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The Start and Stripes
Forever."
DECISIVE
CLASH OF
High Commands on Brth Sides
May Be Preparing for
Combat From Rheims
to North Sea.
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By Associated Press.
v Washington. July 26. Behind the
apparent lull in the struggle around
the Aisne-Marne salient today, the
high commands of the allied and Ger
man armies may be setting the stage
" for the decisive battle of the war. In
that event it seems more than likely
to. observe here that the fourth anni
versary of the conflict wil see a flame
of fighting raging from least of
Rheims to the North Sea, but with
the crucial conflict in progress some-
where just north of the Marne.
There is nothing as vet in reports
to show General Foch's plan. Flick
ers of fighting have occurred to'ihe
north that may have more than local
significance behind them. There is
some evidence of a feeling here that
the time has not come yet when a
sufficient American army has been as-
' sembled in France to warrant pass
ing definitely to offensive tactics.
It was recalled today that General
March recently indicated to members
of congress that this was not to be
expected until later in the vear, The
situation has changed greatly at the
; front since then, however, and only
, developments there will" show what
' decision, has .beeil.ade-?-:--.-;--'W
4; . - Tables Turned on Enemy. .
At first it appeared that the fierce
.counter attack launched by ; General
Foch on the Western side of the
sAisne-Marne salient was intended on
ly to offset the German effort to en-
circle Kheims and turtner exploit me
menace toward Paris. As success
followed success for the ; Franco-
American troops, and as the Italians
nd British joined, the nature of the
operation changed. It was clear that
the tables had been turned on the
enemy and that the nutcracker tatics
he had (attempted to apply to Rheims
were in turn being applied to his
armies. 1 ,
The enemy was quick to realize his
' danger. Behind a stubborn rear guard
he drew back across the Marne and
today was apparently still struggling
northward out of the depth of the
oclset in which he had been caught,
o save his advanced forces here, re
serves have been called to hold apart
v the- jaws of the great trap until the
armies of the crown prince could es
cape. '''
Aims to Clear Pocket.
Yesterday the .advance of the Brit
ish northwestward from the region
of Rheims aroused hope among offi
cials here that the allied forces might
be able to. spring the trap. The lull
today seemed j to -indicate General
Foch, was not prepared at this time
to. press his advantage t6 his full
power in that direction.
The pocket is not as yet sufficiently
narrowed at the top to prevent -withdrawal
of the German, armies falling
back from the Marne, officers believe.
-That the main pressure of the allied
troops today was rather against the
blunt apex than against the extended
sides of the' salient was taken as an
indication that the 1 supreme com
mander was bent on forcing his op
ponent out of the pocket than to trap
him in itv ?
Should General Foch feel that he
should still await the coming of more"
American . troops to give a decided
preponderance in numbers, officers
anticipated that he would continue to
- harry the retiring enemy, flank and
front, exploiting his present victories
to the fullest possible extent and
forcing the enemv to ; decide uponJ
making a stand. When that line was
reached or approached, however. a
sudden transfer of allied offensive
tactics to the Picardv or more prob
ably, the Flanders front would ..be
natural. . ,
Omsk Provisional
Government Annuls ,
:i Bolshevik Decrees
London, July 26 The provisional
government at Omsk has assumed su
preme 'authority in Siberia and pro
claimed Siberia's , independence, ac
cording to a Reuter dispatch from
. Peking, under date of Tuesday. ,
The provisional government has an
nulled all Bolshevik decrees and' re
established the Siberian duma. ' Ap
proval .of these actions has been re
quested of the Vladivostok govern-
went ...
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Hibernians Trust Wilson. '
. ' ' 'Atlantic City, July 26. Confidence
Ipsa situation was expressed m a
resolution adopted today by the na
tional directors of the Ancient Order
17 AR NEAR
l9i Hibernians, in session here
GET YOUR
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VOL. 48. NO.'34.
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EDWIN D. LINDSAY
DIES OF WOUNDS
WHILE AT FRONT
WaannamMBHa t
Grandson of J. R. Lindsay Suc
f cumbs to Injuries Received
in No Man's Land Mid
die' of June.
Edwin D Lindsay, grandson of J.
R. Lindsay, is the latest Coucil Bluffs
boy to fall a victim of the Huns.
A telegram from Washington re
ceived late yesterday afternoon con
veyed the intelligence to Mr. apd
Mrs. Lindsay that their grandson had
died from the effects of wounds re
ceived in No Man's land the night
of June 20.
On that night, after writing a let
ter to his grandparents, which he
left incare of Lt Robert Decbert of
the Fifth battalion signal corps, field
EDWIN L. LINDSAY.
artillery, to which he was assigned,
he was sent with a comrade to repair
a telephone line which had been put
out of commission The point was
under heavy fire at the time and the
men were exposed in the open. They
had just finished repairing the break
when a Hun shrapnel fell amost upon
them. Young Lindsay was badly
wounded about the legs. He was
carried quickly to the field hospital
and later transferred to a base hospi
tal. Lt. Deckert enclosed the letter
the boy had just finished writing to
Mr. ;and Mrs. Lindsay in an appre
ciative one of his own in which he
recounted the story, declaring "I have
never seen a man who was more
cheerful and courageous than your
grantison when we were carrying him
in. I'm proud to have men like him
in our outfit." i
In a letter written for him by a
Red Cross nurse at the base hospital
he told his grandparents that he had
"had an accident" which would prob
ably bring him home about Christ
mas, and saying that he would not
tell what it was because he did not
want them to worry. J. R. Lindsay
is head of the Lindsay Hide and Fur
company, Council Bluffs and Omaha.
They live at 948 Perrin avenue,
Council Bluffs. Young Lindsay was
a member of the Broadway Method
ist church.' .
O ' 1 ' ' D a
German Military Writers
Compliment General Foch
Amsterdam, July 26. The impres
sion that the Franco-American counter-offensive
has made on the Germans
is illustrated by . an articles written
by Deputy Traub of the Prussian low
er house, a the paniGerman news
paper, the Tageliche Rundschau.
Traub fiercely lashjes the croakers who
"dare doubt the official headquarters'
reports of .victories. He makes a
desperate appeal for '!more nerve" and
"more faith" and blusters thus: ' .
VH- 'Der Alte Fritz' (Frederick The
Great), walked thestreets today and
saw the people's long faces he would
say: Remember, the seven years'
war -when -fortune was often dead
against us. Why grumble because af
fairs on tpe Marne are not going as
well' as 'expected? Devil take.youl
You ought to be ashamed of your
selves!" . ;C"S -:. '
' The German military commentators
have begun complimenting the allied
commander,. General Foch, now that
they are no longer able to conceal
his success from 'the German- public
The Vossische Zeitung of Berlin, for
instance, refers to him repeatedly as
an "able leader," while General Ar-
deane, in the, Tageblatt, frankly ad
mits that the shortening of the Ger
man line had become necessary as the
result of the French generalissimo s
"impetuous counter-offensive."
WANT.ADS IN FOR
UMAHA
tHM4liM Mttar Mw M, IMM.
P. 0. art at Hank I. W
OMAHA,
Dernburg's Justification of
Lusitania Loss Prepared by
Dr. William Bayard Hale
New York, July 26. The speech of Dr. Bernhard Dern
bunr at Cleveland in May, 1915, in which he attempted to
justify the sinking of the Lusitania and which caused his ex
pulsion from the United States was prepared by Dr. William
Bayard Hale, according to ,a statement here tonight by Deputy
State Attorney General Alfred Becker.
A copy reader for the information service, Mr. Becker de
clared, testified the address was "edited and re-edited" by Hale
in New York and telegraphed to Dernburg the day it was de
livered.
Another revelation of the
German propaganda activities before America's entrance into
the war, included testimony of Dr. Hale that Dr. Edward A.
Rumely, arrested recently in connection with the alleged Ger
man purchase of the New York Evening Mail, was introduced
to him in 1915 as "the special protege" of Dr. Dernburg. The
introduction, -he said, was made by Dernburg.
The attorney general's office made public code letters writ
ten to persons in Germany by George Sylvester Viereck, editor
of the former pro-German Fatherland, now called Viereck's
Weekly ' ' 1
The letters were intercepted before the American declara
tion of war. Since that time, according to Viereck's own admis
sion he has sent mail to Germany through neutral countries.
This action, according to authorities, is a violation of the trading
with the enemy act.
The Viereck code letters, some of which were dated in
1916, apparently were innocent communications on family and
personal subjects, but, according to Becker, they contained in
formation of political conditions in this country.
(Continued on Page Two, Colnmn Two.)
HUNS DEFEATED
IN ATTEMPT TO
RETAKE fdETEREN
Regiment Wearing Special
"Kaiser Karl" Shoulder
Straps Mauled Severely
by Britishers.
By The Associated Press. -
With the British Army in France,
July 26. The German attack this
morning near Meteren had even more
disastrous results for the enemy than
was first believed.
The Germans intended to reach
the Gaza road to the south of Mete
ren, where they could menace the
town. They sent over two companies
from each regiment of the 12th di
vision which has just replaced other
troops who had been badly mauled
during the month. The 12th division
came up from Italy. One regiment
wears special "Kaiser Karl" shoulder
straps, won for its services in the
Italian theater.
This regiment will get no decora
tions for the deeds performed today.
Scotch troops inflicted heavy losses
and prevented the Germans from get
ting anywhere near their objective.
The Germans managed to get , one
small outpost; that was all.
In the same locality the Austral
ians are busy knocking the Germans
about. Their shells have chewed up
nearly all the cross roads, dumps and
other targets within range. The rain
of i the past few days has muddied
this : front of swollen ' rivers and
streams, making the low ground ex
tremely soft and mushy. ' If the .Ger
mans have planned to attack to the
north it will not require much more
rain to require a change in them.
All the German newspapers speak
of the recent operations as a "de
fensive battle'? and General von Ar
denne credits! General Foch with a
plan to extend his line northward with
thev object oiattacking the crown
prince's army in the rear as well as
on the flank. This, coupled with the
difficult zigzag formation of the Ger
man line, where the fighting is pro
ceeding in the wooded wilderness to
the southwest of Rheims, he says,
makes a concentration of the German
forces advisable.. The commentator
goes on at great length to explain to
his German readers that this means
nothing serious and, if any ground is
yielded, it is sf course enemy ground.
In Vorwaerts, Col. Richard Gaedke
pays a handsome tribute to General
Foch for profiting by past experience
and gaining his end by launching a
flank attack. , ,"He .succeeded," Col
onel Gaedke says, and he adds, what
for a German is an astounding admis
sion, "mainly because, the armed as
sistance of the Americans proved ef
fective." ...... . f :,
"Tonnage and measures of safety at
sea seem to Have been provided in
sufficient measures for the bringing
of hundreds of thousands of Ameri
cans across the ocean,", continues this
writer."
THE BIG S UNDAY BEE BEFORE 9 O'CLOCK TONIGHT
D
SATURDAY, MORNING, JULY
attorney general's inquiry into
HOWELL CALLED
BY NAVY TO JOIN
SERVICE AUG; 15
flmaha Candidate for Nomina
tion for Governor Says
This Will Prohibit His
Making Campaign.
From a Staff Correspondent
Lincoln, Neb., July 26. R. B.
Howell, candidate for the republican
nomination for governor at the forth
coming primaries, announced tonight
that he had received orders to report
for active service in the navy August
IS.
Mr. Howell, who is 54 years old,
holds a commission in the navy and
has been on reserve. He refused to
say what effect the call would have
on his candidacy. Mr. Howell is re
publican national committeeman for
Nebraska. He served on an auxiliary
boat during the Spanish-American
war,
Afr. Howell spoke to a small audi
ence at the Lindell hotel tonight
along lines with which the people of
Nebraska are familiar and at the
close of his address made the an
nouncement that he had been accept
ed for service in the navv.
Name Booster Committee.
The nearest Mr. Howell . came to
giving a hint of what he would do
was just before he read his an
nouncement. - After outlining his
platform, he said: "If vou believe in
these things, I would like to have
your support." t 11
It is the general opinion among
Mr. Howell's followers that he will
stick in the race and leave the cam
paign to his friends.
At the close of his address a com
mittee, the membership of which will
be given later, was authorized to see
(Continued on Poire Two, Column
Howard Sawyer Dies
in Hospital of Fall ,
From U. P. Freight Car
Howard Sawyer, 2252 North Twenty-fourth
street, Union Pacific
switchman, was killed by a fall from
a moving freight . car in the South
Side railroad yards Friday night. He
struck the grotirid head first, crush
ing his skull. He was rushed to the
Swedish; Mission, hospital, where, he
died about midnight. I
As nearly as could be ascertained,
Sawyer was knocked from the Car by
a wire stretched between two posts
across the track. The accident hap
pened about 9:30 p. m. Sawyer was
unconscious when picked up1 and re
mained so tip until' the tare of his
death. , . ... . ...
He had been in the employ of the
Union . Pacific, as switchman since a
year ago. Before ' that time he had
worked for the Missouri Pacific and
C. M. .& O. railroads, putting in alto
gether 15 years. .
For several years he was a patrol
man on the Omaha police force.
Sawyer was 40 years old and is sur
vived by his 'wife, Catherine, alid a
14-year-old daughter, Rhea. Mrs.
Sawyer is a daughter of John Brady,
night turnkey at the city ail
AILY
27. 1918
tally Su.. J; outiltt
Mill ( jmr)i Otlly.
STRIFE ON
LESSENS
Allies ' Steadily Force Enemy
Back; Big Guns Placed for
Attack on Fere-En-1
Tardenois.
By Associated Press.
The ninth day of the allied offensive
in the Soissons-Rheims salient saw a
lessening in the intensity of the battle
along the western side of the salient.
Only mutual' bombardments were in
progress. Along the Marne and
southwest of Rheims the allied troops
were still at deadly grips with the
enemy.
The Germans strove hard to hold
back the French and allied troops in
the forest north of the Marne, de
bouching from the. woods in strong
counter attacks. The enemy every
where was forced farther back and the
forests have been almost entirely
cleared of Germans.
French Push Northward. .
Southwest of Rheims heavy rein
forcements have been thrown along
the front. In the region of Reuil,
where the battle line, turns sharply
toward Rheims, the French have cap
tured several points of vantage, in
cluding the village of Reuil. They
have advanced northward, notwith
standing the violence of the counter
mow. - .' I -' ' " ' ; ' ": .. .. . ,
; Td the norttiii's;vwIlhef
mans are facing the British, the Ger
mans have recaptured Mery and Hill
204, but the British have retained their
hold on Vrigny and most of the other
territory taken in that region.
Eastward from Rheims in Cham
pagne the French have now regained
nearly all their old line positions and
daily are harassing the Germans with
counter attacks.
Before the fighting died down along
the western side of the Rheims-Sois-sons
salient the villages of OulchyLe
Chateau and Villemontoire were cap
tured by French and American troops,
who advanced their lines eastward of
Oulchy gives the allied forces the key
to the heights dominating Fere-En-Tardenois.
which lies only a short dis
tance to the east.' At Oulchy 40 guns
and hundreds of prisoners were cap
tured. Big Guns Pulled Up.
Big guns have been pulled up for
the capture of Fere-En-Tardenois
when the time is ripe. Gun,s con
tinue to throw shells from all angles
into the1 German forces inside the
big bag.
While there has been no attempt
by the Germans at a general retreat,
an indication that a retreat is pur
posed is shown by the fact that the
enemy is using comparatively small
forces of infantry on various sectors,
depending mainly on his machine gun
ners to retard .the progress of the
allies. .
In France and Flanders the Brit
ish have been compelled to withstand
several violent attacks by the Ger
mans near Hebuterne and in the vi
cinity of Meteren. The enemy in
both sectors was repulsed with heavy
casualties. - "
On the other battle fronts the mili
tary activity is nominal though con
siderable fighting continues in Mace
donia and Albania with the allied
troops holding the upper hand, i
Nine American
While Leading
With'the American Army on the
Aisne-Marne Front, Wednesday, July
24. Col. Hamilton Smith of the
United ' States army, died July 22,
within a few hours after receiving a
machine gun wound below the heart.
Colonel Smith was making observa
tions after a morning attack, in an
tipation of improving the American
positions south of Soissons, near
Missy-Au-Bois.
LtCol. Clark Elliot was killed by
machine gun fire in the same sector
while, inspecting the American front
lines. ' ' ,..,
Maj.'J. M. McCloud was wounded
while leading his men when the Amer
icans crossed the Soisson3-Arras road'
during the offensive. He was wound
ed in the left arm and in the left side
by machine gun bullets, but after re
The major was killed soon after
wards by a high explosive shell.
Soon after Major McCloud died,
Lt James C Lodar was killed by
machine gun fire near where McCloud
fell. . v ... , '. H;
On different days the following cap
tains were killed by machine guns and
shells, all of them leading their men
when they fell: ; .
James A. Edgerton, Julius A. Mood,
WEST LINE
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TWO CENTS.
ALLIED ADVANCE
SLOWS DOWN BUT
MEETS NO CHECK
Ouchy-Ie-Chateau Captured and Fere-cn-Tardenou'Made
Untenable by Artillery Fire; Fire and Explosions :
Destroying Teuton Provisions and Other Stores ;
Presage Withdrawal of Enemy Northward. :
By The Associated Press.
Paris, July 26. (Havas Agency.) .The latest news from
ihe A!onQ.MaiTtfl 1o441a Imam 4a mamaIJamaJ U il. M4.MM.M
newspapers to be particularly favorable. The entente allied
progress, it is believed, has not yet come to an end.: Despite
stubborn resistance the Germans have been obliged to give up
Oulchy-Le-Chateau and it is thought that the Teutons cannot
long hold Fere-En-Tardenois. i - x1 . ; ? ;
La Liberte says the Germans must be considering a retreat
to the banks of the River Vesle as fires and explosions areinul.
tiplying in the German lines and" the Teuton provisions and
other stores are in flames. The Germans, the newspaper adds,
either must retreat or face disaster. v '
CROWN PRINCE
HAS EXHAUSTED
HIS RESERVES
sixty-tive Divisions used on
Champagne Front; Allies '
:iv'v Success Changes Situa
t tion in the West.
By Associated Press. ; ;
London, July 26. As a result of the
past week's activities the whole situa
tion on the western front has been
transformed. The Germans, accord
ing to dispatches from the front, have
used 65 divisions on the Champagne
front, and the whole of ths crown
prince's reserves have been exhausted.
The only fresh reserves remaining
to the Germans are less than 30 di
visions attached to Crown ' Prince
Rupprecht's armies.
Last week it appeared certain that
Prince Rupprecht would be called up
on to launch an attack on the British
front, but the enemy put off this at
tack and the psychological moment
for it probably has passed, for the
German appear committed to the
great battle in progress and cannot
afford to start heavily on a dubious
operation in another part of the front,
according to the view of British ex
perts.
German Situation Not Untenable. '
The German situation in this sali
ent, although awkward, is not unten
able. The enemy's difficulties are not
greater than those in which the Brit
ish army was placed for many months
in the Ypres salient, before the cap
ture of Messines Ridge. The Ypres
salient was five miles wide and five
miles deep, and was dominated by
the enemy. The present German sa
lient is now 20 miles wide and 20
miles deep, and, similarly, is domi
nated by the allied artillery..
Maxim Gorky Dying.
Stockholm, July '26. (British Ad-
mirality, per Wireless Press.) Max
im Gorky, the Russian novelist and
revolutionary prbpagandist, is dying,
Officers Fall
Men in Battle
Alfred R. Hamel, James N. C. Rich
ard, and James H, Holmes.
Lieutenant Lodar. Captain Holmes
and Major McCloud were buried at
a crossroads in' a wheat field, two
kilometers southeast of Missy au Bois.
Colonel Smith was buried -t Orry
la Ville, near Luzarches, and other
officers were interred on he spots
where they fell. , ,':
ceiving first aid he continued fighting.
Col. Hamilton A.- Smith and Lt.
Col Clark R. Elliott who were killed
in action in France had both served
many years in the army. -
Colonel Smith, a native of Wiscon
sin, was a West Pointer, . On receiv
ing 4iis commission as a second lieu
tenant he was assigned to the Fifth
infantry, serving later with the Third
and 21st. - He attained field rank in
1912. and was made a colonel in the
reorganization that followed the ex
pansion of the regular army. He was
49 years old.
- Lieutenant-Colonel Elliott, who
was born in Ohio in 1872. began his
career ' as a trooper , in the Third
cavalry serving in the Spanish war
as a second lieutenant in the 15th Min
nesota infantry. ' Later he went to the
Philiooines with the 35th infantry
United States volunteers, and became J
a major in the Philippine scouts.
THE WEATHER
For Iowa Fair j . .
extreme west portion.2
Thermometer Readings! '
m. ...... tt i p. m.
a. m 71 t p. m.
7 a. m..... It s p. m.
S a. m. ......... 73 4 p. m.
a. at 77 ( p. m,
1 a. m 79 p. m,
11 a, in 81 T p. m.
IS Boon 81 m. m
warmer
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88
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88 j
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V ' Yield Cantured Ground. ,1
London, July 26. The Germans to
day retain virtually nothing of the
ground they conquered in their great
attack of July 15, along the Marne,
says Reuter's . correspondent at
French headquarters.
East of Rheims, the correspondent
adds, General Gouraud's army, by a
series of brilliant local operations,
has expelled the enemy almost every
where from the narrow belt he occu
pied in Gouraud's advanced tone. .
Woods Cleared, of Enemy.
With ths American Army on the
Aisoe-Marne Front, July 26, 8 p. m.
The allied offensive has slowed down,
but has not been checked. Franco
American, troops today forced back
the Germans a bit farther north. The
greater part of the fighting is taking
place in the big forests north of th
Marne and along the western flank
of the salient. . " ' .
The Germans ; with . artillerv aiwf
machine gunsand strong: infantry de
tachments left the northern edge of
me rere, lournelle and Ris forests
and battled cleverly and stubbornly
to hold the advancing' allies until
more progress couid be made in the
transportation' "of their supplies, guns
and general stores.' ; But despite the
opposition some ground was gained.
, The woods tonight have almost
been freed of Germans. The Fere-
En-Tardenois road extending from
the front already is under such a' fire
from the artillery as to make it use.
less as , a supply artery.: , r With a
slight push forward, by the : allied
troops Fere-En-Tardenois will be-
come untenable. Villemontoire has
been restored to the allied, line, and
from if ti aitia4 firf.'tls... -:(..
reach the Germans near Fere-En-Tardenois.
v . . .
Germans Using Gas.
The Germans are usinc hah v.
plosives, mixed : with sa shi-11
Americans estimate that 40 per cent
of the German shells which fell on
Thursdaynight 'and today contained
gas. The German machine gun nests
are numerous in the forests, hut the
allies are gradually-tearing them to
pieces with heavy shells! The bom-'
bardment of the German ; lines con
tinues mercilessly. " : , ,
There is little change in the ooera-
tions on the southern arc of the
salient south of Soissons. To. the
west Oulchy-Le-Chateau - has been
taken on. the north . bank of the
Marne, ,- i ( (
The French and American troops
are advancing further in La Fere for
est "Ths Germans keep up a heavy
fire, especially from their heavy guns,
against the French and American
lines, but their efforts are Ineffectual.'
2,000 Germans Dead in Small Area.
The American troops advancing,
along the Marne have discovered hun
( Continued on P Two, Colnmn Seven.)
rnnce.vonDueiows
Nephew Captured in '
Aisne-Marne Battle
Paris, July 26. Among the prison-;
ers captured in the Aisne-Marne bat?
tie was a nephew of Prince von Bue
low, the former ; German imperial
chancellor. vt , . K
The officer, who was a battalion
commander, was astounded to hear'
that there was a large American'
m m mm . -
army in France. . He said he had;
been convinced, as had all Germans
that the American soldiers in France
did not exceed 50,000, T ;
Among the heroes decorated by
President Poincare in his present
visit to the battle zone was a nephew,
of Premier Clemenceau. . ,
Edward A. Rumely
Life Story of Man Who Bought
New York Mail for tht Kaiser
on Page Sixteen of This Issue
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