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New-York tribune., 1918-07-16
Union With Salonica Front
Would Force Foe to Weak
en- Lines Elsewhere
Valona Made Safe
If Italians Enter Elbasan En-
tire Southern District Is
Lost to Austrians
By Hilaire Belloc
Especial Cable to The Tr;bunc)

'opectdt CG6te TO The TribMne)
Copyright l9ls by Tho Tribune Association)
LONDON, July 15.-The situation in
Albania is extremely interesting,
though difficult to follow because the
district is most imperfectly mapped
Roughly, the position is this: Three
rivers descend from the tangle of
mountains which form the theatre of
war and reach the Adriatic in courses
roughly parallel to one another east
and west.
The first is the Voyusa, running i'm
mediately in the neighborhood of Va
Iona, the great harbor which the
Italians seized on their entry into the
war. The river next to the north is
the Semeni, continuing it's direction
up-country by the Devoli.
Berat an Important Town
On this water course stands the i'm
portant town of Berat, which until
quite recently was an Austrian base
Next to the north again is the Skumb,
on which stands the capital of the
whole district, Elbasan. The Skumbi
River covers the port of Durazzo.
When operations began ten days
ago the Austrians were standing upon
the Voyusa and menacing Valona har-
Dor. The first forty eight hours work
threw them back off this line by about
a days march, and the Italians reached
the lower part of the Semeni line.
Meanwhile, the French working
around to the east were approaching
the same line, and, converging their
attack, forced the Austrians to fall
back out of Berat, which was immedi-
ately occupied by Italian troops.
Valona Harbor Safe
Up to this point the effect of the
operation has, been negative, though
valuable, in that it has removed the
threat to Valona Harbor and put it out
Of the enemy's range. 1t remains to be
seen whether a future positive effect
will be added to this negative one, and
the test will be whether the Allies
reach the line of the Skumbi and enter
Elbasan. which is about twenty miles
ahead of their present positions. If
they do, all of Southern Albania is in
their hands, ample and free communi-
cations will exist between Adriatic
ports and the Macedonian or Salonica
front, and the enemy will be compelled
to send considerable reinforcements tc
this region to relieve the pressure else
where.
AS this is sent news is just coming
through of a great German offensive
begun east and west of Rheims, with ne
further news added. I must wait unit
tomorrow before making possible com
ment on the operations.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-16
'Zukunft' Editor Says Ger
mans Decry Because They
Don't Understand
L ea ders Discredited
Declares, After Brest-Litovsk,
None Will Ever Be
Believed Again

AMSTERDAM, July 15.-Maximilian
Harden, in an article in "Die Zukunft,"
refers to the significance Of President
Wilson's speech at Mount Vernon and
the common celebration in Great
Britain and in America of Independence
Day.
Frankly admitting the truth of the
contention that America desires no
territory; that her Intervention means
no material gain for her, and even is
bound to be extremely costly for her,
Herr Harden seeks to impress upon
his readers the truth that America
entered the war from idealistic mo-
tives. To these motives, he says,
many Germans are blind and, accord
ingly, most Germans decry them.
Harden recognizes the reality OF
danger to America from a victorious
Germany and says Americas decision
was bound to fall where it did fall,
whether the Presidents name was
Hughes, Taft, Roosevelt or Wilson.
Harden attacks Admiral Won Tirpitz,
ex-Minister of Marine, and DR.. Won
Kuehlmann, the recently retired For
eign Secretary, as carriers of the
ancient Prussian tradition of King
Frederick in these words:
"Who gave one man the right to
lay the foundation of fresh power on
human misery and destruction? Con-
quered lands do not make the dominions
Of ioho loo
happier, and a ruler who imagincs he
can increase his own happiness thereby
is in grave error" Yet, in the same
year, 174o, Harden continues, King
Frederick prepared and executed the
invasion of Silesia. This sort of
morality, Harden concludes, still in
spires the rulers of Germany Of to-
day.
LONDON, July 15.-The holders of
high Offices, says M. Harden in "Die
Zukunft," according to the Rotterdam
correspondent of "The Daily Tele-
graph" when it seems useful to them
selves, profess to favor a new world
order of democracy and national peace,
but they really are only carrying on
the tradition Of the power of the
sword.
"No high parsonage in the German
Empire" he says, wishes to see set
up league of nations, adhesion to
which has been declared by the states
of North and South America and
representatives of England, France,
Italy, Canada, Australia and India. The
continuance of endeavors to conceal
this fact has become unnecessary since
Brest-Litovsk and Bucharest
1--WE know what the enemy wants
and we know that we have a govern
ment which, calling itself pan Ger
man or whatever else it likes. only
the army and feels certain of obtain
ing it in a short time.
ave may be certain that no words
of theirs will every gain belief any
where"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-16
It's Lieut.. Gould, Now,
And He Is in France
Kingdom Gould, Who Long Re-
fused Commission, Is a Cen
sorship Officer

ELIZABETH, N. j.. July 15.-King-
don Gould now is lieutenant, acting
as censorship officer overseas, it was
learned to-day, when scores of letters
and postcards received by parents of
soldiers here were seen to be marked:
Censored, Kingdom Gould, First
Lieutenant, National Army"
1t is now permissible to state that
Gould, who gained considerable atten-
tion by his repeated refusals to accept
a commission, went abroad with the
18th Division. He went to Camp Dix
as private last September with Com
pany D, 31lth Regiment. Because Of
his knowledge of foreign languages he
was transferred to the headquarters
company and placed in the intelligence
Office. He was promoted to sergeant,
and a short time before the division
left Camp Dix he was commissioned.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-16
Reichstag Passes
Biggest Tax Budget;
Adjourns to. Nov. S.

AMSTERDAM, July 15.-The Reichs-
tag, according to dispatch from
Berlin, has adjourned until November
b. One of its last acts SATURDAY. was
to pass all taxation bills, which the
Finance Minister declared were moro
extensive and more important than any
since the foundation of the empire.
After the Reichstag had voted war
credits President Fehrenbach said Il
could look back with satisfaction on
the past session, and that the people
also gould regard the peace treaties in
the East with satisfaction.
Sees Better Conditions
he hoped the government would sue
ceed IN opening way to the East. en-
t'ring into friendly relations. hrino;no o
order where disorder reigns. and cons
cludlng economic agreements.
We cannot tell our constituents F." he
6eclared, that the end of their sacri-
i1ces mas come, but it is to be hoped
1hat as the trials of last winter we're
oorne better than the previous one. and
as heaven has preserved us from cron
1allures. our stanch and faithful nco-
PIE will also be able to bear the hard
shlps OF the coming winter"
Full Faith in Army
Herr Fehrenbach asserted that as
me IN guilt of the war did not rest with
oetmany' and that as the enemy per-
sisted IN their desire to annihilate the
GERMAN people, nothing remained for
Germany but to break this desire for
annlhllation. He concludcd:
I'VE place our faith in Gods nro.
tection of our valiant and incompar.
able army, so that it will with vic.
tories this summer lay the foundations
OF an honorable and La astinn naana ),
New-York tribune., 1918-07-16
Allied Enjoys Demand
Gen. Horuuth Withdraw
Dictatorship Manifesto
(Bu The Associated Press)

PEKING, July 13. The British,
French and Japanese ministers to
China have strongly protested to Gen
eral Horvath, the anti-B olshevik mill
tsry commander, who has formed a
temporary war cabinet for Siberia, ask
ing him to withdraw his dictatorship
proclamation on the ground that it is
unwise and untimely
The proclamation, the ministers say.
is calculated to cause a situation which
may impede the movement of the
Czecho-Slovaks, which movement at the
present time is all important. General
Horvath is requested to reply to the
diplomatic protest.
Declaration has been rade by the
Harbin and Vladivostok groups of the
antl-Bolshcviki in Siberia that they
will proceed to reestablish order and
clear the Far East of .he Bolsheviki
without foreign Intervention. After
ward, according to their plan, pro-
which an All-Siberian Constituent AS
sembly is expected to be an outgrowth.
These groups are endeavoring to enlist
a volunteer army.
The possibility is apparent that the
Horvath group will consolidate with
the Vladivostok party and avoid frc-
tion: 1t appears that the City Duma
OF Vladivostok passed q resolution on
June 80 for acknowledgment of the
autonomous government which General
Horvath claims was elected in January
by the Siberian Provincial Duma.
The Cossacks of Grodekova have
80. %l "a 81 Po1
sheviki.
Train service on the railway between
Vladivostok and Nikolsk is being
i limited to military uses,
New-York tribune., 1918-07-16
y. S. Discipline Lax.
Says German PAPER
Press Reports Continue Pol;cv
of Belittling Americas
Military Efforts

AMSTERDAM, July 15.-The German
press continues its campaign of belit-
ting the American military effort on
the Western front.
The military correspondent of the
"Lokal Anzeiger" keeps step with the
other experts and expresses disbelief
in the statement that more than 1000 :
600 American soldiers are in France.
However, he confesses to great admira-
tion for the personal qualities of the
American soldiers, although he con-
siders that they lack discipline, saw
ing:
"They are smart fellows, but only
when they like to be-"
ut is granted" he adds, chat Ameri-
can human material equals the Eng
lish, yet the American army will be in
ferior because the Americans will not
have leaders possessing the requisite
experience for handling big armies"
General Kobe, the military critic of
the "Germania," says that at the most
there are 100000 Americans, including
working squads, at the front, and pro-
ceeds:
"The significance Of Americas ac
ton should in nowise be underrated,
nor does our chief command underrate
it, but we should guard against over
rating it, for no other reason than
that transportation must be made in
creasingly difficult by the U-boats; also
in view of the problem of equipment
and commissariat, which are easily
solvable on paper but not in reality.
Therefore, the Americans can bring
about no change in favor of our oppon-
ents in the immediate future"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-16

loyal to the cause of the Allies and de-
sirous of throwing off the German yoke.
NINE. Botchkarova recently made a
similar appeal to President Wilson.
The Russian Embassy in Washing
ton and Russian diplomats accredited
TO the Allied powers arc not support
Ing any particular faction or so-caled
government in Siberia, it was learned
Today. The movement of General
horvath, director of the Manchurian
branch of the Trans Siberian Railroad,
was declared "to have no Importance"
Russians here express the views ex-
Kerensky, that the Allies ought to
hasten their aid to Russia, as in three
months it may be too late. The view
was expressed here that even one
month more might determine whether
Russia is to be Germanized.
Russian diplomats here also hold that
the Allies should not desert the
Czecho-Slovaks in Siberia and Central
Russia, but should send relief ex-
pedltlon to their aid to prevent them
from being massacred by the Bolsheviki
and Germans.
Allies Not Blamed
German attempts to fasten blame for
lne ASSASSINATION OF Count Won Mlrbach
upon the Allies have been entirely
thwarted by the admission of respon-
| siblity for the death of the German
Ambassador by the Central Executive
Committee of the Left, of the Social
Revolutionary party, according to ad-
vlces to-day to the State Department.
NO pretence is now made in Moscow
that the Allies were in any way re-
spohslble for the assassination.
The Social Revolutionary party is a
group of former Premier Kerensky's
followers, who have been able to main.
tam an organization since the over
throw of the provisional government.
The Left, it is understood here, has
broken away from the remainder of
the party and joined forces with the
Ro'sheviki.
The situation in Moscow is reported
very. bad. No trains are entering or
leaving the city, and although the
local Uprising is reported to have been
ruS Gown transportation is in an even
more thoroughly dislocated condition
than IL was during the recent riots.
The State Department received a
Swedish press report to-day of the pro-
Jected removal of the Bolshevik capital
from Moscow to Murem, some distance
to the east
New-York tribune., 1918-07-16

most completely at the mercy OF the
holders of the Siberian Railroad for
their food supplies.
British Reinforced
British reinforcements, probably
drawn from the garrison at Hong
Kong, from India and from the Brit
.ish Asatic fleet, added to the liked
British and Japanese forces already at
Vladiyostok, have revived the hopes of
those officials who have favored an
Entente joint military campaign IN
Siberia. 1t is believed, however, that
this is merely precautionary measure
in order to have the necessary 1oree
to begin such a campaign promptly
should the consent of America be
forthcoming.
American participation IN the JOINT
Entente occupation of the Murmansk
coast of Russia, so far as known mere,
is limited to marines and blueJackets,
and the number of these, which is not
large, cannot be definitely stated, ac-
cording to the rules of censorship.
War Department officials said to-day
no American troops have been landed
on the Murman coast to their KNOW.
edge. and that if it should turn out
that such troops had made their ap-
pearance in the neighborhood of Arch
angel and Kola they must have been
dispatched at the suggestion Of General
Foch, supreme commanding general.
from some of the large number of
American troops now in training IN
English concentration camps.
An official dispatch from Rome says
the entire Italian press comments upon
the presence of Allied troops on the
Murman coast, and the general impress
sion is that the occupation will facili-
assistance
Russia will not be confined to simple
protective measures for the Kola and
Archangel railroads, but will have an
international character, having as Its
aim the complete restoration of the
Russian government.
Asks Intervention at Once
A plea for immediate military inter-
venton by the Allies in Russia was
made to-day to a group of Senators by
Nine. Botchkarova, former leader of
the Russian Womans Battalion of
Death. Speaking through an interpre.
she urged that an American army OF
100000 men, If possible, or combined
Allied force, be sent through Siberia.
Unless this military aid is given
soon, Nine. Botchkarova said, it will be
too late to save Russia from Germany
Economic help is needed, she asserted
but military intervention would be well
coined by the Russian peasantry and is
imperative.
Many questions were asked by Sena-
tors regarding conditions in Russia
Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, chair
man of the Foreign Relations Commit
tee, asked if 100000 Russians in this
country would not answer for military
purposes. The reply was that the Rus
sian people and parties are fghtins
among themselves. and that either ar
American force alone or an Allied force
should be sent.
A military expedition composed en-
! tirely of japanese would not be wei
coined in Russia, the speaker said
| though there would be no objection ta
an Allied expedition of which the ma
jority was not Japanese.
Teuton Prisoners Aiding
Most of the Bolshevik army, thu
speaker asserted, are former German
and Austrian prisoners, the great
masses of the Russian people being
New-York tribune., 1918-07-16
German Airplanes
Use u. S. Insignia
Shoot Down Balloon After De-
ception, but Flee With
II in Pursuit
(By The Associated Press)

(By The AsSocidtcd Press)
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE MARINE, July 15.-Five German
airplanes, modelled after the machines
the American aviators are using and
carrying American insignia on the
wings, attacked one of the American
sausages south of Chateau Thierry this
evening. and managed to get so close
under the disguise that they were able
to fire incendiary bullets into the bal
loon. which burst into flames. The oc-
cupants of the sausage, however, es-
capped by parachutes.
Seventeen American pursuit planes
Immediately left the ground, and when
last seen they all were fighting we'll in
side the enemy lines.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-16
Guy Empey "Over the Top"
With u. s. Army Commission

WASHINGTON, July 15.-- Guy En-
pey, author of cover the Top" and
known the country over as lecturer
on the war, was to-day commissioned
a captain in the adjutant generals
depa rtment of the army.
Captain Empey has been ordered to
Camp Freeman, California.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-16
ity was taken after the Bolsheviki had

CITY Was taKeH Hlter INC bOISheVIKl hhu
put up violent resistance.
BY the capture of Kazan the Czecho-
Slovaks have become masters of the
government of the Lower Volga, says
dispatch from Moscow to the "Berliner
Tageblatt." The Czecho- Slovaks, the
dispatch adds, also are utilizing War
Minister Trotzky's mobilization in the
Ural Mountains, on the Nolga River
and in Siberia, for their own purposes
by forming from recruits what they
New-York tribune., 1918-07-16

kazan is on the Kazanka River. near
where it joins the Volga 1t ia manu-
featuring and commercial centre ard ia
the entrepot Of the CONNER rec betwecn n
Siberia and European Russia. kazan
Is about 100 miles north Of Simb rs K.
whore the Bolshevik government troops
were reported to have defeated the
Czcchs last week
New-York tribune., 1918-07-16

British reserves back of Amiens might
be drawn into the defence of Paris,
weakening the line in the Albert re-
gion, which is regarded ms the certain
prime objective of the whole German
plan of campaign,
New-York tribune., 1918-07-16
President Eagerly Scans
Every Scrap of News
From Battlefront
Baker and High Army
Officers Study Fight
Remain at War Department
Late and Fail to Hide
Their Satisfaction

WASHINGTON. July 15.-An air of
elation was apparent in government
circles tonight as Associated Press
dispatches from France unfolded the
story of the valiant stand of American
troops along the Marne against the re-
newed German offensive.
Official advices were slow and no
formal report on the German effort to
drive the jaws of great pincer move
ment about Rheims on a sixty-tive-
mile front was available at a late hour.
Press reports made it clear. however,
that the enemy had not only been
stoned, bat hurled back by American
counter attacks along the Marne,
where the Americans hold the left
flank of the great battle front, while
the French army, aided near Rheims
by Italian divisions. stood fast over the
far greater extent of the line they de-
tended against fierce assaults.
President Intensely Interested
At the White House the President
read the account with interest that did
not wane. At the War Department
Secretary Baker, General March, chief
of staff, and other high army officers
received eagerly the brief reports of
the battle flashed across the country
Associated Press report, which was
promptly relayed to the as the wires
brought it in, was studied with growing
delight as it became evident that the
enemy had met with a decided check in
the first rush of his greatest effort
thus far
The fact that credit for stopping the
heaviest parts of the assault thus far
reported belongs to men of the first
American Army Corps added to the
feeling of eation officials had diff
culty in concealing.
After reading to-night's reports Sec
retary Baker made the following state
ment 10 the Associated Press:
"The attack made by the Germans
is evidently the result of careful prep
arations. 1t covers wide front and is
made in force. We are at the end of
the first day of a great battle. The
reports so far are encouraging and
seem to indicate both heavy fighting
and effective resistance along the en-
tire front"
Hard Fighting Expected
Further desperate fighting is expect
ed. 1t is not conceivable here that the
German high commend will be content
to abandon a project of the scope of
to-day's enterprise without repeated
efforts to overcome its initial failures
The outstanding fact, however, is that
the first time since the German thun-
derbolt was launched against the Brit
ish in March the enemy had failed tc
make any appreciable advance ir
twelve hours of fighting, although il
had always been held that no majo,
offensive properly sheltered under ar.
tllery preparation could be stopped
short.
Officials wee strongly inclined to-
night to believe that the present Ger
man effort is intended only as a fore
runner for a later assault to the north
toward the Channel ports. If it proves
successful in dislodgins the Franco
Italian defences of Rheims by later d.
rect assault or by pressing the pincer
movement it is argued that the Franco
New-York tribune., 1918-07-16
Czecho-Slovaks Take
Kazan, Trade Centre, in
Driue Totuard Archa7gel

LONDON, July ,15.-Czecho-Sl -Slovak
troops have captured the city Of Kazan,
43O miles east Of Moscow, an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen
says it is reported from Moscow. The
New-York tribune., 1918-07-16

call Black Guards, which they use TO
strengthen their own forces.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-16
Allied Forces
Begin Advance
Upon Moscow

Continued from page 1
New-York tribune., 1918-07-16

s fully realized in England.
The evening world., 1918-05-10
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The evening world., 1918-05-10

While Mrs. Wright puts on her.
Kitchen apron. the hostess provides
her with pots and pans, spoons and
cups from the cupboard-and the
cooking begins.
Down at Henry Street Settlement,
where a large part Of the population
is Jewish. Mrs. Wright usually dem.
onstrates how noodles can be made
from barley flour instead Of whea;
flour or how to make the Jewish
pancake with barley flour. The inter
prefer explains it to the women as the
cooking progresses.
When the finished product Is
turned out-flaky white or golden
brown, as the case may be-relresh.
ments are served. That Is, the dish,
which Is amply big enough for all the
guests, is sampled. II the party APP
prove Of the flavor and the war saw
ing idea, they promise to make il In
their " kitchens and to teach other
friends and neighbors how to use war
substitutes.
This week has been the first intro.
duction OF Kitchen Parties, but as
they have been successful they will
be carried on next week in the Italian
districts Of Union Settlement, accord.
ing to Mrs. Wright,
There | shall show the women how
to use more rice and potatoes instead
of so much spaghetti Mrs, Wright
said. 81 shall prepare those things