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Army Commander Over U.
S. Marine Contingent
Calls Work Splendid
GERMANS CANNOT PASS
Swift Success of Americans at
Belleau Wood and Vaux
Lauded
By WALTER DURANTY
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Conijriaht, iota, by Xtw York Times Co.
With the French Armies, July 5.
"I am particularly delighted to have
American troops under my command.
They have foughj splendidly, and as a
marK or our appreciation, Belleau wood
Vfllt be henceforth called the wood of
tho Americans In all army orders. I
hope It will bear that name forever,"
said the General commanding the army
north) of the Marne. In which the Amer- ,
leans' are- Incorporated, to your corre
spondent. It Is doubtful whether In the whole
French army there Is a man better qual
ified to Judge the soldierly qualities
which the general declared the Ameri
cans displayed ro brilliantly As a
famous commander with four palms
and a star on his war cross, to attest
his own courage, he was noted as know
ing personally every man under his or
"ders, and even kept In touch with them
by letters and Inquiries when absent on
leave or wounded.
"My deep regret," he continued, "is
that my duties as armv chief have
prevented me from taking part In the ,
actions of the Americans and associ
ating with them as" I used to do. with '
my Own men In our former position I
It is the penalty of higher responsibili
ties that one cannot maintain the close
contact with trjiops which. In my opin
ion, Is one of a commander's proudest
privileges and moit Important duties.
Just1 the same I have seen enough of
the Americans to have absolute con
fidence for the future.
Reading for Anj thin Sow
t "At present I can say we are ready
for whatever may come. T$ the enemy
Ehould launch- a big attack on this sec
tor, they will not pass with their canes
in their hands All of us, Americans
and French alike, realize what If means
to have been holding the road to Paris
W will not fall In our trust."
An hour later your corespondent was
received by the general commanding a
corps of the same army, who explained
the successful local opratlons of iTie
past three weeks In which the French
and Americans have taken part In the
front from the northwest of Vlllers Cot
terets forest' to northwest of Chateau
Thlery. ,
"Speaklpg generally." he said, "our
purpose has been to straighten out the
line by the capture of hills, that are
uieful to the boche as observation posts,
and, woods or ravines that serve as nests
(for;, 'mitrailleuses or cover for cannon.
Th.us In the neighborhood of Troesnes
two days ago, we advanced about a
half-mile on a front over a mile long
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trie Savlere, which gave the enemy a
view over the v'lole Ourcq valley down
to Ferte Mllon.
At the same time we occupied the
?la1cau further south, whose crest, called
,he Sepulchre, commanded a wide ex
panse tothe east and west. Here the
boche drove us back by strong counter
flttakR. as fnllv nwnke Jo the difference
between, overlooking us and submitting
to our survey all his movements around
Passy en Valols, especially in view of
the subsequent operations against the
very important ioresc ot vuiers toi
terats. Captured Boche Commander
"The brigade commander requested
Tne, to order an immediate riposte. I
repj'led ,'I have enough confidence in my
men to know that no such order is neces
sary." It" was not. Before my message
could be transmitted to the zone of ac
tion, the Bame troops that had taken the
positions and been pushed back, attacked
ann again recaptured, the Sepulchre and
over 200 prisoners. Including the com-"
mander of the boche battalion.
"That is the sort of example we are
i trying to give the Americans and I can
promise you they follow it admirably.
-The co-operation of the two nations
stimulates both to the highest efforts,
and our men are Just as proud of the
American success as of their own.
"I need not retell the story of Belleau
' Wood, but when the full account comes
to be written the world will appreciate
what difficulties the American had to
face and how gallantly they overcame
'them. And let me tell you, they profited
by their experience. Monday's affair at
Vaux was an even harder Job than that
(at Belleau. Not only was the village
crammed with machine guns, but the
wood behind it ras full of machine guns,
mlnewerfer, and artillery, the latter by
'the way, in far greater strength than
we imagined and the hill on the right,
from which the enemy could pour a
raking crossfire. But Instead of having
.trouble, everything went like clockwork.
The Americans took Vaux on schedule
,tlme, with over 300 prisoners and very
flight losses.
, German. Completely Surprised i toe they went, nosing their way at a
"The boche' was so surprised by the steady l,ace
'rapidity of the attack that In some cases Joyriding Into Rattle
he hadn't time to open fire, and one Vesicles the officers and crews, shut
group of about eight was captured , up nsde their rfteel walls, working the
around a wounded man whose arm two , cnsnes and guns, there were three or
of them Were busy bandaging. Before four men sitting on the tops, utterly
the enemy countered, we had time to or- exposed. Their legs dangled over the
ganize a stout resistance and tho rjsujt sides of the tanks, like those of boys
was that the Germans failed completely going for a Joyrlde, and In this way
and left another 150 prisoners behind they rode Into hellflre, as It seemed to
them, the men watching them, becouse of the
It was one of the most brilliant little smoke screens and the flashes of the
'operations one could desire and speaks shells beyond.
wonders for the quickness with which The Infantry followed In waves, loose
the Americans are learning the game, and open lines of men extending for
it Is especially Important as an augury ward as they went, close to the bar-
for the future. I had already been as-
soelated with American troops In Lor-
,ralne and appreciated there their keen
n nmi nhvslcal nualltles. but It was
even more satisfactory to see now tney
have caught on to the use of quick fires
on the flanks in open oraer, grenaaes or
Jrlfla mitrailleuse rushes and the conipll
cated teamworK tnat are tne essence ot
"modern attack.
' nncrether. in the series nf nneratlnna
. ,.' inei mnnth the nrmv has token
almost 4000 prisoners, of which a largo
proportion has fallen to the Americans,
and demolished six German divisions.
Tor the f first American participation In
the active, battle sector. I think that Is
'a, result to be proud of."
BEQUESTS TO CHARITIES
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Will "of Samuel B. Vrooman Probated.
Estate Valued at $10,000
Jl Church and charitable bequests In the
'will of Samuel B. Vrooman. 4239 WaU
nut street, probated today, total $24,000.
The entire estate Is valued at $120,000
nnd' upward.
The testator dliected memorial trust
funds of $5000 each be established for
the benefit of the Lankenau Hospital,
NOrineril (iuia iwr x-ueuuirns viiiiuirii,
and the Jane D. Kent Day Nursery, all '
of this city, and the IUformed Church
of America, for disabled ministers. Thf
' First ueinrii n wu'CT vnnrrn Miiceimi
ono uo,unn n F'rteis, receivm " in
strust. The bulk of- he. estate goes to,
'Caroline p. .VroomP, the widow, and
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OF GERMANS TO REGAIN HAMEL
Continued from TaiteJ)ne
Hans were so perfectly successful that
the whole action was completed In
an hour or so after its start. Hun
drcdsiof prisoners had been sent down
under escort, and the record of a
brilliant little victory was already
being written.
TanUs Aid In Surprise.
The tanks, whlcji co-operated with
the infantry, were one of the main
causes of the surprise and overthrow
of the German defenders.
The German prisoners, Including a
battalion commander and two adju-tapts,-are
very sick men because they
'are now in our hands. They confess
that up to 3 o'clock they had not the
faintest idea they were going to be
attacked.
The British artillery in this region
was very strong, and Jts fire was so
planned that when the attack opened
it would neutralize the enemy's guns
while the infantry advanced. This,
indeed, was what happened, and when
the bombardment opened with intense
drumfire and with concentrated coun
ter battery work the German artillery
reply was so late and so feeble that
the Australians were well on the way
to their last objective before the first
shells were well on the old German
front line.
The enemy, holding the ground
south of Vaux-Sur-Somme, garrisoning
the village of Hamel and Valre wood
and the trench system on the other
side of Hamel, belong to three divi
sions of Prussian's and Rhinelanders.
These divisions were the Fortythlrd,
the Seventy-seventh and the Thir
teenth, the last, who were all men of
the Rhine, having come lately to tms
section rrom me area arounn jens.
Oermnn, III, Wanted (Inlet
They have been suffering from the
prevailing epidemic of Influenza and,
not Intending to attack us, hoped rather
for a quiet time, hut were kept on tenter
hooks by the presence of the Australians
In front of them, who do not give their
enemies much peace.
There was the usual amount of harass
ing Are from the British guns In the
early part of the night, neither more mr
less than that, and the Australian bri
gade took up their assembly places in
dead quietude, doing their best to pre
vent any sound of human movement
from alarming the men on the other
side of No Man's Land.
They were all on the top note of con
fidence and enthusiasm In believing that
victory was going to be easy and quick
as soon as the guns got to work. At one
place In front of the German earth
works called the Pear Trench, which
bulged out In a small salient, the Aus
tralians had to creep up close and He
there before the attack.
Ten minutes after 3 was when the
infantry were to move, and two minutes
before then the drumfire began with a
deafening roar.
"It reminded me of Pozleres," said
an Australian officer, who wearss a
wound stripe dating from the old bat
tle. It reminded him of Pozleres be
cause of the tremendous concentration
of artillery and Its tumult of flre
Under the widespread flight of shells
(the bombardment extended over a wide
front), the tanks started , forward.
Smoke screens were sent up In front of
them in dense clouds, which lay low
on the ground, to hide them from the
I uerman anu-ianit Buna, aim iiitu una
rage, rolling slowly on ahead of them
so close'tnat tney tooK tne ns ot oe
lng wounded by their own fire, but pre
ferred this risk to the more deadly" one
ot lagging- oenina ana giving time iur
the German machine gunners to get to
. worn.
inere were only a lew places wneiv
tho German machine guns opened fire
and gave trouble. On? of those posi
tions was In the Pear trench, .where no
tan kcould get Into position," and here
the enemy fought stubbornly, firing ma
chine guns with a persistent tattoo until
they were rushed hy Australians.
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guns fired some rounds, and three or
four of the British tanks were put Out
of action for a while, but the casual
ties were small, and most of them
rounded up large numbers of Germans,
sweeping the country with their fire,
manoeuvring over all this ground with
Infantry In their wake, and returning
safely to the British side of the lines
when their morning's work was done.
ChnrRed In Early Dawn
All .this battle happened In a kind of
twilight. At 3 o'clock there was a faint
light of dawn over the trenches and
woods and ten minutes later there was
fair visibility for 300 yards ahead, as
tested by Australian staff officers. In
this half light fogged over certain lines
by smoke wreaths the Australians made
their way, shouting for the enemy to
surrender.
In mose cases the Germans gave no
trouble, but held their hands up meekly,
came out of their trenches and dugouts,
huddling together without their weapons
and showing no sign of figVlt. They had
been utterly surprised and caught so
quickly that the Australians were
through them and beyond them before
they could put up defense with any hope
of holding their ground. They submitted
to the Inevitable fate that was on them,
and were glad to follow their escorts
back before their own guns should an
nihilate them.
About the fog and In the pale sky
over this battlefield, new many airplanes
They were like a swarm of bats over
the heads of the Infantry and swooped
low to drop bombs on the German po
sitlons. They flung many bombs Into the
little ruined village of Hamel, making a
hell of the place and lighting fires there
m advance, of the assault.
Many Germans had their gas masks
on when they came out of their holes
In the ground and held up their hands,
because they believed the smoke clouds
sent over to screen the tanks, were
poison gas.
During all this first phase of attack
there was hardly a sign from the Ger
man artillery, which was kept very silent
by the concentrated fire of the British
batteries, and the Australians were able
to wander over the captured ground In
great ease, and every man among them
searched for a prisoner whom he could
claim as his very own.
The few wounded were carried back
on stretchers and the lightly wounded
men strolled back with amazing tales of
their walkover.
It was Only later In the morning that
the German guns from o'ther directions
turned their fire on the captured ground,
and especially on the village of Hamel.
which, for the first hour or two, had
been quiet as any hamlet a hundred
miles behind the lines, except for a few
fires burning after the British airmen
dropped their bombs.
Great Day for Australian
Meanwhile, on the ground north of the
attack other bodies of Australians made
raids and demonstrations and small at
tacks, and In .this work of support to
the main thrust captured a good many
prisoners and machine guns, although
that was not really part of their pro
gram. It was a great day for the Austrllans,
HATS TRIMMED
One Yellow Trading Stamp With Every 10c Purchase All Day
MARKET EIGHTH FILBERT SEVENTH
Saturday Hblidays Have Started
STORE CLOSED
ALL DAY TOMORROW
Planked Lobster
A Treat A Delicacy
Hanover Sea Food is always the "talk of
the town." We buy, prepare and serve
only one kind "The Best."
$1.50 I the Price
Clam Cocktail
Olives Beets Kadishes
Clam Chowder
Cold Consomme
Planked Hanover Lobster
New Asparaous
Julienne Potalona
Ice Cream and Cake
or Pie and Cheese
Coffee
and I found their officers merry and
bright, though most of them had .had
no sleep and had an anxious day ahead
of them.
"The Joy of the thing," said one of
them, "Is that we have-taken the Initia
tive again, and that Is much better than
Valtlng for an attack. It Is better for
us and worse for the enemy. Our men
have their tails waving over their heads
and the Germans are very down today."
This brilliant little success has come
on the American Independence Day and
Is the best celebration of that historical
event, which has n deeper significance
for the British forces now that tne
American soldiers are so strong on the
soil of France.
Manv little villages which I passed
through today were beflaggrd by the
French In honor of their allies, and In
msny places of France and Belgium
there were reviews and celtbratlon3 of
America's national fest day
Finland Ready
to Fight Allies
Conrlnufd from race One
115 miles south of Tlflls,
and nearly
fifty miles inside the
border.
trans-Caucaslon
PLAN STRONG ARMY
TO SAVE SOVIET. RULE
By the Associated Press
MnKrnw. June 2B (Delaved )
The Internal situation of the Russian
Soviet republic li such that onlv a pow.
erful asmy on the basis of obligatory
service can protect It, In the opinion of
Leon Trotsky, .Commissioner nf War and
Marine He has submitted a report
advocating universal military Eervlce
for the bourgeoisie as well as the work
men and peasants, and hopes that the
fifth Congress of Soviets will pass such
a measure. Premier Lenlne has ar
proved trie report, and the details are
being worked out.
In the meantime. Trotsky has ordered
the registration of all males between
the ages of ID and 40, and the enlist
ment simultaneously with the workmen
of the bourgeoisie class born In 1S06
and 1837 The bou'rgeolsle classes will
be formed Into non-flghtlng units to
dig trenches and cleaw barracks and
camps Later they may be promoted
to service In the ranks, after they have
proven "by deeds thfilr loyalty to the
laboring class and the poos peasantry "
The amount of paper mone Issued by
the Bolshevik Government and now in
ic uuioiicii ij ci mucin iuv iivjv in
circulation aggregates 10.000 000.000 t
rubles. Since the declaration by Premier
Lenlne a month ago that new money
uculd be Issued and the old money he
devalued, plans for financial reform ap
parently have lain dormant as no steps
have been announced' to provide the in
direct taxation recommended by Lenlne
and the money presses are still turning
out paper at the rate of three billion
rubles monthly
A statement of the financial depart
ment, published In the Izvestla. savs th-
latesi leports snow mat tne assets in
nationalized nnd private banks aggregate
30,000,1100,000 rubles
Commenting on the proposed rtealun
tlon of money, the statement says the
department. believes devaluation can be
accomplished only as It is done in
Austria, that is. without gold exchange,
as metallic devoluatlon presupposes the
preliminary estabnshment of .1 rate of
exchange
n. . a Jt . . -JV1..1..1,. 1.. J.
cussing their attitude toward foreign '
credit In Russia and the nationalization '
of foreign banks, say they ravor tne groups were In combat about four kilo
Ereatest possible limitation of the sphere meters north of Chauteau-Thlerrv In an
of action of foreign credit nstltutlons, , 'Tl" f a?ri " ,m 'all?
In Hussia The Government's financial .,",,."',. ,V. L lastctl1 an unusualls
program prohablv will be considered by ,onf ' time thirty-five minutes at the
the all-Russlan Congress of Soviets at
Its coming meeting.
200.000 UKRAINIANS .
VI ATTT V CFPAf 4!Mtnrce'1 to flce thirty kilometers back o:
tSAHLZ LrCttiUaiVO ,he Hun nes . , CBCaned bv ,volu
Moscow, June 30 (flelavem ' bark nf nnr ivltinnc
A sangiiinarv battle Is reported to Da.,;.our P?slnE- '
have been fought at Ekaterlnoslav, In I Credit for bringing down the German'
the Ukraine, between German troops t airplanes goes, to Lieutenants Ralph A.
and Ukrainian White Guards on one i CA'Xell, of N'ogales, Ariz. ; John H. Ste
slde and peasants on the o'ther. The vens, of Albion, N' T ; Kenneth L Par-
P?as.a1ts are s,lld S have . r,u,"ber,f ' I ker, of Dowaglac. Mich ; Tyler C. Bron
200.000 and to have been equipped with of x Y' k , Maxwell O
artillery and machlpe guns. p of Indlanapolls Ina. . CIeveland
The factories in that region, It is said, Nv MrDermott of Svr.iruee V Y
enflsttf ", Sfna'coVs0-" "I.TSKSa sec-
The. famine situation Is becoming
mnr
ore serious in tho province nf Tchernl-
goo, in Little Russia
Details have been received of the sec
ond big fire In Kiev, which destroyed
buildings in an area five miles square
Factories, docks, mills, barracks, wood
and grain barges, as well as a bridge
across the Dnieper River, were burned.
An armistice between Russia and
Ukraine was signed on June 14 by a
Russian delegation headed by M Ra
kowsky and a Ukrainian commission led
by M. Sheloukhln.
AMERICAN ENGINEERS
ARRIVE IN SIBERIA
Washington, July 5. American rail
way engineers have entered Siberia
through Vladivostok and Harbin, and
are making preparations for a resump
tion of their activities In the rehabili
tation of the Siberian railway, according
to advices received today through dip
lomatic sources.
Bolshevik representatives were said to
have dismissed the civil administrators
of the Vladivostok Duma, the latter be
ing expelled from office and prevented
from functioning by the assistance given
to the Bolshevik authorities by Red
Guards. The overthrown officials, it was
added,' protested against the violence
thus done to the elective principle, but
without avail.
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Aerial Battlers
By EDTIN L. JAMES
Special Cable to Evening Public, Ledger
Cop'jrioht. toils, h'j .Vrm Vorfc rimes Co.
With the ' American Army on the
Marne, July 5.
Anterican aviators have met the
Kaiser's best fighting airmen in a
sensational scrap near Chateau-Thierry.
Six German planes were brought
down. We had no losses
This is the greatest air fight In
which members of the American air
squadron have taken part. Their op
ponents were a unit of the famous
Rlchthofen's Own Squadron, the
leader .of which was killed some weeks
ago. but which has retained his name
The squadron was first formed, by
j the renowned Boelke. It has been
' many times honored by the Kaiser,
, ind Is the only German squadron In
which each filer has an individual In
signia on his avion. It is known by
i the red nose and red tall of Its avlons.
The reputation of this squadron Is
that It Is the hardest fighting of all
tne uerman fliers.
Double-deck Formation
It was Just before 7 o'clock Tues
day evening when the American air
field got word that a fleet of boche
aviators was coming after two of our
observation machines over the Ger
man lines near Fpaux In a few
moments nine of our planes, led bv
T , -
lieutenant Kenneth L. Parker, were-
In the air. bound north.
As they neared our line thev saw
thirteen Germans flying In a double- '
deck formation, nine about S00O
meters and four about 2000 meters up I
This formation Is adopted by the
Germans so that when either group
is attacked the other, perhaps unseen.
may come upon the opponents with
o --w;ilmincr force.
When our aviators saw this formation.
five of our nine machines Immediately
mounted nnd four descended, so that we
had the same formation The German
top deck was over ours, hut nnr bottom
deck was over the Germans About 7 20
our lower group engager the German
lower group, when two Germans were
brought down and the other two made
away.
"r Mnr Hoelies Downed
Three minutes later tho two upper
end of which four more Germans had
been brought down.
In the fight Lieutenant Cleveland Mc
Dermott was cut off by the remaining
boche after bringing down one. He was
f
I tlons and flew back toward the American .
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present American sector
Fir.-t Launching at Dulutli
Diiluth, Minn., July 5. Three mer
chant ship1! were launched from the
Head of the Lakes Shipyards as Du
luth's and Superior's quota to the Emer
gency Fleet Corporation. These included
the Lake Aurire, launched at 12.01 a. in ,
the first one of the launchlngs through
out the country
Newfoundland Loan Floated
By the Associated Press
,t .Inline, N" F . July B A $2,000,-
000 Victory loan which Newfoundland
was asked to raise in six weeks was ob.
tained hv popular subscription in six
days. It was announced today that
th.o amount probably would be doubled
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3TTLY 5, 1918
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Conllnunt from l'nice One
The whole event deeply
stirred the ,
...v.. ..,...nnflv who n.ir-
,Y: ; .,'Z;;. .,.. ,h ;,.
say. in American independence Days,
uciiKiieu. anil innia i,c ,.,.w. -.,
To rinlit Till Victory Comen
The President, clearly showed, they
said, that America will fight to a vic
torious decision, that the small and op
preFsed nations may live In safety and
peace and they believe the whole event
staged In this country will have a re
markable effect abroad.
Standing before the tomb of Wash-
lngton and speaking to
representatives
of manv races who had gone there with
him to pay their tribute to the nation's
founder, President Wilson declared:
"There can be but one Issue to the
war. The settlement must be final.
There can be no compromise. No half
way decision Is tolerable. No half-way '
decision Is conceivable."
When the President pronounced the
death sentence of autocracy, pledged
America, with her Allies, to contlnuo i
the struggle until their liberties had I
been made secure, the faces of Czechs
and Slavs. Lithuanians and Poles and I
representatives of twenty-tight other
races were
werP illumined and their cheers
t.hoing donn the hillside ,
went
Seek Reign of I.nw
Summarizing again the purposes for
uhlch the peoples of the world were
fighting the President compressed them
all Into a single sentence "What we
seek is the reign of law, based upon
the consent of the governed, and sus- j
luinrn iij u iirt,.inizeu opinion oi man-
ki"d " '
The President's speech was more ,
f'irceful and direct than any previous I
utterance either by the President him-
Self or anv nf the snnvesmen nf the'
any of the sp'jiesmen of the
it was ny tar tne most nirect
answer vet et! en to thnce whn enter.
those
tain Vlfiion nf .1 enmnrnmlse nenre I
.- r.- .-- ... ..
Epitomized, the President's war aims
as stated by him call for, first, the re
duction to lmpoj.ency of Prussian mili
tary power, second, the settlement of all
.tal questions Involved in the war by
the peoples (not their military masters)
Immediately concerned, ind. third, thi
i stabllshment of a basis for future
listing peace.
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S. PRESS LAUDS
PRESIDENT'S SPEECH
roVoivliirj nrc newspaper comvrn'
.111 President "Wilson's Independents
Dnn address at Mount Vernon
New York Worlil:
It Is another formal notification tn th
masters of Germanv that they have
aroused forces they knew little of." and
that these forces will not hilt until the
cause of freedom has been won and
guaranteed. At no other period of the 1
conflict could the President so appro,
prlately hae issued this ultimatu'rti
New York Tribune:
President Wilson pledged the Ame-1-can
people to the destruction of arbitrary
power This Is no diplomatic defin-tlon
of war alms It is an inscription of
faith.
St. Louis Globe Democrat:
Germany can derive no comfort from
the words spoken by President Wilson
rt Mount Vernon today There is in
them no sign of weakening, no sugges
tion of a peace that Is not based upon
a victory for righteousness On the con
trary, he declares again, and with
emphasis, that there can be but one end
to this war
, New York Herald :
I Overtures, secret or open, looking to a
i Prussian peare are met by the PreM-
dent In the spirit of his "force, force to
' the utmost, force without stint or limit '
' Neither through debating nor through
diplomatic juggling can the purposes for
, which this country is in the war be
I achieved Right must prevail or the
' world of civilization must succumb to
the brute might that would destroy civ
motion. The President speaks for tho
l people of this land America fights U
I right and America Jias just begun to
j fight
'Louisville Courier-Journal'
The voice from Mount Vernon ' The
President's address at Mount Vfrnon
yesterday was nobly befitting the place
1 tho day and the great world drama
I which was its Immediate Inspiration
I "What we seek," ho summarized
I our objects In a single sentence, "Is the
j reign of law, based upon the consent of
I the governed and sustained by the nr-
ganlzed opinion of mankind " Such was
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THIS PROGRAM APPEARC
IN MORNING AND EVENING I
PUBLIC I.EDGER. '
Alltoo If ,.n h- f .!, .,. ,ii,mh:... . . . "": uf
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the Voice from Mount Vernon on the
142d anniversary" of the birth of Inde
pendence. Its message Is for mankind a
message of unalterable steadfastness to
those with whom wo are allied In the
struggle that must set men free; a mes
sage to our enemies of unwavering and
""incline rnoue 10 listen 10 no pence
short of that consummation.
New York Times:
To the nations whn are our partners
In the war this utterance of the President
will carry renewed assurance, not only
because of what he says, but because ot
ivhat this nation has done. To Germany
the President's address will come as
another final warning that she cannoi
hope to aveit the doom that awaits her
by further deceitful overtures for a
compromise peace There will be no
half-way measures, no half-way victory.
Germany must be destroyed or made
harmless.
U. S. Artillery
Blotted Out Vaux
Continued from race One
he had sen the ruins nf Arrax and
Bapaume. but that neither ruin was sn
complete as this As we climbed over
th ,,ebrls one rouH n'ot ut k
f.irt thflt dml. , ,he C(,n.,rs blocked
on Monday by exploding shells, were th
bodies of German soldiers who had t,tken
refuge there In a vain search for safety
In the zone of our fire
Surrounded on all sides by the ruin
i wnai nan neen tne garden of a fine
residence there reared Its untouched head
a power an coverefl with big red roes .
Three hundred yards awav. on the other
side of the railroad, our doughbovs were
digging in. making strong their noItlon
won on Monday night Down the .lone
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made
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erman
sciriiers
Incidentallv
when the German rr-,.
ment tried to storm our position this
morning it was met by a fire of their own
machine guns which were captured on
Monday night and with which we took -i
Inrge upplv of ammunition
-. we came away across the devas
tated wheat field could be seen a great
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