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Mr,
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jne, rronu uuring nia naum
'the German losses In prisoners
fcne have amounted to 20,000 men
irtho battle east of the Ancre.
,.'V: Bapaume Is Entered.
-rt
Reconnoltering patrols of British
ops are .enteilng uapaume. acconi-
to advices receivea nere. is
nor ted that British outposts have
Eieached the fringe of Bullecourt, which
Pft'lUtH seven miles northeast of Bapaume.
'0 (Bullecourt was an Important and
k?Jr stubbornly contested position on the
?.fl Mlrl If nilnnltllfff linn 111 inO UKllllUK
"- ""''. -: J --.-" , i
;,of last year, rne Mriiisu pauum -
. Bullecourt are twelvo miles east 01
l their line at tho start of tho present
3J drive. This apparently is the maxi
L: mum advance on the Artols-I'Icardy
. mni Kt fnr.l
Th.. m-ffaont ilnn nf battle, starting
SWith- Fampoux on the Scarpc Itlver.
follows:
Sk Monchy-le-I'rcux, auemappc, wun-i
aahi UntilnAl Crntnplles. east of
ftr ..'. T.-.. ...... II At'nannu V.f 11 Pdll CI .
St. ItuAbbave. Martlniiulch. west of H.i-
lentm-ie-i-eui; muhkw -,.-
. .1 a.. tn tlm Hnmmn lust
Mnmetz nmi .nv
to , thT o 't of Marleourt: There H
inn .i... ,.!, ,.f thn Ronimo on
ViUe 'm ? lt that the
w1?.. ?rl8"i,,r Si'n tamnvedto '
British hne has been imp. oved to t..t-
cast of Chulgncs.
British troops yesterday tons an
other 1500 prisoners nnd made .i fur
ther collection of ruiis. trench moi
ion nn.i mnrhtim trims. Field Marshal
UalR's forces swuns forward us far
" "' . ."..".. r..i .,.-tii i
as lonKUcvai in meir uimuii.v ......,
of the Sommc. (LomUiouil N " i
than three miles northeast of Comblcs.)
t .i r;..:.-.J p,..,
By ie United I rw
With the British Armies In ! ranee,
Aug". 2S. Moving swlftb In some
places and crushlnc stubborn opposl-
tion in others, the llrltisn me unmi-
ine nlonc the wnoie exieni m ."
new Somme line from the iei;ioji or
Arras to southward of the mer rom
Whlch It takes lis name. .
A heavy rainstorm which e itt. en
a perfect llgntinK nay jesieiuu.
linon tho flat lirltlsii neimcix "
t a. i..uini ini nra Tt..- ..
700 yards from the II'.udcnburK uiie
where Henln Hill (south ot the Lo
jeul Itlver slopes eastward to the for
midable barrier).
HAIG'S TROOPS SMASH
COUNTER-ATTACKS
v
Jy the Anocintcd Prr
With the llrltMi furies In rrnnre,
Aug. 26 There also has been consid
erable activity north of the i .ver Scaipe
where the British yesterda? took onie
rround In the course of the night the
Germans ciunter-attnckid and got back
a. slight portion of their lotses
in the soutn mere was ,n. hlumi.
o.niintpr-nttni'lt The British liermltted
them to come up to the British trenches
and then met them with the point of the
bayonet In the close fighting In this
region numerous Hermans were killed
or captured and the others lied rather
than face the British steel
In many places where the Hermans
have, been forced to retreat the British
ar nrotrresslntr cautiously because the
Germans have placed mines hi the loads
fh the hope of delaying the advancing
artillery, transports and troops The
British, knowing the ways of the enemy,
however, so far have not been caught
hy these devices.
iiore prisoners, neavy guns ami ma
Below the Scarpe the British continued big American locomotive works In the
to push forward last night nnd tml.ij outskirts of the city Thev chose this
A vicious Cennnn counter-attack at I'hice ratlier than the Itussian barracks.
Eaucourt-I Abbayc was lepulsed wltli jvii i ch icqulre much renovation. A latge
heavy losses iMiiirtlnj?. formerly used for housing em-
South of the Bapaumo the fiermans P ov es of a (ieiman-llusslan merchan
this morning launched another heavy ( insing llrm, has been transformed into
chine guns have been taken In the last seriously taxed In caring for the wound
twelve hours. 'ed Czecho-Hlovaks and the hick and
The Germans apparently expected i destitute refugees. There are 20.000
something was going to happen south refugees, 4000 of whom are children,
of the Somme. 1-ate esterday when .between here and Manchuria station
British patrols pushed In outposts the Negotiations between General Her
tnemy counter-attacked, but he was vath, the head of the Provisional Slber
foiiced to quit without gaining any Man Government in the east, and tho
ground Omsk Government aro virtually dead-
. locked. An agrcemeent between them
I has been prevented by the failure of
A.US1 KlAlS HAV K lifchty i
I
FN IFEST FOR MONTHS,
By the Associated Press ,
rnrls, Aug-. 2G (Havns Agency), The '
appearance of Austro-Hungarlan troops I
on the western front did not surprise the i
newspapers, which declare that the pres-
0nCA nf Iia All.fplona l.ul.ln.1 l.n f?am.n.
lines was actually known for several '
months. The presence of tho Austrlans '
&S flghtlne trooD.s at the rennest nf
Psfe Germany Is declared to bo striking proof
51$ ?ilhe scrlousne8s f the enemy s sltua- ,
Tho Pe.lt Jt-urnal Snv that the Ana.
trlans ennmred l,v iiii.rn.nrh i,.inn '
to the Life Guarcls.
'Allied Victories
Only Beginning
Continued from Pnire One
reconciled Itself to a general with
dravval and shortening of Its front.
Decision has been contlrmed by the
repeated Allied successes and by gath- Wnnlilngton. Aug. 20. Nearly all the
erlns difficulties in the field. Resen- Bolshevlkl leaders have left Tetrograd
tlally In this conservative military . and Moscow, and It is almost Impossible
view, we have been hurrying a re- see those who are left, according to
treat. When it everywhere reaches , Jni0",1.n,J" reaching the State Iiepart
the formidable works of the old Hln. mB!iiyArS5rDRJ0AuhBauS fa0"
SSrU;Bir.l,.Bn.atA,"BV, U..Z.I
a somewhut different character.
About the end theie cannot longer
be anv doubt, for with hardly a score
of divisions In reserve, the German
crisis 'it effectives becomes cully more
pressing But, seriously, entrenched
defense Is not favorable to spectacu
lar triumphs of attack nnd the proph
ecy of early and final victory ls
thereforo premature.
Starting from a narrow rront. tney an nnares3 ny -itoiskv. but it was Intl- bastlan on riuay, requested an iniur
had Bpread fan-wise. When tho time mated that moht of them could not be view with King Alfonso, rtgardlng a
came to plunge Into unknown depths ' r"'-"''"? l''" "f '"i1"81 Ul? ,c5ech' 'most urgent matter. It was learned to-
and to scale the hidden face of thl.s
hill fortress every thicket contained
groups of enemy machine gunners,
who. If they vvcro not promptly sup.
?anB.effocroundour a liWiSiS
Germans enjoyeu complete immunity
It. In tho many limestone caves and
? quarries of the district, and when
WjL -.! .!. ... d.lfl -man noma nut
to meet their assailants with heavy
advantage In 'numbers and visor.
First Objective Qiih'ldy Reached
The first objective, Delfontnlne, was
TRHC.hed with comparative ease, the
EUriUUllUGU. HJ o...fc u.,.. .... wh.
.ttoops being preceded by a roaring
barrage. Alter ten jmnuiea iiuvrvui
tnr hreath and order of the line, the
f.'curtaln Are swept forward again and
rSi the crest 01 woum umf wub
fflrtained. A long arrest before the boche
QJtaUeiS luiiuncu, .. . V, . -"--
S space nere, uui cio uinm uuu
'r.iiic.v, , .,
1 For the greater pun m iuu uuy mu
'- votttB broke up Into a desperate group
if .nmrnmnnta. swaying this way and
?i that, and bravery was not all on one
-Ide by any means, una u.niuuii uui
"terv kept a single gun firing point,
' ".".. ,,.n,ln nf a little, ma.
Sine gun until the French were right
Soon Its crew with their bayonets.
Isolated machine gunners took
ieavy toll 'before they threw up their
Son.t. nnd one French regiment was
-Sreatly troubled by enfilade fire from
r . t- i., fnrlnnnt nn fhple p.
trfma left. By evening many quarries
had been surrounded and emptied
tinderihreat of the use of flama pumps,
iud the worse was over.
Jjy ."- ' "" ,.....0 -w-..v
I. -I ...11, 1t nhxervatorlps. twnntv
knnon, hundreds of machine guns and
2 prisoners were In the hands of the
Es j'french. Cuts ana tne center or me
I- tovon-Voucy high road had already
yp !???' .. a Thoo .,.
UKt VVlHtVBuJ ... ..m,bj w
iCO oeveiope swwui mwfru 100
ana on rnwy wi oaiuraay it
0X1 Macaw wine pia-
'Ailotte.
vi ;v
'
JAPAN'S ADVANCE
HURLS REDS BACK
Soviets Retire in Siberia a3
Allies Concentrate on
East Front
STRIKE FIZZLES OUT
Labor Trouble in Vladivostok
Ends Aincricnns Lend
Money to City
By the Associated Press
Tnrnlnn, Aug. 26. General Hemcnoff's
(1Iinnn.nl,' . ,,
. i",r,nenis in t
the Transbalkal region '
"l. !'" result of the n.;.
'" "'poneo troops at jwanenuu.
ordlng to a Tien Tsin despatch to the
change Telegraph Company Only
, o j,8heUk trop3 reman.
in mai rerion.
Jntinnosp troops are completing their
i-uiii'L-nirauon on the l siurl front, ac-
coruinu to dispatches from Vladivostok.
At Eiiffeneuka, sailors, Fupnortcd by
armored cars, nttocked the Bolshevik
. .. "'. """"-" "" .u...t..n
uoi,15 m tno race ot hcuy artllltry lire
and muted Ilium.
Dispatches from Pelting say that On-
oral SpmcnnIT, In command of a force
. c,:rcho-Sloaks numlierlns several
thousand, has attacked and defeated a
SIaByar-Holsheik force at Motslcvskala.
su,rria T,0 tow n was taken and many
prisoners, includlnfr a large number of
Mounded. tfe taken. The work of the
.inp.uiese In Mrenfrthenlns the Chinese
frontier undo the attack possible.
-rlc h(rlllt. at Vladivostok Is terml-
ratine In a fiasco, as striking laborers ,
inp ,opn iall, o nnti chlncso 8Ubat.
iUlwi for them At the arsenal shons
i Jcnou, clash between strikers and
nonstrikerj occurred, but Allied patrols
intervened The dispatch says that tho
l!olshoik nKil.itlon arnonc arloua clo-
me: is of workmen Is subsiding. I
It is leported that Americans hnvn
privately leaned the city of Vladivostok
.i.ouu.uiiu runics, taking the tramways
i , tecurilj'.
u.
S. TROOPS DEFEAT
CHINESE BANDITS
fly the Associated Press
VlmllinMni;, Aug 2G American
forces which have been landed here are
111 Caillll lit llin fimiAmhllm. ..I..n r ,kn
headuunrtcrst.
CnTnm- .' ? J'T nro 'nbllshed In tho
,hl "PifE1"1 SV'1","1' wnl'11 ls located on
Sm " ov.cr'ooklng the harbor
I he first hostile engagement In which
tile troops had been Invnliwi ,.mirri
four miles beyond ltazdolny, a suburb,
t llj I'll 'In AM.-I . v" '
where, an American rallwaj' guard.
Bi.sieu by the Japanese, drove back or-
K.iiiii-i nnese nandlts. The bandit
rorce numbered about 400. and was
stronglj armed with machine guns and
tiench mortars. They had threatened
to mot ltazdolny.
nn.r Jh i!' T.eu3l('r v- -v- Krnzar and
noctor Hall, of the American lied Cross,
are nndinir that ihir rQEnn.nAU w
'" ",ucs lo ouer sunicient concessions,
BOLSHEVIKI ROUTED
in, jvr .n j , n jmmr rf
If lVljliy tiil ILiLi,
I
By the Associated Press
.imsirriiuin, Aug 20.
Czecho-Slovaks and anti-Bolshevik
fprees have re-occupied tho town of
Kazan, on the river Volga, n a Mos-
COW dispatch to the Weser yAltnnc- nf
Bremen. The Bolshevlkl were forced
to retreat after heavy fighting.
Tho ...B.olahev'Kl n"w ll0'd positions
bu"u sianco irom Kazan.
A Moscow telecram i.'ivlnir n ulnln-
ment Issued on August 21 sas that the
soviet troops had been forced 'o retire
in the region of Trotstjaka In the direc
tion nf IvndllRk In tlm li'.il,1t,w- .llufln
vxouwi oi rticnangei), nut liud successes
. ....- .-. .. .. -
in the Kazan district.
J LENIN E AT KRONSTADT,
REPORTS PERSISTING
".J-teJ.15 Premier:
'Trotsky oboard the former Umperoi
I Nicholas' yacht a short distance below
I'etrograd.
i This report is denied by the Fwedlsh
jnis report is denied by the Fwedlsh
press but the department's Informant
hald it was current when ho left Petro
grad His me.ssatrn tnlri .'ilsn nf n ,......,.
Ing held at Knmstadt In an endeavor
tri f'A, flit. inl.llnh Unnn ... . . -
fight nirainst thn ci.hn.sinrt Ti,,r
I vvcr.' about 700O soldiers present to hear
3 w" n cnW revo Mai?
loti ana the prisoners sent to Kronstadt
only to be set free by tho garrison.
1
BELGIANS CRUSH FIVE ATTACKS
Execute Surprise Raid Aeainst
Fnriiiv it Kinni
! L.IILH1V at IVIPHC
liticmy at Kippc
By the Associated Press
Wnalilnetnn. Aug 26. Renulse of five
enemy attacks and a successful surprise
rnin against me enemy lines aro noted
hi the weekly communique of the Belgian
irmy mauo pudiic here today by the
Belgian legation. The communique fol
lows
' During tho past week wo have re
pulsed by infantry and artillery lire five
German attacks on our advanced poBts
In the regions of Nleuport, Dixmude,
Mercken und Lnngemarck. Wo were
successful, on the other hand. In a sur
prise attack In the vicinity of Kippe,
capturing twenty German soldiers and
an cfflcer. Tho usual artillery activity,
of average intensity. Is reported from
the front as a whole. An enemy bal
loon was destroyed In the course of this
week by one of our aviators."
THREE U. S. FLIERS LOST
Two Missing, One Dead, After
Fight With Superior Force
By the Associated Press
With the American Army on the Venlo
Front, Aug. 26. An account of the
aerial operations carried out by an
American squadron over the Oerman
lines, from which Lieutenant John Mc
Arthur, of Buffalo, N. Y., failed to re
turn, shows that McArthur and his
formation met -superior German forma
tions while almost thirty miles north of
the American lines. They also encoun
tered heavy antiaircraft firing. The
engagement took place north of the
Alsne.
McArthur and one other airman failed
to return to their lines. Three planes
nama hack, but the ollot of one of them
was so badly wounded that he died later
In the hospital. His name and that of
the second aviator who failed to return
I have nubile
. ( 'WVW'1! l j, t
?V Aii.Av,'BWW-" " t i MAY
EVENING PUB!
I -
DC
SCENE OF GREAT WAR DRAMA
( TrSfJ :JheIuveltv2l,RJ.A, r
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I BRITISH I ArragBT V
r i-i w , w jr yjt?uiryovjtquv;ri:uti jT Sj
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5: L ALBETtfm CitcIet t t , X
Ai"y llili i5&-P, I GERMAN 5
( ( soS.efcf . y REPORTED "
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ulauvai f ttfiSa"1""' j. Vn jf VailLy CRAONNEf "efcsV- '
X. clermont 3ft YniyMfifofu. wr
i V VjPkant - VffikG&&ir7&
iA. VV .. e faxencc villRS- vffSi
. V-J5&rC;l COTTIOETSO lVMOyn
! i 10 frt 3Q 4Q flO 11 . VyfijEofr
The shaded portion or ihc above map represents the terrain retaken liy General Forli in his series of offenMvo
operations. Southeast of Arras the Urittsh are attacking again today and have advanced two miles on a narrow
front. Here they are facing the Germans on the old Ilindenuurg line
FIND GERMAN ARMS
HID IN ITALIAN VILLA
Big Stores of Munitions Dis
covered in Structure Built
by Teuton Magnate
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copuriaht. 1018. b'j New York Times Co.
Milan, Aug. 20
Strange and significant discoveries
have Just been made at a sumptuous
villa overlooking the famous battlefield
of Mentana. The villa was constructed
about a decade ago, according to tho de-
signs oi me uresueu iiiukiiuii', iiuinricii
Karbeleck, who himself superintended
the dwelling for a time till the exigencies
Df war hurried him back to the Kather-
i,nj
Karbeleck left the administration of
tho villa and the cultivation of the sur
rounding estate to the care of his head
gardener and peasant employes. Soon
stories became rife about the mysterious
arrival from Germany In the year pre
ceding the war of u number of huge,
heavy cases, nnd that the marvelous
property was equipped for the .purpose
of a fortress
OSIlclaldom looked upon the current
. n 1 a.i . r. musl r n.aallnn. a.trllmr fmn
t-"v " " v.. . .... .-,.... ......
the fertile Imagination of the country
folk, though it recognized that various
terraces banked around the villa and
floored with reinforced concrete might
do service as gun cmplacunenti-
Slnco the evil repute or ihe place con
tinued to grow apace, atti acting holi
day crowds of curious Mghlseers, a
squad of carablnlcrs were finally sent
from Montcrotondo under orders to make
a thorough search. Burled in the base
ment were found big stores nf pistols,
rifles and munitions, and, according to
tho Corrlero Delia Sera, even machine
i Bun5 have been brought to light
I ..... . ..nA..nn
i HFRMAN WAITS ON AIFANSO
UEIUHftH llftllO "11 niil UllJU
r. . i y r l- i .
I SpaniHl Klllg Declines JllteniCV..
Ship beizure Stirs ncrlm
By the United Press
' Sttntaniler. .Spain, Aug 20 Tho Ger-
man Ambassador, ai riving from t-an he-
dav.
The King replied he was unable to
I grant the Interview then, but would
' notify the Ambassador when ho could be
received.
By the United Press
Copenhagen, Aug 20 i:xcues for
Germany's stand In defiance of Spain s
threat to seize German shipping In com
pensation for submarine losses are con
..i,i in nnnles of German newspapers
1 ..i..,..i hrp.
' "Spain must acknowledge tho sltua-
tion which compelled liermany to nuopi
' submarine warfare." says the Lokal An-
zeicer "Germany can t givo it up in
order to suvo Spanish vessels. It would
rentier me buuuiiinc nitiD uat.t,.
The Tagliche Rundschau sees dire re
sults, declaring' "Spain's step is the
beginning of a confilct which may affect
sfavin nnd Argentina. Snaln's com
plaint means an admission of her favor
hA i.-ntente. Her note must be con
sidered an unfriendly act, Germany
cannot make submarine concessions."
.. . I.. .... ,... nmilanllll,
It would be the greatest political tri
"unn n nn.iin elvc uij iici iicuuiti kji
umph the entente nas auainea, inn
Vorwaerts says "It must be prevented
by an obliging policy from Germany."
RUSSIANS STILL STARVING
Working Class, Exhausted, Plan
ning United Action Against Itcds
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
CovirloM. toil, v New York Times Co.
HtocUholm. Aug. 26. A Moscow pa-
Ser states that despite promises of the
tolshevlk government, the working class
population have not yet received full
bread rations . and are suffering from
complete physical exhaustion.
There 1b strong agitation among the
working miners, who are holding meet
ings for the organization of united ac-
The committee of Swedish Control,
Social Democratic party, has decided
to accept tho proposition of M, Roussan
off to take part In the organization of a
commission of inquiry jnto conditions
of the Bolshevist regime. Other Social.
1st parties also express approval under
certain guarantees as to the composi
tion ot tae coffiwiMivfb
r '?if
iL-t-
u'Ji . -"
LE
jR 1
LODGE PEACE SPEECH
AROUSES ENEMY PRESS
Berlin Paper Says Understand
ing Dictated by Allies Is
Impossible
By the. Associated Press
Amsterdam, Aug. 20.
Commenting on the speech of 'Senator
Lodge advocating a peace dictated by
the Allies, the Lokal Anzclger, of Berlin,'
says:
"Even thoso who most keenly desire
an understanding must realize that an
understanding is impossible so long ns
such views obtain among tho enemy.
All love of peace is useless In such a
case, and our sword must continue to
speak until our opponents have con
vinced themselves that they cannot over
come us "
The comment of Lord Robert Cecil
nri.isn unucr secretaiy tor foreign at-
nt.t-i- - - - t
.wi.-., ,111 1110 opeci-n iii ucrman colonial'
minister Kolf, n Vienna dispatch credits
the Kremenblatt ns sayln. ls In a differ
ent tone fiom that usually manifested by
Biltlsh stnte.scm.cn and Is In "contrast
with tho Ineconcllablo 'knockout' speech
so often heard from British politicians."
The N'eue Krelo Presse says that It
Is "a striking fact that he tries o tone
down Mr. Balfour's threat that German
colonies will not be returned nnd trans
fers the decision to the peace confer
ence." In an Interview last Friday. Lord
Robert Pecil said that Germany was un
fit to rule her colonies. Ha recalled
that Mr. Balfour has said that tho Oer
man colonies could not bo restored and
continued: "1'remler Lloyd George said
months ago that tho question of the
colonies would h Fettled at the peace
conference, but Mr. Balfour's more re
cent statement ruled out the possibility
thai they would lie restored."
Pari. Aug. 26. (Havns.) Tho ex
ecutive committee of the radical nartv
at a meeting yesterday adopted a reso
lution 111 ravor or a society of nations
as outlined by President Wilson. The
party will urgo Its members in the
French Parliament to work for tho
icnllzatlun of such a plan.
a'ascnrrsjr ' y jt y
"Y- p Ap A OURCOtNGl gvJ
nACUKUUt.N "vTyi (, I ;, -'"
a,m tswssr., " yiiLA. 3F
A SsyvAmJ&X!V .V Linn Tk
OFFICIAL WAR REPORTS
nitiTisu
London, Aug. 20.
At 3 o'clock this morning our troops
attacked in tho Scarpo sector and
are reported to have made good
progress.
On the southern portion of the bat
tle front we havo advanced our lne
slightly astride the Sommo and by a
successful operation carried out yes
terday afternoon, made progress In the
direction of Marleourt.
Yesterday evening the enemy launch
ed strong counter-attacks south and
north of Hapaume In the neighborhood
of Fau Court L'Abbaye nnd Favreull.
In both localities the attacks were
repulsed. North of Favreull our troops
met the enemy vvlth the bayonet. In
flicting heavy casualties on him and
taking prisoners,
Another counter-attack attempted
by the enemy later In the evening In
this latter neighborhood also was un
successful. Favreull ls In our hands
and we have made progress beyond
the village.
North of this point we have Im
proved cur position southeast of Mory
and west of Crolselles.
Heavy rain Is falling on the battle
front. '
rilENClt
rsrla, Aug. 26.
Very vigorous artillery actions oc
curred during the night in the region
of Roye and Beuvralgneg (three miles
to the south of Roye). The artillery
fire also was heavy between the
Allette, OlBe and Alsne Rivera.
Two German surprise attacks In the
Vosges sector were without result
and we took prisoners.
The night was calm on the rest of
tho front
OKKMAN
llerlln, Aug, 25 (delayed)....
There have been successful fore
fteld fiehts southwest of Ypres. On
both sides of Bafileul and narth of
tbe BafisMCaiia!. (Iw wUwtjL
LAlDEIiPHIAf lOAY,-
"-. .A - " ,' HTr 7'3B9EKBinA " "i ..iAr JT1
IN FRANCE
SOLDIERS WANT T. R.
ACTIVE IN THE WAR
Believe President Should Use
Him to Arouse Enthusiasm.
Lodge Is Praised
Hy CHARLES II. GRASTY
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Conirlqht. IBIS, 6ji yew York Times Co.
Paris, Aug. 20.
Senntor Lodge's statement of our war
alms expresses the sentiment of our
officers and soldiers now In France. The
general feeling In these circles Is that
unity and clllclency would be promoted
by the Republicans adopting a strong
policy and leadership.
At the front I heard many calls for
Theodoro Roosevelt's more active partici
pation In war affairs. Men who are
doing such work ns falls to tho lot of
our soldiers need nil tho Inspiration they
can get, nnd no man ls moro capable of
shaklng the mind and heart of the hoi
dler than Roosevelt, His red-blooded
talk and his willlngnesH to back It with
personal sacrifices nppeal to fighting
men. There is nothing but admiration
and loyalty for President Wilson, but
our soldiers seem to feef that there is
room enough for every ono In this big
wnr. and 90 per cent of them would
shout if they saw tho Colonel tal:e n
more cons-picuous seat on the land
wagon.
Senator Lodge's pronouncement liis
been received hero us indicating nn ac
cession of vital energy and strength to
the Republicans without In any way
weakening President Wilson's giip on
the war management.
Suspected of Many Robberies
George Stedman, thirty-four years old,
pf Altoona, Pa., will be given a Rearing
In Central station today n connection
vvlth numerous rohberles perpetrated In
tho North Philadelphia district. He was
arrested yesterday when, it ls alleged,
hj was attempting to enter the home
of Charles MacComes, 1320 Allegheny
avenue.
repulsed enemy partial attacks be
fore our lines.
Between Arras and the Somme tho
British continued their attacks. Strong
Infantry forces, led by tanks, were
thrust forward in the early morning
between Neuvllle-Vltasse and St.
J-eger. They collapsed vvlth heavy
losses before our lines. Our post's
standing in St. Leger withdrew ac
cording to command, on their fight
ing lines east of the village.
Enemy attacks were also shattered
before Mory.
Enemy forces stormed many times
against our front. ypn.iin. "...
JJj6 bBiUB ot August 23 from "west of
the
:..oSiuvo-uimume-vvarlcncourt
line.
o u,iui:ii WB6 inillntp I...
bringing in numerous tanks, in thA
.-....w Mviin were maae
against
uapaume itself. These
lapsed.
attacks col-
wleV!f.?a2LEbrh"dt dur'ne the
.-. v., uaa nas nere
destroyed
eignt armored vehicles.
The enemy pressed forward shamlv
against our lines which had been taken
back from the Ancre. and In the after
noon came from Courcelles and Poi.
leres to attack1 against Martlnnulch
and Barentln. Prussian troops thruVt
themselves In a. counter-attack upon
the flank of the enemy and threw him
back beyond Poileres.
From the Somme to the Olse fight
ing activity remained limited to artli
lery fire and minor Infantry battles
north of Roye and west of the OlA
On the Allette the fighting activity
died down. Between the Allette and
the Alsne many strong attack, which
were brought forward in especially
thick waves near and south of
Chavlgny followed upon a heavy flr
against Crecy-au-Mont and on both
sldts of Chavlgny. They were repulsed
vvlth heavy losses for the French
Cavalry and rifle regiment wer.
especially effective In this operation
Our bombing squadrons during Sat
urday night dropped on harbor works
railway stations, military work. t.-.
camps of the enemy, 75,000 kilograms ill
fit b0-szjry?jrAl
5Hft?7
v;0'tl
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BRITISH MAY COMPEL
BIG ENEMY RETREAT
Hammering on Left Likely to Cause Yielding of Entire
Line Foch Strategy Brings
Optimism
By WALTER
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copuriaht, tOili. lv yew York Tlmes'Co.
Willi tho French Annlci, Auk. 2G.
"It depends on the British" was the
phrnso wherein an officer summed up
tho military situation for your corre
spondent yesterday. If tho enemy
yields before tho terrific hammering
that has developed Into n second bat
tle of tho Somme on a front of fifty
kilometers ho will be forced to abandon
nlso the formidable positions, strength
ened by old fortifications, which con
front tho armies of Dcbeny, Humbert
and Mangln.
Truo to hla policy of never sacrific
ing lives unnecessarily, Foch ls mark
ing time In the center and on tho right
of tho vast battlcfront during tho
progress of tho maneuvers on tho left.
"You cannot overemphasize," con
tinued this officer, "tho valuo of tho
single command tit tho present Junc
ture. Already the plnn has saved tho
Allies In defense. If by nothing moro
than tho possibility which It afforded
to replace reserves vvlth perfect free
dom and utillzo the British, French,
Americans or Italians without distinc
tion of nationality vvhoiever they vvcro
most needed.
Advantage of United Command
"Hut It Is In offensive operations
whero the mind of tho commander has
full scope for combined maneuvers on
a grand scale, wherein each move ls
co-ordinated ami co-rolated to the rest,
that the udvantugo ls most evident
and striking. You have only to com
pare this with the lesults already at
tained In the second battle of the
Sommo vvlth the laborious plugging of
the 191C conflict to appreciate their
Immense differences In tho Allies'
favor.
"I venture to sny without exaggera
tion that optimism ls Justified today
to a degieo never hitherto ap
proached." Tho speaker's last words! Illustrate
tho remarkable chango which the 1
events of the last six weeks have pro- breaks below on the Junction point of
duced. Your correspondent has drawn roads or trenches, or explodes down to
attention on several occasions to tho J the right, where a tiny wooden foot
unbiased manner In which the most . bridge mnrks the spot where a French
competent French soldiers have Judged detachment crossed tho marshy little
each phase of the military situation. Rtrenm nnd I3 rrceplng forward
During the months of doubt nnd through tho wood, refusing tile offer
anxiety they discussed the dangers j 0f rcllcf which tho commander has
and difficulties confronting the Allies 1 jUHt made them.
with the dlspasslonnto calm of the tin-1
prejudlced critic toward n purely nca-!
tlemic problem. Always they showed I
tho same readiness to give the enemy '
credit for "making a good war" as to
pralso tho successful operations of
the Allied defense.
It is this nttltudo that makes the
persona optimism so striking. The
feeling sems to be growing that the
enemy is nearer the end of his tether
than the world Imagines.
What General Humbert foresaw
U. S. TO DICTATEPEACE TERMS
Rome Newspaper Says Germans
at Home Foresee This Possibility
1' f.nfiV to Evening Public Ledger
Copvriohi. 1018. bu .Vet" York 7(?ir.i Co.
ltnme, Aug 20. "American Interven
tion In France, which Is daily growing
more Imposing, begins to frighten tho
enemy," snys the Trlbuna, commenting
on the victorious advance of the Allies
of the western front. It adds that the
Oermans confronted with the "formid
able, unknown quantity of tho Ameri
can forces, have recourse to a prudent
system of ictlrement with the excuse
that they wish to shorten their front."
This, It snj's, will not deceive any
body, not even the Germans at home,
who understand that their resistance is
becoming gradually hopeless, foreseeing
the possibility that America, whose army
was so much despised in tho past, will
dictate the conditions on peace in the
future;
YACHT VEGA CLOSELY GUARDED
Those on Board Not xMlowcd to
Leave Vessel
By the Associated Press
An Atlantic Port, Aug 20. The steam
yacht Vega, brought Into port late yes
terday by naval authorities for Inves
tigation, lay at a closely guarded wharf
today. No 0110 was allowed to leave
tile vessel.
It Is understood the yncht was pur
chased at New London, Conn., for J2B00
to replace ono of the vessels lost In
the raids by submarines on the fishing
banks.
Patrolboats, which for a week had
been watching vigilantly for the yacht,
picked her up a few miles outside the
harbor. 11 was iciiuiieu mie uuu no
ahin'u naners. nnd that all on board
except tho captain and mate were for
eigners. ,
On the deck were piled bags of coal.
All the windows were fitted with can
vas which would completely darken the
craft at night.
FOE GAINS IN ALBANIA
Capture Bridgeheads From Ital
ians and Cross Seineni
By tho Associated Press
Vienna; Aug. 20. The official com
munlcatlon from the Austrian War Of
fice yesterday says:
"Our attack Is progressing success
fully In Albania. After a bitter struggle
yesterday Italian, bridgehead positions
north of Fieri were taken. During the
pursuit which followed our troops cross
ed the' Semenl. Wo also made progress
near Berat and in the Soloves Moun
tains. "The bombing attacks of our airmen
against Aviona are continuing."
PACIFIC SH1PW0RKERS STRIKE
Steel Company Employes De
mand Shipyard Pay
By the Associated Press
Seattle, trash.. Aug. 26. Following
the breaking off of negotiations last
night between representatives of the
Pacific CoaBt Steel Company and em-
Floyes of the company engaged on con
racts for the Emergency Fleet Corpora
tion, a strike was declared at 7 o'clock
today.
The emnloves declared that moro than
1000 workers went out. They demand
pay and working conoiuons similar lo
those In effect In the shipyards.
St. Louis Dank Closed
Station BaX with deptTslts of nO."- SaSlon' ThS Sml t.7mlS2
rdfwasVnounnchbeUabank',wa,a,yn "-,' '8 day nnd tor,& ?.
the hands of the State Bank rv.mm.ls- ,," ,.i. w,t ...
iloner. ' Of the total deposits. J7S2 Ul When neprwntatlve Walsh. ofMassa
wera ravings accounts. Bank examiners chusctts. called nenJn to the fact
began an Investigation a week ago. Pres- that a member recently Included some
Ident T. W. Wrleden. of the bank, said old Bpeechei ln ?P "tc".8'0n f the re
poor collateral and slow gecurlty caused marks. Mr. Barnhart said the printing
e. s. ..i Xf Attn- Ifl TYta TTn
the institutions nnanci condition.,-
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L. DURANTY
when ho snld to yottr correspondent
111 eariy April mat tho wholo war haa
been ono long battle (becauso In mili
tary parlance battlo means the con
tact of opposing forces), which wns
then approaching Its climax nnd final
denouement, has actually como to
pass.
I refrain from developing the argu
ment to the logical conclusion which
even optimism hardly yet dares to an
ticipate. ,
Thcro arp many Interesting possi
bilities In tho situation, hut there must
ho a short Intervul before this part
of the long curtnln of fire of tho Al
lied victory creeps Irresistibly forward.
Before leaving tho field to dispatch
this message, I climbed by a swaying
ladder Into the fork of a tree that
cavo mo a view all along tho Olso
Valley from Noyon to Chauny. A few
explosions, a few swooping airplanes
against the hot blue sky, speak openly
of war.
In the meantime, while tho nrltlsh
nro steadily smashing what remains
of the German reserv. cdlvlslons, nnd It
ls well to remember that It ls on men,
not on guns or fortlfitntlons, that vic
tory depends In the final Instance, tho
French nnd Americans are not waiting
with arms folded on the long front,
whero the beaten und dispirited nrmles
of the Crown Prince are hiding In
anxious anticipation behind the hills
and forests. If big scale operations
for tho moment aro stnyed, the nctlv- j
lty of patrols Is never censing, nnd tho
enemy Is being harassed without re
spite by savage little raids, nmbushes
und forays.
Airmen and Artillery Active
Tho airmen In ever-growing numbers
increase tho confusion of tho enemy's
communications. Kacli week tho pre
vious record of tons of explosives
dropped from tho air Is surpassed.
Tho artillery, too, has entered the
game with tenfold fury, now that a.
breathing spnee has permitted tho re
pair of tho roads and tho bringing
up of pieces and munitions.
Take the caso of the Vlvetto line,
where the wood nnd massif of Por
querlcourt form Noyon's last strong
bastion. Few men are visible as ono
looks down tho steeep, trec-clnd slope,
but there Is a continual movement
nlong (lie old Uoyau-littered with Gcr
man rifles nnd equipment to bear wit
ness to the hasty flight of the enemy.
From time to time a German sneu
Seeming twentyfold. greater In com
nvi.mi l the nctlvltv of the French
batteries in the massif behind, nnd the I
aiv ls ever filled with 1 oaring like the!
rush of a mighty wind ns snclls pass ;
overhead to explode on tho crest op
posite.
"Tho boche has gone to cover for the
time being," said a boyish infantr
captain, "but he can't be happy In his
hole. We'll smoke him out this time.
Ilo wanted open warfare and he's got
It. Vive Focji and La Maneuver."
1281 LEAVE FOR CAMP LEE
City's First Contrihution in
Three-Day Draft Movement Off i
piiUndeinMn inrinv mnri ito firot mn- I
trlbutlon In the three-day draft move-
ment to Camp Lee. wnen 1S81 eager !
selected men entrained at North Phlla
delphia station this morning.
The first Fectlon of the troop train
drew away from tho station shortly
befoie 11 o'clock amid the cheery fare-1
well of many hundreds nf friends and
relatives that were on hand to bid the
new soldiers adieu.
Todays contingent was made up of
Induction quotns from twenty-seven
local boards located in various sections
ot the0 S'lJ-: Tomorrow 1085.men rrora
fit.'
j.ocai isnarci ao. u. Twelfth and Pine;.,,. . z 7 7, , , 1
streets, tent 212 selected men to Camp Minister ol War Ackliowledceg
M't,!ll -1'lirtt. otllrntna.l ,. , 1.a IlntK . ... . . .
iiiuiu and Ohio station, Twenty-fourth
and Chestnut streets.
The men were escorted to the station
by George W. Long, chairman of Board
No. 0 Relatives of most of the men
accompanied them t the station.
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BIG ALIEN REGISTRATION
About
260,000 Unnaturalized
German Men Listed
By the Asociated Press
WaMilngton, Aug. 20. About 260,000
unnaturalized malo Germans live In the
United States, and have registered vvlth
police and postmasters under enemy alien
regulations, tho Department of Justice
reported today. The registration
for
males was held In Junuary, and a few
additional Germans are being recorded
fnm tlmn in ,!., TA..n.n .....
.u... ....... . ..,.,;, ."iiuuo ul 1110 reg- 1
istratlon of German women more than'
two months ago havo not yet been fully
tabulated, but It Is believed fewer than
20O. 000 enroiu u.
These figures do not Include the in
terned Germans, whose number nv
has been made public.
PRISONERS WANT HOME THINGS
Americans in German Camps Ask
Baseballs, Etc.
By the Associated Press
New York, Aug. 26. American pris
oners In German camps want things that
will "somewhat Americanize our posi
tion," so says a letter from an American
prisoner. Lieutenant A. StraUBS, to Con
rad Hoffman. Y. M. c. "A. secretary In
Germany for prisoners of war, a copy of
which has been received by the Y." M.
C. A. here.
Lieutenant Strauss asks for baseball
paraphernalia, tennis racquets and balls
and straight "razors and strops." Bibles,
religious books, books about zoology,
botany geology and medical books also
are Included In the request.
Lieutenant Strauss says that books
previously received through the Y. M.
C. A. were much appreciated by "our
little group, so far the only Americans
In tho camp." The location of tho camp
Is not disclosed.
URGES SENATE, TO TALK LESS
' u
High Cost of Paper Makes Rec
ord Remarks Expensive
By the Associated Press
Wellington. Aug. 2. Members of the
House were urged today by Represen
tative Barnhart. of Indiana, chairman of
the Joint Congressional Committee on
Printing, to curtail their extensions of
remarks In the Record In view of a
shortage of paper which might make It
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AMERICANS WIN
VESLEPOSFflOtfi
Drive Foe Back Third ot
Mile and Clear Rail
road BEGINNING CLEAN-UP
XL S. Troops Harass German
Positions Day and
Night
By the United Press
Willi tlto American Armies lif France
Au.T. 2C.
r.t-
American troops advanced their'llne- l
auu meters (a third of a mile) on a
front of two kilometers (a mile and
a quarter) Immediately nst of Flames
yesterday, driving tho Germnns from.
tho railroad nnd capturing what hadJjjJ
Deen an advantageous enemy post-'
tion.
As this is cabled sharp Infantry
fighting Is keeping tho wholo Veslo
front stirred, but the boche counter
attacks are fruitless.
Tho Americans, in tho last' few days,
havo begun a systematic clean-up of ob.
Jectlonable positions. The tannery was
first taken. Then an attack on n more
pretentious scale was launched yester
day.
The boclle lllld clllF In nlnrnr lh rait.
road, skirting the south bank of the
Vesle and had established numerous ma.
chine-gun nests. The Americans were a
dp south of the main Solssons-Rhelms
highway. They had to advance across
tho high ground on which the road ran,
then open country toward the railway.
A stiff barrage was put down on the
railway at' 5 a. m the Infantry start
ing their advanco simultaneously.
Quickly they topped tho highway and
charged ncross the open space In the
face of a teirlfic machine-gun fire. The
attack was so Impetuous It sent the
boche ahead running. A heavy enemy
barrage was put down on the railway,
but tho Americans held on.
The Americans now hold the railway
on both side. of Flsmes. The boches
aio extremely nervous and are constant
ly sending up rockets at night. Ameri
can patrol are maintaining constant
contact with the German lines, harassing
tho enemy positions day and night.
Teutons Trample
Kaisers Picture
Continued from rase One
battlo for the Oerman fortress, nnd
laments that, unlike tho Entente, Ger
many has to stand alone, because she
has no help coming to her. Other pa
pers express themselves In a similar
strain nnd shout loudlv for Htrnno-
(.nerves during the great double h.ittl.
Ex-Colonel Guedke, In Vorwnerts. de-
clnrcs It cannot be denied that Foch
"s nnuwxi now 10 mane excellent use
of tlmo and place and of tho element
ot surprise. Ho cnll3 Foch a shrewd
commander, with genius for decision.
This critic pleads for action on other
fronts, such as. In Palestine, with an
eye to penco conditions.
Tho critic of the Deutsche Tages
Zeltung can only comfort himself with
tho satisfaction that the German forces, 1
have still In hand a fair portion of the
territory won during tho great offen-
slves. ana he warns his readers that
Foch has got '11 lot of plans nnd Ideas -
in store yet. But a great portion of
the German press ls treating the nub-
llc' ' 'he mos' fantastic storlep of
jSf,"",,0- JJlaJLSOrt f
I stuff Is pathetic In tho extreme.
The Vosslscho Zcltung correspond-
coiumn to a description of a "fine
triumph In the Roye-LIancourt road,
where the German Infantry remained
' vlctorlolus everywhere." He adds;
I that moro than 100 prisoners nnd some"
machine guns remained with them as
Hielw nf victory
I Mlgns '
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! PRUSSIAN ADMITS DEFEAT
Allies Are Winning
Ziirleli. AUK. 2C (By I. N. S.). "W
have sustained a defeat," ls tho franH
admission made by the Prussian Min
ister nf War in an Interview In ..the
radical Berliner Morgenpost.
The German press generally openly
speaks of a probable forthcoming! Ger
man ntieat.
Slcfanssou Going to Yukon
By the Associated Press
Davvunn, Yukon Territory, Aug. 26.
Vllhjalmar Stefansson. Arctic explorer,
Is exnected to arrive here today or' to.
morrow from Fort Yukon, where he hag
been convalescing since his Illness last
I winter
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MAimir.n
IJENNHY FOX. At Cathedral of St.
f eier nun i-aui. ity ine nev. uicnara IT.
t i.'&iid.- u'rn.iiii r- nrvwv y- -
I Philadelphia, to MI.sVi:r.S'A"M.ftIU FOX.
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DKAT1IS
I'!!. .At Ardmnre. Ia..
LAURA II.. widow of John T. Watlnea.
Nutleo of funeral will bo given from 1211
Vv Hun.uchnna ave.
TODD. Aug. 23. SARAH E. TODD, of
lUJ N Allison st. Duo notice of the funeral
will bo given.
McKRNZlK. Auc. 2.V at Wlllclnihurr.
Pa.. JOSEPH V.. beloved hunhand of Bthel
C. McKenzle. Due nolce of funeral will 'be
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widow of Henry H. Kennedy, aged 63. Fu-.V
neral services at First Presbyterian Church, ih
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