition for entering Into a
peace discussion or negotlatlonsi That
Is our position today.
"Mr. Balfour, moreover, by way of
precaution, has added that we must In
no way Imagine that any agreement on
the Belgian question exhausts the
stock of English or Entente wishes.
He prudently abstained from desci th
ing those points in which ho intends
to announce more far-reaching claims
or desires. The supposition is not un
justified by previous experiences that
while these words, on the one hand,
were addressed to Paris, on tho other
: nd, covetous desires floated across
the Mediterranean to tho parts of
In declarations Intended for the widest
publicity. Our enemies have nothing
to show that can In nny degree com
pare with the German peace offer,
with the resolution of this House or
with tie reply to the Papal note.
"The declarations of our enemies,
especially of English statesmen, allow
as yet no peaceful ray of light to fall
on the darkness of this war.
With reference to Russia, Doctor on
Kuehlmann said
"I believe tint one can sav without
fear of contradiction, as the rwult of
revelations, that the deeper we go Into
the causes of this war the cleaiei It
becomes that the Power which planned
nnd desired the war was Russia, that
France plajed tho next woist lole as
Instigator, nnd that England's policy
has very dark pages to show
"England's attitude In the das be
foie the outbreak of the wai was
bound to .strengthen Russia's detlre
for war. Of this there nie proofs
enough In the documents alreadv pub.
llshed On the other hand, Germany
did not for an instant believe that this
war could lead to the domination of
Europe, much less to the domination
of the world. On the contiarv, the
German policy before the war showed
good prospects of being able sitlsfac
torlly to realize Its essential alms,
namelv. the settlement of affilrs In
the East and colonial pioblems by
peaceful negotiation "
"It Is Impossible to believe that the
great process of fermentation and wild
Irregular movement of conflicting forcen,
which the disappearance of the czarlstlc
power released, has reached permanent
equilibrium All conditions in the for
mer empire nf the Czar must to a cer
tain extent be described as uncertain
Our poller. In view of this situation. Is
close observation and utmost caution
and so far as purely lnternsl affairs are
concerned, correitpondlng wife reserve.
"Thcyleaven of national fermentation
within the Russian body politic led to the
detachment nnd severance of a whole
series of entitles which have partly nt
talned full national status and are partly
developing toward that end
In Regard to Ilpljritim
Regarding Belgium the Foreign Sec
retary said:
"We mu"t decline to make, as It were,
a prior concession by giving a state
ment on the Belgian question which
would bind us without In the least bind
ing the enemy."
Tho Foreign Secretary said an agree
ment has been reached whereby the
fortifications on the Aland Islands, In
the Baltic, are to be removed, but a
final decision has not yet been reached
regarding the future of the Islands.
"We hope nnd desire, however," Doc
tor von Kuehlmann said, "that this
question will be so settled that the iter.
maximum guaranteo can be given that
to the advantage of all dwellers on the
Haltlc coast the nfmemployment of the
Islands for military purposes may be
assured for all time."
Doctor von Kuehlmann went over the
question of the Dobrudja, which Is the
subject of negotiations between Turkey
and Bulgaria, and added
"There does not exist nnv conflict
In Interest between us and Turkey"
Doctor von Kuehlmann announced
that within the next few days a con
ference will be held at Constantinople,
where the questions that have arisen
between the quadruple alliance nnd
' the Caucasian people" will ' find a set
tlement "
"In her advance from territories fall
ing to her under thctreaty of Brest
I.ltovsk." said Doctor von Kuehlmann.
"Turkey, for reasons of safety, pushed
(be left wing of her advancing troops
Into regions which indubitably could
not be permanently occupied or an
nexed The chiefs of staff have d's
cussed this matter and the Turkish ad
vance In the Caucasus has stopped"
Doctor von Kuehlmann. referring to ,
the various Governments formed In the
Caucasus region, said :
"Turkey, in the Brest-Utovpk treatv.
Via vim- rereHed the nronilse of regain
ing the districts which she lost in 1877
to the Russians, rouno nerseii oniiBeu
qulto recently by the strategic develop
ments in Upper Mesopotamia to utilize
the Batoum-Tabrlz-Julfa line of com
munication across the Azerbaijan re
gion of Persia to the Tigris Valley.
"In South Russia our occupation of
the Crimea gave rlc to certain Inci
dents respecting the Russian fleet, but
these have been satisfactorily settled "
Diaz May Seek
A Quick Decision
I ontlnufd from Tnite One
the victory should be followed up by
a crushing Allied blow designed to put
Austria out of the war.
soldiers, whom he has treated as If he
w'ere their father, sharing their hard
ships, risks and labors, rejoicing at their
success and helping them In their need.
The whole country, large towns as well
fls small villages, realizes now the utility
of union. Irrespective of parties, which
tho reverse of October, 1917, rendered
possible, by cementing and welding tho
entire population Into a compact mass,
t hlch has now overwhelmed the enemy
ueKfiue mo superior numDer ot tne lat-
ITALIANS MAY NOW
TURN TO DEFENSIVE
Field,
With the Ilnllnn Armies In the
June 26.
.u ith ,'e 'Jnllans re-established on
their original line, It is now a question
whether they will be able to continue
their offensive pressure or will be com
PNled to return to the defensive.
Despite the success of the limited
counter-offensive begun by the Italians
fttl flla lnrillntnlH . It t- i - .
iW. aV.' ",i "'""i ""'" " '' ""n '" YmAI is hv De . Aueustlno.
remaining reiervVs there, and 1 the Italans died at the Howard Hospital yester,
may soon be forced to1 chant
tactics In that rerlnn. " - .
The Austrian losses nral noK
mated at 250.000. Of these.-It 1 i
ported, that ruily 20,000 wera r
In the retreat acros th unni L
The Thlrty-flrst and Thirty-second
trian rifle regiments covered the e
retreat Until only eighty men reml
unwounded. Then they surrende
General von Kronstadt, their comma:
shot himself. i I
The Italian booty includes mti
enemy batteries, hundreds of mac.
guns and thousands of prisoners.
The body of Mator Baracca..
famous Italian aviator, was found at
foot nf Montello crest beside his bur
machine He had committed suicide
avoid capture.
Two Held in Fatal Stabbing
Nick De-Augustlno and Carmlno :
were held to await action of the
oner by Magistrate Coward at
Seventh nnrt Carnenter streets
nt.Hnn tnrtav. Znna. Is eald to
been a witness to the fataf stabblnfi
T i.ll Salvlnn. 5 (IS Kolltll Demi RVC
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nome, Jun 26
Hnthuslasm grows hourly at reports
coming from the front, all showing the
extraordinary fitness and morale of the
army, which is pawing from stubborn
resistance to a most audacious offensive,
and has performed heroic deeds, even
eclipsing the splendid victory of the first
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and visitors.
The Furniture, Housefurnishings, China, Cut
Glass, Carpets, Rugs 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, new kind ,of store is on the Lower
- Floor, called the Down Stairs Store. Those who
;havenot seen it will be surprised.
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PUBLIC LEDGER
It is becoming increasingly evident that Lloyd
George spoke with informed prophecy the other
day when he said "the world is on the verge of
great events"
Already the PUBLIC LEDGER'S exclusive cable
grams lift the edges of the curtain-giving a glimpse
of the expectations that inspired his promise. The
world-stage is set for the climax.
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From the Hague comes a dispatch that' throws
new light on conditions in 'Austria. It describes
a situation of which little has been written, but
which holds important possibilities favorable to
our cause. (Page 7).
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Von Kuehlmann's opening broadside on the long
expected "peace offensive." (Page 7).
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Austria completely as a military power? The
time seems ripe for a blow that may accomplish. 4
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clearly statedsin a remarkable editorial. (Page 8)."f
From Tokio comeaa cablegram throwing.' newJ
light on Japan s attitude toward Allied Uc-',
vention in Russia. Baron Kato for. once. tawc$
his rule of silence in- a statement that maybc'lMh
introduction to important developments in.the'Ff'!
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correspondent, or a night with aR-ltaMa
squadron over the lines of ' the, fUewitj V,
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