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Republican farmer., 1918-07-26
voN FRANCIS RESIGNS.

Amsterdam, July 22 - Gen. Von Francis. commander ct the Seventh army corps on the western front. has resigned, says the Lokal Anzeiger. The emperor has refused to accept the resignation and has given him an honorary appointment in one of the guard regiments. @
Republican farmer., 1918-07-26

veloping movement Is preceding up the Ourcq valley and, at last ac- counts was very near Oulchy le Cha teau. The third is the advance of the eastward to catch the Germans re- Allies south of Soissons
 Thus Foch has projected tentacles treating from the Marne. If another claw is thrust out from the Rheims salient the situation will become much more perilous for the enemy.
 There are few details of the fight. ing between the Aisne and the Ourcq. It appears, however, that the report ed advance of the Allies south of the Aisne, below Soissons, is simply the carrying out of the French strategic plan of keeping the Aisne on the French left flank. The actual occu- patton of Soissons would be a matter of slight importance in comparison with the demoralization or capture of the German armies to the southward, which appears to have been in Gen. Foch's mind as a possibility when the smash on the German flank was be- gun on Thursday morning.
 If the Allied nut cracker con- llnueS to close III the re1nO1SeleSS manner that it has for the last three days, the Germans will be fortunate if they extricate all their forces from the Marne salient. Their railroad communications virtually all are un- der Allied control or are under heavy fire. The tired and defeated Germans must retreat over wagon roads by way of Fere en Tardenois or to the eastward of that place, and the task of bringing them safely out of ths sack in which they have been caught is a heavy one.
Republican farmer., 1918-07-26

went smoothly until the lonely part of the road in the vicinity of Stony Hill was reached. The young man who was seated in the rear of the jit- ney said something about being lone some in the back of the car and climbed into the front seat near the driver.
 He had not been sitting on the front seat many seconds before he struck Vesik a crashing blow on the neck. The jitneur alarmed and almost stunned by the sudden attack yelled at the man to keep quiet or the car would be run in the ditch. The thug s answer was a threat to shoot if there was another whimper out of the driver. He followed his threat with a bullet which penetrated the drivers s right arm and lodged in his shoulder. Vesnik collapsed at the while while the car came to a standstill as he au- tomatically applied the brakes as his senses left him.
 The gunman apparently did not take the trouble to look behind on the road, for a big powerful touring car was tearing along in the rear. lmme- diately the shot rang out, the dr1Ver of the big car put on speed and came abreast of the jitney just as the rob- Der jumped out on the road and made , off into the fields.
 i Not a moments time was lost 1n 1 getting the wounded man into the Dig car which made a record run to St
 Vincent's hospital with the victim of
 the murderous assault. Up to late
 hour no trace of the robber could bs
 found by either the city. county oI l state officials.
Republican farmer., 1918-07-26
WILLIE" FORCED
 TO CALL FOR HELP

With the French Army in France, July 22-Frederick William, the Ger man imperial crown prince, has been obliged to call for help from his cou sin, Crown Prince Rupprecht of Ba- varia. German divisions from the army in the north have been hurriA down to protect the western flank of the defeated army which has been driven back over the Marne and elected from Chateau Thierry by Franco-American troops.
Republican farmer., 1918-07-26
AMERICANS DOWN
 FOE AIRPLANES

With the American Army ir. France, Sunday, July 21-(By the Associated Press)-Two more Ger man aeroplanes are reported to have been brought down on Saturday by American aviators. Neither report has been confirmed officially.
 One of the enemy machines was brought down by Lieut.. David E. Put nam of Massachusetts. Lieut.. Baker Brody Freeman engaged in a fight with German biplane and tumbled 1: to the ground.
Republican farmer., 1918-07-26
FRENCH HACEDOWNS
 SETH AIRPLANE

Paris July 22.---Lieut Rene Fonck,
 one of the leading French aces, brought down two German aeroplanes
 on July 16, two on July IS and three on July 19. Six of these machines
 were brought down in flames. Fonck's total now is officially 56 machines.
Republican farmer., 1918-07-26
2 VON RICHTOFEN
 PLIERS KILLED

Amsterdam, July 22.---Leuter2ats Friedrichs and Kirschstein, members of the Von Richthofen squadron. have been killed, says the Lokal Anzeiger. Friedricfs was credited with 21 vic tories and KirschsteIn with 27.
Republican farmer., 1918-07-26

If this last movement Develops, the Allies nut cracker" will be in full motion. Between the known Allied front south of Soissons to the town of Bouilly, southwest of Rheims, there Is a gap of about "A miles. This gap, however, probably is much smaller at present, for the Allies positions south of Soissons seem probable to have been advanced materially, since they were reported at Hartennes ct Taux on Saturday. If the French, Italian and British troops southwest of Rheims make an advance of any importance the position of the Ger mans father south will be made even more critical.
 from the Allied artillery today. They responded heartily although unsuc- cessfully. The Allied artillerymen were feeling out the German rear lines with telling effect making the enemys rear guard action costly.
 Prisoners captured near Chateau Thierry confirmed the soundness of Gen. Fochs plan when they declar- ed a German retreat became imper- ative on account of decreased sup plies. Stores of both ammunition and foodstuffs were becoming low, they said, and the officers had re- ported that 1t virtually was impossible
 There appear to be at least two, and possibly three, enveloping opera tions along the western side of the salient south of Soissons. The first of these, evidenced by the breaking through of the Allies northwest of Chateau Thierry on Sunday morn ing, had immediate results in forcing the Germans back from the extreme tip of the salient The second en-
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 guard actions being fought by the Germans north Chateau Thery These probably organized for the purpose delaying the relentless pursuit of the fleeing Americans who Sunday morning passed through Chateau Thery and advanced northeast o that nerstone of German conquest in eastern France.
 of the said to have been marked between Grisole and Bezu St. German two villages north northwest and north of Chateau Thierry at distance of proxmately and four miles respectively The distance and Be St. German is about four miles, Along attacks broken and the Allied line was maintained throughout
 North of the Ourcq the reaction of the enemy limited to artillery fire.
 This also the between the Marne and Rheims, notably region west of the Rheims mountain and in the Courton and Roi woods
 Since busted Chateau Thierry under conditions that suggest that the withdrawal precip the most interesting movements in the battle south of Sosson where the Americans reported o have advanced distance of mile and quarter the Ourcq valley where the Allies steadily pounding their toward Nantue Notre Dame and southwest of Rhems where there to be indication that the Allies have initiated drive for the pur pose ouankng the Germans between Marfaux and lon.
Republican farmer., 1918-07-26
BLOW IS DELIVERED IN GR|SOLLES REGION
 BUT LINES ARE HELD

Between Marne and Rheims, North of the Ourcq, German Reaction Is Limited to Big Gun Fire, Which Is Notable Feature in Woods About Courton and Roi-It Is Believed That TeutOns May Meet With Disaster In Withdrawal From Marne Salient. Ri
Republican farmer., 1918-07-26
HONDURAS WITH ALLIES.

Washington, July -22-Honduras which broke diplomatic relations with Germany on May IS. followed that ac- ton last Friday by declaring war The state department was notified today of the action.
Republican farmer., 1918-07-26
PORT OF BOSTON OPEN
 BUT MERCHANT SHIPS
 LEAVE THERE AT PERIL

Submarine Headed South When Last Observed Yesterday, But Fear is Felt That Submersible May Appear at Any Time and Prepare to Meet Such Occurrence Report of Plymouth Skip per Places Vessel Well Within Massachusetts Bay-Efforts to Raise Sunken Barges May Be Successful.
Republican farmer., 1918-07-26
LAPS WILL INTERVENE
 IN SIBERIA, IS ASSERTED
Governments Reply to Proposed Plan Made By United States Is Believed To Be In Affirmative
 Washington Silent

Toyko Friday July 19-(By the Associated Press-t is political circles here that the Japanese governments reply the proposal made by the United States relative to En- ene Allied intervention in Siberia will be dispatched Wash ngon today.
Republican farmer., 1918-07-26

The Rev. Walter Murray, of East Orange, \. J., with the Y. M. c. A. in France, was killed while serving soldiers near an army canteen near she Chateau -Thierry sector.
Republican farmer., 1918-07-26
AMERICANS FORCE RIVER.
 TAKE bERB|LL0N WOOD
Marne is Crossed East of Chateau Thierry, Authori-
 tative Report Says. ADVANCE 11z MILES
 SOUTH OF sOISsONS Only One Railroad Now Held By Germans in
 Rhei17ls Region.

London, July 22-American troops yesterday crossed the river Marne between Charteves and Gland, east of Chateau Thierry, and captured the wood of Barbillon, according to au- thoritative announcement here today.
 With the American Army on the Aisne-Marne Front, Sun day, July 2l, night-(By the Associated Press South of Soissons American troops ad- vanced today two kilometres. (about 1 j-4 miles,
 The Allied artillery has found the | range of the Soissons- teau Thierry railroad, while American | troops are astride the Soissons-V | lers-Cotterets railroad. As a result 1 there is only one railroad line in the hands of the Germans south of a line | drawn from Soissons to Rheims. | Northeast of Belleau, northwest of Chateau Thierry, the Americans early Sunday had made an advance of five 1 kilometres. Some of the most ter rife fighting since the offensive began occurred between Givry and Vaux 1 the Germans using artillery and ma chine guns.
 The Allies occupied hill 2O4, com manding Chateau Thierry, at day light Sunday and shortly afterward were pressing through the city itself 1 Progress east and north by the French and Americans continu ,d throughout Sunday.
 The Germans north of the NTarne were subjected to a terrible poundins to resist.
 Orders had been issued, the prison CTS added, to retreat to a point l. miles north, but the indications to. night were that the Germans would not for long be allowed to remain that close to the Marne, for the Allied l lanking movement is progressing | steadily. Both the railroads and tn; | wagon roads over which the enor i nous stores for the German force. must pass are so menaced as to mak, them unstable.
 Streams of prisoners were taken tc the rear all day Sunday. Since Thursday the Americans have cap tured German soldiers representing II different divisions.
 Washington. July 22-Fresh sue cesses for the American forces il their drive between the Aisne ant the Marne were reported in Gen Pershing's communique for yesterday received today at the war depart ment. The Americans were drivin, ! ahead with undiminished vigor an spirit the statement said.
 More than 6 900 prisoners, nor than 100 cannon and many trencl mortars and machine guns have beer taken by American divisions in tn last few days on the Aisne- Marn front, Gen. Pershing reported. Thi was accepted as meaning that tn reference in Saturdays statement t, 1000 prisoners included those cap tured by both French and Americal ! units.
Republican farmer., 1918-07-26
YANKEE FIGHTERS ARE
 4 MILES GEY0nD MARINE
This Fact Is Brought Out In Report of Capture of Der billion Wood-Germans Stubbornlv
 Resisting French.

London July 22The capture of Bearbillon wood by the Americans that the have advanced be- tween three and four miles from their old position the MarnC.
Republican farmer., 1918-07-26
.yITNEY DRIVER SHOT
 BY ROBBER PASSENGER
Bridgeport Man Held Up Near Danbury By Man Who
 Hired Vehicle for Day-Advent of Touring ; Car Prevented Murder.

N Vespik iitney driver, of 52 Putnam street this city seriously wounded shortly before twelve o'clock last night when he held up and shot by unknown Dan
Republican farmer., 1918-07-26

Rome. July 22-Italian troops are continuing to gain ground in the bend of the Devoli river in Albania, the Italian war office announced today. The advancing troops yesterday took a hundred prisoners and captured seven machine guns.
Republican farmer., 1918-07-26
MILITARY HONORS
 FOR ROOSEVELT WHERE HE FELL

Amsterdam, July 22-The death of
 Quentin Roosevelt is confirmed by
 a Wolff Bureau message from the
 front, according to a Berlin dispatch
 received here. The message adds
 that Young Roosevelt was buried with
 military honors by the Germans. The
 story of the fatal encounter, as told
 by the Wolff Bureau correspondent,
 follows
 "On Sunday, July 14, an American
 squadron of twelve battleplanes was
 trying to break through the German
 defense over the Marne. In the
 violent combat which ensued with seven German machines one American
 aviator stubbornfy made repeated at
 tacks. This eliminated in a duel between him and a German non-com-
 missioned officer, who, after a short fight, succeeded in getting good aim at his brave, but inexperienced op- ponent, whose machine fell after d few shots near the village of Cham bry, ten kilometres north of the
 Marne.
 His pocket case showed him to be Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt of the aviation section of the United States i Army The personal belongings oi 1 the fallen airman are being carefully kept with a view to sending them | later to his relatives. The earthly | remains of the brave airman were | buried with military honors by Ger man airmen near Chambray at the i spot where he fell"
 Paris, July 22-The Paris edition | of the Chicago Tribune says: l Kermit Roosevelt arrived in Paris | three days ago after serving with the British artillery in Mesopotamia 1 where he was awarded the Distin- guished Service Order. He has now | been transferred to the American | Army, but before beginning active
 work will take a course at a French artillery school.
 Capatin Archie Roosevelt under ! went a secondary operation on July 4 and the doctors do not think it prob able he will return to the front for 1 eight months
 Major Richard Derby, former 1 President Roosevelts son-in-law, has 1 been in Paris this week suffering from | Spanish influenza. He will return to his division today. Major Derby has been in the thick of the recent fight. | ing around Chateau Thierry.
Republican farmer., 1918-07-26

Before either political party can get the farmer vote this fall, It must as sure them there will be plenty or rain.
Republican farmer., 1918-07-26
TWISTED PAVILION BURNED

Wnsted, July 22-The dancing pa vilion at Highland Park was burned early today. A bucket brigade saved other buildings. I'm Connecticut Go. had a lease on the place.
Republican farmer., 1918-07-26

Boston, July 22-All the facilities at the command of the First naval district brought into play today in search England the submarine that attack sank three bages yesterday off Cape Cod within view of the Orleans shore.
 Though port of Boston not closed merchants ships unprotected craft warned of the danger of eav ing the harbor The submarine headed south when last seen yesterday authorities expressed the opinion that the boat might bob again off the New England coats and prepared for evcntualiiy..
 Reports the headquarters indicated the presence of the submarine in this vicinity since Saturday. Capt Bartlett Plymouth reported that about miles port of Plymouth He said he motor boat and enough the periscOpe positively to identify it part of submarine.
 His report placed the submarine well within Massachusetts bay Other reports of the presence of the under water boat but not in all have they of a conclusive nature.
 feature of the attack yesterday Orleans the fact that the ubmersbe opened fire without warning In all other reported of attack American coawse boat ing given.
 Orleans Mass. July 22Effors made by wrecking fleet today to raise the three barges sunk by German subma off shore here yesterday and salvage barge and the Perth Amboy damaged by shell fire from the sub marine
 If the barges tug saved as expected the ex- Germans Il is estimated that the three torpedoes launched at Ehe boats cost $5OOO each nothing of the other ton expended in the l2 hour bombardmen of the
 Capt Charles Ainsee. commander of the barge ansford who wounded in both by fragments of shells was resting comfortably today His wounds, while painful serious Other members of the families who passed the night here the for their experience
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cause some spontaneous process of
development created them.
But we take the Colonies for
granted, as I have said, and forget
all that has gone to the making of
them all the determination, all the
suffering, all the sacrifice of money
and of life. There they are present
ing outwardly no signs of struggle
and disillusionment, of heroic bat
ties and dearly-won success, but
looking as though they had always
been there, and had always been as
comfortable and prosperous as they
are today.
That the Judean Colonies are
practically intact, after four years
of war, is another fact which one
tends to take for granted, though it
might have been far otherwise They
have, of course, suffered a good deal
economically from the conditions
created by the war. This is especial
ly the case at Petach-Tikvah, where
circumstances have interfered more
than in other Colonies, with the
maintenance of cultivation at it's
proper level. But in all the Colo
nies the loss of markets and the
depreciation of Turkish paper mon
ey, to say nothing of military requi-
sitions, worked serious financial
evil, and one of the first tasks of
reconstruction must be to make good
in some form the losses which the
colonists have sustained and to re-
store their financial stability. But
money loss is a small thing over
against the fact that the Colonies
are all Gin being" with their fel =
and plantations for the most part
kept in uninterrupted cultivation,
and showing little trace of the locust
visitation of 1915, and that the
co1onists and workmen stuck to
their posts and are looking hopefully
to the future.
We speak of 1.-THE Colonies" as
group, or, if we are a little more
sophisticated, we distinguish broad
ly between plantation Colonies and
those which grow corn but in either
case we do not do justice to the in
dividuality of each separate Colony.
That each Colony has an individual
ity of its own is fact readily ap-
parent to one who sees them even
specifically, but not easily conveyed
BY means of the written word
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biggest in the world-a public gar
den with a magnificent avenue Of
palm trees, and one or two fine
buildings. 1t is, I should say, less
progressive than Rechoboth, but it's
nearness to Jaffa and other circum-
stances have helped to give it an
air of up-to-dateness which Recho-
both lacks. It is the headquarters of
the Federation of Judean Colonies,
and that fact strikes one as being
quite in accordance with it's charac-
ter, suggesting as it does that Rishon
is best qualified to be the
spokesman of the Colonies in deal
ings with the outside world. I mi ght
characterize the three Colonies by
saying that while Petach-Tikvah is
rather wrapped up in itself, and
Recloboth somewhat indifferent to
the world beyond the Yishub, Ri
shon is more facile, urbane, and
ready to please and to be pleased
(But I hope that nobody will ever
throw this judgment in my teeth if
further acquaintance with the Colo
MES makes it seem to need modif-
cation.)
Close to Rishon is the small plan
tation Colony, Ness Fiona, of which
I had but the interest glimpse. It
gave me the impression of some
thing midway between the larger
plantation Colonies and the grande
culture Colonies further south, par
taking to some extent of the char.
acteristics of both groups.
The southern group of Colonies
consists of three-Ekron, Katra, and
Kastinieh Here the co1onists are
farmers, not planters, and many of
them were once workmen. They
are familiar with the horse and the
OK, with the plough and the thresh-
ing machine; ''the land" for them
means cornfelds over which the eye
can range, not dense groves of
trees which shut out the view; eva
ter" for them means the rain and
the wady, not the whir of the motor
engine and an elaborate system of
pipes. Their distance from Jaffa
(not great, it is true, according to
our standards, but appreciate in a
country where communications are
undeveloped) combines with the
character of their land to make them
more essentially rural population
than gre The Sett1erc ~, Peto oh Til
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Element, and that fact brings with
it disadvantages as well as ad-
vantages. 1t has, perhaps, rather
too much attraction for the RENTER,
the settler whose personal connec-
ton with the soil is limited to the
relation of ownership. Hence the
pulse-beat of the national revival is
a little dulled, and the Hebrew at
mosphere somewhat less all-pervad
ing than one would like it to be.
Without endorsing the severe stric-
lures Of the extremer critics of
tach-Tikvah, one may be permit
ted to express the view that there
is room in this Colony for a more
adequate manifestation of that ma
tional spirit without which mere
colonization is shell without ker-
mel. On the other hand, one cannot
but be proud of the capacity for
growth which this frst-born of the
Colonies has shown. 1t represents
a great achievement of constructive
Jewish effort, and it should be able
to advance with the tide of progress
in the future
Rechoboth, founded many years
later than Petach-Tikvah Gin 1907
by group of well-to-do Russian.
Zionists, has been more successful
in maintaining the character and
atmosphere of an agricultural col
ony. Not that its settlers are 'fhorny-
handed SONS of toll" On the con-
trary, they are distinctly of the
"planter" type, and there is GER
tain air of culture and refinement
about the place. 1t is symptomatic
that Rechoboth has one or two nice
little hotels. But with all this, ma
terial progress is by no means the
dominant note of the Colony 1t is
distinguished rather for a type of
settler who, while looking after his
own business quite successfully, has
time and Thought to spare for the
wider interest of national colonial
ton. Thanks largely to the fact
that the plantations of the Agudath
Netaim are in its vicinity, it is. in
closer touch with Jewish agriculture
al 1abour than the other plantation
Colonies. 1t is the home of the
famous 'Chagigah," new national
festival which is-or was, before the
war-held annually in the middle
days of Passover. 1t is, perhaps,
best adapted of all the Iudean Colo