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srtly duo to tho c(lloloncy of the
lie tattle now raging, which Is ro-
from alt nolnts to bo progress-
' satisfactorily, Is being fought over
ana which has seen somo or ne
bitterest fight n. Whllo tho
sund Is flat. It Is cut to pieces wltn
nchen and shell holes and is cov
er with piece after piece of wire, old
new.
f.The mornlmr Is expanding Into a
t. trine and 'colden summer day, with
Flrtenty of power In the sun to cat up
S's.sril thii tnluta en Hint nil tho Tlrttlsh
fMalrmen will take a great hand In tho
battle.
IrttS11 Tho high contour between Adlnfer
Ml Moyennevlllo was tho northern
iS'one of attack and Pulslcux-Mont. the
tf ft,,. southern landmark of the front. The
BGenemy hero lately has been withdraw-
K j4n I hiuIimi In tvntOAnnn (Yin r1nrt1i f
f" '" " "' . ...v. uii.i.1 ,.
:'-r.Blg defenses.
IfRK "K AltncK in riaiwcrs
KHf jasiue irom inc uauie ruginK ue
KJtween Arras and Albert, the British
I ;ire pushing on at various other parts
KJt v " irum.
mt Along the Dranoutre ridge, between
t . JvouaeKOt and the Locre itospicc (on
? the northern end of the Iys salient
l3,ln Flanders), where tho British this
morning attacked the whole of the
' enemy's outpost positions, sharp fight
ing Is continuing.
i-!r The War Ofllce today announced
-& that. tho attack near Locre, which was
t vu a. une-mue iruni, wan muuvtussiui
.uv ah ODjecuves were capiureu nnu pus-
y oners taken.
Capture Iys Town
The capture of Le Touret, on the
'southern sector of the L,ys salient, was
occupied. Field Marshal Hals nn
- nounced that the advance In this re
gion was between Festubert and the
Lowe (a front of four miles).
The Germans today made an attack
after heavy artillery preparation on
the new British positions fcouth nf the
River Scarpe (near Airas) hut thev
were entirel j defeated and the Ililtlsh
retained every foot of their line.'. At
tacks t the enemy yesterday both
north and south of the rher were com
pletely repulsed. '
late yestcrt!av evening the British
advanced the line at Fampnux (mar
Arras). A vicious ntticl: by the enemy
was driven off with heavy casualties
without achieving any gain.
In the Somme River zone no ex
traordinary activity has been reported
The hattlefront from north of the
Ancre So north nf Lens has not seen
as Brent a change as other sectors
between Ypres and Ithclms since the
beginning of the German offensive
March 21.
In making an attack hero It would
appear that Marshal Foch Is striving
to break the old German line In tho
Arras area. Any considerable forward
movement here would menace the Qer
man positions north and south for
many miles. Strategically a blow hei e
would seem to be a companion one to
the French oqnlve south of fho
Olso and a strong attempt to forco the
Germans to tetlri' all u'ong the line
By the Associated Press
Paris. Aug. 21. French troops con
tinued their advance along tho whole
front between the Oise and the Aisne
this morning. Carlepont and Cuts have
been captured by tho French, accord
Ing to the official statement issued at
the War Ofllce today.
vAfter sharp lighting ground has
been taken west of Lasslgny by the
French.
P? ' By the United Press
Farls. Aug. 21. French troops, out-
Iw,f? flanking Ourscamps Forest, have
Bfcicnea a point near romoise, less
than 4000 yards (slightly more than
'JC (iro miles) southeast of Xoyon.
erted toward Lasslgny and Nojon. The
rt latter Is now moie threatened from
flnntlipflnt tlinn frnm tli smith.
vest.
Camelln (seventeen miles southeast
of Noyon,) and Blerancourt (a mile
southeast of Camelln) have been
passed. (This latter progress repre
sents a total advance of six miles by
Mangln's army)
General Mangln is continuing his
Advance and more villages have been
captured.
. He Is gradually extending his fight
ing front eastward, until now It reaches
from tho Oise almost to Solpsons over
S an Irregular line nearly twenty-live
fe 'mlles long.
fc'r' stents In motor trucks and are con
.! centratlng their resistance In Carle-
flrt- Intr the eatt bank of the Oise from
Ballly northward to Semplgny). The
. ,vk- 1, ViniAifAk mn tltii rrsiff
t'-li nrneress tust east of these wooded
i Tsreas beyond JCnmpcel, whqre the
most furious nghtlng -Is going on.
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M ISUXUIV tLlSUAtWrLtibU
BY MANGIN'S ATTACK
RJ By the Associcted Press
fe?k Pari, Aug. 21 General Mangln's
tft'lL advance toward the Oise is an Important
kjj stroke. In the view of military critics.
, 1"K of Noyon from the east, as well as a
decided htlp to the army of General
llumbert. operating between the Matz
and th'a Oise.
nd the Oise.
T, The plan of Marshal Foch. the critics
Cellete. is aimed at consolidating the
front of the armies of Mangln and Hum-
"Sj fcert and forcing the enemy to withdraw
f-fwobably on a large scale. The Germans
y-r striving to prevent this at an costs
&S-i.U addition to the more than 8000
tltanstn took numerous guns and a large
Wsmount of material
?"VIn answer to an assertion In the Ger-
' man official statement, the newspapers
-H,4eciare unammu.iBiy un me uiJcruiiuu
.v.wni not nn nttemnt tn break through the
ftlVtUrnmi line, but only a part of tho itra-
'tT teeic plan which had its Inception July
,t ,1. The Echo de Paris adds that the
"KIbh fa nnt vnf onlntMfH
ttTh attonlf whtlo laffklne thA element
PM c lf surprise, has overcome the carefully
rii vrepareu jiosuions oi me enenif. jn ihb
t& dvsnroil lines the enemy had a formld.
Ala array of machine guns, forming a
,-fSlld for his real line of defense. Thus,
jas'ssd two zom-s of combat. The new
.-mm defensive nlan has been com
ely undone, anu me enemy nas Deen
a to seeK new posiuons ior ae-
l 'M
('". "The German shny has lost Its liberty
JiBUltttrv critic' of the Paris Out and as-
-'.lrtant to Marshal Jottre when the lat-
'! visited America laBt year, "and this
'Mtlnly has been brought about by tho
K I jhKente high command."
;JianSH SLACKERS WARNED
i:;-
Usion Will Have U. S. Authori-
r-tuW-i" .: nni witii Tlim
-5 . WH. .,.. . ......
lSrltlsh subjects who attempt, to eade
draft law ot ureal uritain win oe
ed ur.Uer toe jurisdiction oi local
t boards after the British-Canadian
ruHlnv Mission closes Its operations
tht United States. An offictal an
snument tn this effct was made to-
tt tbe Philadelphia branch of the
'! !CIrs numbers of BVltlsh subjects.
Bz Snnouni:cnirni piuiru. iibtd imiicu
MDort for military duty after slsn-
WKir prcimunnry appucaiions lor
i"nw;anrt;upirKpinK mwicaj ex
Ron at the Philadelphia 'recruit
llHIv -ir
FOE CAN'T STAND
DEFENSIVE ROLE
Compared to Ponderous
Bull, With Foch as Agile
Matador
GERMAN DELAY FATAL
Enemy Debacle Before Spring,
If Allies Continue Present
Pace, Is Predicted
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copvrtaht. IK1S. l thr .Vr.,- York Tlmr, Co.
r, i Paris, Aug. 21.
n!r . I"'1'' f,,n nf '"-"llnnt snggrstlons
and g owing hn,,., ,h, manner In hleV
locii s continuing to rercle the Inltl
atlie which ho wre-ted from th " enemy
In the second battle of the Mnrne i:Pri
n? ,ifi '"I pavs :l tribute to th "Mil
Inf. ,, .Patl" '" ,vnftm th" Anl" ""
intrusted the command of their united
'' ,na exerv da' ,!ce, lhat tribute
Increafc in volume
In the nnnnrr In -lilHi Tooh Is nnn
making tho Ciernnns dine to his piping
eery Frenchman rrrs solid reasons for
disputing more thnn eer tho ilcht of
(he bodies to the crlf-ronforrrd title ff
the first military nation In nurop-
The statement of the Frankfurter
Zcltung that r.tidondorfT Is rontlnuallf
Kiting ground to enable him to regroup
h.o fon-es Is laughed at here The tac
tics of Foch are exactly thrso whloh ren
der anv regrouping of the enemy fon-r
Impossible Foch's method of keeping
the cneim hnsv nil tho time on one part
of the front or another alms precisely at
pretentlng this very thing
Keps RrniTTrs .tumplnr
Tlardlv had the enemy Ind a h'eath
Irg space on the Vfslo thin another
heavv Allied blow was struck at him
on tho Somme and the Avre A suh
stantlnl portion of tho reserves rrhom h
had sent with tremendous difficulty to
the Vcsle front had to bo hurried off to
meet the now attack further wot Thn
came Sunday's hound forward on a flf-tcm-mllo
front east of tho O'se and an.
other heavy journey for somo nf the
tired German reeros Tlicso attneKo
In tpilck sdcoesslon nro forcing tho Ger
mans to maintain at Ion"! 1 10 divisions
In their first linos or r--rh- n million
and n half bayonets nothor million
nnd a hilt must bo cnn'tintlv nvillnble
to rellove and replnre tho tlrod dltlslons
while an additional strain Is boing put
upon tho enemy hv the fact that anv
moment ho m-n find It nocosary to In
crease Immediately tho density of th
troops he Ins In n rortain soctor whor
ho often without ronsons. believes nn at
tack to bo Imminent.
An example of this oronrred last
Thur'div when Von Hben's armv, which
Is holding the line betwei n Carlepont
nnd Missy sur Alsne. oart of So'ssors.
found Itself vlth only a dnzon divisions
In line nnd had to appeal to Von Doehn
for re-enforcements in t lew of the pend
ing French attack
These wearing-down tnc'los g'ving
the enemy neither tlmo to ortanlo nn
attack himself nor a respito ftnm bo.
Ing attacked, must bo telling not only
on the Germans' morale, but also on
their orginlsatlon. Tho German mili
tary machine, good though it be. was
never built with a view to a defenshc
campaign of long duration such as
Foch Is now serving out to th enemy
Foeh tlrllllnut Mutndnr
The position of the German war ma
chine at the present moment under the
biting whip of Foch. may ho likened
somewhat to a first clas mnin-lino rsP
way engine with eight-foot drilng
wheels which Is called on to tnke part
In a mad automobile race along country
highways. Foch's tactics In the nature
of things arc the worst possible for
the ponderous, slow -going oer-organlx-ed
German machine and Its sluggish di
recting brain. Other things being equal
the hull henceforward standi no chance
against so brilliantly agile a matador
as Foch
As Paris sees it. tho Allies pro now
marching more surely toward final lc
tory every day.
"And what giant s'rldes wo shall
take," cries one favorite critic. If
only wo give to our fifth mm (aviation)
all that extension, almost to Infinity,
which our resources, thinks to American
l,f'p. now render possible"
i:ery Gorman killed now, It Is recog
nized bore, Is worth at least two as com
pared with the earlier jears of the war
from the fact that the enpmy Is now
finding it more nnd more dllllcu't to re
place his losses In consequence of Foch's
tactics giving him no rest
Tho French tactics are now entirely In
agreement with the doctrine that a fatal
mltaKo was maue oy ino Hermans in al
low intr the Allies time to reenter their
breath after each of their recent offen
bites SAW LIQUOR GIVEN OFFICERS
Federal Acnt Acpu( Proprietor
of Board in p. House
Charged with furnUh up liquor o
army olllcers. Mrs .1 K Kaonz. who
conducts a boarding hou. in Chetnut
street west of Twentieth .irg-' patron
ized by armt and nay off or was he'd
In J500 hall for court todi l I'nitfi
States Commissioner i.onir
A newly appointed optraMte of tho
Department of Justice arrested Mrs
Saenz and was the principal witness
against her The operative i "ktkcu a
room across the street from the bn-irdlng
house and kept vigil at a sccond-stor)
window-
Mrs Saenz Is said tn have admitted
the charge, but declared xh did rot
know It was illegal She told the com
missioner a naval officer told her It wap
all right for officers to have liquor in
intir rooms
32 Divisions Sent
Over, Says March
Continued from Tare One
for the German, and he fell back one to
two miles on a fourteen-mile front.
Kast of Arras, on the Scarp-, tho Brit
Ish advanced in sharp fighting taking
Fampoux On the plains near rtoe
continued pressure by the French nnd
British carried them well back of the
old 191G-1917 line
Between the Oise and the Alsne the
French began attacks Sunday night on
a fifteen-mile front gaining about four
miles and placing them only four miles
away from Noon
In the Vosges the Americans took
Frapelle, straightening out a salient
there.
March had no official word of today's
British drive, and hence declined to
comment thereon.
Discussing the ship situation, the chief
of staff showed that the success of pres
ent plans depends on ships. America
had none when the accelerated troop
movement program started. Hence It
was necessary to use the German In
terned vessels, to requisition Dutch
ships and to charter and hire all that
could be obtained from other nations.
That has taken a large portion of
money, for, with one single exception a
Brazilian ship given free for two trips
these vessels have proved expensive.
March said In order to carry on the
work as now contemplated additional
hiring and chartering must be done un
til such time as the American transport
fleet reaches the peak.
March said he knew nothing of the
race riots at Camp Merrltt
SCENES
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GERMANS
RETIRE IN
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BRITISH
ADVANCING
TO DAY
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GENERAL A '-f .-f-y.v?IWrMXJ. ..
STILL - TlTilff "S
Lagruj, cMoninunU Slrae
The Germans arc pitinp prounil loilay in three sectors as follows: (1) In the Lys salient, where the Teuton
withdrawal ronlinuc. (2) Norlli of tho Anrrc in the direction of the Srarpi, where General Ujnc's Third Britisli
Amiy Iia rcpificretl important pains in a new powerful blow. (3) Between tho Oise and the Aisne, where
General Manpin's Tenth Wim e -till painine prounil. The solid line on the above map shows the. hattlefront
as it flood before General Foeh began bis counter-often ics. The broken line shows where Ibc opposing armies
arc farinp cjrli other toda). The dotted line is the Int'lefront as constituted before the German advances of
this year
ONRUSH BY MANGIN
SURPRISE TO FOES
Extent of Attack and Violence
of Blow Outwit
Enemv
By WAITER Dl'RANTY
Special Crblc to Evening Public Ledger
Coptfloht itis !! the Wic York Tlmr Co
Willi the l'rrnrh Armies, Aug. 21.
General Mangln's fourth army ntneked
Tuesday at 7.10 u. tn. on the elghtoen-
mlle front from Plmnrez, opposite Rlbe-
court, on the Olso, to Fontcnoy, on the
Alsne noar Solst.ons
By 10 o'clock the German positions
had been penetrated, despite f-evore re-f-lstancc
at various points, to an average
depth of four kilometers, and heveral
thousand prisoners had been captured.
The attack was prefaced by violent bom
bardment throughout Monday. This In
creased during the night, and culminated
in a tremendous, drumfire between dawn
and tho "zero hour."
As I write In a village but recently
under German Are, the air quivers with
the unceasing thunder of the French ar
tillery, nnd from time to time the houses
shakG to tho explosion cl a glint piece.
It Is dllllcult to Blvo a conerent account
of tho battlo thus early. Iteports filter
through many channels .and the rapid
changes of the struggle are almost Im
possible to control
The report of an airman, for Instance,
announces French troops are nt a certain
point A few moments later another
pilot may detect the Germans, who have
emerged In a sudden counter-attack or
havu bien driven back from their posl
tlon as the French, seen by the first air
man, moved on.
Long Columns of Prisoners
One thing Is certain: the attack lsj
progressing favorably. By 8 30 all the
ill st objectives were reached and tho
Gorman front lino was occupied Kong
columns of prisoners are repotted to be
filing rearward along the whole front
The enemy reactions are Kporadlc and
pihmodlc his artillery Is compjiatlvely
feehlo and his aviation Is almost negli
gible Tho prime object of tho attack was tho
fpeup-ulon of the greit cntral plateau
between the Olso nnd the Alsne Six
hundred feet high on tho average, Its
top Is u fiat rol ing country, almost un
broken by valle)f. but slopes north and
outh splintering into many ravine"
Tho operations of Saturrtav and Sun
day had already taken the I'rerch well
up the lower slopes, and the laige force
of links that supported the .mack had
nn admirable Held for work against the
German machine-gun posts on the
hilglus.
rnrflit.ipni.il l,v tho bombardmont. the
enemy expected an offensive move of
some kind, but seems to hive bren sur
prised by its extent and violence Thus
the prisoners taken by the army corps
on the left center declared that their
division had been ordered to attack at
r.30, probably as a diversion to 'rencn
ctlon expected on their left
Again the village and tho ravine of
Vudienleourt a little nearer Solssons.
had boon evacuated bv tho enemy, who
directed such, a deluge of mustard gas
there as to render the ravine impassable.
The assailants were quick to appreciate
the situation, and, separating into iwo
bodies, right nnd left, pissed thu obsta
cle, to rejoin on the table land
CLAIMED WATER WAS IMPURE
Man Played on Women's Fears to
Sell Filters
Kdward Miller, Diamond street near
Hleventh, was arraigned before Magis
trate Harris, Thirty-seventh and Mar
ket streets, this afternoon, charged with
having declared the city's water supply
to be Infected with germs. Ills motive
was to promote the sale of filters. It was
alleged
A number of women living In the vi
cinity of Fifty-ninth street and Spring
field avenue testified Miller visited their
houses, asserted emphatically that the
city water was not safe to drink, even
If boiled, unless It had been filtered, and
that a dozen or more Were persuaded to
buy his filters.
Most of the purchasers were wives of
Emergency Fleet Corporation employes,
not familiar with conditions here. Final
ly, a woman who had lived In Philadel
phia for many ears was approached.
She Informed John A. Young, a city
water Inspector, who arrested Miller.
Magistrate Harris made Miller con
fess to the women that his statements
were false and refund their money. The
prisoner was then 'discharged with
warning.
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Foreign Policy
1920 Issue in U.S.
Continued from I'nRe One
iticstion in America after tho peace
conference, and it will make our for
eign policy the biggest issue of the
'920 election.
Two His; Dnmoilic Issues
"For that samo campaign there will
lie two big domestic Issues. First,
shall be wartime Government Insur
ance be rontliuied. nnd shall Govern
ment control or ownership, found ncc
essaiy In the vvnr, be continued as a
pennanent noimil policy in America
anil extended tc Include even mora of
our commeiclal Industrial activities
than at present?
"Theso are to be the three cardinal
points of Ameilcan politics immedi
ately after the war and for a long time
to come. Theie is nothing in any ono
of them touching tho past traditions
of the existing parties and there Is
nothing loft of the old Issue?. Tariff
is no longer n. tailff issue but a mat
tei of international bookkeeping. The
Stntes' rights issue has been killed by
the South Itself by its attitude on vari
ous lecent questions.
The new party alignment will be
chiefly on foreign policy. Wo will find
u gioup in the South and a. group In
New Ungland that will favor strong
ptimanent foreign alliances. In the
West tho tendency will bo nil tho
other way, because of tho great for
eign element of t)io population.
No doubt there will be great chanties
In our Immigration laws. Through
immigration America must make UBe
of Its unutilized land. Draw u line
between Omaha and St. Paul and an
other between San Frnnclsco and Seat
tle, between those two lines we can
find room for 25,000,000 Immigrants,
allowing to each of them a farm as
large as the largest peasant farm now
cultivated in Europe. These agricul
tural Immigrants would he discouraged
from coming If America had formal
alliances with some countries, but not
with others. Those fiom nation1) with
which wo had no formal alliances
would feel that their fatherlands were
discriminated against. They would
feel that thoy themselves, were subor
dinate members In our citizenship. We
would produce for out selves situations
out of which friction would crow,
meilca. cannot afford to have auch
feelings of discrimination nl the fu-
tui e.
Asiatic Question Worldwide
"Furthermore, we can no longer con
sider our European relations as one
thing and our Asiatic relations as an
other. When the war is over Japan
win say to ner allies, ungland and
France, 'I ask you to request of Amer
ica that there shall be Incorporated
in me treaties a statement that my
peopls are to have the same orlvleges
In the L'nlted States as your people.'
What could England and France say?
And England must see that, what
ever Asiatic leadjustment there Is,
will have direct bearing on Australia.
So the Asiatic question Is no longer
an affair between America nnd Japan,
but a world question which would
greatly complicate any alliances that
we might ventuie to make with Eu.
ropetn countries.
"The domestic issues that I have
mentioned are full of possible rami
fications Into many economic ques
tions. We nre going to hear from the
farmers ns never before. The farm
ers will tell us that their profits have
been limited and their business regu
lated during the war, while others
have been getting rich because of
the war. without restraint. This pro
test of the farmers will be a big fac
tor In the campaign two years hence.
They will create an Issue by demand.
Ing Government warehouses through
which they may reach the consumer
without the long string of profit-taking
intermediaries that now exists. The
parties will have to declare them
selves as to the farmers as well as
on the question of continuing an Insur
ance system for vvprkers and the ques
tlons Government ownership and
nrohibttlon. i i.IW
"With tae war over, there Is not the
slightest chanro of the third-term
question arising. Also, with the war
ovei, I don't think the political par
ties in 1920 will look to the military
heroes ns such for heads of the tick
ets. Thero can'e be any great, out
standing military man in America,
like Grant was after the Civil War.
This Is because of the distance of the
fighting from the people and because
of the lack of exploiting any Individ
ual. Furthermore, as the Issues will
be questions of diplomacy and national
economics, the leadera naturally will
be statesmen rather than soldiers. ,1
see no individuals in sight yet, but
I j am convinced that the Democratic
party cannot go to tbe East for its
candidate."
GERMANY'S WORKING
CLASSES AWAKENING
Secretary for Colonies So Ad
mits in Denying Desire for
Annexation
By the Associated Press
Amsterdam, Aug. 21,
Discussing Germany's Husstan policy
nnd tho nrcst-ldtovsk treaty. Dr. W. H
Solf, German Secretary of State for
Colonies, said today that Germany would
not misuse her power In the Kast, ac
cording to advices from Berlin. He Is
quoted ns follows:
"The German Government Is fully re
solved not to misuse the protection which
linH been asked for and which has been
granted, because forcible annexation
would bar the way now open to op
pressed peoples the road to freedom,
order and mutual tolerance."
Doctor Solf, who was speaking before
tbe German society, continued:
"The Imperial chancellor declared last
month, In the Itelchstng that 'we do
not" Intend tn retain Belgium in nny
form whatever Belgium shall arise
again afler tho war as an independent
Stnte. a vassal to no one Nothing
stands In the way of the restoration of
Belgium, but tho enemy's will to WHr."
He declared that the German working
classes were becoming conscious of the
fact that tho retention of Germany's
colonies was a vital question. He said
that Germany desired to compromise
regarding colonial questions on the basis
that these possessions shall correspond
to the economic strength of the nations.
U-Boat Seizes
Fishing Vessel
Continued from Pniee One
Piatt Andrew, a essel of 141 tons
gross, sailed from here August U.
u.
S. NAVAL CORDON
CLOSING ON TRIUMPH
By the Associated Press
Washington, Aug. 21 Strong forces
of swift naval patrol boats and destroy
ers sped today to the north Atlantic
fishing banks, where Ithe trawler Tri
umpa, captured yesterday by a German
submarine, which armed and manned
her. Is reported raiding flRhlng fleets
Naval olllcers hero think re-capture of
the trawler or her enforced destruction
by the German crew Is a certainty.
bnrewdness of the Triumphs skinner
enabled the navy to plnn action against
mo now raiuer witnout aoiav
Navy officials concurred Invrcrtiitclv
In the opinion expressed by th fishing
vessel captain that the unusual b
hnvlor of the G'erman prize crew evi
dently indicated their Intention1 to use
the vessel as an auxiliary raider
Admiral Benson, chief of navil nn.
orations, at once communicated the in
formation to the commander of the
First Naval District at Boston. While
no details of the steps taken have been
officially announced, It Is believed that
tho force under the command of this
officer was at the same time augmented
by others from adjoining stations. '
TAKEN AFTER CHASE IN CROWD
Alleged Thief Caught Near Broad
and Chestnut Streets
After a chase along crowded Chest
nut street near Broad this afternoon,
Joseph Keach, Darlen street abovo Som
erset, was caught by Detective Clark,
of the Second and Christian streets sta
tion, and later was held under $100 bail
for a further hearing tomorrow bv Mag
istrate Mecleary, In the Central Station.
Employes of a men's furnishing goods
store on Chestnut street between Broad
and Juniper testified that Keach tried
to steal a silk shirt by hiding it u..der a
newspaper ne was carrying.
BOYS HELD FOR THEFT
Accused of Stealing Condenser From
Swift & Co
Three boys charged with the theft of
a condenser, valued at $1300. from the
warehouse of Swift & Co., Ninth street
and Glrard avenue, were held In J0OO
hall each for court today by Magtstiate
Mec'eary.
The defendants are Robert Coogan. no
noma; George Dare. Camac street near
Oreen. and George Hoss, Myrtle street,
near Eleventh They art! said to have
dismantled the condenser and sold It to
a junk dealer In Mtrchantville, N. J.,'
ior,ai.
PLOT FOR REVOLT
IN RUSSIA FAILS
Soviets Are Successful in
Suppressing Movement
for New Uprising
NO POPULAR SUPPORT
Many Monarchists Said to Be
Involved in Plan for
Revolution
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copurlcht JIM, i the .Vrio Vorfc Tlmn Co.
Stockholm, Aug. IS (delayed).
Moscow has been full for some time
of rumors that a countcr-revolutldnary
effort Is to bo mado tho latter part
of this month. The Soviet, however,
is extremely efficient In dealing with
such plots, having dealt successively
with the Pogrom pldt of last winter,
when the enemies of the Soviet hoped
to get tho drunken soldiery to sack
Smolensk; then with the Cadet plot
at Moscow, then with tho Left Social
Revolutionary mutiny, and then the
affair nt Jaroslav.
This new affair has been long
promised nnd Is spoken of ns an "offi
cers' plot." Many monarchists are snld
to be Involved. It was proposed after
the social revolutionary movement.
The time chosen for It wns to colncldo
with that of the greatest starvation,
this because such a plot would have
no support among the polltlca'ly con
scious masses. The only hope for such
plotters is to play on the unconscious
masses who might dining a hunger
crisis be stirred up to riots. In tho
course of which a coup d'etat might
be accomplished, and If followed by
wholesale shootings nnd terrorlzatlon,
as In Finland, might replace the Soviet
Govei nment with some scratch body
which would depend for Its tenure on
tho Immediate Improvement of food
conditions.
riven If such a coup was successful,
which Is very unlikely, such a Gov
ernment would within .a very short
tlmo lio In difficulties nnd urgently
need foreign tioops with which to
maintain itself.
I am inclined to think It will be
more difficult than the plotters Imagine
to get even momentnry support among
the masses. The Left Social i evolu
tionary mutiny of six weeks ngo
showed with what nloofncsa the hulk
of the population rogaul such events
nnd how unlikely any nttempt at revo
lution Is to gain serious support. Then,
while n part nf tho town w.-m actually
In the hands of tho mutineers, while
continual machine gun file was going
on. while the mutineers' headquarters
were being bombarded by nitllleiy
and thev themselves vveio sending
sluapnel'lnto tho Kicmlln. people were
Hitting about in tho sunshine.
Public Not Interested
In the Theatre Square, close bv the
Krcm'ln, and In those parts of the
town not immediately affected, It was
Impossible to tell from the appearance
of tho streets or demeanor of the
people that anything extraordinary
was going on. People were more In
terested In discussing the chances of
avoiding war ns the result of Mil
bach's death than in the fate of muti
neers who In heeklng to provoke war
had shown how deep n gulf lay be
tween the Left Social Revolutionary
leaders, who nre Intellectual romantics,
and the matter-of-fact peasantiy they
were supposed to represent
This party will recover Its Impor
tance not ns n representative body, but
as a l evolutionary organization, in all
paits of the country where tho So
viets are suppressed. It Is responsi
ble for the deaths of nichhoin. Mir
bach and membeis of the Ukrainian
bourgeois government and Is certain
to npply the samp methods to repre
sentalves of tho bourgeois and allies
In the north. Its members shale the
tradition of the old Social Revolution
ary party, which believed In l evolu
tion by assassination. They are1 thus
distinguished from tho Bolshevtfkl, who
have nlwav s opposed assassination as
a method, believing that It merely
strengthens the other side In dealing
with mass revolt.
"Not War. nut Itevolt"
The Social Revolutionaries hoped for
war with Geimany, believing, not that
war with Germany would mean any
thing but further occupation of Rus
sia, but that by thus increasing the
area of occupied and revolting terrl.
vol y they would be serving the revolu
tion as a whole, better than by sup
ooitlng the less sentimental, less pic
turesque policy of serious economic
and military prepaiatlon which is fa
voied by tho Bolsheviki The Left
Social Revolutionary watchvvoid was
"Not war, but revolt." Without con
structive plans, but with the revolu
tionary tradition, they sought condi
tions suited to the work for which
they are fitted. They find such condi
tions In the Ukraine and I shall be
much sui prised If they make any
distinction between the Ukialne and
north Russia. Like the Bolshevik,
hev suppoit the Soviet form of gov
ernment. Other pnrtles of less Importance
nt the moment ale tho Right Social
Revolutionaries, who nie fairly strong
in tho northern governments and
everyvvheie there are many wen-iu-uu
peasants. Tley have no nold on the
poorer peasantry or workmen, who
are by far the largest class, i They
mo,, tm rnennled as conservatives
among the revolutionary parties, and
since the estauusiimmeni oi iuc ""'"'
Government they take the place of tho
old reactionaries. For tho moment,
any assassinations which they may
accomplish will be among the mem
bers of the Soviet Government. They
are definitely opposed to the S-" let.
The same may be said of the Men
shovlks and a group of other more
or less Insignificant parties, who lost
their following last year. They busy
themselves in getting resolutions from
workmen opposed to the Soviet. This
Is very easy to do In the mass of In
different and hungry people. There
Is no great dllllculty In finding a
population for several of Kipling's vll
lages to vote that the earth is flat.
Ever since they have been in oppo
sition, and therefore In the best posi
tion for gaining votes, their support
has decreased. When the Soviet ex
ecutive committee voted that, since
theso parties were aennueiy uppuscu
to the Soviet, they therefore hod no
right to sit In It, the speaker pointed
nf flint thn whole of the opposition
paities could sit on one chair: where
upon one Qf the opposition members
earned Immortality by replying:
"Yes, and you can get around tha
whole of your reaeraieo. repuouc in
tramway No. 6."
Their exclusion made no difference
ruimthver nnd their present activities
are more a nuisance than a danger to
the Soviet.
FORD TO RETURN
ALL PROFITS ON
WAR CONTRACTS
Other Stockholders Join in Flan
to Do Work for U. S. nt
Actual Cost
By the Associated Press
Detroit, Mich., Aug. 21.
Henry Ford, through his private sec
retary, announced this afternoon that
he will return to tho United States Gov
ernment all the profits he personally
makes on war contract work. He add
ed that he expected n number of other
stockholders of the Ford Motor Com
pany would follow his yxample.
Tho contracts awarded by the Govern
ment to tho Ford Motor Company
amount to several million dollars. Up
to the present no profits have been
paid, as none of the contracts has been
completed.
What the profits will amount to or
just how they will bo returned to tho
Government was not stated.
British Strategy
Surprises Enemy
Continued from race One
useful observation point for tho Ger
mans, who held It strongly.
Sunday morning they had a part of
the Sixty-second and Sixty-third regi
ments of tho Twelfth Dlvlslo there,
the Thirty-ninth of the Fourth Divi
sion, the Forty-fifth Lnndwehr Artil
lery and some other gunners. They
had been ordered some days ago to
offer dtrenuous resistance to attack,
and Sunday morning they were stand
Ing to in expectation of an attack
rup to 10 o'clock.
But at 11 o'clock they wore nvel
oped in a barrage of smoke and shjplis
and out of the smoke and explosions
they suddenly perceived our troops
charging down Into their trenches
f i om the northern end, whereas they
always supposed tho attack would
come from the west. Puzzled by the
smoke shells, overwhelmed by our
guns and enfiladed fiom the north,
vvlille other troops attacked them from
the west, tho Germans made no long
stand.
Between 1 nnd 2 o'clock the posi
tion was cleared nnd our troops, main
ly Scottish and Welsh, occupied the
spot where the tlnv village of Out
terstcene stood, giving its namo to
the lidge, nnd though the Germans
flung latgc quantities of heavy shells
upon the place all Sunday afternoon
the position remained firmly In our
hinds Monday. Nor was the enemy's
shelling very severe while I was there.
Foe Driven to Flutlandi
Our men are now digging in on the
further sido of tho ridge nnd at no
meat distance fiom Ballleull Itself
The real Importance of the exploit
however, lies In this, that tho Gei
mans now are thrust down upon the
flit land of Nieppc or Iluzebrouck
tiliin, wheie thev will get stuck in
thi mud if it tains, and In anv case
can rommmd no high eround for oh-co-vntlon
such ns Outterstcone ridge
iffords pnd for observation they must
tiust to Inlloons. nnd while I was
Hiofo T siw ono of tbrir Inlloons shot
down In flnmos bv nno of nur ntrshlns
Up to noon Monday between fifty
mil sixty machine runs had been re
ported captured. Our troons took n
considerable number of officers nnd
over (ISO men prisoners unwoitnded,
(ind at that time theie worn thirty
eight woundPd prisoners counted. Thev
spoke with terror of our guns, but
complained that three days ago thev
sulTorel heavy losses from the flro
of thelr.own guns. Their gunners ex.
cused tlils by nsklng what thov could
do with guns in such wretched condi
tion. JAPAN PREPARES MG ARMY
Mikado Takes No Chance of Easy
Victory in Siberia
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
CopirtvM. I01S. h-i Ihr Xrv York- Times Co.
The Jlngue, Aug. 21.
"President Wilson will not have such
nn easy walko-'er In Siberia as he
thought." nvs tho Frankfurter Zeltung,
nnd It adds- "Those who romp unin
vited must opoet to meet opposition."
In spite of the news reports, the paper
says, the Hol"hevikl are much stronger
In Kast Siberia than was originally
thought. It continues:
"In Japan hcrlous fighting Is antici
pated Although (ho Toklo Government
did Wllon tho favor of only mentioning
tho ponding of a few regiments, sho 1?
making preparations on u large scale
An exchange telegram even states that
reservists have been recalled from China.
HINDENBURG BACK ON JOB
Italian Papers Alo Hear That
Crown Prince Gets "Rest"
Jtome. Aug 21 (bv I. X. S ). Field
Marshal von Hlndcnburg lias been called
to the west front by tho Kaiser to re
placo General Ludendorff, according to
the Stampa.
The Giornale d'ltali.i claims to have
received news that the agitation in Ger
many against the Crown Prince as ae
sult of the German failure on the Marno
has ben so strong that the Kaiser has
granted the Crown I'rlnce six months'
leave of absence.
Official War Reports
mtiTisit
London, Aug. 21.
We attacked at 4:45 this morning
on a wide front north of the Ancre.
Satis'actory progress was made.
Yesterday afternoon strong hostile
attacks accompanied by heavy bom
bardments were mado against our new
positions south nnd north of the
Scarpe. They were completely re
pulsed. We Improved our positions slightly
In the neighborhood of Fampoux, tak
ing a few prisoners.
We advanced our lino last night be
tween Festubert and tbe Lavve River
and are In possession of I.eouret.
Barly this mbrning Kngllsh troops
carried out a successful operation In
the Locre sector on a front of over
a mile. All objectives were taken and
a number of prisoners captured.
FltKNCII
Farls, Aug. 21.
During the night the situation be
tween the Olee and the Alsne remained
unchanged. The enenfy did not at
tempt any reaction. This morning our
troops continued their advance along
the whole front.
Carlepont and Cuts have fallen Into
our hands,
We have taken ground west of Las
slgny after sharp fighting.
A number of German surprise at
tacks In Champagne were lepulsed.
GERMAN
Brrlln, Aug. 20 (Delayed).
A new breaking-through attempt on
the part of the French, which had
been expected for some days and which
was preceded on August 18 and 19 by
strong attacks, commenced today be
tween the Oise and the Alsne. The
first enemy assault broke down in our
battle positions after a bitter struwle.
AMERICANS HOLD
SIBERIAN ROUTE
tL S. Soldiers Sent to Take
Over Points Along Rus
sian Railway
CZECHS GUARDING LINE'
By the Associated Press
Vladivostok, Aug. 2L
According to the reouest of Gonornl
Dlctcrlchs, the commander of tho
Czecho-Slovnk forces In Siberia, the
head of tho American forces recently
landed Horn Is rllar,i1ilnf. 1IMI.
number of troops to occupy points along
the rallrond between this city and Nl
kolsk, the junction point of the trans
Siborlnn rnllttmt, ...tti, t. I, . ,
to Khabarovsk. This will release Bev-
rrui nunurca of the Czccho-Slovaks for
service on the Tssurl front.
Under Allied Supervision
AsKUnilntr thnt tha Tiimuh... ...ill .,..
..... '- -"- i'iucnw will mnu
responsibility for safeguarding the line'
from Xlkolsk to Khabarovsk, there Is nil
apparent need that the Americans, pro
vdo for the operation of tho trans-
niui-nnn railway westward to Manchuria
station, vi here n serious clash with tho
enemy is InnvitnHia rr:ii .. ,i
would be under Allied supervls'on nnd
n umiiB possioie tnrougn the presence
of tho patty of railroad experts under
tl.n lonHnt slilr, rP Tnltn v a.. mt-,
-...,.,.,, ,. ui,,,,, - . tiLCVCIlS. XII1S
party Includes 250 men, among whom
.,, iMiiwuy exccutlveA A
Ilmernoii nt Irkutsk
Colonel Genri-o TT T?rr,i-an, .. ..
for whom grave fears were felt, because
nu imings nau neen received from them
for moro than two months nntv .,. ,w-
operating with the Czecho-Slovak troops
near Irkutsk, according to a telegram
Just received from Colonel Kmcrson. The
jmny is engaged in repairing bridges
destroyed by the Bolshevik forces.
Czecho-Slovak forces are completely In
control of the railway from Lake Baikal
to the Ural Mountains It Is reported
that 10,000 Czccho-Slovaks are on their
way to tho Manchurlan front, and that
the Japanese are going from Vladi
vostok to the Ussurl front, where they
are replacing Czecho-Slovak forces that
have been fighting there.
Colonel Georgo II. Emerson, former
general manager of tho Great Northern
Hallway, went to Siberia last November
to superintend the work of double
tracking and re-equipplng tho trans
Siberian railway.
OTANI, ALLIED CHIEF,
REACHES VLADIVOSTOK
By the United Press
London, Aug, 21. American Red
Cross units have arrived at Vladivostok
from Toklo, bringing 70,000 pounds of
hospital supplies and provisions. n dis
patch from that city reported today.
Part of tho units will go to the Czecho.
Slovak front Immediate)
General Otanl. commander of tho Al
lied forces in Siberia, arrived at Vladi
vostok Sunday, the dispatch said. Brit
ish artillery Is reported to have boen
active In that region for several days.
I educing the superiority of the enemy's
artillery.
By the United Press
Toklo, Aug. 17 Knemy detachments
assaulted General Kalmulcov's band and
were successfully repulsed, said the of
ficial ounmunique from the Vladivostok
Iiont today.
The enemy has about 800 troops near
I'spensa nnd Slmcov, on our right wing,
-ays Ihu statement, and is Installing ma
chino guns on rafts in the Usurl Itiver.
nr. vnis
t A.SW Auk. UU. L.Y1H.V .A., widow of
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