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I jtag Restoration v GLOOMY FUTURE MRS England and America iving Little Nation Worst of It AMERICA ONLY THUNDERSTORM, GERMAN WRITER JELLS PEOPLE Article by Salzmnn in Vossischc Zcitnng Before Present Drive Says They Have Been Unable to Regain Atom of Initiative AMERICAN HEAVY ARTILLERY -MOVING UP TO THE FRONT 3X3CS3SBS" I Jgpkltt Cable tn Evening Public Ledger ' ACratfffaA(i ."I. fix er Veil- Tfi rn "i$$h Tl"' Ii,su'' Ju,j" 20 S'iV,sTBre Is an evuicnt fear in (iermany fc-tflttjCAmerlCA wm step in and help In Li'leU) f Igantic work of restoring Be'lgium ySftr th8 ,var' tnol,Kh Industrial Ger- SOU Belgium by nldlns In the lestoratlon iSl4y supplying new machinery for the l industries which have been destroyed tWvtna'njr cares with a view to crippling ftOiy-country Industrially and economl- Ifcieftly Chancellor von Hertllnc's stat I ;,mM on Belclum hae brousht fo-th K'); flood of speculation about the roun- nswya, economic future, u colonic? anci fiitijreiaUong to r.ermany V?Tn vosslsche Zeitun? say. that If it B$MHIJ)llot been for Hlmarek. HelRium p'2V'' no' have acquired thp Conco. as e'.Enirland or France vould hae snatched !tV i ?The pledge of Pelslum," says the 'paper, '"must, abo'e all, help to resu- tsn"!!! our colonial possessions. Thus ewsiuill its iiul ouilKu lu liinc iiitiL in " ,7Kexternai pontics or to join one of an- ?AlOtbtf crcup of powers for security, It-iF..-. tJ .... . ... "ID" wouia not ne sien wunouL con- fcS"Ietabl6 adrantapes offered In es jlEehahe. In future It will be necessary Ltrnierelv to deal with Belclum's wish to Ki n, . . - . ' S vi Entente croup. h-YJWjnli! Curb Flrmlnli Mmrmrnt ips The paper Tofers to the Flemish moe Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger rorirlont, litf. bu .Veiu York Ttmts Co. The llBEtie, July 20 Eric Salzman, In the Vo.lsche Zeltuns, publishes a Ions article on the present German offenshe, telllnp the people that the American troops hne not and will not come In larpe numbers flcrman papers of Thursdnv made cas ual allusions to the French and Amer ican reslstnnrp, ami most papers, evl dentlv folluwlne liistrurl'nns nlven out. laid considerable stress on Koch's new mobile defense methods The Teuton mind Is doubtless bolus piepnred for disappointment mer the present rfTen slve. which It had been led to believe would he the lat big coup Salzman quotes C'onitressm.in nor land's speech of June 2!i, s,iIiik that if war were not a terrible thlnit one mlKht repl. "Ood pre"erc jour childish thoughts " "It Is easy' snys the writer, "to be a hero and tnlk far fiom the firing line" He lontinues Amerlru Ontt Tliiinilerstnrin "Th Amertcins will not come in full strength The are. Indeed, the heavy thunderstorm The black cloud may look threatening but It Is often onlv a threat nnd In the evening the sky Is clear. Just ns a storm is temporary, so is American aggression We must meet it quietly. America can do nothing In spite of her numbers " Salzman says that America has pro longed the war with speeches nnd coun sel and by strengthening the moiale of the I'uropean enemy, and thm this must not be underestlmatui, nut mat tne Americans have not been able to help Foch regain an atom of Initiative (this was written on the ee of the Allied drive) nnd that this is nil Important at the present time The American nnd Italian armies be says, have only enabled Foch's force I to become mobile lie could also (111 up I gaps, hut has bung to position merely for reasons of prestige In the same man I ner ns In the Vrtilun buttle As to the matter of s;iing men and becoming mobile. Salzman sajs. Yprcs, Arras and CgJnn,e saying that this should not be al- Uhelms are today man traps and Kntentc flowed to senarate the neonlp of Pel. tfFlllm nn account of the nort of Antvvern j'ana"Ha connection with the economical iAld Industrial spheies on which Bel- rlura absolutely depends Antwerp's A.Vtllj depends on this connection, and ithi.' In turn, savs the naner. hns n life . "vrJnterest for Gernnny, so that neither ,-paratlon from the Congo nor the Fln i'nlh, policy must be allowed to work KxtJlnst German IntereMs JiVWfJie article goes on to say that Kng- k.. Mild.. WAR lielcilim's hesf mnrkpt hnforA I$'lk .. l.Au nn n .. , - ...ij.ii. P."? " """ " '"j .ii points of honor They eat up divisions. but holding them Is militarily useless, as Germany soon found out "There Is no reison," he ndds. j take these places by foice. They (Germans) could do It dally The French, with their tactics, hae run Into a blind alley The Frencn army showed Itself Incapa ble of big decisions and was afraid to make a hlg move on account of public opinion, and had not means or men to undertake nn Important counter-offensive." The writer asserts that the German general staff could make decisions for pure defense or offense, nnd that, al though neutral countries may he Im pressed by the "small" Allied attacks of the last few weeks, they don't count. Salzm.in says It is astonishing that all neutrals are convinced that the Kn tente Is unconquerable and that this Idea riiust be shatteied, but not by propa ganda. "We are In n good position," he as serts, "through the successful offensive of the first half venr" The writer declares that the French are bound and must stick to a certain program They cannot allow the line ftom the northwest to the southeast to be broken, nnd II was In peril from the ciosslnc of the Mnrne Paris must be defended as "the fort nnd soul of the whole inllitaiy defense of the country." The whole French, Kngllsb, Italian and American defense Is so rigid, he pro ceeds, that a wavering in one spot must endanger the whole front, nnd "here lies the difference of our western defense, since I.udendorff and lllndenburg took command." Onl.v Mntter of Prestige Salzmnn refers to the "rubber-Ilk elasticity of the German armj," which be considers the "hope of the future" remarking that lthelms Is only a matter of prestige with the Entente, hut If It vveie taken it would be a bath of blood for Germany's enemies. In another Issue of the sime paper Hans Kvser admits that the German attack was not a surprise to the Amer ican. French nnd Italian divisions, which expected It. he says, o:i July 11, but the Floral command had chosen a new method of mobile defense, which It had lo.irwd in Its last defeat While th front lines were only weakly defended, the main defense was the second line, although the enemy was not entirely successful In the retirement of the front- I lino troops, It Is asserted, as shown by the taking of prlsoneis. The article mentions the sfrong counter-attack with tanks nnd the assault on the German bridges bv sixty enemy planes, twenty five of which, it says, were captured. I'nrmT FOCH'S VICTORY 400 AMERICANS DUE TO SURPRISE I HELD IN GERMANY i a middle ,mnior tne colonies. i:ngiand took '-uthfee-fjuartera of her blp Industrial prod- , ! 3Z2ana a 'aee """mage or imc, ijerinans J Jiousht t rencli l anKee soldiers uvenuialiy ifiiware, cuiiou nnn cioin. nut ine ' - British protective tariff will certainly1 T? -.. T',.1-.-.... 1 C.. f-?Jr.mU this." , JtusLivt.-s J.JituBit.u, uub WftTOTWK M -... J . 1I vJ'w' jjpt( jrui:t:cus in rtpiuir ?&it!an Offiror Ciiptive that i i-,a. .... .. i. i. k wbw uiuueu ijiis Ullilt;! colli j l::vtKmcu conditions anu is nniigen to lm- i k.ihv4. Virtually nil fiitt. vtl,.i-l.ld t,rl! ir:-. ----- '.v "B.BI 1.1BA1I A B tvi nn r. r -, nnr. 1 r.o ft .- Illll'llll . A '! u-t&TZJ,-" .,,;;;, "L: .."' :: mv-n nviCiif t ii c.i a wvi du m(, lilt- iiniv ill iiniuiK' iii be more Will Be Sent to Tuchcl Camp ti '.Wsfelt acutely and coal will 1 fe'S-MWH:? imported from Germany MilhH "? ' -t-' re Dlllleiilt to det , iBwuyra iron ore irom ney win ne 'JSaMllctilt to procure. It says, "as It can r-sjrrcKoneci on inni l-rance win nave a '&B4ctal nreferentlal ni-reemenf wltli V&dermany by which little will remain ,;.rOf a third party Just as the products .-tnjm me f.crniqn v ongo inuHl nrst f,.jrvi our interests, esneclallv the newlv eiriffaund copper. Most Important Is the I- j-BWong- foothold which America has wincu in nouin -America during tne war, JXWlwre' Belgium once procured quantities ttfTHW materials on the exchange for ti.umup boous. - l.vljBelglum will have all th "tivfiii. -wiiii, uiKuea me paper, ,?i'iupbul!dlns of the Stat IJy O. H, PRpiU.S Sprrinl Cable In Evening Puhjir Ledger Cnpurioht, .1fl, by .Vne York Timet Cn, With Hip rrenrh Armies. Inly 20. The French nnd American forces on either side of the Ourrq made ld.dOO prisoners Thursday nnd took about 100 cannon. Clprman reserves have been hrought up in considerable number, nnd the htniBKle Is more severe. Neverthe less, further progress has. been made. The splendid Franco-American ad vance between . the Alsne and the Mamo was above all a victory of atirprli-c. This part of Boehm's arm had recovered from a series of local rvyi his to con- as well as j . so that ' 'Awl-t-, a 111- -n-lfV 1 1 . t! - I v?J I't'S'L uiiriii, ."RlMwlll be obliged to look for new I - 'XI XMrket. and her Interests and fate are . MHimilll with thoRR of Germanv her reverses, hut It sunnosed that the Sf4,,opment iylnp eaBtward Tn papt.r j opennB f the new offensive further ir "L"5" incus ry must ne Monday relieved It of all lm- r must i -. , , Is'i to mediate anxiety. The armies of Gen- . AAA i. America undertakp thin worlr thn ' nnl Mnnpln nnnV Dn Ontiette would. Sft- .'ttr Paee. ns t,he would like to ! lt vvas thought, have enough to do to , ','jh-mm a uiaiiLii nrm out oi a competitor SteBiJti. this i-econstructlon with our help "KlWHt be only a means of helping Bel. wttn a new policy." hold the Crown Prince's onset with out conceiving operations of their own "Dlcl you not fear a flank attack?" a German officer taken prisoner was I asked. I "Attack with what?" "was the repij. i "We thought Foch's reserves were ex- 1 haustcd." t 1 Slonn Helped Allies I "The secret of the attack, which was , very rapidly prepared, was perfectly p -JJ,, m , kept. A violent storTn Helped our AJOJP XO 30Vlel 3110WS America 'allies, nnd amid the continuous roll of thunder the noisy approach of largo numbers of French "tanks to their starting place was unnoticed. At 4.25 a, m. French and American Infantry dashed forward behind a moving cur tain of tire from hundieds of batter ies great and small, over a front thirty miles long, and enjoyed an ndvantage the thought of which must throw Von Hutler himself Into a rage of envy. So hard vvas the attack pressed that .I,1 Hi .?.! n &.'.' ...-."i . . . tVwtf-'T-W paper nnauy says that thus 3 jF-uii.--'--u'ui'i3 muni uuiiu up inenuiy jJ,H:!fl,tlona all around. f fgWESON BLUNDERED, iRRPENTLOW ASSERTS wmm Wj&itf- Ka-s" mW' Wants Russia to Fight, ne oays 3M'$.Jfsi! C6'e fo Eienmp Public Ledger tMMl.'KjK?iIir',V""". " u .Veir York Tlmn Cn. wm mm;ifu rStC!, sfiS2r-t,' sVif'- Th'' ""1"". July , Count Reventlow writes In the Tages FOOD PARCELS NEEDED Special Cable In Evening Public Ledger Copyright. Ills. hj .Vm York Timet I o. Paris, July 20 At the beginning of the present of finslve nbout Inn Americans were being lu Id as prisoners in Germany, according to a report Just icrclved from the Amer ican Ilerl Cross In Switzerland Two hundred and ninety of thT.p are olllcers and soldiers, eight are navy men and about 100 arc civilians. Eventually ajl the Amcilcan soldiers an- to be put In Camp Tuchcl, West Prussia. The camp of the ofllcer prisoners has not vet bten ."eleited by the German authorities Among the oltlcers cap tun d In the recent drive arc several medical men Preliminary to the concentration at Tuchcl the captured soldiers nre scat tered In many German towns. The data about their distribution, re ceived by the Ited rmss at Uernc from official German sources, are as follows: Llmbuig, ion, Dafnsadt, 83 ( Tuchel, 35; Hammelhurg. 17: Vllllngen, 15; Glcssen. D; Itatstatt. G, Altengrabovv, 1; Balreuth, I , l.ands-hut. 14 ; Ilesepe, Lan gens.tlza, Mesthed and Munchenhurg. 2 each; Cassel, Graudentl, Mons, Xeu roppln and Orrdruf, 1 each. At the present time food parcels ?re sent the"e men each week by the Ameri- WZfMftZ-ZZ value If lt Is accompanied by a loss of ground to the northwest. A glance around the battlefield such as this shows that the language of the communiques Is fully Justified, "The battle continues bitterly," and that there Is an ebb and flow, with the turn of the tide distinctly In our favor. For the present it would, be vj-lscr not to claim more, while we Hre perfectly Justified In hoping for milch. Wo ato told that the Germans have up to the piesent empjoyed twenty-three divisions from their reserves, and If tl Is estimate Is coircct they must have con siderably more than that number still at their disposal. They may be forced to use a good number of these to get the Crown Prince out of his difficulties, and this is the best thing that could happen, fiom our point of view, as then Hln denburg's wngs vvoiild be clipped for the remainder of this ycar'B campaign, or they 'may take it leaf out of Foct.'s book and try to rcllcva, the situation by an attncit elsewhere. to Kudcl & Herbert. CROWN PLANS BLOCKED Must Now Fight Hard to Extricate His Armies on Marne BITTER BATTLE STILL ON MAJ. GEN. MAURICE. Wrcrtor of otinrntlons of th llrltish Arniv Special Cable In Evening Public Ledger Copyright, Ills. Iiu ru Yotk Times Co. IOinlnit, Jujy 20. "The battle continues bitterly," says thp Flench communique of midday Friday of the stiuggle nctween the Aisne'nnri the Marne, "and while that Is so, lt is too soon to begin talking as If the whole situation on the 400 mile front from the Channel to Swit zerland had been changed bv the Franco-Ameilcan counter-attack of Thursday." It has been a splendid effort, nrt mlrably planned by General Foch and admJrahlv executed h.v General Man gin, nnd It rompletel.v upset the Crown Prince's plans. He is in great diffi culties, nnd has to fight hatd to get out of thorn. Hut it is riulle evident that he Is doing so, nnd ft is ns ceitaln ns any thing about nn eiipmv can ho eprtnin In war that lip has the men to throw Into the Imttlp. Let us awnlt thp end of the struggle calmly, thankful for the great things which our allies nil end v have achieved, but avoiding premature pre dictions of disaster tn the enemy. which will be the mnin welcome If we have not discounted lt beforehand. The enemy has certainly put Intone strong counter-attack In the. neigh borhood of Chniiv, about mldvvav he tween Snlssmis mid Chateau-Thierry, and has regained a good deal of ground Snlsvnns a VII ill Point So far ho has not made nnv head way in the neighborhood of Solssons, where the French have retained pos session of the Important Mont-de-Parls, and have even made progress toward the outskirts of the town. As I said yesterday, very much depends on wiint happened at this vital point If the French can succeed In pstnb llshlng themselves permanently lu po sltions from which they can shell tho railways pusslng through the town they can make It Impossible for the Ciown Prince either to advance fur tiier south across the Marne or ad vance on Paris. These would In them selves be very great results, and they are as much as wo can look forward to with Confidence at present. Already ihe effect of the counter attack has made itself felt on the southern nnd southeasteriifportlons of the hattlefteld. The enemy has hnd to divert his reserve to meet the threat on his right and has been unable to continue his dangprous movements down the Mamo vallev toward Rper nay and agnlnst the Hheims Mountain. In the former the French have recap tured the much-disputed village of Montvolson and have driven .the Ger mans iiacu over a nine to tno out skirts of Xeullly. and even this small gain is of importance when the enemy MUST AID RUSSIA TO PREVENT RUIN Lord Cecil Declares Coun try Faces Most Terrible Disaster in History SPEEDY HELP NEEDED BRMStfNOWLAUD UNITED COMMAND Foch's First Counter-Stroke Arouses Confidence in London EXPECT HAiMMER BLOWS MEXICO RETURNS U. S. FRIENDSHIP Government Officials Change Sentiment Since. Lifting of Embargo PRO-GERMANISM DENIED American Gold and Amrnuni' tion to Fight Bandits Badly Needed PLANNED FIERCE DRIVE ON RHEIMS Crown Prince Prepared for Limited Blow When Allies Struck FORCED TO CUT DOWN Hope of Great 'Brilliant Of fensive Abandoned After Marne Defeat can Bed fross ami American prisoner UViS at one time within 10,000 yards of help committee.-- organized at Tuchel Pnernay. Further to the north the and BTandenburg. The latter town Is to be the concentration camp of all navy prlsoneis The food parcels are said to be reach ing the prisoners unmolested They are very much needed Even aosumlng the Germans to be as humane as possible In feeding prisoners, as well as their own civilians, there Is still need of supplies from outside for nourishment, because al: rations throughout Germany are low. French and Italians, have, by winning ground near Houcv, sensibly diminish ed the danger of Rhclms. Tre front to the east of the city naturally lias not been affected by the happenings between the Alsne and the Marne, and the Germans have once more gained possession of Prunay, but these developments on either side of nhelms are only dangerous -If thoy are com bined a gain to the east being of little that ilson s appeal to the iSJ"1et Government shows the latter ?-Si' mistake when It declared that in some parts of the field the element 'jHrrTT """" "' uier powers, din I of surprise was prcservea lor several ints declara- hours r,la welcome, he says, from the Oer i-., . . . . tr.viewpQint. as certain German clr- hVjtfl.lfll!ir thn Cnl.l r ET v--",' ,iv """ icmocrais. usfltertalned Illusions as to America's lions. rUson declares in the name of the 'Jthat Russia Is considered a bel Hlt and that he does not reroenlie rest-Lltovsk treaty." savs nevent- IW?'Vhether America recognizes tha jy,or not is ner own anair. but It Is tuns lORic to deduct from this Russia Is a belligerent. As the So- overnment recognized the Brest- ttl-entv thin (lrtvfrnmi.nl mnui ha rown If ftudala wishes to wage tin witn ner lormer allies. allow refers to Wilson's new tl definition of self-determination Application to Russia "to force itlon Into war because the peace nation concludes and the state. i H desires does not suit America Jlles." rlter argues that tk same thine 'to the way In which the Anslo. Jjtewers and their allies are or- "trie Ciecno-siovaKs In the tsiilid Murman coast operation. tvof Invasion Is Fetrograd. says and they have already i junction of Sorokl by means nan railroad. ...... , ,- . i , Frotecule IJar Minittry ; yi -Amsterdam. July 20. r iof. Deputies has decided overnment headed by J, J. C t& .flll t IK- tlna . B. . . tne w u v' The best proof of the exceptional character of this success lies In tho fact that for the first time for many a Ihng day the French cavalry came Into action, not as Infantry, but as mounted troops. At 11 a. m. some squadrons were reported to .bo In Vlerzy village, four miles east of the much-contested Chavignon farm, on the old front. At 2 p. in. the more remarkable news came In that a body of dragoons vvas lighting In the streets of the village, which was fully six miles east of their starting point. Advunre More Than Three Miles The most considerable . Ivance on the Allied line is on the north over the broad open plateau between the Relz valley, whence the attack started, and Solssons. and the center along the valley of the Ourcn. From Am- hleny. Ccttry. St l'lerre, Algle and Chavignon, the battalions of assault rapidly broke through the lines they had faced for a month, crossed the Pernant and Saconln valleys and the Parls-Solssons high road, and reached a line on cither side of Chaudln where they dominate the whole of the plateau and closely threaten Solssons. The advance here amounts to and at nolnts exceeds three miles. Near Faverolles the, French troops had to pass the little River Savleres and waoea across up to tneir arm pits. They tnen nao before them Cresces Wood, which was strongJy held by the enemy with a good many hidden machine guns. It was at last enveloped by the north, "and at about i 10. a, m. on American unit was left .to FRENCH CAVALRY COMES INTOJTS OWN IN AISNE-OURCQ BATTLE Poilns Cheer as Horsemen Take Up Chase of Retreating Foe. Machine Guns Fail to Halt Charge - Into Village By SALTER DURANTY Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Copirloht, I9lfi, by .Vfio York Times Co. With the French Armlet, July 20 For the first time since the Marne French cavalry rlayed a part In Thurs day's victorious adlvance. In the Cham pagne offensive of September, 1915, cav alry patrols were engaged, but their ac tivities were hampered by the barbed wire of trench warfare. During the German retreat they did useful serv ice. Thursday they came back Into their dvvn, not as dismounted units. In which they have performed such gal lant work In vevery battle since Slarch, but In their true cayalry function, as scouts and skirmishers In the van of the advancing Infantry At 12-30 the German defensive sys tem In the southern part of the Alsne Ourcq battle sector was so thoroughly mastered that a force of cavalry was able to crOsJs the line Amid the cheers of the pollils they overtook, the horse men deployed at a sharp trot along the valleys running eastward from the foreit of Vlllers-catlerets. un me limit of advance they spread out In a fan shaped formation, which swept forward IftteLtlW war. aatt;.lQ a. m. an American unit was left,.to'j a young s ""-" " y,-'?!?. ,c!ar. tb wrteon .out. . - ... ..fcthvrtsWiiQit irresistibly. One patrol ot tweity, under command a -vaunt Meana leutenani. reii iikb uott, on a, ueman pinery la arrival of HiaoaaiHirg' full retreat. The startled boches offered little resistance and In a few moments the captured gun teams were moving back toward French lines. All along" the front camions, field kitchens and supply wagons were rounded up In the same fashion At one nolnt there were three crouns. each about fifty strong, where the enemy was occupying a long, straggling vil lage. Instantly they separated and gal loped forward In open order' from tie front and both flanks, Machine guns In a square before the church checked for a moment the rush of the frontal group as It faced the street, but meantime the force on the right had traversed the gardens between the houses, driv ing the Germans panic-stricken before them. A Marshal des Logls drove his horse across the square at full gallop .right on top df the machine-gunners, striking down ine who was In the act of firing and scattering the remainder. That ended the defense and a large num ber 'of prisoners. Including a wounded officer of high rank, with their guns and supplies, , fell Into the hands' of the French. Such Incidents of which there are scores, show more than anything else the extent of the French success, and Ihe disorganization of the enemy. The cavalry enabled the Allies, to .-exploit Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Cootright, lOli. bu Sew York Times Co. London, July 20. Tho prospect of a perhaps unprec edented calamity unless and be sent to Russia speedily, was stated by Lord Bobert Cecil, the newly appointed as sistant Foreign Secretnry, to your cor respondent, to be tho strongest reason, from his point of view, fof some kind of Intervention I'ersons familiar with Utn-M.ni conditions had told him that as many as 20,000,000 might die this winter ot famine and disease, anil though Lord Robert could not adopt that estimate as his own, he was sure .... ,-. ltl tt nn llnln mortality woum oe iiiumum . ....,-came. "Tho strongest reason I have for send ing assistance to Russia," said Lord Robert, "Is that I am Vonvlm-ad that only by our aid can Russia live. Wc don't know what Is going on In Moscow, but we may be sutc that Russia is face in ,.. witii ihe most terrible disaster. both economic and hygienic, which any people ever experienced "" cholera and typhus In all lis foims aie laglng and the mortality must be fear fully high " , . .. jun Then Lord Robert spoke of the dllfi cultles of icnderlng nld through lack of a united Russian Government, "dsa ja "To me It Is a most terrlblo thing that In a country far more self-supporting, not only In its southern districts but also in Siberia, than In other countries, there are ast populations within a few bundled miles ot the most fei lie re gions in imminent risk of sj"rall"- " Is all tho result of disorganization. Any, I vvas told today that lu a large, fei He ieglon south of Omsk and Tomsk the .,r.,,iniinn lins been unable to get any clothing since the beginning of the vvar. The Czechoslovak force, which num bers something- like 60,000, seems to bo the only organized force in Siberia. They stand not for any particular form of government, but are the only form of government, even of a most elementary character. In all that ast territory, and Ir'they vveie wiped out there would seem to be nothing left that could cave Russia. "Quite good Judges have exppressed the view don't give the figures as com ing from me that unless some help comes speedily, the death roll In Rus sia this whiter may ieat.li 20,0.00,000" Lord Robert also spoke of the great divergence of views nmong Russians themselves, which he described as a reg ular disease of revolution, and rolntcd out that the strength of tho Bolshevlkl lay In the fact that they had leaders of strong convictions to act as the nucleus of their party. So far General Horvath has not developed sufficient strength to convince the British Government that he Is the coming savior of Russia. KING HONORS YANKEE, TARS B CHARLES II. GRASTY Special Cable tn Evening PublicLcdger Copyright, 101S, bu Xcw York Times Co. London, July 20. Kvcrvwlicre In London people aie talking about Foch. Theto is no light henrtcdiiCH. because nil know that one successful counter-attack does not mean n decision, and that the pendu lum will swing back nnd forth many times befoie tho hour of victory strikes. Rut Foch's move marks the raising of tho Alljcd strength to a new level. At last we are free from the restraints of inferior numbets and unfavorable position. Since assuming the leadership the greatest offenMve general produced In tills war has been obliged by ciicum Htances to maintain tho defensive. His 'sttong arm Is now loosed and London Is confident thnt the Germans will feel Its power ngaln nnd again. With characteristically generous spirit. inn liiitisn snare tne l-iencli pride in, the Allied generalissimo. The British have a right to view the result with satisfaction, for It was their sinking of all narrow considerations for the good of the common cause that made unity of command possible. It is worth reclining now that Lloyd Ucorge, ably seconded by Ueneral Bliss and Lord Mllner, brought about Foch's appointment In face of most formid able 'opposition. Whatever may bo the Premier's weaknesses tinder fac tional and political pressuie at home. ho showed splendid stiength In his insistence of putting the foreign gen eral in command of the liiitlMi forces. Foch's success will make lt a historic net, and even now the British public Is properly tuklng a share of the ciedit. It Is difficult for Americans In Lon don to restrain their emotions. They would liko to do a little shouting, but have a horror of doing it picmaturoly. The, spectacle of American forces step ping right into the furnace along, side the French veterans nnd holding their own nntnrnltv frt-'ififlAa nr.,4 .... assures every man wearlnc- ib Amor. I lean uniform. It Is a proud day for the million and more who have 'come across tho seas to serve, nnd their fighting spirit has been raised to a high pitch ut seeing their fellow Yanks picked by Foch for stroming strong positions. As our men get deeper Into the battle the stronger grows their desire to go through with It. Their eyes are turned toward tho Rhine. And,, Indeed, the same sentiment Is growing In all quarters. I have heard more talk in the last week along the line of leaving nothing German west of the Rhine except the bones of dead soldiers than In the whole previous war period. While this mood Is per haps somewhat savage, lt may be use ful for practical purposes In beating the barbarians in the last stand. Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger conrlaht, mtt, bv S'ttr York Timet Co. t Mexlro t'ltjr, July 20 A change In sentiment among Govern ment omclals has been noted since the lifting of the embargo. In private con versation, officials say that this act Jroves that Washington Is Vot deceived by the attemptk of enemies to make the Mexican Government appear pro-German. They assert that the Government is strictly neutral. Whatever Its opinions. It cannot prohibit people from thinking or writing newspaper articles In favor of or against any country, as the con stitution glveV.the press absolute lib erty. Officials say thaft. the Unlud States has shown a most friendly feel ing which Mexico will return. If the Mexican Government were per mitted, to bring In some American gold now deposited to Its credit. It would help the present Government nnd also pre vent American motiev from falling. Sec retary Raclenda .N'ljto states that the Government only wishes to bring In amounts as needed, as It Is compelled to keep a large balance In the United States In order to, pay for goods purchased as tho Government requires them. The greatest necessity of the Govern ment Is ammunition, which Is needed in order to check bandits. The oil commission Is holding confer ences with Secretary of the Treasury Ha cienda, lt is believed that the con ferences will not amount to much, ns the commission, headed by Messrs, Rhoades and Garfield, has no authority from Washington to treat of subjects which are related .to oil. The Gpvcrnment feels that with war boards handling" all materials such as oil, the plans presented by the commis sion cannot bc-carrled out without spe cial authorization from Washington, ns if the Government agreed to accept the provisions made by the commission It might find later on that, owing to a war board's decision, the commission vvould find lt impossible to comply with the terms.. Local elections for Congressmen and Senators are arousing much enthusiasm. Bands arc parading the strets. There nre stump speakers, redflre and all the up-to-date campaign methods. From six to eight candidates are running inde pendently In each district. . n Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Conirlfiht, iDfl, bu Sew York Ttmei Co. Farlit, July 20. It was clear nn Thursday that the Crown Prince, finding1 bejond reach alii "a " n,i.JHi.t niiivuiat ..i. u..,.wi. f. bui ii .tn iiinitii.ii;iiAvii nil iwiiiici vii- man offensives oMhe present year, had decided on a more or less limited plan oi limning a aespcraie enori 10 secure Rhclms and lipemay From the ad-, verflnbiff nnlnt nf view-, nothlnir would suit the enemy's purpose better than for the heir to the German throne to mako a theatrical entry a tlhc head of his v troops Into the city of Rhelms, around which cling traditions of so many great moments In French history for a thou. sand years past. The fall of Lpernay, which lies only a dozen miles south of the Champagno capital, would almost Inevitably Involve the evacuation of Rhelms and the strong defensive position of the Montagne da Rhclms, which lies .between the two towns. This accounts clearly for the fact that the enemy Wednesday locau (zed all real efforts along the Marns west of Kpcrnay .and. In the difficult country lying northeast of the same town. Fears have been expressed that the German effort to pinch out Rhelms by closing In to the south may prove suc cessful, but It must be remembered that the jaws of the enemy pincers at Vrlgny on the west and Prunay oil the cast are still nearly fourteen miles apart Fur ther, the mountain nf Rhelms Is so strongly hold by the French, and they have been so well re-enforced In the hilly country north of the Mnrne, that we ae much more likely to hear of p. French counter-offensive at this point than anything In the way of serious progress by the enemy. The danger point for the moment np pears to be further south, at Monvol son, which Is south of the Marne and only about seven miles west of Kpernay. On this point there appears to be Some confusion. An American communique, dated S o'clock Wednesday night, stated that In the Marne sector the Americans had re taken the south bank of the river, where as the French communique, dated two hours later, asserts that the Germans had been able to set foot IniMontvolson, Information gathered here Indicates that this village was In German hands more than once, and it Is not clear for the moment In whose possession It remains. (The French since have officially an nounced the iceapturo of Montvolson). Mann & Dilks 1 102 CHESTNUT STREET "' NOTICE1 Our Once-a-Year Sale z Begins Monday, July(22d About Vi Price V V Spring, Sunjmer, Fall and WinteixGoods Neckwear Shirts Bathing Pants Bathing Suits Silk Hosiery ' Silk Shirts Raincoats White Flannel Pants EXECUTE 13 IN M1RBACH PLOT .Man Other Russian Socialists Arrested, Says Cologne Paper Amsterdam, July 20. The Cologne Gazette says thirteen revolutionary So cialists implicated tn the plot which cul .nilnated in the assassination of Count von Mlrbach, the German Ambassador to Russia, havo been executed. Many others, It adds, are under ar- trest. EARTH ROCKS IN PANAMA Quakes Cause Apprehension, But Do Tic Damage By the Associated Press Panama, July 20. Earthquake shocks have been felt eighty miles to the west of this city, causing some apprehension among the people of that region. No casualties occurred, nor was any damage donev ' Overcoats, Motor Coats, Golf Coats Automobile Dusters, Wool Yests ec- Mann & Dilks 1102 CHESTNUT STREET Market Street Store Opens 9 o'clock, Closes S.tO INCLUDING SATURDAY tbtr advance .to $ ifi"t .bifora the 7. Admirals Sims, Rodman and Strauss Given British Decorations London. July 20. King Gcoree has approved the awsrd of the Grand Cross of the Order ot hi aucnaci ana ai. 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