s'V-JiS Ti ' "TTT'"t".'!.""" ""' '""' i - . i " "'" iii .I i "" "" .. -, i. M. ... "f '" -.. . i i .I, h mi- r. mt M. , .,!,.,. i ,, , ltJ, ,, ,, 1 1. M. , .'..,, ..-. ,i. Mil I., miti. i hum in" i, . iw i . , &$ &4ZMS REVEAL POWER OF UNITY IN LEADERSHIP CABLE DISPATCHES FROM WAR FRONJH &, hsS 1 s i' m W r K&- m v r. , j - fe ft-. rJ" 1. D SUCCESS OWS VALUE OF UNITED COMMAND a: ? 'Ja' ' 'ifrJvintni'v f rmrafililn tr lipi. iOSl ,-" 7 wuuiioiuu.i. ww !? . .-. IlK man Uttensive at cnemin- ft des-Dames ffiH- KWAfi TAPTTPAT. STTRPmSF. V . "'-"-""- v""" $yr iHace and Hour Chosen by Foch to Produce Greatest , Effect on Enemy By WALTER DURANTY Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Cor-lrtonf, lOlf. Iv New Vorfc Tlmrs Co. With tho Frcncli Armies, Auk. 10. According to the latest Information the Allies have accomplished a strate gic success and pierced the German line on a scale comparable t'o the Chemln-des-Dames offensive hy the Germans on May 27. It Is further striking proof of the miscalculations of the German high command, who re garded the British army as negllble after the March losses, JJust as it Im agined the French reserves were ex hausted by the battles of May and June. In point of fact the rSrltlsh have been able during four months of com parative calm to bring up thfir units to full strength (against an enemy whose effectives were greatly dimin ished) and train and reorganize their whole forces to meet the changed conditions of maneuver warfare. The Allies were not slow to appre ciate the German discovery of the paralyzing effect of gas and smoke shells on the elaborate defensive sys tems of trench fighting, and the British have been steadily adopting such per fections In tactics as the French In troduced from time to time. Thus it was learned that the trained team work of guns, rifles, grenades and light and heavy mitrailleuses will make short work of the crossfire from a machine gun chain (hlthcto the worst obstacle of an infantry ad vance), even In conditions where tho aid of tanks or artillery Is Imprac ticable Value of United Command More perhaps than in any previous war, this latest victory demonstrates the value of united command. Not only were tho place and hour chosen by Foch so as to produce the maxi mum effect on the enemy, demoralized and weakened by the events of the last fortnight, but also the manner In which the attack wus carried out, and tv ucdra eiutiueiii witness iu me immune 2S co-operation or me urmsn and French -r general stalls. Rawllnson and Debenny lenentcd jii.y'unaer uaig ine same tactics to sue- ? eessfullv mltatpd hv Mnnirin anil Tin Goutte under Fayollo and I'etaln. Like Mangln, Rawllnson delivered the prin cipal blow, to which Debenny's was a pendant and flanking cover. The British attacked almost with out artillery preparations save for a few minutes of destruction fire. This wa necessitated by a somewhat more extensive defensive organization than v existed on the newer front opposite r Mangln. Then the troops advanced, r led by very many tanks, under cover "W"0 a terrific "creeping barrage." Like De Goutte, Debenny made ar tillery preparation of forty-five min utes, which began at exactly the same moment as the British lire. Tins en acted him to effect a parallel advance with weaker forces. Allies flain Tactical Surprise In both battles the methods adopted gave the Allies the advantage of a tactical surprise, though In both the enemy had been expecting an attack in the northern sector. The French deserve especial credit, because the recent enemy withdrawal across the Avre had established a situ ation where the use of tanks was im- vtrtaelTtla at tVio mitnnf nn'lns An Bf wTr.i ' "Ji.r. -", (,cu- graphical conditions. ALLIED ATTACK ONCE MORE BIG SURPRISE TO FOE British and French Went to As sault Without Preliminary Bombardment Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Copyright, 191S, bv.Yrte York Times Co. Paris, Aug. 10. Once more the Allies have the ad vantage of taking the enemy com- ff) pletely by surprise. By adopting tho method which haa proved bo success ful since Bync's smashing victory be fore Cambrai the British and French went to the assault without any pre paratory bombardment. The battlefield covers roughly the distance between Montdidier and Albert, and extends: along both banks of the Somme. In view of the nervousness which! f?'has affected the enemy on this part ' . Iia fvnnf fit onmn 1. 1--- . u mo Atwttv iui ouiiic wuec weens f nnn ollai olnna tlin tnim t, I m. c v Dung tuc tautiutllllK Ol Poch'a victorious offensive southeast of Soissone. in fact hopes are enter tained hero that another smashing' blow is In operation. It is recognized tioiM that thp nrpaAnf nttnnl fAnc. n .H- '". .." --- -" 'i.us , kjj. part oi mo great central strategic ''ffti .Plan which Foch is putt)ng into ef- pt7 tcci, jiuvy i-iiui. uu unuuuuieujy noius k the initiative. ft4uany people are regarding at least SjMwo other parts of the front which bt y also. It Is believed, become lnter ng In tho very near future. Spe Kl attention continues to be focused tne two Allied bridgeheads north of .the Alsne, at Pommers and Soissons. f.l r MT0 1 1 vet V. ff:H. ,The fact that the Germans continue )i, ,'tq resist energetically on the heights " twrth of Ida Vesle Is an imnortnnt '5fctor In the problem. These heit-hto ?:.?re now strongly- organized as n new If'.Jltpe-eraerense ana are supported with 1 TSaargo numoer or guns, while a aub- 4 ' Kantiai numDer or re-enforcements j, 'iMlve oeen urougnt up. Among the - iwtr- we two divisions or the guard, ijifuurwi v'1""""' "whi is jiorin BRITISH RyiD AUSTRIAN Successful Operation on Italian Front Capture 315 Prisoners By the Associated Press London, Aug, 10 An official state ment on British operations on the Italian front issued todny Enid: Thursday night our divisions carried , out eight simultaneous rnlds Into the Austrian defense system between Anlago and Canoe. The operation was sue-1 ccnsful, deFiilto vigorous enemy opikisI tlon. The enemy sufferpd hea y i cnsualtles and 315 prisoners, six ma-1 chine guns, three trench mortars, a searchlight and live pack mules were captured. Our casulntles were light. I "Airmen brought down eleven hostile machines and 6no balloon." RED ULTIMATUM HURLED AT JAPAN Premier Lcninc Sends Final Word to Nipponese Con sul at Moscow EXPEDITION TOO SMALL By the Associated Presi London, Aug. 10. A dispatch to the HNChange Telegraph from Copenhagen sivs the Petrograd j newspaper Prada, r.rgan or the Holshe vlkl, announces that following a stormy meeting of tho workmen's and soldiers' deputies Xlkolal Lenlne. Bolshevik pre- j mlcr sent an ultimatum to Japan con- ' crrnlng Japan's Intenentlon In Siberia. I The new.spippr adds that the ultimatum ' was handed to the Japanese consul at Moscow I The forces the Allies purpose sendlpg to help the Czreho-Slovaks In Siberia ' are pitifully Inadequate, and an attempt i to accomplish the task with them would i only be courting disaster, says the Dally Mall's correspondent at VladUostok, telegraphing on Tuesday. Doctor nirha the head of tho Czecho slovak organization In Vladivostok, Is quoted hy the correspondent as saying- "Our numbers are being depleted hy constant flrbtlng and sickness while we are waiting for re-ciforcpmentH, and every day's delay Is to the adantage of the other side Poorlv armed and with out cartridges, the Czeeho-Slovaks are awaiting succor In the period of six weeks before winter If they are not rcllccil hy that time they will certainly perish "Our force In Vladlostok is without artillery, cavalrv, a'rplanes, prenades or proper clothing, while the enemv has nil these. The longer the Allies delay, the more we dwindle We hne mtde these facts plain in manv telegrams and you see the result Two operations are necessary, but the force coming Is bare ly sufficient for one " The correspondent savs the negotia tions between General Horvata nnd the Siberian finernment are reported to be going well Oeneral Horvath. at the Instance of the Allies, has agreed to ! h.e, ?w! '.V1,rmcn1,u.rcn?; fr..m along the whole length of the active which tnero was a possibility of trouble. I Jr Robert it h i.oekhart, nritish un- fitting front the Allied forces have ortlelai envoy to P.ussia and formerlv thrown screens of tanks, cavalry and ,Th"!olhev,kT,;nos::h""try pickets in scattered locali rordlng to reports received here, creating , ties a long distance in advance, pre- a situation of Intense gravity. In reprisal for the arrest of Mr. I-ockhart, M I.ltlnoff. the Bolshevik emissary in London, has been placed i under police supervision, the Dally Mull states! Will Take no steps Mr Tjockhart Is a Tlritlsh consular agent who was sent to Moscow some time ago to maintain unofficial relations wlth the Bolshevik! There have been , no reports that any of those under ar rest have been harmed Lord Robert Cecil, fnder Secretary of Stato for Foreign Affairs, commenting on the situation, said- "If there was an organized goernment In Moscow of course It would mean war. But as there Is no real government, no Immediate steps will bo taken affecting the Bolshe vik!. " The semiofficial Bolshevik! organ, Izvestla, according to the Frankfort Zel tung. reports the arrest of prominent British and French cUillans of the Bol shevik!. French and Siberian officers also have been seized by the Bolshevik). sntiru riu)m virtory The nnuae says on tho Czecho-Slo- vak front the Soviet troops won a great victory hy ocoupylng the towns of Syz- ran anJ Vugj'ma, In the Simbirsk Sa- mara region It e'.aims the city of Stav- ropol, in Ciscaucasia, is on the eve of falling to the Soviet troops and the Czecho-Klovaks are fleeing In disorder from that region On the eastern sector, It Is said, the Czeeho-Slovaks are ro ti eating before tho Ho Wet troops. "It is not true that we have actually declared war on Ureat Britain, but our troops are fighting against the British in aders, and a declaration of war scarce ly can be aolded," is the statement as cribed to M Joffe, the Bolshevik ambas sador at Berlin, by the Amsterdam cor respondent of the Daily Express. The German newspapers, It is added, wel come this "momentous step," and pre dict that Great Britain "will be sorry Eomc day " POPULACE GRATEFUL FOR AMERICAN AID I By the United Press Wiiithlncton. Aug. 10. The Russian people are awakening to the rich op portunity afforded them by the Allied project of aid, now under way at Vladi vostok and Archangel 'The good news appears that the United States has determined to help Russia with food supplies," says the Influential Russian Vechernaya Gazeta, extracts from which have Just reached this country. "We can entertain only feelings of the deepest gratitude toward the liberty-loving people of the great transatlantic republic for this demon stration of human love and vital energy " The thought here Is that I-enlne's at titude of opposition can interfere no more than his previous attitude toward the allies of the Russian people and hence la not to he regarded dangerous. Red Cross officials are rushing sup plies to tho population of the northern peninsula and providing food, clothing, medical assistance and financial aid. MRS. iKEFFlNGTOOEPORTED Warned Not to Return to Ireland. Husband Killed in Rcvplt By the Associated Press London, Aug. 10. Mrs. F Sheehy Skefftngton was deported from Kings town, Ireland, Friday night. She was In charge of two prison wardresses. Mrs. Skefflnirton. who latelv visited various parts of the United States, was permitted to return to England on con dition that she would not go to Ireland. She arrived In Dublin, however, on Au gust 3, having pluded the authorities and she was arrested there Thursday. Her husband, formerly editor of the Irish, Citizen, was shot and killed by a. AMERICANS SHARE IN VICTORIOUS t 1 1 5 5 4 S 3Q ALBERjdp La BoiMello" " 4WM.I- ni ran PR 4-Mt -. C f V 1 ARE nrth.r V J W AMtCMe J ijj it Nst t - Chip'Ujvy 1 jlfVi JSiIIENS CrM I : mjT Merkou. B.t,eux &i ffOffryfl HaiaefV ;;;;; jfipT JM V "tt S li Z'.z:i::'.:'.'. it it x : :TORdinJouri j ViDert-BretonneuxrH . I ; . . . T . . if FriSerrllle S P if " '- i " 'fii"" YiiSftfiftTiil v&Fv''''"''' '' UP"""" ' Uas jruLLV Tcrjt i : j nesleS Kti- JImHMWA LflQuei7.en-Santerre EpPyOR pibWt4uRT Andediy J ) Latest ilNpslchcs from the I'irard .sector announce the participation of United States troops in the Morlan court region, where the German line is being pressed hark. The arrow indicates tho Americans' approximate position. General Pershing's troops hming raptured Morlanrourt. The dotted area snows the latest Allied ad vance and luday's raptures, including Montdidier, the apex of the German salient south of the Somntc and adja cent territory gained by the Frenrh in t1i.it ecloi. The railroad lino from Montdidier to Noyon, the immediate objecthe of today's fighting, i shown in heavy sliadin ;. -The dtepest progress of the Allies is now more than lilti en miles he oud the original line ' Montdidier Falls; Foe Flees All Continued from rice One crating close to Chaulnos, Tcport that tho enemy is fighting: rearguard actions, in order to enable the stoics of ammunition and guns to be re moved from that town. To the north, the important junc tion of Chaulnes is now quite unten able for the Germans, as it is well within the fire of the British field guns. The New Allied Front It is not easy to delineate the line as it stands this afternoon, for paring the way for further penetra tion. The actual line now solidly held may be conservatively de- scribed, however, as running as fol lows : From Albert to Meracourt-Sur-Somme, to Proyart, west of Chaul- nes and on to Rouvroy; thence east of Bouchoir, east of Faverolles and Piennes, east of Mortemer and thence to Ricquebourg and( Marque glise. On this battlefront the French are on the line from the Roye road southward, while the British line runs northward from this road. The Americans are on the narrow front north of the Somme. Another German divisional head- .quarters was reported captured to- I An,, T ihnns , ;non'" , , . The Picardy battle is spreading to the south of Arras, the Pall ,, ,, r u i.v . iuu" ciie saya una aiternoon Heavy fighting occurred this morn ing in the battle area, with the Allies making satisfactory progress and taking large numbers of pris oners. The opinion in London today was that the enemy could not now pos sibly hold any sort of a line until he reached the Somme and the canal from Nesle to Noyon. That, would make a maximum retreat of twenty miles. One important result has already followed the Allied plunge in the Somme resin. east of Amiens. The important; i-ans-miens railway, by way of St. Just, use of which had been blocked by the proximity of the German line, was working again last night. British Statement The War Office statement reads: "Yesterday afternoon and even ing the advance of the Allied arm ies continued on the whole front from south of Montdidier to the Ancre, "French troops, attacking south of Montdidier during the aftsmoon,. captured Le Tronquoy, Le Fretoy and Assainvillers, threatening Mont didier from the southeast. More than 2000 prisoners were captured by our allies m this sector, "Canadian and Australian divisions have taken, Bouchoir, Meharicourt and Lihons and have entered Raine- court and Proyart. "In the evening, English and American .troops attacked in the angle between the Somme and the Ancre and met with immediate suo cess. By nightfall all the objectives had been taken, including the village of Morlancourt and the high ground southeast of it. Counter-attacks, tor, were beaten off after sharp' fighting. "Tho prisoners captured by the Allies since the morning of August 8 exceed 24,000." Eleven German divisions have been not only defeated in the fight ing of the last three days, but so utterly crushed, that the German higher command has been unable to make any counter-stroke anywhere. The German communications have been so disorganized that thus far only two divisions of reserves have been identified, and these new troops have not been able to make any im pression on the advancing Allies. The eleven German divisions which the Allies have torn to pieces are already in such condition that they can be of little use to the Ger man command for a long time to come, and probably some of them can never be re-formed. The two new divisions which ap peared on the front were rushed down the two principal arteries of communication. It is along these ar teries, however, that the Allied forces are strongest, particularly in cavalry and tanks, and two divisions were far too few in numbers to stem the on-rushing tide. By the Associated Press Paris, Aug. 10. The German army of General von Hutier is retreating from tho Mont-didier-Noyon line. The movements of General Deben ey's French army have been lightning-like and resulted in the taking of prisoners to the number of sev eral thousand. General Humbet's army is still advancing on a wide front east of Montdidier and has es tablished contact with Debeney's forces. The retrograde movement of the Germans is being accelerated by the favorable progress of the new attack south of Montdidier. The French War Office commu nique of today tells of the virtual en circling of the strategic objective of Montdidjer. The towns of As sainvillers and Rubescourt were cap tured and the French reached Fa verolles, less than two miles east of Montdidier. Nothwest of Montdidier the French have advanced east of Arvillers, six miles northeast of Roye, and have captured Davenscourt, two miles east of Pierrepont and four miles north of Montdidfer. The retreat of Von Hutier's army is showing traces of utmost haste. Much war material is being left be hind. The German rear guards are fighting desperately. French Communique The War Office statement reads: , "Tho French troops operating on the right of the British forces continued their success throughout last evening and last night. Our troops progressed cast of Arvillers and captured Da venescourt. "They attacked Bouth of the Mont didier between Ayencourt and Le Fre toy (on a three-mile front) and occu pied Rubescourt and Assanvlllers and reached Faverolles." The German retirement Is under heavy pressure from the French armies. Behind Von Hutier is a coun try that was completely devastated during the German evacuation In the spring of 1917, and which was again overrun during the German of fensive In March of this vear. The territory offers little opportunity for the formation of a defensive line for an army In full retreat. It was in this region that virtually every tree was felled by the Germans so as to take from the British and French armies any cover that' might1 PICARDY DRIVE QComblet Along Line the Hindenburg line, eastward of Nesle nnd Ham, are old trench systems run ning from Noyon westward through Lasslgn and thence northward to Roye. These trenches are now some what dilapidated. Farther eastward, before the, Hln denbuig lino is 1 cached, are several streams and the northern canal, where delaying actions might be fought. For the present, however, it seems Hint the Germans will be compelled to retire from the whole territory which they gained at such a great cost In their March offensive. Advanco of Thirteen Miles When the French captured Beau fort Friday they had made an ad vance of thirteen miles eastward from Castel. This is the maximum In fantry advancp of tho present offensive thus far reported. Von Hutier's retreat means a change In the German position between the Somme and the Olse. A large part of the position of the Eighteenth Army which he commands, has been In great danger. It Is deployed from Mont didier to the Olse. The country behind It is hilly and hooded, lacking In roads and altogether unfavorable- for tho withdrawal of masses of men and ma terial. ' Roye Center of Retreat , In his reported retreat Von Hutier will be obliged to use three high roads and two lallroads which converge on Roye like the spokes of a wheel. Be. yond that town a retreat would be de pendent on the two roads toward Ham and the Somme, one dlrewt" and the other by waye of Nesle. From these geogranhlcal details It will be seen that'A'on Hutier In his retreat will be forced to squeeze his heavy nrtlllery and cgnvoys through Roye. It would be like putting them through a rolling mill, for the French advance troops are now six miles northwest of Roye, while the center of the German front Is- eleven miles south of that town. Thirty-Mile Front The German line from Montdidier to Noyon, on the Olse, Is between twenty-five and thirty miles in length and forms a semicircle, swinging southeast from Montdidier to the south of Noyon. A retirement on this line probably means that the Germans are going to give up the Montdidier salient, which would be the first marked consequence of the Franco Biltlsh offensive In Picardy. HAYWOOD ALLEGES U.S. TIED UP DEFENSE FUND Charges Federal Agents Hold Money Intended for I. W. W. Trial Expenses By the Associated Press Chicago, Aug. 10. William D. Haywood, general secre tary-treasurer of the Industrial Workers of the World, charged on the witness stand at the conspiracy trial today that Federal operatives, through unfair 'and Illegal tactics, have so tied up the or ganization defense funds that there Is Ecarcely money enough available to go through with the trial. "You understand, gentlemen," point ing to the Jury and raising his voice, "we receive no German gold. The de fense money Is obtained through as sessments and donations. "Five hundred members of our de fense committee have been arrested. In Seattle alone $0000 of our defense money is being held from us. In the Northwest, where our contributions are largest, our committee members have been thrown Into prisons." Haywood said that German socialists were "more responsible for the war than anybody," because they refused to vote for a general strike against war In Au gust, 1914. He said that on his Eu ropean trip he visited Denmark, Nor way, Sweden, England, Wales and Scot land, Haywood said he could not recall a word or a letter of hlB In opposition to the w?ar or conscription, and 'wen added: "1 do not wl"h this Jury or any one to think that I am In favor of war." Haywood concluded .his direct tes timony this morning, uross-examina- EXPECT GERMANS TO STRIKE BACK London Newspapers Be lieve Foe Soon Will Make Desperate Struggle OUTLtfOK IS,' BRIGHT WSf IhA lt(niiji(Aj imm f London, Aug. 10. Surprise Is notably mingled with grat ification In the comment of the morn ing newspaper on the continued advance of, tho Anglo-French forces In tho Somme region. Nowhere Is any attempt made to dis guise the fact that a great German ef fort to retrieve the losses is Inevitable. "The enemy's difficulty Is desperate," says the Dally Telegraph, "and will be desperately met. ' It must be assumed that a struggle of the deadliest char acterwlll ensue as soon as the neces sary tro6p3 can -be brought to meet ouh advance." Meanwhile the commentators hold that there Is every reason for satisfaction, nnd regard the outlook as never more promising for the Allies since the war began. No offensive In which the British army has participated, It Is remarked, ever made so much progress on the? opin ing day as Injhe new Picardy drive. Tho military correspondent of the Times, referring to the remarkable speed developed by the whippets In keeping pace with the cavalry, forsees a future when every heavy Infantryman will hao a small, light, tank, while swarms of air men will take the place of the cavalry and light Infantry. Tho employment of a large number of light, fast tanks tho whippets with strong forces of cavalry. Is regarded as giving entry to a new feature of battle. Tho extraordinary employment of air craft In pursuit of the enemy is also remarked. The services they rendered obviously were of tho utmost military value, which It Is hoped la not out of proportion to tho losses. A further success for the Allies Is re garded as depending to a large- extent upon tho fato of tho Important railway town of Chaulnes. Should Chaulnes fall, says the Times, very large results may follow. Picardy Smash Pockets Enemy Continued from Piute Ono position, was pointed out. Pressure against this point Is placing the Ger mans In a difficult situation. The temporary stabilization of the fighting on the Vesle front had been promntlv met by General Foch, he added, bv the blow In Picardy, where events of the Marno battle seem likely to be duplicated. Inlying emphasis on tho necessity of pressing on vigorously and giving the enemy no chance to rest or readjust himself. General March said this was the object of the War Department In seeking to raise the age limits of the draft and to hurry to France ever Increasing American forces. In answer to questions, General March said the Forty-second (Rainbow) Divi sion, after receiving Its combat training Jn Lorraine, had Joined tho French east of Rhelms on July 15, and helped to break the enemy drive nt that place. Reading from a rocord of the division's movements, he said that In eight days of battle. It had forced pannage of the Ourrq, met U different enemy illlslon nnd hail ndvaneed nlxtecn kilometers and taken prlnonern from earli of the opposing enemy llilons. (The Italn how nhlnlon contains National Ouard troops from many States In the union. The 140th Marhlnr dun' Ilattallon of Pennnylvnnla Is Included.) The Twenty-ninth Division is still In Alsace, southeast of Kplnal ; the Seventy-ninth Is still In the American training areas and the Klghty-flfth is now arriv ing In France, Its Infantry having landed and Its artillery being about to land. The Twenty-seenth Division, under Major GeVieral O'Ryan, and composed of New York National Guard, was last re ported with the British In Flanders. FIND ALLEGED SPY IN MEXICO Austrian Is Arrested on Statement of Woman He Accused Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Comright. IMS, bu New York Times Co. Mexico City. Aug. 10. An Austrian, Arthur Oasser, has been accused here of being a spy for Germany. Gasser had Ouadaloupo Sanchez nr rested on a charge of theft when she made a counter-charge that he obliged her to make trips to the Untied States, whero packages wero given to her for delivery to Oasser, who In turn deliv ered them to the German embassy. Gas. ser has been arrested, and will be tried on the charge of violating Mexican neu trality. BRITISH CASUALTIES FOR WEEK Killed, Wounded and Missing To tal 8308 Lowest in Mpnths By the United Press London, Aug. 10 British casualties published In official lists this week total ed 8S08. the loweBt in months. They were divided as follows: . Killed Oftlcers, 177: men, H25; to tal. 1602. Wounded Officers, 439; men, 5400; total, 6839. Missing Officers, 49; men, 818; total, 867. DOUBTS THAT LEAGUE OF NATIONS CAN WORK BY MAJORITY VOTE Lord Robert Cecil Believes World Not Yet Far Enough Ad vanced Decisions Must Be Unanimous No War Until After Public Discussion Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Copurioht, tits, 01 New York Times Co. . London, Aug. 10. lord Robert Cecil, discussing with your correspondent the proposal for a league of nations, expressed as his per sonal view the opinion that an Inter national council for deciding questions by majority vote, as suggested In a draft of a convention lately set forth In the Times, was altogether too elaborate a plan. "I am personally doubtful," he said, "whether a league can work by majority votes. For Instance, I doubt whether you In the United States would accept a European view of the Mexican question, or whether we would be willing to alter the government of Ireland to suit a league of nations. "We may grow, of course, but I think at present we niust follow the ordinary rule of all International proceedings, and must require the decisions of the league In bo unanimous. course, be settled by arbitration, but the larger questions which affect the life U. S. Troops Smash Foe in Picardy Continued from Tore One much difficulty to the enemy, should he Intended crossing tho river. At 11 o'clock this morning a road east of Framervlllo was blocked with motor lorries unable to proceed. This conges tion Is not confined solely to the enemy's transport service. At about noon a lJrgo number of tho enemy wero seen by Al lied airmen near Chlpllly Bluffs. They had been apparently cut off from the rest of the Germans In that vicinity. Tho prisoners taken vary In quality, but usually are of fine physique. The gas masks used by the Germans were poor, and many of the prisoners threw them away on arriving at the cages where they are temporarily detained. The mot profound secrfcey character Ized the preparation for the battle. Kven at tho last moment only tho.barest rumors were current of the coming fight. The precautions taken to prevent Informa tion leaking out were amply Justified, as the attack was a complete surprise to the Germans. The Allied casualties are light, it is reported. U.S. ARMY POUNDS AT FOE'S CENTER NORTH OF VESLE Advances Toward Plateau and Heights Enemy Prepares Retreat to Aisne By the United Press With the American Armies In France. Aug. 10. American troops continued their In cessant pounding at tho German center north of the Vesle River. Although our wings on each side of Flsmes are Comparatively quiet as re gards infantry fighting, tho Americans are slowly advancing up the ravines running northward from the Vesle to ward thq plateau and heights whero the Germans are strongly Intrenched. Tho little town of Flsmette, about a mile north of FIsmes, has been cap tured, greatly Improving our bridgehead on tho north bank of the Vesle. Our artillery )s blasting away at the bocho defenses all -along tho line, but tho firing is particularly heavy just north of FIsmes, where the gunners are seeking to open up. a way for tho In fantry. The German artillery fire Is jessenlng noticeably. Itp barrages- mostly are created by heasy-callher pieces, accord ing to prisoners. This indicates that the enemy Is withdrawing its aitlllery farther northward and removing mate rial, possibly In preparation for a retire ment across the Alsne. Captured officers frankly admit the aim of the Germans Is now to hold off tho Allies untllthey are ready to fall hack again. They say they are hard pressed for fresh divisions to withstand the Allied pushes. Tho German Crown Prince already has used a third of the Germans' entire west front strength In attempting to repulse the Marne drive, i The American attack yesterday was made after deadly artillery preparation, the doughboys then rushing the village (Flsmette) and catching the bodies be fore they could get away. In hand-to-hand etreet fighting virtually all the Prussian troops who opposed them were either killed or captured. At that, the percentage of prisoners was (.mall. In the rear areas the Americans are assisting refugees to re-establish them selves In villages recently captured. American trucks rolling northward usu ally carry women and children on top of the piles of ammunition and sup plies. Police Dig in Cellar For Lost Children Continued from Fane Ono gal street, Gloucester City ,and is be'ng held for a further hearing Monday. One of the six children found In the house Is an eighteen-month-old baby named William, believed to be the son of a Mrs. Welsh Mills or Mills Welsh, who lives In the northwestern section of the city. Another is a twenty-month-old Infant named Edward, Bald to be the son of Mrs. Florence Moran, 837 North Crelghton street. It is declared she'1 paid $3,50 a week to Mrs. Blackstone for the care of tho child. She had to work for her living and could not look after the baby herself. Three of the other four are claimed by MrB. Blackstone as her own. by a former husband, named Charles Worth- ington. They aro Opal Worthlngton, five years old and Violet and Margaret, twins, ten years old. The last of the six Is William Thompson, three years old, a son of Mrs. Georgette Thompson. Claims Other Children In addition to the three mentioned above, Mrs. Illackstone claims to have several ether children, Cavallero Worth lngton, fifteen years old ; Floyd Worth lngton, seventeen years old ; Pauline Worthlngton, hlxteen years old ; Cres well Worthlngton, twenty years old, now under arrest and held for a further hearing on Monday, arid Howard Worth lngton, twenty-six years old, who was drafted and Is now fighting in France. Mis. Blackstone also says that Mrs. Schaefter, of Gloucester, Is her daughter, but the latter has so far denied this. All six of the younger children lived In the same room, a dark closet only about 10 by 9 feet In size and looking as though It had not been cleaned for months. the league and thresherl nut In n,.hiin If the decision reached Is unanimous, then It ought .to become operative. If It Is not unanimous, then we must rely on public opinion to bring about a solution Only there must be no war until public discussion has been settled. That Is the only real advance I believe to be now Lord Robert asserted that If such an agreement had been In force the present war may not have occurred, and that the British Government strove hard In 1914 for an International conference. Asked If this was not similar to Bryan's peace treaties based on the prin ciple of a year's delay after the Issue had been Joined In before a declaration of war. Lord Robert replied: 'That Is quite a good Idea, but the delay need not perhaps be as long as a year. I am not sure three of four months would not be enough." Speaking of the difficulties of eutnb. Hshlng such a league, Lord Robert said: 'There may be a great deal of doubt as to Its practicability among what are termed practical men, but practical men have never done anything. I, am sure BRITISH FORCES SURPRISE ENEMY Advance on Chipilly Com pels Germans to Retreat in Hurry LEAVE OFFICIAL PAPERS Other Personal Property Falls Into Hands of Attacking ing Army By HfeNRY W. NEVINSON Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Cornirioht. tMR, lii .Veie Vorfc Time? Co. Willi tho British Army, Aug. 10. On tho south of the British lines, between tho Ancro and the Somme, j,,,, nnd tho btralght road from Amiens to Roye, the British have taken the vll- j lage of Qucsncl and tho line runs north and slightly east, Just beyond the sta- l 5 Hon of Harbonnleres, to tho Somme at Merlcourt. North of the Somme the British have not been so successful In the advance, for tho considerable village of Morlan court Is still In the enemy's hands and by a strong counter-attack Thurs day afternoon a German division, be lieved to bo tho Twenty-seventh, suc ceeded In recovering the Gressalre Wood, Just above the Somme, south east of Morlancourt, nnd also the vil lage of Chlppllly, who projects on a spit of high land Into the Somme, and Inflicted damage on British guns and tanks from across the river during Thursdays' advance over the exposed and flattish plain. This dispatch was written before' Allied troops captured Morlancourt yesterday. No Germans There At present, however, the position ap years to be unoccupied, for I walked at leisure from Merlncourt down the river close In front of Chlppllly, and If the Germans had been there they would certainly havo had a shot at me, but nil was quiet. Except for a slight check at Mor Inncourt, the whole advance so far haB been entirely successful. In one prisoner's camp near our front line I found over 500 men, taken at once In n train that was held up hy the British cavalry as It entered a certain station. They were In a dirty, miserable condition, as quite natural. Some wero quite young, and only a very few were of the best German physical type.. Ah if supposing the advance was over, small parties of Germans yester day were seen trying to return here and there, but only to discover that, they were mistaken In their direction. lesterday morning from an early hour I walked over a part of the bat tlefield north of the long, straight road running from Amiens through Vlllers Brettonneux due eastward. I visited advanced poIntB between that road nnd tho winding Somme, beyond which river the chalk hills rise in cliffs and the downs are fairly well wood ed. It was thus that I came In front of Chlppllly, and now as I write of-, flclal news reaches mo that the British are again advancing upon that posi tion and making good progress. et The wide nnd slightly undulating plain over which I passed was much like other battlefields, except that the dead were being burled with unusual rapidity, though tho bodies of tho -enemy were still very numerous. i Foe Left in n Hurry The surprise evidently had been startling, for the ruined houses and dugouts were full of personal belong ings, such as letters, official papers, photographs, books and changes of un der clothes and uniforms, hurriedly -left behind. Along the banks of the Somme, row upon row of huts, dug-outs, and cave had been constructed In the chalky slopes and cliffs, so that one was dim ly reminded of abodes upon precipices. But out In the open plain, though the steps to some shelters went down twenty or thirty feet, the usual covers for the men were very poor, being lit tle more than short and shallow trenches, barely covered with tar-ri paulin or corrugated Iron. Many of tho guns, both field tfuns" and heavies, were left in position and the camouflage was In ordinary man ner. Several dumps of ammunition were also left and long rows of shells' Overhead 'the British airplanes now swarmed in great numbers, frequently attacked by Germnn archies. I saw one plane fall In flames, but It was too far away to distinguish the mark ings. I am told that the armored cars did great service on the advance, burning trains,, attacking transport columns and Increasing tho confusion of tho retirement. They were especially ac tive in the Frame River region Just south of tho village of Provart, which is not yet Included in the British line. But, in fact. It Is very difficult after so sudden an rapid an advance to draw any deflnlto line between the opposing armies- Man Hangs Himself tb Rafter Lancaster, Ia., Aug. 10. Phares' Hemllng, an extensive lumber dealer hi Durlach, this county, was found hy his wife this morn'r.g hanging from a' rope" that had been attached to a small rafter In his summer kitchen. He was thirty nine years old. It Is believed that he was affected by the extreme heat. dkatiis DIXON. At his rrslilence, 1.130 p 20th at.. Aim. 10, JtonERT C. hushand of Roia Povd Dlxnn, Notlc of funeral later. OOP.DON. Aub. R. MAY LOUISE. wlf of William Gordon. Relative and frlenrin In vited to services, Mon , 23(1 n. m . at M, K. Church, Frenchtown. N. J. rtemalns mar bo viewed Sun, from 7 to 8 p. m. nt 1743 N.-. Sth t JACOHI. Aot. l. j. JACOB JACOBt. Family, also Odd Fellows" Veteran Assorts, tlon nnd the Managers of the Odd Fellows, ' invited to funeral services. Tues., 1 p m.. at the Odd Fellows' Home, 17th and Tioga sts Int. prlate. McKINf.EY. Auir. 0. WILLIAM S 1 McKINLEY. need 3. nelatlves and friend invil.ru iu Bctviiro. m idiu ur Jreen Bt., Moh,. p. m int. nrivaie. SMITH Killed In ootlon In France: July IV imADY V.. hush-ind of Nellie Smith tn tnen Mclntyre), 1K0I1 S. 21th st. Relatives and friends invited to solemn requiem mass for the repone of his soul, Tues , Au?. is. S a. m at St. FMmond'i Church, 23d and timln ta. SIMPSON. At rhoenUvllle. Pa Au. 8.. f fS JOHN O.. hushand of Alice O. Simpson Relntlves and friends Invited to service. fiV Mon., 2 P ro... at 221 Frankin ave.. Pho. JJ I nlxvlile Pa. Int. Wood'ands Cem.. Phlla. ;-r I SERltILL At her residence. 1413 N. ft, J John S. Serrlll. need 77. Notlca'ot funeral ! n.a . AllT. in nKTlRfVA A Mnu, . HUM' WAXTKW MAT.K nOBlNO MILL HANDS, bench lathe hands,, -v Iron vaive assemmers. steel valve, as. : jA: -.l.i nnltsen m abarsi taf4 st-i - 1 'sfiA?1 wn hn... APPly between 7 and f p, m, f5 Nelson VaJve Kmployment Office. Room JIN. J nsumAnri Flnl Miner. ft(i09 iitrmiiritr.iwn iim. ?-. mi. Qermantown. Pa., or work.,, Cheitout-j - il noOKKKKrr.n. m itant, Apply hy ltlr rtf only. rawm jitiriiiiKiun oon vo,, IUi (V.& nnd CallowhIUi Rive ace. experience and JJtv Inrv. MKN wanted Carpenter. flremen.Utior ninnhlnlita. tnachln nneratorj. .nlsht iwri ttood waeea; yteady work. Afply, .. jr.- .if i ;J .! 1 1 1 4 :5i I 4 :n : J w fflMM
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers