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New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
Prussia Plans to Set Up Belt of
Weak States on Soil
of Russia
Copyright 1918-The Tribune Association

have already been heavily reduced
by the disasters which overlook them
in the early part of the war. Their
available resources are now mainly
occupied upon the Italian front. and
economic conditions throughout
Austria-Hungary are worse even
than those from which the German
empire now suffers. Moreover. the
civilian population is far less homo
geneous and more discontented than
is that in Germany itself.
Some observers also have argued
that the new commitment of the
Central Empires to action in the
East, which they assumed when thew
began marching toward Petrograd
in the north and toward Kiev in the
south, will further hamper them and
deter them from any attack in the
West. But this is error. There is
no Russian army in existence-only
certain number of men, wearing
uniform it is true, but without disci-
pline, largely without arms ana enor-
mously reduced in numbers by de-
sertiOns.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
Allies Winning
Air Supremacy

Meanwhile very great dea,
would depend upon the comparative
strength of the opposing forces in
the air during the fighting season
which is now about to open. So far
as developments have yet taken place
the superiority is clearly upon the
Allied side in this respect, and would
seem to be increasing.
There has been continuous and
more and more intensive lombard
ment from the air of the German
western traffic and munitions GEN.
tres during the last two months
1reves, an exceedingly important
depot and passage for communica-
tions, has been heavily bombed six
times in five weeks; the vital junc-
ton just outside of Thionville in
Lorraine has suffered in much the
same fashion; and altogether there
have been in less than seven weeks
some fifty heavy commandments de-
llvered from Allied airplanes upon
special objectives behind the Ger
man front, especially upon munition
works and railway stations.
Nothing corresponding to this has
yet been attempted by the enemy be-
hind the Allied line. If the present
indications may be taken as guide
for the future it would seem as if ir
this vital matter of work in the air
the Allies were really establishing a
supremacy, but we do not know
whether the enemy may not be mere
ly holding back heavy forces of air
planes, or even some new types of
superior effectiveness, for use in q
special effort in the air to coincide
with the opening Of his attack on
the trenches. if this is made.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
Germans in West
Must Fight Alone

Theoretically the disappearance of
the Eastern front as a military fac
tor and the release of much of the
greater part of the men watching it
should allow the Central Powers to
throw the whole weight of their
armies into the attack or series of
attacks upon the lines in Northern
France. But in practice this attack
will have to rely upon German troops
almost alone. The Austrian forces
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03

nevertheless they believe that this
efficiency has been developed only in
connection with and will be valuable
only for use in siege war or war of
positions.
They argue that the British have
had no experience in war of move
ment; that their junior officers
would find the novel task of hand
ling troops in such war too heavy
for them, and that the newly con-
structed stats would not be able to
conform themselves to it and to meet
its problems. If such war of move
ment could be restored, therefore
the Germans believe that it would
result in disaster to the Allies
through crumpling up of the Brit
ish sector.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
All Plans Were
For Open Warfare

All his plan was for a rapid offen-
sive, in which he was more or less
certain of an immediate or over
whelming success accident and cir
cumstance external to his design
were his tutors in this matter. The
trench warfare, which was estab-
lished in the third week of Septem-
ber, 1914, was imposed upon the
Germans by their defeat, and so far
from being complete system organ
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
Likely to Strike
British Near Cambria

In a former article discussed the
various sectors upon which a Ger
man attack might take place. 1t now
appears that the probabilities are
that the offensive will be launched.
if it is launched at all, against the
British front and toward the south
ern end of that front, but it is al
most certain that it will be accom-
panied also by very strong demon
strations made against the French
line at the same time.
The reason that the military peo-
pie think this form of attack is prob
able is not that any special concen-
tration of German forces is as vet
observable on this sector. But the
Germans certainly believe that the
British would be especially handi-
capped if a war of movement could
be restored against them. They ad-
NIT that the new British armies have
arrived with unexpected rapidity at
a very high state of efficiency-a
thing which the Germans long be-
lieved to be impossible for troops
raised suddenly out Of purely civil
ian material and for stats with nc
long tradition behind them-but
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
Small Force Onlv
Used in Russia

The forces which the Central En-
plres are now sending forward into
the heart of what once was Russia
are quite small. A certain propor-
ton OF cavalry, accompanied by ar
tillery, is sufficient for the work, sup
ported as they are by the reduced
units OF poor grade infantry which
have been found all that was neces-
sary for use on the Eastern front in
recent months. Dvinsk, for instance,
was abandoned without a struggle
and already far more than a thou
sand guns, formerly provided by the
Allies to aid Russia, have been given
up without a blow. There is no real
fighting.
The only task of the small invad-
ing armies, in fact, is the garrison
ing and policing of such districts as
Germany chooses to have them oc-
cupy. And as the Ukraine is already
in sympathy with the Germans, and ,
as the local leaders and German
agents to the north have readily
surrendered all that was asked to the
Central Empires, the, German COM
manders may put the limit of the
advance Of their armes exactly wher-
ever they choose.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
Prussia Fears
a Free Poland

One Of the chief objects in setting
up all these small states-especlally
the last named-is to create a weak
and diminished Poland. This is be-
cause Poland is a real nationality,
strongly patriotic, virile and pos
sessing the elements of national
greatness and power, so that it's
resurrection as a state is one Of the
things which Prussia most seriously
breads.
But all these arrangements de-
pend for their permanency upon
What happens on the Western front.
II the Germans can maintain their
line in the West, and can succeed in
forcing the Allied Powers to give
shem a peace which leaves them
strong and the undisputed masters
oi Central Europe, they would OBJ
Viously have won the war. They
would, Of course, evacuate Belgium
and Northern France; they would
hoid referendum with pleasure in
Aisace-Lorraine, and they probably
would even tell Austria to give back
70 Italy the territory now occupied
ana ,he Trentino, that Italian valley
~ the Alps which Austria now rules.
OUT In spite of these concessions
Mey would come out Of such an ar
&~ngenent with powers and re-
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
Germans Tire
of Poison Gas

A detail of military interest of
some Importance in the past week
has been the efforts which are being
indirectly made by the German gov
ernment to reestablish the conven-
ton prohibiting the use of poison
gas in war. They are working
through the Red Cross, and their
motives are obvious.
It was they who first introduced
this abomination in modern war not
quite three years ago, when they
sent flood of yellow chlorine drift
ing down toward the Allied trenches,
in April, 1915. 1t took the Allies by
surprise, and the Germans very
nearly succeeded in breaking the AL
lied line with it at the point where
the British and French armies then
Joined north of Ypres. The line was
only saved by the heroism and ter
rife losses of the Canadians.
For long time the Germans en-
.ioyed complete superiority over
the Allies in this form of attack, but
the superior civilization of the Allies
in this, as in every other experiment
tried in this war, not only caught up
with them but passed them. The AL
lies to-day have not only better gas
(more deadly and less easy to detect
and resist), but better protection
against gas than the enemy, and
their superiority in this is rapidly
increasing.
Such are the reasons and the only
reasons for the German move, and
as it's motives are as perfectly clear
as they are crude it will not succeed.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
Can Play for Small
Stake or Big One

There are two ways in which they
can attain this end a minimum Wav
and a maximum way.
The minimum way is to hold the
present siege line from the Channel
to the Adriatic intact, while they
continue to increase the pressure
upon Great Britain and the vital
communications of the Allies by a
larger and more effective use of the
submarine. They hope that even it
they have no better success than this
it will be sufficient power in the
field to upset the new balance
created by the detection of Russia
from the Allied cause, and in spite
OF any assistance which America
can give across three thousand
miles Of submarine-infested ocean.
But the maximum way would be
tar more satisfactory to the Ger
mans, because it would be shorter
and because it would be infinitely
more conclusive. It consists in
breaking up the Western line and re-
storing the 'war of movement"
which ended on the west when the
Germans were pinned into their
trenches from Switzerland to the
sea following their retreat after the
battle of the Marine.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
Wants States She
Can Dominate

It's object is to maintain these peo-
pie in such power as they have been
able to set up in what used to be the
Russian capital, and it's effect is to
complete a long belt Of small and
weak states, nominally Independent,
which Germany and Austria are
setting up in Eastern Europe. These
they will dominate politically and
economically and from them they
hope to draw military strength, so
that in practice. if they remain with
their present boundaries, they will
form parts Of a great Central Euro
pean empire under the leadership
and domination Of Prussia and its
rulers.
These small states are Livonia,
Esthonia. Courland, Lithuania, a
Germanized Rumania with a new
king, appointed by Germany, and
probably would be one of Prussia s
ruling family, and the Ukraine.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
German Armies Behind Front
Train for a War Of
Movement
(Auhor of elements of the Great

By HILAIRE BELLOC
POLITICALLY the great inter
est of the war during the

nOLITICALLY the great inter
est of the war during the
present week has been the
surrender of Northern Russia. But
the military interest, which is
supreme, for it must in the end con-
troll even the political arrangements
which have been set up between the
German government and Bolshevik
leaders, lies in a discussion upon
"the war of movement /" which the
German high command is apparent
ly planning to put into effect if pos
sible upon the Western as we'll as
upon the Eastern front.
The capitulation of Northern
Russia has taken place, of course,
without any consultation with its
people or attempt to determine their
wishes in the matter. 1t was signed
merely by the small cosmopolitan
group of men who are masters
through terrorism in Petrograd !;
some Of whom are actually agents of
the German government, and all of
whom are entirely Indifferent to any
national feeling for Russia.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03

Trenches were, indeed, dug upon
the Aisne position by troops still in
the rear after the first news of the
Marne was appreciated by the Ger
man command, but not before.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03

sources which would insure that
they would be the future masters of
Europe.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-12
Bland County Sets
New Loan Record
after Raising Third Issue Al
totmcnt Citizens Make Up De-
ficl in Second Campaign.

one OF the most striking features OF
the third Liberty loan campaign In
Virginia. which closed a week ago
yesterday, was repeated to the State
committee yesterday from Bland Coun-
~. The work Of the citizens Of this
county on the closing day OF tho
drive" brought warm praise last night
from members OF the committee, who
expressed the belief that record had
been set which will not be equaled In
any other section of the country.
Closing up the campaign on the lasr
day OF the drive with a great demon
stration at Bland Courthouse, tho
county committee announced to citi.
lens that the county was then S3.40O
behind its apportionmcnt. r. J. Mum
sey. Republican candidate for Cover.
nor last summer, and Judge Martin l.
Williams. of Giles County, were thu
two speakers at the meeting. which
was largely attended.
After placing subscriptions more
than making up the county's deficit OF
$1,000 in the third loan, citizens were
reminded that in the second loan Bland
had failed by $500 TO raise It's appo.-
tionmcnt. Within a short time can
vasscrs reported that sufficient addi-
tional subscriptions had also been
placed TO wipe out this deficit and
place Bland in the front rank of Vir-
lsluia counties.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-12
AUTO REPAlRER HURT
BY TRUCK HE HAD FIXED
nig Chr Runs Over Alexander For
sythc, Crushing Skull md
Right Ice.

With a fracture OF the skull and Of
| his right leg. Alexander Forsythe.
twenty eight years old. a blacksmith.
is in the Memorial Hospital at the
over BY u fve-,on motor truck, which
he had assisted TO repair just before
ne was injured. The accident occurred
shortly after o'clock yesterday af-
tcrnoon near Foushee and Canal
Streets. where the repair shop in
which Forsy,he was employed is To-
Gated
There had been trouble with the
tran emission OF the big truck and For
sythe had fixed it At the time OF the
mishap he was holding to rod at
the side OF the body OF the truck and
leaning back TO look underneath. The
weight OF his body broke the iron rod
and he fell under the machine. Its
cumbersome body passed slowly over
his leg, and then over his head. One
OF his ears was completely torn og.
The car was being driven By Raymond
Cole. OF COS Denny Street. and when
he saw what had happened he at once
stopped the truck.
Thomas Frye. colored. who was en-
3loyed in the ncighborhood. and other
bystandcrs. helped Cole TO carry the
injured man to the shop. In spite OF
his severe and painful injuries. while
Fo-sythe lay on the impro vised
80 N@~-!'''' hE Si'heu u the men VINO
had carried him there and directed
! ,hht they be careful about his leg.
saying II was broken. The ambulance
WAS called and he was taken TO the
Memorial Hospital where an operation
VIII be performed in an effort to save
his lie.
Within a half-hour OF the accident
observation-disclosures Tinsley, who had
been notified at Headquarters, visited
the corner where II occurred. State
ments by persons who saw the truck
pass over Forsythe. and those who
talked TO the injured man. said that
The injuries were purely accidental
The injured man. with his wife and
three children. reside at SIT Abe
marie Street
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-12
STIRLING ELY IS NAMED
AS STATE RATE EXPERT
VIII Assist Corporation Commission
In Important Duties Concern
ing Securities.
IS A v1RGINIAN BY BIRTH
Now Connected With Wisconsin Pub
lie Service Commission-To Take
Up New Duties Here on June 1.
Has Many Relatives Hero.

1t was announced yesterday by the
State Corporation Commission that
Richard Stirling Ely. now connected
with the Wisconsin Public Service Com
mission. has been appointed assistant
to the commission in the legal. rate and
securities departments. and will take
UP his new duties IN Richmond on
juno /.
Mr.. Ely merely comes back home.
since he was born in Richmond. He
is the son Of Professor r. T. Ely, head
Of the school Of political economy In
the University Of Wisconsin. whose
books and lectures have given him An
international reputation. Mrs. Ely. the
mother Of the new appointee, is sis
ter of John T. Anderson. OF this city,
and has wide family connections in
Richmond and Virginia. Mr.. Ely is 4
cousin OF the late Colonel Archer An
derson. About three years ago he
married Miss, Caroline Minor. dauEh-
ter OF the late Judge Edmund c. Minor
and OF Mrs. Kate Peasants Minor.
COMES TO VIRGINIA
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
An nlumnus Of Harvard, he received
his degree in law at the University
OF Wisconsin. In his education, he
specialized in corporation regula ton
and rates. especially with reference to
public utilities. For the last FIVE years
he has held a position with the Wis.
consin Public Service Commission.
where he has gained the experience to
FIT him for tho work he takes up in
Virginia. Among many recommended
tons as 10 his capability WAS one firm
Judge John A. Roemer, former chair.
man OF the Wisconsin commission. now
one OF the leading lawyers OF the West.
who has been selected by Director
General McAdoo n member OF the COM
rittce to value The great Bush ter
minal properties in Brooklyn for the
government.
Mr. Elys duties with the commits.
sion will include certain legal latora
work in connection with rate reEula-
tion and with the administration of rhe
blue sky" law. which was placed by
the Legislature at the late session in
der the Jurisdiction of the commission.
effective June 20.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-12
RUPTURE EXPERT here


T.. II. Seelcy. OF Chicago and Phil
adelphia, the noted truss expert, will
personally be at Murphy's Hotel. and
will remain in Richmond this Sunday
Monday and Tuesday only. May 18th.
18th and 18th. Mr.. Seeley says: THE
Spermatic Shield will not only retain
any case OF rupture perfectly. but
contracts the opening in 10 days on
the average case. This instrument re-
ceived the only award in England ard
in Spain. producing results without
surgery. injections, medical treatments
or prescriptions Mr.. seeley has docu-
ments from the United States Govern
ment, Washington, D. c.. for inspec-
ton. All charity cases without cha rye,
or II any interested call, he will! be
glad to show same without charge or
fit them If desired. Business demands
prevent stopping al any other place in
this section.
T.. S.rEvery rtntement in this no.
ffce has been verified before the Fed
crni and State courts.-F. II. Seclcy.
ADV.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-12
FOREST HILL PARK OPENS
AFTER IMPROVEMENTS
Grounds Have ncen Enlarged. for |
Season and Shoot-the-Shoot
Rebuilt FOR Picnickers


Rebuilt for Picnickers.
Official opening of Forest Hill Park
Tor the summer months was made yes
tcrday. with ideal weather attending
tho occasion. Large numbers OF people,
wishing to escape tho heat within the
city proper. took tho shot trip out to
the park and enjoyed the many new
attractions. Repairs have recently
been made to the equipment. and the
grounds enlarged TO include several
more acres. The shoot the shoot has
been almost entirely rebuilt. and was
one Of the chief forms OF amusement
yesterday.
Due to congested conditions on rail-
ways OF the country, the usual sea-
shore excursions have been abandoned
this summer by nearly every road.
Consequently, seaside pleasure seekers
VIII have to look 10 other ways and
means Of getting there or to spend
their vacation at other places. Parks
this summer are being built in many
towns to take care of this emergency.
The electric lines are co-opcratInc
with the management. and have ar
ranged their schedules 10 give the
maximum service TO Forest Hill Park.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-12
FISH COMMISSIONERS
MEET HERE THIS WEEK
Screens Showing Sardine Industry to
De Exhibited on Tucsdny
Might

The annual meeting Of the National
Association Of Fisheries Commissioners
will be held in Richmond on Tuesday
and Wednesday. May II and Is. Head
quarters will be Murphy's Hotel.
Mayor Ainslic will welcome the dele
gates at noon on Tuesday.
The sessions will be open to the
public. and women are particularly in
vited on Tuesday night. when screens
will be exhibited of the sardine in
dustry in the auditorium at Murphy's
There will be no charges or cards for
adm ssion. Owing to war conditions
instead OF $50 or 200 in attendance the
president the association has lin
tied TO actual delegates from States of
the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. so there
will be only forty or fifty in attend
ance.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-12
Gives $50 10 Red Cro,,.

WASHINGTON. May 1l-Dr. W. c.
Fitzgerald, proprietor OF the Central
Hotel at A!bemarle. y. c.. has contri-
buted $50 70 the Red Cross because he
disrcearded the wheat conservation
program, the food administration an
nounccd to-day. H. w. Harris, OF
Hickory. y. c. contributed $500 after
having been charged with proiiteering
n sugar.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-12
Summer II Here

Warm weather makes you think OF
country places. Turn TO the real es-
tate for sale ads in tho Want Ad
section and YOU will and the place you
want. Ma Ike Times dispatch Want Ads
serve you.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-12

An. expression that is frequently
heard. There are lots of them listed
In the Want Ado to-day. IL the car
you want isn't listed. .tnsertNa Want
"a IN this paper-you'll get it. Call
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-12
WARNING AGAINST GIVING
OUT MILITARY SECRET!


days Official bulletin with instructions
that II he brought 10 the attention
of every officer and enlisted man OF
the command.
Complaints continue to be received
from the War Department that CON
siderable information OF military i'm
portance becomes public. due to the
fact that o;icers. and men send out
information in letters and or post
cards To relatives and friends b. whom
IL is made public.
The Secretary OF War has direct ed
that all officers and soldiers be in
struc;ed 10 exercise the greatest care
TO prevent all military information
from leaking out. and to refrain from
discussing. in public. or mentioning in
private letters. anything whatever
which might be OF military value 10
the enemy. The publication OF private
letters is generally Objectionable. be-
cause very frequently they carry in
formation harmless III itself but seri-
ously harmful when connected with
other items OF apparently harmless
ma tier.
1t is Of the greatest Importance that
officers and men he clearly instruct ed
before departure from their camps or
environments in the United States. and
also en- route. with reference TO the
necessity Of giving no details Of the
names. numbers and movements of
troops for duty abroad or en- route
for Europe: no names or numbers OF
ships: no description or details of meth
DDS used TO avoid enemy submarines; no
information. concerning patrol for pro-
lection or ships,cno ports OF cmbarka =
ton. departure, arrival or debarka.
ton: no routes p-rsued
Every officer Will take occasion
whenever talking TO his men, to insist
on the importance of absolute secrecy
with regard to any movements of their
own organizations. or those Of other
individuals or units. Failure to com
ply with these instructions constitutes
very grave military offense and will
subject the offender TO disciplinary ac-
ton. An appeal should be made to all
persons in the military service to de-
velop an esprit de corps" which
would visit with/contempt and rcpro
ba;icn men who stupidity and wantonly
endanger their own lives. those OF
their comrades and the success of our
operations, by giving out military in
formation of which the enemy can
make USE
Not only is the transmission Of mill
tary information by mail prohibited,
but officers and soldiers must abso-
lutely avoid discussion of military
matters in railroad trains. restaurants
and other public places. being careful
not only not to talk to strangers and
persons outside the service, but also
not to discuss such prohibited matters
among themselves when the same NAV
be overheard.