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EVENING PUBWO LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, ATJGtT 23, 1918 '
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HW have fallen into tha hand3 of
brMJBritish. .
fTho enemy will undoubtedly soon
i Irfve way In spite of the heavy forces
.:ke seems to have concentrated. The
kittle increased in violence every
rkour as the British launched fresh I tvt i tt..,,- v c T .,Aa
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f Details of th fighting just north Americans Who Penetrate
the Enemy-Held Town
PRUSSIAN GUARDS 1BIG NAVY BATTLE
QUIT THE VESLE
BOCIIES SHOW "NERVES"
German Retreat to the Aisnc
Would Permit Allied At
tack on Laon
The
Tanks Clear Path
town of Mciulle. which
VsM tho Somme, which continues, show
K" that Albert actually was stormed uy
tho British who crossed tho river to
It tho south and struck, anticipating tho
!iH nrobaulo Gciman Intention to with-
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feWVJnlW tr0m PCK01 WIUUJ1 ' l"
5Ltrllv linlnr created here.
tav m- - -...- ,., off, fltflltlnEf llPS-
?...wa. ', ,,, , 1 1 u, i :, nun ...u --.
peratoly In the region of Oomlccourt.
S.ifT. n,nnri. frnm nil nolnts s,iy that
Bft the battle, which seems to have de-
S.'n.lnnl Inln nnn of the Greatest Of
the War from 'the standpoint of men
ana guns engngcu '-"''",-; n, ,, fr;,; n,0..
front. Is going on viciuiwum, j - '-
the British troops nun f ! American Armlet In rrnnre.
Field Marshal Halg's men nic Kill- Aug 23
ES Sn,r"ca1oGRerreVy! Th" AH.c offensive Is now t Its
ere in spite of resistance fiom f'ntest height .ineo Julv 10 no. oat,
tho cnemv. who, if he retreits. .if- " 'accomplishment, but In possibilities
knowlcdce"s that he Is beaten and If , Jh apld -advance of the Trench 1"
he K and ngnts it out Is bound tcon th( OIa , tp Alsne ,,.
to suffer tho heaviest casualties hln tbree or four mile, of the original
bnche positions nnl Inernolnc Hie neces-
WaS lty for an ClrlV Wllhdmeenl frnm tin.
wntnrwl hv the Hiltlsh. wis strongly , Vesle tn the old Alsne line
defended by the Gciman1, but Links ' A detachment of Americans led 1
roared up to the town and clc.ued the raptaln Villlnm Harrlg.an, son of Ned
way for the lnfantrv, which parsed Tlnrrlr.an the fmiiiw nitor, nenetratcd
through the pl,ice and pushed forward Tannleics (slv mile? -vest of rism si
to the Hi n -Albert road J" ' "'Kh In .t sirnll lonl opeii'lmi
Happv Vnllev was thn "-cone of moie They captured fourteen nnnners re
hard flchtlut; before It was taken The (lined the posl'lons ftom which tin r,r
lilnce was alive with machine j,uns and mniw were driven ind maintained a foo!
honecombed with duc-outs It was a hold in the town
hard" Job for the British but thv These prisoners confirmed the report
finally accomplished It After being i tint the Fourth l'rus. in Ouaids had
well moppc 1 up the Geimans launched been wlthclriun fiom the Vesle.
a countei-Tttacli and temporal llv Mic-1 In the face of the con-tnnt Allied arl-
ceeded In pushing the liritisn out, i". '"' i iini or nnoiner nuring
tho position was retaken i-oon nftei- the Ht month tho bodies are showing
i ,it- ,,i,.i,i-ai ii.-i uu"iii," in ii j peciors
uhere the hae not et been attacked
This Is clenrlv indlr-ited In tho raids
l Americans in tho Vosges legion The
enemv is pnrtlcul-irlv Jumpv along their
csie rrnnt. putting rton n unnecessary
barrages, apparently In responso to calls
from Infan'ry units fearing an attack
1 C Ii the mrrlrnn Artm nn the Msne
Vesl,. rrnnt, Aug 23 (By I X . )
Tliero Is much eldenco to strengthen
the belief that the German Crown Prince
It malting the utmost prcparat'on to
prccnt being forced far back fro"t the
Vesle line Such a retirement would
expose the Crown Trlnee to a debouch
ing place for Allied attacks in the
Champagne and nga'nt I.ann, which
regions are of the highest ctrattglcil
importance to tho onem
Illndenburg elnces comprtrension of
the Vesle front bv leading thlitv-four
dilions at he dlsposu of tin ainn
holding between Uriisne and Joni.hi.ry
IS UP TO KAISER
Franklin D. Roosevelt Says
Allies Arc Ready if He
Decides on Fight
SUBMARINES OVERCOME
U-Boat Sinkings Now in Cate
gory of Accidents of War,
Official Avers
BATTLES RAGING ON WIDE FRONTS
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wn ril
There has been more desperate
fighting today In front of Achiet-le-Grand,
but with the British force
ruhhing through Oomiecouit the
enemy cannot hold out long In this
position.
1'lsliting l)csperatel
There also had been heaw fighting
in the legion of Mlraumont. Beaure
gard nnd Dovecote, ,lut In front if
Mlraumont, to which positions the
British retired .vesterday when the
Germans attacked with heaw forces,
changed hands fie times The Brit
ish now s-eem to hae seemed flnu
possession of this xeglon aa other Brit
ish troops are sweeping arouu I In
tli.' J ear. ,
There was hard fighting nnd hand
to hand engagements in Albert, the
Germans resisting desperatelv troin
houses nnd barricades Heio alone
1400 Germans v.fio ciptincd and a
large number of the cnem who re
."sisted were killed in the mopping-up
process In which bombs wcie dropped
Into cellars and dugouts Troops
i.h!fli nnicnl tlirnlllrh the InVltl HOW
are reaching out In the dircctit n of the German Crown Princes"" Recalled
German stronghold on T.u.t Hill. I prnn, Potiiilnr Ilntliinrf Hoanrf
The fresh attneks launched bv the , r .0l" l,0,'nl"iy ' ."""", ,, ,
British this morning were both to the Special Cable to hvcmng Public Ledger
.north and io tho south of the battle . Copirrtoht ivi. bv the Scu York Times Co.
zone In which the British were fight- i.on,i0i,. Aug 23 The Dally Impress
lng yesterday. reports from Amsterdam that such
On the I.vs front, todaj's odlclal scandalous scenes hae taken place at
statement says, the Biitish line was Zoppot, a fashionable Prussian bathing
slightly advanced en-,t of Le Touret rcort near n.antzlg tint the police
.v...-. -.'.,tj ,i i . were ordered b the milltarv authorltlis
M m,iui..i-...a,iuit() ,aIe (raRt(l. nclf)n Th,s ,,opular
watering pince nas iiiinerio neen uniler
SHOCKING SCENES AT ZOPPOT
Outtersteen.
Bolry-Becfiuerclle and Boyelles are
ftc miles, touth and east of Arras
and three miles west of CDlsIlUs
Hamelincourt Is one nnd one-half
miles Bouth or Bo elles and Oomr -court
is four miles northwest of Ha-"
'i'jjX-t paume. Bray Is on tho north lnnk of
flj- the AnacinteJ Pren
, Paris, Aug. 23. Between the Olse
and the Aine rrench troops aihanced
their lines during the night to Gunv I thu
(nlno miles north of Solssons) and
Pont St. Mard (two miles south of
Guny) Just south of tho Ailetto River
They hold the southern banks of the
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line uirpci pairuiriKO 01 tne rrown irin
cesa of German) but mixed bulling in
whit Is Known as tno "tainllv hath has
bet n accompanied by such II tgrant In
decency that the Crown Priniess has
neen liuriieui mimmonia liaclt to I'ots
diin ns ' JJopjiot Is nn longer , pni-glli'e
pi ico for nei imperial mghnosj " and
the police have t.aktn posseision of this
particular area and put a s"op to the
bathing
Meanwhile a number of men and
women belonging to cood (lei man
families have been arretted for misbe
havior of so shameless a chilnctei that
newspapers havo heen prohibited
from publishing tho details of the
charges, booiid the fact that thev refer
to "ling! nn and open Immorality."
Specie! Cable to Evening Public Lcdjer
rnn I iht, 1V18. Inj the N'lMl To K Timet Co.
l'nrl.. Aug 23
'That is a matter entirely In the
hands of tho Kaiser." replied Franklin
li Booievelt, American Assistant Kccre-
tnrv nf tlin Vnw vestprdttV when I
nked him If there was any chnnce of
llied n ivies having a real fight be
foii tho end of tho war.
'It may be," ho continued, "that the
(i i in ins will mike one last, desperate,"
' i jrn-hopi rffort at sea On tho other
hard the Kaiser ma) decide to keep his
h.attle Ihrt Intact pn n. i have his ships
to use as pawns In nny attempted dicker-
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I IS .v me- JILUet' lilUlV. huuv.ij .....-.e
the Allies can do an) thing more than
guehs on that question
"Needless to si), wo are more than
read) for the enemy should he attempt
to use his fleet. The Herman llct Is
not rclitlve'v mi) ilronger tod ly than In
19H. It has been ph)slcally Impossible
fc the G-rmans material)- to Increase
their warships while devoting all their
industrial energies to providing muni
tions for their land forces and building
subni irlnes The Kaiser had to decide at
the outset whether to devote cvcr)thlng
to laud lighting nnd try to win the war
In two vcars ivlth his armies or to use
the army defensively for two years until
he could use his navy In an effort to win
nt si a He decided against his navy,
but his decision to win on land has como
to nothing but disaster.
'As ever) body now knows, tho sub-
in irine has ceaed to bo a menace and
it ha dropped down Into the category
of ateidents so far as tho marine trans-
nort.ation of thn AIIIph Is cnnornprl The
loss of a ship b) submarlno now Is like I
an accidental explosion in a munition
factor) or the hit of an enem) 3hcll on
un ammunition dump ten miles back of
our lines Such accidents will happen,
but the) arc not a menace.
"ThiC Is a true apprnlsal of the sub
marine danger now. Tor three )cars tha
submarlno was a real menace It has
ceased to bo such because of the change
In Allied methods In the beginning the
policy was to avoid the submarines, to
follow nothing but preventlvo nnd de
fensive methods That has all been
changed In the last )eor by tho Intro
duction of new factors in. the situation
One of these factors, of course. Is the
American navy.
".Vow. Instead of trying to avoid the
submarine, the Allies are all the time In
pursuit of It, destrovlng It by effective
devices. Because of this chance In meth
ods the submarines are forced to op-
craie oniy rnr out at sea In the At
lantic and the Mediterranean. They can
no loiiRer wail at naroor mouths to take
their pick of the many outgoing or in
coming ships The coasts and ports are
vlitually clear of them"
FLIERS' TRAINING SPEEDED UP
Rapid Advance Reported by Gen
eral Kcnley. Division Director
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IPs&&-&ik - Far
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rf-7r 'icidm kilo
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ACTOFU.S.KEPT
INDIA IN THE WAR
Americac Saved Money
System by Releasing
$200,000,000 in Silver
MADE PRICES STABLE
People Demand Coin, Distrust
ing Notes and Checks, With
Trade Balance Growing
From Lilions north to tho neiglihorhootl of Arras anil from Royc to tlio
region of Soiisons, British and French armies, respectively, arc at grips
with the foe. As shown on the above map, the British at (1) are
advancing beyond Albert, which they captured yesterday, and at (2)
General Mangin's army lias turned eastward and is threatening to turn
the German line on the Vesle
PROGRESS OF ALLIES SINCE AUG. 8
HAS DISILLUSIONED GERMANS
Foch Pushes Steadily Ahead, Without Giving Enemy Time
to Reform His Masses and Attempt to Regain
the Initiative
V--V Olse and the Allette from Samplgny to HAIG'S RI OWS STI! I SPRFAD
t-4' the railroad west of Courcy-le-Chateau "HlU DLU'tl3 0llhL l3! RV,tiJ
televen miles nortli ot soisaons) ac
cording to tho official (statement of the
War Office toelay.
The advance carries the Trench
closer to the rear of the enemy troops
Occupying the heights north of Sols
sons and within three miles of the
German positions north of Chemln-des'
fiS
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Brilliant Tactical Scheme Discon
certs German Ilijdi Command
By the Associated Prcsi
Ilrltlnb lleiubiuurtcrs In I'ranre ug
23 Tho British offensive, so vigorous
ly resumed on Wedne-ilav morning has
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Dames, where thev stood prior to tho Kce ,)ace with the development nf It
offensive of May 27. What now Is being witnessed Is the
The War OfTico also leports a violent i unfolding of n brilliant tactical ccheme
bombardment from Beugralgnes, three i which must be causing the deepen con-
mllnn fcOllth Or HOVe. tO tOO U1SC. Illl "' " nihil UUIIWIIUIIU
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copurtoht. 191S, bi (lie New Vorfc Times Co.
With tho French Armies, Aug. 23.
Ou August 8 tho armies of Generals
Itawllnson and Debeny on cither side of
tho Sommo were unleashed against
those of Von Marwltz and Ilutler. Two
days later tho movement was extended
on the right by General Humbert, and
wlthjn a week It had reached close ta
Chaulnes, Roye and Lasslgny, v Itally de
ranging tho line of communication In tho
west and was flxed on the Olse at Itlbo
court. Up to this time It seemed possible, If
not probable, that tha German com
mand had expected the defeat and re
treat, because It was bent, by shortening
its lines, on saving men for tho consti
tution of its mass of movement with
which to attempt to again seine the Initi
ative It is now doubted In French
military circles whether any such hope
enn remain In any case, Foch still
holds tho reins It was Inevitable that
when the enemy reached his old trench
line, Debeny and Humbert should una
greater difficulties A new action was
WnMiInstfin. Auer 23 Tl.inll nrUnnA
In the training of aviators in this country therefore opei.cd
is describe, v !,rrr" The field bhrevvdlv chosen-tho sector
IV Ynioy. Xee.o,ryorIiter dlvTslon' , tween the Olse and llibecourt and the
who returned from a trip to the Pacific 'Alsne a little west of bolssons lies be
coast I
'Tie division Is speeding un the
training of flleVs and tho schools nre re
sponding splendidly to the calls al
le.idy made" said General Kenlcy "and
it is the Intention of the division to nro
caflMWor'"" number r aviators is
Squadrons and brigades of filers will
ho formed here as the clas-.es graduate
to be sent overseas to take the air at
h- front In the formation in which they
hive been trained, r
tvveen nnd connects tho fields of two for
mer victorious offensives, n punch on
tho right, a punch on the left and a
punch Into tho center, nnd In nil this
eventful month the vvholo assemblv of
the boche supcrwarrlors has not been
able to get In a single effectual blow.
To tho men who had been persuaded
to believe the French wero bled white,
tho British exhausted and tho Amer
icans useless amateurs. It has been a
month of humiliation nnd disillusion
ment. It may even be doubted whether
the moral are not more serious than the
material effects of those continuous de
feats. Mangin's latest triumph must be re
garded In this perspective. It Is as
striking In design, Mn execution and In
success as tho great preceding acts Just
mentioned There is no slackening of
skill and energy1. Aftnr the admirable
preparatory action on Sunday two days
of lighting havo carried us forward to
the Olse near N'oyon on the left, across
all tho Important high roads on the front
from No) on to Coucy-le-Chatcau at the
center, and toward tho plateau north ot
Solssons on the right. Thus, while Hum
bert has aided on the one hand, nnd the
Germans east of Solssons are threat
ened on the other, we aro well on the
way to the old front of tho Olso nnd
Allette, and Foch Is far from having
said his last word.
OFFICIAL WAR REPORTS
POLISH QUESTION STILL
OPEN, SAYS RADZIWILL
By the United Pra
Paris. Aug. 23 Tho Tiench ad
vance has swept the Germans back to (
within tig ee miles of Chauny, the i
highly lmpoitant railway and high- j
way center betvv een Xoyon und La-
Jere. I
v to have reached tho holders of coucy- Leader Declares Lontercncc ot
le-unaicau, only inree mues irom wiu . , ., - 0
old Hinelenburg line. They au piet.3- KaiSCr S railed to Lome to
ing eastward ulong the loads leading , ,
Into tho town from tho Allette Itlver, 11V Agreement
and havo launched a heavy attack .
against Coucy Giove, south of the
village. Special Cable to Evenirg Public l.rdgcr
Noyon Is being attacked from tho , 1r,oJ,, ,,,, ijiiVin il. Timlin
northwest, southeast and northeast l.nndnn, Aug 2'
llwuem.iuicuuusuB U,BU u..u Impress learns frnm m
innnirnniii :inni sitiii ii.ivm icii'iicii ..-
2iiu ).iris
the edge of Slorllncouit
(slightly moro than a mile) from tho
Noyon Railroad station.
Tho roael fiom No) on to Laon will
be nenetrated from another direction
(This road passes Chauny a mile and
a half to the southward)
Tho boches. clinging to the hills
Xiorth of the Olse, already are under
the heaviest Are from the Trench ar
tillery. By the United Press
London, Aug. 23, General Mangin's
advance has been considerable In tho
last twelve hours. It was learned today.
The French battle line, it la under-
I" stood, now extends from St Mard. west
qf Itoye, southward through Beuv
ralgnes. east of Lasslgny, through Kvrls
.m.rt fanneetaneourt and VUle. south
dfcr ..of Vont l'Kveque, across the Olse Canal.
jj- near Veresnes, tnrougn uretigny and
Mt Qulerzy and southward through Champs
t and Guny to I'ommlers.
5 H
f By the Associated Press
-r i.T ttrlfl. iUa f.-rArifli Armv An 41m ltn
5?T. -,? Alie 23.
H4 General Mangln notv has driven the
l $V, Cermans across tho valley of tho
i ..Allette on a front of several miles.
v5n The enemy s forces on the rlKht vvlm-
P'ito 'nt tho battle line are on tha nlateau
tTAlbatween the Allette and Solssons and
(fcVJ. between tho Ailetto and tho Olse.
A -III LUU lUlfc U, WIC.,11 KllU ut?r.
. . -.. nwiU nf tha -!., AVM 1.
jnulia mw iiui . w ,. wo, cAtriii
Jjfbthoso that aro hiding In fields and
TV "Sav.!..!. .la lnn,1 np nrlunnep It la Im.
K8f.posible to estimate the number of
r,L lcaptlves being sent to tho camps In
f f-Vtho rear, and army headquarters Itself
I . does not havo more than approximate
I ' count. Only a partial count has been
L'Trnade of tho booty, which includes at
i jeast 200 euns, many of them of large
i, r ' iii.av.
Trio Germans are still resisting tho
1rt Froncn Army around Jloye,
al ueoency s men. liovvever,-
ahead again yesterday both
and, south of that town.
ilr ntrwftt aoro trie Olse the
OMtroy
iWtK
sterdam that news Is slowly leaking out
that the recent German headquarter'
conference over the Polish question hap
merely shown the Impassable chasm be
tween Germany's and Austria's views
leaving Toland s views out of the ques
tion Not only did the two Kaisers reach
no agreement, but the rolih leaders
Radziwlll and Ronlkler. who wero pom
pously summoned to headquarters to ex
press tho "opinion ot tnt i-rm-.ii i""i--were
not even received by tho Au-trian
.. -n.i were forced to return to
Saw before the rollsl, question wa
even dlscusseu v i"-- . .
,:,, .. -.... u 1m wTMiinrtpr ntn.
tomlme is divulged by Itadzlwill himself
Iho has told tho Frankfurter Zeltung
rhat the conference did not deal with
concrete questions. He said
"Wo were oi rt,i". .- - -. " - :
wishes to the German statesmen That
was all Nothing can be done before
Berlin and Vienna agree Whether the
agreement will be reached or not I do
"St vnow. as we were tcld to leave head
quarters the day before tho arrival of
K "We 'told the German Kaiser that
inland Is In favor of the so-called Aus-fro-Polish
solution The Kaiser listened
.tro. '.v,i- more was taid. I also ex-
DUl """".. T.-or
BELGIAN BOYS STILL
ENSLAVED BY TEUTONS
Neutral Diplomat Says They
Are Forced to Work Be
hind the Front
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledaer
t o,, Ttaht. mis. hv the .Vc.e lo Timct "Co
The IfoKue, Aug. "3
A neutral diplomat who was recently
emI1'li';!,Um' ,alkl"S ' 5Ur corr"Pond-
'The German, continue to deport mere
boss from Belgium for work behind the
front and the conditions under which they
work aro worse than .1,,.... .
,, 1. ., . " " -W ex-
fcuuu i-uuuKn. une day somA n..
n-ans- appeared t a cinema nJSJL0"
In Ghent nnd dennrf.i 7i.a """-manci
audience, decl.irln,. .h. .'? ,v"0le male
emp!o)cd. lney wer un-
I was sitting recontly ontM
at Mons when a friend bowed Caf
who seemed to be a WC a man
currying a log on his should.; "l
looKea in surprise, my frl.mi . ." x
1) eMst without American ,..u.'a nara-
.!. I 1 Wlt'I.
procurable with
BRITISH
London, Aug. 23.
Fighting Is taking place along vir
tually the whole front between Lilions,
south of the Somme, and tho Cojcul
River. Our troops are reported mak
ing progress at a number of points.
During the night the enemy twice
attacked our positions In the neigh
borhood of Balllescourt farm, east of
Beaucourt. He was repulsed.
On the Lys front our line hns been
advanced slightly cast of Le Touret,
northwest of Neuf-Berquln and east ot
Outtersteen.
A hostile attack northwest of Ball
lcul broke down before our positions.
fiu:n ch
I'nrli, Aug. 23.
During the night thcro was a violent
bombardment between the region of
Beuvralgnes (south of Roye) and the
Olse, notably at I'lemont, Passcl and
Chlry-Ourscamp
Wo hold the southern banks of the
Olse and the Allette from Semplgny to
the railroad at Councy-Le-Chateau.
Fast of Selens French troops car
ried their lines as far as the outskirts
of Quny nnd Pont St. Mard.
The night was calm on the rest o;
the front.
AMERICAN
Wnnhlnicton, Aug 23
Section A North of the Vesle a
successful raiding party brought In
eleven prisoners. Hostile raids In Lor
raine and In Alsace were repulsed.
Northwest of Toul, one of our avla
tors shot down a hostile machine. On
August 21 and 22 our aviators suc
cessfully bombed the railroad yardd
at Longuyon, Audun Lo Roman and
Conflans. Three and a half tons of
bombs were dropped and many direct
hits were observed. All of our ma
chines returned.
OICRMAN
Berlin, Aug. 22. (Dela)ey).
Partial attacks occurred near Ball
leul and south of the Lys There has
been vigorous fighting on the Ancre
and the Somme.
On the field where the flghtlnc oc
curred yesterday northwest of Ba
paume, and on tho front between Al
bert and the Somme, we reduced to
failure attacks planned on a largo
scale by tho British.
There have been attacks by the
French between the Avre and the
Alsne before our new positions.
Snpri'il F,l.f .- I. . n..t t. r
-, .......... uuuiu in cicnmg ruonc ueager
copvrlodt, mis, hv the .Ve.u York Times Co.
London, Aug. 23.
Tho enormous value of tho services
which the United Slates rendered to
mum Dy releasing $200,000,000 of her
Hver reserve was detailed for the first
time by Sir Jamc3 Meston, Finance' Mem
ber dcslgnnto of tho Viceroy's Council
As a result of her archaic currency
system, India became last spring n vie
tlm of her own wartime prosperity, and
If Congress had not heeded tho renre
scntatlons of Jxrd Reading she might
nave met with financial disaster. Noml
"ally, India has an adverse trade bal
ance of about $90 000,000, but ns the
war has cut off most of her Imports nnd
1'as Increased tho valuo and number of
her exports, the balance In her favor
Is now about four times ns great as
her former deficit. This, of course, sent
Indian exchange up, and the valuo of
the rupee In London, normally one shill
ing four pence, rose sti adily to one
shilling and seven pence. Things began
,to look serious for Indian exporters,
who feared the high rate would drive
purchasers away, and tho Government
took steps to fix the exchango uttifl
clally. But this did not meet tho Internal tlt
imtlon in India. There was an absolute
lack ot rupees Sir James pointed out
that Inillnft HniH...,a It,, n ..!.. n. ,......
, -........, .... ....i... -, ,.,,,u 111 11 11 ,1 tii;,.',,
faced by the dllllculty that the Indian
masses do not understand any modern
currcne) S) stems Numbers of them
don't know what checks or paper money
are The) want actual hard cash, and
they have an Incorrigible habit of t ik
ing sllvei and gold coins apd beating
them Into bungles and other ornaments
for thi'i wives
This Is om; form of saving, but the
result In India for )cars has been known
ns tho "sink of precious metals " Under
the peculiar circumstance of the war
this nlmost resulted In disaster. Prices
were lislng, but tliero was actual lack
of currency to carry on business The
Government tried to meet the situation
by issuing one-rupee notes, but the peo
ple were suspicious of them They
thought It meant the Government-could
not meet Its liabilities, and last March
a serious run on the currency reserves
developed People from the country dis
tricts were hurr)lng to cash their notes,
and for a few weeks the Government had
a very anlous time
It was faced with tho danger of hav
ing to declaie Its notes inconvertible,
and It knew If there was a lack of silver
at any one center the icsult would be
most set Ions Unrest would Increase
enormously, recruiting would cease just
w hen it was most needed, tho manufac
ture of munitions would bo Interrupted
and evports of wheat, jute, wood, cot
ton nnd other necessaries for the Allies
would stop.
It was the United States that saved
the situation By parsing the Plttmnn
act, Congiess gave India an opportu
nity to obtain silver, and, moreover, fix
ed the price at which tho Washington
treasury was to buy sliver fiom the
American mines to replenish ItB reserve.
Some of this silver is now reaching
India, and, with the rate of silver fixed,
tho Indian Government belioves Its cur
rency difficulties are over.
Sir Jnmes also lam stress on ene neces
sity of the Allies coming to a decision
as to raw materials, of which they con
trol the supply. Germany, ho pointed
out, was already preparing a commer
cial campaign for the period after tho
war and from the Indian and Allied
point of view it was most important for
tho Allies IO a K real em 1- w
would prevent tho boches from captur
ing the very valuable law materials
which can be obtained in India and
sometimes In India alone.
U-BOAT CAPTAIN
BOASTS HE SANK
U. S. S. SAN DIEGO
Claim Made by Commander of
Submarine Which Captured
Trawler Triumph
By the Associated Press
I'nrtlniul. Me.. Aug. 23. A boast that
tho American cruiser San Diego was tor
pedoed nnd not mined was made by
the commander ot the submarine which
captured tho steam trawler Triumph and
used her as n raider on tho nsnine """"
this week, according to wora receive
hero from Captain M)hro, of tho Tri
umph, today. ,. .
The German oincer also asserted that
ho sank the tank steamer O. B. Jen
nings nnd that the captain of the Jen
nings was a prisoner on the submersioio
while Captain M)hro was on board.
The commander said he nau oecn "
three months and Intended to remain
two months longer In order to annihilate
the fishing fleet on the banks.
TELL THRILLING TALES
OF AMERICAN VALOR
Many Stories Bordering on the
Incredible Eagerly Re
peated in Paris
CZECHS DEFEAT
RED GUARD FORCED
Iaim Tlirtirflnrl 1irtf rtr nnn
n v , avuij a ,
Take Town South of
Lake' Baikal
SOVIET CHIEF
3
fc
CAUGHT
A
Captured by Peasants While
Fleeing South and Turned
Over to British
By CHARLES H. GRASTY
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copurlaht, 101S, lv the .Veto York Times Co.
,' Paris, Alig. 23.
There nre many stories bordering on
tho Incrcdlblo nfloat In Paris about tho
daring of the Americans. A marine
colonel who lunched with mo )csterday
brought ono which may havo been al
roady cabled by the eoglc-e)ed young
men who serve ou at tho front
Second Lieutenant Chambeilaln, of tho
marlno aviation corps, arrived In Lon
don from America and reported to Ad
miral Slms's headquarters lie was told
to proceed to France and look about
for a chance to mako himself useful. He
stopped at a British station and re
quested a chance to fly by the way of
testing his nerve out and bis American
training I They told him six machines
were Just leaving for a trip over the Ger
man lines and he could make a seventh
If he wished
Chamberlain jumped at tho chance
They flew to the German lines and soon
met n squadron of enemy machines.
Chamberlain put five down single
handed One Lngllsh pilot had engine
trouble, nnd Chamberlain flew back to
help him, and stood off ten enemy planes,
enabling tho Ungllshman to mako his
escape
Mcinwhlle, Chamberlain's machino
was disabled, but he landed safely In
German territory. Ho took oft his com
pass te guide him, and setting fire to his
nlrplane started for the Allied lines
Shortly afterward he encountered two
boches, who mistook his compass for a
grenade or other weapon nnd promptly
surrenderee! to tho lost aviator.
While conducting them to the lines he
found a wounded French officer nnd
took him In chuige, too. With tho help
of the two Germans, who had maps, they
found tho 1'iench lines, Into which
Chamberlain cheerfully marched with
his party.
Such an adventure sounds dime-novel-ish,
but I send it on the authority of the
marine colonel, who nvows that tho
French and Kngllth official reports fully
confirm tho foregoing details.
SAYS U-BOAT SANK STEAMER
Triumph's Crew Told German
Captain Knows American Coast
fly the Associated Press
A rnniiilliiu Atlantic Port, Aug 23
Captain Mvhre. who commanded the
trawler Tilumph before the boat was
seized by the crew of 11 Germ in sub
marlno and converted Into a i.ilder, said
last night that one of the officers of tho
submarine who came aboard the Tri
umph on Tuesday afternoon told him
that on Monday last the submersible
had sunk a fiOOO-ton bteamer. Accord
ing to Captain Myhre, the officer volun
teered the Information ho had hailed out
of New Yoik for fifteen )ears. and was
thoroughly tamiuar wun wie nurui .At
lantic coust ...... ...
Captain Myhre said that one of the
guns placed aboard tho trawler was
eighteen feet long
Washington, Au. 23. Assurances
reached tho State Department today
that tho nnll-BoIslicvlk Governments
at Omsk nnd Vladivostok nre In full
accord, which, officials said, meant
that nil Siberia virtually Is under one
Government with a small portion neatSsJ
Irkutsk controlled by Bolshevik forces
aided by former German and Austrian
prisoners.
London, Aug. 23.
Lord rtobert Cecil, the British under- .
secretary for foreign offalrs, announcefl
this evening that reports had been re
ceived In London to the effect that the
Czecho-Slovok forces in Translolkalla
had captured the town of B-erchnleudln-sck,
south of Lake Baikal and had
achieved a decided victory against the
Bolshevik forces.
Amnterdnm, Aug. 23.
General Petapoff. commander-in-chief
of the Bed Guard army In the Mur
mansk region, Is a prisoner In the hands
of the Allies, sa)s a Pctrograd dispatch
to the Weser Zoltimg of Bremen.
He was caught by peasants while at
tempting to flee southward, and handed
over to the British.
Russian Bed Guards, nftoi. fh mntur
of Slmbrisk, on the Volga, according to l
.1 i.ioscow aispatcn to the Hamburg
Nachrlchton, publicly hanged In the mar-
Ket place 300 Czecho-Slovnk prisoners.
Tho hangings, It Is declared, were a
reprisal for "atrocities" committed In
the town during its occupation by ths
Czechs
German forces were victorious over a
force of 1200 Russian Insurgents, well
equipped with artillery and commanded
by Genorul Itebenko, near Krcmcntchug,
according to a Kiev dispatch, to tha
Vosslsche Zeltung. of Berlin. In a sec
ond encounter, which occurred near Pol
tava, sixty-four miles northeast cf Kre
mentchug, the revolutionaries lost 800
men killed and the Germans. took six
machine guns and other equipment.
lnlliotok, Aug. 23 German agents,
of which Vladivostok Is full, havermadS
futile efforts to hamper the unloading
of American transports. Twice they
have called strikes of laborers engaged
In handling of stores. The transports,
Ijowever, have been successfully unload
ed by soldiers. t
Tnlelo, Aug 23. Japanese troops are
advancing beyond Nlkolsk, an Important
railway Junction fifty miles north ot
Vladivostok,, the War office announced
tod.a). The Japanese afflclnl statement
also said that Lieutenant General Otanl,
commander of the Allied forces In east
ern Siberia, will command also the
Czecho-Slovak troops operating there nnd
tho antl-Bolshevlkl forces In the mari
time lirov Inoes of Siberia.
The Czecho-Slovnks have nsked thVl
Allies' for big re-enforcements In the
region of Lake Baikal, according to tha
Vladivostok correspondent of ho Nip- '
pon liempo News Agency. v
The ("rechs, savs the dispatch, are
seriously endangered there, and declare
they must decisively defeat the Boltfhe
vlkl within a month, before winter
sets In.
plained to
the Kaiser that Poland con-
"nverythlntr Is still
money," he continued, "and Z
the finest dinner Im.ailnM.J.u.?an
PATROL SINKS ll-BOAT !
Among 65 Survivors One Says His
Craft Torpedoed Lusitnnia
By the Associated Press
Turin, Aug. 23. (Ilavas). Escorting
patrol boats recently attacked an enemy
submarine which they succeeded In
vinkinir wlili slxtv-n.- me- of -l.i crew
One officer and five men were rescued.
The officer, wno nucmpiea suiciue, ue
clared It was his submarine which sank
the Lusltanla and numbers of other
Allied ships .......
It was reported In a London dlspatcn
August 10 that Lieutenant Commander
ui.huM.Er.r whn rnmmnnded tha sub
marine wh'ch sank the Lusltanla, hael
he. n killed when nn underwater boat of
If you can pay tho nrlee '.!" Pru"els which he was In command struck a mine
ever, terrific Tuberculosu ?! Ch '"' now- h Nor,h Sea- il '8 P?S8lKe.ih?t
ta m. nrnii.. pia iiapman nnini nini-rr reicimu lu hi
S dered the king question of secondary
?'-.. nnd that we were more in-
SS tid in the question of our frontiers
a our army But we heard nothing
?rom the German side that permitted us
tL arrive at a eoncluslon ono way or
the other"
ARMY PROMOTIONS EXPLAINED
Baker -and March Appear Before
Senate Military Committee
fly the Associated Press
watlilnieton. Aug. 23 Secretary
!:".".; f..nri March appeared be
fore the Senate Military Committee to
day to explain the War Department's
promotion l!lcy, . . .,,..,, ttcllon
-?rr;.ii...,- .norll officers sent
1 V f5-. T" Z " . .
frarterday. tfniT uw '
iiie cermans are rr.adoii
everything from thepopuTa lll
nuve even laKen the clothe el ""u
people In the armv , ",2! ,ron the
t dinner ImaelrvaM ."u.?an Bel
.. .. .. ----.v,a 1
ErS.S,s;'cS m gsesSEMwys
quick consumption. UeeIoP into j lor"eaoc.a I" uo,lm"a-
MINISTER TO SWEDEN RETURNS
Goes to Washington to Report
Conditions as He Saw litem
By the Associated Press
N.w York, Aug. 23 Ira Nelson Mor
ris. American Minister to Sweden, ar
rived from abroad today on his way to
Washington to report to the State De
partment. , . .
He recently visited the American front
In France where he saw General Per
shing and the American troops in action
CUT MAGAZINE PAPER SUPPLY
appalling, as nearlv l...'.u.le,ln"
..mi.,.,1 rr ,u.''.'"""b nas
removed from the carriages aothL ."
seats are almost on the ground he
"The Germans nre obviously dP, ..
since the recent Allied offensive uf
changed their plam,. They had ?n.lhch
to attack around Vpres TnS ifonnd
HINTS GREAT U. S, GUN
Paris Papqr Suggests Big Bertha
With Yankee Accent
By the Associated Press
nn,, nwp. . - ah special type
L4J1CUIC jji.u 10 yiuiiuurnuy iniS eiVlg-
jiianu ..site..
'Will the echo to the great
soon be hawnWUI that )
War Industries Board Orders Re
duction of 10 Per Cent
Washington, Aug. 23. The war Indus
tries board today ordered a 10 per cerr
cut In the tonnage of paper Wd bj
movotlnM ;
.". 1
NICHOLAS SENDING ENVOY HERE
Jugo-Slav Believe Exiled King
Wants Independent Montencro
By the United Press
H aihlnstitn, Aug. 23. King Nicholas
of Montenegro Is sending a diplomatic
representative to tho United States It
was learned officially today. He Is Anta
Gvozdenovlc, a protege of the King;
Objections that the move Is an at
empt by King Nicholas, who Is now In
France, to re-establish Montenegro as
an Independent republic after the wnr
are made by advocates of a Jugo-Slav
State here, who want to see Montenegro
part nf that State.
I'vozqenovlc, it is learned, will bo re
ceived by Secretary of State Lansing
and President Wilson. This Is not to bf
luKen as in any way representing tho
official position of the United states
toward Jugo-Slav aspirations for a na
tional State, It is said.
GASOLINE BARGE IN FLAMES
Intermittent Explosions Mark
Fire on American Boat at Paris
By the Associated Press
FsrU, Aug. 23. Flr started last
night on a barge containing E40 tons ot
gasoline belonging- to the American ex
peditionary forces. The conflagration has
burned continuously fourteen hours. In
termittent explosions being followed by
clouds of smoKe.
The fire has attracted the. attention of
large crowds of Parisians
Steamboat Watchman Drowned
Granville Dunn, of West Chester, em
ployed as a watchman by the Wilson
Steamboat Una, fell in the Dataware
at CheatBUtjriMfjMf Unto; M warn
wyaaJMaMtPlsiiM. , '
BRITISH FLIERS BOMB
FIVE GERMAN TOWNS
Enemy Airdromes and Mili
tary Objectives at Franktort
and Cologne Attacked
London, Aug 23
Five important towns In Germany and
five hostile airdromes were heavily bom
barded by British aerial squadrons on
the night of August 21-2. according to
an official statement Issued today by the
British Air Ministry.
Miiitnrv objectives at Frankfort and
Cologne, the statement adds, were heav
ily attacked and good results were ob-served.
Tho text ot the statemeni reu.
-In spite ot a largo number of anti
aircraft guns, between the hours of 8
p m. on the 21st. 10 a. m on tho -2d,
Ave important towns .In Germany were
heavily attacked as well as five hostile
HINTZE SEES GERMAN
WAR CAUSE MENACED
Foreign Secretary Admits Pos
sibility of Kaiser Being
Defeated
21-22, the
airdromes.
weather conditions were exceptionally
oTnd a large amount of the work
"'Iimary objectives at Frankfort, and
.5""tar.y J . Vr.llv attacked. Very
SSS Tesuts were T observed and bombs
SS sent all around the stations and
barracks. ,...... , Tr.. niso
A railway 1 - --- -
was successiunj' u"
chines returnea saieiy.
"Four hostile airdromes were heavily
hon-bed and many hangs. hit. Machine
euns were freely used on airdromes,
trains and bearchllghts, as well as anti
aeri"! batteries. One of our machines
18 "onlhe morning of August 22 one of
our squadrons attacked the chemical fac
Tories at Mannheim. During the heavy
flgnting on the outward Jour"ey two
1,7 mVr machines were brought down.
The reminder reached and successfully
hombed their objective. Very fierce
flehtmg again took place on the return
fourney, as a result of which five more
if nur machines are missing.. Three hos
Ule airplanes were destroyed. Two of
these seemed to crash and one went
lsro other"' squadrons attacked the
-nuHv swings at Coblenz at about 7.30
tfcock on the morning of August 22. and
OKVSr""" ,.j,m- nt Haeenau was
t iSS wUh Very good resultsT All
the"rrpaS,lne returned safely. During
fly the Associated Press
Amsterdam, Aug 23
"Our cause Is an e-valted one, hut It
Is In great danger," Admiral von HIntze,
the German Tnrelgn secretary, told a
conference nf German Journalists In Ber
lin, according to tho Cologne Volks
JCeltumf He asked them to co-operate
with him. After asserting In what hlerh
esteem he held the press, the Admiral
said:
"In these times the Government, the
press nnd tho nation must hold together
with one nim to win the war. If these
factors do not hold together we shall be
beaten.
"Tho post of Foreign Secretary Is by
no means n deslrablo one. All objec
tions I had mado to my appointment
wero dispelled and I have undertaken
this responsible post I am not tackling
my task with a boned head or a heavy
heart.
"I shall always show the greatest
consideration to the gentlemen of the
press. Tou will hear nothing but facts
from me, but I cannot' always give all
th facts. The entire truth at certain
times does not serve, but harms the pub.
lie Interest,
CARDINAL FARLEY BETTER
Physicians Note Slight Improve
ment in Prelate's Condition
fly ifte jsociafed Press
Mamuroneck, '. V., Aug. 23 At
tending physicians reported a slight
chango for the better In the condition
of Cardinal John M Farley, archbishop
of New York, In a bulletin Issued this
morning.
They stated, however, that the pre
late's Illness of hypostatic pneumonia
keeps him still In a very critical Btate.
ATTACK U. S. POLICY
Seditious Pamphlets on Russian Situa
tion Spread in New York
fly ie Associated Press
New York. Aug 23 Thousands of
sedlous circulars, attacking the American
policy "toward Russia. 'were thrown
from the roofs of buildings Into the
streets of the lower Last Side Inst night.
Police reserves and agents of th De-
Brnlh4iV.tons ffmtaartB. &W tS iet' andjMTsX' &
iSi all -2UTUHW , 9t prJisU;, were'' gt hMUtfeffa t , ort4U. rw down
WH-i ,T"i i 1 aJta 4uT vA ftV ' . .!. aiAAUaMM 1 h. t-.f ' 1-
RwiHIrfAiVt ??3f iiiM l m frTB!BffiJk,e3. ., J .. j
Geneva, Aug. 23. Frpauent JapaneiB
transports are arriving at Vladivostok,
according to advices received here. Tho
Allies are reported to be marching sev
eral miles Into the Interior, so far with
out meeting opposition.
Letts Backbone
of Soviet Power.
Continued from Paite One - .
watchdogs, which remained swinging aa'l
the last relics Ol law nu u.uct uueii uiqi
subsequent re-establlshment of tho J
Qnelet when the normal life of the town I
was resume . iuunbi,iiii Buy
pressed. "The Letts who In Petrograd prevent
ed such a substitution of anarchy for'
1111 Hie nmi'iwiici imuico uy me luHlljrf
and discipline which they preserved
throuchout the revolution. Counter
icvolutlonnry agitators now invariably
inln the Letts to tho Jews In urging
nogroms, and the Letts know that tha' I
fall of the Soviets means heir own ruin.
'This, however, is not tne only .reason
why they are the most dependable
.-rAna nmr nt Bussla's command. Tha
Letts, more deeply than any other part-1
of the Uussian population, were im-nri-nated
with revolutionary Ideas beu,
fore tho revolution. During the shM
months before the war there were no
fewer than four general strikes In Cour
land, and la Riga alone as many a
on nnn strikers. These were always in
closest connection with the revolutionary
movement In Riga and Petrograd. After
the revolution they moro consciously
than any omer jvubokw uuujja uwhuiv
revolutionary.
GUN-CARRIAGE PLANTS BUILT
Nineteen Completed and Remain
ine Seven Nearly Ready '
I?., tho Attnrlnleii Press '
Wimlilngtoiii Aug. 23 Completion of'
nineteen out'ot twenty-six propoaea,
n ant, tor the production of gun ears
rinee nnd recoil mechanisms was an
nounced today by the Ordnance Bureau
J.? tne War Department. Of the seven
":. "- i.ni four are DS ner cent com.
Oiner l"" " " ",,,, or mnr fh. ill
nlete, ana mo. """r""l JL', "T. .!;'
fier cent compieie. jn 01 mc ium "'f, I
in oncratlon. VI
To provide plant facilities nuuamca
. ..I ,..... fnn .hA nrnilnnllAi, nn a
"".!" nin nf carriages and recoil
mechanisms for artillery ot an cauoeri
Lne5";V of 124.837.336 has been ex.
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