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PREPARE TO UfEND SPIRIT OF AMERICA IS FOR EACE AND INDEPENDENCE NAVAL BOARD CONVENES : President Wilson Makes Address to the Men Who are to Assist U. S. z Navy in Developing Ideas-Secre tary Daniels Outlines Plans to Them. President Wilson received Secre- 1 tary Daniels and the new naval ad visory board at the White House Wednesday and told them the spirit 1 of this country is for peace, but that the nation must command the respect ' of the world. t "I think the whole nation is con vinced that we ought to be prepared not for war but for defense," the president said, "and very adequatel - prepared, and that the preparation for defense is not merely a technica1 matter; it is not a matter that the army and navy alone can take care of, but a matter in which we must have the co-operation of the best brains and knowledge of the coun try, outside the offielal service of the government as well as inside. "For my part, I feel that it is only in the spirit of a true democracy that we% get together to .lend eacl other voluntary aid, the sort of aid that comes from interest, from z knowledge of the varied circum stances that are involved in handling .,a nation. "I want you to feel, those of yor who are coming to the assistance oi the professional officers of the gov ernment, that we have a very serious. *purpose; that we have not asked you to associate yourself with us except for a very definite and practical pur pose, to get you to give us your best -independent thought as to how we ought to make ready for any duty that may fall upon the nation. "I do not have to expound it tc you. -you know as well as I do the spirit of America. The spirit ot America Is one of peace, but one of "It Is a spirit that is profoundly concerned with peace, because it can express itself .est only in peace. . I ft the spirit of -peace and good wil' and of human freedom; but it is alsc the spirit of a nation that is self-. nconscio; that knows and loves its 'wission in the world, and that knows that it must comnand the respect of the world. "So it seems to me that we are not working as those who would change anything in America, but only, as those who would safeguard every thing In America. I know that you will enter into conference with the officers of the navy In that spirit and with that feeling, and it makes me proiud, gentlemen, that the busy mer of America, the men who stand at the front of their professions, should be willing In this way to associate themselves voluntarily with the gov ernment in the task in which it needs all sorts of expert and serious advice Nothing ought to be done in this country by any single group of per sons-everything ought to be done by all of us united together-and]I welcome this association in the most serious and grateful spirit." - The president's brief address. rhich greatly pleased the advocates of a large -army and navy, was ad dressed to Thomas A. Edison, chair man of the Naval Advisory Board, SandW..R. Whitney, L. H. Baekeland. Frank :Jullan Sprague, Benjamin ..G, T amme R. S. Woodward, Arthum -Gordon Webster, A. M. Hunt, Alfred Craven, Spencer Miller, William Lerdiy Smmett, Matthew B. Sellers. 1&dson Maxim, Peter Cooper Hewitt, - Tomas Robbins, Howard E. Coffin -Andrew 3.- Riker, Henry A. 'Wise Wood, Elmer A. Sperry, William L Saunders, Benjamin B. Thayer, J. W. Richards and. Lawrence Addicks. They had called on Secretary Dan iels at his office before going to thc White House. Mr. Daniels welcomed the anembers of the beard and tried to impress upon them the importance of their service to the nation. He reminded the scientists and in. -ventors that the old order of naval *things is passing away and that, "old theories are crumbling daily intc dust." -He explained why he had called the members of the board, who will receive no pay, to aid him ir formulatin a plan to uphold the navy. "After consultation with the heads of the bureaus charged with ord. nance, engineering and construction a .tentative plan has been thought out by which the experts in the navy and the civilian members of this board may work together to secure the desired results." said Secretary Daniels. "Of course, we have not presumed to ask you gentlemen tc take the laboring oar or to devote your time to the work that the nava itself should do. Mr. Edison has hap pily said that the naval experts com pose~. the attending physicians, while the members of the board are the consulting physicians. In the depart ment we must do the bulk of work. form a clearing house for ideas and suggestions, and call upon you gen tlemen to aid in two ways: - "1. To give your expert advice when called upon in the big prob iemns that the navy is.always trying to solve., "2. To Initiate suggestions t which will add to the efficiency of any unit of the navy.t "To give counsel, to use your ini tdative and resource, embraces the full range of service which can be desired. It is for you and for our ex perts to determine the channels into which your efforts will flow, so that. working together, the best results can be accomplished. "A preliminary to the big things we must discuss, permit me to touch upon two, which I trust will have your consideration at this first meet ing: "A. Some days ago I wrote tc each member of the board on wheth- t er it would be necessary to ask con gress to appropriate a sufficient sum to provide a laboratory for research I and experiment. What resources theC navy possesses for research and ex periment are- set forth in a memo randum which will be furnished to each anember. The navy has done nmuch, but our laboratories and places of research are far too small for the needs of to-day. I will hope o to secure your advice and recommen- 5 dation as to the kind of national lab oratory needed. -"B.- The prime need of the navy of to-day is a motor-a motor for sub marines and aircraft. Since Langley s first tried to fly over the Potomac and the first, wheezy automobile was c regarded as a plaything, wonderful t improvement has been made in per- - fecting motors, but we have not yet V secured a perfectly satisfactory 0 motor for hydroplanes or sub marines. I am pinning my faith to h you, gentlemen, to aid our experts in al perfecting such motors. "You will find, gentlcmen, that f the officers of the navy, whose con- nl tributions to naval development can not be too highly praised, warmly s5 IREEK CABINET RESIGNS; KINi ThWARTS VENIZELOS Liter Being Told by Constantine That His Support Would be With held, Premier Quits. King Constantine of Greece has ac epted the resignation of the Veni elos cabinet, according to an official ispatch which reached London Wed Lesday, being transmitted from the 3ritish capital to the United States. Athens reports via London Wed iesday: After his conference with ing Constantine, Premier Venizelos eturned to the chamber of deputies Lnd made statements of the causes >f the disagreement. He then an iounced the resignation of the entire abinet. Sittings of the chamber vere suspended. The position taken by King Con ;tantine of Greece in his interview vith Premier Venizelos, says a Lon [on dispatch, is said by the Athens orrespondent of the Havas Agency ,o have been- that he could not pur ue to the end the policy of the Veni elos cabinet. Athens reports via Paris Wednes lay: The resignation of Premier enizelos was altogether unexpected. le conversed with the correspondent >f the Associated Press Wednesday at ioon in a manner which indicated the itmost confidence in the future -ourse of his government. Mean while King Constantine came to Athens from Tatoi, the summer resi lence of the royal family, and sum noned the premier to the palace. After a terse interview in which :here was the plainest speaking, the premidr proceeded to the chamber of leputies and announced that he had Lgain disagreed with the king on the oreign policy, and had presented his resignation and that of his cabinet. rhis announcement led to a scene of wild disorder. The city is greatly excited. There is much discussion of he formation of a coalition cabinet. A Reuter dispatch from Athens says: "It is a long time since so grave a debate has taken place in the [reek chamber as that which occur red to-day, and never in the history f the country has a premier faced n opposition, determined to over throw him with greater self-confi dence and pluck. "Premier Venizelos defied his oppo ents to follow a different course than that which he took." After Premier Venizelos had ex plained to the 'Chamber of Deputies Tuesday the circumstances connected with the landing of allied troops at aloniki the chamber passed a vote of confidence in the government, says in Athens dispatch which comes via London. The vote was 142 to 101. with thirteen members not voting. FRENCH- TROOPS IN GREECE FIX HER FOR THE ALLIES London Says She Is Considered to Have "Virtually Acquiesced" In Move Against Bulgaria. London reports Wednesday: It now eems certain that Bulgaria will align herself with Germany, Austria and Turkey. Tie matter doubtless will be brought to a head by the landing of allied troops in Saloniki. This prpcedure is regarded here as in ef fet placing Greece definitely with the Entente powers as she is consid ared as having virtually asquiesced in this countec move against Bul garia. Although tle time allotted for the Bulgarian reply to .Kussia's ultima tum expired yeste'rday afternoon, King Ferdinand, so far as has been sade known, has not seen fit to an swer in any form. It is assumed that hstilities in this. new field can not be averted.. If Bulgaria joins the Teutonic al !. she will enter the war under con ditions less favorable than a few weeks ago. The Russians with re inforcements and a iowly increas ng amount of artillery -seem to be ;trking harder blows daily, and the official German communications no Longer register measurable distances. The situation in the west has reached a stage of renewal of pre parations'after the allied offensive, md the Germans are still struggling o. regain the ground lost. Intensive artillery action again is oredominant on the French front, in licating that the positions won have been consolidated and that prepara ions for another attack are under way. RUSA EMANDSRE ED RUMANIA CGETTING READV Bplgaria Sends Ultimatum to Serbia Concerning Macedonia-Time Limit of 24 Hours. Petrograd reports Wednesday via London: Bulgaria has rejected the Russian demands and sent an ulti Enatum to Serbia concerning Mace onia, according to information which has reached the Serbian Archi nandrite Michael. says a Moscow tel ~gram to the Bourse Gazette. Bul aria demands that Serbia reply to he ultimatum within twenty-four ours. London reports Wednesday: Reut rs Athens correspondent states that tumania Is hurriedly dispatching roops to .the Bulgarian frontier, and >herwise taking extraordinary mili ary measures. The Rumanians are feverishly for iying Giurgevo, on the Danube forty niles south of Bucharest. across the iver from Bulgaria, according to-ad ices reaching Athens. Roumanian fficers of' Bulgarian origin are be ng transferred to interior posts. oung reserve officers have been alled up, and reserves who were to iave be(en disbanded are being kept vith the colors. Fleet in War Game. Two of the battleships defending he Am erican coast from the attack ng squadron put into Narragansett say Tuesday in the course of their nanoeuvres, left for the sea Wednes Lay morning. Villa Ready for Sacrifice. The foreign minister of General illa stated Wednesday that the Vii a government was ready to make personal sacrifices" in the interest f harmony, says an El Paso dispatch Vednesday. Consul General Skinner Coming. Robert P. Skinner, American con u general, will come to the United tates in the next three weeks to dis uss general trade conditions be seen this country and England. ice de-manding knowledge and sci utific attainment." After President Wilson had shaken ands with the members of the board nd made his speech. Secretary Dan ls took the scientists on the May ower, the presidential yacht, to the aval proving grounds at Indian :cad to inspect the laboratory and e tested the new fourteen-Inch gun TALK BY WIRELESS it TELEPHONE CARRIES HUMAN VOICE THOUSANDS OF MILES EXPERIMENT OF INTEREST Speaker Talks in Telephone Which Takes His Voice to the Top of the Arlington Wireless and Transmits It Through the Air to San Fran cisco-Another Talks to Honolulu. Theodore N. Vail, President of the American Telephone and Telegraph company, picked up an instrument from his desk in his office at New York Friday afternoon and said in quite an ordinary tone: "Hello, Carty. This is Vail talk ing. Can you hear me?" In the wireless tower of the United I States navy yard at Mare Island, I California, which is in San Francisco < Bay and something like 2,500 miles from 'New York City, John J. Carty, i chief engineer of the corporation and leading scientist in the business of 1 communication, caught the voice of i his friend. "Yes, I hear you! This is fine! 1 This is wonderful!" he said. Another feat of distance-oblitera tion had been accomplished. The sound of Mr. Vail's voice had crossed the continent, had spanned the thou sand leagues of farmland. prairie and mountain, almost entirely through the air, almost entirely without the use of wires. The wireless telephone, long sought, had been proved a com- 1 plete success. Secretary Daniels announced the successful transmission of wireless telephone messages from the United States naval radio station at Arling ton to the naval radio station at Mare Island, Cal., a distance of about 2,500 miles. All that was necessary to carry on this trans-continental wireless telephone conversation was to connect the receiver and trans mitter apparatus of the special tele phone outfit with the radio- appar atus and send the message. Captain W. H. G. Bullard, U. S. N., who is in charge of the Arlington station, and other officers of the navy conversed with officers of the navy on duty at the Mare Island yard. The demonstration was the result of experinaents that have been in pro gress for some time, and their success is expected to have a revolutionary influence on communication between American naval vessels and shore stations. By means of this appar atus, which probably will be install ed at all naval radio stations, it is expected that officers of the navy, on land, will be able to carry on wire less telephone conversations 'with of ficers at sea. Captain Bullard said that the ap paratus had been perfected to point where a person on shore might carry on a long distance wireless tele phone conversation with a friend on a trans-atlantic liner in mid-ocean whenever shcre station and liner were equipped with the apparatus. Mr. Vail's words' went from his of fice o'ver a wire to the top of the United States naval radio tower at Arlington, Va., which is 650 fcet high. From that point, without in terruption, they leaped into the, ether and sped to the top of the naval radio station at Mare Island, which is 350 feet above sea level. There Mr. Carty heard them. It was more than a wireless-tele phony test. It was a t'est of wire then wireless communication. Had there been a radio tower of sufficient height in New York City, the message might have been sent entirely through the air. But that would have been easier to do than what was actually done! Mr. Carty's reply to the president of the- company was made over a wire-telephone-because there was no wireless sending apparatus at' Mare Island. If there had been one, and a tower in New York City, the entire conversation would have been through the air. But-as if to make the thing more amazing than it really was-here was Mr. Vail in New York talking to his engineer across 2,500 miles of space and, the receiving end of the same instrument, hearing his reply over 2,500 miles of wire. - "What a glorious success!" ex claimed Mr. Vail, as he listened to Mr. Carty's voice. "I want to con gratulate you and the others who have brought It about!"' This went by wire-and-air. "What next?" answered the engi neer. "We can't tell, eh?" This came by wire. Mr. Vail spoke certain sentences through the air and asked Mr. Carty to repeat them, to show he was ac tually hearing. To the president of< the company, and to a score or so of1 others who sat close to him, each with a receiver at his ear, came back the words, repeated exactly.1 There was no doubt that the new marvel had been wrought success- 1 fully. It was the culmination 'of many months of tests at lesser dis tances. It became known at the New York offices of the telephone and tel egraph company that in August Mr. Carty had talked with Lleut. Cran shaw, an army officer stationed ati Panama, which is I,800 miles away. 1 The discovery is, of course, of tre mendous significance in the work of long distance communication. For instance, it wo'uld have been much easier, it was declared by Mr. Carty from San Francisco to have talked< to London, Paris or Berlin than toi talk to San Francisco. Were it not for the war that very thing would have been done. It will eventually be a very simple I matter. Mr. Carty said, to call up at friend who is on a ship in mid-ocean 1 and have a conversation with him. . And, eventually again, there will be no place-desert, mountain top, jungle--which will not have its tele phone station. Because the string ing of wires, Mr. Carty explained, will ~ not be necessary. The remote ham let will simply have its wireless tele t phone. A reporter was permitted to have narly an hour of talk with Mr. Carty between 15 Dey Street and the i B3ll mnin offices in San Francisco. c It was just as easy as though the re porter had been in the office of the engineer. When the San Francisco connec- t tion was made, the reporter said: a "Mr. Carty, this is Mr. -, who I wrote January 25 last of the open- ia ng of the transcontinental telephone t1 wire. That was supposed at the time TI to be a wonderful thing." t The readily recognizable tones of n the engineer responded: t "Oh, yes-glad to hear from you again. Now we have a much more t: wonderful thing. It seems to be a C coplete success." L. "Dr. Bell. the inv'entor of the tel- s1 ephone, said a few months ago." the il reporter recalled to Mr. Carty. "that fi cventually human thought would be ti ~enr b~y wire or wireless." p "Who knows?" laughed the engi ieer 3,000 miles away.n Mr. Carty was asked at this point fl nd the electrical processes which Lk -ere used in wireless telephony cross the continent. He replied that ecause of the patents, and because his was not a final test by any 2eans, he was obliged at present to tecline to do so. Wh "Will the wireless telephone ever eplace the wire telephone?" "I do not think so," Mr. Carty re >ied. "In my belief, the number of vireless telephone calls will'remain I a the thousa .ls, while the wire calls lay, un up into Le billions. Wireless We elephony is a much more difficult Ian irocess. As I see it now, the great- iki, st value of the wireless telephone san vill be in reaching places where the vires can not be strung-for in- the tance, deserts, jungles, remote I nountain tops and so on." tra "How about talking to a ship at day ea? How about talking across the Sat cean?" dis: "Well, as things stand now," the wai ar away engineer answered, "the inh ditor of your paper could as readily rec all up his correspondent in London ] Lnd give him instructions about send- lan ng war news as he could call up your iki eporter in uptown New York. Yes, cor think there is no doubt we could Tel asily reach ships at sea, if they were ber )roperly equipped, and have wireless tro elephonic c6mmunication with those We )n board." the "Will this be of value to the Ser iavy?" Mr. Carty was asked. "I want to say," he replied, "that Fr he navy has been most kind and flei ourteous in allowing us the use of lan ts towers and in co-operating with iki i$ in every possible way. While the Ve .nvention is the property of the Gri American Telephone and Telegraph icy 3ompany alone, I would like to say fuz ;hat the United 'States navy, and no the ther navy, will have it." agi "Would it be possible to send a thr ecret message by wireless tele- cu ;hony? Would it not be possible for teE mny one having a receiving apparatus of :o 'listen in'?" Mr. Carty laughed. er "Yes," he said. "I guess it would. as things are now, any one who teE 'ould tune a -receiving instrument in- wa :o the same pitch as ours could hear Ba wverything that was said. In fact, I da uppose Mr. Vail's remarks to me thl ere heard by hundreds of persons 0 throughout the country. As a mat er of fact, more persons will be able w lo listen in on a wireless telephone da onversation than now are able to fiC listen in on -a party-line wire tele- aft phone." . The possibilities seemed to amuse fo] Mm. "But perhaps that may be reme- ha lied some time," he added. t Asked again about the fascinating th4 prospect of talking to ships at sea, an Mir. Carty said: Fr "We have to contend there with se the same thing with which wireless a telegraphy has to contend-that un- pa xplained electrical condition in the r tmosphere which is called 'static,' of which makes noises and interrupts t Dur currents. There is a lot to be wb done, of course, but I am sure we will be able to talk to ships. Indeed, a lot of quiet, unsensational work Is s to be done yet with the whole mat- riv ter of wireless telephony, but it has been demonstrated to-day as a suc- dei ess. ser "Here is something I would like to all ave pointed out; we had better re- col sults to-day. talking across 3,000 ur miles of air, than Alexander Graham wb Bell-, the still-living inventor of the wire telephone, had when he talked the a few feet in Washington over the lem Brst wire instrument-and ,that is pe really only a few years ago." - 01 "Do you require higher power for cet a wireless telephone than for a wire- tu ess telegraph?" ,was asked. the "That is unsettled," the engineer fre answered. "I may say that our ap- It paratus is much smaller than a wire- go ess telegraph apparatus. As to the pa relative power, I'm not sure though Gra 'm inclined to think we will require the one power." to This interview, although it was wa aver a span of 3,000 miles-and if it kir had been paid for, the rate would kal have been twenty-odd dollars for the tra arst five minutes, and nearly as much the per minute afterward-ran on for a by consderable length of time. Mr. bla Carty was happy and enthusiastic, ter and was delighted to talk. His voice was just as distinct as though he had i been uptown.. The reporter asked him to call up he San Francisco correspondent of he paper and have the San Francisco an send a story about how the ex periment was received on the Pacific Be ~oast. This was promptly done. As a final question Mr. Carty was asked: "Will It be possible to start telephone conversation over a wire, :hen have it go through the air, and :hen go across another wire, finally? Tel Jould we call up a resident of San ave 'rancisco- and havye the message go sio yy wire to Arlington, by wireless to het fare Island, and then by wire again the nto a home in San Francisco?" in "Certainly; that would present no exg dditional difficulties," the engineer wil eplied, chuckling over the amaze nent of the Interrogator, which must siti iave been audible 2,500 mIles away. of After Mr. Vail had made the first tiol 'periment, various other officials of Sof he American Telephone and Tele raph company talked by wireless to to-< r. Carty in San Francisco. Among Ito: hem were Union N. Bethell, .the par enior vice president: John I. Water rg, a director, and Bancroft Gher- fen rdi, engineer of the plant. Several wre cientists witnessed the tests. too At Arlington, Va., representatives sat f the government experimented on -" heir own account. Cap. Buliard, of hief of the navy's radio servie, was be n charge of the experimentation. All the hose present--as was the case in feD ew York and San Francisco-were . quipped with receiving instruments oft o they might hear the conversation. dac President Theodore N. Vail of the th tmerican Telephone and Telegraphth ompany later received a messagece rom 3. 3. Carty, the company's chief tl ngineer, at Mare Island, Cal., a mes age that earlier in the day Lloyd to spenschied, his representative at tiol earl harbor. Hawaii, had cabled a hat the success of communicationha letween the naval wireless station at ref~ rlington, Va., and the station at it cn earl Harbor Wednesday night had gin een repeated Thursday night. But the most astounding part of tele aspenschied's message was that on io he mid-Pacific island he was able to , ecognize clearly the yoke of R. A. eising, of the engineering staff of ''In he Western Electric company, who tere rs talking to him from Arlington, te our thousand miles away Thursday te ight. Mr. Espenscheid and Mr.ex eising are fri'ends and know each the ther's voice. o Engineers of the telephone com- a any pointed to the circumstance of :spenschied being able to identify e voice of the man talking to him righ s illustrating their claim tha't wire- gest ss telephony would bring persons ito more reliable communicationme ian impersonal wireless telegraphy.pa le projection of personality througlh thin i ether waves they regard as a tere Lost important feature of the perfec- int on of the wireless telephone. Espenshied's mnessage to Mr. Car- cr said that Rear A dmiral Rousch, belo ommander Furor and Lieutenant ln ande. of the United States navy. whit ationed at Honolulu, had listened tate a while Mr. Heis~ng was talking pa -om Arlington and that their en iusism over the success of the ex eiment knew no bounds. The mechanical inventions which A .ado possible wireless telephony ship 'om Washington to Hawaii, and set subL new milestone In the development 'l'hiri ND TROOPS AGAINST I PROTEST OF VENIZELOS en French Minister Informed OF] Greek Governor of Arrival of Troops Premier Protests. Ln Athens, Greece, dispatch, de ed In Paris from Sunday until - dnesday, says: The French troops ding from five transports at Salon Greece, consist of seventy thou d men. They will proceed along Uni Guevheli-Uskup railroad to guard line. 1 arls reports Wednesday: French nsports arrived at Salonijti Fri , night and troops began to land y urday afternoon, says an Athens patch to the Matin. Perfect order I 3 maintained in the city and the abitants gave the French a cordial eption. tr ondon reports Wednesday: The gr ding of additional troops at Salon- th is reported from Athens. The th respondent there of the Exchange su egraph Company says that a num- an - of transports carrying French ops entered the port at Saloniki th dnesday morning. He adds that the forwarding of French troops for Ho bia is proceeding actively. Se erlin reports by wireless: "The par mch ambassador at Athens noti- the I the Greek government of the faii .ding of French troops at Salon- con ," says\the agency. "Premier woi izelos protested, saying that bat ece had adhered to a neutral pol- ers, during the war. The protest says ri ther: 'The Greek government, refore, is obliged to protest tur inst the passage of foreign troops lim ough Greek territory. The cir- ha nstances that the troops are in- stri ded only to assist Serbia, the ally era Greece, does not in any way pre nge the position of the Greek gov- are ment from a legal standpoint.' the 'The Greek government also con- abl: ds that the action of the French cru s not justified even in view of the kn( kan situation as a whole and the I ger now threatening Serbia and eve it the neutrality of Greece must fas be ignored." an3 n Athens dispatch dated Saturday mo s held up in France until Wednes- ly I r by the censors. It tells of an of- be al statement issued Satuiday night eig er a meeting of the Greek cabinet. cOn "The French minister delivered the I lowing note to Premier Venizelos: tec1 ''By order of 'my government, I det re the honor to announce to your era ellency the arrival at Saloniki of der first detachment of French troops ves I to declare at the same time that eig %nce and England, allied to Serbia, mo id their troops to help the latter, fift well as to maintain their communi ;ions with her; and that the two be wers count upon Greece who al- abc Ldy has given them so many proofe the friendship, not to oppose measures Ing cen in the interests of Serbia, of Th4 .om she also is the ally.' in I Premier Venizelos replied: 'By cos ir letter of to-day you have been eac good as to inform me of the ar- pril al at Saloniki of the first detach- 9 nt of the French troops and of the mo aision of France and England to car id their troops to help Serbia, their the y; adding that the two powers See int on Greece not to oppose meas- son -s taken in the Interest of Serbia, by ereof she also is the ally. tor ''In answer to your letter, I have em i honor to declare to your excel- OPE cy that being neutral in the Euro- Bri mn war the royal government the ld not possibly authorize the pro- tak ~ding in question, for It consti- is es a breach of Greece's neutrality. ani Smore manifest since it comes m two great belligerent powers crm is therefore, the duty of the royal fro: verment 'to protest against the FrE 3sage of foreign troops across the eek territory. The circumstances spe tt these troops are destined solely dut aid Serbia, Greece's ally, in no val y modifies the legal position of the nas ig's government; for even a Bal- lik4 nic point of view Greece's neu- Ian ,lity could not be affected before det Sactual foederis was committed ( the danger now threatening Ser- ref1 .which caused, the dispatch of In- cha national troops to her help.' " cru nT~h WAR tha IN REVENGE OF IIER INSULTS emo son isti rin Reports no Word as to Any one Reply Before Expiration of ti -Russian Utiatum. resi Berlin, Wednesday, via London: wer egrams from Sofia require an lnd trage of 'sixteen hours In transmis- con n and hence no news has arrived ide: 'e concerning the events following eac: expiration of the time limit set hav Russia's ultimatum. The press arm ects that the Russian demands -26.: I be refused. een interest is displayed In the -cru iation at Saloniki and the attitude and -reece, regarding which no' predic- ton: as are ventured. A dispatch from eac: !a to the Zeitung Am Mittag says: and '-Premier Radoslavoff of Bulgaria On lay made the following declaration si representatives of the government 191 ties: ized ''We confront war and must de- of t d our national interests. We must the st from enemies everything they MIar k from us two years ago and get mer isfaction for every insult.' . carn 1uman intercommunication, willkn kept a profound secret because of cart ir proposed use for national de- . The secret is known only by high auti cials of the American Telephone nav Telegraph company, which con 000 ted the successful experiments sam week, and one or two navy offi- clas , who aided the engineers of the ea phone company. 'hese facts became known in reply sign . request for a. technical descrip- sign of the apparatus which has madeTi aiity of the dream scientists havetiI for a decade. The request was T rred to Bancroft Gherardi, super- desi ndent of plant for the telephone vess pany, who worked with Chief En- witi er J. 3. Carty in perfecting the 190 intion, or inventions, for wireless Goe phony represents many inven- and is. Tan: The request is not a reasonable Mol1 at this time," said Mr. Gherardi. ben the first place our company Is in- and isted in the commercial possibill- kno: of the project, for It means the eacia nditure of much work and cent key. We have not yet obtained havE patents, and to reveal the details hea, would mean to give ourselves inch Suppose a foreign nation were to four r a vast sum of money for the type .ts to the inventions," was sug- 68,0 ed to Mr. Gherardi. bine We would not listen for one mo- tons .t," was the reply. "This corn- carr y and its engineers will do every- 1 0-i: g possible to safeguard the in- Is ti sts of the Americadi government can he wireless telephone." appr :r. Gherardi said he desired to and ect the report that the invention the] nged to the government. It be- belie ed to the telephone company, Ame h would do everything to facili- clost its use by the governms.nt, he ex- - sec British Ship Submarined. of thens reports that the British out Arabia was sunk by an Austrian gre arine near Cythere Tuesday nas I INCREASE NAVY ICIALS PLAN TO BUILD WORLD'S FASTEST SlIPS NT BATTLE CRUISERS ted States Navy Will Have Two hirty-five-Knot Boats-Can Reach harleston From New York in 14 [ours-Gets to London in Two ays and a Fraction. The outstanding and most dis tetive feature of the naval pro im to be submitted to congress is winter will be a request for a construction of battle cruisers perior in speed and power to ything afloat. 'his fact was developed following conference held at the White ise between President Wilson, retary Daniels of the Navy De tment, and Chairman Padgett of House Committee on Naval Af s. It became apparent after the ference that the administration ild recommend more than two -leships, one or more battle cruis and a large number of subma IS. 'he battle cruisers will be the fea of the naval program. Pre inary designs for these vessels e been prepared by the naval con ictors, and are before the Gen t Board, Secretary Daniels, and the sident for consideration. There several alternative designs, but particular one which will prob r be adopted calls for a battle iser that will make thirty-five its speed. %is is equivalent to a fraction r forty land miles an hour. The est battle cruiser thus far built by - of the powers is designed for not re than thirty knots. Consequent he American battle cruiser would able to sail rings around any for i vessel of similar type now in imission. 'he final characteristics of the pro :ed battle cruiser have not been ermined by the experts of the Gen [ Board of the Navy, but the un standing is that this new type of sel's main armor will be about it inches thick, and the vessel will ant eight fourteen-inch guns, of r calibre. 'he cost of the battle cruiser will about eighteen million dollars, or ut three million dcllars more than dreadnought battleships now be built for the United States navy. battleships to be recommended his year's naval program will also t about eighteen million dollars h, the increase being due to the :e of war material. he decision to recommend one or re battle cruisers is the result of a eful study of the lessons taught by naval side of the war In Europe. retary Daniels and President Wil have before them a report made Lewis B. McBride, naval construe , who has been attached to the assy in London, dealing with the rations of battle cruisers of the tish and German navies during war, and demonstrating unmis ably that this new type of vessel ,most valuable adjunct to defense offense. !e escape of the German armored ser Goeben in the Mediterranean m the combined British and nch fleets in the earlier stages of war, solely by reason of superior ed was the first demonstration ing the present conflict of the e of the battle cruiser. In the al battle in the North Sea, and ~wise in the battle off the Falk 1 Islands, battle cruisers were a ermining factor. )fficials of the navy department ained from disclosing the detailed racteristics of the projected battle iser. Secretary Daniels admitted the vessel was designed for thir lye knots. Another high official the propelling machinery would sist of turbines. Beyond this no irmation. was obtainable from any rce as to the essential character :s of the projected warship. When high official was asked how it proposed to obtain the speed of ty-five nautical miles an hour, he >onded: ThE first British battle cruisers e the Inflexible, Invincible and amitable, authorized in 1907 and pleted in 1908. These vessels are itical. They displace 17,250 tons 1, mount eight twelve-inch guns, e an amidships belt of seven-inch tor, and on trials recorded from Lto 26.6 knots. The next class of British battle sers embraced the Indefatigable New Zealand, each of 18,750 Sdisplacement. These two also 1 mounted eight twelve-inch guns, carried eight-inch armor belting. their trials they recorded twenty md twenty-seven knots speed. In 1 the British government author three additional battle cruisers be Lion class, the other two being Princess Royal and the Queen y. In these vessels the displace .t ran up to 26,350 tons. Each ls eight 13.5-inch guns, and full e: trials they made twenty-nine ts an hour. The heaviest armor ed is nine inches amidships. the Tiger type of battle cruiser, iorized in 1913 for the British the displacement ran up to 30, ons, the main batteries are the e as in the immediately preceding i. eight 13.5-inch guns, an 1 the iest armor carried was nine es amidships. The Tiger was de ed for 30 knots an hour on a de ed horse power of 100,000. The r is propelled by the Brown--Cur ype of turbine. Ie German battle cruisers were ned as a reply to the British els of this t:ype, and begumling the con der Tann, authorizedl in ;have included the Moltke a~nd :en. the Seidllitz and Derflinger, the Ersatz Hiertha. The von der : made 27.4 knots on trial. the~ :ke made 28.57 knots. the Goe 2.6 knots, and while the Seidlitz Derflinger were designed for 27 s, it is understood they have made 29 knots. The most re of the German battle cruisers ten 11i-inch guns, and their iest arm r has run from S to 10 ie Japanese have been building battle cruisers of the Kongo each designed for 27 knots, on 00 horse power derived from tur , on a displacement of 27,500 The Japanese battle cruisers eight 314-inch guns each, and ch armor. Except as to speed, it ought that the projected Ameri battle cruisers will morei nearly och the Japanese type in arnmor armament. but in order to obtain >rojected speed of 35 knots, it is ved the displacement of the rican battle cruisers will run to 33.000 tons. 'he American navy has no battle isers, and is wvoefully lacking in t cruisers. Scouts are the eyes :he battle ship fleet. andl with them any powerful fleet is utly andilcapped. The recent al war game disclosed the ur t ..ed o scoante. The battle cruisers now projected will be able I to serve as scouts, although that will not be the primary function of these units. The idea of experts of the navy is that there should be not less than a division of battle cruisers, and that it should be' attached to the Atlantic battleship fleet. They would be utilized by the fleet in overtaking battleships of the enemy endeavoring to escape from or trying to e)ude the fleet, also in scouting to discover the presence of the enemy's fleet and in attacking vessels of the greatest pow er whenever taken by the superior speed of the battle cruisers. The battle cruisers for which pre liminary plans have been proposed for the navy will be dreadnoughts in reality, as they may be classes of bat tleships of superior speed. As ex plained by one of the navy's experts, a battle cruiser is a vessel that has just a few less big guns, and just a little lighter armor than battleships, the sacrifices of both of which are compensated for, by their great speed. Speed is an element which the Ameri can Navy lacks. Its battleships are as fast as battleships generally around the world, but there is no large vessel in the navy that can now compare with the battle cruisers of England, Germany, and Japan in speed. While it has been agreed that the American navy to be brought abreast to other navies of- first rank must have swift battle cruisers of the type that has proved its effectiveness in the war in Europe, no decision haE been reached that is ready for an nouncement as to the number of ad ditional -units of various types to be embraced in the building program of 1916-17, which is to be submitted to congress this winter. After the con ference at the White House Secretary Daniels said that the naval program had not been completed and that he was not ready to make announcement of the increases to be recommended to congress. Mr. Daniels intimated, however. that a building progrm for the sub marine flotilla would be urged that would make possible an inner-line of defense along both coasts to be main tained by submersibles operating from bases established at necessary intervals on both the Atlantic and Pacific shore lines. The secretary said that recently, when submarines were at the height of their activity in the European war, the pendulum .of public opinion had swung too far in favor of subma rines, and that the tendency now would be to swing.it too far the other way. The navy plans, he declared. would not make either error. He add ed that the value of submersible for defense of the wide reaches of coast line on both shores could hardly be overestimated. It is understood that the president cautioned Secretary Daniels and Chair-man Padgett against making premature announcement as to the naval program, explaining that botl the army and navy defense programE must be subject to alteration until after the administration had consid ered the program of reform for the development of the army and- the financial devices to be resorted to by the government to raise the necessary funds to pay for the additional ap propriations for national, defense. - A battle cruiser-such as proposed in our new naval pr6gram-plough ing her way through the waters at thirty-five knots an hour, if it were possible to keep up that speed, would make the passage from the Ambrose Channel Lightship to Queenstown the course over which the steamshil Mauretania made her record of 4 dayr 10 hours and 41 minutes, in approxi mately 3 days and 8 hours. The dis tance between tlitse points is esti mated at 2,814 -knots, or nautica miles. The fastest day's run by thc Mauretania was at the rate of 27.04 knots. ~ This comparison was pointed out to illustrate the value of the navy o! a great battle cruiser which could be shifted from point to point, either along the coast or in trans-Atlantic travel, at such a 11ace. There is no record of a ship which could hope to accomplish such a record run or cope with such a foe. At 35 knots an hour a battle cruis er could be transferred from New' York to New Orleans on coast patrol duty, a distance of approximately 1,700 knots, in 48 hours and 35 min utes, a feat which has never been ac comtplished or thought possible, cer tainly ngt for an armored battle cruiser carrying huge 14-inch guns To make the run in somewhat under five days is considered good time by most of the coastwise passenger ships. Charleston, S. C., is 491 knots from New York. The battle cruiser could be sent there in fourteen hours. If the speed were at 35 knots. An hour and twenty minutes later she would be of~ Savannah, Ga. The total run from New York to Jacksonville, Fla., a dis tance of 653 - knots, would require just under 18 hours and 40 minutes less than ten hours would see the cruiser off Miami. Fla. The distance by knots between New York and some of the more im portant points on the route to New Orleans are as follows: Norfolk, Va.. 244; Diamond Shoal Lightship (off Hatteras), 350; Brunswick, Ga., 599; Jupiter Light. Fla., 902; American Shoal Light, Fla., 1,096. A speed of 35 knots would take a battle cruiser from Ambrose Channel Lgtto Hamburg in approximately four days and four hours and to Havre, France, in three days and 18 hours, records which have been look ed upon as something which might - be accomplished some day in the dim future, but certainly not in many years. The distances are, respective ly, 3,511 knots and 3,145 knots. The distance to Bremen from New York is 3,563 knots: to Liverpool, 3,033: to Rotterdam, 3,327, and to Southamp ton. 3,095. The United States battleship speed record was made by the Wyoming on July 19, 1912, when she attained 22, 045 knots. The torpedo boat destroy er McDougal broke all mile speed records for her type in standardiza tion trials off Rockland, Me., in MAay, 1914. She went at the rate of 32.07 knots on her fastest mile. The aver age of her five full speed runs was| 31,516 knots. The listed speed of the Reid, an other destroyer, is 21.82 knots, and the Wadsworth. 30 knots. No other ships in the United States navy aside from a few of the torpedo boats are accredited with a speed of 30 knots| or more. The sea-going battleships| are listed at 17 to 21 knots, the ar mored cruisers at 22 knots: three third class cruisers, the Birmingham,| Salem, and Chester, at 24, 25, and l 26 knots, respectively. | CilINA AGlAIN THREATENED Japan Demands Jurisdiction Over Koreans in Chentao. The Associated Press has been of-1 fcially informed that Japan has not fcially informed that Japan nas noti fed China that unless Japan's de Koreans residing in Chientao, in the< Kirin region of Manchuria, are ac epted. Japan will pursue her own I ourse in supporting her claim byf military force if necessary. The Japanese claimis, it is stated. re based on the May agreement be ween China and Japan. China main-t ains that Chentao is not mentioned c [a this agreement and that the pre'' IERMANY DISAVOWS &CCEDES TO AMERICAN DE MANDS IN CASE OF ARABIC NEW RULES FOR SUBS Bernstorff Says Orders of His Ma jesty to Commanders of the Sub marines Have Been Made Stricter Than Ever in Order to Prevent All Possible Chances of Similar Inci dents. Germany has acceded to the Ameri can demands for settlement of the Arabic case. The imperial govern-* ment, through its ambassador, Count von Bernstorff, disavows the sinking of the vessel, announces that it has so notified the submarine commander who made the attack, expresses-regret for the loss of American lives, and agrees to pay an indemnity to the families of Americans lost. Official Washington was both grat ified and relieved by the diplomatic victory. The communication deliver ed to Secretary Lansing Tuesday by the ambassador pursuant to general instructions from his government spread absolute confidence that there would be no more submarine con troversies between the United States and Germany, for the document re veals that stringent orders have been given to submarine commanders to prevent a recurrence of such inci dents as the Arabic. Since this case embraces the- prin ciples for which President Wilson contended in his notes on the tor pedoing of the Lusitania and Falaba, concessions made by Germany to the American viewpoint were generally regarded as paving the way for ami cable settlement of all the cases. Count von Bernstorff left Washing ton Tuesday night expressing the con fident hope that relations between '3ermany and the United States would continue to Improve. With settle ment of the Arabic controversy the dispatch to Great Britain of the long delayed American note on interfer ence with trade is expected within a, few days. It was not until the German am bassador submitted his letter at near ly one o'clock that the change In the-, relations between Germany and the.: United States became definite. See-< retary Lansing carried it . to the White House and shortly afterward announced its text, which follows: "My Dear Mr. Secretary: Piompt ad by the desire to reach a satisfac tory agreement with regard to the rabic- incident, my guvernment has given me the following instructTO'ns. "The order issued by-his majesty, the emperor, to the commanders of the German submarines-of which I notified you on a previous occasion has been made so stringent that th recurrence of incidents similar to the Arabic case is considered out of the question. "According to the report of Com mander Schneider of the submarine which sank the Arabic, and his affi davit as well as those of his men, Commander Schneider was convinced that the Arabic intended to ram the submarine. "On the other hand, the imperial government does not doubt the good, faith of the affidavit of the British. officers of the Arabie, according to which the Arabic did not intend to ram the submarine. The. attack of the submarine was undertaken against the instructions issued to the commnandeg. The imperial govern ment regrets and disavows this act snd notified Commander Schneider accordingly. "Under these circumstances my government is prepared to pay an in demnity for American lives which, to its deep regret, have been lost on the Arabic. I am authorized to negotiate with you about the amount of this indemnity. "I remain, my dear Mr. Lansing, "Yours very sincerely, "J. von Bernstorff." Secretary Lansing made no com mnent on the ambassador's letter ex cept to remark that it spoke for It self. He was much pleased over the conclusion of the case because since the sinking of the Arabic -'he Inaug urated the idea of personal negotia ions in Washington. This method. ,f exchanging views was welcomej by Count von Bernstorff too, particu arly 1.s he has had no means of di Tect communication with his govern ment. To this lack of communica tion has been attributed much of the 11 feeling that characterized the ear lier stages of the submarine con troversy. The day's events spread satisfac tion everywhere, not only at the White House and state department but at the German embassy as well. PRESENT EVIDENCE TO SIOW PERSECUTION OF ARMENIANS Facts Brought lo Light by Committee Who Denounce Worst Horror of One Thousand Years. Documentary evidence of atroci ties inflicted by the Turks on the Armenians was made public at New York by the committee formed by Charles R. Crane, Cleveland H. Dodge and others to investigate the facts of the Armenian massacres and to aid sufferers. The committee states that the evi ence was collected from sources that are unquestioned as to the varacity and authority of the writers, but that j Eor obvious reasons their names can not be given, and in most cases names of towns and cities must be oncealed. Quotations are given in the coin littee's report from twenty-four sources, some of which describe in etail instances where Armenians ave been put to death, women vio ated and children slaughtered, of robbery, torture and death by star ration and of terrible privations en lured in long marches to the desert regions to which the Armenians have )een exiled-crimes described by the ~ommittee as surpassing "in their iorror and cruelty anything that his ory has recorded during the past one housand years.' Bulgars Take Railway. The railroad running between Mus apha Pasha and Dedeaghatch, in the ~egean, was taken over by Bulgarian' taff officers Friday. Forty miles >f this road goes through Turkish erritory. Drop Bombs on Nish. Nish, Serbia, reports via Paris Fri ay that on Thursday afternoon an eroplane from Bulgaria dropped tumerous bombs upon Nish, killing ve and wounding two. Much Artillery Activity. Thue French stotement issued by - h war office Friday described heavy annonading in the Champagne dis rtt with the German artillery taking