, 1918-05-30

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 made a great air raid
on London, killing A 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
not see the Red Cross signs on the hos
pitfalls, though they We're plainly visible.
Austrfa's renewed drive against Italy
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 concentrat her
forces on the Italian front, so 1t is like
ly the offensive will be started there
very o 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
lighting between the forces of Skoro-
padsky, the new U%krainian dictator,
and troops that remained faithful to
the rada. In Baku. on the Caspian,
which was previously reported captur-
ed by the Russians, the bolsheviki and
Mussulmans fought long and bitterly.
More than 1000 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
out bread.
Copenhagen dispatches say that Cen
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.
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Declaring that 1t had discovered an
extensive and dangerous pro-German
plot in Ireland, the British
descended upon the Sim Feln sudden
ly and arrested several hundred men,
bers of that party, including its presi-
dent, Professor de Valera, and prac-
tically all the other leaders. The coup
raised a storm in ireland and even the
nationalists. though dlsclaiming any
sympathy with the revolutionary aims
OF h 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
5ectors to the draft seem to rely great
ly on public opinion In the United
States, n over here there is n ten
dency to suspend judgment concerning
h | Fein arrests until the British
government adduces its proof of Il plot.
1t Is said the existence OF the plot
vas known for weeks by American
secret agents and that such notorious
Irishmen in America as Jeremiah
OLeary-now missing-were concern.
ed in 1t. 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
ave about S2O,OO0,OOO 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 1
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 AIKEN over
the carrier business of the Pullman
company, making 1t a 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 80, 1917.
Mrs Rose Pastor Stokes. well-known
socialist, was found guilty of violat-
ing the espionage act by a federal
court jury In Kansas City. She had
attacked the government as an ally Of