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THE MORNING OBEGONIAN,- SATURDAT, - - OCTOBER 6. 1917.
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HEW LINES STAND
UNDER TEUTON FIRE
British Consolidate Gains East
of Ypres, for Foe Does
' Not Attack.
CASUALTIES ARE GREAT
Ilalf of German Prisoners Wounded
or Blinded Defense Found to
Be Weaker , Than Ex
pected by English.
TjONDON; Oct. 5. The Germans have
undertaken no further counter attacks
against the positions east of Ypres
trained by the British in yesterday's
offensive, although they kept them un
der a heavy fire during the night. The
British are consolidating their newly
won ground. Today's official state
ment follows:
"Our new positions east of Tpres
were heavily shelled by the enemy dur
ing the night, but no farther counter
attacks were made. Our troops have
been engaged with organizing the cap
tured positions.
Raiding Party Driven Off.
"A hostile raiding party endeavored
to enter -our trenches north of Gou
zeaucourt, but was driven off with
loss."
BERLIN, via London, Oct. 5. The
sains of the British in yesterday's at
tack east of Ypres, the War Office
etates, were restricted to a strip of
land one to one and half kilometers
deep running from Poelcapelle via the
eastern spur of Zonnebeke and along
the road to Becelaere.
.The latter village and the hotly con
tested village of Gheluvelt, the an
nouncement adds, remain completely in
possession of the Germans.
Battle of TJnnanal Intensity.
The announcement says yesterday's
battle was of unusual intensity, but
that the fourth army succeeded in
withstanding the British attack. Ad
vancing on a front of 15 kilometers,
the statement adds, the British pushed
forward temporarily, but could not hold
their ground.
The British used at least 11 divisions,
the statement says, and their losses
are reported to have been large. The
British thrust broke down before
reaching its objectives, which, the an
nouncement continues, were very far
distant.
The German troops In Flanders are
praised for their heroism.
(By the Associated Press.)
BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCE AND
BELGIUM, Oct. 4. (Delayed.) British
arms today achieved one of the great
est victories of the war in a tremen
dous assault begun at dawn against
the German positions east and North
east of Ypres.
British Surge Forward.
Indeed, when the whole story of this
battle has been told it may take its
place as an unequaled triumph of
three years of conflict, for each suc
cessive report from the seething cal
dron along this front adds to the Im
portance of the success recorded.
From a point near the Ypres-Staden
railroad on the north to the Ypres
Menin highway, on the south the men
of the British empire have surged for
ward with an irresistible force which
at some places carried them to a depth
of 2500 yards over still more of the
German keystone positions in the
Passchendaele-Gheluvelt ridge system
of defenses. On the northern wing of
the advance' the British have reached
Poelcapelle and Gravenstafel. and have
overrun most of the Gravenstafel
ridge, which juts out to the west from
the Passchendaele-Gheluvelt. South of
the Ypres-Roulers railway the troops
are reported to be overlooking the
eastern slopes of the main ridge and
in some places to have pushed on into
the valley below.
Enemy's Losses Heavy.
Not only have the British wrenched
away many vital strongholds, but they
have inflicted almost unprecedented
casualties on the enemy.
At many places Germans ran in ter
ror or were captured in large num
bers as the British attack began. All
day streams of broken prisoners have
been pouring into the British cages in
the rear. Perhaps half of them were
wounded. Some were blinded and some
were with shattered limbs, a pitiful
sight even to those hardened to such
scenes.
Taking the battle as a whole the
Germans offered weak resistance to the
British advance this morning. But
despite the heavy blow dealt to the
enemy it was not considered improb-
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able that they would make strenuous
counter attacks as soon as they could
reform their shattered forces.
GEBJLW TOWNS ARE BOMBED
Enemy Comments on "Barbarity" of
Trench.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 5. A dispatch
from Berlin received here describes
aerial raids on German towns on Tues
day night. The dispatch shows that one
airman penetrated as far as Dortmund
and dropped six bombs, damaging the
tracks between the Dortstefel and South
Dortmund stations. One person was
killed.
A German official telegram says:
"For what purpose the French make
these attacks on open German towns is
not clear. In Rastapp there are- no
military objectives and the attacks on
Tueringen and Baden-Baden can only
be considered the outcome of a blind
desire for destruction. The Sanatoria
at Baden-Baden and the hospitals at
Tueringen contain numerous severely
wounded men who are there seeking
recovery.
"Even the French will not dare to
assert that attacks on hospitals far
behind the front are of military neces
sity. By such barbarity the will to
persevere can only be strengthened
among the German people."
HAVRE. Oct- 4. A Belgian official
communication today says:
"Zele, in Eastern Flanders, has been
fined 80,000 marks for the giving of
food and cigarettes to passing English
prisoners. Furthermore, all houses
must be shut up at 6 o'clock in the eve
ning, after which nobody is to be al
lowed in the streets."
CONGRESS IS UNDIVIDED
SEXATOR HALE DEPLORES FALSE
IMPRESSIONS IN SPEECH.
"Our Own Democracy at Stake" Em
phasised In Address; Germany
Menace to U. S la View. '
"WASHINGTON, Oct. 5. Senator Hale,
of Maine, warning the Senate today
against any peace until the German
war machine is shattered, deplored Im
pressions that Congress 'was aligned
Into two camps sparring for political
advantages.
Some people, he said, seem to have
the impression that the new revenue
law is a victory for the conservative
element in Congress, that the Progres
sive or Radical wing has been turned
down and that the old "standpat ele
ment." in both parties is in control:
in other words, that the ereat business
interests have won a victory at the
expense of the people.
That idea, he said, generated by
speeches while the bill was pending, is
wholly unfair. America, he said, had
been told that it is in the war for
world democracy and has been insuf
ficiently told that "our own democracy
is at stake."
"Unless Germany is brought to the
most condign punishments," he said.
her great military machine will not
be given up and her military prestige
will.be such that no country will care
or dare to enter into conflict with her
unless with the backing of the rest of
the world. She will inevitably clash
with South America and Mexico and
would not be content until she has
overrun us. as she overran Belgium
and Poland and tried to overrun
France."
2 INDICTED FOR TREASON
Writer of Poison Pen Letter' to De
fense Council Member Sentenced.
CEDAR RAPIDS. Ia., Oct. 6. The
Federal grand jury here today re
turned an indictment against the Rev.
John Reichert, pastor of the German
Lutheran Church at Lowden, Ia
charging him with treasonable utter
ances. Ernest Mier was indicted on
the same . charge.
Charles Louwerse, Hollander, who
confessed he wrote a poison pen letter
to a member of the State Council of
Defense, was indicted for misuse of
the mails. He entered a plea of guilty
and received a sentence of three years
in Leavenworth.
CITIZENS ARE TO REPORT
(Continued From First Page.)
"All traders on produce or Stock Ex
changes and Boards of Trade.
"All importers of merchandise.
"All manufacturers or importers of
playing cards.
The statement continues:
'The law makes it the duty of every
person, firm or corporation whose pos
sessions or incomes are taxable to
make true and correct returns upon
which the tax may be assessed and
collected. This information is of vital
importance to every citizen, because
notwithstanding that the bureau of
internal revenue is the agency charged
with the administration of the new
law and the collection of the taxes, it
is not regarded that the bureau of in
ternal revenue shall find out and in
form persons, firms or corporations of
their responsibilities. Such persons,
firms and corporations must for them
selves make returns which in the
course of administration the bureau
of internal revenue will verify.
"Severe penalties are provided for
failure upon the part of any person
firm or corporation to make the correct
inventories and returns required.
Thirty DayaJ Time Given.
"In the collection of the tax that will
apply to articles or commodities in
stock on October 4, 1917, it is the pur
pose of the -bureau of internal revenue
to make through its field force pre
liminary-Inquiries of every person lia
ble to tax to ascertain his possessions
in the way of taxable goods and the
amount of tax he is liable to pay.
"This preliminary inquiry will be con
ducted over a period of probably a
week. -Within 30 days from the date
of enactment of the new law every
person, firm or corporation liable to
floor tax must file with the collector of
internal revenue a true and correct in
ventory, under oath, of goods in his
possession subject to this - tax. At
tached to the inventory must be a syn
opsis of the inventory and a statement
of the amount of tax to be paid on the
goods covered by the inventory.
Burden Put on Citizen.
"This is known as a taxpayer's re
turn. Upon the basis of this .return
and an analysis of the information dis
closed by the preliminary inquiry and
the taxpayer's inventory, the proper
amout of tax will be determined. Pay
ment of the tax must be made to the
collector of internal revenue at the
time of filing the -return, but payment
may be extended to a date not exceed
ing seven months from the passage of
the act. upon filing of a bond for pay
ment. "The penalties for failure to comply
with the requirements of the law are
those for slackers.
"Upon every citizen rests the respon
sibility of contributing to the utmost
of his ability toward the successful
termination of the war. It is the un
questioned duty of every true Ameri
can citizen not only to pay the full tax
the law requires of him. hut to remove
every possible obstacle to' the enforce
ment of the law by. the bureau of in
ternal revenue,"
OF
HOPE NEGLECTED
Inside Story of Korniloff Revo
lution Is Told by Rheta
Childe Dorr.
KORNILOFF IS TRUE PATRIOT
Drastic Dealing With Deserters Only
Way by Which Morale of Army
Could Be Maintained Ke
rensky Feared to Take Step.
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Continued From First Fag.
ver cloth, were brought to the Cathe
dral on a Friday afternoon at 5 o'clock,
accompanied by many members of their
regiments and representatives of oth
ers. The flower-heaped coffins sur
rounded by flaming candles filled the
space below the holy gate leading to the
high altar; around them knelt the sol
diers and the weeping women relatives
of the dead, while a solemn service for
the repose of their souls was chanted.
The service in the catnedral next
morning was long and elaborate, and
it was early afternoon before the, pro
cession started for the monastery
where a common grave had been pre
pared for the murdered men.
Back of the open whit hearses
walked the bereaved women and chil
dren, bareheaded, in simple- peasant
black. Thousands of Cossacks, also
bareheaded, many weeping bitterly,
followed. The dead men's horses were
led by soldiers. The metropolitan of
Petrosrad and every other dignitary of
the church were in the procession.
Tio Red Flag In Procession.
I saw Miliukoff, Rodzianko and other
celebrities. Women of rank walked
side by side with working women.
Many nurses were there in their flow
ing white coifs. There were uncount
ed hundreds of wreaths and floral offer
ings. The bands played impressive
funeral marches. But there was not
a single red flag in the procession.
There was. of course, Kerensky, ana
his appearance was one of the dramatic
events of the day. I watched the pro
cession from a hotel window and I saw
Just as the hearses were passing a
large black motor car winding its way
slowly through the crowd that
thronged the street.
Just as the last hearse passed, the
door of the car opened and Kerensky
sprang out and took his place in the
proceession, walking alone hatless and
with bowed head after the coffins. He
was dressed in the plain service uni
form of a field officer and his brown
jacket was destitute of any decorations.
The crowd when it saw him went mad
with enthusiasm; forgot for a moment
the solemnity of the occasion and
rushed forward to acclaim him. "Ker
ensky! Kerensky!"
Hand Joined, -Order Restored.
It was his first appearance as Pre
mier and practically dictator of Rus
sia, and he would not have been human
if he had not felt a thrill of triumph
at this reception. But with a splendid
gesture he waved the crowd to silence
and bade them stand quietly back. At
first It seemed impossible to restrain
them, but the people in the front ranks
Joined hands and formed a living chain
that kept the crowds back and in a few
moments order was restored.
The democracy, created largely by
Kerensky, in a country which is not yet
ready for self-government, had split up
Into many anarchistic groups. It had
become a Frankenstein too huge and
too crazy with power to be handled by
any man less than & Napoleon Bona
parte. And Kerensky is not a Bona
parte. And perhaps he has the brain of
Bonaparte, as he certainly has tbe
charm and magnetism. It may be that
he lacks the iron will or the deathless
courage. It may only be that his Iran
physical health stands in the way of
resolution.
Whatever the explanation, the fact
remains that Kerensky has never yet
been able to take that huge, disorgan
ized, uneducated, restless, yearning
Russian mob by the scruff of the neck
and compel it to listen to reason.
Apparently also he Is unable or un
willing to let anyone else do it, as the
recent Korniloff Incident seems to
prove. The story of the disintegration
of the Russian army has been described
in many dispatches. Later I am going
to tell what I saw of the Russian army
and what I know of the demoralization
at the front. The state of things is
bad, but it is by no means hopeless, or
was not a short time ago. That Rus
sian army, I confidently believe, could,
two months ago, have been reorganized,
renovated and made into an effective
fighting force. It is very evident that
it still has possibilities, because the
Germans still keep an enormous num
ber of troops on the eastern front. They
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know that the Russians can fight and
they fear that they will fight as soon
as they are given a real leader.
The Cossack regiments to the last
man are supporting the provisional
government, and are wholeheartedly
in favor of fighting the war to a fin
ish. There are about 5.000,000 of these
Cossacks, and practically every able
bodied man is a soldier. And what a
soldier! Kxcept our own cowboys, there
never were such horsemen. No troops
in the world excel them in bravery and
fighting power. They are a proud
race and would never serve under of
ficers save those of their own kind.
I asked a young Cossack at the
front where his officers got their
training. He had spent some ten years
in Chicago, and spoke- English like one
of our own men. . "We train them in
the field," he said with a smile.
"Every one of - us is a potential of
ficer and when our highest commander
drops in battle, there is always a man
to take his place."
Of Sb.11 Cossack leaders the most
picturesque and the most celebrated
as a military genius is General Korni
loff. His life and adventures would
fill volumes. He has fought his way
up from a penniless boyhood to a suc
cessful manhood. He knows Russia
from one end to the other, and speaks
almost every dialect known to the
empire.
Absolute Power Demanded.
Following a series of disasters and
wholesale desertions at the front, the
new provisional government announced
that the chief command of the army
had been given to General Korniloff.
The command was accepted with cer
tain conditions attached to the ac
ceptance. General Korniloff would not
he a commander in any limited or
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modified sense of the word. He de
manded . absolute power and control
over all troops, both at the front and
in the rear. ,
He wanted to abolish the committees
of soldiers who administer all , regi
mental affairs, and even decide what
commands the men may or may not
obey. General Korniloff could never
tolerate these bodies. Whenever he
visited an army division he asked:
Have your regiments any commit
tees?" And if the answer was yes, he
immediately gave the order: "Dissolve
them." And they were dissolved.
One of the principal demands made
by General Korniloff of the provisional
government was the right to Inflict
the death penalty on deserters, both in
the field and in the rear. I have writ
ten of the thousands of idle soldiers in
Petrograd, and of the expressed refusal
of many of them to got to the front
when ordered. There was no secret
about this, nor any concealment of the
fact that of many thousands of soldiers
sent to the front at various times since
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Kerensky had tried every means in
his power to stop this shameful busi
ness. He had fixed three separate
dates on which all soldiers must re
join their regiments and must obey
orders to advance. He had published
manifestoes notifying these cowards
and slackers that unless they did re
port for duty they would be declared
traitors to the revolution, their fam
ilies would be deprived of all army
benefits and they would not be al
lowed to share in the distribution of
land when the new agrarian policy
went into effect.
These manifestoes were absolutely
ignored. The desertions continued.
Army disintegration increased. An
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fronts and in the rear. Scldlers who
were willing to fight were afraid to.
because there was every probability of
their own comrades shooting them in
the back if hey obeyed their officers.
The state of mind of the officers can
Reminder
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be imagined perhaps it cannot be de
scribed. Many committed suicide in
the madness of their shame and de
spair. General Korniloff wanted to deal
with this horrible situation in the only
way, by shooting all deserters. This
may sound drastic. No doubt it will to
every copperhead and every- pro-German
in this country. But remember, for
every man who deserts onthat Russian
front some American boy will have to
suffer. We shall have to fight for the
Russians, we shall have to pay the
awful price of their cowardice. General
Korniloff. a true patriot, knew this,
and he wanted to save his country
from that dishonor.
Kerensky apparently could not en
dure the thought of those firing
squads. Or else he did not dare to risk
the wrath of the soviet.
(To Be Continued Tomorrow.)
A windmill in Europe grinds grain
into flour for a baker and then mixes
and kneads it into dough.
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