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By EDWIN L. JAMES
Special Cable to Etening Public Ledger
CojiyrtsM, ltio, ty .Vfio York Timet Co,
Cobletu, Jan. 7. Talks with vlsl
tora hero who left tlio United ."tales
after the cessation of hostilities, and
the rcadlnp of American newspapers
show tha America seriously under
rates tho part plaj cd by her army In
defeating Germanj.
At this time, when American public
opinion may play such a larco rolo In
shaping tho final determinations of the
peace conference, tho people of tho
United States should have ull re
alization of thu fact that 11 Is duo
to tho American army that tho
soldiers of Prance, England and Amer
ica today lino tho llhino and that
German soldiers don't patrol tho
streets of Paris.
They should havo full realization
of tho fact that had It not been for
America, Germany would today bo
tho victor of tho world war.
Theso statements aro no exagffcra
tlons. They aro plain statements of
fact.
Events In Paris In tho next three
months or less nro going to ho of a
nature ithat call for tho assertion by
tho American peoplo of theli' full
claim to consideration.
Germans Quit lleforo Defeat
It seems that tho chief error made
by Americans In Humming up tho sit
uation Is that they fall to realize fully
that tho German army quit before It
was whipped. No ono who knows any
thing about tho mil situation will
deny that the German artnj could
havo fought on through many battles i
before tho Allied boldlcrs would evci-
havo reached tho Ilhlnc. Rut Ger
many realized tho defeat that was
Impending and tho quit whllo the
quitting was good
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SYSTEM FAILED, SAYS HARDEN
Germany Squandered Strength of
nation to JUaintnin Policy
Berlin, Jan, 7. (Uy A. P.) Wrltlnu
In the Zukunft In connection with Ger
many's policy of alliances, Maximilian
llrrden declares that Germany's rulers
merely squandered tho strength of tho
nation In an attempt to maintain the
old world system, which had either to
bo radically transformed or perish.
'The Itapsburp system, with Its wiles
and malice: Ilulgnrla's lust for power
and the maladministration of the Young
Turks were not to bo saed," sas
Harden.
"Germany's Turkish policy was espe
cially faulty. German dliifomnev con
sidered the friendship of tho Turks na
good compensation for the gambling
losses Germany suffered for many j cars
through her Mtcmpted rhalry of llrltlsh
r,anl supremacy through sycophantlo
courting of tho Caliph's fMor and
through tho planning of a land routs
to India "
TTnrrlpn mniMmle!
Hrltaln's alleB mny now stalk Rbout
as lctors, while Germany's companions
liae all becoma cripples."
CHINA SUPPORTS
NATIONS LEAGUE
President Hsu Sends Mes
sage of Ind6rsemcnt to
President Wilson
SEES PEACE IN FAR EAST
Americans in Berlin
to Take Photographs
Believes Delicate Problems
Will Be Solved by Unity
of World Powers
M'CUMBERURGES
NATIONS LEAGUE
First Republican Senator to
Voice Approval of the
President s Plan
WOULD LET GERMANY IN
liy the Associated Vrest
mhlnctnn, Jan 7 Immediate es
lablHuncnt of a liagut- of natlonf, with
Grrmwiy ,n a member, was urged In the
Senate today by i-etntor McCumber, of
North Dakota, the first Itepubllcan
number of the Kenato to olce npprota!
of President Wilson's proposal for such
an organization.
The first clause of a compact for such
a liague, .Senator Mcfiimber i-ald, Miould
declan- ' that each Independent nation cf
tho world as It shall exist at the tlmo
this compact shall be executed has the
right to Iho and work out Its own des
tiny, freo from any Imposing danger of
any mighty mllltnrj neighbor."
"With such a nolcmn compact of na
tions executed by nil the gre.it nations
ff tlio world," tald the' North Dakota
.Senator, "tho danger of any great war
would be preKsed far Into the realm of
Impossibility Docs anjbodv bellce that
If such a gnat International agreement
j had bet ii In existence prior to 1314 een
Germany, with her autocratic and irre
sponsible government, would hao dared
i break lur compact?
I 'I want this bond and I want Ger-
By CARL W. ACKERMAN
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
duirloht, lit), bv yw Vork Times Co.
Peking, Jan. 7. China will support
President Wilson's plans for a league
of nations. President Hsu Shlh-Chang
has telegraphed President Wilson at
Paris that tho Chinese Government fully
Indorses America's proposals.
In n conversation with Acting Minis
ter of 1'orelgn Affairs Teheng-Ioh I re
ceived translation of the message which
the minister stated, tho President and
cabinet having approved, was being dis
patched to President Wilson personally.
"The policy which jou have espoused
to form a league of nations In order to
maintain tho causo of justice for all
countries, whether big or small, as well
as to maintain tho permanent peace of
tho world, is ono of the greatest Im
portance," the message states I,
President of the Itepubllo of China, to
gether with h r people, fully Indorse
and support this policy, and express the
sincere hope that every effort will be
spent to make it scced In ord r that
tho world may enjoy peace and happi
ness." The sending of this telegram means
moro than a whole-hearted Indorsement
of America's position. It means that
China Is looking forward to the time
when all the great world Powers can
unite In solving those dellcato and dan
gerous far eastern problems, which have
only been half solved In the past, and I
which loom today above the horizon of,
peace Teace Is gravely Important
Peoplo of China with
spoken since traveling
llerlln, Jan. 6. liy A. P., delayed )
Lieutenant Arthur Sutton and
Privates McCauIcy, Sucss and Haw
ton, of tho United States signal
corps, arrived In llerlln today from
Coblcnz.
They will take photographs of
happenings In llerlln and vicinity.
RIGA CAPTURED
BY BOLSHEVIKI
peace In China, Japan, Siberia and the
Philippine Islands.
In a talk with the acting Foreign Min
ister, the first point he mado was a flat
denial of a report that China and Japan
had mado nn agreement to act together
China goes to the conference to be
ablo fully to Btate her case, If the Pow
ers will give China a full opportunity.
The chief hope of China's statesmen and
peoplo Is that China may be heard fully
and frankly.
Reds Seize Many Villages
in Westward Advance
in Old Russia
BERLIN PUSH DENIED
Division of Polish Women
Fights Ruthcnian Troops
Winch Surround Lcmbcrg
the Polish Soldiers and Workmen's
Council. '
Polish troops are reported continuing
Ihelr advance northeastward parallel to
the railway from Kreuz through
Schncldcmuht to Danzig. The Poles now
liold tho railway from Schneldemuhl to
Urombcrg At a point west of Schnelde
muhl German troops nro concentrated to
contest the Polish advance.
Washington, Jan. 7. (By A. P.)
lteports from Berlin that n Polish nrmy
was marching on the German capital are
denied by the Polish bureau. Tho re
port was Instigated for German propa
ganda purposes, n statement by the
uureau said, ns "Poland Is tho prlzo
Germany seeks.'
MAY FREE STRANDED SHIP
Northern Pacific Moved Nearer
Deep Water
Wellington. Jan. 7. (By A. 1M
lteports to tho Navy Department toiny
said tho transport Northern r"nc
stranded off Fire Island, had beet
moved about twelve feet further toward
deep water, . ,, i, . .
Department experts believe .tho ship
VIII bo freed shortly from the sand
bank on which nho was run during a
.., (.i,M.ia nnnlnia fmlr! today that
tho Inquiry ordered Into the stranding
.. nn .. mhiIh. o.niiHntf nnn nnv iur
ther nction would depend upon th
suit.
and nearly every man displayed a den.
oration a Croix de Guerre, a DljtifJ.
eulshed Service, Cross or a. Fourratere
They had been discharged from hospltaii
and organized Into casual companies f0J
the oyage home.
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through to PeKIn look upon the Ponce
Conference and a league of nations as
being tlio world's opportunity to git to
gether In tl.o Hast and solve tho ques
tions, which, when solved, will guarantee
MEXICO NEEDS AMMUNITION
Asks Lifting of U. S. Embargo in
Order to Fight Banditry
Wnnhlntton, Jan. 7. Mexico needs
ammunition to fight banditry nnd la
appealing to tho United States to re
move thn arms embargo order of 191C,
Ignnclo Honillas, Mexican ambassador
to tho United States, said today.
Tho Immediate ivhlpment to tho
Mexican Federal troop of 7,000,000
rounds of seven millimeter Mauser rifle
cartridges, ordered In the United Stntes
In 191B. but held un at American norts
by President Wilson's now famous urms
embargo against both Carranza and
Villa Is esjieclally requested by Mexico
City.
ACCUSED DEPUTY DIES
Cotcs-du-Nonl Member of French Cham
ber FqcciI Execution
rrl. Jan 7 (Uy A. P.) Douls
Tunnel, representative in the Chnmber
of Deputies ror mo ejoics-uu-.xorci, vvlio
was arrested In October, 1917, on
charges of trading with tho enemy. Is
dead
The discovery of 27,000 Swiss francs
In the cloakroom In the Chamber of
Deputies used by Deputy Tunnel was
one of the first disclosures in tho 'nves.
tlgitlon of the 'defeatist" movement In
whom I havclrance- . ,
frnm lberli i urmei reiuseu 10 iiivuiho me origin
of the money and, wPh Ills wife, was
arrested In July. 1T1S, It was an
nounced th it Deputy Tunnel v.'ould be
charged with revealing Intelligence to
the enem, un offensu punlshablo by
death.
By the Associated Press
London, Jan 7. The port of Riga
was captured at noon on January 4 by
tho Bolshcvlkl, according to a Russian
wireless dispatch received here today.
In ' sthonla the Bolshevik! are march
ing on Reval and havo reached Char
lotenoff, thirty miles southeast of Reval,
A general advance by tho Bolehovlk
forces marching wostwnrd In old Russia
is claimed In an olllclal report sent out
by the Russian Soviet government. Tho
capluro of numerous villages Is re
port eel.
Lithuanian troons. the renort states.
havo occupied Podbrodzie, about thirty
miiea nonneast or vuna. in tho region
of Stepanovo tho Bolshevlkl claim to
havo taken 3000 prisoners and consider
able booty.
Ruthcnian troops havo advanced and
surrounded Ixmbcrg. which Is defended
by the Poles, according to a Central
Nows dispatch from Copenhagen quoting"
advices from Vienna dated Saturday It
Is added th-U the Poles hrve been driven
from Lubachoff, northwest of Lcmberg
In tho advnnco on I.cmberg the
Ruthenlans attacked with 20,000 rifles
on u front of twelve miles. All the
Polish forces In I.embcrg took part In
tho fighting Including a division made
up of Polish women This division, It Is
added, buffered tevcro losses and many
of tho women were captured.
llerlln, Jan 4 (delayed). (By A, P.)
Tbcro has been further shooting In
Posen and lively street fighting be
tween the Poles and home guards at
Gnesen and Stertlow. All rail traffic to
Gneseu hus been stopped. In Hromberg,
northeast of Posen, the representatives!
of tho German havo been arrested by
U. S. ARMY MAY USE RHINE
Would Help Overcome Difficulty
oi .transport for Supplies
By EDWIN L. JAMES
Special Cable to Etening Public Ledger
Copyrtoht. iste, lv PubUo Lnlaer Co
and Xtui York. J Ones Co.
robient, Jan
7. It has been sug
gested that as Boon as tho peaco pre
liminaries aro signed the American nrmy
of occupation, If It Is kept for any length
of time In Germany, may use tho Rhine
for getting supplies.
Transportation from French ports
over the French rnllronds and then over
German lines presents many dllllcultles
which mnke the transportation situation
of the Third Army far from good.
It has already been suggested that
tho army be moved homeward via tho
llhino In nrrler tn rl.A .... t...-.i.
tho overtaxed and rundown French rail- S
ways "nv
ORGANIZING WAR VETERANS
Lvery Mnn Who Foupht With
Allies to Be Elidible
Chlragn, Jan. 7. An Illinois charter
for the All'ed Army of Veterans was re
ceived yesterday.
This organization, tne nrse unu oi
which Is said to have been formed a'
Washington. D. C, plana to embrace
every veteran of tho Allied forces In the
war of 1914-18, according to Lieutenant
James W. Pearce, of Washington, the
national organizer, who Is hero In the
course of a western organization trip.
MARINE HEROES HOME
COO on Criiifer North Carolina, Ncarlv
All Wearing Medals
New York. Jan. 7. Six hundred of
the famous Fifth nnd Sixth Marines
"bo fought In tho battles at Chateau
Thierry. Helleau Wood nnd "olssons
esmo home yesterday with eighty sol
diers on the cruiser North Carolina
hleh made her first trip as a trans-
ire
Every ono of them had been wounded,
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right to vvavo tho stars and stripers to
their hearts' content over tho corpse of
Prussian militarism.
No one wants to detrart from the
glorious accomplishments of tho anna
of valiant Franco and enduring Eng
land, but at thi same tlmo they did not
whip Germany until we, took a hand,
and that fact will not down,
America Muile e.crmans llult
Sometimes one thinks that tho true
story of America's part will best he told
when German historians wrlu their
story of tho war Hut .esk any German
officer now. ask any German soldier
about It and ho will tell jou that Amcr-'
fes, maele him quit. Ho win tel jou jrrc'uiiibcr
mat lie vvouHi nave gone 10 i-irjs in
June had It not been for tho Americans,
who added to tho Allied forces just that
strength which made them too much for
the advancing GeTmati arms.
Using some hard common sense when
did thu American fighting men leallj
get Into the liar1 It was In the last
days, way down around Chateau
med the peaco of tho whole world for
tho last fort -five ars, nnd to meet her
threat every other nation has had to
keep Itxelf armed to tho teeth and
weighted to the verge of poverty to
maintain mighty nrm.iments
'And as di-cply a.s I hato Kalserlsm
ard tlio abominable doctrines of military
German), I believe c i-hould extend the
li mil of brotherhood und friendship to
deninciatic (Jerinanv when Its people
havi repudiated the stlcinss em real Ger
min character and have Meered their
count! y clear of the worse malad, Bol
Hhi vlsm "
Replying to tho argument that estab
lishment of a. league of nations would
weaken tho Menroe Doctrine. Senator
said tho league would
ttrengthen It, as all nations would be
bound to respect the territorial integrity
eif the Central and Sou'h American re
publics, whereas now enly the Cnited
Mates guarantees their independence
and Integrity.
Discussing other phases of tho work
of the Peaco CV'fuenie, Senator Me.
Thierry. What had the GeTmins been Cumber mid the congriss at Vervallles
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doing up to then' Thev had been hit
ting tho Allied line and in every case
making gains which took them nearer
and marer to Paris and the coatt. What
happened after the first of June? The
Germans mado ono more try on tho
fifteenth of Julv. and ever sine.- have
Mieen going backward That la the honest
truth about it.
This time of international political
negotiations is no time for Americana to
belittle what the Third Division did In
the last two davs of May when green
Americans stopped the Germans at
Chateau-lhlerry after tho Allied force's
had retreated thirty Kilometers In as
many hours. This Is no tlmo to belittle
what the Second Division did on the tlrst
of June when, without artillerj, U
straddled tho Parts-Meu road about
Belleau Wood and tbcro stopped tho
Germans at the nearest point to Paris.
And now who should speak lightly of
the feat of tho Third Division on the
16th of July, when tho boche made his
last dash? Where ho hit the Third Di
vision, east of Chateau-Thierry within
seenteen hours ho was back across the
Marne, which ran with tho blood of 15,000
men It cost him to make the vain at
tempt against tho Americans
ma nnd it necessary to re'urn to Bel
gium all eif the tenltorv wrested from
her In 1839 and thus make the Rhine
River tlio western boundary of Ger
many. "The Allies, ' ho tald, "may deem this
necessary to place Germany in a jk.sI.
tlon whero the wicked teachings of her
military nnd pulitl. al lule's which
brought nn this u.ir cannot In tne future
nf'utn n gn.it portion ot Europe I
ind thus re ndingir lis peace and i
salep-
IlardMt Wow nf War
Above all. bear In mind that the hard
est blow dealt the Germans in tl e whole
war was when tho First Armv went
through tho Argonno and reached Sejun
cutting tho German armv s most irrpo--tant
lino of comniunb atlon.
Was it mere coincidence that it was
Just when wo broke thu last Argonne
hold that the Gerirun cry for an armi
stice went up' How much would tie
French and British advance to the we-.t
have been held up had not wo forced the
Germans? rigure why this toughest job
was given to tho freshest and best troops
In Europe.
And when tho war ended what nation
had a fresh army just startinir a i-rem
campaign between tho Meuse and Mo
belle against Mefz? What nation had i
millions of joung and bravo soldiers1
coming, coming, always coming, In eve--1
dwelling strength with ii spirit that knew '
no defeat, and who did not know how I
to, retreat? What nation had Germanv I
"buffaloed"? 5
America Is accused here In Europe of I
toasting too much This is no time for '
America to try to right that Impression
by reading backward. I
For Stiff Necks
and Sore Throats
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and even "swallowing
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possible after a liberal
application of
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Abbott's Statement
Regarding Milk
Drivers' Strike
For the benefit of our customers and.the pub
lic, we desire to explain our position on the
present milk strike.
Our competitors drivers formed an organ
ization of some of our disloyal men with head
quarters at our Germantown branch and at
tempted to dictate to an organization of our loyal
drivers who are located at our main selling
branch, 3416 Lancaster avenue.
The Disloyal Organization Demanded that
the Abbott management force all the loyal
Abbott drivers into their union or a strike would
be called. The company was willing to recog
nize both drivers' organizations, but could not
and will not force our loyal men to join any
organization whose policy is dictated by our
competitors' milk drivers.
This sympathy strike has been called to back
up this ridiculous demand.
There is no question as to the wages or work
ing hours involved, as our milk drivers earn $40
per week and upward.
A Few Disloyal men have been replaced by
intelligent men returned from the ARMY and
NAVY, and with the co-operation of our loyal
men, our customers, and the public, normal serv
ice has been restored and will be maintained.
Abbott's Alderney
Dairies
General Offices, 31st and Chestnut Streets
No Cotton
In this unprecedented offer of Suits and
Overcoats in Oak Hall's
RECONSTRUCTION
SALE
npHOUSANDS of our "own
x make" Overcoats and Suits.
One thousand four hundred
and six Overcoats, so high in qualiy
and so low in price that we could
not resist buying them from a cele
brated Boston manufacturer in or
der to
PASS ALONG THE SAVINGS WE
MADE TO OUR CUSTOMERS
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5. DOUBLE-BREASTED, BELTS, $1 Q tL(
M COLLARS, FOR . . 1 J, Oil
22.00
25.00
26.50
$30, $35
ULSTERS.
BIG, WARM
$30, $35, $37.50 AND $40 YOUNG MEN'S
FORM-FITTING OVERCOATS. SILK
TRIMMED, SILK IN SLEEVES .
$35, $40, $45 AND $50 STANDARD OVER
COATS. EXTRA SIZES UP TO 48 CHEST.
VELVET OR CLOTH COLLARS
$35, $40 AND $45 OLD-FASWJONED CHIN-TO-HEFL
ULSTERS. BIG, DEEP COLLARS.
ALL SIZES, TOO ...
Oak Hall is selling more good
clothing than any store in Philadel
phia during these Reconstruction
days.
THE REASON?
All wool all the time!
Fifty-seven years of all wool. . '
All wool now and in the future!
If you want to see real enthu
siasm in buying and real value in
selling come to Sixth and Market
Streets, where every overcoat and
suit is being delivered with a guar
antee of all wool instead of an
apology for part cotton.
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