w
t ,
V
Jli "
.iywwrv "'",
" '
iriavo passed through Morval to
' tDUthCBSt.
f Transloy. cm the uapaume-i-e-e
high road, wns reported to have
i captured this morning.
lie British have made further nil-
(trees to the north of Lens. At one
lace thtev Bushed forward for a dis
tance of a thousand jards.
' 1 nl-..- T..l.t..1 Gmnmn
-v kvo unvcn jjciuiiu tjwuiii.u r
E,,.iWTh.e Germain havo
Sfc&WntPtho Klvcr Som
Ljlotit Iho Hellish fr
EjsLwestern bank now Is 1
.vano uermnns nnvo u" i "
Sommo evcrjiincre
front. The whole
Is In the possession
fjtt Field Marshal Halg's troops, and
rarat one place jusi souui ui xa. najjtr
.""letto a British forco has crossed to
Si'tho pant hank.
pS - In the operations concluded this
pBttrnornlng 300 prisoners fell Into the
gKfhands of the British on this side of
jthe river, being unaoic to gci uwaj
lU-AQuicKiy enougn.
& The Germans have destroed all tho
tfiSDnagcs ncioss me ooraure. iiiciuuiuk
rJk.i. Miimnri irMcm nnil tho lobular
irtbrldca at Peronne
tS nrM .I... nnt . Ttetfrrnn hnwnenr
v aftaf IVin Hi'n. rhnnfrpQ its course from
the north to the west, the British
went In sn nuleklv that the cause-
,way over tno Sotnme at Clery on the
.. 'north bank was secured int.ict.
Peronne and the countiy to the rcvi
of that city are well under "the tire,
Itl,
of British guns.
North of Peionne tho Get m ins now
'are holding the road to Bap-iume us
far as a point opposite Comble North
of here the advance of tho Uiitish
made the enemy letire a-'ain. Hiltlth
patrols are astitde the load
Bapaume seems to hat been enp
tured without much resistance bv
'New Zealand troops who were as
sisted by piessuiu from the Kngllsh
on the south The town was entered
from the north and east Thcto was
only oner street ngniing ani in,,,, "occupied ' Horn That Ttoie wis
the Geimans who had been left be i ,, ' , lnat "0t ""
hind surrendered mentioned Mmph as one of eight plncoa
Retreat In Flamlcr, In.lic.iled I""'0" " h"c" lmrlv occupied H
Fires Indicating the wiihdiiwil of " " "' deep Mgnincinee and It I.
the German mi the noitheiii end of 1"UI " r " Inelle-ite clc-iih tint the
the British front and especially in rmmi has v i defliii'eli decided to hes
the Lis salient, are bunting Many .la,e lon , , unrtlsgul-cd
explosions hue betn ob-M.id behind ' " "' "-"
the enem lines i
This morning the r.iltish pushed
Jorv.ard rapidly from Itapaumc and
nowvarc lighting to the eabt of l'rcml
court on tho toid to Cimbial nnrt at
Bancourt.
The Germans arc lighting leni
guard actions The enenn foiro
seems to bo in full ctreat in this
localltj.
North of Bapaume the most Im
portant captures hae been madev
The strong defenses which had hi en
erected by the Geimans at Bullecouit
Hendecourt lez Cagnlcourt and Wen-court-lez-Cugnicourt
have been storm
ed and captured
. At Rlencourt especlalh . were the
defenses Ktrong mid the town slto
atop high giound, whiih in itM'ir
formed a natural defensh e position It
had been thought that the Geim-ins
would hold onto this place desperately
and they did foi the fiist pan of the
fcto-.
I Under the terrific Biitlsh lire liow-,,f
attack.
ever, the enem broke as Ilalg's men
tormed the place, aim u now is uimiv
In British hands.
Reach Queaiit Snitch
Here the British aie within a few
hundred yards of the famous Dro-court-Queant
line, which probably Is
one of the stiongest positions the
enemy has ecr erected on the wehtcrn
front.
J.1IB UIUIMIIIl-ViUl-JIU ""cl,r' ""
1st of five lines of trenches, main ma-,
'chine guns and immense quantities of I
or, tv,n .mmH i lionni pnmhorl .
With'deep dugouts to offer shelter from
bombardment. ,
It Is along this line net haps thit ,
one of tho most bitter struggles of the .
war may soon take place
The British attacked the Geinnns
lilt dawn today north of Ecoust St. Meln
Afti Rnnth of Hullpcourt. and this le-
SflPijfirloh -also seems to have been cleired
, the enemy. The Germans continue
to bring up new troops in this locality.
'Another new Prussian division has
been Idettlfled In the fighting during
the night. This division was one
which the Americans had smashed to
pieces, at Chateau-Thierry and since
had been refitting and filling gteit
gaps In the ranks somewhere In the
rear.
' B) the Associated Prcs
Paris, Aug. 30.
German counter-attacks between
the Ailette and the Aisne were le
pulsed last night by the French, sas
the War Office statement today The
French maintained their gains east of
Pasty, two miles north of Solssons.
South of the Somme and nlong the
Canal du Nord there was no change
in the situation during the night Ger
man raids along the Vesle, where
American troops are stationed, and In
sra tjnampagno lauea, me w ar unice
DS,statement adds.
By the Associated Pres
With thc French Ami, Aug 30
The French Third Army Is meeting
with greater resistance along tho line
of 'the Somme and the Canal du Xord
The German opposition was partlcu
larly stout In the region of Nesles,
where It was necessary to have artil
lery to reduce some positions.
The villages of Rouy le-Grnnd and
Rouy-le-Petlt, east of Nesles, are in
the hands of the French, while south
along the canal they have Bieuil
Moyencourt and La Panneterle, north
of Nesles, where General Humbert's
wft troons also are approaching the Somme.
the Germans launched a counter
,attackagalnst Morchuln without sue
cess. The Geimans appeir to be
strongly re-enforced by aitllltry along
the Canal du Nord, where their ie-
? slstenc is htlffenlng
After the capture of No on.. French
troops advanced eastward to the south
ern slopes of Mont St Simeon.
The battle pn the Ailette is pi ogress
Jng favorably for the troops of Gen
eral aiangln.
Tho Germans aie making tho most
determined resistance against the
French Army in an effort to prevent
It gaining a strong foothold north of
..the Ailette. A French success in this
direction would menace the enemy's
.'communications.
Kg". Cavalry was employed mainly by
,ithe Germans yesterday, but notwlth-
mS, standing this display of force the
f? "enemy was unable to" stay the advance
Jr - 01 tne trencn.
fv tho Unltditl Pri
H Yli.ta Alfcr tn llavnnJ X'n...... V. A
V&! Vf , Ub MV. UEJV.1U ..UJUII llio
.5".. drench are pushing toward Gulscard
SwVand Chauny. The Germans aro offer-
flng convulsive resistance on the
W. -iXoyon and along the Crozat Canal.
i.1icihuu owui,vcab atiu itu. u.vunk ui
rjn tna Aiietie region tne ien.cn
rkkvo reached the borders of Coucy
.ITarftt which mercpn Into St. Goholn
FssT.'fyorest. generally regaided aa one of
Bw'v&tbe greatest defensive positions on the
wiw rront.
j."1! The French have captured Qulgnlny
tJPflu roii.ic'uc9-cu.iuiuuiiit:iA.
if . fttA r,.lnr.lnnl ..ito n Q fix nn,l
Wjp i o ,4 ,.v,i uiuo ,u ji, vutruiiJI ,
a ACllJIUIjr Ulitlib illlU L11C lUllllUl U
he Allien,
Northeast of Nesle the French are
'eolfljnking the north canal section of
jflMl German Somme line.
rkvf North of Noyon French troops are
ii p rfmrali ndn r alonsr. the, rnjifl tn ITnm.
Quliioard, and also have reached
ourt (on. the west bank of
oppoite, ariej. xney are
s7J5araK2-c2E:
p 7
PARIS QUESTIONS
FOE'S STRATEGY
Seeks Hintlenburg's Motive
for Retirement on Line
of Battle
COUNTER TO AMERICA
Allies Now Face Task of
Crushing Germany's Sec
ondary Defense
Special Cable tn Eiening Public l.otlger
' """"" '" by AVi. Yorh rimr, Co.
Pin-!', Aug 30
The fall of Rove and the continued
vhtorlotis idnnc- of thp l'rciieh nml
UiHish, ttoops along tho greiter part of
e whole battle- front h-is mused opln
Ion hero to footii its. If c1oeh on Oer
mat Plans for tlm immedlitc futuic
It l notul tint -atlsfir'ori is Is Hip
fiet that the ape of the famous
niaiilnes-rtoAP-Wslp trlsngle the ame
powerful redoubt In the German centre,
hns agiln fallen Into the hinds of the
AM'en icstoidii mornings otllclil com-
muniepio rennrts tiieroH thit il, i'ri.M.
'" i"-"i oeimsive posi
rein.it to ih
tlons of the okl lllndrnhurg line hi'
nlrc.Kb begun In good earnest
Seek Ileal MnlUe fur Itelrent
f-tmlents of the situation who look he
onll the presi-it are nsKIng what can
he the umhrhlng motive for the far
reaching decision the Germans appeir to
hae tal.en It Is fullj realized here
;r s,p , - rrnr.? -
ear was not merelj to escape the Im-
mediate pressure of the Allies' conquest
"ii the battle of the .Somme, but had a
fa i duper reason i
The Itusslan front was then still a ,
ierv seilous olist.icle In the enem h .
Pith Tho
iji'rmtiis, notw iinstanoing
tlielr adantage of being ahk to fight
on Interior 1 ne were faced with the
fart tint the were betwen Hie l'ranco-1
HrllNh ileIl and the Russian deep sea, I
and tint thev wire In Imminent danger
...... ... 11 in,-, win. in iiiiniiiifiii uunKcr
nn ai,nnt immediate attack from the
former whhli cau' eerj Indication of
probable uece3s,
Hindenburg dee deer on an Immediate
retreat to s,uch a distance behind that It
would take the Miles nt le ist six months
to reorginlzo theli offenshe front on the
Vr'T'.r ... Y'?r"Y'r' "' "31
countrj he left behind bin, UurlnB
which time vafP m his new. carefully
, prcpired defmsHe positions, he would
he ablo to deote his who'e attention to I
.1 . , ...... .- r I I
"v '-' "' """ -;" "' ""
'""l" "no and for all
Thc situation In many
respects is
'del different tndaj. hut the cooler-
beaded and more far-teelng students of
v,t"n ' meinous nore who reane n"
succesfull Illndmburg carried his plan
inrougn ia"t iar are a--King w nai ma)
no the nrohnb e underlilne motUe or
the prohnbl
tho eneiny's tun ittrcat Tho grim fact
wh'ch emerged from last .vears great
German retlnmcnt on tho western fiont
was tint It resulted in the almost com
plete destruction of one of Girnianj's
principal enemies IttiShla was "downed
nnd outed" and no present advantage
can accrue from blinking at that hard
fact.
Seek Counter to U. S. StrciiRtll
Obviously, what German Is seeking
,ind Ins been seeking for more thin a
year past Is some counter-weight to
cancel the cvtr-growing advantage to
the Allies of America s huge army l'p
till now the enemy has been working In
the belief that victory for him depended
on a successful race agnlntl time His
series of desperate offensives in March
and Julv proved he was animated by
the belief that unless tne Trench' and
British were declsivelj defeated before
the Amrlcans wire reads, nls doom waa
sealed
Toch s victorious assumption of thc
Initiative and from thc German point of
view, the miraculously successful offen
sive of the Allies, have completely revo
lutionized the incms's Ideas as to tho
tune factor Given sulTlclent breathing
time Germanv It Is billeved in many
quarters here. Is now convinced she cm
draw a large enough armj from her
Bussian conquests tn offaet America's
millions, and if becaue of ntlu r factors,
she cannot now hone roi complete vic
tory, she can prolonir the war long
enough to weio the Allies into consent
ing to a Malt-mate peace that will still
leave her In a position at least to share
In the domination of Kurope and per
haps recommence het ttruggle for a
hegemony in a few vears' time
Official War Reports
miiTiMi
London, Aug 30
Tn spite of thc destruction of river
brideis our advancing troops crossed
tin Somme both south and west of
Peronne
We have taken Clerv-Sui -Somme
and Combles in this area alone we
took more than 20u prlboneis and a
few guns jesterdav
London and VWst Lancashire troops
made Important progress jeMcrdny
afternoon eit of the Sensce rlvei,
capturlrg Bullecourt and Hemic-court-Lez-Cagnlcourt
after hard fight
ing togetlur with the powerful Ger
man trench systems piotectlng these
villages
Between Hendecourt and the Arras-
Cambral road an attack delivered by
ranadlan troops eurlv this morning
1 is reported to he developing favor-
I abb
Astride the river Scarpc. Kngllsh
and Scottish troops continued their
. ndance jcBterday and gained valu
able ground In the direction of Bter
plgny, Hamblaln-Les-rres and I'lou
vain The village of Remy is held
by us
A number of prisoners were cap
tured in these operations
In the valley of the Lane and Lys
rlv'ers we continued to push forward.
khi:.noii
Turin, Aup 30
Along the Somme and in the re
gien of the Canal du .Nord therj was
no xhange during the night ,
Bevvecn the Ailette and Xhe Aisne
French troops repulsed several Ger
man counter-atacks. Hast of Pasly
we maintained our gains.
Along the Vesle and In Champagne
German raids were without result
Tho night was quiet on the remainder
of the front
(IE KM AX
Uerlln, Aug 29. (Delayed.)
Southeast of Arras fresh engage
ments developed In the afternoon.
Forefleld fighting took place in front
of our new lines east of Bapaume and
Peronne and east of Noyon. Infantry
fighting took place on the Ailette.
Between the Ailette and the Aisne
especially strong attacks by French
and Americans failed completely, with
erjr heavy enemy losses. So far more
Mum Wty UnksUra reported shot to
BtacLi. j fli j V
EVENING PUBLIC
WHERE FOCH IS HUSTLING THE
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DUTCH WANT GERMANY
TO PAY FOR SHIPS SUNK
Ji J uuixx
Ask Why Kaiser Differentiates
t, tt . i a
JJeUVCCll iClllraI 111 AdrCC-
ing to Spain's Demands'
Special Cable to Kiening Public Ledger
Cojtwitjht ;";" bv n YotK Tim s to
Tile Iliiglie, Aug 1"
Since Oerimnv's ripitulatlon to
Spain's demands, the Dutch press Is
asking nh) Gernnnv dlffirentiates be
tween neutrals, and succestlng that the
Netherlands Cloernmeiit also dem ,nd
I c"mnc..satlon for tonnage that has beu.
' ,' ... .. .. ....
i. .iiiii, iij miuui ii, hnu lii net
ruthless submarining''" tho Nleuw
Courant Tks, and rem irks that If she
,
It would be a good blow for the
Pan-Germans
Such a measure. It as
w ould maks
ioniderahls Impression
,n i;nKiand before the elections
Considerable --pei illation Is st
III In
dulged In regarding negotiations be
tween America and Holland regarding
the hitter's east Indian trade, as no of
ficial Ptatcmcnt Is forthcoming. The
Ilnndelbhlad sajs that the Government
should not keep the people In suspense
The prosperity of thousands of Dutch
suhjiets depends on the outcome of th ,
negotiations, and the uncertainty Ins, .
made the market for Iist India trading i
companies' stocks cry unsteady
GERMANS REFUSE TO FIGHT
'To Hell With Fatherland," Sol
diers Tell Commander
By thc Associated Vc?s
On the llrltli.il front, Aug 30 Re
ports of Germans refusing to tight ion
tlnuo to be secured Reliable German in
formation sajs
On August 28 it was learned tint the
I'lfth Company of the Twi nt -m rand
Reserve Infantry Regiment refused tu go
forward to lelieve tho Fourth Comi) ins .
which had suffertd heavy loss, s, as ll
.,.,.... ...... .- - ..--- . - -. .... ... .. --
hadonlj gone out of line itsef four dav si
In . v lotlvK
'The men refused, for two hours dur
ing whli h tho cimimnnder thieatined to
uMid them forward under escort In the
nd the men were persuacieci, niiei
bean d argument noout ineir iiutv 10 me nip,tnut strcPt below Pifth The mei
fatheiland to which some of the men 1Pah nloan8 ll)e ahsoiptlon bv- the
openl retorted 'To hell with the phllnde'phiii .Vntlon.il Hank of the other
fatherland' " institution for under the agreement th.
Terrific losses continue to be Inflicted j-armers and Mechanics Institution Is to
on the Geimans The Germans on a liquidate and sell eertain of its Hsels,
large section of the front to the east 'if business and good will lo the IMillnelel
Uapiume have not had hot food ful phla Xatlonal
three davs because British bombs , sinci 1 87 J the Farmers and "Mechanics
smashed a large number of their ru'linj I nnnk his been a loan and transfer
: : . - ... .. . ....
kitchens
IRISH RECRUITING PROCEEDING
WITH UNEXPECTED SUCCESS
Serious-Minded Questioners Meet Earnest Replies by Colonel
Lvnch Not England's Quarrel, but Ireland's
With Rest of World
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
('OMrloM. JJ8. by .Veto Voifc TO Ifs ( "
Dublin, Aug 30
Colonel Arthur Lynch s recruiting
-ampaign has now started in real
earnest A erIB of meetings has been
arranged for every night this week In
Dublin, and then Colonel I,ynch, Cap
tain O Grady and other speakers w lit go
south to Umerlck, Clare, etc.
Already recruiting is going well, at
nn rate In tho three largest cities of
Ireland, where it might be said it has
taken the place of politics as the pre
vailing topic of serious and casual con
versation. Nothing has so surprised men of ail
shades of tnougnt as mai it duuuiu
have revived at an ana nuving reiocu
that it should so soon display Buch
health and strength and give promise
of such great things as are now ex
pected, for no wouia nave ueen ru
!r a riled a the wildest visionary who
would have thought that an open-air
meeting could ever again be addressed
In Dublin, In furtherance of an appeal
for recruits Vet a highly successful
one was addressed the other night In
the heart of the city of Dublin by
Lynch and uuraay, ana oy an ac
counts they are delighted with it.
It was the first open-air recruiting
meeting since the rebellion It Is true
that hecklers and interrupters were In
the crowd, but what meeting Is Immune
from such a class? There was another
lament in it composed of serious men.
who iut serious questions as to the rights
of small nations, me aims oi me .lines,
self-determination, democracy, eta, and
hi element. Colonel Lynch said after
ward that there was a great deal more
pith and suostance in meir queries man
he had expected to encounter.
in a statement to press representa
,, T vneh Aid he knew that the rat
I bulk of Sinn FelnerB were anything but
' coward. e wu,, eeavlnced ot theQ
bulk of Sinn Fetners were anything but
tEDGER PHILADELPHIA
&L 1 V BOHAIN 1hi&
BRITISH armies
BEGIN TO ROLL UP
HINDENBURG LINE
May Shatter Grimany's Hope of
Conducting Defensive Cam-
pnign There
,'?.., i
m tne jssociaicci irr
Moving forward with sustained
limur ltrltlsh armies east and south
ast of Arras appear lo have crashed
cleni tluoiigh the Hindenburg line
Dlspitclus iriihcd tod iv heem to
Indicate tint low the have begun to
'loll up" the German forces op the
front o which the enemy is retreat
ing along the whole I'lcauiv line
Hullrcnurt which was on the Illn
denhurg line, was taken this morn
ing l!cndecourt-lc7-Cagnliourt, to
the northeast of Hiilleeourt, also Ins
fillen heforo Field Maishal II ilg's
men South of Hendecourt nnd
Mlghllj to the ent, Rlencourt has
hem eaptiued bv thc advancing Urlt
ish Rast of Arras, astride tho
Scarpe fuither gslns are leported
The Diocoiirt-Queant "switch line"
now- Is within striking distance
Canadians, It appears, are slowly
advancing along the Arias-Cambral
road and are widening the gap In the
famous line tn which thp Germans
retired eighteen months ago It seem
that any gieat additional British suc
cess in this rrgion nnv si atter Gei-
manv's hopes of eonduetlng a defen
sive Lampnlgn along this front, to
which It Is probable, the Germans
now aro hatllv withdrawing
Further south the Ilrltlsh have
taken tho village of Combles, where
theie was terrific fighting dm Ing he
German retirement a ear ago last
Mai eh West of Peronne the British
hnve captured tho town of Clerv and
they also havo crossed the Sommo
south of l'eroune
BANK MERGER AGREED UPON
Philadelphia "Vationul to Take
Farmers and Mechanics
Merger of the Tanners and Meehanlts
xjiintn innn ana me inii.uie pni.i .a-
ton(1 HinK wng ,,,,.,,,, ,,,! un
stocUholihis of the former voted fav
or mi,v nn the plan.
These hanks are among the oldest
nnnnelil Institutions in the tltv and for
,"ti.-. i.n ...-.-1. iiri-iiiiui itcthiitii..'. in
i agent ot tne city or rmiaueiphia
mettle and valor that that was the very
reason hy ,c was nntlous to persuade
the-n th it he was right In this affair.
and 'o have them with him
He recognized tint the objections
taken by some of the Interrupters, an
element composed of serious men, were
deep-seited He asked them to take a
wider vie and to look further ahead.
Those men thought, he said, as if this
were Rngland's quarrel, and as if their
resentment against Hngland. or nny
cause of complaint against Rngland,
however Just, was sufficient to prevent
them Joining In the general cause. But
he would remind them that It was not
i-ngianu s war. it was America's war.
It was the war of Australia, South
Africa, and the Dominions. It was the
war of all tho progressive countries In
the world against Imperialism, and he
would say emphatically that it was as
much the war of Ireland as of any of
these countries
.Surely, ho urged, It was far better
to be the friend of America and France
when their representatives Bat around
the conference table than to have
earned their hostility and hatred There
was no use being blind to the fact that
the reputation of Irishmen was going
down In the United States, while that
of England was going up. That was
only natural England was helping
America in this war, of which the stress
would be felt In every home
ANZACS REWIN 40 TOWNS
125 Square Miles Recovered by
Australians During Drive
By the Associated Press t
London, Aug, SO. In the present drive
- h Australians have recovered 125
the , Australians nave recovered
.i..a'r mi1a nt terrltnf-v snd n.orlv
forty vlHegee, Most ot which are la
forty vIH
ruin.
ELIHlA1, JFBTDAYr
GERMANS
KAISER INSPIRED SOLF
AND MAX ADDRESSES
Intended to Prepare Germans
Minds for More Conciliatory
TT-I
Utterances
Special Cable It El cuing Public Ledger
Copyright, tnl. In .Vt( York 7lpie Co.
The llngur, Aug 30
The puhllcltv nnd widespread ap.
proval given to both Doctor Rolf's and
Prince Max of Itadens speeches hv the
pipeis of all snides are obviously In
spired V nir. correspondent learns,
moreover that these speeches were mado
wllh the full approval of headquarters,
and there are manv indications that they
are Intended to prepare the minds of the
German people for still more Important
nnd conciliatory utterances than hither
to have been made, especially with
icspect to Belgium
Persons In closn touch w Ith German
political circles expect that Germany
before long will show her hand, as a
direct peace offei would hardly be
apropos at the present Juncture For
eign Minister von Illntze, Is expected to
leave for Vienna shortlj", when doubt
less the1 discussions carrleel on at heael
quarters will be continued, but he will
return to Berlin next week
The German papers nre still much
engrossed with Solf's speech, and ap
parently even Iteventlc- ..as deprived
of his uual vehement tirade.
The rreihurg Xaihrlchtin compares
Solf's ideas to the Pope's message
Georg Bernharel, In the Vosslsche Zel.
tung, declares that tho success of both
speeches may be found In tho echo com
Ing from abroad He says that In Ger
manv it Is well known that the words
spoken now express the snme Ideas that
German statesmen and party leaders
have alwavs hail, and tint Germany
sought pc.iee even at the height of her
mllltjirj success, but that the enem al
ii ajs refused to make peace "Where,"
he exel ihn", ' is Wilson s love of peace
he who once declared there should he no
victor and no vanquished?"
Bcrnh.ird goes on to s ly that people
can draw two conclusions from the
speeches thnt the Government wants
peace and docs not want to sacrifice the
German people needlessly. Germany Is
still m iking a desperate effort to mw
seeds of dissension nnd Jealousy be
tween Cng'nnd nnd America, nnd one
of the 1 itest arguments used is that the
two countries elo not agree In the mat
ter of a league of nations
FAVORS JEWS IN PALESTINE
Turkey to Remove Restrictive
Kmi;ration Measures
( the Anociatcd Press
AmMerduni. Aug 30 Talaat Pasha,
the Turkish Gland Vizier, is reported in
o"-MMliH.ple dispatches by wav of
Budapest to have closed negotiation"
lei mi representatives of the Central
l pean Jewish organizations nnd the
'I u l ih Government with this state
ment
Wn are resolved lo elo awav with all
restrictive measures regarding emigra
tion to the j-ettlement of Jews In Pales
tine I assure ou of my svmpathy for
the i reatlon of a Jewish religion centre
In Palestine b means of well-organized
1mm gration colonization It Is my de
sire to place this work under the pro
tection of the Turkish Government. I
cherh-h a firm hope that the labors of
the special commission which has been
sent out to evolve n detailed plan villi
shortls be terminated "
ARGENTINE NAVY CADETS HERE
Pay Visit of Inspection to New
York Shipbuilding Plant
Fifty cadets from the Naval Academv
of the Argentine Republic at Buenos
Aires were thc guests of the Xew York
Shipbuilding Com piny today on a tour
of Inspection of their shipyards at Cam
den They expected to leave later todav
for a vlslfto Baltimore and the Xaval
Academy at Annapolis They arrived
here last night from Xew York, under
Commander Juan Canepo
Director William I', Wilson, of the
t ommerclal Museum, Argentine consular
representative here, said he did not know
the party was In town, nnd had not
been notified previously of their comlnir.
He also was unable to learn whether
the Argentine training ship Bueyrrendon,
on which the cadets arrived tn this coun
try, is at New York She is not at this
port
COURT NAMES RECEIVER
Parties Agree to Appointment for J.
Cohn & Co.
I'nder nn agreement of the suitors,
Judge Audenried today appointed Ed
munel O Hamersly receiver of J Cohn
& Cd, and fixed his security at 3000.
The court acted on a suit brought bv
Charles S Tanguay. The cqurt directed
that the receiver shall report as to the
character nnd extent of the business
and property of the company, the Inter
ests in and known claims against the
iinn, mate ub
lty, and the
Its value for
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income, proaucinc capac- u""iV i,!. iiii Vh iwior VihhVrt 1". vrlah rooms I ana pain, with board: ., It ' ' -j Y
best method of realising noon at his church. Doctor vibbert. ,; ,rot Bryitt family, Wclntty at.' eruption. - - - U
AIJGIJSt" 80, 1918 P""' ' &;.-
FocA Harrying Germans
as They Are Forced Back
Foe Unable to Hit Back Because of Constant
Pressure May Stand on Hindenburg
Line for Winter
B MAJOR GENERAL SIR FREDERICK R. MAURICE
former Director of Operations of tho Ilrlt lh Arms
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
CovvrioM. mil, by .Vnc York. Times Co.
London, Aug. 30.
Tho Germans are withdrawing on
nlmost tho whole of the front from
Ballleul to the Aisne. That Is tho1 May Go to Old Illndenbiirg Line
cardinal fact In the dltuatlon of the. lie may attempt to stand pei ma
moment. The position Is, In fact, very "ently along the Tortllle. Which flows
miiel, hf i ,... vnnh deliver. lnto tho Somme to tho Bouth of that
ed his counter-stroke list month, but i
on a very much larger scale. Then
the Germans wanted to withdraw from
the awkward corner just far enough
to allow themselves to ic establish a
comfortable and secuie line to behold
while tlielr reserves were reconstituted.
To do this the enemy had to abandon
the Initiative, and 1'och. humming a
tune, gavo the enemy no rest; and,
powerfully aided by the keen vigor of
tho Americans, pushed him fiom one
selected position to another until he
had driven him across the Alsno and
the Vosle.
There Is little doubt that the Ger
mans Intended at tho time of the bat
tle of the Maine to ictlre deliberately
ftom various parts of the front, so ns
to rrorganbe theln troops. Sir Doug
las Ilalg's surprise a'tack of August
Sth upset this plan, and l"och has
never since left the Germnns a mo
ment's lelsuic to pull themselves to
gether. He bus them by the throat
and Is shaking them hard He Is
not -vet In a position to attempt a
knockout blow, but the- Germans,
while he has hold of them, arc unable
to hit back. Their whole energies are
occupied In pair.vlng.
There aro mnnv who are very wise
ly disposed to check exaggerated hopes
by compailng what we are achieving
with what the Germans accomplished
In Mnrrh nstildo thp Sommo and in
their June advance to the Aisne. Itj
is also well to remember the wav in
which we lecovered from those blows,
and to reckon that the Get man, when
ho lias time to get ins winu, may uoI(, ,s ghnB ti,0 very best results.
i "'" i
Not Like German Drive
At the same time, what wo nre do
ing now is very different In scope and
Intention from what the Geimans at
tempted in tho spring. They then
sklllfullv concentrated very superior
forces nguinst a portion of our front
and mode a rapid diive Into our lines,
backed bv great weight of numbers.
There is nt piesent neithln-- of that
nnture in our npeiatlon. I.udendorff
is repnntedlv saving that we nte at
tempting a greit break-through and
ciulmliu to have defeated our effoits
with emit iiious loss That Is a trick
which has become stale by use, nnd
it can nnvi deceive no one who does
not wish to be deceived. We aie
liui i. v ing the enemy on a wide front,
Intel fining with his plans nnd forcing
him continually to place the line on
which he means to stand further cast.
The most satisfactory features In
the situation aio that we are doing
this while as yet wo have no material
superiorly 111 numbeis, nn;l that we
are bound to have that supeilorlty In
the futuie. The enemy will then lind
whut the great combined Allied offen
sive Is like, nnd In the meantime he
Is nnlv milking himself look foolish
bv claiming that we attempt to bleak
through two or tluee times a week.
On the greater pait of the fiont be
tween Ballloul and the Champagne the
enemy has copied and cluboiuted the
defensive tactics which we adopted nt
the beginning of the cnr. tactics
which Geneial Gouraud used with
such complete success in older to
meet the Got man attack to ths east
of lUielms. lie is covering the main
positions he proposes to hold with out
posts or advanced troops, who occupy
a belt of country of vailing depth.
Sometimes this belt is no more than
1000 vaids deep, sometimes the main
position is seveinl miles behind These
advanced troops have with them a
high ploportlon of machine guns, and
tlit-fr object Is to delay us ns long as
liosslble and to Interfere with our nr
lnngements for attach on tho main
position behind which almost all the
aitillery Is wlthdiawn.
When we lead that our troops havo
7 SALUS CASE TO BE TEST
Decision-Will Determine Action
of Other Boards
The case of Councilman Herbert Salus.
who has appealed to the district board
against belryr placed in Cass liA in the
draft, probably will be mado a test case,
b which all draft hoards In tno future
will regulate theli aetionB ,
Salus declares that as a city official
he Is entitled to exemption Draft of
ficials and Department of Justice au
thorities cannot agree on the question.
"He Is not a cits olilcial any more
than a Congressman Is a Government of
ficial," said John P. Dwyer, secretary of
Local Board No. 32. "Furthermore, he
is not essential to nn thing or anyboMy,
except the Vares."
"Herbert Salus Is a city ofrielal who
cannot be replaced by nomination, and,
as such belongs in a deferred class."
said T. Henry Walnut, assistant United
States District Attorney.
OBJECT TO WAR BOARD RULING
-.r. .
Federal Control Preferred Rather
Than Abide by Decision
By the Associated Press
vt ashljigton, Aug. 30 The Smith
Wesson Companv, of Springfield, Mass ,
Informed tho War Department today
that rather than nblde bv a recent de
clslon of the War Labor Board It would
nrefer to have Its nlant tuken over by
the Government and operated for the
period of the war.
The dec'slon objected to provided for
the restoration with back pay of em
ployes discharged for violating a rule
regulating union membership, and ap
proved collective bargaining between em
ployes and the company
SELECT NEW DUTCH PREMIER
Becrenbrouck, Friend of Allies,
Likely to Get Office
By the Associated Press
London, Aug. 30 Ths new premier.
says the Dally Mall, probailv will be
0, L. M H. Ruljs de Beerenbrouck. He
Is a Itoman Catholic and the queens
commissioner for the province -of Llm-
berg
His sympathies. It Is added, are said
to lie vvlth the Entente Allies.
Jonkheer Buljs de Beerenbrouck was
minister of Justice from 1888 to 1891
and has been commissioner In Llmburg
since 1803, He Is seventy-six yearB old.
Funeral of the Rev. Mr. Vibbert
Tuneral services for the Itev. Dr.
William H. Vibbert, former pastor of
StVLUKe S J-TOiesiaiu cihbkui'ui i-uuriru
Willi UICU lurpuaj
H"Tir.-.-n vi, 1 . h. thli Aflfr. GENTLEMAN, wife. ? daughters. 1 and T Is almost, sure to dear a8V all traCC l
made considerable gains of giound
without taking many prlsoneis or cap
turing guns, we may be ccitaln that
we have driven In the enemy's out
posts, but hao not et attacked -his
main position.
famous Hindenburg line to which ho
retired In the spring of 1917. This
line, It will be remembered, runs from
just east of Crolsclles to Queant, and
turns thence southward, passing west
of St. Quentln toward Xaon. Probably
his ambition Is to leave us In tho dev
astated area of the old Somme and
Aricre battlefields about the time when
the weather breaks. If he Is then com
fortably established In the Hindenburg
defense, while we are left without
shelter opposite torhlm, he will feel
that he has made the best cf a bad
business
The enemy's strongest defensive
catd consists In Ills power to fall back
to nn ever-shortening front. When he
gets back to the Hindenburg line he
will save some forty divisions, which
will be .i great matter to him. If he
found It necessaty to shorten his tiont
bcfoie August S, he must now be In
far gi eater need to do so, for his Kisses
In the Interval have been very heavy.
He will not make any verv consider
able &avlng short of the Hindenburg
line, so th it it Is nt least Vrobable
that his piesent Intention Is to with
draw that far. But It Is equally prob
able that he wants to do this as slow
lv as possible, and that hn Is being
hustled back far quicker then he
likes. We are already near to the
northern portion of the Hindenburg
line nt Crolselles, and it Is certnln that
lip will light hard between Ciolselles
and Bapaume In order to prevent us
getting any nearer until his center
und lett have been further withdrawn
I'och's policy of giving the enemy no
I'm tlm Innt nlv weeks, lio lias succeeu
e-d In deranging all thc enemj 's plans,
and there Is every reason to hope he
will cortlnuo to do so during tho re
mainder of the campaigning season.
3Ut we must btj pitlent and modeiato
In our expectations, for It Is veiy un
likely that the enemy will go back
faster than he is made to. Our super!
oi lty Is far from overwhelming as yet.
Our Sacrifices Light
The public is veiy natuially skepti
cal of the oft-iepoated statement that
our casualties have been veiy light
und tho cnemv's very heavy. I havo
seen actual figures of our losses In
thc last week's fighting and there can
be no question that never before In
the war have we gained nnv thing ap
pioachlng the amount of ground we
have lecently won nor captured so
manv prlsoneis nnd guns at so light a
sacilflce. We have learned much and
In nothing have we Improved more
than in our methods of tackling the
deadly machine gun upon which the
enemy Is now i civ-Inn; so much to hold
us up We have now devices in plenty,
for that puipose, but the best devices
of all aie the spliit and skill of our
troops.
A few davs ago a certain Canadian
tompanv took part In an attack. After
Inn el and Irving expei lence In over
coming the Ociman machine guns, it
seemed its objective, and a platoon
was withdrawn a shoit distance into
suppoif. The officers lay down for
a well earned sleep, but N. C. O.'s and
men of this platoon stnited a discus
blon on the events of the diy, and
a hot aigument arose as to the best
method of defeating the machine guns.
Weary us they weie. he subiect was
one of such vital Intel est that they
decided to tuin out und rehearse a
scheme, which ,thoy agieed after tho
discussion was ptobably the best. This
thov carried through without their
ofllccrs, and having satisfied them
selves as to how the job should be
done, they put their method into prac
tice at dawn the ljpxt moining vvjth
complete success, inai is mo sioiy
as I heard It on the veiy ground vvheio
tho incident occuncd. With bue.li
troops vlctbry is ccrtuin.
MOTOR CRASH KILLS WOMAN
Two Others Hurt as Auto Hits
Ambulance
One woman was kllltyl and two others
badly Injured early this morning when
an automobile driven by Dr. A. K. gal
lon, 1111 South Broad street, struck a
l'ennsjlvanla Hospital ambulance' and
knocked It on the sidewalk at Fifteenth
and Wharton streets.
Tho woman killed was Mrs Fannie
Shaw northeast corner Fifteenth and
Wharton streets Those injured nre Miss
Bertha Shaw, her daughter, and Miss
Helen Stewart, 1301 South Fifteenth
street.
The three women were on the sidewalk
when knocked down by the ambulance.
Dr. fcallom and John Phillip, driver of
the ambulance, were held without bail
b Magistrate Baker to await the action
of the coroner
SIGN GRECO-AMERICAN TREATY
t - -
Provides for Drafting of Na
tionals in Both Countries
By the Associated Press
IVusl.lnntoii, Aug. 30 A treaty pro
viding for the drafting for military sen-
ice? ui ejicetv l-iucus in America and
American citizens in Greece, similar In
general terms to conventions between
the United States and other cobelliger
ents, was signed at the State Depart
ment today by Secretary Lansing and
Minister Houssos.
OKATIIS
VVIRSINQ Au SO. DOIIQTHEA WIIIS
INU aged 73. Relative! and frlenda In
vited to funeral, at tho residence of her
nnn-ln-law, Peter lluf. fi.!9 airard ave.,
Mon . 7 30 a. m Rvqulem man at M.
Imatlus Church, 43d and Wallace ti., at
' int. Holy Redeemer Cem.
ALI.CNHALL Aug .', KOHUH'r ' CII8H
"VN non of dnhman and Kllen Holllni
nelatlves and 5 monthaetaolnihrOlurUolnn
Relatives and frlvnds Invited to funeral
tervlcei. Sat.. -P. m . at 1st Highland
aie . Chmtnut Hill Int private.
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GERMAN RETREAT
BECOMES URGENT
French Success Would Re
act Seriously on Whole
Hindenburg Line
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RESISTANCE LESSENING
Allied Troops Making Rapid
Progress as Boclie Retire
ment Cains Momentum
By G. H. FERRIS
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Capvrloht. J0, liy .Veio l'orfc Tlmri Co.
Willi tho French Armies, Aug. 30.
Finishing a. four da's Journey of
nearly 400 miles, largely over broken
roids and tracks Immediately behind
the battlefront of General Tayolle's
gioup of armies, I have Just spent a "
night nnd morning on the high ground
between tho Ailette nnd the Aisne.
Troops and supply columns had long
delayed us In coming up from the
west, nnd it was after midnight when
we emerged from the shattered vil
lages and tow ns full of weird shadows
into the open moors looking to the
strong German positions above Sols
sons. Night still gives, though less grace
fully thnn In olden times, a relative
truce lo thc martyrs of war, and there
aie scenes and pauses of calm thought
Under the cold moon and the Infinitely
strange stars, of which soldiers speak
little, but remember long.
The heart, no less than the hands
nnd feet, must have Its moments of
reficshment, nnd ns I lay amid the
debt Is of battle watching the shell
bursts and flares about Crecy-au-Mont
and Chavlgny, tho p)ay of the moon
beams upon this wild placo of graves
and trenches, the never-ending work
of toad menders, the passage of mes
sengeiR between sleeping camps and
vigilant commnnd posts, mv mind was
moblll7lng nffesh the stoicism which
Is a good half of the soldier's religion.
(Herman Front Threatened
The military position In this sector
Is governed bv the fact that any very
consldeiable Fionch success would re
act most seriously upon the German
front for some distance on either side
and upon the whole of the Hindenburg
line
The enemy win bound to make spe
ilal effoit to ward off such a disaster.
I showed the other day the maneuver
of Mangin's first ndvance last week
was to push his left forward against
the enemy's position at Mount Cre
rlsy, and, this conquered, to turn
brusquely to the west and reach the
hanks of tho Olse und the Ailette.
When this new nnd safe front was
obtained ea-.tvvard expansion could he
thought of. but no, before. On this
hide, therefore, theie has been little
advance, though very hard fighting
dm Ing the list week.
I may Illustrate the situation by
the iccord of two Lorraine battalions,
which arrived before IJlcuxy village
the evening before the grand attack.
The Geimans were already shaken
and our Lorrnlners qulcklv drove them
out of the village at the bayonet's
point. They came on nt such n pace
that they Were upon a hattervof 4
inch and two batteries of 3-lnch guns
heforo the horses could be harnessed,
and the gunners hero taken vvlth
them.
Then trouble began, for the enemy
hntl no Intention of allowing this sec
tor to be weakened. A division of
Chasseurs of tho Guard was brought
into action. The Lorrnlners, holding
nn awkward salient, were subjected
to an abominable cannonade. A major
was the only superior officer left to
the regiment, nach battalion was re
duced to two skeleton comptnles.
Sharp hill gave them a good defensive
position before the village, with an
open field of fire for their machine
guns.
Ixmg Fight to Secure Position
At 7 p. m., the Geimans attacked
on the front and on both wings. The
first assnult was broken by the French
fire, but there followed a long and bit
ter hand to-hand struggle, and It was
only after manv hours of swaying
tight that the position was finally se
emed. So It has been at every point of
advance of Mangin's right townrd the
the line of Bagneux-Vaurezls-Pasly.
Despite facilities for defense In the
countryside of ravines, caves, and
quarries, the enemy has been driven
back slowly but steadily toward the
Coucy-Solssons road.
The last German counterattack
against our lines on tho hill called
Elm of Montecouve was a most dei
peiate affair. Seven regiments, two
belonging to a fresh division, return
ed seven tlmea to the charge, but were
In the end completely repulsed.
With a suddenness that was after
all to be expected, the whole of the
great German pocket, of which
Chaulnes, Roye and Noyon were the
main supports, has collapsed and we
aro pursuing a breathless advance
which recalls that following upon the
enomy's retreat fiom the same ground
In March of last year.'
On the French extreme left General
Debeney's armv occupied Chaulnes,
which was" defended only by rear
guards, and immediately went forward
on the roads toward the Somme, reach
ing Omlcourt and the villages south of
It At Debeney's center patrols pressed
eround four miles east of Roye, and
his right passed .into the woods east
of the Roye-Lassigny road, finding;
lttle leslstance.
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