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any direction. They have evolved a'(em of tactics, based on thin inoblladded to the clement of surprise whichenables them to concentrate a weightof attack greatly superior to that uaedby tho Allien In any of their offensiveMovements.

Wen Specially Trained.Tt ! pointed out alio that the (Jer-nan- a

by almlnf at unlimited objecthes,mad possible by their superiority, ofnumbers and greater mobility, havebeen nblo to exploit every Initial suc-

cess and have scored by the rapidity oftheir advance. Tho rapidity Is due tothe fact that on tho eastern front theGermans woro able last year to trainlargo, bodies of troop In ehock tacticsand open warfare. Their field artilleryhas been made extremely mobile: onlypicked and especially trained troops areused for their assaults. '

The Allies never have had the advan-tar- e

of conditions which permitted themto keep large bodies of troops nut of the

.line for special training. That Is- themain difference between the armies,

to expert British opinion.

FRENCH MASTERSAFTER THIRD DAY

Inferior Forcm- - Beats BeatTroops of German 'Empire,

-- Paris, June 15. .Tfle tljlrd of;tnjenemy s great offensive lias been mft- -.

tertd ever since saya anofficial comment Issued Ifcls, evening.

When one stdfli;to thlnlfthnt theGermans, electrified Iry their success onthe Maine, expected to overwhelm u's;

and advance slon. .the., road to Padsthrough Compleghe, which was their

adds the comment, "theImportance of June 11, which

canbe jseen., 7."J'df eiven daygh enemy waji able to

make progress in the offensive beginningMarch 21. Folldmqp.3tay.-7'Ui- Ui

was Interropjed-'l- n the--ea-

length of time. On -- tfilfc 'occasion theGermans, who had let loose their attack?on June 8, had to-gi- up after thebattle of June 11.

J'JJijr, soldiers, lnferie in number, have,beaten .he best :tnairtr. troops of the.German Empire and inflicted upon the'ci.terrible losses and'dosed. again the bar-rle- r.

This result gives us confidence InJtte-future.- "

t London, June 15. The London pressJ generally pays tribute to the valor of

the French In withstanding and finally5 checking the recent Impetuous rush oftaj vastly greater Oerman force. At thetaarae- - time the value of the Amtrtcan

cooperation In achieving this result Is5 fully recognized.I Not only did the enemy, although

taking valuable ground, fall to gain hist objectives, while suffering sensiblelosses In effectives, but. It Is contended,

i.tti repeated postponements of the5 promised victory must weaken ma- -

Jerlally the confidence of his people at(home.jj Tn recognizing, however, that the

remains the press Is turning toi.erttts to what point the

Staff will choose for Its next as-- iVault. This. It Is maintained, must be

5 revealed very soon, owing to the short-fne- ss

of time remaining before tho Alliesllf are strengthened by the full power of

'America, This, says the Daihi NVtcs,I trill rob the enemy of his last dwindling

hope of victory.I According to the Daily Hail's cor-respondent on the British front the

IS exists there that the enemy'sinaxf drive will be agalnBt the British.. "That the Germans contemplate 11

further long period of offensive action."iihe contends, "Is clear from the vigorousJ manner In which every man capable

' jt of sen-Ic- e la being .drafted for t)ie ac-- JStive army, while In addition to bring

4;lng up more men they are tfotng all:;that Is possible to;make things ;yasleriVor the men at thertront, liKludhjg theis bringing about, of an Improvement In

m 7

i OFFICIAL ACCOUNTSOF DAY'S OPERATIONS

Artillery Active on Mont-- ididier-Ois- e Sector.

vT.OXDOS'. June IZ. Following are tht

i . FRENCH (MOHTI South of tho' Alsne a local operation enabled us todrive the enemy out of Coeuvres-et-- fValeery, which we occupied. We Uke-- jwise enlarged our ground eait ofJfontcobert. One hundred and thirty

i prisoners and about ten machine guns; remained In our hands.f J On tho rest of the front there laf nothing of importance to report

FRENCH (IIAYI During the nightl there was Kre.it activity between the( opposing artilleries between Mont- -f dldler and the Oise, south of the Alsne.f and also west of Khelms, In the regionC of Champlat nnd Bllgny.5

. french patrols operating In the"Champagne sector captured prisoners.

.Tlie night was calm on the other5 portions of the front.f HERMAN' (M(illT) Local attacks

by the enemy north of Bethune andl south of tho Alene failed with heavy5' losses.

GERMAN (TAY Army group ofI Crown Prince Rupprecht: There has5 been lively reconnoitring activity. WeJ, brought In prisoners southwest offiMerrls. Enemy advances in force on

the Ancre were repulsed.In the evening aitlllery and mine

i( throwing duels revived on both sidesofMhe Somme.

-- Army Group of the German Crownf. Prince Southwest of Noyon Infantry, activity was limited to local, engage- -

tfients. The Intensity of the nrtllloryflre "decreased. South of the Alsne theIncreased artillery fire continued.

everai auacKR wnicn tne enemylaunched In the forest of Vlllers-Co- t-

terets were repulsed. The number ofprisoners captured In recent battles

V south of the Alsne has Increased to! forty-eig- ht ofneers and more thanf I 2.000 men.1 .3RITISH (.NIC III) The numberI of prisoners taken by us m the aoe-- J'

ceasful operations carried out lastnight north of Bcthne Is 196. Woalso captured several machine guns.As a result of thla attack our. troopshave gained possession of the enemv'sforward positions on a front of twatouics, securing an our oojecuves.

Jn tho fighting reported this morning-

-east of NMeppo Forest the enemyoy' local attack, carried out under aheavy bombardment, succeeded In drlv- -

I Ins In three of our advanced postsWfist of Vleux Berquln.

The hostile artillery was active this, morning east of ArraJ) and has shown

M)ie activity this afternoon north of3 7CWIUUC.U ; 1IRITIS1I (DAT) A successful

iqcal operation wua carried out laktnigni ny English and .Scott sh ' bat- -l.tlnn. - n..l - . .

f mwiia fiuiui ui i.niuuue. Aiore man2 tjy prUoneis were taken. A twf prisoners and three maclijne guna ny us during tne nignt

asthc result of the successful raidss In-t- x Hector.i." A ruid attemntfil hv th.( "poti one of our potts In Aveluy Wood

1 w," "I'u'xfJ' tlgMIng tookimjo uuruig ine nignt iitjout certain

! our potts cast of Nleppc forest.!r .Chlosu Taper Itatap I'rlrr,

.rillCAC.n, June l.'i. The Tribune andUrraUUI'.jmninrr unnouiu'i-i- l i,...l.. n,aie(tectlnt..to.morrow jhe.rlce of their

(Holiday !j,,iih wlll.bo-- 7 cents In Chlcigot1ij:i.'Vur,"i. lante else- -

V

GOUGH RETREAT PUT

Brcst-Litovs- k Traitors toBlame, Says Sir Arthur

Honan Doyle.

PRAISKS TROOPS' VALOR

Says "Masterpiece of Dis-cipUn- ed

Skill' Will RankWith Mons.

' Sptciat Ceb!t Drtpattlt to Tnr Stx.CnpirtgSt. 1511:' nff rlghti rtttrred.

.O.VPO.V. Jilic 13. Th EveningStandard prints the moat connected storythat has vet appeared on tht retreat 0the British Fifth Army under Gen. Ooutlhat St. Quentin in the first stag of theGerman main offensive this year. ItoHofcj;

By Sir AltTIILIl CONWN DOYLE.' Tfc' British War Office. In my ocln- -

Ion, 'would bo well advised If they pub- -

llshed a connected narrative of eventson the British front frcm March 21toApril 1 ,of this year. By doing so theywouU remove tile mischievous legend thatthe British" armV had '.been, broken anIdoa which. not only. Js bad for our pres-tige abroad but' pernicious for our youngsoldiers, . v

Ifts not true .save In the sense thatwhen' a division 'or corps is turned onthe "flanks la needed

the line. -- 'The miracle Is thatunder' tho most .exacting circumstanceconcelva-bt- the line was never broken;there was. never, a. time wnon tne uer- -mans aaw-th- e open-- country before themana couia.pusn on tvnere tney wouia.

History will ask --who was responsiblefor the. fact that the" British line waspushed back from St. Quentin to Albert'In' those ten day. It Is a question thatalready can be answered with the great-est certainty. It was not the soldier,who we're faced by"odfla of four to onetn men and-thr- to one In guns. Itwaa not the politicians, who found, aLloyd Oeorg said, that "Clemenceauwas a difficult man to refuse." .There

re times when you cannot refuse. Itwaa not Clemenceau..

' Ittak Taken Materia. .

"It Is true that he naked us to take arlsk-an- d that rlak materialised, but thewhole of warfare consists of taking risk,and how often have the French takenrisks for our sake? Think of them set-ting an army beside us on the Somme In1918, at the very time that Verdun waain the balance. We could not atwayaplay a va.it game while they were tak-ing sporting chances.

No: the only persons who are to blamearc the Idiots nnd traitors at Bres'.-Lltov-

who set a tidal wave of a mlll-lc- n

men rolling new Europe. Whero'hat wave Unci It was bound to washsomething away; It swept the Britishline back twenty miles or more, but Inspite of every most desperate encounterit was never able to break It: alwayssome, frayed, ragged line of Indomitablemen stood between the Germans andtheir goal. When we get our true per-spective the retreat from Ht. Quentinwill rank with the retreat from Motisas one of the remarkable military featsof the war.

Enough has been made public to givethe diligent collator sufficient materialto form a Judgment and partially .to re-

construct the operations. We know thateleven divisions covered an enormousfront of 70.000 yard, having three In-fantry and two cavalry divisions In sup-port. These sixteen divisions were op-posed by fifty, of which forty were Inline ami ten were Immediate reserves.The disproportion, however, was muchgreater than this, as the attack was notequal along the whole line. The British right, south of the Oise. was not at- -icked at all. so the right hand division

was largely unengaged. Thus the at-

tack was overwhelming at' certain points.

For Mnke Defence Dlfflrnlt.The weight of men and guns was

sufficient probably to force the line Inany case, but it wa greatly helped bythe fosr, which lasted tl. Touch all thecritical hours and confined the visionof the defenders to a range of fifty yards.This put all the machine gun defencesout and enabled the enemy to filter between and purround tho outlying re-

doubts. These held out magnificently,but the enemy simply masked them andpushed on to the battle line.

Thin battle line, despite arduous labor.wax not continuous, but was merely achain of strong posts; we have no en-

slaved population to construct hugeworks like the Hlndenburg line. Beforeevening the great weight of the attack.boldly and skilfully pushed, had penetrated the line at three separate places.Already, under the Imminent menace.nearly all of the British reserves hadbeen used or ut least allotted, and theGerman reserves wero known to beheavy and near by.

Under such circumstances the quetlon to be decided was whether theBritish army should hold Its grounduntil such time an adequate reservescould arrive, even If such reserves wereavailable. To do so with the line already shaken and with fresh Germandivisions continually streaming throughthe rents would clearly be to risk a biguisasler wnicn wouiu leave Amiens andeven Paris exposed.

There seemed to be only one possiblepolicy, that was to fall back steadily,lighting hard all the way, so as to diminish the distance which reenforcementswould hav to travel, until an equilib-rium was reached.

Masterpiece of Skill.That retreat, with such an armv

pressing It, waa a masterpiece of disciplined skill. Never have British soldiers been more tenacious. There werefour corps engaged : If we take thesecorrs from the north and call them A,U, U una u we can form some notionof the general situation. A, being nextto the Third Army, Xell back, fightinghard, tn tho general line of Uouzvau-cou- rt

and Peronne, and eventuallyfound Itself quite unbroken, defendingthe district north of the Somme Jtlverand Wc of Peronne,

B came back to t he line of theSomme from Peronne and Ham, collect- -ments and one relieving division. Itsresistance Hardened as tt went, andfinally became a stone wall against theadvance In the position we still occupy.

the southern position was peculiar.It had been reciprocally arranged thatwe should send lateral help to tho Frenchor they to us If the lines were drivenback. Our corps C and D, having fallenback across the Homme' nnd the CrozatCanal from Ham to La -- Fere, were accordingly reenforced by tuo dlsvlsionsofFrench Infantry and one of cavalry. Onsucceeding days as fresh French divisions came up, their Oeneral took overthe districts, to V. and D became part01 mo rrencn army.

The Allies tn this part of the Old werepushed back further than In the northbut there was no question of a break,nnd the equilibrium dually was restoredwest or --Moniaiuter. Much, In a fewword, l 11 sketch of what actually occurrcd.

llrfnU.BMIh Fifth A rear.'Tho evening of March II saw the Brit,

luh .Fifth --Arinv-im In .the, :iir nnrf in-deadly' peTll-fro- m 'cause "over whtclTlt

J

had absolutely no control. The eveningof March SI found the same army wornand weary, but reenforced, firm, stronglybuttressed upon Its supports, presentingan unbroken front to the Germans,

When one knows these facts, when onereads references to the disaster of St.Quentin or the breaking of the FifthArmy, one feels' that serious Injustice.Is done to our soldier and, to our na-tional reputation.

When the public comes to know thewhole story In detail, with its hair-breadth escapes. Its desperate ralliesagainst monstrous odds, with brigadethat were smaller than battalion anddivision that were aa weak as brigades.11 win nnu tnat there are rew morehonorable episodes In the war.

If ever we get tho true casualty re-turns of what the German lost thatmeek we shall be better able to deter- -'

mine on which side the real disaster lay.

3,000,000 UNDER .

ARMS BY AUGUST

Continued from. First Page.

clear that he did not agree exactly withthe age limit et by the 'bill of SenatorFrance (Md.), which was Introduced last-wee-

but' he did subscribe In generalterm to the principle which It enun-ciates." Gen. Crbwder did not express his viewsIn regard to the operation of the newtreaty with Great Britain regarding thedrfatlng of British and Canadian na-tional.- li '.ho United State and the re-ciprocal agreement negotiated by thetreaty and subsequent diplomatic notes.

The terms of the treaty and agreementsbetween the United States and GreatBritain regarding drafting of friendlyaliens of the two nationalities were pub-lished' The text of the first arti-cle follow: .,

"All male cltliens of (the UnitedStates In Great Britain and all maleBritish subjects In the United Stateshall, unless before the time limited bythis convention they enlist or enroll Inthe forces of their own country or re-turn to the United States or Great Brit--,aln respectively for the purpose ot mil-itary service, be subject to military ser-vice and entitled to exemption or dis-charge therefrom under the laws andregulation from time to time In forceof the country In which they are. pro-vided that In respect t6 British subjectstn the United State the age for mili-tary service anall be for the time beingto to 44 years, both Inclusive."

"Provided, however, that no citizenof the United States In Oreat Britainand no British subject In the UnitedState who before proceeding to GreatBritain or the United State respective-ly, waa ordinarily resident In a place ofthe possessions of the United States orIn his majesty' dominions, respectively,where the law does not Impose compul-sory military service, shall, by virtueof this convention be liable, to militaryservice under the laws and regulationsof Great Britain or of the UnitedState, respectively;

"Provided, further, that In the eventof compulsory military service being ap-plied to any part of his majesty's do-

minions In which military service atpresent Is not compulsory, British subjects who before proceeding to theUnited States were ordinarily resident ineuch part of his majesty's dominions,shall theieupon be included within theterms of this convention."

The British military service actswhich govern the operation of the treatywould make all American nationals In

Britain or Canada subject thereto wereIt not for the diplomatic notes. Inthese formal conventions between theSecretary of State and the British Am-bassador the difficulty waa rounded outand It Is provided that Americana, ex-

cept between the ages of 21 and 31,shall be exempt.

AMERICANS MATCH FOE.

Alnarn Bev thn Oerman, SayTrained Observer.

Lonpon, June 15. American soldiersare more than a match for the Ger-mans In the opinion of neuter's corres-pondent with the American forces InFrance, who has been with the Ameri-cans for the past month. Whenever theGermans meet the American, ho says,the Germans have been beaten.

"My Impression," he adds. "Is thatthe Germans will find In their new foenmen more resembling our Dominions"soldiers than the home-bo- Tommy.Thy are full of tenderness, as the German wounded already W.ve. had causeto know. But they will not have mercyon men who do not fight ctralght andwill avenge comrades slain by treach-ery to the utmost."

Remarking how quickly the Ameri-cans are learning by experience, the cor-respondent continues:

"Thcro Is plainly much to be ex-

pected from the American army only,and It must be said with Insistencewant a lot of them. Secretary Bakerhas promised a million soon. That Isgood, but a million goes a wondroussmall way out here. We want that mil-lion doubled as soon as possible. Amillion soon will be worth many mil-lions later "

Referring to the large Infusion of Am-ericans of German descent, he corres-pondent says that they make good soldlers.

AMERICAN DOWNSFIVE PLANES IN DAY

Bay State Flier's FeatEclipsed Only Once in War.Paris, June IS. Sergeant David E.

Putnam of Brookllne, Mass., Is reportedto have downed five Germans last Monday. Three of Putnam's aerial victoriesare now official arid the other two areunder Investigation.

Thts record. If tho five victories areofficially accredited, makes Putnam'stotal thirteen, supplanting Lieut. FrankBaylies of New Bedford. Mass.. as anAmerican ace of ace.

The feat accredited Sergeaut Putnamla the most notable performed by anAmerican aviator, and probably has beeneclipsed only once during the war. Theonly other aviator getting a larger bagor enemy airplanes in a single day isLieut. Rene Fonck, a French ace, who onMay 9 brought down alx German ma.enmea.

Tli dispatch from Paris Indicates thattwo aerial victories placed to SergeantPutnam's --rredlt have not so far beenreported. Hla-felx- th triumph In the airwas announced on June 7, and nothingsince that time has been received rela- -tivo to other Oerman machines beingbrought down. First Lieut. Frank K.Baylies Is officially credited with twelveenemy airplanes.

Sergeant Putnam Is a descendant ofIsrael Putnam. On April 23 It was an-nounced that he had been awarded thoWar Croes by the French Government.

Xame War Stat Utlclan.Wasiunoton, June 15. Appointment

of Edwin V, Gay of Harvard Universityas chairman of the dlvUlon of planningand statistic of the War IndustriesBoard was announced y.

Mr. aay will relinquish his presentduties a director of the division of plan-ning and statistics of the ShippingBoard and as chief of the statistical

of the War Trade Board.Wilson Klerted to Academy.Pahi. June 15. President Wilson,

former Premier Halandra of Italy andCardinal "Mercler, Primate of Belgium,were unanimously elected to-d- to theFreiiclf Academy of MoraJ and PoliticalScience.

THE SUN, SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 1918.

BIG FLEET OF U-BO- AT

KILLERS SOON READY

Daniels Promises Also ManyftFord Boats," Larger Chas-

ers, in Spring.

PLEADS FOR 1.81,485 MEN

Palmer and Benson, With Fig-

ures, Baek Secretary's Ap-

peal to Congress.

Special Dttfitleh to Tne St v.

Wasiiikotok, June 15. The disclosurethat within sixty days the AmericanNavy will have a veritable horde ofsubmarine chasers operating In Euro-pean waters and that by early sprln;a fleet of "Eagle boats," .or "Tir'lboats," that are larger than the olddestroyers, also will be In operation Iscontained in a communication sent theHouse onpavy affairs y by sec-

retary 'Daniels.In this communication Secretary

Daniel squarely supports the SenateNaval Appropriations Committee for apermanent Increase of the navy to131, 485 enlisted men. The House pro-vision was for a temporary Increase. Inthe course of an important statementregarding tho shortage of officers andmen for the navy the Secretary andother naval officials discuss the buildingprogramme and give an Inkling of theproposed European operations of thenaval forces.

Appended to the letter of SecretaryDaniels are reports from Admiral Ben-son, chief of naval operations, and Admiral Palmer, chief of the bureau ofnavigation.

Danger Seea In More Delay.That Congress will Invite a "national

catastrophe If It doe not Immediatelyauthorize a large and permanent increase of the navy" Is the concludingstatement or Admiral Palmer.

In view of the Secretary's attitude,the House conferees, who have beenholding out for a mere temoorarv Increase, will ask early next week thattne tious instruct them regarding acceptance of the Senate amendment.

Chairman Padgett of Cie Naval Com-mittee ha been won over to the Den-ials communication and the House IUKeiy to recede.

After reciting at length the embar-rassment caused the navy by the pres-ent shortage of men to take care ofships rady or presently ready for com-mission Admiral Palmer says:

"We will In the course of two monthsnave many submarine chaser orient.Ing In European waters. This forceis now commanded by a Canta n slmnlvbecause we have no flag officer to takecommand. Such a magnificent forceshould have at least one Bear Admiralto command it and it would tend toefficiency In the conduct of the war Ifthere were a Rear Admiral In eachsquadron.

Xevr Type of Vessel la Spring."By early spring a new type of ves-

sel known as the 'eagle boat or Fordboat" will be operating. These vesselsare larger than our old destroyers andwill play an Important part In our waroperations. Their fleet organisation hasnot yet been announced, but certainlyone and probably two Rear Admiralswill bs required for thclti If they are tobe operated successfully.

"We need some flag officers for ourarmored cruiser. These must be sup-plied if these crulrera are to be ready tooperate ngainst the enemy as a scoutingforce. Also we have new superdread-nought- s

to add to the fleet within ayear for which we have no commander.

"It Is customary for the Admiral andVice Admirals In command of fleets orlarge mibdlvlslonM thereof to have aRear Admiral for chief of staff. It Isthe duty of the chief of staff to workout Uie plans and promulgate the oper-ating order of the fleet or forco com-mander. He should be a Rear AdmiralIn onter that he may have the rank thatgoe with his high authority.

'This Is a recognised necessity Inevery navy, hut has not been carried outIn ours because we have not the RearAdmirals. There should be at least twoRear Admirals available for this duty,one for Mayo and one for .Sims, both ofwhom work under a handicap becausetheir chiefs of staffs are only Captains.

Naval District Plan Trailed."Our organization of the country Into

naval districts I an and farsighted plan and should we be forcedInto a defensle war tremendous respon-sibilities will rest on these command-ants. The presence of merely one ortwo submarines on our coast at thepresent time emphasizes the necessity ofthis organization.

Fortunately c have Rear AdmiralsIn command of some of the districts, butthere are others for which we have noRear Admirals. In the ninth districta Captain has this duty In addition tohis duty In command of the Great LakesTraining fitatlon, the largest navaltraining station in the world. HI reg-ular duties at the training station aretremendous and quite all that any oneman can perform, yet his additionalduties are larger and of more vital Im-

portance, covering as they do the vastwaterfront of the great lakes.

The two duties cannot be performedproperly by one man the district re-

quiring him to have headquarters InChlcano; the training station requiringhim to be some forty mllen away fromthere.

In the thirteenth district AdmiralCoontz Is both commandant of the dis-

trict and commandant of the PugetSound yard. The former requires hisconsul nt presence in Seattle, the latterhis constant presence at the navy yard.He ha Informed the department that ItU physically Impossible for one man toattend to these two big tasks, each oneot vast Importance. Yet he Is strugglingto do tho work alone because there are

no Rear Admirals nvallable to take oneor the other of them.

"In the fifteenth district, the CanalZone, the commandant of the navnlforce afloat ha to act also ns districtcommandant. Thl point may suddenlybecome a vital one In the war and yetwhen It does the dsltrlct commandantmust leave his district to put to sea tocommand his forces afloat merely

we have no Rear Admiral tocommand that district, which, thoughsmall In area, Is one of the most vitalto the United Statos both In war andpeace.

"In the Hawaiian Island the com.mandant' of the naval station la alsocommandant of the district, nnd whilethe present war may not require anyenergetic action there the organisationshould nevertheless be ready for .anemergency."

Admiral Palmer say the present au-

thorized strength of the navy y Is17.000 men, which is not a sufficientnumber to operate the navy as It ex-

isted on April 1. At least 42,000 menadditional are required, he says, to manthe new construction to be ready dur-ing the coming first year. Of this num-ber additional approximately 26,000 arewanted for dentroyers, 44,000 for battle-ships and 5.000 for patrol vessels. Ad-

miral rainier continues:"In accordance with your request, the

Senate amended the bill to provide forthe Increase. It Is very much less thanour requirements to organize the ndvyfor war and doe not begin to meet thesituation, but If pissed It will help ma-terially to Improve a very serious condi-tion on which the nation's success in thiswar depends. It appears, however, thatthe amendment Is meeting oppositionfrom the House conferees on the Dili andvigorous action by the Department Isnecessary to put the amendment through.

Explanation Mot Asked For."Up to the present time neither the

chief of naval operations nor I has beencalled before the House conferees toexplain the necessity for passing thisamendment. It will be seen from theabove that a very considerable IncreaseIn the authorized strength Is not only es-

sential, but must be provided for Im-

mediately,"If all our men are able to perform

duty continuously without sickness,leaves of absences, etc., w could operatehips that would be ready this coming

year with 125,631 men. However, thatla utterly impossible and therefore It Isnecessary that a reserve for casualtiesbe provided. For this we must have notlea than B,84 men, which makes thogrand total to be Immediately provided131.4HJ men.

"Above I have given the actual num-ber of men required to man our 'per-manent establishment. It makes no allowance for additional men for train-ing, to replace these who go out byreason of expiration of enlistment, forwhich wo should have some 17.000 additional men. Neither does it providea permanent force for aviation, forwhich 1,000 more men should be al-

lowed."It will thus be seen even when wo

get the 131, 4S5 men asked for and In-

cluded In the Senate amendment thatwe will still not have sufficient to main-tain the full organization of our actualfighting forces this year, and much lesswill it answer for the future, whenwe have to man ships now building andnot Include the above, which require13,000 men, and the vessels authorizedbut not started, which require 8,000more men.

Must Have Fall Xainber of Men."Whllo the 131,485 men provided for

In the Senate amendment only partiallymeets the situation of y and willIn no sense meet the situation a yearfrom y it Is imperative that thatnumber of men be authorized now andthat every possible step bo taken toprovide for that Increase."

Admiral Benson says predictions thatthe war may end soon In no sense Justi-fies a refusal to give the navy a largeincrease. ,

'The world is going to be In a per-turbed rtate for years to come," he said,urging a navy comparable to the Im-portance of this nation. Both AdmiralPalmer and Admiral Benson, while de-voting mort of their discussion to ashortage of flg officers, assert a seri-ous shortage exists all down the lineand without prompt legislation the nowconstruction cannot he manned.

In conclusion Admiral Benfon says:"If the best Interests of the country areproperly pafeguarded It Is imperativethat we have enough officers In thehigher grades of the navy to permit usto train them and to select them for--pedal duties In accordance with theirprofessional ability. The argument thatthe war may end soon Is no argumentto the contrary.

"Regardless of when the war endthe world Is going to be In a perturbedState for years to come. There are mnvqistlons which will arise out of thiswar. and we are of necessity vitallyInterested.

"In order to b'e In a position to assertour rights as a peonlo andthe adoption at the peace conference oftho principles for which we entered Intoine war a navy comparable with ourimportance is the first essential. Shipsbiumb ia until inane a nay. Wo musthave the ships and Congress has recog-nized this am) approved accordingly.

"It Is equally essential lhatthe men to man these ships and theonicers or an grades mimclent to insurethe efficiency of the whole. We h.nonot the required number of men at thopresent time, nor have we the officers.

"I urge on you the Importance of In-

creasing the enlisted btrenglh of theregular navy to 131,485 and the necessityfor permitting the provisions of the actof August 20, 1916, to apply withoutalteration as far as they relate to theproportion of officers to enlisted per-sonnel and the proportionate number ofofficers In each of the several commis-sioned grades. I earnestly request thatyou urge these measures upon Con-gress."

Secretary Daniels transmitted thememoranda with the statement:

"This number Is based upon the actualfighting ship In commission and thOMiwhich will be ready for commission July1, 1919, which will be supplemented bythe large programme authorized by Con-gress, and this makes certain the factthat not less than this number of menwill be needed tn the navy for thefuture, and therefore I approve of therecommendation made by Admiral Ren-so- n

and Admiral Palmer."

BY OFFICIAL PERMISSION

ALLLIGHTS at LUNA

CONEY ISLAND

ARETURNED ON TONIGHT

COMEAND SEE IS CELEBRATE

CZECHOSLOVAKS

GAIN IN SIBERIA

Now Control All Towns on

Siberian Railroad for1,250 Miles.

HOT AGAINST B0LSHKV1KI

General Cry Is for a Force in

Aid of Allied Cause toRally Moderates.

Lonpov. June 15. Czechs-Slova- k

troops operating against the RussianSoviet Government In Siberia and theUral region continued their successes,according to an Exchange Telegraphdespatch from Moscow dated June 11.On the Siberian railroad from Tchella-blns- k

to Tomsk (a distance of 1,250miles), all the town are In the handsof the Czecho-Slovak- s. Omsk was oc-

cupied, on June 8 by a united force ofSlav and Cossack peasants under com-

mand of Col. Ivanoff, tho Sovietforces having retired from Omsk andTunen.

The new Siberian Government estab-lished in the regionhas notified the Soviet Government atMo.cow, the correspondent adds, of theabolition of the government of Soldiersand Deputies In Siberia and of the cre-

ation of the new provisional government,Tho notification states that the Siberiangovernment, which Is Joined by Com-

mander Ivanoff In the forwarding ofcommunication, does not Intend to workfor the separation of Siberia from Rus-

sia, and Is ready to negotiate for a mip-pl- y

of provisions to the northern dis-

tricts of Russia.Should, the Council of Commlloners

at Moscow, however,- attempt to reestab-lish the Soviet power' In Siberia, It Isdeclared, the Siberian Government willresist and will discontinue the lendingof bread grain to northern Russia.

The advent of the large contingents ofCzecho-Slova- In the Far Bast Is notedIn a Tims despatch from Pekln datedJune 10 as having brought a new factorInto the situation tfcere. Two divisionsof these troops, the correspondent say,are now scattered along the SiberianRailroad from Tchellablnsk eastward ontheir way to Vladivostok, while about14.000 of them have arrived at Vladivos-tok.

Meanwhile General Pemenoff, the lk

leader In Siberia, does notfind his affairs prospering, according tothese advice which report mat nchas been obliged to retire to Daurktla,

while the force, composed of former prls- -

owners of war, opposing him Is increasing.

"On the other hand." continues tnecorrespondent, "public, feeling everywhere in Siberia is not against tne oi- -shevikt. Manifestations against themare crowing, but all the centres of population ahe dominated by the .Bolshe-vik element, which alone has supplies ofarms and ammunition, making actionagainst ttem a difficult matter. The universal crv of Siberia is tor tne esian- -llshment of an allied force around whichall the moderates can rally.

"A small force or Cossacks and omerscommanded by Admiral Kolchak Is op-

posing the Bolshevlkl on the EasuiManchurian border, near Vladivostok.The Bolshevlkl arc threatening t blowud the Immense stores of ammunition InVladivostok if Admiral Kolchak attacksthem.

OPPOSE SOVIET RULE.

Itnsslnn nallvray Mission Employee Censure I.omonoaoff.

The employees of the Russian 11m.ll-a- y

Mission In the United States have

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10,000 Bolshevik GuardsWiped Out by Germans

AMSTERDAM, June 15. Gen.Knoerzer In a telegram to

Gen. Elchhorn, the German com-mander in tho Ukraine, reports,according; to a message fromKiev, thut forces of about 10,-00- 0

Bolshevik Red Guards, com-manded by Czech officers, havebeen almost wiped out by Ger-man troops to the west ofTaganrog, a Russian port on thenorth shore of tho Sea of Azov.

The Bolshevik troops, it is an-nounced, coming from Leisk,landed on the Ukraine coast ofthe Sea of Azov and were ad-

vancing toward Taganrog. Morethan 3,000 dead Bolshevik sol-

diers were counted and this didnot include the bodies of thosedrowned. Gen. Knoerzer claimsthe losses of the Germans wereslight.

addresred the following letter to Prof.O. V. Lomonosoff, who recentlv made aseries of utaternents urging the recog-nition of the BoUhevlkl. Prof. Lomon-osoff Is now dismissed from his post byAmbassador B. A. Bakhmellcff.

"We. the undersigned, employees ofthe nusslan Railway Mission read yourrecent political statements with a feelingof deep regret. We esteem you highlyas a railway worker, but wc feel thatIt Is our duty to say that your Mate-mc- nt

at the recent Madison Square Oar-de- n

meeting, at which you spoke to-

gether with the leaders of the Bolshe-vlkl urging the recognition of the So-

viet flovernment,' expresses only yourown opinion, the oplnlonof Prof. Lo-

monosoff ai a cltlrcn of free Russia, anddoes not reflect nt all the opinion of theemployees of the Russian Railway Mis-sion In this country.

"We, ns all other honest Russian citi-zen", cannot recognize the power of the

Soviet Government, which dis-persed with bayonets the ConstituentAssembly, elected hy the entire popula-tion of Russia on the basis of universal,equal, direct and secret suffrage.

"We are against the Bolshevlkl whofigure aa the Government of the So-

viets, for their Inhuman and demagogicmethods and promises. They havepromised Russia bread nnd peace andhave given starvation nnd the shame-ful Brest-Lltovs- k treaty to the unfor-tunate country. We are ngalnst theRolshevlkl for their destroying tho Rus-sian national wealth, science and art,for their tyranny, for their violating thefundamental civic rights, the freedom ofthought, speech and tho press. Wo amagainst their tyrannic policy regardingRussian nationalities, the pollcv whichundermines the principle of

which they themselves hypo-critically support.

"We ask the Allies and especially thegreat democracy of the United States ofAmerica, to whom we lire grateful forher hospitality, to help not tho group ofusurpers calling themselves 'govern-ment.' but the Russian people, on con-dition that this help shall be renderedto the Russian people and not throughthe Bolshevlkl to the Oerman Junker-dom- ."

This letter to Trof. Iximonosoff wassigned by P. S. Balkov, head of theRailway Department ; K. V. Ozols, s. T.Oorbonnov, M. M. Groten, I. M. nroni-kovsk-

In charge of various dopait-ment- sIn the railway mission : K. Volke-no-

secretary of the railway mission :A. I. I.lpetz. assistant to tho Railway("ommKsloner In the United States: r.Volkenow. V. P. Irvine. N". V. Ermola-cet- a,

M. Leincr, E. A. Do'.lnjeva and V.D. Welssman.

GREAT KIEV EXPLOSION.

Large Tart of City Damaged byMunition Blorvnp.

Amsteepam, June IS. Much damagewas causM In Kiev, the Ukrainian capi- -

of a Series of Labor Conservation

tal. by an explosion In the munitionsworks there on June S. sayn tho ,ol;,ii.ameloer of Berlin. There were lw!..big explosions and several smaller onelasting from 10 o'clock In tho n:oi i ,

until late In the afternoon.The biggest explosion occurred a m

o'clock, when persons standing on tinramnartsj nt Petr1erl wi. ..the ground. Shells fell In all directionover tho city.

The Svjerlnetx Cathedral colhpvlllko a pack of cards. Houses were 1.1 jv hover and tho streets turned Into winul.derlnir mfttM, nt Hehrla .- - v - - - ,,iiij ,nc Illicit.borhood- of the .mtintil,in... .. . uta,,. .n,asea of fire. The Tolskl convent ,i.

iro.vto.The correspondent refers to mm. 1that tho explosion was due lo inirl),

Hons of tho Bolshevlkl nsatn-- t urnSkoropadfkl, the Ukrainian Itcttnaii,

BRITISHSAYDDTCH

SAVED GERMAN SHIP

Britain Accuses Javanese PortAuthorities of Preventing

German Vessel's Capture.

London, June 1 3. Tne direct chnrgAthat the fhitch Government nheltcrrd ,iGerman vessel at a Dutch port to s'veher from being captured by the llrltlsiiIs contained In a British despatch whkhhas Just been made public.

The case was' that of the .Mrla.4,000 tons, which entered tho harbor oTandjong Priok, Java, Dutch East In-

dies, In May, 1916. She was tl Inc hiGerman mercantile flag, but Is bellee,ito have lfeen a Gorman auxiliary crtil ci

The correspondence between c,r,Britain and Holland on the sulj,.c'contains somo very sharp language 1 lieBritish Mliilmer at The Hague In a l. iter to the Dutch Minister of Koie'-- u

Affairs wrote:"The question does not stand alnas an instance of the peculiar and un-

sound views adopted or Invented bytho Netherlands Government during thnpresent war In matters of Intel nationallaw."

The Dutch Government, replying, saidIt did not wish "to depart from the co'irteous tone which should mark diplo-matic correspondence." and therefore ie.trained from referring to the str.iMi.-- e

remark, which nevertheless caujed ilGovernment the greatest and most

surprise.The plea advanced by the Netherlands

Government was that the Marlt n.nunseaworthy and entered the port i'orrepairs, but having failed to complexthe repairs within the given time n.iInterned. Tho British, however,

that she had resorted to Tand-Jon- g

Prlok to escape capture anil shouldhave been compelled to leae or beenrestored to her British owners, she li.u'-In- g

originally been the British shipDacre Hill, which was det.ilneil .itHamburg at the outbreak of the war

In the final note, wrttteii in An ilISIS, thi British Foreign Ofllrp mailthe accusation that Holland had del t.erately protected the vessel whenobservance of her own rule and nrin-elpl- e

would have necessitated theof the chip from the linrhor

It added :

"Oreat Britain must resere full rig tIn the matter and may And It tiesary to return to the subject at a fu-

ture date.'

nepnrlern tn Honor Uulloi-U- .

A special nieetine: of thn Assocl.it. on!of City Hall Reporters will bo h.-- ii

room P. City Hall, afirn iat 3 o'clock to take action on the de.i 'iof Capt. Harry A. Bullock, w'm a ikilled In France May 30. f'ap' l' jwas tho first New York new spa p- - iito be killed In tho war. All newspapermen aro Invited.

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