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BRITAIN DEFENDS
ENTERING RUSSIA
Viscount Milner, Secretary
for War, Says Honor De
manded Aid to Friends
BOLSHEVJKI HELPED FOE
Allies Entered to Save Czecho
slovaks Remain' to Save
1 World From Anarchy
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADEEPHIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER, 19, 1918
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By the Associated Press
London, Dec. 19.
In responso to strong protests In tho
press against tho secrecy maintained
concerning military operations In Hussla
and the Insistent demand by liberal
newspapers that the Government explrln
,and Justify the contlnuanco of these
operations Viscount Milner, tho Sccre
. tary of War, has Issued a statement- to
the effect that the Allies have an obliga
tion of honor to protect the Itusslans and
others who have aided them against tho
Bolshevik!,
For the AH''" to scramble out of Rus
sia now would threaten to Involve, tho
whole country In barbarism, ho says.
Lord MUner, In his statement, which
Is In tho form of a letter In reply
to a correspondent, goes over the situa
tion created by tho success of tho
Bolshevlkl In gaining control of llusslan
affairs, asd emphasizes how their acts
were affecting adversely the cause of
tho Allies In the west and otherwise
hampering tho winning of the war by
41ia AltfArl tinttnn.
"You ask me." says Viscount Milner
In hla letters, "what right wo ever had
to Bend British troops to Russia to med
dle with tho Internal affairs of that
country and how long we mean to lteep
them there, now that the war Is ovor.
Beaton for Intervention
'Tho question Itself shows that you
misapprehend the facts of the case ns
well ns the motives of tho Government.
Tho reason why Allied, not merely
British forces Indeed, the British arc
only n small proportion of the total
Allied troops were sent to Itussla, Is
that the Bolshevlkl, whatever their ulti
mate object, were In fact assisting our
enemies In every possible way.
"It was owing to their action that
hundreds of thousands of Germlm
troops were let loose to hurl themselves
against our men on the western front.
It was owing to their betrayal that Ru
mania, with alt Its rich resources In
grain and oil, fell Into tho hands of tho
Germans.
"It was they who handed over tho
Black Sea fleet to tho Germans and
treacherously attacked the Czecho-Slo-vaks
when tho latter only desired to
get out of Russia In order to fight for
tho freedom of their own country In
Europe. The Allies, every one of them,
were most anxious to avoid interference
In Russia, but It was an obligation of
honor to save tho Czecho-Slovaks and
it was military necessity of tho most,
urgent kind, to prevent those vest por
tions of Russia that were struggling to
escape tho tyranny of the Bolshevlkl
front being overrun by them and ho
thrown open as a source of supply to
tho enemy.
"I say nothing yf tho enormous quan
tities of military stores, tho property of
tho Allies, which wero still lying at
Archangel and Vladivostok and wero
In course of being appropriated by tho
Bolshevlkl and transferred to tho Ger
mans until tho Allied occupation put an
end to the processes.
Act llrlngs Huecesn
"And this Intervention Was successful.
Rioting was stopped. Tho Czecho
slovaks were savttl from destruction.
Tho resources of Siberia and southeast
ern Russia were denied to the enemy.
TlnS northern ports of European Russia
were prevented from becoming bases
for tho German submarines, from which
our North Sea barrage could have been
turned.
"These wero important nchlevcmcntB
and contributed materially to tho defeat
of Germany,
"I say nothing of tho fact that vast
portions of tho earth s surface and mil
lions of people friendly to' the Allies
have been spared tho unspeakable hor
rors, of Bolshevik rule. But In courso of
this Allied Intervention, thousands of
Russians have taken up arms and
fought on the side of the Allies. How
can we, simply becauso our own Imme
diate purposes have been served, come
away and leave them' to the tender
mercies of their nnd our enemies beforo
they have time to nrm, train and or
ganize so as to be strong enough to
defend themselves? It would bo an
nbomlnable betrayal, contrary to every
British Instinct of honor and humanity.
"You. may be'nulte sure that tho
last thing the Govornment desires Is to
leavi any British soldiers In Russia
a .jy longer than Is necessary to dis
charge the moral obligations We have
Incurred. .And that, I believe, 13 tho
guiding principle of all the Allies. Nor
do I, myself, think that the tlmo when
wo can withdraw without disastrous
consequences is necessarily distant. But
this Is a case In which moro haste may
bo less speed.
"tf tho Allies wero all to scramble
o- of Russia at once, tho result would
a'most certainly bo that the barbarism
that at present reigns in a part on y of
that country would spread over the
whole of it, Including the vast regions
of northern and central Asia, which
were Included In the dominion of the
Czar. Tho ultimate "consequences of
such a disaster ca?tnot bo foreseen, but
they would arBuredly Involve a far
greater strain on tho resources of the
British Empire than our present com
mitments." '
MAN'S MOTHER NEED
NOT LOVE HIS WIFE
New "5ork Supreme Court Jus
tice So Rules in Dismissing
$250,000 Alienation Suit
New York, Dec. 18.
"There Is noihlng In the law which
compels a mother-in-law to lovo her
daughter-in-law," said Justice Hotch
kiss in tho Supreme Court yesterday
when dismissing an action brought by
Mrs. Mcdellno E. Wesslau Hoffman
against her husband's mother, Mrs.
Paulino Prylbll Hoffman, In which she
demanded damages of 260,000 for al
leged allenntlon of his affections.
Previous to tho Justices decision
COPY OF ARMISTICE ORDER
seMt here by lieutenant
Thomas R. Boggs, Former Cheltenham High Boy, Tells Father Ho
Received Word Only Forty Minutes Before Time Arrived
to Lay Down Arms
MATRIMONIAL TANGLE
INVOLVED IN MURDER
A copy of the order to tho troops
which stopped hostilities In the world
war, has come to Philadelphia In a
letter from Lieutenant Thomas It. Boggs
to his father, Samuel R. Boggs, 1109
Mclroso avenue, Melrose Park.
Tho order directed tho Americans to
continue lighting up to tho last minute,
and they did, according to Lieutenant
Boggs, 0110 "Beventy-flve" firing twenty-
seven rounds a mlnuto for flvo minutes.
Lieutenant William P. Hoffman heard When It was over, the sllenco seemed
Ilia juuiik WHO iuiiiuiu uiiui'iiiu ' tiniw,nv , ,, MH n,n
their domestic affairs which she as- """"" strange that many of the
HUNGARY FACES FAMINE
Knrolyi Says Bolshevism Will
Triumph Unless Food Is
Supplied
Home, Dec. 18. (Delayed) Hungary
cannot feed Field Marshal von Mnckcn
sen'a army of 200.000 men. which the Al
lies ordered Interned, Count Karolyl,
Hungarian Premier, declared In an inter
views with the Budapest correspondent
or inc luea isazionaie.
Karolyl said that Bolshevism will
dominate Hungary unless food Is
promptly supplied by the Allies.
"My downfall Is inevitable unless
Hungary is promptly furnished with
necessary supplies." ne saw. ' Kamlno
means tho triumph of Bolshevism."
Tho Premier advocated a preliminary
ifconomio conierence 10 solve Hungary's
coal and railroad problems.
serlcd led to their estrangement. After
this country entered the war, the young
man enlisted In tho army and has slnco
won his commission as a lieutenant In
the coast artillery branch of the serv
ice. Mrs. Hoffman said the dofendant was
displeased with the marriage because
she did not belong to tho same social
set. She had been offered from $10,000
to f GO, 000 to get a divorce In lU-no, Mrs.
-Hoffman said, but spurned the proposal.
Mrs. Catherine Jane wesslau, mother
of tho plaintiff, testified she called at
tho latter's npartment at No. 644 River.
Bide drive on December i!3. 1916, where
she overheard the elder Mrs. Hoffman
say: "Willie, I have como to take you
home.
On that somo night, declared tho
young wife, her husband "pushed mo In
the nose nnd I slapped him," when she
asked him where he hatl been.
On one occasion, according to testi
mony. Lieutenant Hoffman remonstrated
with his wife for her extravagance.
Mrs. Hoffman ndmltted breaking a bed
room mirror in a moment of pique.
When asked for permission to marry
her daughter, Mrs. Wcss.au said she In
quired of Lieutenant Hoffman tho size
of his income, but the suitor replied ho
would discuss that phase with the
young woman's father.
Justice Hotchklss Bald he could see
nothing more than a threat followed by
circumstances which gave rise to sus
picion that Mrs. Hoffman had alienated
her son's affections. "The old adage,
'You wouldn't hang a. dog on suspicion,"
,ls good law," remarked the Justice.
Tho loffmanu were married on June
9, 1916.
men could not sleep the first night, he
said. The order follows:
"(Deleted) directs thrt every measure
bo taken to strictly enforce provisions of
this mc.'s.igc:
vnnla State Collego and barely1 twonty
years old when ho wrs called to Kort
Niagara to attend tho training school.
He was commissioned n second lieuten
ant and sent to Camp Meade, where he
was promoted to first lieutenant and as
signed to Company f, 3Hth Infantry.
He was twenty-one yenrs otd In August.
ami slnco then has been acting nB
captain of his company.
"It seems mlehtv strance not tn hear
the guns booming and the whlstlo of
machine gun bullets," he said In n letter)
wruicn .-sovemuer 12, me uay alter nos-
timies stopped, "in rnct, tne silence
was so new to us that none of the
odlcers hero could get any Bleep last
night at all. '
"I received tho Word yesterday at
10:20 a. m. when another officer, a few
scouts and myrelf wero out looking fir
Police Working Hard to Un
ravel Alleged Snarls in
Piper's Experiences
By the Associated Press
Muskegon, Mich,, Dec. 19.
Tho matrimonial experiences of Mllo
P. Piper, local Insurance man, accused
of having murdered Miss Frieda Welch-
man, a Chicago bookkeeper, alter an
nutomoblle trip lasting several months In
1916, were being further Investigated by
tho pollco here today..
Interest In tho accused man's pact life
was stimulated late yesterday when It
was established by statements from him
and his present wife, according to Sheriff
Carl Stauftcr, that In 1903 he was mar
ried at Benton Harbor to Miss Iva Good
enough, n fKtcen-ycar-old school girl.
After a divorce two years later thi girl
using the name of Marian Grey con
ducted a matrimonial agency at Chicago.
Court records there show that she was
convicted In 1908 of using the malls to
defraud, being sent to tho Federal
prison at Atlanta, and later pardoned.
Letters wnicn 1'iper wrote 10 11m jiix-
cnt wlfo durng tho automobile trip , tabllshcd. (
which he admits making with ;JBni'
Welchman are being sought by Ut
tlco today.- These letters, .Mrs'MJpf
told tho authorities, disappeared ri
hor trunk after she found her'TOft"
son playing wltn mem. '' Vh
Beyond reiterating Ills' statement' tnt . .'
ho knows nothing .of Miss WelchmMU0
death' and that his namo was ure4-)Mr.
one "John Sheldon" In marrying tfc
girl at Rensselaer, Ind,, In 1916,- PIht. .
has refused further to discuss tho mu '
der charge against him. j
Sheriff Stauffef has admitted ttuUitMi '
case developed by the'authorltlesgi.W(ft
Piper thus far Is a purely circumstan
tial one. Piper's Identification as :&'
man who was married -to Miss WefeN
man, he added has not been legally -' ,
;
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lIo.tllJlle.Vlll cease on the whole M u de,a'' 'H' h,l1,C0.m! :
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..".... .. 11. iuU.ij-, rrencn time, "", runner at nrst, Dut n a fcw minutes I
that hour the operations previously or- met tin officer with the order signed
dcred will bo pressed with vigor; At 11 b" " division commander.
.. .. ... . ..'.., . "On our sector tho Huns stopped flr-
m, our line will bo held in place ana ,n nt 10:57 n m DUt WB kept up J
..,. j ,;,... D u' uui... tcrribie bombardment until n a m.
or forward. Ho will stay exactly where snarp, our artillery officers tell mo they
'.'" '" "'' """ """ te"BU nnB " 1 worked their cutis to the limit."
dig In. in case enemy does not like
wise BUspend firing, firing will be re
sumed but no further advtnco will be
permitted. No fraternization will be
allowed. Brlgado and other commanders
concerned are .charged with the Im
portant duty of transmitting these or
ders to troops and securo their strict
enforcement. Rockets and other signals
may be used to notify the front lino of
the arrival of the eleventh hour.
"(DELKTKD.)
"P. S, Use bugles to Btop the ad
vance." COLONEL OURV.
Lieutenant Boggs was In Cheltfnltrm
High School, on'v htlnir nlnetcnn yenrs
old when ho applied for a commission
In tho officers' reserve corps at Ameri
ca's entrance Into the war.
He was In his first year at Pennsyl-
STATE NEEDS NURSES
N 11 I
TAKES BRIDE IN FRANCE
Smoking jackets and
linmcp pniirs arc
more popular this
and other cities, for physicians nnd
nurses. Notwithstanding that 25 per
Lancaster Boy in U. S. Navy Weds in
l'Orient
IjimroMer, la., Dec. 19. A war ro-
mnnn. In whlrh n vnnntr Lancnalai
sailor and a French girl figure, was ' cent of the physicians of tho State nro
brought to light yesterday with the an- , in Federal service and a higher per
omnoriT'Knwtonir.;.1 ntSo of nurses are In war work,
FhTn' "ffif 0wSarrer?cdhi Pennsylvania could not have met the
l'Orient, France. December 14 to Miss , demands during the outbreak.
Marguerite Loulso Epron, of that place. In ninny communities families insisted
Young Uuttllclsch has been a sailor In on the services of trained nurses. This
the United States navy slnco March, drained tho supply until tho advice of
1917. For tho last six months he has the State Health Department was fol
been stat onrd at l'Orient, France. Mea- lowcll to ,,0ol interests by districting
fddng'wa'Halul'mllUary6 one' and town3' h'a alIowc1 nurBe art
took : pfaeS fiA wmrtChurehl! Py"n for " B,vcn "umber ' Patl"
l'Orient. cnts.
Health Department Impeded
Influenza Cases ;
Harrliburg, Dec. 19. The State '
Health Department was hard pressed In 1
tho original outbreak of Influenza nnd .1 1 t
again In the present flareback affecting VC3r 1 1111 n CVCT Di'IOrC
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