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Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger order that America military romrimi
Z, i .. .... m. .- .- . ., r tlon to the Allied cause mn be increased
Copyright. 1018, by Xew York Timrs Co,
lyindon, Julv 6.
We yesterday celebrated Independ
ence Day with more enthusiasm than
ever, and with Just cause. Every one
ntfvv appreciates the re-enforcement to
every department of Allied activitv
rtlilch America Is
bringing, and will ;
bring, with stead
ily Increasing
power".
Wo owe much
to the far-sighted
statesmanship of
President Wilson
The b,u r d e n of
very "British taxpayer-Is
lighter as
a consequence of
America's flnan
clal sjtpport, and
sinco she entered
the field Bonar
iIavv wears a less
worried look
. Every British
.housewife owes n
debt of gratitude to Mr. Hoover, and
American sailors are hardly a less
familiar sight in the streets of Lon
don than American soldiers, betoken
irig a form of assistance of which
we hear little, but can imagine much.
"Yet it Is to America's military aid
'.that we are chiefly looking, for we
all realize that therein lies not only
the hope, but the certainty of vlctor.v.
fEven the German people are begin
ning to have a glimmering of the
truth.
.1 German Staff's Conceit
iThe psychology of the Germany of
tedav has been formed hv flftv vmi-s
'of,, the domination of Prussian mili-
terlsm, and the teaching of the Ger-
(titan General Staff has pervaded every,
,8phere of German life. Huving built
f'up a military machine that is very
hear perfection, the Get man General'
Staff has more than a good conceit
itself, and it has never been able
to conceive that any other nation than
jits own can be successful In war. it
;'neered at the "mercenaries" of our
fcld regular army and declared it to
(be Impossible that we create and place
In the field new nrmles in time to take
a part In tho war.
v'That'- was a very natuial attitude
4for the professional soldier to adopt.
particularly as regards the more tech-
Snlcal services on which the efficiency
"T armies so greatly depends. I well
iMmember at thp tim nf va sinnti.
mr """"El
Hsek:
i JfcAfrJcan war. when It was proposed to
:raise new batteries of artillery, nn
arm in wnicn we were then vv-oefullv
deficient, that many professional sol
idlers in England shook their heads
i-and said that it was impossible, that
these1 batteries Could not be efficient
-before the war ended and that they
would be a danger to their own in
gantry, ', The batteries went out. and in a
Short time were hardly distinguish
able from the most famous of their
elder, brpthers of the royal regiment
'of artillery.
ti Kitchener a True Trophpt
i,Xord Kitchener was. In fact, almost the
.only professional soldier in nurope who
.foresaw- both the length of war and the
possibility of raising new armies to take
art in it.
. iLlke Bourbons, the German staff
learned .nothing and forgot nothing, and
' on America's entry Into the war It greet-
, -id her military effort with the same
sneers as nan served ror a time to calm
.the anxiety In Germany aroused by the
jnews of the formation of" Kitchener's
rmles.
j(,But the actual appearance of Amer
ican divisions In battle on the western
jffpnt has caused a change of tone, and
the recent expedition of German sub
marines to the Atlantic coast of the
-United States Is one among many Indica
tions of that change
Hin'denburg must now realize that In
kls next effort on the western front lies
his last chance of gaining a victory In
the field, and this is one of the main
reasons for"the present pause He has
'to be certain that in his next vital
Venture he will be as strong as possible
?".nd he knows that the creation and
raining of new divisions to take part in
cattle Is a slow business Therefore, as
vlong as he thinks that he can refit and
train his battered divisions quicker than
AnierlcA can place new divisions In the
fleia he is justified in waiting
.America's regular army when she en-
6aa1 tlA - - .11 m
ygtSj V;'- l" " "ao ery small. 2ne
gg''i sjrtiuld not, therefore, do as we did and
g 'tonce put a contingent Into the front
)Ut, but sho has virtually had to
.Create her armies from the very begin,
(ling.
' America a Tatent Factor
v ,TVe know from the American com
muniques that she has .troops on the
'front to the squth of Amiens near Mont
didler and others Just north of the Marne
,'near Chateau-Thierry, all of which have
taken part In battle with distinction.
,'Yet- other American forces are we have
t )een told. In trenches further to the
y-gpuin, ana America nas lent us tem-
blwrarlly Infantry battalions which are
'JHIgaded with our divisions.
OTJTherefore, America's help will be a
!-:otent factor In the eomine- battle hut
pf'Afbe time Is not yet for General Pershing
(VS .. ..),. ...- nnrt . ...I.L. t t
laim m,ci biiu i,n, i mui 'tmericau
droops any considerable section of the
iweterri front. That will come, but we
nust have patience.
Bonar Law has told us that an In.
fantryman can be trained tio take his
f place in the trenches In four months,
and that is a bare minimum. But a man
tso trained goes to nil a vacancy In u
formation. which has had long experience
-l Mar. il itmea lav juuger Mian tour
onths to train an entirely new bat.
lion, and as the size of military for.
atlon Increases, the time required to
it for the field Increases also.
jyiU takes much longer to train a
' Vivlslon, the smallest formation in which
JjHantry, artillery and engineers, have to
TK lOEeiner in i-uinuinauun, man 11
to train a body composed only or
antry op only of artillery. And above
,v' He division ine training or me stairs
the higher formations takes the lone
W of all.
" "vTherefore, America's military contrl-
Itlon, wnne. its erred is sure ana cer
ln, cannot be expected to produce any
n transformation in the balance or
ry power In the west.
i . HuypUr the Important Factor
J.' Vipers Uanother- and more important
Mw, wBjctft'iuoiia tne extent, or Amer
(' mttttacy' ild arid the rate at which
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It can be delivered in France and mat
la shipping.
America, by her man-power legisla
tion, has made 10,000,000 men, between
tho a Res of 21 and 32 liable to mlll-
I tary service, and from these she Is
I &!, !., ttin , ap, liaal frtf ill,. Unlit
. cc.t....ib lira ... "v - .". " ..".
Therefore, virtually the only limit to
tho expansion of these American armies
is me amount oi uimniKi' iiwwiauiu mi
their transport and maintenance In
France.
As the American forces on the west
ern front grow, so do their require
ments In food, munitions and materials
of nil kinds Increase, and slnco.llie Al
lied resources in shipping are strictly
limited, we cannot expect that the very
encouraging figures which hae been
given recently will always be obtained.
This Is a matter which touches us
all very closely, for It cannot bo too
iur,v ,imi.,irr.i that pverv ton of
every
wood and of raw material which we
draw from the l'nlted States for our
own use means that fewer American
soldiers can he fetit to France It Is
not, theiefore, only to ward off starva-
tlon. which has ceased to be a serious
menace, that economy of all kinds Is
essential but It is still anil I will as
long as the war lasts, bo needed In
and the war theiebv shortened
RUMANIANS ENSLAVED,
HAVE NO GOVERNMENT
Marghilomaii Cabinet, Kais
er's Tool. Compels Labor.
Statesman Asserts
Special Cable to Etening Public Ledger
l opyriaUt J1J, by An" Yorlf Timrs Co.
Mlliin. July ."
1 Take .lonescu, the Rumanian states-
I man. gives a graphic sketch of the pres-
ent woes of his down-trodden country
in an interview granted m me
representative at Lucerne, where he has
hist arrived with a party ot -U" i.ngiisn.
mcrican French and Rumanian no- !
tables, with their families, epelled by
the Germans
Jnncseut savs that the Kntente pen
pies should clearly understand that no
such thing as a Rumanian government
exists
M.irphlloman is Klmnlv tho tool of
German dictatorship Ninetv-nine per
cent of the Rumanian people are living
in their miser.v a life of faith In the
final triumph of the Allies
"Having concluded the unblushing
farce of a peace without indemnlt) and
without annevatlon," Jonescu says. "Ger
many Is despoiling us of everything Our
grain, petroleum, wool, timber and horses
are being ruthlessly carried otf to the I
Cntr..! lmnlres. Vrcordiue to the '
treats, the Germans should pay us for
the grain, whereas, as a matter of fact,
we have to turn it over to them at a.
price of $33 the truckload. which is
four times less than tho cost price, while
their Ukrainian grain costs them $-J7Sn.
The German Government knows that In
theo conditions the farmers will have
no laborers available for agriculture,
and so has to reintroduce slavery, oblig
ing tho Marghllom.in cabinet to pass
a law forcing work upon all up to sixty
yeais of age
"The German general bank of Bucha
rest is issuing paper money to the value
of mlllards and will continue to do so
till the conclusion of a European peace.
Meantime thf treaty constrains us to
pass these enormous quantities of notes.
"Our liabilities In compensation for
damages to the German, Austrian, Bul
garian and Turkish Interests from tho
outset of the war are estimated at over
three billloi.s "
CZECH FINDS BROTHER
ABOUT TO BAYONET HIM
Reunion in Trench as Italian
Troops Storm Val Bella
Peaks
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Spectal Cable to Evening Public Ledger,
Coyuriaht, 1918 by Xew York Times Co.
l.nndnn, July 5.
The Chronicle's correspondent at Milan
says that many stories of bravery
mingled with pathos are told of the
ZPCho-SIovak contingents In that rapid France declared that a state of war
fighting that again wrenched the Val existed with Turkey, he arranged to
Bella and Col Del Ross.i and Echella i semi troops to Germany whenever
peaks from the Austrian grasp ' nPeded In return he was appointed
Particularly touching is the story of a fieu marshal by the German Umperor
Czech on the Italian side who. having and received the baton of that office
flung hand bombs into an enemy trench, from Field Marshal von Mackensen
sprang down to find himself faced with, in February, 1917. in a speech In
a tall fellow with downpolnted rifle about pariiameiit the sultan promised Turk
to bayonet him to tho heart But. in ' 9n participation in the war until the
that moment both stood as electrified, emi arU declaied the alliance forced him
their arms dropped from their hands and I to break relations with the United
soon they were sobbing in each other's I states
embrace i " Tne Turkish empire paid dearly for
"Oh, my brother, my brother, ' they I its entrv into the great war Russia
cried, for these two men in adversary , 0erran" Armenia and the British drove
uniform recognized themselves as sons tll(, Turks far up the vallevs of the
of the same mother Euphrates and the Tigris and took
The noise of the combat drew nearer, , Jerusalem Bagdad and other important
there was no time to lose The Italo- cltleb from them, with great loss of life
Tzech hurried his younger brother along an(1 treasure. Under him Turkey has
through the lab.vrinth, and in leaps and beeome urtually a German vassal In tht
bounds down the mountain side, and , aut0cratic scheme of the German Powers
dragged him to safety within the Italian I fol. Teutonic ascendency In central Eu
llnes ' r0pe
After a tender farewell he rejoined1 ' ... , . . ,
th trronn nf bis comnanlons and look, 1" Turk' rlot for Succe.nor
nnit in tho i-harirR which nut tho, in
nnss-sslnn nf two Austrian mountains
guns To prevent the guns being re-
captured during a fresh enemy counter-
t .h. r-,.h. nnH .!,.., . .u-
edge of the steep 'descent and rolled
them down Into the Italian sector.
GERMANY CRINGES AT RAIDS j
Seeks Pact Against Bombing
Towns Outside War Zone
By the United Press
nntrdani, July 5 Humors were be- ,
Ing circulated here today that Germany
Is considering a proposal to tho Allies
that a mutual agreement be reached I
against bombarding towns outside the
war zone
The sentiment in favor of such a move
Is said to be strong In Germany I
Germany, from early In the war has I
bombed undefended towns without mili
tary object except to terrorize the in- I
habitants N'o protests were heard In
the Central nations against bombarding
towns outside the war zone until the ,
Allies began systematic aerial raids on
German centres, particularly the Tthlne
towns, when German "nerves" devel
oped and the present German move for
an agreement to cease such expeditions
was started The Allied attacks have
been directed principally against rail- ,
ruaus mm war plains.
YANKEES CELEBRATE FOURTH
Germans Given Hot Bombard
ment From All Caliber Guns
By the Associated Press
Tlth the American Forces In Franee,
July &. The Germans were not allowed
to forget that this was America's great
est national holiday. Artillery, ma
chine gun and rifle firing was increased
on the American fronts. It gave the
enemy something to think about and
made him keep his head down Id the
trenches and In the dugouts.
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TURKEY'S RULER,
MOHAMMED, DIES
Enthroned in 1909 by
Young Turks, After 33 "
Years in Prison
NEW COUP IS PREDICTED
Envcr Palia, German Tool,
May Try to Change
Succession
Amsterdam, .July 5.
Mohammed V. Sultan of Turkey, died
at 7 o'clock Wednesday night, says a
Constantinople dispa'ch received here by
way of Vienna.
Mohammed V, thirty-fifth sovereign of
Turkey In direct descent of the house of
Olhman. founder of the empire, came
to the throne by a coup d'etat on April
27. 1 inft. after having been held for
thirty-three vears a prisoner by lilt
brother. Sultan Abdul II, In the roval
palace In Constantinople. The scheming
Abdul II Intended that his own son.
Prince Burhati i:dlno, described as the
most brlll'ant and gifted of the princes
of the house of Othnian, should succeed
him But this plan was thwarted when
Parliament deposed Abdul and placed
hK prisoner brother. Mohammed Rtsclnd
i:ffendl, on the throne.
The Shlek-ul-Islam. head of the Church
in Turke.v, drew up the decree of de-
petition, which passed Tatllament with
iout d'ssont Klve minutes later Mo-
hammed, who during his imprisonment
had had no experience In the duties oi
government, was declared fultan. The
same afternoon he took the oath of
fidelity to the Turkish constitution
Knd Cnmes in Seventj -third Year
Mohammed V was born In Constant'-
nople November 3, 1S45
He was of a
studious disposition and widely read In
Turkish literature. His long Imprison
ment vi 1th lack of exercise and rich
living undermined his health. Ills ap
pearance showed the ravages of time and
tho worms of an unsteady throne 3y
bis enforced sec uslon he was total
unfit for public life, and Is reported to
have said regarding It : "Ourlrs my im
prisonment of thirty-three years inv
enemies have slandered me and called
me a madman bordering on Imbecility."
He was characterized as good-natured,
weak and ingenuous, with an almost In
fantile curiosity and of a religious na
ture. At his accession he espoused the cause
of the Young Turks, the party which
wan In opposition to his brother's reign.
I'pon tho deposition of Abdul, Moham
med was welcomed by them as a cham
pion of freedom He promif-cd ,i pro
gressive reign In a speech from the
throne read by the Grand Vizier. He
was, however, merely a pawn of the
Young Turk party, although be sent out
to the world the message that he had
always been the ardent suppoitcr of the
cause of liberty, enlightenment and
progress.
His hand in the Government was never
strong Illness, a naturally easy dispo
sition and weak will power kept him
continually at the mercy of the Turk'sh
officers and the Liberal partv
Much Territory Lost In Helen
He feared deposition during the Turko.
Italian War In 1011 and passed a night
pravlng in the shrines of Constantinople
1 He appealed to the armv to be loyal to
."l!?lern"b,e,,d."S:
tiiLuuinh" ." i. -.. --'
j Dardanelles He also lost most of his
I European dominions in the Balkan wars
i The Young Turks invaded the palace in
I 1913 when Mohammed was icpoited to
have become reconciled with his brother
In 1914. at the outbreak of the prcs-
ent war Mohammed Issued a proclama-
tlon blaming the Triple Kntente with
thrusting war on Turkey He exchanged
telegrams of greeting with the German
Hmperor, from whom he later received
the iron cross When England and
III Turkei the throne does not pass
from father to son, but to the oldest
member of the House of Othman
-'nder '' Ia', Mohammed would be
fucceeded by his only surviving brother,
I nce Vahld Eddine, who is In his flf-
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GAS ATTACKS NOT SO TERRIBLE
IF ONE IS QUICK TO DON MASK
Hypcritc, or Mustard Gas, Is Worst, for it Sticks to Earth and
Weapons, and Burns When One
Touches Them
Bv WALTER M"RNTY
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Special Cable to r.icntnp Public Ledger
Copyright. );. bu Vnr lot Timrs Co.
With the Fremh Armies, July 3.
Some American msgazlnes and news
papers recently nrilved In France con
tain highly colcied storlfs of the hor
rors and danger of German gas, from
whirh r,n r..-inimt fnii tn .nncliide that a
. ,u ,,,,,
veiy trroiuous impr.ssion on the subject
prevails at home Similar Ideas seem
to be pievalent among some of the latett
debarked troops, ,,nd no time 'should be
1
lost In abolishing the ' g.i: bogy," the
harmful effect of which on soldiers'
morale can easily he Imagined.
During the last three months your
correspondent has tallied with Flench
pollus and officers, all of whom have
, .... ,J, ,
been exposed to the ddluge of gas bom-
bardments with which the Germans open
the ncw-stMe offensive Tliey don't like
g is- that goes without saying but
none of them would think ofi regarding
it as terrible, or. Indeed, as anything
more than u very serious nuisance
which hampers their defense by forcing
them to wear masks.
It cannot be stated too definitelv that
the masks with which Americans (and
the test of tho Allied armies) are pio-
vided afford absolute protection against
ail gases, even during a period of hours
Tile Kind most commonly used by thf
Germans is mustard gas. or hyperlte, as
the French call lt This is istremelv
heavy, and lemalns for a long tune in
hollows or dugouts It has the pioperty
of Impregnating Vhe ground, n mes
weapons or other objects to such an es -
icm inai any uiio Louciutlg lucm win gei
his fingers blistered as if by boiling
water
Hums ut a Touch
One captain told me that at Verdun
one of his men was laid up for si
weeks with bad burns, caused by run-
...i.h ,u., .m.m ...u,.u i..c .,:. ,.t ..
cart gear, to see If it was damaged.
near which a hyperlte shell burst one
night Others get burned by sitting
down on poisoned ground or touching
weapons or the sides of a trench hours
Hint rii.il uan iiir-i iiic rilS llllil triiit trti ,
them I nivself saw a corporal last I-ubln s project for creating an Inter
year In Belgium whose nose was swollen national reserve board on the basis of
like a tomato because he incautiously
sniffed a fragment of a hyperlte shell
The prevention of such accidents Is
obvious, siniplv eNercise great caution
tn touching anything in the gas-Infected
area To wear a mask Is naturally the
first unrl must lirninrlaiil nm..,illnn
The Idea tliat men may be burned , organization, but ho was firmly con
through the Impregnation of clothes Is vlnced that whatever solution could be
generally wrong Doubtless such cases sVen to the present state of uneasiness
have occurred on rare occasions, when1 . . , . , , . . j,,i ,
a prolonged stay In gas fumes was neces- i and anxiety about financial conditions In
sary; but even then It would probably be ' belligerent countries would be of ad
shown that the men burned (for the 'vantage to all,
effect is Just like an ordinary burn or i . .,., '., i,i. ,...
rather a scald) had been sitting or lean- Lubln s proJect lmplles a Bfctem of
Ing on poisoned ground. ' compensation between countries partlcl-
Survivors of Plemom, for instance. ' patlng in the new board that would be
with whom I talked a few days ago, had j certain either to suppress or greatly
experienced a flood of hyperlte and diminish the present Individualism
sneezing gas for more than three hourB, among the Entente tending to draw the
and only one suffered from the effects I Allies more closely together and form
(not serlousls ) because when the bom- Ing also In the financial field compact
bardment opened he got a whiff of . partnership Therefore, the actualization
sneezing gas- before he had donned his of tho project would have also gTeat
mask moral results, facilitating the carrying
Against the more voltalle and less out of that broader scheme of the
emplojed chlorine bromine gas masks are, league of nations.
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just as sure protection, and the French
.iiriny lias comparatively lew casualties
' from th,s caUR Th(l fac q that ,h
have all come to slip on their masks at
the first signs of danger. The more ex
pel ienced of the American troops have
learned the same leson, and gas cases
are tapldly diminishing In casualties.
If new ai rivals take to heart what
their gat? instructions teach them thev.
1'hvc little to fear from gas of any kind
AH that Is needed Is to do what they
h.lve Mgn to,(, and.d0 lt smarty
To show what veteran soldiers think
of the matter, let me quote the lemark
"f .; German pi Isoner taken on Monday
l-.f 1 ninliiniin of 'nltv lln vt'OO fi
I ' i t l- alllll I ILUJ HI 1 11 U Ai M tJ "OJ U,
meager specimen, but has been forty
months at thf front, four times wounded
and decorated with tho tron cros3
11l.n .1-. .l. OrtH,,.,,., 1, t,.l. nP ..no'
j astkp(j llm
Wo don't mind it In the least," he
l llUlt--,4 nil, v H " V'"l lung,-, ii.v;
,ecn traned lo f,tand worse than that by
replied with a grin. "Our lungs have
thq infernal mixture they have given us
the last twelve months In place of to
bacco." That ho should treat the subject so
lightly is, at kast, a fair evidence that,
like their French adversaries, the expe
rienced German soldiers do not regard
gas with the same horror which appears
to havo been Inspired In misinformed
(juaitcrs In America
INTERNATIONAL BANK
PROJECT IS FAVORED
, Leading Italian Politician In
dorses David Lubin's Plan
for Reserve Board
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
opurlaht. 1918. by .Veto Vorfc Time. Co.
, '" n,. t,,iv r.
unme. juij u.
Deputy Due Colon'a ill Cesaro, a lead
ng politician here, t-peaklng to your
(orrespoiident. strongly supported David
the American Federal Reserve Board
He said he was not a financier and had
no teclunicjl banking knowledge and
thus could not express nn opinion on
the practical working of the proposed
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Hall Cainc Forecast Univer
sal Liberation as Result
of War
WORKING OF FAT E
My SIR HALL CAINE
Special Cable to Evening Public, Ledger
Copyrlol't. 1918, by A'rw Vorfc rimes Co.
Iondon, July fi.
Seven score years ago the American
people brought forth on their great
continent n nntlon consecrated to lib
erty and dedicated to tho principles
that nil men were created equal. Then
they had many enemies and only ono
friend. Now they have many friends
and only one enemy. Then they were
a little handful among; the peoples of
the earth. Now they are a hundred
millions and their mighty country Is
the half-brother of the world, and to
day their kindred, ns represented by
the sovereigns and statesmen, the sol.
diers and sailors, tho speakers and
teachers and writers of many lands
are stretching hands to them from
across the sea.
Why are they doing so? Recausc
the principle on which the American
nation was founded has been found to
be true, and ha prevailed because the
nation so founded has passed through
times of fierce testing nnd has en
dured: first, her time of separation
from the motherland from which she
sprang, when ties should be broken
which might never be renewed; then
her time of civil war. with its million
of dead (all her own dead), when friend
was against friend, brother against
brother and father against son: and
now her time of tragic choice between
peaceful security on her own conti
nent and the perilous call of justice
and humanity on ours.
No Delusions About War
America came into tho war two
vears nfter it began. Tho first in
toxication of the war fever had not
touched her. The delirious exaltation
earlier had left her cold. She had
watched the struggle In the Old World
nnd seen the bitter fruits of It. She
knew how the nntlons of Kurope had
suffered nnd how the Iron had en
tered Into our souls. She had no Illu
sion about the bI6odv business upon
which she was embarking, no mis.
tihen Idea or estimate of tho price
he would have to nay, and yet she
came In calmly, deliberately, without
qualm or fear.
"Why did she come In? She had no
old score to settle, no bad peace to re
nd lust, no territorial or economic ad
vantage to gain. Autocracies may go
to war for n little earth, but democra
cies hnve only the lives, honor nnd
welfare of their subjects to fight for.
i nil American sublects on their far
off shores were secuie. T?ut liberty
bad been violated, civilization had been
o-itraged. the right had been wronged.
the vveik had been oppressed, the help
less had been Injured, and before the
iron arm of n merciless tvranny. jus
tice nnd morev nnd rhuritv nnd hu
manity were being wiped out of the
world.
If America was to be true to the
principles to which she had conse
crated her State she had to resist
thece crimes. Not to resist them was
to become accessory before the fact
to them. Therefore. America had to
fight or tho spirit on which she had
founded her own nation had to die.
Only a little while did she hesitate
about her duty to sten beyond the
limits of her own continent. Moral
law knows nothing about fiontlers.
The boundailes of the human heart
are wider than the midwest emplie.
Could Not Shrink From luty
At the foot of Calvary there Is only
one country. The caue of liberty, or
lustlce and of mercy Is the cause of
humanity. A wrong done to the least of
nations Is a wrong dono to all. So
Commencing July 1st, Our Stura
Will Close at S P. M.
Saturdays, 12 Noon
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We Furnish Everything
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Fashionable Clothes for
Men, Women & Children
Furniture, Rugs, Housefur
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America could hot shrink In the face of
her right nnd her duty.
"A friend loveth at all times, and a
brother Is born for ndverslty."
On the common ground of adversity
America Is now standing by the side of
all that is mightiest and beat among the
freo nations of Europe. In that fact and
In Its sequel lies the supreme spiritual
compensation of this Awful war.
Again and again In the ngony of our
sorrow and loss nnd deep, unfathomable
m story of It, wo have cried out of our
bruised and wounded hearts, "What Is
God doing In this world of his chil
dren?" But now we see In His Inscrutable
way He Is healing all the old wounds of
tho nations. He Is drawing together the
races of men who havo been too long
asunder. Out of tho storm of battle He
Is bringing forth a grent brotherhood of
His scattered people, such as the world
has never seen before.
Just as war, notwithstanding all Its
brutalltleB.Is creating a new comradeship
among the men who are fighting at the
front, so that coming out of every class
and condition all distinctions have dis
appeared with the civilian Clothes they
have taken off and the soldiers' uniforms
they have put on, nnd nothing remains
to the well-to-do man nnd the workman,
the highly born and the lowly horn, the
educated and tho Illiterate, perhaps the
ex-convict and tho ex-clergyman, except
the brotherhood In widen they dally face
sudden "and untimely death, standing'
shoulder to shoulder In tho same
trenches, sleeping side by side In the
same dugouts, and thus sharing together
the biggest things they can do and give
their duty and their lives. '
Binding Nations Together
Even so, the organized barbarity we
call war Is binding together the civilized
nations Into a great new spiritual fellow
ship. "The friendships that are born In mis
fortune last longer than those that are
born In happiness." ,
Let us pray that the fellowship of free
peoples which the war has brought to
pass may not end until It has laid the
foundations of a lasting peace. With no
lower hope than that could wo keep our
souls alive In the midst of all this suffer
ing.
If we had to believe that what we our
selves are going through wonld have to
be gone through again by our children
and our grandchildren who are now liv
ing In the fullness of their childish joy.
the whole world would be broken-hearted.
But our hope Is sure, and our expecta
tion will not fall. The night has been
long and dark and echoing with cries of
pain, hut on the forehead of future we
think we see the light of dawn, and
when that day comes we know what lt
will be.
It will be yet a grenter day than that
of seven score years ago, when America
was founded on her far-off continent, u
nation thnt was consecrated to liberty
nnd dedicated tn the rights of all It
will be a day of freedom from the shadow
of the sword which has darkened the
sleep of men for more than n thousand
years. It will be a day of liberation
from the tyranny nf the strong, from the
enslavement of the weak, from the sub
jugation of the silent masses who have
shed their blood age after age at the
feet of crowned criminals who have
sought for nothing but their selllth do
minion and gained nothing but their
guilty glory.
It will be the Independence day of the
world.
CZERNIN TO BE REINSTATED
Conference Decides to Name Him
Austrian Foreign Minister
By the United Press
Amsterdam, July 5 Following a con
ference between Emperor Karl, Count
Czernin and Baron Burlan, the Vienna
Xeue Prese declared that Czornln would
be reappointed Foreign Minister.
Czernin was compelled to resign as
Austro-Htingaiian Foreign Minister, fol
lowing the publication of the famous
letter from the Kmpeior to Prince Slxtus
of Bourbon, In which tho Austrian ruler
made several startling peace conces
sions He was succeeded by Baron
Burlan
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WE HAVE the men, the guns, the wealth and everything that
will help win this war, except the food. Wheat and meat are
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allies. We are using wheat substitutes. We can save meat by
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Special Cable to Evening Public ledger
Copyright, 1918, bv .Veto Vorfc Times to.
The Hague, July B.
Tteform of the foreign service contin
ues to occupy considerable attention In
Germany nnd has taken on nlmost po
litical significance. The big Industrials
nnd men of tho economic world, espe
fclally those of the Hansa towns, have
banded together and drawn up a pro
posal for the reform of this serVlce.
whlrli closely resembled tho system of
England and America.
Tho main Idea Is that the new foreign
service Is to have "economic plenipo
tentiaries" In all foreign countries who
will adequately represent economic and
commercial Interests, and will not be
directly responsible to any one, who
will be In touch with both the .em
bassies and consulates.
These men will bo taken from Indus
trial nnd economic, circles, or froni the
consuls of the old consular service.
They will draw up reports periodically,
which will he sent home to tho trado and
information division of the economic de
partment. This department will dis
tribute reports to chambers of com
merce throughout the country and so
keep trade and commerce Informed of
tho situation In foreign countries.
Not Properly Represented
German business men feel that their
Industrials and commercial Interests
have never been efficiently represented,
and that the men have been chosen from
the wrong classes.
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Vosslsche Zeltung, says that these men
must be neither ofllcers, bureaucrate
nor junkers, but practical businessmen
who can mix with other men with the
samo Interests, and that they should
have a staff of journalisms, lawyers and
engineers, who will study and cultivate
public opinion, will build bridges from
one country to another, and will know
the value of the press.
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