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The Washington times., 1918-12-10
IN SOUTH
AMERICAN TRADE

American capital must blaze the
way for American trade in South
America, a report of the Latin-Amer-
ican Bureau of the Department Of
Commerce today urged.
Huge German investments in all
The Washington times., 1918-12-10
AUTOK|LLS MAN;
SIX OTHERS HURT

One man is dead and six persons
today are suffering from injuries re-
ceived last night in traffic accidents.
While crossing at Sixth street and
Pennsylvania avenue northwest, an
unidentified white man. whose visit
ing cards bore the name John J. San
born" was knocked down by q speed
ing automobile and died while being
reomved to Emergency Hospital
George Carroll. a colored chauffeur, o
1886 Fourth street northwest, was
arrested a short time later when he
inquired at the Sixth precinct as to
the condition OF the man who was
knocked down"
Carroll ran from the police station
when questioned and was pursued by
several policemen and detectives. He
was shot in the heel when the police
fred at him in an effort to stop him,
and was placed under arrest by Pre-
cinct Detective Wright
woman and Boy Hurt.
Knocked down by an automobile
operated by Guy Williamson, Of 2214
Fourteenth street northwest. at First
and Massachusetts, avenue northeast,
last night. Evelyn Hedin. twenty-four
years old, of 227 East Capitol street,
was slightly injured.
While playing in A street, between
Second and Third streets northeast,
Elwood Kennedy, nine years old. Of
212 A street northeast, was knocked
down by an automobile and injured.
Miss Hazel Brown, twenty years
old, 1927 Paramount street northwest,
was slightly injured when the street
car on which she Is a passenger col
lided with another car at Eleventh
and Clifton streets northwest.
Injured In Runaway.
Thrown from the wagon he was
driving when the horse became fright
ened and ran away, on Brown Hill
road, Va, Thomas Wood. coIored.
forty-nine years old, of Colyin, Va.
was slightly injured.
Miss Edna Reiter, OF 1922 Sixth
street northwest. and Miss Catherine
McInerney, OF 1901 N street north
west, were knocked down by an au-
tomobilet operated by William Ham
mond. $50 Ninth street southeast at
Scott circle.
The Washington Railway and Elee-
trio Company today IL absolved of all
blame OF the death OF Mss Harriet
Turner, sixty-eight years old, who
was knocked down by q street car at
Twenty-fourth and Rhode Island ave-
nue. northeast on November 20.
The Washington times., 1918-12-10
TO FORM SINGLE STATE.

Official texts were presented to the
State Department yesterday giving
formal notice to the American Gov
eminent of the purpose OF the Serbs,
Croats and Slovenes to unite into a
single Jugo-Slavic state.
The Washington times., 1918-12-10

Let the noise Of quarters and dol
lars pouring ihtO the q. s. Treasury
announce to the world that this conn
try In United. Buy War Savings
Stamps.
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IRISH PARTY MAY
CHANGE METHODS
Desires to Prevent Aliena.
ton of Friends in Other
Countries
VIOLENCE HURTS CAUSE
Special Gable to Evening Public Ledger
Copyright. 1878. bp New York Times CO.
Iontlon Nav 20.

Special Gable to Evening Public Ledger
Copyright. 1878. by Ne,o York Times CO.
London. May 30.
The Chronicles Dublin correspondent
reports that a meeting of the Irish Par
liamentary party will be held In Dublin
on Thursday, when topics Of the greatest
Importance will be discussed.
II believe a definite halt will be called.
not to the policy, but 10 the method Of
advocating that policy, which certainly
tended to ALLEVIATE former friends Of
ireland and even 1rishmen themselves in
other countries" he says.
mo democracy In the world would re-
sent Irelano's hostility to conscription
imposed upon her against her will If the
unanswerable objection were fairly
stated, but many of the objectors,
through their want of faith in demo-
cratic principles, or perhaps their ignor-
ance of them. have resorted to more
primitive and dramatic arguments which
needlessly introduced passion and con-
fusion into what one might almost call
an issue of arithmetic-do two and two
make four?
Dillon seems determined to bring US
all back to this calculable issue, and so
at the eleventh hour to save the Irish
cause from the worldwide prejudice in
which 1t has been obscured by the fren-
sled irrelevancies of violent men, not all
Of them Sim Feiners. His language in
East Cavan yesterday was very sig
nihcant. and 1t may be accepted as an in
PRODUCTION to topics which will be con-
sidered on Thursday. . He declared that
the Sim Feiners by refusing to enter
into party truce were 'gravely endan-
gering the continued existence Of the
Mansion House conference
His consent to the diversion of the
national defense fund for the support Of
dependents Of deported suspects he hon.
estly described as surrender though he
claimed he would defend It,
The main argument Of his speech was
that arrests and deportations had noth-
Ing whatever to do with the fight of sus-
poets against conscrption. His defense
Of the surrender was that 1t was a sac
rihce made to preserve the unity of the
anticonscI iption forces"
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peasants. including former soldiers Of
the regular army, IL carrying on .
guerrilla warfare all over the country.
Hatred Of Germany 10 breaking out into
fierce flame. Actual experience Of Ger
man methods 10 prvoking q passion Of
patriotic resistance that no amount Of
persuasion and argument could ever
have aroused.
The German peace is forcing home TO
the Russian people an explanation apd
Justification Of war. Germans on Rus.
sian soil have transformed the appeal
Of Belgium and Serbia from Z distant
barely credible abstraction into q
reality.
But what Of the Bolshsviki them.
selves? I do not speak Of the masses
whose instincts are naturally anti.
German, but Of the leaders. who still.
to an obviously diminishing extent, in
fuence the masses. Recently the
1zvestia, the ofiicial organ Of the Soviets,
published an article conveying a yelled
intlmation that the Bolsheviki were dis
posed on terms to accept Allied aid ana
to struggle with a too.insistent Germany.
There can be no doubt that the Boi.
shevist leaders fnd the German de-
manQS extremely oppressive. WnlIo tne
task Of governing what remains Of Rus.
sia on communist principles under the
darkening shadow Of German imperial-
ism. Is insuperable. Lenine still seems
to believe he can retain an oasis for
soeialistic experiments, BY playing of
against each other the two groups Of
belligerent powers.
But other Bolsheviki, who were op-
posed to the conclusion Of the Brest-
Litovsk peace, realise clearly that their
only hope Is in resistance to Germany.
Chichorln, for instance, the leader Of the
delegation that signed peace Of Brest-
Litovsk. said to me on his return:
We hate the Germans as the French
hated them IN 1871"
The Bolsheviki are forming a Red
Army. It 10 true that 50 far this army
has bsen wholly ineffective against the
Germans, and that It has only served
as q kind Of gendarmerie for the main
tenance of Bolshevist despotism. But
in idea and inception At any rate It Is
anti-German, and several generals hope
to make It so In fact.
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some distance nothing which the enemy
has not already had in his hands and
nothing which Is vital 10 the Allies, who.
in contrast with their position north Of
Amiens. have here room to give way
without suffering serious consequences
Fight on Old Ground
A great part of the present battlefield
is on ground which carries US back to
the autumn of 1914, when. after staying
our retreat southeast Of Paris, we turned
our faces with a joyous shout north
ward, passed the Marine. and forced the
passage of the Aisne east Of Scissors, to
be held up by the arrival of the German
army which had been besieging Mau-
beuge.
We know that British troops are again
fighting on this front. and from the Ger
man reports 1t appears that some Of
them at least are between Rheims and
Berry-au-Bac on the Aisne. Included in
the battle area are the famous Heights
Of Craonne and the equally famous
Ridge. both bones of
contention throughout the great part of
the campaign of that year. They were
of great local value to the French, as
they comr/a,ded the whole valley OF the
Ailette, afforded the possessor admira-
BILE observation to the north and formed
a fine defensive line. The loss of these
heights is locally inconvenient. but
should have no wider effect An ad-
vance across them leads through highly
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defersible country to the strong line of
the Aisne and gives the enemy nothing
but hard-won ground for his pains.
The attack in Flanders between Locre
and Vormezeele has been made on a
front Of some four miles. and therefore
In comparison with the battles which we
have this year been witnessing Is of the
nature of local affair, probably de-
signed to capture Scherpenberg Hill and
to obtain footing on tn, slopes of Mont
Rouge west Of Locre.
Reserves Not Moving
The Germans probably reckoned that
the French would fight hard to keep the
Chemin-des-Dame and prevent the cap
ture Of Denys and of Scherpenberg
They may have, therefore. calculated that
these attacks would draw in more of
Foch's precious reserves and take them
away from the area which is to be the
scene of their great effort. For as far
as it is possible at present to Judge, moth
ing has yet been attempted by the enemy
on a scale to indicate that his main re-
that serve are on the move.
II. as In the case Of the attack in
Flanders of April 9. he gains by either
Of these efforts considerable and unex-
pected success 1t is highly probable that
he will exploit 1t to the full extent of
his power But, failing that, we must
look elsewhere for the great blow which
has been hanging over our heads for the
past weeks.
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EORY IN WAR BY AUGUST.
GERMAN PUBLIC IS PROMISED
kspt From People by Military Authorities, but senti
ment Against This Cursed War"
Keeps Growing

supplies from the Ukraine. When the
Ukraine peace was signed printed bills
were displayed In the shop windows
showing statistically the resources Of
that country; figures of wealth com.
pared with other parts Of Russia were
given to prove 1t was the richest por.
ton. Now the grain Is not forthcom-
ing the people believe II Is being re.
served for them later with the view
Of preventing the Entente from starv.
ing Germany out.
"The German working class food Is
now very bad. Such meat as the peo.
pie now receive consists of horse
flesh derived from horses killed at the
front, whose carcasses are sent back in
barrels. This meat 10 offensive. Other.
wise there is nothing in the way Of
meat. You receive a meat card, but
you can get nothing on It. Bread il 90
scarce that II YOU receive q weeks
supply on Monday and eat three slices
quantity by Thursday, and must then
90 without.
There are many Russians working
IN the Rhineland. It 10 stated the
peace treaty with Russia has been
broken and these Russians who were
At Arst liberated are now again tn
termed. They are compelled to work
exce@pivsly hard, and their appearance
% dsplorabls. The condition Of work.
era In the war.industry establishments
may b gathered from the fact that no
one Expresses the slightest surprise u,
90 4 often happens. q man falls and
has - b carried away.
1eeD3A have become callous to the
1em e human life. Women and girla
hANo - hard time % any men ever
~, and their hands are like iron. !
~ geeeaA. that thoss Germans
E}zDW 14lly expeet Germany y win the
D; m - - Z she sssl.
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RESTORE ROMANOFFS.
PURPOSE OF GERMANS
Elevation of Monar c h ist
Archbishop Only One of
Many Signs of Plan
Special Cable to Erening Public Ledger
Copyright, 1918. bv Ne,o York Times Co.
Geneva Nav 90

Special Cable to Euening Public Ledger
Copyrioht, 1918. bv Ne,o York Times Co.
Geneva, May 30.
The prevalent theory that Germany in
tends to establish a monarchy in the
Ukraine. preliminary to modified
restoration OF the Romanofr dynasty, Is
distinctly supported by news just re-
ceived from Kiev. Antonius. Archbishop
Of Kharkov. has just been appointed
metropolitan Of Kiev. which Is the high.
est post in the Hierarchy of the orthodox
Russian Church in the Ukraine (His
predecessor was murdered by Hooligans
In February. in circumstances Of ex-
traordinary brutality) Now. the senti-
ments Of Antonius are as we'll known as
his career. He has always been pro-
Gear.
Since the March revolution he has
been one Of the few leaders of church
who offered public prayers for the
restoration of Czardom, and ne is
known as the center Of the monarchist
propaganda.
Another Monarchist Busy
At the same time as this interesting
elevation takes place, Eulogius, Arch
bishop OF Volhynia. a friend Of Antonius
and also monarchist, breaks out In a
| significant manner. When the Ukrain-
ians began discussing independence a
year ago. and the prospects Of a return
Of the monarchy were very slight, Eulo.
gus was violently opposed to all talk
OF Ukrainian autonomy, let alone sepa.
ratism. Now the same Eulogius, scent.
| ing return Of Czardom In the Ukraine
| whatever its prospects In the rest OF
Russia, has become almost a fanatical
follower Of Skoropadsky and is address.
ing numerous public meetings in sup
port Of the Hetman appointed by Ger
| many.
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moved easily and quickly to attack the
allied lines west Of Rheims in fact. more
easily and more quickly than for an at
tack on Amiens, since they would be
marching across ground which has not
been devastated by the recent fighting
and through which communications may
be presumed to be in apple-pie order.
Looks Like Preparatory Blow
The Crown Prince had few prepara-
tions to complete to enable him to at
tack on the front he has now chosen
How many of his reserve divisions he
has moved down for this new battle It
Is not possible yet to say. But so far
this attack has more the appearance of
preparatory blow than of a great ef-
fort intended to produce great results
Scissors is some rem miles behind the
actual frcnt line which was struck by
the right Of the German attack at the
forest Of Pinon in the neighborhood Of
Anizy, north Of Soissons This would
give for an attack extending as far as
west Of Rheims a front Ct some thirty
miles, as compared with the fifty-mile
front of the attack of March q. Be-
hind this thirty-mile front there is for
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Kaiser, on Aisne Front,
Wires ''Progress' to Wife

Amsterdam, May 29.-The Kaiser
is on the Aisne battlefront at
point south of Laon, according to a
dispatch from Berlin today.
Laon is twenty miles north and
east Of Scissors and about nine
miles behind the original battle
line)
Telegraphing from this point. the
Kaiser sent the following message
to the Kaiserin:
Wilhelm (the Crown Prince) at.
tackled the English and French
along the Chemin- -des-Dames. com.
pletely surprising them.
we have crossed the Aisne and
are approaching the Vesle.
Fritz prince Eitel Friedrich),
with the First Guards infantry di.
vision. was one of the first who
reached the Aisne.
Our losses are slight. Tomorrow
we will make further progress"
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PUBLISH ONLY DEATHS
OF IRON CROSS HEROES
German Plan to Hide Losses.
False Reports of Paris
Bombing
By JULIUS WEST
Special Ceble to EVening Public Ledger
Copyright. 1878. by NesD York Tinsss co.

Cepyrtsht. 1878. by Ne.D York Tinss co.
Geneva, May 20.
Two interesting illustrations Of TIE
interruptions nature Of German propa.
ganda have Just come to light. The Ber-
liner Taseblatt printed a telegram pur.
porting to have been sent to the Zuricher
Post by its Paris correspondent, de-
scribing the devastating effects Of the
bombardment Of Paris. which went so
far as to say that the South Of France
was filled with refugees from the capital.
The zuricher Post now protests that
Its Paris correspondent never wired any
thing Of the resort The Berliner Tage-
blatt invented the telegram for the dou-
bic purpose of raising the German mo.
rale and arousing French feeling against
Switzerland.
The other case shows equal Ingenious
ness on the part Of the Germans. The
Gazette De Lausanne q few days ago
published an estimate Of the recent Ger.
man losses. It was stated in the article
that the German papers now no longer
are a guide TO the number Of casualties.
as since April 15 the publication Of no.
ticss Of deaths has been forbidden. me
German minister In Switzerland. Herr
Rombers. writes to the Gazette De Lau-
Same contradicting the last statement
AND inclosing few papers published
since April is. But the Swiss paper
points out that, although these contain
fewer death notices. curiously enough
very nearly all the dead were holders Of
the Iron Cross. An issue Of the Taglische
Rundschau had a list Of forty-five dead.
all decorated with the Iron Cross. except
four soldiers whose deaths were adver.
tised by their employers.
Tho Gazette De Lausanne now asks IL
Iron Cross heroes are especially vulner.
able. II not. why 1t Is that deaths Of
undecorated soldiers are not advertised
by their own relatives? Clearly the
Germans are attempting to suppress
knowledge Of their losses.
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FRENCH PHILOSOPHER
SEES VICTORY CERTAIN
Paris, Bombarded, More Res.
olute Than Ever, Declares
Bergson
By CHARLES A. SELDEN
Special Gable to Evening Public Ledger

Special Gable to Evening Public Ledger
Copyright. 1918. bv Nc,o York Times Co.
Paris. May 20.
Henri Bergson, French philosopher,
spoke today Of the wartime psychology
of Paris under the resumption Of the big
battle and with the long distance bonn
bardment shells exploding. I met him
by chance in the street. He recalled the
fact that I gave him the first news Of
the Russian revolution In March. 1917,
in New York. He talked freely. walking
along the bank Of the Seine
Paris is not the same today as In
August, 1914" he said You see no
excitement now, but you feel and are
sure of much more determination to
win than In the first wild demonstrati ton
of patriotism when the war began. 1t
is better this way, more dependa ble
That first mental state was too intense
to endure.
No Excitement
To-day you see Paris itself under
bcrbardment and the great battle re-
suming without trace Of public fear
or excitement. Men are still going of
to the war every day, but now 1t is a
matter of course to the men themselves
and their families. They are heroes
still but no longer cheered by frantic
crowds in the streets.
There is great assurance for the ma.
tional safety for the future In this
dogged calmness 1t Is not indifference
but the ever-growing strength does not
depend on shouting to keep increasing.
Now that the lull in the big battle
is over. we are more ready for new fight.
ing than the enemy. The interval OF
quiet was Of more use to us than to the
Germans. We could have gone on with.
out the lull. The Germans were forced
to rest ana recuperate after their losses
IN men and material, which were vastly
greater than ours.
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Tsoenty Boches Surrender
to Var Correspondent
with the Americans in Picardy,
Nfas, 90

with the Americans in Picardy,
May 20.
An instance Of the boche's
anxiety to surrender in the Can.
tisny battle was furnished when
q group Of twenty tried to be cap.
tured by an unarmed correspond.
ent.
Jimmie Hopper, magazine
writer, went over the top with
the Americans. A he was enter.
ing Cantigny a crowd Of Germans
rushed at him, begging earnestly
to be taken prisoners.
Hopper was nonplussed, but
called to an offlcer:
Come and get 'em!"
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CROSSES FOR PARIS RAIDS
All German Airmen Reaching
Capital Get Reward
Special Gable TO Eveuine Public LedRer

Copyright. 1918, bv Neto York Times Co.
Paris, May est has just transpired
that German airmen who succeed in
bombing Paris have right to claim the
Iron Cross for their prowess. Such is
the statements made by Captain Kohl
and a "Feldwebel.' who formed the crew
OF Gotha brought down by French fire
near Verberie last Tuesday night afear
attempting to bomb Paris.
Kohl and the Feldwebel. when they
made their enforced landing, set their
machine on fire. After wandering
nearly four days inside the French lines
they were captured on Saturday night
at Dives lie France by some French
trench artillerymen, just as they were
In the act Of slipping down a sunken
read running across the French front
line into the German trenches.
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U. S. SURGEONS HONORED
British Military Cros. for Captain
Walker and Eleven Lieutensnts

American Headquarters ON the British
Front, May 2s.-Captain Thomas Ed
ward Walker. Of the United States army
medical service. and eleven lieutenants
In that service have received the British
Military Cross. The lieutenants thus
honored are
Linwood NJ, Gable, Arthur Irving
Haskell. James B. Clinton, Samuel
Adams, Gouveneur Boyer, Harold
Foster. John Gregg, Albert I. L. Jones.
Baldwin l. Keyes, Guy d. Tibbetts
and Harvey c. UpdeErove.
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Another Monarchist Buoy
Dutch Ships Seized by Germans

Amsterdam, May 2s.-Dutch steam.
ship Jantje and sailing vessels Maria,
Jacoba and Gerzing have been seized by
Germans and taken into Swinemuende
This 10 In pursuance Of their policy of
not permitting Dutch vessels to sail
without German safe-conducts, pending
arrangement Of the transit question be-
tween Holland and Germany.
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South or the Somrne
toward Montdidier
and Amiens. Once
his progress was
definitely checked.
he withdrew such
divisions as were
not Immediately re-
quired on hts front
to be refatted,
trained and rested !;
and II Is probable
that a considerable
number OF them
have been located
in the valley of the
Disc, between st.
Quentin and Hir-
son.
Here they would
be near the center
of the chord Of
the rough arc
which bows into
the Franco-B British
front b e [ W e e n
Rheims and Lens
and ~. aMld ha
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CZECHS FIGHT GERMANS
Street Fighting Marks Revolt In
Laibach and Gratz

Zurich, May 29.-Todays reports
from I.aibach and Gratz tell Of lively
fighting between the Czechs and Ger
mans on the streets of both cities and
Of the killing Of many Germans.
Laibach is the capital Of Carniola and
is on the Muir river. Gratz is the capital
Of Styria, located about thirty-five
miles northeast Of Trieste.
Trieste has been breadless for the
last eight days and the Vienna potato
ration has been reduced to one pound
weekly
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PRISONERS EXCHANGE SOUGHT
Negotiations Under Way Between
Enrland and GERMANY

LsnAen. May 2s.-Lord Newton IL
many for q wide exchange Of prisoners
along the line Of the Franco-0erman
agreement.
Germany has suggested . meeting At
acute difdculty.
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ARMEN SINK AUSTRIAN ship
British Fliers Raid Durasso,
Italian Steamship Sunk

tackled burasso and sunk an Austrian
lsstroysE It was officially announced
The Italian steamship Avala was sunk
ssssf s.,,. :n hes,s ashs w1sh German sub. b:
Ayala was . stssi steamer Of SSSS tons.