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Evening star., 1918-11-24
Grand Duchess Thoughtful.
Yankees May Be First
of Major Forces to
Step on German Soil

The American Army of occupation
may be the first of the major military
forces moving toward the Rhine to
set foot on German soil Gen. Per-
shing reported today to the War De-
partment that his advance had reach
ed the line -Estederf-R Re-
mich Schengen. Duchy of Luxemburg.
or just across the Moselle from
Rhenish Prussia Tonight they will
be mbving toward Coblenz, the Rhine
bridgehead assigned to the United
States to hold yer German territory.
French forces reached the Rhine
near the Swiss border some days ago.
1t may be that patrol detachments Of
this army already have penetrated
through the forty-kilometer zone
which will be held as neutral ground
until the peace treaties fix new bound
aries, but 1t is regarded as probable
that the American Sd Army will lead
the real advance into Germany.
Evening star., 1918-11-24
B|PLANE ON WAY HERE
SOON HAS BREAKDOWN

DEMING. N. NJ, November 23.-The
Loughead biplane "102." which left
Santa Barbara, Cal, this morning for
Deming en- route to Washington. D. c.,
broke down and was forced to land at
Tacna, Ariz, this afternoon.
This information was received here
tonight in a telegram filed at Wellton,
six miles from Tacna, which is a
desert station on the Southern Pacific
line forty-four miles east Of Yuma
In addition to Chief Pilot Myerhoffer,
the "102" carried A. R. Berneau, as
sistant, and l. G. Flint. mechanician,
who will spend the night at Tacna
and expect to have the machine in
shape to fly to ella Bend, seventy-nine
miles east, where they will take gaso-
line From Gila Bend the eastward
fight will be resumed and the ma
chine Is expected to reach Deming
about noon tomorrow
Evening star., 1918-11-24
Presence of Mr.. Wilson
in Paris Much Desired,
Declares London Paper

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. November 23.-Disavow-
ing any wish to intervene in Ameri-
can criticism of the visit Of Presi-
dent Wilson to Paris, the Times says
that his presence in Paris is much de-
sired.
done incalculable services to the al
lied cause. His name is one to con-
lure with in Europe. We are all
idea1ists now in international affairs.
We look to him to help US to realize
these ideals and to reconstruct bet
ter and f8irer world.
For this reason and because he is
head of the American Republic. we
hope that party controversies will not
prevent him from coming to Europe.
There may doubtless be difficulties
surrounding his attendance at the actual
peace conference, but even moro i'm
portant than the actual conference
are the discussions that must precele
it, and in these President Wilson's
presence not only is desirable. but is
indispensable"
Evening star., 1918-11-24
500 Former Russ Officers
Murdered by Bolsheuiki
Terrible Excesses Committed in Petrograd- Men
and Dogs Battle for Horse Flesh--AHied
Forces Meet Sitter Resistance

and entente troops have encountered
strong opposition, both on the Volog-
da-Archangel railway and on the
Dvina river. Owing to the swampy
condition of the terrain it has been
necessary to conffne operations to the
waterway and the railway. AS the
upper part of the river is deeper than
at its mouth the bolshevik craft,
equipped with large guns. have been
better able to maneuver than the en-
tente ships and have prevented the
occupationSof Kotlas by the entente.
A plan is under discussion in mill
tary circles for the creation Of vol
untary army for Russian relief,
should the allies agree upon the pol
icy of feeding Russia.
Four Hours Of Daylight.
Daylight in Archangel now is of
only four hours duration, and this
guerilla warfare Of the bolsheviki,
operating in the shelter of the for
ests.
It is believed that evacuation Of the
Archangel district by the allies
would probably result in the murder
the entente by the bolsheviki. just as
| the elements antagonistic to the boil
sheviki were slaughtered in the Vol
ga towns evacuated by the Czechs
after the establishment OF white
guard governments under Czech sup
port.
A similar slaughter occurred at
Vologda, where entente supporters
who rallied about the embassies were
prosecuted mercilessfy after the de-
parture of the entente diplomats. AL
lied encouragement of the anti-bol-
shevik organization has carried with
1t a responsibility which the military
leaders are unwilling to overlook.
Kolchak Is Feared.
Cablegram to The Sunday Star and the
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1918.
vLADIvoSToK, Siberia, November
IA Kolchak dictatorship means
trouble for Russia and Siberia said
the leaders Of local zemstvo to me
today. "Kolchak is a reactionary
and his dictatorship would be worse
than the old empire. We have rec
ognized the Omsk directory Of five,
but refuse to recognize the new move
1t makes no difference whether Gen.
Horvath and Gen. Ivanon uphold him
The opinion of the local 1emstvo is
like that In the rest of the country -
Admiral Kolchak is known to Amer
i leans here as a man of the world, well
informed and not especially reaction
airy. His rise thus causes surprise.
H
Evening star., 1918-11-24
British War Vessels
May Escort American
President Into Port

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, November 23.-The Brit
ish admiralty is considering plans for
the reception of President Wilson. It
probably will send warships to meet
the Agamemnon and escort the presi-
Dental party to port
One'plan under discussion includes a
reception at Plymouth, whence the
Pilgrims sailed for the western conti-
nent, with possibly a ceremony in the
building on the site of the house in
which the Pilgrims were entertained
before setting sail.
Evening star., 1918-11-24
announcement.

In order to comply with the
governments requirements for
the conservation Of print paper.
The Star is compelled to omit
from today's paper the Special
Features Section
It will make its appearance
again next Sunday, and in it will
begin a new serial, '"The Man
Who Lost Himself" by H De
vere Stacpoole. a novel Of origi-
naIity and bubbling humor.
Evening star., 1918-11-24
Cease to Represent Teutons.

MADRID. November 23.-The Ger
man and dAustro-Hungarian ambassa-
dors here have ceased to represent
their respective countries according
to the newspapers.
Evening star., 1918-11-24
GERMANS HAuWG
U. S. PRESIDENT AS
THEIR LIBERATOR
Cablegram to The Sunday Star
and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright, 1918.

WITH THE AMERICAN
ARMY IN FRANCE, November
23.-It is a significant thing
that thousands of Germans en-
countered by American forces
hail President Wilson as the
liberator of Germany. They say
that he has brought republican
ism to their empire.
These Germans are almost as
enthusiastic as the French con-
cerning what America has ac-
complished in the war.
They look to us for assistance
in establishing a German re-
public.
Evening star., 1918-11-24

Any program of reconstruction
which does not provide for the COM
plete destruction of bolshevism in Rus
sia will leave in the world the germ
of another great war. Bolshevism,
in its ambitious scheme of conquest,
aims not alone at the destruction of
orderly government in the land of the
Muscovite, but would plunge the
whole world into anarchy. There
fore, If the continued peace of the
world is to be assured bolshevism
must be destroyed.
These vare some Of thn etatsnsnts
which Prince Lvon. frst prime min
lister Of Russia when, the monarctU
was overthrown. nads 70 sfdeiit
Wilson Thursday last and repeated
to a company of newspaper men in
his room at the Powhatan yesterday.
Prince Lvon said that immediate
physical, financial and moral support
to the allies is imperative. and mill
tary Intervention absolutely neces-
sary. -
Hold Russia's Resources.
Prince Lvor declared that the: boil
sheyiki are now in possession OF the
physical resources of a great part .of
Russai. To dislodge them will require
a much greater effort than would
have been the case six months ago
The Czecho -Slovaks are doing splen-
did work. but they are only 1000
strong and unless reinforced 1t will
be impossible for them to rescue Rus
sia from anarchists.
"It would not be proper for me to
disclose what transpired during the
Evening star., 1918-11-24
PUT DOWN BOLSHEVISM
IN RUSSIA, SAYS PRINCE
Lvof Declares Unless 1t Is Crushed the Whole
World Will Be Plunged Into Anarchy-Ap-
peaLs to Allies to Aid Disrupted Nation

conference with President Wilson" I"
said the distinguished Russian. but
know his heart Is with us and am
sure he will be ready to support such
measures as are found necessary to
cope with the new world menace"
No Place at Green Table.
should choose to recognize somebody
in an unofficial capacity. Russia
would be wholly without representa-
tion at the peace conference. He
declared his country would be forced
to throw itself on the mercy and
generosity Of the nations that are still
recognized BY, an overwhelming ma
.5orfty OF Russian citizens as their
.You represent the liberal construc-
tvs Sienent pf Russia, then why not
yourself be a delegate at the. confer
ence?" was suggested to Prince Lvon.
"If the allies choose to recognize me
in that capacity I would be proud to
serve and would consider it my duty
to do so," replied the Russian.
Bolsheviki's Tricky Move.
Prince Lvoff said that the bolsheviki
took advantage of the wearied condi-
ton of Russia and gained power by
promising peace, bread and liberty.
Instead of peace, he said, they gave
unceasing war; instead of bread, hun
ger without precedent in Russia. and
instead of liberty a bloody tyranny
unknown in the worst years of the
reign of the cZars.
"They aim at worldwide destruction
and would plunge the earth into an
archy if they could. It's for America
and the allies to save Russia. for in
so doing they are saving themselves
Evening star., 1918-11-24
Gen. March Furnishes Clue.

In fixing coblenz today as the OBJ
jective of the American advance, Gen.
March furnished a clue to the mill
tary situation that Is to exist while
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Evening star., 1918-11-24

By the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, friday, November
22.-The bolsheviki have been guilty
of terrible excess in Petrograd In
the last few days. according to
dispatch from Abo,-Ffnland. to the
Aftonbladet. Five hundred former
Russian army officers are reported
to have been murdered.
COPENHAGEN, November 22.-The
soviet authorities Of Russia have or
dered that cruiser be ready at the
shortest notice to sail from the
mouth of the Neva river, in the Gulf
of Finland, and it. is announced that
in case of danger fourteen members
of. the government will embark for
a neutral port, according to Petro-
grad advices.
Battle for Food.
LONDON, November 23.-Dogs and
men are battling In Petrograd for
the flesh of horses which drop dead
in the streets, according to British
business man who has just arrived
in London. He escaped from Petro-
grad early in November and evaded
the bolShev1k Gu2rO at tHe AuhiSH
border at night.
The bolshevik government. ne said.
has announced since the recapture
of Kazan, Simbirsk and Samara that
they would have grain enough TO
feed the soldiers, sailors and their
own partisans throughout the winter.
They will not issue food to any other
nersons. AS q result money has lost
it's food-buying power and the non
holshevik Russians are in a des-
perate condition.
Germany Sends Demand.
The German government. replying to
The Russian soviet governments 8
Wireless message asking the German
workmen to form proletariat dicta-
torship, has sent a note, according TO
a dispatch from Copenhagen to the
ExchanEe Telegraph Company. de-
manding that Russia acknowledge
the present German government and
not to agitate for another.
The German government also de-
mands an explanation of the arrest OF
two German consul generals In Rus
STA.
Allied Troops Strongly Opposed.
ARcHANGEI. November - (by. the
Associated Press).-The American
Evening star., 1918-11-24
DENIAL OF DELAYS
|NCASUA[n LISTS
War Officials Say the Names
Are Published at the Ear
Iiest Possible Moment.
MAKE REPLY TO CHARGES

Considerable complaint is heard in
many places over what is, described
as unnecessary delay in the publica-
tion of the casualties in the American
expeditionary forces. It is freely al
legged that the system adopted by the
War Department and the committee
on public information is defective in
the important respect that it permits
the publication of long lists of minor
casualties to delay the cabling and
publication Of the more important
major casualties, such as deaths and
serious injuries.
It is asserted that much needless
distress has been caused by the fall
ure of parents and friends to receive
information of the deaths or severe
injuries Of soldiers long after their
occurrence. while minor casualties of
recent occurrence are contained in the
official lists given to the press.
Evening star., 1918-11-24
Bolsheviki's Tricky Move.

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Evening star., 1918-11-24
WEATHER.

Fair today; Monday fair and warmer;
moderate west winds.
Temperature for the past twenty-five
hours ending at 10 pm. last night:
Highest, 43. at pm yesterday; low
est, SO, at 10 pm. last night.
Full report on page Is.
Evening star., 1918-11-24

CONTINUED on Fifteenth Page.1
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
Importation of
Chinese Labor Opposed

A considerable number of negroes.
some from the West Indies and 9TH
ears from South Africa, and an in
creasing number of Chinese labor
ers are employed in France behind
the British front. The latter work
under Chinese contractors with GER
tain fixed stipulations about the dis
tance behind the firing line at which
they are to be employed, the length
OF time they are to work and the
kind of billets that are to be pro.
vided for them. Unlike the negroes.
they are not classed as soldiers.
though, of course, they are subject
to military discipline, like every
civilian in Northern France.
AT one time there was serious
agitation for the importation of
negro and Chinese labor to this
country, but the trade unions pro-
tested so vigorously the scheme was
not pressed. In their present temper
the working classes would rise up in
arms at the mere suggestion of i'm
porting labor as partial solution
OF the man-power problem.
Within the last year serious
efforts have been made to substitute
women for the soldiers doing semi
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03

Some few, in proportion to the en-
tire population, will, of course, suf-
ter considerably through curtail-
ment IN the production of luxuries.
This is inevitable. But every Euro
oean belllgerent nation has had the
same problem for over three years.
IN France most of those who worked
50 expertly on vain, pleasing lux
afles tnat were so enjoyable before
She war were set immediately At
work on vital necessities. We have
not heard that these workers and
employers are less happy, although
they have sacrificed a great deal.
1t took longer for England to come
TO the same thing. The well-to-do
early saw the fatal mistake of con-
hnulng to buy luxuries on the scale
of pre-war years. But the industrial
workers of England, who all their
lives had found the mere necessities
OF life rather hard to get. soon hlos-
somed forth as luxurious buyers.
even of meaningless gewgaws of the
most obvious Brummagem ORIGIN
There is evidence that they are now
becoming more circumspect.
1t will not hurt any one in the
long run if his profits are smaller
than they were before we entered
The war. That period was abnormal
because we were busy selling to the
tar1lshed and the unfortunate of
Europe at extravagant profits: giv-
ing our 1.-THE Of the profits to charity
and spending goodly share of the
balance for luxuries the like of
which we had never known before.
1t was great fun while it lasted, but
it did not help to foster the qualities
which Ben Franklin thought to
be necessary to insure success-and
which qualities our forefathers must
have possessed to degree.
The spirit Of retrenchment seems
now to be in the air. There can
surely be no harm in following
slogan of "save and invest at the
source" instead of needing exhor-
tatlons to keep the money in cir
culation."
Copyright. 1918. BY tho Tribune Association,
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
Proposed Levy On
Capital Unpopular
With the Germans
The Neqo York Tribune

The NeaO York Tribune
Foreign Press BureGy
There is a great deal of discussion in
Germany at present over the proposed
"conscription of wealth" By this is
meant the plan for paying off a large
part, if not all the war debt by levy
on capital approximating 20 per cent.
In 1913 Germany made levy on capital
of 50,000,000 to finance the army bill
OF that year. 1t was far from popular
and the present discussion does not in-
dicate that the prospect Of a new
scheme of the same kind is any more
popular. Writing in the "Berliner
Tageblatt" Herr Max Steinthal, di-
rector Of the Deutsche Bank says, ac-
cording to THE Times" of London:
The potico-hnancial idea upon which
TINS proposal Is based IS the idea of IN
creasing the credit OF the empire by
large reduction OF debt and of reducing
the burden of taxation 70 limits which are
expected TO be tolerable. Il IS, however;
an erroneous assumption that the credit OF
the empire is solely dependent upon the ex-
tent of its debt. What the empire wants
Is absolute security for the annual service
of the debt. If this exists beyond dispute
not only will the distribution of such
amounts of loan as have not yet den.
nitely been placed proceed with sufficient
rapidity, sput, after the conclusion OF
peace that is economically favorable 10
Germany, neutral countries. and perhaps
also part of what are at present enemy
countries, will hasten to take advantage OF
the discount in the German exchange 10
buy German war loans-just in the oVs
and los the bonds of the United States
were one of the favorite investments al
over Germany.
Herr Steinthal takes thefproposal to
amount to the withdrawal Of about 20
per cent of private German capital, and
he argues, first. that this would make
1t impossible to finance trade after the
war-he observes that the present
abundance of money is deceptive and
manly due to the exhaustion of sup
plies; secondly, that the confsoation
could not be administered, even If the
ievy were spread over large humber
OF years, because property could not be
realized either by its present owners
or by the government, which took prop
erty IN lieu of cash; and, thirdly, that
tne scheme must be hopelessly unjust,
II only because the confiscation must
be made at particular moment,
whether payment is gradual or not.
Herr Steinthal maintains, from every
point OF view, that the adoption of the
scheme would benefit not Germany, but
foreign countries.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
Amercas New Role in Finance Not Svaqqerino Part

played in our country. Perhaps he
was too frank in his expressions,
and in that way wounded the feel
ings of a sensitive, proud people
who had every reason to be over
confident at the wrong times-for
resources compared with the popula-
ton were then almost illimitable.
Americans in those days could make
all kinds Of economic blunders and
not only survive, but go ahead after
the setback faster than ever. I
think we may have been doing like
wise ever since and have pulled
through not entirely on account of
our superior national qualities, but
to a great extent by reason of our
fortunate geographical position and
our marvellous resources.
American Purse
Not Bottomless
Now we are no longer children
in matters of finance and economics.
and we can get along very we'll with
out the extremes of hysterical pessi
mism or optimism. These extremes
are bad for country, in that they
lead the majority of people into
needless sacrifices in times of de-
preston and into silly extrava-
gances when the greatest foresight
and conservatism are desirable. A
very few people are benefited by
these hysterical excesses, and these
few usually play on the chords of
human weakness for their own ben
eflt. They are prepared to buy any
thing whenever panicstricken per-
sons throw it over; and, conversely.
they are ready to sell out to a sense
less, buying mob.
The solemn truth to-day seems to
be that while unquestionably the
United States is in the strongest
financial condition. and has by far
the longest purse Of any, still it is a
purse that is like every other in one
respect-it has a bottom. No one
appears to know this better than the
experienced, distinguished men who
are fortunately at the helm of the
government. They are not the ones
who are publishing the false doc
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03

that the German artillery men on
the Passchaendaele Ridge had the
range of nearly every point in the
sector and took keen delight in
dropping a shell on stretch Of road
which had been just completed
across the marshy country. Not
once, but many times, single bit Of
road had to be reconstructed under
the fire of the enemy's guns. The
navvies suffered many casualties,
but they are no more inclined to
shirk than the Tommies who are
able to fight back.
In the Labor Battalion are a con-
siderable number Of. conscientious
objectors, who refuse to shoulder
gun, but willingly swing a pick
alongside an African negro or a
Chinese coolie or even a captured
Fritz. There are some men who
would never make fighters if they
were trained for half their lives, but
they are nevertheless exceedingly
important cogs in the military ma
chine. Some are too slow mentally
to respond quickly to military COM
mands; others have a physical de-
ficiency, such as short leg, one eye.
deafness, which would prove too
much of handicap in scrap out
in No Mans Land, where a man
needs every faculty and wishes for
a few more. But these men were
eble to earn livelihood in normal
times, and now the state finds work
for them in the Labor Battalion. At
this stage of the war a man who is
rejected by the medical examiners
should or will be in a hospital be-
fore many months are passed. The
records show that a considerable
proportion of the men in the Labor
Battalion, under the regularity of
army life, improve in health and eff
cheney. Many Of them are getting
letter and more food than they ever
had before; they are drinking less
whiskey and ale; their wives and
families are receiving larger and
steadier income through the separa-
ton allowance.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03

manufacturer would buy bonds by
the wholesale-and thus save the
cost of bookkeeping to the govern
ment- To press the point further.
all automobile makers might pass
their receipts on to the steel manu-
facturers, who in turn could do
still larger business in Liberty
bonds.
An old-fashioned student of these
matters-call them "economics''-
might argue that if ones savings
but equalled the price of one auto
mobile, or one Liberty Bond, and no
more, it might be thought the acme
OF prudence to buy the bond, lock
it up carefully, and then sink the
accrulng interest in a fund to buy a
car in the future. This would be
self-denial indeed.
Only Ultimate
Investor Counts
1t is the small bond buyer, in vast
numbers, who really finances tho
government. To prove this state
ment, one has only to compare the
number of income-tax payers with
the total population and then to con-
slider how few people really have
incomes sufficient to buy great guam
titles of bonds and pay for them A
bond is not really sold until it
reaches the ultimate investor.
Bankers do not usually do any real
financing-except involuntarily, on
those occasions, far too numerous.
when they misjudge their market.
and are chung up" Bankers can
not become permanent investors, for
II they did their capital would no
longer be liquid, and they might as
we'll go out of business. It is the
great public that eventually absorbs
the lions share of all bond issues.
Therefore, Saving and investing at
the source" should become the pop.
ular pastime, instead of trying to
keep money in circulation" by
passing it on freely to some one else.
The automobile exhorter whom I
have quoted is probably very sim
cere, and doubtless he will in turn
speed his profits along to the steel