i m n '. i I'' ,i lillr t if I ..""-.' , r r wwf M reported to fee In program -The -British advanced linen nnw , r reported to be east of MonchjMe- nux. German rear guards nro htlng to retain their hold on Pelves, the south bank of the Scarpe, the (ritlsh having reached the edge of the 9j(h-" Min nonn 01 pcarpe ff:! North of the Scarpe nronress 1? fSTWng made by the British on both tV'wdes of the road to Doual. As Halg's ' A' forces advanced south of the rlcr tho ppcOermans soon found that tho ground tffi .north of the stream was extremely ijj- K, "" .......... .... VlhllllVlJ ?iwi JaiBeroU8. Hero they are helnR forced 4Kback. leaving their rear protected with m a large number of machine guns, ami jSi,Me emplojlng the same tactics that M they generally are using along the K. tlflt rf tllA linMlAt-nnt test of the battlefront The BrltlRh advance nlvos evidence J&sr-of temporarily slowing up at various ' piaces along tno front, but internals p of comparative sow mocments must1 be expected during the course of a bat. I . tie such as this, for the British have! now been engaged In haul and contln -. . V. " V '"' " uous open ngniing witnoiil rest ror a WV- .... .. , another German battalion commnndei have been taken The ofllrer fell Into the hands of the British In the flsht Ing around Bcugnatie, north of IJv paumc. Tho total number of machine gtins taken from the Germans In the pie- ent drle must now run mini up In """j ,- jui-iuiicin aim nun' aim S-hTcbiencapUned hi,! TlsprX' "'" h" "-" reenrrtmg .o " -n to-mnn about conditions at able there will be no opj ortunln for i n-crsslt'o other 0uprnninnts llnmn ibout the ocatloml oppoitunl- counting them In the ImmeJhte f i "' "hose tndc some of this tnnnnge will "'"' th,t ""alt them when the re ture " ,npIoed will ho a,KC(J lo spt a tm n and to assuto them of Ameiitan m the Anriatr.J Pm --Pccined eommodltlrs evclnniro of r. I support mid sjmpathy. Tn.lnn a1 " Tj ZZ?, 'V'V" "" "' -" The host ni bil eNpUnatlon of .his London, Aug. 27-HrIt!h forces In Bl',0'"Vnnx 'V"",e,r'"0.0,, '" lm,' Mated uuln" oik Is confilnod In the fol the great battle In northern Piea-rtv :..,! l torpedo ihes0 requisitioned , low ing letter fiom Secrctui of W.ir are making progres toward thi village oi oeugnaire, two mm a half miles northeast of Bipiume acco-dlng to mm mues co-dlng to ed nt tin- hmd light- her northl xno ouiriai statement l-su var Ofllce today. There 's Ing around Croisilles farth the statement savs. SInco list Wedncdav tho British have taken 21,000 prisoners, tho htate ment snj s. The British hap pusliod through the town of Montauban, tlneo miles north of the Somme, and capturing the wood near that place, have leiehed Longue- val, the statement sivs Ausirairm ioice nave imu" -m Btantlal progress towaid Domplarre anlt. -f tint Cnni i n ntiil met rt Buuiu ui niu "'" "'" "-"' '" Suzanne, north of the river, the stite ment add3. ' British forces are established In the northern outskirts of Bip.iumn the War Ofllce statement also announces North of the Scarpe Hlvcr Scottish troops renewed theli attack against the Germans last night and have ad vanced towards Plouvaln (eist of Fampoux) The Germans are making heavy countci-attaiks at man) points along the battlefront. but have been unable to stem the tide of the British ad ance. By the Associated Prc British Headquarters In Trance. Aug. 27. British otllceis estimate that the Geimans were foiced to use nt lease seventy divisions (SI0 000 men) between the Scaipe and Aisne llveis from August S to August 2"i. 0) the Associated Press I'aris, Aug 27 French troops advanced this morn Ing In the region of St Maul, south west of Ko.ve, after lmlng repulsed a number of enemy counter-attacks In that sector, accoidlng to the offi cial statement !s,ued at the War Of fice today. They captured 1100 pris oners jesterdav, Including two bat I tallon commanders, the statement ays. i Bast of Bagneux. north of the Aisne the French have advanced their line about three-quaiters of a mile, the statement savs. German counter-attacks were repulsed In this legion. (Bagneu'C Is live miles noith and West of Solssons) Heavy aitllleiy fighting continued last night between the Aisne-and the Allette. ijg' m tneir advance in tne region or NSE Monchyde Preux (southeast of Arias) .Monday, British tioops captured morel than '2000 prisoners, newspapers here .state. ' (Monchy Is on the Illndenburg line and was captured In the new Biltish drive on the Scarpe) On a front of six miles south of the Scarpe the British jestcrday advanced to a maximum depth of two and a I half miles Important gnlns were, made around Bapaume and Croisilles the enters of enemy resistance be- , tween between the Ancre and the ' Scarpe. No Germans remain In Bipaume eaya the correspondent or I.e JHtin on the British front. Up, adds tint ffr -patrols have penetrated the ruins " which mark the former enemy ad- ' Vanced concentration center and have tlt14 nn nlirnn t. . - . ivuiiu hu oisna ui me neuij . AGAINST SUPPRESSING FINDINGS Republican Senators Oppose Cen sorship on Aircraft Report UahInKton, Aug 27 Arm cetisor hlp orders barring from transmission abroad certain features of the. recent report of the Senate Slllltary subcom mittee, which investigated aircraft pro duction, wwas shaply attacked today In the Senate by Republican Senators H- Senator Weeks of Massachusetts nro- ' posea an investigation b the Senate Printing Committee to determine whether the Congressional Iteiord, in which the aircraft rtport was printed. v' falls under the censorship ban Senator lodge said the plain purpose of the censorship orders was to Influence pub-1 Jlshers against publication of the report i in this country. ' , 'The only people in the world." said 8 Mr, Lodge. ho do not know about Ml- the aircraft Situation In the Aranrl,.in ! r- neonle It 1r nerfeptlv unii u.n.. -. .. lit'il (our allies and to the enemy " frwH - Senators Polndexter, Penrose and hHt Brandegee Joined In the criticisms IK Mun nrn ennro n .,7 .. . r-m3MD MM UWMdftin; MLL IS mz Shell Destroys Three U. S. Build- inga Near Belgian Coast By the Associated Press J Waihlnrton, Aug 27 -Details of the jtecent shelling of an American Red Bfc5'Sro".Hbaihilo.u'!e, for. ?els& 8'llers R er the Belgian front. In which twenty- ferthrftA Tteli-lan emnlnvea inn tlll.l .i t three Belelan emnloves were killed nn.i ftety others injured, were received today . American .itea i;ross neaaquarters Sit", A ehell hit the roof of the laundry of Sjjr'Tne oatn bdoui ii o ciock in tne morning lpST-Mrments penetrated all three struc- Sslr?,luc" nu airoyea mem -xien, women ta' and children were hurled ln every dlrect- ff xion ana jor long aistances. Parts of jnodles were round in the street many .. 41.t from fhn ntrnettir IpU-WAT SINKS U. S. SCHOONER fMamskip Eric Also Sent Down ?($ Off Canadian Coast b v - UJ "e 'cc;aic g'ress ?& tlranidkh AHnnln t A,,o r fjfTh new American ashing schooner Rush, fcf Boston. was sunk vesterdav morn. ciJjt by an ;nemy submarine while on 'Mui flatting grounds off thl count. kf," Xba, crew arrived here safely today t uiiumcf imiiing vessel. lffi Man Hit by" Train Dies h Maaonv seventj;-five jears old. juwnv. --v a , a section boss on the Ivanla Railroad, died today at the 'tfcwpltal. Camden, as the resull) MW ouooay, wnen ne was 'l ' i GERMANY YIELDS ON SPAIN'S SHIPS 1 Berlin Placates Neutrals by!J"li"s Rosenwald Will Tell Agreeing to Replace U-Boat Inroads TO REIMBURSE NORWAY Aflviene AlfV,o f wil mmscs Altonso of Willing- upbo tr. A ... c l I1CSS ,0 Accept Spanish . ' Ultimatum tt the Vnitctl Press Nnntnnder. spnh,, tnr 27 Oermanv lias accented nil oon.iuinn. Anninl,,.., . ..... . "" '" me Spanish note rngirdlng ,hn aul"lnn slimt'on. ,. ,, nn. nounced here todsv ,nf, . . nernnn shipping ,nlprneii in Spanish ports will he vol- "ntarllv turned oi r to !nVn to reolace nnv futuie n,e, froM1 ,.,, ., ., l -i oil n , ulp tlmo tlm, r'"relgn .M'nlstcr ' iUo annoiinc-cd thnt t)i rjoiornnirnt would requisition a Spanish tonna .T1,c Piul'li fablnet a Uf.r, nRr) n, Y!l"'"uii) th it In thr Cent of fur-' ..r "'"kings nf Spanish tonnage In Jib0ts equivalent (ierman tonnnge In si, , n 1..- P r(,,""'"o"-d l actlv" "" not t0 be r-tro- ty the l nihil Preu hrlslliinlit. Atitr ? t-..,. i. .. Norwav h protest against Klnklnir nr her shipping outside the "danger zone " Ver mini has ottered romnensnHni, ',.i,'. n m provea a snip was sunk without I warning it was announcul todnv nHi nolnn ... i ""' ensiiiirn .llUlU.nl. ..!.! "'nf.,"'iU,iV,le,m aer,"'," ,0"''K'-. HUCh ! Spain for. ed upon (iein I Official War Reports imiTisii i London Ami; 27 Seveie llghtln,- took plate on the I "ed of the old somme battle. between aUrlcouit and liapiumo ' nil also noith f the litter town n-uJ, "einoon and evening 'he enemj ounterattaiked repent edlv in strength, incuirlng great losses from the fire of ou, t.s.ops. but being unable to uirest om in ures. Ihicllsh and UVUli t.r,n. .....i...i thtough Montauban nnd advanced . . oiiR t the crest of the ridge, ciptui Ing lilghwood and rem hing Iaingue- U In the latter village wo weie htavllv tountei attacked and forced back towaid Mazcntlnle Clrand and Illglnvood On this lino we broke the cnemv's uttack. and, agnln ad vancing, established oui selves well to the east of lilghwood Kailj in the night a f-eiond enemv counterattack was driven off bv rille fire before the Germans reached our position. North of Illghvvpod the enemy twice tounter attacked ln the neigh borhood of Llgny and Thlllov, press ing bick our advanced trnntis snmo 100 or 500 vards. Then, liiu i.if.m.. ,,l was stopped nnd driven back. i At Bapaume the Xew Zealanders, after fierce flchtlnir. ptnlilisim,i tllpmvnlvou 1,1 11k, nn-tlina. ....l l... i if the imm ' Further north English troops pro (Tressed tnunril Ilenirn itre VW l.nt n - -- ....... had hard fighting about Croiselles. I On the rlehtof tho Inttlf finnt thi. Australians continued their advance ' astride the Somme and made sub stantial progiess towaid Dompierre and to the east of Suzanne On the left of the battle fiont the Canadians jesterdav captured the t idge to the east of Wancourt (Arras fiont) and established themselves to the east of Guemappe North of the Rlvei Scarpe Scot tish tioops renewed tin Ir attack last night and thev have mode substan tial piogiess towaid Pluuvain Pilsoners taken since the morning of August 21 exceed 21 000 I'KlINCIl I'url Vug 27 outh of the vvie the French this morning act intuited British progress In the region of st Mard fa mile and i half west of Roe). after several German counter attacks were re pulsed In yesterdaj s fighting the Frcncli took 1100 pr'sonirs, including thlrtj slx officers Between tho Olse .nil the Aisne lace xesterdas a German counter-attack west of Chavlgnv was repulsed and thirtj prisoners taken East of Bagneux (five miles north of Sols sous! the French larritd their lines forward 1-U0 jards Between the Aisne and the Allette .artllletj lighting was active during the night l.l.UVlxS Berlin, Aug 2G (delajed) The BritKh attacks hive extended to north of the Scarpe -i i.kli nlfnu nt Tittnolinva nn,l north of the Somme there have been vigorous engagements i.nemy aiiacks in the main have failed At some places counter-macks still are ln pi ogress Longuoval and Montauban, temporarily lost have been recap lured Between the Somme and the Oise apart from local engagements north of the Ax re the duj has been quieter Paitlal engagements occurred north of the AUne ITALIANS IN NEW POSITION I Ouit ScniCIli and Onm Rcioil I V f . rx V i . . -o," After Defeating Austrians By the Associated Press Itoni-. Mondav, Aug Jl - The Italian troops In Albania in tho region of the Femcnl ard li.uan Iflx r&. afttr checking superior enemy tones in acviral dnvs of fighting, hav re'lltd undi"urbed to prepare defenses, sajs an official state ment issued todaj' The Austrians .-ufu ed a angulnary defeat August 21 and have not renewed their attacks since REV. CHAS. H. LEONARD DEAD Founder of "Children's Day" Dies at Tufts College, Mass. The Rev. Charles Hall Leonard, fath er of Mrs. T M Carmlchael, 7127 Oer mantown avenue, Mt Airy, died today at Tufts College, Mass He wan founder of Children's Day. which Is observed annually by the churches. Pr Leonard was dean emeritus of the Crane Divinity School, Tufts Col lege, nnd would have been nlney-slx vears old next month In 1857. while pastor of the Church of the Redeemer, Chelsea, Mass., Doctor Leonard conceived and put Into effect at his church the Idea of Children's Day, setting aside the second Sunday of June. Within a few jeara Children's Day had been adopted almost,' universally, - V V, WORDS OF CHEER GO TO U.S. TROOPS Americans of Conditions at Home TAKES MANY MESSAGES i Lpllnro V e"-rS 1 SiMinlnr atlldior TT Tom OovcrnorB ana ltors Assure Boys of Hearty Bucking Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger (. otivrtaht . 1018. hu Sew York Times Co. Paris, Aug. 27 Julius Tcosonwald has united in i , Huropo as a repiesentatle of Amcilctn vY'ur Department, with commission piobably tinpreccdcntcd In wuf.ire Wearing tho uniform of an Ameiif in olllcer, hut without title oi i.ink he Is to go umong the toldlcrs, i not to gIo them material things or! loiltino dhersions oi or.itoi but to' r..ikei i - al-ui .ir. nusciiwa I iou to go to runic, mo n"101 K tll( American ti aM jourself of every o I ,0 a,1,",'", tho bo AIv Dear Mr. Rosenwald I want vou to go to runic, move around oops and opiiortunltv the condi tions nt homo, particularly the op- poitunltles in Ameilcan life as vou have observed them in your own successful business career. Can j them as a message ftom me, ot rather from the people of the United States for whom I ven ture to speak to them, this thought' That in a, time of universal sacri fice thev me having a heiolc oppm tunltv and their privilege Is to vln dlcate again in the eyes of the world the vvholesomeness and beautv of the pilnciples upon which American liberty Is based, that the war will fiee Tiance nnd Ktircipr-, but In nd dltlon will free America, and when thev have helped to make men fiee eveivwhein the blessings nnd re wards nf a finer civilization will be espcchllv theiis to enloy. since thev will have so greatly contributed to Its picservatlon With his own personal knowledge of everv put of the United States ; Mi IM'cnwald is wtll equipped foi I ! his new uik i In addition to his own svmpithv with these voung soldiers. His famil I larltv with their homo districts and hls knowledge of tlie vocational oppoi- tunities awaiting them after the war Mr Rosenwald has Invaluable mate rial foi his mission in the Minpe of many letters foi the soldiers written to him bv Governors nnd Senatnis Hniu.iiini. uinicc in nil nni tu tit the 1 Union and i personal message fiom Charles M Schwab ' 1 GeVniail Peace MOVe i , . -, ,, SOOtl, Wants Gerard Continued from Tnise One lea was a monev-mad country that"wouhl not fight If btepped on the Kaiser he- levedt, .When wo declared' vvrV.H whsi "a' shock to him SInco then the sur-' prises havo been rolling up' Burred I ratrrnalKm Opening his address, Mr Gerald said ' .the German Government would not al low traumatism io exisi mere as u does In Amerlc i lie wild the Imptrlal Government w i- afraid to have or gaulzatlons which might cause a revo h'tlon against the sjslem of rule The people of Germanv do not know jet tint thev cannot win this war but the officers Of the general staff know that It Is useless to believe the cai obtain a victor And America Is recognized as the dominant factor ln deciding the struggle against Oermanv," Mr Gerard said In concluding his talk Ho was scheduled to speak tonight I nt the Independence Square rallv but was fotced to return to -New x.ork jni nvdlatclv after his morning address President R II Gerard, imlsln of the 'former nmbas'.adot, called thi tiuetug 1 io old. i. Ihe Riv F T Mi Fa ldu. Iltlihmond. Va . nronoumid t ir i vo cation The orchestra began 'I h -m ii Spangled Banner" Miss Beatrix Keid all Eaton, dressed as Columbia walked Into view on the singe, escorted bv a marine larrj lug a French flag ind a silloi carrlng an American fl ig she i sing the national antnem, men the Maisclllalse As she uttered the first words of "Ihc Star Spangled Banner." a huge service flag with one big lime star in it and the numerals '31C.212' on the stai was slowly dropped from the galler of the stage As the service Hag unfurled, hundreds of miniature American Hags fell from lis folds N. ar the end of Miss Eaton s opening song , large American flag was dropped behind the service Hag When she fin ished singing Miss Eaton thre.v the small Hags to the audience Fn eland Kendrlck, Receiver of Taxes, welcomed the convention to I'hll- delnhla on behalf of the Major Le roy Andrus. of Buffalo first president of tho Congress, respondded and read an address from H C Hill, first secretary. who was unable to attend Committee and oHlcer' reports occu pied much of this afternoon s session According to the report of W. E Futch, secretary of the congress, nnd A F. King, treasurer, made this after noon, seventy-three out of nlnet-two I organizations affiliated with the congress ! bought $10.953,2t5 worth of Liberty bonds $17,301 worth of war savings stamps and i"n0 in thrift stamps An aiinroslmato estimate of the total pur chases in Liberty bonds, thrift btamps , and war savings stamps by Individuals heionBing to organizations alllllated with ' .ui ,.'ess is J47 951 381 .the congress IS H..JOI.CSI Tho executive committee of the con gress suggested that each of the nlnetj'- two different organizations auiuaieu should dtvoto from fifteen to twenty minutes at each meeting to patriotic exercises, and to encourage members to buy Liberty bonds and war Saving stamp and tnrilt stamps This afternoon the "pcakers were Dr C Day Clark, of Toronto, Canada, and Dr Lee K, Frankel Doctor Clark's ad dresH was on 'Wartime Canada" Doctor Frankel, who l treasurer of the American Public Health Associa tion, praised the fraternal tnsuranco PHILADELPHIA GIRL DROWNED Elizabeth Wood Loses Life Swim ming at Westville, N. J. The body of Elizabeth Wood, twentj two j ears old. 2010 North Hope street, was recovered today from Timber Creek. Westxllle, X. J . where she was drowned whllo in bathing last Sunday evening. Miss Wood and Miss Elizabeth Man ning, who also lives at 2040 North Hope street, were swimming with William Hess. Charles McLaughlin and Josenh Dorman, all of Gloucester, when Miss .Wood .was seized wim cramps. i " SCENE OF BRITISH DRIVE 1 Wr'' a ). I BRITISH I V MoKbW ABREAST OP rv croitiflei ci y y r Xi vift j t,ie I XAvctnetrE , B'ir o rBapauma Ribourt y ThiU0 z' S rtrL i W i n. i Montaub. TST MONTAUBAN M Albert Comble, 1 u.cfiel?t Maricourt J SCALE of In their operations eat of Arra the Ilrili'Ii nt M'vcral points arc abreast of the Ilimlcnburg line. Should this portion be turned the Germans have (mother defensive sv-lun further to the eal, in tho famous Wotan "swilcli" line MUST FIGHT ONUNTIL GERMANY SUBMITS, SAYS LORD HUGH CECIL Senator Lodge's Program of War Aims Meets British Ap proval Struggle Now a Crusade Against a Moral Dis ease Peare Intrigues Condcmed Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger t "The war Is now n ciusnde." he writes Copvrloht till bv r,n York Tlmri Co. """ ht ln ovei throw a pilnclple. . i stamp out a moral disease, extlrpato an I onrtnn. Aug ... i nbomlmtlon The war is no longer one Senator Lodge's program of war alms between tun groups of nations It Is contnln3 no specification making a clear- , the rlv Hired world fighting to chastise er appeal to the British people than his "bels against Its fundamental laws exclusion nf he permNsll. llty of an- TIJ ""'.fy,1 " "nt "' conversations ..'"... ', ,- -n, o, rnr and negotiations as between coins, but ,,Pmor wm be , nded by a democratic. not n lplonUc peace Mrtunllv all the organs of Unirlish opinion ate agreed that no peace which ttsflcs Oeiman autocracy can sntlsfvl lliltlsh democracy Here and thre Is some quarrel with the use of the phrase V ,.n , "uiin. woiuii nave been dictated pe.ee" on the ground that It ! Justified in point of force, though not of too neatlv resembles the knockout,"'""" Is vital to tid off i -uprrlor blow ' policy, but on the essentials there national siiprcmaev, which Is Implied In Is vlrtnnllv uninlinltv of view Veue, league of nations, to prove tint there uipi,.., ht ttier f.nf?lnpererl tw sl I discredited deposed .monarch or by any. 'other German agenev, are tinder the circumstances calculated to have a orry .-- ,.nA In 1I10 lltrlit nf the ilevelnn- nunts which have token place since th" words weie uttered tnat English stntes- man, Asqulth. who said n would ho easy to reject a first German peaie offer, but that !t might he dlKenit to so ileal vvlthi a -secoiicl. might vish to rev i-e hs ''iLil.n I . rl.iinnp it tli if rt j I the late Premier uould undoubtedly agri'e that the democracy which Is win-1 nirtg the war wt'l settle terms of peace, Lord Hugh Cecil la the course or cor- rrsnnndencu dealing with Lord Lang- Idounes nronosels has admirably tie-, lineatid what nnv be described as the dominant ten per at 'lie uruiaii jieupie Tlie British Jovommcnt, he sajs, cin-I not. as Lansdowie thinks endiuvm to facilitate the ipenlng or negotiations, , because much more Is now at Issue than i the causes ot British I.itervenllon PHILADELPHIA SURVIVORS Upper row, left to riRiit, Clarenro l'vans and Robert A. Corcoran, members of the crew of the ill-fated submarine chaser No. 209, who vvere wounded. ISelow, Claude A Kulmey and Leonard A. Husketl, Jr., who e'caped unwounded U. S. Patrol Boat Sunk by' Mistake Continued from Pace One been landed, and, with the excoptlon of Evans, are uninjured. Al the Evans home this afternoon, Mrs Evans was doubtful that the Clarence Evans men tioned was her son. She said her boy had been on land dutj. Kalmey is a quartermaster and a chum of Corcoran Klrby is an electrician and Wolgand is a gunner's mate Kalmej la a son of Walter M. Kalmej', corresponding secretary for the Brother hood of Andrew and Philip, with head quarters ln the Episcopal Church House, Twelfth and Walnut streets The joung quartermaster enlisted April 12, 1917, while a student at the West Philadelphia High School He was ln uniform when graduated from the high school About two weeks ago he visited his parents, and said the sub marine chaser 209 vvas about to leave for Southern waters to Join a patrol flotilla of twelve vessels With him on his last visit vvas Leonard A Haslrftt, Jr. also a member of the 209a crew Tho two were "buddies" Father at Hog IMand Haskett ' is a son of Leonard A. Haskett formerly was a seregant-clec-1s employed at Hog Island. The senior Maskett formerly xvas a sergeant-electrician and stationed at Fortress Mon roe, where voung liasket vvas born, The son enlisted ln the naval reserv ea Anrit 7 nf ic ver ti ,ii nfter the April 7, oi last year, tne day alter tne ;v ...MfaWSL im .rrrtir i WV kW ' Mtx ' tm 'I (Mm m h, w&r'w 1 ' lisfeu a ISwSP?? , !t& y T& MILES In the reeognle,! defeat, and consequent ,UI"r'hln '1,1 1 7"?,' "ntln ,r , 'CF1I,N of the vu.r were to """" " v" i-"m nmn us own 'B'""'1 the world, unconditioned na- .',""''""" " " uie evn principle tionall"!ni " a pow cr in tno w orhl rrrnter than l'e stiength of t.ie most vmii Ue nation Otheivvlsi, l.crnntij might become nelthir a lov.al member nor even an olicd cnt subject of the leaclle. Its nn. tionallsm mlgl t still remain undlmmcd, I seeking arren to strengthen Itself by neeumuHted for.o till It should be strong enougli to fight again Other "" wuuui oe nongeo io no w.ewlse and the le.icue would fail of Its pur IMlP 'The wv nmst be rnupht till It onrt I" the submission of Oermanv Bv sub-1 mission I do not In the least mean de- sirucuon inuccu, it is not, I believe possible to destrov a strong and united i nation by mllllarv defeat We don't I setk to destrov Gernnnv. hut we seek " iiw mi: wi-i luuii m lecoKmzc mat thev have been defeated and to submit to the nuthoritv of a world stronger! man tnev .xioioen must he humiliated In sight of nil his votaries If they are to accept a purer faith ' Fulled States declared wai Thomas Hnran chief boatswain 3414 Clearfield street, this ill.,, Claude Wilde, machinist's mate; Elmer T Gliahon, machinist's mate, and Charles N Thomas, seaman, are among the rctcuid Bernhard Urges Peace Revision continued from I'ase One Solf, the German Mlnistet for Colonies, tint the treatj' Is onlv a frame lo be filled out In the future, and adds' ' The originally planned community of Interests of the border States with Ger man) is of siihsldlaij' importance, com pared with the absolute)' necessary re lationship between Germany and Rus sia and the Asiatic bloc attached to Russli Instead of creating new kingdoms at this critical time, we should concern ourselves with the lnylng of the foundation for a European alli ance of nations, without which the league of nations of the entire world, which bus been advocated by many, would be nothing but a deceptive label for Anglo-Saxon world domination" drub Plan Forentnllrd Bernhard sajs the original Idea of the Brcst-Lltovslc treat) was that con cessions could be made in exchange for concessions from England, but that, as is now is clear there Is no outlook for peace by agreement, these concessions should be made to Russia. COUNTER-REVOLTS RAGE NEAR MOSCOW By the United Press Amsterdam, Aug 27 Serious counter-revolutionary dlsor ders have broken out near Moscow, ao cording to a dispatch from that city dated Sunday, received via Berlin to day, A decision to Bupport the counter revolution was reported 'at many labor meetings, the dispatch sa)d. Clushes re sulted between workmen and Bolshevik troops, the latter setting fire to a num ber of villages near Moscow, where counter-revolutionists had taken refuge. An army of 40,000 peasants la fighting against a combined force of Germans and Ukrainians near Ski Ira, according to the newspaper Pravda, of Stockholm. The railway strike In Ukraine, contin ues Russian bourgeoisie, returning from Kiev, report, as soon as German sol diers leavo any district, the workmen desert the factories and peasants or ganize resistance The Ukrainian bourgeoisie are be tween the devil and the deep sea. They retent German occupation, but they fear It will be replaced by a Soviet govern ment as soon as the Germans go. Called to Washington for War Work Frederick P.. Gruenberg, director of the Bureau of Municipal Research of Philadelphia, has been called to Wash- ' J'".'""- , . r wotk unoer ine H'1"'1 "'"tes Housing Corporation ana the Bureau of Labor Statistic. v . "" - FINNS SEE ONLY HOPE OF FREEDOM IN ENGLAND Reds Flock to British in Murmansk to Escape Prussian izing Influence Don't Want to Fight Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Copurloht, Dm, bu ,u. l orfc Time Co. Tnndon, Aug. 27. Arthur Ttansome, the correspondent of the London Dnlly News, who is a Dol shcvlk protagonist, sends the following dispatch from Stockholm under date of Saturday: "I had a long talk today with M. Usenlus,. vv ho was the official representa tive of the Ilnl Finn Government at Stockholm. Usenlus Is a Social Democrat member of the Finnish Metal Workers' Union, and spent two ears In America. He, like most of the metal workers, was oppotd to the armed revolt In Finland, but bowed to the will of the majority and did not shirk the responsibility when it became Inevitable I asked him about the rtcd Finn's attitude toward the Al lies at Murmati and toward the Soviet republic He snld the newspaper stories here about the Finnish Leader Itahja, who Is alleged to have taken 10,000 Red Finns to Murman, are extremely Inac curate. "'Comparatively few Finns' he said, 'have gone north from I'etrograd, but great numbeis have retreated out of northern Finland nnd are escaping across the frontier After suppression of the revolt lhc have joined forces with the Ilngllsh In the north, believing the English could help them against the Germans nnd Whlto Finns That, of course, was before the Allies had taken definite steps against the Soviet Republic When It became clear that the Allies were opposed to the Soviet. Itahja tried to withdraw the Red Finns from Mur mansk. The Finnish Social Democrats at Tetrograd fssued a declaration that no Finns should help the Allies, who op posed the Socialist Russian Government. KnglUh Their Only Hope "I asked whether Rahja brought away many. Vsenius replied: 'A good num ber, but the majority remained, believing thnt onlv the English can help them ' "I asked him to define the 'Red' atti tude to the Soviet Government He said: "'We can be convinced tnat no oiner than Soclnllst parties In Russia, should thev come Into power, would have given Flnlnnd real self-government, and that is what wo want. We nre neither for tho English nor for the Germans' "1 next referred to a conversation I had with Tokol. the Finnish leader In Moscow, when Tokol emphasized tne fact that the Red Finns were for the Dolshevikl. Usenlus replied' " 'That is so, and Tokol. an older man. finds It moro difllcult to sjm- pathize with the doings of the extteme left ' He then referred to Kaselrod s and Russanoff s proposal to send an Inter national lommlsslon of Inquiry to in vestigate the doings of the Bolshevlkl Ho sild the Swedish Social Democrats were agreed on condition tin all other SELECTMEN CHEERED AS THEY GO TO CAMP Relatives and Sweethearts in Demonstration at North Philadelphia By the United Press Washincton, Aug. 27. Provost Marshal General Crowder today issued a call for 5000 white men for general military service sup plementary to the general call made last week. Of these, 2300 will come from Illinois nnd 2500 from Pennsylvania. The men of both States will entrain for Camp Forrest, Ga., between September 3 and 6. Many fatheis, mothers, "isters and sweetlenrts gnthei.d at the North Phil adelphia Station of the Penn-j Ivanla Rallrond tod iv to saj gootl-bv to drafted men from Local Board .No. 15. Fourth nnd York i-ticets The men arc to train at Camp Lee, Va At 9 '40 the station nnd lawns that surround It were ns devoid of humanity as Gold-mlth's "Deserted Village." but two minutes latcrwhcn a band swung down Broad rtreet plajlng the 'Star Spangled Banner ' the railroad property took on the life of a count) fair on Votn"ntUDaBfew minutes after 11 did the trooi train leave the station and for more than an hour the future heroes of France vvere compelled to stand up under a shower of hugs and kisses ,,arfrom wern Penns,lvanla pulled into the Station This was the signal for a fresh outburst. ,,-,.l,m nnrl Ohio Station, At tne iun'wv . . Tivent). fourth and Chestnut streets a second group of men pulled away foi menVtf "th T clt ' today for southern riming camps Tomorrow and Thurs day nearly 9000 more will depart. Ills co larbone broken ln an automo hllV awldent esterday. Lewis Smith. ?".a"0 years old, a member of the dtypolce force, was one of the draft ed men who departed today. In the Fmnkford Hospital, where he was taken after the accident, he protested against be ng held because he would be pre vented from leaving for camp. He was discharged after the broken bone was set. HP.I.P IVANTl-.n IEMM.K x BOOKKEEPER VV HO KNOWS HIS Oft HEH WORK TIIOR. OUGHLY. -WHO DESIRES TO DO HIS OR HER SHARE OP UNCLE SAM'S WOrJc. CAN DO SO BT APPLYING TO THE II. M HOLLINOSIIEAD CO.. OTH AND MAHKET OTS. CASIDEN. N. J. votINO WOMAN to work In motor truck and automobile parts stock room. fellcnt .? for advancement: must wear bloomer coveVa". " APPlv Overland Harper Co . 14 O nlst Sl ASK lOr ": ur.iv ffAxrrn-MtiB BOOKKEEPER WHO KNOWS HIB OR HER WORK TIIOR OUOHLY. WH DESIRES TO DO HIS OR HER SHARE OF UNCLE SxM'S XAORK. CAN DO SO BY APPLYING TO THE It. M. HOLLINGSIfEAD CO . OTH AND MARKET 8TS, CAMDEN. N. J. PUKNLSIIICn ROOMS -OMMMITAULY furnished second-Boor front or mlddlo roomj aentiemtn oniy conveni ent to Ho Island cars: West Philadelphia; Siva?- Vome. Woodland 4878 J. "Other Classified Ada on fate IS and H X. . parties should take part. He complnlncd thnt they did not say how many or what countries wcro to bo represented, and added that tho scheme. In nnv case. Was wrong, because It began bv as turning thnt the prisoner was guilty. 1'lnns Don't Vtnnt to fight " 'The Finnish army,' he said, 'consists or very new men, and Is not yet In condition to lie forced to do what It does not want 1J; does not want to fight. Food conditions In Finland also nro bad. In the north frosts have ruined the potato cron and done much damage to corn. The position in Fin land is ciittiiult enough without war. Therefore, It Is unlikely that the Finns will take any initiative' "On the other hand, the communica tions nre so bad that any serious at tempt on the part of the English to drive the Germans out of Finland Is un likely, because they would need prep arations on a vast scale, and tho at tempt could only become serious if Pet rogrnd were In Allied hands, so that the Allies could threaten the southern Fin nish railroad Trjlng to l'rimslnnlze Finland "Hence, perhaps, tho German urgeno In trying to force on the preparation of the Finnish army. They are even going so far as to Issue Finnish newspapers with the object of the Prusslanlz.atlon of Finland nnd tho creation of a military spirit. I have myself seen seleitions from this propaganda, some of which consist of an elementary kind of essay on mo pericct soldier. "I asked Uenlus what attitude the Reds would take In case that In spite of all there should be war. He said that If manv Social Democrats vvere forced Into the Finnish army they would be neutral. I asked whether there was anv probabil ity of a fresh Red rebellion He said: " 'N'one whatever whllo the Germans nro In Finland, unless there is a German revolution. Then probably the Reds would return from Russia and find help nttually In the new Finnish army, which contains many conscripts who are un tjmpithetlc with tho Whltc-i nnd nptnly say thev would bo glad to learn the iie of arms because of future possibilities ' "Even should there be persons In favor of inviting help from the German", there can be no question nbout the atti tude of the iticutlve committee, which has uncomprlslnglv opposed any bort of lolaboratlon with them "Tho feeling of tho people Is extremely anti-German Kteadv piopag.inda has been carried on by the Soviet leaders during the las' six months, never losing nn opportunlt of explaining both the abominable and temporary character of the Brest pe tec and never losing an op portunitv of exposing all the misdeeds of the Gtrnnns In the Ukraine, which Me now btarlng fruit . and I am dcfiniti Iv infonmd that the Red uimv which Trotzkv has created Is definitely anti German IL NEMIC0 SC0NFITT0 ALFRONTE IN ALBANIA Gli Ilaliani Infliggono una Sanguinosa Disfatta agli Austriaci Published nni Di'trlbuted Pnder I'BIIVIIT NO nn Authorlred tx the m.t r Oitnlxr It 111" on tile .it the Postofriie of Phlli- tlnhls Pa lt order of the Prrllent A H lirULl."ON' Postmaster itinera! Itnmn, 21 agosto II Mlnlstero della Guerra hu slam tuc pubbllcato uti conumlcato dnl quale sl rilcva chc le truppc ltallane In Albania, ope-ando nella rtglone tra i fluml Semenl e Obum, dopq aver arreslato Miperlorl foize ncnilche durante parecchl glornl ill truentl coinhattlnientl, sl ono rllliate Imlloturbnte per preparole le loro llnce ill difesi c tarforzarlc per qualslasi evenlr.a II comunicato agglunge chc gli aus triaci sublrono una sanguino'-a disfatta II glorno "1 agoto ultimo seoiso, e chc da ciuel glorno lion hanno plu' rinnovato i loro nttaiclil Fno del solitl huglardl comunlcatl del comando austrlaco, pubbllcato ierl In Vienna, annunzla cho le truppe aus- triache In Albania hanno rlcattuiato la citta" ill Herat c Tierl, vlclno la foce del Sciittnl, o chc gli It, ill. ml hanno sof ferto perdlte considerevoli In tiomlnl e mnteilalc 11 falso comunicato dice: "Fieri fu rlcatturata leri (domenica) dopo sangulnosl conibattimentl cho sl svolscio lungo le strade della citta' casa per casa Plu tardl catturammo Berat ed In breve gli itnlianl furono lesplntl dalle dominant! alture dl Speragi e Senja. Lo perdlte degll Italian! In uomlnl e matcriale furono gravl. Nil l'alto Ucvoll nol contlnuammo a con solldare I nostrl succcssl." Wilson Sees Baker and Whistles Washington, Aug 27 President Wil son )esterdav walked to tho State. War and Navv Building from the White House and visited Secretary Baker, with whom he remained In conference for more than half nn hour. The President seemed ln the best of spirits, and was whistling as he returned to the White House. enrictta ASimFBM s EisenloKr's ;?,Mpr' j4p$gp -? Masterpiece Q$0 1$MZlJ&& 1 Have taken Philadelphia l yMj ' Remember 1here is another size f ikgjfl$Kr Jr 'ffidt HenrlettaPerfectos fMSS J$'M otto ciscNcoim ossoi ,''' ,' '(imF SP'Wu . J . lX . tt .-., IX? A-WiVi lift HOLD SOMME LINE Front on Old Battlefield at Mercy of Events in ' South BOCHE IS VERY NERVOUS , Resistance Expected Between Ailctte and Soiesons and ' on Aisne Heights By G. H. PERRIS Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger rnpurinht, lltt, bv Xrw York Times Co. '' With tlio French Annies. Atie. 27. ' The German front ntong the old Somme battlefield, from Unpaume nnd Royp to the hills between Lnsslgny and ' Noyon, Is the enemy's outpost line, which, clesplto the strength of Its field J works, cannot long be held. It Is at the mcrcv of events further north and outli. The great German retreat ln " this icrlon ln tho spring of last year to tho then new Hlndcnburg line took us i-omewhat by sut prise. This time. Genet al Debeny nnd General Humbert aie ready to pounco nt a moment's nbtlce on the retreating foe. ' The Oise front, which, ns I havo shown, Is hardly fnvornble for a frontal I attack, Is compaintlvely quiet, but I I found jesterday morning considerable effervescence on General Mangln's I front. Here, on the wide, bare heights V and in the wooded gullies north of Solssons, the bocho Is In n desperately nervous condition. It Is natural, since wo threaten, on tho one hand, to turn his position nlong the Alsnc nnd Vesle. vvliilc, on the other, we are within gun nice of tho once famous hinge of the Illndenburg lino between CoUcy nnd the Solssons road ln tho west end of tho Chomln des Dames. It Is certain that tho enemy will put up a deter mined' resistance between tho Allette and Solssons and along tho Alsno heights. In the former sector he Is already going so Two htiong Gciman counter attacks vvere broken on S iturday In the neighborhood of -Montecouvrc ami at a hill "nil fatmstead east of nagneux. nnd Sunday Gcneial vpn i:ben sent Ip the first of tho guard, -which vvas severely punished The F10nc.l1 made COO prisoners cluilng the two dijs' combat at this point and cieitly advanced their line. Geneinl Mangln's army has made U'22i prisoners In tho last week, ih- 1 eluding 215 ofllcera, and has taken 256 cannon. !. W. W. PLEAD FOR NEW TRIAL ; Counsel Claims 40 Minutes Tdo, Short to Decide Guilt By the Associated Press (I1I111RO. Aug 27. Federal Judge Landls todaj heard argument of counsel on a motion fcr a new trial nnd arrest ' nf Judgment In the case of 100 leaders or the 1 VV. VV. lecentlv round guiltj of rtiiiM'Irncv in violating the ctpionago 1 in The pilsoners who have been In jail 1 foi .1 cik, weie brought Into the court room h indeuffed In pairs under n heavy"' miicd guard , ' " Alt' rnev (ieorce F Vanderxeir. chc ", eonntel for the defendants In .prrenting the opening nigiimcnt tm the motions.. attacked the constitutionality or the In-,. nir imeiii. Attorney vanderveer pointed fo the fact 1 hat the Jury was out only forty m nui"- This, he said, was Insufficient 1 time in properly deliberate rm the massW of evidence presented Numerous court, diiMous were cited bv the attorney In sitppoit 01 nis contention mat, tne ae fend mts were entitled to a pew trial .Iitdgo Landls took the motions under ' advisement nnd snld he would announce ' his decision Thursdaj " WMIMWW r.0NG DISTANCE M0VINQ When our plans to moe nr roiiffummated eM our price. Our J'lerre-Arrow Vrhr make fre ciuent trip to point vtlthln 500 miles of Philadelphia. 20th Century Storage Warehouse Co. Opposite West Philadelphia Sta Phone Preaton 6107 . Notice of Removal On and After September 1 Ramsdell & Son' Now at IS0S Walnnt Rtreet Will lie Located at f 1225 WALNUT ST. ' Ivers and Pond Pianos In y ? n . - , T. ii"- M r. L t.V.il M" i ti w 'it .U&4 rA ...i.3 i-hr-
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