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ANSWERS 01NOIE ORRMANS DO NOT WANT TO OIV? DP USB OP MINKS. ACCEPT OTHER POINTS 4 i • ■ : BmUa Gives Text of Govermneiit's Reply—London Reports Poller Ac count of American Note—German ^ . • V * Reply Is in Friendly Tone of Our Protest. In its reply to the American note concerning the German naval war xone the German government agrees that under certain conditions its sub marine will halt and investigate mer chantmen, and will proceed against only such vessels as are found to be carrying contraband or are owned in nations hostile to Germany. The reply declared Germany's read iness to accept virtually all of the American proposals except the one which would restrict the use cf an an chored mines to purely defensive pur poses. The German government ex presses the belief that belligerents can not afford to abandon entirely the use of anchored mines for offensive operations. It is willing to consider the abandonment of floating mines In case German submarines take action, after investigation, against merchantmen carrying contraband or owned in hostile countries, it is agreed that such action will be-in ac cordance with the general rules of in ternational law. This presupposes, however, the abandonment of the use of neutral flags by merchantmen of hostile i-ationp or the arming of ouch merchantmen. If such tactics w»re employed, Germany contends. It would be impossible to restrict the operations of submarines in this man ner. The reply also suggests that these constituted in the countries concern ed American commissions, tc .which supplies of foodstuffs for the use of civilian populations could be connlgu- ed. This plan. It is said, is contem plated in the American proposals. The reply als suggests that these .Countries should be allowed to Im port and control the distribution of other articles, especially fodder, which are cn the conditional ccntra- band list In the Declaration of Lon don* Germany states that interfer ence with articles on the absolute free list in the Deri: ration of l^ndon should be abandoned. “What most Impressed us in tho American nuts was tho evident spirit of absolute fairness In wfcicti the American government approached the problem. p.lU Us daslre to pro pose a solution which could bo ac cepted by both sides," said a high of ficial of the German goveument. “We endeavored In the reply to follow the same rule. The modifica tions «# suggested ore inspired by the desire to round out and complete the American proposals.'* "We are sure, for Instance, that the American government would have lne4rted the clause covering armed merchantmen, if this subject bad oc curred tt- them. The reservation re garding the offensivo use of anchored mines is justified by The Hague con ventions, which expressly authorize such procedure; and even therein it will be*notlccd tbr.t our note aays only that wo can not renounco 'com pletely' tho use of such minas. "The government Is convinced that the American proposals furnich an acceptable basis for a practical solu tion of tho present difficulties and problems of the maritime situation.” London reports: A Reuter dis patch from Amsterdam gives the con tents of the American note of Feb ruary 22 to Great Britain and Ger many's reply thereto. The notes were receive 1 in Amsterdam in a dispatch from Berlin. The American note expresses the hope that Great Britain and Germany may, through reciprocal concessions, discover a basis of understanding which would tend to free ships en gaged in neutral and peaceful com merce from serious dangers to which they are exposed in passing through the coastal waters of the belligerent countries. This suggestion, tho note says, should not be considered as a pro posal by the American government, whom it does not behoove to propose conditions for such an agreement, though tho question at issue has a direct and far reaching interest for the United States. The suggestion is made that Ger many and Great Britain should agree, first, that isolated drifting mines should be laid by neither party, that anchored mines should be laid ex clusively for defence, within gun range of harbors,, and that all mines should tear the mark of the govern ment of origin and be so constructed as to become harmless after breaking loose from their anchorage. It Is suggested, second, that sub marines should not be employed to attack vessels of any nationality, ex cept to carry out the right of hold ing them up and searching them; and, third, that mercantile chips of neither of the parties should employ neutral flags as a war ruse or to con-, ceaj their identity. Great Brttain, _it is suggested, should agree that foodstuffs shall not be made absolute contraband and that the British authorities neither shall disturb tfor hpld up cargoes of such goods when addressed to agencies In Germany, the names of which are communicated by the United States govermpent, for the purpose of receiving such goods and handing them over to licensed Ger- kman retailers fo^,further distribution ^exclusively to the German population, Germany, it is contended, ahontd declare her agreement that foodstuffs from the United States or any other neutral country shall be addressed to each agencies. The Germsh reply to the United States wan dupauhed Sunday. It begins- “The T»mna govern ment baa taken note of the American suggestion with lively interest, and tees therein new .feroof of friendly feellngv which are fully reciprocated by Germany. The suggestion corre sponds also to - the* German wishes that the naval war should he waged according to rules which, without subjecting one or the other belliger ent pdwern to one-sided restrictions of methods of warfare, would take into consideration the interests of nehtrais as well as the laws of hu manity. "In this sense the German note of February 16 already pointed, out that the observance of the London Decla ration by Germany’s enemies would create a Lew situation from which Germany gladly would be prepared to draw conclusions. “Starting frpm this conception, the German government has submitted the American suggestion to attentive examination, and believes that it can recognize therein .an effectively suit able basis for a practical solution of the questions at Issue.” On particular suggestions of the American note the following remarks are made^ "Germany would be prepared to make the suggested declaration con cerning the non-employment, of drift ing mines and the construction of an chored mines, and further agrees with the suggestion to attach a gov ernment mark to any mines which ALLOCS INTEND TO CUT OFF ALL THE COMMERCE. NEW FEDERAL DISTRICT PASSED BT CONGRESS AND BEFORE PRESIDENT. BOIN FOUND DEAD Ml INI (IRAN IN-Nil mi URL WILL STOP ALL SHIPS •t Sen— British Prime Minister Announces That England and Her Friends Will Absolutely Cut Enemies Off From Ail Commerce Wonld Stop All Vessels. If the combined fleets of Great Britain and France can prevent it, no commodities of any kind except those now on the seas henceforth until the conclusion of the war shall reach or leave the shore of Germany. This Is England's answer to Ger many's submarine blockade, and it Is to be effective forthwith. Premier Asquith, reading from a prepared statement, made the an nouncement in the House of Com mons Monday at a session which will be historic. Studiously avoiding the Johnson Slated for Judge, Thurmond for Attorney and Lyons for Marshal. The House bill dividing South Car-1 ollua into eastern and western fed-1 eral Judicial districts and providing I Philadelphia Hostelry Receives Tele- for the appointment, of an additional SUICIDE ANU MURDER district judge passed the Senate Tues day night. It now goes to the presi dent, The bill requires the president to make public' the names of spon sors for any applicant for appoint ment. The present district Judge resident in eastern South Carolina is to be- phone Message From New York Saying Two Guests Are Probablj Dead in Their Rooms—No Reason Known. FOUND PRES BLOODI TRENCH KAREARE may be laid. "On - the other hand, it terms "blockade" and “contraband' appears to Germany not to be practi-| —r^or these words occur nowhere In cable for the belligerent powers fully | l be prepared statement—the premier to renounce the employment of-an chored mines for offensive purposes. "Second — German submarines would employ force against mercan tile vessels of whatsoever flag only insofar as it is required for the pur pose of carrying out the right to hold up and search. If the hostile nation ality of a ship or the presence of con traband wpre proved,, the submarines would proceed according to the gen eral international rules. “Third—As the American note pro vides for the above mentioned re striction in the employment of sub marines, .It follows that enemy mer cantile vessels should abstain from the use of neutral flags and other neutral signs. In this connection It is obvious that hostile mercantile vessels should not be armed and should refrain from offering violent resistance, since such conduct, which is opposed to Interoatlonsl law, ren ders tt Impossible for submarines to proceed In accordance with Interna tional law. "Fourth—The /egulatlon of the legitimate Importation of food sup plies to Germany, as suggested by the American government, appears In generaFto be acceptable. This regu lation. of course, would be restricted to Importation by sea but, on the other hand It would also Include Indi rect Importation via neutral ports. "Germany would, therefore, be pre pared to make declarations such as are provided for In the American note, so that the employment of Im ported food supplies would be guar anteed to be exclusively for the peace ful civil population. "In this connection. Germany, how ever. must emphasize that the Impor tation also of other raw materials for peaceful economic purposes, and in cluding fodder, should be made pos sible. For this purpose tbe hostile governments would have to allow free paaaege to Germany of raw ma terials mentioned In the free list of the London declaration and to treat In the same manner as foodstuffs those materials contained In the list of conditional contraband." The note concludes: "The Ger man government hopes that the un derstanding suggested by the Amerl can government will regard being paid to the foregoing remarks, be realized and that thereby peaceful neutral shipping and peaceful neutral commerce will not have more to suf fer than Is absolutely necessary from the effects jf the naval warfare "Such effects, moreover, would be substantially diminished if, as al ready pointed opt In our note of Feb ruary 16, moans and ways could be found to exclude the Importation of war material from neutral to bellig erent states on ships of whatsoever flag. "The adoption of a definitive atti tude, of course, must be proposed un til the German government, on the basis of further communication from the American government, is In a position to see what obligations the British government, on its side, is prepared to assume.” SPED THROUGH WAR ZONE. American Liner Make Trip in Night Ablaze With Light. The American llnef New York ar rived in New York Monday from Liverpool, after having taken unusu al precautions to make kbown her nationality while passing through the war zone declared by Germany around Great Britain. In addition, extraordinary precautions against mines were observed, to the great ex tent of having the lifeboats ready for immediate use if necessary. Flying the American flag, the New York left her dock in Liverpool short ly after midnight on February 2b. Her lights were all lighted as\she steamed out to sea, and some of the passengers said searchlights played on American flags, which^ew from almost every mast. Tfre' ship re mained ablaze with light and with all flags up until safe waters were reach ed. Plan the Garden Now. . . It Is time to begin dhlnklng of , the spring and summer garden and plan ning for it. The seed houses are get ting busy with advertisements and catalogs. Select your varieties care fully and buy seed from reputable houses, disregarding those that make the most extravagant- ' claims and promises. They may*be all right, but the other way is safer^ British Collier Damaged. Eighteen members of tha crew of tha Cardiff steamer Drank some Chine, an English government collier, landed at New Haven Tuesday even ing. Their veseel either struck a mine or waa torpedoed la tbe English channel explained that the allies considered themselves justified in attempting, and would attempt, "to detain and take Into port ships carrying goods of presumed enemy destination, own ership or origin.” The premier emphasized, however, that vessels and cargoes so seized were not necessarily liable to confls- catio nand begged the patience of neutral countries In the face of a step likely to Injure them. He added that the measures had been adopted by the allies In self-defense. "We are quite prepared,” he went on, “to submit to the arbitrament of neutral opinion, and still more to the verdict of impartial history that in the circumstances In wfilch we have been placed we have been moderate; we have been restrained from things that we were provoked and tempted to do. and we have adopted a policy which commends itself to reason, to common sense and to Justice.” Every member of the bouse not at the front or unavoidably detained was In his seat and there was fre quent cheering. The galleries were packed. When the premier conclud ed hit statement, and, turning to the speaker, said: “That, sir, Is our re ply.” Immediately there was a tre mendous outburst. Curiously, the German reply to the American note seeking to solve the situation growing out of Germany's declaration of a naval war zone waa handed to Ambassador Gerard at Ber lin Monday and Premier Asquith, In his speech, said that Great Britain and her allies were etlll considering carefully the American note to them on the same subject. That the Brit Ish government had rejected the pro posal. he declared, waa "quite un true." The tremendous cost of modern warfare, which the premier eettmat ed now nt 17,500.000 daily to tbe allies alone and likely to grow to 18,500,000 or more by April, waa the theme of that part of the address not dealing with the blockade. The pre mier gave these figures in asking for a supplementary vote Of credit, mak ing a total of 11,810,000,000 to pros ecute the war to March 31, 1915 which the house .unanimously grant ed The entire struggle with Napoleon cost England only about 16,155,000, 000 and the South African war only |1, n 55,000,000, according to Mr. As quith. Before the premier had finished the newspapers were on the street* proclaiming "Our Answer to Ger many" in big letters, and it waa ap parent everywhere that the entire na tlon had been chafing for reprisals against the sinking of merchant craft by submarines. The statement Is as follows: "Germany has declared that the English channel, the north and west coasts of France and the waters around the British Isles are a war area, and has officially notified that all enemy ships found in that area would be destroyed and that neutral rebels may bo exposed to danger. This la It effect a claim to torpedo at sight, without regard to the safety of the crew or passengers, any merchant vessel under any flag. As It is not in the pov/er of the German admiralty to malntoin any surface craft In these waters this attack can only be deliv ered by submarine agency. “The law and customs of nations in regard to attacks on commerce have always presumed that the duty of the captor of a merchant vessel is to bring it before a prize court where It may be tried, where the regularity of the capture may be challenged and where neutrals may recover their car goes. The sinking of prizes is In it self a questionable act to be resorted to only in extraordinary circum stances and after provision has been made for the safety of all the crew and passengers. If there are passen gers on board the responsibility of discriminating between neutral and enemy vessels and between neutral and enemy cargo obviously rests with the attacking ship, whose duty it is to verify the status and character of the vessel and cargo and to preserve all papers before sinking or even cap turing it. So also Is the humane duty of providing for the safety of the crew of merchant vessels, wheth er neutral or enemy, an obligatloii on every belligerent. "It is upon this basis that all pre vious discussion of the law for regu lating warfare at sea have proceeded A' German submarine, however, ful fills none of these obligations; ahe enjoys no local command of the wjitera- in which she operates; she does not ,take her capture within the Jurisdiction of a prize court; she car ries no prise crew which can be put on board a prize: the uses ne effec tive means ef discriminating between a neutral and an enemy veeeel; ahe does not receive oa board for safety the crew and peseeagsrs of the Tee- Two persons, a m..n and a woman, come Judge of that district, but will I went to their death Monday night in retain Jurisdiction in the western di8-| a bathroom of the Windsor Hotel at trict In cases which already have Philadelphia by murder and suicide come before him. as tbe result of an evident compact. As passed by the House the oill Occupying quarters ih a remote and provides that the court shall be held ouiet wing of the house, their death at regular periods at Greenville, Rock I was only discovered several hours Hill and Greenwood, and the office of later, when tho hotel authorities re the clerk of the court shall be local- Ueived from New York a long dls- ed at Greenville. I taace telephone message asking, it As’passed the House bill provides they were in the hotel and advising that the Cullop amendment shall be I that an Immediate search be made added, this requiring the names of I The couple were found In the bath- indorsers to be made public. I room of a suite in a rear eastern ■'* Congressman Aiken and other wing of the hotel, on thj second floor members of the delegation who have Each, when found, exhibited a single labored diligently to nave this bill bullet wound. As their room was the pass deserve credit for what they I only one occupied in that wing, the have accomplished. ‘ I noise of the shots was not heard While Representative Johnson. p hy8lc ians. when called in. said W ,a° , Brst J ntroduced the b ‘ n t0 Pro* that in their opinion the woman had vide for the separate operation of the been dead for ttve or glx ho d eastern and western districts was in the man (or a brle , er }od tbe conference committee on the leg-1 _. , , , islative appropriation bill, the mem-l K Th «. * r .°“ an • bod y, found bers of the delegation conferred and I lbe bathtub, undressed, face upward unanimously agreed to recommend I and tbe bead il! rne<1 K aw,y 1 / r ® m Mr. Johnson for appointment to the| ai,i * ot end °J lb ® t “ b * M J* abe bad new judgeship. b ® en «OK»ged • '»ath when The following statement was later ah °l- Tb * tub l* rtlal, 7 fll, * d given out: "After the passage ofl wllb water. In this the body was the court bill by the House and Sen with water halt afloat. Clasped in one hand was ate the senators and members of thel* 1 ®*® 1 - and a r ou “ d bo, «. rln «*' J House from South Carolina agreed * ltb P°wder marks In the center ol unanimously to recommend to thel b*/, UidlcaUd the aannar is president for appointment as judge of I wb * cb had met her death, the new district, Congresman Joseph I The man was lying upon the floor T. Johnson of Spartanburg. They I of the bathroom beside her. His also unanimously agreed to recon.-1 heed, however, was turned In the op- mend Hon. J. William Thurmond oflposlte direction and bo was partly Edgefield for district attorney end C. I clothed. Indications were that be J. Lyon of Abbeville for marshal. 1 had shot himself in the mouth. While no official statement has been! still clasped In his hand was a long made It is understood that the presl-1 revolver or a aht chamber type dent will approve the recommenda- Three bn lets werfmlsslng from tbe tlon of the delegation.” I weapon, although the first examine The delegation will call on the I tlon of the bodies only revealed tbe preeldent In a body and present the | evidences of two shots, act for hts approval and will deliver to him a letter recommending the ap pointment of Mr Johnson signed by every member of tbe delegation ex-| cept Mr. Johnson. Tha appointment will in all prob- Tha woman waa daacrlbed by tha police as being of blonde type, five feet seven inches tall, and of great physical beauty. 8he is thought to have been about thirty years old. The man appeared to be somewhere be- abllity not be made until the next I “ “ , J, "T session of congress In December and fort J r remnvlA fsre sre, therefore, entirely outside I Little doubt of tbe maa’a Identity remained, when a note was dtscover- the scope of eny International H>.trn-|"l “*? n a rrtMnlm nnaraMstna axln.f [Cupted by the COUplC. The DOlS iO ments regulating operations against commerce In time of war. The Ger man declaration substitutes Indis criminate destruction for regulated capture. Germany ta adopting th methods against peaceful traders and the non-combatant crewa with the avowed object of preventing eom- part Mid: "I am Charles C. Bt. Clair, of No. 156 Sixty-first street. Pease notify Mrs Charles C. Bt. Clair, at tha address. Phone. 4413 Plata. P. 8.—1 am aorry for the trouble I am causing you. Please take care modules of all kinds. Including food I ° f ™ y cane ’ “ lt ** T al u able. for tha civilian population, from The cane referred to In the note reaching or leaving tha Britis'h Isles a f u 4 r,ou ' made oul of a 1 dried strip of bull s hide. "Her opponents are. therefore. I driven to frame retaliatory measures L TV. P 2:Mv Came t0 «, lha , W,ndao in order in their turn to pevent com- Ho ‘®* ln F" 1 "? atr ** ®* lur4a,r u ^ u modules of any kind from reaching I * r# or leaving Germany. I Charles St. Clair. They were so “These measure, will, however. Da enforced by the British ar.d French aDde “ p, ® y ** a tL tBp "* h A L > hat , lh,!> government, without risk to neutral were br,de and b rt d ®sroom. ships or to neutral or non-combatant I Authorities of th# hotel described life and In strict observance of theM b ® couple as of quiet and somewhat dictates of humanity. The British refined demeanor. They engaged and French governments will, there-l tbelr room and could 'n no way b« fore, hold themselves free to detain I distinguished, either by appearance and take Into port ships carrying I or conduct, from dozens of other per goods of presumed enemy destlna-j 80 ns In the hotel. A search of their tlon, ownership or orlgiff. It is not effects revealed only a single cent it intended to confiscate such vessels or cash, and no jewelry waa found ex cargoes unless they would otherwise Re Pt the woman’s wedding ring, be liable to condemnation. The treat-1 which bore the date October 23, ment of vessels which sail before this I 1914, and a sfet of scrolled Initials date will not bo affected. which could not be deciphered. “This Is our reply.” The clothing of the couple was Admiral Lord Charles Beresford singled together In their travelling Invited the premier to state whether cases, which consisted of a suitcase Germans who engaged in submarine and two small bags. The woman’s attacks or talds on unfortified towns clothing was of good character and and ws/e captured would be tried for her shoes bore the mark of a Tacoma murder. Mr. Asquith declined to I (Washington) maker. (give any definite assurance, but he it is believed at the hotel that the said: -- r: ' Intelligence of the couples Intention “No doubt the government will j to die together, was sent to the own- take into serious consideration what e r of the myserious voice In New is the status under international law York by a letter mailed by them of persons engaged In this campaign.” earlier In the day. Referring again -to the proposed About nlne 0 . clock , n the morning retaliatory measures, the premier u , a gaid( they rang for a beU boy at * ° „„„ „„„ gave him the letter to mail to a New whJh'hnl wl n.f* 1 fnrfh from rpr Yorlt address. Jt Is thought that the which has bccii put forth from OGr-l »^ rv# a a, / i* a. j. . « man quarters that we havo rejected addresse ® of th,s le , tte £' certain proposals ,or suggestions ®^ d n p a liu 3 ‘h auiAieaej uodn made to two powers by the United Iro “ ^ ew rorK ' States is untrue. All we have stated Two curious clrcumstr.nces with to the United, States so far is tflat we re Eard to thq writing of the letter have-taken this matter Into careful and to the crime Itself were observed consideration, ih consultation with by the police. Oqe of these was that our allies,’^ tbe man’s body was still warm, al- Mr. Asquith ridiculed what hAll- though the woman’s gave evidence of ed the German theory of blockade | being dead for some hours longer, and asked: ?“Where is the German fi eet ’” ^. I Tribute to Aeronauts “It has been seen on the sea only . . - . ,, twice since the war hcean he said A fleet of aeroplanes, many of the -.nrt ita nhicz-t in hnth c-cf. wna "miir’ raacblne8 driven by noted aviator!, and its object in both cp.sc was mur- Blowlv ab ' OV e the cemeterv at der ani wholesale destruction of j a ° ov ^,^® property and undefended towns." He I V P h V;, J described fho German campaign b ba yIal ° lard ‘ ^he two men were against British shipping as grotesque I r „ i ; ai ' lar v d 1 „ T V ■Man Attaching Paittaa An, Mil—I leaaly Killed—Trencbea Often Reached la Vain. t- * f All the ground near the front line U ploughed up with shelle and fur rowed with the remain* of old trenches and graves. The whole place is a vast cemetery in which our trenches and those of the enemy wind in every direction/' " This statement is made by tha British official "eye-witness” at the front in a description given out of the recent battles southeast of Ypres and of the country in which the armies are fighting. "In a sheltered spot,” he continnes, "there is a little graveyard where some of our own dead have been buried. Their graves have been care fully marked and a rough square of bricks has been placed around them. In front of the trenches German bodies still lie thick. "At one point of the brick fields recently some thirty men tried to rush our lines. At their head was a young German officer who came on gallantly, waving his sword. He al most reached^ the barbed wire and then fell dead, and he lies there yet with bis sword in hts hand and all his thirty men shout him. "It is the same all along the front In this quarter. Everywhere still, gray figures can be seen lying, some times several rows together aad •sometimes singly or in twos or threes. "This description might serve with s few minor alterations for many ef the localities along our front where the fighting has centered around some wood, a village or line of trenches. It is as if each had been swept by a withering blast before which every object has crumbled into ruins or become twisted and deform ed, and even tbe very ground Itself looks as If it bad been shaken by a violent convulsion of nature. 'Counter attacks have been car ried out with such resolution that ta nearly all cases the origiaal Mae has been regained. On the night of Feb ruary 15. as our troops were advaae- Ing toMrive the enemy out of otoe of these trenches bis guns seddealy opened s tremendous fire. "Our men were in the open at some distance from the Germans at the time, and being thus taken at a disadvantage their chance of saecem looked small. Without a moment's hesitation, however, the attacklag line broke Into a double quick aad, pounding through the med. burnt Into tbe German trench "In one trench, which was more or lees Isolated, forty of onr men con tinued to hold firm until every one of them had been either killed or wounded. Eventually there were only three left who were eapable of firing, aad these three eoattanod to hold tho enemy at bay. la the aseoa- tlme word was brought to those ta the rear that their amanatUoa was nearly exhausted, aad eevea men. the strongest available, were selected to bring up as much ammualtloa as tboy could carry. ‘Thee# latter found the three wonnded survivors still staadlag amid the bodies of their dead and disabled comrades aed still firing steadltv. The support, slender as It ■» me «•* 'h- nle v Of f-~ St that moment the Germans luuiu**-! another asMnlt, which, like the pre vious ones, was beaten off and the position was saved." HOLLAND 8TILL NEUTRAL. Minister Van Dyke Sees No Change ta The Netherlands. Reports reaching Holland from the United States and other countries in dicate a belief that tbe Netherlands is about to enter into the hostilities. Semi-official circles at The Hague de clare such reports are without foun dation. It is asserted that Holland’s attitude of neutrality has not chang ed but that she continues determin ed to protect her national rights. Henry Van Dyke, the American minister, referring to the reports, said: "Naturally the various naval declarations have caused consider able anxiety among the neutral na tions. But I see no signs whatever of any change in Holland’s attitude. She is both peaceful and calm, and as strongly resolved as ever to do all in her power to preserve her neutral ity and maintain her rights.” There has been a considerable in- fluk of Germans into Holland recent ly. The hotels in Hague and in other cities are crowded. It is understood that many Germans are leaving their country owing to the effects of tbe food restrictions. and puerile and said it was a per version of language to Mill it a block-] ade. “The gravity of our Immense task Increases each gionth,” be contlnu4d. killed when their aeroplanes caught fire and fell Troops on Dutch Frontier. A Reuter dispatch from Amster- "The call for men has'becn respond-] dam says In all the Belgian town* ed to nobly, both at home and along the Dutch frontier posters are Ml she sinks throughout the empire. That call has never been more urgent than to day. We must draw -on all our re sources. both material r.nd spiritual. We have not relaxed, nor shall we relax until thp pursuit of every one of our ends is accomplished.” Earthquake Shock ta Italy. 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