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val o British Greeted
Noisy Demonstration
Throughout City
i f -
RECORDS BURNED
te?r
Slsheviki Sunk' Irie Breakers
FvriL. m:ij niAt- fniiii'i
riuatiSj --i 1. T TT t
r r.vnpfiinon rroni nurimr
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ftmitial Cable lo Evening Public Ledger
.JktCowrioM. Iltl, bv New York Times Co.
&.. " Archancel. Aug. 20 (Delay ed).
ix-i A fht. r!v encroached for concerted
P'jkction against the Bolshevlkl, Arch
t&'Omftl 'lay ruddyand agleam In the
"AlftarlvV subarctic sunshine. A new
StliStUlnesso born- of suspicion and
trj'v?.'l ..... ..rlBo tV, nnlotlllln that
S&nife of arrested Industry and com-
fJWjwrcs., Tne peraecutea majoniji
&jg&ehinf out of sight behind their
''vjrttlls and windows, noted that among
t$$fSk companies of the armed minority
Aaalng through? the street, bluster
;!Wand swagger had largely given placo
FK,l.to confidential talk and hurried root
VPv
iO-,S ,,Bo ot tnes,e companies "ad
i-t-iengvny vu . ... ...
lsMis banks that had already been
Qf&yonaered, and to institutions which
VIO' IVIUIQ1 j ...... ..... -
1a administration. For note that the
WSoishevIkl were at their oia naugnu
.F.fcW of destroying records. Not only
&&..' i
....iHM.iM'fln lvt fonlnnfA and
rifjWJKBsa aeijjuatiui'.v -
M-Wiecurlties gone, but also every ledger
?? r,rt memorandum testifying to their
fiSfe i.t.. Thn deeds of property.
if? municipal archives all the clerical
.furniture of civilization became ma'
Kb1 at for oonnrs.
Rl Shin Sunk In Fairway
fe SAnother movement was to the op-
SiWWposite shore, where me upisnevmi, un-
ErVcArth soldierly Germans, Letts and
bf&-i? v.i-., vrtnd Hniihln nrpnflrfltlnns for
&rii;on flight.
llpM&oncelve the ensuing period of sleep-
KJjgSg aitAiCL Mno..ft ...uuftl. .iil ...-
r;iermlnable .northern days that knew
s3in nights . 3" -
.faj The .Bolshevlkl. Instigated no doubt
i. 'ijjr'Oerma'h counsetprs, dispatched two
, .6mmtAtnXrtnii.fn down "h ittmUn!
fffiarcould the watchers doubt that
gjfSltfco! vessels wouiej be sunk in the
te&Ksirway to block 'our naval nnd mill-
M7. lUrv Lurccsi xmfv iv, coivu uu tne
&a.o , . ,..,. ....
jSPr-Wr? " -jv- .... -
r.-j- .iBWBf&H nnn annn t iran o'om afi tr a nnn.
VK-fflrfTKing circle di ;ne rxuBiievinL ius. i
SaSrsfimiK ..rl.onto.i oiA-ns ti.. '
Sfcknds of the clock moved on, until '
ILi ..inui. .n. ....vi tti...i
., W1U.HI-11UU1 no ic..c... .mui,mii . ,-,-;-
. . . . . I
B6 , fire broke put from several quar-
Kit Mrs -of tne town, rouoweri oy.suenca.
i MFhat
was the upshot? There were
nxlous speculations on board, also.
4loubtless, In the Bolshevist camp on
khore.
. . , '. . , .,
A listening operator heard the
Drilling news that the naval vanguard,
on reaching the fortified Island, some
LfwA, MliA- ......... . i ..,..,.,
Ixteen miles away, had been attacked ,
y the Bolshevist garrison, whom it
romptly subdued. Russia's authorl- i
tlve citizens, issuing from their
KijfMuiuca,
had everywhere overcome
feVy?,.u'3Urplng-j, Russians v,-,
'Mtit violence and with o:
1th. a minimum
-i . .i.-.t, i
my one Ueatn.
jU. Archangel had changed hands, ana
iJ&S'ihe Red Guard garrison was already
HMl nrlsnn. '
S Hope at the rail-head was fear on
I the ship. Had the fairway been block-
&S, WT-The answer came to those keep
SMutmt a bright lookout. Thev esDled the
fftSjWato colored plow and funnels ot a
wf'i mwitt and ahapely unit of Great
Mwltaln'a navy. The Bolshevist artll
iiMry bestirred Itself and a few shells
fj?J(tr rather wildly across the water.
LHt Thn the slate-colored visitor got to
(Btsaf "' " wuuiiiB pariies
?SfnrvJ.iir ni.hi V "L '""
?ilXi ..t,h!Jr fU"'f..i?,rCfS..We.r.e off
r---, .-... . DUU...n..u juui.ic;.
; Archangel Rejoices At Change
E.SSoon other vessels arrived, for the
jlHklllful BolsheUkl had sunk the ice
ifc'Ksreakers to no advantage. One hrnnirht
JrtCensul General Poole, who, on learn-
viAK how mattera stood. Issued nrdoru
?.-" . ' w.u
J vffer tooting on the siren. This had u
r ! - WUHV4HVIH.1;, TtllUll) Ult
" SMreeeen. Other craft followed suit, then
n
Wi 'Ataers, and still others, until from
Kfefsjery aort of horn, hooter, and whistle
wwit varied shipping of Archangel
Kiwetd along her miles of water-front-
iilvMa aent up a sustained roar of trl-
& pMWh uch as1 is .rarely heard. Then
! bhwiuijk perns 01 uens irum numerous
j,V efcurcftes contributed a new wave of
M"lyou sound and the citizens of Arch.
FP -aWeV assembling along th; quays
yjlaed oft-repeated cheers to the ac-
'eiaBpalnment'of waving flags and caps
.1'3 akkd YiAnrilcArrhfoffi'
BTb elaborate -and 'Impressive serv
bvax inanKBjjiTingrauenaea by new
hri !. m -r. " i r .
recruited Russian 'troops, and set
fy, the rich trappings of the na
church last Sunday gave fur-
r .expression to the town's grail-
for Its delivery from the Bolshe-
lLAiready -industry, commerce and
njhrfr'jr are being re-established un
I AlOM iirovlsional . government com-
Jttfff -oi tne rmiiuiitti assemoiy so-
who, as a matter of patriot-
1-anil Mimmnn unta pftMivnlvu 'Via
II. ..lfUH.11 ...MM-'f I ..WQ.IIliB ..V
,for .'restoring private enterprise
Usnd. and who, It la hoped,
iHy will form the nucleus of a
1 strong-, democratic, Independent
TEUTON-FINN ALLIANCE
: Places Finland's Man-Power
F '-U4 Kier Disposal
By th AuecUttd Press
7. (Wra). Altr;aty of
4MMlu4et N between
he
FOE'S TRAP FAILS
TO CATCH FRENCH
Germans Blow Up Aban
doned Chateau by Means
of Time Fuse
SOMME FORCED TWICE
Von Hutier's Armies Retreat
ing Before Debency and Hum
bert's Victorious Troops
By G. H. PERRIS
Special Cabte to Evening Public Ledger
Covvrloht. 191K, bu -Vio rorfc nnui Co.
With the French Armies, Sept. 7.
Yesterday morning It became evi
dent that before the victorious pres
sure of Debeney and Humbert the
armies of Von Hutler had abandoned
hope of .putting up a serious defense
on the line of the Somme and were re
treating rapidly toward their old posi
tions from St. Quentln. by Tergnler,
to the St. Gobaln massif
Cavalry patrols of Humbert's rlKht
found Chauny unoccupied and pushed
on the to the edge of Vlry-N'oureull.
which is only three miles from Terg
nler. At the northern end of the line
Debeney's foreguards reached the Pe
ronne-Ham high road from Jm. Croix
Mollgneaux to Matlgny at 7 a. m.
This was a sudden and bracing
change of fortune for the regiments
which had been struggling without
pause to win their way acioss the
Ingon and the Sommo east of the
Vesle. Behind the marshy loop of
of the Ingon, Hill 77 rose In broad,
bare slopes, and beyond this great
position lay the Somme canal and the
swampy course of the river again.
Thursday morning a few men man
aged to get over further north to
throw light bridges across the Somme
and eject the boche from tne ruins or
Tlavy. At the snme time French com
panic which had. as they sav. in
filtrated aiound Hill 77 and been driven
back from Voyenne bv a strong
counter-attack again captured the vil
lage, making 200 prlsoneis and, cross
Ins the rher, occupied Offoy.
(ierman I'osltlon Hopeless
With tuo passages of the Somme
thus forced the German Alpine and
other tioops which held out so stub,
bornly must have felt the caid to bo
Hope tss, especially as they Wire foeinfj
more and. more nearly threiiiej on
the tenth flank. Here the village of
Esmercy-Hallon. rxtending for otcut
a n.lle along the ridge whjoli over
looks all the countryside southwest
of Ham, had been the scene of a stiff
encounter Wednesday night, nnd was
colidly occupied Thursday morning.
. n i .. . .
vanceu 10 jieriancourt on tup nam
ru.iti, nunn ui viuischiu, anci ills ugm
up the Oise A alley to near Damn-
co"rt". , ,
Such marches look on the man much
uiv. o c-tts man iuc mr. 11 1UUI.
plecauUons agalnst ambushes, cieat
iu niiiuti. iiiubi uo Lnivcii. VAtrt Ill
Stance, the large chateau of Uetfidn
court, situated a mile west of Guts
rard. blew UD. Before evanimtine
their comfortable home the enemy had
arranged this explosion by means of a
lime iuse; uui me rrencn aavance
Bunrds are used to such trapg bj. noWi
and are not to be easily caught.
But the, met remarkable tiling In
lull u-imiiKvu auuniiun im .iiuiihui n
rnriIH .,-.- nn p,i,pr nf ,i1B
Vilette. On the northern half of this
sector, we are virtually bark on thr
"la " ""l "," IT." ..,u, ' V .:l T-.r.
Nureull and La l-'eiu, acioss the Oise
which, enlarged by marshes to the
W1UIM oi more 111.111 n niiie. is iiivt'
lh . . nrmtiirlom. stionuhnlil.
South of Allette we have leached the
borders of Vauxaillon and J.afTaux,
whence the front runs southwest to
the hill crowned by Fort Conde, and
then follows eastward the south bank
of the Alsne.
Crack Troops Vsed Vi
The abandonment of the good de
fensive posltton around Folemeiay
and Coucy-le-Chateau, on our left, and
around Marclval, at Mangln's center.
to say nothing of the esle, can only
mean that the continuous fighting of
the last week has taken all heart out
of the crack troops which had been
brought tn and Used up In defending
the app.ciches to what is perhaps the
niost vital of all the enemy positions
In France.
When Von Kbeu has drawn all his
forces back to the Chemln-des-Dames,
and that event can hardly be long de
laved, the familiar problem of the St,
Quentln-Laon-Craonne system of field
works will present Itself again, but not
ouite In the same form. This system
is no mere multiplication of trenches
and wire-fields it Is a true, strategical
creation covering the Oise Valley and
behind It (for there are many suc
cesslve defense lines at some points),
the valleys of the Sambre and Aleuse.
The Fiench armies spent long and
bitter efforts duiitig u large part o
last year to foice their way over the
Chemln--des-Dames, with a view to
passing over the Allette up to the gap
of Laon and so out Into the northern
plain.
Let us suppose that the harilers
called Siegfried, Alberglch, and so on,
have lost nothing of their oiiglnal
strength and even been lelnforced.
After Bulecourt and Queant they will
not seem as stiong to the men on
either side. We have, In fact, no
longer to concentrate thousands ot
cannon to make such a breach, but the
essential change lies In the increas-
i ine minerlorlty of the Allied resources.
which makes It possible to challenge
t combat over lengths of front that we
had not the means to attacK last year
and ti) pursue these wider operations
with n. continuity that at least bieaks
the enemy's will to resist.
tyaiglval was terrible last year; to
day Mantrln takes it In his stride. The
finest trench system is worth nothing
more than the will of its defenders.
The system concentrated between
Cambral and Argonne, moreover, by,
no means completely meets the Ger
man requirements of today.
FRENCH LAUDS AMERICANS
i . r
'Sjays' We sHaye Shown Right to
;' Participate in Marno Glory
iandon, 8p. 7. yield Marshal
French, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, has
sent-the following telegram to the British
Ministry or Information on the occasion
of the anniversary of the battle of the
Marnet
"I am rejolcefl to know that the
American army by Its splendid -achievements
In the last three months has
established Its right fully to par
ticipate in the glory which must ever
be associated. with; the Marns by reason
.riki vUHorlH'of UI4'a.n4 Hit?' " '
sWU i, JU.ot-'S.Ji.'?-
r--' ysy
4
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Hrltlnh Official Photograph
This unfinished canal Iian figured largely in the official communiques from France the last week. As a military
obstacle it ha; been overcome by the Allies with the exception of that taction weft of Cambral and up to Doual
PEACE OF RENUNCIATION
ADVOCATED IN BAVARIA
'Must Bow to Conciliation," Declares Newspaper,
Stressing Germany's "Most Terrible Losses."
Muddled Things With America
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
CopvrlQht, 1911, bu AVlo York Timra I o.
London. Sept 7
The Dally Express reports from Am
sterdam that Doctor Tederer. the Vi
enna correspondent of the Berlin Tage
lilntt, telegraphs that in the course
of a conference in Vienna between Ad
miral on Htnlze and Count Uurlan the
tuo statesmen agreed that In the pres
ent circumstances no action toward
peace could hae the slightest suc
cess. Their view was that after tne
present Entente offensive was oer the
enemy must admit they cannot count
on breaking through the German front
and that the battle to break Hermany
would last for years.
They consider It possible after the
offensUe to form a "constellation
which would view posltlie peace work
faxorably.
The Augsburg Abend Post, which rep
resents the views of the Bavarian Oov
ernment, lays stress on Germany''
"most terrible losse," which. It say,
are far worse than those of the En
tente because Germany's casualties all
occur among the CVerman people, where
as the Allies are a group of many na-tlorus,-'i;uropeaiit-Africim.
white and
black.' ' "
. "Germany must admit," the journal
adds, "that England has some reason
to view our action with distrust. Our
rejection of Lord Haldane's fleet agree
ment must have forced the English to
the belief that we really planned war
against them.
"The present war can only end by
compromise and renunciation. Our ene
mies will only believe in our HnoeritN
If we gle up big words after esrh of
our military successes Let us not
AZIONI DI ARTIGLIERIA
AL FRONTE ITALIANO
Gli Austriaci Vengono Re-
spinti in Varii Tentativi
diAttacco
Published and Distributed Under
PERMIT No. 341
Authorized by the act of October fl
1017. on file at the Poetofflce of Jfblla.
delphla. Pa.
Bv order of the President.
A R. BUHLESON.
PostmaBter General
Itoina, 7 seltenjdft.
Dalle notlzle giunte dal QuartlerJfJir
rale ltallano s rlleva che, durante" la
glornata dl ierl l'altro, Intense azlonl
dl artlglierla si .sono eritlcate lungo II
fronto montuoi-o e the le truppe Itallane
hanno con successo resplnto attacchl,
Inillggendo all'avversarlo perdite ab
bastanza conslderevoll.
Nel potnerlgglo dl lerl. 11 Mlnlstero
della Guerra ha pubbllcato II seguente
cnmuiilcato
"I.ungo II fronte delle montagne la
nostra artlglierla, lerr. emcacemente
hersagllo' le llnee del fronte nemleo e
l'aiea retrostante ad esse. Nella Conca
dl I-aghi. e nelle Valll Poslna ed Area,
le nostre pattuglle attaccarono rlpartl
nemlcl In esplcnrazlone e II costrlnsero
a rltirarsl
"A nord dl Monfenera un tentatlvo
dl incurslone contro le nostre llnee
avanzate fu arrestato ddlla nostra
guarnlglone, la quale effettuo', poscla. un
contrattacco e coatrlnse II nemleo a
darsl alia fuga, non senza aver su
blto delle perdite.
"Lungo 11 basso corso del Plave. grup
pl dl soldatl nemlcl tentarono dl tra
versare II flume facendo uso dl plccole
lmbarcazlonl. ma furono resplntl dal
fuoco dl fucilerla del nostrl soldatl."
Watlilnston, I)t C, 7 settembre
I contessa Macchl dl Cellere. la
dlbtlntu consoite dell'lllustre Ambasela
tore ltallano In Washington, auesta mat.
tlna fara' da madrlna al plroscafo
"Plave," che sara varato nel Cantlere
Naa!e Federals d Kearney, N J.
It plroscafo ha lo spostamento dl 9600
tonnellate ed II nome del flume ltallano
e' stato dato In considerations della
storlca vlttorla consegulta dalle truppe
Itallane sul flume stesso, vlttorla che
tegno' la completa dlsfatta delle armate
austrlache.
VANDA'LSDAMAGE FOE'S ROADS
Leads Commanders to Threaten
Death to the Guilty
By the Associated Press
London, Sept. 7. The 'military com
mander la the district of- Altona. Prus
sia, has Issued a proclamation warning
the populace agalnat damaging the rail
roads and thus exposing military trans
ports to danger, smys a dispatch to- the
Exchange Telegraph frpm Copenhagen.
i The proclamation, .the .corrHC'Ment
THE FAMOUS CANAL DU
forget that the Central rowers are In
the posltton of a besieged forlres and
therefore the war cannot be won by
purely military means. Our subma-
rlne hopes hae been disappointed. We
hae muddled thlntrs with America, ,
saying that America might send sol-1
"All this shons we must bow to con
ciliation This Is our only sanation
Germany's Government must take the
Initiative In such a peace of 1 enuncia
tion without further ado."
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Capurialit. 191. bu .Vet" Vorfc Tunc Co.
The IlHxue, Sept. 7. The Frankfurter
Zeltung reports that Admiral von lllntze
the Herman Foreign Minister, remained!.
In Vienna until last evening, but denies ,mrB.8 manlfesto Is an excellent con
reports In the Austrian press that the " ,.,.,, ... ,
Polish question made progress In the , Urination of all that 1 have recently
direction of an Austrc-Polish settlement, telegraphed regarding this point.
"In reality," says.the'paper, "the Po)lFh( T, 0erln.in correspondent ot the
-mention was not. discussed and no dell- ,.... n
nlte result was expected without the Amsterdam Tyd. who is often -well
presence of (he Chancellor." ' Informed legnrdlng affairs In the
The paper, however, says mat. an
agreement was reached that tne teu
tonic war alms shoum De strictly ae
fe'nslve, but no political act Is expected.
It adds that the situation must first be
cleared up In order to be able to speak
ft lth the enemy
Then, however, according to a most
authoritative source, "a political offen
sive will begin which will oblige the
enemy governments to remove the mask
and to speak openly to their own people
and say whether they really desire a
league based on democratic principles."
The telegram from the Vienna cor
respondent Is doubtless inspired.
GERMANS UNPREPARED
FOR ALLIED SUCCESS
Entente Offensive "Bent Psy
chic Power" of People's Re
sistance, Says Cologne Gazette
By GEORGE RENWICK
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copurtuht. 191H. bu A'eto Vorfc Times Co.
Amsterdam, Sept. 7.
The Cologne Gazette says that the
Entente offensive has been successful in
one direction : "It momentarily buckled
our home front In that It bent the psy
chic power of lesistance of the German
people" That came about because the
Germans were "wholly unprepared for
the sudden change In the fortune ot
war" For that the paper blames the
way In which the military happenings
are reported
The manner In which the powerful
German offensive was described by the
Wolff Burpau," It complains, "roused the
Impression that the enemy could not re
cover again from our blows; tha( the
hostjle reserves were exhausted, and
that It only required a last effort to give
the enemy the coup de grace Thus the
buccessful offensives of the French and
of the Kngllsh came upon our people as
a sui prise."
Uut, It Is also pointed out, the same
policy of deception was followed with
legard to economic matters, as, for In
stance, In connection with the provision
111, fnf4 olllllill.. 1... n.Iw..Bln '. ...I lTlv.ol
ui (uuii ouiiiiuca uy ikuumiiia mm -niii-
nla. lLttle wonder. It adds, that decep
tion and mistrust have been produced
and eeivlce rendered to the enemy. This
false policy also has been pursued, it
goes on, with reference to the general
conditions In the enemy countries, re
garding which It says:
"it may comfort many of us to Know-
that the enemy fares as badly as we do.
We must, however, renounce this pleas
ure. Despite all the successes of our U-
boats, it la probable that we shall not
succeed at an early period In reducing
our enemies imports so that food and
other necessities of life will become as
scarce wun mem as tney are wim us.
2 TRAINS FOR GERMAN PAPERS
Headquarters ' Hurries Back to
German Soil, Bag and Baggage
By the Associated Press
(lenem, Sept. ". The German great
general staffi which had been Installed
at Spa. Belgium, for more than a year
and occupied six of the principal build
ings bf the city, was removed Monday.
(Several hundred 'officers and employes
superintended tne movement or an mili
tary archives, including the "correspond
ence and orders of General Ludendorff.
Crown-Frtnca Wllhelm and Crown Prince
iiupprecm ot.ua varia. -, a
.-inK!c.,ffi::HH5iatt
NORD
SEEK ARMISTICE,
PLAN IN GERMANY
Important Circles Seriously
Considering Halting of
War This Winter
NATION BADLY SHAKEN
! c.
HllMCllburg Manifesto btirg
in '
Up People, I llOllgll IJreSS
Comment Is Mild
Hy GEORGE RENWICK
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copjrtoht, WIS. bu Krw York Ttmei Co.
Amsterdam, Sept. 7.
The whole political situation in Ger
many is becoming dally more serious.
f th nPonle eenerally. Iltnden
Fatherland, stnteH that Important
circles In Germany aru even seilously
considering the possibility of an
armistice when winter comes along.
The Tageliche Rundschaud confesses
to deep shame that things should have
gone so far that Hlndenburg should
have to issue a manifesto to teach
Germans their duty, nnd the Weser
Zeltung laments the civil Influence
caused by the publication ot military
communlciues.
Other panel's, such as the Hamburg
Xachrlchten, think the best policy Is
to bring sweeping charges, mainly i
against Knglnml, for havagery towaid'
German prisoners. Kv en ut a time, the
Nachrlchten says, when Germany ,
peimltted subjects ot enemy States to i
go about freely in the Fatherland, Ger
mans In the Kntente countries had
all been shut up like wild animals.
All sides, indeed, show how seveiely.
shaken Germany is, and the possi
bilities of a seilous political ciIbIs in
crease daily.
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Cnpirfolif, 19IH, bu Xne York Timet Co.
tandon, Sept. 7. An Amsterdam
dispatch to the London Dally Ex
press says:
The situation on the western front
Is apparently summed up by the
Nleuwe Rotterdamsche Courant In the
Mireestion that, whereas It was feared
that the Americans might arrive too
late to save the Allies from defeat,
appearances are that they arrived too
late to beat the Germans, as the Ger
mans may alieady be beaten before
the United States armies are at their
full strength In the field. It seems that
the anxieties of Hlndenburg and Lud
endorff run on similar lines, for they
are now doing all they can to con
vince the German public that they can
beat the Americans.
The two military leadeis also evi
dently consider that their personal
position Is gravely endangered, apart
from that of Germany, and with a
view to bilghtentng things up they
are giving interviews to ever-obliging
correspondents, and Hlndenburg sent
out today u "solemn warning to Ger
mans at the front and Germans at
home" to keep united.
The effort of this extravagant docu
ment will hardly be that which its
author intended. Even Vorwaerts
criticizes It, though it knows the risk
of suppression In doing ho. The So
cialist Journal openly declares that
"Hlndenburg goes somewhat too far,"
which Is putting It mildly, "when he
says that the Entente's description of
internal conditions in Germany Is
false. On the contrary, many Ger
mans; In fact, the majority of Ger
mans, believe tha the enemy sug
gestions of reform aie correct and
therefore the field marshal lias no
business to say the contrary, though
the German Socialists, like nil other
Germans, do not wish to accept any
Internal reforms from enemy hands."
Other newspapers so far do not com
ment on Hlndenburg's warning, ex
cept respectfully to suggest' that It
might have contained more Informa
tion about the military situation, which
is the subject of tlio whole nation's
profound anxieties. The Germih
people are far more interested In the
coptlnual changes nf the war map
than in the Hem -Marshal's inflated
phraseology regarding the wickedness
of the enemy.
Hlndenburg's warning la not likely
to contribute directly to 'the re-estab-ltshment
ot the old chief's tarnished
popularity.
Ratify Ne,w Buito-Cermin Treaty1
Amtterduq, Sept. 7. The. Instruments
of ratlflcatlan-of the Russo-aerman sup
plementary trejfyj were. .Hi .
U. S. IN WAR BROUGHT
CIVILIAN CO-ORDINATION
Shipping of Allies and Neutrals Under United Control
Being Used to Shorten
Conflict
By CHARLES
Special Cable to Evening Public l.edget
CoihWbiI, 1916, bu Sew York TlmM Co.
Paris, Sept, 7.
The sSrles of successes in the mili
tary Meld during the last six weeks
is a striking tribute to the value
Of a single military command. There
Is nothing but praise of General Focli
on alt sides. The contrast between
the lapld succession of blows at dif
ferent parts of the line and what took
Placo In the early part of last year,
when the English and French armies
wero operating independently, has
demonstrated, even to those who
doubted It, the wisdom of a single
command. ,
In a less spectacular, but perhaps
equally Important field, while the same
degree of unity has not yet been at
tained, there has been growing up a
co-ordination behind the lines which
would have seemed unattainable at
this time last year. This co-ordination
In civilian war effort Is Indirectly the
result of America's entrance In the
war.
Maritime Tonnage Classified
A few months ago, as a result of
the Paris conference, the Allied mari
time transport council was formed.
The council, with representatives from
four nations, has classified the ton
nage of the Allied and neutral world.
It reports to the heads of the several
nations the work which the tonnage
Is doing and recommends re-routing
which will enable more effective war
effort.
This Involves not only knowledge of
the avallnblc shipping, but also knowl
edge of the necessary demands of the
nations not only for war purposes, but
for those civilian requirements that
must be met In brder that the peoples
of the nations may be sure to receive
their minimum needs.
Krhoes of . S. S. Campaign
We hear echoes in Europe of the
war savings campaign at home and of
the effort to stop consumption in
order that labor and material may be
freed for wnr needs. They have gone
through these campaigns here In
France, England and Italy. We hear
little argument about the subject now.
It Is assumed rather than argued, that
unnecessary consumption cannot go
on at the expense of effective war ef
fort. In the last vear, however, a marked
thing has been the frankness nf dis
cussion of questions of tills kind.
Wilson's Leadership Ilecngni7fU
In the ptogress that has been made
toward this unity there Is a glowing
tendency In both France nnd England
to recognize tho wise leadership of
President Wilson. Before America's
entrance into the struggle many sug
gestions of pooling resources were
made. The results of the last year,
however, have not come fiom pooling
so much as from the constnnt Inter
change of counsel and from the con
stant education as to each other's
needs. ' The result has been that
frankness Is gradually being substi
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