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THE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Estab Consolidated Aur. 2,: ALLIES BEeiN OFFENSIVE. ATTACK MADE AT DAWN SOUTH EAST OF AMIENS. French and British Armies Undci Command of Gen. Haig Attack Ger man Lines?Satisfactory Advance Reported. Paris, Aug. S.?The Franco-British troops at 5 o'clock this morning be gan an offensive in the region south east of A*miens, the war office an nounces. The attack is developins under favorable conditions. TWO ARMIES ATTACK. Drive Launched in The Amiens-Mont . ? didier Sector. London, Aug. 8.?The British launched an offensive east and south east of Amiens this morning, says s statement received r fr?m Field Mar shal Haig today. Early reports indicate that the at tack 'fe progressing satisfactorily. The attack is under the command * of Gen. Haig. The troops engaged ar< the British fourth army and th< French first army. They advanced a dawn on a wide front. GERMAN RESISTANCE INEFFEC TIVE. French and British Breaking Line Be tween Albert and Montdidier. On French Front, France, Aug. 8 ?Eleven A M.??In the combined at tack by the French and British whicl1 began at dawn today along the from between Albert and Montdidier, satis factory progress is being made, de spite strong enemy resistance. The assault was made along a fronl of forty to fifty kilometers, and suc cess was scored immediately. Arount Morisel and Moreuil the German re sistance was terrific. Along the Frencr front the artillery preparations lastec forty minutes, while the British launched their attack in the mist af ter only three minutes artillery prep arations. BRITISH TAKE THREE TOWNS Drive Against Geimans Makes Prog ress. With British Army, France, Aug. 8.?In the offensive on the front east . of Amiens today the British have ? '-- taken Xahner Wood, Dodo Wood and probably have possession of the towns . ?f Marcelcave and Lamotte-en-San terre. . ^.-i*:' ALLIES CROSS A\-RE klVER. French and Brr?sh Tanks Break Through. With Britsh Array, Aug. 8.?Reu ler's correspondent says the French uid British tanks have?crossed the vvre river valley in their new drive. The greatest secrecy surrounded the plan of attack. An extraordinarily large number of tanks accompanied the storming troops. A SWEEPING VICTORY. Allied Drive in Picardy Scores Great % Success at Inception. London, Aug. 8.?The Evening Standard learns that several thousand prisoners have been taken. It is re ported that the Allies have captured the towns of Morenie, Beumin, Ablan court and Morlancourt. heights west of Cerisy and the heights south of Morlancourt. ADVANCE THREE MILES Allies Make Big Dent in Picardy Sa lient. London, Battle Front, Aug. 8.?Ac cording to advices received this after noon the French and British forces attacking this morning in the Picardy sector advanced at some points to a depth of more than three miles. A considerable number of villages have been' captured and substantial prog ress was made everywhere. The Brit ish attacked over a twelve mile front, on both sides of the Somme river. They gained all objectives within four hours and captured a considerable number of prisoners, guns and mu nitions. QUENTTN ROOSEVELT'S GRAVE. He Was Buried by Germans Wliere He Fell. With the American Army on the Vesle, Wednesday. Aug. 7.?On a wooden cross at the head of a grave at the edge of the wood at Chamery is the inscription: "Lieut. Quontin Roosevelt, buried by Germans." The grave was found by an American avi ator. Lieut. Roosevelt disappeared in an aerial combat July 17th. The inscription on the grave was printed in English. NEW RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT. Northern Provinces Slot up Govern/ ment of Their Own. Washington, Aug. S.?Official no tice of the establishment of the new government of northern Russia was received from Ambassador Francis to day. The government was et up Au gust 2nd by a constitutional assem bly, representing: six districts of Vo logda, Novogorod, Kazan, Samara. Archangel and Viatka. Bombing Paris Today. Paris, Aug. 8.?There was further long ranjre bombardment of the Paris region today. TVh't a different world thi<; wnM b.? if courtshi?> were an adequate training school for what comes after. ?Jfc&ed April, 1850. <(Ba Susi a 1881. ? FIERCE BATTLE GAINED. AMERICANS AND FRENCH FORCE VESLE PASSAGE. Pershing's Men Fight Way Across Stream Under Waves of Gas and Heavy Gun Fire, Winning and Hold ing New Positions. With the American Army on the Aisne-Marne Front, August 7 (By the Associated Press).?Under an inferno ? I of shrapnel and machine gun fire and ?! waves of gas the Americans forced ! their way over the Vesle River last, j night and early this morning, while i rain varying at times from a drizzle j to a downpour drenched the battle-' J field. j French troops .already have gained 11 position's on the American left and 1 the joint movement has straightened J out the line from a point west of .! Bazoches to Fismes. j The Germans lost considerably in . ] casualties and also a few prisoners, I whose stories tended to corroborate j' the expressed opinion of those pre viously taken that the Germans ex > i pect to continue their retreat until the I! banks of the Xisne are reached. j The attack began between 4 and -5 j o'clock Tuesday afternoon. By mid I night those men on the right had * j reached their objectives, the main j highway east and west extending j along the foothills which rise norfh ? j of the river and become a series of j terraces to the Aisne. ?! The left wing was delayed but it ? I also reached the line shortly before S 11 o'clock this morning. t i The artilleries on both sides are still ? j fighting duels over the captured posi ": tions and the Germans also have con j tinued small arms resistance. But 1: with every hour the positions of both ?} the French and Americans have been I; rendered more secure. "; The attack by the infantry was pre 11 ceded by artillery preparations. Under lj cover of a barrage the engineers com 1 j pleted the work of throwing light: " : bridges over the stream while the offi " leers chosen to lead the dash across: j the river placed their men in position. | j working them downward toward the! . j points where the bridges were known ! j to be. The challenges were accepted \ . j immediately by the German artillery, j 'and in a few minutes the inteimittent\ ' reports of the guns which had been j heard all day were merged into one j i! great roar, [i ' T^he clouds, which had lifted slight ;! Jy reappeared just before the attack j was launched and therefore the ac tion was conducted without much ad-; *When the order for their advance was given the men, for the most part, swept forward in open formation, but the Germans were ready with a de i fense and even more, they had pre- i j pared, although apparently hastily, a j i counterattack which they launched j j without success later in the engage-j j ment. i The men cn the American right! i fought their way along the chosen ! ? j routes. Some of them floundered j j across through the water, while oth : ers used the bridges which still were I standing. ! One detachment -* Germans, some- j what more than company, moved; ; forward into the open, here the Amer-1 ;iican machine guns caught them, and i|sweeping them with bullets, destroyed; j them almost totally. The Germans also attempted to; i strike the Americans a disconcerting! :l counterblow with a considerable force j ? by plunging down a ravine leading toj the river. Their path had been cleared; i by their artillery and they might have j i succeeded in reaching the Americans, \ ! but the movement diad been reported j to the artillery stations south of the j ; Vesle and from them there swept into | j the advancing column such a mass ofi i shells that the formation was quickly j broken. At another point, a detach- i ;;ment of Germans stood until the. ; Americans were upon them. Then it; : became a hand to hand conflict, the, ? only one of the kind'during the bat-! I tie. In the mud and in darkness! ; where the combatants were barely1 i able to distinguish each other they! fought it out and the Americans won. j The Americans on the left failed to1 : reach their objectives until they had called for a second barrage. Under its cover they rallied and struggled j forward to the chosen positions. ', The Germans, in attempting to re pulse the attack, used guns of 77 a.nd 105 calibre and minnenwerfers. They had them on the higher ground, con-! siderably to the rear of the battle line. The American guns did excellent work not only in covering the advance, but in breaking up formations, especially one large assemblage of infantry. DEATH LIST GROWS. Nineteen Now Reported Dead and Twenty Seriously Injured in Tropi cal Disturbance. Lake Charles. La.. Aug. 7.?Two men were killed at Gerstner Field, it was learned today, in the storm which [ swept this section yesterday, and the casualty list in the stricken area has reached U* dead and 20 seriously in- ' jured. The list is being added to by 1 mail and messenger as all telegraph i and .telephone communication has been destroyed. ] Those killed at Gerstner Field were J Sergt. Oeorsre McGee and Private Les ter Williams. Their addresses were not announced nor were details of the manner in which they were killed made public. Ten persons were kille 1 at Lake Charles, four at Dequincey and three at Big Lake. Twenty-two of the 24 hangars on A Gerstner Aviation Field near her.- . were blown down and many airplanes v d^tro^ed or entirely swept away by T the storm. Point of view sometimes blunts the ( intellect. ' < ad Fear not?Bet all the endi Thon AI JTJMTER, S. C., SATUflS LLOYD GEORGE SPEAKS. PRIME MINISTER TELLS OF WORK ACCOMPLISHED BY ALLIES. j Lloyd George in Speech to House of j Commons Refers to Brilliant Stroke; of Allies on Land and Sea*?-Many I Submarines Destroyed. - i London, Aug. 7.?David Lloyd 'George, the British prime minister, in i a speech before the house oi commoffl today, reviewed extensively the war j situation. He referred particularly to what had been accomplished in the . recent drive by the Allied forces oif i the Soissons-Rneims salient, to the j destruction of German submarines, o| : which 150 had been accounted for ! since the war began?more than half j of these in the last year and the part j the Americans arc playing and will. I play later in the fight for the cause ! of democracy. 4 "He would be a sanguine man on the German general staff who wouSf j now predict that Germany could o% j tain a military decision this year?' the premier said, as he characterized j Marshal Foch's counter offensive as ??the most brilliant in the annals of I the war." j Reverting to peace, Mr. Lloyd j George said the people who had made j the war still were in evidence and j that they could have no peace so jlongias they were predominant in the i councils of the enemy, i Mr. Lloyd George referred to the, ! part the British navy had played ? ithe war and said that until all ttif i allies were defeated at sea Germany^ j could never triumph, j "When Great Britain decided to j throw her whole weight into the; j war four years ago," he continued^ I "she did so because of an outrage: j on international rights. Had she no| ' taken this decision the whole course; of the war would have been different, 1 The premier pictured the part the ! navies have played in the vast wilt I derness of the *>ca, with no one to I witness or to describe their opera* ; tions and said he did not think that many persons realized that if the al lies were defeated on the water the 'war would be over. "When the war began," said MrS Lloyd George the British navy, then the largest in the world, represented a tonnage of 2,500,000. Now inj eluding the auxiliary fleet it is S.~ ,000,000. Were it not for this "crease the seas might be barred fr the commerce-of uie worhi. Eve; trade route of the world is pa trollet. OljE^?usbiiia&forrr* ? ?r^iii^i>^^: The premier then referred to the other activities of the navy such as convoying, patrolling, mine laying, mine sweeping and the chasing of submarines. It was here that he said 150 ?lerman submarines had been de stroyed, more than ?half of them in the last year. "During T ae alone" the premier continued. "British naval ships steam ed 8.0v0,000 miles. To this must be added the efforts of the mercantile marine which is now a branch of the British navy and whose men face the same dangers carrying for the Allies as well as for themselves most of the American troops that have so valiant ly acquitted themselves in recent combats. EXCITED COTTON MARKET. Loss of Six Dollars a Bale Results From Better Crop Reports. New York, Aug. 7.?There was a break of between $6 and $7 per bale in the cotton market today as a re sult of better weather or crop news and reports of increased new crop of ferings. The general list closed; steady at a net loss of 24 to 140 j points. First prices were 50 to 85 points! under realizing and reselling by some: of yesterday's buyers who were evi-| dently influenced by indications that! the tropical storm had caused rains! along the gulf coast, but had not beenj violent enough to damage cotton inj the interior. There was renewed cov-j ering at the decline in anticipation of] a bullish weekly report from weather I bureau and prices rallied some 20 to! 60 points from the lowest This bulge: met increased offerings, however, and] the market later broke very sharply on the more favorable report than ex-j pected and reports of rain in Texas. ! The detailed report for the Houston! district showed precipitation at only! eight points, but there was rain inj northeast Texas as well as along thoj coast and private advices suggested j that tomorrow details might show the drought pretty well broken so far; as the northern part of the State was concerned. These reports brought in larger offerings on moderate early, afternoon rallies and the market! reached the lowest level of the day. Selling was also encouraged by the; talk of increased early now crop shipments on an easier basir^ Activei months generally showing net loss of 124 to 130 points, and with the close at approximately the lowest point of. the day. The weekly report indicat- . id satisfactory crop progress in East arn belt section and fair conditions in . parts of Texas, Arkansas and Louis iana. 1 AMERICAN STEAMER SUNK. ! Mibmarine Find?; Victim Ofl ( ape Hat- i terns. < New York. Aug. 8.?Information 1 vas received today in marine insur- ? mce circles here tb:it the American steamship Merak. 3.200 tons, was sub- 1 narined off Cape Hatteras Tuesday 1 liirht. one small boat containing 1 members of the crew is still unac- 1 counted for. The captain and 23 ?' )f the crew have landed at Norfolk, t L_ Wt at be thy Country's. Thy God's I i_ pAY, AUGUST 10, 1918 i TO DESTROY MONOPOLY. ACQUISITION OF PACKING HOUSES AND STOCK YARDS REC< >MMEN DED. [Federal Trade Commission Makes Re port on Monopoly Exercised by the Big Packers. ?h ? - g Washington, Aug. 8.?Government Requisition and control of all the prin cipal stock yards, cold storage plar.t-s, warehouses, both refrigerator and /cattle car is the recommendation fmade to the president by the federal (trade commission, to destroy the mo jnopoly which it declares Swift, Ar ranour, Wilson, Morris and Cudahy ^Companies exercise not only over the {meat industry of the country but over ?other necessary food supplies. WHEAT SUBSTITUTE ORDER. ' TS - ?? Regulation Requiring Use of Fifty \f: Per Cent of Substitutes Still in Force. '.Columbia, AuC'. 7.?Release of housewives from their "n. >at" pledges, made last spring wnea the ation's wheat bin was running low. fd?es not mean that anyone is privil eged to use wheat flour without substi tutes. Although the new crop has Come in and the harvests are large, the uncertainties of war and the ne cessity for building up a food reserve jtre incentives to caution. The "fifty fifty" rule is still in force and effect, says the Food Administration, and I under, this, housewives will continue Mo purchase and use an equal weight Ibf wheat substitutes with their wheat flour. p Bakers are still required to make tVictory bread, which must contain at ist twenty-five pe?- cent wheat sub tutes. ^Hotels, restaurant: /.nd public ent lang places are likewise released from "no Wheat" pledges made by their uroprietors in a spirit of patriotism, ut with the coming in of the new eat crop they are required to con rm to the regulations of the Food dministration, and to use wheat sub Jtutes. I As the nation goes back practically &<g''its old habits of eating the Food |4?ninistration makes the following ' itement: ;| *'The resonse of the American ffieusewife last spring, when the *'" pun try's wheat reserves were ex listed and only wheat saved by ab tinence could be sent abroad in re ^Se. -tOiihe- .Rfevand .death appeals oi me A^ieir lsn^aro^bfTy^tne ? ^?6otT' Administration as one of the finest manifestations of patriotic spirit* since America entered the war. Hun dreds of thousands of homes went partly or wholly on a wheatless ba sis." A LEGION OF SLAVS. [?European Races Mobilize at Wads* worth. I Washington, Aug. 7.?The Slavic , Legion of the United States, author J ized in the army appropriation of July j 9, will be sent to Camp Wadsworth J for training preparatory to service in Europe, according to general order No. 70 of Gen. Peyton C. March, chief i of staff, which will be made public j in a day or two. The Legion will be; composed of Jugo-Slavs, Czecho-j Slovaks and Ruthenians, Ukrainians! in the United States who are not citi-' zens of the United States but are de-j ? sirous of engaging in the war against1 j the central powers. For the most part I they are of the races under oppression in Austria-Hungary. ^ ' ! Officers of the United States army ! whd so desire may be assigned to these regiments provided that all of-1 ficers below the rank of field officer! must be able to speak both English j and the language of the race in thej regiment to which they desire trans- j fer. The Legion will be organized as in fan try regiments of the National Armyj and so far as practicable the compa-.1 nies will be composed of the samej race. Enlistment will be voluntary, and will be handled through the reg-j ular recruiting stations. Proof ofi loyalty to the cause of the Unitedj States and of a desire to fight the Ger- ? mans, and the Austro-Hungarian gov-, ernment will be required. DUBLIN WAR REPORTS. War Office Says Attacks of Allies Broke Down Before German Lines. Berlin, via London, Aug. 7.?North of the Somme the Germans yesterday] captured nearly 2o() more British prisoners, according to the German official communication issued today. British counterattacks south of the Braye-Corbie road broke down, before the German lines. There were ' violent artillery duels. followed by ! strong enemy attacks southeast of the i Soissons. These attacks were re < pulsed. The text of the communication fol- < lows: 1 "The number of prisoners captured ; by us as result of yesterday's fighting north of Somme has increased to -ss. British counteratacks south of the Braye-Corbie road broke down before Dur lines. . "Northwest of Montdidier the ene my's partial attacks were unable *<> develop owing to our- fire. In the morning there were partial engage ments on the Vesle am! we captured * "ome prisoners, in the evening there 1 were violent artillery duels which ' tvere followed i>y strong enemy fit- ? :aeks. on both sides of Braisne and 1 Bazoches. These attacks were re- r >ulsed, at some places by our lire and it isolated points by our counterat :acks." a mA Tnttk't" THE TR?1 TROOPS FOB SIBERIA TWO REGIMENTS OF REGULARS IN PHILIPPINES ARE TO GO. General March Makes First Announce ment of Details of Military Aid to Re Sent Siberia for Protection of Rear of Czecho-SIovak Forces. Washington, Aug. 7.?First details American military aid to be sen* a) Siberia for the protection of the rear of- the Czecho-SIovak forces in their movement westward against Hermans, Austrians and hostile fac tions were made public today with the announcement by General March, chief of staff, that Maj. Gen. William S. Graves, will command the Ameri can forces, the nucleus of which will be two regiments of regulars from Philippines. General Graves now is in command of the Eighth division at Camp Fremont. Cal. The regiments to form the vanguard of the Ameri can contingent, General March an nounced, will be the 27th and 31st, neither of which is recruited to war strength. This force will be supple mented by troops from the United States the number of which has not been revealed, the chief of staff said, however, that the American force would not be a large one. In announcing the selection of Gen frai Graves to command the Ameri can forces. General March took occa sion to state *hat so far as he knew no commander in chief for the whole expedition has yet been designated. He recalled that this could only be done by international agreemnt such as was found to be necessary to con centrate the supreme command of all the entente and American troops in Europe in the hands of General Foch. From other sources it was learned that negotiations are under way to this end and that the chief of staff of the Japanese army, General Baron Uvehara, has been suggested and his name is under consideration as com mander in chief. General March said that the sailing of the expedition of General Graves will not be announced, but that upon arrival of the forces the news will be made public. It was not stated whether an announcement of the size of the American contingent may be expected. The Japanese force, in con junction with the Chinese which will act under Japanese dire i, prob ably will be more numer .. in fact, Japan is preparing to send into Si beria any number of troops necessary to carry out the declared purpose to give effective aid to the Czecho ECONOMY IN USE OF SUGAR. Food Administration Emphasises Ne cessity of Conservation of Supply. Columbia. Aug. 6.?The Food Ad ministration at Washington has is sued a sugar program, in which a household conservation policy to meet the sugar situation for the summer is outlined. In this program the abso lute necessity of saving sugar is em phasized. This means careful use and no waste of sugar or sugar sub stitutes, as lavish use is bound to mis appropriate what some o,ne actually needs. "We need only enough sugar tc make our meals palatable," says the Food Administration." One and one half ounces, or about three level table spoons of sugar, honey, molasses, or syrup a day for each person will do '.his. This includes the sugar substi aites used in cooking." Economy means using: Dates, raisins, tigs, to sweeten pud dings and cereals. ' Honey, syrups, maple sugar and mo-; lasses in cakes, cookies and desserts. . Less sugar in beverages. Thinner syrups or no syrups in can-j ning. i No frosting unless made without! sugar. I Waste means losing: Sugar dregs in coffee cups and iced; tea tumblers. Sugar leavings in cereals bowls and j saucers. Sugar spilled in cooking. Sugar spent to make caramel for flavor or coloring. Pieces of cake or any sweetened i desert left to be thrown away. The American sweet tooth con-! sumes as candy in a year enough su-: gar to meet all sugar requirements; under the rationing standard of Eng land lor one year, or France for one' year, or Italy for two years. The; money spent in the United States for, candy in one year is double the amount required to feed Belgium for one year. Rigid restrictions have been placed upon all manufacturers of candy, ic v cream and other products requiring sugar. Sugar supplies are short, ow ing to submarine sinkings, losses to beet-sugar land and factories in bat tle areas and curtailment of shipping tlouseholders are allowed a maximum >f two pounds per person per month, exclusive requirements; but this should >e regarded as the maximum, and an 'ffort made by every patriotic house loider to use only the minimum ( imount of sugar. Sugar is precious. NO DRAFT FOB NAVY Extension of Draft to Navy Not Re garded as Neeessary. Washington. Aug. 8.?The exten- j ion of the draft sy.--.tem t'. the navy s not regarded as necessary at this ime by the navy department. Rear - idmiral Palmer, representing Secre- ( ary Daniels told the senate military . ommittec today. \ -l In sonn- social circles only men with \ n income can come in. * S SOUTHRON. EttaMtebed June, >?M. Vol. XLVI. No. 51. MORE ViOOROUS WARFARE. PROSECUTION OP WAR TO BE SPEEDED UP TO BRING IT TO EARLY CONCLUSION. ? War Department Now Plans for Army of l ive Million to Be Raised and Equipped as Soon as Possible? Change of Programme Result of In | ter-Allied Conference. Vashington, Aug. 7.?In urging the I enactment of the new man power bill i ("en. Marsh told the senate military committee today that the war de part - ' ment plans an army of approximately j five million, which will be raised as ; soon as possible. About July 30th he ! said the United Sttaes reached the de i cision to er.la.rge the military pro | gramme to carry out the policies j agreed upon by the recent inter-Al ! lied conference in Paris to speed up ; the prosecution of the war and to I bring it to an early conclusion. He ? said the shipment of men. ? overseas j would be continued according to the plan now in effect for the present. PARIS UNDER FIRE. i ; Long Range Bombardment Resumed Today. Paris, Aug. 7.?The long range shelling of the Paris region was re | sumed today. French Repulse Germans and Take Prisoners. Paris, Aug. 7.?Along the Vesle riv er the French continue to repulse the j German attacks, especially between j Brasne and Soissons. A hundred pris J oners captured east of Braines, it is of j ficially announced. A German local j attack today against the French po '? sitions south of Auberivc, in the Cham I pagne region was respulsed. Last night j French made further gains in the j Montdidier region. In the fighting ! near Vesle the French occupied the I station at Ciry Salsogne, just west of j the bend in the Vesle. where it turns j northward to join the Aisne. I British Gain Ground From Germans. London, Aug. 1.-?In an attack this I morning southwest of Morlancourt j the British regained the ground tak j en from them by the Germans, yes i terday along the Braye-Corbie road I north of the Somme. The British line i astride the river on - the Flanders ! front, has been advanced, a short dis t tance and a few prisoners were taken, j it is officially, announced. Louisiana for Ratification of Federal Amendment. Eaton Rogue, Aug. 6.?The sen ate tonight voted 21 to 20 in favor of' ratification of the federal prohibition ; amendment. The resolution now goes j to the house which at the regular j session adopted the resolution by a j large majority. A tie vote in the senate at the re j cent regular session of the legislature i prevented ratification and necessitated : calling of an extraordinary session. JAP SHIP TORPEDOED. Crew of Freighter Landed at Canadian Port. ! Canadian Atlantic Port, Aug. 7.?An j American schooner arrived here to I day with CIS members of the crew of i a Japanese freight steamer- * "ilJh had i been torpedoed off the itovascotian , coast. i The vessel was the Tokuyama Maru, j of s3\ en thousand tons. It was sunk I without warning two hundred miles .' off shore on August 1st. BRITISH AT VLADIVOSTOK. Force Landed Saturday and Well Re ceived. Shanghai. Saturday, Aug. 3.?British troops which landed at Vladivostok at dawn today were given a friendly re ception, says a dispatch from that city. * ? jgg| LIGHT SHIP SUNK. German Submarines Raiding Off Cape Hatteras. Washington, Aug. 7.?The Diamond Shoals lightship, off Cape Hatteras. was sunk by an enemy submarine late yesterday, the navy department was informed today. The crew reached shore safely. The submarine came within half a mile of shore, accord ing to the brief report received. SIBERIA UP IN ARMS. Will Declare War on Soviet Govern ment. London. Aug. 5.?The semi-official ? Russian newspapers Pravda and Izvestia declare that the provisional government of Siberia intends for mally to declare war on the soviet government within a few days, ac cording to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen. The Omsk (Siberia) government it is added, has infornnal all neutral and allied pow ers of tIn' establishment of an inde pendent Siberian government. -_ ' -i LORD READING IN LONDON. British Ambassador (iocs Home to Confer With Cabinet. Canadian Atlantic Port. Aug. fi.? The British ambasador and high lommissioner to the United States has irrived in London, it was announced lore today by the* British bureau of n format ion. 7 Tis mision is to confer vith the British war cabinet, it was itated. A ;L k^umJ