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gotiation, declared the newspaper, took
the standpoint that Russia could justly
endure the loss of Poland, Lithuania
and Courland but that the exclusion of
Russia from the Baltic altogether would
create a situation which would surely
be followed by an explosion. Hence
Livonia and Esthonia were promised to
Russia. although a scratch of the pen
could have secured them for Germany
THE Russian Government" Vorwaerts
continues. has declared itself prepared
to acknowledge the right of self-deter-
mination Of nations. which was to be eX-
pressed in free election. was the evacua-
tion of the territories In question. But
Russia never made any declaration by
which she delivered up Esthonia and
Livonia to the German authorities or the
hereditary upper class That is the sit
uation. The German Government mrHt
choose between its promise and the
treaty.
Whatever the end may be. the road
which has been Travelled in the east
since Brest -Litovsk is an indication of
lack of Intelligent direction of our
foreign policy, than which no worse
could he imagined. The occurrences in
the Ukraine. where. by the way, a va
riety of Pan-Russian strivings is en-
couraEed, complete the picture of this
mad hugger-mugger."
In commenting on the situation in the
Ukraine. Norwaerts says:
"lt is no wonder that the Ukrainians
who expected help from Germany for
the maintenance Of their national inde-
pendeuce now feel themselves bitterly
disappointed. They ConCeivably see in
what is really only a series of cropping
experiments. the execution of a Machia-
vellian program. The German
Governments policy appears only re-
Gently to have regarded the dismember-
ment of Russia as its greatest triumph,
hut it is now on the way to destroy that
supposed triumph"
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GREAT BRITAIN CHARY
OF ENTERING SIBERIA
Willing to Help, but Does
Not Regard Time
as Ripe
Special Cable to Erening Public Ledger
JOpdOn NAV IS.

London. May IS
Tho more closely the British Govern
ment examines the project Of Allied in
terventiCn in Siberia the less inclined it
Is to favor it. \ month or two ago Of
ficials were not indisposed to the idea.
if Washington would assent and Japan
was ready to work with her Allies; but
now. in the absence of any signs Of
emergence of settled regime in Rus
sa. and the consequent impossibiity OF
procuring an invitation from a rcpresen-
tative authority. there is little to induce
the Government to embark on a policy
the result of which no one could foresee.
One Hopeful Sign
The most hopeful sign in the Russian
situation is the resolution recently
adopted by the Cadet party refusing to
make use of German aid in restoring
order. 1t has always been feared that
the industrial and commercial classes.
which form the backbone of the Cadets.
would, through a desire to save what
they could of their property from the
general wreck. be more willing than other
factions to accept the Germans AS lib
orators from anarchy. and the fact that
they have resisted the temptation is re-
garded here as encouraging. 1t is un>
derstood that il was the Jewish section
of the Cadets who insisted on this firm
stand. and absolutely refused to COM
promise with the Germans.
Cadets Sot Yet Strong
At the same time there is no illusion
here as to the immediate power of the
Cadets. They are far too weak in num-
bers and have too small a following to
influence the situation greatly. and they
can only be considered as a nucleus
around which sooner or later the forces
of order may crystalline.
The result is that the British Govern
ment as yet sees no evident steps it can
take to assist its Ally. II Is carrying
on informal relations with the Bolsheviki
and transacting necessary business with
their representatives. 1t is showing in
every way its Willingness to assist and
Is keeping clear from any interference
with Russa's internal politics Further
than that for the moment il cannot GO.
and it is forced by circumstances to
adopt an attitude. not unlike that Of
President Wilson toward Mexico, Of
watChfu waiting
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-28
GIRL. II. CONDUCTORETTE
Swcars She i 81 and Papa Lands Hel
in Childrens Court

New York, May 2S-The Grand Jury
investigation Of conditions surrounding
the employment of women as conductor
cites by the r. r z. in Brooklyn took
an unusual course Yesterday when four
teen-year-old Margaret MINI was called
to testify.
ON May 3 she applied to tho 4. II. r..
employment bureau for work as con-
duCtOrette She declared at the time
that she was twenty-onc and swore to
the statement.
She was then placed on cars of the
Smith street and Union street lines and
instructed by conductor At the end
Of the third day her father. Gerhard
MINI. learned from her playmates what
she was doing and promptly brought her
to the Children's Court on a charge Of
Juvenile delinquency The case Is still
pending
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-28
RISIANS GIBE
N KRUPP PRIZE
fInrious Crowds Rush to
Spots Shelled by Dis
tance Gun
CITY WITHOUT F E A r
Mob Chase After Petty Thief
Lends Excitement to Teu-
ton Bombardment
WITHOUT FE A r
Specidf Gable to Evening Public Ledger
s copprtpht, 1918, by Neto York Times Co.

Specidf Gable to Evening Public Ledger
+ CopDrtpht. 1918. by Netc York Times Co.
& Paris, May IS.
The renewal of the German often
8 sive. this time against the French
8front. was marked fos Paris by the
8resumption of the shelling of the city
Z Nv the long.range German gun after
4 lapse of a month. The lombard
xsncnt of the Paris district continued
\ 8through the day. The aim was poor
& ard the damage light.
n As before. Paris showed no sign
$of fright. This statement may seem
40 astounding as to require proof.
f1ere Is the evidence Of what happened
IN one neighborhood, which is typical
of the whole city.
& One shell explosion seemed so close
#and definitely located that crowds
fbeean to run toward the supposed
K Eplace to see the damage. 1t was a
Z wild goose chase up and down streets
Hand through alleys, the ever-increas-
3iing crowd laughing at the sport OF
q following the leaders. A butcher boy
Hon bicycle-propelled pushCart full
s ~ ,oaat leaves the bicvcle TO make
= Y.at4ar nroeress tbrouph the crowd
81 .7s-s. ,r,.
Z q thieI steaIs the meat cdr' ne
e butcher boy yells and starts pursuit
q whereupon the crowd turns to chase
> the thief till he Is arrested, forgetting
&all about the big German gun.
X why has the German gun been silent
ESQ long?' your correspondent asked one
Eof the leading French artillery experts
this morning.
~ ''The reason is very simple, was the
#vep]y. but to enable your readers 10
#fe4fize II | must explain the origin and
1nature of these long-range guns The
&root Of the whole matter lies in the fact
n that In an ordinary heavy gun only
k.ab0ut ohe-third of the propulsive charge
<1f powder has time to explode before
Ethe shell leaves the mouth Of the gun.
& The remaining two-thirds of the charge
3oxplodes too late to be of use as a
'>prcpuisive force. why? simply because
& the tube Of the gun is too short to enable
3.tha whole charge to explode and exert
4force on the shell while the latter is
4uaasing out, 1t Is obvious that If you
5cAn prolong the tube of the gun the shell
EWlif remain longer in the confined space
I where the explosion of greater propor-
'kf1on Of the powder can exert force. Con-
y nrf1<1eftiy the range of the gun will be
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-28
EPIDEMIC ATTACKS SPAIN
Victims Show Peculiar Symptoms-King
Alfonso Confined 10 Bed

I.onden. May 2s.--A mysterious epi-
z6en7ic has spread over Spain and at
4]esst 40 per cent of the population has
7betn affected by 1t. says a Madrid dis
Z patch to the Express.
King Alfonso has become III and Is
confined to his bed 1t is feared he has
fallen a victim to il,
The symptoms resemble influenza, but
many persons afflicted with it have
fallen in the streets in a fit. Military
Smaneuvers have been suspended because
: cf the epidemic
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Roma. IS hlagcio.

| Roma, ~ hiagCtO.
lie valorose truppe italtane hanno
effettuato con pieno successo un improv-
viso attaCco che ha loro permesso di oc-
cupare importantissime Q strategiche DO
sizioni sopra alte montague.
Lltalia non soltanto ha potuto
mandare un consdererole corpo d,
esercito in auto degli Alicati sui fronte
occidentale in Francia, ma nello stesso
tempo che i tedesch harno rinnovato Ia
battagia contro lie truppe anglo-francesi,
gil italiani hanno lanciato un'importante
offensiva a nord-ovest di Trento, vcino
la frontiera italo-aust riaCa
Lassalto delle formidable allure
dimostra ad evidenza II valore degli
uomini del generate Diaz, Sc 81 pens
che lie mantagne, ora ocCupate, sono
permanentemente Coperte di neve in
questa stagione perco' / vantaggi del
| difensori erano tremendi
Nonostante questi ostaClo gil italiani
| hanno ocCupato la sommita' di Monte
Iigolon, ii Passo Monticello. la piccola
| citta' di Presena ed un Contrafforte
della montagna ad est di detto passo. Il
significato di questa operazione non e.
| interamente charo per militari osser-
|
| "S0ii - ~" "e''ora cerio enc gil taIlam
| non Nogliono scegliere Questo settore per
una grande offensva
Gli AIplni ital;ani in nuos,. ,i,.or;os,
| azione 81 sono conerti Al no,aIIa otaria
Gli uItimi disnacci dalia 60 III
Cano che II nemjro ner hon nnarortn,to
ore ha opposto ma diorer,,a rasis,.,,no
@ dono aver ouhito nardi, ,ro ,i,,i,,s. 80
e. arreso o nochissirri ,ona stmrri,i
daIIa mani degIi ;taIiani III
s, conferma che frro,o fo.., .tu-..
nieri ottocento sottan,n ~
truppa. ouattordici ufrini.Ii H. III
itaiiani catturarono dodIoi ,,a,,,, 81,
CROSSE caIihro ouattordioi ,,,an,,i
trincea venticinnua r,i,,o riia,.ia "a
ma arecchio rentinaia At f,,n,,i
II cop,unicato ufBcia1o ,,,hh,ioa,, i,;
"Ie trunne itaIiapa Iono,aro,. i,
nm immortal nta attac,o n rord o,.,, AZ
Treuto catturando nararchie nosizioni
sulIe montapne E,sse nreuero go
prigionieri.
La sommita' di Monte Zigolon la
cittadina di Presena, II Passo Monti-
tcello ed un contrafforte della montagns
ad est del passo. furono stranuate al
nemico."
La vittoria degi italiani q stata am
MESA da nemiCo. Infatti Vienna ieri
pubblicava il seguente bollettino ufi-
ciale:
eli italiani ieri attaccarono 10 nostre
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-28
AMERICAN "ACE" MISSING

Paris, May 2s.-Lieutenant Paul r.
Baer, Mobile, Ala. an aviator, is posted
as missing since May 90. He may have
been taken prisoner.
Lieutenant Baer Is a member of the
American flying corps and formerly be-
longed to the famous Lafayette SQUAD
ron. He is one of the most brilliant
American aces He was cited by the
French early this month after bringing
down his fifth German machine.
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DENIES GERMAN PLOT
Irish Priest. Sim Feiner. Calls Gov.
ernment Statement FaIsehood

Dublin. May 2s.-The following state
ment has been made by the Rev. Malachi
MaCBranan:
AS a priest and member of the
Sim Fein executive committee for the
last year. I give you my word of honor
that the Governments official statement
that negotiations have been carried on
between the Sim Fein executive COM
mittee and Germany is a falsehood and
that a German invasion was never dis
cussed by the Sim Fein executive COM
r,ittee
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JAMAICA MAY GIVE FLOUR
Merchants. Overstockcd. Would
Ship 10000 Bags to England

Special Cable 10 ErcninC Public Ledger
CopUri0ht, f9fs. by NcIr York Times Co.
Kingston. Jamaica. May 2S.~-The Brit
ish ambassador at Washington recently
Informed the Jamaica Government that
the American authorities had decided to
curtail Jamaca's supply Of -four to about
1000 bags per month.
II now develops that. owing to recent
imp0rtations from the United states and
Canada there is some five months sup
ply of flour in the island Merchants
are approaching the Government with a
proposal 10 ship 10000 bags to England
SO as to comply with the American re-
StrCtiOns.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-28
TERRORIZE RUSSIAN CITY
German Airships and Submarines Ap
pear at Novorossysk

Moscow. May 2S. - German airships
have appeared over Novorossysk and
German submarines have entered the
harbor apparently for the purpose of
terrorizing the city. The transcaucasian
government has refused toscede the city
to Turkey. in accordance with new de-
mands made by Turkey in the peace con-
ference at Batoum, which is now dead
locked.
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15 u. S. SOLDIERS GET
BRITISH WAR CROSS
Heroes Risked Lives in Luce
Nalley-Moved Burning
Car of Explosives

with the British Army In France, May
28
Eleven American officers and four
men have been awarded the British
Military Cross Most of tho officers took
part in the defense of the Luce Valley
during the great German attack in
March. being Incorporated in the i'm
prOvsed army of Major General carey,
which held back the Germans for six
days after they had broken through the
British line in the region Of st quentin.
The four privates are cited for heroic
conduct on the night of February %.
At great risk they removed burning
car of munitions from an ammunition
dump and placed it under stanGpDe.
flooding the car and eXtinguishing the
flames
Those cited are Colonel ] y Hodges.
who commanded the American engineers
with Major General Carey; Captain
Henry G. Galster Eieutenants Daniel
Berney, Frank A. Evans, Percy G. f.
Hamlin William A. jacques Cornelius
r. MacCarthy. Roy II. McHenry, John W.
Sherrick, William Augustus Williams
and William F.. Williams Privates
Thomas l.. Arbucllle. Richard Parkin-
son, Jr, Raymond Gibson Ricketts, and
Arthur P. Terrell.
Colonel Hodges had previously been
decorated with the Distinguished Serv-
ice Order
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Novorossysk is 500 miles northwest
of Batoum, and these two cities are the
most important ports on the Black Sea
coast of the Caucasus. NOvorossysk Is
the capital of the Black Sea province
and has a population OF about 1900.
Part of the Russian Black Sea fleet was
reported to- have taken refuge there
after the Germans captured, Sebastopol
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UNA GRANDE VITTORIA
DEGLI ALPINI ITALIANI
ii Nemico Cede Important
Posizioni Dopo Desperate
Lotta

Published and Distributed Under
PERMIT No. 341
Authorized by the act OF October g.
lflI,, on file at the Postoffice of Phila-
delphia. Pa.
By order Of the President.
A. S. BURLESON
Postmaster General
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WINS 2OTH AIR FIGHT
Cuynemer's Partner Wins Triumph
Noted Austrian Aviator Killed

Paris, May est is announced that
Captain Ullin has won his twentieth
aerial victory. The captain was a part
ner of the late Captain Guynemer, the
famous French ace.
Paris, May 2s.-A dispatch from Berne
says that Lieutenant Kiss. reputed to be
the leading Austrian aviator, has been
killed in an aerial battle.
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Ukrain Diplomat Skips With Cash
Amsterdam. May 2S.-A Berlin dis
patch saws kieV newspapers report
that NJ. koValovski Minister of Agri-
culture in the Ikraniau cabinet. which
was overthrown recently, has absconded
with 5 5000 rubles
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r;ne, q wsIe. Visit. the vatican

Rome. May 2s.-The Prince of Wales
visited the Vatican yesterday afternoon
and had an interview lasting half an
k11r with the Pope. The Prince was
i1a) )lInx as he left the Vatican.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-04-12
CHAPTER XXI.
A Message From the Dead.

Macdonald drove his team into the
teeth of the storm. The wind came in
gusts. Sometimes the gale was so stiff
that the dogs could scarcely crawl for
ward against 1t; again there were mo-
ments of comparative stiffness, fol-
lowed by squalls that slapped the
driver In the face like the whipping OF
a loose sail on a catboat.
High drifts made the trail difficult.
Not once but fifty times Macdonald
left the gee-pole to break way
through snow-waveS for the sled. The
best he could get out of his dogs was
three miles an hour. and he knew that
there was not another team or driver
In the North could have done so well.
It was close to noon when he reached
division OF the road known as the
Fork. One trail ran down to the river
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forces were spent, his muscles weight
ed as with lead. But it was not this
alone that made his breath come shor.
and raggedly.
Sheba had flung herself down beside
her lover. She had caught him tightly
in her arms so that his disfigured face
lay against her warm bosom. In the
eyes lifted to those of the mine-owner
was an unconQuerable defiance.
"He's mine-mine, you murderer"
she painted fiercely. "If you kill him,
you must kill me first"
The man she had once promised to
marry was looking at different wont
an from the girl he had known. The
soft, shy youth of her was gone. She
was a forest mother of the wilds ready
to fight for her young, a wife ready to
go to the stake for the husband of her
choice. An emotion primitive and
poignant had transformed her.
His eyes burned at her the question
his parched lips and throat could
scarcely utter. $50 you love
him?"
But though 1t was in form question
he knew already the answer. For the
first time in his life ne began to taste
the bitterness of defeat. Always hS
had won what he coveted by brutal
force or his stark will. But 1t was be.
yond him to compel the love of girl
who had given her heart to another.
EYES," she answered.
Her hair in two thick braids wae
flung across her shoulders, her dark
head thrown back proudly from the
rounded throat.
Macdonald smiled, but there was no
mirth in his savage eyes. "Do you
know what I want with him-why I
have come to get himi"
''No."
'T've come to take him back to Ku-
siak to be hanged because he MUIR
dered Milton, the bank cashier"
The eyes of the woman blazed at
him. "Are you mad"
"It's the truth" Macdonald's voice
was curt and harsh. "He and Holt
were robbing the bank when Milton
came back from the dance at the club.
The towards shot down the old man
like dog. They'll hang for 1t If it
costs me my last penny, so help me
Cod"
"You say it's the truth" she retort-
ed scornfully. do you think l don't
know you now-how you twist and dis
tort facts to suit your ends? How long
Is it since your jackal had him arrest
ed for assaulting you-when Wally Sell
fridge knew-and you knew-that he
had risked his life for you and had
saved yours by bringing you to DANES
after he had bandaged your wounds?"
"That was different. 1t was part Of
the game Of politics we were playing"
"You admit that you and your
friends lied then. Is 1t like you could
persuade me that you're telling the
truth noww
The big Alaskan shrugged. "Be-
lieve 1t or not as you like. Anyhow,
he's going back with me to Kusiak-
and Holt. too, IL he's here"
An excited cackle cut into the con-
versation, followed by a drawing an
from the window. Your
old tillicum is right here, Mac. What's
the use Of waiting? Why done you
have your hanging-bee nowT
(TO BE CONTTNUED)
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and up 1t to the distant creeks. The
other led across the divide, struck the
Yukon, and pointed way to the coast.
White drifts had long since blotted out
the track of the sled that had pre-
coded him. Had the fugitives gone up
the river to the creeks with intent to
hole themselves up for the winter? Or
was it their purpose to cross the divide
and go out over the ice to the coast?
The pursuer knew that Gid Holt was
wise as q weasel He could follow
blindfolded the paths that led to every
creek in the gold-fields. 1t might be
taken as a certainty that he had rot
plunged into such a desperate venture
without having plan well worked out
beforehand. Elliot had a high grade
of intelligence. Would they try to
reach the coast and make their get
away to Seattle? Or would they dig
themselves in till the heavy SHOWS
were past and come back to civilian
ton with the story of a lucky strike to
account for the gold they brought with
them? Neither gold dust nor nuggets
could be identified. There would be
no way of proving the story false. The
only evidence against them would be
that they had left at Kusiak and this
was merely of a corrObOratiSe kind.
There would be no chance of convict
ing them upon it.
To strike for Seattle was 10 throw
away all pretense of innocence. Fugi-
tives from justice, they would have to
disappear from sight in order to es-
cape. The hunt for them would con-
tinue until at last they were unearthed.
One fork of the road led to compare
tive safety: the other went, by devious
windings to the penitentiary and per-
haps the gallOws. The Scotsman put
himself In the place of the men he was
trailing. Given the same conditions,
he knew which path he would follow.
Macdonald took the trail that led
down to the river, to the distant gold
creeks which offered a refuge from
man-hunters in many deserted cabin
marooned by the deep SHOWS.
Even the iron frame and steel
muscles Of the Scotch Canadian pro-
tested against the task he had set them
that day. Il was time to sit snugly
inside by stove and listen to the
bowling of the wind as it hurled itself
down from the divide. But from day
light till dark Colby Macdonald fought
with drifts and breasted the storm. He
got into the harness with the dogs. He
broke trail for them, cheered them,
soothed, comforted, punished. Long
after night had fallen he staggered into
the hut of two prospectors, his parka
so stiff with frozen snow that it had
to be beaten with hammer before the
coat could be removed.
"How long since dog team passed
seven huskies and two menu" was
his first question.
"No dog team has passed for four
days." one of the men answered.
'You mean you haven't seen One,"
Macdonald corrected.
81 mean none has passed-unless 1t
went by in the night while we slept.
And even then our dogs would have
warned u.s."
Macdonald flung his ice-coated gloves
to table and stopped to take off his
mukluks. His face was blue with the
cold, but the bleak look in the eyes
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"Now, Pete. Go to him I" urged Holt

Nov, Pete. Go to him I" urged Holt
wildly.
But before saltwater could move.
before the great fist of Macdonald
could smash down upon the bleeding
face upturned to his, a sharp blow
struck the flesh of the raised forearm
and for the moment stunned the mus
cles. The Scotch-Canadian lifted a
countenance drunk with rage, passion
tossed.
Slowly the light of reason came back
into his eyes. Sheba was standing be-
fore him, his rife in her hand. She
had struck him with the butt of 1t.
Don't touch himi Don't you dare
touch him! !" she challenged.
He looked at her long, then let his
eyes fall to the battered face of his
enemy. Drunkenly he got to his feet
and leaned against a willow. His
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came from within. He said nothing
more until he was free of his wet
clothes. Then he sat down heavily and
passed a hand over his frozen eye
br0ws.
"Get me something TO eat and take
care of my dogs. There is food for
them on the Sled" he said.
While he ate he told them of the
bank robbery and the murder. Their
resentment against the men who had
done it was quite genuine. There
could be no doubt they told the truth
when they said no sled had preceded
his. They were honest. reliable pros
pectors. He knew them both well.
The weary man slept Ike a log. He
opened his eyes next morning 20 end
one of his hosts shaking him.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-04-12

The capitalist would have you be-
lieve that civilization rests on the ac-
emulation of pounds, shillings and
pence-pounds for the capitalist. shill-
ings for the middlemen, and pence for
the workers. - Sydney Australian
Worker.