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hing's Men Intrusted
Fdch-Vith Fighting
at Juvigny
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k - .,. .w , a iiiiiu btrugcr
$t tfoitfnif. lltlf. Inj ,Vm lir7.- rimr Cn.
tu". " tne jhTcnch Army Near Nov on,
.Aug. 3t.
?' """ .,,ea "e"re ma ensiwara,
nestling around Its great church and
luaint town hall, the square recalling:
dlgnlned past that goes hack to
AfThrlerYacmA X- u. ,.., .
, " " ui upturn tum-
?liatants can vet nntpr tho oin 'Prlo.
&f?ners sa" ,l ,va, extensively mined
fflw-y me retreating bodies, and It Is
K took certainly a like of mustard and
J ther Dolsonmia OTlBpa
5i . . "
SfV "' next important active &ector
's. ."e comer where the Allettc passes
Linear the Plorremtindo and tho west
hi ern.edge of the lower forest of Coucy.
Wai n-i i- it .. . .
tj .,iiiB wise vauey cannoi oe in mese
5 days of powerful artillery what It was
t In the far past for marching armies,
A 1atfnn hut I Vnu rtt'trlonf itrn frtetlnnl
i'jImportance In the present Juncture.
"tr, uere tne trench troops crossed tne
a ui8e-Aisne canal, incy anenvara
zeroised the Alletto at Champs. On
either side of Champs a hrlngehcad
flfver a mile, wide on the Ailette was
cured.
" Tab Af a A a f i w dBtn rm
lUtlUBiru IV mii.i.uiin
Most grave of all Is the attack further
south In tho neighborhood of Juvigny
litis part of the enterprise had been in
trusted to American troops, whom I saw
comma- un by ft forced inarch the other
B .flight, and I Imagine the French gen-
.v arillanlmn could not h.ie nam n
(Mater compliment to Pershing's men
than toJglvo them this heay task
bniiw. fnr thft rnuntrv Is cut ttlth deett-
wooded raInes where and In whose
many caves and quarries whole bat-
' tallons can hide, and where the crucial
EV corner of the old Hlndenburg line is
7. Mni-i- i
wiwuil lung uii raiic
The preliminary action on Tuesday
WM mud Wednesday having arrested and set
Et-baek the boche attempt to recover lost
i( round, we were Thursdsy morning on
ST' ne western Doraer oi juvigny viiiagc
?8&Thl8 was. therefore, the first objective
V .ttd. I am assured that in capturing u
'the young American troops showed
KM'J spienaia spirit, n "") :
LS-jXlMptlsm of Are. They crerto a large ex
RaftSBt men recruited in Wisconsin and
rY'Jttchlsan. They had trenches for a time
p) In a quiet sector in Lorraine and after-
K-'T ralteau-Thierry fighting.
B.J :MU lWO ... tai-. "-n
fefr HB IDVI1 OL iUJUH o ".." "J
r famous division. Tirailleurs, or Airi-
wjj von native irooim, iii- ..
i1rom the Compiegne road, while xouavea.
WHO r llUiCDOIMIIU( 0w... -- --
rmce. pushed around to tne narinweat.
i-unviu tho Rove roau to me am ioau,
!& around to the east of Landrimont
j,fje Hi elopes oi Jiouni at. niw
5p-!S?
' Good FragreM Made
swlaikad Droeress has been made, espe
iriftiiv in inn norm o ujrwii. wnno c
Ps'rched Hill Metre 84, right across the
Par road to Ham. near the villages of Tar-
CFJ ana wappuncouri. .
WLPv Further northwest we occupied the
Es twfn villages of Beaurains. except the
&& 'ehateau, which is still holding out.
" ' M &&. AMn Vnimi .l nova rlHvPtl tnnlr
m b a i n..v. AnA rt tti rwt
Vf Wy UP IV UW DUU.l tu w- .
( Mount saini aimeou.
On the Ailette Mangln's foices have
niarnil tho bridcrehead obtained by
If) the capture of the hamlets 6f Vllette
!n SM Courbesseaux.
t ,V A violent counter-attack at Champs
F 1 Milage was repulsed. Fighting continues
Cjwtth ferocious Intensity. The losses in
ffrjh a Ytattlr, rnnM Tint hf llrht hilt
Kjathe enemy has suffered with peculiar
pj, WiVVriljr in ilia mi-coortuw nmeosi .uv4,,-
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BKj , Among me new divisions ne naa
Kr brought Into action to defend the hinge
jtl or the Slegiried lino ar tho Hitn reserve
yi,tld Twenty-third, both of which had
Jhad only a weeks rest before being
1 mi wii I'll Prlsonern arree in savins'
3'5,'l their orders were to hold their
iiX.'-ground at any price.
.GERMANS SHOW SHILL
Mf IN ART OF RF.TPF.4T
By G. H. FERRIS
JjSf 'Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
f Ccmrloht, tott. ov Xrw Yml: Times To.
With the French Armies, Aug. 31.
K uive ine aevu nis aue. Tne pocid
m lJb a master of the art of retreat. He
IS, h practiced It much, and has learn
ed much In the course of his practice
.ttrom the days following the battle of
fcejthe Marne four years ago onward.
it-i In his withdrawal from Roye, Las-
g.r,iwny, and Noyon to the Cambral-St.
teklQuentln 'line in March nf last vmr hn
IVS..-i.i.j .. . . -
Mwpjipivieu an operuiion prepared aur-
'&mg; tne winter months with meticulous
'eare. The country having been sys
tematically ravaged, there remained
WT$.9niy on tne last nignt to blow up an
P roads and hridcres hehlnri tronnM itv-
teg- for dear life to the newly made
y j uvhuii syBirm which ine uvmy nuu
fcn nnrailnrlprl tn hnllova una Im.
rwV" -" "
again, the retreating
I armies seem so far to have eot awav
K'aOBie of their material: but to achteve
bvt3thla -result, and indeed to save them-
tKj'&aelvfes from complete disaster, they
jglJliave, had to suffer heavy losses In
MMlr resistance.
lTJe strategical skill so manifest In
Wm strokes that produced the retreats
(from the Marne to the Vesle, from the
me to the oise, rrom the ilatz to
SVDivette, and from the Avre to
tiMa ali.itc lta"l tiAl loan mnn,a
', .ypwMai ..w.t ,bB.& ,ub acsn pjn.,-
;J-raMr' in the latest events, when Hum-
j?Mft and Mangin Invested r;oyon by
(f tlM9fwe8t and south Thursday they
irf J lV ilAtBamlnfail nnnnalltiiH .ltt.
t CSp;VtT4Vll UCKllMIIItU UJ'HWDI.IUU, Willi
V every sign that the range pf wooded
J; hfcjh ta north and northeast of the
...' AJU -k..1 Ka Haanli iln1., V.aI1 Tn h
wl Cillvuiu uo icouiuicijr iicivi. ti vile
iirbs every nouse naa been turned
i a marine gun post, and barrages
1 feeavy shells on the southern and
tern edges ot it snow mat tne
say la in no great hurry to remove
Wai-flllery.
Tne nne turning maneuver Dy
hich Humbert obtained possession of
y commanding netght of 1'orquen-
rt- northeast or the town and tne
g of the Olse by Mangln's left
the end certain. But it did not
".Insure its coming speedily.
eney s smashing advance on tne
-was meanwhile changing the
I picture. I have described the
I defense ,ot Iloye by the der-
wnnnavw Jtoeciiy wen wnai
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TUG ELUDES U-BOAT IN FOG
Coast Raider Forced to Submerge
When liig Steamship Appears
An Atlantic Pof, AUfT. 31. (By I N.
S.). A Doston-owned tuftbont whs fired
upon and chased by a CIermanubmarlne
twelve miles oft the New Hampshire
coast late yesterday and made her
escape In the fog only after a large ship
of the Emergency Fleet Corporation
loomed up Into low, causing the U-boat
to partly submerge.
The tugboat was traveling north when
the submarine silddenlv appeared about
ten miles off shore and fired upon her.
The tup captain ran for the open sea
The submarine uas gaining on the tug
when the largo new steamer appeared
Reforo tho raider could resume tho case
the tugboat and steamer ecaped
PUT ALL U.S. UNITS
IN PERSHING ARMY
Marjch Says America Is
Concentrating Army for
Decisive Action
765 PLANES SHIPPED
By the Associated Press
Washington, Aug 31.
American troops, brigaded with the
British and Trench forces, are being
withdrawn as rapidly ns possible to
join the first American field aimy
under General Pershing, General
March said today in his weekly confer
ence with membeis of the Senate Mil
itary Committee.
The chief of staff threw no new light
on the part Americans aie plavlng In
the present offensive, but the impres
sion was given that the program of
concentrating the aimy for action
under General Pershing was going
forward sitisfnctorilv.
Oeneral March said the last figures
on men actually landed nbrond showed
1,220,000 In France on August 7. Sev
eral hundred thousand have been land
ed since then, however, and lat week
General March announced that the
number embirked had passed 1.500.000
lOOt Uellnv Hands FlniiiliPil
Shipments nf Dellavlland airplanes
which were temporarily held up on the
order of Secretary Baker so certain
changes could be made in them, General
March said, were resumed this week
Reports received up to today bj the
War Department show- that 1003 Dp
Havlland planes had been completed
and made ready to turn over to the
Government this week, and 765 had been
shipped or were already en route over-
The General reiterated that the fight
ing on the western front Is going satis
factorily to the Allies.
Kxplnlns Kilucntlnn
The Senators questioned General
March regarding reported plans of the
War Department to take over some 400
educational Institutions throughout the
country and to educate boss between
eighteen and twent jears of age during
their call Into actual service.
The chief of the Oeneral Staff ex
plained the plans under which boys
drafted who show a desire to attain
technical education will be furloughed
after being drafted for the purpose of
attending college. He said regulations
to carry out the program have not been
promulgated, hut Indicated that there
was no purpose to "undcrTake-edueatlon
of all drafted vouths.
ILNEMIC0SC0NFIH0
ALFR0NTEITALIAN0
Gli Italiani Respingono In-
cursioni ed Attacchi di
Sorprcsa
Published nnd Dlntrlbutrd Under
TBRMIT No 341
Authorized by the act ot Ortnbr 1,
191T, on e nt tho Poatofllco of Phila
delphia Pi.
Ill order ot th( President
A S Hl'RI.KSON
PoMmastrr General.
Romn, 31 agosto
Un communlcato del Ministers della
Guerra, oggl pubbllcato, annunzla che
le truppe ltallane son penetrato nelle
posizlonl austriacha dl Monte Maso,
lnfllggendo al nemico gravl perdlte o
catturando priglonlerl e materlale da
guerra.
rioms. 31 agos'o.
II Mlnistero della Guerra, hel pome
rigglo dl leri. ha pubbllcato II segucnte
comunlcato.
"Xell'alta Valle Sebru. sulla riva
destra dell'Adlge, nella Valle Area, a
Col del Rosso e nella regiono dl Monte
Grappa, repartl ncmlcl tentarono dl
compiere lncurslonl ed attacchi ll sor
presa. Essi furono resplntl, lasciando
prlgionierl nelle noHTe manl. '
'Un dlstaccamento Ingleso penetro'
nelle llnee nemlche a sud dl Asiogo, ln
fllggendo conslderevoll perdlte all'avver
sarlo e catturando alcunl priglonlerl.
"Due aeroplanl nemlcl furono abbat
tuti." Dal Quartler Generale Itallano si an
nunzla che, durante la passata settl
mana, I eeguentl "assl" austrlacl, che
rappresentavano I mlgllori aviatorl che
contaBse 11 nemico, cloe' Darone Keut
cher. Conte Sally ed 1 Uiogotenentl
Lleu'ke e Hobra, sono statl ucclsl durante
combattimentl aerel Tuttl avevano
bombardato cltta' ltallane Jndifese.
II Primo MlnlBtro Inglese, Lloyd
George, In rlsposta aa un telegramma dl
congratulazioni per I success! rlportatl
dalle truppe lnglesl In Francla, cobI' ha
telegrafato al Presidents del Conslgllo
del Mlnlstrl, On. Orlando:
"Da ouandoi 11 Conclllo dl guerra si '
qui rlunlto la situazlone ha subito una
gradlta trastormazione. uruzie ai -
reBClallo Foch, al generall ed alle truppe
Alleate, I tedeschl sono ora In rltlrata
vni ntlnmn eon slcurezza che questo
successo segna II prlnclplo della fine
della domlmzione del mllltarismo ger
manlco." , , ,
Oggl e' stata ufficialmente annunzlata
la nonvlna di Camlllo Cerrutl. un es
perto industrlale. ad agente Itallano per
le cpmpere In Washington.
"Glacche" l'Amerlca combatte con nol,
la guerra e' vlnta." Tale o" l'oplnlone
del soldatl Italiani a rlguardo l'lnter
vento amerlcano, dice 11 corrlspondente
dl guerra del glornale romano
"L'Epoca." I soldatl Italiani dlcono
che l'entrata dell'Amerlca nella guerra
rappresenta la finale sentenza dl un Im
parzlale gludlzlo,
"Durante la sua neutrallta' guadagno'
le slmpatie del belllgerantl e si offrl
quale medlatrlce dl pace, ma quando
fu convlnta delle Inlqulta' tedesche e
della forza bruta e che la Oermania era
determlnata a Jopprlmere la pace del
popoll Uberl d'Europa, venne subito dalla
nostra parte, solidale negll interus! dl
assoluu fetejael fut.
'"''fMMmi x'xM
., vr r?3.',. . A-?'i;
PERSHING'S FAITH
HURRIED DRIVE
General's Confidence in
Americans Caused Foch
to Take Initiative
U. S. TROOPS MADE GOOD
Now France Gives Credit,
While Our Boys Modestly
Refrain From Boasting
By CHARLES II. GRASTY
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Cnptirloht. 10tt, tu AVi" Ynrlt TlrrtM To.
Paris, Aug. 31.
Since returning here I havo had an
opportunity to glean French Impres
sions regarding the events In the
Marne salient which Initiated nnd laid
the solid foundation for the changed
order of things1 Americans nre loath
to make large claims tor themselves
nnd neither nt the front nor In Pails
have I found any spirit of boastful,
ness.
Ono meets dally American officer-)
who havo participated In action In
tho last three months. They nro In
variably careful In what they say, and
especially deprecate Inferring too
much futuro success from what has
happened in tho past.
1 saw Major Oeneral Harbord, un
der whose command tho Second Divi
sion was so nctlve between Chateau
Thierry and Solssons, and who has
now been put in chnrgo of tho supply
service by Oenoial Pershing. I could
get only monosyllabic replies to ques
tions about tho American perform
ances. The Trench, however, are more com
municative, nnd whllo nil nro proud of
Foch's strategy, they not ortly give
credit to the Americans for splendid
fighting, hut they say that tho con
fidence and push of our army leader
wns the big element leading to the
adoption of tho offensive hv the gen
eralissimo. Ho put tho whole forco
of his personality behind his sure
knowledge of his mon. His confidence
impi eased headquarteis, and aided In
removing the natuial doubts as to
whether we were yet strong enough
to pass to the offensive. .
Pershing knows his material and
with what little training by the
Euiopean standard, and provided the
training was suited to the peculiar
habits and temperament of Americans
they could be trusted to take caie of
themselves French officers who were
In close touch with events from Juno
onward sav they were surprised at
Pershing's insistence on the absolute
dependability of American troopg nnd
their special usefulness In an offen
sive. It was something of a shock to their
conservatism that he was willing to
put them In the hattellne in large
units. He backed his arguments with
uncompromising faith In his troops In
the critical days when the decision
had to be taken bv the high command
whether to remain on the defensive
or take the offensive.
My French Informants say that,
strong as was Pershing's guarantee
of the American troops, they made
good with a margin. The system of
limited objectives, which the French
had wisely been using to curb losses,
was found In practice to be somewhat
binding on our soldiers. In one In
stance an American division, which
was assigned to an eight-mile Hrjiit
reached it nt 10 o'clock the samfc,l,morn
Ing, having already taken as prison
ers 3100 Germans, exclusive of
wounded. They could have gone fur
ther, but, of course, played the game
as directed by the French army com
mand. under whoso orders they were
opeiatlng.
BRITISH FLOTILLA
ON DVINA RETIRES
Soviet Reports English Be
low Archangel Retreat
After Two-Day Fight
VICTORIES ARE CLAIMED
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copyright. 101S. 1)1 XtuiYork Tlmfj Co.
London, Aug 31.
The London Dally News publishes the
following dispatch from Arthur Ran
som?, its pro-Bolshevist correspondent,
who has left Russia and telegraphs fiom
Stockholm under tho date of AuguBt 20:
"The Soviet reports that after two
davs' h-ml fighting the English flotilla on
the Dvlna, south of Archangel, has re
tlicd. Moscow papers consider the do
ings of the Allies In the north as merely
a preliminary reconnaissance
"On the other fronts further Soviet
advances against the Czecho-Slovoks and
other counter-rev olutlonarlB are report
ed by Trotsky, who points out that the
Allies arc informed by their own agents
as to the truth of the armed prisoners'
icports from Siberia. Hungarians and
other Socialists of the Central Empires,
hf says, are thero fighting for the
Soviets They are small in numbers,
and all know they will be hanged If
captured by the Oermans. as has been
proved already when they fought against
Germans In the Ukraine.
"Most Interesting, however, are the
reports from the Caucasus and Central
Asia The Socialist government of
Georgia, under the presidency of M. Jor-
Canla, Invited German help against tne
Soviets Recently airman officers with
General Kress at their head, Interviewed
Jordanla on the subject of open hostility
of the population.
"Kress said Germany had nothing
sealnit Oeorela havlnff a Socialist gov
ernment If she wanted It, and generally
had no Intention of Interfering In
Georgia's Internal affairs Jordanla re
plied that In that case the discontent
with the unmans was merely aue io u
mlsunderstandtnc.
"The courtesies, however, had no ef
fect on the popular feeling against both
Germans and Jordanla The discon
tent now has taken a violent form and
Georgia Is disputed by three separate
armed groups. German troops are ap
parently acting independently of the
regular troops of the Georgian govern
ment and both these are opposed by the
Red Guard!.
"The Central Allan Soviet troops, who
hold the whole Selrechensk district, have
taken Merry, near the Persian frontier."
Service Chevron Rules Changed
With tU Amerlran Army In France,
Aug. 31. General Pershing has been In
formed by the War Department hat
computation of time for wearing service
chevrons by American troops will be
reckoned from the time of their arrival
In an English, French or other European
port, and not from the time of depart
ure from the United States, as has been
the case.
w-.-Jii,..ft-lt .t
iiiP
-u-iv . -rrT -rrii frfiiSiriTif JT'nir"'--,i
Surprise Attacks Make .
Victory in West Certain
Maurice Declares Allien Have Developed Win-
nifig Strategy Pleads for More Men
to Give Final Blow
By MAJOR GENERAL SIR FREDERICK B. MAURICE
Former Director (lenrral of the Ilrltlati Army
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Capurlohtt 19l$ bv AVio York Ttmrs Co
London, Aug. 30.
Thin year has been the most dra
matte in the war in its sudden changes
of fortune. Wo havo seen tho enemy
ovci running with almost incredible
rapidity tho most elaborate defenses.
We havo seen that great rivers have
not checked his progross Wo have
seen him ndvanclng thirty miles Into
our lines In less time than wo had
taken to advance five or six. We havo
scon him within an ace of overwhelm
ing success.
Within little moro than a month wo
havo seen the enemy's great scheme
of conquest shattered. Wo find him
yielding on a great part of his front,
and wo are recovering ground at a
rato and at a price which even the
wildest optimist had not conceived to
be possible. Wo havo been accus
tomed to battles on a front of thirty
or forty miles, for which months of
elaborate preparation were necessary;
and we now see tho Allies on tho move
on a front of 175 miles from Flanders
to Rheims. A blow Is struck, now
here, now theie, suddenly and unex
pectedly; nnd always with success.
Theio has, in fact, been a general
speeding up. A month ago wo were
back In 1914. Today we Jumped for
ward two years, with the excellent
prospert of finding ourselves before
long, as lcg.uds ground, whom wo
vvero at tho beginning of 1918. hut
with tho vast difference that we hnve
before us a weakening enemy, while
vfp still grow In powor. We are find
ing nn antidote to wire and trenches.
Surprise, New Weapon
In the autumn of last year we tried
another experiment, nnd at Cnmbrai
succeeded in lclntroduclng surprise as
a weapon of the offensive. But. ex
hausted by prolonged fighting In Flan
ders, and weakened by the dispatch of
troops to Italy, we could not develop
our Initial success. None the less,
that battle marks the turning point
In the war. Ludendorff learned from
It and we havo learned from it. and
surprise has been the feature of the
battles of 1918.
It would obviously be wrong to dis
cuss the methods by which surprise
has been or can be obtained. Some
of them are well known, some of them
arc not. The broad fact Is that sur
prise, In ono form or another, proved
to be the means of surmounting the
difficulties of trench warfare and at
gaining rapid results.
The possibility of obtaining surprise
has made a decisive victory In the
west not only possible but certain.
Wc can see now that our stupendous
efforts of the last four years have not
been thrown away. The enemy is
being slowly nnd steadily exhausted.
During tho three years In which We
havo been attacking him we have
been wearing him out; and he has, as
I explained In my second nrtlcle, done
much this vear bv his methods of at
tack toward completing the process.
America Ttirns Tide
Thpje was at one time a very real
danger1 that we should not be able to
stay the course; that we should ex
haust ourselves In trying to exhaust
him. Now that America Is 'with us
that danger is passed. We must in
crease In power while he goes down,
and, therefore, the process that is now
going on Is similar in effect to the
U. S. AIR RAIDERS
BOMB CONFLANS
Fliers Score Direct Hits on
Railroad Yards Lan-
guyon Also Attacked
ALLIES RAID NINE CITIES
By the Associated Press
Uith the Amerlran Army on the Lor
raine, Aug, 31.
American bombing machines yesterday
successfully attacked railway yards and
buildings at Conflans, Several direct
bursts were observed and enemy pur
suit planes followed the invading Amer
icans bark to their lines, but did not at
trrk them.
At noon American nlrmen dropped
bombs on the railway jards at Lon
guyon, scoring several direct hits. Late
in the afternoon Conflans was again
raided, but poor visibility made it dif
ficult to ascertain whether the bombing
was effective. Enemy anti-aircraft gun
vvero active against the American raid
ers In all three of the day's excursions.
All of our machines returned.
Ono lone American aviator attacked
a German who was diving at a French
balloon. Despite the fact that there
were six Germans abovp him, the Amer
ican forced the German machine Into a
nose dive Tho six other Germans then
attacked the American and forced him
to descend. He landed behind the Amfef
lcan lines uninjured.
By the Associated Press
London, Aug. 31, An official state
ment Issued by the Air Ministry on
bombing and raiding operations says;
"During the course of the last week
seventeen raids were made Into German
territory and nine German cities were
bombed, of which Manhelm provided the
most strll.lng example.
"During the week. 200 tons of" bombs
were- dropped m the battle area alone.
.'In aerial combats Hevntv.fnur ma.
cblnes were destroyed and thirty-four
driven down out of control, while thirty
two British machines were lost.
"In the northern costal region, many
aerial attacks were made at Zeebrugga,
Ostend and Bruges, the latter belnr
uiucu nine vimes.
By the Associated Press
Washington. Aug. 30. American air
planes In France, official dispatches to
day report, made 964 flights during the
first two weeks of August, engaged In
ninety-four combats and brought down
at least twenty hostile fliers, one Cap
tive balloon and probably two other
enemy alrnranes not officially account
ed for. The ' American bombing planes
atiacKeo. uonnans, lyjngujon and Dam
ourlo in daylight dropping 5300 kilo
grams of projectiles.
Anna Held Left $300,000 to Daughter
New York. Aue. 31. The will of the
late Anna Held, the actress, filed here I
today, disposes ot an estate valued at I
1300,000 the bulk of which gpes to her I
uaucnier. iane uerrcra.
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transfer of votes In Parliament. Every
soiaier wnom the Allies nut Into
Franco counts two on a division.
Allied Superiority Increases
I havo come back to England with
tho Impression that in every depart
ment of tho war we nro now definitely
superior to the enemy. Our superiority
is not yet sufficient to bo overwhelm
ing, but it is certain to be so. The only
question Is when It will he so, and tho
answer depends largely upon us.
Our present offensive, great as Its
promise is. has not the weight to carry
us through to complete victory. The
length of tho war now depends mainly
on when wo shall have that weight.
America has plumped for tho west
and is sending troops over as fast as
sho can get ships fiom us and from
our own resources. Sho cannot do
more than that. Franco Is, and has
long been, making the greatest effott
of which she Is capable.
It is no time to consider what we
havo done. Wo must ask out selves
what moro wo can do. We still ore
living from hnnd to mouth as regards
man-power nnd the question Is still
anxiously asked in Franco: "Will thej
keep up the dinfts?"
If we rely only on our nnntiat con
tingent of nineteen-year-old boys and
Bn our recovered sick nnd wounded we
cannot maintain our forces In the
field at tho full strength. The day on
which we shall havo the necessary
weight will be postponed nnd the war
will be prolonged. As long as Ireland
it otit of the wnr and ati long as labor
difficulties stand In tho way of tho
fullest possible development of our
man-power we cannot honestly say we
have done our best. If we as a nation
tan be made to icalizo that full nnd
complete victory Is certain, that every
able bodied man sent to Fiance brings
tho end nearer, that upon Us depends
the saving of life and trensute by
shortening the war, shall we not make
the supremo effoit to overcome all
difficulties and keep our ranks full?
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Ireland's Fato in TSalanco
Ireland will be lost for nil tlmo if
she prolongs the wnr by refuslhg her
help. We requlio during this autumn
and winter to devote our whole ener
gies to increasing our power In
France. Our overseas expeditions
must he reduced to what is strictly
necessary for tho defense of vital
ccntcis. For, apart from such l en
forcement as they may vleld for the
Russian front, every ship which they
require supplies Americana in Frartbc
All tnir naval and military establish
ments must be reviewed with the ob
ject of getting men for the fighting
line. We must overcome eveiy ob
stacle which keeps joung and active
men in places which might be taken
by tho middle aged.
We must appeal to the dominions to
look Into their man-power in the same
way. If Australia could see at woik
her glorious troops who saved Amlen
In April last and are now, with re
duced ranks, driving tho enemy back
along the Sommo, their ranks would
not long remain unfilled.
The difficulties of Introducing com
pulsory service In the middle of the
war have made our recruiting methods
very slow. Theieforo wo must begin
in time. Men must bo ready befoic
and not after the battle has begun.
Complete victory in the west is cer
tain. How soon It can be obtained de
pends on what more we can do to keep
America supplied with ships and Sir
Douglas Halg with men.
GILLETTE RAPS PRESIDENT
Alleges Untitle White House In
fluence in Shaping Legislation
Washington, Aug. 31. By I. N. S.).
President Wilson was accused of "undue
Interference with tho legislative and
constitutional prerogatives of Congress"
by Representative Gillette, of Massa
chusetts, Republican leader of. the
House, during the debate this afternoon
on the "recapture clause" nnd other dis
puted amendments to the Fedcral-ater-power
development bill to which the
President strongly objects.
Gillette declared there have beon
more encroachments by the White House
during the last six years upon the neces
sity for Independent legislation by Con
gress and upon the constitutional rights
of Congress than at any time since he
has been In Congress.
ESTHONIA OPPRESSED
Courier to France Tells of Germany'!
Hareh Treatment
a By the Associated Press
Stockholm, Aug. 31. An official
Esthonlan courier bound for France has
arrived here. He states that the Oer
mans are suppressing the Esthonlan
national life and culture In every way.
Newspapers are censored, he said, and
schools are closed or are being German
ized, while Esthonlan music Is forbidden.
In compliance with the request of the Director
of the Oil Division of the Fuel Administration,
all Gasoline Service Stations operated by this
Company will be closed on Sundays until further
notice.
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With French Comrades Ad
vance on Plateau Despite
Savage Attacks
BEAT PRUSSIAN CHARGE
Germans Make Desperate Ef
forts to Oust U. S. Troops
From Fismctte
Dy EDWIN L. JAMES
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copvrloht, 101H, ou'btiv) York Times Co.
With tho American Army, Aug. 31.
Tho American troops, fighting side
by side with tho French north of
Solssohs, nro maintaining constant and
telling pressure against tho army of
General von Boehm. Rushed into the
battle three hours after getting into
the sector, in an hour and a half they
hud made a good advance, reaching
tho narrow gaugo railroad running
from Chavlgny, northwest of Juvigny,
Their presence there brought savage
counter-attacks by tho Seventh Ger
man Division of Prussians. Despite
theso attacks tho Americans main
tained good gains. Our guns are
constantly pounding tho German posi
tions, nnd for miles in front of our
lines can bo seen black smoko arising
fiom many points within tho German
lines.
Interrogation of prisoners shows
that tho American nppenranco In the
lino was a complete surprise to the
Geimans. Among the Americans
fighting in this sector Is a unit which
the French have christened (deleted
by censoi) nnd the Americans nre
luoud of the title.
Meanwhile local fighting of an in
tense natuie continues along the
Vcsle. Tho Germans In the last
twenty-four houis havo taken the
initiative and hurled scvcial attacks
against our positions north of the
liver. Including a strong attempt at
rismetto, Ivlng north of Klsmes. The
Germans claim, In last night's com
munique, to hold It. Their object,
It Is known', was to put the Amoi leans
back across the liver, but today our
line still lies north of tho liver at the
points where the Germans attacked,
ind pur pni-ltlnns have undergone no
Important change It may bo Interest
ing to watch to see who holds Flsmcs
and Flshietto net week.
Willi (ho American Armj', Aug. 28
(delayed).
Leaping Into a new attack three
hours after reaching their sector, a
small unit of American tronps at
tacked the Germans thin morning In
a local operation north of Solssons.
The fighting Is continuing. The at
tacking Americans were a complete
surpilsp to the Germans, whd had
tho French opposed to them nt mid
night, nnd seven hours later found
our doughboys.
The Americans nro fighting with
General Mangln's Tenth French
Army, with which, other American
troops fought so successfully a short
distance away to the bouth cf Sols
sons In tho attack staitlng July 18.
Tho Americans who hit tho Ger
mans this morning were brought from
another part of Fiance In camions.
Under cover of the dense darkness
last night they were taken to the
front line to relievo the French troops.
Tho relief was completed at 4:10
o'clock, and nt 7 o'clock the Ameri
cans attacked with tho French on
either side. Our ttoops were sand
wiched betwen two famous French
shock units.
Our men took prisoners fifteen
minutes utter they started. By 9
o'clock more than 1C0 prisoners had
been counted nnd moro were coming
in. There were oinccrs nmortg the
prisoners, who expiesed tho greatest
surprise that the Americans had at
tacked them, This Is the first time
this German division the Seventh Di
vision of Prussians has been against
Americans, nnd they said that at first
they thought them to bo British.
Ono officer said he had been'ln Ber
lin ten days ago and that the people
were very much discomfited over the
turn the wnr has taken. He himself
believed the war would now end in
negotiation. The German prisoners,
ns a whole, are abovo the average.
German Artillery Xerflglbla
The attack In which the Americans
took part.was preceded by twelve hours
of artillery preparation. During all this
shelling very few'bocho shells came over.
In fact, the German artillery work was
negligible, Indicating that their guns had
been withdrawn. The Americans were
assisted In the attack by small tanks,
both malo nnd female, which did great
work tearing up machine-gun nests. A
German lieutenant commanding machine
gun detachments, Which were captured
entirely, said the first thing ho knew
the Americans swarmed over the em
bankment on both sides of his position
and thero was nothing for him to do
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but to surrender. The lieutenant said
his division had Just been put Into the
line and was told to hold t at all
coots. He said he had been told nothing
about Americans being around. All in
dications were that tho movement ot
Americans to the sector was completely
unknown tn the Germans.
I was with the Men for twenty-four
hours before they went Into the attack
and nothing could have been more su
perb than their enthusiasm. They were
just Itching to get at tho bocho again
When they did. they showed they meant
what they said. Bivouacked In beautiful
woods, they spent most of yesterday
afternoon sleeping, and just after night
fall got under way. Through villages
of which only tortured upturned stones
were left, And over shell and trench
marxed neias, tney niiered toward tna
front lino. The first of them got there
about midnight, and the relief of the
French troops started, which was com
pleted four hours later.
I was with the American commander
in a big cave in a quarry some few
kllometem back of the line. It was a
weird scene thero In the damp ahd dark
of that cellar lit by electric bulbs that
were not too numerous.
The sides of tho cave rang like a
bell In response to the never-ending
reverberation ot our guns, scattered all
about thirty feet above us. Off In a
corner a telephone operator eat in a
niche manipulating the wire threads that
tied our forco together.
Sleeping men lay everywhere, safe
there In the ground where the heaviest
boche shell or bomb could not touch
them. The hours wore along event
fully until JUst after mldnlgnt came
tho order to attack at 7 o'clock.
Military Machine Wakes Vp
Tn two minutes the whole of the big
cave was awake. The weary telephone
switchman was replaced by two fresh
men. Outside, a motorcycle started Its
roaring, as messengers Bped to the front
with maps and orders. Our American
military machine was at work. The
gladsome sporting spirit of the thing
was what gripped one. There wAsn't
a soul thero who wasn't glad the scrap
was at hand, and I know the dough
boys threo kilometers ahead felt the
same way about it.
The preparations for the attack con
tlnued until, along about B o'clock, they
were completed and then our artillery
started with extra zest. Four and five
guns would go at once. The sharp bark
of the Incomparable 76s was broken
by the heavy roar of the 186s and every
now and then some big boy would
speak and the cave would ring like a
bell Down through the entrances to
he cave seeped the pale light of dawn.
It was cloudy. The guns kept on
shooting, shooting. Presently the offi
cers sat down to breakfast. The com
mand was served In the cave.
Breakfast Is over and quiet seems to
fill the cave. In a few minutes It will
be T o'clock. It is two minutes, to 7
o'clock, now one minute.
Then all our guns cut loose. It was
the barrage ahead of our attackers.
There was no way to tell they hd
statted back thero In the cave, but we
knew that behind the curtain of steel
American doughboys were trotting
ahead hunting for the boche.
It was twenty minutes past 7 o'clock
when the flrBt messenger came in with
the news that the attack had started
and was going well. Then messages
came every five minutes, messages from
cur companies, messages from the
French on the right, messages from the
French on the left. Here came a mes
sage saying a nasty German position
was holding us up. The American com
mander read It and Bent It on to the
artillery commander, and a few mo
ments later high explosives were tear
ing the boche position to pieces.
Eight o'clock brought the message
that our forces were well on the way.
Eight-fifteen brought the message that
they were still further on, and at 9
o'clock came word that the railroad
had been reached at 8 o'clock at sev
eral points. This message told of the
American boys going on further than
ordered.
LAUNCH TWO MORE;
SHIPS ON DELAWARE
Cargo Carrier and Big Tanker
Slip From Ways at
Wilmington
Wilmington, Aug. 31.
Delaware River shipyards Started two
more ships to the nation's fleet on the
way to completion tpday, launchlngs
taking place at the yards of Pusey &
.Tones Company and the Bethlehem-Har- '
Ian Company at Wilmington.
The 4000-ton cargo carrjer Lynchburg
slipped off the ways at the Pusey &
Jones yard. The ship was christened by
Miss Mary Archer Glass, daughter of
Carter M. Glass, representative In Con
gress of the district In which is located
Lynchburg. Va for which the ship was
named. The launching party Included
Finn Hinnevlg, vice president and gen
eral manager of the plant 1 Captain Jens
Munthe und other yard officials.
SIlss Harriet Chadwlck Everest,
daughter of R. W. Everest, a director of
the company, was sponsor for the (400
ton tanker Charles M. Everest launched
at the Bethlehem-Harlan yards and built
for the Vacuum oil Compahy.
Tho launchlnc was private, only offi
cials of the shlpblldlng company and
members of the launching party belnir
present. The Everest Is 427 feet over
all, nas a oeam or nrty-two feet and a
modeled depth of twenty-seven feet.
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REDS IN SIBERIA
Entente and Czech Forces1
Smash Boleheviki in
Uesuri Front
LENINE IS WOUNDED
U. S. Army Medical Corps
Caring for Wounded Under
Great Difficulties
By thc'Associated Press
Vladivostok, Aug. 31.
Entente Allied forces and Czecho
slovak troops have attacked the Bol
shevik Red Guard, On the Ussuri
River front and have driven the enemy
back for a distance of fifteen miles.
Prisoners were taken and booty was
captured by the Allied forceB.
Thirty-eight wounded French and
Czecho-Slovak soldiers arrived har.
this morning from the TJssufl fighting
stone. The men were transported by
the American army medical corps,
which overcame the greatest obstacles
to obtain a sanitary train to move
them to Vladivostok. When the men
arrived here they were turned over
to the care of the American Red Crosi.
By the Associated Presi
London, Aug. 31.
Criminal attempts have been made on
the life of Lenlne, the Bolshevik premier
at Moscow, according to a Russian
wireless message received here today
from the Russian Capitol under date of
August 30,
Lenlne was wounded.
By the United Press
Amsterdam, Aug. 31. The Bolllvlk
official statement from Moscow says:
"Tedshen has been captured and Eka
terlnodar occupied. In the Katart region
thero is bitter fighting, on the traris
Casplan front we are advancing."
AMERICANS LEAVE
RUSSIAN CAPITAL
By the Associated Press
Washington, Aug. 31. Ninety-five
Americans, Including all consular omcrs
except Contul Oeneral Poole: all the '
personnel of the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W.
C. A, representatives of the American ,
bank nnd a number of private citizens
eft Moscow for Petrograd on a special
train the evening of August 26. Amn-
SinJ?ic.r!t2,prSyJ2u,ly "fc'1 hten turned
oVf.r..!2 lll6 Swedish conulate,
With the Americans were the Italian
military mission, a party of seventy-one
persona. This news, transmitted today
through the Swedish Goverhmtht, did
not confirm recent reports from German
spurcec that the last of the Entente
J-epi estntatlvcn had left Moscow, nnd It
Is thought here that the British and
French consular officers probably stilt
are detained.
In belated dispatches received today
from Mr. Poole himself, the last dated
August 26, the consul general reiterated
his Intention of remaining in Moscow to
give moral support to his British and
Frehoh colleagues, held by the Bol
shevik Government.
The Swedish Government also advised
that passports of the Americans and
others who had left Moscow had been
Vised to leave Russia, and thai per
mission from the Finnish Government to .
pass through Finland would be awaited
at Petrograd This permission already
has been authorized,
BOY-ED WAKES 'DISCLOSURES'
Tell of "Secret Treaty" Between
U. S. and England
By the Associated Prest
Willi tli American Army In France,
Aug. 81. Captain Karl Boy-Ed, former
naval attache at Washington, whd, with
Captain Fram von Papan, former mili
tary attache, was credited with engi
neering German propaganda designed to
keep the United States out of the war,
and who was expelled by the American
Government, has come out with a book
containing a fantastlo account of his
"investigations" in the United States, ac
cording to a prtioner taken north or
Solssons. .
One of the captain's most striking
"disclosures" is that the united States
entered the war because of a secret
treaty wtth oreat Britain. He contends
that had It not been for this alliance
America would have kept out of the
conflict.
The prisoner was thoroughly con
vinced, as he said his countrymen gen
erally were, of the truth ot these asser-tlons-
FIVE AUSTRIAN ACES DIE
All Killed In Air Fights Dnrlng Last
Week
By the United Press
Borne, Aug. 31. During the past week
the Austrian aces, Count SaTIy, Barons
Keutcher and.Bhrtold, ahd Lieutenants
Lleuke and Hobra, have been kllUd In
air fights. All had bombed open Italian
towhs.
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