The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, June 21, 1917, Image 6
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
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mi t *m* I »n, j*
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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
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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*
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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