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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-20

frontier at Chalons and at .Bar-le- Due, and
the line east Of Barbecue as far as
Switzerland might be endangered.
The 1914 Precedent
Remember, the Germans attempted some
thing like this in August and September,
1914. The Crown Prince came south on
both sides of the Argonne through Vitry-
le-Francois and almost to Barbecue,
while the Bavarian Crown Prince en-
deavored to get Nancy and push westward
through the Charmes Gap between the
Notifications Of Toul and those of Epinal.
This was only detail in a far greater
operation, and it was not generally exam
lned, because the world was thinking of
Paris and not of Nancy or Barbecue;
but it was deadly purpose, which, had it
succeeded, might have been almost as cost
ly to France as the fall of Paris would
have been
All things considered, it seems to me
fairly probable that the Germans will en-
deavor to crush their French foe by some
colossal enveloping or turning movement,
based upon the idea of piercing the French
line at two points, widely separated, like
the Champagne plain and the Lorraine
front before St. Mhiel or Nancy, and then
isolating and enveloping the troops and
positions between the two points at which
the break-through took place. The British
and French tried the same thing in their
great offensive Of 1915, when they at
tackled both at Loos and in the "dustv"
Champagne, from Souain to the Argonne.
The Germans tried it a bit earlier and
captured Warsaw and Brest-Litovsk as q
result, and almost gobbled up the main
Russian army at Wilma.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-20

an incident in the greater Battle of the
Sommc in November. Petan delivered
two successful blows at Verdun in
October and December. but both were
local and with limited detectives. Last
year the campaign disappeared under
flood in Flanders and with the taking of
Passchendaele early in November In 1916
the Allies did not begin at the Somme until
July, and in 1917 they delayed their Aisne
and Arras strokes until. April, although
the German retreat contributed something
to postponing the attack.
Attack in March or April
Roughly speaking, we may say, then,
that the campaigns in the West have, with
the exception Of Verdun, opened not earlier
than April and ended in November. Is
there any reason why the German should
force the pace this year as he did at Yer
dun? Then he feared gathering British
attack, but has he any such apprehension
now? I cannot see it. 1t will be July at
the earliest before anything like an Amer
lean army, and small army measured
by European standards, can even under
take restricted role; and it will be April,
1919, before our numbers will restore the
advantage possessed by the Allies year
ago, when Russia was still in the reckon
ing and Italy unbeaten.
Unless the internal political situation of
Germany, induced by economic conditions,
is such that Germany cannot wait, be-
lieve' that the Western offensive will be
postponed until March, or even April. In
the mean time negotiations with Russia
may have led to peace and the release of
the mass of German troops on the East,
at all events to the release of most of the
artillery and munitions; and, despite the
popular notion, the transfer of troops
from East to West is a slow process.
Germany Will Not Hurry
To prepare a gigantic offensive such as
Germany has now in mind is a matter of
many months, and unless there is some
reason for haste Germany will not hurry
her preparations. Her course in the east
in 1915, when she suffered Przemysl to
fall into Russian hands rather than hasten
her Dunajec blow, is the best proof of
this. And since this is to be the supreme
bid for victory, Germany will want every
ounce of strength on hand. Delay will
not enable her enemies to increase their
numbers or materially to improve their sit
uation. For six months at least, probably
for year, the great contestants will stand
in the same relation to each other in num-
bers and in material. All the conditions
that we know of point to an attack in
April or May. Conditions concerning
which we know nothing may make for an
earlier blow, but these conditions will on
the whole be advantageous to the Allies
rather than Germany, because they will
compel her to attack when the weather is
unsuitable for campaigning and in ad-
vance Of sufficient time to make the best
possible preparation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-20

The next question is: Where will Ger
many attack? Will she attack the French
or the British? What part of the front
she selects to assail will she choose as her
objective? First of all, there is general
agreement that Germany will attack the
French front. The reasons are brutallv
plain. France has suffered more than
any other of the Allied nations and is
therefore nearest exhausted. Her losses
have begun to weaken her reserves. and
against terrific concentrated German as
sault she might break, since she cannot he
aided by Americans for six months or
year and the British will have their own
hands full and are beginning to feel the
strain of the war themselves.
France the Objective
Germany thought France was bled white
at the Verdun time. She believed France
would give up after defeat before vor-
dun Her calculations proved mistaken.
France did not give up, she was not then
bled white, and she has since that time
defeated German forces in other great en-
gagements. But all these have cost her
dearly, and her great ally, Russia, has de-
serted her, while her new ally, America,
cannot be ready in time to help her at the
supreme crisis. So Germany will in all
human probability endeavor to accomplish
III 1918 what she failed to do in 1916 and
in 1914-that is, put France out before the
arrival of Allied aid can save the French.
Now, it is clear that if France is in the
mood of the Marine and of Verdun the
Germans will fail again, because France
is not yet, despite cruel losses, bled white
and her armies are better supplied with
guns and with ammunition than on either
previous occasion. Moreover, whatever
happens, the French are bound to have
vastly better aid from the British in the
coming struggle than ever before. At the
Marine the British were numerically al
most negligible and actually contributed
little to the French victory. For five
months the French held Verdun without
any British aid. Nothing like this will
happen again, because to-day the British
have both numbers and trained numbers.
They are ready, quite as ready as the Ger
mans can possibly be.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-20
Retirement Before British

'Verdun, the Somme, the Battle of Elan
ders, all have seemed to indicate that the
attack on single front on parallel lines.
as the Germans say, is unlikely to succeed
in the West, although the same method did
succeed shiningly at the Dunajec.
Now, while the French are being at
tackled what will the British do? First of
all it is far from unlikely that the Ger
mans will begin limited retirement from
before the British front to coincide with
their attack upon the French. They might
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-20
development Likely

On the other hand, the French position
between the Aisne and the Moronvlliers
hills is far from ideal, while their lines
along the plain of dusty" Champagne offer
target destitute of any great natural de-
fences. In the same way the French lines
in Lorraine, both west and east of the
Moselle River, are exposed to an attack
from the north or from the east, and the
Germans would have here the supreme ad-
vantage of operating from their own ter
ritory, with the great bases of Metz and
Strassburg close behind the front.
Unless all signs fail, the German attack
will not be a single drive, like the Verdun
operation, which failed Almost without
exception the great German successes have
been enveloping movements, of which Metz
and Sedan were classic examples in the
Franco-Prussian War. The advance upon
Paris in 1914 was an enveloping move
ment, conducted on both TANKS, but neces-
sarily transformed into an operation by a
single flank when Castenau defeated the
eastern flank before Nancy. The great
campaign in Poland in 1915 was double
enveloping movement carried out by Mack
ensen, advancing from Galicia, and Hin
denburg, striking south from East Prus
STA. The recent Italian success and the
earlier Serbian conquest were of the
same sort.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-20

The Germans would be able to cut the rail
roads leading from Paris to the Eastern
frontier at Chalons and at .Bar-le-D Due, and
the line east of Barbecue as far as
Switzerland might be endangered.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-20
FOCH KNOWS WHO'S VICTOR
His Quick Retort to Query by Lloyd
George

Paris, May 90.-Premier Lloyd George
on recent visit to Paris held a long
conference with General FCch. They can
cassed the entire military situation and
surveyed the net effects of the German
drive The conversation ended thus, ac-
cordinG to rEChO de Paris
But finally, General, suppose you had
your choice, which would you prefer,
Ludendorffs position or yours"
Minis" exclaimed the commander-in-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-20
SERVICE, NOT MONEY,
PAYS WAR EXPENSES
Arnold Bennett Declares Cash
Is Only the Outward
Sign
BY ARNOLD BENNETT
Special Cable TO EUcnirg Public Ledger


Londnn. May 20.
me SaIe o1 WIZ n"huH "dT l%''n ~.
ard the official people. very high un IN
the world, hay" h'on getting lIlIle
excited about the huIincSS OF paying LOT
the war ana W" ar" "N ~! VS. no" ne
ing hrmIH toId ina the war mas R"t 10
hc paid for-whi"h means that we 'you
and u nav" got t" pay Tor H.
This is most dcoply and most unplCas-
un'H H ~ " w. W., ,','l ,,,,,,,
not oiyavs tank as if money was the
only thing oi. thr chief thing concerned
in paving for tho war. You cnuld not
in a modern state nav Cor war without
using tho machinery Of money never
thcless the constant uS, ur the word
money. money, money, is ant to nut peo-
nle's Thought on thr wrong track and
IN send thom yyida Of the real DOint
Money is only the outward sign of
something clec-eomcthing which is cs-
scntial That something else may he
exnrosecd as v,rl; and gcIf-drnial
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-20
ViaDeath alley

Two years in the desert
alone with her husband,
residence in small Western
towns and large Easterni
cities this is the soil from
which has sprung the inti-
mate love of America, so
wonderfully expressed by
HonOrc Willsie, novelist and
editor. AS editor-in-chicf
Of The Delineator, Mrs.
Willsie gives tofher work the
enthusiasm Of youth directed
by wide experience; the
wings of genius harnessedl
to practical common sense
Appraisc The Delineator
yourself by the current issue.
The
Delineatof
The Na9azi7e In
'- One TihHoo Homes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-20
Wounded Slightly

~i.uTAlAN. WALTER IT,. Henry r. -"
m:,u Butlaio.
Corporal
Mcgee. JAMES t., IirugaI. r'hht
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-20
Austrian Ruler Leaves Sofia

London, May. Emperor Charles
and Empress Zita Of Hungary
and their party left Sofia for Constan-
tinople Yesterday according to dis
patch received here today.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-20
REDS AND TURKS FIGHT
IN STREETS or B4KU

Moscow. May 20 In i deadly con
flict at Raku. the oil port, on the Cas-
plan Sea between BOlsheviki and
the Turkish forces. 2O0o persons have
heru killed ana 5000 wounded, accord.
ing to dispatches received here. Nari-
Gus parts Of the town. including en-
tire streets and the Persian EaZanr.
are uurnin-.
Pctrngrnd. May 20 Bicrku AN is
land in the Cuff of Finland south Of
Nihorg and thirty miles northwest of
Petrograd has been occupied by Ger.
man troops.
London. May 2O-Petrograd reports
by wireless that the Russian Govern
ment has sent to AL tho provincial C0un-
ellis "A notice compla !ning Of their fall
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-20
Casualties Among
American Troops

Washington, May 20
Forty-ftvc casualties IN .hc overseas
forces wcrc announced by tho War Do
rartment Seven men wcr" killed in
action. ono died Of wounds one Of ar-
cidont and scvon Of disease Twenty
seven worc severely wounded and two
suffered slight wounds
Among those Killed in action wae CAP.
tain Harrison l.. HurkwaItcr Of Eoycrs.
ford. Pa.
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-20
FAMINE IN PETROCR4D
BECOMES ALARMING



roudon May 2G A dispatch to The
Lordon Times from PetroErad. says:
The famine in p"trOgrad is hcc".' =
ing positively alarming There is nr",-
tirally no food in the mark"ts or in ~ e
sEopS Twn-thirdS il not more. Of ,Ir
latter are permanently closed for W .:
of goods of All kinds besides fnrd~i', I:
There is no -four. no sugar. u" potato"
cheese. or milk. no grain -" g"'ai&. anG
very little meat All j. un1"r ron'r"
unless accidentally or privately ni
tanned The principal ncoe'>ari,s Of liz"
have to he got. when possible" through
friends. and chance acpuaintnnros At
enormous cost if You have money to
pay for them. or as m"agre ratiQnS d"lcd
out hy the authorities. and absolutely
Inadequate for subsistence. Th" pres
cnt ration Of indiEcStiho black bread.
half baked. with much moistur" HS pos
Sble left in II to increase its weight. j.
0ne-cighth Of Il pound per day. and
often that is not forthcoming on aC-
count Of the hopeless disorder and uni
Vcrsal thieVing habit.
Relatives Rob Each other
"RclatiVcS and dependents rob ON"
another of food without conjunction.
Hunger has no conscience. 1t a morSrl
of anything Is left on IN" plate for lat"r
consumption it will disappear as soon as
you turn your back. Every scrap has to
he put under lock and key after each
meal In my own ease, tn" house COM
mittrc which receives flour from the
town authoritiys for distribution to us
tenants could not account for nine pools
C324 pOundS) of flour, so that We all
had To go without any bread for two
days
In spite Of special commissions and
stringent measures against boarding and
Spt CulatiOn. prOtiteering, goes on to a
great extent among all classes. In fact
food is a far more valuable commodity
than paper money and secretly cirCu'
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-01
LAST INFANTRY UNITS
NOW At CAMP LEE
Moro Than $4,000 Men Are Now on
Duty, Taxing Capacity or
Cantonmcnt.
nc DEMoBoHIzE MANY TROOPS
Letter From Washington Indicates
Soldiers Will BE Sent There to Be
Mustered Out o. Scryice-Othcr
Camp News Notes.
Especial to Tho Times-Dispatch.1

Especial to Tho Times Dispatch.l
CAMP LEE. November 30.-The last
of the units OF the Fifteenth Infantry
brigade arrived In camp this after
noon. There are now in excess of 49,
600 men on duty here. The camp was
United States. but it is believed that 1t
has long since passed Camp Lewis.
American Lake, Washington. The ar
5. c., and Louisville. Ky, were TO have
Eeen much larger than this camp. How
ever. the signing of the armistice left
camp Lee. II is believed, larger than
any or the camps in the country. With
its 5000 men. there is little doubt that
there are now more men here than
there arc at any other point in the
United States
AS was Indicated by General Hedc-
KIN ana subsequently, intimated by sem
confirmation has been received that this
camp is to be used for Rehabilitation
PURPOSES by the government. This was
Senator Swanson from Major-Ceneral
IL. Jcrvcy. The letter read:
Washington, November %, 1918.
My Dear Senator:
] have pieasure in informing you. in
view of your interest. ii is the intcn-
ton of the War Department to retain
Camp Lee. Va. as a rehabilitation
camp. Very truly yours.
HENRY JERVEY,
AatorGencral. General Staff, Assistant
-, Chief of staff. Director of Operation.
The HONORABLE Claude y. Swanson.
United states Senator.
MANY NEW LIEUTENANTs
LEAVE FOR THEIR HOMES
Eight hundred and twelve men were
graduated as second lieutenants from
the officers training school to-day and
iinmediately placed on the inactive list
The men left TONIGHT for their homes.
\ special train Of ci-ht Pullmans left
p ae.S s at O'clock carrying sew
Two OF these Puiirnans stopped in
Phi!adelphia. five in New York and one
in Boston. Others used regular train
service 20 reach their homes.
Colonel Harry A. Eaton. commanding
officer of tho school. was the ONLY
speaker a. the graduating exercises.
lie co,n,n;;iimented the men on having
aud told them that ne sympa 'hized wi II
I'm IN N 'ir no being able TO reach
france he Tor the armistce was sirned.
re reminded 'hem that every officer
at the schnol was acting as an in
stTuctor under handicap. because they
we're al bitterly disanpoirtod in not
having been able TO get overseas How
ever. they realize that as instructors
they We're performing n big service
~" tod tho men OF the unusual on
regular army NO body OF men have
finer morals or lead cleaner lives. the
clergy net excented. than do REGULAR
There arc no four fushers Your life
Us open and every one knows what SAL
adv YOU draw"
He compared the work that the men
emergency when compared with the
regular army life rs difference he
tween doing Kitchen police and bat
TALON parade He stated that he he
Neved that civil uthorities would rec
ogn'ze The necessity for n large req
ular service and it will be necessary
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-01
to turn to the reserves for additional
officers.
600 CANDIDATES. ARE
SEEKING no OUsIIE,y

SEEKING TO QUALIFY
There are now but GOO candidates
at the school seeking to qualify as
second licutenants In the reserve corps
Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Lowell. or
Boston, Mass. who has been senior
He Will be succeeded by Major Perry
y. smith. of Chicago, iii.
various units OF the camp is we'll under
way, and within another week. 700 or
inc commissioner personnel will have
received their DISCHARGES. There are
GERS, LOO veterinary officers. 40 from
the central officers training schooi.
eighty nine from the depot brigade and
life. "-eu 90 DC returned TO civil
Work on the theater at the infantry
rnp p,oG men. camp continues uninter-
Details OF construction are being
andled by men on duty at the cann
Ihree shifts arc used. The opening
show Will be presented before Christ,
mas Lieutenant Martini, who is tho
officer on duty at the Liberty Theatar
mas Just returned from New York.
where ne completed arrangements for
the material for the stage at the new
theater. The building is novel in con-
Struction. and will seat 1000
lamp Lee was second in it's contri-
i,ni,oh i among the camps towards the
on duty here contributed $4,000 CamD
Meade topped the list with contrib,I.
tons of $4,000 This camp led all
Liberty loan
There was an unusual exodus of men
from the camp this afternoon Thr
We3tcrners. members of the Fifteenth
burg and Richmond, while hundreds
went to Hopewcll.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-01
CASUALTY REPORT DELAYS
Senate Military Committee VIII Look
Into Reasons for Many
(.Omplu1nta.

WASHINGTON, November 30-Meas-
ures to expedite transmission OF com
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-01
ELECTION IN FEBRUARY
'or,Aionai Date Set For Choosing
D'eSaies I" German ConstItu-
cnt Assembly.
TEv Associated Press.

7 DIV NssOClateU Press
bhRLlH. November 3o.-The council
OF in, peoples commissioners has fixed
reDrual; l6 for elections 10 the con-
Stiuent assembly conditional on the
"pi IoShl o. the soldiers and wo.. <ncn's
COLE ScSs. which meets Dece:nber -
The empire will be divided into mir
ty-eight electoral districts, 10 which
rom SIX 10 sixteen seats will be al
,otteu according 10 the population The
empires territory as IL existed before
ne war vii! be taken as the basis OF
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-01

The United Doctors have been estab-
lished in Richmond four years. Dur
ing this time they have treated thous-
ands of sufferers and the statements
of their former patients. which have
been published in this paper from time
to time, prove that they have been
wonderfully successful in treating even
the most difficult cases
The United Doctors do not profess
to perform miracles. 1t Is only ma
tural, with their staff OF specialists.
each with long training and expert.
ence in treating certain diseases, and
with their complete and modern mo-
dicinal and electrical equipment that
their methods OF treatment have prov
en- most successful.
II you are sufferer from the above.
or any other trouble. no matter of how
long standing. consult the United
Doctors to-day. Charges are very rea
sonable and may be paid to suit your
convenience. No charge for consultn-
ton and eXa mipation.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-01

plete casualties among the American
expeditionary forces will be discussed
M az meeting e!g Monday OF the Senate
questiGg that tho meeting be called
said they had RECEIVED complaints of
the delays In reporting casualties to
relatives.