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New-York tribune., 1918-07-09
Finds 10000 euton
Prisoners Fighting
The Czecho-Slovaks

LONDON, July 9.-An American Of
iclal mission which has just returned
to Hardin from Siberia confirms recent
rumors of the presence at Ikutsk Of
lo,oO0 armed German and Magyar pris-
oners, according to a dispatch to "The
DAILY Mail' from Harbn under date
of July l. A number of the prisoners
talked freely with the Americans, with
when they seemed anxious to ingrati
ate themselves. They said they were
lighting the Czecho- Slovaks because
the Czecho-Slovaks were preventing
them from returning home
The correspondent says the prison
ers were acting under the direct orders
of Germany, transmitted through the
late Count Won Mirbach, who ordered
them to prevent the Czecho -Slovaks ct
all costs from reaching Eastern Siberia
and Nladivosto
A dispatch TO "The Mail" from Tien-
Tsin, dated July s, says that the over
throw of the Bolshaviki at Vladivos-
tok produced remarkable effects in
Eastern Siberia, especially among the
adherents of General Semenoh, who
seemed to have a renewed chance Of
overcoming their opponents in the
country east Of Lake Baikal.
Dispatches received on July ) stated
that the Bolshevik forces and armed
German and Austrian prisoners had
been defeated near Irkutsk by the
Czecho-Slovaks and had rctreatcd
westward from that city.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-09

paper, ARE being prepared: From one
SIDE the Japanese, doubtless with the
Cossacks of Semenoii, are going 10 en-
ter Eastern Asia, even in Siberia
proper. On the other hand, another in
terventlon may take place on the coast
OF the Arctic Sea and along the rail
road OF the Murman coast. The Allies
have the support in this region of the
population, who have completely sepa-
rated themselves from the Soviet. This
double intervention will probably take
place at the moment when the Bolshc-
Vlk government, after eight months Of
DOMINATION, appears to have exhausted
its resources.
The "Frankfurter zeitung" concludes
by advising the government that It
must not lose sight Of the fact that
there certainly exists in Russia true
patriots whom the Bolsheviki have not
succeeded in destroying and that Ger
many must be cautious lest patriotic
RUSSIAN sentiment be awakened, thus
permitting the Entente to draw new
torces from Russia
New-York tribune., 1918-07-09
BY Hilaire Bclloc
Especial Gable to The Tribune

NSpfctNt (nOic 10 IhF 1ftbnnG)
Copyright, 1918. by The Tribune Ass'n)
LONDON, July 8.--Interest in
the Italian advance across the Piave
delta is manifold. In the first place,
it puts the main obstacle between
the hills and the sea behind our
allies, so that when an advance be-
comes possible in this sector there
will be no difficult land in front
of it.
1t was a consideration Of this sort
which caused the Austrians, in their
great advance after Caporetto. to
make certain of the Piave delta
region, which they held from that
day until July 6. In the second
place, the occupation of the Piave
delta shows that the Italian forces
are now in position to attack even
on ground which is specially favor
able to the defence.
The Austrians did not intend to
cvacuate the delta. Had this been
the case. they would have Gone SO
IN the general retreat last month";
Next we note the tactical point, that
the clearing, of the whole delta re-
moves the threat to the arsenal at
Venice. The distance from the
Venice arsenal to the nearest
point reached by the Austrians is
only $4,000 yards, we'll within the
New-York tribune., 1918-07-09
K oiser, Angered
BY Murder, Breaks
Of Russian, Parley

LONDON, July S.-The murder CT
Count Won Mirbach has caused great
excitement in Germany, the Exchange
Telegraph CORES spondent at Copen-
hagen reports. All the German news
papers use violent express ions in com
mentlng anon the event. but at the
same time are generally in agreement
that the Bolshevik government was
not connected with the assassination.
Wolf Bureau telegram from Mos
COW, the Copenhagen dispatch adds. de-
clares the Social Revolutionists admit
ted they were concerned in the plot to
assasslnate the ambassador
AS soon as Emperor William heard
OF the assassination of Won Mirbach.
according to an Exchange Telegraph
dlspatch from Amsterdam he ordered
Forelgn Secretary Won Kuehlmann to
break off negotiations with the Rus
sian delegates in Berlin.
A strong guard has been placed be-
tore the house of the Bolshevik Am.
bassador in Berlin, as it is feared the
populace Of the capital will nauyuratc
ahtl-Russlan demonstrations.
All the German newspapers declare
tne murder OF Count Won Birbach must
1neVltabiy nave great influence on
Russo German relations
Nikola Lenine, the Bolshevik Pro
mler, is endeavoring to placate the Ger-
mans by appointing an "extraordinarv
ommlssion of Investigation" to prohe
the death of Count Won Mirbach. Tbe
commission e is headed by "Comrade
Meanwhile, Berlin is doing it's Ut
l moSt to make capital out of the Won
Mlrbaca affair. A German Official ac.
count lln' OF the assassination concludes:
ne result OF preliminary inquiry
permits the assumption that agents IN
New-York tribune., 1918-07-09
Germany Worried
By Allied Threat
To Invade Siberia

WASHINGTON, July S. The sue
cess Of the Czecho-Slovaks in Siberia
has caused anxiety in Germany, SAYS
an official dispatch to-day from France
The Liberal organs, the dispatch said.
criticlse the government and affirm
that the German public has been sys
ten'at!cally deceived about the situa-
tion in Russia.
"The Morgenpost" is quoted in the
dispatch as saying that affairs of
grave anxiety are happening in Russia.
and that the German people are going
to get surprise about events in Rus
sla just as we had in 1914 about the
war" Wv
The "Frankfurtcr Zeitung" says that
the success of the Czecho- -Slovaks can
be explained only by supposing that
they are meeting with numerous par
vsahs among the Russian population
and adds that this success has removed
the last hesitancy of the intent.
lwo interventions,' says this news
New-York tribune., 1918-07-09
London Papers Scent
Action BY Germany
For M;rbach Murder

LONDON, July S.-The assassination
OF Count Won Mrbach, the German Am
bassador to Russia, is seen by the
newspapers here as an event of great
Importance, which may have far
reaching results.
The Daily Mail" and "The Daily En-
press" agree that the assassination may
have momentous consequences and COM
pare it to the murder CT Archduke
Francis Ferdinand at Sarajevo, four
Years ago. The Express" adds:
German influence, in Russia, can
only be established on solid basis by
the maintenance Of great army Of
occupation. Russia may once more
play a part in the war;
"rhe Daily Chronicle" expects that
It the German Emperor has his way,
there will be a march on Moscow, ac-
companied by ruthless seventies, al
though it is possible a more prudent
policy may prevail, especially as Lenine
and Tchitcherin will accept almost any
demands for PREPARATION, however alb
Ject 1t thinks, nevertheless, that such a
surrender might precipitato the fall
OF the Bolshevik government.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-09

thing arise which Mr.. Wilson may be
sure Ia Russia and which will call to
him for aid in a loud voice? Whatever
expedition may. be sent to Russia will
be sent 80 that it may be near and
hear Russia, even that it may encour-
age Russia to speak.
In other words, what is likely to be
done is likely to be done in hope rather
than in determination. To invite Japan
into Russia, paying the price, whatever
it might be, would be the act of a
ruthless will to defeat Germany and to
use all means available to that end.
To do that, says certain element of
the Allies, including the President. is
to sacrifice oil our ideals and to face
moral bankruptcy, y en- though it may
prove that in this way only can the
ultimate freedom of Russia be secured.
TO do nothing in Russia is to confess
a certain moral impotence, which may
in the end do the cause OF democracy
much harm.
To do little and hope much is to
avoid each alternative, with its moral
difficulties. 1t has become morally i'm.
possible to go on doing nothing. That
is why the details are being worked out
New-York tribune., 1918-07-09
Berlin Reports
Severe Defeats
For Czecho-.SLavs

AMSTERDAM. July 8.-The position
Of the Czecho-Slovak forces operating
in Siberia has become more serious for
them, according to a Vienna dispatch
to the Berlin "Tageblatt" They al
ready have suffered several severe
defeats, the message declares.
Austro-Hungarian prisoners of war
IN Siberia are taking a prominent part
in the fighting against the Czecho-
Slovaks. the "Tageblatt" adds.
WASHINGTON, July s.-A Vienna
dispatch to the Berlin "Tageblatt."
telling Of severe defeats suffered by
the Czecho- Sloyaks at the hands of the
Boisheviki, aided by the Austro-Run
&aran prisoners of war armed for that
purpose by their former captors, is be-
llcvcd by officials here TO refer to Cen
eral Semenof's little campaigns along
the Mongolian border, reported some
time ago.
All Of the latest news dispatches
from Siberia agree in telling of a
uniform series of victories bv the
Czccho-Slovaks. Besides, it is nointcd
out, Vienna has no direct connection
with the interior of Siberia and. CON
sequently, it is not reliable news
source in this case.
There is some apprehension on the
part OF officials who have been LOOKING
70 the Czecho- Slovaks as the leaven to
bring the Russian people back into +ho
Entente fold that these wandering SOL
olef5 may be in serious need of am
'"u"l'ioh' lhey successfully resisted
New-York tribune., 1918-07-09
Hilaire Belloc's View of the Battle

range Of heavy modern pieces.
They are now at no point within
10000 yards.
The publication of figures on
Austrian losses tells little that is
new. The proportion Of officers to
men is as low as one would expect
in a retreat. The number Of guns
is perhaps rather higher than was
expected. The total figure Of over
$4,000 prisoners is especially inter-
esting in connection with Premier
Wekerle's pronouncement in the
Hungarian Parliament, which gave
the Austrian missing as 5000. No
error or different method Of compu-
tation can possibly reconcile these
two statements. On the contrary,
the number of missing counted by
the force which loses them is always
larger than the corresponding num-
Der of prisoners appearing in the
list of their opponent.
The only other news OF impor.
tance in the dispatches is on the
tactical value of the tanks. as de-
scribed in the long official message
on the local actions of last Tuesday
on the front before Amiens. 1t is
probable that this new arm will
prove to have for the Allies some
thing of the tactical value which
GAS unfortunately proved to have
for the enemy in the earlier stages
Of the war.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-09
Ukrainians. Lacking Grain
Shot en- Masse BY Germans

WASHINGTON, July S.--A Bremen
merchant, Melchor, president of the
commission sent into the Ukraine to
study the question Of cereals, has re-
turned to Germany and declared that
10 dependence must be placed in the
possibility of importing Ukraine prod
ucts before two years. says diplo-
matte cablegram. Melchior reported
that the method employed by the Ger
mans up to now in the Ukraine was
bad. 1t consisted OF shooting in
masses tn" peasants of the hamlets
found guilty of not having any grain
to furnish to the invaders. This sys-
TEN, he declared. must be replaced by
one of pacific and friendly advice.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-09

the attempts of the Bolsheviki to dis
arm them, and they have been able to
secure sufficient food for their main
tenance from Siberian granaries, but
they have no means of obtaining the
renewed supplies of ammunition, save
such as they may be able TO capture
IRON the BoIshcviki.
The seizure of Vladivostok by Cen
eral Dietrchs at the head Of the
Czccho- -Slovaks there, however, may
make it possible to draW upon the
large stock of military supplies at the
Siberian port and to ship ammunition
westward we to their countrymen over the
SIBERIAN railroad, nearly half of which
Is now under their control
New-York tribune., 1918-07-09
Moscow Revolt
Folzous Killing
OF Won Mirbach
no account can permit the Entente to
find fresh resources in the East"
Say Savinkoff Is Behind Plot
Continued from page

Say Savinkoff Is Behind Plot
German newspapers are now point
ing to General Savinkof, who was War
Minister in the Kerensky Cabinet. as
the man behind the Mirbach plot. which
is being gradually developed by the
Teuton press into a great German
movement backed by all those men
whom Germany has found to be him
ORANGES in her plans of aggression in
Russia. A Moscow telegram circulat-
ed by the Wolff News Bureau, of Ber-
lin, says:
"Savinkoif is considered to be respon-
sible for the deed. He is, moreover,
said to be closely connected with the
Czech-Slovak and social revolutionary
movements. His whereabouts is un-
known"
German newspapers are preparing
the public for 81 radical move against
Russia as punishment for the Mirbaci
affair. Exactly what this move will b =
is not yet indicated, but Dutch and
Scandinavian newspapers hint at a
march on Moscow, and dispatches are
printed showing that German forces
are now about SOC miles west of that
city ard are being heavily reinforced.
Assassins Escape in Auto
German newspapers give many col
umns 10 developments in the Mirbach
case, particularly long kilograms from
Moscow praiaing the work that Count
Won Mirbach did there and describing
the alleged treacherous manner by
which the assassins gained entrance
to his office by posing as delegates
OF a commission for combating the
social revolutionist movement
1t is stated that they fired their re-
volvcrs, not only at Count Won Mirbach,
but also at German Councillor Kiezer
and Lieutenant Muller, who were in
the room.
Immediately after the firing they
jumped out Of a window, hurting hand
grenades back of them as they jumped
They leaped into a waiting automobile
and escaped.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-09
The Weather Report

WASHINGTON. July S.-During the last twenty
four hours there haze been showers in Virginia
tho south Atlantic states. Tennessee. the Ohio and
middle Mississippi valleys. northern New England
Colorado and tho middle plateau. Elsewhere the
weather fair
Temperatures below the seasonal average. ex-
in the Gulf states. the north upped lake region
cnc states. There Will i've showers tomorrow in the
south Atlantic and Cuff states continuing Wednes
day In the Florida peninsula Elsewhere east OF
tie Mississippi River fair weather will prevail
tomorrow and Wednesday :. VIII lie some,vha.
warmer Wednesday In the Ohio valley and the lower
region interior OF New York and in western New
England
Forecasts for Special tocaties-Eastern Penn
syiyana and Ne1 jersey: Fair tomorrow and
Wednesday without decided temperature change
Southern New England Fair Tomorrow and
Wednesday,
Western Pennsylvania: Fair and somewhat warmer
tomorrow and Wednesday.
Western New York: Fair tomorrow Wednesday
fair and slightly warmer.
Eastern New York: Fair tomorrow: Wednesday
fair. slightly warmer in the Interior
Northern New England: Fair tomorrow excert
showers in Eastern Maine; Wednesday fair and
slightly warmer in interior
Local Official Rscord.-Thc following official rec-
ord irom tho Weather Bureau shows teInperat,,res
curing the last tySentyfoi hours IN comparison
With the corresponding date OF last year
New-York tribune., 1918-07-09
Bolshevik Leader
And Staff Captured
BY Czecho-Szouaks

LONDON, July 8.-The Czecho-
Slovak forces which recently over
threw the Bolshevik government at
vladivostok, says dispatch from
Toxic under date OF July to the
Exchange Telegraph Company, have
made prisoner the Bolshevik COM
mander and his staff. Everything is
now quiet at the Russian Pacific port,
the dispatch adds
New-York tribune., 1918-07-09
Hungarian Premier Won
For Equal Suffrage

AMSTERDAM, Judy 8.-Dr. Wekerle,
the Hungarian Premier, favors woman
suffrage for Hungary, according to a
Budapest telegram printed by the
Dutch newspapers to-day.
The message declares the Premier
made public promise to depuuaon
of women to do all in his power %
promote woman suffrage in the Hun.
garan monarchy.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-09

sysk, on the eastern end cf the Black
Sea. according to Vienna dispatch to
the Berlin "Tageblatt."
The dispatch states that the Turks
have occupied the Black Sea coast as
far north as Touapse, eighty l.illes
established shipping traffic with the
city of Batum.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-09
36 Slack Sea Merchant
Ships Sunk by BolsI,eviki

MSTERDAM. July S.-The Boishs-
Wiki are said to have sunk thirty six
merchantmen at the port c. Novoros-
New-York tribune., 1918-07-09
Not Governed by War Council

No opinion of the Inter Allied Council
IS capable of changing this situation
Mr.. Wilson viii be strongly influenced
by its views, but not governed by them
The council, knowing the Presidents &
mind. Is likely to have tried to ac-
commodate its recommendation to his
ideals, rather than to have sought to
impose it's opinions upon the United
States by the weight of its authority.
have adopted compromise to which it
believed Mr.. Wilson would not be
averse.
Compromise therefore began at Yer
sailles. If details are being worked out
here, perhaps the plan is to be further
softened. 1t may be taken for granted
that the President will not countenance
the use OF alien force in Russia except
at the express invitation Of Russia her
self.
The lines on which compromise
might be worked ont are suggested by
the questions: What force might be sent
without violating the freedom of Rus
sia to determine her own fate? And
what is Russia? Who may speak for
her? Who may deliver the invitation j.?
The sending of a small military force
with an economic expedition into Rus
sia might be held not to be military in
tervention in any such sense as would
conflict with the ideals which Mr.. Will
son and, under his leadership, most
Allied diplomats feel to be necessary to
the Allies. The primary purpose Of
such an expedition could not be mill
tary. 1t could not conquer or hold any
part of Russia. 1t could not even make
swar on Germany. with whom Russia is
at peace. ITS purpose could not be
otherwise than benevolent. In other
words, it is possible to send a military
force without thereby effecting military
intervention. Its purpose might be
economic or political.
All indications here are that the non
military character Of whatever military
action is taken in Russia will be care
fully preserved. That is compromise of
the clearest Sort. The thing is to be
military, satisfying to our Allies, and
non military, satisfying the conscience
Of the American government
Now, who and what is Russia :?
Whose voice may be listened to? Russia
is broken into fragments. A large part
Of it is no longer under the govern-
ment that We think Of as Russian
that of Lenine and Trotzkv. The latest
segment to split off is the region OF
Murmansk. The Allied position there
may be strengthened without any
qualms of conscience.
Out Of all this confusion will some
New-York tribune., 1918-07-09
Humidity

degrees; average same date for thlrty-three ,e,,
80 degrees. ~ ''4''
Humidity
l. IN. SO p. m.......s7, m.g
Barometer Readings
8 "a M. SO l D M 81 SD ,s-s
Local Official Foesoast-Fair to-day ard .o.,,or.
row; gentle to moderate northwest TO north winds
New-York tribune., 1918-07-09

the service of the Entente are impli
Gated in the affair"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-09

First did Safety KIT, containing
remedy for erery conceiuable sud
den HIness or injury: instructions in
couer. Pin morocco leather, metal
lining: 1OAr5& as Y inches. SI4.5O
New-York tribune., 1918-07-09

Local Official Rscord.-Thc following official rec
ord ilom tho Weather Bureau shows teInperat,,res
during the last twenty -four hours IN comparison
With the corresponding date OF last year
New-York tribune., 1918-07-09
Likely To BE an Experiment

What is to be done in Russia Is
therefore likely to be an experiment
rather than definite determination to
bring all the forces to bear upon Ger
many that might be brought to bear
from the East.
The reasons for this opinion lie in
the known facts. In the first place, the
greatest need is to stop the Germans in
Franco, and that will engage all the
energies Of the Allies and this country
and all their shipping for many months.
No considerable military effort by this
country or the Allies against Germany
in the East is likely this year.
SO much for the Western resources
of the Allies. But how about their
Eastern resources, their great unused
resources in Asia? Why not let the
East defend the East?
Against the use Of japanese and Chi
nese troops stand the known views Of
President Wilson. These views are not
likely TO change. If circumstances al
ter so that the force Of Japan and
China can be brought to bear on Russia
without impairing the ideals which the
President feels are necessary to fight
this war, then the force of Japan and
China may be used
New-York tribune., 1918-07-09

On the other hand. it is said that
even small force will be rallying
nucleus in Russia and that the prin-
ciple OF intervention in force is be-
ing established. The Allies, having
intervened with small force at Kola.
and another at Nladivostok and an
other accompanying an economic mis-
sion in the heart Of Russia, it is said
that the next step will be effective in
tervention.
Apparently what is evolving is a
compromise, one OF type which this
WEI has made familiar; all Allied &C
ton elsewhere than on the West front
has been OF this type. For the West
front stand the military. For the
East front stand the politicians. The
political argument prevails, but never
fully: The military yield grudgingly,
pleading the overwhelming need in the
West. And Gallipoli results and
Salonica and Mesopotamia. diversions
which if undertaken in sufficient force
might have won the war, but tie up
the resources Of the Allies when un-
dertaken halfheartcdly.
Allied strategy has fallen between
two stools. The division of mind which
has brought disappointment out of cv-
erything that has hitherto been done in
the East still exists
New-York tribune., 1918-07-09

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-25
NEWPORT,

Victoria Rebekah Lodge held its reg
ular meeting on Friday, followed bv a
program arranged by Miss Mabel Nor
cross. which was public and enjoyed by
several invited guests The selections
ny orchestra composed Of Misses Katn-
crime Carson. Mary Emery and Messrs.
DaNld Bruce and Donald Newton, piano
SOLO, Katherine Carson; vocal duet.
1heIma Moore and Cornelia Davis; two
guessing contests one entitled illus
uated Forest and the other Illus
'fated Library" the closing number
was a flag drill by young ladies in ,os-
tune Following the program REFRESH
ments were served.
Tie regular meeting of the Knigh,s
o1 iythias was held on Friday. At this
meeting the Lodge dedicated the Rol;
81 Honor Of its men who are now serv-
ing IN the National Army or Navy, both
AZ home and in France. Addresses
were made by members of the order
ana refreshments were served.