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SOLNDINti SENTI MENT OF PEOPLE WS MEXICO IN RING IjMh ('itizfMs Have Thought on Other Subject* I test den (German Criaia.— * Mexican IHscuseir.i May Prove the Mafety Valve and Prevent a Popu lar (3amor to Enter Into War. “It ia. quite certain that President Wilson is ‘trying out' public senti ment v/ith-regard to the isoues which have been precipitated with Germany by the Lusitania tragedy,” says K. Foster Murray, in The News and Courier. “That the president has personal views concerning that terrible act can be seen sufficiently from the broad lines of condemnation laid down in the note written with his own hand to the German government, which has replied in an evdsive manner as to the technical'facts involved, and in no manner whatever as to the general issue of humanity raised by the American executive. “But Mr. vVilson is going to leave it to the people of the United States to indicate the extent to which this government shall go in backing up its protest. He is going to handle mat ters in such a way that the feelings of the people-4barring further Ger man provocation) will subside it the existing indignation is not of the deep and enduring sort that should pre cede such a stern step as war on the ice of diplomatic relations. Imost simultaneously with the flir&tlon of the unsatisfactory re- 'from Germany to the president's the White House gave the coun- a surprise with an intimation of a tendency to intervene in Mexico. ’ Newspaper men generally got the im pression that the administration had about reached the point of confess ing the failure of ‘watchful Waiting,’ inasmuch as armed forces of about one hundred and fifty thousand men in the unfortunate country are bring ing fifteen-million of its inhabitants to the verge of starvation after more than two years of incessant turmoil and tntermltteht anarchy. “Many of the newspapers of ths United States have ‘plr.yed up' this Mexican development as their very first piece of news, giving it prece dence in location and display over the progress of the discussion with Ger many. Whether deliberately intend ed to serve this purpose or not, the sudden revival of the Mexican ques tion has given the American people an additional foreign subject to think abont. and the amount of attention they pay to it In comparison with the German problem will constitute a valuable test of the very thing the administration desires to ascertain. It would be hard to convince any careful observer that this government serioasly considers taking on two wars at one time when it didn’t have to, or that Mealeo wouldn't be let alone a while longer If the trouble with tho kaiser came to blows. “Another interesting development in connection with the German con troversy is that the president, pos sibly taking cognizance of the feeling due to his preparation of the first note without consulting the secretary of state or uny of his official advisers, has taken care this time to let It be understood that before the second note was written the cabinet was call ed together and views of each mem ber carefully ascertained and consid ered. “Thus the president takes prompt occasion to apply halm to wounds caused by his method of preparing the first note. As Secretary of State, Mr. Bryan could not escape the em barrassment if the .president persist- t ln ignoring him in the formulation diplomatic deliverances of the first jorLmce. With the tact which rarely fails him, Mr. Wilson changes the order of things and ‘sees the cabi net first’ with regard to the second step in the German c.ffair, happily re lieving a situation which was almost strained. L. “It is an open secret tn Washing ton thnt the secretary of state did not altogether appri .e of the man ner in which the German issue was handled by the president at first, but the present change in procedure, viewed as a concession to the premier of the cabinet or not, would seem to leave the latter without any cause of complaint or dissatisfaction as to the second move. “The subjugation of public senti ment to the test of a new Mexican - sensation as a ‘counter attraction’ at this critical stage In the Germah ne gotiations is bound to meet ut& cor dial approval of such a confirmed Iqyer of peace as Mr. Bryan, and it can not be criticised by any American who believed that no deliberate ad vance to war should be made without the public’s demonstrated desire and sanction. “Asi thoroughly as President Wil- ,son understands the art of publicity, insofar as his own outgivings are concerned, he has always failed to appreciate certain fundamental pe culiarities of the newsp per. business. A little experience in The business would have convinced him of the fu tility of the suggestions which he makes from time to time to the cor respondents that the progress of our foreign affairs would be helped if the newspapers refrained from speculat ing about the contents of diplomatic documents before they are officially « lished, or about the possible or »able cobrses of the. respectit© Irnments with regard to difficult ters of controversy. “It is quite possible to sympathize with an e_:ecu'lY'e in 'umoyance at apecuHTlon with regard to foreign kflairs, dr ever, domestic affairs in many cases, but it is impossible to prevent or control speculation in the press or among the public.' Indeed, CIIIICIILL PtEPARED NAVY FOR INSTANT READINESS Accepts Responsibility for Condition •1. Navy Now and Daring a Period of Preparation. Hon. Winston Churchill, former first lord of the admiralty, In a speech at Dundee Saturday afternoon deliv ered a defense of his administration of admiralty affairs. 0 After'declaring that he declined to introduce Inwhis remarks any personal matters, Mr. Churchill said: “I was sent to the admiralty In 1911 after the Agadir crisis which nearly brought us to war, wlht the express duty laid upon me by the premrer of putting the fleet in a state, of instant tnd constant readi ness. SAY IT WAS MISTARE . ’ r * \ Comm unlcation Handed to Ambassa dor Gerard Explains Action of Commander in Not Recognizing Vessel Under Convoy of British * • Destroyers. \ — Germany, in a note cabled to the At all times 1 have done my Uest State department by ambassador Gar, t_ * ... arri at Rarlirt avrhraecari racr-rckta that and in a sense, I am now responsible ar< *‘ a ^ expressed regrets that for the condition of the navy and am throu g h unfortunate accident” a for the condition of thtf navy and am willing to bear the blame for every- Germ an submarine had torpored the thing that occurred. When I say American steamer Gulflight, and de- responsible, I was responsible in the cl a r ed itself “ready to furnish full re sense that I would have to bear the compense for the damage thereby blame for everything that occurred, sustained by American citizens.” These years comprised the most im- The text of the note, signed by thd portant period of our naval history, minister of foreign affairs, reads: a period of preparation for war, a “Referring to the note of May 28, period of vigilance and mobilization, the undersigned has the honor to in- Mr. Churchill deprecated the news- formhis Excellency, the ambassador paper attacks on the leaders of the of\the United States of America, Mr. nation and said that he regretted ex- James W. Gerard, that the examinat- ceedingly that the Liberal govern- ion undertaken on the part • of the ment had had no opportunity of stat- German Government concerning the ing its case in Parliament. American steamers Gulflight and “I believe that if this had been the Cushing has led to the following con- case.” he said, “It would have been elusions: found that Lord Kitchener had a v»w u cviLuiieuer nau a In regard to the attack on the strong case for the war office and I steamer Gulflight, the commander oi might have had something to say in a German submarine saw on after behalf of the admiralty.” vf.». a ..i.i«i„» *k. “Our strength has been greatly in creased. actually and relatively, from what it was at the beginning of the war and is growing every day by leaps and bounds, in all classes of vessels needed for special purposes of war. By the end of the year the British navy will have received rein forcements which would be incredible If they were not actual facts. COWBOYS RESCUE AMERICANS Hide Over Mexican Border, Level 9 G«n» and AreompRinh Purpose. ' A posse of ten Americans cowboys and miners rode eight miles across the Mexlcanborder Into Santa Cruz, Sonora, Saturday afternoon, levelled their guns at the colonel commanding the garrison, while one hundred and fifty soldiers looked on. and obtained the release of two American boys kid napped early Saturday by three of the soldiers on the Arizonf’sTde of the border ^ The colonel gave up his two seven teen-year-old prisoners. Henry Chang, son of a Chinese-American citizen 'of Washington Camp, Arizona, and Gao. Vaughn, son of a storekeeper at Du- fuesne. without demur, and the posse rode triumphantly back to the United States. Santa Cruz is garrisoned by forces of Jose Maytorena. the Villa Govern or of Sonora. O. K. Franklin, a miner, reported the klnapping He saw the three Mezican soldiers, mounted, near the border, driving the oojrs. who were, on foot, ahaad of them at the point of revolvers The boys' hands wera tied. Army officers were notified, as was Sheriff W. H. McKnlght, who prompt ly started out with a posse Mean time cowboys and miners from Du- quesne had taken the trail, with the announced intention, which they pro ceeded to carry out. of going into Sonora to rescue the boys. NOTE ADMITS MISTAKE Attack of Gulflight Unintentional, Says New German Note. The German Imperial government delivered to James W. Gerard, the American ambassador at Berlin, Wed nesday afternoon a' dote to be trans mitted to his borne government. This latest note from Germany set forth that the attack on the Gulflight by a German submarine was an uninten tional mistake f the commander of the vessel. The note declared that the German government had no In tentions of attack at any time harm less neutral ships. public recently, number 10,743 offi cers and’ 605,378 men. Cattle Sent on Hoof to French. in Jersey City, preparatory to their ship. trip across the Atlartlc on the hoof “And it probably serves' a good turn oftener than a bad one. Many a government has been saved from whom, that government represents, nod when the people become curious -. •»« uwrrvapuuuem oi xni or anxious abouUwhsfs ahead the an- London Post says Germany is bnild tennae mast move.” '- "S ' *lng<s new submarine every week. GERMANY OFFERS PAYMENT ^ FOR 0ULFLI0RT noon of May |, in the vicinity of the Scilly Islands, a large merchant stea mer coming in his direction, which was accompanied by two smaller ves sels. These latter took such position in relation to the steamer that they formed a regulation safegard against submarines. Moreover, one of them had a wireless apparatus, which is not usual with small vessels. “From this it evidently was a case of English convoy vessels. Since such vessels are regularly armed, the sub marine could not approach the steam er on the surface of the water with out running the danger of destruc nine wrrm m WILSON RETOUCHES PBASES OF BIS MESSAOE NEW FACTOR CONSIDERED ^ t ReaHaed That United States Will be in Accord With Germany’s Chief Demand When Peace Is Discussed. -—Freedom of the Seas Wanted by Both in the Hague Convention. The new note to Germany will in all probabilities be sent to Berlin on Tuesday. • The only reason for the delay, it was said, was the president's desire to make the phraseology of the note so explicit and unmistakable as to leave no rhom for doubt or further argument concerning the position of the United States Govern ment—that the right of visit and search must be exercised and passen gers and crew of unarmed ships on which neutral^ are voyaging, trans ferred to a place of safety before any prize is destroyed by a belligerent warship. _ Officials familiar with the contents of the note said it was a forceful reiteration of the principles express ed by the United States in its note of February tenth, when the American government announced that it could not admit the right of the German ad miralty’s proclamation of a war zone to infringe In any way upon the right of neutrals to travel anywhere on the high seas on peaceful merchant men and that German govern ment would be held to a "strict ac countability" for any violation of American rights. . r Secretary Bryan, it is understood, has been working hard to persuade the president not to go to-the lengths in his note suggested by other mem bers of the cabinet and to leave an opening for further negotiations with Germany. In German quarters the optimism which has been apparent since Count of Frontier ForU. While hoping for the beet from the Russian forces la Galicia, mili tary circles hi London are not opti mistic regarding the ability of the Tsar’s armies to hold their ground In the face of their obvious shortage of guns and ammunition and the mo mentum the Austro-German armies have gained in their one hundred and fifty mile sweep from Cracow, 'r , The official reports from Petrograd admit further Austrian advances on the Dniester front, which should put the Germanic allies on the south of - -- "MS%»S lias N'T-*-ii api'A! t-ut n| IlCfS lOUlll non. It * a*.^ on the other hand, to ] von Bernatorff, the German ambaji*a- be seiMMned-tha* Dia etenvner was efuiur. iairea*’WHy~rrg)rta»Trr “Witiuih considerable value to the British gov eminent since it was so guarded. The commander could see no neutral markings on It of any kind, that is. distinctive markings painted on the freeboard recognizable at a distance such as are now usual on neutral Tanreti*-Tiffi-~rmiffEitT 'TTffirih continued through Sunday, the Im pression being given that the road to an understanding was much clear er than It had been since the Lusttat- ta was destroyed) The belief Is constantly expressed In German quarters that the crisis •flips in the English rone of naval th,, l . the crl *‘* warfare. In consequence he arrived ?. , fremi«n? vH h .**. at the conclusion from all the clr- oul ’ ^ lhal cumstance. that he had to deal with ^ ^ an English steamer, submerged and lAv,! ™ T. y vT. L U ^ U)n attacked. The torpedo came In the [f* ‘ “ immediate neighborhood of one of the u.v* convoy ships, which at once rapidly chamre^f n* ° f th * #®V approached the point of firing, so that h*^ Ger " lan J r - fo1 - the submarine was forced to go to a n r T! d corr 7Po nd *n^ "It* great depth to avoid being rammed- °n neutral rights, the The conclusion of the commander * ay may ^ «o the mak- thst an English convoy ship was con cerned was in this way confirmed. “That the attacked steamer car ried the American flag was first ob ■» >uuui iu ih- served st the moment of firing the "^nL *ut may have a bearing on the nppnf int Inna that a ra Ax 1 mrxa* n » shot. “The fact that the steamship wot pursuing a course which led neither to nor from America was a further reason why it did not occur to the commander of the submarine that he was dealing with an American steam ship. “Upon scrutiny of the time and place of the occurrence described the German government has become con vinced that the attacked steamship was actually thj American steamship Gulflight. * There can be no doubt, according to the attendant circum stances. that the attack is to be attri buted 'o an unfortunate accident and not to the fault of the commander. • “The German government ex presses Its regrets to the government of the United States incident and declares itself ready to furnish full recompense for the dam age thereby sustained by American citizens. It Is left to the discretion of the American government to pre sent a statement of this damage, or. If doubts may arise over indivRlual points, to designate an expert who would have to determine, together with a German expert, the amount of the damage. “It has not yet been possible by means of an Inquiry to clear up fully Russians Have <100,000 Prisoners the case of the American ship Cush- Prisoners taken hv Rii« a inn inK ’ off,c, *I reports available report and Interned iJ Russil up io the st “dh oue f ,nicrchant steamship attack- nf Anrii ed by a German flying machine in the nubile recentTv l.fn.u® Trinity of Nordbind lightship. The w — “ ^ vih oaaa aaaa^'wa -raiirrcason -wiry a BmirbeTween the t /X v . . An export shipment of ore thou- *.ic onatn yi iour uumus was. oi sand one hundred head of cattle are course, not aimed at any American German aviator was forced to con sider the vessel a# hostile because it carried no flag and further because of no,, recognizable neutral markings. The attack of four bombs was. of «•* me iiuui. "However, that the ship attacked They will be landed at Bordeaux and was the American steamer Cushing will feed the French army. is possible, considering the time and » ♦ ♦ place of the occurrence; nevertheless, Germans Serve Against Italy. the Gertaan government accordingly The Hague reports Monday that of requests of the American government the 680,000 men now on the Aus- that lt communicate to the German trian-Italian frontier, which amount government the material which was to 34 £orps, all but ten ot them are su I>niltted for judgment, in order German soldiers. that with this as a basis a further position «an be takefi in the matter. “The undersigned leaves it to the ambassador to bring the foregoing to Germans Cut ofif at Libau. .. Th o^r ° niy F=*' 0 e D a” t "ur n 'rrio',- say. Pettosrad. follSwtog th. "."u’: t™"’'" 1 ' ^ ” keS thls 0 , t,r :' ,rtllnily cessful drivM nf to renew the assurance of his most Sing from co„.ld, ra u„n.' the more the government of a conn- ^ ' try llke'qurs attempts to keep mat- „ b e r # lin 8a y s the retreating Russians ters under cover In Important crises, ^ r f d twenty great oil wells la their even though the policy be proper, the r f t v^ at ,v rom G ? l . lcia a “ d more than moVe speculation there Js sure to be. e J8hty thousand tons of oU were de- 4* ..v-v... - . stroyed. — Submarine Chased Uner. the results of serious errors of jiidg- Th ? Whl t« Stat Liner Megantic. ,, rtain , t . ho8tu< , ment by the public reception of spec- earrylng man y P a *»engers from Liv- a ulative‘advance notices/ The news- "Pool to Montreal, was chased by a i Ji^eTr on* n^Io papers are the antennae of the gov- B,jb “ ar,ne ofr the “outta coast of Ire- made lt impossible for one nation to ernment without doubt, but t^ey are la “ <1 ear * y Sunday, but escaped, first of all the antemnre of the peoptsf ing ot peace. A consideration of importance hich it la understood will not af fect the note which is shout to be negotiations that areAlmost certain to follow, has developed, according to a Washington dispatch, within the last few days. This came with the realization that when the question of peace between the belligerents In the European war Is taken up. Germany’s principal de mand will be one on which the United States will be tn complete accord with her and which this government will be just as interested In bringing about. This Is the freedom of the seas for the 4ack of which the United States now has several issues pending with Great Britain » The fact that the day will come when the two governments will be interested in obtaining the same guarantees is suggested as an impor- United States and Germany should not be permitted to occur. Authori tative Information already obtained Is .that the United States Is on friend ly terms with ay the belligerents and will be called on within three months to sound out all concerned on the subject of peace. Officials of the state department have admitted their opinion that the question of freedom of the seas will be one of the principal questions when the discussion of peace begins^ It Is significant that at the second Hague conference the United States made an effort to obtain assurances of freedom of the seas for private- property, which is a long step to wards freedom of the seas In its broadest sense. This is advanced in spite of the belief that the Upited States and Germany will have the same object In common when the time comes for a settlement of ad- counts. When the effort was made at The Hague, England declined to consider the suggestion that an arrangement of this kind would be a direct step toward the limitation of armament and the reauction of the military strength and expenses of all the pow ders. This would develop, primarily, it is rtated, because the establish ment of the freedom of the seas would remove automatically the main cause of the,friction between most of thd powers, and particularly Germany and France. It is pointed but also that the pres ent^ war has show'n that navies are of R^Ie value except as commerce de stroyers and with the guarantee of safety to commerce that would be given in an agreement of freedom of the seas, th’p destruction of merchant men would come to an end and the warships would have nothing to do. The German view is that the de velopment of the submarine has made it possible for any country to protect itself against a hostile fleet without Lomborg within twenty-five miles of the fortress. The location of this ad vance 4s not qmd 6 known, but there is reason to beiieve it was directed through a part of the vast marshes that form a natural protection in that irection. The Russians falling back from Permysl have reached Mosciska, on the Permysl-Lemberg rallwa-y, eigh teen miles east of Permysl, where they are making a stand, but It is feared this is more in the nature of a rear guard diversion than an effort to blunt the German battering ram. At this time a retirement of the Russians from the whole of Galicia and the adoption of a defensive pol icy along the entire eastern front un til the empire’s supply of war mater ials Is re-established, would caush no worry if it were not for the probabil ity of a continuation of the Austro- German offensive up the valley of the Bug River. This probability, emphasized by developments along the northern frontier of Galicia In the last two or three -days, is regarded seriously. TAken In conjunction with the Ger- maa activity at Opatow it would mean, It is believed, an attempt to take the fortress of Brest and the fortress of Ivangorod and an advance on Warsaw from the rear, at the same time Field Marshal von Hlnden- burg directs a demonstration from the Bzura. A ’ ■ TIME STRONTFIIIIES'? t - , < ARMY NOW PROTECTS IT —.a —-r* , v • ,..L—Jk-ii:.- - n If Aostro-Germaa Army Is Dctfeato* Russians May Re-occapy the Great Stronghold Before Its Great Defea- sive Works Caa Be RearraagecL— Teatona Army Pmemysl’s Stnagth. While It Is too early to give am TUWS TKM FINISH Allied Troop* Force Fighting on Both Hide of the Dardanelles. The end of the Turkish Empire, both. 1° Europe and Asia Is In sight, according to dispatches which have come from the Near East Mr. Win ston Spencer Churchill’s statement in his speech to his constituents at Dun dee that the allied forces on the Dar danelles are within a few miles of victory confirms these reports. Is is evident that matters are mov ing s little pzore quickly on the Galli poli Peninsula, where a despatch from Mltylene states that a general offensive against the Turkish posi tions was begun on Friday which will give them command of the straits. LtttM news has been allowed to leak about these operations, which have been necessarily slow owing to the nature of the country and tha foot that the first troops landed by the Allies had to be supplied with the necessary artillery and retnforca- ments to enable them to attack the Turks, who occupied very strong poe- itlons and who have been delivering repeated attacks on the British and French lines. BLOCKADE COAST ASIA MINOR Great Britain Announces Blockade Effective June 2. Following her policy. Great Britain a ims rteeiared the coast at Axta Minor under a blockade Shipments of all stuffs intended to be of service to her enemies which may seek to be landed at the ports along the coast will be seized and carried Into prize courts by the blockading squadron, which is under orders to make the blockade effective on and from the date of June the second. Just what effect this 8t»p will have upon the general war situation is problematical. opiniOh of-the importance of the re capture of Przemysl on the ultimate result of the war, yet it is sgfe to assume that this event must exercise a very important influence on the miliUry situation in western Galicia, says a London dispatch. The future deffense of the place ia likely to be organized with far great er method and care by the German general staff than Its original defense by the Austrians, and-U is- prudent to assume it will be endowed with artillery at least as powerful as any that may be brought against it. Great exertions will be made doubtless to supply the new garrison with stores of food and munitions and with all the modern auxiliaries of siege warfare such as aircraft, motor cars and machine guns. It may also be predicted that the garrison will be homogeneous and suitable and that the commandment of the place will be carefully chosen. An Interval mast elapse before these preparations con be made ef fective. if the Ruasians had been left Just a little more leisure, there is no reason to doubt that they would have made Pryemsyl os hard to re capture as Warsaw and Ovangorod proved to the German offensive. Circumstances therefore point to a A*™* ■truggle in th# open field whose focus win b* In the triangle of Lem berg. Yaroslav and PrzemysL but which will extend far to the Hanks as well. The struggle will be for a tactical vtetoagr-wktek will' deetde We superiority of one or the other doim- batant In those regions. If this victory is gained by the Russians within the net two or three weeks, they may hope to re cover the lost fortress in a fresh for ward rush before the Germanic foroea have made it secure, just as the Ger mans recovered It before the Ruse loos secured their prise by methodical preparations against the formidable attack which took thorn by ■•rpriea. Przemysl bars the railways load- lag from Jaroslau and Lemberg acroea the Carpathians by the Lup- kow Pass It also guards tho prin cipal point of passage acroea ths River Son. sad the valley lying atom to the Carpathian foothills. It most bo reduced before any se rious attempt ia made to lavade Hun gary through tho mountain pomes in the victnlty and owing to ita haring been aaed to long as gn Important place d'annee. it has now got within Ita lines masses of military material which cannot bo moved except after long delay and which belong to Us captors for the time being. If the Germans succeed in making good their hold upon Prsemysl, either the Russians must begin a campaign for the invasion of Hungary afresh or must make the attack from anoth er point of departure. If on the oth er hand, the Russia us retake tki place within the next three or four weeks, the efforts expended by ths Germanic troops in ita recapture will hare weakened them materially for the ensuing struggle. In no case does It seem probable to London that the Germanic armies can pursue their successes juj^h Xttllhyr, boennee of the premrrw of the mftfed forces elsewhere In France, the Aus trian Tyrol and Eastern Galicia must soon engage the earnest attention oi the German general staff and impera tively demand a fresh dlstribation ol the Germanic army corps. JAP MINISTRY OYERTHROWN submarine off the south coast of Ire- m , VI , ... land puriv flnndav h'n* ac*-.-.-4 maintr.in ^ a legitimate blockade against another. All of these things, fTOin ■ tb* German standpoint, 'war rant the belief that the time is ripe New Submarine a Week. V . * una* v itv? tmmumn vucxv iuu lime 18 rilH! The naval correspondent of the for the tetablishment of the freedom indon Lost aava rUrmanv <> ~7_ . ^ •of the soas, for which she has so long ^contended. German Hub Sinks British Steamer. The British steamer Saidich, from Alexandria. Egypt, to Liverpool, 1,- 984 tong, was torpedoed and seven of her crew lost Tuesday, according to an announcement made In London Wednesday. U, H. Off Rials Seize Cargo. The steamer Raven, 2,458 tons, was seized at Mobile, Ala., Monday on a charge of coming into an Amer ican port from a foreign country on coastwlre papers. Attack on Government Vote of Lack of Confidence. After a bitter attack deliver against the present government of t Imperial Empire of Japan, which w delivered in the Japanese House Representatives Wednesday aft< noon a resolution won passed t pressing the lack of confidence that body In the ministry as It Is n< constituted. This means that n< elections will probably be entered 1 to at an earfy date. Xo Beef in Glasgow. Two hundred Glasgow butcher shops were closed Friday because the shortage of cattle hsfd resulted in al most prohibitive beef prices. Austrians Btiil Retreat in Trent. The war office at Rome announced Friday that the Austrian soldiers stm keep up theie retreat around Trentino and the vicinity thereabouts. Persons well informed in German affairs ascribe her probable willing ness to'waive restoration of Klao, Chao and her disposition to give up her colonies In the Pacific, to a feal- izatfon that by holding them she would be between two rising nations, Japan and the United States: wfUiout bein£ in a position to compete advan tageously with either. • Extension of her cplonlo*in Africa, it*lr stated, would be mueft more-to her advantage. Not only would they he much qloser to th.e Fatherland, but they would be In a territory whose re sources are practically untouched. The territory TT Africa whicE Ger many would expect to get la said to Jartude pads at least ot th* Belgian and French Congo and the Portu- gueae colonies TRY TO Kilt PRINCE French Drop 178 Shells and Tho sands of Darts at German Heir. Paris reports: "Twenty-nl French aeroplanes between four, as five o’clock Friday morning hoi barded the headquarters of the ii perial crown prince. They dropp< one hundred and seventy-eight shel many of which reached the mark, ai several thousahd darts. All the m chines were subjected to severe ,ca nonading. but they all returned u scathed." a Railway Train Hits Automobih Two person^ were killed at Col bus, Oa.. Thursday when an eni hit an automobile at a grade er ing, ; Tbs' auto Was burled three 1 dred feet. —- - '■ m British Ship Torpedoed. The British, steamer Tullochm 3,520 tons, was shells and sank 1 German submarino. Friday night, crew escaped and has landed. - ^ Crew of Hankea Ship Braced The crew of the Danish oMp vador were rsesesd — •(