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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-14
MAURICE INCIDENT DUE
TO POLITICS IN THE WAR
British Generals Welcomed Unity of Command, bu
Politicians, Including Lloyd George,
Opposed 1t
BY ROBERT DONALD

ION Daily ChronIcle ~
in supreme command the armies in the
west would not have been able to with
stand the recent onslaught by the enemy.
The appointment Of General Foch has
been welcomed by British generals and
by none more enthusiastically than
General Maurice. 1t was regarded as a
practical war measure long overdue and
took the place Of what the British SOL
dier considered the utterly impracticable
executive committee Of the Versailles
council
Just before the great German offensive
an executive committee was set UP to
be connected with the Supreme War
Council, with General Foch as chairman.
General Robertson contended that the
system would not work and that no
change Of personnel would make II a
workable piece Of war machinery. Gen.
eral Robertson relinquished his office as
chief CT the Imperial General Staf over
the matter. regarding 1t as a question
Of principle. No sooner had the great
offensive begun on March 81 than the
committee system broke down. and this
led inevitably to the appointment of
Foch as generaiissimo Of the combined
Allied forces.
II was unfortunate that this change
had to be made in the midst of a great
battle, but General Foch is a commander
of resource and imagination. and 1t is
due to his superb generalship that the
progress of the enemy has been checked.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-14
BOOT CARDS IN GERMANY NOW
Purchaser Is Put to Lots of
Trouble to Get Footwear
SpeciaL Gable To Ereniup Public Ledqer

Amsterdam. June 14.-On and after
Saturday it is going to be ponderous
business TO obtain a pair of boots in
Germany. The details published official
ly of the necessary procedure certainly
are unique as n piece Of war organiza-
ton
The person who wishes to. buy foot
wear must first of all be provided with
a boot card. on presenting that at a
boot shop he or she must produce evil
dence OF identity, using for the purpose
a birth or marriage certificate, military
pass. travel permit or some such docu-
ment. One member of a household can
obtain footwear for others in the family.
if she or he is described on the boot
card as really representing them, or II
not so described by furnishing a species
of power of attorney by the rest of the
family in addition to all the necessary
documents of identity.
The seller of boots is bound by regu-
lations to investigate the genuineness
of the document before he parts with
any of his precious goods. Repairing of
footwear deluxe. is forbidden. A curl
Gus point in the new order Is that 1t is
expressly "verboten" to pay for boots In
any other way than by money.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-14

Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copyright. 1918. by NeW York Ttmes Co.
London, June IA.
American newspapers which have
just reached this country contain err
roneous interpretations of the Maurice
incident. They assume that It was
part Of campaign against unity OF
command. It had nothing to do with
unity of command, but referred to the
more contentious question OF political
action in military matters.
In wars in democratic countries we
are UP against the eternal problem
of how to find the dividing line be-
tween military and political control.
The more allies there are fighting
side by side the more difficult the
problem becomes. 1t is not vet solved.
Roughly, the business Of the states.
man is to define policy; the duty of
the soldier to evolve a strategy which
will carry out that policy.
In the Somme battle It was alleged
that the politicians had invaded the
soldiers province and given them an
extended line without suff1cient men to
defend 1t. On the facts General Maur-
ice made out a strong case. but one
which he should never have raised
in public. He gave expression to a
feel1nE long ldleDt diioiiS BLUSH eSh
erals that the politicians were en-.
croaching too much on the sphere OF
the military. Some of the most bril-.
liant conceptions in the war came
from politicians. but the men ana the
machinery were not ready to execute
them. Antwerp and Gallipoli were
brilliant and tragic conceptions. The
Salonica expedition originated with the
politicians.
Br,ttsh Generals wv Nesterners"
Almost without exception British gem
erals have been ''westerners," and any
diversion Of effort by distant expeditions
which weakened the western front never
met with their approval. II the war
had produced great British general he
would have been able to combine po-
litical unity with military achievement
/, But unity of command in the west is
quite another matter and so far as /
know the British generals were never
opposed to it. Politicians have pursued
an inconsistent policy regarding it. Mr..
Asquith was opposed to 1t.
Speaking in the House of Commons
on November 10, 1917. Prime Minister
Lloyd George condemned the appoint
men of a generalissimo in the following
unqualified terms:
II am utterly opposed to that sugges-
ton for reasons into which it would not
be desirable to enter. 1t would not work.
1t would produce real friction and might
really produce not merely friction be-
tween the armies. but friction between
the nations and the governments
Foch Appointment Welcomed
Fortunately the Prime Minister'S fears
have not been justified. Without Focf
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-14
COURIERS WAR PROFITEERS
Are Accused of Making Money
Out of Exchange Differences
Special Gable to Epening Public Ledger

Copyright, 1918. By Netp York Times Co.
Paris. June 1.-THE ingenious way
which certain diplomatic couriers be-
tween Switzerland and Paris have been
able to make substantial profits by TAX
ing advantage of the important diff
ferences existing in exchange values has
just become generally known. Several
of these messengers have been making
a practice of buying British sovereigns
and American dollars each time they
arrived in Paris and changing them on
their return into Swiss money. which on
their next trip to Paris they converted
into French gold end notes 1t is known
that a single operation of this kind. in
which the original capital involved
amounted to the equivalent of $4,000,
enabled the men concerned to divide be-
tween themselves a profit of 5000 francs,
or nominally $1,000.
These operations were made possible
through the fact that diplomatic luggage
Is not subject to customs inspection at
the frontier. Two Of the couriers are to
be prosecuted for breach of the law of
April of last year. prohibiting the ex-
port of capital. and five other persons
are said to be implicated. The only
penalty provided under the law is a
fine.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-14
CERMANY'S DEATH RATE MOUNTS
AS PERIL TO HEALTH INCREASES
Documents and Prisoners Captured by Americans Show
Scientists Fear of Ravages of Disease,
Due to Malnuriton
By EDWIN l.. JAMES

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To- ,.ht, -. Di 80
hure and the Kaisar ~ ,ao,ar,, hoten.
our fuII waigbt csn he fsi, ,So,, 80
rhs failure ~ ,bo son,r. dr,,,n 80
the var az nron,i.ed n,sds ths no,ra ~no
doubtfuI ' ''e peop'e
ENIuehce from NUMBER OF sources
ihuicates tnat II the German Government
aoes not win the war IN the next four
nionhs, tnere is prospect OF grave
crisis IN germany PRISONERS insist the
SITUATION is becoming desperate.
A very intelligent officer expressed the
conviction that the capture of Paris
would not end the war. He even said
that IL the Germans went as far as
Bordeaux, the war would not be ended
with the Americans in it.
nsd's IN Need OF feaee
That Germany Is banking greatly on
winning the war quickly is shown by the
fact that OF fifty prisoners captured the
other day by the Americans, every one
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-14
AUSTRIAN WOMEN NEAR FRONT
Forced by Hunger to Work Long
Hours at Small Pay
Special Gable To Ereuino PuhIic Icdnar

London, June IA dispatch to the
Daily Express from Geneva says that
the Brixener Chonik, journal pub
lished in the Austria Tyrof, states that
ages and classes have been forced by
hunger TO join the womens battaltons
which are working near the front lines
Bitter complaint is made by them of
the long hours they are compelled to
labor. the meager food supply, and the
inadeq lacy ct their wages. The un-
happy women unfortunately are unable
to withdraw, as their necessities obliged
them to sign contracts binding them to
undertake this work until the end Of
the war
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-14
PAINT RED CROSS ON DEBRIS
German Trick to Show Allies
Bomb Hospital Trains =.

Copyright, 1918. By NctU Yorc Times Co..
Paris, June 14.--In a letter to the
Figaro a correspondent who recently
succeeded in returning to France from
Sedan narrates a characteristic trick
Before leaving Sedan he saw in the
station a number of railway carriages
which had been wrecked by an Allied
aerial bombardment. and witnessed Ger
mans in the act of painting the red cross
on the debris Afterward he saw them
photograph the vehicles In order, as he
suggested TO enable newspapers to re-
produce Photographic proofs of Allied
attacks on hospital trains. and thereby
justify their own bombardment of Allied
hospitals.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-14
WANT PETROCRAD PORT FREE
Russian Paper Urges Move il
Fear of Baltic Harbors

Copenhagen, June 1.-THE Russian
paper Petrogradskoieekko, according to
the special correspondent Of the Extra
tives cf trade and industry to consider
proposal to establish Petrograd as a
free port. Petrograd is now in great
danger Of losing it's position as an in
dustrial center. owing to the Russian
Baltic harbors being In German hands
To keep up it's export trade. Petrograd
II is argued. must be made free port.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-14
IBLE DISPATCHES SHOW GERMAN NATIONS ST
SHOOT ESCAPING AMERICANS
Prisoners Trying to Get Back Are
Killed by Germans
SperioI CobIe IN Ereuiuu pubEr Iodper

COPYRIGHT. 1918. bv NcD York Times Co.
The Hague, June IA report In cir
culation here asserts that captured
Americans say that a number of Amer
leans have been shot for attempting to
escape from Germany.
The Deutsche Tagesseitung says that
Americans were put on the front near
Chateau. .Thierry on June for moral
effect and to fulfill Clemenceau's prom
ise of American help The paper saws
that the commencement was not very
encouraging and that the Americans at
task was made with the support of the
French, as they would not be allowed
the responsibility of attacking alone.
I'VE are of the opinion" It continues,
that Americans. perhaps a division,
have been showed On the French section
Of the front"
The paper says that strategicallv
things are uncertain for the Entente.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-14

London, June 14.-Dr. Won Seydler,
the Austrian Premier. rendered. his
resignation to Emperor Charles on We'd
nesday. but the Emperor has not yet
accepted 1t. according to a report from
Amsterdam.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-14

WANTS CzECHS DISARMED
Russian Soviet Confident
Their Loyalty, However
BY ARTHUR RANsOME
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledser

Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copyright. 1919, bv Ncw York Times %, y
Moscow, June IA compromiss Il
possible with regard to the CsechS. The
Soviet regards their disarmament ~ CO.
sential, but II recognises that the Csechs,
as a whole. are loyal. The Soviet Is
willing to let them proceed II there ID
assurance that they will not join Gem
eral Semenoff or other anti-Soviet forces
in the Far East
The trouble with the Czechs, besides
increasing the difficulties OF obtaining =
food supply from Siberia. is also light
ening the task of the Germans. In the
south, the Don Cossacks. with German
officers. are approaching Tsaritsin and
Saratoff and the Soviet Is finding din
Guilty In sending re-enforcements against
them because of the need Of sending
troops to deal with the Czechs In the
Urals
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-14
HERTLING THREATENS DIET
SAYS He Will Not Hesitate at Dis
solution

Amsterdam. June 1.-THE Berlin
Tageblatl commenting upon the re-
suit of the debate upon the suffrage
reform bill in the lower house of the
Prussian Diet, says:
Chancellor Won Hertling told the
representatives of the Left he already
had in his hand a royal decree for dis
solution of the Diet, and he would not
hesitate to use it when called upon to
do So He also said If things were
not cleared up before winter he would
dissolve the lower house and appeal to
the electors
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-14
RED FINN MONEY BANNED

Director Of Finnish National Bank Out.
laws 1t
Special Cable TO Evening Public Ledger
Copenhagen, June 1.-THE Berlingske
Tidendes Helsingtors correspondent says
the director Of the Finnish national bank
has been ordered not to redeem the red
rebel governments counterfeit paper
money. The money heretofore redeemed
amounts to $4,000 marks.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-14

SpeciaL Cable to Erening Public Ledger
= Copyright, 1918, By NeD York Times Co.
American Army Headquarters on the
Marne, June Ii.
Evidence of the greatest Importance as
10 internal conditions in Germany has
aust come into the possession of the
Americans through captured documents
ana the testimony OF captured medical
oficer
On May at Heidelberg there was
held a meeting of scientists and physl-
clans from all parts Of Germany, at
vhich resolutions were sent to the
Kaiser, the Chancellor and the Reichstae
demanding immediate governmental aid
10 combat serious health conditions.
rhis resolution set forth that the death
rte among infants and women and chill
J hren had risen to IS per cent, and
nolnted out the increasing peril to the
herman civilian population 1t was
{ Sointed out that sanitary conditions were
tad and getting worse; that four years
Il not enough food had placed the civil
IN population in a position where II
5 {cuid ont offer normal resistance to dis
4 Saee Especial attention was drawn TO
}6e rsvages Of spring epidemics .dne to
( nalnutrition
& h Physictans reported the great preva-
,os ,of abscesses among war factory
& ss1rirs. II was also learned that the
sroa of May 16, reducing the bread
n1lQn from 200 grammes to lSe
r111rnes, stated that the reduction was
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Bisbee daily review., 1918-10-23

as to the genuineness of the self pro claimed democratic regime at Berlin.
 Whatever form any further diplo- matis exchanges may take, one Offic- ial pointed out tonight. after all there is but one question. are tine Ger mans whipped?" if they are whipped and ready to surrender when attempts at bargaining have failed. the sur render will come quickly enough. as quickly as the men who say they have superseded the kaiser and the war lords in power dare to let the truth sink home upon the German public. Some diplomatic reports support the theory that they are Restrained from revealing the real situation abruptly and taking peace at any price only from fear of more than a political revelation. Notes approaching gradu- ally a final exploitation serve to give
Bisbee daily review., 1918-10-23
3t1 VICTIMS DIE.
CBy Review Leased wire)


 DENVER. Colo, Oct. 22-The in- fluenza epidemic in Colorado has claimed 311 victims and there are s. 997 cases in the state, according to a report given out tonight by the state board of health In many cases the TepoTts-are incomplete and the num- Der is expected to be greatly increased when a full check is made
 Of the total number of cases more than 50 per cent are in the cities of Denver. Boulder and Colorado Springs. The reports showed that S71 of the influenza cases were new today.
 Four emergency calls for doctors were received by the state board Of health today Aspen. Grover. Red Cliff and Creede appealed for aid.
 A marked abatement of the epi- demic in Denver was reported by the city health authorities. although 24 deaths were reported in the 24 hours ending tonight The number of new cases reported in Denver today num- bered 222 as compared to 254 yester- day.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-10-23

the German public the war news in broken doses and at the same time to take every possible chance of find ing a loop hole in American and allied harmony with the hope of avoiding throwing the German nation upon the mercy of it's enemies.
 Austria Hungary and Turkey were scarcely mentioned here in today's dis cussion of the situation though it was noted that the present German com munication says nothing whatever about in harmony with our allies" It seems that both the allies and Ger many regard the lesser central powers as virtually out of the war. though the forces working within their bor- ders have a little more to do before the surrender comes.
 Senator Lodge. republican leader. ranking minority member of the for eign relations committee. issued a statement denouncing the German note as another poorly laid trap and reiterating his opinion that only one demand should be made by the presi- dent-"u unconditional surrender"
 The belief that no trap will succeed was reiterated everywhere. Almost the one thing stated and repeated on authority is that there. will be no re- taxation of the great Forward move ment of tine allied and American arm ies nor any abstentiOn from attack upon the Tetreating foe except upon the terms of the allied and American military leaders. Terms of evacua- ton. t is pointed cut. necessarily would be virtually the terms of an armistiCe and in the opinion of mili- tary men would include breaking Of the German war machine as an armed force and the occupation by the Amer jeans and the allies of such strategic Ines and strongholds as General Foch might deem necessary.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-10-23
OR tue Mouse

The point of greatest resistance by the Germans along the entire battle line Is in that narrow sector of twelve miles, be- tween the Mouse and the Argonne forest, where the Americans have been battling forward desperately for the past three weeks, making only three or four miles of progress. This is the hinge of the great gate, the far panel of which is near Ghent, up in Belgium some two hundred miles away Picked German forces are resist ing here, and fresh divisions are being con- stantly thrown into the line The Ameri- cans, however, have taken the hardest part of the terrain, and should make faster pro- gress from now on. Descriptions of the of fensive here show the hardest fighting of the war, so far, for the Tanks. After five attempts the Americans took hill No. 206 the other day in sixth and last effort and when 1t was over, of the eighteen hundred Germans defending the hill, only one hun dred and seven were taken prisoner; the rest were killed. Better not talk to these American troops about the loss of German morale. This bitter, bloody, three-weeks struggle in these thickets, ravines and val leys, and over these ridges and hills and massed miles of wire and trenches, bears the same relation to the present campaign that the battle of the Wilderness did to the Civil war Brilliant and spectacular was the battle of Gettysburg, and grand were the exploits of Sheridan in the Winchester. valley, but at the Wilderness the Army of the Potomac battled grimly on with its clutch on the very throat of the Confed- eracy. And so it is with these Americans tearing at the hinge of the German gate on the Mouse while the allies elsewhere sweep gloriously on Be sure that if the hinge breaks the German retreat will quickly be- come rout And be sure that the price in picked troops that Germany must pay to hold this hinge will mount to a staggering total in the toll of the great war.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-10-23

less moment, but his own admission re- garding Kastner and Mike Sullivan and his part in the circulation of the Sinclair trea- son, mark deliberate and studied course along lines that at the least, border upon dis loyalty, and certainly arouse the greatest suspicious. The Hunt pictures, taken with wobblies who were later found guilty of treason, were bad enough, but they are a joke in comparison with the seriousness of the Kastner association and the Sinclair treason propaganda. And the jury result. standing eight to four against the governor in his effort to clear himself by law of grave charges, leaves him in a bad shape politi- cally and socially and in a worse shape as a citizen of this country in time of war.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-10-23

tne deceased to aid in digging their graves.
 Cardinal Gibbons and those in charge of the prelates golden jubilee have been criticised by the health commissioner for holding ceremonies Sunday at St Mary's seminary. at which foreign preiates were present as in violation of the nOn-assemblage rule ia force during the epidemic.
 The cardinal previously had sharp iy criticised the closing of the churches.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-10-23
HOPE FOR RELIEF.

CHICAGO. Oct 22.-Hope for par tial lifting of the recent orders. issued as a result of the influenza epidemic. closing Chicago theaters and stopping all public meeting within the next ten days. was expressed by Dr. St. Clair Drake. state public health director to- night
 The situation in Chicago and the northern section Of the state vas de- clarsd 10 be improving today, although the disease is spreading down state
Bisbee daily review., 1918-10-23
HIGH DEATH RATE.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Oct 22 - The state department of health tonight announced that 13,271 deaths had oc- cured in Pennsylvania from influ- 5nza and its complications since Oc- tober 1. In the same period there were 5.2S3 deaths from peumonia.
 The epidemic was said to be sub siding in the eastern section of the state, but steadily increasing in sev- eral western counties.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-10-23
BALTIMORE SHOWS DECREASE,
G8y RevIew Lenscd WireJ

BALTIMORE. Md. Oct. 22. - With less than 200 new cases of influenza and TO deaths reported during the last 2t hours the health authorities of the city are more encouraged.
 Throughout she state the eLidemic continues strong with 1.0S9 new cases. Funerals are somewhat delayed but the workers in the cemeteries have nearly caught up with the numbers of s1lves ordered and II is no longer necessary for relatives and friends O.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-10-23
AMERICAN DEAD WILL BE BROUGHT BACK HOME
 WHEN WAR IS OVER

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Oct. 22, By the Associated Press-)-An the American dead in France will be taken home after the war, ac- cordins to orders received by the army chaplains. The grave registra- ton bureau has been working with this in view, but nothing definite regarding the future disposition of the dead was known here until in- structions came to the chapiains from Washington.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-10-23
to,co0 IRE INocULATED.

CAMP DIX. N. J.. Oct. 22.-Success- ful inoculatiOn of 10000 soldiers against pneumonia following influ- enza today caused camp authorities to offer the treatment to 10000 more next week. Although not a man in oculated has contracted pneumonia, he treatment was said still to be in its experimental stage and not advo- cated as a cure, but as a preventive.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-10-23

Every time think of it l get all het up, wrote Governor Hunt to his old com rade, Mike Sullivan of l. W. W. standing and notoriety unquestioned. The governor was writing of Arizona politics. Too bad toe bad. Arizona politics air not what she used to be, governor, in the good old days of the L w. w. here, before that Chicago trial and those additions to the federal pris on at Leavenworth.