:" ' " : :v THE' OREGON , SUNDAY" JOURNAL,' . PORTLAND, .SUNDAY -MORNING, - JUNE 18, 1916. r': r ' ; ;-v' ' "; ' ' " ' ' :-JS
VERDUN AND THE ALLIED OFFENSIVE
THE OPINION OF A MILITARY EXPERT
WAR ZONE OBSERVATIONS
INDIA INTENSELY LOYAL TO BRITAIN
FRANCE WILL BE TOO POOR TO BUY
POVERTY TO PREVENT
IS
EXISTS WHOLLY IN
OF
Idea That Enormous Quanti-.Y.
ties of Material Will Be De-;
manded Declared Wrong,.
Enviable Record of Devotion
to Ruling Country Is Shown
by People of Dependency,
NOBLES GIVE FORTUNES
MUST EARN MONEY FIRST
DISLOYALTY OF INDIA
A
REBUILDING
CLAIM OF FRENCHMAN
MINDS
EMANS
Money and Jewelry to Say Nothing
of Ken Showered Upon England
to Help in Great War.
?
By Wilbur N. Forrest.
Ixindoii, June 17. (II. P.) "Ger
many miscalculated India's loyalty to
Oriat Britain. The wish was father
to the thought. India Is loyal to the
backbone.
"India's regiments have fought In
tvery Hrltish theatre of war. Her
BoldlprB have won five Victoria
crosses, Z5 military crosses and many
other distinctions. Many of her
princes snd nobles have offered their
wealth arid Services. A record of
these gifts would form a budget of
papers 10 Ir.ches thick. India. Is a
strength and not a weakness."
Joseph Austen Chamberlain, secre
tary of state for India, and son of
the late famous Joseph Chamberlain,
made this statement to the I'niled
Press today.
"The population of Iiyila Is 320,000,
000. Among that enormous number
there are naturally some, who are dis
contented and even a few who are vio
lently Inimical to government.
"Directly the war broke out. the
rulers of the Indian native states
took the lead In asserting their en
thusiastic loyalty to the king-em-
peror.
"Numbering nearly TOO altogether,
they, with one accord, rallied to the
defence of the empire and offered
their personal services and the re
sources of their states.
"England solicited nothing. The
gifts were voluntary. Among many
princes and nobles who volunteered
for service was the veteran Sir Per
tah Singh, who despite his 70 years,
spent many months in t tie trenches
in Flanders.
"Twenty-seven of the large states,
which maintain properly trained and
equipped troops for imperial service,
placed these at the disposal of the
government. Other chiefs offered
large sums of money.
"Three states offered camels and
drivers. One chief, in addition to his
troops, Offered his private jewelry.
Lrge contributions were made to the
patriotic, funds.
"Outside India altogether, the Ne
pal government placed the whole of
. Its military resources at the disposal
of th.e British government. The Dalai
Lama, of Tibet, offered 1000 troops
and states that Innumerable Tyatnas,
all over Tibet, were offering up
prayers for the success of the Brit
ish arms.
"The viceroy received thousands of
tflegrams and letters from every
quarter expressing loyalty and a. de
nlre to assist. They came from all
manner of different associations, re
ligious and political; all different
creeds and countless numbers of in
dividuals offering their resources or
personal services.
"India, Instead of being a cause for
anxiety, lias been a substantial help
to the empire In time of need. She
srnt troops to the battle of Ypres In
those critical days when the Gcr
inHns were striving to reach Calais.
"She has also sent troops to Kgypt,
Galllpoli, last Africa. Mesopotamia.
Persia and China. No less than 21
regiments, of Indian cavalry and Sfi
battalions of Indian Infantry, in ad
dition In the troops placed at the
dispone! of tlie government by the
THK German attack upon the Ver
dun sector of the French front has
already lasted longer than the
whole period of the second Napoleonic
episode, from the departure from Elba
to the final abdication after Water
loo. Notwithstanding this fact, it must
he said that from the military point
of view the purpose of the German at
tack remains hidden.
It has not been possible at any time
since the first phase of tne attack
ended with the cnecklng of the Ger
mans on the Pouaumont Plateau and
before Le Mort Homme and Hill 304
to find any satisfactory military rea
Bon l'or Its continuation.
Conceivably, probably, the German
losses have been less than the reports
have made them out to be, the reports
from i'arls and London; probably the
French losses have been greater than
the same reports have conceded, but
It 1 a practical certainty that the
German losses havo much exceeded
the French and that the proportion has
been not less than 3Tto 2: that is, if
the Germans have lost 200,000 men in
their attacks, and this is a moderate
estimate, the French loss is not less
than 200.000.
Bu. for the 300,000 men the Germans
havj next to nothing to show, and
there is nothing In the positions that
they are now attacking which explains
their persistence. If the Germans were
able to sweep the French back across
thn Meuse. if they were able, to occupy
all me hills of the Meuse east of the
liver, they would still have made no
real progress toward Paris, and they
would' be confronted by a task even
more difficult than that which has
held them for more than three months
and rost them great and unprofitable
losses.
We are then forced to believe, and
to this belief practically every writer
on military affairs in France, In Brit
ain and In the United States has come,
that the GermaiiB are either endeav
oring to achieve through their attack
upon the Verdun sector a military ob
ject which lies outside the present
field of operations or else that they
aro operating for reasons that affect
the political situation either In Ger
many or in France.
The Military Aspect.
Nearly two months ago, on my re
turn from Paris, I outlined the polit
ical reasons which are baaed on the
Gorman belief that France " Is ex
. hausted and almost ready to accept a
ceparate peace.
But the military aspect is even more
. Interesting. We have all assumed that
some lime this year the Allies were
: ' to break out In a general offensive, a
ooBoantrio attack upon tha Central
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rulers of the Indian native states,
have been fighting the battles of the
emfire far beyond the Indian bor
ders." Turkish Forces Are .
Being Reorganized
Tnrea JTw Army Corps Have Been
Bent to Caucasus and Bagdaff Zs
Being Heavily Belnforcad.
Constantinople. June 17. "I. N. S.)
The comparative quiet on the battle
fronts In Asia Minor reports that a
complete reorganization of the. Turkish
forces has taken place and that all
lines have been strengthened.
Three new army corps nave been
sent to the Caucasus and the general
stuff has taken extensive measures to
protect fiagdad against a Russian drive
from the north and northeast. Among
the Turkish forces on this front are
several German and Austro-Hungarlan
artillery regiments.
On the front in Armenia the Turks
are .about to begin an offensive of
large dimensions and it Is expected
that the Russian, whose progress has
been stopped, will soon be driven be
hind Erzerum again.
The "Tanln." one of the organs of
the government, claims that Turkey
now has 1.200,000 men on the Caucasus
front.
Roumanians Protest
Against Treaties
Pro-ualan Party Is Beaumlng- Ef
forts to Gt Country Into War on
Bid of AUiea; Agitators Arrested.
Bucharest, June 17. (I. N. S.)
Within the last few weeks the pro
Russian party has resumed Its efforts
to bring Roumanla lntb the war on
the side of the allies. Many mass
meetings have been held to protest
against the commercial treaties with
Germany and Austria-Hungary. In
several cities these demonstrations led
to serious disorder.
The agitation is assuming such dan-
r, v. u a ..uyv. iiuuo kiiai wits govern-
merit has found itself compelled to act.1
About 100 of the pro-Russian agitators
have been arrested. Some of tnem ad
mitted they wera In the pay of Russia.
Monument Unveiled
To Admiral von Spee
Prlnc Henry of Prussia Officiated at
Ceremonies; Kaiser Bends Message
to Widow of German Xaval Hero.
Berlin, June 17. (I. N. 8.) In the
presence of many of the highest offi
cers of the German army and navy.
DUN AMD THE ALLIED OFFENSIVE IN ANALYSIS Frank h. sim0nd8
Powers, mads on all fronts simul
taneously. The conferences of the
Allies In Paris have all been reported
as discussions of a combined military
effort. Such an effort must recall to
Americans the straegy of Grant, when
at last he took con:;nand of all the
northern armies.
Until Grant came the south, enjoying
Interior lines, precisely as the Central
Powers do, had been ablS to move
troops, notably Longstreet s corps,
from one front to the other, because'
the northern attacks were never com
bined and there was generally a lull
along the Potomac when there was ac
tivity on the Mississippi or the Ten
nessee. But Grant resolved to attack
on all fronts, and with Sherman and
Thomas he launched the. general of
fensive under which the south first
staggered and then collapsed.
Now we have been informed by the
allied press from time to time that
the next attack of the allies will be on
;ill fronts, that Russia will strike in
the east. France and Great Britain in
tho west, Italy in the routh, and that.
In addition, there will be an attack by
the allied army that has been assem
bled in Saloniki. It is possible that
Germany with her allies would be able
to repulse such a . ombined attack, but
it is equally clear that to do It she
would have to assemble great armies
on nil fronts, because she would be
unable to move troops from one front
to the other.
But It is certain that the Central
Powers now have fewer troops in the
field than their opponents; It la also
certain that they have smaller re
serves behind them. It is not necessary
to accept ths extreme estimates of
German attrition, but It la fair to ac
cept the fact that superior population,
wealth and reserves have long ago
given to the allies the permanent ad
vantage in numbers in the field. It is
doubtful if Austria can now put more
troops in the field than Italy; It is cer
tain that Germany can no longer match
man for man with Britain, Russia and
France combined, even with the Turk
ish aid, which is not considerable,
derma Strategy.
Such a concentric attack as the allies
have planned would then be fraught
with very real danger for the Central
Powers. It might fail, but if it could
be prevented such prevention would ba
wise strategy. Now, it will be noted in
all that their critics say in the recent
days that the Germans assert they
have prevented this general and simul
taneous offensive. Not only this, but
they assert that they have prevented it
by their Verdun operation. This as
sertion tha allies meet with a general
denial.
Above, left to right French forces hauling heary field pieces into
armies. The British cruiser Hampshire, sunk off the Orkney
Below, left to right Sir William Robertson, chief of the British
ess de T'Serclaes, the baron
lance service, being known
Prince Henry of Prussia unveiled he
monument which has been erected in
Kiel to the memory of Admiral Count
von Spee, commander of the German
squadron destroyed by the British fleet
near the Falkland islands. The kaiser
sent the following telegram to the
widow of the admiral, who was killed
In the battle with two of his sons:
"I cannot let the unveiling of the
monument dedicated to the memory of
your heroic husband pass without as
suring you again' that the brave ad
miral and his sons will until death, be
before my eyes as shining examples of
devotion to duty. The loved ones lost
by you. dear countess, belong to his
tory and they will live forever In the
hearts of the German people and the
members of my navy. May this
thought be your proud consolation."
But it is clear that the real purpose
of German strategy, if the signs have
been correctly read, is to prevent the
general attack not by so great a blow
of their own like last year's attack
on Russia as to make art attack im
possible (for they have attempted no
such blow) but rather by exerting such
great pressure on one section of the
front as to provoke the allies at other
points into a premature attack, which
shall not be general, but local, and
can be defeated in detail.
For example, suppose that the conse
quence of the first and very successful
drive of the Germans in the Verdun
sector had resulted in a demonstration,
a counter-offensive, by the British in
Arotls and Flanders, such an attack
would have used up much of the ac
cumulation of ammunition. It would
hp.ve resulted In great casualties, and
it would very probably have removed
Britain from the line for the rest of
the year that Is, for offensive pur
poses. Apparently, moreover, this Is exactly
what the Germans expected to do, be
cause we have the very complete state
ment made by British observers that
at the moment when the Verdun attack
began the Germans had concentrated
huge reserves opposite the British
lines, reserves out of all relation to
the situation as It existed. If no allied
attack was to be expected. The Ger
mans were ready for a British offen
sive when they attacked Verdun, but
they began their attack on Verdun at
precisely the time when Russia could
not move because Archangel was
closed, the supply of munitions the
allies were to send In the spring had
not come and there was no chance that
Russia would be a serious menace.
If by attacking the French the Brit
ish could be drawn Into an offensive
while the Russians were out of the
game. Germany had the maximum
chance of repulsing the British and
breaking up the whole, allied plan, and
ahe could temporarily transfer from
the Russian to the western front many
divisions of troops.
Prance Oeollaea.
So far we are on fairly safe ground,
because It la a fact that when the Ger
man attack on Verdun began- the Brit
ish did offer to counter-attack, If the
French desired: Instead Joffre asked
Hals; to take over the Arru sector of
the French front, thus releasibg a
whole French army, which could be
put in reserve behind Verdun. This the
British, of course, promptly did. Mean
time the French took Petaln's army,
which was In reserve, and put it in
the Verdun sector.
Tne German evttack-upon Verdun waa
and MJss Chisholm on their, arrival
as the' heroines of Perryse.
Colonel Finds Out
About German Gas
Zeal of Americas Military Attache Cost
Him His Voice for Three Days After
Smelling1 Battle.
Parl, June 17. The zeal of Colonel
Spencer Cosby, American military at
tache. In Taris as a military observer,
cost him his voice for three days. He
received orders from Washington to
make a trip to certain prison camps to
Investigate complaints made by Ger
many, but on the same day he succeed
ed In obtaining a sample of German
aphxylatlng gas, whieh he had. been
after for a long time.
Colonel Cosby opened the bottle and
brought to a dead halt in the early
days of March, there was a gradual
dying down of the activity over a con
siderable period. Then came a new
and still more violent phase In the
early days of April. This was without
any profit whatever and entailed some
loss, although nothing like the loss of
the last days of the previous fighting
iii the Vaux district. Still there was
no sign of British activity. As for the
Russians, they were still without am
munition, for Archangel was not yet
open, also the weather conditions made
operations In the east almost impos
sible.
Since that time we. have had two
more violent phases. That in May was
without any real value, but In the re
cent days there has been what the
French describe as the most violent
ot all the attacks, and there has been
an Immaterial but noticeable recession
on the part of the French lines west of
the Meuse, followed by new assaults
in the Vaux district.
Meantime there has broken out a
very severe Austrian attack upon the
Italians, which closely resembles the
attack upon Verdun, has resulted In
even more considerable gains to the
assailant and does not seem to have
been brought to a permanent halt as
yet. So far as one can Judge exactly,
the same purpose underlies this at
tack; Italy Is to be subjected to pres
sure, conceivably with the hopa of deal
ing her a decisive blow, but mbre like
ly to drive her to appeal to her allies
for aid and thus induce a partial and
premature attack on the western front.
Despite the fact that Russia has now
been able to use the port of Archangel
for some weeks, it is a certainty that
she has not yet been able to receive
and bring up to the frost most of the
munitions which she needs and which
her allies have sent her.
The Political Maneuver.
But France has been .compelled to
endure a very rough attack. Italy is
enduring another, which has threat
ened to carry the war into the Vene
tian plain and at one point has actually
passed the Italian frontier. 1 We are
then approaching a crisis In German
strategy. Within a month at the out
side It Is fair to assume that Russia
will be Able to make gome sort of an
effort approximating; what waa ex
pected of her when the plans for a
general offensive were made in Paris
last winter. As for the British, they
have had no serious fighting since last
October, and they may be reckoned to
be as ready -as they promised to be
when the plans were made.
It Is clear that France particularly.
but Italy also, will-not-be as-well off
place for the fortification of their position in Saloniki in anticipation
Islands June 5, with Lord Kitchener and members of his staff aboard.
staff, whose responsibilities become the greater because of the death
in London after 19 months at the
took a .sniff at the gas to see if it was
a3 really powerful as reported. As a
result, he was unable to speak for three
lays, except in a very hoarse whisper.
V
All Inhabitants Qf
Poland Photographed
Warsaw, June 17. (I. N. S.) A Ger
man photographer of Rreslau some
time ago received an order to pho
tograph the entire population of Po
land, as the photographs are necessary
for the passports granted to the in
habitants of the occupied dlst?icts.
The gigantic work Is now well un
der way and already more than 3,000,
000 negatives have been made. Sev
eral hundred assistants of the photog
as they could have hoped to be, be
cause they have had to use reserves
of men and munitions In the present
fighting. But the Germans and Aus
trians have in the same way exhausted
their reserves to an even greater ex
tent, and the situation, if It endures for
another month, will not be greatly dif
ferent from that which the allies had
hoped to see.
But it Is still possible that the
French may weary of their part of
the bargain. I say it Is possible, al
though everything that I saw In
France contradicts any such notion.
It Is possible that the French people
or the French politicians may demand
that a portion of the burden be
shifted to British soldiers. If this
happens then there may still be a
premature offensive, although noth
ing like as weak an offensive as
would have come had the British
moved last February. It is possible
that the attack may come on one
fror.t before all fronts are prepared.
On the other hand it Is equally
clear that the time is not far distant
whtn the allies can carry out their
plan as they had Intended to carry it
cut. So far the German and Aus
trian efforts to provoke an attack
on one or two fronts have failed. If
the French people and the politicians
stand up under the attack of Verdun
for a few weeks more, then the main
purpose of German strategy, so far
as German strategy is now intelligible
to observers outside of Germany, will
have, completely failed.
The Verdun Illusion.
It cannot too frequently ' be said
that Verdun itself is an illusion. The
Germans may get Verdun a month
hence, and at their present rate of
progress a year would be a fairer
measure, and unless they destroy the
French troops before them and break
through the lines behind Verdun be
fore any reserves can be brought up,
they will have achieved nothing of
military value, save only as they may
have killed more French soldiers than
they have lost themselves, and so far
it is a perfectly conservative estimate
that they have lost 100,000 more than
the French
More than a. year ago the French,
after a brief success, were driven
south of the AJsne east of Soissons,
but there never was the smallest
chance that the Germans could push
their success further, and at this
point they were 80 miles nearer Paris
than they will be in Verdun, and
there were fewer obstacles in their
way.
You cannot find any military rea
son to support the German strategy
in the Verdun ' campaign, after the
.tint attack, which, u not.- In fact.
front, where the women distinguished themselves in wie ambu
rapher are traveling from town to
town and from village to village
"mugging" everybody. In the main
studio at Kalish over 300 men and
women are busy developing the plates
and films and making prints.
Orthodox Jews and Polish peasants
both have a great aversion f.o being
photographed and the camera injn
meet with much opposition. They are
accompanied by soldiers and police
men. The contractor hopes to com
plete his Job by July 1.
5 Austrian Generals
Forced From Service
Berne. June 17. I. N. S.) The Vi
enna correspondent of the Bund re-
political. You may take the simple
explanation that the Germans be
lieve the French are almost exhausted,
runing short of men and of courage,
and will presently abanon the war,
if they continue to lose without re
gaining French territory. You may
take the. less simple, but not less
appealing, explanation, that the Ger
mans have tried at Verdun to exert
so much pressure as to provoke the
allies Into a premature offensive, thus
destroying the chance of a combined
attack later; there may be some other
political consideration that no one
knows, a desire to give the German
people a victory or a fear to abandon
the atjack, having sacrificed so many
lives In making It; hut the military
advantage of a success that takes the
Germans to the Meuse at Verdun,
takes them Into the city Itself, la
Just nil.
To believe that the Germans are
wasting their men on an Idle and fool
ish military venture Is absurd. It is
the fact that no profit worth the
price has been disclosed In the Ver
dun operation Itself that has puzzled
not merely ordinary observers but
soldiers and military critics alike.
Verdun has come to have a value In
the minds of the world that no for
tress has had for a generation; hut
this Is a mere Illusion, for Verdun
is no longer a fortress and has no
value. Itself.
i A Spring- Offensive,
Very frequently one hears in Ger
man quarters that the allied spring
drive has been prevented by the Ver
dun attack There never was any in
tention on the part of the allies to
attack In the spring for the reason
that Russia could not Ha munitioned.
A year ago Germany attacked Russln
in the spring, and Russian lack of
munitions partly contributed to the
great Russian defeat. Nowhere In
Europe did I hear a suggestion that
the allied attack would come before
July, and it was often postponed, even
to next year.
We have lately seen the Serbian
army, now reorganized, moved to Sa
loniki. There have been signs ot activ
ity along ' this front, and the forecast
of an allied attack here baa led the
Germans and Bulgarians to sleze
Greek forts, with the alleged purpose
of forestalling an attack. There has
be. a slight resumption of activity
at points on the Russian front, hut
nothing of real moment. As for the
British, they have been practically
quiescent during the whole winter and
spring. - Only in recent days have
there been printed rather crude hints
that the British are ready to attack
when Joxfra glYtu the word.
Photo by International Film "errice.
of an attack by the Teutonic
of Ixrd Kitchener. The Baron-
oorts that five Austro-Hungarlan
generals have recently been removed
from their commands and retired on
half pay, because they failed to carry
out operations entrusted to them. The
.. 9 , v. ArT.arA a n A nilnlsVied
mules Ul IIHJ UIO,livu ' " r
drmy leaders are kept secret, but one
of them is said to be Field Marshal
Victor Dankl, who won great fame
during the campaign In Gallcla and
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X UIUNI .
General von Koevess, the conqueror
or western ercua, jviuutencgju kiiu Al
bania, has been absent from the
front for some time, but It is denied
that he Is one of the five removed
commanaers.
The electric furnace Is being used In
Sweden to refine by a secret process
chromium ores brought from South
Africa and New Caledonia.
But it Is wel! to remember that the
British have been willing, if not
wholly ready, to. attack at any mo
ment they were asked by the French
to attack ever since the Verdun at
tack began. They have supplied a
new army to occupy the Arras sector,
there are many hints afloat that they
will presently take over the Roye sec
tor and thus hold the line from the
Oise to the Year. All talk about Brit
ish unwillingness to share in the con
flict or bear their share of the losses
la moonshine. Much of It Is malicious
gossip Intended to Influence French
opinion and thus help the German
fcame, which is to provoke a prema
ture offensive.
It Is entirely likely that there wi'l
be no attark until August; It is more
than conceivable that the attack will
not be made until September, although
this would shorten very materially the
period In which a successful offensive
could be pushed home, but it Is also
plain that within a month new the
allies will be able to move aa they
planned, unless In this time the Ger
mans rinally break the French nervo
or drive the French politicians into de
manding British action In advance of
the agreed time.
German Failure.
Unless there is some explanation
so far successfully hidden from all
observers., this German attack upon
France must now be reckoned as a
failure wholly analogous to that at
Yser and Ypres. It has gained no
ground of arty value or any consid
erable extent, it has not inflicted
losses on the French at all equal to
those borne by the Germans, and it
has neither broken French nerve nor
pro.oked a premature allied attack.
Its sole result to date has been the
acquisition of a few square miles ot
Fr-nch territory, the capture of som
French prisoners, perhaps 40.000
wounded and unwounded, and a num
ber of guns. The total French loss
may be 200,000 it is not more nd
the German is not less than SOO.O0O.
On this basis France can afford to
sell the Germans mora aquare miles
of French territory for another month
or two until the great attack comes.
When this attack does come. If it
comes, the British will have to bear
a share of the cost baaed upon the
French sacrifices now. They will
have to do more than was originally
planned before th Verdun operatlcn;
leas will be asked of the French. But
British reserves in men are far
greater than French, and while France
haa ; seen her reserves reduced with
the German, there has been no re
duction tn British' and,1 RaMtaa ' re
Zionr Tar Ar Zzpctd to Tatar
Ttne Befor rine Building's At
Sestorad.
By Frederick Falmer. t ;
British Headquarters. France, Juna .
17. (I. N. Si The Idea that endr-.ii
mous quantities of material will ba
Immediately In demand to rebuild tha "
destroyed sections of France and Bel".. '
glum once peace
taken.
-.omes seems mlsJ
V
"We shall not be able to buy manjr.
things until we have somet ITlng ' tp
r.ei which will bring us money t6
buy with," an Id a citizen of Ypres
the most ruined of cities, whoet
wreckage is still pounded by shells. I,
When the refugee returns to Mi
mined vtllnire or towVi tn th t taht-A
ing zone his first obert will be -i
roof over his head before he sets out I'll
to reclaim ares that have grown UB
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shell holes: or. if he Is In business 1
he will want any kind of temporary '!
premises on the site of his old plaoa i
of business, which he will oooupy it
ecaune it Is his nnd there his old'( d
cusioniers win expect 10 una mm.
i if siiiu'ie wuofien nouses w riico 1 ,.i
the allied army lias built for rest L'TI
tamps foi the soldiers when out of t
the trenches will bWome squatter v
settlements. Only less amazing than
the amount of material which tha f
army win leave oenina necsuse it is
not worth transporting back to Eng- A
land will be the use the thrifty
French nn.1 Melirlnna will mulre of 4t !l
for, up to the very moment of
peace, whether It comes this year or J.
uvfl yrnrn iieii.-e, i iif hiiii.v iiiiil nnvf i.
ample material In reserve for con- f.
tinning the war. Lumber, wooden 41
supports for barbed wire, timbering i.
for the trenches and dugouts, all will
tie adapted to their necessities py im
poverished people who have suffered ;
from the loss of property and env';?.
forced Idleness.
Any funds they have saved will be if
needed Tor immediate c.ipltal to ouy
stocks of goods or farm Implements
and animals. It will be many years
before permanent buildings will take
the place of temporary shelters.
Hoard of Gold Brings
Two Year Sentence A
Bavarian Miser round to Have $17,000
Hidden on rarm After Government
Had Ordered Zt exchanged.
Munich. June 17. (I. N. 8.) For
hiding a large amount of gold Johann
Achenbach, a rich Bavarian farmer,
has been sentenced to two years' im
prisonment by the military court of
Aschaffenburg.
At the beginning of the war tha
farmer, who had long een known as
a miser and always kepf large sums of
money In his house, because he did not
trust the bunks, burled $17,000 In 1
and 20 mark gold pieces' He Ignored
the order of the government under
which all citizens had to turn over tha.
gold In their possession to the Relcha
bank and receive bank notes In ex
change. Recently he mentioned- his
hoard while talking with a neighbor
and his arrest followed.
serves and the balance Is against the1
Germans.
The only explanation I ran find for'
the persistence of the Germans in
the Verdun affair Is their conviction
that the French are about done, that
the allies are still far from ready for"
a general attack, and that they can
still precipitate one under conditions,
most favorable to themselves. I do
not believe even the fear of the effect
at home of a failure would lead the
German high command to continue it
terrible sacrifices. The German high
command has made mistakes, but it
has never made such a blunder as this)
would be, and It lias frequently shown
a skill and quickness to change. Its
strategy when It had been checked, i I
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plus Ointment with
soft tissue paper or
let it remain .
and weaV
soft bandage'
or old gloves
during. the
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