Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-06-01

The allied air men carried out numer-
Gus bombing raids over German towns,
besides dropping many tons Of ex-
plosives on the enemy's military estab-
lishments.
The Germans made a great air raid
on London, killing Al persons and los
ing five of their planes. and attempted
two raids on Paris with little success.
More satisfactory to the Hun mind
were the results of some air raids on
British hospitals behind the lines, for
several hundred sick and wounded SOL
diers were killed and injured, and
among the victims were several wom-
en- nurses who would not desert their
wards. The commander Of the squad
ron of GOthas that made this charac-
teristically brutal attack was brought
down and captured and declared he did
pitfalls, though they were plainly visible.
did not develop last week, but reports
from Vienna said Austria had ceased
all military operations in the east on
May 20 in order to concentrate her
forces on the Italian front. so it is like
~ the offensive will be started there
very soon. The allies have little fear
of the result.
The Germans captured the city of
Abo in Finland and also occupied
BjorkO. an island in the Gulf of Fin
land so miles from Petrograd. In Kiev,
capital of the Ukraine. there was heavy
fighting between the forces of Skoro-
padsky, the new Ukrainian dictator,
and troops that remained faithful to
the rada. In Baku, or the Caspian,
which was previously reported captur-
ed by the Russians, the bolsheviki and
Mussulmans fought long and bitterly.
More than 1900 were killed and much
of the city was burned. The food sit
uatiOn in Russia was reported to be
growing steadily worse except in Mos
COW. Petrograd is now entirely with
cut bread.
Copenhagen dispatches say that Gen.
eral Mannerheim. commander in chief
of the Finnish white guard, has re-
signed because he was ordered to in
wade the Russian province of Karelia.
~
Declaring that it had discovered an
extensive and dangerous pro-German
plot in Ireland, the British government
descended upon the Sim Fein sudden
" and arrested several hundred men,
bers Of that party, including it's presi-
dent, Professor de Valera. and prac-
tically all the other leaders. The coup
raised storm in Ireland and even the
natiOnalists, though disclaiming any
sympathy with the rev olutionary aims
of the Sim Feiners, declared the gov
ernment's action was not sincere and
was taken to cloud the home rule and
CONSUMPTION situation. The Irish OBJ
jectOrs to the draft seem to rely great
~ on public opinion in the United
States, and over here there is ten
dency to suspend judgm emit concerning
the Sim Fein arrests until the British
government adduces its proof of a plot.
1t is said the existence of the plot
was known for weeks by American
secret agents and that such notorious
Irishmen in America as Jeremiah
OIeary-now missing-were concern
ed in it. 1t is certain that no pro-Ger-
man plOtters in any Of the allied coun-
tries will get any sympathy from the
American government or the American
people.
Director General McAdoo startled
the country last week by summarily re-
moving from their positions all presi-
dents of railroads. in order to obtain
more complete cooperation in the run
ming of the lines. and, incidentally, to
save about $2O.OO0.O00 a year in sal
aries. Many other high rail officials
also have lost their jobs because they
were doing little to earn their pay. 1t
is Mr.. McAdoo's intention to appoint
a federal director of the roads in each
region, and some of the best of the
deposed presidents will get these
places.
The government also has taken over
the carrier business of the Pullman
company, making it part of the rail-
way system. The company will be
paid rental for its carrier industry
based on the three-year average earn
ings prior to June 20, 1917.
Mrs Rose Pastor Stokes, well-known
socialist, was found guilty Of violat
ing the espionage act by federal
court jury in Kansas City. She had
attacked the government as an ally Of
the profiteers.
in line with "the great desire Of the
United States to see the republics of
fhiS honiSnhoro dro into a o1ocor