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NEW REVOLT SEEN IN
Won MIRBACH KILLING
Paris Expects Important Com
plicotions to Result.

PARIS, July Tn their comments on
the assassination Of Count Won Mirbach.
the Paris newspapers are unanimous In
expressing the opinion that the event
will be likely to cause complications the
Importance of which cannot be gagged.
THE first awakening Of the vengeance
Of Russia against German tyranny, Is
the light in which lie Journal views IT.
Petit Journal wonders IL 1t will not
open a new phase OF Germanys DIFF
ficulties in the east.
"In the state OF tension existing be-
tween Russia and Germany, says the
Figaro, "this assassination may lead to
the most interesting complications
HHmdnife considers the act mot Vui-
gar assassination, but an act OF open
rebellion by exasperated patriotism.
The assassination, as the Udhn views
II, shows that there are still In Russia
men concerned with the dignity OF their
country and imbued with patriotism.
The Petit Parisicn comments that 1t
was probably patriotic indignation
caused by the approach of the German
invader which provoked the killing"
The Temps, in an editorial, suggests
that the killing may have been due to
INDICATION on the part of patriotic Rus
SLAMS at the military agreement made
on June IS between Germany and the
Bolsheviki, whereby Germany promised
to send two army corps against the
CEecho- Slovaks and meanwhile decided
to occupy Moscow. 1t expresses the
opinion also that the cause Of the as
sassination might be found in the Boil
shevik regime. which could be described
as a "crapulous autocracy bound to pro-
duce an epidemic of assassinations.'
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nag from the hagstaff under heavy
shell FIRE. The German gunners tried
to shoot him down and succeeded In
tearing away a corner OF the building
while the Australian was still working.
He got the flag up finally. The last
saw It was still flying with the Ger
man guns trained on It.
Surrender Machine Gun Posts.
There was a lively battle southeast OF
Hamel. where the Germans had some
strong machine gun posts. Australians
and Americans got in back Of these posts
and the Germans surrendered when we
charged with the bayonet.
I'VE worked around, the Vairc and
Hamel woods. which had been pretty
we'll cleared of the Boche by gunfire.
Just in front of vaire wood one of our
boys, whom we call Scotty. had a great
experience. He came to a dugout filled
with Boche. who had been left behind
the American advance. He naturally
thought some of our men were there
and went down. 1t was dark, 30 he
called to his supposed pals. The answer
was a crack on the head. He knew
then that they were not Yanks and
opened fire with his rife In the black
ness. Finally Boche began to yell
'Kamerad.' When the fight was over It
was found that he had killed fve Ger
mans and he took nine prisoners
I'VE got through to our Anal objec-
tives all right and carried out the con-
solidation without much interference
from the Boche. who did not recuperate
quickly"
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OFFICIAL REPORTS
FROM FRENCH FRONT
Paris Reports American Raid
in Vosges.

LONDON, July 7.-FolioUtnD are the
FRANCE and Fldndsrs:
FRENCH tNIGHT-No events Of
Importance occurred along the front
during the course of the day.
FRENCH DAY)-There were mr.
tillery actions south Of the Aisne. In
the region Of Longport and Corey.
American troops carried out raid
in the vosges. bringing back prisoners.
The night was quiet on the re-
mainder of the front
BRITISH (NIGHT) - Early this
morning the enemy attempted raid
near Locre, but was repulsed.
Except for hostile artillery and
trench mortar activity in the Bethune
sector. there is nothing Of special In
terest to report.
BRITISH (DAY)--We captured
few prisoners and a machine gun In
raid east Of Hamel yesterday after
noon.
The hostile artillery has been active
in the neighborhood Of Fonquevillers
and In the Hinges sector.
GERMAN (DAY) -. On the battle
fronts between the User and the Marine
fighting activity renewed intermit-
tently.
West Of Chateau Thierry the French
and Americans, In spite OF their re-
peated failures. again attacked with
strong forces. These attacks broke
down. Bitter hand to hand fighting
continued until nightfall and also dur
ing the night. According to reports
by the troops the enemy's losses were
again-pery heavy.
In the upper Vosges enemy attacks
on Hilsenfurst were repulsed.
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ENEMY TO ATTACK
WITH 40 DIVISIONS
Germans Are Expected to
Make Drive Against Amer
lean Positions.
By The Ass0cidt ed Prsss.

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. July Resumption of the
German offensive against some part OF
the allied line is believed to he near.
For obvious reasons II is impossible to
go into the subject deeply, but II may
be said that other reasons appear to
bear out the statement that the Ger
mans again are about to attack. besides
the fact .hat the usual resting periods
between attacks will have been con-
cluded for all the enemy troops within
the near future.
1t may be said that there are three
logical points for the enemys attack
the Chateau. Thierry region. the line
north of Chalons and in the neighbor-
hood of Abbeville, in the Flanders sec
tor An assault north of Chalons or
against Abbevile would be less costly
for him. but in the former he would get
less important territory than before
Abbeville where his loss would be
heavier.
From the best information obtainable
II appears that the Germans during the
coming offensive will have between
thirty and forty divisions capable OF
participating in the attack.
The American forces are resting to-
night on their arms. awaiting the enemy
offensive. and II it happens that the
Germans start against the positions held
by the Americans. which seems rather
likely. the American troops will give a
good account of themselves
While waiting for the coming storm
the Americans are discussing the ex-
plot OF a handful of comrades from a
certain unit who participated with the
French in operations at Hin 2o4 yester-
day They were invited to watch the at
tack and, II they cared to. to Join in II
and many more than could be accommo-
dated volunteered.
American aviators in the Chateau
Thierry sector engaged in several fights
to-day and two enemy planes were shot
down. 1t Is impossible to discuss Ameri'
can casualties except as they are ind''
Gated in official statements Therefore
the details OF the lighting cannot be-
written now.
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" BODIES RECOVERED
FROM. WRECKED BOAT
Twenty-Five Others Still Miss
ing in Illinois Riuer.

PEORIA. Ill, July 7.-Seventy-seven
bodies had been recovered up to tonight
from the wreck OF the excursion boat
Columbia, which sank in the Illinois
River Friday night with about 500 per-
son aboard. or these, sixty-eight have
been identified. Red Cross figures show
twenty-five persons missing. A diver
said he believed there are about twenty
five more bodies In the wreckage.
While the Red Cross branch at Pekin.
Ill. where most OF the excursionists
lived, made plans to-day for a public
funeral for all the victims on Tuesday.
r. V. Downs, Federal inspector OF hulls.
and his assistant c. r. Bowers, both Of
st. Louis, continued their investigation
OF the wreck sal by survivors to have
been caused when the boat struck a
sandbar. Capt. Herman Mehl, one OF
the owners. and members OF the crew.
all OF whom escaped unscathed. have
been questioned.
The inquest is expected to be opened
tomorrow.
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PERSISTENCE WINS
FOR ITALIAN ARMY
Mainland Along LoWer
Piave Strongly Held by Foe.
BY WARD PRICE.
Special Cable Despafch TO The sus from the
| London Times

Special Cable Despatch TO The suS from the
London Times
Copyright, 1918: all rights reserved.
WITH THE ITALIAN ARMY, July 6 Ode
layed) Italian persistence has been
rewarded in that wet triangle Of bikes,
canals and mud around which the twin
courses of the Pisve River reaches the
sea, The Austrians put up a stubborn
resistance for three days; they had Hlled
UP this labyrinth OF thirty square miles
of marshland with strong machine gun
posts. formidable because each one could
be approached only in a straight line
along a raised road on top Of a dixie.
In each scattered fenland houses had
been made into strong points and the
battle has been series OF Isolated
rushes and attacks upon these centres Of
resistance in which the Italian Bersae-
lieri and the naval brigade have shown
the grea test gallantry.
Bosnians Resist savaeely.
The stoutest resistance was maintained
by the Austrian Bosnlans, half savage
shepherds AND peasants wearing fezes
and mostly of the Moslem faith. 1t is
an indication of the primitive habits of
these troops that when the Italians cap
tured a house which had been used by
the Bosnians as a billet they found on
the floor of the mems sleeping room a
COW which evidently had been allowed to
remain there for weeks unburled.
In the early hours this morning the
Italians reached the new river line. the
objective on the right hand half of
the front OF attack, from opposite
Grisolera to the sea. This they have
since held against strong counter at
lacks. Their success has penned the
Austrians into what Is no more than
bridgehead on the west bank Of the
Piave here. Tho river behind them has
been swept all the morning with a
ceaseless Italian barrage--no bridge
can exist there. and to cross even in
boats is practically impossible With
their supplies thus cut Off It Is ex-
tremely probable that the Austrians.
whose losses have been heavy. will get
back on the left bank of the new Piave.
Italian Soldiers CONFIDENT.
The battle has been full Of personal
| incidents OF courage and initiative, which
show how vigorous Is the offensive spirit
| OF the Italian soldier since the
| defeat Of the Austrian offensive and how
| confident he Is of his superiority to the
enemy troops. The bersaglieri practi-
cally rushed an enemy battery of fou.
inch guns although it was woven about
| with almost impa ssable wire and de-
| Tended with machine guns. When the
| Italians burst through into the emplace-
ment the guns were still hot from firing
| their crews having barely escaped by
| running of through the woods.
| This success has pushed the Austrians
I y a1lr. 4
has taken from them the whole Piave
| delta. which they had held since the
| line was first formed on the Piave last
| November. The only change IN that
line, indeed. which has occurred since
/ the AUstrians launched their offensive
three weeks ago has been this one in
| favor of the Italians.
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to go to the villages and take the grain
by armed force. as q result discomfort
OF the peasants with Bolshevism in
creased rapidly. The chairman Of the
Central Committee of the All Russian
Soviet publicly recommended inciting
civil war In every village and. as has
been done in the towns. orders were is
sued for the distribution of arms to tho
poorer peasants with which to fight the
richer ones,
such are the sources from which civil
war has been fed uninterruptedly and
the country kept in state Of impotence
by German intrigue. BY no conceivable
means can the Bolsheviks prop up their
tottering power against the German In
vader. Their days are numbered.
wherever the Czecho- Slovaks raise
their arms against the Bolsheviks the
Russian population flock to their ranks.
This explains the rapidity with which
they got control Of the whole of Siberia
from Irkutsk to the Urals and Of the
Trans Siberian Railroad to Vladivostok.
1t IL in fact the success Of the Russian
people prompted by the Czecho-Slovaks
Before long it will spread to the west
until 1t meets the German bayonets. but
by that time the Bolshevik nightmare
will be a thing of the past"
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CENTRAL ASIA IN GRIP
OF BOLSHEVIK HORDE
China and the Allies Ap-
peoIed To for Aid.
Special Gable Despatch TO THE srS from the
London Times

London Times.
Copyright 1918: all rights reserved
PEE0N, July (delayed) Russian
Consuls in Chinese Turkestan, tele-
graphing to Pekin, depict woful scenes
In the neighboring Russian territory as
result OF Bolshevik domination.
Sanguinary repression. wanton cruelty,
ruthless greed and unexampled dis
honesty have characterised the Bolshe-
vik methods. 1t Is evident that in Cen
trail Asia as elsewhere Bolshevism
means little else than crinrinalism let
completely loose.
The Bolsheviki. for some reason not
apparent, sent an ultimatum in March
to Bohhara demanding the resignation
OF the Amer and the institution of re-
forms in conformity with instructions
from the Soviet of Tast kent. The ex-
petition sent to enforce the ultmatum
conducted itself with extreme savagery.
moving down the peasants at work in
the fields from armored trains, iooting
many towns en- route, outraging women.
sacking and destroying in every direc-
ton. These invaders appropriated 40,-
600, 900 rubles in the State bank.
In April an agreement was made
whereby the population was disarmed
the army restricted to IL, 900 men armed
only with obsolete weapons, Russian
refugees were handed over and liberty
was granted to the Bolshevik troops to
circulate through the country and COM
mandeer what supplies they required
The Tashkent Soviet next proceeded to
impose its win upon Simerechia. with
the result that thousands of refugees
poured over the frontier into Chinese
Turkestan. reporting the murder OF
more than 1000 Chinese and the fero-
cious treatment of the natives.
The .Cossack population of Simerechia
made n good stand. but having few arms
they have been unable to Withstand the
oppressors and they are now concen-
trated in the northern corner of the
province. whence they issue an urgent
appeal to the Allies. dated June 6. to
intervene and protect the whole region
from ruin. This was followed on June
10 with a request for the supply by the
Chinese Government in agreement with
the Allies of 5000 rifles with ammunl-
ton.
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FRENCH HAVE NEW
FOLLOW UP CANNON
Weapon Designed to Take
Place of Artillery in Of
fensive Work.
GERMANS HANDICAPPED
Made Over Mine Throwcr Fails
to Meet Requirements in
Practical Use.
By GERALD CAMPBELL.
Special Cable Despafch TO The srv from IA.
London Times

special Cdble Despdfch 10 The SuN from tie
London Times.
Copyright. 1918: oil rights reserved
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN FRANcx,
July There has been lately much die.
cussion and some difference OF opinion
in regard to the comparative extent 70
which French and German infantry reg.
ments are supplied with what tie French
call canon d'accompa gnement guns that
can be used In a rapid advance oye-
ground 20 badly cut up by bombardment
of the enemy's positions that heavy Al.
tillery or even neld batteries cannot keep
up with the pace OF the troops in an
assault.
Neither side has found it easy to III
upon a satisfactory substitute. The gun
and the ammunition must be lirh.
enough to be handled as quickly as the
moving infantry, while at the same time
both ce range and the amount Of ey-
plosive carried in the shells must be q:
first rate Importance and kept VIZ To
high standard.
Germans Make Over weapon.
The Germans contented themselves
with adapting to their needs n weapon
they had found useful in the trenches
a lighter form of mine thrower. which
they ntted with shells and n gun car
riage. giving II a flatter trajectory and
increasing its range. An advantage Of
this adaptation was the rapidity with
which the troops could be provided with
weapon which In regard to length Of
range and destructive power was all
that could be wished. but as a practical
expedient It proved unsatisfactory
The new fittings increased the weight
OF the so-called light mine thrower from
320 pounds to $50 pounds, and as tho
shell which II fires has a weight q.
nine pounds the German were Obliged
to reduce the number of mine throwers
carried by each battalion from four to
two, and even this standard armamen:
was far from being kept up regularly
French Solve Problem.
The French seem to have been more
successful in solving the difficulty. Their
'a7" is an accurate gun, firing a shell
just over a pound In weight. but not
adapted to close shooting. This they
first Of all supplemented with our Stokes
gun. less than half the weight and firing
a shell containing a much heavier charge
of explosive but subsequently, in order
not to overburden our workshops. they
adopted a new gun. the Joulandeau-Des-
| landre. a still lighter weapon Of nearly
| the same destructive force, with range
of over 1000 yards.
Nearly all divisions of the French
army are now supplied with two sections
of these and one of the 1915" to reg
| ment This armament has the distinct
| advantage over the German mre
! thrower in that the guns and ammun'-
| ton can be easily handled aud carried
| by infantry in rapid movement, and are.
| therefore. more practicable for open
| warfare
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BRITISH DOWN 4 ENEMY FLIERs
One of Their own Machines Miss
Ing After Combat.

LONDON, July THE official commu-
nication dealing with British AERIAL OPP
erations, issued tonight. says:
Our balloons and observation ma
chimes carried out much valuable work
on the 9th instant There were few
combats in the air. Three German air
planes were destroyed and one was
driven down out OF control One Of
our machines Is missing.
Seventeen tons OF bombs have been
dropped on various targets during the
past twenty-four hours
The Air Ministry's report on aerial OPP
Srations says:
Our squadrons successfully attacked
railways at Metz Sablonz Saturday
afternoon. Two and a half tnos OF
bombs were dropped on our detectives
Our formations were attacked over the
detectives by enemy machines. one OF
which was driven down. All OF ours
returned.
During the night our machines sue
cessfvlly attacked the railroad station
and sidinss at Saarbrucken and the
railways at Metz Sablonz.
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ALLIED FLIERS PLAY
HAVOC AT COBLENZ
Bombardnent of German
City Most Severe of War.

BASEL, July THE bombardment OF
Coblenz on Friday by British airmen
was the most severe OF the war, al
though the work Of the airmen was
hampered by fog.
Tho northern portion of the railway
station and the famous iron bridge were
seriously damaged. A bomb fell in the
centre OF the bridge across the Moselle
River and another on the royal palace.
South German newspapers state that
twelve persons were killed and twenty
three wounded In Coblenz. but make no
mention of the Fortress Ell renbreitstein,
across the Rhine, where bombs fell
among soldiers. Since the war began
this fortress has always been full OF
recruits.
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AUCHINCLOsS AGAIN REJECTED.
Defective EyesiEht Keeps Him
Out of Army Training Camp.

WASHINGTON, July For second
time the application Of Gordon Auchin-
Gloss, son-in-law OF Col F. NJ. House, to
enter an officers training camp has been
rejected.
Mr.. Auchincloss is a dollar a year man
working in the State Department as as
sstant to the Counsellor OF the State De-
partment. He tried for the first officers
training camp. but his application was
refused on account OF trouble with his
eyes. Recently he renewed his applica-
ton to the Acknowledgement. but the
War Department refused to alter It's de-
cision.
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MORE GERMANS TAKEN.
Pcrahing Reports SOrties Repulsed
In the NOsRes md wOevre.

WAsHINGToN. July Capture OF ad-
ditional German prisoners by American
patrols in the Chateau Thierry region
was reported in Gen. Pershings com
munique for yesterday. received tonight
at the War Department. The statement
follows:
In the Chateau Thierry region,
where the artillery activity or the
preceding days still continues. our
patrols again took prisoners. In tho
Nosges and in the Woevre the enemy
once more failed in attempts to reach
our lines In the Woevre a strong
hostile party succeeded in occupying
for short time one Of our outpost
positions.
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MORE SOFT COAL PRODUCED.
Output for Week Ended June "a
Second Largest,

WASHINGTON. July Btumj7oge
coal production showed an increase
during the week ended June 90. tho
output being the second highest Of arv
week In the country's history. figures
made public by the Fuel Adm.nis,ra-
tion tonight show.
The weeks output was 1o41S0OA
tons. compared with l2.0o3.o 600 tons the
week before and 1866 900 tons during
the banner week
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going to take a good deal 20 get him
out OF It before the war Is finished. The
finish he believes in Ia dead Germans.
But when avenging ireachery he is
hard fighter indeed. Lest he should
forget what he had TO avenge he went
into the fight shouting Lusitania.
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British Mission on for Peru.

La PAz, Bolivia. July THE British
Mission, headed by Sir Maurice de Bun
sen, which Is visiting South American
countries, left here yesterday for Peru.
The Diplomatic Corps and representa-
tives of the Bolivian authorities we're
present.
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Airplanes Do Good Work,

Our own and the allied alrplanes
and those of the italian Royal Navy
participated with unusual daring.
Special honor for the great valor
shown Is due the Thlrty-third Sapper
Battalion of Engineers.
On the Asiago Plateau French
party carried out brilliant raid into
the enemy lines at Zocchi. overcoming
the garrisons in a lively struggle and
capturing two officers. sixty-four of
other ranks and two machine guns.
Between the Frenzela Valley and
the Brenta the enemy three times at
tempted 10 attack our position on the
Corone. He was sanguinarily re-
pulsed
ACSTRIAS--As the delta of the
Piave could not have heen held with
out heavy sacrifice, we have with
drawn our troops which were sta
toned there to the dyke positions on
the eastern bank of the main branch
This operation was carried out dur
ing the night OF July 5-6 The enemy
felt his way at midday yesterday as
far as the river
East of Monte Pertica We drove
back strong Italian attacks in san
culinary hand to hand fighting.
FRENCH-West of Goritza French