VOLUME IL
ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 24, 191?.
NUMBER 270,
ALLEGED THAT GERMAN I
NAVAL ATTACHE TOOK
LEADING PART
COAL AW? SUPPLY
GERMAN i WARSHIPS
Captain Boy-ed Alleged to Have]
Personalty Directed Espen-,
'.....^ diture of Money.
f New York, Nov. 23.-Testimony to
, snow/that Captain K. Eoy-Ei. the
German naval attache at Washington,
toole the leading part in t'.ve .alleged
conspiracy of steamship officials to
?oal and supply. German warshlpii
-flrom tho United States was. adduced
In the federal court'liere this after
noon in the "trial of Dr. Karl?Bucnz,
Adolph Hochmeister, George- Ketter
and Joseph Pephingliaus, offlcers of
tho Hamburg-American line.
One witness,- Gustavo B. ; Kulen
kainpff. a German importer, f-wcte
that Captain . Boy-Ed personally di
rected the ,,cx*rendltu.-e of approxi
mately .|7?59,()0O, which, unsolicited':
and unexpected had been deposited
to tho SvJtness* credit in a New York
bank, in September 1514-, The money,
.he said, SV-?,B "distributed to the steam
ship lihSs. ; "'
9 Kulenkampff told of hieing summon
ed to.-?tho of?ee of tho Hamburg-**.
American line in August, 1914, and
meeting several' officials, including
some .of the .defendants in. tie pr?sent
action. They told him, he said, that
t||ey.: wanted him to clear two ste .mi
ora. ? the Lorenzo- and 'tho; Berwmd,
loaded . with -codi, saying that... they
did hot. wish lie Hamburg-American
line to .opp?flr^i? the-.. transaction .
KuIcnkampTv cleared tho : vessels,
with manifesto calilog for :his ;brolh- f
er in Buenos, Aires as -consignee
.'.-': ,The/,ynlted -States district attorney.)
. in openiagr th^'ca
- mont -to;. Show 'the oonaplratbrs'-satd |
that tho' defendants (had ? "rode ? rough"
: Shod over tho. laws and trestles of j
ihe United States."
The defendant's counsel offered toi
.. : coi ?cede , cc^i-tin charg??? ?. involving! J
twelve steamers, -but denied the con
epi'~r/ and fiVa? charges
OPENING^SPEECH
FOR PROS?C?T ION !
New Yprk, Nov. 23.-Opening adr
dress for -tho government . In . the |
.'trial ot Karl Bucnz, managing director
,and employ? .of the Hamburg-Ameri
:.can line on charg?s of conspiracy to |
violate customs lawa In sending sup
ply ships to meet German war ships,
Attorney Wood charged that Captain
Boy-Ed, naval attache Of tho Geri?ari
embassy, directed, the chartering and
loading of some of the vessels.
It ls said $70,000 were spent under
his direction here for the 'relief of
Cern?an ' warship's;' He expecte to
- show',tb. . conspiracy extended from
New York tb Philadelphia, Sab Fran
cisco and New Orleans, and - daims |
- Pdehz erapibyed a mah nanied.K^lon
kampf to clear two vessels lb a hur
1 ry frbbi Phllode'phl? immediately of
ter the war opened^ . One, tho Bor
wlnd, loaded'With coal bo?sht frphi
Borwlnd Coal Co. Mr. ?erwirid, of ibo |
.coal comp?~y refused to elc-ar the yes?
sel so Kauienkampf did the work. ''
Kaulemkampf soon at'?rward re-,
.. ceivod tUr^e-quarters c f a million
dollars from Somewhere In Germany,
and pkt the money in a Now York
bank.
Captain Boy-Ed soon came - and
told Kauienkampf bo would direct
the expenditure. Part ot the money
whs spent In' tho charter and supbly
of three ships With coal and provi
ens. Part t^*> used by one vessel.
Sixteen or seventeen.Bhlps were user*
' Willia-u Rand, for the defer a.
bpen.*3 by staling the defense conced
ed certain facts ,to be true, as - Wovtf
steted* \ :. " -^ .
PORTER CHARLTON ?J*Eri
American Bald te Wo lb tiood Health
and Spirits. ; -?wife
Conic."- Itaty, vNov. ': .P3,~Portor
Charltbnv th? American recently con
victed of tnurdering his wife:?an
tencedt tb atk ?/?ara and eigrt months*
inorlswrneni, wac release*^, Vester??
day. He.le in gb?d' health ar>0 spirits.
By reason ot ,ihe time shat ChaTi
. ton bad been under restraint and an
additional .ono year tauen from bis
; aontencb Onde* ab ^mrto?tyj. ba Ber?eil
only twenty-iiirtb#*y* after Ms. con
viction. Charlton Allied his wife in
pieced tv? bb?yib n truhk iina
threw it in to Lake Como.
London, N?y,- aa,--rodi ?tban, a for
mer Jockey? wifs;arrested hare on t
deporting order, iroro the home secre
? tary -ander tbs-^ferrie of the realm
'ftcCi-' Ha wiltvb> sftbt.tb tlie' United
albs ;>U"b?dh^
IS TAKEN
CONFERENCES BETWEEN
LANSING AND BERNSTORFP
ON LUSITANIA CASE
GERMANY MAY
CONCEDE POINT!
Considere Assurances Given in
Arabic Incident Sufficient
Guaranty for Safety.
Washington, Nov.-23.-Th? settle
ment of the I clifftrence:; between the
Unilted Staten and Germany over the'
lois of Americans on the Lusitania
is'still far from completion,' ashlie
result of fcohferc-aces between' Secre
tary -Lansing and Amba'sradoi* von
BernatoruV '
Altiiough officials, believe that Ger
many v.-iii ultimately come to the
American views, Qt ' would have the
indemnity to the Hague tribunal of
neutrals. Germany considers that tho
assurance., given in tho settlement of
the Arabic incident is sufflclebt guar
anty for the. future safety or .Ameri
can citizens'.
S
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:/::> EighthHoar LAW.Defeated
By Big Majority.
' .'?; ^ ,.,'-;r "..
San Francisco, Nov.- 23.-n? resolu
tion endorsing legislative m?thode for
obtaining a universal eight-hour law,
w?s defeated 8,486 to 6,396 at thc
final session of "the American' Federa
tion, of ^ Labor, after a heated debate
between President Gompers and John
Fitzpatrick, president of the Illinois
state f?d?ration bf labor, which then
went on record as favoring economic
methods .only - for obtaining shorter
hears. .
- Tiio.final session was tho stormiest
of the convention, and . did not : ad
journ until early thia muruiug. vote
oh, eight-hour, resolution waa victory,
for-Gompers. ^ In an impassioned
sp e? eh ho declared the socialist party
federation to endorse ' propose! eight
hour legislation.
After the voto was taken Fitzpat
rick stated that the action of the
convention affected only ' 2.000.000
crganized workers. This brought
about, an acrimonious dispute, be
tween Gompers and Fitzpatrick. To
ward tho encl, Gompers roiled to rea J
a communication from F/lbtspatrick.-.
Tho-.convtbntloh went on record as
favoring an American merbhant ma
rine, but- refused to take cognizance
of naval increases.
? A committee ?ppoiuUd to survey
the problem of .uri?mplbyroeht and
vagrancy In the Untied States.
The convention adjourned to meet
next year lb Baltimore.
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Spartanburg, Nov. 23.-Tho longest
train or coal ever ; Drought into. Spar:
tanbnrgv arrived here today from
tho Cl in ch Held eua! mines, over . thb
C. C. & O., railway; Th? train com
prised 115 ebra . all stolidly ?I chided
with the black dibmondb and ' was
pul*.ed by two huge -engines. ; A .'..'
v The coal ts not destined for foreign
taarketo or for fth? expect trade n?A
will not be moved through solidly tb j
Charlee ton. Upon reaching herb, the |
train- will be broken tip abd care ship
ped to various points ii "tho" *oathebst
or*er tho several railroads Centering
hero . Much of the cont, lt I? ; under
stood, is 'or. consumption tn this im
mediate territory.
v Prohib? ?Otton Goeda.
; Coper\hagen? Nov. 23.-The Danish
government' 1ms prohibited the expor
tation or cotton gooda and ot Caein in
thb dry -gooda' stile; .-' -.'.'" ->; V
?00 Persons Drown
.?Ijjjm?e, He**. ,2"?^?' bandred per
sons were, '...drowned .by thp? waahi?g
away of n bridgy byer the Saso river
near Lienta, Selly.
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li TR&iN Wm
I? 8 1101191 flliLuil
STATEMENT MADE BY MANA
GER OF THE CARNIVAL
COMPANY *
ALL CONNECTED
WITH CARNIVAL
Sifpcriniendsnt of Central, of
Georgia Places Number of
Dead at Eight.
Columbus. Ga., Nov. 23.-Tho num
ber of deaths -resulting frc:o tho head
on collision ycutdrddy, between a Cen
tral ol Georgia pa.*jscagcr trahi and a
special carrying tho Con T. Kennedy
Carnival company. wr?j increased, to
eley'en- in a statement tonight . by
j Kennedy. All tho dead are connect
ed with 'the ,carnival. a-d, two ct* ?3?
employes are said Va bo fatally in
jured. Foiiy . others -Wno wero if-.
Jured are in the bo3!pltalo 'ure There
is still doubt, however, aa to the hum
ber of dead', .
SuperlnV; iderit Harlan, of the Cen
tral of Georgia, stated that .while .".e
le?t the cheeking of tho dead to the j
carnival officials he believed .tho j
deaths not to be more than eight. He j
said the charred remains I ..ad been |
overcounted; because they were so |
badly- burned. Three of the dead are'
still unidentified ,
Investigation of the wreck has been |
ordered when the conductor' and en
glne?r of the paoB?ng?r train, said to ?j
be ' responsible for1, the collision, aro j
well enough'to be questioned;
Railroad to.Investig?le.
- Savannah, Qa.., .Nov. .23.'-At tr.iol
Central of Georgia,;pffl.ee ttwas/stated.'
again today would make d ?&Wlc, int
q^SSKjnto -tho wreck near Columbus
?yesterday to bo held at ". Ooliimbus.
?Tlae statement given- out by'the gea
eira1- juana fifer .claims only .ono wa3
killed and George Johnson, was dying
at the Columbus hospital. It was
fairly -well established last night that
seven : ??si thefr lives, among them
Jti:iaaon, reported to have died last |
night.
?IflRii?FRUH
g Ullin UWVlihiiw amiw
W?B OFJOTEOailOK
In Clash With Detectives Seven
Detectives Kurt.
Capo Girardeau, Nov., 23.
Seven farm laborers, of a band which j
has been waging -a war of depredar
tien for higher wa JIB and lower.-food j
prices hear here wero -wounded and!
two j: ri vate detective hurt in a bat? ie :
In a marsh near Clarkston today. -
The detectives, 'hidden tn a shack j
on : the iprederty of. a large land own
br.' were discovered and attacked by
thirty laborers.
The fight lasted '-Over an ' hour, and
800 rounds'Wore fired on each Bide.
Tile attacking party retreated, leav
ing their wounded.
Aiheitl.le, Nov. 23.-By the sdiv
render, ot Charles Steward yesterday
morning, tho number'of convicts
vho recently escaped from tho white
camp on-Sandy Hush still remaining
at.IwHpai'Is, reduce&to ten. .
Sherill E..'. M. : Mitchell ascerUIh?fl
the fact ;tb>t Stewart was hldljig in
tho mountain}* beyond Mt. 'Meadows
inn on! Friday. As soon aa he waji
re?sonabiyV'ST?re/bf the'neighborhood
in iwh"k^ ^the escaped convict. ..was i
hiding,-Sheriff Mitchell yf?ht to ?te-w
nef's homo and told the y??ok. nun's
father that In view ot tho feet that a
chase ? After hla Bon might result lin
Wa gening; shot, it wouhl be better
to have him sdrrender. and so .avoid
tte danger incident tb-a >cbase" by
the Officers, Sheriff)Mitchbll .explain-'
ed that one. of the prisoners who* was
captured recently, narrowly escaped
being shot. . .'?.'?'?
. The father, notified sheriff M?ch?li
yesterday .that Stowart was nt tho
i-otno of his brother-in-law ob Sub
set motin tam, .arid when the officer ar
rfirod Ste***? j. .was walting to give;
himself up. The prisoner was brought
back to the city and later turned over
to a guard, omi sent back to the S*n*
dy 'Atus?i camp.. Stewart is nerving a
tenn- for .shooting.' his wife with in
teat to kill
Priest Returns to Hil
Thia striking photograph was taken
In ^ntcv.' come 200,000 men were kili4
greatest; battle ^evpr .fousht ,a battle
1 nwhic?'i "fieme 250,000 men wero klll
etl end wounded. "^he priestwas driv
Vji;Q:4it wh?n shells burst "-'byer "his"
Member of .-ReserVe. Board De-1
fend? ? ' System atv Charlotte
Mayor's Dinner.
Charlotte, N. C., Nov. 23.-Ono
year's test of the federal reserve bank
system, has shown. Ita superiority over
t?e . central bank plan, according to
Paul ;H. Warburg of the reserve
board. .who spoke at a dinner here
tonight givea by. lae mayor of Char
lotte.
He declared that the federal rc
nerv? plan gave the country all tho
advantages of a central bank, thoso
Of centralization of. recorvos and
mobilization of commercial paper,
without tba oangers or a complete
centralization.
Although he deeUned to- comment
on the Anglo-French half billion
loan, he said it Would not have been
possible. without tho ; reserve sys
tem. ,
Has No Authority to Reduce Nam
ber of Dittricte pr Bank
Locations.
Washington, Nov. 23.- Attorney
General Gregory has given an Opinion
lo President Wiluon. holding that tito
federal' Teaerve board .bas nb ?uthorl
to reduce thc number bf .reserve dis
tricts' or change tho location of re
servo banks
?':Tho- opinion was soot' to tho meet'
lng. of tao reserve hoard yesterday,
but .waa z,ot read because lt wau
learned ?oday, that a eupp*lemehtary
opinion may bo asked, dealing p?r-*
ticuJarly with the proposed location
changes.
Mor
lilori/jn i IM li eco vertni
\ New York. Nov. 23,r-Jr. F.
?ah returned today to: hlo city io?so
from; hi? country homo Olen, Cove;
^?|-?- whero he ha?; h?sVv recuperat
ttsipt'fter. an operation 'tai appendici
tis. lt waB steted; th?t ?tr. borgan
haa^ebmpletely > fec?vfered..and would
return-?to his desk, later; is.' the iroelt ;
^'.\'-;' : ?? ?? ?? :
? VBXKXXB CROSS;ffTft&EH J
? Nbgales, Ariz., Nov; '23'.-*
**i Twenty-five .'Mextcaas crossed' .
? the *bor?er today and fired on .
? a patrol of eix negro caval- ? ?
? ry, wounding one is the log. ?
? One Mexican was killed by the *
? . rerurn fire. . v ?
* fr****?-*<*$*
? Church After Battle
head, j He went back and t'.:o photo"
grapher caught him looking on bia 1
wrecked altar. Tho little church waa
not so famous as. the cathodrul at
Rheims. ' which was bombarded, but
it waa just as dear to tlio paBton and
hts smaller liock.
Nations! Defense and Govern-!
nient Revenue Will Be prin
cipal Themes.
Washington, Nov. 23 -That na
ticnnl defenso and revenues will fenn
the principal theme in- President Wil
son's message- to congress it was
rnauimously agreed today at thc
meeting between -the Chief executive
and thc cabinet. ;
Secretary Garrison's continental
army plan for 400,000 citizen soldiers
and ti.?o'.navy echedale will bc sup
ported.
? Although the message is net com
pleted tho president will urge ihn
merchant marine bill, conservation
measures, a bill giving greater soli
gcvernment to the Philippines and
rural' credits system.
$50,000 FOB THU t OLOUVDO
Fire Damaged Steamer Sold lu Sew
York hy Underwriter H.
Charleston, Nov. 23'.-Tho burned
steamer. Colorado, of tho Mallory
Uno,-was. sold In New York yesterday
for about $50,000, according to Infor
mation . received hero yesterday after
noon by -Street brothers. The name
of tho purchaser waa not available,.
The Colorado. was i offered for sale;
to the, highest bidder. Sealed : bids
were opened at noon; yesterday In tho
New York office of the underwriters.
-Tho number of bids submitted was not
learned hero and nothing definite as
to tho future, uso of the steamer is
known.
The cotton damaged by the - fire
which . swept . tho Colorado off Cape
Romain October 25 and* by tho water
which waa pu tm ped into her holds by
tho tugs Cecilia and Waban, of Char
leston, ivas?, ?bld Friday, in various
parcels. The total amount: realized
was o little more than $110,000
Germans Fortify.
" Peirogradi Nov. 23.-i-Royi, west of
thc Styr "river region,, in Vblynia,
where the"Russians lucently reported
successes .over tho Germans, ls hoing
prepared-for, the possibility of. nn ad
vance, o?frtt?e battlo line westward, oe
cording, tb/reports" -'tom the .city! The
Germen administration bas not en
forced labor rules, intp effect, had is
pressing work on fortlficotlon?. Mill
tary stores ; were .removed ?nd . able
bodied population loft the city In ex
pectation of -> e a v y ; fighting, refugees
?tate? A food shortage in the cltr. is
reported,
? His) Shipments bf.Cold.
New York. Nov. "28.^Twb-Ship-,
monts of. gold. vdlOed at $lS,*j56.00b
arrived here aboard tv.o s?e??rier?
lapland and St. Paul, The lapland
brought ??O0.0OO; tho St. Paul $3,850,
000- in ?pecio and $4,900,000?.Most ' pf
it ls consigned to New York banking
hpuses to pav for war munltlej?$ti^
dor? ? by Britain.
MAY ABANDON
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COAST DEFENSE . SUBMA
RINES PROVED INEFFEC
TIVE IN MANEUVERS
WANT S?A-GOING
SUBMERSIBLES!
Personnel Suffered From Seasick-!
ness, and Ustable to Prop
erly Handle Boats.
Wellington, r>fov, 23 -As resift
of the recent war inaaeuverB of the
Atlantic fleet, tho abandonment ot
tbe jprwEcnt cba3t dcfenfca typo ci?
.-albina ri nc; may be recommended by
the navy department in favor of Bos
going submersibles of approximately
1.S00 tons,and 250 feet In length.
Reports 'from the war game indi
cate that .the coast derotjderB, dla
placing not more than SOO tons, prove
ed Ineffective -against {ixe invading
fleet, and . transporte, -bearing "'hos
tile" troops, got; through the hole lett
by eubmnrtnes and landed the men:,
Although no uuoxpectod mechanical
trouble pccuik'edi aboard tho Http?
boats, tho; personnel . Buffered ex
tremely ironi aea - sickness, bad air,
and wore unable to take proper. Bl?,-,
tiOns because' of ' lack of ?peed . and'
wOlghi:ln\the heavy flensi"'.^'^-'
fd
Is Making Cross Country Flight |
From F?rt Sill to San
Antonio.
AuBtln. Texas, Nov. 23.-;The
i ".nit .1 states army aero - squadron,
of six machines, bad a trying trip
today from the Waco to Austin leg
of their cross country flight from
Port Sill Oklahoma to San Antonio.
AU reached Austin safely, but not
until four had been lost for nearly
two hears ia a hase, which caused
Beveral to drift fifty miles, westward-}
sf their co irrae.
Three- machlaes were forced to j
land lu unmlirked territory to get
their bearragB. Thia was accom
plished-successfully.: .
THE UPPER CAROLINA
GOiEBE MEETS
Spartanburg, Nov. 23.-The ad
vance guard of the delegate' to the
ffetliodist conference arrlvet* '.i 8par
tanburg yesterday af tornoou '. nd' last
night. The conference WU4 jp?n its
First session nt 9:30 o'clock tomor
row morning at. Bethel Methodist
church, but a meeting ol the histori
cal society bf the.conference will ftk
lieU! vmlght at 7:80 '-. o'clock, before
fyhlci'..an address will bo dollvered by
Revi. E. T, Hodges of Lancaster.
The gathering of tho Methodist I
ministers and' laymen is ot npeclnl |
Interest in that lt ls the first meet
ing bf the Upper South Carolina con
ference,' formed by the divisi?n of |
:h? state last year.
Bishop Collins Denny, ot Fichmond, I
uvtto ls to preside orar ;thb conference |
ls expected to arrive hi Spart?nburg i
this morning. He -will he a guest it
tho frome of Cl P. 8ariders.
, The conference. will continue |
through Monday, when Ute appoint'
menlo, for the succeedinj; year; . H ls
sxpected, will be anuouhced. On next
Sunday ?ie visiting ministers >wlti ?li:
tho pulpit? ot tho various Protestant
strarchee of the city. Definite ' bb* ?
aouncomeht pt .this program will ho |
ina de Saturday.
?'-'^v'?elgla?a'-'ir??M IT. ?. Loan. ;
The Hagu?. Nay. 23.- It ts -aa-j
aounc&l by The Belgische\DRT>!
hat tho Belgian minister of finance
ind minister bf; j net leo bro, about to
Wit' for the : United ] States, to hjr
.ahfA>, Iban.
Bate Hedfietion-Postponed.
\?^?^ov?i:??N?i,;/. 23.-Reduction
lard boa] rates, ordered *>y the 1.
y. Creffeotivb(December first;:>w?re
mstpbned' today ?tbtSl January first.
GENERAL BLOCKADE 0F
GREEK PORTS HAS NOT
BERN DECLARED
VIEWED IN WEST
WITH DISFAVOR
lifts
It is Said That King Constantine
Views Siitmtiou As Affitiin
deratanding Only.
London, Nov. ?3.-Instead of de
claring a general bleak .ula of Greek
ports, the allies, according to a Brit
ish war omeo maternent, have with
drawn or threatened to withdraw tho
codling and shipping .privil?gi?s; now
.enjoyed".-by.. Greek merchants,
h Although tiii.; less vigorous attitude
[of Hie entente -powers ?1B viewed In
jthb^west with disfavor, reporta" from
Saloniki indicate that King Constan
tino' regarda tho present situation' aa,
x ''misunderstanding-- a?d ih?tv . ifcVl is.-- -?
easily remed?anlo.
It is auld s T? o.ooo were Bpeat under
?'Lord Kltchoner that he never consid
ered disarming Or in taming tho ul
i'ed troops taking refuge-^h !Greek
soil." Grecco, hp enid, -was. ready;'to .!;;:
assure the all lob that tho purposa of ^
'maintaining' troops?in Macedonia was
the necessity of salt preservation, in
the event that the allies abandoned
the Balkan expedition. ,-'^a^^^^
Lord Kitchener,, lt is reported, re
cently Informed Greek, officials-thai
England would have '4,OW,0Q<>;intho' ,
field by next March, abd be 'in a
position td ora and providion - 6,000,
000 Russians. . .. ,
Cbnfnstag Reporta*-,
Confusing reports front;'tub;Bali;
lighting continue. Tho-Germ?i.
progress ahdr-tho'jc?lptttfa\o^iihv.
of tlio Serba. and n^ny|'isnns. The
? Serbians /report that .tba *B?lfeat?ana
were bentoi: ii- . -ni'o?-Msn?;-;
! and tho .. Serbs' rt???cuplbd tii'e old
iV?ieS'-Prllep line.- ; '- '???''\ ?
A dispatch from ChluMO, for*rard-f
ed hero from l brich*, d?clares ,'tit?t,
the Italian troops lihv? landed in Al
bania. Austria >? also reported as
massing a big army In the Adriatic,
ports.
Aulds from srssll Gsrnian offensive
ld Galicia and artillery, duolffvlh tho
wost, no important actions are report
ed from tho other : fronts." :
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HOPE REVIVED
FOR M?mSTIR
London, Nov*. 23,-The latest f?tia$ ..v.
the Balkans revived tte hope that
Monlstlr may hoW ".at- long enbitgh
for the Fr?r^?? '?nd 'British, torc?a to
effect a June,ton willi the- Serbians.
The'Rome and London Serbian lega
tions received reports of a great Ser-,
binn victory northeast or 'PrlsMna.
but as neither dates are details oro
given doubts are expressed as tb their
importance. ' S^^^^^^^^^?i
It ls now believed that' th?, alika ;
forces which may take refuse on
Greek territory, hardly are likely* to v
be subjected tb attack ?rb^.tno' i^ir.
The most ?lgntf'b^hti ' ibofc*H^h; .to.. '. : -
the pr?sent att?tuCe t bf. Greec? ls
contained in remarks' by the Greek
Minister of justice iRlialdB who 1?
quoted in a press dispatch aa having
complained bitterly of tlio motiibdS
adopted by th? allies He argued, that .
their tardiness In bringing effective
support for the Serbians made Greek
participation impossible, Fbfelds do-, t
dared, however, the Greeks were de
termined to main tai b-.: "neutrality and
the allies bad no'-reason-tb'toar d?rr
ger if they should bo, forced aer?*?.
the Greek border;' -Tib French mill
t?ry position In Macedonia, ia "o
ported os improved, th? assertion ia . ./
made that tho Bulgarians retired io
their positions after a vain. attack on
the French ltaea. Tho-seat ot tho
Serbian government has been shifted
tb Prlsend while the diplomatie corps
bas been movied to Petali Montenegro? ;
A Constantinople mesoaeo,. via
Germany TeportB the resumption of a
violent offensive by the. ?lll^;.ia, the
Dardanelles. No official confirmation ;
has peen received.
London, Nov. 23;~Fdr?igo, office
states that ho Greek Ships ore bebt g
?els?* or held np 8b the ports of the
United Kingdom, and nb blockade oz
Greek: ports has boen instituted or ta
in force.
Airplane ^?UR.
Berlin; Nov- 23;-An S?riai batt lo
!:> which, s Frii?h b*51??e Vfss da?b?ii
to the i^^i^^t^'ifi0im^m
man army rtsadaoort?rs in an official
statement of western front O'peraUnns.
Artillery duels: in several section* of
the Frnncc-BolR?an Ube are.V?t?|f?