Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-03
E BEAST Is CORRALLED
AND WE ARE GOING TO
BRAND 1T

from the conference at
IA DrestLitovsk, NJ. Pavlovitch. a nom
(o&evik delegate. declares that Ger
&&yb fundamental aim in the negotia'
- II to establish an economic union
- Hamburg to the Persian Gulf. In
6lfrn for the evacuation Of Belgium and
.8ace, Germany will demand the freeing
4 1fesopotamia, Arabia and Palestine"
$1hat is the German dream. the one
o1ing purpose she had in mind when
~ began this war. the one thing she Is
Srminsd to get out of It. the concession
NJ hopes TO extort from the Allies In re-
t1 Tor so.called compensatory concessions
xn1ch mean nothing to PanGermany and
1fDuld not in the slightest degree imperil
- economIc and therefore her political
GGnfnance Of the world. Militarists want
= Germany that stretches from Hamburg
~ Dagdad. That is what they have always
wanted, and their conjurers and sleight-of.
nnnA operators are working their brains
!6Hortime in strenuous effort to perfect
<Smo trick that will fool the Allies into
jSeptance of the program.
14 Hut the mills Of the gods, however
|o61y they grind, grind exceeding small,
bterday General Allenby reported the
'1nCture of four points of great tactical
Aportance north Of Jerusalem and the
|1<0t Of the Turks. REINFORCED by four
)Vlrions Of Teutons which were in train
30 lnat summer in silesia. II Germany
heGuiled the rest Of the world she
f1nck beguiled England, whose armies
XIV been flung against tho grand pur-
~ ok Berlin and in the far corners Of the
HIM have beeh doing their part to render
1I16 the whole campaign Of plundcr and
@1beoston. Tho forces at Salonica are
ue>nnt threat against the German line
W eommunication to the east, a threat
Gc<ain eventually to be translated into a
E661lty when the declining man power of
~ Tbutons renders impossible bolstering
10 ne Bulgarian line. One end of
u s. SUnmburg.to-Bagdad rainbow fades into
Sk2x-h Standards in the ancient capital
Califs. That is democracy's answer
I - contemplated world empire by the
q Yesterday. too, British troops Joined In
Il - Allied offensive against the Teutonic
II 80 In Italy. attacking advanced posts
4 N experimenting the splendid achieve
~ Of the French troops in the Monte
fXGmbA region. marking a change from de.
nGevei to offensive tactics. A new Teu-
tI1e drive in Italy is foreshadowed and
~ come at any time. and the italian men,
~ not by any means removed but
nGain 1t IL being demonstrated that
~ we'll drilled and disciplined troops
z - morale is mistaken the Germans
no headway,
1Gterday also released digest Of the
~ made by Colonel House, indicating
- his mission abroad had been Of enor.
lmportance In co-ordinating the power
Feeources Of the Allied nations and
hadowing future unity of effort cal.
fe6 70 bring about such concentrations
~ likely to produce certain, even quick,
~ The most important negotiations
~ toward the pooling of Allied re.
~ for the common advantage Of all
pontries engaged in the. struggle
~ Germany. The American contribu.
Fas determined and tho pooling ar.
nent guarantees that full equipment
~ kind viii be available to all Amer.
troops sent to Europe during the
l1A Unity Of action in diplomatic
military. financial. war-trade and
activities was thoroughly gone
~ = comprehensive survey of the
1lInistry Of Munitions and the or
y oe Industries was made, fore
. similar ministry in this
news brought also reassurins
(rpm Russia, where the eyes Of
~ appear to be opening al
knvs besun to spy under the
1mb the paw Of the lion and
11ov. Russia l. chaos. ana the
~ eannet y traesd. but u,
nIe euos ct Il Into thsi.