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A V- V * . , 4. . •«. . V 1 *i V.\.' ’•Mfe O NOT BINDING ' v IGNORES ORDER ABOUT HER SHIPPING STATEMENT IS EXPECTED Government Determiner Not to Ree- ognlze or be Round by British Gov ernment's Decision-Foreign Trade Advisers Suspend Conference— To Inquire Aoout Memorandum. The determiriatioh of the.-Unltod Slates government not to recognize or be bound by the provision's of the British order in council, which de clared an embargo on all commercial intercourse directly with Germany, as well as inward or outward-bound through neutral countries, has been manifested in several ways. * The foreign trade advisers of the state department-announced that they, had decided to suspend all confer ences with British embassy officials in Washington with reference to the informs 1 arrangements whith had been in progress, not only to assist American cotton exporters in obtain ing payment for cargoes detained, but also to secure for American im- • porters American owned goods now in Germany, contracted for before the order in council went into effect. Secretary Bryan said this step had been taken in order to secure a better understanding with the British gov- .jg. ernnient as to the capacity in which ^Aj|e foreign trade advisers were act- ^ Ambassador Pake at London was Astructed also to inquire of the Brit- J*h foreign office the meaning of the '•tatement made in the memorandum •issued on Thursday that the terms of an agreement between American cot ton representative^ and the British government were acceptable to the 1'oited States government. Sir Cecil Sprig-Rice, the British ambassador, culled on Secretary I Bryan during the day to explain also that he always had understood the Cnlted States government was not to be considered as having rec ognized the British order in council. The decision of the trade advisers to suspend their confereaces. how ever. was reached before the British foreign office memorandum was is sued and based on differences of a practical character as to the shipment of American-owned goods from Ger many through neutral countries. Th^ next of the trade advisers' statement •filiows: Suspension of the conference was announced by the department in the following statement: ‘‘In view of the differences in the official conferences between Sir Walter Crawford, the commercial adviser of the British embassy, and Robert F. Rose and W. U Fleming, the trade advisers of the lepartment of state, who have been in a personal capacity representing the importers pf the Vntted States. Mr. Rose and Mr. Fleming have de cided that they can not continue these conferences until certain of the dlff'cultles have been removed, and they have therefore made a full re port of what has taken place to the (Rpartment of State and will await Its action.’* While officials of the department were reticent concerning differences merred to by rhe trade advisers, tlitee are understood to relate to cor- rtfpondence between British officials and the advisers offering a plan for • the treatment of the American-own ed goods. Originally the time, limit for the shipment out of Germany of American goods ordered before March 1 was sent for June 1, but the Brit- isli government ann<9unced that peri od had been extended qntil June 15. • In granting that. British officials are understood to have referred to It as a concession to the United States and this, as well as other features of the plan whereby American-owned goods were to be shipped through neutral ports from Germany to the United States, were of such a charac ter as to cause the state department to believe that any acquiescence would be constructed as a legal rec ognition of the British order in coun- • ell. Until a different understanding is reached or the plan for the handling of American-owned goods is virtual ly changed, the foreign trade advis ers will not participate in any con ferences on behalf of American im porters or exporters. Individually, American merchants can continue their negotiations with the British government. — , British embassy officials are silent as to the causes of the difficulty,-and there\is some reason to expect a . statemetit clarifying the situation from the British foreign office or through the embassy. BRITISH AMBASSADOR CALLS BATTLESHIP TRIUMPH SUNK IN DARDANELLES STMES U. S. Si^Siag# BrttAah Warship Destroyed by Sab- marine While Sopportiog leiMttag Pertfea. The British battleship ^Triumph bos been sunk in ‘‘tbs Dardanelles. The official announcement was made at London Wednesday night. - The disaster to the Triumph ie de scribed in a brief statement by tbs admiralty, which says that while op erating in support of the Australian jind f^eir Zealand forces on the shore of the Gallipoli peninsula the Tri umph was torpedoed by a submarine and sank shortly afterwards. Most of ths officers and men, including the captain and commander are reported ■to hare bees saved.. The submarine was chased by de stroyers and patrolling small craft until dark. The battleship Triumph was built at Barrow in 1902 for Chile, but was purchased by Great Bri ain in 1903. She was laid down under the name of Libertad. Since the present war broke out the Ti'.umph lias been in operation in both Far E..stern and European waters, flagship of the British Asiatic squadron she participated in the bombardment of the German base of Tsingtau. China, last October and was reported to have baen damaged by, shell fire of the German forts. In the latter part of April the Tri umph bombard d thp Turkish trench es on the western end of the Galli poli peninsula and afterwards went into the Dardanelles to shell the trenches from a different angle. Here she came under the fire of a Turkish howitzer battery on the Asiatic shore, which dropped sixteen shells around her and threw three missiles on board. Little damage was done by the shel.ls, however, and only two men were drowned. The battleship silenced the Turkish battery before retiring. x A few days later, while landing operations were proceeding, the Tri umph, with other well known war ships, in addition to covering the landing bombarded the forts in the Dardanelles to prevent reinforce ments reaching the Turks from the Sea of Marmora. The Triumph was credited in the official reports with having set fire to the town of Maidou during this bombardment. The official announcement does not say whether the submarine was Turk- Mi or German, but it probably was of the latter nationality, as the Brit ish legation at Athens recently offer ed a reward for the sinking of Ger man submarines supposed to be In the Mediterranean fterlln reports: A Constantinople dispatch to the Hagebiatt says that the British battleship Triumph was sunk by a single torpedo and that she disappeared In seven minutes. ■ ■■■ . ■ ♦ » o STOP MANY SHIPMENTS; MEAT PACKERS PROTEST Says England Recognizes Unofficial Character of Trade Advisers. Sir Cecil SjiriiigTBice, British am bassador to the United States, called at the state department Monday and left a public statement in behalf of his government. The British goyern- ment declared that it understands tha^ the United States is in no way a party - to the agreement between the British government and the* repre sentatives of Americah interests re garding cotton and other shipments bound for continental points. The statement further declared that this | arrangement does not'commit either government. * - t Germans Serve Against Italy. The Hague reports Monday that of the 680.000 men now on the Aus- trlan-Italian frontier, which amount to S4 corps, all but ten of.them are German soldiers. -* NAae the Booth Car- r^l.OOO.OOO Worth of Meat Products are Tied ap by Great Britain's Recent Order In (Council. Representatives of American meat packers, who have been protesting for months against Great Britain’s holding up of their product* shipped to ne< tral European naions, confer red at Washington Monday with their council, Alfred Urion, just back, from England, where he has b«en trying to bring about release of shipments valued at millions of dollars Monday night's discussion was pre liminary to a -onference to be held to-day with law officers of the state department when Urion's negotia tions with the British authorities will be outlined with a statement ^s to what the packers expect the American government to do. Urion will leave again Saturday for Lon don. where he hopes to bring about some relief from the situation which the packers Monday night character ized as “trying.” \ When Urion reached Washington from New York, he met with Arthur Meeker, vice-president of Armour and company: Gustavus F. Cwith, of Swift and company; Thomas E. Wil son, president of Morris and com pany; A. R v Brown, of Schwarzchild and Sulzberger, and other representa tives of packing concerns Reports had been circulated that the packers were threatening to cut off meat shipments to the European allies unless Great Britain would agree to give them relieKjn the situ ation that had resulted in tying up neutral shipments variously ed as valued at fifteen millionqiollars to twenty-five miliion dollars. ^Tliat any such threat was made was de nied. ITALIANS ANNOUNCE GAINS; AUSTRIANS ARE IN RETREAT Rome Official Dispatch Tells of Cap ture of Towns and Destruc tion of Houses by Troops. Rome, Italy, May 25.—It is offi cially announced bj the Italian war office that the invading column of Italian troops have successfully push ed the Austrians from the frontier. They have met with but slight re sistance in the occupation of several towns. The retreating Austrians have destroyed many bridges and houses fn ord.er to hinder the advance of their enemy. !.... NEBRASKAN TORPEDOED WHILE PASSING IRISH COAST ✓ Austria* Got. t Joins Germany la Asking 8*t<U*fc»d to) Look Alter TURNS INTO LIVERPOOL ^ "V- No Lives TjosI as Ship Was Return- O' ing In Ballast and Had no Passen gers Aboard—Steamed Back Un der Own Power Bat Out of Con trol. London, England, May 26.—Lloyds announced this afternoon that the American steamer Nebraskan which left Liverpool Monday for New Rork was torpedoed and damaged severe ly last night at nine o'clock. The Nebraskap ha d just passed Kinsale, famed as the landing place of most of the survivors of the Lusitania when she was struck. The big ship is hardly able to maintain its head way and i? reported to be uncontrol- able. It is preceding towards Queens town, according to the opinions of these connected with the insurance, agency, and appears to be making its headway. Judging Jrom the fact th|it it is proceeding under its own steam it is not thought that the en gines have been damaged seriously. London. May 26.—President San derson of the Internation Mercantile Marine, has officially confirmed the statement made by Lloyds that ’the Nebraskan was torpedoed by a Ger man submarine. This was made known in a statement Issued to-night. The Nebraskan when struck was fly ing the American flag and was re turning to New York in ballast. The torpedoing of his ship has caused a great stir in London and the rest of England. Speculation as to the ac- "on of the United States is rife. Many think that this will intensify the feeling between Germany and the Americans, who are now awaiting the reply of the Berlin government to their note demanding guaranteed against a repetition of the Lusitania lisaste.* and a guarantee that their rights on the seas will be respected hereafter by German submarines and their commanders. Queenstown. England. May 26.— The Nebraskan was signtexT this af ternoon and passed by this harbor seeking the docks at Liverpool. The great ship was proceeding slowly, her speed reaching only about eight knots an hour. - Ixtqdon. England. May 26.—Early advices received here this morning were to the effect that the big Amer ican liner Nebraskan which sailed from Liverpool Monday has met with a serious accident off the Irish coast at approximately the same portion of her journey that marked the de struction of the Lusitania. Nothing was said in the earlier news con cerning a torpedo or a submarine, and It was positively stated that an accident had occurred The steamer is putting back to Liverpool and is expected to arrive there Thursday. New York, May 26.—4 wireless message received here from the cap tain of the Nebraskan, after the ship had been damaged, said that while the vessel was proceeding on her journey she was struck by an obsta cle outside of her hull after she had reached a (mint about fifty miles west of FastneJ .Ireland. The crew are reported unharmed, and from that statement it is judged that the liner could not have been dangerously harmed. No panic is considered to have resulted. The captain explicitly states that his ship was hit by a “mine or torpedo', which precludes the theory advanced from I^ondon earlier in the day that the cause of her injury was an acci dent aboard the ship. The captain announced his intention to return to Liverpool. New York. May 26.—Word was re ceived here this afternoon that the Nebraskan would put into Queens town for repairs before proceeding to Liverpool but this seems to be con tradicted by subsequent dispatches from Queenstown saying that the ves sel has already passed by that harbor on her way to Liverpool. Kills Wife and Suicides. Charles Fowler, a locomotive engi neer of Fort W’orth, Texas, killed hla wife Monday afternoon with a re volver and then blew oat his own Foaad Opiun Aboekd Ship. Custom inspectors found f 1,500 rorth of oplnm on board the Dutch in the port of Now Or- London, May 26.—The admiralty officially announces that there was no lives lost as the result of the tor pedoing of the American liner Ne braskan off the Irish coast as the vessel was carrying no passengers. NEW CABINET CRITICIZED;. SEE “TOO MUCH POLITICS” British .Nationalist Cabinet Meets Strong Opposition When Fish er’s Resignation Is Known. London, May 26.—The new nation alist ministry, formed yesterday, with Premier Asquith and Foreign’Minis ter Edward Grey has met with con siderable oppositional criticism in the BrUsh capital to-day. Hostile Criti cism fa heightened by the resignation of Baron Fisher; as first lord'of the admiralty, being succeeded by..A^.J. Balfour. Sir John is known all over England as the father of the modern English navy, .Many of those who denounce the new cabinet say that there has been too much politics play ed in making the appointments. ♦ — ■ Italy Suspend* Parcel Pout. Rome, Ijaly, Jfay 25.—The gov ernment parcel post has been sus pended temporarily. Other mall ser vices have been unaffected by the wgr. King (VNAataaOee Improving. King CoBDanUne of Greece is re ported up have tm ASIA IS FDR ASIATICS Italy's entranee into (he wir set in motion Monday various branches of official and diplomatic activity. Coant V. Maccbt dl Cellere the Italian ambassador, formally notified the United States of Italy’s declaraj Humbling of China Goads Warlike tlon of war on Anstria, and explain^ ed informallyto Secretary Bryan and Counsellor Lapsing the contents of a note to be delivered to-day, giving Italy's reasons for her action. Dr. Constantin T. Dumba, the Aus trian ambassador, also conferred with Secretary Bryan, advising him of the existence of a state of war be tween his country and Italy. A neutrality proclamation similar to those maue early in the war was prepared for President Wilson's signature, and will be issued to-day. Secretary Bryan announced that the American embassy at Vienna had taken over the care of Italian inter ests there. Ambassador Thomas Nel son Page advised the state depart- mer^from Rome that Spain had been entrusted with Austria’s diplomatic interests. It developed that while prepara tions had been made by the American embassy at Rome to take over Aus tria’s affairs, the final decision of Austria was to place her interests in the same hands as those of Ger many, which had called on Spain.- Notice of formal declarations of war by Germany and Turkey on Italy will mean addi’ional interests for the United States to take care of in Constantinople and posibly Berlin, although it is believed Switzerland may care for Italian affairs in Ger many. When the Italian and Austrian ambassadors arrived at the state de partment Monday, about the same hour, Eddie Savoy, the negro mes senger who guard:, the entrahee to Secretary Bryan's door, escorted Mr. Dumba Into the diplomatic anteroom, and in accordance with diplomatic etiquette, led Count di Cellere Into one of the other offices. It has been Savoy's task since the beginning tf the war to keep the diplomatic rep resentatives of the belligerent coun tries opposed to each other in differ ent rooms so as to avoid for them the embassasament of a meeting. The Italian ambasador has reced ed no information as to questions of contraband, but he told inquirers Monday lie was confident there would be no difficulty with the United States because of the long-standing friendship of the two countries. WAR PARTT GROWS V - ^ OKUHA LEADS JAPAN TOWARD f. IMPERIAL AMBITIONS SPEAKS TO PAN-/ WILSON TENDERS 1 3 .ymSM AUSTRIANS LEAVE TOWNS;, GERMANS WIN IN GALICIA News From Two Fronts To-day Tell of Surreases for Inxaiters Who Prew^Fi Forward. Conflicting report* reach Amer ica regarding the plight of the Ameri can liner Nebraskan wliich has pot hark Into Liverpool after being two da)* on her Journey towards New York. Ttie captain of the ship an nounce* the safety of all on board and declare* that he struck a mine or was hit by a toiqiedo. Berlin and 1‘etrograd account fur a tremendous Teutonic offensive around the San river, which tlie Ger mans claimed they have crowned. 1’e- trograd tells of the strong opposition la-ing made by tlie Itug-I.ui soldier*, lleav) louse* iu-e beiti" Inflicted. Geneva report* Uie attack on the Austrian fleet at I'ola by tivo Italian submarine* and the damaging on an Austrian destroyer. Vienna tell* of the de*tructlon of an Italian air raider over Gocrz and the loss of the live* of It* pilot and observers. Home announce* the capture of all frontier (Misses in the district around Cadorcs followed hy the prompt and speedy retreat of the Austrian sol diers, who continue to fall back, hurining house* and bridge*. Pails says the Austrians have evac uated and destroyed at least sixteen towns. Few buildings are left to afford homes to the Invaders. An Athens dispatch delayer via Paris tells of the destruction of three Turkish transports, two torpedo boats anti coaling *1)1(1* hy a British sub marine which made a successful dart into the Sea of .Marmora and after- wartls returned safely to Teriedos. London advises that considerable hostile criticism is being directed against the new nationalist ministry, which was announced offilrally hy the premer for publication in tlie London dailies this morning. England has granted the request of the meat packers anti will expedite the prize court hearings concerning the detained shipment, according to a London telegram. t Nation into Highway of Expansion —Count’s Utterances Have Shown Defiance to U S and Europe— Eyes Fixed on Indies. This is the year of triumph for Japan, says Merritt F. Preston, in a special dispatch to the International News Service from Tokio. It is es pecially the year of triumph for Pre mier Shigenobu Okuma, leader of the party ot the people, and for his war cry, “Asia for the Asiatics.” There has ’been a little discontent at the "compromise’' with China. This was bound to be so in the most warlike nation on earth. But Japa-, nese who are better informed know there has ,b.een no compromise. Thus Okuma, the one-legged Grand Old Man of Japan, sees his great idea coming to fruition. He knows the Japanese people will will ingly spend their blood like water. With four hundred million Chinese laboring to supply muitlons of war in her rear, sixty million of Japanese will present the front of their war rior ^nation to the white race and tell it to get out of the Western Pacific— and some day will tell the French to get out of Cochin China and the Brit- •ish to get out of InJia. Okuma exudes honey to great Brit ain and sends messages breathing the spirit of peace to the United States. Japan is not deceived. 1 In Japan both the nobles and the commoners are militaristic. Okuma is a noble, but he has chosen to lead the commoners. At seventy-seven he is still energetic. He was a boy of twenty when the visit of Commodore Perry and the granting of treaty rights to foreigners by the Shogun set all Japan to talking about the red-haired' 1 barbarians. Okuma had a great curiosity to learn about the world outside Japan. He heard of an American missionary. Dr. Veerbeck. and went to him secretly. First of all, he learned to read the Bible Then came the one political docu ment the devoted missionary possess ed the Declaration of Independence When seventy years old he said: “The Declaration of Independence made such an impressTon upon my soul that It has been my guiding rule In life ” Thomas Jefferson became his model, arid he studied everything he could find about the American statesman. • Aside from his political activities, he fpunded Wasedo University at Tokio in 1R82. He saw It grow u> house five thousand four hundred students and to produce a first class baseball team In 1908. when Japan was troubled by the United States sending the American fleet Into the Pactff*. he said: “Nothing can be more dreaded than crazy people, and the Japanese are a crazy nation In fighting she will go like mad, as was-well illus trated In the late war with Russia. Suppose the Americans and Japanese — whose Ideas of death are fudamen- tally different—should come to fight ing. • The final result will be easily foretold.” When the Democrats came- back Into power i n the United States, Count Okuma was sure they would sell the Philippines. Another time he wrote of Chile and Peru as Japa nese spheres of influence. The Brit ish probably have not forgotten Okuma’s famous outburst: • “Being oppressed by. the Euro peans, the 300,000,000 people of In dia are looking for Japanese protec tion. The Japanese ought to go to India, the South Ocean and other parts of the world.” Nor will any one who knows Japan's history doubt that she in tends tp hold Klaochow, Caroline, Marianne and Marshall Islands in the South Pacific. She took these from Germany and already some capital is being invested and experts have been sent to study the exploitation of those islands. GO.FORWARD IN GALICIA; GERMANS NEAR PRZEMYSL Au-stro-Germaji Troops Have Crossed San and Are Approaching the Fortree* of Przemysl, - Berlin, May 26.—The war office is sued an official statement this after noon,'which declares that the Ger mans and Austrians in Galicia con tinue their* advance. The troops have captured Radymo and Slete. They have 'feuccessfully crossed the San river on the direct road to Przemysl. In the west the British colored troops have captured some German trenches northeast of G(venchy. The other attacks of all the German foes have been successfully repulsed. No progress was made by them graay other points. New First Ben Lord. . Henry Bradwardlne has toe tessri^thr^Jokn^riahnr aa first sea Sir BIG MILITARY CONFERENCE Governor, Senators and* Adjutant General Going to Washington. Gov. Manning, Senator E. D. Smith and Senator B. R. Tillman‘and Adjt. Gen. Moore will go to Washington June 4 for a conference with Gen. A L. Mills, chief pf staff, when militia affairs in South Carolina will be dis cussed. The governor will attend tlie Confederate reunion at Richmond and will go from thete to the na tional capital. The South Carolina party will also hold a conference with Secretary of War Garrison. Ko announcement has been made as to the matters td be discussed. Prealdmt Addmaoe* Body of D«to» gate* Gathered lit W« •r vl' From Booth The program for the opening Me llon of the Pan-American finance con ference which opened at Washington Monday was given over to speeches of welcome by President Wilaond Secre tary Bryan and responses from the delegations of each Invited country. Next came a reception to the dele gates and their families In the eeet room of the White Houm,„U> which all the visitors had been invited hy the president. President Wilson spoke as follows: “There can be no art of union of interest If there is a purpose of ex ploitation on the part of any person connected with a great conference of this sort. We are not, therefore, try-- ing to make use of each other, bat 1 r Y ln 8 To be of use to one an other. '' “It is very surprising to me, It is even a source of mortification, that a conference like this shodld have been so long delayed, that it should never have occurred before, that it should ha^e required a crisis of the world to Bhow\the Americans how truly they were (^ighbora to one another. If there is\ any one happy condition, gentlemen, arising out of the present distressing , circumstances of the world, it is that it has revealed us to one another; It has shown us what It means to be neighbors. And I can not help harboring the hope, the very high hope that by this commerce of minds with one ano.her, as well aa commerce in goods, we may show thn world in part the path to peace. "It would be a very great thing If the Americans could add to the dis tinction which they already wear, this of showing the way to peace, to permanent peace. The way to peace Tor us. at any rate, is manifest. It la the kind of rivalry which does not In volve aggression. It la the knowledge that men can be of the greatest ser vice to one another and nations of tlie greatest service to one another when the Jealousy between them la merely a Jealousy of exrellnce, and when the basis of their Intercourse is friendship. There Is only one way In which we wish to take advantage of you. and that la by making better goods, by doing the things that we seek for each other better, ff we can. than you do them, and no spurring you on. If we might, by so handsome a Jealousy as that to excel us. “I am so keenly aware that thn basis or personal friendship la thin competition in excellence, that I am perfectly certain that this lg the only basis for the friendship of nations, this handsome rivalry, this rivalry of which there Is no dttltke. this rivalry In which there la noting but the hope of a common elevation In greet enterprises which we can undertake in common. “There le one thing that stands la onr way among others, for yon am more conversant with the, circum stances than I am; the thing I have chiefly In mind Is the physical lack of means of communication, the lack of vehicles, the lack ef ships, the lack of established routes of trade—thn lack of thoae things which are abso lutely necesqpry If ws are to hav%, true commercial and Intlnfhta eom- ‘mercial relations with one. another: and I am perfectly clear l£ my Judg ment that It private capital can not soon eater upon the adventure of on* tablishlng these physical means of commlunlcatlon (he government most undertake to do. Wa can not Indef initely stand apart and nead each other for the lack of what ran easily be supplied, and If one instrumental ity can not supply It, then another must t>c found which will supply It. We can not know each other unless we see each other; we caa not deal with each other; we can not deal with each other unless we communi cate with each other. So soon as we communicate and are upon a famil iar foq/lng of intercourse with onn another, we shall understand one an other; and the bonds between the Americas will be such bonds that no influence that the world may pro duce in the future that the world may produce’ln the future will ever break them. “If I am selfish for America, I at least hope that my selfishness is en lightened. The selfishness that hurts the other party is not enlightened selfishness. - If I were going upon a mere ground of selfishness, I would seek to benefit the oth^r part and so tie him to myself; so that oven if you were to suspect me of selfishness, I hope you will also suspect me of intelligence and of knowing the only safe way to establish the things we covert as well as the establishment of the things which we desire and which we would feel honored if we could earn and win. “I hive said these things because they will perhaps enable you to un derstand how far from fotifial my welcome to this body is. It is a wel come from the heart, it is a welcome inspired by what I hope arp the high est ambitions for those who live in these two great continents, who seek to set an example to fine world in freedom of institutionsv^Treedom of trade, and intelligence o/Smutual ser vice.” ’ ^ MEXICANS KILL AMERICANS; FORCE THEM TO RETREAT Texas Ranger and River Guard Slain by Marauding Party Wliich Crosses Boundary. EH Paso, Texas May 25.—The Mexican marauders have broken acrosri the boundary near Valentine. Texas, and In a fight which followed their attempt to pass on thto the United States River Guard Joseph Sitters and Texas Ranger Bates are reported to have been killed Sunday night. The raiders forced the Ameri cana to retreat and captured several horses which they had to leave ho- hind. Several of tto ITALIAN AIRSHIP DESTROYED ( Austrians Bring Down Flyer and HAD Entire Crew. Vienna. Austria, May 26.—Follow Ing the successes of the Austrians 1q dropping bombs upon Italian towns the Italians this morning'attempted to drop bombs upon the tosm ef Goercz The aeroplane was brought down and the crew slain by the de fenders. who were on the lookout for such attack*. Wilson Has Mr and Mm William O. are now the partem of the 1 a Utile «»-• wife. . •