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1 IN CLOUDS FOIL
FLIGHT OVER PARIS
German Aviator and Observer Have Narrow
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who
IK OLIVER LODGE, ;
the famous scientist,
review* contemporary !
SIR OLIVER LOOCE FELLS
war methods for readers of j
The American.
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Escape—Former St. Louis Man
Battle of Lodz on the Eastern
Continued From Page 1.
great remained; and I loved Pari**
more a conqueror.
Over the housetops I swung In great
circles. Little dots In the Htreete
ifhowed me that orowde were gather
ing They could not understand how
a German could handle the French In
vention more skillfully and adventa-
teouilv than the French themselves
They began to shoot at us. If was
fine. They were very bad shots. I
felt like dropping a bomb not t- kill
them, but almply to h#-«* Homethlng
blown up. Then from the direction of
Juvlny came a French monoplane. A*
it wa* more ewift than my biplane, 1
hed to turn and try to escape. My Ha -
varlab comrade prepared my rlfie and
*elzed his pistol. The Frenchman ap
proach twl cioaer and closet I attempt
ed to rmoh the protecting clouds at
4,000 feet, but my pursuer flew swifter
than we. ever nearer and nearer. Sud
denly I became aware «*f a second
monoplane only 500 yards away. It
attempted to block my path. We had
to act. I shot at the airman ahead of
us. Then a turn and the major took
alrn. Ho allot once, twice, three time©.
The enemy's machine, which wag now
next to ua only 100 yards away, top
pled, tilted upward, and then fell to
the ground like a stone. Hut our
other pursuer was almost on top of
u* and shot at us with pistols, (’lose
to the gas lever a bullet hit the fuse
lage Then impenet rable fog conceal-
•d us from the enemy. I could hear
the buzz of his moing grow' fainter and
fainter
Ran Into Shrapnel,
When we again emerged from this
gray ocean of clouds It was twilight.
But suddenly, before, behind and on
the sides, white smoke clouds appear
ed, bursting shrapnel Still flying
above the enemy’s position, we were
directly exposed to their artillery fire.
Devil with it! The lire grew worse.
I knew' from the little trembles that
the machine was getting blow upon
blow, but It never entered my mind
that those shrapnel balls meant death
to me. Somethin# In man remains un
moved by logic and knowledge- espe
cially when you’re In the air. There,
of a sudden, a white-yellow fire In
front of me. The machine reared up.
The major seemed to reel to his f»*et.
Blood was pouring from his shoulder.
The covering of the wings was tat
tered. The motor buzzed and roared
as before, but the screw was missing.
A grenade shattered our propeller, but,
thank heaven! did no worse My ma
chine began sinking to earth. I suc
ceeded In gliding, and threw the bi
plane down Into the woods. The
branches and tree tops crashed to
•pi nters. 1 struck »
and then was no longer aware of what
•went on around me. When 1 again be
came conscious I was lying next to
Major G. on the forest ground, sur
rounded by a group of German reserv
ists. Recognizing the machine, they
had forced themselves into the forest
in small numbers to save us. Major G.
fiad to be removed to the nearest hos
pital. I only received a crushed leg.
Your affectionate son.
Started With 1,500 Aeroplanes.
Before this war began those who
took an interest in military affairs
thought of Germany's aerial forces in
terms of Zeppelins. It was acknowl
edged that Germany had some aero
planes. but publicly she had not done
very much with them. On December
3 last year Count von Arnlm, of the
flying corps, told me that Germany
had 1,500 aeroplanes, and that more
were being turned out every day.
When I remarked my amazement,
he smiled and said, “We did not build
’them all since the war began,” Ger
many' knows how to guard her mill
ion secrets well. Just as the 12
centimeter guns were guarded, so was
her strength in aeroplanes.’’
Taube means dove, the symbol of
peace. Tho Taube, an aeroplane of
the monoplane type, made its appear
ance over France, Belgium and Rus
sia .it the outbreak of the war Bo
that the Gerrban soldiers would not
! Are upon it, there were painted under
its wings two iron crosses in black.
In Berlin they began to sing a song,
“Ich glaube da* uber filgt eln Tuube.''
The Taube Abandoned.
A few weeks of the war and tho
Taube was a sensation. Then some
of the high-powered French mono-
planes got after it and the Germans
kjors'>• -,< the T.i '.!■.• 111:t ever' news
paper still reports any German aero
plane as a Taube. As a matter of
fact. Germany has practically given
up the Taube. The machines that are
Is Hero of
War F ront.
hr * the Albatross
being used now'
and Fokkar.
It was Id one of thi-se Albatross
ma'-hlnes that 1 n<*w over the French
lines
A patch of earths purplish gray,
with illimitable lines of black
trenches stretching away, and every
where puffing white smoke coming,
going -that was the battlefield bs I
saw it belDw the clouds.
Unless one files across a war-filled
sky he ohh not understand that war
or those who wage It. He can not
understand the craving that coines
over one to drop bombs. “From sheer
joy, mother (wrote the Grown Princes
dyer), I nearly went out of my mind
* • • Just to see something blown
up." • • • They are not wholly
sane, them* fighters in the sky—that
Is, In their machines.
They suffer from the same disor
dered ego that made Peachey and all
our exhibition flyers think themstlves
stronger than the law of gravity, only
with them the ego Is Intensified to an
unbelievable extent by war. Not only
are they defying gravity, but the
guns as well.
The 8tory of Phil Wurst.
Thin L**dl to rash deeds; it urged
Phil Wurst to fly over Lodz under
fire of the Russian guns At Lodz he
did more than all the German artil
lery had been able to do. He threw
the city into darkness. But his story
begins in St. Louis. Born in Ger
many, Phil Wurst had become a citi
zen of the United States and an
aviator. I^ast spring he went to Ber
lin to see his mother With a laugh
ho told her how In the American
aviation camps they called him the
“Crazy Dutchman.” Phil Wurst had
his own ideas about how flying ma
chines should be made and loudly he
announced them, particularly in St.
Ixmis, where he had a school. War
came; In Berlin. Phil Wurst volun
teered As he said to me, ”It was a
fin© chance to learn all about war
planes. And It would be fun.”
Now every German aviator has to
earn a little yellow and black badge,
the emblem of the Flying Corps; It Is
harder to win than a second-class
Iron Cross. He has to prove his fit
ness. his ability and his bravery. He
has to accomplish severe obnervatlon
tests and bomb dropping. Phil Wurst
was awarded the badge. lie was
sent to the front. He flew over
Rholms. dropping "bonbons,” as he
calls them. He made many valuable
reports to Oeneral Herrlngen. He
was transferred to the east
On© day when Hindenburg’s army
was advancing on Lodz, the Polish
manufacturing city, the staff decided
that to plunge the city in darkness
would be to create panic among the
Russian soldiers and inhabitants.
They sent for the crazy Dutchman.
Destroys Light Plant.
“Destroy thn electric light plant at
Lodz,’’ were Wurst’s orders.
“Jawohl!"
Phil Wurst climbed Into his Alba
tross and flew across Poland toward
Lodz. The Russian artillery sought
to halo him with a crown of bursting
shrapnel. But Wurst cared more for
the Iron ("rose; so he kept on. Above
Lodz h© made some observations. He
Hew' one way and then made a turn
to get the velocity of the wind. He
took his altitude and then made a cal
culation In which figured the velocity
of the wind and the speed of his bomb
to Che ground. It told him exactly
how much allowance he had to make
' for the wind Then he circled over
the electric, plant of Lodz.
“My first bomb,” he told me.
"missed It only hit he workshop. The
second bomb hit the dynamos. Oh, it
vu fine! ” an,i Mi **\ ch sparkled*
Lodz was In darkness for nine days,
nnd after the Germans captured It
It took them a week to repair the
electric light plant. Twenty times up
to March 6 had Wurst tiotvn over
Warsaw nnd each time he dropped
twenty bombs!
Three Types of German Bombs.
This bomb dropping is Interesting.
The German bombs are of three dis
tinct types. There is a small bomb
about the size of a baseball that Is
thrown overboard bv hand. The other
two bombs are mechanically dropped.
One is for purposes of killing and
destruction by explosion, the other is
to create Are. The explosive bombs
are shaped much like pears
Princess Mary
Resents a Slur
At U. S. Standi
GARVIN GALLS THEIR
Russian Navy
Claims Victory
In Baltic Sea
Means Found for Cheeking Submarine L’aids,
He Says, but Guards Details—Development
of Engines of Destruction Not Inventions
Abruptly Leaves “Volunteer Work
ers" Meeting When American
Attitude on Lusitania Is
Criticised.
Terrific Battle Takes Place
Island of Gothland and Ger
man Ships Are Reported
Damaged.
Off
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, July 3.—The British
Steamer Craigard, from Newport
News for Havre, with a cargo of
cotton, was torpedoed and sunk
by a German submarine off the
Sicilly Islands Thursday. The
crew landed here to-day.
A German submarine, believed
to be the U-30 is reported sunk
off the mouth of the River Ems.
The River Ems flows into the
North Sea from Germany. Divers
report they found life aboard the
submarine, but it is impossible to
rescue any of the crew. Three
are said to be dead.
Czar’s Fleet Victor,
Petrograd Claims
By FRANCIS LAVELLE MURRAY.
(Special Correspondent I nternational
News Service.)
PETROGRAD, July 3.—Russian and
German warships have met in their
first big naval battle in the Baltic Rea
and the Czar’s fleet has* won; accord
ing. to an official statement issued by
the Admiralty to-day.
A German cruiser was badly dam
aged by the fire of the Russian gun
ners and was run ashore to escape
sinking, the official statement says.
The battered warship lowered its flag
Detore it was beached.
The battle took place off th© Island
or Gothland.
a Russian submarine has sunk
Turkish vessels in the
Sea, the Admiralty also an
nounced to-day. The destroyed ves
sels were a steamer of 2,500 tons, a
sailing ship of 1,500 tons and a steam
er of 400 tons. All were sunk near
Kesken. The Turkish vessels were
laden with coal and provisions which
they were transporting to Constanti
nople.
By ORTON TEWSON.
(^Special Cable to The Sunday Ameri
can.)
LONDON, June 27.—Sir Oliver
Lodge, perhap# the greatest living
scientist, welcomed the opportunity
which I gave him to speak to the
great circle of American people
reached by the Hearst newspapers.
As I was being ushered Into his
room 9peclallv set aside for his re
searches in Birmingham University,
In the heart of England, I caught a
glimpse of several of his laboratories.
Here were deJicate instruments of
strange shape, at the purpose of
which the layman could only guess
and wonder—weirdly shaped retorts,
endless rows of bottles, books of ref
erence, notebooks of research, and
beyond were the humming wheels
and refftlesg tracery of driving belts
appertaining to the engineers work
shop.
The principal of the great British
Industrial university is no mere book
ish theorist, but an energetic investi
gator of many branches of science,
j Although his device for dissipating
j fogs still is a thing of wonder, his In-
| ventions by no means* are all In the
I air, as the universal use of the Lodge
sparking plug readily proves.
Greeting Cordial.
Waving me a cordial gretting, Sir
Oliver settled down to his cross-ex
amination with a zest which gave no
indication he was giving up a portion
of a particularly busy morning for the
benefit of the readers of the Hearst
newspapers.
While he sat there, a smile on his
face, his great frame overflowing the
boundaries of his chair, his head bent
a little forward by seeming weight of
his huge polished dome, with his
beard as a support, his face was ir
radiated with a boyish gleam which
smoothed out the lines of care on th©
rugged features.
‘ I would like to know. Sir Oliver.” I
raid, “your view* on some of the sci
entific aspects of the war. For in
stance, the leading papers contained
In the last few weeks a wide corre
spondence deploring the lack of or
ganization in the field of chemistry,
physics, mechanics and general in
vention. Do you think British leaders
In science are alive to these matters,
and is the organization with them
adequate for the need or equal to
that of Austria or Germany?”
"Many of the people busy writing
papers on these matters,” broke in
Sir Oliver, "are uninformed or mis
informed. There Is far more organi
zation and science in England than
the public Is aware of.
Laboratories Are Busy.
"It is not known, as many recent
letter? prove, and I am perhaps giv
ing away secrets by saying so now’,
that practically since the beginning
she keeping pace with the many in
ventions in the field of warfare?"
"Means are being found, some In
deed are In use.” he said; “means con
cerning which for obvious reasons, I
can not give details, but which will
counter all these. Take, for instance,
LONDON, July 3.—At the first
meeting of a new' league, entitled
“La3y Volunteer Workers,” held at
the* London residence of Lady Wan
tage, an old friend of the royal fam
ily, and attended by the Princess
Mary, a remarkable scene occurred,
which ended »n the Princess and her
governess, Mile. Duesau, by whom she
was attended, lei v i n 8
the meteing
submarines. We are—
I leaned forward eagerly, but the | abruptly,
spirit of caution nudged Sir Oliver at! A diacussion arose is to the position
that moment, for he closed up as of America In the war. and the aui-
tight as an oyster and no persuasion tude of th.- Unltgd Sta.es Adminis
could get him to hint ut the secrets he
guards, so I changed the subject.
The Students' Part.
“As the principal university, what
part do you think your students and
the institution generally should play
In war?”
‘ A) who can.” he said, “have been
invited to enlist. The names of those
fighting and those dead on the field
of battle you will see on the roll of
honor in the corridor.”
Here Sir Oliver’s words sounded for
a few moments only during the inter
view like those of an old, carew’orn
man.
"Yes,” he added, "the university
can and should supply fighting forces
of the greatest importance."
In a war of such magnitude, where
science is playing so Important a part,
I thought It might be possible to as
certain the probable lines along which
Inventions might develop, so 1 asked:
“Can you give me, Sir Oliver, any
indication or even a hint as to the
probable line of development of the
tration since the sinking •''J the Lusi
tania was severely commented on by
several of the ladies present, notably
by a Miss Davidson, a cousin of the
Archbishop of Canterbury. The F^in-
cess Mary did not Join In the disci 18 "
sion at all until Miss Davidson rt."
marked that it was now simply a
question of the United States choos
ing between honor and dishonor,
whereupon the Princess said she did
not agree with that statement; to her
it seemed that it was simply a ques
tion of the United States doing what
was the wisest thing in obviously very
difficult circumstances.
Etiquette gives the members of the
reigning house the advantage of hav
ing the last word at such dizcusslons.
for no on© i* supposed to differ with
the plainly expressed opinion of any
member of the royal family. Miss
Davidson, however, • apparently
thought that the considerable dispar
ity between her own age and that of
the Prim-ess relieved her of the neces
sity of observing this rule, and she re
Allies’ fighting gear; will it be with th * expression of her opinion,
regard to machines on land, to gases. J adding: “Your royal highness must
to vessels in the air, on the water or Pardon an old person like me for not
agreeing with the opinion# of a young
person like you.”
“They are not my opinions only,”
replied the Princess.
“I know that; they are your parents’
opinions,” said Miss Davidson, “but I
still claim the liberty of having my
own opinions, which are those of a
great many of your father’s friends.”
The Princess then at once rose, and,
with her governess, left the room, and
the party immediately afterward
‘broke up. As a result of the incident,
all royal support has been withdrawn
from the league, which will, of
course, die a sudden death.
under the sea, or is it likely someone
may harness the force of nature to
work destruction on opponents?”
Sir Oliver shook his head and re
plied :
“I am no prophet.”
Knows of No Message.
“Speaking of prophets,’ I said,
“what l.s your opinion of the various
prophecies which have been made
with regard to the war.”
“The prophets have not done them
selves justice,” was the laconic an
swer.
“But you believe, and the public ex
pects you. as a spiritualist investiga
tor, to believe that future events can
be foretold. One would think that a
world catastrophe such as the present
tvould have been foretold by a me
dium at some seance. Has such a
message been given?”
“I know of no definite message.” re
plied Sir Oliver, “no authentic proph
ecy. There have been allusions
through media and many of us felt
something terrible was pending, but
there has been nothing definite.”
"What do you think of messages in
the past that are said to have fore
told this war? There was one of a
French monk which purported to
foretell the beginning and the end of
the war, a* well as the result; there
and discuss various suggestions for
research Into matters of martial im
portance.
“The laboratories of its members
are busy with Investigations, and the
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thov are about ten'Inches, nnd five
inches Is their greatest diameter. An
aviator never carries more than four,
j They hang from the floor of the ob-
j server’s car. In order to prevent their
! Jostling against each other and burst
ing under the aeroplane, each bomb
Is h<*ld In a peculiar baskttllk© con
trivance Suspended from th\' aero
plane are four such baskets. When | f
. look Jlk© flan- 1
feet tong. Wheu they
Italians Shatter
Austrian Attack
By BRIXTON D. ALLAIRE.
(Special Correspondent International
News Service.)
ROME, July 8—While the official
report# from Italian general head
quarters were confined to details of
local successes of the troops of King
Victor Emmanuel, Italian correspond
ents at the front to-day send dis
patches in which they declare that the
Austrian offensive on the Plava-Ora-
(IIsea line has been completely ’bro
ken.
“Foe th© first time since the Ita4>
Over all | ,flns began their campaign of inva-
they
gling slats two rect long, vyqpu tneyi .
nr,, flli.-.l »1U, Wiiti* the enfi of thn.s \ *. ‘ sp " c ’ fro "‘ 1 lhat
tenuous Slats nr thin steel are rsiutUt » vl '»" blpw , u P/«m! nm-
toftether by « wire hook ami noose. 1 co " v .°y» W "!
Thi. t. h. .. .Imni. 1... .,r . l' p<1 from “ height o£ .’,000 feet, thus
are empty the v look Jlk© flan-i,
■ - » ---- - 1 advance.
slon." says one. “large forces have
been engaged. The Austrian forces
have been driven back everywhere
with severe casualties, losing strong
positions at Plava and east of Sugra-
do.”
The statement further re*x>rts the
capture of Austrian positions and nu
merous prisoners on the Gorlzla-Plava
road, the Austrian.* desperately reslst-
‘ng, but falling to stem the Italian
of the war there ha S J" I was one which prophesied the down-
enoa a special war comm.ttee of the | fa „ nf the hollse of Hohenzollern when
Royal Society, of which I nm a. mem-j the Kea(1 of thp hous( , mounte(1 his
her. It includes representatives horse from the wron K side, as does the
every, branch of science, who meet pre „ Pnt Kaiser. There was a horo-
scope of the Kaiser cast by an Amer
ican astrologer, which foretold the
downfall of the German Emperor for
last December. Are not these false
I '“'T prophecies su fflcient to shake your be-
' mtfi'nma nf tnla mtirk Avprtil31 Iv Will * r
lief in the existence sf communion
with the spirit worid?"
Speaks of Research.
“These were probably misinterpre
tations.”
Here he spoke of the man of science
Who requires that all phenomena (»f
his Investigation shall be fully known
before judgment is passed. He con
tinued:
"I myself have investigated none of
these prophecies, but thev probably
are misinterpretations. Because some
people got hold of a cryptic Latin
screed, which Is supposed to have been
written many, many years ago by a
French monk, and twist the transla
tion to make the resulting version
into a prophecy of a war already be
gun such a fact neither affirms nor
denies the possibility of prophecy It
does nothing. The other* may be like
them.”
Pressed on this-point. Sir Oliver ad
mitted, somewhat sorrowfully, I
thought, he has not come across any
case of authentic prophecy concerning
the war. When I reverted to the ques
tion Sir Oliver shook me off with a
laugh, and I am not going to make any
prophecies. They, too. might not come
true.
New Zeppelin Goes
Out Every 20 Days
GENEVA (via Paris), July 3.—News
dispatches reaching Geneva from Fried-
richshaven set forth that double shifts
of men are now working in the Zeppelin
factories, which are turning out a com
pleted Zeppelin every twenty days.
One of the two Zeppelins destined for
operations against Italy was sent from
Friedrichshafen yesterday to replace the
dirigible destroyed over Belgium recent
ly by the Canadian aviator Warneford.
It,is reported in Geneva that the Ger
man authorities are preparing for an
Important combined raid of Zeppelins
and aeroplanes on Paris and London In
retaliation for the recent attack on
German towns by aviators of the Allies.
needed supplies.
Thi. is connected bv a simple Inver 1 *»•'*«• lh “
system up through the floor of the | o-_ emy off trom much
observer’s car to a tiny lever at his
elbow. Each bomb is thus hold in a|
wire basket. When the observer Is
ready to fire, he presses a brass lever;
. —of which there are four - the basket 1
is opened, the bomb released and goes ’
‘bolting down. As it rushes through!
the air a little propellerlike fan slow-
i ly.unspins, releasing a safety catch so . . - ... u .
that upon contact the bomb explode,. | . ' V K , al '‘ d *' r dl ' S
I bjr the Austru-Qennan forces along
Observation Main Thing. j the Vistula River have brought them
The inflammable bombs, of which to a point onlv 88 miles from Ivaa-
onlv — —». — i . —
be felt at the front.
“I hav© been In fnvor of more pub
licity in our work, but It might pos
sibly lead to the inundation of the
committee by a flood of useless pro
posals. As It Is, the members receive
numbers of suggestions from outside
sources. Rome contain germs of real
worth, but the majority are useless.
Still. T think we may be missing
something of excellence.”
“Are you connected in any way
with the fighting departments?”
“Yes. From time to time we re
ceive requests^rom the War nnd Ad
miralty offices'. These requests are
passed on to members of the com
mittee besfl able to deal with them.
Investigations are made at our labo
ratories, maybe in some university,
maybe in some private laboratory fir
large manufacturing works, and the
results are communicated to official
departments and orders then are
given
Nothing New, H© Says.
“Yes. there Is nothing much the
matter with our organization,” said
Sir Oliver, as he smiled the smile of
one who knows.
“ VSTlth regard to ,fhe **olentlflfi in
terests which the wat; has %>rouK^t,
into prominence, do you think 4iny
strikihg development has taken
place?”
“There is nothing new,” said Sir
Oliver “There have been develop
ments. of course, and strange rever
sions also to the old-fashioned meth
ods and engines of warfare but when
our enemies use poiwm gas th*>y only
are employing means of destruction
which were known before the war
and forbidden
“Their Zeppelins and submarines
certainly have been improved so as to
become a real menace and the range
of their big guns has been increased;
but these are only developments of
the already existing engines of de
struction and can not be called inven
tions In the strict sense. You will
England Preparing
Tor Prolonged War
LONDON. July 3.—The Earl of Sel-
borne, president of the Board of Agri
culture, has appointed a committee, of
which Lord Milner is chairman, to in
vestigate the report as to “what steps
should be taken by legislation or other
wise for the sole purpose of maintain
ing and, if possible. Increasing the
present production of food in England
and Wales on the assumption that the
war may he prolonged beyond the har
vest of 1916.”
The committee is Instructed, If it finds
additional powers are necessary, to re
port in time for legislative action dur
ing the present session of Parliament.
Illinois Student, 23,
Is Canadian Captain i $100 REWARD
CHICAGO. July 3 Less
year ago Potiga! Klttermast
than a I
was „ | Por I. H. Cheek. <oe 28. height, about t
freshman at the University "of Illinois ' feet 2 ‘ weight about 180 pounds, light
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France.” He Is 33. i wire JAMES L. BEAVERS. Chief of Po.
Captain Klttennaster Is a son of W\ ** c *» Atlanta, Ga.
Editor of Pall Mall Gazette Declares Allies
Have Postponed Their Hopes for Months to
Deliberately Prepare for Thorough Victory.
By JOHN L. GARVIN.
(Editor of The Pall Mall Gazette. Spe
cial Cable to The Sunday
American.)
LONDON, July 3.—Last week
marked an epoch in national organi
zation, as well as a pinch in the Euro
pean struggle. The Allies have post
poned their hopes for months and de
liberately reorganized their methods
to assure thoroughness of a deferred
victory. Russia’s emergency has been
met by our allies with indomitable for
titude and resolution.
It means that FTance plays Jor the
present the main part of ‘holding an
impregnable barrier' in the west. It
depends on the supreme exertions of
Great Britain during the next few
months to provide men and munitions
with an effect which will turn the
course of the war and vibrate from
c*ne end of Europe to the other. The
situation, but on a larger scale, is not
uni’ke the sterner years of the Napo
leonic wars.
Aft?r more than a century, this is
again situation that suits the
British'iwnper- We shall bear it well.
The sign^. the last few days have
satisfied u? the British temper.
With man-£° wer » machine-power and
money - power we will rise to th© need
with a vigor that will discomfit our
enemies, assert the supremacy of the
Quadruple Entente and astonish the
world. We ha'“ vast reserves, but
we have to rnob*Uze them now fully
without delay. W> can do it and shall.
Grave Vo' ce s Heard.
While in Germany and Austria
many enthusiasts and some experts
declare that the Russian colossus is or
soon will be overthrown and finished
for the remainder oi. the war, other
grave voices in the central empires
warn all concerned against thinking
it is all over but the shouting. The
Russians are describe* 1 as moving
back with incredible obstinacy and
immovable courage, lading nothing
but munitions. The Bear is always
ready to maul its pursuer^.
Nevertheless, serious and perilous
as Potsdam knows the event to be. it
is practically certain Germany means
to make the crowning effort one way
or another to seize Warsaw and the
whole lind of the Vistula, and, if pos
sible throw Russia back beyond th©
more interior line of the Bug and it-
key to the fortress and Brest-Litovsk
railway junction into the marshes of
the Prlpet.
Since the fall of Lemberg our allies
In the south of Poland have retreated
very .slowly to a point somewhfct near
er the Vistula.
It is well-nigh as great a crisis as
that of 1812, and may quite possibly
prove the greatest in Russia’s annals
Under direction of his sovereign and
with the whole Russian nation behind
him, the Grand Duke is preparing for
all emergencies.
Factors of Time and Space.
We repeat that we have absolute
confidence that the Grand Duke will
be the eventual victor, upon the con
dition that he be fully supported by
the colossal energy of this country in
piling up munitions.
Against Germany are the factors of
space and time. She must succeed
before November or she can never
succeed. The time is too short for her
purpose. Even for a partial 4nd' tem
porary success he will have to pay a
tremendous price.
The deeper she advances into Rus
sia the graver becomes the danger of
a total reverse. It must be months
before the Grand Duke’s armies are so
fully reorganized and refitted as to be
able to resume the final offensive with
huger forces than ever. But even in
the meantime the Czar’s troops will be
better and better equipped with every
month that passes.
We do not say too much when we
suggest that this is one of the great
est dramas in human history.
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T n notice, too. with rh© possible excep-
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AUSTRIAN HEADQUARTERS IN
to be growing steadily weaker, and
the Indications now are that the great
Russian fortress on the Vistula wLl
be besieged within a short time.
Having captured Josefow, the Teu
tonic troops are pressing forward to-
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chine, are much larger. 1 ©aw on©
j that was fully a foot In diameter. It
! was a perfect sphere and was painted
A the gray-green of the army cloth.
; Like the explosives, these bombs are
• It* pped from the floor of the ob-
; server’s compartment. But the bas- 1 ward K&mlen, on the east bank of the
| kets are not closed upon them, only | Vistula, while other forces are moving
the releasing hook being Used. Of j northward on the west bank,
the hand bombs, ns many as twenty j Josefow was taken in a night st
are often taken aboard Near Su-|tack after the Austro-German troops
(walk! I saw an aviator load 22 of [had crossed the Wyzniea. five miles
: them into the observer’s compart- j from Its junction with the Vistula.
1 ment. They were deposited InUn a J The crossing was effected under a
j portable compartment that reminded heavy fire from Russian machine
guns, but when the Teuton troong
captured these they found that th*v
were manned by only a handful of
men. the main Russian forces In th4t
region having withdrawn.
ture, and therefore not truly and in
any real sense contributions to the
world’s science.
Wireless Telephone.
"To my mind, the most wonderful
, scientific development is long-
1 range wlrele«-* telephony. By its
means the human voice can travel for
miles and man can speak to man. |
though only the air connects them.
This is a true contribution to science
which the war has developed, a con
tribution which will outlast all the
engines of destruction which have
been used or still are to be made."
"Tn your opinion, is Great Britain
keeping pace with the enemies in the
invention of destructive war machines
and has she anything to counter the
craft of Zeppelin type? Tan she hold
in check the raid* of submarines” Is
a P'
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lived there for fifteen years, but never
given up hls Canadian citizenship. The
elder Kittennaster sent hls son to Ca
nadian military training schools, and
soon after the war started the boy was
ordered to Canada. He was a lieuten
ant then. In drilling recruits he showed
such ability that he was soon promoted
to a captaincy When he sails for
France he will be in command of 1,500
men.
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location and strength of the enemy's
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