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OUST GOfiSTANTINt ALLIES FORCE kIMi OF OREECE OFF HELLENIC THRONE FRIENDLINESS TO JUtAH FRANC! LCADS T!![ COUP N*»te U N) mpt<»m Of a ^n»w In if MUun«lmilAa«lltta. Jnpnn^n rwntni^fit over thn BATTLE UtSGKIBtO : ' . *, mouth cr*pt two dajrt Utor throo ‘ ” * * I hopirori »#«.. mk> •honing ood do« FERRIBU EFFECT OF HODESN FIMIINO MADE KNOWN Will rrobuhl/ ITomuIi From Drilinmomrnl of |{ul«*r—Nnw*» 1* UoAvIly Oioaumn! Hut Power of I'reneh Soiu»l4»r Hewnn t4> Ho AIh ■ solute—TliONMtllAn Wlioat Fn>p N<*e(l«<l In Halontro. The fall of ConHtantlno I/king of tbe Ilollonesoi ha« cornu. In re- •pomn) to the demand of the protiK't- ln;i; powEMH, Fjance, (Irent Britain and UiiHBla, ht) abdicated on Tuesday in favor of hi* ae<?ond Bon, Prince Alexander. This climax In the affairs „ of Greece was hrou^ht about through the agency of the French Senator, M. Jonnart, who has held poHtH in •a veral French cahinotn, and w'ho ar- nv« l at Athens only a day or two ago on a Hpecial miK.sion tlio rep resentative of France, Great Britain ami ItsiHiia. M. Jbnnart had pr»i- Tiously visited Saloi.lkl and other points, and he lost no time in getting into conference with tin* (Book pre mier, Alexander Zaimis. The <1. mauds of the powers re apeeting the ahdlcu'jcn «*f King <’on atantii.e alH»> apwitically eliminated Crown Prince George is his nur •«**- *4>r th«* Frown Prince being inrlud ed among tbow» Gn * ♦ in official life who wrro ron»l<l«n*d atrongly pro ilerman Polti ihe fF»rtner king and PrincD* George. It w.l» announr»M| l#jr IV** mier /. a I m I •. Inten«l i<d |e.-%ve the Ojiintrv lmnie<1latel|r It la rep«Drted Ifiat they will embark on a Mtitlwh Nr*r%*D||« and proceed to Swltrerland gy m yj of Haty It la prr*wn»*d I* ir«.« Aleaander will take up t»la kmr v 4'iti*** •ith full •' • eptatl«Di» nf tbe t.t*w« whieg the proterttng power* 4e«|re to t*e pu* »»Dt»» efr»*ef IW the •«» reffiMewt of Gfeere durtHf the pr«w*«l«t war He !• twewtj h»ur yea fa by otridali at WaKhlngtotfLwho! ; , ; SLOW TEUTONS TO PIECB (lie pulillcatlofi of. a gnrldfHl vpralon m Japan Later dlHpmcbca from Toklo, IndlctUIn^ that the Japan—!PH row nfed thle anndlngrtif any note at 'Gack t p«Dti nea Hblgo U Pow- aII, were not commented upon and the Incident waa referred to as an InHtgncu where efforts.-.for. a better woiklng underutanttlng between Ja- k pan and tlio United Statef have gone awry^ If Ih admitted that although both countries have been striving for such j\n understanding they have not suc ceeded in reaching It. Despite ef forts of this government Japanese effort often has been interpreted as American policy has boon interpret- <•<1 in Tokio as undue iritcrference iti Chinese affairs and disregard of the special position Japan claims for her self in China, much the same as the position of the United States with regard to Mexico. In connection with this latest tn- cident Secretary Lansing Thursday authorized this statement: -“Whatever comment ha* arisen has been due entirely to the publica tion of a bogus note purporting to have been cabled from New York to Tokio.’* A paraphrase of the bog us-version of the American note, purporting to have, bocii cabled t« 41m* Tokkv Ash- ahl from its New York correspond ent. has been reported hero and-an investigation Is lieing made to devel op whether a cablevros actually ient; Th“ paraphrase follows: ' In the far Fast China Is the cen ter power Should the quarrels of political parties lewd to disturbance* of n revolutionary character Japan "wltl Id** obliged to dispatch troops to (‘bln* to prt>te**t her interest^ It Is f« ar«*d that Itussta and Germany will «*fii»r|iide a separata peace Japan will sooner or later bo obliged to •rnd troops to Sfaarbnrtn nr Imtli of b»r alltew IVwce is ascssnnrp In I ha f *r Fast to rlicch Knaala's nrpnmta pew#*** wNsvement Japan maintains n Uirsw arwiy si homa and 4 4«rw to m-nt Imyyi rvful Display of Force—Provcw I’mves niat Artillery t an Always Bring Victory-—British Improve New Positions. Ka'ewtw prwrltvttlws Affairw la tirwere, wtikb seswral tla»«« «l»*w IbO OWlkfFDMWk of I «•» as I ..a tr« *••#»» Uwsw»wi rwwstty ♦ s4 tsfe#w b as aspe-< of ww^oc* sia f y tkak if be asw* w*o»*oa*v t + tWo pi>w#*• is act w * * s a** ••omw W i-wssn os* •elsr<*«f to pro a*DMi t« 41 > »w» to# iw rscpDos* of tasiws thofofo t»o * a* atass • let i • ciroiat Untata aad a *ow s 4*4 • H4 rwofo-'t to ■ital^fb wkow« w# •a*r of feel**s »■»yet taa %J*eo%• *a4 •»oe««# or*- «n4f ter tae Ho*eOte fseseo «*4*««4 ia ■terattean •a ia« sao* maim ae »af»rw4 ina f*** I sal iae »wpi r*s aa4 keoet at kaa 4mpe«ai bo aapaatad to •a*l «rvw«si «« «se k i* laDsewro to eac4 * peo ** # «l a**«twss*ol TW i *oaoae a*«*c4lag to M foosmr* * to *S r »- « lilirO* w##« ao4 'o lead •••It I a* §'•4 k*4 4 *-w kts *••«•« 4f |«e T»s#r #wtle*4 «fN»e I'tsWiDo# f * Oi* tfoedsv s* I SoODssded fta Ibe a * «*o *4 iso geotoviAss r»»ee#w tae afet><«a(*oeF of a *s « oaetsat* ta- a—«s •*• * tko we -m s,**- *pr W.sics rrrhT.smy in tao If jh Hnrsn in Cbtnn lo mn I n Urge acmv to Hanrhnrta It mny r* o>e mi*waderwta adtngs otta taw FnteWte fwi % 9 r* Tbe proworsntftwn nf pire-e ds taocefore a %*»oe»l|f tWrefOa I* ♦ #**.! to tae **••»'* * net • ** s»’oo IsreW to roaero ■to webHkte at aay Hi catiusim Ti nu sm ' The effect ot/the BrltlBh capture of Messlnea and Wytschaete haa been such a stunning blow to the enemy that he has not as yet made any at tempt at counter attacking on a big scale, saya Philip Gibbs, a corre spondent. The rapid advance bel low the .further slopes of the ridge and the rush forward of the guns made it Impossible for him to rally his supporting troops quickly, and as the hours pass it becomes more impossible for him to storm his way back. His early attempts to assemble troops In the Warneton neighbor hood were annihilated instantly by *an’ enormous shell fire directed by the pew observation the British gained at Messines, and during the past twenty-four hours, up to ths time I write, he shoNss no further slfa of asking for trouble, but is obviously engaged in reorganizing iiis forces demoralized by defeat and getting his guns Into safer positions. Many of his guns lie battered snd buried about the battlefield and Home of hia batteries, put out of ac tion by tbe British bombardment, re main between tbe new lines and hi*, but are so covered by the Brttiah fire that be has a poor chance of getting them away. Ills losers In guns, trench mortars, and machine guns is moet alarming to him for I hate no doubt at all after eeelag the frigbtfsl effect of tlte bombardment that tlteee nere destroyed on n great an that the nemher of trophies «Ui not at fit repreeeat bis an sal loaa In esugbns and them ant at the swath and aff tfca anrtfc. mi MmM M 004 I haded thorn and ttohe* «i .»# fc*» «■»»»# Ids 1 A»e< mi t *m* I »n, j* i •##*■> I i |m» '•■ *»^ * . ***f ( Km 4 *«• 1 ta* ' * hi l*» *-* »* * *<* IS* ; ssA kniwe* fee eft the seenehi ehksh kw * inoi-reMed a* hewohah Jtat* •MOttil* T •mpm mi • haftseiem atM a*»«M tot the gosoehmoat g| lih pi*** •># •*» % •*% ead heed % fNs I thw I'eMfoe Mise^thoaaah ia ^ *» ■*» • • * k<D•« *41*«4 «a the *hw «seot toeeoia mh5?l^5^h^g^MH ■t aa aamhosa ognvpvhMk ft hhh «*. *4 a * -4*9 bf eo •ffwtal at • *-e»o*e» It Is eetii t-4- • krf Ik* w- ***»-.*•*>*4 *i kreel tee t s&vznsrlsSS hsMNhmsmi m4 tfted to hht them sodm tados «a tfeosMwieee at Ml MaSo ah eg so af to t fast alaoahg theta f • tth ah the evmpfeoam of ti* fS ) .• 1—^4 r*««Wg f f<*4 I ^ I** 4 T i ■* i**D«>e«’ f * •w * «*•> e* ,, f *»f ««'*-*«> • * t* * Uww 4» r- **«#4 » • ' * lk*t • » ^ » <-.« « -AM tS4 - e * 9 <4* • •# *f** an# «r* es • «>«m«1 e**i w * * s'•♦* • D e *• » .< t»ntt! * * 4 • • «»<• a * ( |4*| !**• • <4 * '■*»#*! I« IS# r«»*i Ik* 4l|l#4 |*v**f« IF »■ 4tat * •e*ert It* « h- (ullow iwg **ttwf * T>d* ntte *i#r« *n4 kifh r«>oiml4 itowwr* uf Frwarr. Great llrtlam and M it «*i* Havinc d^niand*4 by tour Bu»*e of yewterd*f thr sbdirattoo uf M* Ma^osly. Kins (‘onatantin* an4 the nofvln*tion of hi* *urce*eor. thf* tin der*ign«*«1 premier an4 foreign mtn- Istcr. ha* the hunor to Inform your ICirelleacy that tils Majesty. the King. t*v«»r solicitous fhr the Inter est-* of Grwn-e, has decldert to lca%#* Ihi* ccnintry. with th«* Prince Royal, and nominates Prince Alexander as his successor (Signed) * Zsltnls “ Prior to the announcement of the King's decision, many Greeks, loyal to the crovui, gathered for the pro tection uf the sovereign. On Monday night L’0,000 reservists formed a cor don around the palace in his de fense, if that should be necessary, and a delegation, headed by Naval Commander Mavromlchaelis, was re ceived by Constantino and pledged the devotion of the army and the people to his cause. The King’s only reply was an appeal that thoy should remain calm. All efforts *ef agitators to start a manifestation failed and the army officers announced their Intention to obey the order of the government to Lake no part in any domonstration and to maintain peace. Agitators were still attempting to operate In the streets of Athens Tuesday night, Tint there were no disorders, and everything leads to the belief that there.will be none. As in the case of Russia, the for mal ion of a republic looms large as the most probable result of the over tures of the reigning monarch. The logical president of a ‘republic of Greece" would be Kleutherios Veni- seios. >vho already is the head of a provisional government established by him at Salonikl. A considerable armed force called the “Venizellsta.’* is fighting with General Sarrall’a army. Chief Interest now attaches to the Greek army, which when fully mo- baited is between 150.000 and 200.. 100 strong The armv is known te be abeolstaiy loyal to King Urns It is ft Is to bo kg tbffeAl to see tb en h emum Wwrwptwg rbeaoee ia tbe ww *• ! •?•«•»«• te Grest HrHaMl a*e presided ! for le 4 Mil e-w Wtorw l*ertismvi ! I‘rt»r*»rtl«*esl a.ois to give all v«»tcv» te tbw gnyrremsot. tbe lag «f ibr vote to wmmm mors tturn y*er« old sed gitteg tbe rbi*o to ell soldiers sed sellers are the cmtstendleg feelurse of 11m ure. ie# fe*t I . - — w« ■Mbl hetrotod mi owe tornbrwd teidly eod dedbetoAelv bp Ibet# bipber ■ sseieed bobsfo tbe bettfe ee erdef •4 the dev e ee Mowed lo fbefb MltO# thooh to bold eel If eorvoobdrd aod to igbf Ibetr •#» basb HM h**ee^ bwbied ditf i see foeot so esisen Srf They bod bo rbobse of gwt «te« eeef I bo brtitsb BMe bwceeso *f tbe fe« twecbioo ire eod tbe oe- tivHy of I be elrctsti - sej tbe se*e of Mewibee bbd Vytorboehe eod alt grewbd oootb of di P Sdpot'f si tor I fteeb ditMobo stK> In them (he kith nd monstrous scathed except soul* where terror lived. Ily my side to-day ns I 1 down Into tHe pit of hell ptond a man who had worked for a year in the making of it, ah Australian offi cer of engineers. He stood smoking a pipe on the edge of the shell crater am) said in a cheerful way: “It is good to he in tho fresh air again.!'* - L The frosh air did not soom to me very goocj there this morning. It was fitted with abominable noises which are the menace of death—the savage whine of G-errnaip shrapnel flung about between the Bluff and St. P51oi in a* haphazard way and heavy crumps searching for the Brit ish batteries in their now positions and British shells whistling, over In long flights, hideous sounds in the ghastly scene which filled me with nausea, but I understood this Aus tralian’s craving for an open air life, even such open air as this, when he told me he had been working under ground for nearly two years, in dark saps pierced under the German lines and runninfe very close to Gorman saps, nosing out of the' way and sometimes breaking through to the British saps so that tbe men clawed at each others* throats in tbeso tun nels and-beat each other to death with picks and shovels or wers blown to bits by mine explosions. It* is always a rues for time to blow up the rharg'*>. and sometimes the enemy was first and Hoiuetimej the British, and once tho eocmy in a great attack against the Canadians gpt In and blew up their shafts snd sapheads And cut off the British tun- nellers.. Tits! Australian officer was one of those. For forty-eight hours | he was buried alive, and had to dig I hla way out. so bow. after hia Job la dobe. he likes the open-sir life. “No more underground work for me after this war.** be aald. “I’ve bad enough nf It ** While further Oertnne counter at ts'ht mar be etpertr j from time to ttme. the battle of Meselnee Midge may be sold te bn ended Bt stood « ut ns a definite operation d*etga*4 for certain pnrpnsen. and It lm-£b • »•«-* ?*., r##r. i »ftood lb tbml port teeter sect dr nf tbe western i ftwni to b*n tbe Oormons ebons what tbot nom plossed in lorm perms f dofsbhn lb Ifill. tbot •boss tsetss* pome eitb * untodfie nf tbe«r asrutofiMuj •nd oknerentbib ml use ns ns tbst n sisos• I bf sst r'snts sd odent Tbn Geemnnn bnd a tfewoogb fsminnntv wttb nod do toDod mope nf ssory ntnem vmfi of • Fvsmrb ioefliorf bfififi wbifto fiBMfif I bremsand in fifiM. and. wbon flood bn*b fmm tho Hams, bnd nlmafip [ •sksrtsd tbe iMMfi bpfiM bbiSb tfMfifl treneb fwwbrnnons wore lo bn bnm j It is nntnmi tbni tbn Onensan sffl j ttontfibi and wmaftaan pesun vm utile tbn tbe brvt | an bed te sndenn tbn bnb [ dim# nf Iftbfi endee tbetr dtsoet ob o snd bee inf no bsmf a time mnbe bn attempt ia dtagntae tbn tbt* f ksfb'^iiiiin n«fh nbavb tbof new hsob ' he tbe f'ey nee end sHbnt ** k»*t>i» §a »«** tho tjoemnna w bo. at Inet ♦ ■'site tbn unde* 4m • v*r*o thnen fnbkhib MM mwrb «aih*d of fitngfrmd fijkd to etnb fitnen i OMb tbotp anftnws anpfient esssoass 11 of teettrb dsfefiMoo Tbn filedfvted I Hoo ropfeoents tbnl portion nf tbe * tin* botweod tjwrnni and ! Tb* Miafienbstfi tine HI mnt ami Arts* bne sir* | tonify boon nil taken by tbe Mftttk^ sn lho Germans now mil tbetr prtn j rtpal bne of fiifisnm north of f|nn j •nt tb* ton* a a Mbo. formerly bnewp I as tbe lirorwuri tjnoant swltrhttne Nortb nf Depronfi ibis linn runs to UeoilfimT. I beer* went In Annoy, and coo nor is wttb tbn t reorb eye toms there All tbeoo Moon, bow Ft! St OB tho Allied program In iha crushing of Ua Garmait right .flank Id Uia want. This flank toll across Iha rich mines and fertlla Ur .ds of northsrn Francs and Bel gium and reaches out'toward Kng- taud,‘lurslng unseen, but seeing all, from beneath ths surface et the Dover straits .and the channel. To insure suocoss, ths u-boat men ace is to be strfick st lie ucarurt roots; the bases in Belgium. To < tliat etci It s%>eu]ed the British heavy artillery and British raiding forces si&rtod preparations for a drive along the coast. To keep Teuton ro-onforcements from the west,*Italy, now the western powers’ most effi cient ally, pitched in again, this time pn the Trentino front. At the same time Gen. Sarrail got ready for a hew drive in Macedonia. : “Hurricane flre’^as reported 6y the • Sofia war office/ Even the reorgan ised remnants of the Roumanian : army did its share,, starting a boin- 1 bardment of Mackensen’a lines near the Black Sea littoral. | Oveishadowing ail else in interest and importanoe is tho now apparent British plan to stamp out the u-boat I “pest" where it is most oppressive, most obstinate and pernicious. From tho little Belgian port of Zeebrugge tho sub-sea raiders sneak out hourly i to snatch aw ay England’s food and 4 supplies at the very gates of Kng- I land's .eastern * seaports. Innumer able ’’mosquito rr *ft" on the surface and Zeppelin! and, ulrpl.-m o* r- bead escort them on the first lap of their Journey. A few miles out from port these o-hoats can turn to the right Into ths North Sea or to the left through thn Dover straits Into t the chsnel as they please. They form ths first of the German right arm In tho west, a fist that hits be low the boll, answering surface blockade with sub-tea blockade. | Xoebrifge and Oatend taken, tho ; Gorman u boat campaign would be ronfinod. In tbe Important matter of t etita. to tho Heligoland bight and 'tbs fikagerark Tbs msnars would bo -removed from Tight under Rag- I lapd's noon.’* an one natal si pert p t M tb# other day to tth tb# help of tb# Am#rtraa squad run tb# AllMw * p* to take cam of what ibea rw vary much Itn be In his sent Ths Senator Is In tho of an Infected yielded readily to treatment. In all other respects the Senator’s health Is good, and as soon as his arm is en tirely well he will be ih. flhe condi tion* physically. A* gentleman who has recently seen the Senator says he has never seen’ him looking bet ter than he now looks. Senator Till man is onesof the ablest* members of t^e Senate and his enforced absence from that body is a loss to the coun try, but he wdll soon be back at his post and his. wise counsels will once j more be available in the affairs of the nation, which needs them now more than at any other time In its ! history. We congratulate the Senator | and the nation on his restoration to health and hope that ho will be spared for many years to represent us in the world’s greatest legislative body. DEADLY AIR RAID Gcrfimns Kill Many Londoners, In cluding Women and Children. The ifififcblf <»f kilh»(l in the air raid was announced in the Bfitish House of Commons Wednesday night by Mr. Bonar I.aw as between KO and yo and the number of injured about 4o0. Sixteen women and 26 chil dren were killed and 122 women and y« children were wounded. I*te Wednesday night Andrew Honar Law announced that there was no official eon Anna! I«»n that aay air planes had been brought down nt- cept one mentioned in tb# afternoon. Mr. Hoaar l*ow also announced • serious munitions etploslofi nt Ash ton-undor-l.yn#. • Mnnebestwr. In which a nnmbor of persons wore bilked or Injured This rtpin*ion bnd no r«,nn*ruoa with the air mid or \ Mm#*«w* <»«* i< Tb# fignalsb terped# bowl num b#y mm mmMy Mkigpmg repoet mnnofi ,k# Oormnn suhmsrtne i If 4 • by tho Mmagb ndmlrnlij torednosfiay nbM from g*»*a.^* watch bnd i«oi«o tbot §1 prtnob movvhontm*n h her etofitnoe Tw ••( m#ro Iboo t.S # 4 t«oe were soul •** * -w*d >et t si t *04 • i Tun wmimmmm nf !■§ fibns tMtlfif b#r wtfwhsoe gppngfitws •# Ana wttb m« fioning A summery •# tao Amvu*# f.fil •. * J i. t4^eth#r the %*ms4 ««ms f noi •on unb "<esie sd tho t’sntfbl tb# port toopwatu fin Mb# Oovmmn eoi will tohe at hnaet IWo dofsc but to m ho4ieeod |b# sswset utot be luio#n#d TW Getssoa #wmn4on4#e potd o eami •# the gponiab poof •ffVmia who ft, !• mn# m nf dftd finmi and carries a HNI «f Vwewty It to ewetppnd wt«h •ww lorpstoo tube# and Inn rapid fire This n**fi e sgerue ttbew a fonmd .fie*# utnbin Mwrennr in eabmnrme ortistor a# 'ernpnrod ettb resent e»ehs ions Wednandny e atnieuisut retailed a teinJ of ototy SI eoosoaa ennb nmstnar tb# ft mm anneonred Tb# §a*a m lb# urgent nf any f*r a month po#i loot week only II •## arte nf moo# taoa l.fiufi t#no wore eunh and three ef lean that tbnl ton* ts 1 It that it srill remain no. Knglan<1. France and R the prote«*tlng powers of Oreoro It has t»een long an open eecret that the chief reason for t%n failure of i he French and British governments to spply to Greece the “sterner pol icy” vociferously demanded Hi tb# parliaments, was the opposition of the Russian government.. King Uon- stanlino and ex-Uzar Nicholas were devoted friends. Dispatches have not made it clear precisely hew the new’ Russian gov ernment stands** with regard to Greece. It is likely that in view*of the muddled internal situation It has had neither occasion nor influence to Jake any stand and that France and England havo taken matters in their owrn hands. Out of the maze of contradictory heavily censored dispatches Hint have reached the United States frt in Athens, Salonikl, London and Paris with regard to the Greek situation, these facts seem plain: The Allies need the Thessalian harvests and need them urgently to feed the expeditionary army tn M«ace- donia. Provisioning of this armv, estimated at not less than 800,000 difficult because of the U-boat cam paign In the Mediterraneati and Aegean. But there is another aspect to ths latest Entente demand, a mil itary one. Control of the Thessalian harvests would place the Allies in virtual occupatiou of a territory through which the Greek army would have to march to join the Teuton- Bulgarian forces. The French senator. Jonnart. In In Greece with plenary powers to en force ths Thessalian demand There was talk la tb# House of Commons yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon of dispossession of tho Greek monaieh being included In tbees powers Tb a guory an thle paint tb# mtaMar af oeaut’4 tbe 'ken. were more — Wflbg nwny their gene protecting tbalr troop* and to tb# merry of the rhea use of they tore out of the earth at dawn oo June 7 the old German lines be yond 8t. Rio! on the left of the at fk southward by to’yterhaete and tho lower slopes of as after the morning rfFthe battle pitied any human souls who had to suffer what these German soldiers must have suffered in the agony of fear before death cume to many of i!.• m ah thu grant atn tci nf cthih- ry is blasted and. harrowed and holed with monstrous pits. There was at least one great shell to every nine yards, and nt 2(H) yards its flying steel lias billing power. No Idea of it can be conveyed by words describing this unluuival of r sniKl bags and . barricades and trenches and redoubts and this seive Allies are now able to bring to bear upon any given point The Allies feel that they have shown that the German military power can be crushed, the only ques tion remaining being the speed with which this can be accomplished. This Is where they say America can help with her tremendous weight of men and material, and they are looking forward to tills help during the late autumn and In the spring ofSfitH, and thus go confidently on. It would seem tl\at a victory must be gained by a series of powerful of earth, pitted by countless shell i^lows such as that delivered at Ar- craters. All the woodis where the Germans lived—Oateii Wood ’and Dam Strasse Wood and Ravine Wood down to Wytschaete Wood and Hell Wood—-are but giant stumps stick ing out of ash-gray heaps of earth. The German dead lie here and there in batches or in rows as they were shot down by enfilade fire, but have seen very few’ bodies, for most of them were buried In the upheaved earth,/as one can tell by the foul vapors which creep out from the smashed trenches, where great dug- outs have collapsed and tunnels fall en in, so that all this battleground Is a graveyard of men buried as they died or before they died. • Three men escaped by some wild freak of chance from a mine crater under the mound of 8t. Kloi I stood on tho lip of it to-day. b'gh above Its shelving sides, and found 4^ ljfi* , d to b#li#v# any living thing a! Bit tho G< out In tb# old Itn V- ras^ofi Easter Monday and at Mes- sines^last’Thursday. There is little hope tliat modem warfare can ever w holly into the open, and no one is deluded by Mich thoughts, for the simple reason thnt<a retreating army can dig faster than its op|#nentn can advance... This is true certainly 1 of armies of nearly equal numerical strength, and where such vast bodies of men and guns have to be moved forward as i nthe battlos of present day magnitude. Germany made her great sweep into France when her opponents had little with which to stop her. Those conditions are changed now, and each battle ia fought to gain certain definite poaitiona. When these are taken. K remains a matter for mili tary counsel aa to whether tho fight ing shall proceed on that front or whether now blows shall be struck Minor and aubatdta * of course, may b# In pro- grass nt s#v#rml potato nt thn snass t Thmiarfi hattlfi mm it zr&f&xjzs Th# figsfs# *■( ••banana# sink a toga* fin ah#w a ffnltong eft smfty Ml Mar frsss th# hsavy isfiala af April wb#a daring ana w##n. that wb*** #*4#d an April 8fi, tfi vaasata af m*»f# than l.dfifi lotos w#r# #aah a*-J Ift af small#* tsaanga During th# ••ah oadad May fi th# fatal af Iha larger aMwuhaauaato sank f#u 1 * fid Fa* aarh af iha thrs# foltawiag Osaka th# fatal af tsanala af tha larger rtaes stood at If. while the of smaller craft sunk aarh • covered by slag I# fig arcs ih thn mtntmvm far tho on- ' star# February waa •ucc#aa General Plumer’a army, which planned and conducted It. has boon congratulated by Field Marshal Hatg. and takes a particular pride In a tribute frpm a very highly placed French officer, -who, after studying the plans and witnessing the action, said: “This is a model of what a modern attack should be." The correspondent saw all the bat tle maps and heard a detailed expo sition by the army staff the day be fore the battle of Just what would be attempted and what it was hoped to accomplish. Several new ideas were embodied both as to fighting and as to inner control of the opera tion. Not a single hitch occurred, and It can be said that the ultimate British plans were attained at a minimum cost. Not the least of these plans was to inflict great loss upon the enemy. -If^the usual computa tions ae to casualties held good in this battle, the taking of more than seven thousand prisoners pieant a total of killed or wounded four or five times greater-—thirty thousand / or more. One of the most gratifying fea tures of this latest victory was the secret of the vast mining opera tions, which had been in progress for nearly two years, s«i«iie vast stores of explosives having been in a -firing position for fuily . twelve months. Any further counter attacks the Germans may attempt will, prove costly for them, for the British In wiping out tho Wytschaete salient have ahortened their line by at least one-thtrd In this sector, and have therefore a gtill greater concentra tion of poenlbke artillery fire upon In# than upon the ## #f neveftfietols ffsttn I I# McKinley will ges-s jhvrfy HssmAs whfirh will to fin Mn#. jptosn. etna## tsto htwwn. etot# onto carmlh#. a* vetoing I# toefiMkomtaetften Ikseigne #f lb* beato* bate been templcfsto aato the h#r#an #1 engraving onto printing »• wwrfitng tony onto night turning tb#m eft th* preen#* by tb# tbr»u*e»4s Fertrmfttn aato mtem of the bnnton will be m fnltwwn: T* 1 Jefferson, blee t l#fi — Jerkenn, bln#. I * x sshlngfen. firnny- H.ofifi lAnrnfig. t nr mins • MfDiiroc. green f i fi.fififi—riovBnnfi. bln#. 9’ifi.fififi—McKinley, carmine 1100,000—Grant, orange LOAN PICKS IP Small Investor* ('ome to Help Make t p FNinds. Small subscribers Investing in $50 and $100 bonds have swelled ths Liberty Loan nearer the 92,000,000 mark, treasury * officials said Wed nesday. and additional thousands of these are looked for before Friday night, when the subscription period closes. How much the aggregate sub scriptions have grown from the $1,- 800,000,000 totaf announced ifcst Friday night is not known, because of failure of banks and other agen cies soliciting subscriptions to report definite figures. Reserve hanks to day sent hroadenst appeals to expe dite these reports, so that tho treas ury and the nation may know what progress has been made. AMERICANS TO THE RESCUE Destroyer Comes on U-Boat Shelling Lifeboats^ An "American destroyer, on patrol off the ooast of Ireland, recently caifae: upon a German /submarine shelling the lifeboats of a ship it had sunk, according to survivors of the submarined vessels reaching an At lantic port Thursday aboard an American liner. ' Ths submarine disappeared before the destroyer could get a shot at her and the American war vessel then rsecasd twenty survivors of two •Mpe that had boon neat down with- 4h sight of aarb other, taking thstoi In n British port Thm two ahlps