W 3 ; , " (! M u. r , Wf " , -. fr ,- iT j v t ' '-"tt N'T . '" . . -"-i r t '. PUBLIC &EDGER-PHILADELPHiA, HXIBSDA, JtfLY 11 19Ai- . . EVENING J,v ., 'U ' ft-.. A -T A AMERICA'S YOUTH TO BRING VICTORY TO ALLIES SPECIAL CABLE DISPATCHES FROM FRONW ' " WV . n :-iv ; Jww. S'tlKES t." w; j It h .u. $ . $T AMERICA'S BEST "v ? fO BRING VICTORY l.tKc 87.'1 S$$Kck of U. S. Manhood Will v Jjccine war. oays Maurice K.mr. forck is at front' hv . But Expert Varus Allies Not i m$; fn Tvi-nnrt Ton Mlli'll w&sr :l .: . SSSatJ Inimcutalely W . &ir Bv MAI. GEN. MAURICK farmer Director of lllllmrv deration" of British Armv Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger . Cevvrioht. tat, bu Xrtr Yoik Time Co. Ixmilmt, July 11. i The Fourth of July hns come and ' gone, nnd we have paid our trlhvfto Wore gene rally and Bonerou'ly than , ever before to the hll America Is giving to tho Allied forces. A year mo the most atrlktntr symbol of our joy In the ' 'unity of the urcat .English speakltiK peoples In the c'o m tn o n cause 'was to be seen In. Westminster, where the Union Jack and the Stars -arid Stripes floated from tho same 'flagstaff over the Houses of Parlia ment. This year the chief feature has been the large number of Ameri 1 can Boldiers who - have taken part either as guests or enterameis In the celebration. I am neither a financier nor a man ufacturer nor a mc-clnnt. but it re quires little imaginiMon to icallze bnw HlfTicult our position would now be were the boundlcs iewnrce of America In money, inaieilal and food-1 stuffs denied to us. -or am 1 a .imn . but while tho prevention and replace menf of shipping losses ato ninonc the cardinal factors which will decide between victory or defeat. Americas 'aid In hunting down the enemy pirates and her energ in developing her Shipping Industries are in themselves .alone" worthy of every flag we have flown on Independence Day. America's Military Alt! T am n snlfllPl and it is therefore of Ameiica's military aid that I wish to speak. A c nave nan mom e"; couraglng reports lately of the rate at 'Which American soldiers arc pouring, ilnto France and have been told that j America has already sent some mn- linn of her sons across the Atlantic. We know that many of these Amort ,can soldiers are brigaded with our own troops, generous loan to title us jOVer our difficulties In finding men to replace the heavy losses we have suffered this year. Naturally, we are counting much upon this help in the present time of stress, but it is important that we .should not count too much, and that we should take a sane view of what ,la possible; otherwise we shall be ills- nnnnfnteit tinri Ha fenmferi tn fhlnlt lin i 5. justly that "our ally has failed us. firSli US IU IllllllUt-'m. I Urn- la n 1 igreat and Important difference be tween the total numbers of an army and the numbers which can he ac tively employed In fighting the enemy. The working of tho bases which re ceive and Issue all the mutlifarious requirements of an army absorbs large numbers of men. More still are needed to maintain a regular flow of these requirements along the lines of communications to the fighting front. Hospitals, schools of Instruction and training establishments of all kinds make another large call, so that it must not be imagined that the total figures of the American strength in the west represent, or nearly repre sent, the numbers which General Per ,shlng can throw Into battle. Fighting Strength lncrrnlne We know- from General Tershing's .communiques that the actual fighting 'strength of the American forces at the ' Painleve and Vlvlanl vvtre completely front is steadily Increasing, and that ' under the influence of Oaillau. and .American soldiers have taken part liiiMalvj. the shock of a great modern battle I The laHer's trial for treason will bo with glory to themselves anil to the ' gin before the Senate next Tin sdav chagrin of the enemy, who has. from the first day of the war. underestimated the. power of a free people to create and place armies in the field, hut our own ! experience teaches us that this business of fitting new armies to take their part In battle is slow Some of our new di visions did take a noble part In the battle of Loos in September. 1915. but it was not until July, 1916. at the first battle of the Homme, that our new armies, as a whole, received their real i baptism of fire. America has. it is true, hid the ad vantage of being able to Haiti h. t troops behind the trenches held by the Allies and could use her little regular army to school and give the advantages of lts' experience to the new lev les. while we, for the most part, had to put rui h troops as we could collect in the early days of the war straight into the front. Against this advantage must be set the disadvantages of the far greater dis tances from which America's armies , have to come and tne world shortage of shipping. Shipping is Indeed the factor which limits more than any other the develop ment of America's strength In France, ' for the time must come when all the shipping which America can lay hands on or can launch will be needed to carry across the Atlantic the ammuni tion, material and food necessary for the maintenance of her armies in the field -and drafts to replace the wastage of battle and of success. Prime of American .Manhood For theue reasons the development of ' America's fighting strength cannot be very rapid, and we must have patience, I i 'lit I tVtlo ilai-alAnmnrtt la nartaln ni ! I effect Inevitable. America Is picking I gKf i fr the flel le Prln,e of lr manhood. tifiifr' , V tt H'o wif ii an uie tuner na- Ir '. ; - tiviw ciibo'i iii iii "m ncc unit Kieir &A .fl .trnntliD anil tillrt Hln.fl CArl mat In .I.a .-. T.r v.o .... ... .... ...-'.. u i.. nut V-SteJi.We have Just learned that America has ' ci' fpleked out and sent back from France firVt,e",me " '0UB& men ot under twenty-Pist-one who, in their eagerness to fight. had deceived the recruiters and found BV--'Uilnlr way to me ironi. inis is sig. A, K 'American ranks. We have for several - ' I .1 1 .l.lnnn . k... .. .!!-. I .- -A ;ftiuuuiD uccu nuii'iniif, uwjii ui ciKiueeu i"'.-, -;"acrosg the chattel, and Germany has JV '-"Jifor some time past had her youths of '.i;vnlEeteen under training. Tne ertect of "Y .the Intervention of h, tresh army com- 4.vujtM nt thi. nicked manhood nf a via. V , Section which is net suffering from the stalenea or. lour yeara or enort must ii " But we must realize that new- armies v?. . ' ra. not made In a day. and understand -'-, the special difficulties which America ,, ;JvM to. overcome. The decision will ' AT?' mf tf ' the sooner If we are not be- a .occfequence of an exaggerated estl iiiU rf what America can do, slacken THE CAMERA FOLLOWS "OUR BOYS'UNTO THE FRONT-LINE 4il..' --. jr '"-J The 'Hiikcc -nlilicr on lite right MALVY'S INFLUENCE DENIED BY PAINLEVE Former French War Minister Resents Charge Traitors Guided His Actions Special Cable to livening Public Ledger Copyright. ''. by .Wm- York Ttwi to. Vatli, July 11 The question as to the respnnsll.lllty , fm- stoppaRe aiampiiRne f the French offensive In April. 1017, which has already caued -o much controversy, was brought to the front again today by Paul Palnleve. M. I'alnleve. It will be re mctnhereil. was -Minister of War at the time, and It Is charged that lie allowed himself to he influenced by .Malvy, Call laux and other so-called ilrfeatlst loll tlclans to give a peremptory order for I ine relation 01 the ouensive vviucn. ac- rfll-ll I It ( tn t:m.... . erolntio li'i.l It linnn all0,,P( . ,,k. it, nnt.n.i't'..ollrse vvnnlri have brought about the end of the war over a year ago. or would at least have ,irven t1p Germans bad; to the Mein-e. M ranleve, in a statement handed tn the newspapers today, complains ,iiat ,. ,s nnw aPCU!,pll of having been induced by I'aik Influences at the same pet ioil to dismiss (teneral Mangin, who was then In command, under General N'lvelle, of an important section of the front Involved In the offensive referred to. The ex-Mlnlster asserts that Gen eral Xlvelle. then commander-in-chief, and not he himself, was responsible for .Mangin's dismissal. He adds that In July, after the offensive, he actually of fered .Mangin another command. Identi cal with that which the latter accepted a few months later from Georges Clem- enceau. the Premier and present War Minister Most newspapers content themselves with reproducing Palnleve's statement I and remarking that it is regrettable I that Mangin and Palnleve cannot give their versions, owing to their tongues being tied by military discipline Charles Turras. In IActinn Fran chise, however. ridicules Palnleve's statement and roundly calls him a ltar. I.eon Paudet, In the same journal, in directly refers to the subject In nn ar ticle in which be asserts that at the pe riod referred to by Paimevc "Malvy and Caillaux. both slaves of Germany, ex ercised an enormous Influence, on par liament and In Government counsels From the end of March, that ytur, Malvy, as Minister of the Interior, sat on the war committee and transmitted regularly to the enemy reports of Its proceedings." M. Daudct asserts that these reports vveie sent through Duval. Almereyda, Le.v marie, Landau and Marlon, and that I . . "1 ".-rsL?-r-s-. 'L ,' f&l . t -j i.tVxt ) Mil ir -i i 1 rsif i yaBBl3il3jl5aurBJHBKi :'" -aSaSs!3 Aen of America ! M I A most important consideration when one realizes as you do how rust ruins the elastic and how frequently it irreparably soils your garments. It's economy to buy the belter grades of PARIS GARTERS at 35P or more ASTEIN & CO. Children's HICKORY Garters l; Chicago new yoik g ThUlitherAhlS fSt . w li'i youi juitinlee .1 tiademtih Jt4i . m mm. m .M V. ol .adct quality E Sm P,R,S mjjt lrfimr.rir jay JjrSrfi)M CiflR I bK3 lwinnitmi-irirff fzjnfe No metal M ' -J-; ' ;"''. ha lianncl (Weil for a clianrc Ccrmun lite prnup urc prrparini; lo . V 1 x -. POLITICIANS PREVENTED GREAT RUMANIAN WIN OVER GERMANS General Avcrcseu Had Von Mackenscn Forces in Dangerous Position When War Cabinet Ordered Him lo Withdraw :.iiiilcn, June S. i Correspondence of tlie Associated Press ) I low the Kumani.iii armies lost an op- tirtrlimiH. .if :intillillfit irtf ttin Uprilinn , .,,-.., ,.,., ..u..,.,,.. , itll'l l illi.ll J.ill ..liiiiv III ill. t ..mi nil ji in 1 n 1 r. n recnlrtlh a conlldciitlal docu- ment v hlrh lias just reached the Asso itatd tress from an authoritative source in lUnnania The document contains nn account of a conversation lietvveen Field -Marshal von Mnckensen and the Rumanian military lenders which occurred shortly after the rimuanlan peace treaties were signed. Von Mackcnsen declared that tile failure of the Itunianlans to press their advan tage m lf'16 changed tho whole course of the war. lie said that his entire army could easily have been pocketed and compelled to surrender, and this might have been followed by a separate peace with liulgarfa. vvh.ch would havn sepa rated Turkey from her allies and changed the whole balance of power In the Fast The Rumanian failure, the memoran dum states, was due not to the military leaders, but the shortsightedness of the politicians at Bucharest. In September. IMG. General Averescu, commander-in-chief of the Rumanian army and by far the ablest of all the Rumanian general, bad taken an army of frur divisions and had crossed . the Danube into the heart of the enemy's country, lie had found a clear path Into the heart of the Gernian-Tlulgir Pobrudla army and had penetrated fif teen miles with a view to cuttlntr off all their communications am! striking them from the rear. General Averescu's own position w-as safe, for behind him lie had eight dlvMr.ns of sunport and re enforcements. Including Serhl-i" apd Ru manian troop of the first qunlltv Put Averecru hsd net-feeted to cut the w irrts which connected him vith th mlit'cians In tho Rumanian cipltal and h" had onlv cone fifteen miles bevond the Paniihe when there came a peiemn torv ortler to withdraw hi forces. It was nn absolute command from the war cabinet Averescu tried to reason with bis political chieftains over a lnng-dis-fince wire, and even threatened to te slgn. hut the nnlitlclans had decided and refused to change the decision. The cabinet. It appeared, felt that there was dancer of the German armies on th" other Fide of Rumania the rarmthian front--breaking through and doing a great deal of harm at a thu" when V r .p(.u'p nrmv was far aflyid The pnUlcans t mldlv preferred a defense noli' t to a daring offense and after a dav or two of delay. Averescu and his nrr - withdrew- from the commanding "Rustless Day" Every day is "Rustless Day" lor PARIS GARTER wear ers. No matter how warm the weather, how profusely you perspire the metal parts on PARIS GARTERS cannot and will not rust. They're made of rustproof, nichled brass. . . t IX I ( patrol wliiili tniplit hutillr upon his operate a trench mortar position In Von M.itl,enen's rear and retired back across the P.inube. The Germans weie puzzbd by thi" maneuver and weie nevei able to obtain a satisfactory explanation of the with drawal of the enemy at the very mo ment when the cause seemed won. Von Mackenscn was an old pre-war friend of Averescu and km w the lattrr's abili ties too will to underestimate them That vva- vvhv on Mackenscn sought out Averescu during the peace pa i ley a few weeks ago in llm hniesi "Why did .vnu withdraw"' asked Von Mackenscn. ' If jou had gone forvvatd you most rerlamlv would have bagged the whole of the Unitarian and German armies In the Pnhrudja " A. E.F.T0H0N0R FRANCE Pershing Decrees Celebration of Hiiftile Dav PiirK July 11 General Pershing In a general ortler has decreed July 1 1. France's national holld.i. a", a day of celebration for the AmerUan expedi tionary forces I.iinilnn, July 11 Fiance's Pay Is to he honored next Friday in the most distant parts of the ltrltlsh Kmplre. It is to be celebrated In every town in South Africa, throughout India, In Cey k.n, Canada and elsewhere In tlritaln more than Bflo towns are joining In the celebration. DISCUSS MEXICAN OIL TAX Tampiio Men in ('apilal lo Meet Conv Special Cable tn Evening Public Ledger f npurwht. tM. hu Xrv York TiturK t. Meln. C'lly, July 11. A large dele gation of oilmen froni Tamplco have ar-rlv-etl to attend the conferences between Wilson. Rhodes andj James n. Gnrflelil and Senor Paul. Secretary of Commerce. The oilmen sav they are icasonabl.v sure that the Mexican Government will' mod ify the new tax law. and that tliev e ptct no difficulty In reaching a settle ment Government officials nlso feel eon flilent that a settlement will be rcn lied in a few days. It Is undeislootl that Ambassador Fletcher received Instructions from Washington on Saturday to discuss the question with President Carranza be fore the commission met HANAN SUMMER SHOE SALE Begins Monday Morning, 8:30 Very Big Savings in Men's and Women's Season able Low Shoes. This sale in cludes many lines of. our choic est models all are of the Hanan high standard of quality. Women's Low Shoes, 4.85 to $11.85 Formerly Sold for $7.50 to $14.00 Men's Low Shoes, $5.85 to $11.85 Formerly Sold for $8.50 to $15.00 Some unusual values in Men's and Women's high shoes included in this sale. 1318 Chestnut St. SHOES TRENCHES ' ) Citmniltteo on Ii'lcninj; pojl. ubllc Information. The Americans in BOMB TICKED 8 DAYS IN ITALIAN WARSHIP Spy Reveals Plot Between Ger ' ' mans and Three Benedetto Brin Sailors Special Cable to Eveniifg Public. Ledger Copurtoht. MS. bu Sew York Tlmri Co. i Milan. July 11. , On the morning of September 27, 1M5. the first-class Italian battleship Benedet- i lo Brin was blown out of the water In Brlndlsi Roadstead. Tremendous j damage was done for miles aiountl, and I of fi70 men aboard, S4fl lost their lives. ! together with Captain Farafornl and Hear Admiral liuhlu De Cervln. For eight days previous to tho i catastrophe an Infernal clock, attached to bombs hidden away In tho recess of the powder magazine by spies In the pay of both Austria and Germany, had been noiselessly but inexorably ticking out the fate of the doomed crew. From the evidence before the public court-martial which has just begun in Home, a commission of Government ex perts worked for six months without being able to nsslgn any definite cause for the disaster, until on May C. 1016. Cesare Molottl, an Italian spy, a pris oner at Ancona, who was once In the Austrian secret service, levealcd that two of his former associates, I,ouls Starsak. an Austrian, and a German of ficial called Fonzor, had confided to him the full story of the plot. According to their disclosures. Fonzor anil a popular German proprietor of a fashionable hotel situated on the Itlva Degli Schlavonl. a promenade In Venice which before the war was the favorite hnupt of upper-class tourists, each re ceived ?20,000 In organize this outrage. They enlisted the services of George Corpl, a cavalryman from Parma, and three sailors. Moschlnl, Azzonl and Bartolinl. all natives of southern Italy and belonging to the crew of the dread nought This fiua'rtet, who are now- on view In a steel cage in the assize court, turn out tn be thoroughly had characters with long criminal records. The price or blood divided among them amounted to $17,000 ijk; jap loan to china Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Copyright, .9JP. Vv .Vete York Times Co. Pekln, Inly 11. The Japanese have advanced $10.ono,ono to China under the reorganization loan, with the. con currence of Fntentc bankers. The security In the surplus from the salt revenue AIR JOURNEY ENJOYED BY BELGIAN ROYALTY King and Queen Pleased by Novel Trip Across English Channel Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Copurloht, 191B, bu Kew York Ttmrs Co. London, July 11. The Interesting disclosure Is now made that King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium, who nre now In this, coun try, made the Journey across the English Channel In two Belgian seaplanes. The objert of their hurried and Informal trip was to be present at the sliver wedding , celebration of King George and Queen Mary, ana tne circumstances arc regard ed at Buckingham Palace as' a very graceful compliment. This Is the first time the sovereigns of any country ever made a flight of such a nature, although there have been . pievlous royal airplane fllghtR, notably that ttlp which the King of Spain made . In the early days of aviation In Wilbur , Wright's machine. ! The Chronicle learns that the two sea i planes left Belgium Friday evening and arrived In thnvlclnlty of a channel port . within about nn hour. The- nllghted on the water, and the royal visitors were taken off tho machines and brought to land by a motor launch. The flight was quite without Incident of any kind, and a Belgian official who has been In close contact with their Majesties during their stay In this country told a Chronicle rep resentative that the King and Queen en Joyed the novel Journey Immensely. jSKJDk: Store Opens Daily 9 A. M. Store Closes 5 P. M. x!Hffi. JSfrjftl Closed (All Day) Saturdays iMBE;4 BONW1T TELLER aCO. CHESTNUT AT 13 STREET Will Close Out (Tomorrow) Friday Four Hundred Women's Summer Skirts For Dress and Outing Wear At Clearance Prices 265 Tub SKIRTS of Gabardine, plain and many with fancy col ored borders. A large variety of models. Various pocket and belt arrangements. 35- -Charmincr Crepe, Foulard and salable models. 37 Handsome tailored Tricollettc Baronettc satin skirts in plain and embroidered materials, the season's most desirable models and colors. Man Wanted To Fit This Hat It is the steel fighting-helmet of the U. S. Marine on the Western Front. "More Marines 1" is the call. Washington responds with an increase in the Corps. Can you fit the hat? It's no place for a man who must be cushioned against shock: -who shuns risk or loathes adventure. Only the fit are taken: for the U. S. Marines must never fail on any job Land, Sky or Seal The man who makes good at the Marine Corps Recruiting Station, will serve with men stalwart and square and valorous. The Globe, Anchor and Eagle, on cap, hat or helmet, is the distinguish ing mark of the U. S. Marine. REGISTERED MEN: Ask your Local Board to let you volunteer. Unregistered men, enlist in the Marines quickly, while you can. Ages, IS to 36 years. Apply at the U. S. MARINE CORPS RECRUITING STATION 1409 ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA U rublle Sqiurt, Wllkei-Darrt. 31-30 ; Kins St.. Luncuiitr. federal Uldz.. Trenton. 813 Slurkrt St., WUmliKtOB. U. S. MARINES CO-OPERATION WON BATTLE ON PIAVE General Corsi Declares Italian Army Has Recovered Its Fighting Efficiency Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Corurioht. tilt, txiXrw York Ttmrt Co. ltnme, July 11. "The Italian army. In the second bat tle on the Plave. which ended In an other Italian victory, showed that it had entirely regained the fighting efficiency which rendered It famous throughout tho operations against Oorlzla and on the Carso mountains, where for two years, with 'Inferior war material, it succeeded In standing against the most powerful defensive organization," says General Corsi, the Tribune's military critic, remarking that the Austrian of fensive In grand style ended In notable territorial gains for the Italians. Con tinuing, lie says: "The chief Interest and importance of these last Italian actions consist In showing the perfect organization and co-operation of nil ranks down to the private soldier. The ground Is such as to render concerted action Impossible. Therefore the whole battle Is carried out by small groups of ten, acting separate ly, thus calling for great resourceful ness and promptitude on the part of all concerned, nR well ns the most perfect system of co-operation between different groups. "The battle was eminently successful, as It managed lo wrest ground much valued by the Austrlans from fresh troops especially sent to defend It Elsewhere the Italian position Is much Improved, as roads nre abundant on this side of the riave, hut scarce on the Austrian side, thus making offensive Special $35Q and $5 00 skins in jsaronettc satin, ueorgcttc Faille silk, the season's best ws'.!. V'.v,,. T4-Wmmim operations on difficult." the part of the enemy ,' Bristles From 118,055 Hogs It takes that number of hogs to supply the eight and a half million tooth brushes bought yearly by The Delineator families. These same families buy tons of tooth-paste, millions of shoes and train-loads of food. 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