davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-09-06
NOVY PALIVOVY ADMINL
STRATOR.

Nyneisi mas palivovy admin
strator Walter D. Sayle pode-
koval sc re tveho dradu a ma
ieho misto jmenovan taiemnik
obchodnf konory M. Havens.
Havens pfijab Trad ten ma do
taz vladnfho palivoveho admi
nistratora pro stat Ohio ]. H.
Frantze. Pozaduje vsak, abv do
'naseho okresu dopraveno bvlo
tolik uhli, kolik vlada povolila.
Nasedkem nedostatku kar kles
10 dolovani uhli v severovychod
MIN Ohiu o 354,3OO tun. = By
valy pax mas palivovv admin
strator w. D. Sayle pripomina,
bv kazdy obyvatel naseho okre
su uSetfil pres zimu 10 procent
uhli.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-09-06
NAsTAvAJfcf HufsAksKA
SEZONA.

Ia nedlouho spatflme ma po-
ulicnich a predmestskych ka-
rach muze a zeny, kteri So pou
sti do lesa ably nasbirali vacla-
vek a jinych druhG hub. Milov
nici zdraveho a uzitecneho
,sportu ale budou farmari ONE
zovani ruznymi zakazy pokud
Sc vstupu do lesd okoli CT eve
landu tyce. Vinu nesou hlavn6
'nekterf bezohledni jedhot1ivci,
kterf svobodu drfvejsi zneuzl-
vail pachanim ruznych svevol-
|nych skod. Podobne omazbvanf
|sberatelG nenalezlo ale v j.
!nych statech ohlasu, tax pfina
Isl chicagsky list zpravu - kite
rou nasim hubarGm otiskujem.
''Nenf pochyby, ze hubari ne
bo houbari budou povdecni
v$lce, ba mnozi naruzivi lovci
|techto lesnfch plodG by 81 jiste
rfali, ably valka trvala pofad
az uslysf, jake rozhodnuti uci-
nila komise ohledne hub. Bylo
totiz rozhodnuto, ze houby
jsou potravinou velice uzitec-
nou a ze pomoci hub necha e
uSetriti mnoho jinych potravin
q proto sam potravinovy dikta-
tor Sc hub ujal a prohlasil, re
V Chicago Heights okoli, kde
lesy a okolni krajina byla pro
CHI houbare uzavrena ma byt
sberatelGm vsude dan pfistup,
tax ably 81 mohli houby nasbi-
rati. Neni pochyby, ze take j.
ne lesy budou otevreny a ze
houbari, pokud Sc budou dobfe
chovati a nebudou tropiti zad-
nou skodu budou sm6t ma mi.
sta, kan jindy nesmeli. A tuto
novinu nasi houbari uvitaji j.
ste radOsti."
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-09-06
POVOLENf MA CUKR

pro nakladani ovoce mGzeme
ziskat ma policeini stanici.
Kazda hospodynka ktera po
trebuje cukr ma zavarovani ovo
ce. necht see prihlasi ma nej-
blizsi policeini stanici, kde oh
drzi certifikat ma ktarem vSech
ny otaky musi zodpovidat. Ma
potvrzeny certifikat mGze pax
koupit urcenou vahu cukru v
kazdem obchode.
Potravni administrator DR..
r. C. Roueche prohlasuje, Re
Epro beznou potrebu Jest dosti
cukru. ale must Sc odstranit pri
lezitost, ably Sc iiste danny ne.
mohly cukrem ku pTedu zaso.
bit.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-09-06
KONCERT We VVrEPNf MI
srNOeTI cESKE NAROD.
NJ SfNI MA BROADWAY.

Hndnbni kanela "VeSelych
HOchh" usnofada zitreiSihO. so
botniho vecera v dolanich mist
nsterh G. N. Sine ma Broadway
ve1k1, ,koncertni program pro-
vndenim nekterVch hudebnich
skladeb rro zabav11 hostn. Ma
Cenu bnde obzvlaSte dObrv
rok. kterV spoln vesnlOn hud
bon nemalo pTispaie k dOhra
raladS vSech pr'+omnVch. Po
ia1atolh 7hbavrihn veSirku sc
tdSi. ze nrflezitOst bude naSini
kraianv lax nalezi pouzita a ze
v"fepri mistnost naSi Narodri
Sine ozivera bude cetnymi ho
aty.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-09-06
PRVNf AVIATICkA POSTA
DOSLA.

Ia boufliveho pocasi dosla
vcera do Clevelandu prvni ava
ticka posta sice 9:25 veer
kdy na Lee I'd. poblize Miles a
We. a l31. ul. pristal vladni avi
atik Max Miller. Miller vyletel
''cera 7 hodin6 ranni 2 Be-
mont parku L. l., New York s
nakladem poSty, vazlcim 200 Ii
Der. z toho SO liber urceno by
lo pro Cleveland, SO Id. pro
Bryan, O. a 100 b. pro Chica-
go. Milleruv stroj vyzadoval ia
kesi opravy, ktera byla prove
dena delniky re zavodu ma ae-
roplany Glenn l.. Martina.
s Mi'lerem vydal Sc ma cestu
tez druhy pilot Ed. V. Wagner,
euseI sc vSak tento sc svym
strojem v Lock Haven, Penn,
snesti k zemi k Will jakymsi o
pra vam. Cd onoho m6sta letel
pax Miller sam. Prdmerna hO-
dinova jeho rychlost obnasela
sc mil.
Prvni "vzduSni listonoS" pri-
vftan by mayorem Davisem,
mestskym pravnikem Fitzge
raldem, reditelem bezpecnosti
A. B. Sprostym a byvalym vlad
MIN sOudcem Will. L. Dayem.
Miller sdeluje, re cestou mu
sill zapasiti proti silnemu vetru
a proto Sc jeho pristani opozdi
10. Ma sve ceste byl nucen sc
snesti u jedne fanny pro vodu.
Vyptaval Sc obyvatelu V KITE
rem okresu bydli a jak Sc jme
nule nelbllZSi meSteckO, ale ne
mohl Cd Mich dostati odpovedi
Prohlasuje, ze to byli ii neihlou
pejsi lide, ktere kdy v zivote
spatrik.
Cast clevelandske vzdusni
posty roznesena byla jeste vcs
ra vecer, ostatek pax dorucer
bvl dnesniho rama. Aviaticka
sluzba postovni mezi New Yol
KEN, Clevelandem a Chicagem
narizena byla presidentem Wi
sonem a "a kratkou dobu bude
pravidelne mezi jmenovanymi
mesta zavedena.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-09-06
SOUD PRO VRAzDU OD.
LOzEN.

Pred municipalnfm soudcem
Samuel H. Silbertem, konal Sc
vcera vyslech Sc Stanislavem
Pelmkovskim, 1868 Indepen-
cence rd. a Alexem Fiatkov-
skim, 2298 Eggers ave-, ktere
policis obvinuje ze zavrazdeni
Waltera Dumikovskiho, 1888
vych. 55 ul. Soudce Siabert je
odkazal k vyslechu pred krimi
nalnl soud ma den 21. riina.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-09-06
MZDA ZVYSENA DfVKAM
MA TELEFONNf STANICI.

O diva dolary tydne byla ivy
sena mzda pro divky pracujici
pro Cleveland Telephone Co. a
American Telephone & Tele-
graph Co.
Ufadnfci spolecnosti dokazu
il, ze byli nuceni divkam mzdu
zvysiti. abv ziskali move prihla-
Sky pro jeiich skolu, kde Sc div
ky pro zamestnanf pri telefonu
zaucuji.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-09-06
NOVA POLICEJNf STANCE.

Pristi utery otevrena bude
slavnostnim spGsobem Is. poll
cejni stanice sice ma Noting
ham rd. a vych. 1876. ul. Uredni
slavnost odbyvana bude 7.3O
veter obecenstvo bude miti
,roprve prilezitost vyslechnou
ii huaba nasich modrokabatni-
XII. Policejnim nacenfkem Smi
them ustanoven byl kapitanem
stanice Dan. Stanton, dustojni
ky Ch. Frary a Henry Kiel, ser
canty pax j. Frish, w. Sickles.
Sest policistG bude odbyvati
svou sluzbu ma kolech.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-09-06
STiBRUVDOPIS
ZFRANCIE.
Pai'iz, Is. srpna. 1918.

faflZ, 10. Sfpna. 1910.
Srdecny pozdrav ma ct. re-
dakci Sveta a cely personal ia
koz veskere ctenarstvo!
Jsem pfilis zamestnan a my
slenky me jsou rozharane, nez
abych mohl sireji Sc o naSi,
vSem tax kyzene samostatnosti
Ceskoslovenskeho naroda a ma
81 praci pro vec onu rozepsati,
avsak nemohu opomenouti "a
slati Vam to, co nejvymluvneji
ukazuje. Y pravem svete nasf
vec. ,,
Tyto vystrizky isou re dvou
nejYiivnejs;ch casopisu Pafi-
Ii a ptudiz i v cele Francii.
Ackoliv zdejsi casopisy W.
davany isou malem formatu
a pouze o ctyrech strankach,
Jest vidno, co mista a ma hlav
nich mistech nasi v6ci obetuji.
Ones Cechoslovakovi jsou o.
tevrene vsechny dvere a ne
pouze dvere, ale srdce Fran
couzG.
Americani a Cechoslovaci "a
uilmajf mysl vsech a pral bych
kazdemu v Americe videti slav
nosti A. a 18. cervence. Ovsem
ze pro naSi ceskou vec ID. GER
veaec den to Francie, kde o.
slavuie pad Bastilly, .byl ddle
ziteiSi, nebot' ten den naSe ce-
skoslovenske vojsko kracelo u
licemi Pafize "a zvukG ceske
hubby a ceske pisne.
Dojmy ty nemozno vysvetlit.
Veskere illustrovane casopi-
~ prinesly obraz nasich SIKH,
kterezto fotografie jsou proda
vany a divadlech ukazovany.
Zde clov6k kazdy den ma n6co
noveho a re vSeho vysvfta, re a
mericky narod s pfispenlm
Francie bude po teto valce vHd
cim a svetovym cinite'em. "a
fterym pdidou druhe narody a
Cechoslovaci by jiz nynf ma to
NELL hled6ti. ably vyuzitkovali
rozumne DOLBY.
Ne vsak jak to cinil narod ne
mecky, domyslivosti, avSak pri
mou poctivou nracf o ktere by
kazdy soused Cecha v Americe
musel byti presvedcen.
Toto vSak cas- vSe ukaEe a
nam je sc pritiniti co neivic k
uskutecneni lepsich dob pro
mas narod. JeSt6 iednou pO-
zdrav ma me milV Cleveland a
ma st'astnOu shledanou!
JOS. Stibr.
SokOlskym dObrovolnikem %.
Stibrem zaslane nam vystrizky
pocha7eii 2 lie Matinu a Excl
cior. Prvni lfci skvelV postum
ceskoslovenskVch voisk ra Sibi
ri. xdezto Exelcior pod ohlave-
MIN "NOvV snoienec spoiencn.'
cituie historii naSeho narnda
iakOz referuie 7afizeni priSt'
no cesko-slovenskehO statu. Ca
sonic ten prinaSi sOucasne ma.
pu CeskoSlovenska primlorlv5
60 tn. abv k nOvemn naSemu
statu pripoiena bvla tez Luzice
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-09-06
PILNA STARENKA.

Pr. Josephine Sondheimero-
va, 11421 Carolina ave., priSti
pondeli bude slavit sve 9Olete
narozeniny a pri SVEN staff Sc
cfti byt stastnou, ze mnze sta
lie plest svetry pro Cerveny kriz
Pi. Sondheimerova byla rozena
vr. 1928 We Wurtenbergu a do
Ameriky prijela po plachetni.
ku kdyz j bylo 16 rokI.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-09-06
zENA POSTkELENA.

Pi. Berta Fleming. 641 Eddy
rd., jednorocnfm ditkem ma
ruce a 10 rokI starou holcic-
kou cekala vcera vecer ma karu
ra vychodni "a ulice, poblize
Pittsburg ave. Ma blizku diva
straznici zastavili ctyri pode-
zrele muze z nichz iaden dva-
krate vystrelil utekl. ODE ra-
ny zasahli do boku cekajicf ze-
nu, ktera pax byla dopravena
do st. Alexis nemocnice. Ostat-
nj tfi muzi byli zatceni.
certifikaty, aniz mohou regi-
strovati.)
Nesmime zapomenouti, ze re
gistrace musi byt vykonana co
nejdfive prede dnem urcenym
presidentovou proklamaci k re
pistraci, aby registrovani mohli
tyto listiny poslati yeas stani-
cfm. iejichz jurisdikci podleha-
il. Kdo by TAX neucinil, VISTA
vuje Sc nepfGemnym nas1ed-
kun.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-09-06
K REClSTRAC1.
Pravidla pro nepritomne re-
gistranty.

COMMITTEE on Public
Information.)
Washington, D. c. - Depart
ment valky sdeluia nasledu-
jici:
Vsichni ii, kteri podlehaji no
vemu odvodnimu zakonu kite
Fl Sc domnivaji, ze den regi-
strace budou vzdaleni sveho do
nova a tim jurisdikci sve mist
mi odvodni stanice, necht 81 "a
ramatuji nasledujici:
Je vasi jedine vasi povinno
!; stl vynasnaziti Sc, ably vas re-
gistracnf listek, radne vyplne-
ny byl v rukou vasi mlstni od-
vodni stanice v den registrace
neb pred MIN. - Ably vsak ne
bylo vam nutno jiti domu k re-
gistraci, tedy k vasemu poho-
dli, byla ucinena nasledujici o.
lpatreni dradovnou Provost
Marchal General:
1. V uradovne kazde odvod-
nj stanice Spoienych Statn Jest
dostatecna zasoba registrac-
Mich listin.
2. Klerk neb jiny Glen teto
cdvodni stanice jest poveren
zaznamenati odpovedi osob
vzdalenych jurisdikci prislus-
nych odvodnich stanic ovefiti
Ijeiich registracni listiny.
8. Pozadate-li to, bude va
Sc listina vyplnena klerkem
neb jinym clenem odvodni sta
nice ma niz jste Sc obratili, listi
ma vsak musi byti poslana va.
mi, ably dosla yeas stanice, jiz
iurisdikci podlehate, to jest te,
ktera jest umistena v okruhu
vaseho trvaleho domova.
4. Proto dojdete a sice po-
kud MONO brzy, do 1radovnv
nejblizsf odvodni stanice, del
te svdj listek vvplniti a overiti
die regulacf (oddil BY, poslete
ljej pax odvodni stanici jeiiz iu
risdikci podleha okruh zahrnu-
|jfcf i vas trvaly domov.
Nenf-li vam znama adresa
mistnf stanice neiblize vaSemu
dorovu. poslete listinu mayo
row sveho mesta, ie-li to me-
sto o 10000 neb vice obyvate-
jiich. J.e-li vas domov We mest6
citaiicim pod 10000 obyvatel,
adresuite listinu klerkovi vase
no okresu neb obce. Nema-li O.
bee vase sve vlastni spravy adj
ministracni. poSIeta listinu kler
kovi okresu ma nejz Sc vase O.
bee obraci pravnickVch pfi.
padech. Zaslete il klerkovi VA
seho tpwnshipu, ie-'i vas stat
neb terforium rozdsleno ma cd
div "a pricinou spravy.
| Ma obalku rapiSte vedle a.
dresy toho iemuz listinu posi-.
'ate jeSte toto:
Registration card of.
...... (sem vpiste sve imeno)
cislo. ulice. mesto neb misto va
seho pritomneho pobvtu.
Mavnr. county klerk net
township klerk, die toho komu
byl dopis adresovan. doda listi
nu prislusne odvodnf stanici.
Do dopisu vlozte obalku M
niz ie napsana vase pritomn;
adresa, abv vam v nj mohl bv'
!, zaslan vas registracni c,ertifi
? kat. NezapomeHte nalepiti IN:
mku. Vystavoval byste Sc zby
tecnym neprfiemnostem, kdy
, byste So nemoh' vvkazati regi
i stracnim certifikatem.
i Osoby, neisouci vyimute
: registrace presidentovym pro
: hlasenim a nachazeiici Sc mi
mo domov v cvicebnich tabo
rech. koleiich n.ab skolach a
1 nych podobnych institucich
~ ohn,, oo 4
Evening star., 1918-04-04

and tksrs 10 no reason to suppose that
they are done with the attack.
aTheir line OF thought must natu-
rally be: we broke through the ene-
mys well prepared line in q week, and
he fs now in improvised defenses; II
we get up fresh troopa and artillery
repeat the procsss.'
That is what We have to expect ON
the west front in the immediate future" "
There is no question that the Ger
man losses in the last fortnight have
been very considerably heavier than
ours" Gen. Maurice added.
Evening star., 1918-04-04
Hun Divisions Exhausted.

"A great number of German divisions
to the depots and be replaced with fresh
divisions from other parts OF tho front.
The Germans thus far have used only
about half OF their available divisions
Evening star., 1918-04-04
Lectures Temarrew sa China.

sChfnass Land Of the Cloudy South 10
TIE title of Roy Chapman AudrsWs'
Iscsnse taznassaw sftsEnenn anA svsrins
bsteya ne snsnhsss of the National Geo.
Uaphic Society. Mr. Andrews was the
leaass ef tbs Asistic geological expedition
= Me AMeaeaA Museum of Natural His-
HmsstcS ~ ~ sSssr Ia I : Journey Of h more thsn n
IS, ,V06 miles thspnSh the little kn0wn
xGaass proviacs {cloudy south) Of south
wk 6lna, along the Tbetan frontte1,
feet and. thence down into the fsssr-
styioken valleys Of the Burma border.
fhs lecture W1n be given in the audi
tor1um Of the Nsw Nasonio TeanplS a
18th street and New York avenue u
:46 and 8 :1E nm.
Evening star., 1918-04-04
; Claims Repulss Of Italians.

regard for Chinese sovereignty. The
Germans during the entire time of their
occupatfon. 1t 10 pointed out. never at
tion and lott to China the risht to
police the railway. There are already
japanese consulates throughout Shan
tung to look after the welfare Of
Japanese residents. making unnecessary
the establishment Of civil administra-
"Japaness civil ofneers have already
assumed jurisdiction in cases of rents
Whereas the Germans only enjoyed
the Japanss. actually interfsre in some
instances with mines already owned
and exploited by Chinese, even to the
length OF prohibiting the sale of
The building of roads, establishment
OF an Industrial school and the taking
over OF control Of . railway hospital
ana the hospital for gendarmes in
Islntau are regarded as evidence Of in
tended permanent occupation"
Rail Action Specially Irritating.
The Chinese could perhaps forgive
the Japanese for other acts IL they had
not extended their Jurisdiction to the
railway and TO railway sone" about
ten miles wide. extending as far as
thorfty, no convention was even
enacted with the Germans for a rail-
way zone.
This want Of any authority for a
Chinese foreign once in It's protest
against the alleged encFoachment
The Japanese. in reply. argue the
dimculty of altering . decree issued by
their emperon declaring that what
they are doing in shantunE is such
authority.
Tho Chinese declare that under exist
ing treaties any decree by Japan can
only Ansct the TsingtAu district and
the erstWhile German leased territory,
therefore there 10 no need Of modifying 4
the decree, the only requisite being to
properly interpret Il.
While the respective foreign ofices
aisouss the merits Of the controversy
the fnfiux of japanese into the terri
tcry IN question 10 said to be growing
from day TO day.
Evening star., 1918-04-04
GETS SAVINGS STAMP AS TIP;
THINKS THE DONOR IS KIDDIN'

Y. u. C. A. secretary, to boost the war
savings stamp campaign.
Other walters grinned and said
Thank you" while several said they
already had started collections and
would add the tip to it.
TT merely seemed to me q good way
to encourage a number of persons to
save thrift stamps" Mr.. Allen explain
ed. Perhaps some will sell the stamps,
but I imagine most of the persons to
whom I have given them will start
books with them, or add them to coll
lections already made"
Sort of "take-a-tip-from- e''
scheme, remarked a co-worker when
no heard Of Mr.. Aliens plan
Evening star., 1918-04-04

whats up? Kiddin' me?"
A waiter who had served meal
picked up a stamp which had been left
in lieu of tip, looked 1t over and
made the above comment.
NO" replied the diner. That's your
tip. 1t is a thrift stamp. 1t is worth
25 cents, il you wish to cash it in. hut
would advise you to start a book
with this one"
This was the novel plan adopted. on
his own responsibility, by 8. T. Allen, a
Evening star., 1918-04-04
H2s. A. J. MeBLAm DIES.
Manager Of the Arts Club Passes
Away ct Home In City.

1 I'm. A. J. McBlair. manager Of the Arts
{ah and Tor many ysaxs . resident Of
1GhGhtngton. died at her homo. at the club
tnartG2 3o1T street northwest. We'd
osn1ay mdrning. FunsraI services win Be
ksad st 81 Paui's n n Church tomnr-
~ maning .at 1890 o'clpck.
Ma. NoB1atr was the widow Of A. +.
3GaD3nir. we'll known here In athletic
hn4 eporting circleA She had been
yssrs 3 the she Ast' Is c'aa Sar1.S 1Hr Sy Sy
t4geor.in-saw. Miss Julia NcHlAir; two
lbeugino, Mr.: and Mra Donald N6Blair
u the Clermont apartments. Mrs.. Dom
u lc1lair is .. .grsnddAughter Of
Francis Scott Key. the author OF srhe
efar epangied Banner
Evening star., 1918-04-04

WM changs 0sEzsz-1Ia1sl okss
PORTLAND. ors, A1rt A-sssnss .
six sesss&s IN "a sAaition iass - hsss
by : s0irmax DssDsrsy swnss waii -
saanea4 ssesraine 70 plans sf city en-
dali tseltFick strsss will bessns
H4s strsst. KAN win Be lehsnesa y
P3sAiag., NAinA - ysea, yrankfert y
AIb1rs foy tAssxing ef Belgium. 1hsns
to Jolfrs aAA f1ionarsk to EmmAnuGs
ia. hSAer % the King Of Italy.
Evening star., 1918-04-04
Italian People Are Warned
That Count Czernin's Speech
Presages q New Offensive

By the Associated Press.
ROME. Wednesday, April 3.-Italians
are warned against the speech of Count
Czernin by the Giornale d'Italia, al. 1t
says, "Austria-Hungary has spoken Of
peace before every new offensive
against italy"
three-fourths of her army on ths Itai-
ian front. whore weather conditions
may allow her to undertake an often
sive immediately. Italy must be able
to resist on her front line like the An
glo-French on the western front. Upon
this granite resistance from the North
sea to the Adriatie depends the safety
Of the world"
A prominent member of tho italian
chamber Of deputies. in an interview in
Minis statement shows that Austria
considers the German offensive in
France to have failed In Its ultimate
aims.
Fighting on italian Front.
The Italian of,cial statement issued
by the war ONCE today says:
South OF Marco, one of our storming
parties surprised an enemy advanced
post and annihilsted its garrison. Our
men returned without losses: bringing
In fifteen prisoners. More prisoners
were taken on the southern slopes Of
Gina Deba and material was captured
on the northeastern slopes of Altissimo
euceessful reconnaissanceS were car
rted out on the Asiago plateau and on
Monte fomba. In the Upper Daone val
ley and at cortellasxo we defeated hos
tile patrols.
"An enemy sliing party attempted an
attack at 1.51s meters altitude in the
upper Val Furva, but was compelled to
retire. pursued by our skiing detach-
mental
Claims Hepulse Of Italians.
VIENNA. April 3 (via London).-The
Austrian oficial communication issued
today says:
I'm ths Adige valley italian recon-
noitering parties were repulsed"
Evening star., 1918-04-04
HUN ATTACK ON ITALY SOON;
WESTERN BATTLE NOT ENDED
Gen. Maurice Points Out That Germans
Have Used Only Half Of Divisions
in Recent Fighting.

By he AssociatsA Frees.
LONDON, April s.---Thers are indi.
cations that an Austrian attack or
italy 10 IN preparation, and We shall
not be surprised If It develops before
long" said Maj. Gan. 3. B. Maurice
chief director Of military operations al
the war once. IN MS weekly talk to-
day.
Gen. Maurice Indicated his belief
that further gigantic battles were in
prospect on the western front.
For the moment" he said. after
q series Of great battles. the front
both north and south Of the Somme has
reached condition OF stability. But
we are only at the beginning Of April
which is earlier than the beginning OF
the offensive last year. and whole
years campaigning season is still be-
fore US.
1T would be futile to think tho Ger
man operations at an end
Germans Active In Air.
The Germans Gen. Maurice stated
were making great effort In the al.
at time when the allies were some
what crippled by the loss of many air.
dromes and much equipment "The Ger.
man principle" he went on. 'fS to con-
oentrate everything on whatever they
undertake. That principle 10 being ap-
piled to the western front. That Is why
they stopped bombing London. While
the allies still retain superiority in the
air and a preponderance in men and
machinea we are far from having any
thing like command Of the air. The
enemy 10 able to take as many photo
graphs as he requires and to conduct
the necessary reconnaissance and
scouting by air.
"At present the enemy 10 engaged in
an effort to reduce the congestion in
the newly occupied territory. His army
is in two main masses, divided by the
Somme The congestion is particularly
severe in the north, where. thanks to
the resistance OF our splendid third
army, we were able to effect q more
systematic destruction of roads and
lines Of communication.
SIN the German attack they equipped
the men with rations for several days
and sent them to the front to last az
long as they could on those rations, re-
gardless Of transport They then re-
placed them with divisions from the
rear similarly equipped with iron ra-
tions. That device is now at an end
and the army must move up supplies.
Hun Divisions Exhausted.
"A great number of German divisions
are exhausted and must be moved back
to the depots and be replaced with fresh
divisions from other parts OF tho front,
Evening star., 1918-04-04
CHINESE INDIGNANT
AT JAPANESE ACTION
Protest at Substitution of Civil
for Military Authority
at Tsingtau.
ONCE HELD BY GERMANS

correspsadencs Of IL Associated Press.
PEKING. February 1s-6ubatitu<ion
by the Japanese Of civil administration
for military rule in Tsingtsu and along
the Tsingtau-Tsinan railway. which is
regarded here ~ giving the appearance
of psrmansncy to Japan's occupation OF
that territory in Shantung vrested
from the Germans at the beginning OF
the war. has aroused the Indignation
Of the Chinese local population. This
has been expressed In petitions to the
central government, to the governors
Of other provinces and to influential
Chinese Organisations.
The Chinese government has protest
ed to Toxic and has received q reply
stating in effect that the Inauguration
OF OWL government was done with the
idea that it might please the local
population better than q military re-
gime.
Japans point Of view, ~ described
here, 10 that any obligation to vacats
the terfftory In question after the war,
which existed BY virtue Of Japan's
declaration at the time Of its occup.-
tion. has been annulled by China'l
declaration OF war Against Germany
and the consequent cancellation Of ex-
listing treaties.
Evening star., 1918-04-04
. B. CLAYTON DENIES GUILT.
R9sads to Indictment in Munsey
Trust Osse-Equity Suits.

Trust Csse-Equity Smth
5zgesr n chxton today pleaded mot
n01ky b ehe Indictment nled Monday
%AoEg1ng him with embenlemsnt from
- 1nnnsey. Trust Company.
II. OaxtoHs attorney. oeorTe n Sui.
1van. today dsclared:
I when this case IN tried tho absolute
eanocsnce OF my client will be demon-
lfTated- The representatives Of the
1lunsey Trust Company have themselves
declared that Mr.. Ciaxton never got any
their moneys. as Is disclosed in two
4luity suits fled last Friday, known az
Elaxton We. Munsey Trust Company and
Nftnker Va Nunsey Trust Company. The
ftals OF these equity suits win en-.
W8aeen the public N to the full facts"