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VOL. XXXVIII MANNING, 8 C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1918 GERMAN SUBMARINE 1 '![S GAS AITACK Six Ov, rcome at North Carolina Sta tion FIRST MOVE OF KIND Destroyer Attacks Sub Off Virginia Coast, and After .Dropping 17 p)epth Charges, Appears on Surface TWO STEAMSHIPS SUNK British and Swedish Vessel Sent to Bottom in New England Waters -Sub Commander Talks Boastfully Washington, Aug. 12.-Gas from oil discharged on the water by the Ger man submarine operating off the Mid dle Atlantic coast overcame six men in the coast guard station and l*ht house on Smith's Island, N. C., Satur day evening ,the Navy Department was advised today by the conmand ant of the Sixth naval district. If the gas attack was deliberate, as most officials believe, it constituted a new and ingenious form of "fright fulness" and, so far as has been re ported, was the first direct effort of the German raiders to h.-m pernona or property on th- Amin : -" The gas was said by t!h c:, : ant of the coart gu.ird staten to 'n, 'much the same effect as the '. uctm- I gas used by the Germans no the west ern front. The men were laid out for more than half an hour, but appa-:ent ly suffered no serious effccts. Destroyer Attacks U-Boat The dispatch relating to the gas at tack was one of a series concerning German submarine va--fam-c off the Atlantic coast received during the day by the Navy Department. One tol dof an attack an a submarine 100 miles east of the Virginia coast by an .American destroyer, which discharged seventeen depth charges where the raider was sean to submerge. The re sult of the attack was not determined, but after oil had appeared an the sur faceitwo bombs were dropped on the spot, and -the submarine was not soen again. British Steamer Sunk Sinking of the British utsamer Pen istone, of 4,139 gross tons, and the Swedish steamer Sydh.nd, of 3,031 gross tons, in New England waters, near where ten fishing smacks were destroyed Sunday, was also reported to the Navy Department during the day. The former was torpedoed Sun day, with the fate of her crew still undetermined, while the latter was de stroyed by bombs August 8 and her Still another dispatdh said four sur vivors -of the fishing schooner Katie Palmer landed at New Bedford, Mass., reported they had been ta'ken abo-trd the submarine, the commander of which boaste4 that he was e(uipped -to remain in American watera for s'ix months- if he (lesired. Big TypaSiib The submarine was described by the men as being about 31 0 feet long, with -a conning tower 15 feet Figh, and -mounting one gun. The ritider carried -a crew of sixty men, aIccording to th' survivors, who were held aboard the submersible for a time -an later set adrift in a dory. While the reports from -the com mandants of the Smith's tliland coast guard station and Sixth naval district clearly indicated their firm :belief the gas attack on the island -was delib erate ,some officers today thought there was a possibility that the sub marine had dis('harged the oil and gas after being 'wrecked on a reef. Attention was called to the fact that the action of, salt water evin elec -tric batteries used by submarines gen -erates chlorine ga., which is uumilar to mustardl gas in b~s effects and :is .deadlly if encountered in a closed space. If the submar-hme ei-e wreeked it-was said,this gas wouldl be generat edl.und would come to the s:urface w.ath the oil which wvould be freed.| Off icial Stat ement No such posibility, however, was ment0oned in the Navy De-partmnent's anlnouuieement, which saidI: "The Navy Department has received a dluipatkhi from the commnandant of -the Sixth naval dlistrict, Charleston, S. C., stating that an attack with gas was attempted on the North Car-o.. lina coast about 5 o'clock Satur-day ' afternoon, with the result of te-mnpor arily "putting out of business the coast guardl station and light house persoannl." Thew report goes on 1.o say: "'A biout forty minmutes after the at tack three large oil spots, eaceh over oneO acre in extent, were observedl passing by Smith island to tihe north. This oil from wvhich the gas was no doubt generaitedl miut have been re leased from a submarine in the vicin ity of the entrance to the channel with the hope that it would conme in with the tide, but fortunately set along the island. Probably Mustard Glas "'Report fas madle to Col. Chase, coast artillery corps, Fort Cawell, N.-'C., 'by Cap.t Willard, of the Smith Island coast guardl, after the effects of the gas were noted. Six men were gassed. No deaths. The gas had the ef feet of mustardl gas and was effective about thirty-six or forty minutes. - Colr of the gas has not yet been ascertained and its effect on trees and shrubbery not yet determined. The en tire, matter wvill be investigated andl rep T-Lmade.' . 47e incident was reperted by (,C.1 Chase to the. naval district command ant. Smith Island is off the mouth of the Cape Fear River, near the en trance of the channel to Wilmington, N. C." S Officials Puzzled Assuming that the attack on the island was deliberate, officials plain ly were puzzled as to its purpose. The only explanation was that the subia rine commander sought to put the lighthouse out of commission with the attendant danger to passing ships. If that were the purpose, however, offi cials could not understand why the commander did not destroy the light house with his guns. On the basis of reports received concerning the attack on the subma rine off the Virginia coast, officials would not venture an opinion as to the possibility that the U-boat. was de stroyed. The time of the attack was not given in the dispatch and cons': quently, it was not known whether it was before or after the gassing of the men on Smith's Island. p The attack may have occurred Sun lay and been reported by radio. but the more generally accepted belief was that it took place several davs ago, and since there was no conclusive proof of destruction of the enen, the destroyer waited until returnine: to its base before report ing to T.;I district naval commander. U-Boat Submerges When the destroyer sighted ti raider at some distance. it dashed for ward at full speed. The German i dently was maintaining a sharp loo: out, for the U-boat soon ubmerged. The destroyer circled the spot and dropped fifteen depth charges. When the upheaval of the .r caused by the terrific explosion hr.d subsided, an oil scum was sc.r. A this is a ruse long employed by ite Germans when attacked, the destroyer (lashed in and discharged two mort bombs. The warship then cruised in the vicinity some time, but no f urthr trace of the raider was seen. In discussing the submarine raid with newspaper correspondent.. See retary Daniels said he believed that there are two U-boats operating on this side of the Atlantic. He said - (lid not believe that they have a is:e on American shores and explained that they frequen' iy replenish :heir stores and supplies from vessei- t h y (lestroy. Effective 'atrols Naval patrols on the coast:::' s effective as can be, Mr ranie" de clared, adding that it is impossiole for them to be everywhere. Thus far the raiders have done no rriatarv damage, the Secretary said. am'I the navy is carrying out successfuly ,s paramount duty of safely c '.voyiny Ameiean troops Overseas. Since they began operations .l J in the second raid in American atars. simce this country entered t w.ar, the submarines have accoumted for thirty-one vessels, of which a. ' three have been destroyed in New England and Canadian wat..-s. The three exceptions were the Amrse:.n steamers, O. B. Jemnings and Mt-rak Qiald Diamond Shoal lightship No. sent. down off the mild e Atom" coast. Presences of the raiders wa fir t made nown by the sinking . the Ameriei-an armored crinser, San Ii'-go, off Fire Island, New Tork. by a :n laid by a submarine. Since thtnu teen fishing smacks, thre coal ;. s a tug, a lightsh'i'p, four schoone rs anl six steamers have bee-n de-t: :'l),'' o . Most of the Vessels were of A.:: -. reg istriy. Not Seriortmly Injvred Wilmingtno, N. C., r u. 1.>. mration from the coast gourd sta en on Smith's Island, at the moath of th." Cape Fear it er, tonght. is 1ha:t rino of the victims of the Gerns:', V- i tack there Saturday suffered ,-riois in jur-v. Those who suffered at the l~ight1houne' arei .undersrood t a: 'been the keeper, his wife fa 'ine ot-her, coimposing the crew ui the light house., while three -., th tast guar-ds at the life sav'ing stat'o-,i ao~( suffer-ed. A brood of chiel ens a the reser-valtion was killed and ot h(r an imal onl the place .shwedlii ons or the gas.. Ca pt. Wiill is of the c-oast g-axd station would make r)o stai:rint Tl Wo .Suibmar ine. I Unston, A ug. 1 2.--Ttv w S, s'i m Ti!It raddtefishing fleet on George's Bak aurdlay aritd the crews a h fishing schooner-s Old Time aui Cro er pobalyvere lost when their boaits, were sunk by gunfare' wthout wrnaccording to the cre-w of thbe fishing schooner- Mary .sene-tt, who were landed herec tonight. The Sen nett was also sunk by gunfire andl shells were fired a tthe [boats when they were- pulling away, the firher mien said. JAPS AND) CZECHS IN T1OUCJI Nippon's Soldiers Alread.3 on Job in Siberia The Hague, Aug. 1 2.,.Japanese ad vance troops are in touch with the Ccecho-Slovaks, says a Moscow dis patch to the Weser Zeitung, of Brem eni. The Czech troops at Vladivostok who have been in touch with the Jlap anese for sonme time are separated from their comradles in Western Si.. beria, who hold the trans-Siberianr railroad wvest of Irkutsk. The Moscow dispatch probably refers to a junc tion between the Czeens in Western Siberia and the .Janame. ERVIN SHAW'S DEATH SHOCK TO FRIENDS The disappearance of Lieut. Ervin Shaw on July 9th on airplane duty on the French front, was a great shock to his many war mfriends in Claren don and Sumter counties. Ervm, who is a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Alderman, was born in Alcolu, and this fact alone endears him more than ever to the people of Clarendon coun ty. - The following eulogies on his life were published in the Sumter Item: Lieut. Shaw-missing since .1inly the 9th. It was this report that add ed to grief the dread of an awful sus pense. Below are giver two letters that will give to the pu.lie the de tails of the information that hi'e been sought in vain since the t irst brief tidings came. Like Lieut. Purdy's death Sumter shares the erief of Lieut. Shaw's fall and it is no idle curiosity that makes Sumter seek dlef mite information; but it is because Sumter claims these two sons as her own and participates in the sorrow and in the glory of their fall. As Superintendent of schools for so many years I have come very close to the lives of these boys. I have shared their joys nad entered into their sorrows. I feel that I know all of them as no one eis: has had an opportunity of knowing all of thew . When they left for the training camps it was my privilege and pleasure to bear testimony to their efficiency an fi-lelity. As the news of their supreme sacrifice comes to us, it is my sad . f 4. LIEUTI. ERVN SIIAW Sumter, S. l. Courtesy News & Courier. privilege to speak more intimately of these splendid young men as I knew them. The real inspiration of a te~achei's life is to see the full fruit ion of the promises of early youth. Ervin Shaw was a young man of V..ry ine qualities. ie had to a h igh degree, the qualities of loyalty, gen tleness ;nd- honor. Few young men in Sumter were ever more deservedly popular. It is true that f amiliarity breeds indifference and his knowledge of machinery made him so indifferent to its mysteries that it gave him the relutation of reckl:'ssness. A perusal of the letters from the front will show that whVat appeared to be recklessness as a familharit v with ma~chinerv that gave him a mastery that markedi ).im immediately as '"the most dariug HIis skill Ihept his (Iaring from beini. reek lessnepss. II is letters to his home and his condunct in camp all bear' tes'timlony to the f'act that -real ren~gton is y~ttn a hold upon young -men that it never had before. They are broughnt face to face every day wtth the eternal verities andi this miakes them ) (ali'ze as never before their dlependege up. (in an onmilipotent God. It was true m Pumrdy'an case; it was truOe ini Shaw's case, andi ;t is trute in the live's oft countie tho.msandls of the young mnen "over there"' awt its juen irn m.) fluen~ce is beinig felt nere more anid moure (eery day. Ma, ar-- beginning to regardl the (claimuls o, r'e-il r'eligiio, as the e'ssenitial feature'. of t heir lai ly Tlhe letters r'elat ive' to Lient.,Sa are given below. Respectfully aid -orially, Suiperinte(ndient or City School-. 418 Squadron, R1. A. F. B3. E. I"., Fra'ee, J1uly It), 1918.I Dlear Mrs. Shaw: "'si with dleep regret that I write, Lelling you of your brave son's miis fortune. I would like to hold out <ome even small hopes but fear that would be unfair. On the evening of )th JIuly, in Bristol No. B. 1113, Lt. Shsaw wvith Sgt. Smith as observer went out on a single machine recon iaissance (that means alone). When le failed to return we made all in 'juiry andi were told by observers' on the ground near our front line that ~hey had seen one Bristol fighting its ,vay back agailnst thr'ee enemy scouts. After a long K truggle the BrIstol was ueen to fall ini ninen in the tui. We all feel Shaw's loss badly as he wasi one of our very - bravest and coole.;t I lads, always cheery and stout-hearted no matter what work was wanted. lie shot lown two enemy scouts during hard fighting and would have won honors had he been allowed to continue his good work aloft. Please accept ALL 48 Squadron's deep felt sympathy. I'1 Yours sincerely, K. R. PARK, Major. ( 48 Squadron R. A. F., B. E. P., t France, July 13, 1,918. ly Dear Mrs. Shaw: Perhaps a message from one who has been a close companion to your son during his life in France may in some measure make less heavy the burden of your sorrow. In this hope I take the liberty of werting to you, I, a stranger. To us he was "Molly," a name he brought with him, though how he came by it no one can guess. We were the first "Yanks" in the squadron (all Americans being "Yanks" to the English). "Molly," arriving just a few dlays later than I. Within a week we were joined by John tood, another 1 of our countrymen. We t!ree nat- t orally became hut mates, for fellow Americans i, this far off country t seem to bring one many miles nearer hom'. Not long ago Good, who was flying t right beside me in our "formation," I was shot. down by one of the enemy machines attacking. It was his first "show" over the line-poor chap. We I nissed him, Molly and I, and We two c alone became great chums. Now, there is but one A merican and he is finding lFrance an empty place with out his pilot mate. The story of "Molly's" success here t I Could tell you at length, but no c doubt you have had from his own pen c the account of his actual work as a t fighting pilot. lie did not tell you though how highly -his wort: was re garded by his fllow pilots. This he could not know and it is this that I I pulrpose to tell you. In this life of ours out here there is little thought of compl iments. If one does well it is ! but his duty done. But l 't a man not , do his best, he hears of it shortly, It no one hesitates a minute to inform 1 him of it. Among ourselves sharin| each day the same <hangers we are not apt to think one another brave. One is abnormal only if he is not brave. With "Molly," it was a bit dif ferent. IIe not only always did his best but from the day he arrived his best was the equal of the squadron's best. I know that we all regarded Molly" as the most daring and skill ful pilot among us. A "stout" chap we say out here, this among flying n~eui being the greatest tribute we can pay to our heroes. When "Molly" was ordered to go back of the line fifteen miles on a dangerous recon n'u ssance he went back eighteen or twenty to bring ini a better and more accurate report. W)hen he met Ihuns though the odds were greatly against him he fought them. "Molly" Shaw has served his country well. The circumstances 'f his passing are not known to us here in any ,le tail. It is known that as he was com ling back to the line.s after a long recoi nissa: i nce he was attacked by three 11un machines. Their fire must have cut some vital member of the mach me's framing for it broke up in I the air according to a report from one of our advanced battery positions. I at the time must have been quite close. I was flying below a great white cloud. .Just a bit of a plane dropped through it. and fluttered idly I down, down. I did ne', know then did] not even guess tiat onte of our men was fighting alone above the cloud. Molly" was my best frienl out here and though I had known hint but a little while I was proud of the knowing. Always at night before he Iwent to bed he knelt. downi by hi i cot and prayed. I lovedi him for that . in this tiune of sorrow knowv t hat. you have given to the treat cause for 'hmich. ont c (ountry is fighting. A. liPUI MAN. Sincerely yours, At t he (Count y summ ner schuool for colioredl teac1he.rs in sessionm here a spe-. (end health day program will be held ;\onday, Auogust 19th, at II 4''cl'ck. The prograi of s peakers is an. nounineed bel'w: 1). lJ. Welcome)4 Add1,1ress on behalu f of soi. mner school~ - Pr f. -t;. W. liIownr. Jitdct ion Rev. Mel hili. Hrowi~n. IFly-hlorne lI) sse- l )i. Biroaday. Add re's~.1-Farim D.emnet rato6r. Conmmunity, Minging. Special Adldress-D-Ir. Thos. 1E. Alil Music. ar Acturiities- ProesorC.K Breedmi. Special A'ldress---~ t. 1',. .J. 'I Birowvne. Music. E'xhibition-Girls Canning (Clumb, i Miss G .E. Ilarvin. ' Repescentatives from each schjool nI listrict in the County expect to at- t< tend. Every colored minister ini the i "ounty is most c'ordlially inv te to be a prersent. The diate is Monday, August n 9t.Tpaeis uditoriumn colored ?u scol ilyou bring a friend andn 01 be present at eleven o'clock ? C I. M. A. MYERS, Director Summer Schol R8. R. D. COTHRAN PASSES AWAY As P reSUlt of a seo 'eration lr-. It. D. Cothran d5 d at a lI":pital SCharle .( Mlonday af ternoon. Cipt news came -.s a sheck .' every nie, for while it was kn .wr that .Mrs. ot' au wa's very i.ll, i: \'a:: thought ;at sh' was crov-in 1t." ttil Mol:ay mlidd-ty, v ho he he rt sr eve w:y. Ie ( body 'vas brougrht here as, ':ight or buri', a'd fun'ral sv :- vili >" hd thi: caft' o . . S rivivig .\l r:. C'o'hra n are her usaran' It. 1). Cothran and little Ruth ' othran, an only chi'd. A lady of Suit , .gentle tanvter, Mrs. ('othran -adieatr ( her "lf to all who e n -uiaet wn. her .... . ii I who kmew wer will mourn her. --W-S--S %fEll OFFICERS SPEAK AT f ANNINGp The itiheetinjg was quiet and uninter -sting, the candidates handin out heir dlaiy grind . The fol lowint: is aken from the Charleston A merican: Iaoniing, Aug. 1.--The last lap of he state campaign opened at Man- 1 ling today with the candiulates ad Iressing an audience of :01 voters at he beginning of the meeting. This umber swelled until the governor, the ] a4t spreaker, addr1essedi betweeni t;00 mrd 700 persons. The audience was not inclined to be lemonstrativye, but heard all the peakers with attention, and played no avorit es. Interest centered as usual in the andidates for the governorship, ' hough the candidates for the minor ffices had the attention of the audi- I 'nee and were liberally applauded at he close of their respective efforts. Mr. Deschamps J. \I. Deschamps was the first peaker u) for the governor and did| I.' depart from his usual lines. lIIe mit tie vot 'rs on notice that he was In a dvocate of high taxes and that I f elected the voters of the state and I a'l-ayers could expect an increase in| ax(' sufficient to meet existing 'con lit i-ms. .1ohn T. Duincan, who followed \lr.' leschamps, p)a-lid his respects to his >pp:'nents, analyzing their position on ,vhat they termed the issues and at Aeht d the system, which he terme(d h" real issue. and which he accused 1i: "o mpetitors; of dotigintg'. lIe dis -u.'s'ed the rei'"'umation of the ('lum ra.i anal, which h 'tated hadi been toy'n frtom t:1.! stat. Major Richards John G. Richards again reiterated ) he necessity of a reduction of the tax jurden and pledged himiself when 'lected to use all of the power' of t he iov'ernor's office to bring about a sub tantial reduction by the abol ition of iseless offices, which ne stated hi e bee I < rented of late years, and by the curtailment of useless and extirava :;ant appropriations which he said hal been piled up on the taxpayers of the state and for which there is ni neead Majior RIichard~s sta ted that. he had been before the people of the state bc fore and that he was known either fa vorably or unfavorably. The speaker state:l that he had been a Reforn.'r since 189t1 and that he still was a Re former and fighting for the interests of the people, and e'xpeeted to so ('iin tinue as long as he had the power. ILieutenant (Governor Bet hea spok next. lie again assert 'id thait -h war, was the i::sue brefore the p. pde h t .l:iy ani while he favio'.-rd a nr:e exten- i sive nnd exendal'd system of iu'a t:on, good ropci arnd other iimprovieeits, yet the praranount i::sru is hr win ning of th: wir, and the imaikint: of the world safe for l'mir crac v. Mlr. liethe'a told of ls experi(t. .a public official aiI aigreed trat hi- * - p--rienc- a; liettenant giovernor an l as prmi"te4 se'cretarry for Govrnrr ..\ si-I were rif miateriial benref't to hian ini fiting h im for the govr lrnr's if fire. T'alks Ileas ier I'!pehnses .\l r. ( 'oniper was thi' last sp~'eak r of the rday. Mr . Cooper exp;laiarn-rI his' views on the- tax quessrtion, staitirrc that whnl' he; advocwatedl ecorniomy in staite ' gove-'rnment. yet he didi not see how, thrn coul he)br anty orat IerrmaI reductiion nof 'axis under presen;: coihlt ions. as, iU rals rip to the state t. dio her pairt i in .pir\ovrlhm for t he emroilri and tjarmng ofC the sohliers retutrinr fromri the fiehris of I rance, andr h i - <hir to dlo 'that addriitonal ixpniisis wouhIi hiave tor ire irrncre ans theii stant' lidi rnot want tor~ idic;' the bui'ire ot L'armii tfor her sions on thel naionail ot'mn.Ar. C~oroer diisnssed tie nchioiar iship loan fundI, anil staidi thiat he reiaI 5soluti on oif thie problei of ~nau'a ig the boys and g is ouf t hi taut wh dVid l. noit porss;ss silftejent nfmdl to4 pay foir their own r'dniegrirn, rn-n"ree with Mr. Hethiea that he' war was the real bssso andri that hi' bringing of the war to :a success - uii conndtis ion was the aimii ton whir-i ver iimlst noi dlevote' all of nour ienerg i'. fI ll'OR'iTA NT 'I 'ii thiw liiwies ofC Maniie a tm.. endnnkr Cotunty :' There are still aibout 150it undelr suit s f ithe Red Cross roomr unmtiade. We re i'xpecting ati any 1)me1 an aillot -P ient to o1ur chapj ter from Iirulndquar ris. Cain't wve clear the room before ie niext allotment c'omires? All who re' willing to take ot garmients to I) make at home may do so by phoning in lisa .JessIe McLean, at Mr. DtufRinit's It< rfic'e over the Hlome' Bank and T1ruist i 01m1panty. MRS JIINS.WILSON , nirector Wo a. Wmrk JNINE AND TROTlKY R[[L TO KRONSTADI serlin Papers Says Government Will Leave Mowow GEIRMAN EMBASSY TO .MOVE 1r. Helferrich and Stalff, 1ear' ap' 'Trouble in 110seon\. Mlove to P'skov Washington, \ug 12.- l'enner :.e line ar l hi:s chief assistant, Ie.4t rotzky, h:ve fled to Kronsta4dt. ac-, ording to a dispatch sent out hy th teini-official Wof 'I' Bureau, of B'erhr dn printed in Zurich iws utpa rrs ays a i ilavas report f(rom Paris. .\msterda'm, Au. ri.lTe Hl1;:e ik government, will .hortly ltave tlriet'ow for Krol-t:alt, the Berlin .okaI Anzeiger states today. 'rerner .enine and War Mlinistei 'T'ro ks a:Ve' alreadly reached hert. thilnl. m:per adds. Rleports receivedl in, l.ondon1 Suprcas hat the Bolshe vik leaders inteled t.< 1'he to (erm::Iny lend 'o!tor to the ;.r. uan report that they atea'Iy :avt rone to Kr'otstadt. ('optehag'n !i ttche> Sundiy said that ti . anti-Bi)i. ;thevik movement in Russia wim grow ng rapidly, and that the Itlsh, vik ro'vr'1elnt'lt virtually hd: go"n1(' te )neces. These reports were t~tker" :->ml hussiatn newspapers. hA'nine.al ':m 1'rotzky h v: e beer. i. lowe"tr smece thle- over(throw of the (crensky -cabinet last. Nove'ber. They negtotiatel the ir::t-Lit -:Sk mace. iluns 'tear Troubtle A mnsterda m, Aug. 12.-Dr. I le.i--r ith, the (;erimail albatss:mo' to Lu>. ia, has informed the Btoviet G;ove rn nellt that he will move the t'mbav\ 141m 'iosow' to Pskov. huenuse h( eats for the pertson:d safety of nif taft, says an official telegram f--o herlin. 'T'his action, it is added , -.a evitied upon hecause of at iroclama, ion of the social revolutionists that hey were about to begin a reie"r of error at Mloscow. lsko \wa.1s sele"ti erauise corntlitions at P'etrotrradt ar( imost a>: bad as at Moscow. lieferring to the sh:f tin' t:' the e'rnian diplomatic ase at i iu.t:' :he ossithe Zeitung, of tlg rlin, say, The removal of the German t." assy from Mloscow to l'skov shtS it arid fight on the seriousness f' ) olld shtow that the Htolshevik m"i(. mbassador Itllfferich left I'fire :h( tbassy staff because he freare,: ' is life. 'The state of things lie foun t-. tlosc oV may best he judged fro t h act that the Soviet i-ove'rnmlent' i vin a'ccoril relieved him 44 f t - - if payin~g the custolmary otffic"i:0 -.t >.n his arrival to dhliver his enr i , The newspaper plaintivele" ad, ".\loscow is ill the hai1s. of :,t erm1an1 lemntttts andl tbe ",lh ' ers af the social revolutionists of the Let. i'iis woui show that the i oi'.' \ :;; 'ul(. at .Moscow is at :n en anhi thi s the case not only at. .Mlsc-ow hut ) he treater part of Russia, if r, ,,n he whole R(ussian Eimpire. Tin brow\s vivid light onl the fa:ilum t.' he (;erman policy in the ea t. '-'-'T% \l.\ilN 111117Z M A1 iN(. POINTECD 1N(1l'InI. The f latue', A ag. 12. .- ermst l.u pape'rs are atsktingt pointeitl 4 uie t,, [onIe'trll ir4g reserves in thfte \ts: a ire caustic in their comiment. .1 B:r lin dispatch to The Post of .\lto t ( r'omplains of the attemipts of cretanr. ierman official circle. to conc:' thlt truth from the people. It savs thi has d one inealculalie h:trm' :.:,. i hirigely retsplonlsiblt' lort'h14e fill 1ii hit tt'rnes's. Th'le tdispiatchf adls dtirff' con ftssedl 41)'5 1ur s 4rtli it 1lar' 11:44 f'ailt't, Prince 4 h-nryI of P r':-. 'Turish4 atach ad 'u. 1'dM:,b Gt rnmn v )'.\''ict y.Soth (14 I rmy14 45the furk4t-of at'a 'in'.' 4ee ivat I periorf. i' i ' ittins blZ'. p' .hffi' t',r nnii~4. ' .o t i IHear,' 41 , 1.n).ey ro h 'Ih t' sen'' t~tf 141 fhe '' ''"n 4 1d14he A e .4:1onst ite ith e I: ir)(t rinc Praupp ate-ay'l ro h'ad the WMpc~