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New-York tribune., 1918-05-28
Shows Britain Has
Cruiser Submarines

LONDON, May 27.-The sinking of
Il German submarine by British sub
marine off Cape St. Vincent shows
that the British have cruising subma-
rines and this is only one incident
where submarine has sunk subma
rlhe, says Archibald Hurd, in "The
Daily Telegraph" The Cape St
Vincent incident took place more than
1000 nautical miles from Plymouth.
I'm neutral countries,' the naval
critic continues, at has been assumed
that only the Germans could build sub
marines capable of operating far out
IN the Atlantic. Conclusive evidence
is now supplied that we also possess
submarines which can cruise far afeld
remaining at sea many days without
lehlling and revictualling.
ut is no secret to the Germans that
soon after the outbreak of the war a
great number of large submarines were
laid down in this country 1t is also
no secret that for many months many
Of these craft have been used in sub
marine hunting.
-Four or five years ago it was
claimed in some quarters that sub
marine could not fight a submarine. and
later on the Germans adopted that
theory, only too readily, as events
have shown. They were wrong.
british submarines have been en-
ployed in this way with great success.
They also have proved useful in convoy
work"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-28
Austrian Officials ATTEMPT
to Prohibit Political
Meetings
Slavic Flags
Are Torn Down
Many Arrested at Prague
Cafes and Restaurants
Closed
Especial Dispatch to The Tr,buuo)

Special Dispatch to The Tr,bunc)
WASHINGTON, May 27.-Dolitical
assemblages in Bohemia have been pro.
hibited by the Austrian police. accord
ing to an official Diplomatic TELEGRAM
from Zurich to- day. IN which is trans
mltted also the oath taken by repre-
sentatives of the Czecho- Slovaks, Juyo-
slavs and Poles at Prague. The lis
patch follows:
The .Zeit' reports from Prague that
on Friday night the mantle stations
against the Austrian state started
afresh in the capital of Bohemia. The
police under the command of Lieuten-
ant Count Boudenhove. charged upon
the crowd which had gathered on
Wenzel Square and made numerous ar
rests.
All the cafes and restaurants were
closed. The police took down many
Slavic flags. which had been hoisted
everywhere in spite Of contrary orders
from the authorities
"Ihe City Council ti Prague held a
solemn meeting, in which a protesta-
tion OF all the representatives of the
city was drafted against the suppress
sion of 'Narodni Listy' The syndicate
of the Czech radical Journalists pre-
sented to the imperial lieutenant a
strong protestation against the same
actlon and also against the way the
censorship is enforced in Bohemia.
The police bureau published another
proclamation, according to which the
most violent measures will be taken in
case new manifestations are started.
Meetings of political parties have been
prohibited
which arrived in Switzerland contains
very interesting document 1t is the
text OF the oath taken at Prague by
the Czecho-Slovak, Jugoslav and Polish
Journalists: ~''0''
Gathered at Prague while the
world war has made necessary a new
reorganization of the world on the
basis of higher authority given to
the people, we proclaim that we shall
remain in the front line of battle for
the freedom of peoples, that we shall
night together in favor of each others
interests, that we shall repulse to-
gether any despotic measure, and that
we shall denounce together the op-
preston of the Austrian state.
we want to promote together the
confidence of our people in the achieve
ment OF their aspirations, to encourage
them to express their will more pos
itively.
"'We raise our right hand and SOL
emily swear that we shall give all that
we own, all our strength, all our pos
sessions, for the liberation of our peo-
pie and for the achievement of the DO
litical unity of the Czecho- -Slovak neo-
pie, the political unity of the Jugo-
Slavs and the political unity of the
Polish people,"
A dispatch from Geneva says:
1.-The Tribune de Geneva says that
since the celebration of the fftieth
anniversary of the Czech national the
atre about 500 Czechs have been ar
rested at Prague and other Bohemian
cities on the charge of sedtous con-
spiracy."
New-York tribune., 1918-05-28
Fifteen Americans
Win British Medal
For Heroic Conduct
va Tho Asaociated press

HEADQUARTERS OF THE AMER1.
CANS TROOPS WITH THE BRITiSH
ARMY IN FRANCE, Saturday May Is.
The British Military Cross has been
awarded to eleven American officers ana
four men. Most of the officers took nart
IN he defence of he Luce Valley dur-
ing the great German attack in March
being incorporated in the improviseI
army of Major General Carey. which
held back the Germans for six davs
after they had broken through the Brit.
lsh 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 e, of munitions from an ammunition
dump and placed it under standpipc.
flooding the car and extinguishing the
flames. N'N
Those cited are Colonel J. N. HODGES
who commanded the American Engi,
neers with Major General Carey; Can
tain Harry c. Galster, Lieutenants
Daniel Berney, Frank A. Evans, Percy
y. f.. Hamln. William A. JACQUES
Cornelius T. MacCarthy, Roy R. Nc
Henry. John w. Sherrick. William Au-
gustus Williams and William F. Will
lams; Privates Thomas l.. Arbuckle
Richard Parkinson jr.. Raymond Gibson
Ricketts, and Arthur P. Terrell.
Colonel Hodges had previously been
decorated with the DISTINGUISHED Ser
vice Order.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-28
Casualties Among Our
Fighting Men Abroad

WASHINGTON, May 27-The army
casualty list to-day contained nine
teen names, divided as follows:
Killed in action, nine; died If
wounds, four; died of disease, one;
wounded severely, two; missing in
action, three
The list follows:
(4U names not otherwise marked are
those OF prirates.)
Killed in Action
SCARBOROUGH, Milton. corporal Childs,
Md
SIMPSON. Lonnie, corporal. Ready. Ky.
GARRETT. Alexander P. Mangum, Okla
GRIFFIN, Joseph. East Hampton, N. Y
HOLLAND James c., Villa Rica, Ga.
OAkES, Eugene Rockwell Sparta, Wis
SCHMIDT, Frank John, 297 Greenbush
Street, Milwaukee, Wis
SCHUTZMAN, Walter, Ethel. La.
WALLEN. James, Fairand. Okla.
Died of Wounds
DE LEE. James E., sergeant. 1851 Sew
enth Avenue Troy N. Y.
STOKES. Norris e., WAGNER. La Crosse,
Fla.
SYMMES, Earl, Willow Creek, Cal
OL1SZEWSKI. William j.. 165 Manistes
Street. Manistee Mich
Died of Disease
WILTSE, MEME Otto, Wellsburg. Iowa.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-28
Have Failed.
Erzberger Declares
Especial Dispatch to The Tribune)

Especial Dispatch to The Tribune)
WASHINGTON, May 27.-An official
dispatch from Bernc to-day quotes a
statement against Gcrmanys subma-
rine warfare by Matthias Erzberger, one
Of the leaders of the Catholic Centre
party in the Reichstag, and quoted in
"Germania." He said:
~ shall take every opportunity of
fighting as vigorously as possible the
policy and politicians of the Koel-
nlsche Volkszeitung.' l consider that
they. are a plague On Germany. No
foreign territory, no amount of morev
taken from the enemy, is pig enough to
counterbalancc the blood shed by Ger
many"
Erzberger, renewing his hostile dec
larations concerning submarine war
fare, said:
"The political consequences of this
war, which my opponents belittled,
were exposed by me as early as
October, 1916. during the debates in
the Main Committee of the Reichstag.
| declared then that war with the
United States would be the inevitable
New-York tribune., 1918-05-28
Seeking Trenches of Own
Front, Wandered Into
Enemy-Held Town
Dropped Shovels
And Opened Fire
Retreated, Unframed, Tar
gets for Gunners of
Both Sides
By Wilbur Forrest
Special Cable to The Tribune

tHDcctGt tGotf to me ITtOunc)
WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES IN
pICARDY. May 26.--A boodless mir
ac!e an uncommon event in war of
the present magnitude, was related to-
day by men who have every license to
be dead or wounded.
party comprising fifty Americans,
led by a lieutenant. started early Sun
day morning toward the first line Each
soldier carried six shovels and a bundle
of empty sand bags. In addition, each
had his gas mask a rife and other
The shovels and bags were merely
those needed by soldiers in the first
line to mend their trenches and keep
them in condition.
Details of this kind are frequently
sent forward, but the officer command
ing this one had never been on the
actual front before. He stopped fire.
ouently to consult the map, each time
ordering the detail forward.
Got Into Enemy Village
Soon the men found themselves in
village and the officer, puzzled, halted
the column. Then they marched ahead,
single file, to reconnoitre. The sol
diers noticed another column of march
ing men passing them in the opposite
direction in the darkness. A sergeant
in the rear, smelling rat, stepped
from the line and cried Halt"
The two men nearest in the opposite
column stopped. One saw the bristling
shovel handles and threw up his hands.
They were Germans, and the village
which the Americans had inconspicu-
ously marched into was Cantigny, one
nf
lines nearest to the inner fringe of
the Montdidier salient.
Suddenly a German sentry from the
other side of the Americans opened
fire. Other enemy rifles cracked and
then the enemy began to fire from both
sides.
The personal initiative OF the Amer
New-York tribune., 1918-05-28
Moldavia Disaster
Deaths Now Total SIS

LONDON, May 27-The death of
Ebert Stone, of New York, to day in
creased to hfty-five the number of
American victims in the Moldavia dis
aster Stone died on board hospital
ship from compound fractures of 10th
legs, received from the explosion of the
pedo.
Only four Americans remained in the
hospital to-day, all suffering from
slight injuries. Having been rested
and reequipped, all the survivors were
given leave to-day at south coast
town.
While the American army headquar-
ters in England distributed new uni
forms to the privates, the American
Red Cross came to the rescue. as it
did at the time of the Tuscania dis
aster, with shaving brushes, soaps,
towels and other needed toilet articles.
To each of the twenty officer sur
vvors who were required to defray the
expense of their own uniforms and
equipment the Red Cross advanced
$3.50
The local members of the Red Cross
also brought the officers to London for
5everal days entertainment at the
American Officers Club.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-28
tBy The Associated prc..,


AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS ON
THE BRITISH FRONT. Friday, May "a.
The work of the new American army
IN France is going on with the greatest
vlgor IN all weathers-under the hot
sun and along dusty roads. and in the
d-cnching rain through the French
mud. the sticking qualities of which
the Americans have quickly learned
The British officers, commissioned
and on-commissioned who are in
structing the troops, are working quite
as hard as their pupils. and are finding
the new men, the "Yanks," as they
generally call them, as keen as were
the earlier arrivals. "They're quite UP
to it," was the verdict of killed
Scotch chief instructor, regarding the
Americans in his class.
The field schools, now largely given
over to American pupils, represent the
highest perfection in institutions of
their class. The trenches, the targets.
the tactics and the methods of instruc-
ton are all the latest developments of
actual fighting experience
In every area where the units of the
new army are quartered the men are
mingling freely with the "Tommies"
and are learning much from the greater
experience of the Britishers The lat
ter. so prone to give familiar name
to everything, were puzzled as to how
to deal with the newcomers, but they
finally fell back on the appellaton
"Yank.' which threatens in this zone
at least, to be fixed on the Americans
whether they like il or not. Thus far
there have been no objections raised.
AS fast as the new units arrive and
get settled. hard training work is taken
up The programme differs little from
that followed by the first divisions that
arrived in France. The men are out on
the road every day, while large con-
tingents of the British instructors have
been distributed among the British
field schools. where the latest points in
tactics, trench fighting, grenade opera
New-York tribune., 1918-05-28

creased constantly, fired incessantlv.
The Americans among the shell holes
still remained together, working their
way slowly toward the American first
line. The enemy firing ceased and
they breathed sigh of relief.
Ihe American sentries were on the
alert. however, and the fifty Americans
found themselves under re from their
own trenches. Hugging the shell holes
1hey waited until the firing subsidized
men sergeant ,crawled ahead to an
American outpost.
With millions of thrills, but no
casualties. the entire fifty crawled over
the American parapet to comparative
safety
New-York tribune., 1918-05-28
20 Bombs Dropped on
Prussian Rail DEPOT

LONDON, May 27.-The official state
ment relative to aerial operations is
sued to-day reads:
"Owing to low clouds and dense mist
little flying was possible on Sunday
until evening Four tons of bombs
were dropped on targets in the neigh
borhood of Armentieres and Fricourt
Six hostile machines were brought
down in air fighting. None of ours is
missing.
"On Monday the Bendorf railway sta
ton, in Rhenish Prussia, was bonn
barded. Twenty heavy projectiles were
dropped and explosions were seen on
the railway sid;nrs
New-York tribune., 1918-05-28

lean soldier, which will always be ne
cessary in war, was demonstrated then
and there. The Americans, facing a
hot fire from both sides, threw down
their shovels with deafenng clang,
jettisoned their sandbags, unslung their
rifles and opened fire. +
Firing as fast as they could WORK the
treat which couldn't have been better
planned in advance by general. The
rifles cracked in the darkness as the
Americans retired along the narrow
road from Cantigny into and over the
enemy's trenches and out into No Mans
Land
The Germans, whose numbers in
New-York tribune., 1918-05-28

result and that other neutral cesl-
tries would also declare war against
US. My declarations in July. 1917.
concerning the effects of the sub
marine war were reinforced and also
verified. | never doubted that this
war would make the situation very
difficult for the English. The sub
marine remains a very efficient weapon
IN the hands of our commanders, but
we have to recognize the error made
by the marine staff, by technicians
and by others in their calculations,
and submit the same to revision.
The point of view | defended con-
corning the approximate figures given
on the efficacy of the submarine war
has been confirmed all along and will
go on being confirmed"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-28
British F ind Americans
Keen to Learn War { Came
they're Quite Up to IT, Verdict of Scotch Chief
Instructor in Training Camp in France-Tommes
Stick to Short-andEasy "Yanks'

tions, musketry and bayonet practice
and machine gun fire are taken up.
The American army mans mack in
this zone will be lighter. 1t was found
that. with some articles made necessary
by close cooperation with the British.
the pack had grown beyond practicable
dimensions for long marches. All
superfiuities have now been removed
and everything else reduced to mini
mum. The effect is observable in the
lighter step and greater endurance Of
the men.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-28
Military Comment
By William l.. Mcpherson


N southwest of Ypres 29the Western often
sve renewed yesterday place and unexpected
manner Ludendor who to have displaced Hndnbur sought
the surprise apparently again
prohd by it. The Allies another critical Their
close
The main German attack Yesterday launched of the
hitherto unaffected by this fighting The front chosen the third
the Asne River crossing
north and northeast of Rheims The
the heights of Cbemn es Danes against which the
Crown Prince year dsasousy
After 1t crossed the Asne bending Rheims
little less formidable
Of the best Champagne
the North Sea 1t advantage
parallel with it. ran the Asnea serious hnrance rapid German
adv1nce.
employed against this line the armies or army groups
Under Generals Boem and Franz Belowsuodnate the
Grown Prince of Prussia The
lanes was stormed along It's entire length and that the Allied
forces which defended
enemy of four miles, considerable front will
require rapid reformation O. led
The attack evidently prepared with behind
the nature OF things offensive this grand scale must ground
According to the calculations
accepted as sound by military offensive high ought
ratio would the Germans forward this
they clear the Aine before
operation pinned General Wilson's calculations
21 and Of the Ivs yaev drive from Lille on Anl II ] to h
will
However, seeking to gather the advantage surprise by shifting
the offensive yielded
agetca advantages inherent of their
through Popernghe and azebrouk
The Allied present positions covering
Chann coast They have elbow which
their lines should they be broken
But in the orderly
retirement ore ereated this 1914
Marne without docang the
partially breaking probably
much less serious than breaking operation
equal would have had down the line the
Abbev directed Popernghe unovering
Dunkirk and Calais.
Striking west from St. Quentin the Germans followed
courses Striking south from Laon they
angles The
toward the South therefore favorable
the terrain available March and
Valley fronts
Coincidentaly with the the yes
erday attempted Flanders Won
mile line between Locre
effort fell the advanced
and northwest of Mount KENNEL
the other German attacks this
loss OF Mount KENNEL yesterdays produced small
the Allied positions
bulletin along
southwest of Ype The Begian broke
sector north of Ypres
One interesting the transfer of
able of the Allied That
fortunately
handling of reserves than possible ten weeks
Heavy fighting occurred Saturday Tonae
the Italian The Italians
points and taking $40
AustroEungara offensive
of the third phase of the German n
New-York tribune., 1918-05-28
British Fliers Bomb
Zeebrugge Lock Gates

LONDON, May 27. An Admiralty
statement issued tonight says:
Bombing operations have been car
rled out against Mariakerke and Zee
brugge, where bombs were observed to
fall close to the lock gates Of the canal.
Nearly three tons also were dropped
on the bruges docks Wednesday night
All our machines returned safely"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-28
U-Boat Operating of
Gibraltar Is MISSING

AMSTERDAM, May 27.-In reference
to the British announcement of Satur-
day that large German submarine
had been sunk off Cape St. Vincent,
a semi official statement from Berlin
says that no news has been received
for long time from one of the Ger
man U-boats operating west of Glib
raltar
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srue. ut has been a pet theory of
mine for some time" he continued,
that there were just as many laughs
to be had from perfectly decent people
saying quite proper things as there
were from the sayings and doings Of
impossible persons such as, I'm sorry
to say, every one has fairly often been
forced to meet on the stage.
AS you may have noticed, l ac-
knowledge credit for certain incidents
In the play TO another play written
by Charles Slaboda. Without going
into detail may say that the play in
question was not one likely to receive
popular appreciation on the American
stage. 1t had that which we speak
Of here as continental broadness.
The play" continued Mr.. Megrue
"chanced to be mentioned one day
when was discussing the likelihood
Of my doing a play this fall with the
Selwyns. I ventured the opinion that
man might just as well write q
clean play as one that was open 20
criticism because OF its moral tone
And the iSelwyns took me up on II
promptly"
you don't mean, do you," the news
paper man INTERCEPTED. that it wes
your idea to write a play without the
element OF sex entering in it,"
by no means" said Mr.. Megrue
promptly. But" he added. 1T Is just
as possible to write of sex that is
normal as that which is abnormal.
| And have yet to find even the suspi-
cion of that which is Objectionable in
normal sex.
"a friend Of mine asked me recently
to tell him what kind of a play Tea for
Three U.s." continued Mr.. Megrue. 81
told him 1t was play without in
trigue, without deceit without decep-
ton, without betrayals, without i'm
morality and without immortality.
HE promptly asked me IL it was a
| play without all those things what
did It have and told him hoped II
was play with a bit Of humor, with
some wit, with wholesome people, with
normal beings, with a plausible idea
and with real plot.
I'm frank to say" went on Mr.
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MEGRUE'S REASONS.

Roi Cooper Megrue's reason for hav-
ing written Tea for Three" his new
comedy at the Maxine Elliott Theatre.
had to be carefully sought out by THE
SUN man, who dropped into the the
ntre a few nights after tho opening Of
the new play.
How did you come to write it," the
reporter asked Mr.. Megrue.
Just TO prove you can take the
i'm out OF immoral and still have an
interesting story to tell" said Mr.. Me-
grue promptly.
"In other words" interjected the
questioner. ito demonstrate that II is
possible 10 write a good story and not
compel your audiences to use ear
muffiers2"
yes. or gas masks" added Mr., Me-
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includes Clara Joel. John Mason, Cyril
Keightley, Harry Robert, Annie Mack
Berlein, William Z. Meehan, Katherine
Harris Barrymore, Ramsey Wallace
and others.
The "Ziegfeld Follies" is to he pre-
sented at the Globe Theatre for three
weeks, commencing Tomorrow eve
ming. The engagement. which is a spe-
cial one. will mark the first return
visit of the "Follies" to any city in n
number Of years. The original New
Amsterdam Theatre cast and beauty
contingent will be in evidence. Among
the numerous players are VIII Rogers.
Marilynn Miller, Eddie Cantor. Lillian
Lorraine. W. c. Fields, Ann Penning-
ton. Allyn King, Frank Carter. Savoy
and Brennan, Harry Kelly. the Fair
banks Twins. Billie Richie, Dolores,
Gus Minton. Dorothy Leeds, Dorothy
Miller and others.
On October II the 19lS-1919 season
OF the French Theatre du Vieux
Colombler will be inaugurated with
the first american presentation in the
rItH'h idhSu"be VI rieItl beihsleih
lie Secret" which was played for tho
first time on March 90. 1918, at the
Theatre des Bouffes Parisiens.
lie Secret" was produced in English
few seasons ago under the direction
Of David Belasco, with Frances Starr
In the stellar role. Under the direc-
ton OF Jacques Copeau in the coming
presentation, this part will be played
by Lucienne Bogaert, who is n member
OF the organization who found much
favor with its patrons last year.
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OesA,. eapStaAs

theatregoer who remembers the golden
days OF the theatres history.
Cyril Maude is a singular artistic
derelict.. Probably there Is not to-
day on the stage another actor Of any
eminence SO wholly artificial in his
methods. Indeed life as a model seems
to have made no appeal to him. In
place OF the mellowness and philo-
sophie viewpoint to be expected In
waster already in the middle years,
who has learned his lesson as to the
best way to treat a life that had not
always been kind to him, amiably and
indifferently as he may have ap-
preached It, Mr.. Maude popped in and
out Of the play with the abruptness
OF a jack in the box. AS to the
thorough understanding Of his
methods. there is no doubt. He takes
no chances, carefully prepares in ID
vance with the devotion OF the true
artist every impression which he ex-
poets his character to make and relies
on none Of the so-called Inspiration
Of the minute which is the excuse
Of the dilettante and the indolent.
Whatever one may think Of the way
In which his talents express them
selves. there Is no question as to the
artistic sincerity Of the actor.
He does attain an effect of simple
naturalness. however. in one situation.
Whenever 1t recurs in his plays his
success is equally complete. He can
indicate with unfailing naturalness
and a sense OF reality always affecting
his hearers deeply the transition to a
mood OF gentle pathos. More than
once in THE Saving Grace" he is
'alled upon to reveal this emotion and
it is always the sincerest note in all his
acting. Laura Crews plays by Mr..
Maude with a finish and delicacy that
make her contribution to the play a
most potent cause for its success.